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Skip to comments.Pelosi, Abortion & St. Augustine - UPDATED
Posted on 08/25/2008 2:30:44 PM PDT by doug from upland
I was just out driving, had the radio on and heard this Meet the Press sound bite by Nancy Pelosi, on Limbaugh's show:
REP. 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 SenatorSt. Augustine said at three months. We dont know. The point is, is that it shouldnt have an impact on the womans right to choose. Roe v. Wade talks about very clear definitions of when the childfirst trimester, certain considerations; second trimester; not so third trimester. Theres very clear distinctions. This isnt about abortion on demand, its about a careful, careful consideration of all factors andtothat a woman has to make with her doctor and her god. And so I dont think anybody can tell you when life begins, human life begins. As I say, the Catholic Church for centuries has been discussing this, and there are those whove decided
MR. BROKAW: The Catholic Church at the moment feels very strongly that it
REP. PELOSI: I understand that.
MR. BROKAW: begins at the point of conception.
REP. PELOSI: I understand. And this is like maybe 50 years or something like that. So again, over the history of the church, this is an issue of controversy. But it is, it is also true that God has given us, each of us, a free will and a responsibility to answer for our actions.
I am writing very fast, here, because I have to run out again, but I am mildly amused to see that Mrs. Pelosi, who is one of those Democrats who thinks of the Constitution as a "living document" that can evolve, is effectively sneering at the notion that the Catholic Church has only defined life as beginning at the point of conception "like maybe 50 years" ago, or something. She is wrong about that, (thanks, Shana) but even if she were not, why wouldn't an "evolved" position in a "living" church be worth her respectful consideration.
Moreover, if Pelosi wants to quote Augustine's saying "three months," as somehow authoritative - even if the church does not - how does she reconcile that with her abortion voting record, which upholds later term abortions, partial birth abortions, embryonic experimentation, etc, etc. She says "I personally think the answer is 16 weeks,", but that's just an opinion, like anyone else's opinion, even mine - and if she believes the answer is 16 weeks, how can she possible vote in favor of, say, partial birth abortion?
Pelosi is completely right that God gives us free will, and that we all have to make our decisions, deal with our own consciences and deal with the repercussions both here and in the afterlife. I know pro-life Catholics who have very ambiguous feelings about Roe-v-Wade specifically because of free will. But Pelosi is seriously misrepresenting what the Catholic Church teaches, and she is doing it in order to spin and obfuscate. Excuse the crudity, but it takes some pair of balls, frankly, to try to argue that the Roman Catholic Church has any sort of wishy-washy teaching or belief about the sacredness of human life, or the gravity of expediently and arbitrarily ending human life, whether at its beginnings or its end, or experimenting with human life.
Pelosi needs to read her Catechism. We believe that we are created creatures, loved into being by God. Both war and capital punishment are to be undertaken only with the greatest reluctance, after a great deal of consideration, and only when it is deemed necessary to prevent a greater evil. Abortion is a whole 'nother issue; as I wrote at Pajamas Media, when discussing abortion and Obama - it is graver, even, than either of those two, war and capital punishment. The church is not "in controversy" about that; the church is actually unambiguous as all get-out on the issue of abortion. The "controversy" exists within individual Catholics, themselves, perhaps, but not in the church. And, as Ed Morrissey says, membership in the church is voluntary, afterall.
Finally, even if Senator - St. Augustine said "three months" or "we don't know" I strong suspect that he - and every other Doctor of the Church, as well as millions of Catholics and non-Catholics Christians, and non-Catholics and even secular humanists like Nat Hentoff - would advise people to "err on the side of life."
I mean, I'm not expert, and I'm far from brilliant. But one does not have to be brilliant to figure that out. Err on the side of life, not death. It might be a legislative conundrum, and a sickle into the side of free will and free conscience, but in simple terms of life and death, the moral calculus is not really that difficult.
I wonder if Mrs. Pelosi will hear from her Bishop on this? I tend to doubt it, but it does seem to me the province of the Bishop to tell a member of his flock who is publicly misleading - or mistaken, or simply lying - others about the teaching of the church to stop doing that.
Read all Ed Morrissey has to say about Pelosi on MTP.
More here at Catholidoxy, and here, at Inside Catholic.
UPDATE: In the comments, fschmieg notes that - quite unsurprisingly - Archbishop Charles Chaput, of Denver, who is an excellent teacher, a Franciscan and a true shepherd (and who has a just-released book discussing the question of rendering unto Caesar) has responded to Pelosi, and he pulls no punches. Excerpt:
Since Speaker Pelosi has, in her words, studied the issue "for a long time," she must know very well
one of the premier works on the subject, Jesuit John Connery's Abortion: The Development of the Roman Catholic Perspective (Loyola, 1977). Here's how Connery concludes his study:
"The Christian tradition from the earliest days reveals a firm antiabortion attitude . . . The condemnation of abortion did not depend on and was not limited in any way by theories regarding the time of fetal animation. Even during the many centuries when Church penal and penitential practice was based on the theory of delayed animation, the condemnation of abortion was never affected by it. Whatever one would want to hold about the time of animation, or when the fetus became a human being in the strict sense of the term, abortion from the time of conception was considered wrong, and the time of animation was never looked on as a moral dividing line between permissible and impermissible abortion."
Or to put it in the blunter words of the great Lutheran pastor Dietrich Bonhoeffer:
"Destruction of the embryo in the mother's womb is a violation of the right to live which God has
bestowed on this nascent life. To raise the question whether we are here concerned already with a human being or not is merely to confuse the issue. The simple fact is that God certainly intended to create a human being and that this nascent human being has been deliberately deprived of his life. And that is nothing but murder."
Ardent, practicing Catholics will quickly learn from the historical record that from apostolic times, the Christian tradition overwhelmingly held that abortion was grievously evil. In the absence of modern medical knowledge, some of the Early Fathers held that abortion was homicide; others that it was tantamount to homicide; and various scholars theorized about when and how the unborn child might be animated or "ensouled." But none diminished the unique evil of abortion as an attack on life itself, and the early Church closely associated abortion with infanticide. In short, from the beginning, the believing Christian community held that abortion was always, gravely wrong.
