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One per trick or treater...
Labels: Cuties, guitar, music
Anti-Conservative Leaker Identified at IRS
But we don't get to find out yet, because the law protects him
A House committee investigating the Internal Revenue Service's targeting of right-leaning groups has identified the IRS agent who leaked the confidential donor list of the National Organization for Marriage, a conservative organization that opposes gay marriage. NOM's donor list, contained in a Form 990 Schedule B, which it is required by law to file with the IRS, was obtained in March 2012 by its chief political opponent, the Human Rights Campaign, and subsequently became the subject of several national news stories that centered on Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney's donation to the group.
Though the House Ways and Means Committee, which began investigating the scandal in the wake of revelations that the IRS had inappropriately singled out conservative groups, has identified the individual who divulged the information as an employee in the IRS's Exempt Organizations Division, it can't divulge his name to the public or to NOM. It can't even confirm when the leak took place, whether the perpetrator was disciplined, or even whether he is still employed by the IRS or the U.S. government. That's because of a peculiarity of the Internal Revenue Code's section 6103, which is intended to protect the confidentiality of taxpayer information. The law makes it a felony to disclose tax returns or related information to the public, but in an odd twist, the results of investigations conducted by congressional committees or by inspectors general are considered the confidential tax information of the alleged perpetrator.
But hey, you can always leak it, right?
And familiar names keep coming up.
Camp's panel, nonetheless, has pieced together the NOM case and tells NRO that an IRS agent working in the Exempt Organizations Division — the same division that, until May, was under the direction of Lois Lerner, who retired under duress last month — leaked NOM's Schedule B to Matthew Meisel, a former employee of Bain & Company, the management consultancy where former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney worked in the 1970s and 1980s and where he served as interim CEO in the early 1990s. Between his stints there, Romney founded the private-equity firm Bain Capital in 1984. After he obtained NOM's donor list from the IRS employee, the committee says, Meisel then turned it over to the Human Rights Campaign. Neither Meisel nor the Human Rights Campaign returned calls seeking comment.
Both Lerner and the as yet unrevealed leaker need to be dragged back up to the hill and tarred and feathered interrogated closely regarding the leaks. Give him immunity if he can implicate Lerner.
Labels: IRS, IRS scandal, politics
Hush, Katy!
Yet another 6 AM eye opener prompted by Wombat-Socho's "Live at 5."
Katy Perry Tells "Naked" Pop Star Peers To "Put It Away"
"Everybody's getting naked," Katy Perry lamented to NPR host Scott Simon in an interview that aired Saturday, Oct. 26. "I mean, I've been naked before, but I don't feel like I have to always get naked to be noticed," she said of her pop star counterparts who are becoming increasingly focused on stripping down.
Although Perry, 29, refused to discuss "anyone in particular," the "Roar" singer suggested in her interview that her fellow female artists -- "all of them" -- simply "put it away."
Perry's comments follow a particularly skimpily-clothed year of young female pop stars, including a naked Miley Cyrus, 20, swinging on a wrecking ball, Rihanna, 25, stripping down for magazine covers and Nicki Minaj, 30, shocking her social media followers with unwarranted pictures. "I mean, it's like everybody's so naked," remarked Perry in the pre-recorded session. In an odd overlap of commentary and action, Lady Gaga, 27, stripped down while on stage in a London nightclub on Saturday, Oct. 26 as she performed her new single, "Venus."
Perry, however, understands she should not be the judge of pop stars' lack of apparel these days. The California Gurls crooner, who appeared nude in the music video, admitted to NPR, "I've taken it out here and there. And I'm not necessarily judging."
She added, "I'm just saying sometimes it's nice to play that card but also it's nice to play other cards. And I know I have that sexy card in my deck but I don't always have to use that card."
But you should play it every few hands, just to prove you're not bluffing.
Wombat-Socho has the giant make up Veteran's Day Rule 5 post "Rule 5 Sunday: Double-Stuf Veterans Day Weekend Edition", containing two weeks of Rule 5 links (3 for me, Thank you, Wombat) up at The Other McCain.
Labels: Cuties, Katy Perry, Rule 5
Brit Scientist Fears Return to 'Little Ice Age'
Real risk of a Maunder minimum 'Little Ice Age' says leading scientist
It's known by climatologists as the 'Little Ice Age', a period in the 1600s when harsh winters across the UK and Europe were often severe. The severe cold went hand in hand with an exceptionally inactive sun, and was called the Maunder solar minimum. Now a leading scientist from Reading University has told me that the current rate of decline in solar activity is such that there's a real risk of seeing a return of such conditions.
Hendrick Avercamp - Enjoying Ice - ca 1630
But think of the skiing and skating! Who cares if agricultural production falls. Let 'em eat ice.
...According to Professor Lockwood the late 20th century was a period when the sun was unusually active and a so called 'grand maximum' occurred around 1985. Since then the sun has been getting quieter.
By looking back at certain isotopes in ice cores, he has been able to determine how active the sun has been over thousands of years. Following analysis of the data, Professor Lockwood believes solar activity is now falling more rapidly than at any time in the last 10,000 years. He found 24 different occasions in the last 10,000 years when the sun was in exactly the same state as it is now - and the present decline is faster than any of those 24.
I take such claims, that "X is increasing (or decreasing) at an unprecedented rate" with a large grain of salt. Our knowledge of past climate pattern is almost entirely gathered with methods that give us rather crude estimates of the rate of change, low pass filters that tend to damp the rapidity of the signal.
Based on his findings he's raised the risk of a new Maunder minimum from less than 10% just a few years ago to 25-30%. And a repeat of the Dalton solar minimum which occurred in the early 1800s, which also had its fair share of cold winters and poor summers, is, according to him, 'more likely than not' to happen.
Andreas Scheffelhout - Winter Landscape - ca 1840
Still, it's worth continuing research into the sun-climate connections. We have historical evidence that periods of low solar activity (as defined by sunspot cycles), but we don't yet understand the causal connection. The change in total solar irradiance is insufficient to account for more than a fraction of the observed climate swings, leading us to infer other mechanisms. At this point, the leading contender would have to be the Svensmark Hypothesis, in which the solar magnetic field, which varies with the solar cycle, shields the earth from cosmic rays less during periods of low solar activity. The cosmic rays, in turn, produce ions in the atmosphere that aid cloud formation, and cool the climate. Preliminary tests of the hypothesis in cloud chambers confirm that it could be a factor.
Damn that Pleistocene; just when you get used to the climate, it changes again.
Previous posts on the solar activity/climate connection:
Solar Magnetic Activity Linked to Climate Via Cosmic Rays
Solar Breakdown - AAS Predicts Solar Minimum
CERN Head Censors Scientific Thinking
Dalton or Maunder?
Labels: art, climate, cosmic rays, solar cycle
Farmers Crow Over Victory in Chicken Shit Law Suit
Hardy County chicken farmers talk about victory over EPA
