Events This Week

Flip to Fresh @ Madame Tussauds DC We rocked the last Flip to Fresh Party at Madame Tussauds, so we are doing it AGAIN and since its election year, were partying with the PresidentsALL 44. Youre invited! Rub your elbows with all 44- Presidents and much more! Attend the private after hours party at The Presidents Gallery at Madame Tussauds and its FREE.

Save the date February 29th, 2012 with doors opening at 6:30pm. This is an after work no admission fee event! Join 94.7 Fresh FM for a great time, free food from Phillips Seafood SW Waterfront, and great prizes! Explore all that Madame Tussauds has to offer and snap some awesome Facebook profile pictures. Flip to Fresh on February 29th doors open at 6:30pm. The Presidents Gallery at Madame Tussauds Washington D.C.- Meet all 44 Presidents! 1001 F Street, NW Washington D.C. MadameTussaudsDC.com

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Woody Allen and Diane Keaton in Annie Hall. (1977 United Artists) Annie Hall Wednesday, February 29, 6:30 p.m. National Portrait Gallery Eighth and F Streets NW (202) 633-1000

You are invited to the

IDAHO STATE SOCIETY'S "Welcome Back Congress" Reception

An opportunity to catch up with other Idahoans in the DC area and celebrate the beginning of a new year! Wednesday, February 29th Capitol Hill Club 300 1st Street SE

Sponsored by J.R. Simplot Company

E-News from Carnegie

Capital Science Evening The Universe from Beginning to End

Wednesday,February 29, 6:45 p.m.

Carnegie Institution for Science 16th & P Streets NW (enter on 16th street entrance) Dr. Brian Schmidt 2011 Nobel Laureate for Physics The Australian National University, The Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Mount Stromlo Observatory In 1998 two teams traced back the expansion of the universe over billions of years and discovered that it was accelerating, a startling discovery that indicated more than 70% of the cosmos was in the form of dark energy. 2011 Nobel Laureate for Physics Brian Schmidt, leader of the High-Redshift Supernova Search Team, will describe this discovery and explain how astronomers have used observations to trace our universe's history back more than 13 billion years, leading them to ponder the ultimate fate of the cosmos.
Co-hosted by the Carnegie Institution for Science with The Australian National University, and the Australian Department of Industry, Innovation, Science, Research and Tertiary Education.

A conversation with artist Mikael Olsson. His exhibition Sdrakull Frsakull will open in House of Sweden on March 1st. Wednesday, February 29, 6:30-7:30 pm House of Sweden 2900 K Street NW Washington, DC 20007 RSVP required: rsvp-hos@foreign.ministry.se

The Monthly DC Luncheon: Wednesday, February 29 from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm

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Assessing the Economic Impact of the Keystone XL Pipeline by Dr. William W. Wade

We cordially invite you to our February DC Policy Luncheon. William W. Wade of Energy and Water Economics and the REMI staff will be discussing a methodology behind an economic analysis of the Keystone XL Pipeline. The proposed pipeline would impact 7 states and 2 Canadian provinces, while indirectly affecting the price of oil. To this methodology, Dr. Wade brings 30 years of experience conducting economic evaluations of policies and decisions bearing on natural resources and infrastructure. This analysis uses REMI PI+. The luncheon will be on Wednesday, February 29th, at our DC office, 700 12th Street NW, Suite 700, Washington, D.C. 20005. Lunch will be provided at no charge although we ask that you register in advance by emailing Leah Jalbert at leah@remi.com, calling our office at 413-549-1169, or visiting us online at www.remi.com. We look forward to seeing you there! Sincerely, Chris Brown Senior Economic Associate Regional Economic Models, Inc. 700 12th Street, NW Suite 700 Washington, DC 20005 tel. (202) 904-2490 fax. (202) 904-2491 seminars@remi.com

Please join the Center for American Progress for a special presentation: Collective Impact: Moving the Needle on our Nation's Challenges March 6, 12:00-1:30 p.m.

A light lunch will be served at 11:30 a.m. Center for American Progress 1333 H Street NW, 10th Floor Washington, DC 20005 Admission is free. Space is extremely limited. RSVP required. Seating is on a first-come, first-served basis and not guaranteed. RSVP to attend this event Welcoming remarks: Marta Urquilla, Senior Advisor for Social Innovation, The White House Presentation on White House Council Collective Impact analysis: Michele Jolin, Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress; Member, White House Council for Community Solutions Featured panelists: Cheryl Dorsey, President, Echoing Green Jeff Edmondson, Managing Director, Strive Network Jill Iscol, President, IF Hummingbird Foundation; author, Hearts on Fire Willa Seldon, Partner, The Bridgespan Group Moderated by: Michele Jolin, Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress; Member, White House Council for Community Solutions Our nation is facing some of the greatest challenges in a generation, and leading social entrepreneurs, philanthropists, and other social sector leaders have stepped-up to fill gaps, to increase their impact, and to serve more people in need. Yet we also know that in many instances these individual, successful nonprofits are not moving the needle on communitywide metrics. They are serving more people more efficiently and effectively, but the economic and social challenges facing our nations communities are simply too large and require too many players for these individual nonprofit organizations to make dramatic progress on their own. To get the kind of measurable, communitywide gains our nation needs, all sectorsnonprofits, business, philanthropy, and governmentmust pull together in the same direction. This kind of collective impact is happening in a number of communities around the country such as the Strive Partnership in Cincinnati. The White House Council for Community Solutions recently released an analysis that identifies examples of collective impact in communities and the keys to success. The Center for American Progress invites you to join our panel of experts for a lively and informative conversation. The panel at this event will explore the potential of collective impact to drive significant communitywide progress on serious challenges and the important role social entrepreneurs play in developing and testing new solutions to community challenges. Copies of Hearts on Fire will be available for purchase at the event. Nearest Metro: Blue/Orange Line to McPherson Square or Red Line to Metro Center

For more information, call (202) 682-1611.

How Carbon Neutral is Bioenergy? An RFF Seminar Thursday, March 1, 12:00-1:30 p.m. A light lunch will be available at 11:45 a.m. Resources for the Future 1616 P Street NW First Floor Conference Center

The IPCC (2006) has supported the view that wood biomass is "carbon neutral" in that its use for bioenergy has zero net carbon emissions since the emissions released in its utilization for energy are subsequently captured in forest regrowth. This generally accepted view, however, has recently come under increasing criticism from various sources. Using a static accounting life cycle type analysis, for example, the Manomet study (2010) suggests that the use of wood for biofuels will result in a drawdown of the forest stock and a net reduction in the carbon captured in the forest, at least for very long periods. To properly account for the emissions from wood used for bioenergy, however, one must move beyond a static lifecycle analysis to consider intertemporal market system interactions. Our study examines carbon neutrality among commercial forests responding to market forces. Markets react to price increases on both the demand and supply sides. In responding to price increases harvests increase thereby decreasing the forest stock. However, on the supply side forest managers respond to anticipated price increases by expanding investments in current and future forest stocks. Using a dynamic programing model we examine the relationship between the declines in forest stock due to harvest and the expansion of stocks due to investments. The results show that under market optimizing conditions when future demand is anticipated to increase for significant periods, the response of managers will be to increase the area and intensity of forest production thereby offsetting much and often all and more of the carbon released in bioenergy production. Since forests have lengthy growth periods, the increases in forest and carbon stocks will precede the harvests.

Presenter: Roger Sedjo, Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Forest Economics and Policy, Resources for the Future

Registration is required.

To RSVP for this event, please visit RFF's event registration page. This seminar will also be webcast live beginning at 12:00 p.m.
Have a question for the panel while watching the live webcast? Simply Tweet your question of fewer than 140 characters and include the hashtag #AskRFF. Watch the Q&A at the end of the event to see if it is selected.

CLICK HERE TO RSVP FOR MARCH 1

UPCOMING EVENT NEXT WEEK

The Palestine Center invites you to a briefing

The Invisible Arab: The Promise and Peril of the Arab Revolutions
with Mr. Marwan Bishara Senior Political Analyst, AlJazeera Thursday, March 1, 12:30-2:00 p.m. The Palestine Center 2425 Virginia Avenue NW Washington, DC 20037 Click here to RSVP now! "Marwan Bishara's The Invisible Arab is the single most

The Jerusalem Fund for Education and Community Development is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization based in Washington, DC that does educational and humanitarian work on behalf of Palestinians, particularly those living in the Occupied Territory and surrounding refugee camps. The Palestine Center is an independent think-tank committed to communicating reliable and timely information

perceptive and accessible book I've read about the roots of revolt in the Middle East and the brave, chaotic, exciting and frightening new world they have begun to create." -Christopher Dickey, Newsweek and The Daily Beast Marwan Bishara is Al Jazeera Englishs senior political analyst and the editor and host of its flagship show Empire, a program that examines global powers and their agendas. He was previously a lecturer of International Relations at the American University of Paris and a fellow at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales. Bisharas writing has appeared in the New York Times, International Herald Tribune, Washington Post, Newsweek, Guardian, Le Monde, Al-Ahram Weekly, Al-Hayat, and The Nation, among other outlets.

about the Palestinian political experience to American policymakers, journalists, students and the general public. Established in 1991, it is the educational program of the Jerusalem Fund for Education and Community Development.

Copies of The Invisible Arab: The Promise and Peril of the Arab Revolutions will be available for purchase and Mr. Bishara will be signing copies after the event.