Of course, we now know with biological certainty exactly when human life begins. Thus, today's religious alibis for abortion and a so-called "right to choose" are nothing more than that - alibis that break radically with historic Christian and Catholic belief.
Abortion kills an unborn, developing human life. It is always gravely evil, and so are the evasions
employed to justify it. Catholics who make excuses for it - whether they're famous or not - fool only themselves and abuse the fidelity of those Catholics who do sincerely seek to follow the Gospel and live their Catholic faith.
The duty of the Church and other religious communities is moral witness. The duty of the state and its officials is to serve the common good, which is always rooted in moral truth. A proper understanding of the "separation of Church and state" does not imply a separation of faith from political life. But of course, it's always important to know what our faith actually teaches.
Don't ask me why Chaput does not have a red cardinal's hat yet; I don't know. I do know that if they gave him one, he would be exactly what NYC needs to replace Cardinal Egan, who has left the Metro area starving after the exemplary shepherding of the Mighty John O' Connor. It won't happen, but I can dream.
Oh, for the love of God. If St. Augustine had had an ultrasound device back in 300 A.D., he'd have been able to nail it down then. Fact is, he didn't. Fact is, we do. Give me a break!
"Abortion and Catholic Thought: The Little-Told History
This is a summary of Catholics for a Free Choice publication The History of Abortion in the Catholic Church.
Reprinted in the Autumn 1996 issue of Conscience "
It boils down to Non Christian Catholics and Christian Catholics.
The Dems can have all the Non Christian Catholics!
A Christian Catholic or not could have nothing to do with the democrat party.
for full disclosure I am not a Catholic but just a Christian :)
Mere Christianity
CS Lewis not a bad guy, wish he was Catholic.
I love his work.
Pelosi's one of those people to whom the phrase "just who died and made YOU the Pope?" wouldn't be a sarcastic phrase but a completely legitimate question.
She is far outside of Roman Catholicism.
She is apart from God. She is doomed for eternity.
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Not just the Speaker of the House but now she has taken over as San Fran Nan the first female Pope! What a donkey!!!
I heard this whole thing on the radio Sunday and I wanted to scream!!! With all due respect madam speaker, the Roman Catholic Church is very clear and very sure where life begins. It's conception! And she said, quite clearly, that she considers herself "an ardent Catholic"....Lest I be the first to cast a stone, but I think she might be a little blind on this one issue...
Any further questions? Just ask the Queen who knows her power but Barry lacks his crown dontchyaknow!
Thanks for all those informative links...doing the job the LSM refuses to do.
I am neither a medical doctor nor a theologian, but it does seem plain to me that the morality involved here is in no way dependent upon an ultrasound device, or what one sees with it.
Life begins at conception Ms Pelosi. Whether it continues to live or not depends on the woman. And don't blame her doctor or anyone else.
LIST OF THOSE EXCOMMUNICATED: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_excommunicated_by_the_Roman_Catholic_Church
Denver, CO - Monday, August 25, 2008
To Catholics of the Archdiocese of Denver:
Catholic public leaders inconvenienced by the abortion debate tend to take a hard line in talking about the "separation of Church and state." But their idea of separation often seems to work one way. In fact, some officials also seem comfortable in the role of theologian. And that warrants some interest, not as a "political" issue, but as a matter of accuracy and justice.
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi is a gifted public servant of strong convictions and many professional skills. Regrettably, knowledge of Catholic history and teaching does not seem to be one of them.
Interviewed on Meet the Press August 24, Speaker Pelosi was asked when human life begins. She said the following:
"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 . . . St. Augustine said at three months. We don't know. The point is, is that it shouldn't have an impact on the woman's right to choose."
Since Speaker Pelosi has, in her words, studied the issue "for a long time," she must know very well one of the premier works on the subject, Jesuit John Connery's Abortion: The Development of the Roman Catholic Perspective (Loyola, 1977). Here's how Connery concludes his study:
"The Christian tradition from the earliest days reveals a firm antiabortion attitude . . . The condemnation of abortion did not depend on and was not limited in any way by theories regarding the time of fetal animation. Even during the many centuries when Church penal and penitential practice was based on the theory of delayed animation, the condemnation of abortion was never affected by it. Whatever one would want to hold about the time of animation, or when the fetus became a human being in the strict sense of the term, abortion from the time of conception was considered wrong, and the time of animation was never looked on as a moral dividing line between permissible and impermissible abortion."
Or to put it in the blunter words of the great Lutheran pastor Dietrich Bonhoeffer:
"Destruction of the embryo in the mother's womb is a violation of the right to live which God has bestowed on this nascent life. To raise the question whether we are here concerned already with a human being or not is merely to confuse the issue. The simple fact is that God certainly intended to create a human being and that this nascent human being has been deliberately deprived of his life. And that is nothing but murder."
Ardent, practicing Catholics will quickly learn from the historical record that from apostolic times, the Christian tradition overwhelmingly held that abortion was grievously evil. In the absence of modern medical knowledge, some of the Early Fathers held that abortion was homicide; others that it was tantamount to homicide; and various scholars theorized about when and how the unborn child might be animated or "ensouled." But none diminished the unique evil of abortion as an attack on life itself, and the early Church closely associated abortion with infanticide. In short, from the beginning, the believing Christian community held that abortion was always, gravely wrong.
Of course, we now know with biological certainty exactly when human life begins. Thus, today's religious alibis for abortion and a so-called "right to choose" are nothing more than that - alibis that break radically with historic Christian and Catholic belief.
Abortion kills an unborn, developing human life. It is always gravely evil, and so are the evasions employed to justify it. Catholics who make excuses for it - whether they're famous or not - fool only themselves and abuse the fidelity of those Catholics who do sincerely seek to follow the Gospel and live their Catholic faith.
The duty of the Church and other religious communities is moral witness. The duty of the state and its officials is to serve the common good, which is always rooted in moral truth. A proper understanding of the "separation of Church and state" does not imply a separation of faith from political life. But of course, it's always important to know what our faith actually teaches.
+Charles J. Chaput, O.F.M. Cap.
Archbishop of Denver
+James D. Conley
Auxiliary Bishop of Denver
Augustine of Hippo (354-430)
'Sometimes, indeed, this lustful cruelty, or if you please, cruel lust, resorts to such extravagant methods as to use poisonous drugs to secure barrenness; or else, if unsuccessful in this, to destroy the conceived seed by some means previous to birth, preferring that its offspring should rather perish than receive vitality; or if it was advancing to life within the womb, should be slain before it was born.'
