Tuesday, April 2, 2013
Video Prompts Christie To Condemn Basketball Coach
This evening New Jersey Governor Chris Christie's office released the following statement:
“Governor Christie saw the video today for the first time and he is obviously deeply disturbed by the conduct displayed and strongly condemns this behavior. It's not the type of leadership we should be showing our young people and clearly there are questions about this behavior that need to be answered by the leaders at Rutgers University.”
Government And The Fed Have Us On Road To Ruin
David Stockman has a thought-provoking column in the New York Times about what he sees as "sundown in America." He believes that quantitative easing (flooding the market with newly-printed money) and other government policies have us on the road the road to economic collapse. Here's part of what he has to say:
The Main Street economy is failing while Washington is piling a soaring debt burden on our descendants, unable to rein in either the warfare state or the welfare state or raise the taxes needed to pay the nation’s bills. By default, the Fed has resorted to a radical, uncharted spree of money printing. But the flood of liquidity, instead of spurring banks to lend and corporations to spend, has stayed trapped in the canyons of Wall Street, where it is inflating yet another unsustainable bubble.Click here to read the entire column.
When it bursts, there will be no new round of bailouts like the ones the banks got in 2008. Instead, America will descend into an era of zero-sum austerity and virulent political conflict, extinguishing even today’s feeble remnants of economic growth.
Philadelphia Museum Of Art - Upcoming Events
Above image: Living Room Corner Arranged by Mr. and Mrs. Burton Tremaine, Sr., 1984. Louise Lawler, American, born 1947. Dye destruction print, from Treasures of the Alfred Stieglitz Center: Photographs from the Permanent Collection
EXHIBITIONS - ENDING SOON
Treasures of the Alfred Stieglitz Center: Photographs from the Permanent Collection - through April 7, 2013 - Main Building, Honickman and Berman Galleries, Ground floor
Double Portrait: Paula Scher and Seymour Chwast, Graphic Designers - through April 14, 2013 - Perelman Building, Collab Gallery, First floor
Pay-What-You-Wish Wednesday Nights
Every Wednesday, the Museum Main Building is open until 8:45 pm and offers Pay-What-You-Wish admission after 5:00 pm. All activities are free after admission.
April 3
Night Owl Read and Look (ages 3-7) – Gilberto and the Wind
5:15 pm to 6:00 pm
Meet at Family Cart in Lenfest Hall/West Lobby, Ground floor
Yoga with Dhyana Yoga
6:00 pm to 7:00 pm
Great Stair Hall Balcony, Second floor
Film Screening – Rear Window (1954), 112 minutes
6:30 pm to 8:30 pm
Van Pelt Auditorium, Ground floor
A Conversation with Artist Frank Bowling: “Growing up in London & New York”
6:30 pm to – 7:30 pm
Seminar Room, Ground floor
Happenings with violinist Diane Monroe
7:00 pm to 8:00 pm
Gallery 258, Second floor
Art Talk – “Shaking Up Our Thinking about Northern European Masterpieces”, Christopher D. M. Atkins, Associate Curator of European Painting and Sculpture before 1900
7:00 pm to 8:00 pm
Meet in Lenfest Hall/West Lobby, Ground floor
Art After 5 (Fridays)
April 5
Orient Express – An evening of Turkish and French music and dance. The program is presented in conjunction with the Turkish American Friendship Society of US and Alliance Française de Philadelphia.
5:00 pm to 8:45 pm
Great Stair Hall, First floor, Main Building
Free after Museum admission
Sunday Family Programs
Sunday, April 7, 2013 - Pay What You Wish admission all day!
Explore the Great and Mighty Things exhibition and discover the many worlds of self-taught artists. Kids (and their adults) can also create their own art using recycled and found materials at the Family Studio and Balcony Studio.
