Meanwhile, Ryder Cup captain Ian Woosnam, who missed the cut in his first three events, posted a second successive round of 69 to finish six-under.

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Surely there is, and the world has seen in the past few years extraordinary examples of how Twitter and Facebook, for example, have shaped world events both by allowing breaking news to be posted instantaneously from the ground and by reposting professionally produced content.

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The events came on the same day that a video was posted online showing what it says are two Syrian military officers begging President Bashar al-Assad to set up a prisoner swap to free them from their rebel captors.

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Tuesday's events came a day after the Food and Drug Administration posted on its website a list of more than 1, 200 hospitals and clinics that it said had purchased drugs from the compounding center that, if contaminated, would be especially dangerous.

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On Monday, Guy Adams, Los Angeles-based correspondent of the Independent, a British newspaper, who had been especially critical of NBC for not covering all events live on television, was kicked off Twitter after he posted the work email address of Gary Zenkel, the president of NBC Olympics.

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"Thank you to the French Open for continuing the acknowledgment of the players contribution to their events success, " Justin Gimelstob, a player representative on the ATP Tour board, posted on Twitter.

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However, this year the fourth quarter was one week shorter than the comparable quarter a year ago, so after adjusting for that and other one-time events the company said that profit would have been about even and sales would have actually posted slight gains.

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