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Every digital camera--even the camera on your smartphone--insists on storing photographs in a folder called DCIM. What's with the alphabet soup? Why not just call the folder 'Photos', or skip it altogether and save photos directly to the root directory? Believe it or not, there is method in the DCIM madness, and it's all about standards.
Eons ago, DCIM (for Digital Camera IMages) became the default directory structure for digital cameras. Mostly it exists to keep everything organized. When you put a memory card into a camera, the camera immediately looks for a 'DCIM' folder. If it doesn't find such a folder, it creates one.
Likewise, some desktop image-editing programs are designed to look specifically for 'DCIM' folders on any media inserted into the PC. That saves time in scanning said media for images--and it prevents the software from importing images that your camera didn't capture.
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Andrew's response to the previous post about the Chinese page Huang Ya Dong at Knole has revealed further details about him. It looks like Huang did make it back to Guanghzou by 1785, when he corresponded with Sir William Jones, a linguist who was soliciting his help with a translation of selections from the Chinese classics.
In his reply Huang warned of the difficulty of such a translation, saying it would take several years to complete. But he also recalled with pleasure the kindness of his English friends, and mentioned in particular dining with Sir Joshua Reynolds and Mr Blake.
The source Andrew mentioned also led me to an interesting article about the Knole portrait of Huang in the Old Sennockian Newsletter for Easter 2006, in which Ong Seng analyses the sitter's 'Chinese' pose and accoutrements. Seng detects an element of 'chinoiserie' in this, asserting that Reynolds is emphasizing Huang's otherness.
I think it more likely that Reynolds was just trying to create an 'authentic' setting for Huang, based on what was known from Chinese export art about Chinese dress, architecture and interior decoration. Compared to the outrageous Chinese fantasies of Luke Lightfoot, for instance, Reynolds's portrait of Huang shows great restraint and delicacy.
Nevertheless, the very fact that the 3rd Duke of Dorset commissioned this portrait from one of the celebrity artists of the day indicates that Huang was seen, on some levels at least, as a glamorous curiosity.
Another interesting source about Huang that I have found through Andrew's reference is a letter dated 18 February 1775, probably by Reynolds, in which Huang is described as being 22 years old – which means that he must be about 23 at the time the Knole portrait was painted, a young man rather than an adolescent.
The letter also reveals some of Huang's own motives for coming to Britain. Apparently he had heard from the artist Tan Chitqua of his favourable reception in England, and he then 'determined to make the voyage likewise, partly from curiosity, and a desire of improving himself in science, and partly with a view of procuring some advantages in trade, in which he and his elder brother are engaged.' Rather than being the passive object of John Bradby Blake's schemes, Huang clearly had his own agenda.
I am very grateful to both Andrew and Hongbo for bringing this up and leading us to discover more about this fascinating portrait.


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House of the Week: Florida Estate vs. Sundance Farmhouse
A Florida estate with two swimming pools, a tennis court and oak trees that are centuries old and a rustic farmhouse in Sundance are two homes vying for WSJ House of the Week. Stefanos Chen joins Lunch Break to unveil the winner. Photo: Dorian Aerial & Architectural Photograph.
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... I ... I ... the state is vying for Des beest house the week it's that deep water dock to swimming pools and oak trees that are centuries old but ... is that enough to help it edge out the competition joining right now business reporter Stefanos Chen Hi there I ... write to your an Ohio ... teen this out ... this is the home that the viewers loafers because of its proximity to Cincinnati the city and that this is really concerned relocated but also ... its a norm and Tudor style house that has only three features that Beck Reed step inside the large turret ... via the leaded glass windows but the interiors to modernize recently is that don't have those tiny and friends tell look at those pictures right there and I did something unique about this is a billiard room ... they later and that this is the owner's favorite room in the house because there is a cigar ventilation system south of the guys can come over smoke cigars and faithful when ... no one's the wasn't what I had the money guess that somebody must be just got to McCrea madhouse car like ... I said that is about pricing around why just under one point three at one point two nine that's a Tudor in Ohio renovated on the inside my school stuff I think that's honesty right sibling Greek Street ... in Santa that this is unique because of the ownership we have two siblings a sister and brother who are either do it a point in late May when a major life change ... so they decided to buy this ... nineteen hundreds the playful style home in Santa Fe together ... I you looking at some exterior shots near the interior with the wood beams and stealing that are ... signatures of that deal style ... he had the ... recently renovated kitchen there with the ... new tile flooring ... this is a home that I it's it's got that additional features us about the Doctor Akiva firepit airport all day bed ... and they've actually had been able to live free privately that the brother takes the casino with the small cap stocks while the sister lives in the mean Pasok guitar in there which means music was being a net which means good karma happy haha right ... I'm moving over to for now this is the isthe is a hefty price tag on this guy in this is a home that requires an aerial shot because it has a large is nothing we have one in their asset hotel to get three a half acre property on the Gulf Coast is in deep water dock tennis courts world because women can be a basketball court swimming pools ... a twenty three thousand square foot house that is a shot of part of the paltry there's the bedroom ... this is on those who initially nineteen fifteen is a twenty five foot high ceilings and parts of the house of library music studio ... and the tombs fifteen bathrooms of looking at this beautifully up about wood floors I'm guessing it Doctor Copper ranking have recently I write that twenty thousand square feet seventeen point five million ... one more contender few top ... of the more modest but nonetheless interesting it's it's a home and in Sundance resort you taught ... time you're with the famous ... film festival in rented out the new teacher in Sundance ... if the owner is the game for durians is that celebrity makeup artist and was out there he built this home is one of this ... several of ... the cost for this bill is a lot of thought into the home ... base in the very large stone fireplace until the what's really thing is this the reason it's either Piper Matic will compare that's from ... a large pickle barrel skin is ... so multiple event barrels that concrete is this multicolored ... affect their you're seeing a breezeway between the main house and that that a rise to a full time this is that sixty five square foot house in battery makers property and that's on the market for seven point nine seven when an a I gotta pick the winner here I mean I knew she I think the readers don't like the most expensive house that I ... really Utah I don't know that the pickle barrel thing I'm so you talking to an activist awareness week is the tissue top so we surprised that I was that it's a it's interesting I mean it doesn't reward the home for a tactic that there are reasons for the most expensive this week they were with the arts it's a good lookin' house that leaves them nine er thousand dollar brother and sister market that I have a set from a Stefanos Chen Des beest dot com


