hum, hum, yes. this is real sponge cake. that's okay. that's okay. i am a [inaudible] person anyway. do i have to eat it all? slurp... hum, yuk. slurp, hum... disgusting. i'm almost done. [laughter]. slurp, slurp. i gave up eating noodles. thank you, thank you. >> sometimes notable authors come to main stage and do more than read passages from their work. they sit in a live conversation with a reporter, playwright discusses the relevancy of his work with one of his theatre critics. as part of the yearly 1 city one book event. fields questions from sm scott chauffeur. >> before writing the book you want to louisiana and did a lot of research. what reception did you get there? what obstacles did you find? well -- it depends on which decade you are talking about. i did research, actually starting in from the time i was very small. and we went back every summer even though i was born here in berkeley, as a matter of fact we went back every summer to louisiana and i was always interested and did a lot of -- um -- both formal and informal research. startin

. ♪ [ boy humming ] ♪ [ humming ] ♪ [ humming ] ♪ [ female announcer ] the simple joy of a happy mealba da ba ba ba [ evan ] ah it's cool. ah... ah. ah. ah. ah. ah. ah. ah. ah. ah! ah! whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, what is that? how come my dap wasn't like that? huh? it's just an "us" thing. yeah, it's a little something we do. who else is in this so-called "us"? man, i don't know. there's a lot of us. [ chuckles ] ask your friends what it's like to be part of a group that's 40 million strong. state farm insures more drivers than geico and progressive combined. it's no surprise, with so many ways to save and discounts of up to 40%. so call an agent at 1-800-state-farm or go online. >>> here's a check of the top storying. excitements and cheers just a few hours ago in chile. the ordeal for 33 trapped miners may soon be over now that the rescue shaft has reached them. in just days a especially designed capsule will bring them to the surface. >>> a gunman faces six counts of attempted murder. a 6 and 7-year-old girl received miner injuries. he fired six shots at the school. witnesses say the s

. >> hum hum. it's usually a short-term vehicle whereby you are looking for specific revenues to come in to actually pay those bonds off basically as short-term financing. where as your longer term or permanent financing would be likely what you would be looking at for the financing for the m.t.a. director beach: and to define short term, under three years? >> usually under three years. and sometimes even much less. director beach: great. thank you. director nolan: members? director heinicke? director heinicke: one question. as you explore the difference between sort of a general obligation bond that we build into our overall debt structure and something that's tide to the revenue stream, bobbeded against the revenue stream, i can see why the general debt structure might be more attractive superficially. do we get better bonding terms, better interest rates, that sort of thing if we tie it to a revenue stream? >> a very good question. it's actually one of the items that your team is going to be wra

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the operators can tell just by the hum of that machine that it's a harmonic noise emitted that it's out of balance and the machine needs to be cleaned. it will start vibrating and we have vibration analysis machines that will come over here and check the levels. so it's kind of an on-going thing that you have to stay on top of on a daily basis. >> handled properly, you take organic residuals, as we call them, that are leftovers of our society and turn them back into some energy. and we have another ability to take that sludge and get a nutrient value for crops there. we actually are running a kind of composting energy recovery system. >> well, this is a dirty job. we try to do it safely and we try to do it without imposing too much on the public. people want to flush their toilets and have things go away and not be bothersome again. we do a lot to try to accomplish that. i'd like to invite you to come back any time you want. once you got this in your blood, you are not going to be able to stay away. the raging waters are fun and when we do digester cleaning i really hope you can come ba

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. >> this is bite hum. in english it means a warm home. it unique because it is the only place in israel where holocaust survivors can live for free. >> they receive medical treatment, meals, also games and drama. they have a painting club, craft club, really life from a-z. >> more than 200,000 holocaust survivs live in israel. about 1/3 are in povty. >> shanna's ro is filled with pictures including her mother. her parents fled pola. she says she doesn't know how she surved. god spoke a special message to her. >> he said don't cry because if you cry you will die. >> who said that? >> god said that. >> so you didn't cry. >> she says her room is small. it is much better than the last place she lived. >> it is better live here like in the glass palace with everything from god. >> more than 1,000 survivors tryingo get into the renovatebuilding. only 120 will be able to live here. >> my aspiration is to give beds to another 150 people. >> this home exists mainly thanks to donations from evangelicals from the german branch embassy. >> book of is

