madagascar has the highest per capita consumption of rice per year. but eroded soils and poor farming practices have taken a toll there. previously a rice exporter, madagascar is now dependent on imports. in a bid to change this, the country is pioneering new growing methods that promise greater yields. the island of madagascar might have a tropical climate but it sees very varied rainfall. there's rainforest on the east coast and dry savannah in the southwest -- and inland, there are coffee and vanilla plantations. but mainly, there are rice fields. 71-year-old farmer abenine razanamamy is a widow. she's completely self-sufficient because her small field produces enough for her to live on. a few years ago, she switched to what's called the system of rice intensification, a method aimed at increasing rice yields. >> my rice field is about half a hectare in size. i know that's not very big but the yield is very good. it's got even better since i introduced sri. i can produce as much as farmers with one or two hectares. >> sri is a local invention. it w

"madagascar 3" is now out on a spectacular blu-ray/dvd combo pack that comes with a real rainbow wigys ] >> featuring the voices of ben stiller, chris rock, jada pinkett smith, and david schwimmer, the movie became a massive worldwide hit. >> there it is -- the casino. >> still trying to get back to their home in new york, the pals wind up in monte carlo instead... >> that's where we'll find the penguins. >> ...where their adventure nearly turns into a "mission: impossible." >> i'm gonna lead. [ glass shatters ] >> and that's just the beginning. the movie is filled with lots of laughs and action as they race to avoid being captured. >> tell me one conceivable way that extra-large animals like us are gonna be able to move through europe without attracting unwanted attention. >> the combo pack has a trainload of bonus features, including behind-the-scene featurettes, interactive fun, deleted scenes, interviews with the cast, and much more. >> ...so just go out, do what you do! >> only animals can join this circus, but you can own "madagascar 3: europe's most wanted" on blu-ray and dvd

honorable nagesh naharabi, india, the honorable dennis garrison, consul of lithuania, consul of madagascarmr. victor flores, from the consulate of mexico and (inaudible) from mongolia and the honorable barbara (inaudible), honorable consul from the swazi republic. i would also like to recognize the honorable senator mark

jeter with a broken leg. >> not good. >> broken leg. >> chris rock, "madagascar 3."> we'll be back with john taylor of duran duran. this is "today" on nbc. as a pastor, my support for question 6 is rooted in my belief that the government should treat everyone equally. i would not want someone denying my rights based upon their religious views, therefore i should not deny others based upon mine. it's about fairness. this law does not force any church to perform a same sex marriage if it's against their beliefs. and that's what this is about. protecting religious freedom and protecting all marylanders equally under the law. join me in voting for question 6. >>> back now at 8:37 with the founding member of one of my favorite bands growing up, john taylor, the bass player for duran duran. his band became one of the biggest in the world in the 1980s with hits like "hungry like the wolf." and to date the band has sold more than 80 million albums. now john has written his memoir "in the pleasure groove." general taylor of duran duran, good morning. i promise not to stalk. >

. >> families expecting to see madagascar 3 at a theater in england got an unexpected fright when pair a normal activity 4 started playing. theater owners blame a technical error. one mom said the first two minutes which had a corps flung at the camera it scarred her kids for life. >> it comes up. one to two minutes, you wonder how many people ran for the exits, cover their eyes. >> i couldn't get through the previews. the poor kids. >> you are kind of a kid. >> i know. >> at heart. >> immature. >>> if you missed the third and final presidential debate on monday, there's a new edited version of the contest that has gone viral. it comes from the gregory brothers who added a little humor and auto tune to the foreign policy discussion. >> against china for violating trade rules. we are going to insist that china plays by the same rules ♪ ♪ they're hacking into our computers, counterfeiting our goods ♪ china is a potential partner ♪ ♪ we want to trade with them, but you need to play by the rules ♪ >>> we need to get a turntable in here. can we auto tune. >> i'm not familiar with the term a