Two Hardy County chicken farmers said they knew they had to stand up against the federal Environmental Protection Agency and fight for all poultry farmers.
"All my years, I've been taught that, if you believe in something, you fight for it," said Lois Alt. Both Lois and Tony Alt were guests on Tuesday's MetroNews "Talkline" to talk about the results of the lawsuit they filed against the EPA and won.
"It's not just about us. Our name is on the case, but it's all farmers. We have neighbors. Here in this area of West Virginia, poultry is the industry," said Lois Alt.
Last week, U.S. District Judge John Preston Bailey ruled that stormwater from the Alt Eight is Enough farm in Hardy County, and sites like it, is not subject to EPA regulation under the Clean Water Act.
The rest of the article is a pretty decent (and mostly objective) review of the actions that led to this ruling. It's worth the read. Or you can dig up my old posts on it:
Chesapeake Farmers Fear Regulation
EPA Drops Chicken Shit Law Suit
EPA to Farm Bureau: Butt Out!
Farmers Win Right To Help Fellow in Fight With EPA
Chicken Shit Farmer Wants Day In Court
Chicken Rancher Sues EPA
Man Bites Dog
CBF Denied Entry into Shitty Court Case
CBF Challanges Exclusion from Chicken Shit Law Suit
EPA Loses Chicken Shit Law Suit
How long before EPA goes to Congress to ask modify the Clean Water Act to cover ag runoff?
Labels: $#I*, agriculture, Chesapeake Bay, EPA, Legal, legislation
Southern Racist Proposes Obamacare Changes
Landrieu to propose halting vanishing health plans
Sen. Mary Landrieu said Wednesday she would propose legislation to ensure all Americans could keep their existing insurance coverage under Obamacare, a fresh sign of the political problems the law's rollout has created for congressional Democrats.
Landrieu, a Democrat who faces a tough reelection in Louisiana in 2014, said she would either offer her own bill or formally sign onto another measure that would ensure that the law would not force anyone off of their existing health policies.
"The promise was made, and it should be kept," Landrieu said in the Capitol Wednesday. "And it was our understanding when we voted for that bill that people when they have insurance could keep with what they had. So I'm going to be working on that fix."
We all know that opposing Obamacare, or proposing to change its flawless design is racist; just ask fellow Louisiana Democratic Party Chairwoman Karen Carter Peterson:
Louisiana Democratic Party Chairwoman Karen Carter Peterson says opposition to President Obama's health care overhaul boils down to one thing: racism. "It's not about how many federal dollars we can receive. It's not about that. You ready? It's about race," Peterson said in a floor speech in the Louisiana state Senate. "I know nobody wants to talk about that. It's about the race of this African-American president."
Labels: Obamacare, politics, racism
IRS: Audits for Thee, Not For Me
IRS Cannot Account for 23% of its IT Assets
The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration today released Weaknesses in Asset Management Controls Leave Information Technology Assets Vulnerable to Loss:
...TIGTA found that information technology asset data successfully migrated from the legacy inventory system to the KISAM–Asset Manager. However, the audit log used to capture events was not being reviewed to ensure that only appropriate accesses were made. In addition, information technology asset data within the KISAM–Asset Manager are inaccurate and incomplete because the IRS is not following its procedures to ensure that all assets are accurately recorded and timely updated in the KISAM–Asset Manager.
TIGTA also found that ineffective inventory controls created an environment where information technology assets are vulnerable to loss. TIGTA selected 146 information technology assets to physically verify and could not locate and verify or find proper supporting documentation for 34 information technology assets worth more than $948,000. In addition, IRS offices improperly completed the annual inventory reconciliation process.
Take that million out of the budgets of the groups that couldn't find the goodies. And then check 'em again the next year.
Labels: IRS, IRS scandal, taxes
New Anti-Piracy Weapon: Britney Spears
Another 6 AM Eye Opener brought to you from that news collecting agency extraordinaire, Wombat-Socho at the The Other McCain's Live at 5, everything the Instapundit is going to post all day.
Britney Spears songs used to scare off pirates in Somalia
Her hits are blasted out to deter kidnap attacks, merchant navy officer Rachel Owens revealed.
Spears's chart-toppers Oops! I Did It Again and Baby One More Time have proved to be the most effective at keeping the bandits at bay.
Labels: Cuties, music, pirates, Rule 5
Great Moments In Environmental Hypocrisy: Al Gore Invests $200 Million in Fracking, Oil Shale
Al Gore invested $200 million in a Canadian fracking company, PetroBakken
In a statement to shareholders, Canada-based PetroBakken Resources announced that Gore and his investment partners would be pumping $200 million into the company in return for a 15 percent stake.
The move comes just weeks after Gore sold his shares in cable broadcaster Current to Al-Jazeera, a Middle Eastern channel backed by oil wealth. Both transactions have raised eyebrows because of the dissonance between Gore's high-profile environmental activism and his investment strategy.
The PetroBakken investment in particular has come under harsh scrutiny because the company develops unconventional resources like shale gas and tar sands, both highly controversial with environmentalists.
In an interview with Canada's BNN news channel, however, Gore offered a robust defense of his actions.
"First of all, if I didn't invest in this company somebody else would," he explained to anchor Bill McAvoy. "Do you think Mother Nature cares about the shareholding structure of companies that cause pollution?
"A kilogram of CO2 is a kilogram of CO2. It doesn't matter who owns the company that made it. This investment doesn't put a single extra molecule of greenhouse gas into the atmosphere."
"Well, to be frank Mr. Gore that isn't the issue," interrupted McAvoy. "No one is saying that this investment increases the overall amount of pollution. What we're saying it that you're failing to set a moral example.
"You've asked people to cut their own carbon footprint by driving less, buying new light bulbs, insulating their houses, carpooling, et cetera. All of these things require sacrifice. Isn't it hypocritical to ask others to sacrifice financially, if you can't seem to make similar sacrifices yourself?"
"Well, no, I don't think it's hypocritical at all," Gore said. "You see what I am doing, I'm recycling this money. I'm taking this dirty, polluting cash made from fossil fuels and putting it into my company.
"From there I plan to reuse it to fund new documentaries about the threat of global climate change. This isn't some Gordon Gekko thing. I consider myself to be a sort of Robin Hood."
So, he's going to rob from the rich and give to... himself.
"A Robin Hood?" McAvoy replied. "Does that mean you're committing to give all the money made from of this investment to environmental causes?
"Well, not quite all of the money," Gore responded. "We do have expenses, after all. But I can promise to give away a decent amount, once my costs have been covered.
And a healthy fraction siphoned off into his pockets, no doubt.
Labels: climate, energy, fracking, global warming, hypocrisy, oil sands, shale oil
Midnite Music - Tell Me Lies, Tell Me Sweet Little Lies
Labels: Cuties, health care, music, Obama, Obamacare
Do School Anti-Bullying Programs Lead to Teen Suicides?
In the past we've explored how some school anti-bullying programs seem act a bullying training programs, actually giving bullies ideas on how to terrorize fellow students. Now comes evidence that the school programs can also encourage the bullied students to commit suicide to end the abuse:
Anti-bullying videos questioned after two students' suicides
