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Health Care Reform and Abortion in the Times
A good story in today's NY Times laying out the various options on how to treat abortion in the health care reform plan. Here's a taste, but go read the whole thing:
At least 31 House Democrats have signed various recent letters to the House speaker, Nancy Pelosi, urging her to allow a vote on a measure to restrict use of the subsidies to pay for abortion, including 25 who joined more than 100 Republicans on a letter delivered Monday.Representative Bart Stupak of Michigan, a leading Democratic abortion opponent, said he had commitments from 40 Democrats to block the health care bill unless they have a chance to include the restrictions.After months of pushing the issue, Mr. Stupak said in an interview, Mr. Obama finally called him 10 days ago. He said: Look, try to get this thing worked out among the Democrats. We want you to work it out within the party, Mr. Stupak said, adding that Mr. Obama did not say whether he supported the segregated-money provision or a more sweeping restriction. We got his attention, which we never had before.After the president called, Mr. Stupak said, Ms. Pelosi agreed to meet with Mr. Stupak on Tuesday to discuss his proposals for the first time, her office confirmed. Her spokesman, Nadeam Elshami, said in a statement, As we have throughout the process, we are meeting with our members to listen to their concerns, consulting with the administration, and making progress.
Although I haven't looked at the actual language of his amendments, the Hatch/Stupak proposals sound very sensible as described in the story -- i.e., prohibit the use of federal subsidies to purchase policies that include abortion coverage, but allow women to purchase abortion "riders" on their own. Given the ideological tactical stance most Republicans have taken against health care reform in any shape or form (regardless of how abortion is treated), credit for more restrictions on the use of federal funds for abortion, if they become part of a successful bill, should go to the group of pro-life Democrats discussed in the story.
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This is Good news. That being said, I would rate the statement, "Given the ideological stance most Republicans have taken against health care reform in any shape or form (regardless of how abortion is treated) as somewhere between "pants on fire and a nose that is as long as a telephone wire".
I'll admit to poor word choice. There's nothing particularly "ideological" about most Republicans' opposition to health care reform. It appears to be a tactical choice to try to weaken Obama. I've changed the wording of the post to reflect that.
Indeed, I applaud the efforts of Hatch and Stupak. Pro-life Democrats are uniquely position to nudge policy in a pro-life direction, and I am happy to see they are taking advantage of it.Nancy,It wouldn't be a dotCommonweal post without a gratuitous swipe at Republicans or bishops who take a hard line on abortion. Best to ignore it and move on.
Eduardo, just remember, things are not always what they appear to be.
...without a gratuitous swipe at Republicans or bishops who take a hard line on abortion.Speaking of gratuitous swipes... Even as originally worded, the sentence Nancy objected to was directed at politicians who oppose health-care reform "regardless of how abortion is treated." I'm afraid this characterization doesn't fly.
I'd like to present an idea here so that it can be totally ignored on dotCommonweal as it has been on Vox-Nova.I must be typical of millions of people in that my company provides me with health insurance, though as the years go by, I am expected to contribute more and more of the cost (though still only a fraction). Abortion is covered in the policy. Am I (and millions like me) not contributing more directly toward paying for other people's abortions now than I would be if a government program is passed that grants low-income people a subsidy to purchase their own insurance policies, some of which may cover abortion?May a Catholic work for an insurance company that provides abortion coverage? May a Catholic buy an insurance policy from a company that sells policies that cover abortion? May a Catholic employer provide his employees with insurance that covers abortion? If these questions have ever been raised before, I am unaware of it.So I wonder how much of the debate over abortion coverage in health-care reform is just politics, rather than an honest attempt to define how Catholics must deal with the issue of abortion and insurance.
The way the Republicans have been behaving over health-care reform, it is difficult for any swipe at them to be gratuitous.
I find this sentence in the NYT story the most telling:"After the president called, Mr. Stupak said, Ms. Pelosi agreed to meet with Mr. Stupak on Tuesday to discuss his proposals for the first time, her office confirmed."It took a call from President Obama before (Catholic) Speaker Pelosi agreed to meet for the first time with a pro-life Democrat who had been pushing for months what seems like a sensible proposal? IMHO, that's sad.
Mollie, the sentence I objected to was, "Given the ideological "stance most Republicans have taken against health care reform in ANY SHAPE OR FORM (regardless of abortion)... because it is not grounded in truth to begin with.
The swipe was gratuitous because it had little relation to the subject of the post.It's like the period at the end of the sentence, part of the structure of any dotCommonweal post, and shouldn't be too closely examined or considered.
David,I have been very much interested in this question of Catholics paying for abortion through their health insurance plans which provide abortion coverage. Cardinal Rigali outspokeness with regard to his opposition to the Capps amendment (which set aside participant's premiums for abortion coverage so that it wasn't federal funds paying for it in a public option plan), clearly said that the Capps amendment was a lie because all the money is fungible. I have been wondering when the pro-life-concerned laity and the Church leadership were going to address Catholics paying for abortions through their private and/or employer plans. If roughly 80% of health insurance plans cover abortion, then roughly 80% of Catholics who have non-governmental health insurance are subsidizing abortions. That seems to me to be a very serious matter. Also, if the money set aside for a specific separate purpose is still fungible, then Cardinal Rigali is in effect saying that governmental funding of any Church-run institution's programs is funding the church. It's odd to me that many don't seem to see these two major contradictions. I wonder how a Catholic moralist would parse all of this.
Republicans aren't opposed to health care reform "in any shape or form." If we are to have a serious discussion of the issue, you at least have to accept that the other side has some position and that your way of looking at this issue isn't the only one.
John McG, here's my point: making claims like that seriously undermines your ability to accuse others of gratuitousness. Your judgment of relevance also seems a little wanting.
I can't help thinking that this unfairly disadvantages poor women.
Sean,It seems to me that the Republican Party in general is currently so "conservative" that they may have a position on health-care reform, but it is so unlike the Democratic plan that there is no room for compromise. How does a party that opposes Medicare compromise with Democrats on health-care reform?
Was mentioning the Republicans necessary to report this?Indeed, wouldn't a better direction for this post be to encourage us to support these pro-life Democratic Congressmen than to assign credit if the efforts are successful? Wouldn't it be better about talking about how best we can support these representatives than about whether the Republicans are Stupid and Evil or just plain Evil.--I'm over it. My whole point is it's not worth getting upset about. A better discussion will emerge if we just let the little swipes slide and address the heart of the post, which is indeed good news.
Hardly gratuitous, John. Of course it's relevant that, as yet, most Republicans seem unwilling to vote for health care reform in any form. It's because pro-life Democrats are willing to vote for the bills that they have bargaining power as to how those bills treat the issue of abortion. You can't bargain if you're not willing to give as good as you get. Republican obstructionism on health care, which appears to be based on pure political calculation that Obama's failure to deliver on health care will hurt him in 2010 and 2012, stands in the way of effective advocacy on issues like abortion insofar as they are implicated by the proposed reforms. Many Democrats appear to place a great deal of value on a "bipartisan" bill. If Republicans showed some willingness to bargain in good faith, on this issue and others, they could probably get quite a bit in exchange. If the bill is improved on the abortion front, it will be due to those who were willing to put party loyalty aside in the interest of issues of vital importance to Catholics (i.e., universal access to health care and the lives of the unborn). If you think that merely pointing this out is a gratuitous swipe, then I don't really know what wouldn't be.
