. >>> table tennis, also known as ping-pong, originated in england.r time, however, the english began losing interest. recently, though, a growing number of people from all walks of life have started taking up the game. nhk world's igor rogelia has the story. >> reporter: in front of st. paul's kalth dral in central london business people from the financial district loosen up after work. >> it's a lot better than sitting at one's desk. i can definitely say that. >> you don't have to be really good at other sports to play. it's quite accessible for lots of people. >> reporter: cheap, fun, and a good way to unwind, ping-pong has come back in style following the recent financial crisis. fedja saric works for an i.t. company. dealing with difficult projects every day can be very stressful. >> what time is it, guys? >> 12:30. >> time to play some table tennis. >> reporter: he started playing three months ago after his office installed a ping-pong table. a cheap and easy way to improve the workplace. it didn't take long for saric to become hooked. he and hi

he is our san francisco assessor, bill ping. [applause] >> thank you, jan. i ask some other commissioners to join me on stage? i know that commissioners mar and chu are here. if there are other elected officials, if you could join me. our community in san francisco is something we are extremely proud of. frankly, if it was not for all of you i do not think any of us would be standing up here. we are very honored to be representing the community and the richness of our heritage in san francisco. it is not just one community but many communities that come from north asia, south asia, southeast asia, the pacific islands. all of us are here to pay homage to the leaders getting awards but also to thank the heritage committee for all the work they have done. can we call up claudia chang to presenter this proclamation? it was not for her and the committee, this would never have happened. please give her a round of applause. [applause] all the committee members are on page three or four of the handbook. problems, a political system in which to many people have lost

no ping-pong. >> yeah ping-pong, that's it.ike tell us about what's going on at at&t park. >> it's a baseball game. >> oh yeah, that's it. baseball. hey, you're wearing that little orange bear, too. >> orange and black, hello! >> sunshine. black and orange after the game. >> let's talk about the temperatures. 47 fairfield, 49 santa rosa, 48 novato 48 half moon bay. low to mid-50s. that cooler weather we talked about yesterday is here for the morning hours. all of us cooler except fremont where we are exactly the same as yesterday this time. los gatos about 5 degrees warmer. highs today wormer just like yesterday. low 60s along the coast, mid to upper 60s around san francisco and richmond. low to mid-70s throughout the bay into the south bay. we'll have mid to upper 70s in the north bay valleys and upper 70s to near 80 in the east bay valleys. 66 in monterey today and otherwise the rest of the bay 70 and upper 70s to near 80 inland. accu-weather seven-day forecast. we will be as warm tomorrow and the cooler weather arrives thurs

(voice 2) they're pinging more targets... (voice 3) isolate... prevent damage... (voice 2) got 'em. (voice 3) great exercise ys. let's run it again. >>> the impassioned debate over aosque near ground zero took center stage inorthern virginia. the developer of the project spoke at a dinner and that attract aid crowd of protesters tside. darcy spencer just back from arngton joining us in the studio. what you got? >> there were a couple dozen protesters and they say t develop ever of the controversiaproject shouldot be honored by being a speaker at the banquet. one of those protesters lost her daughter on 9/11. [ chanting ] >> reporter: outside the marriott hotel in arlington county, dozens of people protested the council on islamic relation's banquet taking place inside. one of the banquet speakers is a developer of the proposed ground zero mosque. >> it's a tribute to their success for bringing the towers. that's the way it will be viewed with the meals and the terrorists. it's their victory dance. it's their victory temple being built in new york. >> reporter: those involved in the

the bubbles look like floating ping-pong balls and when they pop you get the proof of smoke.t it's really fun to pop them underhand you feel like a magician. it looks better in the dark of the gives you idea of what looks like. the bubble fogger is the new mustang for the techie halloween tight. redecoration a highly party or just on your porch after traders come by let the kids play with the fog filled bubbles. kids go bonkers over this thing it's completely safe because it's just fog and mist. i could only find the bulk of fog or for sale at spirit holiday stores as a lot in the bay area. you could find a for sale on spirit how we website it costs $70 gabe slate kron 4 news >>. forced officials are excited over recent discovery heather donald explained >> were fox that was considered extinct for centuries as the spotted near that amount near modesto this is the picture is what is known as the sierra nevada red fox. images of the fox just like this were captured by remote cameras set up by the u.s. forest service earlier criticized just managed to gather saliva samples from

