input: (CNN) -- During the White House Correspondents' Dinner on Saturday night, Jimmy Kimmel made a joke that President Obama laughed at, but that you could see was just killing him inside.

"Mr. President, do you remember when the country rallied around you in hopes of a better tomorrow?" Kimmel asked. "That was hilarious. That was your best one yet."

Yeah it was.

I'm sure he still has a lot of hope. But I would dare to say the thing that changed most over these past three years is Obama. The unbridled optimism that his first campaign once embodied has been bludgeoned by dogmatism, pragmatism and bipartisan cronyism.

Hope and change are tough when the worst economy in 80 years is waiting to greet you at the door.

Hope and change are challenging when Rush Limbaugh, the unofficial gatekeeper of the conservative movement, tells his troops "I hope Obama fails" before your first day on the job.

Hope and change are virtually impossible when working with a Congress so dysfunctional that its approval rating never reached 25% in all of 2011 and was as low as 10% in February.

No wonder his hair is a bit grayer these days.

And no wonder the new Obama slogan is "Forward."

"Hope and Change" captured the heart of a people who believed one man could change the culture of Washington. "Forward" acknowledges things are not where he said they would be, but takes ownership of a record that shows he at least has us pointed in the right direction: 12 consecutive months of job losses before he took office, 25 consecutive months and counting of job growth since 2010. 1. What was Obama's previous slogan?
2. And the new one?
3. Obama was president during the worst economy in how many years?
4. Who wished for Obama to fail?
5. Is he a liberal or a conservative?
6. What event was on Saturday?
7. Who spoke at it?
8. Did Obama chuckle?
9. When this was written, how long had Obama been president?
10. How many months have jobs grown?
11. Were there any breaks in those months? Return numbered answers in your output.

output: 1. "Hope and Change"
2. "Forward."
3. 80
4. Rush Limbaugh
5. conservative
6. White House Correspondents' Dinner
7. Jimmy Kimmel
8. yes
9. three
10. 25
11. no

question: Global warming is causing more than 300,000 deaths and about $125 billion in economic losses each year, according to a report by the Global Humanitarian Forum, an organization led by Annan, the former United Nations secretary general.

The report, to be released Friday, analyzed data and existing studies of health, disaster, population and economic trends. It found that human-influenced climate change was raising the global death rates from illnesses including malnutrition and heat-related health problems.

But even before its release, the report drew criticism from some experts on climate and risk, who questioned its methods and conclusions.

Along with the deaths, the report said that the lives of 325 million people, primarily in poor countries, were being seriously affected by climate change. It projected that the number would double by 2030.

Roger Pielke Jr., a political scientist at the University of Colorado, Boulder, who studies disaster trends, said the Forum's report was "a methodological embarrassment" because there was no way to distinguish deaths or economic losses related to human-driven global warming amid the much larger losses resulting from the growth in populations and economic development in vulnerable regions. Dr. Pielke said that "climate change is an important problem requiring our utmost attention." But the report, he said, "will harm the cause for action on both climate change and disasters because it is so deeply flawed ."

However, Soren Andreasen, a social scientist at Dalberg Global Development Partners who supervised the writing of the report, defended it, saying that it was clear that the numbers were rough estimates. He said the report was aimed at world leaders, who will meet in Copenhagen in December to negotiate a new international climate treaty.

In a press release describing the report, Mr. Annan stressed the need for the negotiations to focus on increasing the flow of money from rich to poor regions to help reduce their vulnerability to climate hazards while still curbing the emissions of the heat-trapping gases. More than 90% of the human and economic losses from climate change are occurring in poor countries, according to the report.
1. What is causing a lot of death?
2. How much is lost in money?
3. What group tracks this?
4. Is this human influenced?
5. How many other people does it affect?
6. When will this number go up?
7. Is there agreement on the research?
8. Who think's the research is bogus?
9. Who stood up for it?
10. Where are most of the losses happening?
****
answer: 1. Global warming
2. $125 billion
3. Global Humanitarian Forum
4. human-influenced climate change was raising the global death rates
5. 325 million
6. 2030
7. no
8. Roger Pielke Jr.
9. Soren Andreasen
10. poor countries

Question: CHAPTER XXV Two Famous Swimmers

The bank of the Smiling Pool was a lovely place to hold school at that hour of the day, which you know was just after sun-up. Everybody who could get there was on hand, and there were several who had not been to school before. One of these was Grandfather Frog, who was sitting on his big, green, lily pad. Another was Jerry Muskrat, whose house was out in the Smiling Pool. Spotty the Turtle was also there, not to mention Longlegs the Heron. You see, they hadn't come to school but the school had come to them, for that is where they live or spend most of their time.

"Good morning, Jerry Muskrat," said Old Mother Nature pleasantly, as Jerry's brown head appeared in the Smiling Pool. "Have you seen anything of Billy Mink or Little Joe Otter?" "Little Joe went down to the Big River last night," replied Jerry Muskrat. "I don't know when he is coming back, but I wouldn't be surprised to see him any minute. Billy Mink was here last evening and said he was going up the Laughing Brook fishing. He is likely to be back any time. One never can tell when that fellow will appear. He comes and goes continually. I don't believe he can keep still five minutes."

"Who is that can't keep still five minutes?" demanded a new voice, and there was Billy Mink himself just climbing out on the Big Rock.

"Jerry was speaking of you," replied Old Mother Nature. "This will be a good chance for you to show him that he is mistaken. I want you to stay here for a while and to stay right on the Big Rock. I may want to ask you a few questions." 1. Who is the teacher?
2. Where is class taking place?
3. What time did it start?
4. had all the students attended school in the past?
5. Did they travel to get there?
6. Who does she address first?
7. what does she tell him?
8. What color is he?
9. Who is missing from class?
10. Where is Joe?
11. Where is Billy?
12. Do they know when he'll return?
13. Is he hyper?
14. Does he show up?
15. what does he pick for a seat?
16. Do they know when to expect Joe?
17. Could it be any time?
18. Is this Jerry's first day?
19. Is the frog old?
20. What kind of seat does he have? Provide a numbered list of answers.
****
A numbered of answers:
1. Old Mother Nature
2. the Smiling Poo
3. just after sun up
4. No
5. no
6. Jerry Muskrat,
7. "Good morning,
8. brown
9. Billy Mink and Little Joe Otter
10. went down to the Big River last night,
11. he was going up the Laughing Brook fishing.
12. no
13. yes
14. yes
15. a rock
16. no
17. yes
18. yes
19. yes
20. big, green, lily pad