skip one, do a front post double crochet, then do a back post double crochet, and then you front postst one. >> ok. well, that doesn't seem too bad. >> well, post stitches are really, really great, 'cause they give great texture, lot of movement, and they also make crochet a lot more drapey and stretchy. sometimes stitches can be real stiff. if you use a lot of single crochets, they're real stiff, and this makes it, you know, something that's more wearable. >> yeah. and so do you work these 2 panels separately and then seam them? >> mm-hmm, work them separately, seam them up. the back of this pillow is just straight double crochet, so it's super-easy. so if you need to practice your double crochets, do the back first, and then you get some fun buttons that match and sew them on. >> oh, ok. decorative buttons. >> mm-hmm. >> very nice. so do you have any suggestions for ways to customize or alter this design? >> what you could do is you could maybe do it striped for, like, every 4 rows. just change the color. or you could, if you prefer this more structured straight part, you could make

in addition, we are seeing a variety of behavioral adjustments having to do with post-traumatic stress, having to do with depression, having to do with suicide ideation. and of course, the reintegration issues when people come back from combat and move back into their families and try to sustain some normality of family life; we see behavioral issues going on within the families. so, there's a host of issues that are happening for these individuals. and, dr. karlin, exactly what types of symptoms are associated with some of these disorders? let's take ptsd, for example. so with ptsd, post-traumatic stress disorder, there are certain clusters of symptoms that we typically see, including what we first call avoidance symptoms. so, individuals with post-traumatic stress disorder may avoid places or circumstances that may remind them of the traumatic event that they experienced during war time or other situations that might have been the precursor, if you will, to the post-traumatic stress disorder. individuals with ptsd also often experience numbing symptoms, if you will, to block the pain

and we wrote about it at maddow blog and post good it on facebook. -- posted about it on facebook. you go. those were our monthly average numbers before wednesday. here's what happened when we posted on facebook about republicans killing this veterans jobs bill. you ready? that post got about four times as many likes, facebookwide, as usual. got 15 time the number of comments. got 16 times more -- 16 times more people. shared that post on to their facebook pages from ours. remember, our average numbers over the last month are especially high because of the political conventions. and yet, republicans killing the veterans jobs bill, that blew almost everything else we have ever done out of the water. we know generally if people are paying attention to stuff we produce for this tv show by our overall ratings, which have been lovely lately. thank you very much. but in terms of getting specific, in terms of seeing and measuring the impact and your interest in one specific story, this is shocking. i know there's a presidential campaign going on, and i know that it is burning white hot. b

the post reporting that two players have since left the school. disciplinary action hearing will be held later on this morning. dematha high-school known for producing top athletes. a very well known a school. it is not known how school officials found out about what happened. the principal and head coach told the washington post they could not comment. reporting live, jummy olabanji. >> or other developing story the district heights police officer placed on to the minister of leave after firing his weapon and hitting a suspect he -- placed on administrative leave after firing his weapon and hitting a suspect he arrested. crux>> in district heights police of a search -- according to authorities they said the officer -- sgt. john riley discharged his weapon. now kyle was struck in the back. it is unclear the events leading up to this. whether or not there may have been a struggle. details not released about what happened prior to the shooting. we understand about sgt. john riley has been placed on administrative leave. reporting live, brianne carte

some of the calorie information mcdonald's will be posting is quite surprising.he big mac is not the biggest source of calories, just 550. that'sless than the double quarterpounder with cheese at 750. the highest calorie food on the menu isn't even a burger. it's the big breakfast with hot cakes. 1,090. what's the damage in my bag? grand total, 1,950 calories. now, step two in this little experiment. how much time will it take me to burn off 1,950 calories on this treadmill? okay, so, as the experiment runs its course, let's consult some experts on whether forcing restaurants to post calorie information, as the federal government is poised to do soon, actually works or whether it's just another example of the nanny state run amuck. all right, doctor -- >> yes. >> reporter: we brought you here to mcdonald's because we have a question. this doctor is from new york university. he has done studies and found that posting calorie info does not change the way people order. what do we have to do to get people to really change their orders? offer a defibrillator with the

in the clip posted last month, mr. romney talks about going to china to maybe buy an appliance factory there with his firm bain capit capital. he talks touring the factory where they worked for a pittance. they lived in dormitories with bunks three high. the factory had a barbed wire fence around it and guard towers to keep people out because so many people wanted to work there. then he says that 95% of life is settled if you're born in america. that clip was posted to youtube last month that had an act with rachel mad dough on it. they made it seem that it was me, the account was taken down. in terms of somebody impersonating me, that was easy. we knew it wasn't me. in terms of the content, we were not able to authenticate the origin of the video. that was late august. a few days after all of that happened, a different youtube account went up with a different name. posted ten different excerpts of governor romney's speech at this fundraiser. twice it's posted in august and back in may, at youtube account posted more e

