inaudible] james [inaudible] martin luther king junior, [inaudible] clear lily, hoovers james lake, benjamin franklin middle school. each school receives copies of the odd vocation forms [inaudible] and were has expressed his commitment to expanding december /treubgt programs in to seven fields to better prepare students for [inaudible] focused its agenda on a strategic approach to execute this bill. we commend the american association of the university women's expresses its deepest appreciation for the support the branch has shown to advance the [inaudible] by middle schoolgirls. >> thank you. i don't have any public speakers signed up for this item. i was thinking we could have comments from the board vote and then if you wanted your guests to say a few words after we present the certificates. any comments welcome from the board members. any comments from board members? >> just if i may say i'm a proud member of aauw and have been aware of this program for a number of years and wanna commend the association but the local chapter for the wonderful work they do. i've been to some of their events, the

well, weather forecasting was invented in america by benjamin franklin, but meteorologists, especially since superstorm sandy warn we may be falling behind. they were dire warnings that shut down the nation's capital. >> our biggest snowfall in two years. can you believe it? >> forecasters promising washington's worst storm in two years. but that didn't happen. >> the question is, tom, do we need the push broom or the great big shovel out here. we really don't need either. >> and the weather channel's jim cantore, known best for braving weather like this -- >> oh, hold on to that camera, brad. >> -- was left in a snowless capital. >> no snow on the ground. there's none in the trees, no piles anywhere here to be found. >> cliff mass is an atmospheric science professor at the university of washington. >> 24 hours out, 36 hours out, there was these differences. that really made a difference between rain and snow. the european was going for less precipitation. >> he says wednesday's storm is just the latest example of the shortcomings of u.s. weather prediction. >> we led the world for dec

birthplace of benjamin franklin. - yeah, then he looked around, realized it sucked, and moved to philadelphia! oh, did you just whip a battery at me? - mr. donaghy, i'm sorry-- can we get back to the meeting? - of course-- my apologies to our friends [laughing] from the great city of los angeles. [collective laughter] - hey, stop laughing-- l.a. rules. michael bay, freeways, legoland. - before i take your questions, i'd like to say few words about don geiss. the world has lost a giant. he built g.e. into the greatest company on earth, and the earth into one of the top three planets in the universe. for those of you wishing to pay your respects, there will be an episcopal cryogenic freezing service open to all six sigma black belts and higher. - that's the craziest thing i ever heard-- episcopal! - now the floor is open to questions. - i would be remiss, if i didn't honor our fallen leader with a song. this is for you, dan goose. aha... mazii-iing.... gra... eh... ah... ace ["30 rock" theme playing]

i think that benjamin franklin -- he said those who will sacrifice liberty for security deserve neither. the fact is that this is a real problem. i see it being a much greater problem. the think tanks that have looked at the issue, unfortunately, have said that in the next 10 years, there will be not one, but two dirty nuclear bombs exploded in the united states. i hope they're wrong. that is what the statistics show. if that does happen, god forbid, i believe that our fundamental democracy will be under the greatest attack it has ever experienced. as a matter of fact, one of the issues we're looking at in the aba is what would be the aba's response in the event there was a dirty nuclear bomb and habeas corpus was suspended in the united states, as it was by lincoln and by roosevelt? a lot of people don't remember that and don't know it. england, i was in england talking to their lawyers. i was talking to their security people. they don't have a constitution. they have much different ability to hold people for longer periods of time, and what they would do under similar circumstances. i

somebody told me once, if benjamin franklin came back the only thing he would recognize is our education system because it has not changed in a while. even the public education is taxpayer funded, the taxpayers do not know what agency they have to fix it. you're doing what you're doing and we can argue about who was right and wrong. what agency to people have? >> that is a great question. this is to give road map to the everyday mom or dad who is educated -- frustrated by the education system. they often think it is hopeless. i call the school in a one returns my calls. this is the political black hole and we cannot fix it. there are things that everyday people can do. we have laws and policies in place that are created and protected by elected officials. and these elected officials, usually they vote for something in the committee. their constituents are not paying attention to evoke their having. nobody knows that. if we're able to shine a light on that and say, your state assemblymen voted against a lot to take sexual predators out of the classroom, what do you think about that? the v

