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David Shuster
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David Martin Shuster
July 22, 1967
Bloomington, Indiana, U.S.
|Alma mater
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|Julianna Goldman (2007–2011; divorced)
Kera Rennert (2013–present)
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Emmy Award (1996)
David Martin Shuster (born July 22, 1967) is an American television journalist and talk radio host. He is currently with i24NEWS, previously he has been an anchor for MSNBC and worked for Fox News, CNN, Current TV, and Al Jazeera America.
Shuster's high-profile career has included some controversies, including suspension from MSNBC in April 2010 after secretly auditioning for a new CNN show. After MSNBC, Shuster was hired to serve as "primary substitute anchor" for Current TV's re-launch of Countdown with Keith Olbermann. In January 2012, Shuster began hosting his own syndicated political talk radio show. In July 2013, he was hired to host a show on Al Jazeera America.
Personal life[edit]
Shuster was born to a Jewish family[1] in Bloomington, Indiana, the son of Arnold Shuster of Bloomington and Susan Klein of Nashville, Indiana; and stepson of Robert Agranoff (married to his mother) and Rose Mahern-Shuster (married to his father). He has one living brother, Jonathan.
David Shuster graduated in 1985 from Bloomington High School South, and with honors from the University of Michigan. He is in the process of completing a Master of Arts degree in International Affairs at Georgetown University. He married journalist Julianna Goldman on May 27, 2007, at the Sixth & I Historic Synagogue, in Washington, D.C.[2][3] On January 10, 2011, the Washington Post reported that Goldman and Shuster had separated. They had no children.[4]
On July 23, 2012, Shuster announced his engagement to Kera Rennert, a television writer and producer.[5] Shuster and Rennert married on February 16, 2013, at the Angel Orensanz Foundation for Contemporary Art in New York City[6] and welcomed their first child in 2013.
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Early career[edit]
Shuster started his journalism career at CNN's Washington, D.C. bureau. He was an assignment editor and field producer from 1990 to 1994, covering both the Persian Gulf War and the 1992 presidential election campaign. Shuster left CNN in 1994 to become a political reporter for the ABC affiliate KATV in Little Rock, Arkansas, covering the Whitewater scandal. During this period, Shuster led KATV's coverage of the indictment, trial, conviction, and resignation of Arkansas Governor Jim Guy Tucker. At KATV, Shuster won a regional Emmy Award for investigative journalism for his reporting on a manufactured housing scandal.
Fox News[edit]
From 1996 to 2002, Shuster was a Washington, D.C.-based correspondent for the Fox News Channel. He was at the Pentagon at the time of the September 11, 2001 attacks and led Fox's coverage of U.S. military operations in Afghanistan. During the Clinton Administration, Shuster led Fox's coverage of the Clinton investigations including Whitewater, the Monica Lewinsky scandal, the Starr Report and the Senate impeachment trial. Shuster was a member of Fox's You Decide 2000 political team. He spent four months on John McCain's "Straight Talk Express" bus and was Fox's lead correspondent for McCain's presidential campaign.
Shuster left Fox News for MSNBC/NBC in 2002. In early 2003, he traveled to Qatar, where he provided coverage from the United States Central Command during Operation Iraqi Freedom for hourly live reports in prime time. Later, he was in California for two months for MSNBC's television program Hardball with Chris Matthews as lead correspondent on the 2003 California recall election, in which Governor Gray Davis was recalled and actor Arnold Schwarzenegger was elected. In 2004 he led the show's coverage of the presidential campaign, including leading the "ad watch team," which analyzed 150 campaign ads. In all, he filed more than 700 correspondent reports for the show.
Occasionally, Shuster filled in for Chris Matthews on Hardball, including an interview of former President Jimmy Carter. During the trial relating to the Plame affair, Shuster blogged for Hardball on Hardblogger about the Lewis "Scooter" Libby trial and about other political matters. He also filled in for commentator Keith Olbermann on Countdown. In August 2005, Shuster reported from the eye of Hurricane Katrina as it made landfall in Biloxi, Mississippi; His reports aired on MSNBC and NBC Nightly News. He spent several weeks reporting on the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina from New Orleans.
On September 24, 2007, Shuster interviewed Congresswoman Marsha Blackburn while filling in on Tucker Carlson's show. When Shuster asked about her response to the MoveOn.org ad campaign concerning General David Petraeus's Iraq War testimony, he followed up by asking her the name of the last soldier from her congressional district who had been killed in Iraq. She was not able to name the soldier. Shuster then said the soldier was 18-year-old Jeremy Bohannon, and asked Blackburn why she was unable to recall the name. Blackburn's office claimed that Bohannon was not actually from Blackburn's congressional district, but was from the congressional district of Rep. John Tanner. However, while Bohannon did grow up in Tanner's district, his legal residence for the year prior to his enlistment was in Blackburn's district.
