odc creates artists. if it were not for them, i would not be culturally and meat -- aware of anything other than what i saw on tv. it was not for dance, i would not be motivate or even interesting. their program maintenance available to me and gave me direction and i'm so immensely grateful for that. a few months ago, i created a piece for the students of international studies academy to perform. when beautifully. my goal was to get them interested in dance and specifically odc. i promoted and encouraged these goals -- rose to pursue their interest in dance for which it did for me. i am here for those girls and i ask you to support the mayor's proposed budget for the arts and cultural organization. so that performance programs like odc can continue to exist for them. thank you. supervisor chu: thank you. is that the final speaker? one final speaker. two final speakers. >> my name is sally ting. i am part of the exploritorium high school program. i have learned a lot of this program as far as work experien

of the rule that might have been relevant, and again, we're still looking at that situation as our odcen the control of governance aspects of it. and that might have potentially changed the outcome. >> mark and then we'll go to greg ross. >> mark gregory, bbc. how much worse will the situation in europe have to get before it starts seriously denting the prospects for recovery in the american economy and thus really changing the direction of fed's policymaking? >> well, we hope it doesn't get worse. i think it's already one of the factors that has been a drag on the u.s. recovery. not the only factor by any means.recovery. not the only factor. there are a number of others that i mentioned, but it's been having an effect on other countries as well. countries that export to europe. so it is a significant issue. we are hopeful that europe will take additional measures and do all that's necessary to stabilize the situation and to provide the basis for an on going stable structure in which banks and sovereigns are both stabilized and there is a program for growth, and in which fiscal arrange