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. >> you're sneaky, little nasty [bleeping] >> um-hum. >> i'd like to beat him to a [bleeping] pulp. >> reporter: while the relattonship with dennis was a rocky one, witnesses testify tracy was also trying to distance herself from her boyfriend at the timeeof her disappearance. joy lepola, fox 45 news at 5:30. >>> police make an arrest at a stabbing. police say he's responsible or stabbing his brother jose ramos and three university of maryland students at the thirsty turtle tuesday morning. police are ready to shut down bar down tonight. >> this has got to stop. clearly my opinion is we follow3 the lawwanddwe expect and demand that establishments here in around the university of marylann do the same. >> no one was seriously injured. the bar's liquor license is now in jeopardy. >>> baltimore ity police are looking for a missing womannat this hour. she is 45-year-old rebecca brooks. lovee ones offennsay she takes trips with friends and frequentt gambling hallss anyone with information in this case shouud call 911 immediately. >>> new questiins about how pension systems are doing busin

>> the rain is gone, but what [ electronic humming ] [ announcer ] complete opposites... in complete harmony. introducing the sport hybrid. [ engine revving ] ♪ [ dance rock ] ♪ hey ♪ [ woman vocalizing ] the combination only honda could engineer. the all-new cr-z sport hybrid. ♪ [ woman vocalizing ] >> a suspect, police officers, and a teddy bear. a senior citizen is dead. >> i do not know what the situation is. >> new at 11:00, investigation is part. do not ask, do not tell -- the president says he is against the military policy. >> we are going to end this policy. >> so why is he tried to keep it the law of the land? >> live and in hd, this is abc 7 news at 11:00. >>> a mystery in montgomery county. police used a taser to seduce -- said to a man. -- subdue a man. the officers are under investigation. >> residents tell us the 65- year-old was hanging out in the stairwell, which she does very often. police tried to force them out. police say he fought them. so they taste him. paramedics worked on the man before he was rushed to the hospital where he died early this morning. >> he wa

. ♪ [ boy humming ] ♪ [ humming ] ♪ [ humming ] ♪ [ female announcer ] the simple joy of a happy meals cool. ah... ah. ah. ah. ah. ah. ah. ah. ah. ah! ah! whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, what is that? how come my dap wasn't like that? huh? it's just an "us" thing. yeah, it's a little something we do. who else is in this so-called "us"? man, i don't know. there's a lot of us. [ chuckles ] ask your friends what it's like to be part of a group that's 40 million strong. state farm insures more drivers than geico and progressive combined. it's no surprise, with so many ways to save and discounts of up to 40%. so call an agent at 1-800-state-farm or go online. >>> martin luther king, jr. once described sunday morning as the most segregated in america. >> sunday's service at christ our redeemer in orange county, california. the church started 12 years ago by reverend mark whitlock, 3,000 strong and growing. here they practice something other churches do not: integration. >> the chump rch is still the m segregated place on sunday in the united states. our goal is do what heaven has accomplished. heav

the work that we are doing at the staff level and your commission timeline in particular, we are humming the entrance consul to. that was done in early december. ms. power and by our partners and are working closely on the cost of -- and i are partners and are working closely on this. it is a very unique thing. tandem work is also occurring with the rate fairness board as required under the charter. we have held a number of meetings over the next few months with various board members. we will be going to the cost of service for hetch hetchye che power. we go through that so they understand the underlying cost of service. we will review rate design in similar package to what you have before you today as well as all the alternatives and potential combinations of rate design, as required under the city charter, to write a recommendation and report and some not out to you as well in late november or early december. the key attribute of any rate setting is the ease to communicate, the low cost of administration, to make sure the cost of service is equitable and fair, adequate, stable revenues