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NEW CPAN Testers site - Preferences Administrationby barbie (Deacon)
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With no little amount of fanfare the CPAN Testers would like to unveil a new site to accompany the rest of the family.
The CPAN Testers Preferences Administration website is now available for authors to specify the preferences they would like to set for the receipt of reports and summaries. The site now drives the Daily Summary Reports that are produced by the Author Notification System. Currently only Daily Summaries are available, but as the system settles in, the ability to provide individual reports and Weekly Summaries will also be available.
The preferences are separated into two sections, the default preferences and the distribution preferences. The default preferences are applied when you have no specific distribution preferences defined. It is here you can also switch off the ability to receive reports at all, if you wish not to be bothered with CPAN Testers. The distribution preferences can be defined for each distribution which you have released to CPAN. If you choose to only define specific preferences for some of your distributions, the remainder will use the default preferences.
The preferences themselves allow you to specify which grades you are interested in, whether you wish to just be alerted to the first or all tuples, where a tuple is an instance of Distribution version, Perl version and Operating System. You can elect to just be notified about the latest release of a distribution or all versions, as well as the Perl versions and operating systems which you wish to be alerted to, or conversely not be alerted to.
As the system is only meant for CPAN authors, the backend is driven by your PAUSE credentials. However, please note that your password is never stored by the system, and is only used to verify your login with PAUSE itself (all over SSL).
One important note I would like to make authors aware of, is that if you are not receiving summaries, then login to the site and find all notifications have been disabled without you previously asking me to, you may want to check your PAUSE account directly. The system uses your 'PAUSEID at cpan.org' mailing address to send reports, and as such if you haven't correctly set up a forwarding mail address within PAUSE (it doesn't appear to be a default setting), then persistant bounces will disable all notifications within your account. Once you correct the PAUSE forwarding, you can then enable notifications and should then begin receiving summaries, as per your preferences.
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Sunday summer afternoons are meant for lazying around, aren't they? Last summer when the heat would be unbearable to do any outside chores, my husband and I used to drive upto a nearby Starbucks adjacent to a California Mission. We would buy some coffee, snacks and then sit under the cool shade of the large ancient oak and beech trees overlooking the mission, savoring our treats and chatting mindlessly about this and that. My favorite treats were the chocolate brownie bites that Starbucks used to carry which I used to LOVE! I say used to because unfortunately atleast in the area where I live Starbucks doesn't carry them anymore. They were the best tiny indulgence ever! Just tiny enough that you won't feel guilty about eating them and oh so tasty! A perfect companion for an impromptu coffee picnic. We would get 3 brownie bites for $1 - one for each of us and the last one was guilt sharing one that both of us would try to pass on to the other but at the end we would always end up splitting it in half (which was a feat considering how tiny the bites were to begin with!).
Anyway, so coming back to the recipe, after Starbucks stopped carrying brownie bites I started looking for a good brownie recipe. My rule of thumb is to not bake anything with more than 1/2C sugar or 1/2stick of butter and definitely stay away from the ones which have both! But what the heck, rules are sometimes meant for breaking, right ;) specially for a REALLY good brownie!


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I've been working on the timing for our Bolivian leg. We have several pieces of evidence to accommodate. Here are the terms:1) A Canadian ex-patriot saw production working around wooden bikes and a U-Turn sign in La Paz, Bolivia. She wrote that it was on the day she took possession of her La Paz apartment which turns out to be located opposite El Monticulo. And she had previously written on April 25th that the move-in was expected to be "on Tuesday". That would be April 29th. This date will conflict another piece of evidence so be prepared to allow it to adjust.2) A traveler spotted Phil at the airport of Santa Cruz, Bolivia. The sighting was in the range 9 am to 12:45 pm. 3) A traveler spotted several teams at the Santiago airport on April 30th. He has estimated that they arrived in two bunches between 4 and 6 pm. 4) On April 29th, the only flights into Santa Cruz prior to Phil getting spotted were from La Paz and Cochabamba (I say Cochabamba when I hit my thumb with my hammer!). And, for the time period involved, there were no flights into Cochbamba other than La Paz. A Difficult Conclusion:Phil was not on his way to La Paz on April 29th. He must have arrived from La Paz. So the Bolivian leg had been completed and his mat duties there were done. So the Canadian lady saw the U-turn and the wooden bikes in La Paz on the day before: April 28th.With that in mind we can figure out the likely flights that teams used to get to Santiago on April 30th. Here is what I found for the two waves or groups that reached Santiago:Wave 1:Fly Aerosur 210 leaving La Paz at 8:30 am and arriving in Santa Cruz at 9:30 amContinue on Aerosur 210 leaving Santa Cruz at 10:45 am and arriving in Buenos Aires at 2:30 pmFly Air Canada 93 leaving Buenos Aires at 4:00 pm and arriving in Santiago at 5:20 pmAs a potential bonus, if they arrived early enough in Buenos Aires, they could fly Aerolineas Argentinas 1288 leaving Buenos Aires at 2:45 pm and arriving in Santiago at 4:00 pm. Wave 2:Fly Lan Airlines 965 leaving La Paz at 12:45 pm and arriving in Iquique at 1:50 pmContinue with Lan Airlines 965 leaving Iquique at 3:15 pm and arriving in Santiago at 5:25 pmETA: I just noticed that Wave 1 is equal to Neobie's 'pointless' flight for Phil. Well, at least my Wave 2 is new.
If it is to LPB, then Phil could not do a mat in LaPaz, turn around, and get a flight(actually the same one on April 30) that will arrive SCL prior to 1725 on 4/30.
I believe that a sighting of Phil midday on April 29 at VVI was making the connection between either of the 2 nonstop flights from LPB into VVI that morning and LA967 departing from VVI at 1205 to SCL with stop in Iquique.
And where do the NEL's usually fit in to the episodes?Only speculation, but I was wondering if a speed bump could be what delayed the African American team leaving NZ, or is that too early for a NEL?
Do we really know for sure that there are 11 episodes? If so, where is the evidence?
more from the wweek.com site in comments . I suppose 13 - 1111 means 11 episodes *sigh*Underwear Guy writes on May 14th, 2008 4:48pm**SPOILER**I followed the girls, and the camera... I would bet money this was a decoy, Sammyk you nailed it. The girls got into a WRP van near the Voodoo Doughnuts, the were asking people along the way where Voodoo was... YET NO CLUE was to be found there. They all got into a van and drove off.Beside, the International flight schedule would not have placed them in downtown.What's confirmed is TAR is in down! The producers clip boards were in view. We could read 13 - 1111 on the sheet. This is RACE 13.Tomorrow morning is the likely timing of the finish. Early am, no one around... lets guess Timberline, the Falls, Washington Park, no not the Tram.
By the way, it looks to me that the numbering 13-1111 confirms the fact that there were 11 episodes in AR13.
What's confirmed is TAR is in down! The producers clip boards were in view. We could read 13 - 1111 on the sheet. This is RACE 13.
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APNewsBreak: Feds say delay worsened oil spill
Delays in Exxon Mobil Corp.'s response to a major pipeline break beneath Montana's Yellowstone River made the spill far worse than it otherwise would have been, federal regulators said.
Department of Transportation investigators examining the spill said pipeline controllers in Houston could have reduced the volume of the 1,500-barrel spill by about two-thirds if they isolated the rupture as soon as problems emerged.
Instead, crude drained from the severed, 12-inch pipeline for another 46 minutes before a remote control valve near the river was finally closed.
The July 1, 2011, spill fouled 70 miles of the riverbank along the scenic Yellowstone.
A copy of the investigators' report was provided to The Associated Press by the office of Montana U.S. Sen. Max Baucus.
The investigators' report chalks up the immediate cause of the spill to floodwaters that undermined the pipeline and left it exposed. As debris washing downriver piled up on the line, the pressure on the increased and it broke.
Investigators said that if Exxon's emergency procedures had called for the immediate closure of upstream valves, "the crude oil release volume would have been much less and the location of the release would have been identified far more quickly."
The report also faulted Exxon for not having contingency plans in place to notify pipeline controllers that the Yellowstone was flooding.
Investigators, however, found little fault in the steps the company took in the lead-up to the spill.
Despite warnings from city officials in Laurel that the riverbank was eroding, Exxon continued to run crude beneath the Yellowstone after a survey found a section of pipeline leading away from the river was still buried more than 6 feet deep.
Exxon's "field observations and their ... depth of cover survey took reasonable precautions to address the flooding of the Yellowstone River it the spring and early summer of 2011," the investigators wrote.
The investigation into the spill remains open. Whether any violations occurred remains under review, said spokesman Damon Hill with the Department of Transportation's Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration.
Exxon Mobil spent $135 million on its response to the spill, including cleanup and repair work.
An Exxon spokeswoman said Wednesday the company still was analyzing the report.
"We will continue to work cooperatively with the (Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration) on any follow up actions," spokeswoman Rachael Moore said. She added that Exxon "is committed to learning from these events."
Landowners along the river have sued the company saying it did not do enough to prevent the spill and should have shut down the line during flooding.


