the river nile. all activity centered on its water and its fertile banks. ( sheep and goats bleating ) the desert, literally a footstep away, was a constant reminder to the egyptians that, without the nile, there would be no life. the nile offered ancient egypt more than just its life-giving water or the transportation lifeline that unified an empire. it offered the gift of renewal. every year about july, the floodwaters of the nile would gradually rise, carrying fertile silt down from the headwaters until the farmland had been renewed as the floodwars receded. not surprisingly, the ancient egyptians living with this cycle soon came to equate the regular pattern of the nile and its gift of rebirth with the universe itself. their most important philosophical principles stemmed from that equation. it was the idea of maat-- roughly "rightness" or "order." everything about the egyptian way of life had a pattern, a rhythm, a sense of orderly beginning and end. so too, the egyptians believed, this must be

before that, the first people to walk the planet and develop situation -- civilization came along the nile river valley. if we teach african history as human history, history will require that you incorporate our story and tell it the right way. [applause] >> just to say that in terms of how teaching history can make a difference to these test scores that we are also obsessed with, i had a piece of news from mississippi where the book, "putting the movement back into civil rights" -- are you familiar with that? the superintendent has agreed -- and your piece is in it, awele -- the superintendent has agreed that it be used districtwide. just this week, i was hearing that the rigor and relevance of

joining me is dan niles at alpha one capital partners. if we're getting into stocks, i know you can't talk about your performance, but i can. and you have doubled investor money, doubled investor money every year in the last five years. terrific, dan. i saw an article that you railroad named one of the top ten equity long shot managers over the last five years. tell us how you're doing it. >> i think the real key is protecting capital, as you said, over the last five years, the s&p 500 is down. and what we look at stocks, we say, look, some sectors are going to do well. other sectors are going to do really poorly. you want to be long the good ones and then short the bad ones. so when a year like '08 comes around ar first half of 2010, you can actually make money in all types of different environments. >> what are you doing? give us the secret sauce here. that's my question. >> well, one of the sectors that we were really negative on last year was the semiconductor sector. you had orders down 50% from their peak levels. you had an earthqua

beside the nile river, women and children suddenly start to flee. police fired warning shots as a scuffle has broken out among dozens of truckers. most of the people still live in poverty without electricity or gas. running water is scarce, even in the capitol. trucks circulate, distributing the necessary liquid to residents. >> despite our efforts to bring services to the people, provide security, things have not been very smooth. being part of the community, this assistance in terms of tactical aid from rich countries to help us accelerate social economic development. >> reporter: as south sudan starts to rebuild, they have high expectations to make it a safe and peaceful country. nhk world. >>> it's pretty chilly here in tokyo, but there are blue skies. here's the picture for here and else where. >>> hello, time now for your weather update. let's begin with china. a high pressure system is dominating much of the eastern sections, bringing dry conditions, but snow showers will linger in the inland sections throughout the day. down towards the sout

beside the nile river, women and children suddenly start to flee. police have fired one shot as a scuffle has broken out among dozens of truckers. most of the people still live in poverty, in houses without electricity or gas. running water is scarce, even in the capital, juba. the trucks circulate, distributing the necessary liquid to residents. >> despite our efforts to bring services to the people, provide security, things have not been very smooth. being part of the international community, this assistance in times of aid, seeking it from rich countries to help us accelerate social economic development. >> reporter: as sudan starts to rebuild, it has high expectations that the international community will help make it a safe and peaceful country. nhk world, juba. >> that was a report from juba. now we are joined by masaki. he just got back from south sudan. what is the mood on the ground? >> i was in juba last month. so were countless others for investors, workers. this influx of people has led to accommodati accommodations. still the mood among

they're gust between 40 and 50 niles an hour. it will pick up in the late -- miles an hour. it will pick up in the late morning. maybe as late as 7:00 or 8:00 we could still be getting these gusts, the kind of thing that could bring down some trees or power lines or make it hard to hold onto a steering wheel, especially going over a bridge or over. raleigh was 74 degrees today, atlanta the high 76, little rock 82 degrees and lots of 80s on the map. it's a southwest wind we'll get tomorrow and that's why we think some of that heat will get tapped. you can see what's going on behind the cold front. temperatures have been dropping and back to reality in the northern plains. so we've got showers in the forecast, the warm temperatures, maybe a thunderstorm, big winds and it's all coming from this front. it swings through tomorrow afternoon. the winds continue. the temperature begins to drop tomorrow night and while the winds will get a little better into the first part of saturday, the breeze may pick up again as high pressure tries to build in. so it will be cooler saturday, but

