welcome back, bay area's very own jazz vocalist, nicholas beard. i love that, nicholas! that was a great number. you are rocking out, looking good as always. >> thank you. >> i know you have been busy. you have a new cd. what have you been up to? >> this cd has taken a long time to be birthed. this is vision which will be released very early in the coming year, more than likely late january, early february it will be released. it has been a labor of love, but a painful labor of love. [ laughing ] >> sometimes labor is painful. having been there myself a couple times! [ laughing ] >> yes. art comes out like that sometimes. tell us about the cd? what is on visions? >> visions is more of a venture into the world of straight ahead jazz. in addition to my sort of smoother, mellow on beat kind of feel, this time i wanted to venture off until straight ahead jazz vocals. >> you have standards here like misty. >> misty is one of those songs that for a while it was done, everybody did it, then it dropped out of favor. i brought it back with a b-3 organ and it is swinging, hitting

three years later father nicholas family had grown to forty seven children. on another occasion a woman from another town chanced upon a seven year old boy remedying through garbage cans he was kenyan dirty she brought him to me and asked me where i could give him shelter. to some documents and where he was from you had no documents he was from hunting months. this woman has heard about our place and was just planning to come to or inboard to visit her friend so she decided to take this boy with her and i said ok he's just one person let's horror fan really grew. the situation with neglect the children was quite desperate at the time but it would be i believe one third of the kids or those brought to me by other people yes i thought he was the lord himself i was a little child then. my granny had told me many stories about god there was an icon in our house so when i first saw my father he was like god. at that time i knew i was as young as her daughter is now father nicholai had already cheap priesthood even though he was just a young man under thirty. when

nicholas. st. nicholas was attended at council in 325. he was very wealthy apparently. he tied shortly after that. but he was noted for the giving of gifts. he also brought people back to life. there is a famous story about three young monks that were traveling to some con crave and they stopped and they were murdered by the uncorruptous end keeper who cut them up and put them in the pickle jar. st. nicholas came out and brought the pieces out and restored them all. he's a giver of life and giver of gifts. and eastern church around the same time. the giver of gifts and that is usually done in early december i think december 6th was the date the both of them did it. then they began to shift again. we get this guy named martin luther coming in. he takes the old idea of lewis yeah in the scandinavian things. the young woman in the white robe with the crown and candles. and he appropriates that. brings it in and also takes a folklore kinder klaus the give of gifts. that is how we eventually get to santa claus. and santa claus becomes really big in the year 1832. not so much

like francisco nicholas machete. all hired to help to realize his grand ideas. even. construction stopped as each successive contributed to its present appearance his huge. five hundred football fields. is researching the imperial residence is unique fountain system to finish her ten year long project she still has to conduct a number of interviews. the state of the fountain is well known but as for the pipe system very few are aware of it so i would like to make people familiar with it. has been in charge of preserving the fountain system for thirty five years. she made up our minds to work here when she first saw the grand cascade at the age of five. grottos beneath the fountains a little by daylight and still because they did in peter the great time back then only people who were thin and short enough would be able to work here so they could climb into a pipe and fix anything that broke down today's engine is such problems with the help of technology. so we can stand. no problems today. i saw a small leak but if you can look at it closely and decide what to do abou

. >> sergeant nicholas heads the special response team that will attempt to retrieve the key. but to prevent the inmate from swallowing it, they must catch him by surprise. >> let's go to the water well. what water well is, it's basically a plumber's access, you know, the toilets are mounted against the wall, the sink's mounted against the wall. we don't necessarily go in the cell to fix these. we just go to the back water well, full of plumbing. since we have the water well built, they decided, let's put windows. we go on a security walk, the inmates see us and know we were there. we can go in the water wells, turn off all the lights, and peer in those back windows. if the windows aren't covered with obstacles, deodorant, paper, towels, they think these security windows are a shelf for them to put their junk, when they're not. they're for us. >> sergeant nicholas makes his way through the darkened water well to cell six in order to check on the inmate suspected of having the homemade cuff key. >> this is cell six right here but he's got his window blocked so i don't know what

nicholas white is trapped alone in an elevator. no watch, no cell phone, no water and no idea that he'll be stuck there, not just for hours, but for days. nicholas is a production manager for "business week" magazine working a late shift in midtown manhattan on friday night. it is just before 11:00 p.m. when he decides to head down from his 43rd office for a smoke break. on his way back up, somewhere between the first and 43rd floors nicholas feels a jolt. then suddenly the car stops. as he buzzes the alarm, he expects someone to answer, but it rings and rings and rings. all caught on a security camera, but unbelievably, nobody is watching the footage and no one answers his call for help. so he pries open the door and sees he's between floors. next, nicholas tries screaming, but it is late at night and nobody is there to hear him. time passes, he doesn't know how much, an hour, two hours, he doesn't know if it is day or night, but he knows it is probably the weekend now. all the coworkers that might have wondered where he is have s

