to life from brittle landscape, leans her hoe against goat wire, admires shoots balanced on turned earth, looks up, fulfilleds a leaves sigh, clouds, hands on her hips, her jaw falls open and a bomb drops down her throat. white. the horizon, a black line against brilliant white landscape, pale blue sky above it, empty except for heat devil blur, a raindrop sound hits a wooden post against cloudless light, another, the lamb, his children, wife, then he drenched in bullet rain. blue. the final moment of night passing, exposes limbs, torsos, heads, breasts, humans, cows, goats, curved and knotted heaps, lays blue against bitten grass. final piece, the title is the headline for a newspaper. anti-war activist immoh lates along kennedy's express way near giant flame of the millennium skull up tour 4 days before november 2006 elections and no one pays attention. everything but the heart reduced to ash. thank you. . >> i just want to thank george for bringing to bear some of the numbers, some of the horrific things that are happening in iraq right now. this poem was drawn from my experiences in

she walks into the bright vegetable garden, chopped water to life from brittle landscape, leans her hoe against goat

a regime marked by an iron fist is looking brittle. with reports that many of the influential tribal leaders have sided with the opposition. now, the libyan delegation with the u.n. says it will resign, calling for two of the airspace over the country close to stop mercenaries from being flown in, in their words to prevent genocide. parts of the country now appear to be in the hands of the protesters. this has now gone to the east, where his rise to power began and where it may end, this time for independence. tonight, the justice minister was reported to have also resigned over the use of force, but this is not a done deal. state tv is warning security forces will storm what he called "the dance of terror and seven ties," and another night of clashes and death seemed unavoidable -- "the dens of terror." demonstrators gathered here. it will be far harder and far bloodier than anything they experienced. bbc news, in tunis. >> there is talk that his future may ultimately be decided by what happens on the streets of tripoli, but does the

and the regime that has ruled with an iron fist is looking brittle. some have sided with the opposition. and parts of the country now appear to be in the hands of protesters. his rise to power began where it could end. tonight, the justice power is allegedly resigned. state tv is morning security forces -- warning of security forces. >> a correspondent in tripoli. there is talk that colonel qaddafi's faith will be reachingfate -- fate will be soon decided. >> his ascent to power was the result of a bloodless army to. there are people from his own tribe -- a bloodless army coup. it is a very volatile situation. two situations are considered it important. >> one man is important because he has been prominent in the military command of eastern libya ever since 1969 in one way or another, and another of the key figures has been a more prominent, if you like, political figure. he has also taken the side of the rebellion. >> there are multiple eyewitnesses who are saying and mercenaries are being employed by muammar qaddafi. if this is true, they have secon

they are brittle with forgiveness. my thighs unfold as you press the palm of your hand against my curving spine and plant your bones inside my garden. this one is draft it's the one in thean tholology. he smoothed the wrinkles on my bell and he sucked my bitter fruit. we plowed an ocean in my navel and sowed mountains of regrets into fields. we allowed only the memory of water to sustain our thirst. we dreamt of rain and listened for our trees to bare fruit. >> the next is inspired by my mother, are we all? this is garden. the gate to my mother's garden opened always trees flirt with shadows and the grass says my same. asleep in flowered boxes pay for rain. i open always the gate to my mother's garden. i will plant my sum in a clay pot an offering to jealous gods and stretch my arms like branches bearing fruft foregiveness. this was inspired by my mother who likes to sew. always had an old singer sewing machine and i bought her a new one but she never uses it. this is called cloth. her cracked lipped clenched to thread

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. >> they have what is called brittle failures, very sudden failures that lead to collapse. >> reporter: barkley hall has two columns of concrete to keep the walls up and university hall has giant xs to keep its walls from crumbling. >> it's difficult to connect unless you're there. >> reporter: mark is a instructural engineer in new zealand. while you would think there wouldn't be damage to the modern buildings, he says not true. >> you have to keep in mind that the building code, even the codes here, are not intended to preserve or to stop damage to buildings, they are only intended to preserve life safety. >> it would be the same for buildings in the bay area, widespread damage to the newer buildings. for older structures like this, complete collapse. he says there is a lot more with he cannot see in the building left standing. he says that is nothing compared to the human suffering. >> new zealand is a very small country. it's only 4 million people. when they talk about the 6 degrees of separation thing, it's only 1 degree. >> let's go back to the 1989 quake, experts say that was mo

all 3 dolls were made of brittle plastic like material we called cutcha caw. they were hollow the different parts of their bodies were hooked with rubber bands. whatever held those 3 parts together they always broke within a few weeks and the dolls continued to exist in their separate components. i suspect my male cousin was the deconductor of the dolls. the grownups promised to reconstruct them but didn't have the time to follow up on their promises or forgot i was carrying around parts of dolls. except one aunt. she screamed every time she saw me carrying the 3 sets of legs and arms and 3 heads 234 thericcety carriage i pushed around. to assure my aunt the dolls were doing well. i would reassemble them mixing and matching the different parts of the dolls. may be it was a child's way of remembering the acts and the passion of iceis in search of her fragmented husband and the passion of [inaudible] tearing apart and putting together her colonizing bright sister. i still love dolls i collect them. what about you asked amy. she was disapointed when i told her th