Two students from separate schools committed suicide within days of each other this month -- which is National Bullying Prevention Month -- and both boys apparently had been bullied. Now, parents are asking questions not just about bullying but also about anti-bullying videos, which both schools aired shortly before the incidents.
Brad Lewis' son Jordan, 15, a sophomore at Carterville High School in Illinois, killed himself Oct. 17 by shooting himself in the chest. Jordan left behind an affectionate, apologetic note that, according to Lewis, concluded with the line, "Bullying has caused me to do this. Those of you know who you are."
Lewis criticized investigators for not pursuing the bullies more aggressively, but also turned some of his questions toward his son's school, which showed an anti-bullying video to students the day before Jordan killed himself.
"All I know is they were discussing the bullying, and showing kids bullying, and at the end of the show they showed pictures of kids that took their lives," Lewis said. "When a child or a person is at the end of their rope, and they don't think there's anywhere to go, and they don't think anyone's doing anything about it, and they see something on video, and they relate."
Lewis added, "You're dealing with kids. Kids don't look at the long-term situation -- they look at the short term, they look at the pain they feel now, how can they end that pain."
As my GrandFather used to say: "The Road to Hell is Paved with the skulls of unbaptized babies good intentions." It's not enough for educational programs to have good intentions. Teenagers don't have adult brains yet, and sometimes what seems perfectly innocuous educational material to adults just doesn't translate to them. They often get the message that the thing they're are being warned about is common, and normal. As the old joke goes, I'm glad I took that sexual harassment training at work; otherwise I would not know how to do it.
Labels: crime, education, psychology, stupid, unintended consequences
Some Downhill Biking
Labels: Cuties, music, sports
That Ain't Gonna Buff Out!
Thanks to Sandee.
Birds Busting Bait off the Beach
Yet another pretty nice fall morning at the beach. Temperatures are in the mid to upper 50s, the wind is 5-10 NW (which gives us a little cover) and the skies are clear.
The first thing I noticed when we got down on the beach was this flock of birds diving on some kind of bait, most likely bait pushed to the surface by predators, stripers or blues. We haven't seen this scene too many times this year.
Some fossil snail shell embedded in the clay cliff. It was a terrible day for finding fossils otherwise; just two small shark's teeth, and one drum's tooth.
With the bait ball dispersed (or eaten), the birds went back to waiting on the jetty.
Labels: beach, birds, Chesapeake Bay, fish, fossils
New Dolphin 'Discovered' Down Under
Previously unknown humpback dolphin species identified, researchers say
Pacific Humpbacked Dolphin
Researchers said Tuesday that they have identified a previously unknown species of humpback dolphin living off the coast of Australia, a critical first step in efforts to conserve the dwindling numbers of the marine mammal.
Scientists from the New York-based Wildlife Conservation Society reported in the journal Molecular Ecology that they used genetic testing and physical comparison of the cetaceans to settle a long-running controversy about the number of species that exists.
As much fun as it is to say "We discovered a new species of dolphin", what really happened here is that scientists took a group of dolphins originally lumped under one species, and split it into two, with two different names, based on minor morphological differences, and genetic evidence that the two groups do not exchange much genetic material. Such splitting (and re-lumping) goes on often in biology.
Divided into two groups — one in the Atlantic Ocean and one found in other parts of the world — the population of humpback dolphins is actually composed of four distinct species, the researchers said. In addition to the newly discovered species, they said, one of the current groups should be divided into two. The species occupy the eastern Atlantic Ocean off West Africa, the central and western Indian Ocean, the eastern Indian and western Pacific oceans, and the waters off the coast of northern Australia.
The division of closely related groups of animals into species is inherently arbitrary. Only the dolphins know for sure.
Labels: dolphins, genetics, science
Great Moments in False Modesty
'I feel guilty about being a sexy model'
"Sometimes it makes me feel guilty now that I am in this profession that makes certain girls insecure," the Victoria's Secret beauty, 28, told us. "I always say, I don't look like the picture . . . If you put me in bad light with no hair and makeup, it's not good
There is no light that bad... And, yes, make up helps, but it's overrated. I'd risk it.
. . . I wake up sometimes like, this is not what I see when I look at the magazine, who is this visitor in the bathroom?"
Spotted at Wombat-socho's Live at 5 this morning.
Labels: Cuties, Rule 5
Liberals Finding Lies Less Objectionable Lately
Clarence Page Tells Hugh Hewitt Obama Deliberately Lied About Obamacare
MSNBC contributor and Chicago Tribune columnist joined conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt on Monday and admitted that when President Obama said Americans would be able to keep their plans if they like them, he was fully aware he was lying and exaggerating about it.
Page told Hewitt that Obama knew "there was no guarantee everybody was going to keep their insurance because people couldn't keep their insurance under the old system."
Hewitt asked, "He knew he was lying?"
Page replied, "Probably, but that's one of those political lies, you know."
If they didn't have low standards, they'd have none at all.
They're Back!
What with a nice Fall day, a distinct lack of wind, and some spare time, I called Trevor, and we took off fishing this afternoon. This weird ship, that looks like some kind of research boat, was operating offshore of "Location X." Servicing the CBOS buoys maybe?
Anyway, they're back refers to the Speckled or Spotted Trout (Cynoscion nebulosis), which in years past have repeatedly shown up in the deep, warm waters of "Location X" right around the end of October or the beginning of November. Trevor caught the first one, this little dinky 18 inch fish...
...while I caught this massive 20 inch specimen. Conveniently enough, "Location X" is seen in the background. Remind me to comb my hair the next time I catch a picture fish.
We also caught 1 keeper Striped Bass, a chunky 19 inch fish, about 10 between 14 and 17 inches, a couple of white perch, and this fine Bar Dog, which Trevor kept for supper.
We stayed through a fine sunset, going from gold...
to this pinkish sherbert color. There was a little left in sky when we arrived back at the harbor.
Labels: Chesapeake Bay, fish, fishing, sunset, Trevor
Butterfly and Bald Eagles at the Beach
We got our act together a little late today, and wandered down to the beach around 10:30. Today's weather is significantly warmer than yesterday's, pushing 60 F. The skies are partly cloudy, but the wind is down after last night's strong breezes.
As you can see, the tide is up, and getting around the gray cliff was impossible without getting wet feed, and we declined. Georgia got a bit of a lead on me this morning, as I got distracted...
...by this Common Buckeye up in the dunes. I had to chase it a little, and sneak up without casting a shadow on it and spooking it. It's not as nice a setting as the one I photographed down at Buzz's, but it's still a pretty specimen, and butterflies are getting harder and harder to find.
Bald Eagles, however, are not. Even in this short walk we saw 4 different eagles. This one looks like it has almost finished molting into adult plumage; it still has some mottling on the underside of its wings, and the tail isn't the pure white of most adults.
But it settled in the big Sweetgum tree that overlooks the cliffs down near the Calvert Beach steps with another eagle. Do you see the other eagle through the leaves?