this from mental part was created in the nineteenth century when nicholas the first was emperor it was named after his wife alexandra. at the beginning of the twentieth century it was a favorite spot for nicholas the second the last emperor of the roman often a city whose children were raised here. but won't see how you're doing. these centuries old trees are under the strict control of a curator. only two hundred of the oaks that saul peter the great and his successors remain are there regularly inspected by specialists in wood diseases and part of the process involves detailed imaging technology. because i knew the results are good in the wood morris health remain hell famous not. well it's getting a bit dry out and there is some dead wood in the middle when it's needed you know but all in all its condition would remain the same. music to me it's a good joke and it was good. soloist. to draw the visitor's eyes the park benefits from a range of natural lighting effects. all creating a beautifully glistening effect in the water with the rays of light playing through regular rows of tre

nassim nicholas taleb joins us tonight from washington. professor, good to have you back on this program. >> thank you for inviting me. tavis: i want to get into the book. let me start with the news of the day. everybody in washington is talking about the fiscal cliff. the so-called fiscal cliff. they're not talking to each other at the moment. that is what the conversation is going to get to, how do we avoid going over the so-called fiscal cliff? you suggested that the fiscal cliff might be good. i got a chance to go through your book. i understand, i think, why you might feel that way. the book argues that we need disorder to develop. we need disorder in our world to develop. we will come back to the book in a moment. based upon the motion -- that notion, why might the fiscal cliff be a good thing? >> we have been stuck for four years in a state of complacency. nobody wants to do anything about the accumulating problems. everybody knows about the problems. i think the civilization is masking deeper problems. if you let markets give you i

. >> nicholas brady is a marine sergeant who is not in the army when 9-11 occurs. he signs up out of duty and is taken hostage and spends the next eight years of his life in captivity, and the assumption is for the first two or three years he is systematically tortured

. >> bob nicholas is talking about his father, bill. a world war ii navy hero, who would drop into hostile waters to save downed navy pilots. but bill nicholas died the day after thanksgiving from heart failure and legionnaire's disease. he contracted it from using the water at the va, which was contaminated with high levels of a bacteria, the cause of legionnaire's disease. two other families are wondering whether their veterans contracted the legionnaire's disease that killed them from this same pittsburgh va. cnn has now learned that hospital officials knew they had a problem with the water system as far back as december of last year, but chose not to reveal any of that publicly until a month ago. >> being a veteran myself, i'm shocked and appalled that the va would put their veterans in that type of situation. >> records obtained by cnn show that over the past year, the amount of disinfectant in the va's water was less than the amount needed to prevent the bacteria from reaching dangerous levels, and internal records from a water qu

this is the office was nicholas the second spend most of the last year of his life his whole family had been exiled here they led a fairly comfortable existence this was a big house but they weren't allowed to see visitors or gartside themselves. ordinary normal countryside life style they even had thought of a scape but within the year and his family would be dead. never again its political significance but the streets will always echo with a glorious past and it will likely provide them livelihood first inhabitants in the future. when i'm done or bush or dead and how not to repay it in this show coming up to shift a trillion in debt why love and money don't mix. and the fate of the euro in the three ways. credit banks still call nine hundred seventy three hostages freed off to a five day siege but the victims learned their risk it was the saving of. defending and praising the terrorists. one hostage christine even falls in love with one of the villains and dumps her fiance when she gets out. portugal greece and spain have. full blown still colm syndrome finds the study host to just a

this is the office was nicholas the second spend most of the last year of his life his whole family had been exiled here they led a fairly comfortable existence this was a big house but they weren't allowed to see visitors or go outside themselves. ordinary normal countryside life style they even had thoughts of escape but within the year bizarre and his family would be dead. never again its political significance but the streets will always echo with a glorious past and will likely provide the livelihood for some habitants in the future. wealthy british style. time. market why not come to. find out what's really happening to the global economy with mike's cause or for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune into kinds a report on our. choose your language. because we know if. someone. chooses the the consensus here to. choose the opinions that invigorating to. choose the stories that impact the life choose access to. led mission and free accreditation three times for charges free. range month free risk free studio time free. download free broadcast quality video f

nicholas too. >> and then in a twinkling i heard on the roof each little hoof. >> aze drew in my head i was turning around down the which i amny st. nicholas came with a do you understand. >> he was dressed in fur from his head to his foot, his clothes were all tarnished with ashes and soot. >> a bundle of toys on his back and he looked like a peddler just opening his pack. >> his eyes how they twinkled his cheeks were like roses and his knows like a cherry. >> his mouth was drawn up like a bow and his beard was as white as the snow. >> the stump of his pipe held tight to his teeth. >> he had a broad face and a little round belly that shook when he laughed like a bowl full of jelly. >> he was chup by and plump and right jolly old elf and i laughed when i saw him >> a wink of his eye and a twist of his head soon gave me to know i had nothing to dread. >> he spoke not a word and went straight to his work. >> lage his finger aside of his knows and giving a nod up the which i amny he rose. >> he sprank to his slay to his team gave a whistle off they flew. >> but i heard him exclaim as he

