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Here's something I bet you haven't thought of. . .
You know that whole shouting match about global warming?
[Foil {wearing Viking-type hat}: Yeah! And I'm sick of it! {Explosion with smoke—BOOM!}]
What's with the hat and smoke?
[Foil (aside): I'll be playing devil's advocate. Lay off—it's the best I could do for horns and brimstone.]
Okay. I know it seems like such a noisy mess that it's easy to tune out. But here's a thought for you: while we debate whether humans can really change the climate or not, we are at the same time running the experiment. The kicker is, no matter what the outcome of the experiment, we're in the test tube! So it seems clear that we'd better get to the bottom of the controversy as quick as possible.
[Foil: But how do you know which side to believe?]
Well, what if I told you I've got a way to look at it where you don't need to believe anyone, but can still decide with confidence what we should do?
[Foil: What're you smokin'? That sound impossible.]
Yeah, I thought so too, so I put it out there in a video, and after being critiqued by thousands of people, I think I've now got a conclusion that is pretty much undeniable.
[Foil: We'll see about that. FLASH]
So here's the reasoning in a nutshell. If you want more detail, watch for the index at the end of the video:
[At board, with "You can never be 100% certain, so EVERY CHOICE CARRIES A RISK. Activists warn: Upheaval and destruction. Skeptics warn: severe economic harm."]
First off, no one's perfect. So any choice you make brings with it a risk if your choice turns out to be a mistake. Given that, which risk would you rather take: listen to the activists and take big action now, risking the possible harm to the economy that the skeptics warn us about, or listen to the skeptics and don't take big action now, risking the possible destruction and upheaval that the activists warn us about. Bottom line is, which is the more acceptable risk: the risk of taking action, or the risk of not taking action?
[Foil: Um, geez—when you put it that way. . .{starts to take horns off}]
Hey, don't just accept what I say! I'm just some guy. Think it through for yourself!
[Foil: Okay, okay. {Puts hat back on.} Wait a minute—global warming isn't caused by humans in the first place—I've seen lots of evidence for that. So you're presenting a false choice!]
Are you infallible?
[Foil: No.]
Could you be wrong?
[Foil: Yes.]
So the question "which is the more acceptable risk" still applies doesn't it?
[Foil: {acidly} Fine. But it's still a loaded question.]
Well, take a look at where the question came from, and see if you agree that it's a valid one.
If you need to make a decision when things are unclear—like we do with global warming—it's useful to look at the different possibilities for the future.
The first possibility is whether human-caused global warming is real or not. We'll put F for the future where it turned out to be false, and T for true.
The other possibility is what action we end up taking. Let's make column A action, and column B no action.
So that gives us a grid that sketches out four basic possibilities for our future.
What might each of these futures look like?
First is the future where we did take action, and global warming turned out not to be real after all. Let's take the most pessimistic view and say there's significant harm to the economy, with no positive benefits.
What about this box? We didn't take action, and we didn't need to. Everybody celebrates: the skeptics because they were right, and the activists because it wasn't the end of the world after all.
How about this box? We took action, and it was a good thing, too, because here the doomsayers were right. We've still got the economic costs, but everyone's okay with that, because we saved our cookies.
Now how about this box? The doomsayers were right, but we listened to the skeptics, and didn't act. If we took a pessimistic view up here, let's do the same thing down here. Well, you've heard this story before: disasters—environmental, political, social, public health, and economic—on a global scale.
Obviously, this is grossly simplified. The smiley faces should give that away. But we can say the future will fall roughly into one of these four boxes.
Most of the shouting match is about trying to predict which row the future will fall into, which we can't know for certain until we get there.
What we can know, because we control it, is which column the future will not fall into. Because by taking action or not, we are choosing a column, and that eliminates the risk in the other column.
It's a bit like buying a lottery ticket—we choose ticket A or ticket B with its risk, and wait to see what the laws of physics dish out as our result.
One way or the other, we're taking a risk: so which risk is more acceptable, the risk of taking action, or the risk of not taking action?
[Foil: Hey. . . that sounds good, but the logic is bogus. Wouldn't that grid argue for action on any possible threat? No matter how costly the action, or how ridiculous the threat, like Giant Mutant Space Hamsters? Because according to that it's better to go broke making giant rodent traps than to even risk the possibility of becoming Hamster Chow, right? So that grid is useless. FLASH!]
Yeah, I totally agree with you.
[Foil: What??]
The grid by itself isn't a silver bullet. But what it does do is it allows us to make a decision using uncertain knowledge by changing the question from "Are humans affecting the climate?" to the real question "What's the wisest thing to do, given the uncertainties and the risks?" Really, it's just basic risk management. So to get around your hamster argument, we need to get a sense of how likely each row is.
[Foil: Why can't we just wait until the science is finished, and then we'll know what to do?]
Well for one thing, that doesn't avoid risk, because that's the same as just choosing column B, which is where we sit right now. And for another thing, science is never finished—we're still studying the law of gravity for Pete's sake! As a science teacher, I can tell you that science—that most precise and geeky of all human endeavors—is surprisingly never certain! Every single scientific statement carries with it some sort of estimate of how big the uncertainty is. Which is part of why there will almost always be some disagreement on any scientific question.
[Foil: But where does that leave us, if anything any scientist says is accompanied by a sort of "but I could be wrong"?]
The trick is to not look at what individual scientists are saying, but instead look at what the professional organizations are saying. The more prestigious they are, the more weight you can give to their statements, because they've got huge reputations to uphold, and don't want to ever say something that later makes them look foolish.
Probably the two most well-respected of these in the world are NAS [hold up whiteboard reading "the U.S. National Academy of Sciences"], and AAAS [hold up whiteboard reading "the American Association for the Advancement of Science"]. These are not advocacy groups, but both recently issued unprecedented statements calling for big action now on global warming. This isn't a bunch of hippies. These are the nerdiest people on the planet.
[Foil: So trust the eggheads, huh? Basically you're saying "If NAS and AAAS said so, who the heck are you to argue?"]
No. Well, sorta. I mean, who else are you going to believe on a scientific issue? But remember, you still don't have to believe them. You're just using the fact that two such stodgy institutions staked their reputations on this, to get a sense that this row must be way more likely than this row, pushing this line up.
Even companies such as these [pull off sheet on board to reveal the words "USCAP agrees that the world must preserve the possibility of stabilizing the climate at a level that would avert the most dangerous impacts of climate change" with list of companies beneath] are calling for emissions caps—on their own industries!—pushing the line up even further. Now the conclusion is clear, since we've got solid reasons to believe on our own that this is a much more threatening risk than this—not only in potential damage, but in likelihood as well.
[Foil: Okay, I can see that. But if the statements from those groups are such a slam dunk, then why do we still hear so much debate?]
Well, there is a handful of dissenting scientists—like there always is—and a media that knows that controversy sells. But I found a couple polls that suggest it's the lack of absolute certainty that's holding people back, which is a little odd to me. We buy car insurance without being certain that we'll get into an accident, because we want make sure that if it does happen, we don't end up broke.
