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Where would we get the money to buy the site? We would need $30,000 cash for the entire Salmon tract, $10,000 cash as down payment on the Parks tract. Knowing our need of an office, a secretary, and some furniture, I tacked on another $5,000 as an immediate need. This was in August 1947.
Where, then, could I turn for $45,000? Through the Christian Culture Lectures, the Stadium Campaign, and the Aquinas Men's Club I had come to know one of Rochester's most genial bankers. He was John W. Jardine, president of the Genesee Valley Trust Company. I first met John and his wife Alma through Harry B. Crowley, Sr. and Margaret Crowley. The Crowleys had two sons at Aquinas. Jack Jardine and Harry Crowley could be depended upon for anything Catholic, civic or cultural in Rochester! Both had helped organize the Aquinas Stadium Drive. I counted them among my dearest friends.
It was to John Jardine's office at Exchange Street and Broad Street that I went for our needed dollars. He was graciousness personified as he listened to my wants and their urgency. We would need a short term loan of $45,000. We had nothing to offer as collateral. We intended to have a campaign. The first moneys we received in it would go to pay off the loan, likely by January of 1948. It was Jack's turn to talk. "We will give it to you, the moment you want it." There was no further discussion except pleasantries about the people we knew in the city.
No more than a half an hour was spent that day with John Jardine. I left him, greeted my good friend Joe Weber at his bank desk, then sauntered out on the street fortified in spirit by such a quick and generous response. Jack Jardine's treatment of us was a confirmation of my feeling that the Protestant leaders of the Rochester community would be with us. We were to meet the same kind of generous cooperation many times in the next few months.
At this point, lest I forget, I should record a sequel to the Jardine story. When we started to get the money in, I opened an account at the Security Trust Company and deposited our first few thousand dollars. Emmet Finucane was president of Security. He was an important counsel for me. Emmet had been in on every Rochester campaign to better the city: YMCA, Community Chest, and numerous hospital campaigns. I had designs on him to act as Chairman of our Special Gifts sections. He declined but promised every assistance. "Whom would you suggest then?" I asked. With no hesitation he gave me the name of Otto Shults. Otto accepted. More of him later.
The banks of Rochester gave to campaigns on a scale or formula based on assets and their business. Emmet Finucane agreed to handle the Rochester Clearing House donation. So it was that one cold winter day Emmet and I went from bank to bank to explain the cause. Cold as it was, he was bareheaded as we walked the financial district of the city. Only one, a minor bank, put up any kind of resistance. As we walked in, Emmet whispered, "Say nothing. Let me do the talking, this man can be tough," He was. On the street outside I remarked that that prospect was not likely to come through. Emmet replied that we need not worry. He would see to that. He did, Soon the checks came through for either $25,000 or $30,000 from the Rochester banks. Whichever figure, it was almost exactly what we had hoped for.
It was my closeness to Emmet Finucane that prompted me to make our first deposits in the Security Trust. We had deposited some $300,000 when I heard via the grapevine that John Jardine was wondering why his bank was not used. We started then (Emmet being agreeable) to deposit some funds in the Genesee Valley Trust Company. I can't recall how much but I do know the amount was substantial. In the hurry and hustle of the campaign, I had overlooked the very bank which got us started. It pained me. Jack Jardine, great and gracious as always, accepted my apology.
We purchased both parcels of land in August 1947. The local Gannett newspapers and Catholic Courier-journal carried diagrams of the plot with detailed descriptions of the property.
Up to the end of August 1947 I had no downtown office. I practically lived in the green Pontiac, ranging all over the city from our Aquinas residence. At least two trips to Syracuse to talk to-the Jesuits at newly founded LeMoyne College provided much information on their beginning. The Franciscans had founded Siena College near Albany, New York. They were most gracious hosts for at least two visits. One impression I gleaned from Siena College was the futility of spending, in the beginning at least, large sums of money on a gymnasium. It seemed that their new gym was pretty much a practice spot for the varsity five. Few of the general student body, at least when I was there, used the structure. I envisioned some athletic facility for St. John Fisher, but at this point it was quite remote. Certainly we needed the essentials first, classrooms, labs, offices, library.
I visited several other colleges. Of all of them, the one that engaged my fancy most was Cornell. "Far above Cayuga's waters" was for me more than the opening of their alma mater song. It evoked visions of our new college high above East Avenue and Fairport Road.
On a visit to LeMoyne in Syracuse, I learned that Father James P. Sweeney, S.J., a former provincial of the Jesuits who got that college started, was then stationed at Canisius College in Buffalo. He and another Jesuit, a librarian, Father Andrew L. Bouwhuis, S.J., did much of the spade work at Syracuse, including architects and campaign. Others then moved in to take over and those two spade men went to Buffalo where I had some rewarding talks with them. One admonition Father Sweeny gave me: "Be sure to have your superior general release you to work full time on the project. It is a tremendous undertaking." I told Father McCorkell, our superior general, about it. He laughed it off, but he did send over a young priest to relieve me of my chemistry teaching at Aquinas Institute.