There was another pair that we've seen recently down near the harbor mouth. Neither area was occupied by eagles much last fall or winter. Are they new pairs trying to push into the cracks between older pairs?
Labels: beach, birds, butterflies, eagles, Georgia
Drunken Sluts Have Rights, Too!
In which Stacy McCain goes off on the feminists who are going off on Emily Yoffe, who says that college girls should avoid becoming victims of date rape by not going binge drinking.
The Drunk Sluts Rights Movement
Back in August, when I covered "SlutWalk DC," I observed:
Date rape is an apparently common campus crime that usually involves two drunk young people, one of whom has an erect penis, and the other of whom is unable to avert what the erect penis typically does.
If there's no man, who gets the blame?
Not to mention, it makes the question of consent much more cloudy. One of the more noted effect of alcohol is to reduce peoples inhibitions. There is a reason dating often involves alcohol.
Of course, feminists would denounce such a statement of fact as a misogynistic expression of "rape culture," but facts are facts: Alcohol is a significant contributing factor in the incidence of date rape. Leslie Eastman at College Insurrection remarks, "Never let it be said that outraged campus feminists confuse themselves with common sense," as she highlights a Washington Post column about a recent uproar:
The message of Emily Yoffe's Slate article about binge drinking and sexual assault on college campuses was as important as it was obvious: The best step that young women can take to protect themselves is to stop drinking to excess.
Young women everywhere — not to mention their mothers — ought to be thanking Yoffe. Instead, she's being pilloried.
A "rape denialism manifesto" full of "plain old victim-blaming," Lori Adelman wrote on the feminist blog Feministing.com. Erin Gloria Ryan, on Jezebel.com, accused Yoffe of "admonishing women for not doing enough to stop their own rapes."
When your car gets stolen after you leave it unlocked with the window down and the key in the the ignition while parked in a bad neighborhood, you are still entitled to blame the thief, but you also have to acknowledge your own head-slapping stupidity.
Now, more folly from drunken sluts....
Labels: booze, Cuties
Seal Lions Join War On Humanity
Do you think the Pelican was passing on intelligence?
Labels: seals, weird, whimsy, wildlife
Thank CBS This Didn't Get Out Before the Election
When it might have had some impact.
Labels: Benghazi, Obama, politics
Superbugs Are Winning the Battle
'We've reached the end of antibiotics': Top CDC expert declares that 'miracle drugs' that have saved millions are no match against 'superbugs' because people have overmedicated themselves
The associate director of the CDC sat down with Frontline over the summer for a lengthy interview about the growing problem of antibacterial resistance.
Srinivasan, who is also featured in a Frontline report called 'Hunting the Nightmare Bacteria,' which aired Tuesday, said that both humans and livestock have been overmedicated to such a degree that bacteria are now resistant to antibiotics.
'We're in the post-antibiotic era,' he said. 'There are patients for whom we have no therapy, and we are literally in a position of having a patient in a bed who has an infection, something that five years ago even we could have treated, but now we can't.'.
However, the CDC director explained that people have fueled the fire of bacterial resistance through rampant overuse and misuse of antibiotics.
'These drugs are miracle drugs, these antibiotics that we have, but we haven't taken good care of them over the 50 years that we've had them,' he told Frontline.
It sure was nice living most of my life in the golden era of antibiotics.
Labels: disease, health care
RIP: Lou Reed
Dead at 71.
Labels: guitars, music, obits
Bay and Beach Day
By the time we got out this morning, the sun was gone. However, the tide was pretty low, and the wind was down and west, so it was still a tolerable walk.
This afternoon, the sun was back, and the wind was down, so I did a little fishing. However, the wind didn't stay down long, so I only stayed out long enough to catch a limit of Striped Bass, which I brought home for dinner. Now I'm watching the Redskins.
Labels: beach, Chesapeake Bay, fish, fishing
White House Stiffs Smithsonian over Unmentionable Armenian Rug
Armenian 'orphan rug' is in White House storage, as unseen as genocide is neglected
The rug was woven by orphans in the 1920s and formally presented to the White House in 1925. A photograph shows President Calvin Coolidge standing on the carpet, which is no mere juvenile effort, but a complicated, richly detailed work that would hold its own even in the largest and most ceremonial rooms.
There was hope that the carpet, which has been in storage for almost 20 years, might be displayed Dec. 16 as part of a Smithsonian event that would include a book launch for Hagop Martin Deranian's "President Calvin Coolidge and the Armenian Orphan Rug." But on Sept. 12, the Smithsonian scholar who helped organize the event canceled it, citing the White House's decision not to loan the carpet. In a letter to two Armenian American organizations, Paul Michael Taylor, director of the institution's Asian cultural history program, had no explanation for the White House's refusal to allow the rug to be seen and said that efforts by the U.S. ambassador to Armenia, John A. Heffern, to intervene had also been unavailing.
Last week, the White House issued a statement: "The Ghazir rug is a reminder of the close relationship between the peoples of Armenia and the United States. We regret that it is not possible to loan it out at this time."
That leaves the rug, and the sponsors of the event, in limbo, a familiar place for Armenians. Neither Ara Ghazarians of the Armenian Cultural Foundation nor Levon Der Bedrossian of the Armenian Rugs Society can be sure if the event they had helped plan was canceled for the usual political reason: fear of negative reaction from Turkey, which has resolutely resisted labeling the events at the end of the Ottoman Empire a genocide. But both suspect it might have been.
Message to Turkey: drop it; the Armenian genocide happened. Live with it
Message to the White House: Grow a pair, or borrow rent Condi Rice's.
Labels: history, politically correct, politics
Sec. Sebelius Revokes Law of Cause and Effect
Blames Obamacare rollout shortcomings on Republicans, government shutdown.
"We did not have the luxury of that with a law that said it's go time on October 1st and frankly a political atmosphere where the majority party at least in the House was determined to stop this any way they possibly could including shutting down the United States government. So it was not an ideal atmosphere," she said.
A widely used modern definition of causality was originally given by David Hume.[8] He denied that we can ever perceive cause and effect, except by developing a habit or custom of mind where we come to associate two types of object or event, always contiguous and occurring one after the other.[9] In Part III, section XV, Hume expanded this to a list of eight ways of judging whether two things might be cause and effect. The first three:
1. "The cause and effect must be contiguous in space and time."
2. "The cause must be prior to the effect."
3. "There must be a constant union betwixt the cause and effect. 'Tis chiefly this quality, that constitutes the relation."
Date of Obamacare rollout, after three years of work - Oct. 1, 2013.
Date of government shutdown start, after several weeks of warning - Oct. 1, 2013:
Why do democrats and liberals hate logic and science?
Inspired from Ace's.
Labels: hypocrisy, Obamacare, stupid
Speaking of Vulture Capitalism...
In annuity deal tied to McAuliffe, 2 investors knew they bet on specific, dying people
A dying mechanic wanted a few thousand dollars to leave to his wife, two sons and infant daughter. A politically connected millionaire, now running for Virginia governor, wanted to make some money. And a Rhode Island estate planner wanted to become ambassador to the Vatican.