The raison d'etre of the Republican party as currently structured is this. All else is frosting on the tainted cake -----As a matter of history, the bottom line of Conservatism with a capital C turned out to be not conservatism with a small c but preservation of wealth and inequality. With fierce international competition, conserving old ways is too costly to the maintenance of wealth. And with historical working class gains in place, small-c conservatism becomes a buffer against inequality. For the sake of protecting and extending the powers of wealth, big-C Conservatives regularly sacrifice the small c-conservatism that many of them genuinely cherish. They blather on about warm beer and old maids cycling to church and then they hand Wal-Mart the keys to the kingdom. They are thereby in tune with the propensity of capitalism, which is to maximize a certain kind of value, in sovereign disregard of the value of any things.http://politicaltheoryworkshop.googlepages.com/GACohenConservatism.pdf
"Of course its relevant that, as yet, most Republicans seem unwilling to vote for health care reform in any form. "Wyden-Bennett was said to have broad bipartisan support. Maybe the Democratic leaders aren't as interested in bipartisanship as we'd wish them to be."Republican obstructionism on health care, which appears to be based on pure political calculation that Obamas failure to deliver on health care will hurt him in 2010 and 2012"Sure, some of it is stick-it-to-the-opposition politics. And I hope you were equally outraged when Democratic obstructionism derailed President Bush's initiative to reform Social Security, another current entitlement that dovetails nicely with Catholic social teaching and that we soon won't be able to afford.Some of it is politics in the sense of party solidarity - something that Republicans always do better than Democrats.Some of it, too, is politics in the good sense - in the sense of of listening to constituents back home. And a good deal of it is principled opposition to the legislation being advanced through the process. It's entirely possible to want to reform health care and yet think that the cures currently on offer are worse than the disease.
"...credit for more restrictions on the use of federal funds for abortion, if they become part of a successful bill, should go to the group of pro-life Democrats discussed in the story."Are you being facetious? Why would someone who puts restrictions on the use of federal funds for abortion be deserving of credit? I am certain you are familiar with the writings of Ambassador Kmiec and other Catholic legal scholars employed by The Party so are you disagreeing with them?
John, I understand what you are saying. Eduardo, universal access to Health Care and the Lives of the Unborn are of vital importance to everyone, not just Catholics.
Democrats have got themselves in an interesting position.Having won the election, they now control the House, Senate, and the White House. They do not need Republican votes for this.However having pushed from their own left such economic measures that to most Americans smack of socialism, having pushed likewise (i.e. from their left) so hard to reform health care, and having basically called Republicans and others who disagree with them (at best) Neanderthals and (at worst) racists or Nazis, the Democrats are now beginning to realize that they will have to do this alone and will thus be held solely accountable for the results.It is a risk, and of course most politicians, regardless of party affiliation, do not like risks. If Democrats do things correctly, they will gain big time. If they foul it up, they will lose big time.If Democrats do not pass some version of health care reform, their left wing will be furious with their center. If they pass health care reform without Republican cover (the real politic meaning of bi-partisanship), the average American voter will hold Democrats fully responsible for the mess, and that sort of thing will dog the party for many years.Certainly Republican apparatchiks are delighted at all this. Any Democrat politico would be tickled silly if the Republicans had inadvertently worked themselves in a similar situation. Indeed that sort of thing is a relatively fun (at least interesting) part of the game of American politics.However as has correctly been pointed out here, the game of politics has its limits. There is a time and place for everything, and there always comes a point where we all need to seriously try to realize our Christian duty, pay attention to the better angels of our nature, and put the common good of the country first.While I am a moderate Republican and am not fond of socialistic projects, the fact of the matter is that two socialistic projects have turned out quite well; Social Security and Medicare. Moreover I accept that it is our Christian duty to provide medical care for all, and in fact, we at least try to do that now, but in a very inefficient and expensive manner. To me then, it seems mainly a matter of how we can best pay for universal health care. As a Catholic, the guidance of the US Catholic Bishops really helps clarify this for me. My main concerns are that we specifically exclude abortion and euthanasia from whatever plan we adopt, and that we include all people living here i.e., the (mostly Mexican) indocumentados (they have complicated situations and they work very hard in our land).To say the least, this will be interesting.
I must be typical of millions of people in that my company provides me with health insurance, though as the years go by, I am expected to contribute more and more of the cost (though still only a fraction). Abortion is covered in the policy.Really? What kinds of abortion? Health/life related? Abortions that do not involve a live baby, but that are removing the remains of a miscarriage (yes, doctors do call that an "abortion")? I ask because I've never heard of or seen an actual insurance policy that covered elective abortions. Is there such a thing? What are we even talking about when we talk about the possibility that a federal plan would somehow include "abortion" coverage . . . what types of abortions?
Without playing games with words or trying to make exceptions seem like the norm; unless one is trying to put the entire matter on its head, without diving into a discussion of how many aborted babies can dance on the head of a pin, it is safe to say that obviously, abortion is an elective procedure.I do not like speaking in such a bland technical manner about something so terrible, but because - sad as it is in our land today abortion is like a nose-job, facelift, hair transplants, or other types of cosmetic surgery; abortion is an elective surgery. As such, I imagine most insurance would probably not cover abortions. From both the financial and ethical standpoints, abortion is no more worthy of being covered under a health insurance plan than any other non-critical surgery.And so in addition to abortion being the moral outrage that it is, in fact a cold financial case can be made for not covering abortions under any medical insurance plan.
I ask because Ive never heard of or seen an actual insurance policy that covered elective abortions. Is there such a thing?Stuart,My health insurance, from UnitedHealthcare, covers elective abortions. The documents outlining benefits say so quite explicitly, using the words elective abortion. The figure I keep running into is that two-thirds of insurance companies provide coverage for elective abortions.
As such, I imagine most insurance would probably not cover abortions. Ken, You are apparently incorrect, although I am finding it difficult to cite an authoritative source. I have found a lot of things like this.
Q. Does insurance cover the cost of an abortion?A. Almost two-thirds of insurance companies cover elective abortion to some degree. Contact your insurance company to find out if you are covered.Q. Does military insurance cover the cost of an abortion?A. At this time, military health plans cover abortion only in cases of life endangerment.Q. Does Medicaid or other state-assisted health insurance cover the cost of an abortion?A. Medicaid is only required to cover abortion in cases of rape, incest, or life endangerment. However, some states do cover abortion as part of their Medicaid policies.
And so in addition to abortion being the moral outrage that it is, in fact a cold financial case can be made for not covering abortions under any medical insurance plan.One source I have found says that the average cost of having a baby is $6,378 for a normal delivery, $10,638 for a cesarean. Another source says low birthweight babies cost an average of about $16,000, and very low birthweight babies an average of $95,000. Now, I am not suggesting that insurance companies pay for elective abortions for this reason, but an abortion costing $350 to $500 is much, much cheaper than even the most uneventful delivery. So there is not a good economic case to be made against insurance companies paying for elective abortions. It saves them lots of money.
"So there is not a good economic case to be made against insurance companies paying for elective abortions. It saves them lots of money."You are focusing only on the expense and ignoring the other half of the equation which is income. The economics of it is based on the premiums collected from the policies in question as well as the opportunity cost of the future premiums both from the dependant and the parent. I don't know what the profitabiliy of it is, but just saying you cannot determine it from the cost alone.