Family Studio: Great and Mighty Paintings
10:00 am to 3:00 pm
Education Classrooms, Main Building, Ground floor
Balcony Studio: Great and Mighty Sculptures
10:30 am to 2:30 pm
Great Stair Hall Balcony, Main Building, Second floor
Family Tours: Great and Mighty Things *
11:00 am; 12:00 pm; 1:00 pm; 2:00 pm
Meet at the exhibition entrance, Dorrance Galleries, Main Building, First floor
Family Programs are free after Museum admission
* Free tickets required
RECENTLY OPENED
The Art of Golf - through July 7, 2013 - Main Building, Gallery 280, Second floor
ALSO ON VIEW
Cy Twombly: Sculptures - extended through April 2013 - Perelman Building, Skylit Atrium
Live Cinema - Resonating Surfaces: A Trilogy – through May 5, 2013 – Perelman Building, Julien Levy Gallery, First floor (films are shown on a rotating basis)
Journeys to New Worlds: Spanish and Portuguese Colonial Art from the Roberta and Richard Huber Collection - through May 19, 2013- Perelman Building, Exhibition Gallery, First floor
'Great and Mighty Things': Outsider Art from the Jill and Sheldon Bonovtiz Collection - through June 9, 2013 - Main Building, Dorrance Galleries, First floor
Notations: Sean Scully - through July 14 - Main Building, Alter Gallery 176
All Dressed Up: Fashions for Children and Their Families - through December 1, 2013, Perelman Building, Costume and Textiles Study Gallery, Second floor
Entrance to all exhibitions is included in general admission.
Museum Admission
Admission for two consecutive days with access to the Museum main building, Perelman Building, Rodin Museum, and Mount Pleasant in Fairmount Park
Adults - $20
Seniors 65 & over - $18
Students w/valid ID and youth 13–18 - $14
Children 12 & under - Free
Museum Hours
Main Building
Tuesday to Sunday: 10:00 am to 5:00 pm
Wednesday and Friday: 10:00 am to 8:45 pm
Monday: CLOSED
Perelman Building
Tuesday to Sunday: 10:00 am to 5:00 pm
Monday: CLOSED
Wednesday and Friday evenings: CLOSED
Rodin Museum
Wednesday to Monday: 10:00 am to 5:00 pm
Tuesday: CLOSED
Wednesday and Friday evenings: CLOSED
Monday, April 1, 2013
Christie Decrees April 'Autism Awareness Month'
Recognizing the individual and unique needs of New Jerseyans with developmental disabilities, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie declared April as Autism Awareness Month in the Garden State to encourage greater awareness of programs, services and opportunities that support individuals with autism. In addition, First Lady Mary Pat Christie has announced that Drumthwacket, the Governor’s official residence, will be illuminated in blue tomorrow evening April 2, as part of World Autism Day. At the same time, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey will be lighting up the George Washington Bridge in blue for the month of April.
“National Autism Awareness Month is an appropriate time to highlight the fact that New Jersey has one of the best systems in the nation for identifying, diagnosing and caring for children and adults with Autism Spectrum Disorders,” said Governor Christie. “That’s why this year’s budget continues my Administration’s firm commitment to assist residents with autism and their families by providing the tools they need to lead fuller, more productive lives.”
Throughout April, members of the Administration, including Lt. Governor Kim Guadagno, First Lady Mary Pat Christie, Health Commissioner Mary O’Dowd, Human Services Commissioner Jennifer Velez and Children and Families Commissioner Allison Blake will showcase the work being done by individuals and organizations in New Jersey to serve people and families affected by autism spectrum disorder (ASD).
Autism is a biologically-based disorder that impacts the development and functioning of a person’s verbal and non-verbal communication skills, social interactions and patterns of behavior. Autism is estimated to affect 1 in 49 children in New Jersey, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The CDC and Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) recently released a report that found similar rates across the country.
Furthering the Administration’s commitment, Mrs. Christie and Health Commissioner O'Dowd joined the Governor’s Council for Medical Research and Treatment of Autism last June to announce $3.7 million in grants that created a New Jersey Autism Center of Excellence and a separate research site. The Center for Autism and Early Childhood Mental Health at Montclair State University was awarded $1.5 million over 5 years to establish a Center of Excellence to coordinate all autism research funded by the Governor’s Council. Additionally, the Rutgers University Institute for Human Genetics was awarded $2.2 million over 5 years to focus on the genetics of Autism.