moving at posted speeds. virginia motorists are having a pretty easy time. we have lifted all the overnight work zones on 95 making your way up to springfield. you should not have any delays. 395 is wide open northbound and southbound. between the beltway and the 14th street bridge, that is. happy friday. >> authorities checking for damage on the west coast after to be earthquakes. one of them in los angeles and another in china. in the chinese quake, 43 people were killed. 150 more injured. a 5.6 quake in southwest china. the one in los angeles was 3.4. it struck around 9 miles west of downtown los angeles, no reports of injury. >> another big story, trouble off the field for dematha a high-school football players. >> they are accused of hiring prostitutes after a game in north carolina. jummy olabanji is live outside the school this morning in hyattsville. >> good morning. reports that the incident happened just a week ago last friday when the team traveled to north carolina for their season opener. the washington post is reporting five players involved in

they reposted what we posted.om living on our page to your page with a click of that button. these are all important metrics about how people think how valuable it is to know these things. the pawlenty quoting the campaign is very popular. that's cool, right? so a lot of people telling other people that some piece of news they got from us was interesting and useful and other people should know about it too. and it happens like that a lot. for about the last month, an average facebook post from us got about 3800 likes, those were our monthly averages until wednesday. and this is what i'm getting at. on wednesday, republicans in the snoot blocked a veterans jobs bill that was paid for, five republicans across the aisle to vote with it with the democrats but the rest of the senators voted against it including four particular senators who had written parts of it themselves but then they voted no on jobs for veterans. we reported this here on this tv, we wrote about it on the blog and posted it on facebook. those were

the japan post bank and japan post insurance filed applications on monday with the government. the move comes after the postal privatization law was revised in april. japan post bank aims to enter new fields such as home mortgages and business loans starting next april. the bank aims to change its business model. that's to move away from its high dependence on profits derived from the country's government bonds. japan post insurance aims to revise premiums for educational endowments to increase policy holders. the government's postal privatization panel will carefully study their applications and make a final decision soon. a group of financial institutions from the private sector informed the panel last week that postal service expansion should be considered carefully. that's because the japan post group is not yet totally privatized. opposition from the u.s. insurance industry is also expected. >> brazilians are enjoying the road to economic security. car dealers, sold 3 million vehicles last year. european and u.s. auto makers were investing in brazil two decade ago when the

it is obsessed with the viral web post, stats. our number one referrals are twitter, facebook, stumbling upon the sites that are places where people go on the internet and share things. it is the first viral news site. >> who named it? >> he is our ceo and founder. he originally worked at the huffington post. buzzfeed started as a side project. when he left the huffington post, he started working on it full time. ever since january, we have been sort of revamping it into more of a news site. >> did you graduate from ohio state? >> i went to ohio university originally. >> you graduated from st. john's? >> i did not graduate, i am still taking classes online. when they hired me, i was still in school. i started taking on more work and i've been doing online classes and finishing my degree. >> why did you leave school? >> i think there is importance to it. people really like what i do. people love the old clips of the politicians. there is a lot of time that you break something in the news cycle that people did not know. i found this

the giants going back to the post season. >>> you got to love that.ry, how hard will it be for the players to be focused for the next ten games? >> you know what, i think they will have no problem at all. once they lost one of their best players, melky cabrera, suspended for 15 games. they lost brian wilson, that didn't hurt their focus, either. i think they will be okay, diane. >>> and still to come, endeavour's big move, driving through downtown los angeles, we'll show you. and shopping at trader joe's well hello, hosting the all-new saturday night live tonight. and within seconds, he was showing his stuff, quite literally. [ fingers tapping ] [ rain pattering ] [ heels clicking ] [ female announcer ] yoplait light tastes great now... ♪ ...and feels great later 20 delicious flavors of yoplait light, now at 90 calories each. yoplait, it is so good! >>> a 25-year-old man was mauled by a tiger after police say he jumped into an exhibit at the bronx zoo, and now that man is facing arrest. investigators say david v villalobos was charged with trespassing