Everything on GU's website is listed as being at "37th & O Streets NW" Here's a map: http://maps.georgetown.edu/

"Religious Freedom: Why Now? Defending an Embattled Human Right"

Thursday, March 1, 2012 11:45am - 5:00pm Copley Hall Formal Lounge Georgetown University

RSVP Here.
Sponsored by the Berkley Center's Religious Freedom Project and the Witherspoon Institute Task Force on Religious Freedom. This event will celebrate the rollout of a new book, Religious Freedom: Why Now? Defending an Embattled Human Right, authored by RFP Associate Director Timothy Shah, under the auspices of the Witherspoon Institutes Task Force on International Religious Freedom, chaired by RFP Director Thomas Farr. The event is co-sponsored by the Religious Freedom Project and the Witherspoon Institute. The keynote address will be delivered by Robert P. George of Princeton University. Panels will feature a wide range of participants, including noted Muslim scholar Sheikh Hamza Yusuf. Why now? Religious freedom is under sustained pressure today around the world. In some places, it is fair to say that religious freedom is under siege. The publication of Religious Freedom: Why Now? is a response to that sobering fact. Although scant attention is paid by governments, the academy, or the media, the implications of this crisisand we contend that it is a crisisare quite serious. A worldwide erosion of religious freedom is causing large-scale human suffering, grave injustice, and significant threats to international peace and security. For more information on this event, please visit the event page here. Schedule 11:45 am: Doors Open for Lunch 12:15 - 1:30 pm: Keynote Address Robert P. George

1:45-3:15 pm: Panel 1 Why Religious Freedom? The Challenge of Grounding Religious Liberty William A. Galston, Wilfred M. McClay, Timothy S. Shah, and Amy Sullivan 3:30-5:00 pm: Panel 2 Why Now? The Urgency of Advancing Religious Liberty in the Muslim World Thomas F. Farr, Allen Hertzke, Ed Husain, and Hamza Yusuf

Our mailing address is: Berkley Center 3307 M St NW Suite 200 Washington, DC 20007

Celebrating the Release of The Escape Artists

A New America Foundation Book Event

Thursday, March 1, 2012 6:00-8:00 p.m. Smith & Wollensky 1112 19th Street NW (2nd floor) Washington, DC 20036

Even before being sworn into office, President Obama and his economic team were tasked with the great challenge of addressing a global economic meltdown. In the highly anticipated book, The Escape Artists: How Obama's Team Fumbled the Recovery, Noam Scheiber delves deep into the mindset and struggles of the team that guided the President's initial economic policies. Based on numerous interviews with those in and around the team, Scheiber expertly lays out this inside story.

Please join us for a conversation and reception to celebrate the release of The Escape Artists. Copies of The Escape Artists will be available for purchase.

Featured Speaker Noam Scheiber Author, The Escape Artists: How Obama's Team Fumbled the Recovery Bernard L. Schwartz Fellow, New America Foundation Senior Editor, The New Republic With... Liaquat Ahamed Board of Directors, New America Foundation Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author of Lords of Finance: The Bankers Who Broke the World Jim Millstein Chief Restructuring Officer, Department of Treasury (2008-2010)

Please RSVP by Thursday, February 23 by clicking on the red button or going to the event page: http://newamerica.net/events/2012/the_escape_artist

For questions, contact Stephanie Gunter at New America at (202) 596-3367 or gunter@newamerica.net.

OPENING RECEPTION "Hlne Berr - A Stolen Life" at La Maison Franaise T H U R S D A Y , M A R C H 1 A T 7:00 PM

Dear Friends of La Maison Franaise, On Thursday, March 1 at 7:00 p.m., La Maison Franaise is pleased to extend an invitation to its faithful patrons for the opening reception of "Hlne Berr - A Stolen Life," an exhibition created, designed and toured by The Mmorial de la Shoah, Paris, France. Admissions are limited. We are able to extend this invitation to you and one guest on behalf of Ambassador Franois Delattre and the General Director of the Mmorial de la Shoah Jacques Fredj. This event will be held in the presence of Michael R. Marrus, Professor Emeritus of Holocaust Studies, University of Toronto and Mariette Job, Niece of Hlne Berr. A reservation is required to attend. Admissions are limited. See below.

WHAT: Opening Reception Hlne Berr - A Stolen Life - details below WHEN: Thursday, March 1 at 7:00 p.m. WHERE: La Maison Franaise, Embassy of France, 4101 Reservoir Road NW ADMISSION: Free - reservation required (admissions limited) RESERVATIONS: http://heleneberr.eventbrite.com/ Parking is available on Reservoir Rd. and across the street at Georgetown University Hospitals pay lot. This exhibition is made possible through the generous support of SNCF (National Corporation of French Railways) with the support of Victor Caves et Chteaux.

We look forward to welcoming you to La Maison Franaise! Please take the time to scroll down and discover some more of our upcoming cultural events. Warm regards, Roland Celette Cultural Attach | Director of La Maison Franaise www.HouseofFranceDC.org ================= DETAILS ================= About Hlne Berr Almost two years after the publication of her journal, written between 1942 and 1944, the Mmorial de la Shoah chose to return to the tragic destiny of Hlne Berr, a young Jewish Parisian girl. Expanding beyond the strict framework of a journal and the personality of Hlne Berr, this exhibit elaborates on the background of the Occupation and more broadly addresses the persecution of the Jews in France during World War II. A student of English, Hlne Berr was 20 years old when she began writing her journal. The year was 1942, and the

anti-Jewish laws of Vichy began, little by little, to radically change her life. Until March of 1944, the date of her arrest, she kept her journal on a daily basis.

Flyer Trailer IDB Cultural Center 20th anniversary, 1992-2012 The Cultural, Solidarity and Creativity Affairs Division of the Inter-American Development Bank, through the IDB Cultural Center, cordially invites you to attend a screening of the Uruguayan tragicomedy

Whisky
(2004) color, 35mm, 95 mins., Spanish with English subtitles. Juan Pablo Rebella / Pablo Stoll Winner Goya Award, Regard Original Award and FIPRESCI Prize at Cannes, Silver Ariel Award from Mexico, Grand Coral First Prize at Havana, Golden Colon at Huelva Latin American Film Festival; total 20 wins and 4 nominations

Thursday, March 1, 6:30 p.m.

Whisky is a fine film of few words and little motion. The camera barely moves, and when its characters speak, their voices hardly rise. Writer-directors Pablo Stoll and Juan Pablo Rebella build a tiny world of spareness, solitude, and sudden awkwardness.

Jacobo (Andres Pazos), a lonely middled-aged unmarried man, owns a falling-apart sock factory in Montevideo (Uruguay), which is reduced to barely 3 workers. Marta (Mirella Pascual), a lonely middle-aged unmarried woman, runs the shop. Their lives are plagued by the most painful routine, mirroring the moribund sewing machines at the factory and Jacobo's agonizing old car. Wake and repeat. When Jacobo's mother dies, his younger, successful brother Herman (Jorge Bolani), who lives in Brazil, comes to Uruguay for a visit. Jacobo, who has a distant and resentful relationship with his brother, asks Marta if she will pose as his wife for a few days so he will appear more successful in life. Marta agrees to pretend, but soon finds her loyalty to her boss is jeopardized.

(The film's title comes from what Jacobo and Marta exclaim before their ''wedding" photo is snapped.)

Inter-American Development Bank Enrique V. Iglesias Auditorium

1330 New York Avenue NW (202) 623-3558 Free and open to the public. Photo ID required. Business casual. Unreserved general admission, 350 seats. Arrive when doors open at 6:00 p.m. for best seats.

RSVP: http://onemedicalearlynt-eivtefrnd.eventbrite.com/

Join New Chamber Members, One Medical Group for Their LGBT Launch Party at this Early Networking Thursday!

Top 6 Reasons to Come to This Networking Thursday

1. Meet New Members of CAGLCC, One Medical Group 2. Make new connections, meet new people and build relationships. 3. Identify potential new clients & customers, and those who can refer you to them. 4. Discover great ideas for changes, expansions even new directions for your business. 5. Find potential joint ventures, partnerships and strategic alliances. 6. Make great new friends who have the entrepreneurial spirit you love. BOUTIQUE, MEMBER-SUPPORTED DOCTOR'S OFFICE CONCEPT ENTERS DC MARKET The doctor's office. Reinvented. One Medical Group is a boutique, member-supported doctor's office. We designed our practice around the patient and not the doctor. We believe primary care should be convenient and accessible. So we've created a new kind of health care relationship that puts your needs first including unique member benefits:

Same-day, on time appointments Access to a team of primary care doctors, referrals to the best specialists Direct email access with your doctor Online appointment booking and Rx renewals Most forms of PPO and HMO insurance accepted

This Event is generously sponsored by

DETAILS: DATE: Thursday, MARCH 1, 2012 ONE WEEK EARLY TIME: 6:30 PM 8:30 PM HOST LOCATION: One Medical Group ADDRESS: 1627 Eye Street NW, Suite 800 (@17th St) Washington DC 20006 LIBATIONS: One Medical Group APPETIZERS: One Medical Group

Please join us for a luncheon discussion:

Too Little of a Good Thing: Social Justice in the USA

Friday, March 2, 2012 12:00-1:30 p.m. National Press Club First Amendment Lounge 529 14th Street NW, 13th Floor Washington, DC
A recent Bertelsmann Foundation study ranked the US 27th out of 31 OECD states in social justice. Alarming poverty levels and limited access to health care and education contributed to the poor performance. In the run-up to Super Tuesday and in the midst of a presidential campaign that focuses on the governments role in society, join AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka, Arent Fox Senior Government Relations Advisor and former Congressman (R-PA) Philip English, and Bertelsmann Stiftung Board Member and former OECD Deputy SecretaryGeneral Aart de Geus for a discussion, moderated by National Journals Adam Kushner, that will address the link between American social justice and economic growth, the ability to improve social justice in a time of fiscal austerity, and Americans desire for social justice given their hesitance for big government.

