he realized the roman people, they loved the republic. but it was no longer an option unless they changed. so he had to go a different way. his solution instead of saying, guys, we have screwed it up, we have to reset here, instead, what he did was, he gave the people what they wanted and what he thought they needed. i don't know how many speeches he had to give but he got it all through and instead of abolishing the institutions that were cherished he continued them and the people still were represented and they elected their representative. the assembly still gathered. the senate oversaw the provinces and advised him. but it did not mean anything. as one said and i quote, "by maintaining the facade of the republic he camouflaged his absolute power." we saw they are saying this is rigged in their own party, the senate, the senate is saying "this is rigged." we showed you that the fcc is going around the senate, they said, no, the court said no, but the fcc is pushing the neutrality anyway and octavian maintained the appearance of traditi

though none remain, villas clung to these rocky shores in ancient roman times. many of rome's elite vacationed here. pliny the younger actually had two villas on lake como. pliny called his waterside villa comedia. here, he wrote to a friend, "you may fish yourself, "and throw your line out of your room, and almost from your bed, as from off a boat." one of the highlights of a visit here is exploring the villas on lake como. many open their spectacular lakeside grounds and gardens to the public. lake como's most romantic villa... has its main entrance on the water. built in 1787 by the catholic cardinal angelo maria durini, the villa was a retreat where intellectuals and spiritual thinkers wrote and debated. the interior can be visited by appointment, but the grounds are the highlight. built to follow the natural terrain, the gardens cling to the promontory in terraces. the italian-style garden revolves around proportion. the width of a path or the height of a wall is all part of the design. protected by the mountains and warmed by the sun, the micro-climate of

>> 2,000 years ago the jewish people were lookg for a messiah to overthrow the romans and restore the kingdom of israel. old testament prophets described a ry different kind of meiah. only 1 man in history fits the description. >> first centurjudea was a small province ruled by rome and ready for a revotion. >> jewish people ready, under roman rule and greek rule and persian and babylonian rule. they were praying for deliverance and ready to welcome a messiah. >> every would say you are a messiah. >> they want a political lear. instead jesus came as a mirac worker reaching out to jews and gentiles a like. >> rethink your deaf nation of messiah. >> in the village of nazareth, the son of a carpenter stood up and read the words of prophet isaiah, spirit of the lord god is upon me, the lord has anointe me to preach good tideings to the poor. he has sent me to heal the broken hearted and proclaim liberty to the captives. >> reads from the prophet isaiah, this scripture fulfilled. jesus is saying, i am the one, just as the scripture said. >> people of nazarethrejected jesus' claim. just as

think she was beautiful but she's charismatic and cunning hher world is more sophisticated than the roman world that conquered her, she's the most wealthy woman in that world, it's the great all-star cast of the ancient world, seize are and mark antony, cleopatra, supporting cast of herod, a fantastic group of characters. >> charlie: and john wood. a man who is bringing books to millions of children around the world. >> it took a couple of years foget off the ground, 2000 was a terrible time to launch a charity with the markets melting but year three we started to take off because people everywhere with resources realized they have education to thank. without education, you're not you, i'm not me so we remind people to say this is the chance to pay it forward in a part of the world where kids don't have the access to the simplest things. >> charlie: group onon, cleo pat radio and room to read. >> maybe you want school kids to have more exposure to the arts, maybe you want to provide meals to the neediy or maybe you want to help when the unexpected happens. whatever you want to do, members

we have to do is also nicely then it turns out russia's first roman was back within the city limits. see i knew that society was really a trustworthy fellow as the poles really had wanted to find a hollow roman of this is where they should have been. this is the apache of ministry probably the most famous building in custer mom it's hardly changed in almost seven hundred years and the house is the main attraction. and they have a rather bryce a paint job now but this was the house where the young lived with his mother and every roman of since came here to pay homage to the place where the dentistry began . to son and had come goods and i was all set for a date with another local cost from all celebrity. culture is that so much of me is going to make a lot of people here you have been looking at what a year it was if anything two thousand can show this just how fragile the world is was a. sergeant of the israeli defense forces. during his service scorched the street fight. to fly in from the colonel of the chilian on forces participated in keeping down a military revolt. a sergeant in