And during WWII, just the possibility that Hitler might be developing an atomic bomb was enough of a threat to justify all-out action. If you were a voter back then and it was public knowledge, would you have insisted that every scientist interviewed thought such a bomb was possible before supporting the Manhattan Project? Would you have held out until you understood the physics? No. So why are Joe Schmoes like you and me still debating the finer points of climate science instead of talking about risk management?
[Foil: Well, there's a gajillion causes out there already screaming for my attention and money. "Save the Planet" and stuff.]
Look, it's not the planet that I care about. It'll do fine on its own. What I care about is saving our bacon. And I understand how overwhelming it is when you hear cries about {places placards on the table, while speaking increasingly quickly}
save the whales, or the rainforests, or the children,
or air pollution, water pollution, light pollution,
toxic waste, nuclear waste, government waste, corporate waste,
Peak Oil, Snake Oil,
flag burning, wire-tapping, gay marrying, immigrating,
ANWR, Anbar,
gun rights, human rights, water rights, right to life, abortion rights.
Whew! Where do you start?
Well, let me suggest a way to prioritize. All of these [sweep off desk with a CRASH] will be peanuts, if the worst of this [place placard reading "global warming"] comes to pass.
[Foil: Oooo, way to go, Mr. Smarty-Pants. {points to floor} You just managed to tick off pretty much everybody. How come your pet crusade trumps everyone else's?]
Because on the outside chance that the worst of global warming does happen {place placards reading "floods, droughts, hurricanes, wildfires, dustbowls, famine, epidemics, refugees, wars, economic collapse" while talking}, we'll be so busy dealing with the fallout that most all other human concerns may seem like rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic. I mean who's really going to care if some protester wants to burn the flag on the courthouse lawn when the whole city's flooded?
[Foil: But why the hysteria? What's the big deal about a degree or two?]
Yeah. Turns out it's not the warming that gets ya. It's the way that such a quick change throws a monkey wrench in the whole system. That's why global "warming" is a misleading name, and global "climate change" is only a little better. Really, what we're talking about is "global climate destabilization." And it gets worse. Because just in the last 5 years we've learned that this may happen very abruptly, like within the span of a decade. It may turn out to be like pushing a light switch: small pushes in the past have created only small results, until you hit an unexpected tipping point.
[Foil: Man, we're totally hosed. We're going back to the Dark Ages, aren't we?]
Disturbing, isn't it? Actually, there's a lot of reason to believe we can fix this—maybe even without reducing our standard of living. If we're quick about it.
[Foil: But what difference can I make? I'm just one guy. . . with a stupid hat.]
What you do is—spread the word! Because the only way we really get into column A. . . is by policy changes. And those only happen when enough people demand it. So you forward this video to others. If they forward it to ten others, and so on, in just 4 steps, that's over ten thousand people that may have their opinions influenced. That's power. Use it.
This is likely to be the greatest threat that humanity has ever faced. Think that's overblown? Maybe. But can you be so certain that you're willing to bet everything? Because we only get to run this experiment once.
Hopefully this idea of risk management will end the debate. How the world ends up? Well, that depends in part on you. And what you do next.
We have greatness within us—innovative, giving, determined. It's time for the best in us to come out.
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Obviously people were offended by me telling them they are idiots for not reading clearly labeled levels that told you exactly what to do, so I am sorry that you unfairly reviewed my game just to get help.
There is no menu bug it was a border, just to make it more colorful
Lots of people couldn't beat level 11 so it has been removed from the game, you will have to restart your games, but this way people can beat the game.
This game is not a rip off of any other game, this game has been in the process for over a month which is longer than the EXP had been working on his game Scorechanites which is similar in some ways but he nor us knew anyone else was working on the idea at this point, so please do not make comments about us ripping anyone off, we do not mean to say that the EXP stole our idea, we both came up with the same idea somehow.
This game has been in the makings for over a month now, and is finally complete this is the biggest project we have done together so please, enjoy the game and try to beat it. We are entirely glad to hear your honest thoughts about our new game, for the first few days I (Decade) will be responding to most of the reviews.
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i played for a really long time very fun and made me think so good combination maybe u could make the worker guys faster
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So cute and beautiful and the music is awesome, where can i get it, i assume it|s a remix of some classical song, isn|t it.
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Slightly reminescent of Sokoban and Lemmings. My only complaints are the difficulty(a tad easy), and the spikes/jumping. It is way to easy to mess up and land on spikes.
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- Outstanding but small platescapebetsyDined on 9/27/2014The food, service and atmosphere are spectacular...the servings however, are quite small and, as one can imagine, the prices arehigh. That being said, the gorgeous setting overlooking MOMA'S sculpture garden, the food itself were absolutely wonderful. A real NY gem.
- Saturday Sunset SupperFrandancesVIPDined on 9/27/2014Our Saturday supper at The Modern was perfect choice! We ended our daytime activities at MOMA, closed it down at 5:30 p.m., then enjoyed an early meal to kick off the evening. The host staff was excellent (in demeanor and dress), made us immediately feel welcome (even if we were in our Saturday afternoon clothes!). My husband, teenage son and I ate from every selection on the menu, and ended with two wonderful desserts. Finally, a special shout-out to Tye Anderson who was our charming, gracious and timely server, made delightful conversation, too!Special Features:
- They Surprised Us!!!ImpressMeDined on 9/27/2014There is a person who is constantly watching the tables to make sure we did not run out of anything and no one waited too long. We felt restaurant pampered. The food was excellent and the servings very generous. Each dish was textured which made the meal delicious and interesting. The Funnel Cake desert is delicious, different, and fun to eat. I had mentioned to one of the waiters who so diligently served us that we were there for my daughter's B'day. At the end of our meal they brought to our table their cookie and candy desert tray with a lit candle on it and when we left my daughter's to go bag had a B'day card in it!!!! My daughter is not a little kid - she if 44 yesterday. We loved it! Everyone there was so nice to us!!!Special Features:
- table service good, bar not so muchkaykayVIPDined on 9/26/2014a martini should be cold and served in a proper glass, neither of which happened here. disappointing and a bit affected. table service and food much better.
