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"Game changer" is a term you hear often when people talk about how technology has changed their industry.
Everyone is searching to answer two fundamental questions: "What should I be doing now?" and "What comes next?"

 Most marketers are dialed into what needs to get done to survive and grow in today's tough economy. Table stakes include a focus on winning share, getting the value/pricing right, creating affordable brands and sticking to the basics. However, when this crisis ends, there will be a new next. The landscape will shift and consumer preferences will change. For some, "What comes next?" may be a question too far into the future to worry about today. But the spoils of tomorrow will go to the brands that take action to deepen emotional bonds with consumers today.

 The brand characteristic that builds emotional bonds in today's world is empathy. To get to empathy, you have to be great at listening, with the intent to fully understand the situation, feelings and motivations of consumers.

 With our Publicis Groupe sister company MediaVest, we recently completed a study to get at what consumers really care about in regard to the current financial crisis across six countries in developed and emerging markets. Based on what we heard, I think there are five key areas where brands can demonstrate empathy and deepen emotional connections without compromising the battle of winning share today.

 Preservation: Preservation means to keep the family rituals intact, to allow kids to be kids, to not let the family feel the impact of the crisis in a way that disrupts life. Moms are doing overtime to protect their kids and family from the financial crisis. Aldi is tapping into this emotion with a strong idea of "Don't change your lifestyle, change your supermarket." Aldi is seeing shoppers trade down into their stores and are smartly building the bonds now to keep them later.

 Control: Being "in control" is now well beyond a functional idea and is packed with strong emotion. Let's face it—there are plenty of things we cannot control. This gives the things we do control far more importance in our lives. Brands and retailers can participate in this emotion by giving more control to the consumer. Tylenol gets it by encouraging consumers: "If you have a headache, drink a glass of water, wait 30 minutes, and if you still have a headache, take a Tylenol." Brilliant.

 We are seeing the decline of 100-calorie packs as shoppers take back portion control as something they can do themselves for far less money. People want product packages sized to their paycheck—not sized to their pantry. Shopping is now a mission and retailers can gain connection by better price transparency, sustainability labeling and portion control. The explosive rise we're seeing in the use of mobile phones for information and coupon delivery is driven in part by this desire for control.

 Certainty: Third, there is a deep desire for the comfort of certainty. The rules for advancement, retirement and making a good life aren't working. As a result, risk-taking is out. Right now there's tremendous need to identify with brands that are proven. New is being challenged. Now is the time for assurance, legacy and heritage payoff. Hyundai set the bar early with its "Assurance" campaign, but others are right there, like Sears with bringing back layaway.

 Unexpected victories: No one expects the world will improve anytime soon. Hope is not on the big wins, but the small victories. Consumers have low trust and respect for institutions, and a deep satisfaction in "getting one over on the man." The key is not being "the man." Being the underdog is where you want to be —like Miller High Life's affable delivery guy who's all about common sense. Sainsbury supermarkets in the U.K. tapped into the idea of feeling good about making do with its "Love your leftovers" campaign. It asked shoppers what they did with their leftovers and then suggested how they could stretch their budgets by turning leftovers into interesting meals. Spot-on.

 Solidarity: This is about creating the feeling that "we're in this together." We need to go beyond serving functional needs and take a leadership position by helping consumers through the crisis. FedEx/Kinkos has done this well with its "Free Resume Printing Day" promotion. Aleve is on the forefront with its "Buy one. Give one" campaign. Hoarding is dead and, in today's environment, perhaps we should be focusing on "Buy one. Share one" versus "Buy one. Get one." Pampers is taking it one step further with its "One pack = one vaccine" campaign. This simple program is improving the lives of mothers and babies in the developing world and helping Unicef move closer to its goal of eliminating maternal and neonatal tetanus (MNT). Brands that can show a generosity of spirit today won't be forgotten tomorrow.

 To ensure a brand will be loved tomorrow—and the days after tomorrow—marketers must first dive deep into what their shoppers care about today.

 Andy Murray is worldwide CEO of Saatchi & Saatchi X.