today, bill clinton has reached a high point in his post presidential life. role he's created and is now more popular than ever. >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome president bill clinton. >> that became clear by the wild welcome he received at the democratic convention in 2012. >> we simply cannot afford to give the reigns of government to someone who will double down on trickle down. think about this. president obama's plan cuts the debt honors our values brightens the future of our children, our families and our nation. it's a heck of a lot better. >> clinton got something else at that convention a warm hug from his former adversary and now ally barack obama. hillary says he's ready to follow in her husband's footsteps and step away from any official role in government. >> i think i'll serve as secretary of state as my last public position and go back to advocacy work particularly on behalf of women and children, particularly around the world. >> whether the clintons will truly leave politics behind depends, of course on events to come. but there's no

previously been a cantalever deck above the sidewalk and they put posts underneath the steel posts. >> and you can extend a deck over a public right-of-way like a sidewalk but you have a minimum height you have to accomplish for that. the sidewalk can be used for pedestrians. that would be a violation of disabled access because a blind person would run into that post. >> what is the minimum height over a sidewalk? anybody recall? is it 10? 10 feet. here's a close-up of that metal deck. >> [laughter] >> so even metal needs lots of maintenance. guards and guardrail. now, all of these decks are required to have guards or guardrail. and the spacing as i mentioned before is a four-inch maximum sphere. cannot pass through. and here we are looking at some cables which are tense. they're four-inches apart. so they can be easily removed. this does not meet the standards that a four-inch sphere can easily pass through. >> some kids are going to want to see if they can stick their head in there by prying the cables apart and then getting their heads stuck. >> so if you are to make a cable guar

let's talk about the class of kids post. >> this sunday we're kicking off class of kids post.ers can go to www.kids post.com and download a questionnaire. we ask sort of fun, what is your favorite pizza topping type questions and some serious ones. what is the most important issue in the world today? and every month we feature a class of kids posts. so now is the time to fill out the questionnaire, send in your photo, and be featured in kids post. >> wonderful. now the creator of sherman's lagoon is looking for help from us? >> that's right. jim toomey who is the creator of sherman's lagoon, the strip, is very upset about the closing of the aquarius reef base off key largo, one of the prime bases for studying the oceans. and so he has a strip going now and in wednesday's kids post we talked to him about his cruise aid to have his characters get readers to help save the base. >> wow. always a pleasure, tracy. for some fun family activities make sure you visit nbc washington.com or washington post.com and click on kids post. >>> bad news for those who were looking to get the iph

posted by a man named buzz bishop, a canadian radio host and also a daddy blogger. in this actual post he goes on to say that his favorite child is his 5-year-old son zachary. he also has a 2-year-old son named charlie. but if you take a look at buzz's youtube page you'll see an overwhelming majority of the videos are of zachary. there aren't as many that include charlie. he readily admits that he feels a different kind of connection with zachary because they can do activities together that charlie just doesn't do yet. charlie is only 2. >> what's that? >> i think it's safe to say charlie is going to grow up with daddy issues. >> people are going nuts over the fact he admitted he has a favorite son. many parents underneath this blog post said sure, maybe we think we have a favorite child at any given moment but we don't say it out loud. this is going to live on-line forever. what happens when charlie is old enough to read and sees this. >> it's not i don't like the other child. you may ha these feelings as a parent but do you have to share them with somebody else. >

here's a more current look of him, video as an ambassador posted on youtube.he had been working with professors at berkeley about setting up an academic center in libya and those working with him say this is a huge loss. >> we are shocked. we are saddened. we are a little bit angry. ambassador stevens was someone who was a partner for us. this a.m. bass done knew and understood the libyans. we -- we haven't had close relations with libya for a long time that means there aren't that many libya specialists in this country so we've lost one and we can't afford that loss. >> reporter: she said stevens mastered arabic, he was deeply engaged and enthusiastic. after berkeley he went to hastings school of law a professor there says he was not surprised to hear that stevens went in and tried to evacuate his staff from the consulate. >> he went to save his own people. he didn't have to do that he could have sent the marines, staff members to that consulate. he didn't have to go in there. he chose to go in to try and save his people. it seems to me that's the epitome of

i'm wondering about these post-nups though. because you are already married, do you lose some of your bargaining power when making a new agreement? > > that is the essential question, because, what is the bargaining power? the courts will look at that very strongly. but i'm excited that women are asking for more, because i think it's a sign that women are feeling more powerful. > > another sign is that financially sometimes the man starts to make more money than when they started the marriage, or even the women are starting to make more money, and that's one of the reasons why we're seeing this. how does that play into getting the post-nup? > > well, it is an interesting issue in a marriage, because as each party changes in their lives, they may say, "hey, we may disagree about the next chapter. let's think about, you may want to leave everything to the children. i may have a favorite charity. let's think it through, and maybe rather than fight about it, let's negotiate about it and make it a written agreement." > > when you ha