The New Jersey Department of Health’s electronic Autism Registry is another support service the Christie Administration administers to link parents and family members of individuals with autism to services. The Registry connects families to the appropriate diagnostic, treatment and support services in their communities. The Autism Registry requires medical professionals to register the children they are diagnosing with autism. As of January 2013, 10,590 children have been registered. This program is supported with $500,000 in state funding.
The Governor’s Fiscal Year 2014 Budget provides $86 million for the Department of Health’s Early Intervention System, a program aimed at identifying, diagnosing and caring for children from birth to age three with autism and other developmental disabilities. More than 20,000 children received early intervention services in state Fiscal Year 2012.
In August 2010, the Christie Administration established the Office on Autism within the Department of Human Services’ Division of Developmental Disabilities, creating a centralized location to coordinate autism-related information. The Office has organized an Interdepartmental Work Group, which includes the New Jersey Departments of Human Services; Health; Children and Families; Community Affairs; Education; and Labor and Work Force Development, to enhance coordination among agencies charged with providing services to individuals with autism spectrum disorder.
Governor Christie and his Administration remain firmly committed to finding new and innovative ways to help New Jersey families impacted by autism spectrum disorders and improving the lives of their loved ones.
“National Autism Awareness Month is an appropriate time to highlight the fact that New Jersey has one of the best systems in the nation for identifying, diagnosing and caring for children and adults with Autism Spectrum Disorders,” said Governor Christie. “That’s why this year’s budget continues my Administration’s firm commitment to assist residents with autism and their families by providing the tools they need to lead fuller, more productive lives.”
Throughout April, members of the Administration, including Lt. Governor Kim Guadagno, First Lady Mary Pat Christie, Health Commissioner Mary O’Dowd, Human Services Commissioner Jennifer Velez and Children and Families Commissioner Allison Blake will showcase the work being done by individuals and organizations in New Jersey to serve people and families affected by autism spectrum disorder (ASD).
Autism is a biologically-based disorder that impacts the development and functioning of a person’s verbal and non-verbal communication skills, social interactions and patterns of behavior. Autism is estimated to affect 1 in 49 children in New Jersey, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The CDC and Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) recently released a report that found similar rates across the country.
Furthering the Administration’s commitment, Mrs. Christie and Health Commissioner O'Dowd joined the Governor’s Council for Medical Research and Treatment of Autism last June to announce $3.7 million in grants that created a New Jersey Autism Center of Excellence and a separate research site. The Center for Autism and Early Childhood Mental Health at Montclair State University was awarded $1.5 million over 5 years to establish a Center of Excellence to coordinate all autism research funded by the Governor’s Council. Additionally, the Rutgers University Institute for Human Genetics was awarded $2.2 million over 5 years to focus on the genetics of Autism.
The New Jersey Department of Health’s electronic Autism Registry is another support service the Christie Administration administers to link parents and family members of individuals with autism to services. The Registry connects families to the appropriate diagnostic, treatment and support services in their communities. The Autism Registry requires medical professionals to register the children they are diagnosing with autism. As of January 2013, 10,590 children have been registered. This program is supported with $500,000 in state funding.
The Governor’s Fiscal Year 2014 Budget provides $86 million for the Department of Health’s Early Intervention System, a program aimed at identifying, diagnosing and caring for children from birth to age three with autism and other developmental disabilities. More than 20,000 children received early intervention services in state Fiscal Year 2012.
In August 2010, the Christie Administration established the Office on Autism within the Department of Human Services’ Division of Developmental Disabilities, creating a centralized location to coordinate autism-related information. The Office has organized an Interdepartmental Work Group, which includes the New Jersey Departments of Human Services; Health; Children and Families; Community Affairs; Education; and Labor and Work Force Development, to enhance coordination among agencies charged with providing services to individuals with autism spectrum disorder.
Governor Christie and his Administration remain firmly committed to finding new and innovative ways to help New Jersey families impacted by autism spectrum disorders and improving the lives of their loved ones.