interesting character character, an early publisher and journalist and had been an apprentice with benjamin franklin and set up the printing press. he issued early atlases and distributed up and down the east coast and was influential and was outraged by randall's treatment and took up his cause and issued pamphlets of his mistreatment and encourage him to go to court and it went on forever i think 12 ye

so we have records of benjamin franklin educating himself and reading one of the rulings that says it was legal. he wrote on the margins of this all kinds of sarcastic comments against the whole british system of government. so his solution was that judges and british naval officers and even the king should be liable to that. that was his solution. almost at the exact same time, george iii was reviewing the same legal decisions and came under completely opposite conclusions. he decided that it was legal. that the service should be commended when he needed them. and this is a case of difference in style and substance as well. and making up his own solutions. george three very diligently had recorded as legal ruling in his own hand line by line. he reached the conclusion that he was happy with. there's a lot of lessons that we could take from how it works during the 18th century. part of the book, britain found itself in a compromising position. in order to establish and continue to world dominance that it had, in essence it had to violate some of its own principles. the british dissoci

the concept of daylight saving time can be traced back to benjamin franklin, but geoff chester of thekeeping - says it really grew along with victory gardens during world war one. >> the idea of having an extra hour of daylight after work meant that workers could go home from the factory and have an extra hour to tend their victory gardens >> reporter: decades later, it's still around. but some studies have suggested bumps in heart attacks and traffic accidents following the "spring ahead." not to mention grumpy workers on monday morning, when the national sleep foundation says you'll feel it most. so rather than try to steal that hour back by sleeping in -- >> get up, take some exercise, get out and get some light, which will help set the morning alarm clock in your brain so that it's not so difficult to wake up on monday morning. >> reporter: they also suggest using the occasion to take stock of sleeping habits, like kicking certain items out of the bedroom. >> put aside the cell phone, the ipads and other electronic devices that keep us connected so that you're no disturbed by them

. >> dana: benjamin franklin floated the idea saying people would be more productive if they had lightfreddie the worst thing about this is -- >> greg: the worst thing about that is at a bar at 1:00 and it goes to 2:00. you're screwed. i don't think they turn it forward enough. they should do 24 hour forward. when it's monday it's sunday. sunday is saturday. friday it's saturday. saturday it's thursday. >> dana: you're going backward. >> greg: when you spring forward, you are going backwards. you go forward and you are really going backward. >> dana: i don't get it. >> andrea: i love this. it feels like spring in theylight forward. >> bob: love is in the air. spring time. they moved it up because of the energy costs. it used to be in april. move up three weeks. if you get up and go to school, early in the morning, you are driving in the o-tark, what. right -- "o-"dark-whatever. >> eric: i am amazed you are getting five minutes out of daylight's savings. >> greg: i have to say it's great. >> eric: you are doing fantastic. >> greg: i am affected by darkness. in winter i'm depressed. once

. >> have you heard some of benjamin franklin's quotes? >> he was the only crazy one of the bunch. but he did bring a lot into his perverted fold. >> he didn't just invent electricity, he created a lot of it. coming up, what is one way to make a woman recoil? joe derosa discusses his new book "say hello." and was the elevator murder experiment a good idea? beats me. i haven't read the story yet. >>> would most passersby let a man die? an advertising firm came up with an ingenuous way to prevent colin farrell's new thriller "dead man down" about a fake murder in progress and then taping people's reaction. tame a look, people with look holes. jay we need -- >> we need to get some help over here. >> the social experiment ends with the question, what would you do? run, get help, call 9-1-1 or record the video or perhaps get revenge? it is the plot line of the movie i am not going to see. that said "dead man down" opens this friday. we might as well open the clip. since colin farrell stopped drinking he is adore believe a. joe, while we are watching this you said i miss you, let's get t