Good point, MAT; in my personal experience, premiums for family coverage are usually a multiple (e.g. 2x, 3x) of individual coverage.
I don't know if anyone here is interested in how people who are pro-choice (like me) feel about all this stuff - perhaps I'm the only existing pro-choice Catholic on the planet - but if they were, I saw a post today that gives that pov ....http://community.feministing.com/2009/10/women-could-actually-lose-cove....


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14 Oct 2011 5:20 AM #1
Where do proxies go in MVC structure?
Where do proxies go in the MVC structure? Do they get automatically loaded like controllers, views, models, stores, etc... ?
BTW - From looking at the Kiva example, it appears that custom proxies are manually configured but I really don't understand it. Specifically, I don't understand why the proxy definition/class is in lib/KivaProxy.js. I would think it would be in something like proxy/Kiva.js and that the model would reference it. Can someone please explain?
14 Oct 2011 6:59 AM #2
Proxies are defined directly on the Model or the Store 99% of the time. This is why we don't have a proxy folder. Kiva is an exception as it had to create a customized proxy. It might be worth looking into if it turns out many people are creating custom proxies.
Can I ask you what you need a custom proxy for in your app? Do you need a custom proxy, or where you just wondering where you had to define your proxies? If its the latter, then the answer is in your model or store definition.
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I see, yes in that case you would want to create a custom proxy I will discuss this with the team, and see if it's something we can add in one of the upcoming releases. I'm moving this into the bug forum and opening a ticket for it.
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17 Oct 2011 11:58 AM #6
I'm assuming that wiring up custom proxies in a MVC app in ST 2.x doesn't work but that custom proxies should. Right?
I tried creating a custom proxy following the Kiva example to access the contacts via PhoneGap. My class inherits from Ext.data.proxy.Proxy. The app fails to load now.
1. Is it possible to create a custom proxy with ST 2.x PR1 ?
2. Am I inheriting from the correct super class?
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If have a problem with the componentheading and the contentpagetitle.
I got a sectionblog for my articles. The title of the page is a componentheading. The title of the articles (intro) is a contentpagetitle.
If I click on the title of a article, I can see the entire article. The title of the page is now the title of the article (contentpagetitle), and that is good.
The problem is, this title now needs the same layout as the componentheading. But if I do this, the titles of the articles also get this layout in the sectionblog
How can I make sure I got 2 different styles, or the contentpagetitle changes in a componentheading while looking at the full article?
I you don't uderstand what I'm saying just go to http://csm.infowebpreview.be/nl/realisaties, and click on the first title 'Realisatie'. The full article opens and the title 'Realisatie' should be underlined now.
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Heh, reversibly encrypt the call log data. They already have access to the call log through the mobile service provider.
Heh, reversibly encrypt the call log data. They already have access to the call log through the mobile service provider.
That's just our Internet down here. Too many sheep blocking the road when you're late for church. It's very frustrating at times.
Are you implying theft of goods and the drones by people with nets, or that the drones are purely for tracking people.
Slashdot using it isn't really an outstanding endorsement. I mean, they can't even get their comment system working right. So Vanilla JS doesn't help much there.
Ok my morning routine:
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2. Murder my neighbour.
3. Have a shower.
4. Have breakfast.
See, nothing illegal there.
Probably won't matter. I'm sure someone will get it all working on a Raspberry Pi.
It would allow the Australian NSA access without violating those pesky laws they're supposed to follow...
But...NO2 got turned into some weird NCO thing.
What do you lose in Safari and Spotlight?
If it's just Facebook, then it'll be claimed as a Facebook security breach and not anything related to NSA.
You would want some sort of release of data that collates Facebook accounts to traffic offenses and something to do with cellphone data.
Oh yeah, it is closer to 15 years ago. This is in 2001. ADSL wasn't common enough in New Zealand until about 2004.
I remember dial up plans that were capped at like, 150 hours of usage. So unlimited time based access isn't something I would have thought of as weird about ten years ago.
ADSL came along and it shifted from time based restriction to data cap.
I didn't even mean it that way. But it works.
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I am brand new to this. Photoshop does stitching. I tried it on some handheld 360s and it seemed to work great. I am sure the problems it had was because the images were shot hand held and will buy fine once I get my NN.
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So Let's Try a Coffee Talk Here
Okay folks, we still don't have many of the changes we are anticipating putting in place here, but I thought we could give a preliminary Coffee Talk a try over here at CatholicDigest.com ...
Let's have an Open Forum and see how it goes. I'm sure many of you have been holding onto ideas, thoughts, and questions over the past couple of weeks while we were Coffee Talk-less.
Have at it! What's on your mind? Let's talk!
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I disagree. I'm very glad that Faith and Family will continue, but this site looks very businessy to me.
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I am thrilled that there's a new venue for Coffee Talk, but I'm concerned that not all of the "regulars" will find it. I clicked here from Facebook, but I couldn't figure out how to get here from the Catholic Digest home page. As for format, I'm not a fan of it either, but Danielle noted in the header that this is far from a finished product, so I'm not too worried about it!
If you build it, they will come. You'll just have to get the word out via F&F.
I also tried unsuccessfully to find the Coffee Talk without going through the facebook link. Is there a way to do this?
Does this mean the blogs are gone?
Amy, I have battled the same problem of constant fertile type mucus for 20 years, and have just recently discovered the Marquette Method which uses the Clearblue Easy Fertility Monitor and the Digital Ovulation Predictor Kit. Although I approached the method with skepticism, I found it very easy to learn and to use. The first month of charting, I tried to combine the monitor readings with the mucus, but it was a complete failure. So for the past five months, I have only been charting and using the monitor readings. Additionally, for the past year, I have been working with a NaPro doctor to identify the underlying cause of the mucus, without success. After looking at my charts last week, she agreed that I should discontinue Creighton and use Marquette. The Marquette Method can be found online. I only wish that I knew about this method earlier, because the failure of the other methods of NFP caused so much damage to our marriage that we now must work to repair our relationship.
Yes, I agree with Sarah that I only found this via FB after almost commenting on the general "what happened to f&f" post something that is definitely off topic for that thread, but something that I would have immediately posted at the old F&F. Six months ago, I had a benign brain tumor removed and suffered a major stroke as part of the surgery. It has been a long and difficult recovery as I have three boys, ages 7, 5 and 2. This morning was the first time I was able to kneel at mass without leaning on the pew behind me. Yesterday was a rough day, marking the six month anniversary of my diagnosis and hospital admission, so it made today's accomplishment especially sweet. Thank you, Lord.
I agree that it is a little hard to find this spot. Also agree that I am wondering if all the regular bloggers from F&FL will be blogging here too. Here is my question of the day, if anyone is hanging out here. I have really been suffering lately from anxiety related to being a mom in the world we live in today. I mean, it seems like there is just so much bad news - kids getting killed by nanny, kid mauled by wild dogs at the zoo, girl kidnapped and killed, hurricanes, the election, etc... I want to be an informed person, I do read a lot of news, but it honestly makes me want to shut everything down and just become a hermit! My DH says, "just don't read the bad news," but I can't seem to help clicking on the links and obsessing that that bad news will somehow become mine. I worry so much about how we will be able to protect our kids in a world like this. I have 4 kids 6 and under and I am just terrified that something bad will happen to one of them, and I'm just one person - how can I protect them all? At the end of the day - I think it boils down to the fact that I am really suffering from a lack of faith and hope. I feel beat down emotionally from it all. Does anyone else ever get like this?