- Spend time with the cocktail list!TravelingFoodieDined on 9/20/2014The Modern never fails to deliver. I was skeptical with the change in chef but this gem did not miss a step. Hard to believe that the cocktail menu exceeded expectation with one of the best bourbon drinks I have had in a long time. Tuna sliders were amazing. Scallops were perfect. Bread warm from the oven fantastic. The lobster sausage was a bit bland and they snuck unexpected oysters in the sauce. Dessert was comprised of the most fun and sophisticated funnel cake ever! Skip the caramel icecream side and ask for double pineapple. Trust me on that one. All in all a memorable experience as always.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Quality diningWalkToDineDined on 9/20/2014Portions were somewhat small, but otherwise everything about The Modern - Bar Room is great! From the endless stream of warm tiny baguettes, to the terrific bathroom, to the artful fresh flower decorations, the atmosphere was just great.Special Features:
- Fabulous dinner at The ModernOpenTable Diner Since 2012Dined on 9/20/2014The food was outstanding and the service was efficient without being overbearing. The wine list is extensive and was made even more interesting by the interaction with Courtney, the Sommelier.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- NOT GOOD REVIEWOpenTable Diner Since 2005VIPDined on 9/17/2014At the The Modern - Bar Room they do not respect the hour of reservation we have to wait 35 minutes before going to the table one of the persons did not receive what she order thy should respect more there costumersSpecial Features:
- A PERFECT MATCH WITH MOMAjscvirerDined on 9/17/2014Very good food and service. We were lucky to have the opportunity to profit from the truffle season menu, the fettuccine and the beef en croute were perfect and delicious.Special Features:
- An oasis for New Yorkers in midtownMikey10002Dined on 9/16/2014Great service, food and atmosphere. Been before and will again and again.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- RemiVIPDined on 8/16/2014Other than the noise level, everything about the Bar Room at the Modern is perfect. The bread is delicious, the appetizers were fantastic, and the main courses as well. My husband loved the pork. The only complaint is the portion size, but the quality of the food is superb. The prices are on the steep side as well, but the tastes and the combination of flavors for all the dishes were exceptional.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Exceptional!!!FTNYSFDined on 8/16/2014It is nice and refreshing to go to a place where the client matters, and a tremendous job is being done here. The food goes without saying, exceptional on all levels. Great experience, Job well done, you sure can expect me to recommend this place to all my friends, and I am looking forward to many returns. Keep up the excellent work!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- LovelybigfanDined on 8/13/2014Just right. Perfect portion sizes, bright summery flavors, impeccable service, fun pre-theater crowd. Already looking forward to the next time.Special Features:
- RemiVIPDined on 8/12/2014Although the tables are small and close together in the bar, we were lucky not to be sandwiched in between two other twos. Other than that, our experience was delightful. Creative, delicious food, professional service. We'll be back soon!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Miss the way it was!UmbertoDined on 8/12/2014For years this has been one of my favorite places for lunch. I love the location and the space. Recently found new menu and missed my favorites! Maybe would have been ok but the execution was poor. Bread was hard. Wine was under poured, hamachi was tasty but so heavy on cream with too many ingredients. Seemed like too much was going on. I had the roasted eggplant as well and couldn't cut through parts of it. So half of a small dish was not edible. Such a bummer. I guess this place will now be relegated to a drink spot. The menu used to feel clean and precise and suited to the setting. It's a strange mix now and doesn't feel very modern.
- Not as good as expectedRenatoDined on 8/11/2014I came to this restaurant every time that visit New York. Have been at the bar restaurant many times and have to say that this time the food was not so wonderful. Would say average at most. Definitely something in the kitchen has changed for bad..Special Features:
- OpenTable Diner Since 2006VIPDined on 8/10/2014Even with a reduced selection of choices for appetizers and main courses, the menu has something for everyone. The melon and tomato salad is very tasty. The sommelier is helpful and knows the inventive wine list. After many meals in the Bar Room, it continues to be a lovely space for a leisurely and delicious dinner.Special Features:
- OpenTable Diner Since 2012VIPDined on 8/10/2014We have been here many times and it is always excellent This dinner did not disappoint. I had summer bean salad and scallops. The bean salad was remarkable in terms of the variety and quality of the beans. Could almost make me a vegetarian! Service is also always excellent. The room is very well-designed. although it is an interior space there is photo mural of trees that is very well done and provides a nice frame to the setting.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- DeenahVIPDined on 8/10/2014We have been eating here for many years. It is a great destination if you are in midtown and we particularly like the all day seating. We often eat here on Saturday and Sunday for lunch - a time when it is hard to find good food that is not brunch. The servers change over time but are always helpful and on top of the timing and the quality of the food. We recently had a dish that was undercooked. This was the first time we ever had to send something back. The server and the manager were very apologetic. The second serving of the dish came out quite rapidly - not a reheated version - as we had theater to go to. Then we were presented with a gift of an additional dessert to go. Good thinking.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Special placeFoodiewineloverVIPDined on 8/6/2014Best of all Danny Meyer restaurants, it offers wonderful, non-precious food, great service and a wonderful view of MOMA's sculpture garden. Best dining experience and though not cheap, best value we've had in NYC in quite a while.Special Features:
- Great but priceyOpenTable Diner Since 2006VIPDined on 8/4/2014It's all great, but small plates that are the price of full entrees is a bit much. Went on a corporate card and was happy it wasn't coming out of my pocket...Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Second time backlondondubaiVIPDined on 8/2/2014We returned to the Modern- Bar room after we discovered it as a great place for a quick dinner. The Bar Room has nice decent size tables, relatively quiet but still with a buzzing atmosphere. Food quality and presentation is extremely good, service is friendly and efficient. Great for lunch or dinner.
- Very Good...MCJTDined on 8/1/2014We went here on a suggestion from a friend and we were very happy we did. Food was amazing! Staff was very friendly and helpful.Special Features:
- OverratedFoodieamyVIPDined on 7/30/2014Loud, uncomfortable small tables, food over-dressed, and not deserving of the $600 price (including tip) for a party of 4. I expected more.
- Outstanding service - great settingCAandMAVIPDined on 7/29/2014The food continues to be excellent and the service is truly outstanding.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Small Pricey BitesleighVIPDined on 7/27/2014This lovely space and gracious hosts is obscured by the extremely small plates (of yummy food) at exorbitant prices. If the prices were more in line I would return again and again. We tasted delicious gnocchi - there may have been 4 tiny ones with summer squash, a tiny bean salad and a crispy chicken breast. I am a small eater and I left wanting. Sad.
- eat before you gooberoDined on 7/23/2014While the food is good the portions are ridiculously small, but priced like full sized portions, needless to say. And while the place is swarming with attendants, the service is surprisingly inattentive!?! The drinks are good.Special Features:
- Amazing FoodclosetfoodieVIPDined on 7/22/2014The food and service were great. A little loud, but we were in the Bar Room so that is to be expected.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Always a pleasureRestaurantmavenVIPDined on 7/21/2014Returning to the Modern Bar for an informal but high quality lunch is always a pleasure. The summer salad with peaches was savory and sweet--just delightful. The Salmon was cooked perfectly ( and we had not specified the level of cooking desired). The dessert was scrumptious. The wait staff was attentive but a little pushy, trying to encourage us to order more dishes than necessary and clearing our plates when one of us was still eating. All and all, it was a fun, tasty experience.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- A reminder that change can be goodDemandingDinerVIPDined on 7/20/2014While a few old favorites are gone, the new items are even better. The constantly evolving menu is a genuine adventure - not a cliché on the list, and everything lives up to its promise. It is great to see new life in a place that may have been coasting for awhile.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Contemporary atmosphereOpenTable Diner Since 2005VIPDined on 7/20/2014Contemporary restaurant with nice ambience. Many of the guests are visiting MoMA and have stopped in for dinner. Food average. Small portions, high price.
