Fundraiser for Panthers Fencing | Media Sports & Recreation, Food

The letters and numbers you entered did not match the image. Please try again.

As a final step before posting your comment, enter the letters and numbers you see in the image below. This prevents automated programs from posting comments.

Source: http://hongfernandez.typepad.com/blog/2012/12/fundraiser-for-panthers-fencing-media-sports-recreation-food.html

michael bay zsa zsa gabor illinois primary trayvon martin 911 call kiribati vernal equinox mr rogers

Source: http://iridescent-subtopic.blogspot.com/2012/12/fundraiser-for-panthers-fencing-media.html

detroit tigers Tsunami Lil Reese Hurricane Sandy Nyc aapl Saanvi Venna vikings

China's November trade weakens, import growth zero

BEIJING (AP) ? China's overseas trade slowed sharply in November, with growth in imports falling to zero despite other signs the world's second-largest economy is recovering from a slowdown.

Growth in exports declined to 2.9 percent over a year earlier from the previous month's 11.6 percent, customs data showed Monday. Import growth fell from October's 2.4 percent.

The figures were in line with warnings by analysts who said a trade rebound that began in August was unsustainable due to weak global demand amid Europe's debt problems and a slow U.S. recovery.

Figures released on the weekend showed that November factory output rose 10.1 percent and consumer spending increased 14.9 percent in a sign China is recovering from a slump that dragged growth to a three-and-a-half-year low in the quarter ended September.

Forecasters say economic growth likely is rebounding in the current quarter.

The weak trade figures are a setback for Chinese exporters that employ millions of workers and were battered by the slump in Western consumer demand.

The import weakness caused China's global trade surplus to widen 35 percent over a year earlier to $19.5 billion. But that was well below October's $32 billion, the biggest surplus in many years.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/chinas-november-trade-weakens-import-growth-zero-032116728--finance.html

nfl news tebow tebow jets romney etch a sketch jeb bush sherry arnold snooty fox

Twitter and Instagram now bitter enemies in war for your photos

2 hrs.

Rosa Golijan , NBC News

On Wednesday, Twitter users noticed?something strange when they tried to view tweeted?Instagram photos. Images were oddly cropped and not displaying properly.?"This is due to Instagram disabling its Twitter cards integration ...?photos are being displayed using a pre-cards experience," Twitter explained via blog. A little while later, even the malformed images were gone. Photos tweeted from Instagram now just contain a link to ... Instagram.?

The "cards" Twitter referenced in its explanation are those previews you see when you look at a tweet containing a link to a Web page or image. It's how you can see the?photos hiding behind a link without having to leave the Twitter website. But after Wednesday, only Instagram?links remained. Just like in olden times.

"When we first integrated with Twitter ? it was just a link,"?Instagram co-founder Kevin Systrom reminded?TechCrunch's MG Siegler at the?LeWeb Paris 2012 conference on Wednesday. "Over time, we realized that there was a need to see that photo. And when Twitter added cards, we had a minimal Web presence."

In April 2012, Instagram was acquired by Twitter's best frenemy,?Facebook. By that point, the?social?photo service had?realized it needed to build "an awesome Web presence" of its own, and the Facebook buy out and subsequent staffing-up enabled that. "We wanted to make sure to direct users to where the content lives originally," Systrom told Siegler. "To make sure that users on Instagram get the full experience of Instagram."

"We want you, and your photos,?on our social network," is the silent message we are?receiving ? and not just from Instagram.?

Twitter fired one of the first shots when, in late July, it rendered Instagram's "Find Your Friends" feature impotent by cutting off its API support. (This was very similar to what Facebook did to Twitter in June 2010.)

Facebook acquired Instagram and started adding photo filters to its own apps. Instagram built up its website and distanced itself from Twitter. According to?All Things D's Mike Isaac,?Twitter is now working to release a "series of photo filters to be used inside the official Twitter app."

In September,?Google acquired Nik Software ? the maker of powerful photo-editing app Snapseed, which, among other things, can quickly turn any smartphone snapshot into a retro-looking, vignetted relic a la Instagram.?A few months later, Google senior vice president Vic Gundotra announced that Snapseed is no longer a paid, iOS-only tool. The app is now free, available on both iOS and Android, and updated to prominently feature its Google+ support.

Even the smaller players are getting the picture, so to speak. When?Dave Morin, co-founder of?photo-centric social network Path, sat down with NBC News in July, he proudly?explained that his app has one of the fastest camera tools on the market. The meaning is clear: No matter how innovative,?a social?network can only be?as popular as its pictures.

Want more tech news?or interesting?links? You'll get plenty of both if you keep up with Rosa Golijan, the writer of this post, by following her on?Twitter, subscribing to her?Facebook?posts,?or circling her?on?Google+.

Source: http://www.nbcnews.com/technology/technolog/twitter-instagram-now-bitter-enemies-war-your-photos-1C7511558

office space shell houston open mega millions winners anthony davis palm sunday toure patti smith

Security guard shot at conservative group's DC office

An armed man walked into the Washington headquarters of the Family Research Council and shot a security guard, according to authorities. NBCNews.com's Dara Brown reports.

By NBC's Pete Williams

Updated at 4:15 p.m. ET: A gunman who shot a security guard Wednesday at the Family Research Council office in Washington, D.C., was carrying a handgun and several additional rounds of ammunition, federal investigators told NBC News.?

Washington, D.C., police say the man, in his late 20s, walked into the headquarters of the conservative Christian lobbying group around 10:45 a.m. When challenged by the security guard, the gunman shot the guard in the arm.