for hum baby or destiny.be it's just torture said with a rye smile. >> that's the beauty of this thing. the chemistry of this team is built and built and built over the course of the season. you know, a cast of characters. there have been a lot of people that helped this ball club get to where they are at right now. >> fans are into it. hopefully we make them proud. you work all spring to be in this position. and all season. >> it's a great feeling. >> it's a very nice vibe. j.t. snow back with us. i'll let you go because you have duties here. in the '80s we had hum baby. destiny. part of your team there in the '90s and early 2000. do we do torture or red thong underwear? >> torture. >> all right. j.t. snow, get out of here. coach will get mad at me. nice to have you. >> thank you. >> j.t. is out of here. we're coming back. we'll check in with the super rookies buster posy and jason hayward of the atlanta braves. who will win rookie of the year? you're looking at the giants warming up. a 6:30 start time tomor

a blue that hums deeply a harmony of ferm ment denying stars shining inside the cosmos. forever blue where life dies and is reborn. an eternal blue that exists above the storm. a blue that doesn't suffer discord that would smile if it had a mouth. embrace if it was armed. comfort if it grew heart. instead it arcs a concert of blues hovering over the earth in an endless ocean of impossible quiet. thick with blue beyond blue. a blue that disappears when clutched in the fist, a blue invisible and solid. thank you very much. [applause] >> please, welcome camill. >> that was a great reading and you changed up my play list. >> start with a poem i read after i learned that the rate of valum prescriptions in baghdad sky rocketed after the u.s. entry into that space. the title of the poem and it is the words the probably roost which is bitter. biting, cutting, sharp. bitan. once, she was a fearest dark girl who's tongue skipped top of meeting. teeth, teeth top of mouth like double dutch with the word that ment her thoughts cutting circles through the day. no chance she'd be the o

you can't even hum. nothing. >> bill: that seems to be pretty oppressive.etty fascist dic. >> i agree with the supreme court here. they found nothing wrong with the lower court decision. >> bill: that you can't hum silent night around christmas time. >> the policy of the school is okay. >> bill: the policy is what? >> first amendment based on the establishment clause thing you cannot establish religion. >> >> bill: you can't sing about jesus on christmas even though it's a federal holiday honoring jesus' birthday so we can't sing about it? can we chant his name? >> i wouldn't do that if i were you. that is dangerous. [ laughter ] >> bill: you guys are laughing because this is stupid. >> it is stupid. >> bill: it's stupid and the supreme court should have straightened it out in an hour. >> maybe another one on a better fact pattern. this one will rear its head again. >> until more states get involved. not just one state in new jersey. >> bill: i'm going to go over to that school and sing outside and sing that song. >> i'll go with you. >> bill: we have carol

look at that baby hum. river of sludge. >> one of the things is we use bacteria that's common in our own guts to create this reduction. it's like an extra digestion. one of the things we have to do to facilitate that is heat that sludge up and keep it

hum numbers right now into 50s to low 07s, except in santa rosa. they're getting a down sloping winld. they're at 75 degrees. isolated showers, through wednesday, temperatures remaining below normal. then expecting sunny, warmer weather by the end of the week. so we're going to see changes. but not immediately. you'll see here on visible satellite picture clouds rotating around this area of low pressure. it's right over the central portion of the state. it's going to stay here. the clouds have been around today. tomorrow, we're going see just a little more sunshine. temperatures will bump up. in sierra nevada winter storm warning above 8,000 feet. they can see from four to eight inches of snow above that level. and there is a little bit of green showing up and mainly mountains could see brief showers for tuesday. and again, wednesday. certainly less cloud cover tomorrow. and cool conditions tonight. mid to upper 40s into the north bay valleys. nappa, santa rosa. low to mid-50s across the bay area, cloud cover lingering into the south and east bay.

why thii crazy conccction does [ electronic humming ] [ announcer ] complete opposites... in completeny. introducing the sport hybrid. [ engine revving ] ♪ [ dance rock ] ♪ hey ♪ [ woman vocalizing ] the combination only honda could engineer. the all-new cr-z sport hybrid. ♪ [ woman vocalizing ] >> top democrats in congress push for a complete freezz on foreclosures. democrats such as harry reid, %-hollen are leading the charge. as well as tomorrow. will slow down the economic recovery. >> i am not sure about a national moratorium because there are in fact, valid foreclosures that probably should go forward. paperwork is proper.ntation and >> questions about ffreclosures came up two weeks ago, when several lenders, including bank of america and j.p. morgan chase volunnarily halted the foreclosures.3 >> the effort to extend bush era %-but the delay ould make you feel the pinch fter the first of the year. no matter what. and now a new study from the non-partisan tax foundation said that if the cuts expire. low income taxpayers will be the hardest hit. the reason? low income earners will