off given information about the shooting your ass to call the cook county sheriff's department >>in niles north high-school teacher resigns after being arrested and charged with sexual exploitation of a child. 30 year-old jeffrey tackes of bandand bensenville is accused of persuading a girl young and 17 years old to strip for him he is a math teacher as well as the head coach of the girls' varsity cheerleading team at the high school police did not say where the incident happened or if the girl is a niles north student. >>and a local doctor has been accused of fondling a multiple sclerosis patient dr. rashid precaution has been placed on leavereggie precautionsrajat prakash has been placed on leave from crest medical center in oakland a female patient claims the doctor fondled her while she is in a semiconscious state try to put hands of on his groin and center inappropriate text messages propositioning her he faces misdemeanor battery charges >>ice t trade service rolls into chicago's union s high-speed train service rolls into chicago's union station amtrak introduce this morning a spec

online jewelry retailer blue nile tumbled 10% after a disappointing quarterly report.elpers will be able to invest in the online review service soon. they set a target of 12 to $14 for its upcoming ipo. thanks to a blogger and ba reese sta who dreamed up what may be the most expensive starbucks drink ever. your morning brew is about to sound like a bargain. this has 16 shots of espresso, three milk, carmel syrup, fruit purees, vanilla beans and protein powder rang up to a whopping $23.60. hopefully that doesn't become a habit. coming up, duke has another big come back. the seminoles stay in first place and fans say good-bye to a bi baseball great. >> the weekend forecast is all about the heavy rain moving through the southern half of the country. your forecast is coming up. you're watching "early today" >>> good morning. if you're just waking up, this is "early today." in sports, the snooiks asian sensation will join other stars in orlando to play team shack. here's ted roggin. >> good morning. jeremy lin has made the all-star team. not exactly. he was a last-minute ad

. >>> the states could be scaling back new restrictions on fogging used to fight the west nile virus.tate told mosquito control agencies they had to to new clean water acts permits. now the contra costa times reports the state is considering allowing agencies to fog nearby seven of those water ways. the agency say fogging will prevent the mosquito population from increasing and prevent cases of the west nile virus. >>> he had a 2.6 grade point average in high school and used drugs in college. the report was compiled in 1991 when president bush was going to appoint jobs. some describe steve jobs as a man of power that distorts reality to get his goals. others say he was a person of good character that would make an excellent representative for his country. >>> it's coming up on 6:00. we want to go back to sal to check on the commute. a lot of people start to head out the door. >> they do. this is the time, pam. let's take a look at the pictures. i want to mention the traffic so far has been good but all it takes is one or two things and pretty soon we are in trouble. right now we are l

for months khartoum has blocked aid to south kordofan and blue nile. it has not only continued to bomb in those states, it's acrossed the border and bombed towns inside south sudan where tens of thousands had hoped to find food and shelter. here are some photos of people in ref you gee camps in south sudan. sala is from the an goalo tribe -- angolo tribe in south kordofan. the government dropped six bombs on her village. this poor woman here grabbed her children and hid in a nearby ditch. after the bombings stopped, sudanese soldiers moved into the village and burned several homes. when they began shooting people, sala ran and hid with her children. the soldiers didn't care if you were an unarmed civilian, a woman or a child. she fled with her children across the border to the yeda refugee camp in south sudan. this woman over here to my far right and her little girl are from the nubea mountains. -- nuba mountains. she fled with her husband. both were suffering from malnutrition when they arrived at the refugee camps. they are being subjected to bombing

tostaff, rificatioof the nile -- when can the applicant apply again? after nine ice ai joseph: 9 months? not a year? >>ithink it is a year. ice aijose ok. commissioners, i am pelexed. if we continue this, we have to hear it at e next meeting. if the applicant conti it would come back to us when the applicanthadurll the defect i am not sure what the address oel if we had akaraok bar on arel i do not know if it is e same place. i amnot inclin to ask, because we're doing with this location. i entertain a motion on this permit. somebody? >> i make a motion to deny. do you want to continue this or go forward with the motion? do you want to go forward? vice chair joseph: do you understand what he is asking you completely? >> i am a business. i need help. >> i am asking you if youwant to do your application and come back or want us to vote now. vice chair joseph: do you want to continue? >> which one would you like? >> i want to continue. vice chair joseph: you are asking us to continue it. is that right? >> would you like to come back with a new application,