A special presentation by Pew Research Center President Andrew Kohut will look at recent polling of Americans views on income inequality and the governments role in ensuring fairness.

RSVP (acceptances only) by Wednesday, February 29, 2012 to: events@bfna.org

March 2nd Art Opening: Laurel Dugan & Chris Wells

Please join us on Friday, March 2, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Homebody 715 Eighth Street SE Washington, DC 20003 (202) 544-8445 opening reception featuring new work by Laurel Dugan and Chris Wells.

Laurel Dugan, Untitled, Graphite on Paper, 2012 I work from perception; instead of recreating in a photorealist sense, I expose in the figures a hidden reality that pulses with rhythm and life.

Chris Wells, Untitled, Oil on Canvas,2012 Each work of art and each viewer have a unique experience; there is a story or emotion that only the viewer understands. Thank you for your time and your patronage! Erin Mara

Cross MacKenzie Gallery

PETER CHARLES
New Paintings and Screens Opening Reception March 2, 6:00-8:00 p.m. Cross MacKenzie Gallery 2026 R Street NW Washington, DC 20009

We are pleased to present the exquisite screens, drawings and paintings on paper and steel, by one of Washington DC's most well established and accomplished artists, Peter Charles. Charles' sophisticated aesthetic and powerful graphic sensibility dominates the work in this solo exhibition spanning a decade of the artist's mature work. His large-scale, painted folding screens are inspired by traditional Japanese screen designs and 19th century American still life painting - a fusion of east and west. The artist paints both faces of the screens in a complimentary relationship and employs the mechanics of the antique screens using modern day durable materials. The "verso" sides of the screens are evocatively spare.

Peter Charles is both a painter and a sculptor - his impressive art school training in painting and sculpture reflects his enduring interest in this dual approach. By folding the heavy watercolor paper accordion-like and mounting the drawings on linen, his two dimensional works are given a tangible physical presence. Some of his three dimensional steel sculptures are flattened wall-

mounted pieces growing out if his interest in Early American toll ware. He constructs his tray-like forms from rolls of sheet steel - bends, folds, welds, shapes and rusts them before meticulously painting his still-life subjects. The refined language of patterns and images Charles has developed has evolved over time and draws from a rich visual experience with various cultural roots and art historical references. The push-pull of disparate elements within each piece; geometric - organic, natural - man-made, raw - polished, are united in accord in the finished art work.

A D.C. native, Peter Charles grew up with a singularly Washingtonian experience as the Head Page of the Senate. He graduated from the U.S. Capitol Page School before he headed north to receive his B.A. from the Rhode Island School of Design and his Master of Fine Arts degree in sculpture from Yale University. He currently teaches Fine Art at Georgetown University here in D.C. Peter Charles has mounted exhibitions of his work in galleries and museums throughout the United States including the Phillips Collection and the Corcoran Gallery in Washington D.C., the AlbrightKnox Art Gallery, Buffalo, N.Y., the Huntington Museum, Huntington W.V., the Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art (SECCA) in Winston Salem, N.C., David Findlay and Ruth Siegel Galleries in New York, N.Y., Zolla-Lieberman Gallery, Chicago and the Koplin Gallery in L.A. Included in the list of his many awards is a Visual Arts Fellowship Grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.

The exhibition continues through April 11th .

Read this profile of Peter Charles In the March Issue of Home and Design Magazine:

Exhibition Dates(February 29-March 24) First Friday Reception

March 2, 6:00-8:00 p.m. Artist's Reception March 10, 4:00-6:30 p.m. Studio Gallery 2108 R Street NW

solo show: THESE WOMEN Amy Davis Amy Davis' new series of paintings, "These Women" are an impressive display of imaginary women. Davis' show pulls the viewers into her spectacular imagination through a world of paint and encaustic.

duo show: UNREALITIES Peter Karp This show explores the tension between geometric/abstract shapes and the human form, and the space between dream and reality. Selected assemblages and photographs challenge viewer imagination and invite speculation.

duo show: CRYOS Iwan Bagus The starting point of critical elaboration is the consciousness of what the self really means, and its relationship with time and space". This has been a permanent preoccupation in Iwan Bagus' photography. In this collection, appropriately named Cryos, Iwan's finely attuned sensitivity focuses on the ephemeral and the perishable by using ice as the fleeting media that frames the fragmented images of himself.

second floor: A PERSON AND A STORY "A Person and a Story" is an exhibition featuring local DC artists and some of their favorite portraits. Each portrait is paired with the story behind the portrait, written by the photographer, making the experience truly threedimensional. Featuring: Keith Lane, Jim Darling, Joshua Cogan, Joshua Yospyn, Matt Dunn, and David Y. Lee [image credit: Joshua Yospyn]

You are cordially invited to the Oh, the Places You'll Go! Scholarship Finalists' Exhibition "You're off to great places - You're off and away!"

Exhibition begins at 6:00 p.m. on March 2, 2012 - Dr. Seuss's birthday!

Show thru March 15, 2012 Admission is complimentary but space is limited RSVP: (202) 965-3833

P&C Art 3108 M Street NW Washington, DC 20007

Young Innovators Wanted! seminar March 2, 10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. followed by lunch House of Sweden 2900 K Street NW RSVP: http://younginnovatorswanted.eventbrite.com/

Young innovators are key to a vibrant, innovation-driven economy. In this seminar we will discuss the importance of supporting young innovators,18 years old and above, and identify lessons learned from various initiatives that help them develop and market their ideas. In both Sweden and the U.S., innovation is a subject high on the agenda. There is also a special focus on the next generation's ability to compete in the 21st century economy. To provide supportive policies and environments for spurring young innovators, there is a need for help in generating new ideas, starting new companies, or innovating from within existing companies and organizations. We anticipate an interesting discussion on issues related to effectively supporting young entrepreneurs and to learn from the wide range of experiences among the panel and audience. Featured speakers: Ms Annie Lf, Swedens Minister of Enterprise Ms Rebecca Blank, Deputy Secretary, U.S. Department of Commerce (tbc)
Mr. Jonathan Ortmans, Senior Fellow, Kauffman Foundation and President, Global Entrepreneurship Week Moderated by: Dr. John Casey, Entrepreneur-in-Residence at George Mason University. Adjunct Professor of Management Featured Panelists: - Ms Sarah Green, Partner and Chief Operation Officer, Empact - Ms Annika Jremo, Swedish Agency for Economic and Regional Growth and project manager for Young Innovators - Ms Ellen Thrasher, Director, Office of Entrepreneurship Education, U.S. Small Business Administration - Ms Therese Sjlundh, Founder and Managing Director of Jnkping Science Park, Sweden - Mr. Evan Burfield, Chair of Startup DC

Tracks by Pete McCutchen (February 29April 1) Opening Reception Friday, March 2, 6:00-8:30 p.m.
Touchstone Gallery 901 New York Avenue NW Washington DC 20001

Pete McCutchen takes the roller coaster track to new heights in this Pop-Art inspired color explosion.

1314 18th Street NW Washington, DC 20036 (202) 463-0203

HOURS: Wed-Sun 12 - 6 pm

Black, White and In Between

New Work in Polymer Clay by

Fran Abrams
Exhibition: February 29-April 1

Opening Reception Friday, March 2, 6:00-8:00 p.m.

About the Exhibit

Fran Abrams' work typically involves color and geometry. Color because the colors of polymer clay can be vibrant in themselves, but also blend like paints. Just as in painting, the proportion of each color in the blend affects the outcome of the resulting color.

For this show, Fran explored only black and white clay and the grays that result from blending the two. Her inspiration came from Washington politics where it seems lately that everything is black or white and there is no in between.

Geometry is involved extensively in her work because each artwork is composed of shapes and, when complete, all of the shapes fit together on the canvas. The black, white and gray geometric shapes create abstract works of art that convey a meaning - sometimes serious, sometimes humorous -- a communication between the artist

and the viewers.

Pieces with titles such as "Opposing Views," "Reaching for Compromise" and "Tower of Babel, circa 2011" are inspired by what's happening, or not, in the Nation's Capital. Others, such as the entirely white piece titled "Snowmageddon," comment on other aspects of the place we live.

Fran has been working in polymer clay since 2000. Her work has been widely exhibited and has won many awards. All of the work in this show is new and has never before been exhibited.

Seeking Balance, 12" x 12" , polymer clay (not painted) on fabric-covered canvas

Oil and Ice, 12" x 12", polymer clay (not painted) on fabric-covered canvas

March Members' Show

In addition to Fran's solo show in the main gallery, Foundry's Gallery 2 features member artists exhibiting work that has not been shown before at the Foundry. For an exciting array of work that changes monthly exhibited by a group of talented artists, please be sure to visit Foundry Gallery regularly. All work is for sale.