benjamin franklin claimed, for example, thatthe invention of a machine is of more importance than a masterpiece by raphael." john adams said, "the age of painting and sculpture has not arrived in this country, and i hope it will not arrive soon. i would not give a sixpence for a picture of raphael." nevertheless, admiration for the artist became so great th copies of his works grew in number, especially of the madonna of the chair. merchants and landowners placed these copies in rooms filled with family portraits and memorabilia. unlike jefferson's monticello, the copy after raphael might now be the only art relating to an old master in the room. the attitude toward raphael changed during the 19th century. through prints and the new medium of photography, copies of his sistine madonna and other works proliferated. once mass-produced, they were no longer a mark of taste and distinction but symbolized their owner's moral as well as artistic values. eventually, raphael's images became so commonplace they were fair game for parody. in the late 19th century, a new, more sophisticated type of collect

benjamin franklin flew kites, albert einstein loved to sail, all great figures in history have theirnd so do mediocre politicians. brett ehrlich explains. >> what does an ex-president do with his freef time? if you are a normal x-president % the answer is question. but if you are george w. bush you do something else. >> artist bonnie flood is raving about one of her pupils. he is former president. >> a few weeks ago a hawk email revealed these painting. instead of twiddling his thumbs he is painting his toes. this week an interview with his painting instructor revealed he is focused more on puppies. >> he started off painting dogs. >> a picture is worth a thousand words they say, and thanks goodness, because after looking at these, was speechless. the x-president recently spent an entire month in florida with his painting instructor. >> she really didn't know what to call him? >> i got it george w brush. >> actually i called him 43 because that's how he signed his paintings. >> the president's paintings are actually kind of good. >> he has such a passion for painting. it's amazing. h

so i think that the things that you mentioned in terms of the racial attitudes of benjamin franklin,t there was a time in our history where parts of what is now the united states were actually mexico, that people of african descent. latin american descent. native american descent were exploited and oppressed at a point in our history, are factually accurate and-- >> let me interrupt you to keep the debate going. that's less controversial the way you raised it than was happening. referring to white people as gringos, is that fair? what if the texts referred to black people with the n-word. >> there are texts that refer to that, we read huck finn and i'm saying that there is a place for doing those things if, depending on the context. i do not believe that these courses are intended or that this particular professor's intention is to stir up anti-american sentiment. so, what i see here in terms of-- >> all right. hold on, i've got to get parties in and give it back to ben and ask him to respond. >> yes, content matters. ethnic study courses are based on critical studies. critical studi

franklin and benjamin franklin who was a role model for crockett both in his autobiography and in the almanacs and when he went to paris he wore this cap and he knew exactly what he was doing. he was being a natural man they like to call [inaudible] , and the cat is a symbol of sure, nobody with your people that you are one with nature and you are an american and crockett 's case. it is overrun with flies that allow you to swap them away. >> there is a subliterature on advisers and earflaps with the coonskin cap. [laughter] we also are pretty sure that unlike people that we're those hats today and turn them around, crockett never turned his around which would have impacted his marksmanship greatly. [laughter] >> i can see this deterioriating. let me try to bring it back. to where we began, which is the last stand here in our last couple of minutes. and jim of course your blood of he rose most people recognize is the standard account of the battle of the alamo replacing walter lord's fabulous 1960 book and you've also written about custer. these are the two pivotal moments in terms of

. ♪ thank you, benjamin franklin, for discovering electricity and the mullet. [ laughter and applause up front, party in the back. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: hey. [ laughter and applause ] what? >> steve: hey, ben. what's up? what's up, ben? [ as adam sandler ] >> jimmy: "it's -- it's adam sandler ben franklin." >> steve: oh, my -- [ laughter ] [ mumbles ] [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> jimmy: thank you, any time someone takes their phone out of their pocket, for being the universal signal for everyone else to check their phones, too. [ laughter and applause ] ♪ thank you, rhinoceroses, for being the unicorn's gross older brother. [ laughter and applause ] ♪ thank you, flickering fluorescent bulbs, for letting me know something bad is about to go down in this hospital. [ laughter and applause ] [ heart monitor noises] [ laughter ] ♪ >> jimmy: thanks you, scissors, or as i like to call you, siamese knives. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] >> steve: trademark. >> jimmy: thank you, grandfather clocks and regular grandfathers, for both having low-swinging pendulums. [ audience