. >> families expecting to see madagascar 3 at a theater in england got a fright when pair a normal 4 started playing. minor detail. they blame a technical error. one mom said the first two minutes of the film containing a corps being plunge at the camera scarred her kids. >>> if you missed the third and final presidential debate on monday, there is a new edited version of the contest gone viral. it comes from the gregory brothers. they added a little humor and auto tune to the foreign policy discussion. take a listen. >> against china for violating rules. we are going to insist that china plays by the same rule. >> they're hacking into our computers counterfeiting our goods. our intellectual property and designs. >> a potential partner is despite the rules. >> we want to trade with them but you've got to trade by the rules. >>> never gets old. i'm lynn berry, this is "early today," just your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. [ earnest ] out of the blue one day, we were told to build a 30-foot stage. gathered the guys and we built that 30-foot stage, not knowing what it

watching us on kntv nbc news in california, examine animal specimens collected from the island of madagascar at the kim ball natural history museum. that's your pacific event of the day. i would love to go to galapagos. >> you said october 1st? >> that's true. >> where does the time go? >> time to make thanksgiving day plans. >>> here's a look at our headlines in entertainment news. halloween came early as monsters ruled the box office. "hotel transylvania" took in $43 million, the highest september opening weekend of all time. "looper" snagged the number two spot with an impressive $21.2 million. in other news, arnold schwarzenegger tells "60 minutes" he cheated on wife maria shriver multiple times, including an affair with actress brigitte nielsen while the couple were dating. they divorced last year following revelation that is he fathered a child with their long-time housekeeper. >>> lindsay lohan is claiming a 25-year-old man who she reportedly met at a nightclub grabbed her in her new york hotel room in an argument over cell phone photos he took of her. police arrested the man on assau

. >> families expecting to see "madagascar 3" at a theater in england got an unexpected fright when "paranormal activity 4" started playing. theater owners blame a technical error. not a great one, guys. one mom said the first two minutes which had a corpse flung at the camera it scarred her kids for life. >>> if you missed the third and final presidential debate on monday, there's a new edited version of the contest that has gone viral. it comes from the gregory brothers who added a little humor and auto tune to the foreign policy discussion. >> against china for violating trade rules. ♪ we are going to insist that china plays by the same rules ♪ ♪ they're hacking into our computers, counterfeiting our goods ♪ ♪ china is a potential partner ♪ we want to trade with them, but you need to play by the rules ♪ >> you always have a good laugh with that. politics can be funny. i'm lynn berry, this is just your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. >>> a 10-year-old boy in ireland stumbled on to an amazing discovery. walking along the beach near his home the boy found a sprite bot

. >>> and finally, expecting to see madagascar iii at a theater in england, reportedly families got anxpected fright when this movie, "paranormal activity 4" started playing. theater managers blame a technical error. one mom said the first two minutes of the film were enough to scare them and scar them for life. >> it took her two minutes to realize an animated film wasn't showing? >> probably a solid point. are you questioning her parenting skills. >> i would never question any mom's parenting skills. that is rule number one. >> strongly worded treat coming your way. >>> i'm lynn berry, this is "first look" on msnbc. >>> stay tuned. "way too early" with willie geist starts right now. >>> president obama, mitt romney leave boca headed for the swing states that will determine who gets this job. the question is with razor thin margins in nearly all those places what's going to give one of these guys the edge? >>> indiana has one of the tight senate races that's being watched closely and even more so now after republican candidate richard mourdock weighs in on rain and god's will. will th

. >> los chiquitines están de fiesta porque llega madagascar 3, un clásico de pitts dragon, y neverlandáginas están listas, visitenlas, y comparta los mejores momentos de nuestra carrera, accesarlas es bien facilito, conectese a la página en internet, ahí las encontrara, y puede entrar directamente a primer impacto.com y entrar directamente a nuestras paginas. >> es como tener una página de facebook en univisión.com. >> también están las cuentas de twitter. >> agobiado por las deudas, un hombre pone un riñón a la deuda, su caso es estremecedor. >> un trasplante de rostro sorprendió al mundo, y nos acompaña el cirujano que estuvo en frente. >> tenemos las computadoras abiertas para leer sus mensajes en facebook y twitter, gracias de antemano, ya volvemos. ♪ >> bueno, ayer mostramos la transformación de la persona sometida al transplante de cara más grande de los estados unidos, tenemos al jefe del área de reconstruccion maxilofacial que estuvo al frente de esta operación, para nosotros es un súper honor tenerlo acá, fue un accidente, este joven vivió tras una mascara, ¿como fue esta proe