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Hunters' Health Day, in its 18th year, is an initiative of Mount Nittany Medical Center's Emergency Services Department created to help hunters to know their health risks, and then take proper pre-cautions, make good choices, and, if necessary, seek medical treatment.
Free screenings take place Saturday, September 17 from 9 am until 1pm in Conference Rooms 1-3, on the ground floor of the Medical Center.
"Hunting is a vigorous sport that often requires climbing rocky terrain, and in the case of deer hunting, hauling the deer out of the woods, which is very strenuous, and hard on people with particular health problems," said Rich Kelley, clinical supervisor of emergency services. The screenings can indicate the risk of stroke, or heart attack, and the presence of diabetes, he said.
Participants must pre-register by contacting Rick Kelley at email@example.com or 814.231.7054 and bring a current hunting license to the event.


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Unreal Engine 4 BKMOD?
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Unreal Engine 4 BKMOD?
Now that the Unreal Engine 4 is free would it ever be possible to create a BK game on it?
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If somebody makes good strategy engine, makes all models and systems etc. then yeah, after some years. If not, then pay me and 15 other guys full salary for 5 years and it might be too...
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Lmao yeaaa.... goodluck with that. Its like wolf said, if you find someone to do all that then sure. Its convenient that they wouldnt need to develop their own engine sure.. but do you understand how tedious everything else would be?? Testing, ai, coding, maintenance, graphical design, mechanics, etc.. theres alot more. And all this for free? Hahah asking 2 -4 men to do that is like asking them to put a gun to their heads and pull the trigger lets just put it that way. I think what got you confused b-money is that even though we have the "data" from bk mod 1, you may be thinking that the devs can use stuff like that as a template.. but thats not really the case, they would still have to start from scratch, bottom up.. it wouldnt be as simple as importing things to one engine to the next. Lets not forget that its also an entirely different engine.
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Rare CHRISTMAS paper collectible - large uncut scrap sheet of Red and Grey Devil. There are 92 images on this large 15-3/4" x 10-1/4" sheet, each 1-1/2" high. Marked VB, number 043, dated (4th edition) 1934. St. Nicholas Day (December 6th) was very popular Holiday in Europe. On this day small children were visited by trio of St. Nicholas, Devil and Angel. The Devil reminded them that they should listen their parents and behave well -otherwise he would take them with him. The Saint Nicholas would then reward the children usually with gingerbread cookies with the St. Nicholas, Devil or Angel scraps pasted on them. This vintage chromolithograph coated with gummastic based laquer survived its 70+ years of age in near MINT condition. Comparable, more common scraps list at $1-2 each. "Devils head" in this condition is very hard to find, full sheet is a RARITY!!! Please note that we are picturing only part of the sheet, because it is to large to fit in the scanner.
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Where Bartenders Drink in Los Angeles
Where Bartenders Drink
Where the pros go, city by city.
After a long day at work, perhaps no one deserves a drink more than your local bartender. Having splashed and measured, poured and prepared for hundreds of strangers, sometimes all the weary bartender wants to do is sit down with a full glass all to themselves. So where do some of LA's best bartenders like to drink when the choice is actually up to them?
To find out, we talked to guys who pour German imports, ladies who sling drinks at red-booth Italian spots, men who mix with precision, and a few women with a thing or two to say about cocktails. Check out the slideshow for their favorite Los Angeles watering holes.


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I have installed Android Market on Android Emulator successfully using steps mention in [How to] Install Android market on Emulator
Market is installed without any issue but after emulator reboot Market is gone.
Can anyone help me in solving this problem?
- OS=Ubuntu 10.04
- Android-SDK=2.3.3(API Level 10)
- Eclipse Indigo
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Name: AVD
CPU/ABI: ARM(armeabi)
Path: /home/ma/.android/AVD.avd
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Though US colleges and universities don't appear to be contributing to the file-sharing epidemic any more than traditional ISPs, higher education has been explicitly singled out by federal laws designed to crack down on P2P. The Higher Education Act that reauthorized federal loan programs passed earlier this year, stuffed with a couple of key provisions designed to make schools take the issue seriously and draw up plans to confront it. But dealing with P2P on campus carries real costs—and a new study from the Campus Computing Project lays them all out.
321 colleges and universities participated in a special July survey on the costs of P2P compliance efforts, but those costs don't necessarily come where you might think. The numbers showed that 42.6 percent of public universities and 32.3 percent of private universities have picked up a license for a legal music service, which they then offer to students as a (DRM-stuffed, can't-work-on-an-iPod) alternative to illegal file-swapping. But only three school in the entire survey were paying for these services; the rest all used the "no-fee" Ruckus service instead.
The real costs of P2P compliance come from two main areas: paying IT and legal staff, on the one hand, and paying for traffic-shaping gear and software on the other. These can both be major expenses; private universities spent more than $100,000 on average last year just for software licensing fees. They spent another $100,000 on special P2P hardware costs, and another $143,000 on "other direct costs" in anti-P2P equipment. Even for a large school, this isn't pocket change.
Kenneth Green
But the real money might is spent on staff. Consider some numbers:
- Campus lawyers at universities directly spent 44-46 hours a year on these issues
- IT departments at universities spend 605-778 hours per year on P2P
- Student affairs staff at universities spend 140-216 hours a year on P2P
The report concludes that the costs at large institutions could top "half a million dollars annually."
Kenneth Green, the report's author, is no fan of such expenditures, especially when the Higher Education Act ratchets up the pressure on schools and applies even to community colleges and other non-residential institutions where P2P file-sharing is unlikely to be significant. In his view, "these campus expenditures seem to be a significant 'enforcement subsidy' that supports the entertainment industry's efforts to stem digital piracy. In the wake of the new HEA legislation, these P2P compliance expenditures are now a mandated subsidy."
RIAA responds
The RIAA doesn't see it that way, of course; the music trade group believes that many of these expenditures actually save money for the universities in question.
"This is a one-sided report that ignores the complete picture," the RIAA's Cara Duckworth told Ars. "It's no surprise that managing a network requires some time and resources. But what's seemingly ignored are the enormous costs associated with NOT responding to the rampant exchange of copyrighted works on a P2P network. The bandwidth management costs alone associated with illicit p2p use is extensive."
The group also provided quotes from university IT managers who say that they have saved money by saving bandwidth. For instance, the University of Utah's Charles Wright told Congress in 2007, "After implementing this strategy about three years ago, the university saved about $1.2 million per year in Internet bandwidth charges. In addition, we saved an estimated $70,000 per year in personnel costs that would have otherwise been required to investigate and respond to copyright abuse complaints."
Further reading:
- Inside Higher Ed brought the study to our attention