. >> and benjamin franklin floatel the idea saying people would be more productive if they hadre light equipment, like greg gets on his combine and gets out there. >> you know the worst thinges about this? when you're at a bar at 1:00 a.m. and it goes immediately to 2 a.m you are screwed. i don't think they turn theu' clock forward enough.on i think they should do an entire 24 hour forward so like when it's monday, it's actually sunday. and when it's sunday, it's actually saturday. and when it's saturday, it's actually friday. and when it's s friday -- >> wure get the idea. >> why are you going backwards? >> no, you spring forward, you backwards. don't understand? you go forward aren hour, but you're an hour earlier. >> no, i don't get it. >> you are nuts. >> do you like -- >> i lovend this? >> why? >> because i like when it's lighter out and i don't even care if it's not the first day of spring. for me it's spring when it's daylight saving when you spring forward. >> love is in the air action it's springtime. >> they moved it up in 2005, didn't they move this up a month? >> yeah. lowe

actually a core american value, it goes back to the founding of this country and it goes back to benjamin franklin, one of the leading lights of that time, who said, and every american knows this, "an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure." a little action now is going to forestall much greater -- the need for much greater action later. and that's exactly the nature of this problem, is that if we delay -- if we wait until we've reached three and four degrees, it's too late. at that point the climate system is locked. it's a massive system. the heat is already in earth's system, it's absorbed in the oceans, it's being absorbed by the ice systems. it's in the atmosphere, there is no magic vacuum cleaner that's going to suddenly pull the co2 out and bring our temperatures back to what we consider normal. so that's why it's so imperative that we begin taking these actions now to forestall the worst effects that are going to happen in decades to come. >> so what ounce of prevention could be taken in 2013 that would make you think we might be on the right path? >> it's not like we haven't already

so we have records of benjamin franklin educating himself and reading one of the leading rulings that said impressment was legal. he wrote on the margins of this ruling all kinds of sarcastic comments against the whole british system of government which she decided that if this was legal and showed that if they did not release support liberty. his solution was that if regular sailors could be impressed and that means that judges should be impressed, british naval officers can be impressed. even the king himself should be liable to imprisonment. that was franklin solution. almost at the exact same time the jurors the third was reviewing the same legal decision and came under the complete opposite conclusion. he decided that it was perfectly legal. that the king should be able to command your service as subjects when he needed them. this is the case a difference for style and substance. brad franken has been created in writing and the margin of the ruling in making of his own solution, george the third very diligently had recorded the legal ruling in his own hand line by line by line. a

the concept of daylight saving time can be traced back to benjamin franklin, but geoff chester of thenation's authority on timekeeping - says it really grew along with victory gardens during world war one. the idea of having an extra hour of daylight after work meant that workers could go home from the factory and have an extra hour to ten their victory gardens decades late, it's still around. but some studies have suggested bumps in heart attacks and traffic accidents following the "spring ahead." not to mention grumpy workers on monday morning, when the national sleep foundation says you'll feel it most. so rather than try to steal that hour back by sleeping in -- get up, take some exercise, get out and get some light, which will help set the morning alarm clock in your brain so that it's not so difficult to wake up on monday morning. they also suggest using the occasion to take stock of sleeping habits, like kicking certain items out of the bedroom. put aside the cell phone, the ipads and other electronic devices that keep us connected so that you're no disturbed by them in the mid

you know, i actually represented a good chunk of benjamin franklin's legislative district.arned from ben franklin, which is as old as politics in this country, is that if you work toward a common goal, if you're able to bring people together and fight for those things we all agree on, people are going to do a much better job of listening to you on the things we disagree on, and joy and chris, you've touched on this in just a moment ago about coming out. you know, we have seen more people come out of the closet in the last 25 years, the last 20 years, than perhaps we did in the last 100 years, and what's happened as a result is this lgbt civil rights movement, you know, has gained in last 25 years. what took about 65 years from civil rights movements. now what happens every single day people see lgbt people around them in their family, their workplace. every morning they bring ellen degeneres and tom roberts into their household. that's the people, chris, we're talking about here. we're talking about seniors, southerners. we're talking about working class people seeing lgbt