All three came together on paper in late 2006 in a deal struck just two months before the 44-year-old mechanic died of cancer.
The mechanic got $5,000. The millionaire, Democrat Terry McAuliffe, made at least $47,000. But the estate planning lawyer, Joseph Caramadre, went to prison instead of Rome.
Caramadre helped McAuliffe place a bet on the dying man based on a loophole the estate planner had sniffed out in the fine print of insurance annuities. Although the loophole was legal, Caramadre has pleaded guilty to stealing the identities of the terminally ill as part of his scheme. He is in federal prison, awaiting sentencing.
But of course McAuliffe, canny businessman that he is, denies any specific knowledge of the deal.
"At the time that he invested, he was told Mr. Caramadre was a respected figure in his community and that he was led to believe that he was investing in a legitimate pooled annuity," campaign spokesman Josh Schwerin said in an e-mail.
First Frost?
We got an early start this morning, and got out while there was still frost on the roofs of nearby houses. What? Frost you say? Sure looked like it, but I never touched any. It was in the low 30s according to our thermometer, but windless, and so pretty tolerable at the beach; as long as you wore gloves or mittens.
We have some fall colors starting to show, but the majority of the color is still a week or two off.
The beach was all but deserted.
Labels: beach, Chesapeake Bay, dogs
Oystering: Business as Usual
4 charged for harvesting undersized oysters from Patuxent River sanctuary
Two Rock Hall watermen were charged last week with harvesting 26 bushels of oysters, of which many were undersized, from a Patuxent River sanctuary. Benjamin Leonard Reihl, 26, and Adam Vincent Reihl, 21, received citations for having a harvest containing 15 percent undersized oysters and for taking oysters from a closed area.
...Acting on a tip last Wednesday, Oct. 16, officers from St. Mary's and Calvert counties placed the sanctuary near Greenwell State Park under surveillance and saw two oyster boats in legal waters, according to the press release. When one boat departed, the other moved to the Neal Addison Oyster Sanctuary.
As the patrol boat approached, the watermen moved back to legal waters. Officers inspected two bushels and found undersized oysters, according to the release. They escorted the boat to Solomons, where all 26 bushels were checked. Officers returned the oysters to the sanctuary.
Benjamin Reihl has been found guilty of multiple natural resources violations dating back to 2007, according to the press release. He was charged Oct. 4 with possessing a harvest with 9 percent undersized oysters taken from the Patuxent River in Calvert County. His oyster license is under suspension, but he was fishing last Wednesday as a designee on his father's license, which is legal.
Revoke both licenses permanently. If it were up to me, wild oyster harvesting would be banned for 5-10 years anyway while we figure out if it's possible for American Oysters to maintain a fish-able population in the Bay. That's two. Where are the other two?
NRP officers also issued citations Oct. 17 to two watermen for having a harvest containing 9 percent undersized oysters.
Richard Brent Buff, 39, of Port Republic and Patrick Joseph Mahoney Jr., 33, of Annapolis are scheduled to appear in Calvert County District Court in December, the release states.
I have a little more sympathy here. Oysters grow on each other and it's possible that the NRP officers are counting spat living on legal sized oysters. On the other hand, they may not be measuring oysters, just "eying" them to determine whether they're legal.
Oyster poaching has a long history in Chesapeake Bay, starting with the "Chesapeake Oyster Wars" in 1865 and continuing to the present. It will only be stamped out by firm enforcement of the rules, and will likely require an additional generation to work. A long "time out" might help.
Labels: Chesapeake Bay, fishing, oysters
Rule 5 Saturday - Dancing with Brooke Burke
I have no particular excuse beyond the obvious for choosing Brooke Burke as this weeks Rule 5 feature. Heck, I even had to Google her to see who she was. That revealed why I didn't know who she was; her primary claim to fame is starring in shows I wouldn't watch on a bet, including Wild One!, Rock Star, and Dancing with the Stars. Even if they do feature beautiful women. I ain't judging, I just have no interest in these shows.
She has modeled for a number of magazines, including FHM, MAXIM and Playboy (NSFW links).
Anticipating age, perhaps, she has started doing voice work for video games etc.
Speaking of dogs:
SHAKE from Variable on Vimeo.
The later thanks to Janie.
Labels: dogs, stupid
What a "Coincidence"
Michelle Obama's Princeton classmate is executive at company that built Obamacare website
First Lady Michelle Obama's Princeton classmate is a top executive at the company that earned the contract to build the failed Obamacare website.
Toni Townes-Whitley, Princeton class of '85, is senior vice president at CGI Federal, which earned the no-bid contract to build the $678 million Obamacare enrollment website at Healthcare.gov. CGI Federal is the U.S. arm of a Canadian company.
Townes-Whitley and her Princeton classmate Michelle Obama are both members of the Association of Black Princeton Alumni.
It's good to have connections. Here's to successful networking!
As reported by the Washington Examiner in early October, the Department of Health and Human Services reviewed only CGI's bid for the Obamacare account.
Labels: corruption, Obama, Obamacare
Schadenfreude: Kirsten Powers Discovers that Obamacare Will Double Her Insurance
If she wasn't dead, Helen Thomas would be crowing about how much money it saved her.
Labels: Cuties, MSM, music, Obamacare, politics
It's Good to Have Friends...
...in Government. But this financial adviser apparently doesn't have any. Prosecuted in DC for spent brass.
D.C. police and Atty General aggressively prosecute someone who is not David Gregory
The latest outrageous case of D.C. overreach and bullying of citizens who are not David Gregory is documented by Emily Miller at The Washington Times (via The Patriot Perspective), D.C. businessman faces two years in jail for unregistered ammunition, brass casing:
Mark Witaschek, a successful financial adviser with no criminal record, is facing two years in prison for possession of unregistered ammunition after D.C. police raided his house looking for guns. Mr. Witaschek has never had a firearm in the city, but he is being prosecuted to the full extent of the law. The trial starts on Nov. 4.
The police banged on the front door of Mr. Witaschek's Georgetown home at 8:20 p.m. on July 7, 2012, to execute a search warrant for "firearms and ammunition … gun cleaning equipment, holsters, bullet holders and ammunition receipts."
Mr. Witaschek's 14-year-old daughter let inside some 30 armed officers in full tactical gear.
D.C. law requires residents to register every firearm with the police, and only registered gun owners can possess ammunition, which includes spent shells and casings. The maximum penalty for violating these laws is a $1,000 fine and a year in jail.
This appears to have been initiated by a complaint from a vengeful ex-wife (is there another kind?).
Police based their search on a charge made by Mr. Witaschek's estranged wife, who had earlier convinced a court clerk to issue a temporary restraining order against her husband for threatening her with a gun, although a judge later found the charge to be without merit.
After entering the house, the police immediately went upstairs, pointed guns at the heads of Mr. Witaschek and his girlfriend, Bonnie Harris, and demanded they surrender, facedown and be handcuffed.
Mrs David Gregory with D.C. Attorney General Irvin Nathan