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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Did you know that the urban core area of Jacksonville has lost roughly 50 percent of its population since 1950? Built to sustain a high density residential population base, this area has the most potential for rejuvenation that can expand our city's long-term economic base.
Furthermore, many of the urban core neighborhoods have a symbiotic relationship with downtown and all will benefit from enhancements in the area.
Unfortunately, with Jacksonville's budget, discussion at the public level focuses more on what public services and employees to cut and what Northside schools to close than how can we best invest and improve our urban core neighborhoods.
Luckily, there is a way for us to immediately move forward with the improvement of these communities without taking additional funds from the taxpayer or robbing Peter to pay Paul.
The answer is for Jacksonville's city council to let the self-imposed mobility fee moratorium sunset this year, allowing the 2030 Mobility Plan to be fully implemented.
What is the Mobility Plan and fee
The Mobility Plan and fee is a replacement for the City of Jacksonville's former transportation concurrency system. It is a plan that provides a framework to integrate land development with mobility (pedestrians, bicycles, transit, and roads) by providing the private sector with financial motivation to embrace smart growth principles, like gridded streets, in their project's design and site selection.
It lays out a mobility fee for new construction throughout the city. The purpose of that fee is to generate funding needed to enhance public infrastructure negatively impacted by additional vehicle trips from new construction.
Developments further from the city core that put more wear and tear on the city's streets and infrastructure will result in higher project mobility fees.
The 2030 Mobility Plan and fee is structured to stimulate economic opportunity in areas with public infrastructure. While much of the public revitalization focus in the urban core has been focused on Springfield, the mobility fee's credit adjustment system helps drive redevelopment to additional neighborhoods that have just as much character. The land-use component of the plan encourages higher density development along transit corridors and areas of the Northside and urban core.
What it can do for Jacksonville's Northside and urban core
In recent years, the City of Jacksonville Planning and Development Department (COJ-PDD) and community created urban core and Northwest Jacksonville vision plans for the area that were also adopted by City Council. Those community driven vision plans' guiding principles included:
- Guiding Principle 1: Capitalize on the urban core's uniqueness
- Guiding Principle 2: Promote mixed-use/mixed-income redevelopment and in?ll
- Guiding Principle 3: Provide a variety of transportation choices
- Guiding Principle 4: Provide for economic growth
- Guiding Principle 5: Expand, protect and enhance open space
S-Line Commuter Rail: This popular version of fixed mass transit would be funded partially by the 2030 Mobility Plan's mobility fee. When completed, downtown Jacksonville, the urban core, and the Northside would be connected to the Jacksonville International Airport and River City Marketplace area by reliable mass transit. For comparison's sake, Charlotte has witnessed over $2 billion in economic development around its new LNYX light rail line and Tampa's TECO Streetcar has generated over $1 billion in the formerly long economically challenged Channel District. Soon to be under construction, Milwaukee' streetcar is expected to create over 20,000 inner city jobs over a 20 year horizon. Image by sashimikid at http://www.flickr.com/photos/sashimikid/3279608888/in/set-72157613787302829/
Aging obsolete industrial areas like the Springfield and Myrtle Avenue warehouse districts are potential transit oriented development districts that the City of Jacksonville owned S-Line corridor presently goes through.
If Jacksonville wants light and commuter rail style transit services, ending the mobility fee moratorium is the most sound option for our community to generate the capital to fund its construction from the economic development and job creation these projects stimulate.
The Urban Core and Northwest Jacksonville vision plans were born of community effort. However to achieve that vision, they have to be incrementally implemented. Unfortunately, the City of Jacksonville's budget continues to bleed red and we spend more time finding ways to cut already poor public services than investing in these established communities.
Nevertheless, while we ponder closing libraries and reducing maintenance of public parks and right-of-way, Northside neighborhoods economic struggles continue to grow, causing steady decline.
What the Mobility Plan and fee can do for Jacksonville's urban core is generate the funding for efficient mass transit connectivity and improve the bicycle and pedestrian network throughout the community. This is infrastructure that not only puts residents back to work but also the type that has stimulated redevelopment in the country's most progressive cities over the last 20 years.
The mobility fee's credit adjustment component provides a financial incentive for private sector market rate reinvestment throughout the Northside and urban core. For this section of the city, the 2030 Mobility Plan and fee is the only fiscally sustainable option available to the City of Jacksonville to implement the community's guiding principles over the next two decades.
However, as long as the city's self imposed moratorium remains in place, all that awaits what could become an economic powerhouse is prolonged economic stagnation, failed promises from public servants and severe under-utilization
Mobility Plan projects in the Northside/urban core
Already blessed with a connected gridded street network, the majority of mobility plan projects for the urban core are transit, bicycle, and pedestrian based. In other words, the only missing elements are what make urban communities multimodal-friendly. Many of these projects are low-cost in nature and can stimulate change in a short period of time.
How to make it happen
To move forward, the mobility fee moratorium must be allowed to sunset this fall as opposed to being extended indefinitely into the future. The easiest way to build support for sunsetting the moratorium is to let your local council representative know that you are a resident who cares for the future of your neighborhood and that you are in favor of allowing the moratorium to end.
For information on the 2030 Mobility Plan and Mobility Fee, CLICK HERE.
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Conservative Media Push Falsehood That Obama Wants To Balance Budget By Raising Taxes Alone
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The right-wing media are deceptively suggesting that, in the words of The New York Post, President Obama is "focused on raising income -- and possibly payroll -- taxes on the wealthiest Americans" rather than making cuts in spending to fix the current deficit problem. In fact, Obama has proposed significant spending cuts, and experts say it is impossible to balance the budget without some tax increases.
Right-Wing Media Ignore Obama's Proposed Spending Cuts, Suggest His Only Solution Is To Raise Taxes
New York Post: Obama Is Focused On "Raising Income -- And Possibly Payroll -- Taxes On The Wealthiest Americans." An April 25 New York Post editorial claims that President Obama is ignoring the need to "restrain growth in discretionary spending" since tax cuts on the richest Americans alone cannot bring the federal budget into balance and suggests the president is simply after taxing the "wealthiest Americans." From the post:
Standard & Poor's warning last week of a possible downgrading of America's credit rating sent tremors through markets worldwide -- and underscored the nation's short- and long-term deficit and debt woes.
The warning came just days after the speech in which President Obama basically dismissed the House GOP's comprehensive long-term budget outline -- which addresses the need to restrain growth in discretionary spending and entitlements.
Instead, the president just focused on raising income -- and possibly payroll -- taxes on the wealthiest Americans.
This analysis overlooks an essential fact: Hiking taxes on the "rich" won't rescue the nation from flooding red ink.
As The American Thinker's Steve McCann notes, even if the government decided that no American could have a net worth above $1.5 million, confiscating everything above that figure would net the Treasury $6.1 trillion in one fell swoop.
But the national debt is now nearly $14.5 trillion -- so Uncle Sam would still owe $8.4 trillion. [New York Post, 4/25/11]
Fox's Varney Falsely Claims That "So Far, President Obama Has Refused To Look At Even Modest Spending Cuts Of Any Kind." Fox Business host Stuart Varney appeared on the April 19 edition of Fox & Friends to discuss a report by Standard & Poor's that the outlook for federal government debt has been downgraded from stable to negative. During the segment, Varney falsely claimed that Obama's budget speech "was a direct attack on anybody who wanted to cut spending at all" and that Obama "has refused to look at even modest spending cuts of any kind." [Fox News, Fox & Friends, 4/19/11]
Hannity: "I Guess Deficit Reduction Is Really Code For Tax Increases." On his Fox News show, Sean Hannity reported on Obama's "plan to reduce the deficit" while all but ignoring the president's plan to reduce spending. Hannity suggested that Obama's deficit plan was designed to "[d]emonize people that he disagrees with." From Hannity:
HANNITY: The anointed one unveils his long awaited plan to reduce the deficit.
OBAMA: Today, I'm proposing a more balance approach.
HANNITY: And guess with what. He wants to raise your taxes. And the flip-flopper in chief reports for duty.
HANNITY: Oh, OK. So, I guess deficit reduction is really code for tax increases. And here with reaction, former RNC Chairman Ed Gillespie, from the FOX Business Network, Sandra Smith is here. I viewed today's speech as the first speech Obama gave for the 2012 election. This was a political speech, you agree?
ED GILLESPIE, FORMER RNC CHAIRMAN: It was agreed. You know, total lack of leadership. And the fact is, when you look at it, it is not going to be seen as very serious because it was not serious. These policy proposals raising taxes just in December when he extended the Bush tax cuts, he said we need to do this because, it will help grow our economy, spur job creation. And I guess we don't need to do that anymore. So, we're going to raise taxes by trillion dollars.
HANNITY: Well, this is it. Well, in fact, it's same old playbook. Demonize people that he disagrees with. You know, Republicans, they don't care about kids that need 24 hour care. They don't care about kids with autism and Down syndrome. They don't care about grandparents. They don't, you know.[Fox News, Hannity, 4/13/11, via Nexis]
Doocy Calls Obama's Deficit Reduction Tour The "Soak The Rich Tour." On the April 18 edition of Fox & Friends, co-host Steve Doocy reacted to reports that Obama was scheduled to travel to Nevada and California to promote his deficit reduction plan by failing to mention Obama's plans to cut spending and claiming, "Rather than the deficit reduction tour, call it the 'Soak the Rich Tour,' " thereby suggesting Obama only wants to raise taxes on the rich. [Fox News, Fox & Friends, 4/18/11]
In Fact, Obama Has Proposed Significant Spending Cuts
Obama Proposed Spending Cuts During Fiscal Policy Address. In his April 13 address on fiscal policy, Obama proposed increasing tax rates on the wealthy, while also cutting spending. From Obama's April 13 address:
The first step in our approach is to keep annual domestic spending low by building on the savings that both parties agreed to last week. That step alone will save us about $750 billion over 12 years. We will make the tough cuts necessary to achieve these savings, including in programs that I care deeply about, but I will not sacrifice the core investments that we need to grow and create jobs. We will invest in medical research. We will invest in clean energy technology. We will invest in new roads and airports and broadband access. We will invest in education. We will invest in job training. We will do what we need to do to compete, and we will win the future.
The second step in our approach is to find additional savings in our defense budget. Now, as Commander-in-Chief, I have no greater responsibility than protecting our national security, and I will never accept cuts that compromise our ability to defend our homeland or America's interests around the world. But as the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, Admiral Mullen, has said, the greatest long-term threat to America's national security is America's debt. So just as we must find more savings in domestic programs, we must do the same in defense. And we can do that while still keeping ourselves safe.
Over the last two years, Secretary Bob Gates has courageously taken on wasteful spending, saving $400 billion in current and future spending. I believe we can do that again. We need to not only eliminate waste and improve efficiency and effectiveness, but we're going to have to conduct a fundamental review of America's missions, capabilities, and our role in a changing world. I intend to work with Secretary Gates and the Joint Chiefs on this review, and I will make specific decisions about spending after it's complete.
The third step in our approach is to further reduce health care spending in our budget. Now, here, the difference with the House Republican plan could not be clearer. Their plan essentially lowers the government's health care bills by asking seniors and poor families to pay them instead. Our approach lowers the government's health care bills by reducing the cost of health care itself.
Already, the reforms we passed in the health care law will reduce our deficit by $1 trillion. My approach would build on these reforms. We will reduce wasteful subsidies and erroneous payments. We will cut spending on prescription drugs by using Medicare's purchasing power to drive greater efficiency and speed generic brands of medicine onto the market. We will work with governors of both parties to demand more efficiency and accountability from Medicaid. [WhiteHouse.gov, 4/13/11]
Washington Post: Obama's Plan "Combine[s] Deep Cuts ... With Higher Taxes On The Wealthy." In an April 13 article, The Washington Post reported that Obama "offer[ed] a plan to trim borrowing by $4 trillion over the next 12 years by combining deep cuts in military and domestic spending with higher taxes on the wealthy." [The Washington Post, 4/13/11]
Geithner Advocated "Spending Savings" In Addition To Ending Tax Breaks. In an April 17 interview on ABC's This Week, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner advocated a "balanced way" of reducing the deficit, including "spending savings." From This Week:
GEITHNER: But I think, you know, Chairman Ryan's budget helps explain why this is going to be essential, because if you want to extend these tax breaks for the top 2 percent, then either you have to ask me to go out and borrow trillions of dollars from the Chinese or from foreign investors or from Americans, from our children, or you have to cut -- as he proposes to do -- very, very deeply into basic benefits for seniors, the disabled, the poor. And we don't need to do that in order to restore balance for our fiscal position.
CHRISTIANE AMANPOUR (host): Will raising taxes on the wealthy be enough to really make a dent in the deficit? Many economists are saying that you're going to have raise taxes on the middle class as well.
GEITHNER: Yes, very important question, and I'm glad you raised it.
And think about it this way. If you -- it's true we have to bring these deficits down, but if you do it in a balanced way, that includes spending savings, reforms to health care and tax reform, then you can do it in a way that has acceptable costs for the economy, preserves our capacity to invest, and doesn't add to the burden of the middle class.
And the reason why that's true is because a -- we have a huge amount of spending in the tax code, special tax breaks that go disproportionately to the most fortunate Americans.
So it is possible to do this, the president believes we can do this, I believe we can do this, without adding to the burden on the middle class. [ABC, This Week, 4/17/11, emphasis added]
Experts Say It's Impossible To Balance The Budget Without Some Tax Increases
Krugman On The Budget: "Shouldn't We Be Raising Taxes, Not Cutting Them?" In an April 24 New York Times column headlined, "Let's Take a Hike," Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman warned against the idea that "savage cuts in spending" will get us out of the budget problem. He pointed out the need to avoid "tear[ing] up our current social contract" and "turning the clock back 80 years under the guise of necessity" through excessive, politically motivated spending cuts. Krugman added that by "making tax increases part of the solution, we can avoid savaging the poor and undermining the security of the middle class." [The New York Times, 4/24/11]
Fiscal Commission Plan Would Increase Tax Revenue To 21 Percent Of GDP By 2022. In a December 2010 report, President Obama's National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform -- co-chaired by former Wyoming Republican Senator Alan Simpson and former Clinton chief of staff Erskine Bowles -- suggested a number of ways to reduce the deficit through tax reform that include tax increases.
Reduce the deficit. To escape our nation's crushing debt and deficit problem, we must have shared sacrifice -- and that means a portion of the savings from cutting tax expenditures must be dedicated to deficit reduction. At the same time, revenue cannot constantly increase as a share of the economy. Deficit reduction from tax reform will be companied by deficit reduction from spending cuts -- which will come first. Under our plan, revenue reaches 21 percent of GDP by 2022 and is then capped at that level.
Maintain or increase progressivity of the tax code. Though reducing the deficit will require shared sacrifice, those of us who are best off will need to contribute the most. Tax reform must continue to protect those who are most vulnerable, and eliminate tax loopholes favoring those who need help least. [FiscalCommission.com, December 2010]
Former Reagan Budget Director Stockman: "We Can't Afford The Bush Tax Cuts." From an August 2010 interview on NPR's All Things Considered with David Stockman, a former director of the Office of Management and Budget under President Ronald Reagan:
MR. STOCKMAN: We've had a rolling referendum on what we want in government and what we don't, ever since the first Reagan spending cut program -- which I was part of in 1981. And it seems pretty clear to me that by 2010, we've decided a lot of things that cost a lot of money, the American people want. I might not agree with that but apparently, they do.
So we're spending $3.8 trillion in defense, non-defense, entitlements, everything else, and we're taking in only 2.2 trillion. So we got a massive gap. You have to pay your bills; you can't keep borrowing from the rest of the world at that magnitude, year after year after year. So in light of all of those facts, I say we can't afford the Bush tax cuts.
GUY RAZ (co-host): Now, Republicans -- David Stockman in the Senate, led by, obviously, the Minority leader, Mitch McConnell -- they say they're simply following, you know, the Reagan philosophy of supply-side economics, a policy that you pushed. Do you think they're being disingenuous?
MR. STOCKMAN: Utterly disingenuous. I find it unconscionable that the Republican leadership, faced with a 1.5 trillion deficit, could possibly believe that good public policy is to maintain tax cuts for the top 2 percent of the population who, after all, have benefited enormously from this phony boom we've had over the last 10 years as a result of the casino on Wall Street. [NPR, All Things Considered, 8/7/10]
Stockman: "It Is Simply Unrealistic To Say That Raising Revenue Isn't Part Of The Solution. " In an interview with Talking Points Memo, David Stockman, a former Office of Management and Budget director under President Reagan, responded to Rep. Paul Ryan's (R-WI) budget plan by saying: "I think the biggest problem is revenues. It is simply unrealistic to say that raising revenue isn't part of the solution." From Talking Points Memo:
While the government teetered on the brink of a shutdown last week over short term funding, economists across the ideological spectrum weighed in on the GOP's long-term plan with negative reviews. The biggest shock came from high-profile economists with GOP leanings, who also criticized it on the merits.
"It doesn't address in any serious or courageous way the issue of the near and medium-term deficit," David Stockman told me in a Thursday phone interview. "I think the biggest problem is revenues. It is simply unrealistic to say that raising revenue isn't part of the solution. It's a measure of how far off the deep end Republicans have gone with this religious catechism about taxes."
Stockman, who directed Ronald Reagan's Office of Management and Budget, approves of Ryan's entitlement proposals, but breaks faith over taxes and the GOP's unwillingness to slash defense spending. [Talking Points Memo, 4/11/11]
Report: A "Realistic Solution" To The "Long-Term Budget Outlook" Includes "Rebalancing The Tax Code And Increasing Tax Revenue From Those Most Able To Pay." In a November 2010 report titled, Investing in America's Economy: A Budget Blueprint for Economic Recovery and Fiscal Responsibility, Demos, Economic Policy Institute, and The Century Foundation laid out a "blueprint" for a "strong economic recovery" and "deficit reduction." From the report:
Any realistic solution to the long-term budget outlook must confront the real drivers of the growth of the national debt, namely the rapid rise in healthcare costs and the lack of adequate revenue. Projected increases in health care costs are not just a threat to the national budget, but also to the viability of American businesses and the health of family budgets. We propose a variety of policies that will reduce the growth in health care costs. These changes would not only help reduce the deficit, but could also improve the quality of care and reduce costs for businesses and families.
On the revenue side, changes in tax policy have significantly eroded federal receipts over the past decade. We cannot face national challenges and meet national priorities without adequate funding. Our suggested path demands responsibility by rebalancing the tax code and increasing tax revenue from those most able to pay. The plan also reduces or eliminates tax preferences while maintaining or increasing tax reductions for low- and moderate-income families.[Economic Policy Institute, 11/29/10]
Numerous Economic Experts Say That We Have A Revenue Problem
Krugman: "Government Spending Has Continued To Rise More Or Less On Its Pre-Crisis Trend" While "Revenue Has Plunged." In an October 17, 2010, blog post, Krugman wrote:
For all those commenters saying that we must have had a surge in government spending -- I mean, look at the deficit! -- a simple picture:
Government spending has continued to rise more or less on its pre-crisis trend. Revenue has plunged, because the economy is deeply depressed. [NewYorkTimes.com, 10/17/10]
Krugman: Since 2007, "Revenue Plunged, Leading To Big Deficits." In an October 18, 2010, post, Krugman wrote:
During the pre-crisis period, spending grew slightly faster than GDP -- that's Medicare plus the Bush wars -- while revenue grew more slowly, presumably reflecting tax cuts.
What happened after the crisis? Spending continued to grow at roughly the same rate -- a bulge in safety net programs, offset by budget-slashing at the state and local level. GDP stalled -- which is why the ratio of spending to GDP rose. And revenue plunged, leading to big deficits.
But I'm sure that the usual suspects will find ways to keep believing that it's all about runaway spending. [NewYorkTimes.com, 10/18/10]
Krugman also included this chart:
[NewYorkTimes.com, 10/18/10]
David Cay Johnston: "There Is A Simple, Factual Way To Describe What Is Happening To Our Government: We Have A Revenue Problem." In a March 4 column, Pulitzer Prize winner and economics author David Cay Johnston wrote: "There is a simple, factual way to describe what is happening to our government: We have a revenue problem." From Johnston's column:
Right after the midterm elections, when false claims that lower tax rates increased revenues helped win votes, Fox News captured the lockstep approach perfectly in a piece on its website about how Republican leaders were "on message."
Notice these almost identical quotes from the Sunday morning talk shows five days after the midterms:
We don't have a revenue problem. We have a spending problem.
-- Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky.
Washington does not have a revenue problem. It's got a spending problem.
-- House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va.
We do not have a revenue problem. We have a spending problem.
-- House Budget Committee Chair Paul Ryan, R-Wis.
I think it's not a revenue problem; it's a spending problem.
-- Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky.
As framed, these advertising lines are matters of opinion, but how many Americans recognize them for what they are -- opinions, not facts?
When members of Congress will fight to protect a $53 billion mistake that benefits one industry, giving away our commonwealth for free, it is not just unconscionable. It is part of a pattern of wrecking our government and our economy for short-term political gain. And in this one, the oil companies won the day in the House.
There is a simple, factual way to describe what is happening to our government: We have a revenue problem. [Nieman Watchdog, 3/4/11]
Harvard Business Review Group Director: "[T]he Giant Deficit Is Mainly The Result Of The Collapse In Tax Receipts Brought On By The Recession." In an October 2010 post on his Reuters blog, Justin Fox, editorial director of the Harvard Business Review Group, analyzed the deficit and concluded that it was "mainly the result of the collapse in tax receipts brought on by the recession":
The Treasury Department reported on Oct. 15 that the deficit in fiscal 2010, which ended Sept. 30, was $1.294 trillion. That's less than FY 2009's $1.416 trillion, but it's still really really big. Why is it so big, though? Is it because of all that stimulus and bailout spending? Or is something else going on?
To find out, I created a fantasy world. I figured out how fast federal spending and revenue grew over the last business cycle, from 2000 through 2007, and calculated where we'd be today if those growth rates had continued through 2010. I was originally motivated to do this for a commentary that's supposed to air tomorrow night on Nightly Business Report. But I'm thinking there's not a huge overlap between Felix Salmon readers and Nightly Business Report viewers, so I'll go ahead and share what I learned.
In my no-financial-crisis, no-bailout, no-recession, no-stimulus scenario, spending kept growing at 6.22% a year, and revenue kept growing at 3.45%. You can see from the difference between the two numbers that this was an unsustainable path. But it clearly could have been sustained for a few more years.
Where would it have left us in fiscal 2010? With $2.843 trillion in federal revenue and $3.270 trillion in spending, leaving a deficit of $427 billion. The actual revenue and spending totals for 2010 were $2.162 trillion and $3.456 trillion. So spending was $186 billion higher than if we'd stuck to the trend, and revenue was $681 billion lower. In other words, the giant deficit is mainly the result of the collapse in tax receipts brought on by the recession, not the increase in spending. Nice to know, huh? [Blogs.Reuters.com, 10/25/10, emphasis added]
Lawrence Haas: "Sorry, The Federal Deficit Isn't A Spending Problem." In a February 3 Fiscal Times column headlined, "Sorry, the Federal Deficit Isn't a Spending Problem," Fiscal Times contributor Lawrence Haas wrote: "What's driving our future budget deficits is not spending, per se, but two societal realities. First, like most of Europe as well as China and Japan, the United States is growing older as a society. Second, health care costs continue to grow far faster than inflation and even faster than the economy." Haas stated that the "deficit problem" is not a "revenue problem." He also wrote: "[I]f you want to blame our looming deficits on policy changes, you would look not to spending but, rather, taxes -- specifically, to President Bush's huge tax cuts of 2001 and 2003." From Haas' column:
What's driving our future budget deficits is not spending, per se, but two societal realities. First, like most of Europe as well as China and Japan, the United States is growing older as a society. Second, health care costs continue to grow far faster than inflation and even faster than the economy.
To be sure, those realities have major impacts on existing federal programs. The combination of an aging America and soaring health care costs will drive up the costs of Medicare and Medicaid, while an aging America also will swell the budget of Social Security. Nevertheless, the fact that demographic and technological factors expand the costs of key federal programs that, in their basic elements, have been around for decades doesn't merit the conclusion that "spending is out of control."
Frankly, if you want to blame our looming deficits on policy changes, you would look not to spending but, rather, taxes -- specifically, to President Bush's huge tax cuts of 2001 and 2003 that Congress recently extended until 2012 and will likely extend either wholly or in large measure again after that.
Simply letting the Bush tax cuts expire would reduce annual deficits to about 3 percent of GDP (which is considered economically sustainable) over the next decade, though they would start rising again later on due to soaring health care costs.
Does that mean "the deficit problem is a revenue problem?" No, it means the deficit is what it always is -- a mismatch between revenues and spending. Policymakers can address it by cutting spending, raising revenues, or some combination of the two. What they choose to do is a political matter, nothing more and nothing less. [The Fiscal Times, 2/3/11]
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The general manager meetings in Chicago end today and there has been a lot of talk about the Mets looking into acquiring a heavy hitter and some pitching.
The New York Post reports that Omar Minaya spoke with super-agent Scott Boras for 45 minutes yesterday about outfielder Matt Holliday, whom Boras is calling a franchise player worth close to the amount Mark Teixeira got from the Yankees. The Mets, who need a starting catcher, also are reportedly trying to acquire Bengie Molina or Chris Snyder from the Diamondbacks.
However, The Daily News reported that the Mets most likely aren't in the market for Grade A+ free agents, settling instead for second-tier talent.
The proposed three-way deal to send Luis Castillo to the Cubs, Milton Bradley to Blue Jays and Lyle Overbay to the Mets doesn't seem to be going anywhere now. The Mets should try to make some kind of trade to deal Castillo since his stock is so high from a solid 2009 season. That is, as long as it's not a similar deal that gave an aging, fragile player like Castillo a four-year contract with the Mets.