my name is carmen roman murray. i am here with my husband, john. i cannot go over all the numbers that were mentioned, so i am just going to address valuation. one of the main issues is that at the time that the brief was to be submitted, it was never submitted. so we could not argue about what was not presented. so at that point i was told by mr. pachecko that i could request the original variants -- variance i asked originally. that is what we did. what we did was to request that the appeal should be denied it because they never presented any arguments to what they were appealing. secondly, that we would be granted now the original variance because they mentioned that the structure that we're going to bill this very large. -- to build it is very large. if i can show the picture here. here we have this massive structure sitting in the two lots. this is the house that mr. allen owns. next to it is the lot we bought from them. you see how narrow that lot is. what we were asking with the building -- let us build here. it is a unit structure. they hav

. >> you're watching bbc nusms the headlines this hour -- pope benedict xvi has let the world's romanatholics into the christmas season with a special mass. west. african leaders threaten force against gbagbo if he doesn't step down as the ivory coast president. in britain the queen and oop members of the royal family are spending christmas day at sandringham in norfolk. prince william won't be there as he is on duty with the rescue squad. kate middleton, whom he is to marry next year, is spending christmas with her family. >> the -- prince william will be absent this year. he's on call this christmas with his search and rescue squadron at r.a.f. valley on anglesea. and zara philips is thought to be spending christmas with her fiance in gloucester shie. kate middleton is spend s christmas for the probably the last time at her family's. next year, of course, she will be spending it with the royal family. the -- >> in the parks of towns and cities and on village greens up and down the country, countless thousands of people every week give up their time every week to participate in sport

gebhard had become embroiled in the great investiture disagreement between the holy roman emperor and the pope. the central conflict was: who had the right to appoint bishops, the emperor or the pope? archbishop gebhard came down firmly on the side of the pope. he needed a safe retreat from the threats of the south german princes, who were supporting the emperor, and hohensalzburg became his stronghold. during wars of the 15th and 16th centuries, other prince-archbishops took refuge in the fortress, adding their own touches. the princes' apartments were richly decorated with intricate woodcarvings. during its long history, the hohensalzburg fortress has served well. it's never been conquered by enemy troops. when the prince-archbishops weren't holed up in the fortress, they lived here in the residenz. wolf dietrich, who became archbishop near the end of the 16th century, had actually been raised in italy. he had lofty ambitions for the city and embarked on an extensive building plan. dietrich aspired to make salzburg the "rome of the north." the sumptuous style of the residenz reflect

roman.ke out nicely. >> thank you. >> just ahead on "today in the bay," the senate working for the weekend on tax cuts but is it all just for show. that's the question. political analyst larry gur ston weighs in on the search for a tax solution. >> good morning. i'm mikey and the nbc bay area is getting into the holiday spirit today and we want you to join us. at the san jose holiday parade. the world series champions the giants. you sergio romo and lucille will be the grand marshal and jessica, and bob are going to be doing the live hosting. brent cannon, lawyer ya garcia cannon scheduled to be there with their triplets and the rest of the morning it team will be joining them. the parade starts at 8:30 near the hp pavilion. watch it right here on nbc bay area and we will stream it on-line as well nbcbayarea.com and in san francisco, the bill graham ma nora festival kicks off at 3:00 in the afternoon in union square. music, arts and crafts and a place kids will light their own menorahs and t

here is abc7's thomas roman. >>> if you are looking for deals on clothing, jewelry and toys, retailers offer you more for your money today. shoppers like mary is hoping she is the rule and not the exception. >> i think i am, actually. i realize i did spend a little more. there has been more parties and been more presents and i think they are feeling better this year. >> after christmas sales account for a large portion of retailer income. they believe sales are a little flat. >> people are spending more, but there are not as many spending. >> reporter: they predict consumers will spend $41.5 billion starting november 1st and ending december 31st, a more than 3% increase. according to professor kate yarrow of golden gate university, the figures may below. >> what they are doing is spending five and a half percent more. that's in stores. on-line it is 17, 18% more. so it has been a stronger holiday season than anyone predicted, retailers or consumers. >> the san francisco union square area, some shoppers while concerned about the economy say they are spending as much or a little more tha