When Shuster was still with MSNBC, he famously mocked Tea Party participants, stating "For most Americans, Wednesday, April 15, will be Tax Day, but ... it's going to be Teabagging Day for the right wing, and they're going nuts for it. Thousands of them whipped out the festivities early this past weekend, and while the parties are officially toothless, the teabaggers are full-throated about their goals. They want to give President Obama a strong tongue-lashing and lick government spending".[citation needed]
During his MSNBC tenure, he anchored MSNBC Live and filled in for Keith Olbermann, Chris Matthews, Ed Schultz, and Rachel Maddow on their respective shows. Shuster was MSNBC's lead "breaking news anchor", and anchored prime time coverage of several stories including the death of Michael Jackson, congressional votes for health care reform, and the earthquake in Haiti. After the promotion of David Gregory to Meet the Press in December 2008, Shuster was named host of MSNBC's 6p show, 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.[7]
Chelsea Clinton remark and suspension[edit]
On February 7, 2008, while he was guest-hosting on Tucker, Shuster discussed Chelsea Clinton's campaigning for her mother Hillary Clinton, her efforts to influence superdelegates and her refusal to answer any questions by the media. When his guest, Bill Press, pointed out that Bush's daughters campaigned for their father, Shuster noted the different access rules in each case and responded, "There's just something a little bit unseemly to me that Chelsea's out there calling up celebrities, saying 'support my mom' ... doesn't it seem like Chelsea's sort of being pimped out in some weird sort of way?"[citation needed]
The Clinton campaign demanded an apology and stated that Clinton might not participate in any further primary debates on MSNBC.[8] Shuster was suspended for two weeks from all NBC News and MSNBC appearances for his comments.[9][10][11] Before the suspension, Shuster had engaged in a heated e-mail exchange with a Clinton staffer in which he defended his remarks.[12]
Indefinite suspension from MSNBC[edit]
On April 6, 2010, MSNBC announced that it had suspended Shuster for an "indefinite period" after the network learned from press reports that he and Michel Martin of National Public Radio, had taped a pilot episode for a new show on CNN without the formal approval of MSNBC.[13][14]
Current TV[edit]
On June 6, 2011, Keith Olbermann and Current TV announced that Shuster was hired to serve as "primary substitute anchor" for the network's re-launch of Countdown with Keith Olbermann. Starting July 29, 2011, David Shuster became a regular guest-host of Countdown. The series ended on March 30, 2012, but Shuster remained as correspondent for the network.[citation needed]
Internet venture[edit]
Shuster announced in February 2011 that he was seeking to launch a website for investigative journalism.[15]
Talk radio[edit]
In January 2012, Shuster began to host his own political talk radio show, Take Action News with David Shuster, on WPWC, a local progressive talk radio station in Washington, D.C.[16] In March 2012, the program entered syndication with WCPT in Chicago joining as the first affiliate.[17] In December 2012, the program started internet video production via YouTube, produced by The David Pakman Show.[citation needed]
Al Jazeera America[edit]
On July 21, 2013, The Huffington Post reported that Shuster had accepted a hosting position at Al Jazeera America[18] anchoring live news shows and hosting a politics analysis show, called Power Politics. In April 2016, Al Jazeera ceased broadcasting on cable TV across the United States. Shuster has since appeared on MSNBC's Morning Joe.[citation needed]
i24 News[edit]
On February 9, 2017, it was announced that Shuster had been named anchor and managing editor of the American arm of i24 News.[19]
- ^ Bloom, Nate (April 18, 2008). "Cable news Jews". J Weekly. Retrieved April 6, 2010.
- ^ "Julianna Goldman, David Shuster". The New York Times. May 27, 2007. Retrieved December 22, 2008.
- ^ "Julianna Lee Goldman and David Martin Shuster". Bloomington Brides. HoosierTimes Inc. May 27, 2007. Retrieved January 27, 2009.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Love, etc". The Washington Post. January 10, 2011. Retrieved January 10, 2011.
Separated: Broadcaster David Shuster, 43, and journalist Julianna Goldman, 29, after 31⁄2 years of marriage.
- ^ Rothstein, Betsy (July 24, 2012). "David Shuster to Get Hitched!". FishBowl DC. Media Bistro. Retrieved July 25, 2012.
- ^ Scarry, Eddie (February 18, 2013). "Weekend Wedding Bells For David Shuster". Fishbowl DC. Retrieved March 11, 2013.
- ^ "Tennessee Rep. Marsha Blackburn Flustered by MSNBC Host". Memphis Flyer. September 24, 2007. Retrieved February 10, 2008.
- ^ Clinton campaign demands apology from MSNBC over David Shuster's comments regarding Chelsea, washingtonpost.com; accessed February 14, 2017,
- ^ "Shuster Suspended For "Pimped Out" Comment". TV Newser. Media Bistro. February 8, 2008. Archived from the original on February 16, 2008. Retrieved February 10, 2008.
- ^ "NBC VP Wanted to Fire Shuster 'On the Spot'". February 9, 2008. Archived from the original on February 11, 2008. Retrieved February 10, 2008.
Griffin threatened to fire Shuster "on the spot,' and it was only with intervention from Tim Russert that Shuster didn't lose his position.
- ^ "MSNBC reporter suspended for "pimp" remark". The Hollywood Reporter. February 14, 2008. Archived from the original on 2008-02-20.
- ^ Calderone, Michael (February 9, 2008). "Reporter initially defended Chelsea comment". Politico.com. Retrieved February 10, 2008.
By slamming any reporter who seeks to chat with chelsea while simultaneously having chelsea do campaign tasks such as trying to convince super delegates to support her mom, that's the reference. Chelsea is polite and does a fine job of saying 'I don't want to talk.'. But for campaign staff to then jump down the throat of a reporter who seeks to talk to chelsea... that's an issue.
- ^ Gillette, Felix (April 2, 2010). "Inside the CNN Stockroom: Network Recently Shot Pilot Starring MSNBC's Shuster and NPR's Martin". The New York Observer. Retrieved April 6, 2010.
- ^ Stelter, Brian (April 6, 2010). "MSNBC Suspends David Shuster 'Indefinitely'". The New York Times. Retrieved April 6, 2010.
- ^ Sargent, Greg (February 1, 2011). "David Shuster launching new investigative Web site". The Plum Line. The Washington Post. Retrieved November 4, 2011.
- ^ Ogburn, Peter (March 14, 2012). "David Shuster Takes His Show on the Road". Fishbowl DC. Media Bistro.
- ^ Christopher, Tommy (April 3, 2012). "David Shuster and the Little Progressive Radio Station That Could". Mediaite.
- ^ Calderone, Michael (July 21, 2013). "David Shuster Joining Al Jazeera America". The Huffington Post.
- ^ "David Shuster Named Anchor, Managing Editor of i24NEWS". www.adweek.com.
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A prime is in at most 1 way the sum of 2 squares
EWD1154 dealt with D.Zagier's proof that a prime of the form 4k+1 is the sum of 2 squares. In fact, such a prime is in only 1 way the sum of 2 squares. In this note we show this by proving that if an odd n is the sum of 2 different pairs of squares, then that n is not prime.
