more happens when sam and ryland take their products on the road.nd they learned early on that no matter where they were, they had to keep the same attention to detail. >> so our first trade show was in new orleans. we had a 10x10 cubicle with cloth walls and we set it up and showed our ten designs of wrapping paper and they were pinned to the walls and everything. we didn't sell all that much. >> why not? well, trade shows are crowded with tons of people and companies vying for the attention of buyers. jen billick, founder of the stationery company, knock-knock has been a mentor and she says that to get anyone's attention you need to stand out from the crowd. >> a little bit like a peacock. the reason the peacock, you know, throws its tail out is, you know, to make itself look bigger and more beautiful. you want a peacock at the shows and there's so many booths and miles of aisles that if you're doing things that everybody else is doing, there's a bit of a sense of, like, why would i set up a new account with you when i'm already buying from here a

look at ryland the stock, compared to housing starts. in the past five years, you see actually, ryland had a pretty good run, even though starts have been up and down. talk to john carol, the regional president for ryland here who said he actually has been restarting communities. this one here is a restart of a community development that had been shut down because of the recession. listen to what he said. >> when we come in and restart a community, that builds confidence because the buying public sees that and they say, hey, they're obviously willing to invest in the money to restart a community or multiple communities. they must see something good. and i think that's important because i think as a leader in the industry, certainly here in chicago as well. that is important, that we send the message to the public and help educate them between today's low interest rates and record low housing prices there is no better time to buy a new home. >> not a good time necessarily to buy a homebuilder stocks today however. they are kind of down on

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ryland was the only state in new england were same-sex marriage was illegal until now.s now the tent state in the country to allow same-sex marriage. the u.s. supreme court is expected to rule by next month on major case revolving around a marriage. >> will take a break is 523 and the golden gate bridge. so far so good on 101. out of the north bay in san deliver good news.s. get ge5% cas ch back at restaurs when you y use your chase freedom card this quarter. what?? actiacvate your 5% cash back at chase.com/freedom i'm detecting high levels of happiness. luscious locks there's an entire land here...with living cars. now this is flying... with style. great glittering galaxies. disneyland resort just got happier, see it all with a 3-day park hopper ticket. i now appear to be lost in a deep dark cave... >> we are back. it is 526 as we're watching wall street this morning futures trading is a bit mixed across the indexes encouraging news about the job market and high profits from some companies reported earnings sending stocks higher on the day. the the dow rose 130 points

host all right, windsock, ryland, thank you. -- host: all right, windsock, rhode island, thank you.his on twitter -- host: you can send us your tweets if you go to twitter.com/c-spanwj. we are talking about whether or not the economy is improving renew live. paper declaring that it is improving nationwide. "as the washington times" this morning -- host: we are getting your take on the economy where you live and whether or not you are seeing improvement in that. other headlines from the front page of "the new york times," this morning. "obama took along paths." path."long story, by peter baker, about the president's speech and the strategy has come to a national security. we covered it here on c-span. go to our video library on c- span.org if you want to read more. next to that headline, "obama plans three nominations for key courts." host: that is the topic for the "usa today" editorial page. in their opinion the senate gop takes obstruction to do heights. host: speaking of the court, here is the atom with that piece from "the new york times -- adam from "the new york times." host:

meanso have eight cyber in the ryland guard. i look forward to working with you on your legislation. to reflect that any move from our local guard and reserve capabilities to our military and from there into our intelligence services there are increasing restrictions and concerns about taking action within the continental u.s., partially where it involves american company systems and individuals. that is a particular reason why our law enforcement role is so important when we look at this domestically. we are joined by senator paul klobachar. i was listening and paying back when i did my job for a year. issuesre two levels of with computer crime. one was officers who did not have the training so we would have cases where they would go into a room and turn on the computer and erase everything on it because that is what it was rigged to do. we are second per-capita for fortune 500 companies. companies like target and best buy. i have firsthand seen how challenging the situation is and how we simply did not have the resources or th