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Why aren't more Mechanical, Electrical and HVAC contractors making wider use of Robotic Total Stations for job site layout?
Let's take a look at the objections contractors have to using Robotic Total Stations and provide details on how you can put them to work on your job site.
In this white paper we look at:
- The current methods of MEP layout on-site
- The problems your contractor will face
- A description of a Robotic Total Station (RTS)
- The benefits of using a RTS
- Why more contractors currently don't use RTSs on-site
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ABC's Castle sang a different tune this week, as the presence of a documentary crew tailing the murder vic's rock band tweaked the format, and in some cases showed us new, fun sides of familiar characters.
In fact, I wouldn't question anyone who found this week's episode as amusing, if not more chuckle-worthy, than the send-up of Comic-Con.
And for good measure, there was a dash of drama toward the end, as Rick and Kate fretted that footage of them sharing a tender, way-more-than-professional moment had made it onto Captain Gates' DVD player.
As noted above, the victim this week was the star of an up-and-coming rock band, and the suspects included a man who'd been stalking the guy (but was really looking to "save" his groupie daughter), the leader of the cult from which the vic years earlier escaped, and the bass player who was about to lose his job to a talented roadie.
As Caskett & Co. investigated the case, each warmed to the shadowing cameras in different ways. Rick, for example, labored to cap each segment with a quotable quip (a la "He had time to kill") — when he wasnt gallantly and proudly teeing up Kate for her big "Here it comes…" case-cracking. Esposito (and his guns) and Ryan (aka the Nerve Center) struggled to differentiate their contributions to the crime-solving process. Lanie at first was bemused by the crew, then started playing to them. Gates saw an opportunity to stow away her steely facade and instead play the positive reinforcement-happy team player. And Kate never quite cottoned to the intrusion — especially when their leering lenses threatened to out her workplace romance — but in the end she had the last laugh.
There were many funny lines, but I'm not here to transcribe them. Plus, as with The Office and its ilk, much of the humor came from the mere facial expressions, like Kate's darting-away eyes, Castle's mugging and Gates' preternatural grins. As for the bit of drama, it was fun seeing Caskett worry that their secret would be found out by the worst person possible… though in the end, Gates somehow never got to that tell-tale clip.
And as a bonus "track," viewers got a taste for Espo's musical know-how — and in the final scene hear Jon Huertas' pipes.
What were your favorite moments from "Swan Song," and how do you compare it to "The Final Frontier"? [Hard fade to black, musical sting.]
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Astonishing care to detail, very high production quality and attractive packaging – These VESPA accessories are ideal as a present – whether to yourself or a friend. All of these products, manufactured by FORME, are officially PIAGGIO licensed Vespa merchandise.
Whether stuck to the fridge or on the notice board, decorative magnets are useful for holding everything from kids drawings to shopping lists temporarily on display. These magnets are decorated with various iconic models of Vespa or Vespa advertisements from yesteryear. These magnets are not only effective, they also add a stylish touch to any metallic surface.


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Black and Whites
when I first saw the world in images both still and moving they were in black and white. These images speak to me of time gone by , of emotion and memory lace with imagination. Here are some of my favorite images, the best of my photography for sale, use the buy button after you have selected an image. Apply your discount, if you have one.Read More


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We just published our review of the Wii U, but we didn't crack the console open to peer under the hood. iFixit did, though, and it has published a look at its usual stellar job of disassembling the console down to its component pieces and explaining what they do.
The most interesting part of the teardown, frankly, is the look inside the Wii U's GamePad. The controller is essentially its own console packed with components. In addition to a gyroscope and a touchscreen, the controller also houses an NFC module and antenna, though its functionality doesn't appear to be used by any of the launch titles. iFixit speculates that NFC could be used in the future to facilitate saved-game and character loading.
The Wii U itself sports a trio of wireless modules, including a Broadcom Bluetooth chip. One of the modules is used exclusively to communicate with the GamePad, enabling the smooth and lag-free screen mirroring observed by our gaming editor Kyle Orland. The teardown also exposes the system's AMD Radeon GPU and IBM Power-based multicore processor, both of which are marked improvements over the older Wii's downright anemic CPU and GPU.
Nintendo didn't obsess over size for the Wii U console, apparently allowing the larger motherboard to dictate the layout and arrangement of the other components. This means the Wii U features a larger (and presumably less expensive) slot-loading optical drive and fewer custom fittings for things like wireless antennas.
The Wii U is held together by tri-wing screws in addition to standard Phillips, but iFixit otherwise calls the console quite friendly to DIY repairs, rating it at an 8 out of 10. The lack of glued-down components and the ease with which things can be pulled out means that at least for the main console, replacing damaged parts is a relatively easy affair.
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For NFL fans, this Sunday brings the ritual of watching the Super Bowl at home on the big screen with some friends and a whole lot of finger food. Go that extra yard in the kitchen and tackle these easy appetizers.
Cheeseburgers, while delicious, are hardly finger food. Similarly, cheeseburgers typically leave diners with a portion-size quandary: one cheeseburger or two cheeseburgers? We've solved this problem with our marvellously bite-sized Cheeseburger Meatballs. Serve with a dipping sauce - Thousand Island is great, though a barbecue sauce or honey mustard would also work - and watch them vanish from the platter in front of your eyes.
For something a bit more familiar, try Our Signature Devilled Eggs. This party favourite is easy to put together on the morning of game day, and can be kept in the refrigerator until ready for serving.
Instead of putting out a tin of store-bought nut mix, try whipping up a sweet and savoury batch of Spicy Glazed Pecans. Make these the day before so they have time to cool, then serve in a bowl - super or just plain plastic - in time for the kickoff.
Cheeseburger Meatballs
1/2 cup (125 mL) coarse dry bread crumbs or panko (Japanese-style bread crumbs)
2 tbsp (25 mL) milk
1 tsp (5 mL) Worcestershire sauce
3 oz (90 g) cheddar cheese
1 lb (0.5 kg) lean ground beef
1/2 cup (125 mL) finely chopped cooked bacon
1 tsp (5 mL) onion powder
1/2 tsp (2 mL) dry mustard
1/2 tsp (2 mL) garlic powder
1/2 tsp (2 mL) salt
1/4 tsp (1 mL) freshly ground pepper
Dill pickle slices
Preheat oven to 375°F (190°C). Line a rimmed baking sheet with non-stick foil.
Combine bread crumbs, milk and Worcestershire sauce. Let stand for 2 minutes. Meanwhile, cut cheese into 1/2 inch (1.25 cm) cubes. There should be about 32 cubes; set aside.
Combine bread crumb mixture and next 7 ingredients (beef through pepper) until well blended. Shape 1 tbsp (15 mL) measures of beef mixture into balls. Press a small well in centre of each ball. Place a cube of cheese in each well. Wrap beef around cheese and reshape into a ball. Place meatballs in prepared pan.
Bake for 12 - 15 minutes or until completely cooked. Top each meatball with a piece of dill pickle and secure with a toothpick.
Makes 32.
Our Signature Devilled Eggs
12 hard-cooked eggs, peeled and halved lengthwise
1/3 cup (75 mL) mayonnaise
1 tbsp (15 mL) chopped fresh parsley
1 tsp (5 mL) Dijon mustard
1/4 tsp (1 mL) hot pepper sauce
1/4 tsp (1 mL) Worcestershire sauce
1/8 tsp (0.5 mL) salt
Chopped fresh parsley, optional
Remove yolks from eggs and transfer to a small bowl; set whites aside. Add next 6 ingredients (mayonnaise through salt) to yolks. Using medium speed of an electric mixer, beat until smooth. Pipe or spoon egg yolk mixture into whites. Garnish with parsley. Cover and refrigerate for at least 1 hour or up to 8 hours. Makes 24 devilled eggs.
Spicy Glazed Pecans
4 cups (1 L) pecan halves
1/3 cup (75 mL) sugar
1/4 cup (50 mL) butter
1/4 cup (50 mL) water
1 tbsp (15 mL) Worcestershire sauce
1 tbsp (15 mL) seasoned salt
1/2 tsp (2 mL) freshly ground pepper
1/4 tsp (1 mL) garlic powder
1/4 tsp (1 mL) ground cumin
1/8 tsp (0.5 mL) cayenne pepper
Preheat oven to 350°F (180°C). Line a large rimmed baking sheet with parchment paper or non-stick foil.
Place all ingredients except pecans in a large saucepan. Bring to a boil over medium heat, stirring frequently. Add pecans and cook, stirring frequently, until pecans are thickly coated with sugar mixture, about 5 minutes. Spread pecan mixture in a single layer in prepared pan.
Bake, stirring twice, for 15 minutes or until pecans are richly glazed. Cool completely in pan on a rack. Store in an airtight container in a cool dry place for up to 1 week or freeze for up to 1 month. Makes 4 cups (1 L).


