crowd funding is where a group of people pool together a small amounts of money to help someone with an idea come to fruition, so in the case of crowd fund investment, you take the dollar amounts to invest them in a business. >> so basically i have a new business idea and i put on the crowd funding site and instead of an angel investor, i can get $100,000 from 100 people? >> yes, it is and on ramp for more sophisticated financing later. you will take the idea and go to s.e.c s.e.c.-registered website, and put out tweets and facebook updates on the social network and tell them about the idea and they come in to pledge small dollar donations, an unless you hit 100% of the target investment, no money exchanges a yoand you get the seed capital. >> so this is something they will gate prize or something or a token, but now they have ownership in my company, and what does that mean for me as someone who is running the company that i have 1,000 strangers invested in my company? >> well, a few things. first and foremost, the most important thing to understand is that it means that you have a communit

crowd funding is where a group of people pull together small amounts of money to help somebody with an idea come to fruition. in the case of crowd fund investing you'd be taking those same dollar amounts and investing them into a business. >> basically i have a new business idea, i put it on a crowd funding site and instead of going to an investor who will give me $100,000, i can get $1,000 from 100 people. >> right. you're going to take your idea, list your idea on a registered website, send the tweets out, put facebook updates to your social network. you're going to tell them about your idea, unless you hit 100% of your funding target no money will be exchanged. if you do, you have a great community of supporters and the money you need. >> and in exchange they get equity. it exists right now where they get a prize or token but now they have ownership in my company. what does that mean for me if i have these 1,000 strangers who have invested in my company? >> well, i think it means a few things. first and foremost, the most important thing to understand is that it means you have a communit

alex, where did you get an idea like that? i don't know.n dates. i don't have time for dates. anyway, ms. casey is going out with uncle alberto. you know that. do you have any homework? uh-uh. that's what you always say. i'll put the rest of the dishes away. you start your homework. no guitar until your homework is finished. you hear me? dad, do you think i could be a rock star? i thought you wanted to be a baseball player. i think i'd rather be a rock star. well, my son can be anything he wants to be but first, he has to do his homework. now go. mrs. mendoza: alex, you're getting popcorn all over the carpet! please, pick that up right now. i'm supposed to do my homework. first, pick up the popcorn, then do your homework. i bet rock stars don't have to pick up popcorn. rock stars? where is your father? in the kitchen. alex is getting popcorn all over the carpet. you should teach him to clean up after himself. he was just in here helping me clean up the kitchen. alex, turn that television off this minute! that boy watches too much television

and in this session, an assistant editor at the papers of abraham lincoln prob jekt talks about ideas and subjections for northerners. this its just under an hour. good morning, my name is jonathan white, assistant professor and fellow at centers for american studies at christopher new port university right across the road from the mariners museum. it is a pleasure to welcome you this morning to the mariners museum unnin newport news. i know many have come a long way to be here today at this wonderful event at this incredible museum. for friends watching on cspan. i would look to say if you have never bun to newport news, i strongly recommend visiting if for no other reason than to see the maritime museum, mariners museum. before i begin i would like to thank our sponsors and partners, without whom this conference would not be possible. and in fact the weekend's events. our sponsors are bank of america, the virginia foundation for the humanities, and southern structural steel. our partners, museum of the confederacy. studies for american studies at christopher new port university, and

in this section, david gerleman an editor at the abraham lincoln project, talks about some of the ideas and sgzs offered by northerners for fighting the confederate ironclad mashg mac. this is just under an hour. >> if everyone would grab their seats. good morning. my name is jonathan white. i'm an assistant professor at american studies and a fellow at christopher newport university. it is a measure to welcome you to the mariners museum at newport news. i know many of you have come a long way to be here today at this wonderful event at this incredible museum. for our friends watching us on c-span, i'd like to say that if you have never been to newport news, i strongly recommend if for no other reason than to see this incredible museum, the mariners' museum. i would like to thank our sponsors and partners, without whom this conference would not be possible and the weekends events. our sponsors are bank of america, the virginia foundation for the humanities and southern structural steel. our partners are the museum of the confederacy, the center for american studies at christopher newpor