. >> reporter: with the deadline to nile your taxes less than two months away, the irs is out with their annual list of the most common ways taxpayers cheat the system or get cheated. beware of these. topping the list is identity list. scammers will steal your information to file fraudulent returns. they can get this by phishing. be aware of unsolicited emails or sketchy websites. coming in at number three, the irs warns these professionals sometimes take more than their fair share. this may sound obvious, but the irs is cautioning peafls -- taxpayers to be truthful. don't file false returns, lie about income or exaggerate donations. they chop end up costing you more in penalties. if you think you may be the victim of a scam, visit irs.gov for more information. reporting from new york. >> well, the new jersey governor's decision to fly flags at half-staff to honor whitney houston is not sitting well with some folks. find out what extremes one michigan man went to to protest the move. >>> in tonight's democracy 2012, the remaining presidential candidates are hitting the ground to get supp

the bay area may soon have a new way of fighting west nile disease. the state says it will scale back pesticide regulations so counties can fog for mosquitoes. they could spray near some waterways already polluted with chemicals used by vector control. officials say it will help keep the adult mosquito population down and fight west nile virus. opponents worry spraying could affect the drinking water. >> the city of oakland will be closed today to save money. city services won't be available including parks and city offices. emergency services will not be affected. the city offices will be closed monday in observance of lincoln's birthday. >> san francisco talking about possibly shutting down large festivals in golden gate park. the land use and economic development committee will hold a hearing monday about the impact of the festivals, specifically when it comes to traffic and noise. the hearing coming on the heels of a san francisco state university report that found outside lands a music festival held in golden gate spark good for the economy. the

firefighters got the call around 3:45 and responded to the restaurant on alvarado niles road. this is video you will only see on channel 2. no one was in the building at the time, and no one was hurt. firefighters say they had to breakdown the restaurant's back door to get inside and that thick smoke made it hard to see. >> the challenge is a normal fast food restaurant, everyone knows the layout in their mind, but you have zero visibility, and the hose lines are snagged, caught on the cables in there. >> it took about 20 minutes to put out the fire. it's possible it started in an attic above the kitchen, and the fire does not appear suspicious. >>> new optimism for a nationwide settle over foreclosure. negotiators are trying to persuade more states to join the settlement. california and new york are the two biggest hold outs and have been reluctant to give up the claims against the five biggest lenders. wells fargo, bank of america, allied, and citibank and jpmorgan chase would reduce the amount borrowers owed. >>> voters in colorado and minnesota are holding caucuses while m

xdcommissionerçç sugaya: the difficulty i have with the nile is coming up with findings. -- denainiale night, i am sure there will immediately appeal to the board of appeals. having sat on the board of appeals, mr. reed came before us manyç years ago. the board charge is to lookxd at the people and the code and try to apply what is in the code. from that standpoint, i think commissioner wut( is right. thereç is a set of standards tt these have met. if we cannot come up with a good reason, i think it may be likely that the board of appealsç will go against us, so to speak. i am not saying that what happened. but just in terms of having to make findings as to why we are denying it, i think is the rub for me. president miguel: i cannot make aç motion from the chair. i would second the motion. we are stuck. t(çóapproval with the same conditions that we put on the calendar. but we just heard. if anyone wishes to make that motion. commissioner antonini: there is the difficulty with security concerns, particularly the proximity to middle and secondary schools, and distinct from the earli

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it's a nile crocodile.e. they hang out. that was -- he opened that, by himself. >> jimmy: okay. >> and uh, they have teeth in front to grab the wildebeests and drag them into the water. >> jimmy: wow. >> so, just man eaters, man. the second largest croc in the world. nile croc from africa. >> jimmy: mm-hmm. >> just like the salt water. but i got another guy, you want to see something else? >> jimmy: yes, please end this. >> now, they -- [ laughter ] -- this one here, super cool, i'm going to bring him out and he's one of my friends. but what i need you to do is lean forward like this, put your hands like this. don't move. seriously. [ laughter ] i'll hold your hand if you want me to, to get you though this. >> jimmy: no. >> so i'm going to bring out my friend -- this is awesome. and, just don't move. at all. >> jimmy: all right. >> 'cause, uh -- [ audience ohs ] yeah, this one we got him shipped in. [ laughter ] this uh -- this. his name -- [ cheers and applause ] -- his name's mickey. his name's mickey. he