- Still a fan, but...PickyDined on 7/15/2014I love the place but I prefer the previous chef's style. So glad they kept the bacon/gruyere tart.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- OpenTable Diner Since 2011Dined on 7/14/2014Food was better previously - reads better tha the execution. All over salted, bright wrong starter for one person, presentation still very pretty, charge for bar nuts& olives egregious (asked for nibbles as we were waiting for the 3rd of our party, those were brought over to our table, no mention of charge)Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- great art great fooddisappointingVIPDined on 7/14/2014I have been to The Modern many times and it never disappoints. The menu changes which is a good thing. Seeing an exhibit then having a wonderful lunch or dinner is the perfect day. The food is excellent the service impeccable, the room attractive. Definitely make it your business to dine here...art or not.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Warm and chic at the same timeKarenDined on 7/14/2014The food here is always tasty in an interesting way, and the small portions make it possible to have several taste bombs. ThereS a funny carrot dish that Bugs would love.Special Features:
- Great!FlorenceDined on 7/12/2014Finally, a restaurant around the theatre district that's not cheesy and trying to rip you off by putting tons of stuff on your table! Great food, nice ambiance and no loud background music or the unavoidable DJ!!Special Features:
- montrealchloeDined on 7/11/2014Perfect Friday night out following MOMA visit. The food waas quite good - we ate at the bar which we preferred to the main room. Service was excellent.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Losing qualityOpenTable Diner Since 2013VIPDined on 7/3/2014The new menu (and I assume chef) has drastically changed the quality of The Modern - Bar Room. I am not sure why, but the entire dining experience has declined in quality. It may have been the holiday weekend, but this was really not a good experience.


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Barack Obama invoked the ghost of Harry Truman Thursday, telling the nation that the "buck stops with me" for the security failures that let a nutcase with an underwear bomb get on a plane on Christmas Day.
But Obama is speaking, once again, out of both sides of his mouth. He continues to blame the failings of his Presidency on George W. Bush.
While the President went before the cameras to claim he bears the final responsibility, White House aides spun the story to say the breakdown in security is a holdover from lapses in the Bush administration.
Yet many of these same Democrats blamed Bush for the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2001: Just short of nine months into Dubya's presidency.
Republicans join the hypocrisy by heaping blame on Obama for the current problems while forgetting that they were lining up to blame Bush's predecessor — Bill Clinton — for the 9/11 attacks.
There's no doubt that the people charged with protecting Americans from madmen with bombs continue to drop the ball. Our various intelligence agences weren't talking to each other and failed to connect the dots with all the warning signs out there before 9-11. Now that a terrorist managed to get explosives on a plane less than a month ago we find out that more than eight years later our various agencies are — surprise, surprise — not talking to each other or sharing information.
So, of course, they failed to connect the dots.
The old Washington blame game takes over. It's always someone else's fault.
Obama's rhetoric on Thursday made for good sound bites on the evening news but, given past promises by others, should be expect it to be anything more than rhetoric?
Good question. With politicians on both side of the political fence so busy pointing the finger of blame at each other they once again overlook the obvious.
It ain't the party in power that's the problem.
It's the system.
Even with Bush's creation of the massive Department of Homeland Security bureaucracy, the task of keeping this country safe lies with competing agencies with competing agendas and different goals.
The FBI, CIA, NSA and others in the alphabet soup of agencies each see themselves as lead in the battle, not part of a team. The Pentagon adds another monkey wrench to the rusting gears by waging its on "war on terror" with little or no cooperation with others.
The system is a government into itself, impervious to control, unfettered by law and oblivious to the intent of elected officials at either end of the National Mall.
Obama doesn't help the situation with all the mixed signals he sends from his scatter-gun approach to governing. He blames the Bush administration for massive failures in wars on terror and in Irag and Afghanistan and then keeps Bush's Secretary of Defense on the job. He talks about bringing change but nominates another ethically-challenged political hack to run the Department of Homeland Security.
Obama's doublespeak Thursday shows nothing really has changed since he swept into office in a tidal wave on lofty, but still unfufilled, promises.
The buck may stop at his desk but it will get lost in the clutter of a muddled Presidency.
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And once again we fail to address the underlying motivation for terrorism against our country and its people – America's genocidal romp through the middle east.
Our glorious, self-righteous crusade to bring "democracy" to a people that simply do not want it. And can we really blame them? Take a hard look at our own self-centered, decadent society.
While we may not necessarily embrace their way of life or their governmental ideologies, we have no right to interfere with their way of life. These societies have endured for thousands of years and whether we like it or not, they have the inherent, natural right to self-government and autonomy.
What we Americans lack these days is an understanding of what drives others to terror. Or maybe we've been so saturated with propaganda that rational, honest introspection has become all but impossible. We've been told time and again how necessary this is for our very survival as a nation.
With all the talk of diversity and appreciation of different peoples here at home, we don't seem capable of employing that mindset when it comes to the middle east. They hate us for our freedoms so we have to clamp down on theirs – and our own.
I for one would love to visit the middle east and be welcomed as a friend, to learn of their way of life and appreciate their long history. It wasn't that long ago that such was the case. I fear it will never be that way again.
I find it interesting that we feel the need to destroy what we later come to admire and appreciate. One need only look at our own treatment of the American Indians. Will we later come to appreciate these historic societies once we've utterly destroyed them?
With all the talk of the upcoming mid-term elections and cleaning house, we have a unique opportunity to send a clear message to Washington that endless wars of conquest is not what the people want. After all, it is the people that are the targets of terror.
Regardless of the rhetoric, repeatedly swatting the hornets nest of the middle east is not in our national interest, and surely doesn't make us any safer.
Superb, spot-on analysis and commentary Griff…! : )
Carl Nemo **==
Thanks Doug for your thoughts concerning another day in 'Obamaland'.
I was personally outraged that he had the hubris to identify himself with President Truman with his "the buck stops here" quip. Yeah right!? Notice too he's not replacing a single "dud" that he's appointed to oversee our national security and protection. It's time for more donuts and coffee for that crowd while they all yuck, yuck, geck geck back at their cush offices.
He lied to the American people to make it to our hightest office, he's been "gifted" a Nobel 'Peace' Prize and now he self identifies himself with a true giant in American history a man who had the tail end of WWII dropped in his lap post Roosevelt's death and had to make serious decisions as to how we could wrap it up with minimal loss of life; ie., atom bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki with the subsequent fire-bombing of Tokyo. When Harry Truman left office there was no presidential pension, nor secret service protection. Finally out of shame, Congress authorized a pension for the man and for subsequent presidents.
Obama is surely a one term president, but will retire as a "fat-cat" just like all the others in recent memory costing the U.S. taxpayer 4 million dollars each to maintain per annum in retirement while the slick one's like Bill Clinton and Barack Obama will also make a fortune on the talking circuit and for basically having done nothing, but to lie and lie some more all the while taking care of their deep pockets constituents…! : |
Carl Nemo **==
Back at ya, Carl.
The following link will take you to a movie that is an hour and a half long. It is well worth watching. It is a BBC presentation on "what are the people of Iran really like?" I think people of "the west" will be somewhat surprised at just how much alike we all really are, in light of the constant banging of the drums for more war in the Middle East.
Jimmy the rabbit killer recocgnized,
Your canoe,
is too ,
hole filled..
After media hacksaw. OAR..give in ?
