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4 Big Screen TV's + 1 TV at the Bar   Wednesday, June 26th 3:00 p.m. Brazil vs. Uruguay   Thursday, June 27th 3:00 p.m. Spain vs. Italy Hi, all -- The carbon pollution that causes climate change isn't a distant threat, the risk to public health isn't a hypothetical, and it's clear we have a moral obligation to act. The 12 hottest years on record have all come in the last 15 years, and 2012 was the hottest one we've ever recorded. When carbon pollutes the air, the risk of asthma attacks increases. When the Earth's atmosphere fundamentally changes, we see more heat waves, droughts, wildfires, and floods. These events also create an economic imperative to act. When farms wash away and crops wilt, food prices go up. Last year, we saw 11 different weather disasters that each cost the United States more than $1 billion. And confronting this challenge isn't just about preventing disaster -- it's also about moving America forward in a way that creates hundreds of thousands of good, new, clean energy jobs. It's about wasting less energy, which saves money for every business and every family in America. So the debate's over. It's time for action.  Here's what President Obama is announcing today. Check it out, then help to spread the word. First, he's laying out a plan to cut carbon pollution in America -- by working to cut pollution from power plants, protect the health of our kids, boost clean energy, and revamp our transportation sector for the 21st century. Second, he's preparing the United States for the impacts of these changes -- by building stronger, safer communities and developing resources to make our country more resilient. And finally, he's leading international efforts to combat global climate change. We've put together a graphic that breaks this all down -- from the effects we're already seeing to the specific actions we're going to take to lead this fight. No single step can reverse the effects of climate change, but that's no excuse for inaction. We have a moral obligation to leave our kids a planet that's not broken and polluted. So here's what we're going to do: http://www.whitehouse.gov/share/climate-action-plan
Brazil: Midyear Economic and Political Outlook Hosted by Join us at the Brazil: Midyear Economic and Political Outlook on Wednesday, July 17, 2013. This annual seminar provides insight and perspective on macro economy, policy challenges and investment opportunities.    Location                                Debevoise & Plimpton LLP 919 Third Avenue (at 55th Street) 35th Floor New York City Agenda                                8:00 a.m.          Registration, Breakfast and Networking Session    8:30 a.m.          Panel Discussion    Moderator: Paulo Vieira da Cunha, Partner and Head of Research, EMVal Partners, LLC Paulo Vieira da Cunha is a Partner and Head of Research at EMVAL Partners. Mr. Vieira da Cunha completed a two-year appointment as Deputy Governor at the Central Bank of Brazil, where he was also a member of the Bank's Monetary Policy Committee (COPOM). For nearly a decade, he produced and managed research on Latin America for the global securities industry, first at Lehman Brothers and later at HSBC. Mr. Vieira da Cunha holds a Ph.D. from the University of California at Berkeley.    Panelists: Márcio Garcia, Associate Professor, PUC-RIO Márcio Garcia is associate professor at PUC-Rio, Brazil, since 1991, having already served as Department Chairman and Director of both Graduate and Undergraduate Studies. During 2013, he is visiting the Sloan School, MIT, and the NBER. He holds a Ph.D. from Stanford University Economics Department. His areas of research are International Finance and Monetary Economics. Marcio has been visiting professor/scholar at the economics departments of Stanford, Chicago, and MIT, in the US, and at Paris School of Economics (then, DELTA) and Université D'Evry-Val-D'Essone, in France. He has consulted for international and Brazilian institutions, as The World Bank, IMF, IADB, ECLAC/UN, BM&F Bovespa, BNDES, Icatu, ANBID, NEO Investimentos, and others. He is a member of the Bellagio Group. Paulo P. Miguel, Partner and Chief Economist, Quest Investimentos Since March 2005 Paulo Miguel is Partner and Chief Economist responsible for the Macroeconomic Research at Quest Investimentos. Paulo was responsible for derivatives products and local markets at Banco Itaú from 2002 to 2005. Previously, he worked as Economic and Research Director at Banco Interatlântico, among other positions. From 2002 to 2006 he was professor of international finance at Insper. He also routinely contributes with Folha de São Paulo, a major Brazilian daily newspaper. Paulo holds a Master's Degree in Economics from Universidade de São Paulo and a Master's Degree in Business from INSEAD. Marcos Troyjo, Director, BRICLab, Columbia University Marcos Troyjo is Director of BRICLab at Columbia University in New York, a forum on Brazil, Russia, India, and China. He teaches The Rise of BRIC at Columbia-SIPA and is a lecturer at Ibmec University in Brazil. Mr. Troyjo is Founder of the Center for Business Diplomacy, an independent think-tank on global entrepreneurship. He holds a PhD in Sociology of International Relations from the University of São Paulo and pursued postdoctoral studies at Columbia University. An economist and political scientist, he is an alumnus of The Rio Branco Institute (Instituto Rio Branco), the graduate school of international relations and diplomatic academy of Brazil's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He undertook additional graduate studies at the Harvard Kennedy School. Mr. Troyjo is a visiting scholar at the Centre d`Études sur l`Actuel et le Quotidien, Université Paris Descartes (Sorbonne), and a member of the International Schumpeter Society. He worked as a career diplomat and was Press Secretary at the Brazilian Mission to the United Nations in New York and Chief of Staff of the Science and Technology Department of Brazil's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He is a regular op-ed contributor and commentator for print and electronic media outlets in Brazil and around the world. He serves on the Advisory Board of numerous companies as well as not-for-profit institutions. Mr. Troyjo has been chosen one of "The Outstanding Young Persons of the World - TOYP" by the Junior Chamber International in 2004. He was the winner of the "Latin America Fellowship - 2005" awarded by the Rt. Hon Helen Clark, former Prime Minister of New Zealand. He was also given the "Leadership for Social Change" award by the Brazil Foundation in New York in 2001. Mr. Troyjo is the author of books on development and global affairs including Trading Nation: Power & Prosperity in the 21st Century, listed by Americas Quarterly as one of the best new books on policy, economics, and business launched in the hemisphere in 2007. Maria Claudia Ribeiro de Castro, Global Fixed Income Team, OppenheimerFunds    10:30 a.m.         Program Concludes   Brazilian Teak Investment   Forestry has consistently out-performed most stocks and commodities over the last 100 years including oil, gas and gold. With 15 year old timber, your tree's value increases from day 1! 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