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ROCHESTER — The Salvation Army's Christmas Kettle Campaign is under way in Rochester.
With a still lagging economy and more needs to be met, The Salvation Army is hoping its annual Christmas Kettle Campaign will mean a brighter holiday season for struggling men, women and children in the Rochester area.
Funds raised through the familiar red kettles are vital to The Salvation Army's programs and services. This year's campaign goal is $135,500 as The Salvation Army's local staff attempt to meet the increasing demands for assistance.
"The money raised through this effort are critical in securing our services for both the Christmas season and throughout the year," said Captain Frank Nataluk, "but I have faith that the community will respond generously and help us reach our goal."
In Rochester, The Salvation Army's Christmas ministry includes the distribution of toys and clothes to needy youngsters, food baskets and food vouchers, warm winter coats and so much more during the rest of the year. This includes the Soup Kitchen that serves lunch three days per week, Food Pantry open four days per week and children's and teen programs twice per week.
Last year more than 1,000 individuals were served by The Salvation Army in Rochester during the holidays and many more throughout the year.
The red kettle has been a long-standing tradition with The Salvation Army and, indeed, an endearing sight across the country during the Christmas season. Dating back more than 120 years, the kettle has been an important source of revenue in addition to being an iconic symbol of the holidays.
For more information please contact Captain Frank Nataluk at 603-332-2623, ext. 12.
Salvation Army's Christmas Kettle Campaign under way in Rochester
ROCHESTER — The Salvation Army's Christmas Kettle Campaign is under way in Rochester.


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BlueStacks, the Campbell, Calif.-based startup and maker of App Player, which allows Android applications to run on PCs and Macs, has formed a partnership with chipmaker AMD that could significantly expand the young company's reach. The collaboration integrates technology from BlueStacks, whose investors include AMD, into the newly launched AMD AppZone, a marketplace that will make upwards of 500,000 Android apps available to traditional desktop and laptop users.
BlueStacks offered a beta version of its App Player in March and extended service to Macs in July, and has attracted millions of users in the process. The announcement doesn't restrict users from continuing to use App Player on Intel-based Windows systems or OS X, but with BlueStacks technology now serving as the engine for AppZone, AMD claims it will offer the fastest user experience. In a blog post, the company explained that "BlueStacks has designed and optimized the player for AMD Radeon graphics and ... OpenGL drivers found in [ADM] APUs and GPUs." The results should allow machines running Windows 7 or Windows 8 to smoothly run Android apps in full-screen mode.
The partnership also allows users to automatically sync AppZone apps with Android-based devices via BlueStacks Cloud Connect. AMD will push the new features to Windows 7 users and include it on forthcoming Windows 8 machines.
[ Check out what AMD's competitor is doing with Win8 hardware. See Intel, Hardware Partners Show More Windows 8 Devices. ]
The news provoked some speculation about the trajectory of app marketplaces on Windows. With less than a month until the launch of Microsoft's new OS, the platform's app store has amassed a somewhat anemic collection of offerings. Whether Windows can compete with the massive Android and iOS ecosystems will depend on how many apps are available after products actually start shipping, meaning that current speculation is necessarily qualified. Even so, if Android apps can simply be ported to Windows, some observers are already asking whether developers will feel incentivized to write dedicated code for the new OS.
Such questions are only meaningful, of course, if AppZone emulation effectively recreates the native app experience--and early reviews indicate promising-but-mixed results. Still, with Windows 8 offering touch-based functions that can more fully support given apps' original design goals, it's premature to say whether the new technology will sway developer decisions.
Even so, BlueStacks and AppZone are part of a larger narrative in which mobile-flavored apps have begun to shape and even replace aspects of the traditional PC user experience. Intel's AppUp, for example, is a similar service for running apps on Intel-based machines.
Gartner analyst Sergis Mushell expressed in an interview that this larger story is one of the most interesting aspects of the BlueStacks-AMD union. To date, ARM has dominated the mobile processing space, but "what one needs to think about," he said, "is the enablement of x86 moving into a tablet world and functioning like a tablet."
Noting that some upcoming Android smartphones will use Intel processors while imminent Windows RT devices will run on ARM, Mushell said that the cross-pollination suggests "x86 is going to encroach on ARM in a way, while ARM is encroaching on x86 through Windows." He couldn't speculate on the eventual implications--but if the movement gains momentum, it could clearly influence how marketplace feuds among processor-makers play out, and how platforms vie for developer attention.