Bishop Kearney always opened the school year in early September at Aquinas. In 1947, I drove him back to his office at 50 Chestnut Street. We had previously agreed that getting Father John S. Randall to be campaign manager was a simple "must." I pulled up alongside the Columbus Civic Center to let the Bishop out when both of us saw Father Randall crossing the street behind the Sagamore Hotel. The Bishop signaled him to come to the car. "Pete" Randall, as we affectionately called him, had already established himself as an unusually competent helper of the Bishop. He listened to the Bishop's request. "Think about it and let us know soon" was the gist of the talk. In a day or so Pete said "Yes." I felt then that we were in business.


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Sure its easy to see a replay and question a players decision, especially when the shot misses. But to doubt Melo is an indication of a lack of knowledge, as he is the most clutch player and has been for years! Hello!?!
I wonder what some of you Melo doubters will be saying after he drops 30 tonight?
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The Cincinnati Bengals have a very happy problem when it comes to final cuts this year—they have an extraordinary amount of talent at many positions. This will make their decisions very difficult when figuring out which players will stick on the final 53-man roster.
Some veterans who have been with the team for some time now will likely find themselves on the chopping block. The same goes for some promising rookies who are looking to climb their way up the depth chart.
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This sounds like it will be a fascinating conference session. Will the panelists discuss the pros and cons of the film photography of Project Apollo versus the digital photography of Space Shuttle and International Space Station? Thank you.
I regret as much as i did in the 60's all those Hasselblad 120 cameras being left on the Moon just to bring back a few more Moon rocks that are so plentyful today they are loaned out for tours and science presentations. It may have been i think a micro problem on expendability that eventually lead to not realizing 'there is a better way' attitude beats the "culture" that caused the Apollo fire and eventually the "cultural attitude" that lead to the more recent desaster. You don't leave two or three dozen of the worlds most expensive cameras on the Moon as trash. That type of attitude carries over to more serious expendability of some of our finest Americans. The Apollo 13 was our best example of having to accept risk of an inevitable problem sooner or later and this one was non preventable. The loss of life tragedies were all preventable.


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Seattle man shot by police carried replica
Police chief says it would've been difficult to tell a real gun from the fake during the shooting late Monday night
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SEATTLE — Seattle's Interim Police Chief Harry Bailey says a 36-year-old man fatally shot at a bus stop after police say he threatened them with a gun was actually armed with a fake gun.
Bailey told a Wednesday news conference that it would've been difficult to tell a real gun from the fake during the shooting late Monday night. Andrew Law died later of his injuries.
Officer Jason Atofau is on paid leave while the shooting is investigated.
The Seattle Times reports another recent officer-involved shooting was the result of a suspect drinking and making a threat with a firearm.
Bailey says an officer shot and wounded a man early Sunday after receiving reports that a man was threatening to shoot and kill another man in a parking lot. Assistant Police Chief Carmen Best identified the officer as gang Detective Jon Huber. He, too, is on leave while the Sunday shooting is investigated.
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|Davie Mountain
|S Clay County at the SW end of Cherry Mountain. Alt. 2,958.
|Davie Mountain
|NW Henderson County near Davie Branch.
|See Bakersville.
|community on Core Sound in E Carteret County on Davis Shore.
|Davis Bald
|on the Macon-Swain county line near the head of Little Laurel Creek. Alt. approx. 4,500.
|Davis Bay
|E Pasquotank County between Cobb Point and Brickhouse Point on the Pasquotank River.
|Davis Branch
|rises in W Madison County and flows S into French Broad River.
|Davis Branch
|rises in S central Swain County and flows SW into Yalaka Creek.
|Davis Cove Branch
|rises in W Madison County and flows E into Spring Creek.
|Davis Creek
|rises in S Swain County and flows W into Sawmill Creek.