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Chicago is committed to training lawyers and scholars who are dedicated to the public good as well as to professional excellence. The institutional support that the Law School offers for students and graduates seeking public interest work is multifaceted and includes:
Individual Public Service Counseling and Resource Matching
The counselors of the Office of Career Services -- including a dedicated public interest law advisor -- offer critical assistance to students and alumni pursuing work in the public and nonprofit sectors, including government service, post-graduate fellowships, and international placements. OCS also maintains extensive public service career resources and publications, and a wealth of online material on Chalk. OCS counselors meet with students, review resumes and cover letters, develop career plans and job search strategies, counsel on public service resources and alternatives, and help guide career-related decision making.
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Over the years, Chicago Law graduates and students have served in post-graduate and summer positions at all levels of federal state and local government, international NGOs and human rights agencies, and domestic think tanks, poverty law agencies, and public interest law nonprofit organizations around the nation. OCS provides password protected information and public service job postings, along with other job opportunities, online through Symplicity. OCS also sends relevant job postings to the Public Service ListServ and in the weekly e-mail OCS Bulletin. Through these resources, students are notified of public service recruitment programs throughout the year, including placements with international human rights organizations or with government programs. The Law School also provides free of charge to its students, access to PSJD, a searchable database of thousands of public interest organizations, jobs and internships, fellowships, and funding opportunities. To access the PSJD listings the user must create a user name and password on the first visit.
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The Law School is committed to supporting a range of summer public interest employment opportunities and provides a guaranteed summer funding award of $5,000 to any Chicago law student who chooses to work in a public interest law position during the summer. Students are eligible for this stipend during the summer after their first year, or the summer after their second year, or both. Eligible summer public interest positions include not only work for non-profit legal aid and advocacy organizations and policy groups, but also federal, state and local governmental legal positions, and international human rights organizations and other law-based NGOs.
First-year and second-year students must work in eligible nonprofit or government law positions for at least eight weeks of their summers. Participants in this program may also earn up to $5,000 per summer from other external (non-Law School) funding sources during the course of their summers.
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Students with a CNetID can login to Chalk, choose the Office of Career Services page, and select the Organization Materials link. This page contains many useful job search resources designed to connect current students with one another and with alumni. These resources include the Who Worked Where list (a list of students' summer employment), the Public Interest Alumni Network (a group of alumni willing to discuss public service career options with current students), and the University's Alumni Careers Network database of over 15,000 alumni from across all areas of the University. The Law School also provides funding assistance to students who attend the national Equal Justice Conference and Career Fair, and sponsors and participates in the Midwest Public interest Law Career Conference, along with many public service job fairs and employer receptions throughout the year.
Clinical Programs
The Law School, a pioneer in clinical legal education, is home to an array of highly-regarded transactional and litigation-based legal clinics that ensure the growth of community service and that ensure practical education for students of the Law School. These clinical programs are located in the Law School's Arthur O. Kane Center for Clinical Legal Education, and together, they offer Chicago second and third year students opportunities to learn litigation, legislative advocacy and transactional skills through classroom instruction, simulation and representation of clients under the close supervision of the clinical teachers.
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Pro bono public service is an integral part of a lawyer's professional obligation and an essential ingredient in a legal career. Chicago is proud to offer its students opportunities to develop their legal skills and gain practical experience by participating in the University of Chicago Law School's Pro Bono Service Initiative, through which Chicago law students pledge to volunteer a minimum of 50 hours of law-related service during their time at the Law School. Students who fulfill the pledge will be formally recognized at graduation.
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Through Faculty, Student Organizations, the Offices of Career Services, and the Dean of Students, the Law School sponsors a variety of public interest law programs throughout the year. These include skills programming that focuses on developing the skills necessary for successful career development; informational programming featuring speakers sharing their own career stories, challenges, and successes; and substantive law programming that highlights speeches, lectures, workshops and panel presentations on various topic relevant to a public interest law practice. These and other Law School events are an important part of the Chicago community.
Postgraduate Public Service Financial Support
- The University of Chicago Law School Postgraduate Public Interest Law Fellowships are awarded to a limited number of competitively chosen graduating students who develop public interest fellowship projects with public sector host organizations. Thanks to the generosity of alumni funders, each Fellow works full-time for one year following graduation at an eligible public service host organization on public interest legal issues such as welfare rights, affordable housing, domestic violence, immigration, workers rights, special education, environmental protection and juvenile justice. Each fellowship includes financial support for the fellowship year. Fellows provide periodic progress reports, including a final report at the end of the fellowship year. Applications for the Fellowship will be made available during the winter quarter of each academic year. Host organizations that are interested in sponsoring a University of Chicago Law School Postgraduate Fellow are encouraged to contact Susan Curry for more information. Click here to view a list of past and current Fellows.
- The Public Service Initiative (PSI) Fellowships provide one year of financial support to a limited number of graduating students who engage in full-time legal work at qualifying public service organizations, such as nonprofit offices and governmental agencies. Eligible applicants must sit for a July bar examination and participants will begin service at their hosts no later than the autumn following graduation. The Office of Career Services will make application information available in the spring quarter.
- The University of Chicago Law School Loan Repayment Assistance Program (LRAP) is intended to alleviate the debt burden of our graduates who work in public interest. The most inclusive program of its kind, our LRAP includes a straightforward application and a generous $80,000 salary cap. In addition, all graduates who serve as judicial clerks are eligible for the program. The LRAP works in concert with current federal debt relief programs to offer the opportunity for any graduate staying in public interest for ten years to attend law school for free. Details about the program are available here, together with explanations of some of the newest parts of the program.