Let an odd n be the sum of 2 squares; then the one square is odd, the other is even: the squares are of different parity. Let n be the sum of 2 squares in 2 ways; then there exist positive a, b, c, d such that
|(a + b)² + (c – d)² = n
|(a – b)² + (c + d)² = n
(Here a is the average of the numbers of the one parity, c is the average of those of the other parity. Because we are considering distinct square decompositions, also b and d can be chosen positive.)
Eliminating n from (0) by equating the left-hand sides, we deduce after simplification
|ab = cd ,
from which we deduce the existence of positive r, s, t, v such that
|a = sv
|b = rt
|c = st
|d = rv
(Consider "s := a gcd c; v := a/s; t := c/s; r := b/t".)
Now we observe
= {(0)}
(a + b)² + (c – d)²
= {(1)}
a² + b² + c² + d²
= {(2)}
s²v² + r²t² + s²t² + r²v²
= {algebra}
(s² + r²) ∙ (t² + v²)
and because the 4 variables are positive, the two factors are each at least 2, and hence n is not a prime number.
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The above was written down in Abilene State Park. In contrast to the proof discussed in EWD1154, I designed this proof myself, but the title of this note does not mention "derivation" of the proof, since I did not "derive" it in any technical sense.
I have considered investigation of the situation x²+y² = n ∧ u²+v² = n ∧ prime.n with the aim of showing (x,y) = (u,v) ∨ (x,y) = (v,u), but rejected that approach for the disjunction, and for the fact that I saw no way of using n's primality. So I did some shunting and set myself to show that n was composite by writing it as a product of 2 plurals. I knew my complex numbers, in particular, that the modulus of a product is the product of the moduli, and then discovered that there was no point in looking at (x+yi)·(u+vi). Hence
|(sv – rt)² + (st + rv)² = (s² + r²) · (t² + v²)
—the 2 expressions for the modulus of (s + ri) · (t + vi), which do equate a sum of squares to a product— has to be used differently. The right-hand side being even in r, it also equals (sv + rt)² + (st – rv)², and now we see the a, b, c, d entering the picture. The introduction of a ± b and c ± d circumvented the disjunctive complication of comparing unordered pairs.
I think I knew (3) outside the context of complex numbers as well; it is very common to separate in (a ± b)² the squares from the cross product, as in
|(a + b)² = (a – b)² + 4ab
|(a + b)² + (a – b)² = 2(a² + b²) .
The proof reported provides a striking example of a proof in which the algebra is totally trivial while all subtlety has been invested in the decision what to name.
Austin, 7 June 1993
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The offer was worth 2.9 billion pounds ($4.7 billion) when Morrison made it two weeks ago. Morrison's share price has fallen since then, reducing the value of its bid to 2.5 billion pounds ($4.1 billion).
Safeway's stock has jumped on expectations that other bids would turn up, and the chain's shares are currently valued at 3.4 billion pounds ($5.5 billion).
Safeway's board dropped its recommendation of the Morrison offer and told shareholders to "await developments" so it could assess other possible offers. At the same time, it said it was still supportive of the Morrison bid.
Morrison chairman Sir Ken Morrison acknowledged that the "extraordinary number" of bids had put Safeway in a difficult position.
Safeway is unrelated to the U.S. company of the same name.
On Wednesday, Britain's biggest supermarket chain, Tesco, became the latest to express interest in buying Safeway. Tesco joined two other food retailers _ No. 2 Sainsbury PLC and American heavyweight Wal-Mart Stores Inc. _ together with U.S. leveraged buyout firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. and British clothing retailer Philip Green.
Safeway has 479 stores in Britain, and any takeover would need to meet the approval of competition authorities. Safeway's board said it remained confident that a merger with Morrison would avoid interference from the Competition Commission.


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This PC was the winner of Microsoft's Next-Gen PC Design Competition. The design is called MADE (Massively Administered Digital Entities) in China and consists of a touch screen interface and remote servers that store application data. Additionally, there's a chopsticks-like stylus called the CHOPstylus. Sadly, my entry was nowhere near the top. I designed a PC made entirely out of cake. It even had a revolutionary interface through your mouth. Although on second thought, it was less of a PC and more of an actual cake.


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Imperial Residences: Catherine Palace & Peterhoff Gardens Tour
Imperial Residences Tour
Tour Duration: 7 hour
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«Imperial Residences: Catherine Palace & Peterhoff Gardens Tour» is a day tour specially designed for customers who want and need to maximize their limited time in Saint Petersburg. This is your chance to visit 2 most popular Imperial suburban residences of Saint Petersburg: Catherine Palace and Peterhoff in one day.
At the start of the XVIIth century, at the same time as the new capital, Saint Petersburg, was springing up, suburban residences for the Russian monarchs also started to be built.
Triumphant and resplendent Peterhoff was the first Imperial summer residence, a brainchild of Peter the Great, conceived with more than an eye to Versailles.
The project had started in the early XVIIth century, the official opening of the new residence took place in 1723 with Peter the Great orchestrating the magical event.
Our day tour of the Imperial Residences includes a visit to Peterhoff Lower gardens filled with fountain jets. You will have a chance to get familiar with the intricate and technologically advanced fountain system. The high-quality piping system still remains intact in many sections. Unfortunately, it was badly damaged by the mines of the WWII.
You will have a chance to see the exquisite Grand Peterhoff Palace (no inside visit), the Grand Cascade, the Bath House, the Catherine Block, Monplaisir Palace, enjoy the vista of the Finnish Gulf. Depending on a weekday an inside visit to one of the pavilion palaces is included: Monplaisir Palace or the Bath House.
Grand Peterhoff Palace and the central fountain cascade were designed by the architect, Francesco Bartolommeo Rastrelli. He also built the splendid Catherine Palace in Tsarskoe Selo (Tsar Village) which you will tour as well.
