fairwood roderick kennedy have gone and how at howard johnson with assumptions and a mindset so different from that of john kennedy's have doubtless celebrates? or with the cuban missile crisis? that is one of the questions i try to answer in this book called "the everything changed." it is a trio of histories that enron politics are these contemporary were some of us. they are all rooted in one common notion and that is that the smallest twist and turn of fate can produce radical consequences. bear witness fictional narratives, not defense but dialogue and with imagined scenes, but they all histories i try to ground and plausibility that are based on the thoughts and beliefs that impulse and mistakes of the players who strung from histories oral histories, biographies and several interviews with people who knew these players. in the common thread is that history doesn't turn on a dime. it turns on a plugged nickel. there were theories about history to focus on geography, climate, natural resources, theology, ideology, mass movements, great leaders. but the smallest random acts of fate ar

. >> that opened in 2008 and it was a renovation of two existing old structures, howard johnson's andput them back together and went back to that sense of atlantic city from the rat pack era. >> how is the jersey shore doing from a business point of view. are you expecting a big summer? >> summer looks great, interestingly enough in '08 and '09 we stayed pretty flat because it's a close to home getaway. people like something that's easy and not so extravagant and the jersey shore came. we did pretty well during the down turn. ac has taken a bit of a hit on the gaming side but it looks like a great summer this year. >> curtis, folks are talking about in trenton and washington, saying small business is the back bone of the economy and we've got to help create jobs and things. and you're a large employer in new jersey and south jersey around the shore. are you getting any phone calls during these distressed times from anyone in trenton, anyone from washington seeking your advice in council on how to create jobs? >> not really. it's a great question. we employ up to 1200 people a year. we

georgetown university hospital -- >> georgetown, george washington, the military hospital, howard university, and recently johnson hopkins just bought suburban and sibley. i don't know if they're going to send residents there, but we have a lot of teaching institutions here. >> and they're great institutions, for sure. let's give some advice to patients when they are being admitted to teaching hospitals, especially in the month of july. what are some things we should be looking out for? >> well, try to avoid having elective surgeries at these teaching institutions in july. let people get their water ring, so to speak. there is a learning curve to being a doctor and to making decisions. let people know what you're allergic to before a nurse or a young daughter administers to you. these kind of errors happen all the time. there's something like 100,000 fatalities a year in hospitals from medication errors, and it's 10% worse in july. let people know. have somebody advocate for you in a hospital, family member, or be your own advocate. be very knowledgeable about what you're receiving. wash your hands with gel or, a