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February 11, 2013
'The Little Moon Theater' - TADA! Theater
February 11, 2013 - Chelsea
A travelling troupe of actors grants wishes through performances. They meet an odd assortment of characters including an endearing fairy god-mother.
Be My Valentine - 74th St. Magic
February 11, 2013 - Upper East Side
A sweetheart of a workshop, come celebrate Valentine's Day at MAGIC. You'll craft cards, decorations, and place-mats.
'Cinderella: The Oldest Story Ever Told' - Circle in the Square Theatre
February 11, 2013 - Midtown West
This multicultural version of Cinderella features interwoven tales from China, India, and Africa. In one of the stories there is a magic fish instead of a fairy godmother and in another Cinderella is a boy. You'll also meet a flying cow, an enchanted frog, a talking parrot, and a wise wizard. Following each performance there will be a Q&A with the cast members. Reservations required.
Build It! - Children's Museum of the Arts
February 11, 2013 - SoHo
Explore unconventional ways of building, constructing, and assembling with this three-dimensional guided workshop series.
The 137th Annual Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show - Madison Square Garden
February 11, 2013 - Midtown
The 137th Annual Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show will take place on Monday, February 11 and Tuesday, February 12 and will feature over 3,200 dogs accounting for 187 different breeds. For the first time in history, the event will take place at two landmark New York venues to accommodate its growing pool of dogs, handlers, vendors and spectators. The Group competitions will take place Monday and Tuesday nights at Madison Square Garden, leading to the crowning of the Best In Show winner. During the days, breed judging will take place at Piers 92 and 94, which offers an additional 200,000 square feet of space to make room for the return of benching, which allows spectators to find a favorite breed or individual dog that they want to see up close and personal.
The 137th Annual Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show - Piers 92/94
February 11, 2013 - Hell's Kitchen
92Y Parenting Conference - 92nd Street Y
February 11, 2013 - Upper East Side
Renowned experts Michael Thompson, Ron Taffel, JoAnn Deak, Susan Linn, and Lydia Soifer share the latest research on child development and help you meet today's parenting challenges. Lectures will include "How to Give Your Child Confidence and Independence" and "Raising Children in a Digitized and Commercialized World," among others. Light and healthy snacks will be provided throughout the day.
Sesame Street Live: 'Elmo's Super Heroes' - The Theater at Madison Square Garden
Through February 18, 2013 - Midtown
All is not well on Sesame Street, but Elmo's determined to help his friends find happiness. The show opens with Super Grover losing his superness, so Elmo brings the gang to town, teaching the audience lessons of healthy habits through song and dance with his friends including Abby Cadabby, Big Bird, Bert, Ernie, and more of the gang.
'The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe' - St. Luke's Theatre
Through February 23, 2013 - Times Square
Off Broadway Family Theatre presents an adaptation of C.S. Lewis' beloved tale from his Chronicles of Narnia series. In this creative adaptation, two actors play eight characters, both human and animal. Travel to Narnia through the old wardrobe with the four Pevensie children, and get swept into their journey to stand with the great lion Aslan against the evil White Witch. She has placed the land of Narnia under enchantment and now it is always winter, but never Christmas. Audiences will be drawn into the theater's "magic circle," where children and animals, fauns and mythical creatures come to life in this enchanting tale.
Caribbean Garden at The New York Botanical Garden - The New York Botanical Garden
Through February 24, 2013 - Bronx
Take refuge from winter by retreating to Tropical Paradise - a showcase of the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory's permanent collection, including orange-yellow crotons, fuchsia bromeliads, and rosy-red hibiscus. You'll feel like you are on vacation without leaving New York.
View The Beauty of Paradise: A Photographic Tour during regular Garden hours. See a photographic display of tropical paradises around the world. Learn about plants and flowers found in tropical climes through a display of exceptional photographs from the prestigious International Garden Photographer of the Year Contest, of which the Botanical Garden is the US partner. Access additional details about the displayed photographs via your smartphone.
Inside the cozy Discovery Center in the Everett Children's Adventure Garden, kids of all ages can take a closer look at the differences between tropical and temperate plants in Tropical Discoveries and Wintertime Wonders. Pot up a specimen plant to take home and compare its characteristics with foliage in your neighborhood; make bark rubbings, count tree rings, and head back into the winter garden with a field notebook to discover the vital sparks of life that lie just below the surface of this quiet season. On view January 19-February 24.
Please confirm hours on the day of your visit by calling 718-817-8700.
Inclusive Weekend Classes - Children's Museum of the Arts
Through February 28, 2013 - SoHo
An opportunity for children with physical disabilities ages 7 and older and their able-bodied siblings or friends to participate in a drop-off art class together.
This program is intended to make the museum's art-making accessible to all needs and provide an opportunity for siblings to spend time with each other and with peers who have similar experiences.If a child with a physical disability doesn't have a sibling to attend the session with him or her, the child may bring along a friend instead.
Each session offers a new workshop that is designed to meet the needs of the participants. This program is staffed with CMA teaching artists and a licensed occupational therapist(s).?This program is based on a class-like model in which the teaching artists and the OT work to facilitate the group experience, with a keen eye towards the special needs of the participants;?if your child requires dedicated one-on-one attention you should consider bringing a paraprofessional or other adult to help facilitate your child's experience.
Parents are encouraged to drop off their children, though they are welcome to stay if they wish or remain close by in another part of the museum.
To sign up for a session, discuss your child's needs with the program director in advance of the session. Contact Rachel for more information at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Vital Theatre Company Presents 'Show Way' - McGinn/Cazale Theatre
Through March 03, 2013 - Upper West Side
Based on the Newbery Honor-winning book by Jacqueline Woodson and illustrated by Hudson Talbott, this new musical, with music and lyrics by Tyrone L. Robinson, a book by Melody Cooper, and direction by Melissa Maxwell, follows one girl in modern-day Brooklyn as she explores her family's past. As seven generations of women pass on the family tradition of the "show way", or a secret quilt to freedom, from slavery to today, they also pass on their strength and determination to be free.
In "Show Way," Toshi Georgiana looks for a beloved family heirloom. As she searches, the generations of women who came before her, from slaves who sewed paths to freedom to civil rights marchers, pass on their stories, and teach Toshi to reconnect with the past and celebrate the possibilities of the future.
The "Show Way" cast includes David Andino, Ashley Lynette Brown, Adiagha Faizah, Norma Hernandez, Christine Lee, Danea Robinson, and Donnell E. Smith. The crew includes Director Melissa Maxwell, Set Designer Kyle Dixon, Costume Designer Amanda Jenks, Lighting Designer Josh Bradford, Musical Director Mike Pettry, and Production Stage Manager Emily Rolston.
Free Baby Play Group - Franciscan Community Center
Through March 12, 2013 - Upper West Side
This free baby class for parents and caregivers meets on Tuesdays from 10am-12pm. It will include toys, music, and relevant topics for discussion. Come out of the cold and make some new friends.
Grand by Design: A Centennial Celebration of Grand Central Terminal - Grand Central Terminal, Vanderbilt Hall
Through March 15, 2013 - Midtown East
This dramatic multimedia installation focuses on Grand Central Terminal's century-long lifespan and reveals how the iconic building, on the verge of changing the way New Yorkers travel over the next decade, shaped modern New York and determines its future.
Presented by the New York Transit Museum.
R&R @ the JCC - The JCC In Manhattan
Through March 23, 2013 - Upper West Side
R&R Saturdays are free at the JCC. Make your Shabbat afternoon special and share in your community. Workshops, art, yoga, meditation, food, music, study sessions, film, creative art projects, spa experiences, and both indoor and outdoor play. There are programs for both children and adults. All are welcome.
Playtime with Sammie and Tudie - Sprout San Francisco
Through March 31, 2013 - Upper East Side
Playtime with Sammie and Tudie is a 'mommy and me' style class. The interactive class includes themed week such as ducks, butterflies, teddy bears, fish, and dinosaurs. Great for ages 1 to 3 1/2 years. Come by the class once or buy a multiple class package. Monday and Wednesday 10:30am.
Film Forum Jr. - Film Forum
Through March 31, 2013 - Lower Manhattan
A new Sunday matinee series of classic films for kids and their families beginning Sunday, Jan. 6, 2013 at 11am. The series will run for 13 Sundays, January 6 through March 31; all tickets will be $7.
Programmed by Bruce Goldstein, Film Forum's Director of Repertory Programming, Film Forum Jr. will introduce children (ages 5 and above) and teenagers to silent and sound classics, as well as modern classics. All movies will be shown in glorious 35mm prints or equally glorious DCP (no Blu-rays and no DVDs).
Film Forum Jr. will kick off with the 1956 French classic THE RED BALLOON. Turn your kids on to the joie du cinema français, as petit garcon Pascal Lamorisse and mind-of-its-own balloon rouge share dialogue-less adventures through the old Belleville section of Paris. One of the most celebrated short films of all time, and winner of the Grand Prix at Cannes, THE RED BALLOON will be presented in the miracle of "Balloon-O-Rama."
GERALD MCBOING-BOING, winner of the 1950 Academy Award for Best Animated Short, will screen with THE RED BALLOON. Adapted from a story by Dr. Seuss and produced by animation legend John Hubley, GERALD MCBOING-BOING is the story of a little boy who speaks through sound effects instead of language. A GERALD MCBOING-BOING sound-alike contest will follow the show.
Full schedule available at www.filmforum.org/ffjr
Spy: The Secret World of Espionage - Discovery Times Square
Through April 07, 2013 - Times Square
Spy: The Secret World of Espionage is a new exhibition launching in May at Discovery Time Square. This interactive exhibition is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to step inside the real world of intelligence, showcasing real items from the actual vault of the CIA. Encounter real stories and actual gadgets revealed for the first time ever from the CIA vault. Experience what it's like to be a spy firsthand by creating your own disguises, altering your voice, and navigating laser beams. Plus, gain exciting new insights into how intelligence really works: how science and technology play a major role, and discover how the men and women who do this kind of work shape the course of history every day.
Harry Potter: The Exhibition - Discovery Times Square
Through April 07, 2013 - Times Square
Back by popular demand, this stop in New York City will serve as the exhibition's return to North America after a yearlong international tour. Since it was last here in 2011, the exhibition has been updated significantly with artifacts from the film series, including the final film.
The 14,000-square-foot experiential exhibition includes dramatic displays inspired by the Hogwarts film sets and authentic costumes and props from the films. Fans will have a firsthand view of hundreds of artifacts displayed in settings inspired by the film sets including the Great Hall, Hagrid's hut, the Gryffindor common room, and more.
In addition to the hundreds of original props and costumes from the Harry Potter films displayed during the exhibition's first time in New York, original artifacts from the series finale, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, will be on display for the first time, including a new vignette dedicated to the epic battle of Hogwarts.
Magnificent Trees of The New York Botanical Garden - New York Botanical Garden
Through April 14, 2013 - Bronx
Larry Lederman, landscape photographer and member of NYBG's Board of Advisors, has spent years walking the garden grounds to observe and photograph trees and vistas in all seasons and at all times of day. Lush images featuring their diversity and visual impact are on view in the gallery space.
The New York Botanical Garden is home to more than 30,000 trees, some in woodland, some in groves, and some standing in solitary majesty. Magnificent Trees is lavishly illustrated with photographs by Larry Lederman and accompanied by descriptions by Todd A. Forrest, Arthur Ross vice president for horticulture and living collections at the garden. An authority on the diverse species present across the 250-acre landscape, Forrest details their fascinating histories -- from their vital role in Native American life and culture to their function in neutral territory during the Revolutionary War. Lederman captures their grandeur in hundreds of stunning images and portrays their diversity with photographs that reveal the trees in myriad fascinating perspectives: in landscape views that convey the garden's genius loci; portraits illustrating the architecture and profound visual impact of select trees; remarkable details of flowers, fruit, leaves, and bark; and impressionistic images, abstract in character yet beautiful in composition.
The Panoramic River: the Hudson and the Thames - Hudson River Museum
Through May 19, 2013 - Yonkers
In the late 18th century, British artists developed the large-scale panorama, which became a popular form of entertainment in Europe and the United States. The Hudson River Museum's exhibition, "The Panoramic River: the Hudson and the Thames," explores the panoramic vista as the ideal expression for a new, all-embracing way of seeing the landscape that influenced how the public and artists perceived it as well. By the early 19th century, painters such as Robert Havell Jr. worked to express this panoramic perspective in their choice and depiction of vistas. Havell and other artists in the exhibition such as Thomas Cole, Jasper Cropsey, and John Kensett, favored the chain of cities, suburbs, and countryside along these two rivers, where horizontal planes and historical associations gave form to both artistic and cultural expression.
"The Panoramic River" features loans from museums, galleries, and private collections. Museums lending paintings include: Baltimore Museum of Art; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Fenimore Art Museum, The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center at Vassar College; Maryland State Archives; Metropolitan Museum of Art; The New-York Historical Society; and Princeton University Art Museum.
"The Panoramic River" is organized by Hudson River Museum co-curators Bartholomew Bland, Director of Curatorial Affairs, and Laura Vookles, Chief Curator of Collections. The exhibition is accompanied by a fully illustrated catalogue with additional essays by Pat Hardy, Curator of Paintings, Prints and Drawings, Museum of London, and Geoff Snell, Doctoral Student, University of Sussex and the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, England.
The exhibition and the accompanying catalogue have been made possible by a generous grant from the Mr. and Mrs. Raymond J. Horowitz Foundation for the Arts, Inc. On view through May 19, 2013.
Shababa™ Saturday Mornings with Karina - 92Y
Through May 25, 2013 - Upper East Side
Celebrate the joys of Shabbat with the Shababa™ community in this intergenerational family Shabbat experience including singing, art projects, playground visits, holiday themed celebrations, and more. Saturdays, ongoing, 10:30am-12pm.
Shababa™ Saturday Club - 92Y
Through May 25, 2013 - Upper East Side
Let your child explore and expand their connection to Shabbat, Jewish holidays, and Jewish values in a warm, informal communal setting. The staff will engage them through creative and traditional approaches. Saturdays, ongoing, 10:30am-12pm.
Manolo Valdes Monumental Sculptures - The New York Botanical Garden
Through May 26, 2013 - Bronx
Drawing inspiration from the natural landscape of the Botanical Garden, seven towering sculptures by acclaimed Spanish artist Manolo Valdes showcase the relationship between art and nature.
Jazz for Kids - Jazz Standard
Through May 26, 2013 - Gramercy
The Jazz Standard Youth Orchestra (JSYO), which includes about 25 talented musicians between the ages of 11 and 18, burns through jazz classics while listeners enjoys Blue Smoke's brunch menu (lunch menu, kids menu, and full bar are also available). Jazz Standard donates $1 from each kid's menu item sold to Spoons Across America.
10-Foot Cops - Children's Museum of Manhattan
Through May 27, 2013 - Upper West Side
The Children's Museum of Manhattan is hosting 10-Foot Cops: The NYPD's Mounted Unit, a glimpse into the history and daily lives of officers from New York City's Mounted Police Force. Opening January 26 and running through May 27, the exhibit is on loan from the New York City Police Museum, which is temporarily closed due to damage sustained from Hurricane Sandy. NYCPM will reopen in the Spring of 2013.
Since its origins in the 19th century, the NYPD's Mounted Police has been regarded as one of New York City's most elite units. Unique, highly visible, and known by their colorful nickname, 10-Foot Cops, these officers are involved in all aspects of policing the city.
10-Foot Cops uses more than 40 original artifacts to explore the lives the men, women, and horses at the heart of this mounted unit. Children can have their picture taken sitting in a saddle and see uniforms, paintings, historic photographs and illustrations. The exhibit also includes a replica of a NYPD horse stable and shorts from the 1940 NYPD film "Training Police Horses" and a clip from the Department's "Inside the NYPD" from 2007. Visitors will come away with an appreciation of the training and dedication required of both police officer and horse alike from the story of the mounted unit's rich history and their continuing day-to-day policing operations in parks, on city streets and at parades and public demonstrations.
The Cultural Sunday School, Kidschool, Preschool, and Bar and Bat Mitzvah Programs - City Congregation for Humanistic Judaism
Through June 02, 2013 - Upper West Side
Two Sundays a month, tots and teens have fun exploring Jewish history, traditions, holidays, culture, and ethics. The innovative Bar/Bat Mitzvah program involves classes and an individual mentored journey to discover roots, connections, and beliefs.
Dunhuang: Buddhist Art at the Gateway of the Silk Road - China Institute Gallery
Through June 09, 2013 - Upper East Side
Dunhuang: Buddhist Art at the Gateway of the Silk Road will be on view at China Institute Gallery from Feb. 7 through June 9, 2013.
The western gateway to China, Dunhuang is one of the world's most esteemed art shrines and cultural heritage sites. The exhibition will explore art and ritual practices from the golden eras of the Northern (420-589) and Tang (618-907) dynasties.
Among the highlights will be objects from the art of Buddhist practice including clay sculptures, wooden figures, silk banners, molded bricks, and paper cuts.
The exhibition is organized by China Institute Gallery and Dunhuang Academy under the direction of Willow Weilan Hai Chang and is curated by Fan Jinshi, Director, Dunhuang Academy.
Face to Face - Children's Museum of the Arts
Through June 09, 2013 - SoHo
For twenty-five years, The Children's Museum of the Arts has provided children of all backgrounds the creative tools needed to promote self-expression and esteem through visual and performing arts. In celebration of its 25th anniversary, CMA is proud to present Face to Face, an exhibit that offers a fascinating exploration of self-identity through still, moving, and living portraits, as portrayed by children using traditional methods of painting and drawing as well as technology.
The main exhibit will consist of 40 portraits selected from CMA's Permanent Collection of children's art from over 50 countries, dating back to the 1930's. These pieces represent
a range of historical moments, cultures and medium and will be hung salon style throughout the gallery.
To incorporate CMA's philosophy of hands-on art-making, the exhibit will be accompanied by a variety of interactive installations that examine the texture, shape and sound of portraits. CMA will set up hands-on stations that will encourage visitors to become part of the exhibit, including reimagined versions of a typical self-portrait station. The CMA Media Lab will also create a photo booth in which visitors can take photos that will be projected on the wall. These photos will stream into a montage that will be accessioned into the collection and will also serve as a fascinating time-lapse of the exhibit as a whole.
Face to Face also offers aspiring young artists the opportunity to submit their own works for a chance to become part of the museum's Permanent Collection. CMA will accept 25 original original works, in honor of 25 years of operation, to be selected by the museum's curatorial team. One selected piece will be chosen by an online viewer's choice campaign, hosted through CMA's website and social media platforms.
To explore dimension, the exhibition will include a large-scale Pin Impression Board, offering several panels for visitors to experiment with and view their face as artwork.
CMA will also present their first ever Artist-At-Work station in the Fine Arts Studio. Here, guest artists will volunteer their time and allow visitors to observe them in action as they create original portraits.
Our Global Kitchen: Food, Nature, Culture - American Museum of Natural History
Through August 30, 2013 - Upper West Side
Food is the one thing that unites every culture, race, and generation: over one billion people work in agriculture and every person eats. Food is used as a social ritual, a holiday tradition, a symbol of comfort, a gift, and an excuse to catch up with friends. The curators of this exhibition hope it will encourage visitors (both grown ups and kids) to examine a thing we all do everyday -- eat! -- and think about everything that goes into that act more consciously. The exhibition touches on a lot of serious issues such as the scarcity of food predicted for the future, alternatives to avoid that shortage, and childhood obesity.
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Topic: Update on John
Hi everyone,
We saw the oncologist and she wants John to continue the Tarceva until 10/6 when she will give him another ct scan to see if the meds are having any effect.
We sat and talked to him for quite a while and she asked him some pretty difficult questions as to what he thought the outcome of the cc was going to be. He admitted he wanted to do ANYTHING to stay alive.
The Dr. was so wonderful explaining what was going to happen at the next ct scan and told him that he should be concerned with his cc but that he really should be spending as much time with his family and definately get his affairs in order,( He won't write a will ). Thank God we live in Ca.
She explained that if there was no change in the tumors she would continue to treat him with the Tarceva but if the Tarceva wasn't working she would put him in hospice. She explained Quality not Quantity was more important and I thank God she told him that.
She raised his pain meds to 160 mg twice a day and raised his fast acting from 30 mg 3-4 X per day to 60mg 3-4 X a day.
The tumor in his pancreas is REALLY HURTING. She's going to ask another Dr. about a pain block. She wasn't sure it is workable for pancreatic cancer.
As you can see he is very ill. I love him so much I pray it's working, but if it isn't I pray he goes fast and in his sleep. I just want peace for him and no more pain.
Well I'll close for now but I will keep everyone updated and pray for you all.
God bless and heal each one of us,


