Gorgeous and Green, the annual fundraiser for Global Green, takes place at the Bently Reserve on December 11, 2012.

Faconnable recently opened its doors for supporters of Children of Shelters. Their annual fundraiser “Jingle & Mingle” takes place December 6, 2012.

Located at 2724 Pacific Avenue, San Francisco, this beautiful 1894 Queen Anne mansion has gone on the market with an asking price of $30 million.

San Francisco Parks Alliance and the San Francisco Recreation and Parks Department recently hosted Party for the Parks at the Anglers Lodge in Golden Gate Park.

Black Waverly Side Chairs, Pair

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Lexington Bench, Black

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David Easton Jaipur Zigzag Rug, Mauve

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The strongest typhoon to hit the Philippines this year pounded the southern island of Mindanao on Tuesday, killing four people, destroying homes and toppling power and communication lines, officials said. Typhoon Bopha, with wind gusts of up to 195 kph (121 mph), made landfall at dawn, uprooting trees and tearing off roofs and was headed for major tourist destinations in the central Philippines. About 20 people were reported missing. “There goes my house,” Landring Ceballos, a fisherman in Davao Oriental province told reporters by telephone from high ground as he watched winds lift his makeshift house and dump it in the sea. Benito Ramos, executive director of the national disaster agency, said four people were confirmed dead. Media said dozens of people were injured by flying debris, falling trees and swept away by swollen rivers and flash floods. About 20 people, including six soldiers, were reported missing when rampaging water swept an army base, a military spokesman said, adding rescue helicopters had been grounded

Washington and its allies are reportedly weighing a range of military options in Syria after the U.S. intelligence reports suggested that President Bashar al-Assad’s regime may be gearing up to deploy their stockpile of chemical and biological weapons in a last-ditch effort at survival. The options currently being discussed range from aerial strikes to limited raids by regional forces to secure the stockpiles, the Associated Press  report ed citing a U.S. government official and a former official, both speaking on condition of anonymity. Syria might have begun processing chemicals that can be used to make the deadly sarin gas, another U.S.

South Korean electronic major LG has introduced Optimus L9 in India . The newly-launched deviec is the latest in the L series line of smartphones. The Optimus L9 is priced at ₹23, 000 in the  LG India website . However, India n online retailer  Flipkart  is selling the same model for ₹18, 490. The date of shipment has not been updated

London Mayor Boris Johnson said on Tuesday the British people should be given a referendum on whether to stay in a European Union pared back to the single market only. Speaking at a Thomson Reuters Newsmaker event in London , Johnson said Britain’s relationship with the EU should be renegotiated around a model based on free trade and fewer barriers to business. If achieved, he said, that would allow London to flourish further as a financial centre. “The euro is a calamitous project,” he said in a speech. “We should use the opportunity of the Treaty changes — perhaps over the banking union — to convene an intergovernmental conference in which we bring Britain’s membership in line with what people want. “Boil it down to the single market. That is a renegotiated Treaty we could and should put to the vote of the British people,” he said.

Stock futures pointed to a slightly higher open on Wall Street on Tuesday, with futures for the Standard & Poor’s 500, the Dow Jones and the Nasdaq 100 all up 0.1 percent. * The White House dismissed a “fiscal cliff” proposal from congressional Republicans on Monday that included tax reforms and spending cuts, saying it did not meet President Barack Obama’s pledge to raise taxes on the wealthiest Americans. * ICSC/ Goldman Sachs release chain store sales for the week ended December 1 at 7:45 a.m. EDT.

Stock futures pointed to a slightly higher open on Wall Street on Tuesday, with futures for the Standard & Poor’s 500, the Dow Jones and the Nasdaq 100 all up 0.1 percent. * The White House dismissed a “fiscal cliff” proposal from congressional Republicans on Monday that included tax reforms and spending cuts, saying it did not meet President Barack Obama’s pledge to raise taxes on the wealthiest Americans. * ICSC/ Goldman Sachs release chain store sales for the week ended December 1 at 7:45 a.m. EDT. In the previous week, sales rose 3.3 percent. * U.S

British construction activity shrank last month and confidence about the next 12 months fell to its lowest in almost four years, a survey showed on Tuesday, in a blow to the government the day before a budget statement. The Markit/CIPS Construction Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) fell to 49.3 last month from 50.9 in October. It was the lowest headline figure since August and below the 50 mark that separates growth from contraction for the third time in four months. It was also below even the weakest forecast in a Reuters poll and well short of the median 50.5 prediction. “November’s PMI survey suggests that construction output has yet to hit rock bottom,” said Tim Moore, senior economist at Markit.

Close on the heels of Galaxy Tab 2 P5100 and P5110, the P5113  (Wi-Fi only) variant also gets its latest Android 4.2.1 Jelly Bean update with CyanogenMod 10.1 (CM10.1) ROM through an experimental release. The custom ROM is still under early developmental stages and hence may harbour a few untested bugs or broken features onboard. Nevertheless, discerning users who wish to try out the latest CM10.1 experimental (nightly) ROM with Android 4.2.1 update on their tablets may proceed with our step-by-step guide provided below. As the ROM is a nightly build, it may be afflicted with FC errors, boot loops and other issues. Users are strongly advised to backup their data and reinstall stock firmware or any other stable custom ROM if they face any technical issues