Christie Conditionally Vetoes One; Vetoes Another
Today, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie took action on the following legislation:
BILLS VETOED:
S-1761/A-1011 (Gorden, Weinberg/Vainieri Huttle, Wagner, McHose, Ramos, Handlin, Wisniewski) - CONDITIONAL - “PANYNJ Transparency and Accountability Act”
While on the surface the bill purports to make a credible attempt at expanding transparency at a single government authority, it actually falls short of applying the same transparency and accountability Governor Christie has sought to apply to all multi-jurisdictional authorities, including the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. The legislature has refused to take up that “Shadow Government Reform,” which he proposed in March 2011. The Governor’s conditional veto today amends the legislation to incorporate “Shadow Government Reform.” The conditional veto also notes that Governors Christie and Andrew Cuomo of New York have worked in tandem to reform the Port Authority. Together they ordered a comprehensive audit of the Port Authority’s 10-year capital plan as well as a top-to-bottom management review of the Authority’s finances and operations. The audit is presently underway and has already spawned changes which have lead to tens of millions of dollars in cost savings at the Authority.
“New Jersey’s “Shadow Government” has persisted for too long. I urge the Legislature to join my Administration, along with the taxpaying, rate paying and toll paying public, to quickly concur with these long-needed reforms and end the era of secretive governance and spending,” the Governor said in his conditional veto message.
S-1322/A-1998 (Sweeney, B. Smith/McKeon, Chivukula, Stender, Barnes, Vainieri Huttle) - ABSOLUTE - Clarifies intent of P.L. 2007, c.340 regarding NJ’s required participation in Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative
BILLS VETOED:
S-1761/A-1011 (Gorden, Weinberg/Vainieri Huttle, Wagner, McHose, Ramos, Handlin, Wisniewski) - CONDITIONAL - “PANYNJ Transparency and Accountability Act”
While on the surface the bill purports to make a credible attempt at expanding transparency at a single government authority, it actually falls short of applying the same transparency and accountability Governor Christie has sought to apply to all multi-jurisdictional authorities, including the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. The legislature has refused to take up that “Shadow Government Reform,” which he proposed in March 2011. The Governor’s conditional veto today amends the legislation to incorporate “Shadow Government Reform.” The conditional veto also notes that Governors Christie and Andrew Cuomo of New York have worked in tandem to reform the Port Authority. Together they ordered a comprehensive audit of the Port Authority’s 10-year capital plan as well as a top-to-bottom management review of the Authority’s finances and operations. The audit is presently underway and has already spawned changes which have lead to tens of millions of dollars in cost savings at the Authority.
“New Jersey’s “Shadow Government” has persisted for too long. I urge the Legislature to join my Administration, along with the taxpaying, rate paying and toll paying public, to quickly concur with these long-needed reforms and end the era of secretive governance and spending,” the Governor said in his conditional veto message.
S-1322/A-1998 (Sweeney, B. Smith/McKeon, Chivukula, Stender, Barnes, Vainieri Huttle) - ABSOLUTE - Clarifies intent of P.L. 2007, c.340 regarding NJ’s required participation in Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative
Obama Shoots 22 Baskets And Makes -- How Many?
Unfortunately there's no Teleprompter for shooting baskets and trick photography wasn't available -- not this time, anyway.
Video - Pat Toomey: I'm Running For Governor Of PA.
Note: This video was posted as an April Fool's joke. Senator Toomey is not now running for Governor.
Noted Psychic Predicts 2013 World Series Winner
She predicted Justin Bieber's meltdown.
She foresaw the economic collapse of 2008 and the stock market's soaring comeback this year.
She accurately pinpointed the score of the Super Bowl and Baltimore's stunning victory.
And she saw ominous clouds hanging over Carnival Cruise Lines.
Now, for the year ahead she sees problems for the New York Yankees and the Washington Nationals and a real fight to the finish between the Atlanta Braves and the Philadelphia Phillies.
But in the end, noted psychic Regina "GiGi" Balusco sees the Phillies winning it all, including the world series.