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Day #7 of passage from Vanuatu to Marshall Islands LTY time: 17:25 (Marshall Islands time = UTC +12)
Location: 858nm NNE of Luganville, Espiritu Santo Island, Vanuatu
Distance to go Majuro: about 640nm
Position: 03 19.400 S, 171 03.078 E (you can cut & past this into Google Earth to see on map)
SOG: 6.5 kts (motor sailing) (SOG = Speed over Ground)
COG: 000 degrees (straight North) (COG = Course over Ground)
Wind: 0-5kts out of NNE
Seas/Swell: 2m @ 7 seconds NE
Weather: scattered cloud all around filling in more and more as the day progressed
Air temp: 90 F 32C
Sea temp: 96 F 36 C
Barometer: 1017nm PLAYING CAT & MOUSE with SUNBEAMS Day #7 out here so first week done and less than a week to go I'd guess. Still too far away to be able to make any accurate ETA for Majuro but with about 640nm to go it should be about 4 to 6 days which would make it somewhere between Oct 10-13 is my best guesstimate. Weather is never too predictable and least of all in the band on either side of the equator as currents and winds all go through their transitions form southern to northern hemisphere with the Coriolis effect. In this part of the planet we have what is called the SPCZ or South Pacific Convergence Zone which is a band of weather that stretches out in a generally east west direction and tends to drive north and south of the equator as the seasons progress. Right now it is lying south of the equator from Papua New Guinea and the Solomon's out east past Tonga. I've making my way through it and its effects for the past few days and should be out of it by tomorrow I hope and find nice clear sunny weather, and some favorable winds up north of the equator. For your approximate reference I'm at 3 degrees south right now and Majuro is at 7 degrees north and there are 60 nautical miles between each degree of latitude. Soon Ruby and I will need to start readying ourselves for another equator crossing celebration and I'm hoping that will be during the day this time so we can enjoy it all the more. I think this is about the eighth crossing for her and I so we are well seasoned shellbacks as is the name for those sailors who have crossed the equator as opposed to the equator "virgins" known as Polliwogs. More on all that as we cross the equator in a few days. I'm also delighted to let you know that we made it out of all that dark and stormy weather of the past few days and in the wee hours of this morning the skies overhead gradually opened up with each nautical mile of ocean that slipped under the hull and let a still quite full moon and more and more of the millions of stars shine through. Mother Nature continued to show off again at first light this morning with what I found to be a game of cat & mouse between the early rising sunbeams as they escaped upward and the surround rim of billowing clouds. The clouds were filled in all the way down to the eastern horizon so the sun itself could not get through to signal sunrise, however this didn't stop the radiating sunbeams from finding escape routes up and out over the tops of the clouds leaving their telltale bursts of rich pink and rose pastels coruscating from within the upper reaches of the whipped cream clouds. As I sat in awe and wonder of this magnificent show to signal the dawning of the new day, these pastel paint gun bursts of colours would move from one cloud to the next spread out from the far west side up to the north. Not sure how well I am painting this moving picture for you but what it reminded me of was that game most of you have played with a cat or dog where you put your hands under the sheets and wiggle your fingers and just as they pounce on this "mouse" you quickly move your hand away to some other spot and wiggle again. Ruby and I often play this game each morning as we wake up and that's what I reminded of as I watched these early morning sunbeams fade in and out in bursts in one cloud and then do so again over in another one. I'm sure it was one of those "you had to be there" experiences but just wanted to share it with you. While the dark and stormy weather has been delightfully replaced by these fun and games of sun, clouds and blue sky, the wind has been lost in the process. I tried my best to squeeze some energy out of the wipers of wind that were blowing out of the north but they never made it up over about 8 knots and were 3-5 most of the time which just isn't enough to move us forward with any speed at all when they are coming right at us. I did enjoy the first half of the day tweaking sails and making some forward movement but by 10am we were unable to maintain even 2 knots of speed and below that point I lose steerage as there isn't enough water flowing over the rudder and so we just drift rather randomly about and the sails don't appreciate that and let me know with all their slating and slapping of their sheets (ropes/lines). So I reluctantly fired up my trusty Cummins diesel and it was soon merrily thrumming away and pushing us north at over 6 knots without breaking a sweat. The seas have also reverted back to the shapes of gently rolling hills rather than steep sided mountains to the motion is now that soothing ride similar to what you'd experience in a car or motorcycle out on some great country roads in a hilly area. The sun is setting, though it is hard to tell just where or when as the clouds have been filling in more and more both on the horizons and overhead as the afternoon has worn on. Looks like we might get some rain during the night but it also may just skirt off to the west and we will slide through in the dry patches but that is all just random luck for the most part and does help to keep the decks and boat nice and clean and free from salt build up so it is all good no matter what happens. And with that I'm going to head down to the galley to fix up some dinner. Salad night tonight (I alternate with one dinner being a big salad and appetizers and the next being a more tradition dinner) so I've got some chopping and dicing to do. Thanks to having a great fridge and freezer on board, that is working very well after my last rebuild and servicing in Luganville, I still have a few more days' worth of fresh veggies for salads such as lettuce, cucumbers, white radish, tomatoes, carrots and so on so I'm eating as well and as healthy as every out here. Night for now, be back with more tomorrow. Wayne


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Frosted Orange Chiffon Cake
- Prep Time: 20 min
- Cook Time: 25 min
- Ready Time: 105 min
- Yield: 12 servings
- Pillsbury™ Baking Spray with Flour
- 2 large eggs, separated
- 1 1/3 cups sugar, divided
- 1 3/4 cups Pillsbury™ Softasilk® Enriched & Bleached Cake Flour
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon grated orange peel
- 1/2 cup orange juice
- 1/2 cup milk
- 1/2 cup Crisco® Pure Canola Oil
- 4 cups powdered sugar
- 1/4 cup Crisco® Butter Flavor All-Vegetable Shortening
- 1/2 teaspoon grated orange peel
- 1/3 cup orange juice plus more as needed
Preparation Directions
- HEAT oven to 350º F. Spray two 8-inch round cake pans with flour no-stick cooking spray.