---

He was then detained by other guards, and both district police and the FBI responded.? He was taken into custody by FBI agents. The FBI will have jurisdiction if the incident turns out to be a hate crime.

The suspect?s name has not been released, but two law enforcement officials told NBC News he is Floyd Corkins, 28,?from nearby Herndon, Va.

Another official said the suspect?bought the gun used in the shooting five days ago.

The FBI said the security guard is being treated in the hospital and "doing OK."

"The security guard, you know, was a hero in this case,"?Jacqueline Maguire,?FBI Washington Field Office spokeswoman, said at a?Wednesday afternoon briefing.?"And he did an excellent job of stopping the gunman from getting any further into the building and from anyone else getting injured or shot by him."

Maguire said she could not go into details of the incident.

One law enforcement official told NBC News it's fairly clear the Family Research Council was the man's target, though the FBI has yet to specify either a motive or the target of the attack.

Federal officials said the suspect was carrying a backpack containing materials related to Chick-fil-A restaurants.

Tony Perkins of the Family Research Council sent an e-mail to members last month in support of comments by the restaurant chain's president, Dan Cathy, who criticized same-sex marriage.

The comments touched off a public clash. Supporters on "Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day" on Aug. 1 flooded the chain's franchises around the country and? was countered with "kiss-ins" by same-sex couples at assorted locations Aug. 3.

Two federal officials said the suspect appeared to be mentally disturbed.

In a statement, Family Research Council President Tony Perkins said, "The police are investigating this incident. Our first concern is with our colleague who was shot today. Our concern is for him and his family."

On its website, FRC, founded in 1983,?says it advocates "faith, family and freedom in public policy and public opinion."?

NBC News' Andrew Mach contributed to this story.

More content from NBCNews.com:

Follow US News from NBCNews.com on Twitter and Facebook

?

?

Source: http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/08/15/13298020-security-guard-shot-at-conservative-groups-dc-office?lite

pauly d project faith hill autism adrienne rich cesar chavez day raspberry ketone ron burgundy

Done Deals: Berger Commercial Realty Completes Construction of ...

FORT LAUDERDALE, FL (July 9, 2012) ? Berger Commercial Realty, a full service commercial real estate firm based in Fort Lauderdale and serving clients around the state, recently completed construction of the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles? new 12,500-square-foot facility in Lauderdale Lakes.

?The firm's construction management team oversaw the build-out of the facility, located 3718 W. Oakland Park Blvd., which now houses the Division of Drivers License, Broward County Clerk of Court and Bureau of Administrative Reviews.

??We are extremely proud of the new Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles? facility,? said Berger Commercial President Lloyd Berger. ?Its efficient new design is being used as a model for future DMV offices around the state.?

Contact:?

Marielle Sologuren

Pierson Grant Public Relations

(954) 776-1999, ext. 226

http://www.blogger.com/msologuren@piersongrant.com

Source: http://alex-donedeals.blogspot.com/2012/07/berger-commercial-realty-completes.html

amazon promotional code artificial christmas trees bean bag chairs android tablet arthur christmas asus transformer nebraska football

New Windows 8 OS Coming Out in Oct.

SAN FRANCISCO ? Computers running on the next version of Microsoft?s Windows operating system will go on sale in October.

Microsoft Corp. announced the time frame for Windows 8?s mass-market release Monday in Toronto. A specific sales date in October wasn?t provided.

Most industry analysts expected Windows 8 would go on sale in the fall to ensure that the machines running on the operating system would be available for the holiday shopping season. Consumers and businesses who don?t want to buy new computers will be able to buy Windows 8 and upgrade their systems.

New versions of Windows typically come out every three years, but this update is the most widely anticipated overhaul of the software since 1995.

Applications will appear in a mosaic of tiles on Windows 8. Microsoft also designed the operating system so it can run on personal computers or touch-based tablet computers.

Microsoft, which is based in Redmond, Wash., plans to make its own tablet running on Windows 8 to compete against Apple Inc.?s hot-selling iPad. The company hasn?t yet announced a price for its tablet, which will be called the Surface.
? This article appeared on page B1 of the Albuquerque Journal

---

---

Source: http://www.abqjournal.com/main/2012/07/09/insider/new-windows-8-os-coming-out-in-oct.html

ron paul 2012 zynga stock zynga stock sam houston state university sam houston state university bradley manning whoopi goldberg

Anthony Hopkins Will Sail with Noah

Though he already has the likes of Russell Crowe, Jennifer Connelly and Ray Winstone aboard Biblical epic Noah, Darren Aronofsky has found room aboard the story for more top talent. The director has announced on Twitter that Anthony Hopkins has signed to play Methuselah.

Hitting the social media network, Aronofsky tweeted, ?I'm honoured to be working with the great sir Anthony Hopkins. We just added him to the stellar cast of Noah.?

Methuselah is listed as the oldest person in the Bible, clocking in at the ripe old age of 969, and one of the people around shortly before the great flood that will most likely form the ticking clock threat of Aronofsky?s tale. We?ll be interested as to whether the director goes the Prometheus route with the character and slathers Hopkins in old man make-up, or whether he?s stick with the actors? own gracefully aged mug and show a Methuselah who's better preserved than Yoda.

The cast also includes Logan Lerman and Douglas Booth as Noah?s sons, with Emma Watson as Ila and Nolan Gross playing Lerman?s character Ham at a younger age.

Aronofsky expects to start shooting at the end of August and the film is set to flood our screens on March 28, 2014.

Source: http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1925497/news/1925497/

jesse jackson whitney houston funeral video tyler perry whitney houston r kelly r. kelly macular degeneration whitney houston funeral