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not be so thieves!! Sympathy for the Devil

All guilds have their vices, and Mine has a horrible. Civil engineers are TOO thieves. I do not know if it's because of the fact of working with the budget millionaires who work or being in a country like Colombia where honesty is so undervalued and where do things honestly is much more difficult than making them popular with CVY or "How am I going", so common in any work of engineering.
The problem is that in Colombia the people are very forgetful. And for this reason and choose to become politicians thieves have stolen half his term budget, and the rest have spent recruiting your friends. The fact that engineering thefts are not noticed immediately, makes people not bounce against the engineers, as well as most of the time, the engineer who takes the claim has nothing to do with the initial theft. Stealing
engineering takes many forms and many variations, from "inflated" amounts of work, stealing building materials are inventoried and put into work, bribe the auditor to look away, change the design of a road passing through the farms of friends * or even make totally unnecessary work **.
Today I felt like writing because I was very angry of landslide which occurred on the road to Las Palmas last week. In Colombia, the mountainous geography makes it very difficult to make a proper road and stable. Steep slopes and position of our cities at high altitudes makes it a challenge. One would think this would help to create science and learning in the treatment of slopes, if you're constantly dealing with a problem, you should end up being an absolute reputation in its treatment, these Mexicans know as much about consolidation, San Francisco seismic northern Italians tunnels and engineers Antioquia (finally something local!) in the treatment of cuarzodiorita (a type of rock common in the area of \u200b\u200bthe reservoirs of Antioquia).
But the collapse of the road ... with that engineers have egg. Because no good for anything. The common practice is to let the slope seek its "natural stability" but it sounds very reasonable but is actually an excuse to cut a steeper slope and not taking responsibility because they fall because "in any case must be dropped ". Such practices robe makes them otherwise because they no longer spend money on what should be used in addition to contracts for the mantimiento roads (jugosísimos by the way) are in the hands of friends. Apart from all the engineers become lazy and useless, and stop thinking about solutions for these events. The end result is a country with roads around crap and unusable in the first winter without a technology to these problems (that could be used in other countries and would be a new business), and an unimaginable amount of tax money the pockets of bastards.
What happens in Las Palmas is perhaps the most irresponsible slope is in Antioquia (after the slope of the road to the West ***). Was cut slope of at least 50 meters, in a rocky area unstable. And that the road was opened to the public do not remember her stable state once more, almost all of last year completed a road was closed and there was always the material flow. Poor thing ... it's like a bleed and did nothing to prevent it.
Las Palmas is something that should be recognized, we tried to avoid the cut slope (and therefore stability problems) building a large number of bridges on the other side of the slope. This is expensive, but it makes the road is always functional, and makes the plot is more linear and TIMP shorter travel. In short, it is good engineering practice and should make the roads in this country. In the area collapse, I must confess I do not know hat happened, overconfidence of a viaduct geotechnical or too expensive. I do not know. Anyway, it's a monumental error.
But hey, you can not mourn over spilled milk. To solve the problem. But the solution was something VERY wrong. Always a spirit of saving. First a hotbed channels to carry water that did not serve, then a backhoe is mounted to the top of the slope to move soil (not ask me how, I could have done heroic climb), and a concrete panels, which were seriously pathetic. By the grace of the Holy Spirit slope survived the winter, but in a summer storm, succumbed to its own weight. And swept away to a rider who is in intensive care.
But it did not walk again, nor ambitious real solution, as an auxiliary bridge or a tunnel fake ****. No, work continued as it always has done, with and without wanting maricaditas solcuionar the underlying problem. And now there is someone in intensive care, a major road closed quein know stories thousands of cubic meters of earth to move, and Palpant need to spend a ridiculous amount of money to fix what is not solved before.
And human lives, how much is that worth? I remember one of my professors said that in ancient Egypt when a house fell on top of a family, defendant undoubtedly was the architect (in those days was also as an engineer). For this reason, took pains to make things more secure and reliable as possible, no stealing and no matter what. At the end of the day was his life, and your family, what was at stake if the structure as designed fallba. Regardless of the punishment, I think it also did not endanger anyone's life more. In this country it seems that none of that matters. If they respect the safety factors is a technical rule, and I was unthinkable that an engineer acolyte who is stealing a steel structure. That's a subtle form of murder. Designing a bank badly on purpose, mind savings, so is. And there was a huge tragedy in December last year, where four houses were destroyed by a slope. In Colombia, it is sadly common in winter a stream is to grow and take slums being built in inappropriate places, and without any engineering. Neighborhoods built people who do not know, and nature of play. Efforts are made to relocate them, but the social problem is too Grange. The case is that an engineer understands. I know I should not do my house in a certain area, but they do not. And without guidance, growing beyond anyone's control ends up making a tragedy. But if it's a shoddy design, and "Engineers" I can not understand what happened. In an area where building is not recommended, but where the same is done for the price of land, built a home unit called the Upper Verde. And there was a giant slope. Surely steepest cut for home meter2 or 3 more and make the project more reantable. I think it has exited the official report, but more likely is that the slope has been filled with water, and this added weight makes the slope unstable. Some people said that was because of some tanks that were above or misuse of water. But to get the water from a slope only need good drainage, with that ensures stability. And that is worth nothing compared to the price of a house. But to save, left to do that. "As an engineer risks the seguirdad of a family to save a few million dollars? That leaves me in the head.
I recently saw a movie called "The Kite Runner," a story about children of Afghanistan. The fact is that there is a scene where a father tells his son:

There is only one sin, only one. And that is theft. Every sin is a variation of theft. When you kill a man, you steal a life. You steal his wife's right to a husband, their children to a father. When you tell a lie, you steal someone's right to truth, when you cheat, you steal the right to justice.

May all engineers knew that by stealing, are stealing the right to security, development, social justice and life. Perhaps they did so, and maybe then I could feel proud of a guild, which now makes me sick.


* The Villeta road to Bogota is one of the most ... absurdities of a road changed. In itself change the route to pass through the estate of a powerful land venderpian their expensive prices. But some genius came up with a stream to divert the road "look more beautiful" and deflected by a geological fault. You can imagine the collapse on to say that I visited the site for over 6 years, and yet have removed all the earth.
** For god ... http://www.elespectador.com/impreso/nacional/articuloimpreso100701-viaje-al-corazon-del-alto-sinu?page=0, 0
*** slopes are the worst in history, giants and unprotected by vegetation . They live on the floor. It is paradoxical to see the worst piece of engineering (road) side of the work that pride to all Antioquia (the tunnel of the West)
**** A fake tunnel is a metal structure shaped tunnel into which it landslides drop the top, then ends in a tunnel "false." This solves the problems of the slope because it lowers the cutting angle.

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Salve! Salve! Enjoyment of life

Salve! Salve! Carnival unparalleled

dear land of Riosucio

of glory are immortal

The chorus of that song still gives me around in my head. And no wonder, the hymn of the Carnival is repeated and repeated during the days it lasts. One, as vistiante, has an obligation to learn, but at the moment of truth that is not difficult and one learns with pleasure.
long time I wanted to go to the Carnival, famous in Colombia to have a figure that highlights a lot with religion present in the coffee people, the very prince of the underworld, lord of the underworld, the incarnation of ultimate evil, Lucifer, The Devil, Satan.

Satan is a black
I know, I know

History tells us that where now stands Riosucio, had a land dispute for two people, a English village with mining vocation indigenous people. To end the war between them, it was decided that both villages are located in the same village. However, they were "Happy Together", and therefore it is a town with two main squares separated a couple of blocks. There was even a barrier in the same town (to the best usage of a wall of Berlin, only a century earlier) to separate villages.

The pastors of both churches, tired of the rivalry and bickering, ordered to take down the division and made a threat to the inhabitants. Who disturb the peace between two peoples, it would take the devil. To celebrate the union of these, they created a carnival the first days of January in honor of the Magi. Years later, the figure of the devil of the threat became the central figure of the Carnival. Culturally the devil and the carnival took elements of English culture, black, mulatto, indigenous and mestizo and the event, making it a matchless they are today.

The carnival lasts from 2 to 8 January, and every two years. I was eager to walk, but for some reason was convinced that this year there was Carnival. Diego Talking to my uncle at Christmas I realized my mistake, and I learned that the pa was where the family of his wife, natives of the municipality. When asked if he could bring company, told me in his characteristic humor that I had with grid. So I called Lina, I told her to be my pal grid walk, accepted and start the first of January. Well, but it was not all grid ride, although he was full of mirella. Diego promptly reached niece.

My uncle described the Carnival in a simple phrase: It's a different course a. And yes it is. This year was enough to rumba. I went to parties at El Retiro, a village near Medellin. And are the typical holiday village. Cavalcade, a stage with orchestras, and many tables in the main square where people sit to drink. Some loose bottles to grab some girl and dance to popular music.

Never, ever

ones I abandooo caaaaariñ ito!