- BEAT egg whites with 1/3 cup sugar in a large bowl with an electric mixer until thick and glossy but not stiff. Transfer to another bowl.
- COMBINE cake flour, remaining 1 cup sugar, baking powder and salt in large bowl. Add orange peel, orange juice, milk, oil and egg yolks. Beat at medium speed 2 minutes, scraping bottom and sides of bowl often. Fold egg whites into batter until well blended. Pour evenly into prepared pans.
- BAKE 25 to 30 minutes or until center springs back when touched lightly and wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pans 10 minutes. Remove from pans; cool completely.
- BEAT powdered sugar, shortening and orange peel in a large bowl with an electric mixer until smooth. Add orange juice gradually, beating until desired consistency. Add more juice as needed.
- PLACE one cake layer top side down onto serving dish. Spread top of with frosting. Top with second layer. Frost sides and top of cake.
Nutritional Information Per Serving
Serving Size (1 slice, 1/12 of cake), Calories 460 (Calories from Fat 130), Total Fat 15g (Saturated Fat 2g, Trans Fat 0g), Cholesterol 35mg, Sodium 330mg, Total Carbohydrate 80g (Dietary Fiber 0g, Sugars 62g), Protein 3g; Percent Daily Value*: Vitamin A 4%, Vitamin C 15%, Calcium 8%, Iron 10%.
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Home List of Titles A simple method for making highly ordered chemical patterns by sputtering through ordered binary colloidal crystals
Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.3/198930
- Title
- A simple method for making highly ordered chemical patterns by sputtering through ordered binary colloidal crystals
- Author(s)
- Singh, G.; Gohri, V.; Pillai, S.; Arpanaei, A.; Foss, M.; Kingshott, P.
- Abstract
- Nanopatterning of biomolecules, such proteins, DNA, and polysaccharides are of great interest in cell culture dishes, biosensors, medical implants and tissue engineering. These so-called nanoarrays require attachment of biomolecules at specific locations on solid substrates with precisely controlled chemistry, but to function fully the non-specific adsorption in surrounding regions must be prevented. Currently, the most widely used techniques for patterning are photolithography, soft lithography, or dip-pen AFM lithography, all of which involve multi-step surface modification directly onto substrates, and are time consuming and expensive. We have shown recently that highly ordered binary polystyrene nanoparticle patterns can be generated from simple self-assembly onto surfaces, where single layers of large particles are surrounded by crystals of smaller particles. Here, we report a novel method for generating chemical nanopatterns by Au sputtering through the crystal layer followed by lift-off of the particles. The crystal regions of the binary pattern, composed of the smaller particles, facilitate transport of the Au sputter beam to the substrate. After particle lift-off only the regions where the small particles have been in contact with the silicon substrate are coated with Au. The large particles act as a mask and remain uncoated, and the thickness of the surrounding Au layer is controlled by the sputter time. The highly ordered chemical patterns are generated where the size of the features are tuned by appropriate choice of particle sizes (50nm to 3µm diameters) and ratios. The stability of the Au layers to aqueous environments is ensured by coating the Si wafer with a thiolated silane, which acts as an adhesion layer. We demonstrate that the resultant Au layer can be coated with a protein resistant mercapto-oligo(ethylene glycol) layer ((1-mercapto-11-undecyl)-tri(ethylene glycol)) that allows selective adsorption of fluorescently labelled proteins on to the Si regions of the pattern. The Au patterns and subsequent protein adsorption are characterized by AFM, SEM and fluorescent microscopy. XPS and ToF-SIMS are used to characterise the chemical modification steps of the patterning. In summary, we introduce a novel method for generating highly-ordered chemical nanopatterns that is very fast, inexpensive, and allows patterns of biomolecules to be created over large areas.
- Publication type
- Conference paper
- Source
- Paper presented at the 55th American Vacuum Society (AVS) Annual Symposium and Exhibition, Boston, United States, 19-24 October 2008
- Publication year
- 2008
- Keyword(s)
- Biomolecules; Cell culture; Chemistry; Crystal formation; DNA; Nanoarrays; Nanoparticle assemblies; Nanopatterned surfaces; Particle size; Patterning; Protein patterns; Proteins; Substrates
- Publisher
- American Vacuum Society
- Publisher URL
- Copyright
- Copyright © 2008.


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Global efforts to substitute for oil: Learning by doing ourselves in
Contemporary discourse concerning the potentially enormous problem of dealing with peak oil overlooks the "own demand" of substitution. It takes a lot of oil to substitute for oil. A closer look reveals that the structural gyration of historical proportions associated with the process is up to its chin in the stuff.