more now from abc7's thomas roman. >> a major rally to protest prop 8 rained down, but a small group ignored the weather. they have been together for 23 years and are legally married. they want the same right for others. >> the freedom to marry is so important to real live families like ours. >> they have to prove they have a right to appeal the ruling that found the 2008 law unconstitutional. abc7 news legal analyst dean johnson says the right to appeal will take up the first hour of the televised hearing. >> usually we don't allow somebody who has that sort of abstract interest as opposed to a particular liesed personal interest in a matter to pursue a federal lawsuit. so they are going to have a very difficult argument as to standing. >> judge vaughn walker allowed the group to present evidence at the trial, but it may not translate to the federal uh -- appeals court. one of the defenders believes they have strong legal standing. >> the united states supreme court has rec cog -- has recognized that where they have allowed to intervene, that the federal courts will do likewise. >>

roman of this is where they should have been looking. this is the apache of mona stream probably the most famous building in. it's hardly changed in almost seven hundred years and the house is the main attraction. and they have a rather bryce a paint job now but this was the house where the young lived with his mother and every roman of since i came here to pay homage to the place where the dentistry began. to son in that come good and i was all set for a date with another local cause from all celebrity. it can hit dr swan's policeman's wives ministers' wives and i just prayed that if you didn't find me if i could just live through the night that i would get my kids out of here because i knew that what was going to happen was that he was going to kill me many victims don't understand that domestic violence includes verbal abuse psychological abuse physical abuse and sexual abuse at least four million women are affected by abuse every year those are my only two options that i saw that mostly. kill him in jail or he's going to kill it. now

i knew that society was really a trustworthy fellow as the poles really are going to define it how roman of this is where they should have been looking. this is the apache of mona stream probably the most famous building in cost it's hardly changed in almost seven hundred years and the high heels house is the main attraction. and they have a rather bryce a paint job now but this was the house where the young lived with his mother and every roman of since i came here to pay homage to the place where the dentist began . to son in that come good and i was all set for a date with another local cause from our celebrity. welcome to the. big splash in the world of high tech business. and science into products. we followed rushing innovators to broaden their big breakthrough. spotlight on story on technology update. we. covered. download the official antti application to your i phone or i pod touch from the i choose apps to. watch our teenage life on the go. video on demand on teens and live broadcasts and already has feeds now in the palm of your. question on the t.v. dot com. but in the ninete

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the daily mail even interested in this tony blair shimada corruption it's even more worrying that roman polanski films of the global wrote harris which seem to allege that he was a poor man many years before if the fee americans were to she's white. that you. people just seem to ignore it just shows if you can get away with it he could use the middle east only voice and wonder what sort of in the coming year what we're going to witness in the trees and study them wanders around the earth trying to piece their reach right now you mention the roman polanski film that came out at the same time this scandal when polanski was held by the swiss authorities during a point in time when that film is coming out that all but those very old recent automake yeah exactly the timing was suspect and now we've got of course the julian assad wiki leaks story where you know last year i was watching a video of julian assad praising the freedom of sweden and the press freedom of america within a year now as being a lot years and wanted for arrest by swedish authorities and to be extradited to america which

not even the romans were as powerful.you know, it's a huge challenge. >> host: it's interesting. there's some interesting things in this book. i think it's fair to say it's a revisionist history in a number of respects. for example, one of the threads that runs throughout the story of the last 70 years is america and the movies, and particularly our relationship with israel. and you don't most of the admirers would point to camp david accord that is perhaps the highlight of the carter presidency. you present that in a very different light. >> guest: yes, i presented in jimmy carter's retrospective life, like. he came to think at the time he was very proud of it, after all, he brought these sworn enemies from egypt together. but over the years he felt that he got the poor end of the stick, that the israelis had really run rings around him and that the israelis really got everything they wanted. and peace which is what he really wanted in the middle east would probably not happen, certainly not in his administration or even