that's an idea that would pop up in a number of letters, that the merrimac should be swarmed and shoved into the shoals aground or taken out byraming. ramming is the next very popular idea. after all, the merrimac had used to great effect against the cumberland. so why not turn the tables and use ramming against the merrimac itself. initially, that was the navy's plan. they had tugs standing by in hampton roads, several of which were assigned to go after the merrimac. that, of course, never happened. right after march 8th, the federal government chartered two fast steamers to fling themselves on the merrimac when she appeared next. the problem was, the crews, when they found out what they thought their suicide mission was going to be refused in mutiny. admiral goldsborough wrote in disgust saying these people are refusing to do the job they are hired to do and it all came to nothing. stanton is concerned the navy is just not going to take care of this problem. the army, war department needs to get involved. he contacts cornelius vanderbilt, the shipping magnet and says, we understand yo

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nevertheless, this idea that these armchair generals have this idea that, or admirals, have an idea, that a commando raid could take out the merrimac. in fact -- steel writes in again with the same idea. midway, in fact, his commandos though would have cork life belts. so, once they do their thing, they cannot drown. if they fall or fall off or are shoved off. but he also midway through his letter, he can almost sort of imagine the wheels turning. he is saying, uh-oh, couldn't the rebel do's the same thing to the monitor. has anything been done to the monitor smokestacks to prevent bombs from being thrown in. there is, a real risk of that happening. in fact, lincoln himself had been warned about this by none other than john warden. the wounded commander of the monitor, that warden was actually afraid that this sort of thing could be done. commandos could jump on the monitor's deck, wedge the turret, and capture the vessel somehow doing that. in fact lincoln issues an order saying, the monitor is not to go skylarking up to norfolk. unattended. that it is such a valuable weapon that we

and to give you an idea of how deep diver should go to get that murder weapon, a throughout an object with a similar weight and size. >> to simulate what a person can do, so that you know your distance of how far out in the water you have to go to dies. >> the search area send out 100 ft. and the reason they focused on this area is because of the fresh footprints that they saw around the site. what we do know about that murder weapon is that it was legally purchased from a shop in castro valley. back in february. the suspect on call has been cooperative with police with the exception of the search effort but we understand we're learning more about him and for that lets and things over to an mackovic live in oakland where she says that the suspect is expected to appear in court today. >> he is waking up at the jail in dublin this morning and is expected here at the alameda county courthouse. at some point today, to face several very serious charges including seven counts of murder. it looks like one goh was out for vengeance after he had been kicked out of oikos university and has foug

. >> give me an idea of what happened at this hospital. that was the greater regional medical center in creston. can you give me an idea of what happened there and the damage and the patients' conditions? >> well, i think as you seen on your video, it wasn't a structural failure. we didn't have the entire building collapse. they did have the windows blown in, and they had considerable damage to the roof. the administration at the hospital made the decision that it was more beneficial to move the 20 patients out of that hospital and transport them to neighboring hospitals in the area. they also did have a hospice attached to that, and they had to move five patients out of there. it's good to say that all of the patients that were transported had no problems. they're all now comfortably resting at their new hospital, so as we go through the day, that will give a chance to the administration at the hospital to actually figure out, you know, if there's any structural problems they need to be dealing with and figure out a way to get that hospit

today's elevator pitcher has an idea. >> hi. a schultz, one of the inventors of the rack trap. it's an undetectable bra pocket that holes essentials, money, cash, i.d. inside your bra pocket. it fits safely in your bra for women of all ages, all sizes. women from young girls, college age girls to moms on the run, women in uniform, absolutely love the rack trap. it is very inexpensive to make. it provides a huge return on investments. we are looking for $200,000 to do our own direct response television commercial, do all of the merchandising, hire a media buying company and all of the fulfillment. we expect a huge return on your investment because every time we appear on television, be it the "today" show, wendy williams, the doctors, the view, the phone rings off the hook and women from all over the country love the rack trap. >> good job, marla. >> thank you. >> you can't even see it there. >> stop looking. >> all right. let's start with you. how did you think the pitch went? >> i think the pitch went well. $200,000 doesn't soun

i had an idea, based on an installation that i saw in europe. i am struck by the fact that there are more children in the tenderloin than anywhere in san francisco. people are amazed by this. it is a wonderful opportunity down here. by law, it will be impossible to dislodge all of these folks and replace it with real estate, condos, dentists, not that there is anything wrong with them. but you know. they are not going to be dislodged, they live here. >> we expect development, we like that. the tender line is approach development. -- tenderloin is pro- development. >> this is just a kind of thing. this is just an idea rattling in my head. we may not do this. we like to do things radically. we like to go to the root of things. what if he went to the families and kids, and with great respect for all the institutions that exist, -- you see, i saw this thing in holland. little glass canisters, and they would talk to all of the young people at this festival. they said, pick one sound that is really important to you. and that is a radical notion. who i