Oil flowing into the economy splits into two branches: The first is called "current production" and the second (a relatively new one) is earmarked "for the substitution process." The substitution branch also splits into two: energy (e.g., wind, solar radiation, etc.) and material (renewable agricultural products and abundant nonrenewable materials). These two sub-branches are locked into a system of "internal" ("intra-substitution branch") demand. The entire enterprise of eliminating global subjugation to King Petroleum will be successful if increased flows of energy and materials from the substitution sector into the current use sector overcompensate for the reduced flows of oil into it.
As of now, the replacement of oil is not gaining ground. The implication is worse than mere stagnation. The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) warns of severe negative economic fallouts unless a crash program of mitigating the effects of the peak is undertaken 20 years before it occurs. A little familiarity with peak predictions (clustering between 2010 and 2020, skewed toward the lower limit of the range) shows that the world has already missed its cue. DOE predictions also show that, despite the beating of drums, the ratio of renewable sources in the world supply of energy will barely change between now and 2030. It will remain close to, but below 10 percent. In its savage appetite for untrammeled economic growth, the world blindly ingurgitates energy resources; dependence on oil is on the rise. From a distant future perspective, our civilization may well appear demented. It accelerates even after being told that the paved road ahead will soon end, to be followed by an unknown and dangerous terrain. Any way we look at it, global energy policies (if the brew of divergent and conflicting national and transnational corporate aspirations qualifies for the concept) clearly fall short of any "peak oil minus 20 years" crash program.
The spontaneous, market-force generated growth of the substitution sector -- a small patch of a green island in the Black Ocean -- is far from being assured. Current upward ticks in oil prices (the long shadow of the approaching peak), to be followed by peak- and post-peak real shortage-driven secular price increases could curtail the élan of the world economy. The stagnant business atmosphere would then engulf the substitution sector. If, as a result of some unforeseen combination of tax/subsidy policies, public pressure, moral suasion, and technological breakthroughs, the substitution sector spreads, that phenomenon itself could slow the world economy.
Green limits constrain and redirect market exuberance. If they were to dominate the world economy, they would slow and stop the present drive toward global industrialization. Senior industrialized country government officials and mainstream economists never get tired of repeating that "we" live in a post-industrial, cybernetic, service economy that has a reduced and declining dependence on oil and raw materials. The global picture shows that "we" need the oil- and raw material-ingurgitating industrial products of the developing world. The growing billions who suffer from a deficit of material welfare want to industrialize in the coming decades -- no matter what. (The supply of postmodern moments in economics these days far exceeds the demand for them.)
The following transpires from a recent report of the International Energy Agency (IEA): A cumulative investment in energy-supply infrastructure of over $20 trillion in real terms over 2005-2030 would be needed to satisfy the growing global demand for energy. It is highly dubious that all this investment will actually occur. Capital formation in the oil and gas sector in real (inflation-adjusted terms) has been stagnating since 2000.
This remarkable phenomenon gives us an ominous hint about the limitations of the market ("as is"). Current oil prices should have already prompted massive flows of investment capital into the energy sector. Are we witnessing the emergence of a never before seen failure of the market's famed anticipatory prowess? Is this problem simply too big to be solved by unflinching insistence on "hands-off, dirty price-spoiler" neoclassical micro-mentality? If considerably higher prices of oil are needed to coax out the required investments (even under the current financial conditions of a "global savings glut") then the cause will never produce the desired effect the way encrusted folk economics ensures us it always must and must always. Further increases in the price of oil (even as a 3-year moving average) would dislocate the world economy. Then who would provide the record capital investment needed to safeguard future economic progress?
It is not difficult to see that the broadly defined substitution process can be successful (i.e., demand for and supply of oil declines as the demand for and supply of substitutes increase) if, and only if, the substitution branch becomes an autonomous and expanding center through the infusion of creative energy and will. The cycle of dependency must be broken within the substitution branch. For example, increased output in solar energy will have to depend increasingly on the use of materials made of natural and synthetic fibers and the production of these fibers would have to entail increasing amounts of solar energy. But this self-reinforcement is an act of creation, not a spontaneous development.
Significant substitution away from oil through business as usual (i.e., "just leave it to the market") is no slam-dunk. It is more will-o-wisp. Placing all our hopes in an undirected, random, natural selection-like evolution of economic activities to develop the oil-substituting green sector must eventually give way to a belief in human creativity; in the possibility of remaking the world in the image of a new logos, a yet to be discovered rationality.
The global society (it is time to discover it!) faces a "no-exit" situation. Solution concepts that involve a novel mix of private and public initiatives are needed now if the world is serious about reducing oil dependency. Otherwise, they will be needed later when coming generations face the consequences of nibbling at the edges of the oil problem now. The historical experience of institutional and behavioral inertia would make a gambler bet on this second outcome.
What the world needs now is good luck. Lots of.