. >> if you think back, the romans came up with a system of plumbing that allowed us it use water to transport waste away from the hub of civilization, which enabled cities to grow. . >> you have a large bowl, a drive motor and another motor with a planetary gearbox with differential pressure inside there. the large mass up there spinning separating the solids from the liquid. we have to prevent about once a month, we go in there grease those, change the oil, check the vibration levels. 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

same in ben roman. oakland close to that amount. santa rosa less than that and totals in the half inch range through most of the bay area. san jose, lose gatos less rain. storm racking right now, a few lingering cells. spots here and there where rain is falling and light drizzle that the radar isn't picking up. snow in the sierra. moisture continues into tomorrow. we have a chance of showers, 30% chance of showers tomorrow afternoon. if we see rain it's very light. temperatures will warm up atomorrow afternoon. below 60s. that continues into the weekend. temperatures mild. plenty of sunshine this weekend. upper 60s expected, that will continue into next week. by wednesday, rain back in the forecast. >>> jerry brown has a massive undertaking ahead of him. today he released figures showing where the state budget will be 18 months from now. the state will lose $2.7 billion. he says that means the budget deficit will reach $28 billion in june of 2012. to fix the budget the state will have painful days ahead. >> really get in the way her

christine romans is live in new york.l list that keeps telemarketers from interrupting dinner? >> you are trying to get me off the cougar story, i can tell. >> i'm trying to not laugh. >> do not call list -- there are about 200 million people in the do not call list. wildly popular. i'm on it. i bet you're on it, too, don. what about a do not track list? companies can't see your every move when you are on the internet shopping or brassing and the like? that's what the ftc is considering, the federal trade commission, and they'll know for sure if they are going to propose this by january or so. it's intriguing. consumer rights groups like the idea because whether you mow it or not, there are so many eyeballs watching what you do on line and selling the information to advertisers so they can target ads to you. his is a do not track list, like the do not call list. it would be an add-on piece of software that lets you go dark when you work on the internet. >> isn't this a big part of business? people think they are being ano

lining the riverbanks is a steady stream of castles and ruins that range from prehistoric times to roman occupation to hapsburg rule. we leave the boat at the town of melk-- an amiable jumble of cobblestone streets, old towers, and renaissance houses. melk's claim to fame is the spectacular baroque abbey that sits overlooking the danube. leopold ii gave the building to the benedictine monks, who turned it into an abbey. during the middle ages, it earned a reputation throughout europe as an important center of learning and culture. those who've read umberto eco's novel the name of the rose may remember several admiring references. the abbey library still overflows with texts painstakingly hand-copied by the monks. some of the abbey highlights include the red marble hall, with its richly painted flat ceiling that appears dome-like when viewed from the center of the room. even more astonishing is the golden abbey church. the glorious decorations reflect the intense feeling of victory that was typical of catholic churches after the counter-reformation. melk is still a working monastery and h

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it is the protest of the granting of a permit to carmen roman mariurray variances to construct a structure on a vacant lot. president peterson: we need to wait for some of our commissioners to be back. i appreciate your patience. we are ready for you. i'm sorry. >> now we are ready. >> my name is theresa. i am one of the appellants. the building the murrays want to build is very upsetting and stressful. we do not believe the city would let them to have the small front yard setback. in the appeal we recently gave on the conclusion para representative, we referred to planning cut section 132 that required a 10 foot front setback. we think there may be a mistake in how this was arrived at. our house is 143 feet wide. in the middle of the front of the house is a step to our front door. they extend for feet from the house. our actual house has a setback of 14 feet. the house on the south side had a further setback. we believed the setback for the project was to be set sometime between 1956 and 1968 when it was being decided how far the setback should be. it appears it was not calculated with ou

you have row religious people, there is a strong roman catholic activist roman catholic christian movement in the county and then you also have the growing and increasingly emboldened athiest movement which seems to be certainty, according to the atheists whom i interviewed, in the information technology and sort of science sector. and they say there is a lot of government contracting jobs out there and web jobs, information technology, defense contractors, and a lot of these people are secular and they are very science oriented and increasingly they're interested in explicitly and assertively criticizing religion and defending ageism nonbelief. and so you see the two strains on this developing county. >> and bob mccartney, we appreciate you being here. you can find the column in today's washington post. >> thank you for having me. >> gurvir, over to you. >>> we're already in the 10th season of american idol. the judges are looking for the next best singing superstar. the last stop was las vegas and we'll find out what they have to say about the competition. >>> and holly is getting a spec