-De Nube et Concupiscentia 1.17 (15)
On the undeveloped fetus:
Now who is there that is not rather disposed to think that unformed abortions perish, like seeds that have never fructified? But who will dare to deny, though he may not dare to affirm, that at the resurrection every defect in the form shall be supplied, and that thus the perfection which time would have brought shall not be wanting, any more than the blemishes which time did bring shall be present: so that the nature shall neither want anything suitable and in harmony with it that length of days would have added, nor be debased by the presence of anything of an opposite kind that length of days has added; but that what is not yet complete shall be completed, just as what has been injured shall be renewed.
-Enchiridion 23.85.4
On therapeutic abortion:
And therefore the following question may be very carefully inquired into and discussed by learned men, though I do not know whether it is in man's power to resolve it: At what time the infant begins to live in the womb: whether life exists in a latent form before it manifests itself in the motions of the living being.
To deny that the young who are cut out limb by limb from the womb, lest if they were left there dead the mother should die too, have never been alive, seems too audacious.
Now, from the time that a man begins to live, from that time it is possible for him to die. And if he die, wheresoever death may overtake him, I cannot discover on what principle he can be denied an interest in the resurrection of the dead.
-Enchiridion 23.86
Therefore brothers, you see how perverse they are and hastening wickedness, who are immature, they seek abortion of the conception before the birth; they are those who tell us, "I do not see that which you say must be believed."
HEARTBEAT DETECTED AT 18 DAYS, BRAINWAVES AT 40 DAYS - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogZ5V3O5A8o
Larry Elder is on the issue - http://www.kabc.com
What a damned liar pelosi is!
Pope's visit renews abortion debate
By: Josephine Hearn and Ryan Grim
April 15, 2008 06:48 AM EST
In June 2004, as prominent Catholics in the United States debated whether Democratic presidential candidate John F. Kerry should be allowed to receive Communion, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger weighed in with what appeared to be an unequivocal opinion: No.
If a politician who supports abortion rights attempts to receive Communion, Ratzinger wrote, the minister of Holy Communion must refuse to distribute it.
Ratzinger is to arrive in Washington on Tuesday as Pope Benedict XVI, and his visit to the nations capital is already pitting anti-abortion-rights activists against Roman Catholic lawmakers who support abortion rights, reviving an issue that has received scant attention in Congress or on the campaign trail in recent months.
The conflict could come to a head Thursday, when the pope is scheduled to celebrate a Mass at the Washington Nationals new ballpark. The Vatican has invited all Catholic lawmakers, and many abortion-rights-supporting Catholics including Kerry and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) are expected to attend.
In ads placed in The Washington Times and Politico this week, the anti-abortion-rights American Life League is urging the pontiff to protect the body of Christ from the bloodstained hands of pro-abortion Catholics by denying Communion to politicians who support abortion rights.
Michael Hichborn, ALLs media director, said his group is the largest anti-abortion advocacy organization in the U.S. What we expect is that there will be pro-abortion Catholics who are going to try to receive Communion when the pope holds Mass, he said. Were also hoping that his advisers have fully briefed him on those politicians who may attempt to receive Communion. I dont know how well-prepared hell be.
You presume that everyone there knows the rules of the church and follows them, she said. No one is policing that. People go to church and people go to Communion if they feel in their heart they are prepared to receive Communion.
Abortion-rights-supporting Catholic lawmakers on the Hill seemed reluctant Monday to discuss the issues raised by the popes visit. Representatives for several members said their bosses were traveling and couldnt be reached or were otherwise unavailable for comment.
Drew Hammill, a spokesman for Pelosi, offered a one-line statement: The speaker receives Communion regularly and expects to receive it on Thursday.
Kerry spokesman David Wade said his boss also intends to take Communion on Thursday.
A spokesman for Sen. Richard J. Durbin (D-Ill.), one of the lawmakers singled out for attention in ALLs ads, said that Durbin wont be attending Mass because of floor and committee schedules but that he will go to a papal reception at the Italian Embassy on Wednesday.
Sen. Durbins religion is a private matter, and were not going to comment beyond giving scheduling information, said spokesman Joe Shoemaker.
Ratzingers 2004 opinion appeared in a memo that was sent to then-Washington Cardinal Theodore McCarrick and first reported in the Italian magazine LEspresso. In the memo, which did not mention Kerry by name, Ratzinger said: The church teaches that abortion or euthanasia is a grave sin. There may be a legitimate diversity of opinion, even among Catholics, about waging war and applying the death penalty, but not, however, with regard to abortion and euthanasia.
McCarrick later told Catholic News Service that the memo didnt reflect the full message I received, but he refused to release what more there might have been.
Benedict has not softened the position expressed in the memo. Aboard the papal plane in 2007, he discussed a threat by Mexican Catholic leaders to excommunicate politicians who supported abortion.
According to a Reuters report, the pope supported the proposed excommunication.
Yes, this excommunication was not an arbitrary one but is allowed by Canon law, which says that the killing of an innocent child is incompatible with receiving Communion, which is receiving the body of Christ, he said.
The Mexican church leaders did nothing new, surprising or arbitrary. They simply announced publicly what is contained in the law of the church, he went on.
Walsh said that while the pope supported the Mexican church leaders right to excommunicate lawmakers who support abortion rights, they eventually chose not to do so.
Catholic lawmakers in the United States have periodically come under attack for failing to follow all of the Vaticans teachings in their politics, particularly on abortion rights.
When the pontiff made his comments about Communion and abortion in the context of the Mexican political debate last year, some Catholic House Democrats, led by Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.), responded by issuing a statement in which they stressed their efforts to reduce the number of unwanted pregnancies in the first place.
Advancing respect for life and for the dignity of every human being is, as our church has taught us, our own lifes mission, the lawmakers said in a May 2007 statement. Each of us is committed to reducing the number of unwanted pregnancies and creating an environment with policies that encourage pregnancies to be carried to term.