we have ten schools who posted double digit gains. the third category were schools that we noticed doing a commendable effort at closing the achievement gap. these are schools demonstrating higher than the overall growth but in both subject areas for targeted sub group of students and had 30 students or more of the targeted groups we counted them in. schools recognizing them that closed achievement for african-americans are listed here. closing the achievement gap for latino students are listed here. english language learners similarly. so one thing we asked our principals to share with us is in your voice what you attribute to some of these accelerated growth areas into, and recently we had the opportunity to hear them share with their colleagues and we tried to summarize a few examples of that. i'm not going to read all of these points but i want to point out some of the things that were mentioned by our principals starting with the first row there. our principal at rosa parks, paul jacob son and you were recognized as a school clos

post-traufplt stress disorder. -- post traumatic stress disorder.e been living with this so long, i don't explain what they are. >>imus: talk w-g bob woodruff, abc news. you sound great. >>guest: every time i get on i speak a little more english. i'm sure it was pretty difficult in the beginning. >>imus: in the beginning we didn't know if you were going to make it. i guess you did. >>guest: i didn't know. i was asleep. certainly you and everyone else had some worries about it. but you were there. >>imus: you've got one of the great wives on the planet, man. >>guest: she's not left me. >>imus: that's a good egg there. more bad news out of afghanistan this morning. >>guest: that's the other thing. we need to do so much more coverage of the wars than we're doing. there's things like that, a day like that and nobody really knows much about what's happening. everyone assumes the war is coming to an end. iraq is over-ish, but these guys are still serving over there and we're not telling enough about what's happening over there, what they're accomplishing

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romney fell from 48% in the post to 43% in the fox news poll. so he should never have made that admission, i guess? >> he has one problem you are touching on a slight demoralization and apprehension taking hold between the intellectuals and >>> pricks. pat? >> obama's called bluff there will be no strike on iran before the election. >>> president clinton's speech skillfully framed the arguments in obama's favor and his campaigning in florida will carry the state for obama and thereby, the election. >> mr. rich? if republican panic over the polls continues you you'll see sharp knives come out for stephens, running the cap pain. >>> mort? >>> the unemployment numbers will get worse and it will have a huge effect on the outcome of the election. >>> a majority of the united nations member will support the internet pitting the united states and western countries against the global community. bye bye.

i live one block over and the only notices that i have seen posted regarding this hearing were posted by a private citizen. i would like to request continuance so as to have the notices posted as i believe are required by law. >> we have a requirement to -- if you could stop the clock, we would have done to the posters and occupants of all those addresses. >> could someone provide me with proof that that was done. >> i believe that mr. pacheko is looking for that right now. >> thank you. >> there is in the file a certificate of mailing signed by our senior clerk typist, se seal ya wong dated august 13th, 2012 that postcard notices were mailed out to owners and occupants within 150 feet and attach today the certificate of mailing is a two-page list from the radius company with probably 70 to 80 mailing labels. >> okay. >> i was under the -- >> do you want to see it? >> no, i believe you. i was under the impression that the notice would be posted near the tree. >> you might be referring to departmental notice from the dpw, but board of appeals has never posted notices near a site. >> i

, there was a physical posting on the building, our director that was on the selection committee was very happy about wood house being selected as the vendor of choice and after wood house was selected, we met with rec park staff and dillon mceleven i spoke with several times, we met with him in our neighborhood and wrote articles in the marina times newspaper about this relationship that was forming and the -- the rfp that had been submitted. earlier as lease negotiations began to take shape, we e-mailed our 500 person membership list about this project. i would say if -- we're a volunteer organization so we're not marketing in the community but if there's people who live in the marina who want to be informed and are not reading the newspaper, please join us, so before our board took a position on this project, we wanted to maer from our members on the issue, we sent a follow asking them to participate in a survey, this e-mail was received by 400 members and nearly 100 people participate ined the survey, we posted it on our association website, so of the nearly 100 people that respo

diplomatic posts around the globe. u.s. ambassador christopher stevenson's at bay area ties born in northern california and group and piedmont earning his undergraduate degree in uc berkeley in 1982 and used with us cool in 1989 stevens is the first u.s. ambassador killed in the line of duty since 1979 happening on the anniversary of 911 the so far no official word if there's any connection between the two events which do know gunman charged the consulate and set fire to the building and the protesters were angry over a film ridiculing as slum profit mohammed. it was produced by american named reportedly now hiding promoted by an egyptian born into a muslim advocate in the u.s. and excerpts were transmitted to arabic of coastal new to 3/8 trevelyan's earlier people protesting the phone skills the walls of the u.s. embassy in cairo each shift tearing down the american flag and replace it with an islamic factor. the secretary of state issued a statement saying those who have been killed and " committed to helping the libyan p