Catherine Palace was the second summer Imperial residence built by Elizabeth I. Peter the Great and Catherine I's daughter, Empress Elizabeth, when she inherited Tsarskoe Selo, treated it with special affection and commissioned the finest architects then in Saint Petersburg to work in the new residence.
The Catherine Palace is a definite «must see» place of Saint Petersburg and mostly known for the renown Amber room and the Golden Enfilade of staterooms.
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Fast Fix: Four questions on Rahm's departure and what it means
President Barack Obama made it official today: Rahm Emanuel is stepping down as White House chief of staff to run for mayor of Chicago.
Rahm's depature -- and Pete Rouse's arrival as chief of staff -- raises all sorts of interesting political questions. And, in our latest "Fast Fix" video we answer them -- with the help of a Magic 8 Ball!
Make sure to check out all of the "Fast Fix" videos on our page dedicated to the daily web show.
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Steve Jobs is set to return to work at Apple (AAPL) on Monday--with questions still swirling about what is wrong with him, what his prognosis is, and what his ongoing role will be at the company.
If Apple were a normal company, investors could reasonably expect it to give them a full update on Steve's health and future role, so they can assess the situation for themselves.
Given Apple's past deceptions and omissions in this arena, however, investors can be forgiven for thinking they'll instead be once again treated like dupes.
As the NYT's Joe Nocera noted earlier this week, the news that Steve had had a liver transplant was published by the Wall Street Journal, not the company. Doctors have observed that if Steve's pancreatic cancer spread to his liver, thus necessitating the transplant, his prognosis is likely significantly worse than it would have been if it had remained contained.
Of course, no one knows for sure, because, so far, Apple continues to maintain its ludicrous stance that Steve's health and future role at the company is just a private matter--not a major question and concern for investors, customers, and employees.
In reality, it is both: A private matter AND material corporate information. And Apple needs to climb out of its reality distortion field and start treating it that way.
The SEC is already investigating Apple's past communications about Steve. If Apple doesn't issue a full statement about Steve's health and role at the company going forward, Joe Nocera thinks the SEC should force it to. We agree.
[I]t struck me this week, as Apple once again threw a curtain of secrecy around Mr. Jobs's health problems, that the company, and especially its directors, are asking an awful lot of the people who invest their money in the company. It is asking them, once again, to accept the idea that Mr. Jobs's health is none of their business. Given the latest news, how can that possibly be true?
That news, of course, is that Mr. Jobs had a liver transplant a few months ago — news that, once again, was uncovered by the news media rather than being divulged by Apple. And once again we're left in the dark about what this means. It is a separate problem from the pancreatic cancer he was operated for in 2004? Or does it mean that the cancer has returned — and spread?...
If Mr. Jobs had retired from Apple — or had taken an open-ended leave — then I would say yes, it's his business and not his investors'. But he didn't do that. He took a six-month leave, which ends on Monday. Already, he is reportedly back at work. But what does that mean? Is he fully back in the saddle? Is he part time? Is he involved only in big strategic decisions? Is he back to his old micromanaging self? Have we now reached the point, in other words, where his health is impinging on his ability to run Apple? That's the real question, isn't it? Are Mr. Jobs's health problems affecting his work?
If the answer is no, the board should say so. If the answer is yes, the board should say that as well.


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National Volunteer Appreciation Week, April 12 to 18, is a big event at Shedd. All week we shower our 966 volunteers with extra thanks and special treats for their dedicated service—119,818 hours in 2014, to be exact.
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Here's an interview with Simon Greenall and Ian Kirkby, who play the sports broadcasters in Pete Versus Life who have the job of commentating on our hero's adventures. Ian plays pundit Terry McIlroy (picture, left) and Simon plays pro commentator Colin King...
Did you prepare for your role by watching a lot of TV sports commentary?
Simon: Yes, I trawled though endless channels of all kinds of sports.
Ian: By watching a lot of sport, as I do on TV, I was fairly well versed in commentary and commentators.
What have you noticed about how commentators speak?
Simon: The most interesting ones are the ones who are professional commentators, as opposed to ex-sportsmen. The Pros are a bit more pompous and like to feel that they are in control.
Are you a sports fan anyway?
Simon: Yes I love to watch boxing and football. Tennis leaves me stone cold, as does Formula One.
Ian: Yes - mainly football, but not motor racing. That's just a waste of petrol as far as I'm concerned!
Who is the doyenne of sports commentary?
Simon: I love Jim Rosenthal.
Ian: Barry Davis (retired!) and for punditry Alan Hanson.
Is your portrayal based on any particular commentator?
Simon: Look at who I love. But being a voice artist, you kind of have to have a sports commentator in you toolbox; mine is based more on their combined style rather than anyone in particular.
Ian: Mine is based on bits and pieces of various ex-footballers.
Did you improvise any of the commentary, or is it all verbatim from the script?
Simon: There's very little room for improv as we have to do our bit quite tightly to time, although there are a couple of bits that are mine.
Ian: As Simon says, mainly it comes from the script but there are a few odd comments improvised here and there.
Was it odd, filming a role where you just sit on a stool in a studio for the whole series?
Ian: Yes, very and surprisingly tiring at times.
Simon: Not odd, brilliant! It's hard enough learning the lines but having to move around as well! Also, sitting on a stool you can have your script handy.
Are you still able to watch televised sport, or do you find you just concentrate on the mannerisms and verbal ticks of the commentary team now?
Ian: I can still watch the sport but always have an ear cocked for commentary now.
Simon: It is distracting now, I'm always looking out for bits of odd emphasis or bits where they are clearly just filling time.
Do you have a favourite bit of sports commentary?
Simon: Harry Carpenter covering the great fights. Also, it's a bit obscure, but Kent Walton doing the wrestling in the 60's and 70's.
Ian: Kevin Keegan: "If Romania don't score soon, then they won't Romania in this tournament for much longer!" - [pause] - Clive Tyldsley: "I'm glad you said that Kevin."