Jen, I think we all get that way from time to time, if we are aware at all what goes on in the world. My son is 25, and I still worry every day what his life will be like, and if his generation will have the opportunities mine did. I too sometimes become overwhelmed with all the "bad" out there. I know it is not easy, but I've been trying very hard to do what I know I CAN do, and then just give the rest to God. It may sound cliche, but it really works for me when it all just gets to be too much. I know I can't protect my loved ones from all that is out there, so all I can do is pray for them when they leave the house, make the sign of the cross over them, and give them to God. I hope this helps a least a little dear. Blessings.
I can't believe this Coffee Talk has been going on since November 1, and I just found it. It seems like there should have been a way to make it more obvious to the F&F readers. Also, it's disappointing that there's no way to be notified of follow-up comments.


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How Much TV Is Too Much for My Toddler?
Most of us underestimate the amount of TV we—and our children—watch. Try keeping a log for two weeks or a month. Write down the exact time you turn on the TV, when you turn it off, and what programs or videos your child watched during that time. You may be surprised at how much time your child spends in front of the TV.
The average child watches too much TV. The problem is not just that the hours your toddler spends glued in front of the tube are hours she's not spending exploring or reading or creating worlds of her own. Just as troublesome is the fact that the more TV your child watches, the higher the chances that she'll be watching junk at least some of the time.
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Remember also to model good TV-watching habits yourself. You can't reasonably expect your child to limit herself to two hours a day if you're watching five to six hours yourself. That's hypocritical—and kids will catch you up in your inconsistency. So when you have some free time, don't just plop down in front of the TV (even if you're sitting with your child). Instead, spend it playing with your toddler. Do some art projects together or go on a "field trip" to a library, park, or museum.
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I am looking for a way to initiate a PPP connection with my EVDO modem from the command line instead of having to go to System Preferences -> Network and hit "Connect".
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I'm sure there is a more elegant way, but this could be done with UI scripting. I don't have an EVDO modem, so I can't give the specifics of the script that would work, but first you would go to -> System Preferences -> Universal Access and make sure "Enable access for assistive devices" is checked.
Then, you could write a script using a text editor. As I said, the specifics of the script would depend on your system and the layout of the screen you're trying to control, but it would look something like this:
You'd save the script, make it executable, and then you could enable your modem from the command line. I'm sure there's a more elegant way that doesn't involve popping up a window and that doesn't involve so much trial and error at the "click button 1" stage, but this is a start.
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Miami City Ballet: Program 1Balanchivadze's "Swan Lake", "4 T's"..and...
Posted 19 October 2008 - 07:07 AM
Swan Lake.
There are few things i would like to hightlight of this "sui generis"-(at least for me)- take on the work. First, to thank Deanna Seay and Rolando Sarabia for being the leads. They always make a beautiful pair. Seay totally shows the command and experience that all this years as a Company Principal has given her, and Sarabita was , as usual, there, always attentive, always in place to enhance his ballerina's performance. He certainly has mastered the art of the partnership, and his variation-(didn't know it was going to be taken for the original Act I Pas de Trois!)- was, as usual, impecable too. Even many years later, and with a limited offer of his old Havana Petipa roles, he certainly dominates the dancing, the stage, his partner and the audience as good as when he was the newest wonderboy back then. Keep the good job, barbaro! Now, here are some points that right now I can recall thinking while watching Mr. B's choreography:
1-The mechanical swans . Never saw them before, and they were a bit distracting althought i found the idea candid, but still they made me smile for sure.
2-The Corps tutus...not pancake ones, nor long romantic either, but sort of a short version of a romantic one, above the knee(with the exception of Odette). Karinska's...?
3-The hunters. They didn't dance, nor partnered, just showing up for a couple of seconds to quickly stand by the maidens in pose at some point, just to rush out right away.
4-Most of all, the fact that all along the ballet my overall impression was that this was just another case of restaging of the classic lakeside story that we all know. I'm sorry if i couldn't detect "blank"/"expressionless" faces, or ballerinas "inhabitating roles" who were just dancers and not characters. What i saw tonight was Miss Seay clearly portraying old Odette one more time as vulnerable and dramatic as it has been from the Russian imperial times , and very beautifully, by the way. Everything was there to tell the story...the backdrops with the castle in the distance, the hunting party, the usual mime gestures-(minus Odette's sequence telling her story to Siegfried, but this is even erased from the most of the current productions nowadays, so no big deal...), the suffering faces, the love gestures, and most of it, the very explicit story of the romantic encounter between a Prince and a Princess who gets to be cursed to inhabit her swan nemesis during the day for the rest of her life.
Basically, i saw a cropped/arranged version of Ivanov's SL Act II, with some changes in the choreography, musical additions-(from Acts I and IV) ,substractions and the name of Balanchine instead of Ivanov on the Playbill when crediting the choreographer.
The 4 T's.
I loved the minimalistic sets and costumes, the modern atmosphere, the peculiar dancing. Among all the dancers i want to point at Jeremy Cox as Phlematic. He's so charismatic, and seems to understand very well Balanchine's dinamics. I certainly need more future visual contact with the work to talk with a wider comprehension, to be fair.
The other dancers were:
Melancholic: Alex Wong
Sanguinic: Jeannette Delgado/Renato Panteado
Choleric: Andrea Spiridonakos.
I need to watch this ballet for a second time for sure.
In the Upper Room.
I left the Theater before it even started...We all know i have my issues with Twyla (Oh, well... just like Miss Danilova-RIP-)
Posted 21 October 2008 - 06:45 AM
Balanchine and Tharp and a Bit of Brio
Posted 21 October 2008 - 07:01 AM
Your Odette/Siegfried (Seay and Sarabia) are just the partnership I would have chosen. I'm glad I have tickets for all the WPB pefomances, so I'll get to see the same cast you saw. I hope I'll see it at least twice. What it is about Rolando Sarabia that draws so much richness and depth from ballerinas in roles like this? I know that Macaulay preferred the classical correctness of Wu and Zou, and I'm sure they are lovely. But I'll go with Seay/Sarabia on this, for expressivity, pathos, and magic.
Yes, as to Miami's 4T's. And Yes, as to Cox as Phlegmatic! This was my dream castisng, and I'm glad I'll get to see it.
The 4 T's.
I loved the minimalistic sets and costumes, the modern atmosphere, the peculiar dancing. Among all the dancers i want to point at Jeremy Cox as Phlegmatic. He's so charismatic, and seems to understand very well Balanchine's dinamics.
Macaulay goes out of his way to praise the 4T's. Speed is definitely a factor. Over the years at NYCB, all except Choleric seemed to get slower and draggier, for some reason. Villella remembers the way it was done in his day. Not "speed" for its own sake, of course: there are so many subtle details to encompass as one moves along!
Thanks, cahill, for the link to Macaulay.
I understand your feelings about Upper Room. But -- if you look at it as an exercise in the variations in dance style -- it can be riveteting. As Macaulay mentions, it's a crowd pleaser. I'm not one of those who loves it, but I find it fascinating to watch -- and I enjoy so much the way the dancers seem to dive into it and explode from it.
The art of program building in ballet, often supposed to be a thing of the past, is not dead. Miami City Ballets current program Swan Lake Act II, The Four Temperaments and In the Upper Room, the third of its couplings of choreography by George Balanchine and Twyla Tharp demonstrates to newcomers and connoisseurs alike just how diverse ballet, and one ballet company, can be.