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HARDIN COUNTY — In an effort to slow the spread of the destructive
Gypsy Moth, the Ohio Department of Agriculture will implement an aerial
treatment program across areas threatened by the insect.
moths are invasive insects that attack more than 300 different types of
trees and shrubs, with oak being the preferred species. In its
caterpillar stage, the moth feeds heavily on the leaves of trees and
shrubs limiting their ability to photosynthesize. A healthy tree can
usually withstand only two years of defoliation before it is permanently
damaged or dies.
Hardin County has been selected as a
"Slow-the-Spread" program region which occurs in counties in front of
the larger, advancing gypsy moth population. In these counties,
officials work to detect and control isolated populations in an effort
to slow the overall advancing gypsy moth infestation.
with questions who live near a treatment area will have the opportunity
to talk with experts at the open house on Thursday, Feb. 20, from 6 to 8
p.m., at the OSU Extension Office, 1021 W. Lima St., Kenton. Citizens
can also visit http://agri.ohio.gov/divs/plant/gypsy/gypsy-index.aspx to
learn more about this pest and to view maps of the treatment areas.
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South Louisiana Methanol announced plans Thursday to build a $1.3 billion methanol plant in St. James Parish.
Company officials, along with state and local leaders and economic development officials, discussed the previously reported project at a press conference at Oak Alley Plantation Thursday.
The state said the plant will create 63 direct jobs with an average salary of $66,500 a year, plus 374 indirect jobs, according to figures from the Louisiana economic development department. Construction of the facility should start by the end of the year, hiring is expected to start in early 2015 and commercial operations will begin by mid-2016.
The plant, billed as the largest methanol production plant in North America, will convert 163,000 million British thermal units of natural gas to 5,000 metric tons of methanol each day, according to a news release from the state. Methanol is used as a feedstock to produce plastics, textiles, paint and plywood.
South Louisiana Methanol is jointly owned by Zero Emissions Energy Plants Ltd. of Austin, Texas, and The Todd Corp., a private, family-owned New Zealand company.
ZEEP's plans for a south Louisiana methanol plant first surfaced in January through a study released by LSU's Center for Energy Studies that explored the impact of low natural gas prices on manufacturing in Louisiana. ZEEP was cited as one of many companies that are constructing or propose to build plants that will benefit the state's economy over the next several years.
At the time, ZEEP said on its website it would build the plant at the Port of South Louisiana in LaPlace. Instead, the facility will be built on the West Bank of the Mississippi River in St. James Parish, across the river from the Nucor Corp. steel plant currently under construction.
Officials said the St. James plant will take advantage of the price difference between low-cost natural gas in the United States and premium global liquids.
"Louisiana offers a high-quality energy workforce, access to abundant natural gas, and a strong network of pipelines and transportation facilities, which makes it an ideal partner for the production and distribution of methanol," Barry Williamson, chief executive officer of South Louisiana Methanol, said in a written statement. "We will utilize proven technology to build the largest methanol plant in North America, which will consume CO2 for a more efficient process, ensuring strong environmental stewardship."
ZEEP said its management team has significant experience implementing major energy projects and served as executives with organizations such as TransCanada, Cheniere, Credit Suisse and BNP Paribas.
Ronald E. Oligney, one of the founders, has 20 years of experience in the energy and environmental industry and served as an adviser to Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush administrations.
Williamson, another founder named on the website, is a former member of the Texas Railroad Commission and served as director of the U.S. Mineral Management Service under Bush.
Todd Corp. will provide major investment backing for the SLM plant, and intends to build multiple gas-to-liquids plants in the Gulf Coast Region, the state said.
LED started working with ZEEP on the methanol plant in February 2012. South Louisiana Methanol will use a $5 million Louisiana Economic Development performance-based grant for infrastructure costs and tap LED FastStart, the state's work force development program.
Gov. Bobby Jindal and St. James Parish President Timmy Roussel said the plant will boost the south Louisiana economy.
"With ZEEP's focus on the development of premium fuels products utilizing abundant natural gas, the entire River Region will enjoy the benefits of this company's choice to build here in St. James Parish," Roussel said in a statement.
This is the second new methanol plant announced in south Louisiana in the past several months. In June Methanex Corp. formally announced plans to move an idle methanol facility from Chile to Geismar. The $550 million project should be completed by the end of 2014. Methanex has said it wants to move a second methanol plant to Geismar.