i'll talk about my capacity challenges and my area of responsibility covers the rocky mountains to madagascar. the same area of responsibility as admiral lochlear except they have the arctic and antarctic as well. so, obviously with 13,000 people covering that aor, a little over 200 ships, i'm very dependent on partnerships. i work with 71 countries with whom i have 65 bilateral agreements with those entities. but everything really starts at the most local level first. so, it's appropriate to hear from captain stow and the network of partnerships that she's dealt here in the bay area, but we have this lattice work that goes across my entire pacific region. and then i need to focus on what do i do in the event of a threat right now in dealing with the arctic. what if i have a deep water horizon spill there? because now it affects the nate and i have indigenous tribes of that part of the world. and how do i flow resources there, recognizing the navy doesn't have ice breakers and our nation has one. so, we do a lot of work with canada when we're starting to work on those contingencies. but we lo

. >> "madagascar a3." to get back home is to catch on with the traveling circus. >> no money can make that right. >> "moonrise kingdom." his daughter runs away. they scour the island as a storm bruce offshore. boy," featuring vanilla ice. he finds himself back in his -- the old man needs money. don draper goes back to work with the misses in "mad m en," season five. raphael seth, wbal-tv 11 news. >> i have never seen an episode of "mad men." the heart and soul of the ravens and baltimore. >> ray lewis will have to watch from the sidelines. >> here is a look at last night's winning maryland lottery numbers. teacher: this is west virginia, pennsylvania, delaware. and this is maryland. every year marylanders spend five hundred and fifty million gaming at casinos in these other states. question seven will build a new casino and bring table games to baltimore... generating hundreds of millions for schools. and that money has to go to education. it's the law. so vote for question seven. so we can stop spending a

jeter with a broken leg. >> not good. >> broken leg. >> chris rock, "madagascar 3."> we'll be back with john taylor of duran duran. this is "today" on nbc. >>> back now at 8:37 with the founding member of one of my favorite bands growing up, john taylor, the bass player for duran duran. his band became one of the biggest in the world in the 1980s with hits like "hungry like the wolf." and to date the band has sold more than 80 million albums. now john has written his memoir "in the pleasure groove." general taylor of duran duran, good morning. i promise not to stalk. >> it's okay. >> you've written this memoir, tells a very personal story but not a dishy tell-all. >> i wanted to memorialize my parents actually. i lost my dad a couple years ago and soild sold tld the house i up. i wanted to talk about the house i grew up in birmg him in the '60s and '70s and meeting nick and getting sober and, of course, the crazy years. particularly the early '80s, the fun part of the '80s which was a really creative and dynamic time i think for pop culture. >> it is in a way a love

están listos para ver madagascar? >>vamos a verla. ♪.osos que prestaron sus voces, también recibirás la famosa peluca de marley. déjate contagiar. >>ay, ratatatatata. (cantando). ♪. >>saben que nos vemos. >>abrazame, abrazame. >>eehhh!!! (gritos) >>no sean envidiosas. >>vieron al gordito de atrás? fascinado en california nos cuentan de un rescate muy especial para salvar a un venadito >>nos vamos a los Ángeles, con luis sandoval, que nos tiene una receta de calabaza >>espinoza paz hace un inesperado y triste anuncio,todo en el revoltillo. >>que conste... él se va, yo me quedo. ♪.. (cantando). ♪.. >>esa es la chica sexy de despierta américa, una de las tantas pero es la más sexy ♪.. >>la actitud es l oque más importa, la cara vale puntos >>la chiqui más bella del oeste >>muchas gracias. >>un beso para cada uno. besitos desde los Ángeles, vamos a arrancar con algo que se hará esta semana, es la quinta vez que se celebra. es un simulacro para los californanos, 9 millones se han registrado para participar, se llevara a cabo a las 10 am. >>y