To go nuclear, our sub proves to be bilge inundated……..Hack..
All stone hurler's, say goodbye to the last grovel…
Doesn't anyone in government get fired anymore?
The buck stops here to Obama means the dollar will end on his watch, not that he is responsible or will accept responsibility for actions or in this case, inaction on the part of his administration.
Nah Woody, no one gets fired or held seriously accountable in these end times. It's the same way in corporate AmeriKa, their "New Age" management mantra being "let's not point fingers"…ugh! : |
Carl Nemo **==
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'Mom, Am I Fat?'
Jess Weiner is an author, self-esteem expert, consultant, and media personality who inspires audiences worldwide with her authentic take on living a confident life. Jess has a 7-year-old little girl in her life.
As we're all super sensitive to body image and dieting this time of year, we had the pleasure of chatting with Jess about how to appropriately handle our daughters' body issues, as well as our own.
Momlogic: With the most common New Year's resolution to lose weight, is there ever a situation when a mom and daughter dieting together is a good thing?
Jess Weiner: I wish it was as black and white. It depends on a couple factors. I didn't have a good experience dieting with my mom. I was put on a diet way too young (I was 11), and that was not the best idea. As I was not in puberty yet, it sets you up for a lot of misery, and is definitely not an appropriate way to teach a girl about diet and hunger.
With that said, there are always circumstances when empowering -- at a later time -- is appropriate, when you're able to understand that the diet isn't the end result.
ML: For a mom who's trying to lose weight, what do you say when your child asks, at the dinner table, why won't you eat the cookie, or brownie or cake, etc.?
JW: Before you get to the dinner table, it's important to have a conversation with your kids about health -- away from food, so that it's not a surprise. A lot of times girls can see their family members refrain from eating or going on extreme diets and not know it's coming. You must have a conversation.
ML: How should that conversation play out?
JW: It's okay for a mom to say to her child that there are things that are good for your body as a kid that no longer feel good for my body as an adult. "Mommy is going to make choices for her health and they don't have to be the same for you." I always recommend using the word "choices" in place of "dieting" -- this better sets you up for success.
"Mom will make choices for mommy, and you can make choices for you." You can't project your dieting woes on your daughter. You don't want to miss a great opportunity to discuss empowering them about their own health and their own body.
Moms must remember, their childrens' bodies are not identical to their own. Their hunger, their cravings are not yours.
ML: What are the biggest mistakes moms make when talking about their own body image?
JW: The Tourette's syndrome with the fat words. If a mom is dressed and having a meltdown -- "Oh mommy is so fat" -- this can be an appropriate expression for moms to get it out of their systems, but never helpful for us to beat ourselves up in front of our kids. I would advise: meltdowns will happen; rather than focus on prevention -- what do you do when it happens? Always an opportunity (at a later point, away from food) to say: "I want to talk to you about how I have been describing myself lately. I am frustrated because I want to feel better about my body, but I want you to know your body is beautiful." There is always a place to repair with conversation.
Moms beat themselves up because they have already said it.
Just because you dropped the "F-bomb" doesn't mean the conversation is over -- you haven't doomed your child forever. We need to pump ourselves with more forgiveness. Eat more, sleep less, stress out -- everyone has let go, it's about moderating and forgiveness.
ML: What is the biggest mistake moms make when having a daughter who is overweight?
JW: Pushing the dieting button over and over again. People who are fat know they are fat. They are already beating themselves up. That's your own motherly shame and embarrassment.
Get yourself straight before you talk to them about help.
ML: How do you turn the weight conversation into one about empowerment?
JW: I talk to them about taking care of their bodies. Find a fun way to do that every single day.
Tell your child it's okay to feel rundown and hungry -- it's natural. You want to take care of your body like you would a pet. Keep it in the third person. Ask the question: "Have you moved your body today?"ML: What do you say when your daughter asks, "Mom, am I fat?"
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LAS VEGAS, USA: At the 2014 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES), Broadcom Corp. unveiled a range of mobile and home networking innovations to enhance and expand the delivery of HD content to consumers around the globe; enable more connections between consumer devices and smart appliances; and expand the 5G WiFi ecosystem.
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Rick Caccia, vice president of Strategy at Delphix, will discuss the benefits of taking an agile approach to data management.
August 5, 2014
Tags: technology , data management , agile data management , Rick Caccia , Delphix , modernization , consolidation , HIPPA , FDCCI , FITARA , Virtualization , John Gilroy , Federal Tech Talk
Jane Holl Lute, President and CEO, Council on Cybersecurity
The Senate would like to grant new powers to federal chief information officers and update federal IT laws that haven't gotten much attention for the past dozen years. Those are a couple of the effects of new legislation the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs approved recently. One of the bills is the Senate version of the Federal IT Acquisition Reform Act -- the other is an update to the Federal Information Security Modernization Act, which Senators have been trying to modify for the past several years, without much success. She said on In Depth with Francis Rose the proposals are a big step in the right direction.
Tags: Council on Cybersecurity , Federal IT Acquisition Reform Act , Jane Holl Lute , cybersecurity , Federal Information Security Modernization Act ,
Small government agencies have ground to make up in privacy, cybersecurity compliance
A new report from the Government Accountability Office suggests the Department of Homeland Security and the Office of Management and Budget need to take a more active role in monitoring and guiding small agencies when it comes to their security and privacy-protection programs.
Tags: cybersecurity , GAO audit , OMB , DHS , small agencies , privacy , security ,
Inside the Reporter's Notebook: DATA Act is law, IT, acquisition A-11 changes
In this edition of Inside the Reporter's Notebook, Executive Editor Jason Miller shares news and buzz about the IT and acquisition communities. Senate lawmakers prepare to mark-up IT reform bill next week. CIO's spend time at camp where OMB and others emphasize the word of the year: effectiveness.
Tags: technology , DATA Act , financial management , A-11 , OMB , Senate Homeland and Governmental Affairs Committee , FITARA , cybersecurity , Steve VanRoekel , Tom Carper , Tom Coburn , budget , security clearances , ODNI , Jason Miller , Inside the Reporters Notebook
Senate's version of FISMA update cleans up around the cyber edges
The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee members will introduce and markup the Federal Information Security Modernization Act of 2014 Wednesday. The bill would require OMB to rescind a major section of Circular A-130 in order to fix long-standing complaints with FISMA's reauthorization requirements.
Tags: technology , Congress , Tom Carper , Tom Coburn , OMB , Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee , DHS , cybersecurity , A-130 , Jason Miller
Cloud from the big company perspective
Scott Gaydos, chief technologist, Federal Healthcare, U.S. Public Sector, HP Enterprise Services, discusses how his company can help your agency with its cloud initiatives.
June 24, 2014
Tags: technology , cloud computing , Hewlett-Packard , Hewlett-Packard Enterprise Services , Scott Gaydos , data management , Meg Whittman , infrastructure as a service , platform-as-a-service , software-as-a-service , FedRAMP , HIPAA , cloud management , John Gilroy , Federal Tech Talk
IG concludes VA's systems, data remain at risk
The 2013 FISMA report to Congress shows the Veterans Affairs Department continues to struggle with cybersecurity and has more than 6,000 items on its plans of actions and milestones and continued weaknesses in access and configuration management controls. VA CIO Stephen Warren details several initiatives to address many of the 35 recommendations.