WASHINGTON--Cardinal Justin F. Rigali, chairman of the U.S. Bishops Committee on Pro-Life Activities, and Bishop William E. Lori, chairman of the U.S. Bishops Committee on Doctrine, have issued the following statement:
In the course of a Meet the Press interview on abortion and other public issues on August 24, 2008, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi misrepresented the history and nature of the authentic teaching of the Catholic Church against abortion.
The Church has always taught that human life deserves respect from its very beginning and that procured abortion is a grave moral evil. In the Middle Ages, uninformed and inadequate theories about embryology led some theologians to speculate that specifically human life capable of receiving an immortal soul may not exist until a few weeks into pregnancy. While in canon law these theories led to a distinction in penalties between very early and later abortions, the Churchs moral teaching never justified or permitted abortion at any stage of development.
These mistaken biological theories became obsolete over 150 years ago when scientists discovered that a new human individual comes into being from the union of sperm and egg at fertilization. In keeping with this modern understanding, the Church has long taught that from the time of conception (fertilization), each member of the human species must be given the full respect due to a human person, beginning with respect for the fundamental right to life.
See also Basil of Caesarea:
"Women also who administer drugs to cause abortion, as well as those who take poisons to destroy unborn children, are murderesses. So much on this subject."
Letter CLXXXVIII, chap. VIII
Letter to Amphilochius
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Monday, April 26, 2010
Antique Treasures
When I went walking with my grandsons we looked for treasures. Alex and I found three pennies some neat leaves and some funny bark.
Brendan and I found leaves and bark. They were excited about their treasures.
I was excited to go antiquing in Yakima, Washington. Things are so much cheaper there and there is a much better variety. I love it.
These are some of the things I found. I don't know why the baby shoes struck me but they were inexpensive and I will do something with them, maybe. The prisms I plan on making in to necklaces. The silverware I don't know. The needleholder is a real find and I plan on using it... as a needle holder. Not everything I find gets converted.
I also bought a pile of used stamps from all over the world and another stack of used envelopes from all over the world to use in my collage work. A letter from Argentina was still in the envelope. I could read bits but my Spanish isn't very good.
I love the feel of these papers, the old linens, and the little shoes. Even though they aren't from my history they bring back memories that are. Have you found little treasurers that spark memories for you?
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Rita I love all your "finds"! I love the old baby shoes. I make pin cushions with them. Just stuff them with batting, then add some scraps of those lovely linens with a little lace, I sew buttons on the laces, and you have darling accessories for your sewing area. I made several for baby shower prizes for those horrible games they make you play, and they were a real hit.ReplyDelete
Rita; Oh how I would love to live in your beautiful State! I had such an amazing time there... and I plan on coming back whenever I get a chance too!ReplyDelete
I love this post you have made... I remember going to a store her called "Value Village" (basically it's a large thrift store), anyway... I saw this pair of shoes probably from the 1950's and I began to spin together a story of the woman that possibly wore them. I love things like this. I still have my baby shoes, maybe I will do something with them one day.


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Dr. Fornaciari's background in sociology and, especially in developmental sociology is just one of the attributes that make him so suited to the Wayland Phoenix student body. Dr. Fornaciairi served as Instructor of Sociology (full time) at Dayton University (Ohio). Besides writing extensively in the field of Social Development and Career Development, Dr. Fornaciari is quite involved in conference presentations. Besides teaching at Concordia University, Northern Arizona University, The Ohio State University, National-Louis University, and Prescott College.
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ASTORIA—Eugene W. Zeltmann, president and chief executive officer of the New York Power Authority (NYPA), Monday presented a $30,000 contribution to the Central Astoria Local Development Coalition to help fund the Coalition's annual Independence Day Celebration to be held Thursday evening, July 1st in Astoria Park. The contribution was presented to Julian Wager, president of the Coalition, at NYPA's Charles Poletti Power Project in Astoria.
"This year, 2004, is very special for Queens and the Power Authority as it marks the 20th anniversary of NYPA's proud sponsorship of the Coalition's annual Independence Day Celebration," said Zeltmann. "On behalf of Chairman Louis P. Ciminelli, our other trustees and the staff at the Poletti Project, we are very pleased to continue our role as a good neighbor in Queens, by supporting what is always a special and patriotic family event which this year is dedicated to the Astoria community."
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Upcoming Events
It's a busy summer here in Irondequoit and there are some great things scheduled that I'd like to share with you.
I have to say that the town is doing a wonderful thing for families with tonight's Movie Night. I don't know of a child who doesn't like Shrek and tonight you can take them to see "Shrek Forever After" at Camp Eastman. The movie begins at dusk and is free of charge. Why not bring a blanket and a snack and sit out with your kids watching a movie together?
I'm also excited about my weekly trip to the Farmers' Market. In addition to buying berries and veggies for the week, there is something special going on that you won't want to miss. Several vendors from the Chamber of Commerce will be there for what is called the first annual Town Hall Mall. There are so many fabulous small businesses here in town and you can get a chance to learn more about them tomorrow while you're doing some good buying local.
Perhaps what I am most looking forward to, though, is the third annual Chocolate Festival at Encore Chocolates next weekend. This decadent event will be held Saturday, August 6 from noon to 4 at their shop in the Stutson Bridge Plaza on Pattonwood Drive. There are still some tickets available. I got mine today because there is no way I want to miss this event! There will be a chocolate buffet, activities, and a raffle.
Encore Chocolates is my go to shop for gifts. I buy teacher gifts there, housewarming gifts, and I always bring a box of Encore treats when we are invited to dinner at friends' houses. In fact, I was there today to pick up a box of Swiss Style Truffles for some Irondequoit friends.
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Margaret Tsirantonakis: Anthos Paintings
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"Anthos" means flower in Greek, and flowers in all their stages and glory are the subjects of Margaret Tsirantonakis' upcoming exhibition of paintings at New Canaan Library. "The flower is a springboard as well as an actor in the ensemble of each of my paintings and works on paper," states Ms. Tsirantonakis, a native of Greece who lives and works in Stamford, CT. Anthos will be on display in the H. Pelham Curtis Gallery from December 8 – January 12.