. >>> there is an arrest tonight in the murder of a transgender woman in d.c. 55-year-old gary niles montgomery of northeast is in custody now. he was arrested about 2:30 this afternoon. investigators believe he stabbed dionne jones last thursday at a bus stop in the 4900 block of east capital street northeast. police say a tip led to the arrest. >> we had what we needed to have. we had people driving down the street that did not drive by a crime in progress. they stopped. they did what they could to help and they notified police and they waited for police to come to the scene. and then we had people in the community that came forward and provided us the information that we need. i want to thank all of those who helped us bring this case to closure. >> at this point police aren't saying whether this murder is related to any other transgender crimes in the d.c. area. >>> in the race to the white house now the republican presidential hopefuls are here in washington tonight looking for support. rick santorum, newt gingrich, mitt romney all took the stage today at the annual conservative

before that, the first people to walk the planet and develop situation -- civilization came along the nile river valley. if we teach african history as human history, history will require that you incorporate our story and tell it the right way. [applause] >> just to say that in terms of how teaching history can make a difference to these test scores that we are also obsessed with, i had a piece of news from mississippi where the book, "putting the movement back into civil rights" -- are you familiar with that? the superintendent has agreed -- and your piece is in it, awele -- the superintendent has agreed that it be used districtwide. just this week, i was hearing that the rigor and relevance of the material actually got students engaged and got the score is up. while the score is being up is not the only thing, i do want to say there is real value in making curriculum relevant, truthful, and rigorous, and one of the ways of doing that would be to embed all of this into all subjects all year for all the students. [applause] >> if i could just show that on friday, ms. colvin spent the whol

blue nile sinking as well. they're predicting down beat first quarter. and the full year as well. and blue nile taking a beating there 12.24% to the downside. tyler. >> jackie, thank you very much. markets taking a leg up in just the past hour and bob pisani's all over it at the new york stock exchange. the rally is moving. should we make something of it or not? >> yes. i was on about an hour and a half ago and i said i'm not impressed with the stock market today. i don't care if the dow's up a few points. i see telecom up, utility up, consumer stocks up. this does not impress me. we're looking for something a little more market leadership-oriented. as i'm standing there about an hour and a half ago headlines come out from a german newspaper that says the ecb is going to swap its greek bonds that it bought at 30% discount for new greek bonds. that was a little bit of a surprise because they haven't finished all the other negotiations. take a look. material stocks, which had been market leaders, they all started -- look at that. boom. now you're getting my attention. what else move

camera was the only one there as firefighters responded to the flames at the taco bell on alvardo nilesroad. it took crews 20 minutes to knock down the fire. the cause does not appear suspicious. >>> it's like a war zone, that's what a local church leader is describing parts of oakland tonight following a recent wave of killings. john sasaki talked about police about what's being done to stop the violence as many people who live and work in oakland worry who could be targeted next, john. >> reporter: julie, today police say the recent spike must end. it was a quiet afternoon in east oakland. per happen it is rain helped wash away some of the harsh feelings that caused a spike in violence. >> and the last seven days alone, the city has had 20 shootings, five have been homicides. >> reporter: police showed off firearms confiscated after being used in crimes including homicides. the atf is using technology to trace the gun's history. bishop jackson says parts of oakland feel like a war zone. >> who wants their children shot up, you know like we saw the three babies being shot. just breaks

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blue nile tumbled 10% after a disappointing quarterly report. yelpers will soon be able to invest in the online service. thanks to a blogger and barista who dreamed up the most expensive starbucks drink ever your morning brew this morning will sound like a bargain. the trenta size with soy milk, fruit purees rang up a whopping $23.60 and frankly doesn't really sound that good. so there you have it. >>> well, coming up, duke stages a a come back and fans say good-bye to a baseball great. lights out for the pacers in indiana. you're watching "first look" on msnbc. [ male announcer ] we put a week's worth of bad odors in a home. some aerosols may just mix with them. can febreze really remove it. we asked real people what they thought. [ moderator ] take a deep breath for me. describe the smell. it's very pleasant. fresh. some kind of flower maybe? [ moderator ] remove the blindfold... awww, oh yuck! i didn't smell any of that! [ male announcer ] febreze air effects doesn't mix, it actually removes odors. [ laughs ] wow, that's incredible. [ male an