. >> they are ping they can keep it at the last brick round house in brisbane. the building was severely damaged b a fire in 2001 and it's now an histic landmark. the last remaining beltline diesel locomotives are still working the waterfront. >> these guys can pull two or three times as much as steamer >> purched in the 1940s they are leasedy the san frcisco bay ra railroad to move cargo between pierce. >> ey are six years old and they are doing really well -- 60 years old. preserve the last engines in existence. >> and these old girls are running on modern fuel, diesel. train buffs keeping these trains running is preserving their historical imptance. >> it's part of our heritage and part of america and industrial history of man. >>> there are also a few traces of the beltline tracks along the embarcadero but the ones that carry the f-line trolley to fisherman's wharf camefter the tracks were torn up. >> new technology out of u.c. davis gives researchers a new perspective that satellites can't and.... >> used to steal money and what you shouldo if you get one.

it also includes pings reforms for state workers and a larger state rainy day fund for future economic down turns. >>> 3 of the four people accused of holding a teen captive in tracy for more than a year have reached a plea deal with prosecutors. defendants low, karen ramirez and michael schumacher pleaded guilty this morning in exchange for prison sentences of 30 years or more. a 4th defendant, anthony waiters, was not at the hearing. authorities say the victim escaped in 2008 and made his way to a nearby relate club wearing a shackle on his ankle. >>> investigators are searching for the cause of a already fire in oakland. the flames destroyed a rest want in a historic building on 29th avenue and also a boat docked nearby. kraig debro joins us with the latest. >> reporter: good afternoon, tori. this afternoon there are many investigators here. one from the d.a.'s office, one from the atf and the oakland fire investigator is on scene as well. down by the water next to the restaurant they are still putting boom in the water and taking hoses so they can get to burning spots still hot. th

the bubbles look like floating ping-pong balls. when the bubbles pop you get a group of smoke.t is really fun to pop it on your hand you feel like a magician. it looks better in the dark but this will give you an idea of what it looks like. it is that must have for that technique halloween type. it can make a great decoration after halloween party on your porch as trucker traders come by. kids go bonkers or for this thing. is completely safe. it is just fog venomous. i can only find it for sale ads. halloween stores. there is a lot of those in the bay area and they are not hard to find. and you confided of purcell of spirit following web site. the bottled water costs $70. games like from >> for news. sampras discuss city officials are reminding there are no telling party in the castro district. this is the fourth straight year people are being occurs to celebrate a holiday close to home. this started in 2007 to curb increased violence and vandalism during a holiday. >> in sports game three of the world series is in the books. a couple of crucial mistakes cause the giant dearly.

varies, some partly cloudy, some mostly cloudy, a chance of a stray shower and tomorrow the winds pingnorthwesterly. still 10 to 20 with stronger gusts sunday the better day as the winds lightening. 58 charlottesville. they picked up a half an inch. richmond a half inch. an inch at dulles. bwi just under an inch. the rain well this toning with one section, a disturbance trying to make it in to western many many but a little disturbance to the west and south. south of the fredericksburg area. not much in the way of intensity or amount of rainfall. a tenth of a inch is possible. most us will remain try. we will feel the winds. 86 -- 66 for the high. overnight in the 40s. few spots in the upper 30s. winds are breezy. i will make the 40s feel even cole cooler. winds will start to diminish but not until tomorrow late. here's the culprit of yesterday's rainfall. really coming down around portland in to burlington. a little disturbance you see it on the future cast, wants to give us a chance, not a great chance but until that tightly wound area of low pressure moves out we will start to see t

licensing procedures and limitations on business scope that don't apply to domestic firms that include ping an and, now, the world's biggest life insurance group, china life. as the european union bemoans, foreign providers here may be growing, but their ambitions in china's marketplace are stifled. >>quintana: when you're starting from a very low base, you are expected to grow much more than the average of the market. the average of the market is 30 percent growth per year. foreign firms with a very tiny market share should grow much, much more. this is not the case. >>reporter: and the market share for foreign life insurance companies has even waned since 2007 to under 5 percent; while foreign non-life property and casualty firms can't break the two percent ceiling. >>reporter: for liberty insurance... a non-life business that mainly writes auto cover, it took six years from opening its chongqing head office to secure approval for two other branches... first, here in beijing and, recently, in hangzhou. >>tang: that really slows down the development of any insurance company. and to give yo