"It'll go to seven games," she says. "And the last game will be a nail-biter. But I see a big parade to the ball park in Philly before the year is over. It'll be a suprise because right now I don't think any of the so-called experts are predicting the Phillies will land on top."
Balusco, a Brooklyn native admits she's always been a Mets fan but when it comes to America's pastime "I have to say what I see."
She says she's been receiving snapshots of the future since she was a little girl helping out at her parent's business, a local bakery. "Sometimes, when customers came into the bakery shop I knew what they were gonna buy and how much they were gonna spend even before they opened their mouths. And this happened even with people who'd never been into the shop before. I knew what they wanted and how much they wanted. It just came to me. Not all the time, but enough that it would shock people."
Balusco says she doesn't know how or why she's able to see into the future and her expertise cannot be targeted or strategized. "If you ask me a specific question, I can't tell you 'Yes, this is gonna happen or no, it's not gonna happen,'" she explains. "And I never know what I'm gonna see or what realm it's in. It could involve celebrities or sports or politics or finances or whatever. But I do know when it's a vision and I'm quite certain of that."
Balusco says that after Pope Benedict XVI gave up the papacy she got a call from her uncle Francis (Frankie) who served as her godfather at confirmation and then returned to Italy many years ago. "I hadn't heard from him in ages and I was overjoyed. We had such a wonderful conversation. So loving. And when I hung up the phone I told my sister 'the next pope will be named Francis.' I just knew it. It just came to me."
Any other predictions for the rest of the year?
"Yes," Regina said. "Unfortunately, this summer's weather will be particularly extreme and turbulent especially in the Midwest and East. We'll have some very bad storms. There will be significant damage."
As for additional details and the rest of 2013, Regina adds: "I just won't know till I see it and I never know when that's gonna happen."
Note: This story is fabricated and was posted as an April Fool's joke.
She foresaw the economic collapse of 2008 and the stock market's soaring comeback this year.
She accurately pinpointed the score of the Super Bowl and Baltimore's stunning victory.
And she saw ominous clouds hanging over Carnival Cruise Lines.
Now, for the year ahead she sees problems for the New York Yankees and the Washington Nationals and a real fight to the finish between the Atlanta Braves and the Philadelphia Phillies.
But in the end, noted psychic Regina "GiGi" Balusco sees the Phillies winning it all, including the world series.
"It'll go to seven games," she says. "And the last game will be a nail-biter. But I see a big parade to the ball park in Philly before the year is over. It'll be a suprise because right now I don't think any of the so-called experts are predicting the Phillies will land on top."
Balusco, a Brooklyn native admits she's always been a Mets fan but when it comes to America's pastime "I have to say what I see."
She says she's been receiving snapshots of the future since she was a little girl helping out at her parent's business, a local bakery. "Sometimes, when customers came into the bakery shop I knew what they were gonna buy and how much they were gonna spend even before they opened their mouths. And this happened even with people who'd never been into the shop before. I knew what they wanted and how much they wanted. It just came to me. Not all the time, but enough that it would shock people."
Balusco says she doesn't know how or why she's able to see into the future and her expertise cannot be targeted or strategized. "If you ask me a specific question, I can't tell you 'Yes, this is gonna happen or no, it's not gonna happen,'" she explains. "And I never know what I'm gonna see or what realm it's in. It could involve celebrities or sports or politics or finances or whatever. But I do know when it's a vision and I'm quite certain of that."
Balusco says that after Pope Benedict XVI gave up the papacy she got a call from her uncle Francis (Frankie) who served as her godfather at confirmation and then returned to Italy many years ago. "I hadn't heard from him in ages and I was overjoyed. We had such a wonderful conversation. So loving. And when I hung up the phone I told my sister 'the next pope will be named Francis.' I just knew it. It just came to me."
Any other predictions for the rest of the year?
"Yes," Regina said. "Unfortunately, this summer's weather will be particularly extreme and turbulent especially in the Midwest and East. We'll have some very bad storms. There will be significant damage."
As for additional details and the rest of 2013, Regina adds: "I just won't know till I see it and I never know when that's gonna happen."
Note: This story is fabricated and was posted as an April Fool's joke.
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