Tags: technology , cybersecurity , Veterans Affairs , oversight , Congress , Stephen Warren , VA Cyber Efforts in the Hot Seat , Jason Miller
Senate committee eyes new cyber hiring authorities for DHS
Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.), chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, said Thursday the committee plans to mark up a bill on May 21 to give DHS more tools to hire cyber workers more easily.
Tags: technology , cybersecurity , DHS , Tom Carper , Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee , AFFIRM , workforce , training , Jason Miller
DHS continuous monitoring program faces legislative, budget challenges
Suzanne Spaulding, the nominee to be the deputy undersecretary of the National Protection and Programs Directorate, told Senate lawmakers DHS had to reduce the number of federal devices that will be covered by the CDM program because of budget shortfalls.
Tags: technology , DHS , Suzanne Spaulding , Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee , cybersecurity , Einstein , continuous monitoring , Congress , Cyber Workforce , Jason Miller
The human aspect of security
Terry Gudaitis , owner/principal of Mindstar Security discusses how social media impacts security at your agency.
September 10, 2013
Tags: technology , information technology , IT security , FedRAMP , social media , physical security , Terry Gudaitis , Cyveillance , Mindstar Security , FourSquare , spear phishing , malware , Twitter , John Gilroy , Federal Tech Talk


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I am Jenny Wright.
Welcome to my webpage!
I am a lifelong-learner and consummate professional who always strives to produce excellent, high-quality work.
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50+: Live Better, Longer
How to Prevent Hearing Loss
The most common forms of hearing loss in adults are:
- Age-related hearing loss, or presbycusis. This is caused by a slow breakdown of tiny hair cells in the ears that takes place as you get older.
- Noise-induced hearing loss. This comes from exposure to loud noises over time that damage tiny hair cells in the ears. These cells pick up sound vibrations and send signals to the brain.
Fortunately, there are things you can do to prevent noise-induced hearing loss and avoid worsening age-related hearing loss. Here are 8 tips to help keep your ears as sharp as possible.
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You know the story: Somebody's 99-year-old aunt never exercised, smoked her whole life, and lived on a diet of red meat and ice cream. So why bother with healthy living, right? "For every one person who lives a long life of unhealthy choices, there are countless others who die prematurely because of them," says Robert Schreiber, MD. He's a doctor at Hebrew SeniorLife, an affiliate of Harvard Medical School. No one is guaranteed a healthy life. But following certain guidelines -- namely, eating...
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1. Avoid Excessive Noise
How loud is too loud? If you have to shout over surrounding noise, it's loud enough to damage your hearing. For example, the sounds from motorcycles, music players, and power tools like saws and drills are all loud enough to hurt your hearing over time.
2. Be a Quiet Enforcer
Turn down the ambient noise level in your life by buying appliances and devices that have low noise ratings. If ambient noise is too loud in a health club, movie theater, restaurant, or any other place you go often, ask the manager to turn it down.
3. Limit Exposure to Loud Sounds
Sometimes you can't avoid loud sounds. At those times, it's best to limit the amount of time you're exposed to them. Noise-induced hearing loss is a result of the loudness of sounds in addition to the duration of exposure.
4. Wear Hearing Protection
Wear ear protection if you know you're going to be exposed to loud sounds for more than a few minutes. Choices for protection include:
- Earplugs. Usually made of foam or rubber, earplugs are worn in your ear canal and can reduce noise by 15 to 30 decibels. You can buy earplugs off-the-shelf or have them custom-made to fit you.
Some ear plugs are designed to reduce noise levels evenly across all frequencies. These are useful for people who need to make sound quieter but undistorted, such as musicians.
- Earmuffs. Designed to fit completely over your ears, earmuffs also reduce sounds by about 15 to 30 decibels. Remember that your earmuffs must fit tightly over both ears in order to block sound.
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5. Don't Smoke
Exposure to tobacco smoke has been linked to increased risk of hearing loss. Research has shown that smoking, age, and noise exposure can collectively increase a person's risk for hearing loss. If you smoke, preserving your hearing is one more good reason to quit. If you don't smoke, avoid breathing secondhand smoke.
6. Remove Earwax Properly
Waxy buildup in your ears can muffle sound. But don't use a cotton swab to clean them out. Cotton swabs can push wax even deeper into your ear canal. Instead, use an at-home irrigation kit to soften wax and gently wash it out of your ear. If wax has become compacted in your ear, your doctor may need to remove it.
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She seemed to be doing ok until our guy applied the baby oil and started rubbing her little cats asshole. The idea was to relax her a bit before doind a nude phot shoot but instead this warmed her up so much that she put in one of the wildest and taught performances we have ever seen by an amateur Asian girl.
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They're strangers & I don't know them.
I suggest you listen to this while reading this post :) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FL0bjwez8mg
1. i love a girl in my class, she is so beautiful that make my heart can stop when i look at her, smart, cute, funny….so many words that i can say that she is perfect. But what, i'm just a poor guy, not like her boyfriend, sometime i felt my heart is hurt very bad when her face show up in my mind.
sorry if i write it wrong, because i'm Asian :-< I miss you, you know :-<
2. my bf broke up with me a month ago, and now he is with this new girl. and it sucks because all 3 of us are in an extracurricular class together. but when shes not around, its like we never broke up….
i missed my chance to get back with him. girls/guys, if you want someone back, don't wait to tell them. you might miss your only chance
i missed my chance to get back with him. girls/guys, if you want someone back, don't wait to tell them. you might miss your only chance3. my boyfriend cheated on me with 3 girlfriends and he broke my heart i remember the good times we had and i miss his arms around me and the whisper he tells me that i will never be alone and i will wipe ur tears that u cry but he lied to me cuz he said i was the only 1but i wasnt my heart is shattered i walked home that night crying and i saw a couple holding hands and i cried and kept walking each night i cry in pain :(
4. but I miss our hugs, her spinning around, our kisses, her smile, her telling me she loves me and how she said she'd take a bullet for me but wat I miss most is loving her-/3
I kno we can only be friends but when she said I was more than her amazing friend I realized that I still love her -</3
5.i love it and him but hiz stupid friends had 2 break us up wat we had was sooo good now im shattered and he sits there like nothing ever happened in between us :'( <|3
6.there is a guy i really like and i screwed things up for myself i had him and let him go now he wont speak to me and i really regret my desicion :/ F M L
7. There was this boy was on my mind this whole time! He threatined to jump nd stab people i was in a fite with, he called me beautul, said im perfect and give me the best hugs……..is he flirting…….or is in love like me………….<3
two years ago, i was afraid of wanting anything. i figured wanting would lead to trying and trying would lead to failure. but now i find i can't stop wanting. i want to fly somewhere on first class. i want to travel to europe on a business trip. i want to get invited to the white house. i want to learn about the world. i want to surprise myself. i want to be important. i want to be the best person i can be. i want to define myself instead of having others define me. i want to win and have people be happy for me. i want to lose and get over it. i want to not be afraid of the unknown. i want to grow up and be generous and big hearted, the way people have been with me. i want an interesting and surprising life. it's not that i think i'm going to get all these things, i just want the possibility of getting them. college represents possibility. the possibility that things are


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Day 27 - Something You Ate
Being Cuban tonight.