You could simplify this triple bill by calling its works classical (Balanchines one-act Swan Lake), modernist (his Four Temperaments) and postmodernist (Ms. Tharps In the Upper Room).
Posted 21 October 2008 - 09:12 AM
I certainly find it riveting.
I understand your feelings about Upper Room. But -- if you look at it as an exercise in the variations in dance style -- it can be riveteting.
Posted 01 November 2008 - 09:42 PM
Posted 02 November 2008 - 03:39 PM
Oh!, and one more thing that i found fascinating from Mr' B's SL. It was the first time that i saw the original Tchaikowsky's music for the Coda of the Love Duet being used...
True, cubanmiamiboy. It's a vigorous staging. I am hoping to catch one of the upcoming shows in Ft. Lauderdale, as it is very rare opportunity to see the "Mr. B Swan Lake" with the corps wearing the all-white tuts (unlike NYCB).
Posted 03 November 2008 - 12:35 PM
Okay, it's night. How can you see a stage full of dancers at night? Ron Bates was not the first one to do that, and he (or Mr. B, who knew more than notes and steps, to put it mildly) had a great idea for the moment when the corps, having danced, circles the stage and then runs off upstage on our right: They were lit from the wings, just low enough that the dancers running around one side of the stage cast moving shadows on the dancers on the other side -- in the opposite direction! Thus they seemed to be moving even faster, heightening the effect of their rushing off, and apparently increasing their number, yet while leaving them unobscured. I don't expect to see this recreated. Cristian, did you notice?
Another thing I remember is seeing lots of Mr. B's SL (with Verdy or Hayden) and then going across the Plaza one night, when something less interesting was on, and seeing the RB Swan Lake and being startled in Act II by how many sequences were familiar. Every other one or so, it seemed like. Where the Royal had a less brilliant sequence, Balanchine had brightened up his version. Cristian, do you know the "standard" Petipa version well enough to compare them?
Anyway, I expect to see all the Broward performances, and a BTer who wants to meet me might look for my white hair and pink face, and - usually - my portfolio, in the theatre. It's my custom to wear a suit opening night, too.
Posted 03 November 2008 - 09:18 PM
Now, can somebody explain me about the Corps tutus in SL. I find them weird. Are they Karinska's...?
Posted 04 November 2008 - 01:37 PM
Posted 04 November 2008 - 07:08 PM
Don't have the playbill at hand-(think i lost it)-, but yes, usually all MCB's Balanchine's costume designs are Karinska's-(faithfully reproduced by Morales). In the case of SL i'm still confused, so i was wondering if the newyorkers who grew up watching this version can shred some light on the subject...bart?
Aren't the costumes credited in the program? "Haydee Morales after Karinska" maybe?
Posted 07 November 2008 - 10:30 PM
I-95 was easy on my way back to Miami, so here i am, in time to make a few comments on tonight's performance.
Swan Lake.
Odette was danced by Principal Haiyan Wu, and Siegfried by Soloist Yang Zou, the two of them very light and airy young dancers. The atmosphere was more "impersonal" this time than that of provided by Seay and Sarabita-(i suspect that this is Wu and Zou's own style rather than Mr. B's SL's call for "blankness" or "expressionless" faces). Anyway, my thoughts remain the same on this production. One can tell that there is a love story going on, with an easy to follow pathos, and even enhanced by leads like the hunters and the mechanical swans. Thanks to Jack Reed, who showed me a beautiful picture of the original production-(with Tallchief and Eglevsky)- showing the Corps wearing long romantic-inspired tulle tutus with wings. He also can't tell where the current -(and weird to me)-tutu designs come from. It was a pleasure to finally meet another real person from this board.
The 4 T's
I could "see" more of the ballet tonight. I found the very end with the leaping lifts very beautiful, and Andrea Spiridonakos was a revelation in Choleric. I love tall ballerinas, and she certainly stands out, sparkling with joy while displaying an effortless-(at least visually)-footwork.
Melancholic-Alex Wong. Another air entity. This short dancer reminds me of a ping-pong ball, graciously rebounding all the time. Always love him in Balanchine's ballets.
Sanguining. Jennifer Kronemberg and Renato Panteado. Kronomberg is so beautiful that her stage presence always makes the whole thing work, along with a solid technique and great partnering. A plus.
Phlegmatic-Jeremy Cox. Now THIS boy is something. What an interesting body language does he displays... He's certainly becoming the Company Balanchine's male speaker, with that particular boneless appearance to his dance. Nice job, Cox. Love your Grand Battements, BTW.
Choleric-Andrea Spiridonakus. A true revelation, as i said earlier. This soloist certainly will be knocking soon in the promotion doors. Or at least i hope to. Very energetic, with a direct step attack. Great.
In the Upper Room-(. Nothing further to add to my earlier comments on Tharp.
Posted 08 November 2008 - 04:50 AM
Do you happen to know who will be the leading principals of SWAN LAKE on Sunday (Wu/Zou or Seay/Sarabita or other)? Curiosity is killing me. Also, I am really hoping for Jeremy Cox in Phlegmatic of FOUR Ts. I'll be happy no matter who I'll be seeing.
I'm a big fan of UPPER ROOM so am also looking forward to that one. This is as close to a perfect program as I've ever seen on paper. Definitely worth the trip.
Posted 08 November 2008 - 02:25 PM
Swan Lake Act II: This version, staged by Maria Calegari, is almost exactly what I began to see Balanchine's company dance in the mid-70s, eleven musical numbers from parts of Tchaikovsky's score, mostly from the second act but also from Acts One and Four.
(If MCB is wrong to call this Swan Lake Act II, as Alastair Macaulay says in the Times, what then would be a better title? "Swan Lake"? I think MCB renamed Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 2 as Ballet Imperial because the more musicologically-correct title was a little off-putting for south Florida. Would people have been misled into thinking this was the whole Swan Lake? Should they have called it Swan Lake Acts I, II, & IV? Now, there's a title! Maybe Swan Lake Suite? Hmm.
Titles of art works can orient the viewer toward the work as their makers see them. Balanchine considered that he had distilled the traditional ballet into its essence, and the cognoscenti who troop into the Met during first intermission and leave after Act III of the full-length version might go part way along with his judgement. "I got all the cholesterol out," he's supposed to have said. Hence Mr. B's title. I'm not going to say what Villella should have done.)
The only real structural difference I noticed from what I saw years ago is in number 8, Odette's variation, where my notes from the 70's have "Odette & 4 girls" but Haiyan Wu danced alone Friday night. There's something to be said for this -- Odette is very much alone in this version, helplessly caught up in her fate as Rothbart's victim.
In some full-length versions, Odette and Siegfried hurl themselves to their death at the end, so they may be together at last in Heaven, as Rothbart dies in miserable agony, his calculations undone and his power broken, but while Balanchine uses the music of the Finale, "omitting the opening 26-bar andante and beginning with the allegro agitato," according to my old notes, his lovers are separated forever. Then again, there may be something to be said for the additional four girls, but by this time I don't remember what they danced, so I can't say it. But much of the rest of what was before us was familiar, if sometimes more gently though still beautifully projected than Balanchine's dancers did. In general, these dancers' movement quality tends a little -- a little -- toward the stiff, clipped, and efficient, while I rremember his as moving with a little -- a little -- more supple clarity, which was, for me, even more effective. What I'm saying is that we're seeing something pretty close to his.