KING ME: Studies in the Uncivilized World Curated by Adam Dwight, Artist (March 3-29)

Opening Reception March 3, 7:00-11:00 p.m. The Fridge Rear Alley, 516 1/2 8th Street SE Washington, DC 20003 Free and open to the public. KING ME: Studies in the Uncivilized World is a multimedia exhibition examining symbols of power through artworks ranging from painting, drawing, sculpture, printmaking and video. Featuring works by artists of the Washington, DC region, KING ME addresses the subject of cultural encounter through the lens of power aggrandizement and cultural exchange, highlighting abstract, representational, and adversarial artistic expressions concerning the subject of domination. Featuring the Work of: Matias Cuevas, Lisa Parker Hyatt, Laura Elkins, Seleshi Feseha, Rebecca Katz, Hannah Naomi Kim, Sean Monahan & Gregory Fong, Hermonie Only, Adrian Parsons, Stan Squirewell, Norman Strike

Washington Printmakers Gallery

ART*SPARKS
Rekindling the Gift

Solo exhibition by Marian Osher

February 29- March 25

Opening Reception Saturday, March 3, 1:00-4:00 p.m. Washington Printmakers Gallery Pyramid Atlantic Art Center 8230 Georgia Avenue, 2nd Floor Silver Spring, MD 20910
(301) 273-3660

Featuring over 50 new prints that push past the flat plane of the paper into mixed media, multidimensional monotypes on painted canvas. The artist shares exploration and insights that helped her to break through an episode of creative block to rekindle her art.

Lessons From Our Cyber Past: The First Military Cyber Units Monday, March 5, 12:00-1:30 p.m Atlantic Council 1101 15th Street NW 11th Floor Washington, DC 20005 RSVP: isp@acus.org

Please join the Atlantic Council's Cyber Statecraft Initiative for a workshop examining the early history of cyber conflict through military units that were established to operate in this new domain of warfare on March 5. Cyber Command is the most recent major cyber military unit, but it is not the first. Since the mid-1990s, there have been a chain of military commands, each created to help the military understand and deal with conflict in this new domain. This event will feature a discussion with three of the first pioneering cyber commanders: why was their unit created, what did they learn, and what lessons are there for today?

Featuring Lt. Gen John H. "Soup" Campbell, USAF (Ret.) Founding Commander Joint Task Force-Computer Network Defense

Maj. Gen James D. Bryan, USA (Ret.) Founding Commander Joint Task Force-Computer Network Operations Col. Walter "Dusty" Rhoads, USAF (Ret.) Founding Commander 609 Information Warfare Squadron
Jason Healey Director, Cyber Statecraft Initiative Atlantic Council

PROGRAM

11:30 a.m. | Registration and Lunch12:00 p.m. | Introduction and Welcome 12:10 p.m. | A Conversation with the First Military Cyber Commanders 1:00 p.m. | Panel Discussion 1:30 p.m. | Conclusion

Special Event on CEDAW and Womens Rights Mon. March 5, from 11:00am-4:30 pm in Preston Auditorium For more information, see attached invitation

RSVP to infoshopevents@worldbank.org or click here.

Whither Africa? Perspectives from "The Oxford Companion to the Economics of Africa" Monday, March 5, 12:00-2:00 p.m. Auditorium J1-050 WorldBank J Building

18th Street & Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, DC 20006 Lunch will be served. RSVP: to infoshopevents@worldbank.org

PANELISTS Shantayanan Devarajan Chief Economist, Africa Region, World Bank Mr. Devarajan is the Chief Economist of the World Banks Africa Region. Since joining the World Bank in 1991, he has been a Principal Economist and Research Manager for Public Economics in the Development Research Group, and the Chief Economist of the Human Development Network, and of the South Asia Region. He was the Director of the World Development Report 2004, "Making Services Work for Poor People". Before 1991, he was on the faculty of Harvard Universitys John F. Kennedy School of Government. The author or coauthor of over 100 publications, Mr. Devarajans research covers public economics, trade policy, natural resources and the environment, and general equilibrium modeling of developing countries. Ravi Kanbur T. H. Lee Professor of World Affairs, International Professor of Applied Economics and Management, and Professor of Economics, Cornell University Mr. Kanbur is T. H. Lee Professor of World Affairs, International Professor of Applied Economics and Management, and Professor of Economics at Cornell University. He holds an appointment tenured both in the Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, and in the Department of Economics in the College of Arts and Sciences. He has taught at the Universities of Oxford, Cambridge, Essex, Warwick, Princeton and Columbia. Mr. Kanbur has served on the staff of the World Bank, as Resident Representative in Ghana, Chief Economist of the African Region, and Principal Adviser to the Chief Economist. He has also served as Director of the World Bank's World Development Report 2000, "Attacking Poverty". His vita lists over 175 publications and he has published in the leading economics journals such as American Economic Review, and the Journal of Political Economy. The honors he has received include the Quality of Research Discovery Award of the American Agricultural Economics Association and an Honorary Professorship at the University of Warwick. Thomas Schelling Distinguished Professor of Economics, University of Maryland Mr. Schelling is a Distinguished Professor of Economics at the University of Maryland. In 2005, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics for enhancing the "understanding of conflict and cooperation through game-theory analysis." He has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences, the Institute of Medicine, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. In 1991, he was President of the American Economic Association, of which he is now a Distinguished Fellow. He was the recipient of the Frank E. Seidman Distinguished Award in Political Economy and the National Academy of Sciences award for Behavioral Research Relevant to the Prevention of Nuclear War. He has also served in the Economic Cooperation Administration in Europe, and has held positions in the White House and Executive Office of the President, Yale University, the RAND Corporation, and the Department of Economics and Center for International Affairs at Harvard University. Most recently, he has published on military strategy and arms control, energy and environmental policy, climate change, nuclear proliferation, and terrorism. Justin Yifu Lin Senior Vice President and Chief Economist, World Bank Mr. Lin is the Senior Vice President and Chief Economist of the World Bank, a position he has held since June 2008. In his current position, Mr. Lin guides the World Banks intellectual leadership and plays a key role in shaping the economic research agenda of the institution. Prior to joining the World Bank, Mr. Lin served for 15 years as Founding Director and Professor of the China Centre for Economic Research (CCER) at Peking University. He is the author of 18 books and has published more than 100 articles in refereed international journals and collected volumes on history, development, and transition. Alan Gelb Senior Fellow, Center for Global Development Mr. Gelb is a Senior Fellow at the Center for Global Development. Previously, he was at the World Bank where he held the positions of Director of Development Policy, Chief Economist for the Africa Region, and Director for the 1996 World Development Report From Plan to Market. His main recent areas of work have included the special development challenges of resource-rich countries, aid and development outcomes, the transition from planned to market economies, and Africa, including directing a major study Can Africa Claim the 21st Century. Homi Kharas Senior Fellow and Deputy Director for the Global Economy and Development Program, Brookings Institution Mr. Kharas is a Senior Fellow and Deputy Director for the Global Economy and Development Program at the Brookings Institution. He also works with the Development Assistance and Governance Initiative. Previously, he was Chief Economist of the East Asia and Pacific Region at the World Bank and Director of the region's Poverty Reduction and Economic Management Department. He currently leads a research project on aid

agency effectiveness. His expertise encompasses the different aspects of economic development and global economic trends. Dominique Njinkeu Program Coordinator, International Trade Department, World Bank Mr. Njinkeu is a Lead Trade Facilitation Expert and the Program Coordinator of the Trade Facilitation Facility (TFF) at the International Trade Department of the World Bank. Mr. Njinkeu's work draws over 20 years of research and advice to African governments and regional economic communities on trade and regional integration. He has researched and published on African economic policy issues such as trade and regional integration, and international trade negotiations. He has taught at the University of Yaound in Cameroon, the Universit Laval, Quebec, and at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. Ita Mannathoko Adviser, Independent Evaluation Office, International Monetary Fund Ms. Mannathoko is an Adviser at the International Monetary Fund's Independent Evaluation Office (IEO). Prior to that she worked in various capacities: as a Senior Economist with the IEO at the IMF; as an Advisor to the Executive Director for Africa, first in the World Bank and then in the IMF; and as Principal Economist, International Finance & Trade in the Central Bank of Botswana. She has also served as Economic Adviser, IMPACT evaluation for the US Government's Regional Center for Southern Africa's economic program. She has twenty-five years work experience with a background in central banking, results based monitoring of economic programs and evaluation. John Page Senior Fellow, Global Economy and Development Department, Brookings Institution Mr. Page is a Senior Fellow in the Global Economy and Development Department at the Brookings Institution, focusing on industrial development, poverty and migration in Africa. Previously, he was at the World Bank where he held the positions of Chief Economist for Africa, Director for Poverty Reduction, Director for Economic Policy, and Chief Economist for the Middle East and North Africa. Prior to his appointment at the World Bank, he was a member of the faculty at Stanford and Princeton Universities. Lemma W. Senbet William E. Mayer Chair Professor of Finance, University of Maryland Mr. Senbet is the William E. Mayer Chair Professor of Finance at the Smith School of the University of Maryland, College Park and Director of the Center for Financial Policy. Prior to his arrival at the University of Maryland, Professor Senbet held an endowed chair at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and taught as a visiting professor at Northwestern University, University of California, Berkeley, and New York University. He was also a distinguished research visitor at the London School of Economics. He has been an influential member of the global community of finance scholars for over 30 years. His chief research interests are in the areas of corporate finance, international finance, agency, and financial contracting.

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------About The InfoShop The InfoShop is the public information center of the World Bank and serves as a forum for substantial debate on international development. Our extensive events program consists of more than 250 events over the past two years and has hosted many internationally recognized speakers, including Queen Noor, Francis Fukuyama, Jeffrey Sachs, Amartya Sen, Joseph Stiglitz, Thomas Friedman, Former US Senator Chuck Hagel, and Carly Fiorina. The InfoShop functions as the only publicly accessible space at headquarters and provides internal and external audiences with over 10,000 titles published by the World Bank, international organizations, and other publishers on development issues.