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Wimbledon's Ross Hutchins got his Olympic bid off to a good start by reaching the third round of the Australian Open men's doubles for the first time last week.
The 26-year-old – and British partner Colin Fleming – crashed 6-4 0-6 6-2 to world No 1 pair Bob and Mike Bryan, having beaten Spain's Marcel Granollers and Poland's Lukasz Kubot, and Croatia's Ivan Dodig and Ukraine's Sergiy Stakhovsky in the opening two rounds.
Hutchins and Fleming reached the quarter-finals at Wimbledon and the US Open last year and need a flying start to 2012 to make sure they are picked for Team GB for the London Games.
The result has lifted the former KCS Wimbledon student to 40 in the world rankings, while Fleming is 30 as the pair set their sights on a place in the World Tour Finals at London's O2 Arena at the end of the season.
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TWO Malvern town centre greeting card sellers have been named among the best of their kind at an industry awards ceremony.
The Card Emporium at Great Malvern Post Office in Abbey Road, and Austin and Co, yards away on Belle Vue Terrace, were both category winners in the Retas, this year's greeting card retailing awards.
And the owners of both businesses were at the awards ceremony at the Dorchester Hotel, London, which was hosted by celebrity and comedian Rob Deering, to pick up their awards.
The Card Emporium beat off the competition to win the Best Independent Greeting Card Retailer Award for Wales and the Midlands. And Austin and Co was named the Best Greeting Card Retailer Newcomer award. Sean Austin, owner of Austin and Co, said: "To be a finalist was a great honour, but to win, especially given the high standard of the other nominees, is beyond our wildest dreams.
"To think three years ago, I was a relative novice in retailing, never mind stationery and card retailing; and now we have been recognised by the industry with one of their highest accolades. If anything, it just reinforces what we've expected all along; we must be doing something right."
Now in their tenth year, the Retas awards recognise excellence across the whole greeting cards retailing spectrum, from independents on the high streets through to department stores and supermarkets.
All the winners in all the retail categories were arrived at as a result of huge nationwide nomination process. Earlier this year, over 2,000 Retas forms were distributed to UK greeting card publishers, who nominated the retailers that they felt to be the worthy winners in each of the categories.