All things considered, this production is yet, again, wonderfully achieved and yet, again, another thing for everyone connected with it to be very proud of, not least Juan Francisco La Manna and his orchestra, for their sensitive and perceptive and respectful performance of Tchaikovsky's rich music and in tempos which, mostly, moved without being driven; I quibble only with the adagio of the pas de deux and the moderato assai of Odette's variation as slowish, especially by contrast. But the conventional cheapening of Tchaikovsky's music too often heard in the concert hall was not heard in the ballet theatre.
The Four Temperaments was less effective for me. (But while opening with this Swan Lake was the superb programming move Macaulay said it was, it was so good in itself it created the show-business problem of being "a hard act to follow"!) Yes, it was very good -- and the caricature of this ballet NYCB showed in Chicago a year or two ago is not even in the running, IMHO -- and was free of the over-etched quality of Suki Schorer's otherwise excellent staging at a School of American Ballet workshop following that, but, a little like the SAB renditon, some of the leads were a little -- well, off, though none looked so green as Schorer's students. I liked Alex Wong (Melancholic Variation) best; not another Bart Cook, and no reason to be, either: Wong had the role in his grasp, and the opening-night audience in it, too. Maybe if I get to see Jennifer Carlynn Kronenberg and Renato Penteado (Sanguinic Variation) and Andrea Spiridonakos (Choleric Variation) from a better seat their dancing will have more effect. But Jeremy Cox's Phlegmatic Variation seemed to me to elude him Friday.
In the Upper Room added some strobe-light effects in the upper reaches of the Au-Rene Theatre I hadn't remembered: There's so much smoke on stage it set off the theatre smoke alarms in the second number, but the situation -- the alarms, I mean, not the smoke on stage, which remains pretty thick, and adds to the effect of the effects -- was soon under control. (But only, I learned later, after theatre staff had determined the cause, as required by safety codes.)
I'm not crazy about this ballet, but everybody's in it, and so I got compensation for not seeing Mary Carmen Catoya and Deanna Seay earlier. Catoya "sneaks" into my awareness in it, because she's not naturally black-haired, as all the women are in this, so her outstanding dancing registers before I recognise her face. (The uniformity of the girls' hair, among other things, reminds me of Mr. B's comment on Twyla Tharp: "She makes them all look like her; I make them all look like them." And I still get conflicted in number VIII, when both Seay and Catoya are prominent downstage -- which one do I watch? But that's been one of the dilemmas Tharp's been handing me at least since As Time Goes By.
Posted 08 November 2008 - 04:39 PM
MCB director Eddie Villella will lead a pre-perf talk one hr before nominal curtain time -- so at 1 PM tomorrow (Sunday), as the show commences at 2PM.
Thanks, Jack!
Posted 08 November 2008 - 05:31 PM
The following weekend for this program is the Kravis in West Palm Beach. Buddy writes that he will be in attendance. So will I. Anybody else?
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Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Fahd bin Abdulaziz today chaired the regular weekly meeting of the Council of Ministers, which was briefed by Deputy Prime Minister and Commander of the National Guard Crown Prince Abdullah bin Abdulaziz on his tour of the Eastern Province for the inauguration of a number of industrial, health, investment and development projects, and on his short visit to the United Arab Emirates, where he spoke with UAE President Shaikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, emphasizing deep and strong relations between the two countries and praising the President's wisdom and insight. The cabinet was then briefed on the talks held by the King and the Crown Prince with visiting Prime Minister of Malaysia Mahathir Mohammed on bilateral cooperation, and on the international situation, particularly issues of concern to Muslims, and ways of strengthening relations among Islamic countries.
Turning to domestic issues, the cabinet passed a number of resolutions. Among them was a resolution concerning local occurrences of access to the Internet via satellite dishes in contravention of the cabinet decision issued in March 1997 [24/10/1417 H], to the effect that enough lines be made available to enable legal access to Internet services, that rates for their use be lowered, and the cost to end-users decreased. The cabinet stressed that Internet users and providers in the Kingdom should abide by the 1997 telecommunications system regulations, and emphasized that the Saudi Telecommunications Company (STC) should track down violations, including those by satellite service providers and public recreation facilities, as well as by companies, establishments and individuals. STC and the King Abdulaziz City for Sciences and Technology (KACST) are advised to coordinate with each other, and to take the necessary measures to stop breaches and impose penalties, including issuing warnings and revoking licenses. Within two years from the date this resolution comes into effect, STC and KACST are requested to report to the cabinet on its outcome and submit suggestions for better performance.
The cabinet also passed a resolution that the Cooperative Health Insurance Act be enforced for Saudi citizens working in the private sector, irrespective of salary. The enforcement will be in phases, the timing of which is to be determined by the Cooperative Health Insurance Council, provided that the first phase begins two years following the practical application of the system for non-Saudis, with a possible extension of a third year. According to the Act, families of beneficiaries covered by this service are allowed to opt for medical treatment at government health facilities provided expenses are covered by the cooperative insurance companies.


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Senior playwrights present new plays in staged readings for the thesis in playwriting, advised by faculty member Annie Baker; senior theatre majors perform original solo works for the thesis in solo performance under the advisement of faculty member Kyle deCamp.
The Barnard theatre department presents Caryl Churchill's now-classic play Top Girls. From its opening moments Top Girls sets contemporary women's struggles for power, recognition, and equality against the rich background of feminist history.
The Barnard theatre department presents a searching inquiry into the personal meaning and significance of the loss of vision. Directed by Pulitzer Prize-nominated and Obie Award-winning writer, composer, director, and performer Rinde Eckert.
The Barnard theatre department presents one of Shakespeare's most beloved plays—a romantic, yet clear-eyed parable of outrage and forgiveness. Sold out. Waiting list at the door Friday and Saturday.
For the inaugural production of New Plays at Barnard, the theatre department joins forces with downtown company New Georges to bring to the stage Lauren Feldman's The Egg-Layers.
From its famous first word—MERDRE!— through its glorious anatomy of scatology, gluttony, and homicide, Ubu the King is the instrument of total satire.


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Congratulations to all graduating History majors! Here is a short article you might find useful: "Entering the Job Market with a BA in History."
Click here to read the recent Loyola Today article in written by Jenna Anne Chan, '15 about David Carey, Jr. entitled Uncovering hidden voices of the past.Congratulations to Professor David Carey Jr., the second holder of the Doehler Chair in History, who is the co-recipient of the Latin American Studies Association's 2015 Bryce Wood Book Award for his book I Ask for Justice: Maya Women, Dictators, and Crime in Guatemala, 1898-1944 (Austin: University of Texas Press, 2013)! LASA is the most important professional organization for scholars of Latin America in the United States. The book award is given each year to an outstanding book on Latin America in the social sciences and humanities that was published in English in the United States.
Check out the History Department Spring 2015 Newsletter.
We are delighted to welcome a new colleague to the Department of History: Willeke Sanders (Assistant Professor)!
"Whiteford Medal Winner"
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congratulate Samantha Van Doran for her receipt of the 2014-2015 Whiteford
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prestigious award of the History Department and was bestowed on Samantha at
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promise of noteworthy contributions to historical scholarship. Of particular
note was Samantha's superb senior honors thesis, "And this is the
Wretchedness of that Fatal Kingdom": Spenser, Moryson, and the Elizabethan
Conquest of Ireland." Congratulations, Samantha!