You are cordially invited to attend UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE FOR TOMORROWS ECONOMY
Tuesday, March 6, 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Urban Institute 2100 M Street NW, 5th Floor Washington, DC 20037 Lunch will be provided at 11:30 a.m. The forum begins promptly at noon.

To attend in person in Washington, D.C., register at: http://www.eventbrite.com/event/2976898985. (Registration is required.) To watch the video webcast or a recording, go to http://www.ustream.tv/channel/urban-institute-events. (No registration is necessary.)

Panelists:

Hal Bergan, consultant and former administrator, Wisconsin Unemployment Insurance Division Matt Harvill, vice president for unemployment compensation, Kelly Services Inc. Pamela Loprest, director, Income and Benefits Policy Center, Urban Institute (moderator) Rick McHugh, senior staff attorney, National Employment Law Project Wayne Vroman, senior fellow, Center on Labor, Human Services, and Population, Urban Institute

Many states unemployment insurance programs, which fund the first 26 weeks of benefits, are near bankruptcy. In a fragile recovery with still high unemployment rates, the choice is coming down to raising taxes or cutting benefits to keep the programs afloat. Several states have already opted to reduce benefits. Unemployment insurance was developed for a bygone economy, where workers were laid off for relatively short periods and many returned to the same employer. Longer and longer spells of unemployment in recent years (even before the Great Recession) have led to sizeable federal expenditures for extending benefits beyond 26 weeks. Concerns also continue over whether the system works for low-wage and lessskilled workers, who are generally less likely to be eligible for benefits. This forum will discuss some of the key problems facing unemployment insurance and ideas for overhauling the system. Questions to be addressed include

How can the federal government use sticks and carrots to move states to stabilize their programs? What is the right balance between state and federal roles in unemployment insurance? How can the system better meet the needs of workers contending with economic turmoil and longer durations of unemployment?

Citizen Havel (Oban Havel)

March 6, 7:00 p.m. Embassy of the Czech Republic 3900 Spring of Freedom Street NW Washington, DC 20008 The Embassy of the Czech Republic invites you to the screening of the documentary Citizen Havel with introductory remarks by Hugh Agnew, Professor of History and International Affairs, Elliott School of International Affairs at the George Washington University, and David Kramer, Executive Director of Freedom House. Also, the Embassy has on view a special exhibition celebrating the life of former President of the Czech Republic Vclav Havel by leading Czech photographer Tomki Nmec. The event is part of the Embassy's project: Freedom of Expression in the Contemporary World, dedicated to Milo Forman and Vclav Havel, running from February-May 2012. A reception follows the screening. RSVP: czech_events@yahoo.com, by March 5, 2012

Please put "Citizen Havel" in the subject line. Directed by: Pavel Kouteck, Miroslav Janek, CZ, US, 2008, 120 min.

About the documentary After the split of Czechoslovakia in 1992, former political dissident, leader of the Velvet Revolution, playwright, and essayist Vclav Havel became the first president of a new country, the Czech Republic. Thus, it came to pass that a former enemy of the state was actually given the popular mandate to transform that state and its institutions. Such events are not commonplace. From day one, he permitted his friend, filmmaker Pavel Kouteck, to be with him, to capture as much of it as possible, whether in the Prague Castle or around the world. The result is Citizen Havel, a feature-length documentary of never-before-seen footage that provides an intimate look at a man thrust into the spotlight of international politics and celebrity, trying to maintain a balance between public and personal life while bringing his nation out of its communist past and into a free, democratic future. David Kramer David Kramer became the Executive Director of Freedom House in October 2010. Prior to joining Freedom House, Kramer was a Senior Transatlantic Fellow at the German Marshall Fund of the United States. He is also an Adjunct Professor at the Elliott School for International Affairs at The George Washington University. Kramer served as U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor from 2008 to 2009. He also was a Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs, responsible for Russia, Ukraine, Moldova and Belarus, affairs as well as regional non-proliferation issues. Previously, he served in the Secretary of State's Office of Policy Planning, Senior Advisor to the Under Secretary of State for Global Affairs, and Executive Director of the U.S. Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy in Washington. Before entering government service, Kramer was a Senior Fellow at the Project for the New American Century, Associate Director of the Russian and Eurasian Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and Assistant Director of Russian and Eurasian Studies at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. Kramer has also been a Lecturer in Russian Studies at Clark University, a Teaching Fellow at Harvard University and an analyst for the Christian Science Monitor Network during the collapse of the Soviet Union. Hugh Agnew Professor Agnew earned an Honors B.A. in history from Queen's University, and his M.A. and Ph.D. from Stanford. He came to George Washington University in 1988, after teaching at Queen's and the National University of Singapore. Professor Agnew teaches graduate and undergraduate courses on Eastern Europe and the European history survey. He focuses on nationalism in the region, especially Czech nationalism. Among his publications are The Czechs and the Lands of the Bohemian Crown (2004, translated into Czech 2008), Origins of the Czech National Renascence (1993), and numerous articles and chapters on aspects of Czech nationalism and national identity. He has appeared on international and local media including CNN, C-SPAN, Voice of America's Czech service, and Radio Prague. Professor Agnew has served as associate dean for Academic Programs and associate dean for Faculty Affairs at the Elliott School of International Affairs. Exhibition: The selection of 41 black and white photographs reveals the humor and nuances of the life of former President Vclav Havel. Some of the renowned pictures in the collection feature Havel being elected president, giving his memorable speech at the U.S. Congress, meeting the Rolling Stones, traveling to Poland, Spain and Egypt, as well as saying goodbye to citizens at the National Theater after 13 years in office.

In the early 1990s, Nmec served as the personal photographer for President Vclav Havel. He published a volume of photographs that constitute a unique document of Havel's first term in office. Nmec has received wide acclaim for his works. He has twice been awarded prizes in the World Press Photo contest and his work has been published featured in numerous prestigous periodicals, including The New York Times, Time Magazine, among others. Freedom of Expression in the Contemporary World The Embassy of the Czech Republic presents the project Freedom of Expression in the Contemporary World, which is dedicated to lifelong friends and symbols of the fight for democracy and freedom: the renowned Czech film director Milo Forman and former Czech and Czechoslovak President Vclav Havel. Running from February-May 2012, the project incorporates documentary screenings, panel discussions, exhibitions, and lectures focusing on freedom of expression particularly in Burma, Belarus, and Cuba. Mutual Inspirations Festival 2012-Milos Forman The project is a prelude to the Mutual Inspirations Festival 2012-Milo Forman which will take place SeptemberOctober 2012. The festival will celebrate Oscar-winning, Czech director Milo Forman's 80th birthday, the best of Czech cinematography, and the accomplishments of the transatlantic film industry, featuring over 30 films and events in prestigious venues throughout the Washington area. In addition, the festival will incorporate concerts, lectures, exhibitions, and theatrical performances related to film, photography, and/or the multimedia realm.

UPCOMING EVENT
The Palestine Center invites you to a briefing

Armed and Dangerous: U.S. Weapons Transfers to Israel

with Mr. Josh Ruebner National Advocacy Director U.S. Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation Tuesday, March 6, 12:30-2:00 p.m. The Palestine Center 2425 Virginia Avenue NW Washington, DC 20037 Click here to RSVP now! From 2000-2009, the United States gave Israel more than $24 billion in military aid and delivered more than 670 million weapons, rounds of ammunition, and related equipment to the Israeli military. These weapons had, and continue to have, a devastating impact on Palestinians living under Israeli military occupation. Drawing upon extensive original research on the quantity of weapons transferred, and the human impact and
The Jerusalem Fund for Education and Community Development is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization based in Washington, DC that does educational and humanitarian work on behalf of Palestinians, particularly those living in the Occupied Territory and surrounding refugee camps.

The Palestine Center is an independent think-tank committed to communicating reliable and timely information about the Palestinian political experience to

budgetary trade-offs of U.S. military aid to Israel, the U.S. Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation will launch its first-ever policy paper, U.S. Military Aid to Israel: Policy Implications & Options, at this event. The policy paper lays out the human rights, legal, political, and economic rationales for ending U.S. military aid to Israel. Josh Ruebner is the National Advocacy Director of the U.S. Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation, a national coalition of more than 380 organizations, including The Palestine Center, that works to end U.S. support for Israels illegal 44-year military occupation of the Palestinian West Bank, East Jerusalem, and Gaza Strip, and to change U.S. policy toward Palestine/Israel to support human rights, international law, and equality. Ruebner is a former Analyst in Middle East Affairs at Congressional Research Service. His analysis and commentary on U.S. policy toward the Middle East appear frequently in media such as NBC, ABC Nightline, CSPAN, Al Jazeera, USA Today, Los Angeles Times, The Hill, Detroit Free Press, Huffington Post, Middle East Report, and more. Copies of the 40-page report will be made available for attendees.

American policy-makers, journalists, students and the general public. Established in 1991, it is the educational program of the Jerusalem Fund for Education and Community Development.

IFES EVENT

After Elections: Next Steps in Yemen's Transition

March 6, 2012, 12:00-1:30 p.m. International Foundation for Electoral Systems 1850 K Street NW Fifth Floor Washington, DC 20006

Yemen's February 21 presidential election resulted in the end of President Ali Abdullah Saleh's 32-year rule. While some questioned the purpose of a one-candidate election, many others hailed it as a crucial first step in Yemen's transitional process.

As the country moves forward, please join for a conversation on the next steps in Yemen's political transition that will address issues including:

What are the priority issues for the constitutional committee? What will be the role of civil society, youth protesters and opposition groups? What challenges exist for reconciliation with entities such as Al-Hirak and the Houthis?