Day 22 - Where You Work
The federal building actually looks very boring. There's not even a flag on it. Rebels.
Day 21 - A Fave Photo of You
Summer 2009 at the Guinness Factory in Dublin.
Day 18 - Drink
Coffee, Tax, and Dora the Explorer.
Day 14 - Heart
The Valentine's Day gift I left for my roommate this morning.
Day 13 - Blue
My outfit today.
Day 12 - Inside My Closet
I have too many clothes.
Day 8 - Sun
When I get out of work, the sun is usually down, so this was a rare sight.
Also, I still don't understand this daylight savings thing.
Day 7 - Button
While everyone is out celebrating their gayness, this is what I'm doing.
And I'm having a blast.
Day 6 - Dinner
Inspired by Lisa.


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'The Book Thief'
The World War II drama "The Book Thief," of a little girl (Sophie Nelisse) who lives with a foster family (Emily Watson, Geoffrey Rush) in 1939 Germany — and who befriends a Jewish man (Ben Schnetzer) hidden in the basement.
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When » Friday and Saturday , 8 p.m.; Sunday, 6 p.m.
Where » Jim Santy Auditorium, 1255 Park Ave., Park City.
Tickets » $7; $6 for students and seniors, at the door.
'Fantastic Mr. Fox'
Wes Anderson's stop-motion animated tale "Fantastic Mr. Fox," based on Roald Dahl's story of a clever and urbane fox (voiced by George Clooney) who must outwit three farmers to protect his family and woodland friends.
When » Saturday, 11 a.m.
Where » Salt Lake City Public Library - Main, 210 E. 400 South, Salt Lake City.
Tickets » Free.
Also » Saturday, Feb. 8, 2 p.m.; Star Hall, 58 E. 300 South, Moab; free.
Also » Saturday, Feb. 8, 2 p.m.; Orem Public Library, 58 N. State St., Orem; free.
'Meet the Robinsons'
The Disney animated adventure "Meet the Robnsons," which begins with Lewis, a brilliant child inventor, meeting a mysterious boy from the future named Wilbur Robinson. The two make a journey in time where Lewis discovers the amazing secret of the Robinson family.
When » Saturday, 3 p.m.
Where » Jim Santy Auditorium, 1255 Park Ave., Park City.
Tickets » Free.
'The Lady From Shanghai'
Orson Wells directed and stars in the 1947 thriller "The Lady From Shanghai," as a seaman who becomes obsessed with a married woman (Rita Hayworth) and is drawn into a complex murder plot. Part of the "Ivory Tower" series, presented by the Salt Lake Film Society and Westminster College.
When » Monday, 7 p.m.
Where » Tower Theatre, 876 E. 900 South, Salt Lake City.
Tickets » Free.
'Prince Among Slaves'
The Utah Humanities Council and the Utah Cultural Celebration Center present a series of films and discussions exploring Muslim themes. The films are accompanied by glass sculpture and artwork by artist/scholar Andrew Kosorok, interpreting the "99 Names of God" in Islam. This week's film is "Prince Among Slaves."
When » Monday, 7:30 p.m.
Where » Utah Cultural Celebration Center, 1355 W. 3100 South, West Valley City.
Tickets » Free.
'Created Equal'
Orem Library is one of 473 cultural organizations to receive a special film set, "Created Equal: America's Civil Rights Struggle." Four films funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities — "The Abolitionists," "Slavery by Another Name," "The Loving Story," and "Freedom Riders" — connect the stories of America's long civil rights movement. In addition to the film set, acclaimed Broadway actor, singer and producer Charles Holt will perform the words and music of Martin Luther King, Jr. at a special kickoff event.
When » Tuesday, 7 p.m.
Where » Orem Public Library, 58 N. State St., Orem.
Tickets » Free.
Lauren Greenfield
Documentary filmmaker Lauren Greenfield will speak at Brigham Young University, and screen her film "The Queen of Versailles." Presented by the Brigham Young University Theatre and Media Arts Department and sponsored by Canon
When » Wednesday, 7:30 p.m.
Where » Brigham Young University Wilkinson Student Center , Brigham Young University campus, Provo.
Tickets » Free.
'Dallas Buyers Club'
Academy Award nominee Matthew McConaughey stars in "Dallas Buyers Club," as real-life Texas cowboy Ron Woodroof, whose free-wheeling life was overturned in 1985 when he was diagnosed as HIV-positive and given 30 days to live.
When » Friday and Saturday, Feb. 7-8, 8 p.m.; Sunday, Feb. 9, 6 p.m.
Where » Jim Santy Auditorium, 1255 Park Ave., Park City
Tickets » $7; $6 for students and seniors, at the door.
LDS Film Festival
The SCERA Center for the Arts will host the annual LDS Film Festival. Go to ldsfilmfestival.org for information.
When » Wednesday through Saturday, Feb. 8.
Where » SCERA Center for the Arts, 745 S. State St., Orem.
Tickets » $5-$50, go to www.scera.org for details.
Fathom Events will present The Metropolitan Opera in HD Live - "Rusalka." The story of the opera, which is about a water spirit's tragic romance with a human prince, is drawn from several folktale sources including Hans Christian Andersen's "The Little Mermaid."
When » Saturday, Feb. 8 at 10:55 a.m.
Where » Cinemark Century 16 Salt Lake, 125 E. 3300 South, Salt Lake City; Century 16 Union Heights, 7670 S. Union Park Ave., Sandy; Cinemark 24 Jordan Landing, 7301 S. Jordan Landing, West Jordan; Tinseltown, 720 West 1500 North, Layton; Cinemark University Mall, 1010 S. 800 East, Orem.
Tickets » $15-$22.
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Categories > Celebrities > My Chemical Romance > A smile can change everything
Words I thought I'd never speak4 Reviews
An interiew can change everything
"hey, Brian needs you and I to go to the interview on Friday early."
"wait what? I'm confused, why am I going?"
"oh, here um let me start from the begining. Brian wants me to go and be an audience member to check out the show/interview to see what kind of questions they ask. The reason why is so that we all will be prepared and no one will get upset this time when a question is asked."
"ok, but why am I going?"
"your going so i'm not as easly reconized"
"Gerard, not to sound weird or anything, but if I'm there people are going to be looking for you since they think we are dating because of an earlier interview"
"I never thought of that. well what if you bring a friend too, that way you can sit with her and then I can still sit next to you , but you can just talk to her so people aren't looking for me. does that make sense?"
"kind of, I'll see if Heather wants to go. And I'll still talk to you, but it will have to be whispering. What are you wearing?"
"I really don't know."
"come here"
with that you took Gerard back on the bus, and helped picked out his clothes to make him seem like an every day guy just going to see an interveiw. In other words, gerard was not wearing any black, and he was wearing a hat and sunglasses. He didn't stand out at all.