Congratulations to the History Department Essay Contest Winners 2014-2015!
2014-2015 Essay Contest Winners
Seminar Papers
First Place: Theresa Bering, "Divine Intervention: Competition Between Religiously Motivated Relief Organizations in Palestine during World War I" (for Sara Scalenghe's HS 489D, "America in the Middle East").
Second Place: Nicole Meily, "Developing Memory: The Role of Photography in National and International Memory of the Pinochet Years" (for Bill Donovan's HS 488, "Political Violence and Terrorism in the Modern World").
Upper-level Long:
First place (tie): Nicholas George: Naba, The Chief of All Diseases: Medicine, Socierty, and Prestige in the Balttimore Smallpox Epidemics 1871-1882" (for Matt Mulcahey's HS 423, "Disasters in American History" AND Rachael Martines, "Women and the Mexican Revolution of 1910 thought the lens of Como Agua par Chocolate" (for David Carey's HS385, "History of Mexico")
Second Place (tie): Thomas Bagley, "New" Dealing with the Unexpected: The Great New England Hurricane of 1938 and Federal Disaster Response" (for Matt Mulcahey's HS 423, "Disasters in American History" AND Jessica Valenti, "Transformation of Egyptian Nationalism through Cinema" (for Sara Scalenghe's HS 449 The Modern Middle East Through Literature and Film)
Upper Level Short:
First place: Kelley Murphy, "An Oasis in the Battlefield: Children's Literature as a Democratic Education Tool and an Escapist Medium for Children during World War Two," written for Tom Pegram's HS 350.02: WWII in America, Fall 2014.
Second place: Megan Wilson, "Northern and National Papers Provide Support and Sympathy for Birmingham Campaign," written for Tom Pegram's HS 366D.01, Civil Rights Crusade, Spring 2015.
100 Level:
First Place (tie) Stephen Gorson, "Shame, Cynicism, and a Love for Roosevelt," (for Tom Pegram's HS 103, Making of the Modern World: United States) AND Kate Amalfitano, "Silent Saviors," (for Katherine Brenna's HS 101, Making of the Modern World: Europe)
Second Place: Jessica Molz, "Harmful Intercession in Africa: Decolonization and the Cold War," (for Betsy Schmidt's HS 106D, Making of the Modern World Africa)


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| Llanes, J. M., CEPSA, La Rabida, Spain; Keeley, C. , BASF Corp., Iselin, New Jersey; Riva, S. , BASF Corp., Iselin, New Jersey; Komvokis, V. , BASF Corp., Iselin, New Jersey; Miranda, M., BASF, Iselin, New Jersey; Serrano, E., CEPSA, Huelva, Spain; Arjona, M., CEPSA, Huelva, Spain; Aramburu, B. , CEPSA, Huelva, Spain
The new catalyst helped enable the refinery to maximize propylene and isobutylene yields, expand total LPG production, maintain LCN yield, improve bottoms upgrading and expand the FCCU operating window.
[ZSM-5 additive]
Spanish Petroleum Co. (CEPSA) has three refineries in Spain
(Tenerife, La Rábida in Huelva and GibraltarSan
Roque) that produce transport fuels and petrochemical feedstock. The La Rábida
refinery started operations in 1967, and the refinery
configuration and port facilities allow the refinery to
produce, store and distribute a wide range of products for
industry and consumers. The fluid catalytic cracking unit
(FCCU) was designed with the goal to enable processing
flexibility for a wide variety of feeds.a
In recent years, the profitability of European refineries has been
negatively affected by a number of large-scale trends. Two
particular trends are the reduced appetite for gasoline imports
from Europe to the East Coast of the US and the movement toward
dieselization. However, adaptable refineries are able to
improve product mix to meet changing societal needs and
maintain profitable margins. In particular, refineries able to
produce high-quality petrochemicals feedstock (like propylene), make the
right amount of gasoline and increase conversion of low-value
feeds, have improved margins.
Around 80% of propylene is generated as a byproduct of
ethylene via steam cracking and gasoline by the FCCU. However,
recent shifts to using lighter feedstocks in steam crackers have
resulted in a decrease in propylene production.1
There is potential to fill this gap with FCCU propylene.
Analysis of FCCU equilibrium catalyst (ECat) data shows
increased propylene make from all regions between 2002 and
2012. This trend is expected to continue.2 At the La
Rábida refinery, making propylene is an
attractive proposition, since the refinery and petrochemical sites are closely
CEPSAs La Rábida refinery has been producing
high propylene yields for almost 25 years. Nonetheless, the
refinery wished to challenge the status quo and investigate if
even better performance was possible. The base case catalyst
was a high propylene yield catalyst.3 To see if the
new catalyst would outperform this, laboratory testing and a
commercial trial were undertaken.
The refinery defined four objectives for the new catalyst.
They were:
Prior to the commercial trial, CEPSA R&D performed a
catalyst evaluation in its laboratory, comparing catalysts from
the incumbent and new catalyst suppliers.b Fresh
catalyst samples from each supplier were steam deactivated to
simulate commercial ECat and then tested in a Davison
circulating riser pilot plant unit. Based on the results of
this evaluation, the new catalyst was selected for a commercial
unit trial.b
In general, FCCUs typically produce around 4 wt% to 6 wt%
propylene, depending on feed type, operating conditions and the
FCC catalyst. By optimizing all these factors, propylene
production can be increased up to 12 wt%.2, 4
To generate higher propylene yield, ZSM-5 additive is
typically added on top of the base catalyst, which can result
in dilution of the base catalyst activity. As a rule of thumb,
every 5% of non-FCC cracking material in the unit inventory
reduces the FCC conversion by 1%. This is not a concern at low
ZSM-5 additive levels, but at the high levels required to truly
maximize propylene, it can become an issue. This can require
higher fresh catalyst addition rates to compensate for this
activity dilution.
The catalyst under evaluation does not suffer activity
dilution because the ZSM-5 functionality is present in the base
catalyst formulation. The presence of the ZSM-5 zeolite also
allows for maximized liquefied petroleum gas (LPG)
olefins.5, 6 This particular catalyst allows for the
production of highly olefinic naphtha by providing enhanced
diffusion of feed molecules to pre-cracking sites located on
the external, exposed surface of highly dispersed zeolite
crystals. This results in higher bottoms conversion with high
yields of olefinic naphtha. The gasoline range olefins are then
selectively converted to LPG olefins by the ZSM-5
While the catalyst was being tested, technical support
services were provided to the refinery. The package included
site visits and logistical support, process and laboratory
sample analysis and FCCU optimization using a number of
proprietary tools.
The La Rábida FCCU feed is a mixture of vacuum gasoil
(VGO) and nonconventional feed components, such as UCO from the
hydrocracker, Furfural extract (FE) from lubes processing and
other low-value components. It is desirable to process all the
UCO in the FCCU because recycling this in the hydrocracker
tends to shorten catalyst cycle length.
As the proportion of UCO in FCCU feed is increased, the
proportion of FE must also be increased to improve slurry
viscosity and heat balance in the FCCU. However, FE contains
about 80% hydrocarbons with aromatic rings, and with the
previously supplied catalyst in the base case operation, it was
difficult to convert this material in the FCCU. In addition,
the refractory FE contributed to increased slurry yields.