>> reporter: this is a multi-million dollar hospital with an mri scanner, machines that go ping, a hydro-therapye, international interns learn from the master. >> ideally, that should be the other side. >> yeah, i know. >> reporter: a slightly crazy master. >> and it's like an artist working with paintings. pin, please. >> reporter: and a master. >> if i have one thing i'd like to achieve before i die is to explain to human surgeons why vets and human surgeons should work closer together for the benefit of all living creatures. >> reporter: his patients are all cats and dogs. >> and we'll make veterinary rock and roll. >> reporter: operations i didn't even know were carried out on animals happen here every day. >> so, hip replacement is routine to me. i consider it, you know, routine surgery. >> reporter: something that is not routine that happens nowhere else. fitzpatrick has attached bionic feet to a cat. >> i think a triumph of modern engineering. it's the perfect marriage of biology and mechanics. >> reporter: oscar's feet were sliced off as he slept in a field. now, he can run again. >> and

got kicked off of facebook for having a fake name, also kicked off of another social network named ping. but that finally got resolved. >>> if you are looking for a cold beer after work, baltimore beer week is officially in session. there will be beer breakfast, beer lunches, beer classes, and chilly bruise. the brewing company among a few local bars participating in beer week. this is the second year for the event. >>> a look ahead to abc2 news at 6:00 tonight. i'm kelly swoope. a look inside one of the biggest drug busts in baltimore county history. more than $3 and a half million worth of marijuana now in police custody. >>> plus is there such a thing as a piece of divorce. experts say that is the key to helping kids drive through a very difficult change. those stories and much more coming up tonight at 6:00. first a preview of what's ahead on world news at 6:30. you could switch for great gas mileage or seats that flip and fold with one hand. you could switch for up to 600 highway miles on a single tank of gas. or the hundred-thousand mile powertrain warranty. over a thousand people

. >> they start the whole thing by playing ping-pong. to hit the car which gets it going on the track and it goes wild. >> oh, no. >> and just spins and spins and spins and just keeps going. >> if my little guy is watching this, means this is going to be our evening project now. >> you think you can do all that in one evening? >> no, but he's going to make me try. i want to build that. >> now the next thing i'm showing you is what might become a new phenomenon. there's a program out there called extra normal that will allow you to create your own animated video. >> okay. >> by just typing in words, and here's an example of a guy. this guy put one together. sure you want to go to law school. >> your father says you want to go to law school. >> that's right. i'm really excited about becoming a lawyer. >> oh, my god. why would you do that? >> i want to help people. >> so you are pre-med and got a "c" in organic chemistry. >> a d-plus actually. >> how did you know? >> you can't think of anything else to do? >> download the program and type i

if you are ready to buy one where is the best place to ping one up? john checks it out so you don't waste year your money. >> it was only a matter of time as of friday greater baltimore wal-marts will start selling the i-pad which is expected to be the hottest item for adult this is holiday season. where is the best place to buy one? is there any advantage to getting it at wal-mart? wal-mart is already showing the i-pad for sale on it's website and some stores putting them on display. there is no discount. wal-mart has to charge $499 just like everybody else. what are the pros and cons of shopping at different stories? pc world said choose wal-mart if you want the easiest return policy with no restocking fee. there will be no geek squad for any problems. the apple store or best buy for service and the best sale's help and it suggests target if you have a target credit card because card holders get 5% cash back. comes to $25 on the i-pad. otherwise you may want to wait. wal-mart and best buy are expected to reveal bundles in the future. . >> sounds lik

(voice 2) they're pinging more targets... oice 3) isolate... prevent damage... (voice 2) got 'em.ice 3) great exercise guys. let's run it again. >>> the search for two missing american balloon racers is stretching into its third day. they disappeared somewhere off the coast of italy on wednesday. they were piloting through some pretty rough weather over there. they were taking part in a race that started in england last weekend. >>> a woman in moana is getting quite a bit of attention for how she was able to fight off the attack of bear. the ar cam onher back porch last wednesday and began attacking her dogs. then it took a swiek at her. the bear ran off only after the woman threw a giant zucchini at it. then she later called 911. >> i got one spot on my leg where he got me. >> tough mama. wildlife officials have set a trap but they've not [ mom ] my son ryan didn't know his voulez-vous from his frere jacques... [ speaking french ] [ mom ] ...so he decided to study in paris. ♪ to see french masterpieces with his very own eyes. we even linked our citibank account to his so when his