But there is a fundamental difference between a common village festivals and carnivals Riosucio. For example, few people know that the celebrations are the Fiestas del Retiro de los Negritos, after a midwife paisa who inherited her husband's many mines, and release all his slaves to Africa. In contrast, in Riosucio everyone knows the hisotria of Carnival, and is keen that all visitors, more partying to come, come to anoint the culture, learn about the Carnival, and sit outside to care for Rumba the Devil.
In Carnival, but no events equal to that of a village festival (orchestras, corralejas) there are events that make them unique. In addition, personally, rumba if you feel different. Although the entire drink making munod take drink is not the main activity. In fact there are very few tables in the plaza, almost none. On the contrary, all the people dancing. And every half a block is a shawm, or people with drums, or someone, making music. Not to mention the two giant tableaux, one in each park. So while you walk, while dancing or making guarapo * (main element in the party, but took little). You feel the atmosphere of rumba in the air, supplemented with lots of pretty girls who walk around town with bits of devils, which make them see ... hmm ... say more flirty than usual.
Carnival started 2 to 12 at night. At that time started a parade somewhere in the village, which is a masked parade opened with the flag of Riosucio, the board of the carnival with their ceremonial dress, and all that you want to paste the parade while dancing to chirimias pace, it runs, screams and sings.

Uh! Uh! Carnival!

Uh! Uh! Carnival!

This day ends with a rumba that will not stop until the carnival ends. Because anytime there is music somewhere and something to do. This time I played, but we stayed in the house has passed it by alglomeración of people take turns to sleep, depending if you want to be awake for the rumba or to any parade or corral or whatever.

is because the shows are spectacular. There are two main parades, that of the colonies and of the groups. The colonies are all riosuceños living in other parts of Colombia and the world. It's a nice parade, but does not compare with the parade of parades. For many people, is the most important comparzas carnival. The troupes are formed by a group of riosuceños to choose a specific topic and difrazan agree. The topics are varied as an imagination allows riosuceños. In the groups we saw, had geometric figures, angels, birds, scorpions, pyramids DMG, pirates, representations of underemployment, ghosts .. and these are what I remember at this time. Each of these extras brings his band, and preparing a series of songs with lyrics speaking propis policy, criticizing everything, women's, horns, drunken, love, hate and what they want. It is a carnival, there are no rules, one can say and sing what they want.

But the event is more representative of all the entry of the devil, the main character of the parties. The day the devil comes, it is a ceremonial spell ** dawn, another at noon and the devil finally comes into the night to people in a parade that starts at 7:00 pm but so late, arrives at the plaza of one of the parks around 10 or 11. Everyone is dressed up as the devil, and the color red is prominent in the parade. We were waiting for the parade on Aunt Martha Irene, and passing across the front of the house. My cousins \u200b\u200bwere disguised as horns, mask and goggles, and Lina and I had our respective horns. The long wait ended when he passed the giant devil, patron of the party, preceded by a court of demons and devils mostronas.

I am the devil

The Son of a bitch And I'll die Riosucio

behind came the giant pumpkin Guaparo between a river of people of people with horns, frenzied all. The devil gives Riosucio around until the end of the church, where it stops, move the wings fire at vocational check and give a speech to all present. Unfortunately I missed it, someone stole my camera in the crowd of people, I took her out of the box that was hung. Anyway, be careful, many people outside of Riosucio coming, and some bastard advantage pa do that. Well, but it was nothing more serious. And were the photos from the camera of Lina, which are those that are.

For work reasons return us to play early. And although corralejas we lost in some other dawn and fiesta and juice, what hurt us most was to miss the funeral of the devil. Because the carnival must end and the devil has to go. Then it becomes another parade, but this time the color red is not the principal, but is black. The environment is no longer a party. The drunks and the mourners cry the devil, and feel the pain of their widows. So grim is the ceremony that the carnival anthem, lively and cheerful, singing a requiem. The devil is finally burned, and the calabash containing the juice for the festival, buried. And life in Riosucio runs its normal course, until you spend another two years for a new carnival.

for me hand, will do my best not to miss the 2011. And in that if I stay until the funeral of the devil. I of you, do everything possible to go. It's worth all the world and the underworld.

* Three young people with secret identities come together to highlight the importance of the juice at parties, Guarapoman, MegaPorrón and Calabatron. Their mission is to make everyone take Blogoversary juice and the party.

** Before the spell, there is something called the dawn, which is that the streets of the town passed a parade shouting and singing, to awaken those who do not rumba. Course in which estvue, had rather few hornpipes, and more people running. With drunk people at that hour, that can be given pa accidents or fights. Still, it's a super patch!

PS: If I do not think the rumba does not end, I put the video of a day at 8:00 am sure they would go to sleep already, but 'til lie down.