Peter Pogany
Economist and author of "Rethinking the World"
Educated in Eastern Europe and in the United States, Peter Pogany is an economist. He taught at the college-level for ten years. During the Cold War, Peter was contributing editor to the East-West Trade Report, a U.S. Congress-mandated quarterly on trade with communist-controlled countries. His overseas experience includes economic research positions in Europe and Africa and a teaching assignment in Asia. With an unquenchable appetite for history, philosophy, the natural sciences, and languages, he describes himself as "an eternal student."Quoted in newspaper article:
We may be able to mitigate the coming chaos by nurturing our inner conviction about the attainability of a civilization where war and cut-throat competition among nations and individuals would be considered as passé. "If we want some sort of guarantee for happiness we are going to be much more dependent on local initiative. We'll find a way to retain our joy of life.Description of his book, "Rethinking the World ":
The post-Marxian, new historical materialism described in this book breathes new life into our comprehension of the world. A 200-year perspective on modernity tells us that an all-embracing physical phenomenon holds humankind in its grip. History has recorded two distinct global systems thus far: "laissez faire/metal money," which spanned most of the 19th century and lasted until the outbreak of World War I, and "mixed economy/weak multilateralism," which began after 1945 and exists today. The period between the two systems, 1914-1945, was a chaotic transition. This evolutionary pulsation is well known to students of thermodynamics. It corresponds to the behavior of expanding and complexifying material systems. The exhaustion of oil and other natural resources is pushing the world toward a third global system that may be called "two-level economy/strong multilateralism." It will be impossible to get there without a new chaotic transition. No repeated warnings, academic advice, moral advocacy, inspired reforms, or political leadership can provide a shortcut around it. But if it took "1914-1945" to make a relatively minor adjustment in the global order, what will it take to make a major one?-BA
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So: Brazilian Essence
Since his arrival in the States from Rio nearly three decades ago, Romero Lubambo has served as a sideman and session hand to the likes of Dianne Reeves, Luciana Souza and numerous others; as a leader in the studio; and as a member of Trio da Paz. But he's always shined brightest as an unaccompanied solo guitarist. Só: Brazilian Essence is that and nothing more—Lubambo alone, taking it back home—and it sure is delicious.
Lubambo's virtuosity is absolute; his command of his instrument is total, his execution flawless. But what makes him so engaging is that, although he could simply exploit his skillfulness and be done with it, he's most decidedly not about that. Unearthing the essence of a melody—understanding the song's intent and using that as his jump-off point—is his first order of business, and only after he's comfortable in a song's skin does he begin to develop and embellish. On the opener, Ary Barroso's "Aquarela do Brasil," Lubambo dives in boldly, establishing his approach with elaborate filigrees that tease at flamenco with their dramatic, classically informed flourishes. Meshing his own leads throughout with perfect rhythmic counterpoint, he tosses theatrical flares into the air, calms it all down deftly, and then shoots more fireworks. It's a tool he employs often on Só, but it's one that never gets old.
Of Lubambo's three self-penned tunes (and one dually composed piece), the peaceful, soothing "Song for Kaya" is a highlight, and his nimble touch on the Raksin-Mercer standard "Laura" exposes the song's intrinsic tenderness. Jobim is represented with a pair, including the oft-interpreted and always welcomed "Insensatez," given a straightforward, unadorned treatment that downplays its bossa rhythm in order to more openly reveal the heartbreak of the melody.


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Happy New Year!
From our growing family to yours, have a very happy and safe New Year. May your to-do list for 2012 be full of travel dreams big and small along with a few seemingly impossible goals that you will achieve. Whatever you do just remember to have fun and enjoy your times together. They really do fly by too fast.
Happy New Year! 🙂
Happy New Year to your gorgeous family 🙂
Happy new year! All the best for you and your family.
So proud of you for starting this blog this year! It's been so much fun to travel with you throughout the world, and so exciting to see some of your dreams fulfilled. Glad they've included visits with us. My favorite blogs were of New Hampshire, of course. You have captured so many memorable places for me that go back to when your great-grandparents first introduced my Dad to the area, and then he, me. Thank you for sharing your dream-images with us! Love, Mom


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"I agree with the Church in principle, but …"
Last week I posted a reaction to House Speaker Pelosi's interview in Newsweek (cross-posted to First Things' "First Thoughts"). Perusing the comments, I discovered that the author of No Hidden Magenta — a blog with the daunting task of "bridging the gap between 'Red and Blue State' groupthink" — has responded with fury and dismay:
At least one reason why neither the Pope nor the Archbishop have denied Pelosi Holy Communion–despite having ample opportunity to do so–is because prudential judgments about how best to reflect a moral principle in public policy involved technical considerations of practical reason that do not go to the heart of what it means to be a Roman Catholic; in other words, they are not about the central value at stake. If Speaker Pelosi believes that abortion is a positive good that should be promoted by the state (rather than as a privacy right for all women) that is one thing (and her recent actions with regard to Stupak suggest that she doesn't think this), but there are any number of good reasons for supporting less-than-perfect public policy as she claims to be doing in trying to reduce the number of abortions while not supporting an abortion ban. …
Now, we can and should have debate about this question–and I think Pelosi is profoundly mistaken in her position on public policy–but let's be clear: both the Pope and her Archbishop do not think such a position puts her status as a Roman Catholic or as a communicant in jeopardy. And those who think it does would do well to follow their example in distinguishing between 'moral principle' and 'public policy.'