If you had to commentate of one sport, what would it be?
Simon: Wrestling, but not the silly WWF stuff.
What would you be like as a commentator or pundit?
Simon: Rude, sarcastic, inaccurate, partisan and hopeless.
Ian: Stuttery probably - with the use of far too much profanity!


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Artist: Grimm, Samuel Hieronymous
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Date: 1789
A view in ink of Temple Cloud in Somerset, drawn in August 1789 by S.H. Grimm. It is located north west of Midsommer Norton and south west of Bath. There are a number of old quarries near the village and Cloud Hill to the west.


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The Potomac Institute's International Center for Terrorism Studies held a discussion on December 7, 2017 with the Egyptian Ambassador Yasser Reda entitled, "Egypt-U.S. Strategic Partnership." The November 24, 2017 massacre on defenseless worshipers in a Sinai mosque is another sober reminder that Egypt continues to confront terrorist groups that conduct deadly attacks on civilians as well as government, police, and military targets throughout the country. These security concerns also have significant international strategic implications. In the face of these challenges, a key element of combating terrorism at home and abroad is the decades-long Egyptian-U.S. partnership, including efforts on legislation, law enforcement, and countering violent extremism. In addition, Egypt continues to contribute to the work of the Global Counterterrorism Forum, the UN, and other bodies.
An assessment of the past lessons and future outlook for Egypt-U.S. relations was offered by Ambassador Yasser Reda. Professor Yonah Alexander, Director of Inter-University Center for Terrorism Studies and Senior Fellow at the Potomac Institute for Policy Studies, moderated the discussion and Professor Don Wallace, Jr., Chairman of the International Law Institute, gave closing remarks.
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VTI Instruments has introduced its SentinelEX PXI Express (PXIe) Switching Series, the latest addition to its SentinelEX PXIe Test and Measurement Suite. The PXIe Switching Series includes 11 multiplexer modules, 4 matrix modules, 2 general-purpose switching modules, 1 power switching module, 16 RF multiplexer modules, 2 RF matrix modules, and 11 microwave switching modules. They are compatible with 18-slot and 9- slot 3U PXI Express mainframes and a 4-slot portable PXI-hybrid mainframe, as well as digitizer, arbitrary waveform generator, programmable resistor, digital I/O, embedded controller and remote controller modules, all included in the SentinelEX PXIe Test and Measurement Suite.
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Customers Swindled By Carriers For Too Long – T-Mobile says No More Contracts
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Chemspec's Dye-Gone boasts no more stains3rd of May 2012
Based on a patented formula, Dye-Gone has been developed by Chemspec Europe to tackle any dye-based stain, including organic stains like wine, coffee and mustard, and synthetic stains too.
It uses oxidisation by releasing oxygen atoms which then combine with the dye molecules to change the colour in the dye - causing it to become
Cleaning service companies - we must adapt3rd of May 2012
Writing exclusively for ECJ, Andreas Lill from the European Federation of Cleaning Industries (EFCI) addresses the topic: 'cleaning and building service companies must do more to adapt to clients' changing needs in the face of economic difficulties'.
Cleaning service companies are increasingly forced to adapt to clients'
Cloud computing - head in the clouds2nd of May 2012
Cloud computing is a product of blue-sky thinking on a global scale that is fast revolutionising the way we run our businesses. But while the benefits of this new way of providing IT services are far from nebulous, Hartley Milner warns they need to be weighed against the risks that come with any innovation in its infancy.
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Customer priorities for cleaning chemicals2nd of May 2012
Efficiency, cost-effectiveness, safety, sustainability… what do customers want most from their chemical solutions? Ann Laffeaty finds out.
There are so many professional cleaning products on the market today the customer is spoilt for choice. Some solutions are claimed to be completely safe and sustainable while others are marketed on
Façade maintenance - vital first impressions1st of May 2012
Cleaning and maintaining the exteriors of buildings is an important way to improve company image. Dave Rogers, European sales manager for Unger Germany, explains how legislation, technological advances and customer needs are shaping this part of the cleaning sector.
First impressions count – it's an accepted fact in all walks of life.
Who's looking after our cleaners' health?1st of May 2012
The responsibility for the safety of cleaning workers is an extremely difficult question. And one of the best things a manager responsible for cleaning staff can do is… go for a walk. This recommendation comes from the UK's Health and Safety Executive (HSE), and according to 3M, a global supplier to the contract cleaning market,


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A Castleton Farm manager has thanked customers for their support after she lost her ring in a customers Christmas hamper this week.
Manager Pam Cini eternity ring came off while she was filling a hamper for a customer who had came in off the street.
With no name for the customer, the staff turned to Facebook for help in finding the ring in hope the customer would see it and check their hamper.
The post said: "Our lovely manager Pam sadly lost her eternity ring yesterday while making one of our lovely customers a hamper. This was a rather large hamper made around 3.30, so if you were in a purchased a hamper around this time could you please be so kind as to have a look inside."
The post was seen by over 15,000 people and the ring was found once the customer had returned to the shop this week.
Pam told us: "Our customers are fantastic and take care of us, and it was great to see so many sharing it."
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"I'm being followed," she said. "I think he wants to kill me."
When a panicked young woman slips her hand into his in 1960s Chinatown, just before a knife-wielding stalker attacks, private eye Alex Novalis finds his cherished hard-boiled persona threatened by a romantic streak that has a habit of getting him into trouble. Sandy Smollett is triple trouble: a stripper who comes on like the girl next door and has a way of bending the truth to suit any occasion. Novalis finds her irresistible.
It doesn't help that her mobster boss, a sleazy politico, and an attorney brandishing an envelope stuffed with cash all warn Novalis that Sandy is strictly off limits. Things don't get easier when Novalis finds a dead man in her apartment, or when they both are kidnapped by homicidal thugs. Who is Sandy Smollett? For once she tells the truth when she tells Novalis, "I'm the Girl from Nowhere."