(voice 2) they're pinging more targets... oice 3) isolate... prevent damage... (voice 2) got 'em. exercise guys. let's run it again. inherits a billion-dollar surplus, low unemployment. o'malley signs the biggest tax hike in maryland history. raids chesaake bay fund to cover spending. gives raises to top aides. business climate ranks 45th worst in the nation. now 200,000 joblost. o'malley covers up jobs repo that proved maryland's economy stalled. if re-elected, o'malley will rse taxes again. whether he does, is up to you. >>> a privatebet between two friends is getting worldwide attention. it involves a mcdonald's happy meal. back in april, sally davies bought one to prove it wouldn't decompose. it's been sitting on her counter and photographed weekly. she says the ly change she's seen is it ha become hard as a rock. they call the experiment comp

this gets to the very heart of -- he's become to a lot of conservatives the name for their ping. they don't like him. >> he's become the name for the establishment. this change agent who ignited th country in 2008 has become a symbol of bailing out wall street, of fighting to protect the banks. the debate about foreclosure, a visceral issue. it's fascinating that the president is taking the side of banks. he's saying if we rush to stop foreclosures, we'll freeze up the stem. he's not playing the populist lines th heat has in his pocket. >> you know, he delivered a promissory note when he was elected,aying that he was not going to be conventional, tha t it was going to be different from all the politicians. when you talk to people, they say, you know what? >> it's conventional. chris: i think you have something there. >> he's differentiated himself. chris: when he went after karl rove, the architect of the bush political strategy, when he named the u.s. chamber of commerce and said they took foreign money and are dishing it out to republicanandates, i think he exposed himself to f

mortgages is that they acquired this debt when they rescued bear stearns and right so you see their plans ping pong game back and forth with each other and the fed is supposed to be a lender of last resort or have some function in the economy but what happens is they buy all these bad debts and they sell them back to the research your ties them and they put some of that off the balance sheet and then the commercial banks will look at that for a while they don't want to have to deal with it so they repackage it and sell it back to the fed and this goes on and on and on to the point now where nobody knows who owns what and there's no way to have any accountability whatsoever so the only solution is the atomic weapon solution of quantitative easing and let's keep interest rates near zero which as we pointed out all the savers and all the pensioners and anyone who wants to get a decent wage for the hours that they're working are being penalized so there are some citizen the savers are subsidizing the speculators the savers the workers the pensioners are subsidizing the pathological incestuous no.

state security say the live devastation is going on today at the moment we're told they only got a ping this ceremony and throughout the day they gave me all these months of my back the officials just the russian forces a capable of this is a three day event and it combines full connected specialized exhibitions one with the international exhibition of police and defense technologies another is the international specialized exhibition of technical systems and facilities the board a service and specialized international exhibition at the medical equipment and technologies in that area is one of the largest offense of its kind in russian is a very unique event with support from the russian government that's the very next addition to russia that demonstrates in the way it does the technical capabilities the full service and the equipment you know devastation by the russian and tara and n.s.a. . the combat operations and you can see now that the landing that have also. been the specialist the so-called it'll be going and taking this building here by the stove as well as a high ranking offic

are in the greatest need the issues that i think voted to deal with and not play pitter patter tape ping pong with lobby groups and their phone emails i don't think that's serious business and you'd be amazed at how many people have emailed me to say they agree to what do you think the biggest threats to civil liberties in britain today is i'm not sure there's a single biggest threat but for me reported journalists put it quite well he said we seem to be lost on liberty reflects and i heard phil johnson from the other end of the media spectrum from the daily telegraph say this they say something similar today we used to instinctively react against the state's incursions into our freedom and to offer free space and i think that what the last government which was very cunning and surreptitious was to be so long slice of freedom and there's not one big thing because the culture change that happens when you gradually eroded free speech when you gradually erode the justice system when you gradually extend detention without charge we've got to do i think the single biggest challenge is to stop