abc 7's thomas roman reports on the christmas day distribution. ♪ >> tenderloin residents and homeless being treated to soothing music at saint anthony's hall in san francisco. everyone received a hand-made scarf. >> we had scarves coming from australia, japan. we gathered over 70,000. >> they put out a web appeal last summer asking for handmade scarves for their seniors. they only asked for 2500. >> i think it's a way, a time when a lot of people are struggling, create something with their own hands and give to someone else in need. it's just this beautiful giving that people are doing. >> you got enough hands? >> firefighters from station 5 in the western edition are bringing dozens of toys donated by residents and businesses to the hamilton family residence center on hayes street. the children were just as surprised as their parents with the sudden bounty. he was especially pleased as were his parents. >> he's happy. he's having a good christmas. that's the important thing. >> i didn't get on any christmas lists this year. worried we wouldn't have much for christmas but it's still b

president raul castro made an unprecedented breakthrough, brokered by the roman catholic church.the 48-year-old political activist had hoped to attend wednesday's awards ceremony in strasbourg. >> one of the main messages i said to the european union, to the european parliament, as well as the democratic countries of the world is to be aware of the cuban situation. the cuban people are.desperate and frustrating due to the economic measures that have been taken and will be taken. >> speaking from his home in his central city, he called the cuban authorities arrogant for not granting him permission to travel. he mentioned individual liberty. there is the top annual human- rights award, and it is about a $70,000 reward. earlier this week, the president of the parliament made a last- minute plea on his behalf, but to no avail. instead, the cuban dissident will be represented by an empty chair. bbc news, havana. >> the colombian battle with drug barons has long been a worry for the rest of the world, but now, an active role. agents are running their own informants to try to stem south

preaching the word everyone everywhere evangelizing and that's how the early church conquered the pagan roman empire once we reclaim it here maybe we can be more effective around the world because much of the world has. gotten away from god gotten away from christ. on a personal expressed appreciation on the station. for me this is. true ghostwriter more than thirty years of constant. the critical week for us was a program he created for. the only hope for anything this world is the constant really. is for people to know that if they were to die right now and it could be even better because. it. is. it really is it is it's. i think it's quite appropriate for us to proclaim our faith. for those who are of a faith that we believe one must have a spiritual experience a born again experience an opportunity to accept that receive christ into their heart into their life sad to military is a perfectly fine setting in which to do that when the word terror think it's really thinks to focus the people say the most christian god same god michael says the most god requires you to leave your son down for

worshipers packed the roman catholic church next to the grotto the traditional site where jesus is enshrined. >>> this home near sanchez and 16th streets in san francisco has white butcher paper plastered on the garage with markers. passerbys have filled it with messages. homeowner says it's a way to encourage people to stop and smell the roses. >> the malls will be filled with shoppers again tomorrow for the beginning of the post christmas shopping rush. besides the wave of returns, bargain hunters will be looking for after christmas sales. a strong christmas eve bolstered spectacular sales. some stores like best buy will open at 7:00 a.m. in the morning. spend will go will be up 3.3% from last year. internet sales are up 15.4%. >> lisa argen is here with the accu-weather seven-day forecast. is this a precursor for the rest of the week? >> we are looking at couple more systems. it will be colder and snow levels, live outside from roof camera, it's 50 degrees in san francisco. things have dried out significantly this afternoon. a little more rain moving into the north bay from windsor. santa

tomas roman is in san francisco where a few people showed up in support of same-sex marriage. >> reporter: the rain affected a rally that was here against proposition 8. only a few people showed up. they say hundreds will show up tomorrow when a federal judge panel decides the future of proposition 8. a small group ignored the rain to rally for same-sex marriage. these two have been together 23 years and are married. they want to stay that way. >> there shouldn't be haves and have nots. marriage should not be a limited-time offer. >> proponents have to show they have a right to appeal the ruling finding the law unconstitutional. dean johnson says their right to appeal will take up the first hour of the hearing. >> usually we don't allow somebody who has that sort of abstract interest, as opposed to a particularized personal interest, to pursue a federal lawsuit. so they're going to have a difficult lawsuit as to standing. >> judge vaughn walker allowed the group to present evidence at the trial but that may not translate to the federal appeals court. one of prop 8's defenders believes the

