Do we participate in a politics of cynicism or do we participate in a politics of hope?
"We in a sense had a collective responsibility to get her to Harvard, " says Aaron Allen, Burns High principal.
So it may be, as there are in some issues, that we in a mature diplomatic relationship have disagreements.
And then, it's as if we were in a manic euphoria before and now we're in a manic depression now, where everything is worse than we expected and everybody's depressed.
Graniss reminds us that our emotions can get the best of us not only when we are in a bad mood but also when we are in a good mood.
We live in a serious time right now and we have the potential to deal with the issues that we confront in a way that will make our kids and our grandkids and our great grandkids proud.
We see an aging parent wither under a long illness, or we lose a daughter or a husband in Afghanistan, we watch a gunman open fire in a supermarket -- and we remember how fleeting life can be.
Whether or not we use Kickstarter for future projects really depends on the situation we find ourselves in, if we are in a position where we have an awesome idea and need more resources to fully pursue it, then yeah it makes sense.
If there is something that can have a big negative impact on the community like commercial fly-tipping we think in a situation like that it is justified that we can put a camera in a remote proximity to try to get those people who are doing that crime and catch them and bring them to book.
As we set aside a certain amount every month for our housing goal, should we put it in a traditional savings account with our local bank or should we invest it in a money market, CD, or online savings account?
"We live in a society where we are judged by our peers in a court of law, " Judge Popejoy says.
"We went for a test event back in March but we stayed in a hotel at that point, " she said.
As a result of our investment and execution in the platform, today we are in a much better position to continue to innovate for our customers while we remain focused on building the most complete e-commerce ecosystem in the region, which we believe is still only a fraction of what it will become.
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"It would be a wonderful thing if we lived in a world where we don't have enemies, " the Arizona Republican said.
So when I took office, working with your outstanding delegation, particularly Senator Mary Landrieu, we put in place a new way of resolving disputes. (Applause.) We put in place a new way of resolving disputes so that funds set aside for rebuilding efforts actually went toward rebuilding efforts.
In his book Blink, he suggests we live in a society dedicated to the idea that we should spend as much time as possible in deliberation.
Are we now in a period where we're going to go through a long process of the world community trying to kind of struggle up again and put together a new sort of trajectory for yet another deal or what?
We operate primarily in North America, but we have a partnership with AsiaPac, and we also have a partner in Europe whom we provide services to.
We should have had a report in 2005, we should have had a report in 2006, we ought to have this in 2007.
So, in keeping with local tradition we had a great lunch at Gates BBQ, while we engaged in a rigorous policy discussion on the elements of the Green Impact Zone and how it might be replicated around the country.
"We've put a lot of risk behind us in 2012, and we just feel we're in a much better place as we head into 2013, " he said.
We're going to have to make a series of very difficult decisions about how we invest in our future but also get a hold of our deficit and our debt -- how do we do that in a balanced way.
What we sometimes forget, however, is that being in recovery also suggests we are in a period of fragile growth.
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We are not in the Houses of Parliament, we are in a football club.
We paused, we talked, and even though we were in a scary situation with imperfect information, we made a thoughtful decision fast.
We used a simple 46-year lag for the peak in spending of the average household, what we call The Spending Wave (which we covered in a past blog).
Now, partly as a result of these and other steps, we are in a very different place today than we were one year ago.
We had one holiday a year usually by the sea for a week, Dad hired a car and we stayed in a caravan.
Whereas, in the past, we may have located them in a place for convenience, today we would probably locate them in a place that makes them less vulnerable to attack.
We have a steep mountain to climb, and we started in a very deep valley.
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