Professor Jacobson is doing the good work of keeping the pressure on the D.C. government to justify it's decision to not prosecute David Gregory for blatantly ignoring DC gun laws by brandishing a 30 round clip in Wayne LaPierre's face on national TV from the network studio in D.C despite the fact that he was warned not to.
And another fine example of governmental overreach in the name of gun control a lttle closer to home, in Shady Side, MD, via Stacy McCain:
Police State: Feds Raid Investigative Reporter Audrey Hudson, Seize Notes
A veteran Washington D.C. investigative journalist says the Department of Homeland Security confiscated a stack of her confidential files during a raid of her home in August — leading her to fear that a number of her sources inside the federal government have now been exposed.
In an interview with The Daily Caller, journalist Audrey Hudson revealed that the Department of Homeland Security and Maryland State Police were involved in a predawn raid of her Shady Side, Md. home on Aug. 6. . . .
At about 4:30 a.m. on Aug. 6, Hudson said officers dressed in full body armor presented a search warrant to enter the home she shares on the bay with her husband. She estimates that at least seven officers took part in the raid.
After the search began, Hudson said she was asked by an investigator with the Coast Guard Investigative Service if she was the same Audrey Hudson who had written a series of critical stories about air marshals for The Washington Times over the last decade. The Coast Guard operates under the Department of Homeland Security. . . .
It seems her husband was "ineligible" for gun ownership in Maryland because of an arrest in Prince Georges County in 1986, so they felt they needed to prevent her from possessing them as well. It was probably just a coincidence that she was an investigative reported who had written critical stories about the Department of Homeland Security. They just happened to seize some files containing hand written notes that identified some of her confidential sources. Purely coincidental, I'm sure.
Oh, and the warrant did not specify the files...
Labels: gun control, guns, police state
Bright, Cool Day at the Beach
We haven't been to the beach much lately for various reasons, but today we managed to find the time. It's a nice bright, but cool and brisk day here in slower Maryland, with the temps in the lower side of the 50s, and NW winds of about 15 mph. It looks like we may have abandoned shorts and short sleeves for the year, although the average high is still supposed to be 66.
Unlike our other visits recently, we had an exceptionally low tide, quite typical for astronomical tide combined with the north wind's "blow out" effect.
Despite lots of exposed beach, fossil hunting was tough. We finished with a mere 15 teeth, of which this little Mako was probably the best.
Eagles? Yep, we have a few. Both adult...
... and juvenile. Damn Google pictures for wonking up the colors on this one. I still have to look and see if I can find how to turn that off. I mean, doesn't everybody know how to use Photoshop or an equivalent?
Seagulls have a confrontation over a dead fish.
And a cormorant watches for any sign of a meal for a convenient high place, the entrance marker for Flag Harbor.
Labels: beach, birds, Chesapeake Bay, eagles, fossils, weather
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I've written about pre-Jesus mythologies and why they fail to prove Jesus is a myth. I originally investigated the issue in an effort to respond to what's been written or produced in the past 15 years to popularize the notion that Jesus never existed. Movies like Zeitgeist: The Movie and The God Who Wasn't There attempted to convince a generation of skeptics Jesus was simply a mythological creation of the past, shaped and modeled after the mythological gods who preceded Him. Even though Bart Ehrman (the prominent skeptic and Biblical scholar) has concluded that Jesus actually existed, many of his fellow skeptics continue to argue against this conclusion. In an effort to make the case that Jesus is simply a re-creation of prior deities, many "Jesus Mythers" have referenced similarities between the real Christ and His imaginary predecessors. While these similarities are always dramatically overstated (more on that in tomorrow's post), I think it is fair to first address why there might be any similarities at all between Jesus and the ancient mythologies to which He is often compared.
It really shouldn't surprise us that there may be some broad similarities between Jesus and the "deities" imagined prior to His arrival. I think it is reasonable to envision something that later becomes a reality (even if only in part), and there are good examples from history to illustrate this. A man named Morgan Robertson, for example, once wrote about a British ocean liner that was approximately 800 feet long, weighed over 60,000 tons, and could carry about 3,000 passengers. The ship had a top cruising speed of 24 knots, three propellers, and about 20 lifeboats. This ocean liner hit an iceberg on its maiden voyage in the month of April, tearing an opening in the starboard side, forward portion of the ship, and sank along with about 2,000 passengers. Recognize the ship? Let me give you another clue: The ship's name was spelled T-I-T-A-N… If I stopped right there, I bet you would recognize this ship as the Titanic, right? If so, you would be wrong. While the description is eerily similar to the Titanic, the ship Robertson described is the "Titan" and it is a fictional vessel from his book, The Wreck of the Titan (also called, Futility), published by Buccaneer Books (Cutchogue, New York) in 1898. This book was written fourteen years before the Titanic disaster took place, and several years before construction was even begun on the Titanic. Morgan wasn't the only one who seemed to be able to envision the future; in the 1880's, the well-known English journalist, W. T. Stead also wrote an account of a sinking ocean liner in the mid-Atlantic, and by 1882 had added the detail that an iceberg would be the cause of the disaster. Even these authors weren't alone in their vision of the future. Many prospective passengers of the Titanic cancelled their tickets at the last minute, citing premonitions the ship would suffer a similar fate.
How were all these folks able to so accurately foresee the fate of the Titanic? How could Robertson describe the Titanic so accurately? Well, it is quite possible that these men and women had a prophetic gift of sorts (after all, even atheists will concede that some among us are at least more intuitive than others), but it is also reasonable that they simply observed the world around them, thought about the possibilities, examined the history of shipbuilding leading up to the era, and accurately imagined what the Titanic might someday become. Now, let's fast-forward one thousand years and imagine we are examining the historic truth of the Titanic. If we discovered Robertson's story of the Titan, do you think we would find ourselves saying, "Hey, that story about the Titanic is a lie, it was just a re-creation of a prior piece of fiction called the Titan!" I hope not. I hope, instead, that we would evaluate the evidence related to the existence of the Titanic, read the eyewitness accounts, study the impact the event had on history, and then make a decision about the event. I would hope that a prior piece of fiction would not stop our search for the truth.
As it turns out, the similarities between the Titan and the Titanic are far greater than the similarities between any pre-Christian mythological god and the real Jesus described on the pages of the Bible. It doesn't surprise me that the ancients would dream and yearn for a better understanding of the God of the universe. If God has placed his moral truth in our heart (Romans 2:14-15), and hinted at his existence with the wonder of the created world around us (Romans 1:18-19), it is reasonable men and women would think, imagine and dream about the nature of God (even before He was revealed in the Bible). I would expect these mythologies to bear a resemblance to the reality of God once He is revealed to us, just as the Titan resembled the Titanic.