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Alright, so this will be the thread for Rush songs that I will be charting. I personally don't plan on charting them all, but I want to use this thread as a collection of really well charted Rush songs, and hopefully soon we will have their entire discography. I would really appreciate it if you would like to help out by submitting a chart, even if you aren't the best charter, any contribution would be greatly appreciated. Furthermore, the goal is for all tracks to have guitar. However, that doesn't mean that I intend to leave out drums. I would really like some drum charts as well, however I am not capable of tackling such an immense task as attempting to track Neil's playing, but if you have the cajones to do so, then best of luck to you. Thanks!
Rush (1974)
"Finding My Way"
"Need Some Love"
"Take a Friend"
"Here Again"
"What You're Doing"
"In the Mood"
"Before And After"
"Working Man"
Fly By Night (1975)
"Best I Can"
"Beneath, Between & Behind"
"By-Tor and the Snow Dog"
"Fly by Night"
"Making Memories"
"In the End"
Caress of Steel
"Bastille Day"
"I Think I'm Going Bald"
"Lakeside Park"
"The Necromancer"
"The Fountain of Lamneth"
"A Passage to Bangkok"
"The Twilight Zone"
"Something for Nothing"
A Farewell to Kings
"A Farewell to Kings"
"Closer to the Heart"
"Cinderella Man"
"Cygnus X-1"
"Cygnus X-1 Book II: Hemispheres"
"The Trees"
"La Villa Strangiato (An Exercise in Self-Indulgence)"
I'll finish this post later. >.>
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Live Review: Robyn
Roundhouse, London, 3rd March
The Swede's bone-shaking, sparse and thrilling live show boots pop out of the park and sky-high.
Banks of blue light dazzle the eyes, as a mothership-sized Moog plays a THX-style sonic ident that turns the entire Roundhouse into a giant bass bin. A disembodied fembot voice tells us to grab onto our asses and say a prayer as the entire venue is about to blast off. Destination: Planet [a]Robyn[/a]. And when the compact superstar (days of being either a cult concern or one-hit wonder long behind her, as the size of tonight's venue attests) sprints onstage like a particularly glamorous escapee from This Is England '86, with a page-boy crop and a Konichiwa bomber jacket, there is such a tumult you could swear that the venue really does levitate about a foot.
She goes straight from [b]'Time Machine'[/b] into [b]'Fembot'[/b], which is given an extra injection of electro funk, making it sound like [b]'Borderline'[/b]-era [a]Madonna[/a] backed by SMD playing Lipps Inc's [b]'Funkytown'[/b]. It might be the textbook definition of pop, but the track is anything but lightweight, ending with the bass-heavy aggression of [a]Pendulum[/a] (albeit not stinking like a tramp's fetid arsecrack in a heatwave). If teen flick legend John Hughes were still with us and making films like [i]Pretty In Pink[/i], then [b]'Dancing On My Own'[/b] would be his go-to song to suggest that everything is darkest just before dawn.
Live, it still has the power to break hearts into ragged bloody chunks. The ace up [a]Robyn[/a]'s sleeve is her work ethic; she expects the audience to get down as hard as she does onstage, and doesn't stop until we do. In another life she was probably a disco drill instructor: "[i]What is your major malfunction, Private Pyle? Get your fat ass back on my dancefloor![/i]" [b]'Indestructible'[/b] is like [a]ABBA[/a] given a disco makeover by [a]The Knife[/a], but besides the fact that the track has a lengthy [b]Josh Wink[/b]-style acieeed intro, it remains enjoyably bare.
With the song's muscularity and strange [b]'Switched-On Bach'[/b] synth flourishes there's no need for banks of synthetic strings and Auto-Tune here. After [b]'With Every Heartbeat'[/b] she deposits us back on terra firma, but long after she's gone most of us are still floating.
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We read a lot about the need for reforms in Greece, to privatize and modernize its economy in order to reach the same levels of economic growth with its European partners. The country has come under huge pressure from the EU and IMF to proceed with these reforms and they use the loans dispense, in order to force Greece to comply. Indeed the country has gone through massive reforms in its infrastructure, that very few nations have achieved in such a short time. Lots more need to be done, but during the reformation period the EU and the Greek government, must also take into consideration the ability of the Greek people to cope. Such drastic reforms have certainly taken a huge toll on the citizens' ability to adapt to the ever increasing demands of the EU Commission, that overseers the procedures. Privatization of all Greek national assets and companies, was among the most popular reforms that the bail-out deal dictated, together with the reduction of the Greek public sector and its salaries. Last month certain events have put the EU Commission's proposals or involvement in Greece, under an interesting perspective. The Greek state, after huge pressure by the EU Commission and its European counterparts to privatize its public companies, started negotiations with the Russian oil and gas giant, Gazprom. The plan was to sell DEPA, the state controlled natural gas provider, to the Russian multinational. The deal failed the last minute. Greece's PM Mr. Samaras, announced the outcome of the negotiations in a live television broadcast, stating that the reasons of the collapse of the talks were "outside of the Greek government's responsibility or powers." There was speculation that Moscow's decision to pull out had been dictated by geopolitical pressure. The United States and the EU have both made clear their distaste for Russia further increasing its influence over the European energy market. Brussels has openly grumbled about Moscow's business practices. "I think the message the Russians got, especially from the European commission, was that the deal was not going to be approved," said Thanos Dokos who heads Greece's leading think-tank Eliamep. "In those circumstances they felt, 'why bother?'". (The Guardian). The EU Commission's involvement in national affairs is unavoidable, since all EU states have agreed to give up some of their sovereignty in order to become EU members. It is in some cases favorable, as they can keep in check any national government's actions, law making and policy implementation procedures. But in this case the EU Commission, which is well-known to be influenced by various lobbies located around its base in Brussels, intervened to promote these European and American companies' interests. It is clear now that they do not only demand privatizations, but they dictate Greece to whom to sell their national resources. This bid by the Russians would instantly offer Greece a €900m deal, a much needed cash injection to the country that suffers the most during this crisis. The EU Commission seems to be delaying solutions, while it is positioning