we will get your story later on nile volunteer that information -- >> i will volunteer that information. >> okay. i am teasing. >> let's talk about the weather because maryland's most powerful radar looks a little active but not really. a lot of this you are seeing in northern maryland as of now not hitting the ground. you are looking at wentry mix to the west -- within theory mix to the west of -- wintery mix to the west of westminster. a couple sprinkles mixing in with flurries but we are dry all in all. you have to head to the north into pennsylvania where you are dealing with the darker blues getting heavier snow across that area. but all in all, as we go into the afternoon, we are going to be dealing with rain. you can see right now temperatures are above freezing into arnold right around 36 degrees. baltimore close to 40. and 36 degrees right now in manchester. and the winds are light andvariable for today and we won't deal with breeze that is we dealt with yesterday. also, we are going to get a southerly flow in here and that's going to help warmth temperatures going into the aft

nile loses three or four kilograms of weight in a week of intense retrievals the crew puts the billing together and takes it apart several times the envelope weighs one hundred twenty to one hundred fifty kilograms . i think about what we entrust our very lives to this envelope higher than what we make sure that no stones get in the way of the cup which might damage it but if the authorities doing. each gas tank weighs fifty kilograms if you add that to the burger in the basket the retrieval people will be hard put to collect it all. pylon kudo my lawn. tribute to. them now we're all. on face value ballooning is a simple affair behind the scenes it is a vigorous combination of efforts by a crew an escort truck and those who help build the balloon these people define rain snow bitter cold and scorching heat truly they're afraid of only one thing to sing the ability to take to the skies. the sky does not misunderstand the sky does not judge the sky very simply it's. this is a consistent pattern of lack of concern for the environment and for human life in the burbs that's something that's

today, police arrested 55-year- old gary niles montgomery of northwest. he served the second-degree murder. the police are not saying if he knew the victim, but they're still investigating whether this was a hate crime. >>> mayor vincent gray said the murder rate in d.c. dropped. too many residents and visitors are getting robbed. one of the most common crimes? electronic theft. they working with the police chief on the system to deactivate the stolen electronics, meaning the criminals would have no way to make a profit off of their stolen merchandise. >> again, we want people not only to be safe in the district of columbia, we want people to feel safe. and as long as we have these kinds of situations, people will continue to feel vulnerable. we don't want that to happen. >> on average, more than 12 people are robbed per day in d.c. that is according to the latest crime stats. almost half of the robberies involve a cell phone or tablet computer. >>> a paraphrased quote on the mlk memorial will be corrected. the architect hoped for an easy fix. doesn't loo

backed one draft resolution on syria with moscow slamming the text for an unbalanced approach and the nile of dialogue between the government and opposition. riots returned to egypt as anger at the authorities failure to prevent a deadly soccer brawl spills over into four days of violent clashes that have already seen a dozen people killed. and in russia's bitter subzero temperatures hundreds of thousands join in and record breaking rallies both pro and anti-government ahead of next month's presidential election. polls here next with the latest news from the world of sports. welcome to the world of sport plenty coming up in the next ten minutes including all of this. ready to rumble we preview the biggest event in the american sporting calendar and f.l. super bowl forty six. paul lawrie claims his second. holding off the challenge of jason day in. performance goes book says whitewash the last matadors in the russian capital. all that coming up but we start with tennis where here in moscow team russia have booked their place in the semifinals of the fed cup with a three one victory over spa

so-called free world simply don't know enough about the world outside of america's borders marina porter nile r.t. new york. are just a few minutes away from the business here with dimitri for now though the r.t. world updates and other global headlines in brief all started with pakistan it's where the supreme court has decided to charge the country's prime minister with contempt for his failure to reopen an old corruption case against the president if convicted use of could face six months in jail and loses office the court has long commanded a reopening of the case dating back to the late one nine hundred ninety s. but the government has refused it insists that the president enjoys immunity from prosecution while in office. the united states has made the surprise announcement that it will hold combat operations in afghanistan earlier than expected u.s. it defense secretary leon panetta said the country wants to switch to a role of supporting and training local forces before the end of next year afghan officials claim the decision ruin the whole transition plan and force preparations to be r