International Mining (IM) is the global publication where you can discover more about mining and minerals processing technology methods, equipment and services.
In the March edition, the chairman of IMA engineering, Ilpo Auranen gave some insights and advice on how to improve fortunes when mining begins. He also explained more about the root causes of mines losing 10-30% of the ore value. You can access the magazine here and also get the article on IMA below.
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Q: Gulp - gulp-load-plugins not working Gulpfile.js
installed via npm install --save-dev gulp-load-plugins
var gulp = require('gulp');

// Require all tasks in gulp/tasks, including subfolders
require('require-dir')('./gulp/tasks', {
 recurse: true
});

var $ = require('gulp-load-plugins')();
console.log($);

No matter where I declare it, the output will always be {}. I even tried with longer version having the options, still no luck
Using $.gulpif()
gives
TypeError: Object #<Object> has no method 'gulpif'

I even downloaded few starter packs from github but still getting same output. I'm kicking myself for moving from Grunt.

A: In the package.json, the plugin is saved as  "gulp-if": "^1.2.5"
so, I had to change the code $.gulpif() to $.if() since the plugin will strip the names by below logic
var pattern = arrayify(options.pattern || ['gulp-*', 'gulp.*']);
var replaceString = options.replaceString || /^gulp(-|\.)/;
name.replace(replaceString, '');

A silly mistake which took 4 hours of my time.
P.S: I don't think it'll load any plugins without the prefix gulp in it's name.

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Lots of people have high blood pressure, which is also called hypertension, and while there are many causes and risk factors, the only way to be sure if you have this condition is to have your blood pressure checked regularly. One single cause has not be identified for high blood pressure but there are a variety of factors that make it more likely. The following are some factors that can lead to high blood pressure.
One of the major leading causes of high blood pressure in men and women is being overweight. Obesity is the leading cause of high blood pressure in developed countries which have seen a sharp rise in cases. If you are obese your risk for other health problems and high blood pressure are often greater given early warning signs. The way to address this is fairly simple, and involves eating a healthier diet and getting more exercise, and it's often possible to lower your blood pressure quite a bit simply by making such changes in your lifestyle.
As problems such as obesity spread, however, we are now seeing more hypertension among younger people as well. It's recommended to have your blood pressure checked regularly, especially if you're over forty, as this is when it becomes more likely that you'll develop this problem. Many of your everyday activities, such as how you eat, and if you smoke, can also influence your blood pressure.
Taking prescribed, over the counter or illegal drugs can also increase your blood pressure. It's common knowledge that high blood pressure can be caused by using cocaine and other illegal drugs. Yet you can also have your blood pressure raised by taking certain prescription drugs, such as birth control pills and many others.
Find activities that will get you off the couch. Many experts believe that high blood pressure is so common today because many people spend too much time sitting at desks all day and not getting enough exercise. It's a proven fact that even a small to moderate amount of exercise can help reduce your risk of high blood pressure.
A lack of physical activity in our young people is the greatest risk to our young people where obesity and hypertension are concerned. With a bit of effort this cause of high blood pressure can be avoided or reversed. These are only a few of the causes to be aware of for hypertension. Get regular checkups if you have a family history or any of the above risk factors for high blood pressure.
I wrote this document about High Blood Pressure because it's health related and while looking at a career in the dental assistants sector, I wrote a guide titled Dental Hygienist Schools you'll find very interesting.


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È stato presidente della Grande Colombia dal 1830 al 1831.

Altri progetti

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Vällingby er en forstad til Sveriges hovedstad Stockholm, og bydelen havde 8.767 indbyggere ved en optælling i 2017. Vällingby er kendt som mest konkrete udtryk for ABC-byerne ("Arbete, Bostad, Centrum"), som var en del af socialdemokraternes vision om Folkhemmet. Da byens centrum i 1952 blev indviet, blev den omtalt som Fremtidsbyen.