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Certified Pre-Owned 2020 KiaOptima LX Sedan
- Stock: KU90977
- Odometer
- 31,151 miles
- Fuel Economy
- 24.0/32.0 mpg City/Hwy
- Exterior Color
- Snow White Pearl
- Interior Color
- Black
- Body/Seating
- Sedan/5 seats
- Transmission
- 6 speed automatic
- Drivetrain
- front-wheel
- Engine
- 2.4L I-4 cyl
Highlighted Features
- Lane departure
- Wireless phone connectivity
- Parking sensors
- Exterior parking camera rear
- Auto high-beam headlights
- Split folding rear seat
- Perimeter/approach lights
- Remote keyless entry
Detailed Specifications
- 1-touch down
- Air conditioning
- Driver door bin
- Driver vanity mirror
- Front beverage holders
- Illuminated entry
- Overhead console
- Passenger door bin
- Passenger vanity mirror
- Power windows
- Rear beverage holders
- Rear door bins
- Remote keyless entry
- Speed control
- Telescoping steering wheel
- Tilt steering wheel
- Alloy wheels
- Four wheel independent suspension
- Front anti-roll bar
- Front tires: 205/65HR16.0
- Power steering
- Rear anti-roll bar
- Rear tires: 205/65HR16.0
- Speed-sensing steering
- Wheel size: 16"
- 1st row LCD monitors: 2
- AM/FM radio
- Primary LCD size: 8.0"
- Radio data system
- Smart device integration: Apple CarPlay & Android Auto
- Speakers: 6
- Steering wheel mounted audio controls
- Turn-by-turn navigation directions: UVO eServices
- Wireless phone connectivity: Bluetooth
- Front center armrest
- Front seats: bucket
- Max seating capacity: 5
- Power 2-way driver lumbar support
- Rear seat center armrest
- Rear seats: bench
- Rear seats Folding position: fold forward seatback
- Split folding rear seat
- Cylinder configuration: I-4
- Drive type: front-wheel
- Engine liters: 2.4
- Engine location: front
- Fuel economy city: 24mpg
- Fuel economy combined: 27mpg
- Fuel economy highway: 32mpg
- Fuel tank capacity: 18.5gal.
- Horsepower: 185hp @ 6,000RPM
- Manual-shift auto: Sportmatic
- Mode select transmission
- Number of valves: 16
- Recommended fuel: Regular Unleaded
- Torque: 178 lb.-ft. @ 4,000RPM
- Transmission: 6 speed automatic
- Variable intake manifold
- Variable valve control
- Bumpers: body-color
- Door mirrors: body-color
- Heated door mirrors
- Power door mirrors
- Rear cargo: trunk
- Tailpipe finisher: chrome
- Turn signal indicator mirrors
- Compression ratio: 11.30 to 1
- Curb weight: 1,465kg (3,230lbs)
- Engine bore x stroke: 88.0mm x 97.0mm (3.46" x 3.82")
- Engine displacement: 2.4 L
- Engine horsepower: 185hp @ 6,000RPM
- Engine torque: 178 lb.-ft. @ 4,000RPM
- Exterior body width: 1,859mm (73.2")
- Exterior height: 1,466mm (57.7")
- Exterior length: 4,854mm (191.1")
- Front headroom: 1,011mm (39.8")
- Front hiproom: 1,422mm (56.0")
- Front legroom: 1,156mm (45.5")
- Front shoulder room: 1,476mm (58.1")
- GVWR: 2,060kg (4,541lbs)
- Interior cargo volume: 450 L (16 cu.ft.)
- Interior maximum cargo volume: 450 L (16 cu.ft.)
- Passenger volume: 3,418L (120.7 cu.ft.)
- Rear headroom: 960mm (37.8")
- Rear hiproom: 1,422mm (56.0")
- Rear legroom: 904mm (35.6")
- Rear shoulder room: 1,433mm (56.4")
- Wheelbase: 2,804mm (110.4")
- Auto high-beam headlights
- Blind spot: Blind-Spot Collision Warning warning
- Delay-off headlights
- Display: analog
- Exterior parking camera rear: Rear View Monitor with Parking Guidance yes
- Front reading lights
- Fully automatic headlights
- Lane departure: Lane Keeping Assist-Line (LKA-L) active
- Low tire pressure warning
- Outside temperature display
- Parking sensors: Parking Distance Warning rear
- Rear window defroster
- Tachometer
- Trip computer
- Variably intermittent wipers
- 4 wheel disc brakes
- ABS brakes
- Anti-whiplash front head restraints
- Brake assist
- Dual front impact airbags
- Dual front side impact airbags
- Electronic stability
- Forward collision: Forward Collision-Avoidance Assist (FCA) mitigation
- Knee airbag
- Occupant sensing airbag
- Overhead airbag
- Panic alarm
- Perimeter/approach lights
- Rear collision: Rear Cross-Traffic Collision Warning warning
- Security system
- Traction control
Dealer Notes
2020 Kia Optima LX 2.4L I4 DGI DOHC Snow White Pearl Kia Certified Pre-Owned Details:
* Roadside Assistance
* Powertrain Limited Warranty: 120 Month/100,000 Mile (whichever comes first) from original in-service date
* Limited Warranty: 12 Month/12,000 Mile (whichever comes first) "Platinum Coverage" from certified purchase date
* 164 Point Inspection
* Vehicle History
* Transferable Warranty
* Warranty Deductible: $50
* Includes Rental Car and Trip Interruption Reimbursement
KBB.com Consumer Reviews
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Great Vehicle and Value
By Magna42 on Monday, December 04, 2017I own a 2017 and prior to this vehicle I owned a 2012. I would still have the 2012 if it waasnt totaled. As pleasant as the 2012 was the 2017 is much better. More equipment, but a few strange ommissions/changes (relatively minor). The 2017 is head and shoulder quieter than the previous mode. The steering though is little vague, though I understand that theres a firmware fix for that. All in all I am pleased with the Optima and would buy another if the need arose.
- 5.0
This is the only car that had everything I wanted
By Larry on Saturday, October 21, 2017With the SXL trim, its the Audi A6 for smart people. All the features I wanted. European ride - check, ample power-check, high tech goodies-check, reliable brand - check, dealers willing to deal - check, good on gas - check, regular unleaded- check, looks great - check, 10 year power train, FIVE YEAR BUMPER TO BUMPER!! (who does that?) Kia just tries harder, copying the best of every other brand. I shop from brands that try harder. Why be a sucker?
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Best Mid-Sized vehicle I've owned
By Lil Jon on Wednesday, July 31, 2019I've previously owned a Camry SE V6 (new - 4yrs), Honda Civic EX (new - 5 yrs), Hyundai Elantra Limted (new - 3 yrs), and now 2019 Optima EX 1.6T Premium Package. This 1.6T has plenty of power, awesome gas mpg, and the premium package is the perfect option for the money. No issues with vehicle after owning for 1 year @ 25,500 miles. I love this vehicle!
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5 Years of Patriarchal Service
Sunday, 30 September 2012, His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of Romania celebrates five years of patriarchal service.
On 30 September 2007, by the will and blessing of God, His Beatitude Daniel was enthroned in the Patriarchal Cathedral as the 6th Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church.
The thought confessed at the time of enthronement was that: "God called us to this very hard service", because "it is useful for the Church to serve together with the Holy Synod and all the clergy of the country". His Beatitude came from Iasi to Bucharest wishing to serve the Romanian Orthodox Church in time and no time, animated by the divine commandment mentioned by Saint Matthew the Evangelist: "Let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven." (Matthew 5:16).
Endowed by God with many gifts, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel established and put in good order the priorities of the church life, recreated in quite an inspired way the administrative system as an efficient instrument for their concrete implementation, set up new institutions able to contribute to the necessary renewals in the Romanian ecclesiastic space, chose capable devoted people with whose help a remarkable part of the major projects designed to increase the service of the Church in the society have been already implemented or sketched, by the grace of God, with wisdom and organisational tenacity, as well as with great efforts.
The new Statutes of the Romanian Orthodox Church, the beginning of the construction of the Cathedral for the Nation's Salvation, raising many eparchies in rank, setting up of new eparchies in the country and abroad, election of some new hierarchs, canonisation of some new Romanian saints, canonical and pastoral missionary visits in the country and in Diaspora, boosting and directing the theological education to ecclesiastic and cultural mission, recovering, conserving and valuing the church patrimony, intensification as never before of the editorial and printing activity, increasing of the social-charitable or philanthropic mission, as well as the publicising of the church life through Basilica Press Centre of the Romanian Patriarchate, missionary co-operation with sister Orthodox Churches and with other Churches too, good relations with other religions, with Christian organisations and international institutions are only a few examples of the vast patriarchal activity which confess, in deeds, the efforts of His Beatitude to establish the priorities of the Romanian Orthodox Church on pastoral, missionary and social criteria.
Concretely, continuity and renewal are the terms that describe most adequately the activity of the Romanian Orthodox Church during the last five years (2007 – 2012).
Since 30 September 2007, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel has been Archbishop of Bucharest, Metropolitan of Muntenia and Dobrudgea, Locum Tenens of the Throne of Caesarea of Cappadocchia and Patriarch of Romania.
His Beatitude Daniel Ciobotea, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church, was born on July 22, 1951, in Dobreşti-Bara, Timiş County, as the third child in the family of the teacher Alexie and Stela Ciobotea. He attended primary school in the native village (1958-1962), Dobreşti, secondary school in Lăpuşnic (1962-1966), Timiş County. In 1966, he attended high school in the town of Buziaş and then in Lugoj, at the "Coriolan Brediceanu" High School (1967-1970). After the baccalaureate examination, he enrols at the Institute of Theology in Sibiu (1970-1974), where he graduates with a thesis in New Testament.
During 1974-1976, he enrols in the doctorate programme at the Institute of Theology in Bucharest, within the Systematic Theology Department, under the guidance of Rev. Professor Dumitru Stăniloae. He continues the studies abroad: two years at the Faculty of Protestant Theology – University of Human Sciences in Strasbourg (France) and two years at the "Albert Ludwig" University in Freiburg im Breisgau, the Faculty of Catholic Theology (Germany).
On June 15, 1979, he presents the doctoral thesis at the University of Strasbourg, called: Réflexion et vie chrétiennes aujourd'hui. Essai sur le rapport entre la théologie et la spiritualité (424 p.). The thesis was prepared under the guidance of two famous French professors: Gerard Ziegwald and André Benoît, receiving the maximum grade. He became Theology Doctor of the University of Strasbourg. An extended version of this thesis was prepared under the guidance of his mentor, Rev. Professor Dumitru Stăniloae, and was presented on the October 31, 1980, at the Institute of Orthodox Theology in Bucharest, entitled: Theology and Christian Spirituality. The connection between them and the present situation. After the presentation of the thesis, the Doctorate candidate Dan Ilie Ciobotea was awarded the title of Doctor in Orthodox Theology, also with the maximum grade.
Rev. Professor Dumitru Stăniloae declared then: "The examination of the thesis proved to the Commission that it has before it a well prepared candidate, well informed and, most of all, striving to live a theological life of spiritual deepness. We need this kind of people, persons who live in the teaching of our Church. The true spirituality of the priest of today is this: to live in such a way that he can respond to the questions of the human person of today, but to still remain a true priest. With a clergy without theological culture and without the conscience of the dignity and sublime mission of priesthood, the faithful people will become alienated from the Church".
In 1987, he enters the monastic life at the Sihastria Monastery, Neamţ County, with the name Daniel, under the spiritual guidance of his monastic godfather, Reverend Archimandrite Cleopa Ilie. He is ordained hierodeacon on August 14, 1987 and hieromonk on August 15, 1987. In 1988 he is blessed protosingel and appointed Patriarchal Counsellor, Director of the Department of Contemporary Theology and Ecumenical Dialogue. The same year he became junior professor within the Department of Christian Mission at the Orthodox Theological Institute of Bucharest.
He is chosen auxiliary bishop of the Timişoara Archdiocese, and ordained bishop on March 4, 1990. On June 17, 1990 he is chosen Archbishop of Iaşi and Metropolitan of Moldavia and Bukovina. The enthronement took place on July 1, 1990. A rich pastoral-missionary, cultural and social-charitable activity ensued, between 1990-2008, in the new office of Metropolitan of Moldavia and Bukovina.
On September 12, 2007, the Church Electoral College has elected him Archbishop of Bucharest, Metropolitan of Wallachia and Dobrudja, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church and locum tenens of the see of Caesarea Cappadocia.
Source: The Orthodox Church News-OCP