Margaret Tsirantonakis's most recent solo exhibition was in March 2013 at the Prince Street Gallery, NYC where she exhibited large scale paintings of interiors with still life arrangements as well as intimate watercolors done in Crete. Tsirantonakis has exhibited widely in solo and group exhibitions throughout the Northeast. She has had two previous solo shows at the H. Pelham Curtis Gallery in 2002, and 2004.Her paintings have been included in the Mead Art Museum, Amherst, MA, Off the Beaten Track: Contemporary Mindscapes, as well as in The Elements: Earth show at the Gallery of Contemporary Art, Sacred Heart University, CT.


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The Center for International Studies is organizing a get-together party Thursday November 8th from 5pm to 7pm at the Atwood Underground.
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More on Secretary Rice's Travel to the Middle East, Asia and the Pacific
Behind the Scenes: Secretary Rice Attending ASEAN Meeting in SingaporeAbout the Author: Sean McCormack serves as Department Spokesman and Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs.
OK, a day of diplomacy in the books. After a non-stop series of bilats (diplo-speak for "bilaterals," meaning meetings between the foreign ministers and staffs of two countries) listed in my earlier post, we moved on to the world of multilateral diplomacy. First up, a meeting between selected foreign ministers from ASEAN countries and Secretary Rice. The cameras and journalists were ushered out after Foreign Minister Yeo of Singapore (our host) and Secretary Rice made opening remarks. Each of the other ministers in turn then had an opportunity to make remarks, which varied according to each country's relationship with the United States. (Singapore, the Philippines, Burma, Malaysia, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Indonesia and Thailand participated in the meeting.)
Next up was the informal meeting among foreign ministers of the Six-Party talks, which was organized by the Chinese government who chairs the meetings of the six parties. While this was billed as an informal gathering of the foreign ministers, this would be the first time Secretary Rice would have met her North Korean counterpart so media interest was intense. All the ministers gathered in a room down the hall from the actual meeting room prior to the start of the meeting. The North Korean foreign minister arrived last and was greeted outside the door by the Chinese foreign minister. Secretary Rice then greeted the North Korean minister and shook his hand and he went on to greet the other three ministers in the room. The six then started down the hallway six abreast and did a little choreography along the way to set who would be next to whom upon entering the meeting room.
Now, this is the point where most of you see the ministers (or main meeting participants) enter the room, and they are trailed by numerous, nameless others who are recognized only by close family and friends as they flicker across endless cable TV loops of the moment. This meeting was no different, and because there were six ministers entering at the same time, they were followed by entourages suitable for a heavyweight boxing championship bout. "Who are all those people?" you might ask. Some are security, some are advance people, some are experts accompanying the ministers, and some are folks who in small but critical ways keep the wheels turning for their minister.
After navigating the phalanx of cameras and journalists lining the entrance, the ministers walked up to a small riser, where they stood for pictures and then took their seats. Chinese Foreign Minister Yang made some opening remarks for the cameras. Once he was done, we were all shooed out (save for the ministers and one expert per country) to hover outside the closed meeting room doors. I usually have a seat at these meetings, but the Chinese hosts whittled down participation to just the Secretary and two Six-Party U.S. negotiators. It came down to me or one of our key negotiators. As I am not integral to the negotiation process, which requires too much time in Pyongyang (been there, done that), I came up with plan "B." I would quietly take one of the many seats that typically line the walls of a meeting like this as the pile of journalists, advance types, and security details exited the room. However, I had been outdone by my hoped for but not to be hosts; they had removed all chairs except for those marked for negotiators manifested for the meeting. Each chair was filled, which would have left me standing awkwardly on the sidelines. I considered the possibility, but the hosts had also matched exactly the number of headsets to hear interpretation with the number of seats. I had been completely outflanked, and I knew it. So, I exited with the dwindling number of journalists, camera and sound men, advance types, and security details. Thus, the crowd (minus journalists who had left to file stories) hovered, mingled, checked blackberries (don't have my iPhone yet), and spoke into microphones clipped to sleeve cuffs outside the meeting room doors.
The meeting broke about an hour and twenty minutes later, and the U.S. delegation wound its way back to our floor via various service hallways. I had arranged for the Secretary to speak with the journalists traveling with us so that her comments would make it into the first post-meeting stories. It would also give the journalists traveling on the plane with us minor scoops. She spoke with the journalists in that more protected location because to attempt the same brief comments in the spacious hotel lobby would have risked being trampled by the stampede of TV cameras, sound men and every working journalist in Southeast Asia waiting there. In fact, one of the things that led me to arrange things the way we did was reading earlier in the day a Reuters story about one unsuspecting lower level delegation member being hit in the head by a TV camera whose operator was rushing to interview somebody, anybody. The same story talked about a small child nearly being caught up in the mad rush. Her time with our journalists done, Secretary Rice prepared for the ministerial dinner, knowing this year's event (her last as Secretary of State) would not include any silly skits or bad renditions of show tunes.
Ronald in New York writes:
@ Department Spokesman Sean McCormack -- Dear Sean;
When you get back to the podium:
1- Please tell us why Thomas Sweich is out of INL at State when he is the key truth-teller on Afghan Opium Corruption situation. Shouldn't he be heading INL? See; NYT Sunday Magazine for details.
2- Also, thank goodness there will be no 'bad renditions" by Sec. Rice at the ASEAN this year. We have had more than enough "bad renditions"...thanks for the reminder.
Eric in New Mexico writes:
Wow. And the press prides itself so much on its awareness...
Gotta wonder when their mob mentality becomes a security issue.
Zharkov in U.S.A. writes:
Is it too much to ask what negotiations were necessary, what was negotiated, what promises were made, and what obligations were assumed on behalf of present and future US taxpayers?
Why should these negotiations remain undisclosed to the public? What were the proposals and responses of the negotiators and what were their reasons for their response?
Can we at least pretend to be a representative form of government and tell our people what you are doing in their name?
Department Spokesman Sean McCormack writes:
@ Ronald --
I don't know why Tom left when he did, though he was somebody who came to government from the private sector to work for President Bush. If he cares to share his reasons, he will do so. I can tell you that Tom had the chance argue his views in government while he served, as is clear from his article. As someone who has both won and lost arguments on small and large matters in this Administration, you never like to lose, but it is hard to complain if you had a chance to argue your point but lost. Apparently, Tom has chosen a different tack, as is his right. History will judge right or wrong on many issues related to this Administration's foreign policy, including the fight against narcotics trade in Afghanistan. The stakes are enormous in Afghanistan. I can assure you, whatever the policy decisions are taken about Afghanistan, they are thoroughly considered and always subject to review regarding their effectiveness.