Featured speakers:

Elobaid Ahmed Elobaid, Head of the UN Human Rights Training and Documentation Centre for South West Asia and the Arab Region Grant Kippen, IFES Country Director, Yemen Ibrahim Sharqieh, Deputy Director of the Brookings Doha Center (invited)

Moderated by Michael Svetlik, IFES Vice President of Programs

Please RSVP by registering online.

NOTE: Lunch will be served

Russia's Presidential Elections: Putinism 2.0 or Better? Wednesday, March 6, 12:00-2:00 p.m. Betsy and Walter Stern Conference Center Hudson Institute 1015 15th Street NW 6th Floor Washington, DC 20005 Complimentary lunch will be served. RSVP: http://hudson.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=event_registration&event_id=923

The Russian presidential election scheduled for March 4 poses yet another challenge for the legitimacy of the Putin system. The Kremlin is still recovering from last December's fraud-ridden parliamentary elections that triggered unprecedented protests in major Russian cities. Even if Putin wins reelection, he will face serious obstacles simply resuming the policies he pursued as president from 2000-2008. But are he and his regime capable of moving beyond Putinism? Please join Hudson Institute for a discussion of the meaning of the election results and what they signal for the future of Russia and its relations with the United States.

Richard Weitz (also Moderator), Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Political-Military Analysis, Hudson Institute Andrei Piontkovsky, Hudson Visiting Fellow and Russian political scientist and author Leon Aron, Resident Scholar and Director of Russian Studies, American Enterprise Institute Glen E. Howard, President, The Jamestown Foundation

Smithsonians Stars Lecture Series The Changing Face of the Moon: Exploring the Ancient History of Giant Impacts and Volcanism Presenter: Gareth Morgan, Geologist, Center for Earth and Planetary Studies Saturday, March 3, 5:45 p.m. Albert Einstein Planetarium National Air and Space Museum Independence Avenue at 6th Street SW

Tickets: http://www.nasm.si.edu/events/lectures/ticketsform.cfm

4:30 p.m. Discovery Station (in front of Welcome Center) 5:45 p.m. Planetarium presentation 6:45 p.m. Telescope observing at Public Observatory, weather permitting The Moon, with its lack of both plate tectonics and an active hydrologic cycle, acts as a recorder of the events that have unfolded in our region of the solar system. Using Smithsonian research, Gareth Morgan will talk about ways in which Earth-based radar contributes to understanding the Moons history. He will discuss how the giant impacts that struck the Moon over 3.7 billion years ago shaped the early crust, how the resulting basins have been modified by lava flows and further impacts, and how the culmination of these events continues to alter the Moon's appearance.
The Smithsonians Stars Lecture Series is made possible by a grant from NASA.

"Best Laid Plans? How Ignoring Political Economy Affects Development Outcomes and Increases Risk" Tuesday, March 6, 12:00-2:00 p.m. light lunch to precede event J1-050 Auditorium J Building World Bank 18th Street & Pennsylvania Avenue NW

RSVP to infoshopevents@worldbank.org

OPENING REMARKS Izumi Kobayashi Executive Vice President, Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency Ms. Kobayashi joined the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) as Executive Vice President on November 24, 2008. Ms. Kobayashi came to MIGA from Merrill Lynch in Tokyo, where she was President and Representative Director. She joined Merrill Lynch in 1985 to work on the derivatives markets, and subsequently held a number of high-level global leadership roles, including serving as Director of Operations and Chief Administrative Officer. As President, Ms. Kobayashi successfully developed the companys business in global financial services and its client franchise, working with international teams ranging in size from 10 people to over 1,000. Ms. Kobayashi was featured in the October 2005 edition of the Wall Street Journals "50 Women to Watch", and in 2004 she received the "The Business Woman of the Year" award from Veuve

Clicquot. PRESENTER Ravi Vish Director and Chief Economist, Economics and Policy, Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency Mr. Vish joined the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) in September of 2010 as Director of the Agencys Economics and Policy Group. He oversees teams responsible for assessing project and country risks. He has over thirty years of experience encompassing private sector development in emerging markets, private equity, investment banking, and project finance. Mr. Vish previously held senior positions with the World Bank Groups International Finance Corporation, most recently as Chief Financial Officer in Global Financial Markets, Chief Investment. He has also been a Director and Senior Portfolio Advisor at DuPont Capital Management, and CEO and General Partner, and Chairman of the Investment Committee at WestLB Mellon Asset Management (USA). MODERATOR Daniel Villar Lead Risk Management Officer, Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency Mr. Villar has served as a Sanctions Board alternate since 2007. He currently serves as Lead Risk Management Officer in the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) Economics and Policy Group. In this position, he is responsible for overseeing country risk analysis and the economic analysis of projects. He also leads MIGAs research team. His previous work experience includes various positions in the World Bank, a major management consulting firm in the U.S., and a European multinational corporation. DISCUSSANTS Sarah E. Alexander President and CEO, Emerging Markets Private Equity Association Ms. Alexander is the founding President and CEO of Emerging Markets Private Equity Association (EMPEA), a global, non-profit association that promotes the development of the private equity and venture capital asset class in emerging markets. Prior to EMPEA, she was a private equity investor in Asia with Emerging Markets Partnership (now EMP Global), managing private equity transactions across the region. Previously, Ms. Alexander was with the World Bank Group, where she designed new initiatives for private sector participation in development finance. Earlier in her career, she worked with the U.S. Department of State managing international trade and financial policies. Maureen Harrington Director, Corporate and Investment Banking, Standard Bank Ms. Harrington is a Director in the Corporate and Investment Banking group in New York for Standard Bank. She is also the Head of the Governments and International Organizations team, responsible for broadening solutions for governments, international organizations and others involved in African development initiatives. Before Standard Bank, Ms. Harrington held leadership roles at the Millennium Challenge Corp., including vice president for policy and international relations and managing director for African operations. She has also worked with the economic policy team at the Bureau of African Affairs at the U.S. State Department. Subramaniam V. Iyer Director, Sustainable Energy Department, Sustainable Development Network, World Bank Mr. Iyer is the Director for the Sustainable Energy Department (SEG). One of his responsibility is to provide strategic leadership and direction for the Bank Groups integrated sustainable energy and mining practice. Mr. Iyer joined the Bank in 1993 as a consultant in the South Asia Region Infrastructure & Energy Division. He transferred to the Africa Region in 2003 where he has held positions of increasing responsibility, including his most recent assignment as Sector Manager of the Energy unit since February 2006. Jean Pierre Lacombe Head, Financial Engineering, International Finance Corporation Mr. Lacombe is the Head Financial Engineering for the Corporate Financial Management in the International Finance Corporation in IFC. Previous experience include Senior Vice President at Barclays Capital.

You are cordially invited to attend an event for young professionals hosted by the Foreign Policy Initiative on the evening of March 7th.

Time to Attack Iran?

U.S. Policy and Iran's Nuclear Program
Wednesday, March 7 6:00 - 7:00 PM Networking Reception 7:00 - 8:30 PM Debate Carnegie Endowment for International Peace 1779 Massachusetts Avenue NW

Participants: Participants: Participants: Participants: Participants: Participants: Moderator: Moderator:

Elbridge A. Colby CNA Jamie M. Fly Foreign Policy Initiative Dr. Matthew Kroenig Georgetown University Eli Lake Newsweek and The Daily Beast

To RSVP, click here.

Despite diplomatic negotiations, international condemnation, and harsh economic sanctions, Iran continues to violate its international obligations by pursuing nuclear weapons capability. While some are still holding out hope for a negotiated solution, a different debate has emerged in the United States over whether it is now time for the use of military force to halt Irans nuclear weapons ambitions. Join the Foreign Policy Initiative (FPI) as it hosts a debate over the use of the military option against Irans nuclear program with Elbridge A. Colby (research analyst at CNA), Jamie M. Fly (FPI executive director), and Matthew Kroenig (assistant professor at Georgetown University) on March 7, 2012, at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (1779 Massachusetts Avenue, NW). Eli Lake, senior national security correspondent for Newsweek and The Daily Beast, will moderate the discussion.

Background Reading

Dr. Matthew Kroenig, "Time to Attack Iran," Foreign Affairs, January/February 2012. Elbridge A. Colby and Austin Long, "Why Not to Attack Iran," The National Interest, January 11, 2012. Jamie M. Fly and Gary Schmitt, "The Case for Regime Change in Iran," Foreign Affairs, January 17, 2012.