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What are the odds that after weeks of networking and applying for jobs, you get two job offers in one week? That's exactly what happened to a job candidate a few weeks ago.
When you are in the midst of a job search, the goal is to meet and develop rapport with potential employers that hopefully will lead to a job offer. Sometimes, you make good connections that result in competing offers. What do you do?
The challenge is to politely reject one offer without burning any bridges.
There is no career insurance in the market place. Your next boss is something of an unknown, and you don't know what your future career moves will be. The awkward feeling you get as you are rejecting one job offer (and thus one employer) for another offer rests with the unknown. You don't know what your future employment needs will be.
The way you gracefully decline an offer can leave a lasting impression. For example, the job candidate I mentioned earlier decided it was important to decline the offer by calling the employer and sending a letter confirming the decision. The job candidate felt it was important to maintain good communication.
Declining an offer with grace will be remembered just as you remember that a hiring decision-maker got back in touch with you even though you might not have received a job offer. The potential employer's respect for you as a viable candidate will remain. Job seekers aren't the only ones who remember the rejections — employers remember rejection, too.
Whether you get one offer or multiples, you can decline in a professional way by recognizing and respecting the time the employer has spent with you. Keep in mind the hiring decision-maker has an ego, and communication helps smooth bruised feelings.
So what might be considered a disrespectful response to a job offer? Ignoring the offer and not acknowledging it in a professional manner would qualify. An employer has invested time with you, and deserves a response.
It might feel awkward, but it's better to turn down an offer in a way that leaves with doors open. You want to avoid shutting them permanently due to hurt feelings. Most employers — while saddened by your negative response — will understand. A good employer wants you to be happy, and often will consider you for future openings.
Here are some ways to avoid awkwardness:
- Write down the reasons why you are declining and practice saying them aloud.
- Keep your comments brief.
- Be sure to thank the employer for the opportunity.
- You don't have to go into the details of why you declined the offer.
- The key is to show gratitude for their time and be professional.
What is the best way to decline an offer, over the phone or in a letter?