. >> susie: joining us now with more on the chinese consumer and the economy, nicholas consonery, asia analyst at the eurasia group. nick we've heard this story before from nike, mcdonald's, tiffany's recently. how serious is this consumer slow-down in china? >> well, susie, it hasn't been too bad quite yet. it's very clear for the past year and a half, really, the chinese economy has been slowing pretty drastically when you consider that we're talking about an economy growing at 10% a year just four years ago. the financial crisis has had a really-- a very noteworthy impact on the economy. growth there is clearly slowing, but that hasn't really bled into the consumer demand picture quite as much yet. so far, where we've seen the slow-down is on the investment side and export side, less than on the consumer demand story. we're starting to see that happen just now. >> susie: let's talk a little bit on the consumer side. we know that american brands, popular brands, are popular with the up-and-coming chinese consumer. is this do you think a short-term phenomenon, or do you think that chi

if something were to happen that would incapacitate me, nicholas should not only finish my term, you should also elect nicholas maduro to be president. >> he has had cancer before, and now he is naming his successor. why go to cuba for the operation? did that stand out to you? >> yes, and it's sort of unusual for a president to go to another country. so the former president of paraguay, went to peru. >> mainly, the reason he is going to cuba, is for privacy. >> he is such a strong critic of the u.s., do the people there feel the same way. >> he is a very divisive president. the u.s. is the symbol of capitalism, and there are many anti-chavez oppositions. so we have a very divided country. >> and he is suggesting, the vice president, his successor, naming him, do you think the attitude would change. >> well it's interesting, because he was the united nations ambassador. he lived in america for many years, he's a firm advocate, a confidant, his vice president, and his foreign minister. >> and he seemed to get emotional, do you think it means he got news that he will announce down the r

nicholas, too. >> and then, in a twinkling i heard on the roof the prancing and pawing of each little hoof. >> as i drew in my head and was turning around, down the chimney st. nicholas came with a bound. >> he was dressed all in fur from his head to his foot, and his clothes were all tarnished with ashes and soot. >> a bundle of toys he had flung on his back, and he looked like a peddler just opening his pack. >> his eyes-how they twinkled! his dimples how merry! his cheeks were like roses, his nose like a cherry! >> his droll little mouth was drawn up like a bow, and the beard of his chin was as white as the snow. >> the stump of a pipe he held tight in his teeth, and the smoke, it encircled his head like a wreath. >> he had a broad face and a little round belly, that shook when he laughed like a bowlful of jelly! >> he was chubby and plump a right jolly old elf, and i laughed when i saw him in spite of myself! >> a wink of his eye and a twist of his head, soon gave me to know i had nothing to dread. >> he spoke not a word but went straight to his work, and filled all the stockings

and joining me now is nicholas call he's president and c.e.o. of car to go north america and we get to pick his brain about this very interesting business model so first of all thank you so much for being on the show good afternoon or nice to be here great so you know let's start because actually anecdotally i mean my producer discovered card ago when we were talking to a colleague who spent a lot of time in georgetown which is an area of d.c. that really doesn't have great access to public transportation and he said oh i just use this thing called car to go so we looked more into it and you know there really is something that feels outdated sometimes about taxi cabs when you're sitting in a taxicab line and there aren't any for example car to go is actually less expensive by our calculation than than one popping in a cab in some cases and some ways it might be easier more convenient so how exactly did die miller which from what i understand is who created this company where did this come from getting into this car sharing business absolutely it

he's been identified as petty officer first class nicholas check. this is the first picture that's been released. we got this photograph within the last couple of minutes. he's from monroeville, pennsylvania. that is near pittsburgh. check was part of the s.e.a.l. team that rescued an american doctor kidnapped by the taliban last week. nbc news pentagon correspondent jim miklaszewski. what can you tell us? >> reporter: well, dr. joseph who's a member of u.s. relief agency who was working there in afghanistan, he and two afghan doctors were kidnapped on sunday -- i mean, on wednesday. somewhere east of kabul and they ended up taken hostage. to lagum province in eastern afghanistan. the doctors -- the afghan doctors were subsequently released and probably based on what they told the u.s. military. they felt that this navy s.e.a.l., nicholas checque in danger of injured or killed or transported to pakistan. they put together a rescue mission that took off somewhere around midnight on saturday night. sunday night afghanistan time. and when they flew in

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