. >> they have brittle failures, sudden dramatic failures that lead to collapse. >> reporter: most of older buildings have been retrofitted. barkley hall has two columns of concrete to keep them up. and they have x's to keep the walls up. mark sinclair is a structurallening from new zoo land. he was in christchurch after the 7.1 shook the city in september. while you would think there wouldn't be damage for the modern building up to standard, he says not true. >> you have to keep in mind that the building code, even the codes here, are not intended to preserve or to stop damage to buildings, they are only intended to preserve life safety we call it. >> reporter: it would be the same for buildings in the bay area, widespread damage to the newer buildings and for older structures like this, complete collapse. while we're seeing the obvious damage he says there is a lot more than we cannot see in the buildings left standing but he says that is nothing compared to the human suffering. >> but new zealand is a very, very small country, only 4 million people, so when they talk about the whol

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that do this for a living, i know we have good relations with like jordanian intelligence us with brittle but good, egypt's intelligence, saudi intelligence, have we been blind-sided to the street because we've been too pro government in those cases? >> our c.e.a. has had a real dilemma especially since september 11, 2001. we need our intelligence partnerships in the middle east with these authoritarian regimes to target al qaeda. our belft sources of information often have been the generals in egypt and heads of intelligence in jordan. but the price of that liaison, as the c.e.a. calls it is we get too close to these dictatorial regimes. we in effect give up our focus on what's happening inside, our ability to make contacts with the opposition, because the overriding priority for the c.i.a. is counterterrorism. is going after al qaeda. >> right. >> and so i think we got in a box here that we're going to have to figure a way to break out of chris: you have reported it well. but you're also saying that clapper, the head of d.n.i., the head of intelligence and whole operation is being optim

at a conference she showed pictures of dead bottom dwelling creatures including crab, brittle stars and tube worms. the chief of the national administration said that almost all of the oil from the spill is gone but she doesn't see it as a contradiction that spilled oil remains. >> immaterial tonight the wave of unrest in the middle east and north africa appears to be spreading. while there is calm in the streets of behrain in libyia it was a new round of violence. . >> reporter: thousands of demonstrators celebrating in the country's can't olar the military withdrew armed vehicles a main swear. earlier this week the government used force against demonstrators but now it appearance to be backing away from further confrontation. >> question are here because for the first time we feel free. we weren't -- we aren't into politics, we are just happy to have a voice finally. >> reporter: progovernment forts reportedly opened fire at people attending a mass funeral for protesters. at least 15 people were killed and many were injured in the attack. security forces have been cracking down on pro

. >> one of the end results of mercury poisoning is this brittle, red fried sort of hair.nd that out, the party was on. >> reporter: for "true grit," first time nominee mary zophres put her heart into authenticity from fabric to finishes. >> i was completely, completely obsessed by the design of this movie. every piece of fabric, every piece of clothing that's here has a reason. >> reporter: while movie tickets seem to cost more every year, this exhibit hasn't changed. admission is free. the exhibition is always called the art of motion picture costume design. this year you really can see the art. but you have to see it in person. the free exhibit is open until april 30th. >> and tours cost 20 bucks a person monday through friday. >> the one that won last year was "the yououououououououououou >>> this morning on "world news now," political pressure. the intense push from antigovernment protesters in egypt. >>> and it appears the u.s. could be taking a tougher stance. it's wednesday, february 9th. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." >> good morning. thank

when things get that bad, collegiality, tempers get very brittle. it can have an effect on judges who will start jostling with each other for resources. >> does lack of turnover of justices, is that a sign of a court that is not collegial? >> i don't think rapid turnover of justices -- it is hard to say that that points to collegiality. as far as i know, is more about personal circumstances and how things change. if you need to go out into the private sector for financial reasons or health reasons, i don't think that is collegiality that affects the tenure of justice. the flip side is true. it is common knowledge that at the court of appeal and the supreme court, staff attorneys and judicial assistance who have been there for 30 years or 41 years tells you why lot about how the staff gets along and how rhythm and hum those in the courts. on the other hand, the issues are so exciting and so interesting, you might be able to overlook the fact and deal with your colleagues so you can continue to do this unique work. the work is so compelling. even if w