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10 Sassy Brands on Social Media
Advertisers are beginning to realize that a viral video may be a short-term goal, but it takes an entire successful social campaign to slug a home run.
Remember when the "Wassup?" Budweiser commercial turned into an oft-repeated catchphrase? Today, videos go viral every day. Creating a memorable ad is only half the battle, because customers on the web crave a more social experience.
It's become practically mandatory for a major brand to maintain its presence on social media, so today's challenge is how to stand out from the noise.
Customers are attracted to humanized companies, those that show off character and personality. Major corporations are relying on clever marketing strategies, quick wit and the Internet's viral nature to broadcast their voices. Finally, humor has always been a huge seller for advertising.
But ad agencies are getting bolder with their campaigns as the digital and traditional lines continue to blur. Brands are incorporating Internet memes into commercials, and TV characters are playfully bashing the same company they're endorsing. We've seen comedy websites collaborate with major corporations, and more frequently, comedians seem to appear just as frequently as high-profile celebrities.
We've gathered 10 of the sassiest brands that are accomplishing bold campaigns with social media. What do you think? Should brands let their hair down or maintain professionalism? Let us know in the comments below.


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Estrada weaves masterful start to clinch series
Righty yields one hit in seven shutout frames; Gindl hits two-run HR
CINCINNATI -- Brewers starter Marco Estrada was moving too quickly in the first inning of Sunday's series finale against the Reds. As a result, he allowed a base hit and a walk before he saw the fourth batter.
Once he worked his way out of the jam, Estrada had a conversation with pitching coach Rick Kranitz, and what followed was six masterful innings from the righty, and, more importantly, a 3-1 win for the Brewers.
"After that [conversation], I slowed things down, and I started throwing more strikes," Estrada said. "I had a good changeup today, and we made sure we used it a lot."
Estrada recorded a season-high nine strikeouts and allowed just one hit in seven shutout frames, three shy of the career high he set in Cincinnati in June of last year. Five of those strikeouts came by way of the changeup.
"He had us eating out of his hand," Cincinnati manager Dusty Baker said. "This was the best changeup we've seen in a long time. We knew it was coming. They knew it was coming. That was similar to Mario Soto's changeup when I was facing him. You knew it was coming. We couldn't do anything with him until they got him out of the game and got to their relievers."
Before Estrada settled in on Sunday, he was fortunate to escape the first inning unscathed after Shin-Soo Choo led off the bottom of the frame with a single and went on to steal second and third. After a Joey Votto walk, Brandon Phillips hit a fly ball to center field, where Carlos Gomez made the catch. Gomez's throw was off target, but Estrada was able to back up the play and get the ball to catcher Jonathan Lucroy for the tag at home to end the inning.
From then on, Estrada couldn't be touched.
The 30-year-old right-hander retired 15 in a row before Choo worked a walk with two outs in the sixth. It took Estrada just nine pitches to breeze through the fourth inning. He then struck out the side in the fifth, part of a stretch in which he fanned six consecutive batters. Estrada said he wasn't aware of how many strikeouts he had until he heard someone on TV mention it while he iced his shoulder after the game.
"You don't keep track of those things," Estrada said. "You just try to make pitches and get out of it as fast as you can, get through innings quick. If you get a strikeout, great, but you're not looking for them."
Brewers manager Ron Roenicke said it wasn't a difficult decision to replace Estrada -- who admitted to being somewhat gassed in the sixth inning -- before the top of the eighth. Estrada finished with 100 pitches, 63 of which he threw for strikes.
"It would have been nice," said Estrada, who is 2-0 with a 1.88 ERA in four starts since spending two months on the disabled list with a strained left hamstring. "But with the weather the way it was, I was a little tired. The sixth inning, I started to lose it a little bit. ... That was the right call. Seven innings was pretty good."
Estrada left the game with a three-run lead, as the Brewers jumped on the board in the top of the second.
Gomez reached base to start the inning when he was hit by a pitch from Cincinnati starter Greg Reynolds. Two batters later, right fielder Caleb Gindl -- playing in place of Norichika Aoki -- drilled a 397-foot home run over the wall in right field.
"Just trying to do whatever it takes to help the team win in that situation," Gindl said. "Runner on first, the hole's open, so I'm thinking maybe pull the ball a little bit. That was kind of my thinking. He left a pitch for me that I could handle, and [I] just put a good swing on it and it went out."
It was the second homer in as many days for Gindl, who enjoyed playing in the hitter-friendly Great American Ball Park.
"Just get it up in the air to right, and it will go," Gindl said.
Bouncing back and forth between Milwaukee and Triple-A Nashville this season, Gindl was most recently called up on Friday. He's joined left fielder Khris Davis, who hit two homers in a win on Friday, and second baseman Scooter Gennett, who had a homer and two RBIs in the series, in a group of rookies that has sparked some excitement for the Brewers.
"They're doing a great job," Roenicke said. "Somebody keeps coming through."
Other than a few scattered hits, the Brewers were relatively quiet at the plate until Yuniesky Betancourt led off the seventh with a pinch-hit single. He moved to second on a sacrifice bunt by Estrada before scampering to third on a Gennett groundout. Betancourt scored when Jean Segura singled on the first pitch of the next at-bat.
Despite giving up a pair of singles, Brandon Kintzler delivered a scoreless eighth before Jim Henderson gave up a solo homer to Votto in the ninth, but still picked up his 21st save of the season.
Although the Brewers lost 6-3 on Saturday, wins Friday and Sunday gave them their first series victory in Cincinnati since September 2011. Milwaukee entered the series having lost 12 of its last 15 games at Great American Ball Park.
"I thought it was a great series for us," Roenicke said. "We were certainly in yesterday's ballgame, also. I think we're playing good baseball."


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The highly anticipated title for the up-coming 'Bond 22' actioner will be called 'Quantum of Solace' as confirmed by BBC.com. Here's the other juicy bits from the beeb:
* The title is from one of the 1960's Ian Fleming short stories of the same title.
* The title refers to Bond's broken heart after the loss of Eva Green's character at the end of 'Casino Royale'. Due to his loss, Bond did not attain that 'quantum of solace'.
* Because of this hole in his heart, he will be out for revenge on the persons responsible.
* But the title will refer to something ELSE in the film. You will just have to watch the whole damn thing.
According to BBC.com, co-producer Michael Wilson said that the title was only decided days ago, and 'Quantum of Solace' will begin just hours after 'Casino Royale' ended.
Director Marc Forster (Finding Neverland, Monster's Ball) will helm Bond's latest adventures and will have a scheduled November 7th release.
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Is there any good reference for difficult problems in linear algebra? Because I keep running into easily stated linear algebra problems that I feel I should be able to solve, but don't see any obvious approach to get started.
Here's an example of the type of problem I am thinking of: Let $A, B$ be $n\times n$ matrices, set $C = AB-BA$, prove that if $AC=CA$ then $C$ is nilpotent. (I saw this one posed on the KGS Go Server)
Ideally, such a reference would also contain challenging problems (and techniques to solve them) about orthogonal matrices, unitary matrices, positive definiteness... hopefully, all harder than the one I wrote above.