itself openly to a wider clash of interests. Is their involvement for the benefit of the Greek people or Greece itself? Their actions seem to be more as a part of the great geopolitical struggles in the region and beyond, that Europe and America in one side, are playing against the Russians. Tension between the two sides has already been heightened by disagreements over Syria, with Moscow warning Britain and France against exporting arms to rebels fighting Bashar Assad and Russia reportedly providing the Syrian President with S-300 missiles. (New Europe). The scandal of the bail-out agreement in Cyprus involving mainly Russian deposits in the Cypriot banking system, was also another fiasco that had consequences for the citizens of the island nation.They too paid the price for Europe's drastic crack down on the growing Russian influence in the region. Throwing oil on fire, ahead of an EU-Russia summit that was scheduled for 3-4 June, Gazprom's Deputy Chief Executive Alexander Medvedev on 30 May accused the European Commission of a politically-motivated attempt to bring down EU gas prices. The Commission opened an investigation last September into Russian gas monopoly Gazprom, concerned Russia was abusing its position in central and eastern Europe and imposing unfair prices. EU member states such as Lithuania, which are almost totally dependent on Russian gas supplies, complain that they pay much higher prices for it than other EU countries. The cost of energy is an issue for the EU as a whole. On 21 May, EU leaders meeting in Brussels vowed to bring down energy prices. The Commission has also questioned Gazprom's business model and its preferred method of pricing gas - via expensive oil-pegged contracts. "We have doubts about the motivation," Medvedev told industry and EU officials, asked if the Commission's move was an attempt to "depress gas prices by artificial means" as opposed to through commercial negotiation. (New Europe). So because Europe, Russia and America are caught in a trade and geopolitical war, the EU Commission decided that it was in the whole Europe's interests to kick the Russians out of Greece. For compensation they no doubt agreed to accept the Trans-Adriatic pipeline (TAP) crossing Greece, (also Albania and Italy) as the route to transport natural gas from Azerbaijan. They are trying to solve the energy issue of Europe and that is a valid cause. But either we like it or not we are dependent to Russia for our gas. So unless we find alternatives to Russian gas, compromise with the Russians or try to find a carrot deal that will make them lower their prices, then we can't keep engaging in a diplomatic war for ever. The deal itself may or may not have been the best for Europe or Greece, but the escalation of deterioration of our diplomatic relations is worrying. Especially when small and vulnerable states are caught up in the middle. It is good that Europe is standing up, seemingly united against the Russian monopolies. But this solution can not be a permanent one. If we want cheaper energy, then perhaps it is time to invest in exploiting our own natural resources under a common European energy policy, rather rely on foreign multinationals or third party countries. There are plenty of energy resources that we haven't exploited yet, both "green" and renewable or more conventional ones. If we show the Russians that we are not desperately relying on them for our gas, then they will be the ones who will offer us cheaper prices to keep us as their customers. As things stand, they do have a monopoly and they are doing nothing wrong in asking whatever price they want. They simply are playing the rules of the open market. When you have a monopoly on something, you are exploiting it. That is how it works not just with Russia, but with all multinational companies. The ones who should be blamed is us, that we are too dependent on their gas exposing ourselves to their interests. We will have to invest collectively in untangling the former USSR democracies like Lithuania, from their dependency in Russian energy. These countries, because they were a part of the Soviet block, are still relying on Soviet infrastructure to cover their energy needs. And that exposes them to Russian interests. So instead of arguing with Russia trying to corner them in a compromise, we should diversify our energy needs and help those EU members that where formerly under Soviet rule. But does the EU Commission has such plan, or it is limited by either the national governments, or the lobbies that influence the policies it pursues?
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Get out your red, white, and blue crayons to mark up this Stars and Stripes I Spy game! (ok, maybe just your red and blue crayons.) This game is one we laminated so we can use it year after year (and holiday after holiday!).
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Give the kids this game at 4th of July, or Memorial Day, or any time you're talking about America or the flag! (Remember to click to download your own copy!)
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Russell R. Livering Sr.
Russell R. Livering Sr, 84, of Middletown, entered into eternal rest on Saturday, May 26, 2018 at Hershey Medical Center.
A tribute to Russell's life was held on Tuesday, June 5, 2018 at 12 p.m. at Matinchek Funeral Home and Cremation Services, Inc., 260 East Main St., Middletown, PA 17057, with the Rev. M. Lee Ellenberger officiating. There was a visitation from 11 a.m. until the time of service on Tuesday.
Interment was in Hillsdale Cemetery, Middletown.
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Bulbs. Beautiful bulbs. Daffodils, tulips and whatnot. They're fluttering and dancing in the breeze everywhere right now, and how they lift our spirits, after that cold and cruel winter.
Yet there's a lot more to the word "bulbs" than these fleeting spring flowers.
I wish more gardeners would investigate the possibilities of what are known in the gardening industry as "summer bulbs" — because they can look spectacular and be a snap to care for.
Unlike tulips and daffodils, these bulbs are tropical. They won't survive out of doors in our climate, so can't be planted in the ground. But grown in containers once the weather warms up, they often become conversation pieces. Then when fall comes, you simply bring the pots indoors, let the bulbs go dormant and next spring, haul them out again.
However, don't be misled by the word "bulb." Many (like cannas, callas and gladioli) start out life as tubers. A few, like pretty de Caen anemones from France, come as tiny, hard black corms. Virtually none resemble a tulip or daffodil bulb.
And some, folks, are frankly a pain in the butt. I've given up planting my own canna and calla tubers because they take ages to develop and the plants are prone to hissy fits. Yet two other summer bulbs have become mainstays in my garden because they are so easy — yet never fail to look different and exciting.