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sidibe an idea how important it is, every capital -- to give you an idea of how important it is, everyital but dissipated in this morning's free skate. that is how hungry they are. nicklas backstrom is suspended for tonight's game. jeff schultz will be scrapped to bring toughness. a lot of physicality. you see them walking to the locker room. i caught up with jay beagle and he tell me how crucial it is tonight. >> it is a blast playing at home especially the last game was insane. it makes it that much more fun to come out and play in front of a crazy kraut. it has to be one of the best in the league to play in front of. >> how does not having nicklas backstrom affect you guys? >> that is a big loss. he's a great player and is more of a greedy game without him. he brings a lot of scale to the team. we just have to find a way to win in battle hard. >> how will you temper the bruins in terms of the physicality of them trying to get you off your game much like they did in game 3? >> they are a physical team. it is hard. it is a tough game. but somebody is in your face, it is tough to stay

this is an idea-generating place. like no other. i spent three years living in beijing, and i watched what they are trying to do over there. fundamentally different. here, it is inherently and opened, bottom-up idea meritocracy. it is a good way for this place to be. >> i want to follow up on that. because there are so many other places in the world that want to replicate what we have here. is that possible? >> what is the appropriate answer? anything is possible. i think there is a bunch of things that come together here. education is a big part of it. as much as we have talked about the challenges we have in educating our youth, it is still the case that education here is as much about the journey as about the end result. my personal belief is that as long as we keep that focus on the inquiry as opposed to the yes/no result, we will do fine. when you look at other parts in the world, my view is you can gauge how innovative a populace you're going to generate by the way they educate their people. >> you know, i would say that he has

are they indeed an idea for an expression of an idea? >> oracle is seeking nearly $1 billion of damages and an injunction that would force google to change the way it uses its android software. >> riding through the streets of san francisco on board a muni train with more on the proposal that could allow a lot more people to ride for free >> a lot of commuters are heading home so people are going to the ballpark, but if the metropolitan transit agency has its way they will vote tomorrow to allow anyone under 18 to ride muni for free, that is the proposal. it is a two-year trial proposal, looking at spending about $6.5 million to pull it off. a lot of people are opposing it because they say muni has a $19.5 million deficit so how will they spend 6.5 million on letting kids ride for free but there are those who are in favor of it. in new york they have done it but they only allow it during school hours. in portland oregon there is an offset schedule as well for school kids but the point is that a lot of people think that kids are having a h

and that's an idea that will pop up in any number of letters that the "merrimac should be swarmed and either shoved into the shoals and aground or taken out by ramming. ramming is the next very popular idea. after all, the "merrimac" had used it to great effect against the cumberland. so why not turn the tables and use ramming against the "merrimac" itself? initially, that was the navy's plan. they had tugs standing by in hampton roads, several of which were assigned to go after the "merrimac." that of course never happened. right after march 8th the federal government chartered two fast steamers, the "arago" and the "illinois," and sent them from new york to hampton roads to again fling themselves on the "merrimac" when she appeared next. the only problem was the crews, when they found out what they thought their suicide mission was going to be absolutely refused and mutinied. and admiral goldsboro basically wrote in disgust saying that these people are refusing to do the job that they were hired to do. and it all came to nothing. stanton is concerned the navy is just not going to ta