what is madagascar? right. tropic of capricorn, $800, please. erin. what's the atacama? you are right. and you get the last clue, and it is... the daily double. well, you've spent a lot of time in the red. but you are now certainly within reach of the lead. you trail glenn by $1,200 only. can i make it for $800, please? $800. all right. here is the clue for you. sarah, please. the tropic of capricorn separates two climatic zones -- the tropical one and this zone that extends south to the antarctic circle. what is the arctic zone? no, it's called therate -- temperate zone. so you did well to risk just $800. you're tied with meredith now in second place. glenn in the lead. and we're gonna take our second break to pause for these messages. [ applause ] you're picking first again in this round. pay attention -- close attention to this first category. it looks a lot like the first one in the first round. this is not the tropic, but... then we will... we'll deal with... and... alex: meredith. what kind of movie animal are you for $400, please. erin. what is a penguin? right. g

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stains from topsoil bleeding from the hills of madagascar color the indian ocean.s of smoke billow from man-made fires in mozambique. perhaps it is but the scale of our impact on earth that has changed. perhaps we have yet to learn that out of the past the mistakes of our ancestors do echo into the future. and if we listen closely, we may know they are speaking to us all. [ thunder ] captions by captionamerica, pittsburgh, pa. funding for this program was provided by... for announcer: the bare necessities of living healthy are easy. just eat right, be active, and have fun. yeah! go to mypyramid.gov to find out more.

. >> i can't wait for the "penguins of madagascar." thank you for joining us.ate it. >> okay. >>> in the next hour, we're going to go to the front lines of the home renovation boom, browse the aisles and talk to a good old-fashioned hardware store owner after this. a. >>> let's check in on hewlett-packard. it is down 10% at $15.40. an earnings warning from the ceo, hewlett-packard, fun or run? >> i would run. it's been revamping itself for a couple of years. made some big dramatic announcements that it really didn't carry through on. and i don't understand why as an investor you would want to go along for a ride. this is a value trap. it is a classic now and i would stay away from this. >> you would shun, not just run. >> yes, exactly. >> kim forest, thank you very much. sue, down to you. >> we've lost most of our strength in the dow jones industrial average. granted, we were only up 40 points but we're now close to hugging the flat line, only up si

>> this is a madagascar hissing cockroach. >> what do you have to do? >> not big on the hearing themselves. but a lot of animals that would prey on the hissing cockroach like birds and lizards might be scare of the snakes that hiss. so they have these airles who and when they squeeze their abdomen, it makes the noise through the air holes. >> i know some anchors who would be scared of hissing cockroaches. >> good thing they're there and you're here. >> tell me about the millipede. there is a distinction between a millipede and centipede. >> there is. milpitis are slow-moving. they eat plants. and they are not dangerous in any way. but centipedes eat meat and they have to be able to run away fast. if you eat meat you have to kill your prey first so centipedes are venomous. you can distinguish them because she has a round body and her legs are underneath her body. and not what a milpitas looks like. if it's a centipede, they have a very flat body and their legs stick out to the side. >> i have to say it's funny feeling it crawling across your hand. it tic

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. >> these are our madagascar hissing cockroaches and they're making their home this month at the hotells. i know this is maybe a little tiny bit creepy for you -- >> reporter: i definitely want to hold that. just a second. you're a little steadier. you can show it to the camera. as we do that, tell me more about what's going on. it's been going on for a while, but you have new stuff. >> we do have new stuff. we have a lot of family friendly fun activities during the day. from noon to 6:00 we really focus on the family, and we have monster mash bash, which we'll see a little bit of those characters today. and we have a hay maze and hay ride for the kids. best of all, it wouldn't be halloween if we didn't have trick or treating. we have lots of candy to give away. >> reporter: obviously, people want to know can they come out and ride the rides -- >> absolutely. >> reporter: a lot of the thrills comes from that. >> we have lots of fun rides. and we have halloween eyes, i guess you can say that, on some of our rides. like our tea cup and we have road rage, which is our -- >> reporter: oh,