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The World Bank has a new chief economist: Kaushik Basu, currently chief economic adviser to the Indian finance ministry and otherwise a professor at Cornell. He follows China's Justin Lin, another high-profile appointment from the Brics.
With the Bank playing a smaller role than formerly in financing development, its views on economics also carry less weight. The flagship World Development Report used to host some fierce ideological disputes, one of which a decade ago caused another Cornell economist to quit as head of the report (and produce a remarkably illuminating paper describing the unnecessarily polarised debate within the discipline).
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Onti, the youngest of five sons, was born to religious Jewish parents in northern Transylvania, a region of Romania that had belonged to Hungary until 1918. Onti's family usually called him Usher, which was the diminutive of his Yiddish name, Anschel. As a little boy, he liked collecting figurines. Though Onti grew up in a Hungarian-speaking home, he attended Romanian public schools.
1933-39: At age 13 I quit school to help make ends meet. I wanted to become a watchmaker, but I settled on working as a glazier and picture framer. Making a living was my greatest challenge. Romanian rule caused us no problems even though my father had once fought against Romania in the Hungarian army. We had a scare in 1937 when there was a one-day pogrom against Jews, but things quickly returned to normal.
1940-44: In 1940 our province was returned to Hungarian rule. Hungary soon became an ally of Germany. The Hungarians revoked my father's army pension and his license to sell tobacco. I was drafted into the army's labor service. In 1941 I was sent to the USSR: In the summer we repaired roads and in the winter we shoveled snow. Most of our men were killed serving as human minesweepers. During our retreat some sick men in nearby units were burned alive in the barn where they were resting; those fleeing were shot while escaping.
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We have signed D.J. Augustin and Gerald Green and traded for Ian Mahinmi who IMO have all strengthened our bench from last year.
1. George Hill/DJ Augustin
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3. Danny Granger/Gerald Green
4. David West/Tyler Hansbrough
5. Roy Hibbert/Ian Mahinmi
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SCHOOLCHILDREN from across Worcestershire have had fun dressing up as their favourite book characters as part of World Book Day.
Children from Norton Juxta Kempsey First School dressed up as Wally the colourful character from the books Where's Wally?
Sarah Marshall, the school's English subject leader, said: "Children celebrated books that had made them laugh, cry and be curious, took part in Wally activities and created their own story books.
"Staff were keen not to miss out on the fun and joined in by dressing up as Wally too.
"A great time was had by all."
Prep children and teachers from St Mary's Worcester also dressed up as their favourite book characters and enjoyed reading, writing, storytelling, role playing and sharing their favourite stories.
Writing stories, illustrating them and even binding them into their own books was enjoyed by pupils from one school.
Pupils from The Downs Malvern listened to stories before choosing their favourite one to re-write and illustrate.
They were helped by two English teachers from Malvern College, which is associated with the school, as well as an author of children's stories and poetry Lynne Hallett and Sophie Holroyd, who is skilled in the process of book binding.
Pupils from Broadwas CE Primary School dressed up as their favourite characters and enjoyed a book-themed day at school, including a parade and book quiz.
The students also collected £60 for Book Aid International, a charity which works in partnership with libraries in Africa, providing books and other resources to allow reading and learning to flourish.
Also celebrating the day was housebuilder Taylor Wimpey which donated £200 worth of books to children at Wychbold First and Nursery School.
Rachel Hughes, head of Wychbold First and Nursery School, said: "We encourage our pupils to read as often as they can, either in class or at home with their families.
"This generous donation from Taylor Wimpey means we can add to the choice of books on offer in our school library, which is fantastic news for our eager young readers."
At Bredon Hill Middle School, pupils and teachers dressed up as book characters ranging from Billionaire Boy to the Worst Witch.
Pupils participated in a quiz about their teachers' favourite childhood books and a bookmark competition was run by librarians.
The 17th annual World Book Day took place on Thursday, March 6 to celebrate authors, illustrators and books, and to get more children reading.