Historically at La Rábida, the maximum amount of FE that
could be processed in the FCCU was constrained by the maximum
slurry disposal to fuel oil.
The new catalyst delivered improved bottoms cracking
performance, allowing more of the FE aromatic side chains to be
converted. As a result, it was possible to significantly
increase the proportion of FE in feed. The FE limit with the
base catalyst was around 10%, while, with the new catalyst, the
FCCU is now able to operate with up to 20% FE in feed. The
flexibility to increase the proportion of FE in the FCCU feed
enabled all the UCO production from the hydrocracker to be sent
to the FCCU for the first time. Increasing the FE and UCO in
FCCU feed has enabled the refinery to significantly reduce the
amount of VGO sent to the FCCU. VGO is a good quality FCC feed,
but it is also significantly more expensive than FE and UCO.
Further, it is preferred to send VGO to the hydrocracker where
it is more valuable to the refinery. The net results were:
The changes in FCCU feed composition are shown in
Fig. 1.
The new catalyst met the main trial objective by
significantly increasing both propylene and isobutylene yields
for all feed compositions (Fig. 2). At the
same time, the total LPG production (C3s and
C4s) was significantly increased, even at lower
riser outlet temperatures (ROTs), as shown in Fig.
Fine-tuning the catalyst formulation enabled the
light-cracked naphtha (LCN) yield to be maintained over a range
of ROTs, consistent with defined objectives (Fig.
4). Increases in propylene and isobutylene yields
(Fig. 2), and total LPG production
(Fig. 3), came from improved bottoms upgrading
(Figs. 5 and 6). Plus, the
CEPSA R&D analysis of the LCN suggests a slight increase in
remaining C6C9 olefins
(Fig. 4) achieved by the new catalyst even
though LPG olefins have increased. This indicates that there is
potential to further increase the propylene yield by optimizing
the ZSM-5 functionality of the catalyst.
Bottoms upgrading (Figs. 5 and
6) and conversion (Fig. 7)
improved. This was achieved despite the significant increase in
the proportions of highly aromatic FE and UCO in the feed.
Since the catalyst under consideration has a unique pore
architecture and optimized porosity for heavy feed molecule
diffusion, the zeolite-based cracking provides the capability
for deep-bottoms conversion with good coke selectivity.
Fig. 5 shows much lower slurry yield over a
range of ROTs. The right side of Fig. 5
illustrates that, even for the new operating window (with a
significantly higher proportion of FE in feed), the slurry
yield is still lower than that achieved by the base case
Based on an ECat benchmark database, 20 to 30 FCCUs
worldwide are targeting maximum propylene production
(Fig. 8). As the figure shows, the catalyst
tested at La Rábida refinery is used by the three units
with the highest propylene yield vs. conversion and highest LPG
olefins yield vs. conversion.
Plus, processing all the UCO in the FCCU helps improve
catalyst cycle length at the hydrocracker. The increased
propylene yield supports CEPSAs activity in the petrochemicals area, while the
increased C4 olefins yield minimizes the need for
ethyl tertiary butyl ether unit feed imports. The improved
conversion of low-value components, otherwise destined for fuel
oil production, improves the efficiency and profitability of
the overall refinery.
By challenging the status quo, CEPSA has improved the
refinerys sustainability and economic
performance. HP
a Designed by Exxon Mobil
b BASF
1 Overview from conference: Maximizing
propylene yields, BASF Conference, Frankfurt, Germany,
June 1920, 2013.
2 Shackleford, A., FCC Benchmarking: Exploring
Industry Trends and Creating Paths Forward, 10th FCC
Forum, 2013.
3 Larraz, L., et al., Maximizing Propylene
Production in an FCC unit, 19th World Petroleum Congress,
Spain, 2008.
4 Knight, J. and R. Mehlberg, Maximizing
propylene from the FCC unit, Hydrocarbon Processing, September
5 McLean, J., et al., Distributed Matrix
Structures: A Technology Platform for Advanced FCC
Catalyst Solutions, NPRA Conference, AM-03-38.
6 Degnan, T. F., J. K. Chitnis and P. H. Schipper,
History of ZSM-5 fluid catalytic cracking additive
development at Mobil, Microporous and Mesoporous
Materials, Vol. 3536, pp. 245252, 2000.
7 Karpov, N. V., et al., Case history:
Optimization of FCC with multivariate statistical
modeling, Hydrocarbon Processing, September
8 McLean, J. and G. M. Smith, Maximizing
Propylene Production in the FCC Unit: Beyond Conventional ZSM-5
Additives, NPRA Conference, AM-05-61.
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text: I'm not going to sit here and go into a deep description on this next lesson because I already submitted a video tutorial on it the other day. For my next submission I will be teaching you "how to draw a rose tattoo", step by step. Out of all the tattoos I have done on Dragoart, this is definitely one of my favorite of the flower tattoos. I think it's because the flower happens to be a rose, and the background is black with grayed out tribal lines or markings. This would definitely make an awesome tattoo on a female body part like the shoulders, back, wrist, ankle, or even somewhere on the breasts. Anyways, this should be a cool lesson to follow because as you know step by step tutorials are sometimes easier to replicate than the video tutorials. I guess that's it, let me know what you think after you have finished your drawing that you made just by following this submission on "how to draw a rose tattoo". If you're like me you should love making this tattoo especially if you are fond of roses or flowers in general. Adios people, and have fun!


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We are in southern Illinois and last Sunday my wife noticed a crack above the kitchen cabinets. We started looking around and have found cracks all over the house in different areas that were not there before. We are starting to see seams in the drywall in different place and nail/screw heads through the drywall. The paint is pulled in many places along where the walls ceilings meet. The windows are out of square (were not before). And almost all the trim in the house is pulled away from the ceiling. We have paneling in one room and it has pulled away in the corners. The wall behind the fireplace has started to pull away from fireplace. Gap gets bigger as you go up. Would this be shifting? Worried because this has all happened in a weeks time. Here are some pics.
I've encountered the same problem in my own home, although the drywall and ceiling seam cracks only showed up one at a time over the course of a few years, and most of them were present when I moved in. If more than one or two seams popped or nail heads started showing within a month, that seems like it could be a rather large settlement in your foundation, or some other structural problem.
I'd highly recommend getting a foundation specialist to your house sooner rather than later to see if your foundation might need piers to support part of it, or if some other repair is required. In my house, a total of 14 piers were needed along the side and front of the house to support one side and prevent further shifting. There were a few hairline cracks (even small cracks can be a bad sign depending on where and how many they are) in the foundation walls, and the corner of the house had settled over 2" before the problem was found.
The problem could also be in load-bearing structures (walls, I-beams in the basement, etc.), especially if it seems the problems are mostly towards the middle of the house.
The sooner you get this fixed (don't just let it go, even if you have to pay a few thousand), the better. You'll avoid more drywall repair later, and prevent further settlement and degradation of your house's structural integrity.
Have you checked at your water meter to see if it looks like you are consuming an excessive amount of water? It could be that your under ground water feed into the house has sprung an underground leak near, under or within your foundation. Being under ground it is possible that it could run leak for a long time and you would never casually observe it. A steady flow of water into the ground in such condition could lead to a serious settling problem such as you describe where many things could change quickly over a short period of time.
This should be easy to check. Write down the reading from the water meter one evening and then check it again the next day. Of course allow for a nominal amount of usage for toilets, a shower and your drinks.