As for your second point, clever play on words.
Eric in New Mexico writes:
@ Sean, Regarding dealing with the poppy crop in Afghanistan...
Has anyone done a cost comparision on the amount spent on traditional efforts and methodologies, and what it would cost the international community to simply buy the entire poppy crop directly from the growers at a better price than the Taleban gives them?....for three consecutive growing seasons....because if we could convince the growers that we'll buy it for the length of time they need to develop other crops during the three years, then the average farmer will not feel his livelyhood to be threatened in the short term.
Obviously, if we out bid the Taleban (as an incentive to the grower to seel to us), then two things happen;
The opium is taken off the world market, and the Taliban go broke.
Sean, There's something about keeping things simple that sometimes gets lost in process, and whether my "argument" above is a winner or loser, if it gets folks thinking on new levels of understanding, then I've done my job as a citizen.
Not my place to make the decisions, thus I hold no personal attachment of ego to that determination made by others.
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Qualcomm Atheros, a subsidiary of Qualcomm, has quietly acquired Bigfoot Networks, a designer of network controllers tailored for video games. As a result of the acquisition, Qualcomm Atheros will be able to deliver improved user experience compared to wired and wireless network controllers by other developers.
"Bigfoot Networks' team and technology were acquired in August, 2011 by Qualcomm Atheros, a wholly owned subsidiary of Qualcomm, to deliver value-added intelligent networking solutions dedicated to enhancing the end user networking experience," Bigfoot Networks has announced quietly on its web-site.
Neither Qualcomm Atheros nor Bigfoot itself have revealed official reasons of the transaction. Generally, it is believed that Qualcomm Atheros will be able to use technologies developed by Bigfoot for its own products and will be able to boost its portfolio of patents.
Bigfoot's Killer network processing units (NPUs) detects game traffic as it is generated and prioritizes it over all other network traffic. As a result, gamers get minimum possible ping and lowest possible response time. In addition, the Killer NPUs sported a number of other interesting capabilities Naturally, the technology can be re-tweaked to prioritize different types of packets, e.g., better VoIP connection or improved access to certain types of data within datacenters.
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Sesame Rings (Spain)
Recipe courtesy of Food Network Kitchen
These Sephardic Jewish cookies are usually served at Shabbat (Sabbath) dinners and on holidays. We loved the savory sesame flavor so much[ that we added tahini to the dough to help showcase it. They store well, so they're excellent cookies to keep around in case of unexpected guests.]
- 4 cups plus 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon fine salt
- 3 large whole eggs, at room temperature
- 2 large egg yolks, at room temperature
- 1 1/4 cups sugar
- 1/4 cup tahini (sesame paste)
- 1/2 cup vegetable oil
- 1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract
- Sesame Glaze:
- 1 large egg white, lightly beaten
- 1 teaspoon honey
- 1/2 cup hulled raw sesame seeds
DirectionsWatch how to make this recipe.
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Line 2 baking sheets with silicone mats or parchment, or coat them with nonstick cooking spray.
Whisk the flour, baking powder and salt together in a medium bowl.
Beat the eggs and yolks with the sugar in a large bowl with an electric mixer until very light and fluffy, about 2 minutes. Beat in the tahini, oil and vanilla. Stir in the flour mixture until combined to make a soft dough. Cover the dough and set aside for 5 minutes before forming into rings.
Pinch off a walnut-sized piece of dough and roll it into a rope that is about 5 inches long and 3/8-inch thick. (Dust your hands and the parchment lightly with flour if the dough is sticky.) Pinch the ends of the rope together to form a ring. Repeat until all the dough has been formed into rings.
To glaze the cookies: Put the sesame seeds on a small plate. Whisk the egg white and honey together, and then brush each ring with the mixture. Then immediately dip the ring into the sesame seeds. Place the rings seeds side up, on the prepared baking sheet at least 1 inch apart.
Bake rings until lightly browned, about 15 to 20 minutes. Transfer from baking sheet and cool on wire racks. Serve.
Busy baker's tips: These cookies keep for a couple weeks stored in an airtight container at room temperature. They can also be double-wrapped in plastic wrap and frozen for up to a month.
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Wednesday, April 18, 2012
Happy Birthday
14 comments:
Love the old photos. I am expecially liking your leather jacket...it looks soft and lush and beautiful! Have a good week!ReplyDeleteReplies
The jacket was my sisters and I love it. It is soft and beautiful. thank you.Delete
Rita, happy birthday to your husband, and congratulations on being married 35 years!ReplyDelete
Happy Birthday Doug happy to see you now have clothes!ReplyDeleteReplies
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Oh what lovely pics. I hope Doug had a fabulous day. I hope you both did.ReplyDelete
Have a lovely weekend
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We had a great time at Joe's Crab Shack. You can never have enough crab. And cheesecake.Delete
Happy birthday, Uncle Doug.ReplyDelete
Well, I finally did it, Auntie. In two days I have read through your entire blog from beginning to end. I love reading the family stories about you, Granny (her sister, Betty), Nana and the ladies before her. I, too, wish for more stories about Nellie whom I think Great great grandma Jennie looked so much like. I am amazed at their stories and find that my situation is common through out our family history. I am glad that you and Doug have proven to be the exception to this history. Congratulations on this being your 35th year.
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Thank you. Sadly I don't know as much about Nellie as I wish I did. I do have a faint memory of her. I'll see what I can do. The issues seem to kind of skip generations; although not always.I mostly notice the strength of our line of women: Nancy, Nellie, Jennie, Nana, Granny, your mom, you. wow.Delete
Love you and miss you.
Happy Birthday to a great guy and I'll be thinking of you three tomorrow at the Crab Shack!ReplyDelete
I learned that if everybody is busy cracking their crab there isn't much time for conversation. Friendly or otherwise. lolReplyDelete


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Secretary Clinton's Remarks at the Clinton Global Initiative Closing Plenary | Briefing by Chief of Staff and Counselor Cheryl Mills on Food SecurityTomorrow, Secretary Clinton and UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will co-host a food security event. Watch our video and share it with your friends and family.
