he did has been involved with the walmart transaction from -- edith has been involved with the walmart transaction from day one. she is an amazing moment. she has several daughters. i want to tell you how she became involved and how it is impacting herself, her daughters, and women across the country as well is your daughters. >> can you tell us about your experience at walmart and why you decided to work there? >> my reasoning for wanting to work at wal-mart is and they told me this was a wonderful company that you could work for. if you work hard -- once you come to the company, there is no other company you need to go to, because the options are open to you. if you want to be system manager, work hard, and you can achieve that. the sky was the limit as far as where you could go in this company. they need dedication and a person to work hard, which is something that is not way out there. >> did you have prior experience in retail management before you started at walmart? >> i have always been in retail, because i love people. the best way to serve people is to be in retail. you get t

let me introduce edith, she has been involved with the class- action lawsuits since the first day, and i can tell you that she is an amazing woman. she has five children and four of them are daughters. let's get started on the conversation. i want her to have the opportunity to tell you how she got involved and how this is impacting not just herself and her daughter, and how this will impact all women across the country and your daughter as well. can you tell us about your experience at wal-mart and wife decided to work their? >> my reason for wanting to work out wal-mart was that they had a pitch line, if you want to call it that. they told me that this was a wonderful company that you can work for and if you work hard -- once you come to another camp -- this company, there is no other company want to go to. if you want to be an assistant manager, worked hard and you can achieve that. the sky was the limit as far as where you could go in the company, they just needed dedication and a person to work hard, and this is not something that is way out there. >> and did you have prior experi

or he said one day, edith piaf used to live in this house. i swear he said sylvester stallone.ired his -- i was like, this guy's creative. >> jimmy: he's trying to keep himself interested. or maybe he's just insane. what was it like living on the neighboring island to shaq? did he ever come over and steal like your cattle or anything like that or -- >> no, no. i never -- he actually had a bobble head, a shaq bobble head, at the end of his dock and that was my only sort of interaction with him. seeing this bobble head. although i did see i guess he had like a baby that was, you know, shaq's small -- or it wasn't a small baby, it was a very shaq-sized baby. >> jimmy: well, we have some people outside. i don't know if you were paying attention during the monologue but there's some couples outside. okay, hi there, what is your name? >> my name is shaman. >> jimmy: your husband is down below. first, i want to tell you, owen wilson is here. say hello to owen. >> hey, how's it going? >> hi. >> jimmy: do you have the milk shake? >> i have my milk shake. >> jimmy: do you feel you're in

she gives him a book called the greek way by edith hamilton, a middle breaux book in the '50s. and he discovers the world of ancient greece. it is a four step process. the first step is downloading information. so the brain can begin to work on it. the second is repeating it so it becomes automatic. the third is sort of playing with it, journal entries, games, so the unconscious mind is sort of stimulated and the fourth is the rigorous paper writing we are has to bring it all to a point. and he h a moment where scientists have described that aha moment, that moment of certainty when are you struggling with a problem and you are struggling. you can't make it make sense and eventually something just pops into your mind and makeit clear. and that moment is such a delicious moment that a lot of people chase that moment all their lives. they become scholars. and so what i am trying to do there is show the interplay between conscious learning, unconscious ocessing, to show how education involves all this stuff. >> and their parents? >> their parents, harold parents are commercial peo

smith: the manager's amendment consists of numerous technical ediths and other improvements to the bill. some highlights include the poll lowing provisions, expansion and clarification of rights urn the patent act, institutions of higher learning qualify as microentity fees. consolidation of numerous p.t.o. reporting requirements, inclusion of amendment language that forebids the patenting of inventions encome possessing a human organization. this has been part of the laws for years. and deletion of a provision that provides special treatment of one company that wants additional patent term protection from the p.t.o. these and other changes smooth out a few rough edges and improve the overall bill. i reserve the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman reserves. for what purpose does the gentleman from north carolina rise? >> madam chair, i claim time in opposition to the amendment. choim the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. watt: i yield the gentleman from wisconsin, mr. sensenbrenner, two minutes. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. sensenbrenn

i'm edith ramirez, commissioner of the federal trade commission. i appreciate the opportunity to present the commission's testimony on data security and i want to thank you, chairman bono mack and the committee for your leadership on this important issue. before i continue, i would like to know my written testimony represents the views of the federaltration commission but my oral remarks and response to questions are my own and may not reflect the view of the commission as a whole or other commissioners. as the nation's consumer protection a. the f.t.c. is committed to protecting consumer privacy prone moating dwrate security fleist sector. if companies do not protect the personal information they collect and store, information could fall into the wrong hands, resulting in fraud and other harm and consumers can lose confidence in the marketplace. although data security has recently been in the news, this is not a new priority for the f.t.c. to the contrary, for the decade, the they have undertaken substantial efforts to promote data security throug

chairman bono mack can the ranking members trant ties and waxman, i'm edith ramirez, of the federal trade commission. i appreciate the testimony and data security. but to thank you and the chairman bono mack and the committee for your leadership on this important issue. before i continue, i'd like to note the written testimony represents the use of the federal trade commission, both oral remarks and responses to questions they may have and may not reflect the commission as a whole or other commissioners. at the nation's consumer protection agency, the fcc is committed to protecting consumer privacy and data security and to protect your. if companies do not protect personal information they collect and store, information could fall into the wrong hands, resulting in fraud and other harm and consumers could lose confidence in the marketplace. other data security has been in the news, that's not a new priority for the ftc. to the contrary, for a decade the ftc is undertaken substantial efforts to promote data security in the air through law enforcement, education, policy initiatives and reco

did you pass it for the day they moved to canada the announced all she and all of my children six edithto and nothing happened she succeeded 96% now she studies computer engineering at the university of toronto. faugh to send messages of success. >> i want to tell you the message is that the tragedies are not the end of the world and every bad thing in life there is something good. as i said, there is something good in it because in our short-term vision you may dislike something and later on find that it's for good. but you may apply something and realize it is not for good. in the second thing, if i know the future i will learn from it and no one knows what will happen tomorrow. i would spend more time with my wife and the children and would share and hug them and say to you don't say tomorrow, spend as much as you can with the people you love. kiss them, hug them, eat with them, have fun with them, enjoy them. you don't know if those moments are coming back or not. the feared mifsud nothing is impossible in her life. everything in life is possible and it's not in my vocabulary the on