I'm relieved that the author believes Pelosi is "profoundly mistaken" in her position on public policy. I'm less convinced, however, that "the Pope and her Archbishop do not think such a position puts her status as a Roman Catholic or as a communicant in jeopardy", and the author's explanation for why they allegedly do not think so.
First, let's tackle the author's statement:
prudential judgments about how best to reflect a moral principle in public policy involved technical considerations of practical reason that do not go to the heart of what it means to be a Roman Catholic; in other words, they are not about the central value at stake.
If I'm reading this correctly, the author supposes that legislators like Nancy Pelosi are in fundamental agreement with the Catholic Bishops that abortion is a grave moral evil, and that their "difference of opinion" lies not on principle ("the central value at stake") but solely on the level of prudential judgement and the extent to which such evils can be curbed by law.
In its doctrinal note on the participation of Catholics in political life, the Magisterium asserts that participatory democracy will succeed "only to the extent that it is based on a correct understanding of the human person" and that "Catholic involvement in political life cannot compromise on this principle." Concerning legislative proposals which "attack the very inviolability of human life,"
Catholics … have the right and the duty to recall society to a deeper understanding of human life and to the responsibility of everyone in this regard. John Paul II, continuing the constant teaching of the Church, has reiterated many times that those who are directly involved in lawmaking bodies have a «grave and clear obligation to oppose» any law that attacks human life. For them, as for every Catholic, it is impossible to promote such laws or to vote for them.
The doctrinal note references section 73 of John Paul II's Evangelium Vitae:
Abortion and euthanasia are thus crimes which no human law can claim to legitimize. There is no obligation in conscience to obey such laws; instead there is a grave and clear obligation to oppose them by conscientious objection. …
In the case of an intrinsically unjust law, such as a law permitting abortion or euthanasia, it is therefore never licit to obey it, or to "take part in a propaganda campaign in favour of such a law, or vote for it".
A particular problem of conscience can arise in cases where a legislative vote would be decisive for the passage of a more restrictive law, aimed at limiting the number of authorized abortions, in place of a more permissive law already passed or ready to be voted on. Such cases are not infrequent. … when it is not possible to overturn or completely abrogate a pro-abortion law, an elected official, whose absolute personal opposition to procured abortion was well known, could licitly support proposals aimed at limiting the harm done by such a law and at lessening its negative consequences at the level of general opinion and public morality. This does not in fact represent an illicit cooperation with an unjust law, but rather a legitimate and proper attempt to limit its evil aspects.
This, then, would be the circumstances under which Catholics may pursue "less than perfect" measures at limiting abortion.
Taking a look at Nancy Pelosi's morally-abysmal voting record on abortion, it's understandable how she consistently merits a "100% pro-choice voting record from NARAL." That she, as a Catholic, has "any number of good reasons for supporting less-than-perfect public policy" is questionable. And if her legislative actions are any indication, it is doubtful that she is even in agreement with the principles of Evangelium Vitae. (Recall as well Pelosi's deliberate misrepresentation of Catholic teaching on abortion on Meet The Press in 2008). If she professes to be personally against abortion, her actions have sought, at every possible instance, to provide legal cover for something which the Catholic Church considers to be an intrinsic evil and an abominable crime. (The burden would be on Pelosi and her defenders to prove otherwise). Ditto for Nancy Pelosi's stance on gay marriage, which is at complete odds — principally and practically — with that of the Catholic Church.
Moving on to the question of whether Pelosi's legislative behavior "puts her status as a Roman Catholic or as a communicant in jeopardy." The author disagrees — and confidently marshals the Pope and the Archbishop to his side:
both the Pope and her Archbishop do not think such a position puts her status as a Roman Catholic or as a communicant in jeopardy.
As a matter of fact, our present Pope made his thoughts on the matter known explicitly, in a letter to the U.S. Bishops articulating "general principles" on the distribution of communion:
4. Apart from an individuals's judgement about his worthiness to present himself to receive the Holy Eucharist, the minister of Holy Communion may find himself in the situation where he must refuse to distribute Holy Communion to someone, such as in cases of a declared excommunication, a declared interdict, or an obstinate persistence in manifest grave sin (cf. can. 915).