in roman applications for the 2011-2012 school year will be available at the fair -- enrollment applications" will be available. if you cannot make it, do not fret. there will be a number of discovery workshops. please visit our website for more information on either the enrollment fair or the discovery workshops. we would like to take a moment this evening to think our community advisory committee, who is present this evening in the audience -- to thank our community advisory committee. we want to thank them for their service to san francisco. thank you. president kim: thank you, richard. deputy superintendent carranza won a prize, in recognition of its leadership and work in public education, so, congratulations. [applause] we are proud that we have you on our team. and also for the audience, vice president mendoza is out of the country and will not be in attendance for this ninth meeting. -- for tonight's meeting. we move on. >> what we are working on is that we're going to work with the associate new superintendent to craft a policy that we have worked on, and we will be working with the

. >> suspicious packages were examined by police and other roman embassies. a shattered the italian group claimed responsibility for the last parcel bombs, which injured two people -- a shadowy italian group claimed responsibility. there were things sent to silvio berlusconi and others. they are monitoring contacts between greek anarchist's. -- anarchists. those sent to italy were designed to apparently name whoever opened them. -- mame whoever opened them. >> this is "bbc world news." a tirade at an umpire. fuel prices have been increased by more than 70%. this is in bolivia. they say the state subsidy can no longer be afforded, as much of it ends up going to foreigners. >> for bolivia's, it is a most unwelcome christmas present. gasoline prices up 73% and diesel prices also up. the government controls the energy industry, and they say the heavy subsidies can no longer continue. profiteers' often take advantage by smuggling be cheap fuel out of the country and selling it in neighboring nations. the subsidy has gone from $80 million in 2005 to $380 million in

lows is recalling 11 million roll up blinds and roman shades because of a strangulation issue with the cords. low's is just now joining the recall. consumers can go to any lowe's and get this free repair cut. remove the cord and use these clips to hold up the blinds instead. you can get them on line through the window covering safety council's website and we have a link on our website cbs35.com 5.com. pg&e is doing an effort to minimise the wear and tear on the pipeline that exploded last september. average less gas than you did during the last three decembers and you can take advantage of their offer. >>> the website air fare watch dog compared voucher systems and they found most airlines will honor the vouchers for one year after the issue but other policies vary widely. jetblue and united charge a redejs fee and u.s. airways will not let you use vouchers if you book on line. >>> and speaking of travel, b.a.r.t. is giving away 120,000 free tickets good for trips anywhere on the system during the next three weekends. the give away takes place tomorrow between 6 and 9 a.m. at the embar

micky ward and thehe creative force behind the simpson's brings us a roman tech ccmedy this week.know ffcus on ove triangle between a professiooal athlete played by reese wither responsible and corporate executive paul udd and major league picture played by owen wilson. few natalee important mannis new yyrr city ballet dance interblack swan and in the movie i love you philip morris jim cary stars as can mannand that's the low down.erated and >> firss taste of winter yesterday and more could be on the way. >> i'm trying not to believe it but emily is here now with where it went. we could see more. >> that's a big couud. definitely a possibility of not seeing anything at all this wean. one thing tonight is refreezinggon the roadway. temperatures ropping down to freezing. 32 in baltimore. so aay areas that did see the snow melt today will ee some refrrezing tonight so certainly an issue as there will be some ice spots on the have though is clear skies for tonight. all the snow moved out of the area. few lake effect snow shhwees off to the norrh and west aad we will stay dry for tonii

roman murray and mr. murray, you also have three minutes of rebuttals. >> i would like to answer some of the things that have come up. ms. fulks has pointed that a few times that they tried to build on the lot and were unsuccessful. as mr. sanchez pointed out, they were not designed -- they were not denied the permit because of the design. they did not follow through on the process. that is the telling argument. it is not fair for them to say the permit was denied so we have to build something very small. they did not do their due diligence and did not follow the process to the end. that is why the permit was denied. also, one of the property owners on 48 avenue stated that there are no tall buildings on the block. there are. there are some new buildings and they are all taller. they are very good and they do fit in the character. i was born and raised on 47th avenue around the corner. when i was a young person, there were no taller buildings back there. but then on the highway at 48th avenue there was a