"hey, not bad, thanks care"
"yup, thats what I'm here for. to help." you said with a smile.
"and you do a fine job" he smiled back.
Then suddenly he grabbed your shoulders and pressed his lips to yours. You just stood there for a moment until you realized what was going on, then you wrapped your arms around his waste and kissed him back. Soon you broke free to breath, there was no tounge used, but you still needed to be able to breath.
There was silence for awhile before gerard started to talk again.
"listen Carrie, there's something I wanted to talk to you about. When you left I..."
"Hey guys." Frank ran up to the both of you interupting Gerard.
"Hey Frank" you said and gave him a hug.
"So Gerard you were saying?"
"oh, never mind, I'll just see you tomorrow bright and early. We can pick up Heather and then go, sound good?"
"yup. See you in the morning"
With that Gerard walked to the bunk area and left you and Frank sitting on the couches.
"what was that about?"
"I dunno" 'I really want to know what he was going to say, it seemed important and after that kiss. oh that kiss, I never felt anything like it.' you thought to yourself.
"any way, so tomorrow for the interview they are probably going to ask about your sickness, is it okay for us to tell them your back and working again?"
"oh yeah, def. You don't have to hide anything about me from them since there really isn't anything to hide."
"ok good, just wanted to make sure."
"ok, well I'm off, like Gerard just say I have to get up early."
"alright, night care"
"Good night."
you went and walked over to your bunk, grabbed your pajamas walked to the bathroom changed and then hopped into your bed. You noticed that Gerard's bunk light was still on so you whispered "gerard, you still up?"
but there was no responce so you hopped down and looked and saw that he passed out with the light on. You smiled leaned in turned off his light and gave him a quick kiss on the cheek before climbing back into your bed. What you didn't know was that Gerard was still awake, and was thinking about how he was going to ask you out tomorrow and when he felt that kiss you just smiled and knew your answer would be yes.
The next morning you woke up to Gerard rubbing your arm.
"ok, ok, I'm up, geezz"
"good, not get ready and dressed, we leave in an hour"
so you got up, put baby powder in your hair to take the grease out, brushed your teeth, got dressed, and put on a little bit of make up. By the time you were done Gerard was ready and you two went off to get Heather and to go to the interview. When you got there you took your seats in the third row, you in the middle of both of them how it was planned. People were looking at you and were seeing if Gerard was with you but no one reconized him and you both were thankful for that.
By the time the interiveiw was over you could see the other guys backstage getting their make up on when the interviewer said "thank you for watching, stay tuned for another interview with My Chemical Romance. We have some questions to ask them about their new record, and some gossip questions about their love lives, we know one is engaged, and two are taken, but what about the other two? Have they found love yet, stay tuned for the answer" you looked at Gerard and he looked at you. He gave you a don't worry about it, I'm ok to answer that question kind of face and you just nodded and smiled.
An hour later the audience left and new ones arrived during that period Gerard, Heather, and you went and stayed back stage. As the guys went and finished getting ready you and Heather stayed over by the side to see the whole interview.
"and were back, today we will be interveiwing the band My Chemical Romance, guys will you please come on out."
with that all of them walked past you two grabbed their mics and headed towards their assigned seats.
"thanks for joining us today"
"no problem" gerard said
As time went on you were getting even more nervous because you knew that they relationship question was coming up, and you didn't want to see Gerard get upset when all of a sudden you heard it.
"well guys we know that you all have had or are in relationships but has anything changed since the last time we have talked to you?"
"well Mikey's engaged, and Ray and Bob are still in their relationships, Frank and I are still single, but there is some one out there that has my heart and I'm hoping soon that I wont be alone." while he was saying that he looked straight at you and said that looking right into your eyes. As he was saying that the interviewer noticed that same thing and looked at you too and you had stars in your eyes and you were blushing. You just smiled at him and nodded your head yes and then his face turned into the biggest smile. What you didn't know was that the camera man put the camera on you.
"well there you have it, Gerard is now a taken man ladies. and the lovely ladie looks just as happy as he does" the interviewer said as she said that you looked at and saw the camera on you and you ducked behind Heather so that all they could see was her and not you.
"it looks like she's shy, well thats all the time we have for tonight, thank you My Chemical Romance for coming here, is there any thing else you would like to say before we turn you lose to your concert tonight"
"yes, we just want to say thank you, thank you to our friends and family and fans for believeing in us, for helping us, and for making our dreams come true. We love you and we hope to see you tonight" Gerard said.
with that the band got up and left. You waited for gerard on the side of the stage and he took your hand and lead you back to the bus, once there you got inside and you wrapped your arms around his neck and he and you shared the most passionate kiss you have ever had in your life. The whole band walked in and all you heard was.
"FINALLY!" You unlocked lips and turned to looked at the guys. They all walked past you with smiles and then you saw it Frank had a fake smile on. 'whats going on with him?' you thought to yourself. So you went to find Frank to see what was up.


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Dan Hawkins
Candidate for:
Franklin County Municipal Court
(Environmental Division)
Environmental Court Judge Dan Hawkins is a lifelong resident of Columbus and graduate of OSU Law School. A former prosecutor, Judge Hawkins believes that clean neighborhoods lead to safe neighborhoods and has worked to expedite cases involving dangerous abandoned properties. He is married and has 3 children.
Undergraduate Education:
Bachelor of Science, Bowling Green State University
Criminal Justice
Legal Education:
Juris Doctor, The Ohio State University College of Law
Legal Experience:
Candidate Statement:
(In response to the question, "Please explain why you believe you are qualified for the judicial position for which you are seeking election.")
The Environmental Division of the Franklin County Municipal Court is a unique branch of our judiciary and therefore I believe requires a unique set of qualifications. During my brief tenure on this court so far, I already see how the skills I developed as a prosecutor over my career have helped me with the decisions that this court has to make on a daily basis. A judge must recognize the power his or her decisions have on not only the parties but the community as a whole. During my time as Director of the Special Victims Unit for the Franklin County Prosecutor's Office, I was responsible for making very difficult decisions that had tremendous impact on people's lives. For example, whether or not to charge someone with a sex offense or a homicide and whether to deprive someone of their liberty by having them arrested were decisions I made on a daily basis.
A judge must also do what is right and follow the law, even when such decisions would be unpopular or controversial. The Environmental Court has exclusive jurisdiction over housing and zoning laws and is under constant pressure to "clean up" the community by issuing injunctions, fining and sometimes jailing property owners who fail to rectify code violations. As Judge of this court, I recognize the need for clean, safe neighborhoods but also make sure all steps are taken to ensure that the property owner's due process rights are strictly adhered to.
I have seen firsthand what a judge can do to effect the lives of people who live in our community. I believe our community expects and deserves a court system that truly seeks justice and judges that are committed to seeing that be done. I am so committed.
Columbus Bar Association
2013 Judiciary Committee Finding:
Highly Recommended (what does this mean?)
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Judicial Poll Results:
2013 Judicial Preference Poll
Running Against:
James W. Adair, III
Frank Macke