5. Regarding the grave sin of abortion or euthanasia, when a person's formal cooperation becomes manifest (understood, in the case of a Catholic politician, as his consistently campaigning and voting for permissive abortion and euthanasia laws), his Pastor should meet with him, instructing him about the Church's teaching, informing him that he is not to present himself for Holy Communion until he brings to an end the objective situation of sin, and warning him that he will otherwise be denied the Eucharist.
The criteria for distribution of communion is also spelled out at greater length by Archbishop Raymond Burke's (appointed to the position of Prefect of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura, equivalent to that of Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court, by this same Pope): "Canon 915: The Discipline Regarding the Denial of Holy Communion to Those Obstinately Persevering in Manifest Grave Sin".
So it would appear that Pope Benedict XVI might be inclined to disagree on this question. That said, it is understandable (and within character) for this Pope to believe that the responsibility of disciplining Catholic legislators who "consistently campaign and vote for permissable abortion and euthanasia" falls on the shoulder of the local bishop. Which would explain why a number of Catholics can't help but wonder at the relative silence of Pelosi's bishop, Archbishop George H. Niederauer, beyond a rather meek invitation to converse.
Ultimately: I agree with the author — there is a distinction to be made "between a moral principle and a prudential judgment of how best to reflect that principle in a specific public policy". It's just that, with respect to the Speaker of the House, her public speech, actions and legislative record call into question the very notion that she even agrees with the Church "in principle."
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How could anyone say she accepts Church teaching on the matter?
Pelosi: "I would say that as an ardent practicing Catholic this is an issue that I have studied for a long time, and what I know is over the centuries the doctors of the Church have not been able to make that definition. And St. Augustine said three months. We don't know. The point is it that it shouldn't have an impact on a woman's right to chose."
Aside from her deficient understanding of Augustine and the Church(speaking as charitably as possible), she still negates her argument by the last line. "A women's right to choose [killing her unborn child]" is not a Catholic concept and is clearly at odds with the Church (including Augustine and the other Doctors – not to mention that the Doctors aren't the Magesterium either).
Many bishops published corrections of Pelosi's transparent theological hack job and there is nothing to indicate she was persuaded.
There may be several ways to exercise prudential judgment on how best to reflect the principle that abortion is evil in a specific public policy. But proposing and voting for legislation to keep it legal at all stages for any reason, refusing others to exercise their own conscience in opposing it, and getting it publicly funded ain't one of them.
Public policy is crouched in the public good and unity. The good for the public could mean a need for euthanasia. We see these ideas put forth in the heathcare debate. Some illness are way too expensive at the end of life. So Ms Pelosi is saying she can separate ethical and moral discernment when it envolves public policy. What upsets me is that her ideas confuse her own beliefs in principle and she tell us we should follow her way.
W Posh,
The public (common) good does not call for a moral evil. Euthanasia is such and is not consistent with the common good.
Now it will in fact be that there will need to be limits on health care. Individuals will disagree with what should be covered for all and what some may pay for out of their own resources. These distinctions can be in concordance with the common good. But setting those limits is different that actively seeking to kill a person.
Pelosi, and others seem to be trying to justify themselves into Heaven. Isn't this whole piece about relativism? 2 + 2 = 4, for ever and always – that's a truth. God issued a COMMANDMENT, not a suggestion, which states (as near as we can tell) "thou shalt not murder" – that's also a truth. No matter when you think life begins, if you plan and act to cause that life to cease, then you have committed a grave ( we used to use the more descriptive term "MORTAL") sin. It doesn't matter what your religion, it is STILL a Mortal Sin.
Remember, God created us with free will. In the Garden, we exercised that free will, and turned our backs on God, chosing to follow the creator of lies. Why do we STILL follow those who justify their lies to us? At the end of our lives, and for all time, we will be in Heaven or Hell, Forever.
I agree with you marvin the only reason they changed the name to grave is people thought that mortal was to harsh… why is that so hard? dont like it? then don't sin..


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You heard us gush about it over and over. Let me share some of my fave and what I think are rather epic snaps from our UBE (I think this is best coined as "ultimate bundat experience") weekend:
We heard it's mandatory to take a snap in this spot:
Really — we don't know what we're doing here although this comes naturally to me because when I play with Junkie I do this pose (and no, she doesn't like it):
I came from what seemed like a Friday shift that lasted forever (I was up at 2pm Friday and out of office by Saturday 8am) so I slapped on my ultimate anti-haggard secret: Neutrogena Fine Fairness Deep Whitening Mask. It works all the time!
We had dinner at Hawaiian BBQ (aka. Shen's place in Tagaytay):
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Back at the hotel uhmmm no, Nikki and I didn't coordinate our Forever21 OOTDs. :)) We actually have a video dancing and no, I won't upload it. :))
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Here are theirs:
The winner and her prize!
After that contest we had another game hosted by Dang. For some reason we don't have photos to boot (thank heavens!). Just before we called it a night, we judged my birthday giveaway:
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