but the jets have been a mess in the pre-season and leave it to the post to tweak him about it. they show giants quarterback eli manning driving a convertible with a super bowl trophy while the jets are driving a clown car. that's mark sanchez flanked by tebow in a clown costume. let's talk to tiki barber. good morning. >> good morning, how you doing? >> i'm good. >> i love the new york post. >> is it fair, though? i mean -- >> it kind of has to be. in 2007 when the giants won, the jets brought in brett favre which was a distraction in and of itself. now they won last season and they bring in tim tebow, really to compete with mark sanchez, but i think it will get to be more than that as tim tebow wants to be on the field, and i think as the jets perform bad in the start of the season, the fans and the media will want tim

here's a more current look of him, video as an ambassador posted on youtube.he had been working with professors at berkeley about setting up an academic center in libya and those working with him say this is a huge loss. >> we are shocked. we are saddened. we are a little bit angry. ambassador stevens was someone who was a partner for us. this a.m. bass done knew and understood the libyans. we -- we haven't had close relations with libya for a long time that means there aren't that many libya specialists in this country so we've lost one and we can't afford that loss. >> reporter: she said stevens mastered arabic, he was deeply engaged and enthusiastic. after berkeley he went to hastings school of law a professor there says he was not surprised to hear that stevens went in and tried to evacuate his staff from the consulate. >> he went to save his own people. he didn't have to do that he could have sent the marines, staff members to that consulate. he didn't have to go in there. he chose to go in to try and save his people. it seems to me that's the epitome of

the video was posted on youtube.e the man jump over the fence near the cheerleaders and make a run for it. if the guy looks familiar, it's because, he is. this is the same guy back on opening day at camden yards, same guy, mark harvey, e ludes secure out there for two minutes. the orioles baned the guy from the ballpark for life. harvey is referred at the baltimore batman. >> is it worth it? he is banned from the park for life. >> he will be on chore. >> you love that man. >> i do. he is going to make a tour around the ballparks, nfl stadiums. >> it was nice yesterday. it wasn't that nice, put clothes on. >> i would like to see you in that outfit this morning. very cold temperatures out there this morning. we are looking at temperatures in the 40s and also the 50s, bundle up as you head out the door, 45 in pilesville, stevenson 48. 53 in mount airy. centerville 50. 47 easton, galena 47. a chilly start to the morning. we will see sunshine out there, but temperatures won't recover to where we should be for this time of

the full contract deal has yet to be released but we'll keep you posted on it. >>> an ohio man set to die by lethal injection for killing a woman back in the 1980s, however, ronald post is fighting to stop his execution with his lawyers, saying that he is too fat to be executed. without extra pain and suffering. the death row inmate, he weighs nearly 500 pounds. people in the town where this happened are pretty upset about the court filing. >> what does that got to do with it? he still did it. he's still the same guy if he weighed 1,000 pounds. he's still the same guy. he killed a girl, there's no doubt about it, shot her in the head for $100. they should have executed him years ago. >> oo -- other obese death row inmates like post have tried to claim troubles with lethal injection in the past. so far those have not been honored, at leave in ohio. post is scheduled to be executed in january. >>> we're hearing more from the mom who sparked a huge debate around the country about breastfeeding. you may remember this. she was nursing her toddler and it was on the cover of time magazine. i

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the on line ticket site, stub hub, has posted tickets and posted pricing as far as the o's can go. tickets to home games in the al division series are going for between 139-169. al championship, 249-$299. tickets to the home games in the world series for $799, gofers to 899 for the final -- jumps to $899 for the final home game if we get. there even though it's the friday before the first home game of the season, baltimore is a 2-team city, instead of a typical purple friday, stephanie rawlings blake declared today orange orange friday. for everything orioles, about how it feels to be a fan and the great pictures, showing orioles pride, head to abc2news.com/sports and click on the orioles tab. >>> i want purple and orange. here is what is going on this afternoon. we were mild. look at temperatures across town. 88 in the city. most spots in to the 80s this afternoon. dew point in to the 70 mark. 96 feels like in the inner harbor. it feels hot, not for september standards. maryland's most popular doppler, a spot shower and storm, north of baltimore county. towards the wests another s