this gives you a little bit of an idea what it might have looked like. this is a drawing my manuel minojosa in my book. i kept trying to get manuel to make it look even worse, but he's very excited about doing nice mexican army uniforms. i'm sure they didn't look quite this good. the artifacts that we found, there's a couple of thousand artifacts we found from the sea of mud. the vast majority of them are at the cushing library at texas a&m. the reason i donated them is i felt like the people of texas should own the artifacts and i also wanted them to be available to travel, so they are available to travel to different museums. they spent quite a bit of time at san jacinto, at the museum there. some of the best ones are at the alamo. if you go to the alamo gift shop, there are some on exhibit there. some of them are across the street at the state museum. a lot of people ask me what's your favorite artifact? i have to say it's probably the howitzer shells. the very first howitzer shell we ever found, it's 26 pounds and it's hollow. it's bronze. it was ful

this is trying to give you an idea of where we are. we are kind of in the second inning of an economic recovery. two things i think are useful. last october, our economy recovered to our last speaker. -- our last keepeak. we are bigger than ever, but we are struggling. it is not sufficient just to get back where we were. our economy needs to grow constantly to keep everyone employed. that gives you an idea of where we need to be, and what it shows you is even though we have gotten back to where we were, we are a long way from our potential, and this is where the job market took a long time to job market took a long time to recover.

i have an idea, why don't you work in our earth mines and just pretend you here in space?what everybody else does down here. hank over there, pretends, you know, he's on a beach. richie thinks he's queen elizabeth. now, you pretend you here in space, keep your eye on the canary and get back to (bleep)ing work. how about that?" (laughter) although i will say this, everything is more glamorous in space. here's earth mining. (laughter) and now, ladies and gentlemen, asteroid mining. ♪ i don't want to close my eyes i don't want to fall asleep ♪ cause i miss you, baby and i don't want to miss ♪ a thing >> jon: actually, space mining seems less pleasant. look, i'm telling you, what could go wrong with billionaires, famed director james cameron and miners in space? (screaming) well, there is that. >> if i could interrupt here, jon? >> jon: what's that? oh, hey, it's one of my writers, eliot, eliot, what's up? >> only the first alien movie directed by ridley scott had aliens killing workers in the spice mining industry. specifically mineral or transport for the wayland corporation

this is trying to give you an idea of where we are. we are kind of in the second inning of an economic recovery. two things i think are useful. last october, our economy recovered to our last speaker. -- our last keepeak. we are bigger than ever, but we are struggling. it is not sufficient just to get back where we were. our economy needs to grow constantly to keep everyone employed. that gives you an idea of where we need to be, and what it shows you is even though we have gotten back to where we were, we are a long way from our potential, and this is where the job market took a long time to recover. we do not have a jobs problem. we have a growth problem. you cannot force people to hire if they do not have reason to hire, and that is why doing things to get growth going, that is the best way to get a recovery in the job market. if you look back, we are seeing more signs of this. second, our recovery has been very slow. is it credible to believe the u.s. economy can speed up eventually and get back to full employment, which is around

you can get an idea of that. this is the leading edge of the cool front.coming up through us as we get into late tomorrow afternoon. look at down south. this is the other factor. in and around us, here is how things will be shaping up. tomorrow morning just some clouds. temperatures will probably rise into the 70's. there is bad weather front. by late tomorrow afternoon showers. as that storm related going to yourself, look at all of this rain. a cold northeasterly wind, temperatures on sunday may be only into the high 40's out to our west. look at the amount of rain. probably some spots will be around an inch. out to the east, especially the eastern shore which has been so dry. tomorrow, look for a fair amount of shock -- sunshine. temperatures tomorrow will be up into the 70's and near 80 degrees. sunday, the rain a dusty northeasterly wind developing by late in the day. temperatures on sunday, only in the low to mid-50's. the next seven days, temperatures on monday also will be windy and chilly. only in the low 50's. what a change. we really need the ra

that gives you an idea that this is rain that is very well come.e will look for more welcome rain around here for the weekend. where is the rain out? showers around baltimore and south and west of the city. the bulk of the rain coming down in harford county. cecil county is getting some decent rain. we will look for more rain. so far the total is not overly impressive. about a fifth of an inch in spots. more than will we have seen in some time. we will have more for the weekend. take a look now. 51 degrees and humidity is almost 100 percent. we could see some patchy fog by daybreak tomorrow. rain on and off. showers being light. here is a cool shot over the day looking east. there will be a few blades of son speaking through. but rain off and on all day long for the most part. we only reached 61 at the airport. and that was overnight last night. a much cooler day tomorrow. we will be back in the ups of -- upper-60s. we could get some late day sunshine. a damp start to the morning. a day of changing weather tomorrow. still some showers lineup over c