this one out brittled red covered book called women's literature to of liberation and literature. i think it was the first textbook for feminist criticism that had ever been published. i got to do it. i was a new ph.d. i was in my first assistant professorships job. i felt a tremendous sense of responsibility doing this book. when i did it putting together the list of text that i wanted was not very hard, especially because in those days i did not even know of that many. i get a real shock when i sat down to a copyright holders get permission to reprint, i had wanted to include sylvia plath's celebrated poem, daddy. you probably all know that poem. wanted to include two other poems. i was really going for broke. when i broke to plath's executor and also the sister of her estranged husband who was rumored to be somewhat of a ferocious person, all -- the response came that to be paired with costa hundred dollars. i was paying for the permission fees out of the pittance that i got for doing the book. at the beginning i had not very much money of my own. owen says that the of the two

zach has always struggled with her brittle -- literary career.she doesn't like to be called a woman writer. she is like to be called a woman writer because as she was growing up, this this is sweater as a they suggest. being a woman writer was accepting inferiority. i think she has gotten over that now and she was incredibly kind and efficient and helpful and supportive. but i was staggered. i am obviously not going to name names but i was just amazed at the people who i thought would be helpful in understanding and happy to have this. it is not the writers fault in most cases. is the people who control the rights and that literature is a very complicated series of strata and once you get into that realm, you get into the legal and financial aspects of it. it is out of control of the writer. >> thank you for all of the work that you did on this. it is wonderful. >> i was just wondering if a book has to be very different it is written by -- [inaudible] >> it is an interesting question because even a short time ago it was assumed that it was. wheth

. >> a garnish which has brittle and a snap. almost a crunch. mooses, ice creams. >> reporter: decating creations are coaxed out with roots and chemistry. >> chocolate has cocoa butter in it. that's what makes it hard. it's unstable fat. " we need to do is when we melted down we get the fat crystals. >> reporter: chocolate is an aphrodisiac? science doesn't bear that out by history said it had a key role in romantic. >> people produce beverages that had important uses in ceremonial rituals, such as marriage. >> reporter: across centuries still sweet reward. >> james: 10:27 a.m., a quick look here at near sfo. planes are on the tarmac. low cloud cover. would you know delays in san francisco. two hours and 21 minutes arrivals. oakland and san jose right on time. we will be back. honey...? [ mom ] yes. honey, i can't find my internet cord. oh, i'll borrow hailey's. you're downloading movies. fast! from here? where is her cord?! we switched to at&t high speed internet and got wireless access. no more cords. wireless, okay, honestly, can i just get a

the proliferation threat environment is a fluid, brittle caterina that reflects the broader global reality of an increasingly free movement of people, goods, an information. while this environment is critical for peaceful, scientific and economic events is it allows materials, technologies, and importantly know-how related to chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear weapons to be shared with ease and speed. peron is a key challenge. in the months following the 2009 iranian elections lisa a popular movement to challenge the authority of its government. we also saw the iranian government crackdown with harsher authoritarian control. today we are seeing similar unrest, although so far on a much smaller scale than was the case in 2009. a similarly harsh crackdown by the regime. the look forward to discussing a ron further with you in closed session, particularly its nuclear posture. suffice it to say here we see a disturbing confluence of events. a run that is increasingly rigid, autocratic, depending upon conversion to remain control and defiant toward the west. and one that continues

>> what is this, brittle? >> it goes on top. sugar, water and almond and truffles. job what's going on. everything is boiling and cooking. and grilling. >> there is spa at the tiget ti >> happy valentine's day! >> all right. still ahead -- >> much more coming up including a couple that lost a combined 280 pounds after your local news and weather. >>> good monday morning, 9:56. i'm laura garcia-cannon. want to check the forecast with christina right now. >> well, we had quite a bit of shower activity earlier this morning, seeing a good deal of clearing and that should continue as we good through 3:00 p.m., nice dry conditions over most of the day bey area, maybe a few residual showers and that will continue into tonight. you don't have to worry about the heavy umbrella. cold air moves in after the system of low pressure to retreat off to the east for us, temperatures much cooler tonight, today, only 58 degrees. have a safe valentine's day. >>> and also remember if you have the windshield wipers on you need to use headlights as well, that's the law. you see folks, sti

when things get that bad, i think collegiality -- tempers and the ethos gets brittle. an effect on judges who start jostling with each other for resources. >> does rapid turnover of justices -- is that a sign of a court that is not collegial? >> i do not think rapid turnover of justices -- it is hard to say that that points to collegiality. for the folks i know, it is more about personal circumstances and how things change. they may need to go into the private sector for financial or health reasons. i do not think that it is collegiality that affects the tenure of a justice. now, the flip side is true. it is common knowledge that at courts of appeal and the supreme court that staff attorneys and judicial assistants have been there for 30 years, 31 years, which tells you a lot about how the staff gets along and how the rhythm and hum of the supreme court and the courts of appeal -- that speaks to me of collegiality of the staff. it would be a factor if you came to work everyday and you could not get along with folks. finally decide, this is unpleasant, i am out. the oth