Speaker Biographies

Elbridge A. Colby is currently a research analyst at CNA, where he focuses on deterrence, nuclear weapons, and related issues for a number of U.S. Government entities. Previously, he served as policy advisor to the Secretary of Defenses Representative for the negotiations on the new Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, as an expert advisor to the Congressional Strategic Posture Commission, as special assistant to the Chief of Staff in the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, as a staff member on the Presidents WMD Commission, with the Coalition Provisional Authority in Baghdad, Iraq, and with the State Department. Mr. Colby has also been an adjunct staff member with the RAND Corporation and is a consultant to the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratorys Global Security Directorate as well as a current or former consultant to a number of Department of Defense entities. He publishes regularly on defense and foreign policy issues in a variety of venues and has published book chapters in edited collections as well as articles, and op-eds in outlets such as Policy Review, Orbis, The National Interest, and ForeignPolicy.com. He has also spoken to government, expert, university, and broader public audiences in the United States, Europe, and Asia. He is a recipient of the Exceptional Public Service Award from the Office of the Secretary of Defense and of the Superior Honor Award from the Department of State. A member of the International Institute of Strategic Studies, Mr. Colby is a graduate of Harvard College and Yale Law School. Jamie M. Fly is the executive director of the Foreign Policy Initiative (FPI). Prior to joining FPI, Mr. Fly served in the Bush administration at the National Security Council (2008 to 2009) and in the Office of the Secretary of Defense (2005 to 2008). He was director for Counterproliferation Strategy at the National Security Council, where his portfolio included the Iranian nuclear program, Syria, missile defense, chemical weapons, proliferation finance, and other counterproliferation issues. In the Office of the Secretary of Defense, he was an assistant for Transnational Threats Policy. For his work in the Department of Defense, he was awarded the Office of the Secretary of Defense Medal for Exceptional Public Service. He blogs regularly at The Weekly Standard blog and Foreign Policys Shadow Government blog, and his articles and reviews have been published in Commentary, National Review, POLITICO, The Weekly Standard, Forbes.com, USNews.com, and National Review Online. He is a member of the International Institute for Strategic Studies and a term member of the Council on Foreign Relations. He received a B.A. from American University and an M.A. from Georgetown University. Dr. Matthew Kroenig is an assistant professor of Government at Georgetown University and a Stanton Nuclear Security fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations. He is the author of Exporting the Bomb: Technology Transfer and the Spread of Nuclear Weapons, coauthor of The Handbook of National Legislatures: A Global Survey, and coeditor of Causes and Consequences of Nuclear Proliferation. Dr. Kroenigs articles on international politics have appeared in many publications including American Political Science Review, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, Journal of Conflict Resolution, Newsday, The New Republic, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, and USA Today. He has provided commentary on BBC, CNN, NPR, and many other media outlets. From July 2010 to July 2011, Dr. Kroenig was a Council on Foreign Relations International Affairs fellow in the Department of Defense, where he worked on the development and implementation of U.S. defense policy and strategy in the Middle East. He has held fellowships from the National Science Foundation, the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard University, the Center for International Security and Cooperation at Stanford University, and the Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation at the University of California. In 2005, he worked as a strategist in the Office of the Secretary of Defense where he authored the first-ever, U.S. government strategy for deterring terrorist networks. For his work, Dr. Kroenig was awarded the Office of the Secretary of Defenses Award for Outstanding Achievement. He is a term member of the Council on Foreign Relations and cochair of the Councils Term Member Advisory Committee. Dr. Kroenig earned his A.B. at the University of Missouri and both his M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley. Eli Lake is the senior national security correspondent for Newsweek and The Daily Beast. He previously covered national security and intelligence for The Washington Times. Mr. Lake has also been a contributing editor at The New Republic since 2008 and covered diplomacy, intelligence, and the military for the late New York Sun. He has lived in Cairo and traveled to war zones in Sudan, Iraq, and Gaza. He is one of the few journalists to report from all three members of President Bushs axis of evil: Iraq, Iran, and North Korea. Mr. Lake is a graduate of Trinity College-Hartford.

About the Foreign Policy Initiative FPI is a non-profit, non-partisan, tax-exempt organization under Section 501(c)(3) of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code. FPI seeks to promote an active U.S. foreign policy committed to robust support for democratic allies, human rights, a strong American military equipped to meet the challenges of the 21st century, and strengthening America's global economic competitiveness. The organization was founded in 2009 and is led by Executive Director Jamie Fly. FPIs Board of Directors consists of Eric Edelman, Robert Kagan, William Kristol, and Dan Senor.

The Foreign Policy Initiative 11 Dupont Circle, NW Suite 325 Washington, D.C. 20036

Telephone: (202) 296-3322

Invasive Species: Impacts, Challenges, and Strategies for Management An RFF First Wednesday Seminar Wednesday, March 7, 12:45-2:00 p.m. A light lunch will be available at 12:30 p.m. Resources for the Future 1616 P Street NW First Floor Conference Center

Invasive species pose significant economic, management, and policy challenges. Policymakers and managers must choose what strategies to employ and how much to invest to prevent new introductions, monitor for new invasions, and control established invaders. These decisions hinge on a variety of factors, including the magnitude of the damages caused by invasive species, the regions impacted, control methods available, and institutional context. It is difficult to quantify or value damages, however, and the spread of biological invasions can lead to increasing damages over time in ways that evade accurate prediction. Invasive species also can advance across political or jurisdictional boundaries, requiring coordination among multiple entities, exacerbating the difficulties of control. At this RFF First Wednesday Seminar, panelists will tackle these issues from a variety of perspectives, including examination of recent efforts to quantify the impacts of invasive species on the Great Lakes ecosystem, discussion of cost-efficient strategies to manage new and established invaders, and exploration of how cross-jurisdictional spread of invasive species hinders management. A global perspective will be provided in an overview of the U.S. State Department's engagement on these issues, and novel approaches for combating invasive species through market creation will be discussed. The seminar will engage expert panelists to help forge insight to improved management and new strategies for reducing the enormous economic and ecological impacts of invasive species.

Moderator: Becky Epanchin-Niell, Fellow, Resources for the Future

Panelists: Roger Cooke, Chauncey Starr Senior Fellow, Resources for the Future Becky Epanchin-Niell, Fellow, Resources for the Future Adrianna Muir, Foreign Affairs Officer, U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Ocean and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs, Office of Ocean and Polar Affairs Jason Goldberg, Fish and Wildlife Biologist, U.S. Fish and Wildlife

Service, Branch of Aquatic Invasive Species

Registration is required. To RSVP for this event, please visit RFF's event registration page. This seminar will also be webcast live beginning at 12:45 p.m.
Have a question for the panel while watching the live webcast? Simply Tweet your question of fewer than 140 characters and include the hashtag #AskRFF. Watch the Q&A at the end of the event to see if it is selected.

At RFF's monthly First Wednesday Seminar series, scholars and experts exchange ideas and views with the RFF community on important energy, environmental, and natural resource topics.

You can't be what you can't see. MISS Representation - a documentary film by Jennifer Siebel Newsom. A free screening and panel discussion of this important film! Thursday, March 8, from 6:30-8:30 p.m. E Street Cinema 555 11th Street NW Pre-registration is required. Contact (202) 724-7690 or women@dc.gov Hosted by the DC Office on Women's Policy In celebration of International Women's Day!

Avery Lawrence: Moving A Tree and Arranging Suitcases (March 9-April 21) Opening Reception Friday, March 9, 6:00-8:00 p.m. Heiner Contemporary 1675 Wisconsin Avenue NW Washington, DC 20007

Heiner Contemporary is proud to present Moving A Tree and Arranging Suitcases, projects by New Orleans-based artist Avery Lawrence. The exhibition revolves around two films, which are supplemented by drawings, installation, photography and artist-designed wallpaper. Transforming himself to play diverse characters, Lawrence builds the films' narratives around tasks, which he uses to trace intimate family histories. He mixes personal memory and mythology to convey ideas of loss, transition, and reinvention.

New for this show, Arranging Suitcases charts a physical and emotional journey, which evolves around the experiences of three protagonists whose stories interweave to transport and ultimately unite a set of suitcases and reveal their contents. For this film Lawrence draws on the artistic traditions of Merce Cunningham, Francis Als, and Allora and Calzadilla. Hollywood as well as fine art films inform his film making as does a preoccupation with notions of futility and the absurd.

Moving A Tree documents and re-presents a performance centered on the story of a tree and the characters that destroy and then rebuild it. The narrative opens as the artist considers an ailing walnut tree and continues as he responds to a deep-seated drive to destroy it. Once the tree has been felled, Lawrence sets about rebuilding it piece by piece. He resurrects the tree through an enormous physical effort, but only in broken form. Through his destruction and rebuilding of the tree, Lawrence offers a poetic account of the ephemeral quality of all natural things.

Lawrence graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 2008 with a degree in Visual Studies. He was commissioned by Chester River Press to create 52 illustrations for a fine press printing of the Iliad and Odyssey. In 2009, he founded The Pomp, an experimental studio and print shop in

Charlottesville, VA. Lawrence premiered Moving A Tree at the 2011 (e)merge art fair in Washington, DC and showed it later that year at SCOPE Miami. The work has been featured in many publications, including New American Paintings Blog, ArtINFO, and Artnet.com. Lawrence lives and works in New Orleans, LA.

"Avery Lawrence: Moving A Tree and Arranging Suitcases" will be on view at Heiner Contemporary March 9 - April 21, 2012. The gallery will host an opening reception on Friday, March 9 from 6-8pm. Heiner Contemporary is located at 1675 Wisconsin Avenue, NW. For more information about the gallery and upcoming exhibitions, email info@heinercontemporary.com or visit the website at www.heinercontemporary.com.