and so we have records from the early 1770s of benjamin franklin educating himself and reading one of the leading rulings that says impressment was legal. and he wrote on the margins of this ruling all kinds of star -- sarcastic comments against really the whole british system of government which he decided that if this was legal, then it showed that it didn't really support liberty. and his solution was that if regular sailors could be impressed, then that means that judges should be impressed, british naval officers can be impressed and even the king himself should be liable to impressment. that was franklin's solution. almost at the exact same time, george iii was reviewing the same legal decision and came at a completely opposite conclusion. he decided that it was perfectly legal, that the king should be able to command the service of his subjects when he needed them. and this was a case of difference in style and substance as well. whereas franklin had been creative in writing on the margins of the ruling and, you know, making up his own solution, george iii very diligently had r

everyone needs to face their own mortality and benjamin franklin put it best, there's nothing guaranteed, but death and taxes. and the good news-bad news. the good news we're going to live longer the bad news, how to pay for it. seniors have to think of less traditional values, think outside of the box, a settlement or even a reverse mortgage. nicole: nicole petallides here. i have a quick question, when you talk about whether people need it or don't want it. ultimately can you just blame the economy and make this similar to ira's and retirement plans, people are character out. not that they don't need it or want it, they don't have a choice, right. it's almost like pawning your jewelry, dipping into your retirement fund. and selling your life insurance policy. >> well, actually the demographic of selling policies are leaning toward the wealthy, healthy individuals. people and estate planners, financial planners who are finally recognizing life settlements as an option or looking at the total package and we have a trust here and it's being diminished by life insurance premiums by a life

he had been apprentice with or at least in contact with benjamin franklin. he set up a printing press. he, um, he issued maps, some of the early atlases of the u.s. and distributed them all up and down the east coast. he's a very, very interesting and influential person, and he was outraged by randel's treatment. and so he took up randel's cause, and he issued all these pamphlets about randel's mistreatment. he encouraged randel to go to court, which he did. it went on forever. it went on, i think, for about 12 years, the court case. during that time his first wife, matilda, died. he remarried. and finally the case was settled. i mean, the canal company did all of these shenanigans. they objected to every, i mean, every bit of evidence, every subpoena, every bit of testimony. finally, it was settled in randel's favor, and he won what was at that time the largest lawsuit in the short history of the united states. it was for a quarter of a million dollars in, um, 1834 terms, so about $6 million today. he used that to buy land to repay an enormous number of deb

we have records in the 1770s of benjamin franklin educated themselves and one of the ruling says that impressment weslaco and he rode on the margins of this ruling all kinds of sarcastic comment against the whole british system of government, which he decided that weslaco, then they showed it didn't really support liberty. .. on the margins of the ruling and making up his own solution. diligently she had recorded in his own hand line by line. lessons that we can take from the issue of a impressment and how it works during the 18th-century. i titled the book of the evil necessity because britain found itself in a compromise position. in order to establish and continue the world dominance that it had, in essence it had to violate one of its own principles. the british liberty and the 18th century, something that as americans we sometimes forget. so when they resorted to impressment, this system is so controversial. one of the primary idea is to read defined what's necessary for them and whether it is worth it. thomas mann and enormous or steam examine partisan politics in the u.s. gover

they wanted me to learn about abraham lincoln and george washington and benjamin franklin but i wanted to learn about everybody. i don't know the various cultures of the ethnic groups that we have grown up with. i know the white culture. but i don't know the indian culture and i don't know the asian culture. sometimes i have to figure out mott my culture is because they don't teach us these things and until we get to -- our own households is a very vital thing and you have to remember love starts in your house. .. >> i believe in something that i call that is part of history, that we must be in tune with the spirit of history. we may try to avoid it, a dodge it, run away from a. but it will talk best -- track is down but you have to do with your passion. go with your heart. we guided by the spirit of history and let the spirit of history use you. i believe in america, the late '60s, we witnessed what i like to call a revolution of values, a revolution of ideas. you have what i would consider, the essence of the beloved community and for a brief period, i came to the conclusion that sen