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we made that battle group hum. we have to ininvest in our youth. pel grants have doubled so lower incomes can good it college. so kids can have an opportunity. congressman toomy said it well, he can afford it. he said in his book, let's take all schools and make it like dproeshryes, what you can afford, you go. >> man, i got those youth in the military, didn't matter race, you give them a fair go and they are all they can be. >> the teachers union won't let him go to giving a poor child a chance to go to a private school. >> the amane christian academy is doing great things. right now there's tomb kids that don't have a chance to go to that school or any working school. if we gave them the chase, it would increase the level of all schools >> i do support choice. charter schools. people should have a choice. covering lower income children. i don't get it. it is we, the people. jo we are falling way behind. i have a deal for all of you. would you be willing to have 45 second responses and 15 second rebuttle to cover more ground. >> i have patrolled t

and chief meteorologist vytas reid joins us right after the for a look at the [ electronic humming ]mplete opposites... in complete harmony. introducing the sport hybrid. [ engine revving ] ♪ [ dance rock ] ♪ hey ♪ [ woman vocalizing ] the combination only honda could engineer. the all-new cr-z sport hybrid. ♪ [ woman vocalizing ] old gibbs canning company. today these factories are full of dot com businesses. and now my job is helping maryland create new economy jobs. training new math and science teachers investing in our institutions of excellence pioneering new cyber security jobs and giving an old gm plant a jump start building electric motors. i'm barbara mikulski. i approve this message so you'll know i'm fighting for you. >> tte rain continuing tonight. and the scenes hype us have become familiar to just about ú%erybody today. >> rivers rise. businesses under water. driiers trying to brave the deep ú%ters. here is chief meteorologist vytts reid to tell us whennthe storr will ever move out. >> yeah, it has been amazing rainfall coming down. and very ferocious pace as we have g

. >>> and, ho-hum? it used to be sex with a intern or a mistress spelled political doom. but now, it seems that american political life is full of second acts. whatever happened to shame? it's a "sign of the times." >>> from the global resources of abc news with terry moran, cynthia mcfadden and bill weir in new york city this is "nightline," september 30th, 2010. >> good evening. we begin tonight with a look at the safety and quality of consumer products. spurred by yet another product recall. giant toy manufacturer fisher price today took millions of kids toys deemed unsafe by the government off the shelves. so, are there ways for consumers to tell the difference between a bargain and a lemon, before they buy? one nonprofit group works overtime using and abusing products to sort it all out. tonight, brian rooney visits the incredible laboratories of consumer reports. >> reporter: this machine is known around the laboratory as johnny walker. all johnny does is pound a treadmill, hour after hour, day after day. down the hall a technician slathers hundreds of dishes with f

>> we will just hum it quick. it has been fun.as not particularly looking to do it, and it was a nice invitation, and they came up with an idea for the show. it is very exciting. it will be on in the spring. it is pretty close to my life, because i tell people i am not smart enough to make things up at this point, so i will talk about what happened yesterday. tavis: it is about your life? >> yeah, i play me, who had a hit tv show 11 years ago, and after 11 years this is what happens. that is the show. tavis: i like that. authentic. >> it is. tavis: is it true, even with all the money, that you can be happy at home 11 years without being on tv every week? >> oh, are you kidding? is that why you are here every day? tavis: i know you are being funny, but i am asking seriously because there is this sense that i have picked up from some people in this town that if you are not out there all the time, you don't really exist. or only as good as your last thing. >> that is not me. i was very happy at home, and when i am not working, i don'