PLEASE JOIN US FOR A CONVERSATION / BRUNCH Saturday, March 10, 12:00-2:00 p.m. G Fine Art 1350 Florida Avenue NE Washington, DC 20002

Ian Whitmore and Luis Silva will discuss the content, process and references circulating throughout A Devil, The Shadow, the Notice of a Small Falling Leaf

THE WASHINGTON POST Review: LINK: http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/offering-a-little-of-everything-inart/2012/02/22/gIQAFyIUWR_story.html

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Making Latin America and the Caribbean a More Equitable Society: Economic Growth, Education, and Corporate Social Responsibility
There has been a marked effort to collaborate and share best practices with our hemispheric partners as a means to collectively improve the quality of life for our citizens, produce a highly-skilled workforce and labor pool, and create business climates conducive to healthy commercial development that helps the vast majority of the population and provides for consumers who can afford to purchase goods. This regional education conference will facilitate a robust dialogue and substantive exchange of ideas on these topics which will eventually feed into the upcoming Sixth Summit of the Americas scheduled to be held in Cartagena, Colombia on April 14-15, 2012. Georgetown University, with support from the U.S. Departments of Commerce and State, will host this regional education conference entitled, Making Latin America and the Caribbean a More Equitable Society: Economic Growth, Education, and Corporate Social Responsibility on March 12-13, 2012. The conference will bring together leaders from throughout the Western Hemisphere to discuss strategies to improve our educational institutions so that our workforce is better prepared to compete in the global marketplace. Participants will include government officials; thought-leaders from academic institutions; pioneers in the business community; and representatives from civil society and international organizations. Dialogue on the Role of Corporations and Labor March 12, 2012 Organizations as Agents for Prosperity Welcome Reception

12:00PM-8:00PM

Georgetown University Gaston Hall 37th and O Streets, NW Washington, DC 20057

To see a draft agenda please click here: www.trade.gov/educationconference For more information contact Colleen Fisher at Colleen.Fisher@trade.gov / 202-482-3372 or Sugeily Fernandez at syf3@georgetown.edu/ 202-687-1040

RUMI FORUM
Presents "Deradicalizing Islamist Extremists"
with

Angel M. Rabasa
Senior Political Scientist, RAND Corporation

Wednesday March 13, 2012

12:00 - 1:30 p.m. at Rumi Forum 1150 17th Street NW, Suite 408, Washington, D.C. 20036 Free and open to the public (registration required) Light lunch will be served Please Click to RSVP

Considerable effort has been devoted to understanding the process of violent Islamist radicalization, but far less research has explored the equally important process of deradicalization, or how individuals or groups abandon extremist groups and ideologies. Proactive measures to prevent vulnerable individuals from radicalizing and to rehabilitate those who have already embraced extremism have been implemented, to varying degrees, in several Middle Eastern, Southeast Asian, and European countries. A key question is whether the objective of these programs should be disengagement (a change in behavior) or deradicalization (a change in beliefs) of militants. Rabasa will discuss the findings of the RAND monograph, Deradicalizing Islamist Extremists. The study analyzes deradicalization and counter-radicalization programs in the Middle East, Southeast Asia, and Europe assesses the strengths and weaknesses of these programs, and makes recommendations to governments on ways to promote and accelerate processes of deradicalization.

Dr. Angel M. Rabasa is a senior political scientist at the RAND Corporation. He has written extensively about extremism, terrorism, and insurgency. He is the lead author of The Lessons of Mumbai (2009); Radical islam in East Africa (2009); The Rise of Political Islam in Turkey (2008); Ungoverned Territories: Understanding and Reducing Terrorism Risks (2007); Building Moderate Muslim Networks (2007); Beyond al-Qaeda, Part 1: The Global Jihadist Movement and Part 2: The Outer Rings of the Terrorist Universe (2006); and The Muslim World After 9/11 (2004). He has completed the research on patterns of Islamist radicalization and terrorism in Europe, and is currently working on a project on deradicalization of Islamist extremists. Other works include the international institute for Strategic Studies Adelphi Paper No. 358, Political Islam in Southeast Asia: Moderates, Radicals, and Terrorists(2003); The Military and Democracy in Indonesia: Challenges, Politics, and Power(2002), with John Haseman; and Indonesia's Transformation and the Stability of Southeast Asia (2001), with Peter Chalk. Before joining RAND, Rabasa served in the U.S. Departments of State and Defense. He is a member of the international institute for Strategic Studies, the international Studies Association, and the American Foreign Service Association. Rabasa has a B.A. and Ph.D. in history from Harvard University and was a Knox Fellow at St. Antony's College, Oxford University.

The American Constitution Society for Law and Policy and Progress 2050 at the Center for American Progress invite you to attend:

Still Dreaming: Continuing the Legacy of the Civil Rights Movement through Criminal Justice Reform
On Tuesday, March 13, 2012, at 12:00 p.m., the American Constitution Society for Law and Policy (ACS) and Progress 2050 at the Center for American Progress (CAP) will host Still Dreaming: Continuing the Legacy of the Civil Rights Movement through Criminal Justice Reform. In March, the nation will commemorate Bloody Sunday and the Selma to

Montgomery marches of the Civil Rights Movement. This Movement represented a monumental shift in both the legal policies and social consciousness of America, and resulted in passage of landmark legislation such as the Civil Rights Act and the Voting Rights Act. But almost half a century later, deep layers of oppression have yet to be uprooted, a reality that is starkly evident in our criminal justice system today. People of color are still disproportionately profiled, incarcerated, and sentenced to death at alarming rates, leaving Martin Luther Kings dream of full racial equality and freedom yet unfulfilled. These disparities have led many to believe that criminal justice reform should be the civil rights movement of the 21st Century. Are there in fact litigators, policy advocates, and academics who are devoting their professional lives to continuing the legacy of the Civil Rights Movement through criminal justice work? If Dr. King were alive, would he prioritize criminal justice reform? Do criminal justice experts consider mass incarceration the new Jim Crow? Will this generation of civil rights and criminal justice advocates eradicate racial disparities in the criminal justice system in their lifetime? A panel of criminal justice and civil rights experts will consider these and other questions. Opening Remarks: Vanessa Crdenas, Director, Progress 2050 at the Center for American Progress Introduction: Kanya Bennett, Director of Programs for Criminal and Civil Justice, American Constitution Society for Law and Policy Panel Discussion will feature: Moderator, Deborah Berry, Reporter, Gannett News Service David Domenici, Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress Aderson B. Franois, Associate Professor, Howard University School of Law Christina Swarns, Director of the Criminal Justice Practice, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund Tracy Velzquez, Executive Director, Justice Policy Institute

Register Now
Thursday, March 13, 2012 12:00-1:30 p.m. Center for American Progress 1333 H Street NW, 10th Floor Washington, DC 20005

The panel discussion will take place from 12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m., with a light lunch being served at 11:30 a.m.

Arctic Cliffhangers Tuesday, March 13, 6:00-7:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 14, 6:00-7:30 p.m. Embassy of Canada 501 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, DC 20001 RSVP: http://www.eventbrite.com/event/2941747847 As part of the DC Environmental Film Festival Arctic Cliffhangers is the story of the cliff-dwelling inhabitants of the North, the prolific seabirds that represent some of Canadas most spectacular wildlife. Clambering over rugged coastal headlands and dangling into their precipitous and little-known world, an inquisitive biologist encounters an Arctic that is surprisingly colourful and teeming with life. He lives on the land with scientists and Inuit hunters, learning much about the dramatic complexity of the polar marine ecosystem. Through his adventures he discovers how todays vanishing sea ice is influencing marine life in Arctic waters, altering the way of life of Northern peoples.

Canadas Arctic seabirds are revealing much about the Earths changing oceans and climate. The film spotlights and interprets aspects of the biology and life history of seabirds, providing insights into the impacts of industrial pollution and the role that climate change plays in the transformation of marine ecosystems. In addition to communicating some of the latest scientific findings on polar marine research, Arctic Cliffhangers also documents the age-old hunting traditions carried on by Canadas aboriginal subsistence hunters.
versioned in English, French & Inuktitut runtimes: 60 and 52 minutes shot and mastered in HD Winner Best Wildlife Film at 2010 San Francisco Ocean Film Festival John Muir Film Award at 2010 Yosemite Film Festival Official Selection 2010 Ocean Film Festival Wild & Scenic Film Festival PolarCinema Film Festival Blue Planet Film Festival

Immediately following the screening will be a short Q&A and reception. The 2 co-directors/producers, Julia Szucs and Stephen Smith will be attending. Also attending will be Adamie Magniuk, one of the aboriginal subsistence hunters, featured in the film. Reservations must be received by 12:00 noon the day prior to the screening. Full names are required for all attendees and government photo identification must be shown. Failure to provide proper identification will bar you for attending the event. Embassy theatre space is strictly limited. Seating will begin one half hour before screening. Please arrive at least 15 minutes before show time
http://www.meltwatermedia.ca/site/Arctic-Cliffhangers-trailer.html

Still a Better Deal: Private Investment vs. Social Security CAPITOL HILL BRIEFING Wednesday, March 14, 12:00 p.m. Lunch Included B-340 Rayburn House Office Building Cato events on Capitol Hill are free of charge and open to the public. To register for this event: http://www.cato.org/event.php?eventid=9047

Featuring Michael Tanner, Senior Fellow, Cato Institute; moderated by Laura Odato, Manager of Government Affairs, Cato Institute. Critics of private investment of Social Security taxes have long pointed to the supposed dangers of an unstable market as creating conditions too risky to allow workers personal choice in planning for retirement. Indeed, the financial crisis is often used to bolster the argument that retirement funds are best left in the safe hands of the state, but how true is this claim? In a new Cato study, "Still a Better Deal: Private Investment vs. Social Security," Cato Senior Fellow Michael Tanner demonstrates that actual investment returns over the past 40 years show that a system of private investment will, in fact, provide significantly higher rates of return than the current Social Security system. Please join us for a conversation with Michael as he discusses this latest policy analysis and challenges the myth of the superiority of the Social Security safety net.

Chair giveaway details: HouseBeautiful.com/Green Color it Green Party Thursday, March 15, 6 to 8 p.m. Room & Board Washington, D.C. store 1840 14th Street, NW Washington, D.C. 20009 202.729.8300 Get directions RSVP here