>>steve: i was reading when this country was being founded, our founding fathers, benjamin franklin inook part of the story and included it in our symbol. >> i think it has a message for everybody. that's why you often have non-jews who sit at the table with jews. you mentioned to me that you participated at a sader years ago. during the holy week part of the sader is mentioned during the rituals. i think it has great reference for all of us. let's appreciate who we are and where we are and then we're celebrating passover in the full sense of the word. >>steve: it runs eight nights? >> yes. every night is important. we get to spend time with family and friend. how often do we not find the time to spend with those who are close with us. >>steve: thank you, sir. meanwhile straight ahead, the best excuse ever: i'm allergic to exercise. but for women it's not an excuse. it is a reality for at least one woman. her story coming up. then we've shown you the video. teenagers smashing gallons of milk on purpose and falling to the ground pretending to be hurt. stupid prank or should these kids b

i dunno of television change that but benjamin franklin was not the only tinker of his time but to jumpntify dean kamen as our contemporary tinkerer. a serial inventor, he made his original fortune with infusion pumps including the insulin pump to allow patients to receive medication around the clock without having a nurse present. he also identified data walking wheelchair but it it was the gyroscopic technology that you might want a wheelchair to climb a curb or stairs said he invented this very ingenious technology to do that. there were very expensive and did not catch on. he is best known for a segue best -- built on the same technology as the walking wheelchair. it was a running joke and i don't know if you remember when it came out it was hailed as the future of transportation and would change the way we've would lift but many cities bandit on the use of sidewalks. there is still a use i think amazon uses them and there were house there is a lot of said way tour in some cities you can visit the city. it is around in the future but the point* is dean became wealthy off of his inve

think of the galaxy of brilliant leaders i have around me: benjamin franklin, john adams, alexander hamilton jefferson. men of great intellect and great ideas who sometimes disagreed with one another, but it was necessary for our experiment in order to succeed, to harness their brilliance and their energies and get everyone moving in the same direction selflessly for this noble cause we call the united states of america. >>alisyn: now that you see the two parties that have developed fighting so vociferously, you must be disappointed? >> it is great -- greatly saddening. greatly saddening. again, i would urge all americans, regardless of party, to remember the spirit of selflessness that energized us at that time. >>brian: general, we talk about philosophy and foundation, that is your game. we're going to bring up something you're not familiar with and that's credit cards. spy agencies, we're considering giving them the ability to review our finances to look for a terrorist among us. how do you feel about that? >> sir, i would be very concerned about any government infringement into the priva

then in america translated of course and to benjamin franklin who was a role model both in his autobiography in the almanacs that he wrote. when dr. franklin went to paris and franklin was one of the most brilliant men of the enlightenment, he knew exactly what the friends like to call the savage. the fur cap is a symbol of your commonality with the people that you are one with nature and that you are an american. >> franklin wore the tale. >> but the tale in texas. [inaudible] >> there is a sub literature on pfizer's and ear flaps with a coonskin cap. >> we also are pretty sure that unlike people who wore the hats today and turn them around crockett never turned his coonskin hats around which would have impacted his marksmanship greatly. [laughter] >> i sense is this deteriorating. let me try to bring it back. where we began which was the last stand in our last couple of minutes. jim of course you're glad of heroes is now most people recognize and i certainly do as the standard of the battle of the alamo from the fabulous 1960 book any of also written about custer. these are the two pick of

but benjamin franken was not the only one at this time. ben franklin is a serial inventor for one. he made his original fortune with a series of infusion pumps, including insulin pumps that allowed stations to receive medication around the clock. without having a nurse present. he also invented the wheelchair. he built this gyroscopic technology into it. and they said you might want a wheelchair to climate curbs or stairs. so he invented this very ingenious technology to do that. he's probably best known for the segway. it was built on the same technology as the wheelchair. i don't love you remember when the segway came out a number of years back, it was hailed as the future of transportation and it was going to change the way we live. unfortunately, a lot of big cities banned the use of them on sidewalks, for one. in warehouses they used them, i think amazon uses them in their warehouses. there are a lot of tours around the country. the technology is around. maybe it will have bigger use in the future. he obviously became wealthy off of his invention. but if you look at, you know,