process it comes after its former general secretary was reported to have said countries will vote for pingin an attempt to stage the tournament fever has asked for the evidence from the sunday times which said russia is a roof in and believe katherine had struck a deal with spain and portugal is alleged to have said they'll give each other seven votes in the twenty four man executive committee which will decide who will host the next two world cups in december such vote rigging is against fee for rules spain and portugal are hoping to land the twenty eighth and what is bidding for the one four years later each bid meet thirteen votes to succeed russia also unhappy twenty eight along with england and a joint bid from holland and belgium. and other football news any coach on his ability has criticised his plays after watching them throw away a two goal lead to draw three three with low e. and g. although the result does keep this in petersburg side six points clear and i'm beaten at the top of the russian premier league n.-g. to the shortly after just three minutes to go and i was just a few

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prefer to put reality on home as the threat of financial nightmares contains some new yorkers ask a ping to the one of coal makes things in the pacific and a hassle. for two years now the world economy in the u.s. has turned into an ocean of horror from many how do you scape your fears by saying employed what if you get fired what are you going to do i'm screwed while some have been choosing humor to fight off the frightening reality are you afraid of a double dip recession sounds good others ways a little less legal are you afraid of the economy. what do you do to escape reality . i sit in my room and i smoke a lot of weed but many are choosing something completely different as millions of americans are very frightened of the state of the u.s. economy more and more u.s. citizens are trying to escape into the world of fantasy welcome to comic con the world's biggest gathering of comic book fans and side fi lovers do you feel like this costume protects you from the woods of the u.s. economy. particularly sites on the body politic r t tried on the gear to test its superpowers yeah i defini

(voice 2) they're pinging more targets... (voice 3) isolate... prevent damage... (voice 2) got 'em.voice 3) gre exercise guys. let's run it again. >>> you're watching nbc 4, washington's news leader, now live in hd, this is news 4 at 11:00. >>> donovan mcnabb was a rude homecoming guest in philadelphia. those philly fans applauded their former qb at the outset but began booing their own team shortly thereafter. the redskins pick up a huge win on the road today. good sunday, everyone, i'm craig melvin. mcnabb's return was all the talk all week, would he rise to the occasion? would the guy he helped land a job in philly, michael vick, overshadow him? mcnabb wasn't stellar but he was good enough. vick left early with an injur and our beloved redskins found a way to get it done in philadelphia. ken dermis is joining me now. this was a huge win. >> a huge win. donovan mcnabb says it's a must-win game. that's what he said about sunday's matchup. never mind the fact it was against his former employer, mcnabb didn't return to philadelphia seeking brotherly love. he was there on business. an

the paypal app on my iphone send my friend birthday money, and visa and master card, they have to ping up to somewhere to verify credit card information anyway. that's sort of online, though not the internet in the traditional sense. aren't you just a credit card company, perhaps more technology enabled? >> no, no, no. we really are your wallet. so inside of your paypal account, put anything that you have in your life. credit card, a debit card, bank account information, prepaid cards, whatever it is, that you use to transact offline and online, put that in your wallet, all there for you, all secure and then as you transact, pick the method. we call it a funding method you want to use from that array of things in your wallet. so that choice that we offer that broad choice of whatever fits into your life for that transaction is completely different than the credit card model. because you're tied to one device with that model. as compared to ours. very flexible. >> if i buy something with visa, and not that i'm dissatisfied with the product, although returns are important, but something

to be honest i mean she she got the year wrong and there certainly was no ping and there was fire but that ended with the date cord which the us themselves implemented around. this time in fact in one thousand nine hundred ninety five when she was there you quite correctly say during nine hundred ninety six so there was absolutely no sniping at that time hillary clinton pretended to have been in bosnia a year later well she was wrong i think she just wanted to say she was courageous she was you know entering a region still at war and. some requirements of the united states to interfere and impose some of its will close a bit against us but the last question takes me back almost to the first of all i asked just today we had a clinton mention that since ninety five the u.s. has invested one point five billion dollars in bosnia or what do you think lies behind the support and the sponsorship. well where have they not invested this and with whom where they invested it the position in boston here and herzegovina has not improved people want a job because people don't just want talks of dem

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