you get an idea of the warm air and the cooler air. temperature contrast which is why we get these violent -- you see the temperature contrast which is why we get these violent storms in the spring. and bishop blige high school in dallas had over an inch of rain. wind was gusting up to 30 ma and m.p.h. -- 31 miles per hour. that was dallas earlier today. at the same time, in and around us, nothing was going on. several high clouds are coming in. temperatures will continue to dip a little bit later on tonight into the 50's. there is a little wave coming through. it may bring a few lonesome showers as we get into tomorrow afternoon. more likely, folks in southern maryland and down around fredericksburg with of the clouds, they will be in the 60's. we could use a bit of rain. but it will be very spotty. and then on to the big holiday weekend. no signs of any rain coming. temperatures tomorrow will start out not as low as there were early this morning. there is a slight chance of a shower. temperatures tomorrow afternoon into the 70's. as

with me a woman who has an idea on how to turn a business into a million-dollar idea.ar plastic organizer that holds a hundred pair of earrings and jewelry that keeps them from tangling. she's a judge on "shark tank." >> i've been in the shopping channel world for 15 years. you talk like it's nothing. most people fail that go on. >> not me, i don't fail. >> yeah, you will fail. >> and she's honest. that's what we love. laurie, welcome to the program. >> great to be here. >> what's the bridge between a really good idea and a profitable business? there has to be something between those two. >> i was going to say there's lots of bridges and detours along the way. we really have to start out with a great idea and then you have to know all of the things to do to get there, market research, is it really a good idea, can i make it. is it going to be a good cost. can i get it out there, selling it. there's so many bridges you have to cross. but i do feel if you're strong and tenacious and you really do your homework and put it out there, you can get there. >> your idea and you

killing seventeen people trapped in a burning market where houses come in the chemicals then explains an idea that. the symbolic and fianna convinces present owner of the april tenth cease fire has doubts crew of the caravan to the rebels' willingness to stick to the side of the. recorders are examined to gain a crucial insight into the last minutes of the plane which crashed in western siberia has been revealed the aircraft wasn't diyar just before takeoff. all the top stories this hour time now for a special report arundhati the latest in our discovering russia series and review of the weird and wonderful winter sports one can enjoy. with the winter olympics coming to sochi in twenty four scene it won't be long before the owners of the world are trained on russia's snow easters thankfully you don't have to be in a limb to ghastly to make the most of the countries wants them. i think it's fair to say how do real russian experience until you've lived through one of their winter it's snow comes up to knees and bone chilling temperatures that last few months at a time but if you travel around a

i wrote a little thing about how this is an idea, how our world should work.t should have printmaking, archiving, a gallery. it should have a retail store. in 1972, i wanted to have art sales, point-of-sale at the grocery store. >> so you go through the manifesto. with the bay area should have. you are making art incredibly accessible in so many different ways, so that is a good segue. let's take a walk around the facilities. here we are in your gallery space. can you tell me about the current show? >> the current show is jeff chadsey. he is working on mylar velum, a smooth, beautiful drawing surface. i do not know anyone that draws as well as he does. it is perfect, following the contours and making the shape of the body. >> your gallery represents artists from all over, not just the bay area, an artist that work in a lot of different media. how to use some of what you look for in artists you represent? >> it is dependent on people are confident with their materials. that is a really important thing. there is enough stuff in the world already. >> you also hav

it is an idea you wouldn't have to make any changes to the constitution that is it exists today. one member of congress fought in an ideal world and we are using our imagination, visualizing a democracy in which our representatives are truly representatives. what would be so bad with having -- eliminating the army of staffers and actually having a bonafide congressperson instead of a staffer. it would be a nice idea. remember, what some consider the cradle of democracy in ancient athens the first five thousand or so folks were corralled into the stadium and they were the legislatures. it is not like it would be a big stadium full of people. with internet and cyberspace you think we could create ways of intimacy that would not make it such a difficult proposition today. that might be an idea that would first begin with choosing framers for a new constitutional convention. i will read to you a dialogue i held about this very subject. what we were looking at was what i thought we were looking at was examining the existing article that talks about how to ratify the constitution becaus