and speaking of him, how bad does he want the game an insider gives us a hint next. [ electronic humming announcer ] complete opposites... in complete harmony. introducing the sport hybrid. [ engine revving ] ♪ [ dance rock ] ♪ hey ♪ [ woman vocalizing ] the combination only honda could engineer. the all-new cr-z sport hybrid. ♪ [ woman vocalizing ] four years ago, bob ehrlich got fired as governor of maryland. for good reason. first, he protected tax loopholes for giant cable cable companies. then, he let utilities jack up our rates 72%. and for the last four years, he worked as a hired gun for big corporations, even a bank that took billions from a taxpayer funded bailout. ehrlich sides with corporate executives again and again and again tell bob ehrlich big banks and billionares don't need help. middle class marylanders do. ♪ [ female announcer ] why choose between delicious or 100 calories? ♪ with yoplait delights, now you can finally have both. ♪ it's the perfect parfait, with two indulgently rich layers of chocolate and raspberry yogurt and only 100 calories. yoplait delights. get

rescue of 33 miners in chile after successful runs of the ecape path >>> stem cells are injected into a hum >>> down in chile, 33 miners are counting down the hours now until the first attempt at their rescue. it will be one of the most intricate and difficult underground rescues ever attempted. carey sanders has our report. >> reporter: today teams here conducted a test. the escape capsule traveled 20 feet inse the steel pipe without a problem, so they went a step further and sent it down the shaft within feet of the trapped miners. >> we didn't send it down because we could risk that somebody could jump in. >> his goo moo reveals the level of confidence here. the onlyeason the minister says the rescues are not already under way is because some of the equipment is still being anchored into a concrete slab. [ bell ringing ] >> celebrations began saturday when the shaft to the men was completed and an american team drilled down almost a half mile to some of the hardest rock on earth. >> we were just so happy we did have the chance to come down here. i miean, having a chance to com down here

technically that makes hum a -- >> career politician. >> reporter: teddy roosevelt, before president,e commissioner, new york state assemblyman, assistant secretary the navy, governor of new york, and vice president. what do you call that? a -- >> career politician. >> reporter: and when exactly does a politician become a car rather politician? career politician? the late senator robert byrd was considered a -- >> career politician. >> reporter: he served 51 years in the senate. but he wasn't born there. he once worked as a gas station attendant and grocery store clerk. yes, almost every career politician is something else first. so with a pizza store owner, wrestling mogul, even an eye doctor wins, you might say at least for a time their job will be -- >> career politician. >> reporter: or is showing up here every day just a hobby? i'm john berman for "nightline" in new york. >> nice, john, thanks to john berman for that report. for the first time tonight, we'd like to invite you to try out our new online breaking news future, "nightline" now, bringing you live twitter feeds from ele

sherrie johnson, and i will have the latest on the repairs and opening of harford road. [ electronic hummingnnouncer ] complete opposites... in complete harmony. introducing the sport hybrid. [ engine revving ] ♪ [ dance rock ] ♪ hey ♪ [ woman vocalizing ] the combination only honda could engineer. the all-new cr-z sport hybrid. ♪ [ woman vocalizing ] >>> all right. it's 5:45 and for the first time many can remember the words were uttered during a political debate. come on, man. it may not go down with read my lips or why am i here or you are no jfk but it was part of the tv debate between o'malley and ehrlich and linda so has more on their words. >> reporter: it's no secret they don't really care for each other personally. when they took the stage for the first debate there were fireworks. both candidates were in attack mode are -- for the hour long debate and disagreed on all the big issues. they argued over education, the ecomony, tax and jobs. ehrlich accusing the governor of putting maryland in worst spot than when hes -- than when he was in office. >> he doubled the unemployment rate u

but soon this plant will be humming with workers. we look at how electric cars are helping one michigan town recharge its economy. >> susie: election day will help determine everything from how much you pay in taxes to whether legislation to control climate change takes effect. those issues are key to many congressional races. and they are also the subject of state and local ballot initiatives across the country. tonight as we continue our special coverage "midterm 2010: it's the economy." darren gersh looks at the bottom line impact on state ballots. >> reporter: in washington state, it is the battle of the billionaires. on one side, bill gates senior and his son pushing an initiative to establish a state income tax on those making more than $200,000, while cutting property taxes and taxes on small business. on the other side, microsoft c.e.o. steve ballmer and amazon's jeff bezos arguing the measure will hurt their ability to attract high skilled workers. this will be one ballot battle that is watched closely across the country say