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LABOUR won big again in Sandwell tonight winning 23 out of 24 seats with UKIP winning the remaining seat.
The controlling Labour group now has 70 out of 72 seats on the council with new Princes End UKIP councillor Philip Garrett finding himself 50 per cent of the entire opposition.
Council leader Darren Cooper, who hoped for a clean sweep before the polls, said: "The Labour vote has held up brilliantly in Sandwell at a time of massive Government cuts.
"Voters have again backed Labour in Sandwell and though I am of course disappointed that we now have a UKIP councillor in Sandwell it has to be said it is representing a ward which has a history of electing far right parties."
He added: "The Tory vote has collapsed across the borough spectacularly and UKIP has benefitted from this."
Oldbury councillor Mahboob Hussain, deputy leader of the council, who won his seat comfortably, added: "Voters have again shown they trust Labour in this difficult time, we are opening swimming pools, keeping weekly rubbish collections and not charging for garden waste."
New UKIP Councillor Philip Garrett said: "I am absolutely numb, I cannot believe I have won in the seat in which I grew up in.
"I now have a massive responsibility to those who voted for me and the whole of Sandwell as I will have to scrutinise what the council is doing, I just hope I will not get drowned out."
Blackheath ward was a close race between UKIP and Labour with sitting councillor Malcolm Bridges winning by just 87 votes.
Labour's Chris Tranter kept hold of his Rowley seat.
He said: "It was a good campaign, everything went well and I'd like to thank everyone who voted for me."
Labour's Julie Webb also retained her seat in Cradley Heath and Old Hill.
She said: "It really means a lot that I have won this seat again and I would like to thank everyone who supported me."


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Hotel Altstadt is located in Zurich's historical town centre, within walking distance of the city's most popular attractions.
Set in surroundings rich in atmosphere and local history, the hotel's tastefully designed interior offers guests a unique ambience that tells its own special stories.
Each of the hotel's 25 rooms features one-of-a-kind artworks created by the artist H. C. Jenssen depicting handwritten texts by famous poets.
The rooms thus have their own individualized visual character and theme. The collected works of the featured author are also in the room, so guests have the opportunity to delve further into the author's life and thinking.
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