More than one billion people — one sixth of the world's population — suffer from chronic hunger. Without enough food, adults struggle to work and children struggle to learn. Global food supplies must increase by an estimated 50 percent to meet expected demand in the next 20 years. Advancing sustainable agricultural-led growth increases the availability of food, keeps food affordable, and raises the incomes of the poor.
Momentum is building for global action. Developing country leaders have recognized the need to invest in their own food security. At the 2009 L'Aquila G8 Summit, donors collectively committed $20 billion to agricultural development and a new approach to global food security.
The U.S. is committed to working as part of a collaborative global effort centered around country-led processes to improve food security. We are working with stakeholders to advance action that addresses the needs of small scale farmers and agri-businesses, and harnesses the power of women to drive economic growth. We will increase our investment in agriculture development while maintaining our support for humanitarian food assistance.
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Related Entry: Five Principles Guide Approach to Food Security
Donald in Virginia writes:
When you think about how much money has been spent on the Space Program over the years since it began, rockets, space shuttles costing 80 billion dollars a piece, the international space station costing more billions, the cost of sending astronaunts into space, the delays costing in the millions, all because United States wanted to compete with Russia. This money could of been used to help feed the world and you still could of maintained a viable NASA program that sent rockets into space, taking pictures without the big expense over the years. After all whats really in Space? It would be interesting if someone took the time to actually figure out the cost, what our country has spent, what Russia has spent, all for what? Looking at cool planets? What about the people on earth? If we can't get along on earth, we certainly are not going to get along in Space in future. How many farms, Homes, Businesses, Jobs, Going Green could of been spent with the money NASA has spent on it's program? If GOD wanted us in Space, we would of been born in space. Now were suddenly concerned about the environment, after billions of dollars has been drained for programs like NASA and people should take notice? They should of taken notice before billions were spent not after.
Godbless and have a nice day!
Zharkov in U.S.A. writes:
No matter which crisis becomes a government concern, first ask yourself:
"What effect has this upon the sum-total of State power?"
If we look beneath the surface of various repeated crises, we can discern one fundamental fact -- a great redistribution of power from citizens to the State.
Regardless of the emergency, they all come to the same thing, which is, an increase of State power and a corresponding decrease of social power of the citizens.
Every assumption of State power, whether by forcible seizure or public indifference, leaves citizens and their society with so much less power.
"This is the gravest danger that today threatens civilization: State intervention - the absorption of all spontaneous social effort by the State; that is to say, of spontaneous historical action, which in the long run sustains, nourishes and impels human destinies" - Jose Ortega Y Gasset, 1922.
When the State declares itself the food provider of last resort, its citizens will say, "we already paid for your food so if you are hungry, go see the State about that".
It is the State itself which destroys the charitable instinct of the citizens and renders food a scarce commodity in poor communities.
Deliberate, government-ordered mass starvations in Ireland, in China, in the Ukraine, and elsewhere, have been fully documented in human history. Whether spreading salt on farm lands by Roman soldiers to destroy food production in Carthage, spraying Agent Orange in Vietnam, or poisoning the land with Depleted Uranium munitions in Iraq, food production is reduced and the State itself is the perpetrator.
New generations appear and become "conditioned" to new increments of State power, and they tend to accept the process of continual power accumulation as normal.
All of the State's institutional voices unite in confirming the appropriateness of progressive conversion of citizen's social power into State power, for the public good.
State power has not only been thus concentrated in Washington, but it has so far concentrated into the hands of the President that the existing regime is a regime of personal government. It is nominally Democratic, but actually Monocratic. Personal government is always concerned with immediate political expediency and is determined entirely by circumstances.
We have a government by purchase, bought with money, and the concern for the starving masses is another opportunity for further accumulation of power over them. As globalists focus on the world's food, we all should become extremely worried.
Donald in Virginia writes:
Billions, and trillions of dollars spent on a NASA so we can explore new planets? Watch how our Tax Money was spent, for what? Brand new tires on earth? The study of space? It's costing trillions of dollars to learn.
How many people on earth could of used this money to help feed the hungar? Provide better farming equipment, and livestock. Read below some interesting numbers we have spent on this wonderful space program over the years, which continues to add up.
How do we really know 100 percent that having a dream like going to the moon was practical for people. President John F Kennedy's famous speech, we can put a man on the moon.
The federal government spent roughly $14 billion (B) on NASA in fiscal year 1999. That's a lot of money! But what does that mean? How much is $14B? For most folks $14B is merely an abstract concept.
For example, in fiscal year (FY) 1999, total federal expenditures were $1,699,217 million (M) -- approximately $1.7 trillion! NASA's budget of $14B, thus, represented only about 0.8% of total federal expenditures during FY '99. In fact, since 1975 NASA's budget has varied only between 0.7% and 1.0% of total federal expenditures. NASA's highest ever share of total federal expenditures was 5.5%, which occurred in 1966. (Click here to see a graph illustrating NASA's share of federal expenditures for the past 40 years.)
NASA in 1970
The NASA budget continued to decline, falling lower each year during the period from 1969 to 1974.
Apollo was NASA's largest budget item until 1973.
NASA's 1970 budget
Requested: $3.71 billion
Authorized: $3.768 billion
Spent: $3.749 billion
NASA's Budget in 1969
$3.995 billion
NASA's Budget in 1968
$4.588 billion
NASA's Apollo Spending in 1970
$1.919 billion
Total Apollo Program spending 1961-1973
$25 billion
Total Gemini Program spending
$1.283 billion
Total Mercury Program spending
$392.6 million
Total number of workers employed in Apollo or Apollo-related projects 1961-1974


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Topic: rmagick headaches :/
hey all,
When I do this in script/console I get:
>> require 'RMagick'
=> true
>> include Magick
=> Object
>> f = Image.new(100,100) { self.background_color = "red" }
=> 100x100 DirectClass 16-bit
>> f.crop_resized(50,50)
=> 50x50 DirectClass 16-bit
But in my application I keep getting the same error as if rmagick was
not installed though it is and I can use it with irb. This is the
error I get:
ActionView::TemplateError (undefined method `crop_resized' for
nil:NilClass) on line #7 of app/views/items/list.rhtm
I did put
require 'RMagick'
include Magick
in my application.rb and environment.rb but my rmagick install keeps getting ignored
any idea what's wrong or where shall I put include Magick and require 'RMagick'?