The first is Eucomis (pronounced Yooka-miss). Also, known as the pineapple lily, it will have your summer guests asking "Wow. What's that?" Its green, purple or mottled leaves are nothing special, but then along come the flower spikes. Each is covered in dozens of tiny flowers and crowned with a top knot, so that the whole thing sort of resembles a pineapple.
There are several species of Eucomis, with flowers in pink, purple or white. One of mine — Aloha Leia — is several years old. And what I love is that I simply scrape some soil off the top of its clay container every spring, mix in a few crumbs of all-purpose slow release fertilizer, top up with fresh potting soil, then water. That's it. And midway through the summer it blooms like clockwork — with flowers that last for over a month.
Then there's the ethereal, fragrant flower I wouldn't be without. Once called Acidanthera, it's now — thanks to the plant pooh-bahs — saddled with the moniker Gladiolus Callianthus syn. murielae. Confusing, eh? Whatever, I adore this late bloomer for its flowers like white and maroon butterflies perched on tall, graceful stems. Dinner guests love its nighttime scent too.
And again, I do virtually nothing. I simply chop back its foliage in fall, shove the pot in the basement and refresh a bit the following spring.
Gardenimport in Richmond Hill sells both these gems. They have a great selection of Eucomis and they aren't cheap — but they'll last for years. The confusing G. Callianthus costs less. If you want some, order now: 1-800-339-8314. email@example.com
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Football Head Injuries: From High School to the Pros
The lockout's over. Preseason has begun. But the NFL's legal troubles are far from over.
In late July, 75 former NFL players, sued the NFL, charging that the league has known for decades "that multiple blows to the head can lead to long-term brain injury, including memory loss, dementia, depression and (chronic traumatic encephalopathy) and its related symptoms," and that it failed to warn or protect its athletes.
Last week, six former players and one current one filed a class action lawsuit against the league, the first of its kind. The suit accuses the NFL "of training players to hit with their heads, failing to properly treat them for concussions and trying to conceal for decades any links between football and brain injuries."
The news of both suits comes on the heels of the February suicide of former safety Dave Duerson, who, convinced he had brain damage, donated his brain for study. He was right — his brain was ravaged by chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE, a neurodegenerative disease often found in athletes who have experienced repetitive mild head trauma.
The trickle-down effect of all this has become increasingly prevalent in youth football. With evidence that even high school athletes can suffer brain damage, more than half of all states have either passed or have pending laws that address traumatic brain injury. Only seven states have yet to consider any type of youth concussion legislation.
Gov. Pat Quinn [D], who recently signed Illinois' new law, said that "a lot of coaches are set in their ways. But you don't want some kid you coached a decade from now with post-traumatic stress disorder or a brain disorder. You don't want that on your conscience even though that boy or that girl wants to go in the game."
But is football ready for this type of cultural shift? The idea is to prevent another Dave Duerson — but can you become a Dave Duerson, or have a championship team, while still staying safe?
Yes, according to researcher Tom Talavage, who authored a study [PDF] that found cognitive damage in high school football players NOT diagnosed with a concussion. His solution: hit properly and not as often. And he offers up an example:
We can still play the game, and we can still play the game at a high level. I think this is where the case of Saint John's in Minnesota — we're talking about a team that does not have contact practices, yet has won championships at its particular level of collegiate football. We don't have to be a bad team just because we don't practice. Instead, maybe we're a better team. Maybe we focus more on technique, proper technique, proper blocking, proper tackling technique. Maybe we focus more on knowing exactly where we're supposed to be on our play, what our blocking scheme is, what our defense scheme [is].
For more, watch our encore broadcast of Football High tonight or online anytime. And if you have kids on the field, absolutely take note of our FAQs on head injuries and heatstroke, the latter of which is already suspected in the deaths of at least six players and a coach this summer.


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So what would a smartwatch controller for the smart home do? Well, much like the smart home control apps available today from the likes of Vivint, Lowe's, SmartThings and others, a smartwatch could receive alerts from sensors notifying home owners about any home security events or information about home energy usage, or it could even provide command capabilities to enable things like locking doors, controlling a home's temperature or turning on lights.
The natural next question is whether people would want to use their watch as a smart home information and command center. Well, much like with how people are discovering the smartwatch is a good companion device to their smartphone or tablet - in large part because it's not always convenient to have those screens in front of you - a smartwatch could pair well with either of those devices as a fairly passive companion device to present monitoring information or it could be a device that enables basic commands either through a fully independent smartwatch or even through a companion-watch.
I believe the first implementations of smart home-connected smartwatches will mainly provide monitoring data, but over time these watches will allow their owners to execute basic smart home control commands.
Will Apple be the first to enable these scenarios with the iWatch? Maybe. But no matter who the manufacturer is, I do think some of you no doubt use your watch to lock the door, turn on the lights within the next few years.
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Do you sell the black belt cases?
Bill, Happy to have discovered you. I printed out your comments on the Larsson workbench used at the Sloyd school. A friend recently cleaning his basement gave me one, which aside from being coated with years of automotive grime from his cadillac restoration activities, is in pretty good shape.
I am a professional musician, and retired carpenter. I have a good shop and do woodworking. I led a jazz band for 14 years at Edaville RR theme park in Carver in the 80s and 90s. While there I became friends with Malcolm (Mac) Finney of Wareham MA, who worked there building sheds and shops in traditional post and beam. I learned a lot talking to and watching him. I wonder if you know of him?
Hope I have a chance to meet you some day.
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I have St. John's wort blooming in my front garden now.
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Beautiful flower!
Very pretty! I love the yellow colour.
I've never seen them. They are really lovely, terrific shots.
I had some growing at my old house. I remember how nice it was when it opened up. All that color.
Like little suns! I could use some more sun wher I live.. :)
a sunny flower in all respects. :)
Lovely shots!
With me it grows in the cracks of rocks on the street ... will fotographed and show it next week -
Well I'll be! I see this flower all the time and had no idea it was St Jons Wort!