that nowadays you can ship food around the world because of refrigerated food transport, that was an idea that was first thought up by a black american. all of these inventions have really affected our lives. there are so many other inventions in there. look at all the lives that have been saved just because we have blood typing and the blood bank. again, very important for all of our lives. and most people don't understand that that was a black american and they were crucial in figuring these things out. >> including super soaker, the big squirt gun. >> some of these kids play with it, and they are not aware of who invented it. this is such an important aspect for it telecommunication. three d. is such an important aspect of telecommunication. >> programs here are interactive, see you can call up kareem abdul-jabbar about his book. this is his seventh book. the first one was back in 1983. he's been writing for 30 years. we welcome your questions about his writing and about his projects and what life is an author is like light in addition to his accomplishments in life. we will put the ph

out the last moment that has controls, and it's this idea of crowd funding, where you come up with an idea, and you put a sign up on the internet saying, everybody send me money for my idea, and you all get a stake in my business. before this bill, you weren't allowed to do that and now can you. so that idea, lots and lots of seeds will be fostered. >> or david knows a little bit about seeds that be planted, sometimes aren't fruitful. but just a little bit about this jobs bill from your point of view? >> well, michelle, the question, when we say start-up, we think facebook, twitter, god forbid, pets.com. but silicon valley isn't really hurting for money and good ideas toned have to fend off the venture capitalists. so is this jobs act primarily targeted at tech or biotech or b biopharmaceuticals or something going towards construction start-ups, foods, restaurants, cafes? where are we going to see the money going? >> really good question. i mean, i think one aspect, this crowd funding is going to be, you'll see it all over the u.s. it's going to be anybody who can think of an idea, use the

but the catholic general had an idea. he said, "hey, if someone in this town can drink "a three-liter tankard filled with wine in one gulp, i'll spare the city." according to legend, rothenburg's retired mayor nusch said, "i can do that." mayor nusch drank the whole thing, the town was saved, and the mayor slept for three days. and today, tourists gather on the town square several times daily for a less-than-thrilling reenactment of that legendary chug. nice story, but in actuality, the town was occupied and ransacked several times during that 30 years of war, and when peace finally came, rothenburg was never again a major player. it slumbered peacefully until rediscovered in the 19th century by those same romantics who put the rhine on the grand tour map. they came here to paint and write about the best-preserved medieval town in germany. shops are filled with etchings and prints inspired by this 19th century romantic take on the town. maybe you have some energy- saving appliances, like an energy star-rated washer and dr

brian. >> an idea we might have to get ahold of here. thank you, as always. >>> up next here tonight, the women in the national spotlight because they really are perfect. >>> this item from edinburgh, scotland, there's little privacy when you think about it when you're a panda in captivity. because you're cute, people want to look at you all the time. you have to feel for sweetie and sunshine, two new pandas from china, a male and female, who have been thrown together into a mating area in the zoo, not unlike the poconos, but so far, no sparks, no fireworks, and if it's going to happen, there's really only one more day left as the females are only in season, so to speak, 36 hours per year. of course, zoo officials still have the option of piping in some marvin gaye music. >>> a related topic. there's having a lot of fun over this in texas. meet the new texas ranger stadium hotdog. two pounds, $26. the length of a baseball bat. they call it the boom stick. because ball players will always be ball players, veteran ball player, club preside

let me run some numbers by you to give you an idea of what i'm talking about. of the 40 million moms in our nation with kids under age 18, 37 million of them will be online by the end of this year. i want to give you an idea of the reach of utilizing the motherhood framework in the upcoming election. you have been sitting a while, so would everyone who is a mom please stand? briefly, do a little stretch. everyone who has at any point in their life had a mother take a moment and stand. all right, we have a movement. we're talking everyone with belly buttons. you can sit down. who are these networked moms? who's online these days? according to the u.s. census bureau in 2011, 77% of blacks, 76% of whites, and 72% of english speaking hispanics are reading their news online. what we're talking about here is a very, very, very different landscape than in 1996 when the soccer mom moniker came into the scene. internet use and access has been skyrocketing. our power to connect to networks to create our own news has been growing. we're an increasingly powerful force that

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