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Are you guilty of these fitness club faux pas?
Sure, you�re paying for a membership, but that doesn�t mean you have free reign to do whatever you want at the gym. Certain etiquette (and hygiene!) rules apply�after all, there are other people paying to be at your fitness club, too. Gold�s Gym recently conducted a Facebook survey of more than 20,000 fans to uncover their workout pet peeves. Here are five of their top five gym-goer faux pas below, with fitness experts weighing in to encourage better behavior. 1.��� Leaving sweaty messes. Sweating on equipment without wiping it down afterwards is no-no numero uno. �No one wants to sit in your sweaty seat, and they shouldn�t have to. If you don�t want to get a quick reputation for being a selfish gym-goer, be sure to wipe down the handles and seats of every piece of equipment after using it,� says Amber O�Neal of Caf� Physique. Missi Wolf of Blast 900 adds that if the gym doesn�t already provide towels, �Always bring at least two with you�one for your face and one for the equipment.� 2.��� Stinking up the place. While we�re on the subject of hygiene, take care of your own. No one wants to work out next to someone who has a major case of B.O. �This seems like common sense, but you�d be surprised! Take a shower; wear clean clothes for each workout (even if you don�t think they smell bad); use antiperspirant; wash your hands before working out; and wipe off cologne and perfume prior to hitting the gym floor,� O�Neal advises. 3.��� Creating sound effects. Grunting, yelling or swearing during a class or while lifting weights is incredibly disturbing to the vast majority of people. �Most gyms have policies against it, but they may or may not be regularly enforced. If you can�t prevent yourself from having these outbursts, consider lowering your weights a little bit�or work out with your buddies in your basement or garage,� O�Neal says. 4.��� Being chatty. First of all, Wolf says, �If you can talk on the phone while on the treadmill, you are not working hard enough!� If you must bring your phone to the workout floor (really, only on-call doctors have this excuse), keep it on vibrate and, step away from the class or gym floor when a call comes in. �Cell phone chats never feel loud to the person talking, but it�s very annoying to everyone else,� O�Neal notes. Along those same lines, it is fine to be cordial to your workout neighbors, but avoid cornering them into a full conversation or prowling for a date. �Focus on your own workout and allow others to do the same,� O�Neal says. 5. � �Hogging the equipment. Look, if you don�t want to feel pressure to get off of equipment, then you should go to the gym at off-peak times. Otherwise, according to O�Neal, follow these few courtesy rules: Don�t rest on machines between sets and limit your time on cardio equipment to posted time limits (or 20 minutes during peak times when others are waiting if no official limits are displayed). If you�re not sure how to operate the weight contraption, come in when the fitness club isn�t busy and ask staff to show you how so that others are not waiting on you. And if you absolutely must stay on that ab machine until the cows come home, allow others to �work in.� (Those taking advantage should return the seat and weight to the last user�s setup.) Brought to you by: Spry Living


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What would it take to make Hong Kong sustainable?
Hong Kong residents are living beyond the Earth's means, according to a report released Sunday by Global Footprint Network and WWF.
As a society that relies extensively on resources from abroad, Hong Kong is particularly vulnerable to growing global constraints on resources, the report says. But in spite of its unsustainable consumption, there are a number of readily available measures that would enable Hong Kong to reduce its pressure on ecological services, and enable it to achieve a one-planet Ecological Footprint.
The Hong Kong Ecological Footprint Report, issued every two years, aims to provide a benchmark to track Hong Kong residents' shifts in consumption, from which trends can be identified and actions proposed.
The 2010 report reveals that if everyone in the world lived a similar lifestyle to that of Hong Kong residents, we would need the equivalent of 2.2 Earths. In 2007, the most recent year for which data are available, Hong Kong residents had an average per person Ecological Footprint of 4.0 global hectares (hectares with world-average productivity). This level of demand is more than double the 1.8 gha that was available per person globally in 2007 to produce renewable resources and absorb CO2.
"Unsustainable demand on a global scale means that countries and regions such as Hong Kong will find it increasingly harder to meet their resource needs simply by relying on ecological services from abroad," said Dr. Wackernagel. "The more it can provide a high quality of life for its residents on a smaller Ecological Footprint, Hong Kong will not only address global risks, but more directly, it will make its economy more resilient facing the future."
The largest portion of Hong Kong's Ecological Footprint—60 percent—comes from carbon dioxide emissions. Hong Kong's carbon Footprint per person has grown 24-fold since 1962. While 26 percent of its carbon Footprint comes from CO2 emitted from within Hong Kong itself (for example, from vehicles and electricity use), the majority, 74 percent is embodied in goods and services produced abroad. Some 58 million tonnes of CO2 are emitted elsewhere to supply imports to Hong Kong.
Other major drivers of Hong Kong's Footprint are consumption of seafood and timber products, which are mostly from unsustainable sources.
But there are reasons for optimism. In contrast to the rest of China, Hong Kong's Ecological Footprint per person has declined 25 percent and leveled off since it peaked in the late 1990s. While it is no doubt benefiting from some increased efficiencies in the city, the decline appears largely due to vagaries in the trade of the embodied carbon of goods and natural resources, and of cropland products. It is mostly not the result of sustainable development policies.
One key way Hong Kong could reduce its Footprint is by boosting the market for sustainable goods. "Consumers can demand that the seafood and timber products we consume are produced sustainably," notes Dr Andy Cornish, Director, Conservation at WWF-Hong Kong. "In this way we can leverage Hong Kong's buying power and act as a regional catalyst to drive natural resource producers towards sustainability. In turn, this will create an increased and reliable supply of sustainable products for Hong Kong."
With 70 percent of the average carbon Footprint coming from household consumption (as opposed to businesses or public infrastructure and services), individual choices have a key role to play. The report calls on Hong Kong to reduce excessive, inefficient and wasteful consumption. It also calls for transforming its modest agriculture, aquaculture and fisheries industries to minimize their impact to the environment.
"Solutions are readily available, and Hong Kong is a city used to reinventing itself," the report concludes. "Reducing Hong Kong's Ecological Footprint per person by half would approximate the biocapacity that is available globally and, therefore, make it a logical and sustainable objective."
Read the Hong Kong Ecological Footprint Report 2010
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