but i also wanted to direct you to the application placement and roman handbook, and just to let you know that there is a lot more detail with the student assignment system. with these documents that are required. >> if people see this, where will they be able to get copies of this document? >> copies of this document are available at the education center, 555 franklin street and the child development center is at the school. and much of this information is already on the internet for the families to refer to, to use this as a medium for getting information. and there are a series of workshops for enrollment in the district is going to do a lot with the education centers. this is for the outreach activities and working with parent organizations, public schools and there is a lot of focus on the child development program. and there is a mobile + that is something that is new this year, and they have not had high participation. we are going with this so that families can actually just bring the documents to that, and there is also going to be a walk in the different neighborhoods to ra

lowe's home improvement stores recalling 11 million window blinds and roman shades. the recall involves all styles and sizes from roman shades and roll up blinds sold by lowe's. the consumer product safety commission report says two children got tangled in the exposed cord found on those window coverings. neither child seriously hurt though. but the recalled shades and blinds have been sold at lowe's stores dating back to 1999. anyone with those products should stop using them immediately and obtain a free repair kit. >>> let's check in on wall street. here's a live look at the big board on the new york stock exchange. very nice opening as expected this morning with the dow jones up almost 200 points. it started today just barely above the 11,000 level. now it's at 11,201. the nasdaq and s&p 500 are also up significantly. the nasdaq actually up almost 2% right now. and that is on a couple of things european markets recovering this morning a bit. and some upbeat economic news out of china overnight. definitelysheds some optimism on the global market. >>> swiss drug co

graduate theological union, in existence since 1963 is the amalgamation of 9 seminaries, three are roman catholic, five are protestant and one is unitarian universeless so together they have made one library, and they -- >> one of the best. >> yeah, world class library. >> yeah and the students who enter any of the schools can take courses from all nine schools. so you have a choice each year of 700 courses. >> wow. >> and there is 145 faculty members in this consolidation. so the schools are all separate but they have found amazing ways to share educational resources and faculty and programming. >> that excited me when i became you know a student there, in 68, there for 20 years you had at one time the asian studies,. >> yes. >> and then did you also have jewish studies there? >> yes, there are actually now in the same complex we have been talking about as you say center so there is a center for jewish studies, there is a center for orthodoxy, russian and greek orthodox church. there is a center now for islam. >> good. >> very active and there are all these specialties, so when a studen

. >> police and bomb disposal experts arrived within minutes of the alarm given in the roman quarter. the greek ambassador ordered the evacuation. >> we discovered a suspicious package. at the embassy. and we needed lee informed them. they were here within three minutes -- and we immediately informed them. >> there were several other foreign some arms during the day, as suspicious packages were examined by police and other embassies -- there were several other suspicious alarms -- several other false alarms. packages were delivered to embassies in athens last night. bombs also send to the silvio berlusconi prime minister, the french president, and the german chancellor -- bombs or also sent. -- parcels were also sent to sylvia bernasconi, the prime minister. those delivered in italy appeared to be designed to maim whoever opened them. bbc news, rome. >> the government of bolivia has increased fuel prices by more than 70%. the administration says the $380 million state subsidy can no longer be afforded, especially as much of it ends up going to foreigners. jonathan josephs has more. >>

the most senior roman catholic cleric in the middle east is celebrating mass at the church, built on the site where christians believe jesus was born. he is thought to offer a message of peace. meanwhile at the vatican, pope benedict's is celebrating mass at st. peter's basilica. they were in a festive mood in the italian capital. children were eating candy floss. the key things going on in bethlehem -- what has been going on for the last several months now -- the iraqi christian settlements have come under attack. 50 killed in the month of october when security forces attacked a church in baghdad to free dozens who had been held hostage. those are the latest pictures from bethlehem and rome as well. staying in europe to, snow continues to paralyzed transport. passengers were evacuated as a precautionary measure because of too much snow on the roof of the terminal building. icy weather conditions that disrupted flights in belgium with severe delays in germany and poland. james francis kelly reports. >> this is christmas 2010 in charles de gaulle airport. blankets have been brought in

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