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Villa Emilios is located in the outskirts of Vingla and just over Kalami Corfu. It is about 5 minutes drive from Kalami bay and looks out at Kouloura, Kalami and Agni bay. Its extensive views stretch out towards the Ablanian mountains, the Greek mainland and the dividing sea.
This detached vacation rental property is air-conditioned and sleeps up to 6 people with 3 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms along with private swimming pool and sea views.
A popular destination for couples, Kalami is also ideal for a family holiday with tavernas, safe swimming, water sports and boat hire – everyone is catered for!
The living room has sofas, WiFi Internet, Satellite TV, DVD player, dining area and ornamental fire place. There are patio doors to the pool terracealong with sea views.
Villa Emilios has 3 air conditioned bedrooms. Bedroom 1 is air conditioned with a double bed. Bedroom 2 is air conditioned with 2 single beds. En suite bathroom. Bedroom 3 is air conditioned with 2 single beds.
Villa Emilios has 4 Bathrooms. Bathroom 1 is a family bathroom, bath with shower. Bathroom 2 is a family bathroom with shower.
Bathroom 3 is a family bathroom with shower. Bathroom 4 W/C.
There is a games room with table tennis situated in the basement, as well as a laundry room.
Taxi transfer can be arranged for you on your arrival. The taxi driver will welcome you either at the airport or at the port, holding a sign with your full name and 'Villa Emilios' written on it. .
Using the bus service is another option. Make sure you get to the 'green bus station', though, in order to catch the right bus.
Renting a car is by far the best choice. We make sure that you will have absolutely no difficulty reaching Villa Emilios, since we provide you with detailed driving instructions.


Madrid InternationalTrademark Registration is usually called Registration of Madrid Trademark. This abbreviation would be easily misunderstanding as a kind of trademark that it could protect country all over the world only with this trademark by people who are not really knew much about it.
Registration of Madrid Trademark System (The Madrid System) was established in 1891 and it is applied to the Madrid Agreement and the Madrid Protocol. This System is managed by the World Intellectual Property Organization in Geneva, Switzerland.
There are two ways for applicant to apply for the registration of trademark from abroad: First register in countries one by one, namely, to apply for registration of the trademark authorities in various countries. The other way is to appy for a registration of Madrid trademark name due to Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks (hereinafter referred to as The Madrid Agreement) or Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks (hereinafter referred to as The Madrid Protocol ), trademark registration between the members of the Madrid Union.
The Madrid Union is a Special union of the international registration of trademarks for the application of the state or internal governmental organizations due to the Madrid Agreement and the Madrid Protocol. The Madrid Union has 94 contracting parties up to March 11th 2015.
Applicants must have a certain subject qualifications. The applicant shall provide a real and effective industrial or commercial establishment premises in the country of origin; or domiciled in the country of origin; has nationality of the country of origin. In addition, Taiwan Province of legal or natural persons may submit application for international registration by the Trademark Office. Hong Kong and Macao Special Administrative Region neither juridical nor natural person is still not legal to apply for the international registration through the Trademark Office.
One must apply for trademark registration has started some trademark registration application process in our country. The applicant countries are designated for protection by the Parties pure "Madrid Agreement" international application for trademark registration of a trademark must be registered in our country has been obtained; designation of the applicant countries are parties to the pure "Madrid Protocol" or belong to "the Madrid Agreement "and" the Madrid Protocol "Parties to apply for trademark registration may be a trademark has been applied for registration in the country and is accepted, it can be a registered trademark.


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Ladder to the Clouds
Authors: Beverley Jackson, David Hugus
Publisher: Ten Speed Press (February 1, 2000)
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For 13 centuries, throughout China male recruits studied diligently for a long series of grueling examinations in hopes of achieving the civil rank that would enable them to serve the emperor of China. For the fortunate few who passed these exams there were nine possible ranks, each identified by a square badge of finely woven kesi, embroidery, or brocade. Now available in paperback, LADDER TO THE CLOUDS offers a thorough analysis of symbols, styles, and techniques used in mandarin square ranks, along with the most complete information for their identification to date. An exploration of Chinese symbols and customs, many of which are still practiced today. Includes vintage photographs and detailed descriptions, photos, and illustrations.
Finalist for the 2000 Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Award.
"This book is a must for anyone interested in Asian art and, in particular, the Chinese rank system and the textiles associated with it. I expect this book to become THE reference book on the subject. I highly recommend it to all those dealing in antique Chinese objects and museums specializing in Asian art. It is obvious to me that both authors have not only throughly researched their topics but also are impassioned by them." posted on Amazon.com by Esta S. Cueni Lupo
"I love this book! The two different parts of this book really works. In Part One, written by Beverley Jackson is an interesting look at Chinese culture and the journey to the mandarin squares. The fictional story of two boys and their different journeys brings the mandarin squares to life. The studying and sacrifices involved in order to wear the mandarin square are staggering. It heightens the appreciation of the squares themselves in Part Two.
In Part Two, David Hugus does an excellent job in dissecting and then explaining the elements making up the squares. Beyond the intellectual and technical issues, Hugus also discusses mandarin squares in the marketplace.
The two authors obviously have a great love and interest in the mandarin squares and the Chinese culture. I recommend this book highly." posted on Amazon.com by thenewyorkie "mhatch"
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The Board of the University of Abuja Teaching Hospital has stamped its seal of approval on the promotion of two hundred and seventy-two staff to their next higher ranks. This followed the performances of the affected in the 2018 promotion examination.
Giving the breakdown, the Secretary of the Board and Director of Administration, Mrs. Modupe Adebanjo, said two hundred and forty-one of the promoted staff were in the senior category while the others were in the junior category. A further breakdown of the figure showed that over twenty of those promoted were in the directorate cadre.


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A new forum, "Tech Talk," from Igus Inc., East Providence, R.I., features Igus' DryLin product manager offering guidance and tips on using DryLin linear bearings and guide systems. The first installment is titled "The 2:1 Rule/Defining Fixed and Floating Bearings." The site is meant to provide helpful, easy-to-understand tips in a convenient format. To read the first installment of Tech Talk, log onto www.igus.com/techtalkdrylin. Additional topics will be added periodically, from how to maximize the life of a linear bearing to choosing the right linear guide system.


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Jazayeri, Shamseddin
Ahmad Mirzadeh
35pp. + summary + biographical note + index
Professor at Tehran University; Minister of Culture and Arts, 1950; Majles Deputy, 1952-1956; Governor og Khorasan, 1963-1964.
Reflections on his youth and early government service; memories of the occupation of Iran during WWII; as emissary between Reza Shah and the Germans; recollections of Esma`il Mer'at, his tenure at the Ministry of Culture and Arts, and his relations with the Baha'is; memories of Arthur Millspaugh and the Ministry of Finance at the time; recollections of the premiership of General Razmara and his cabinet; on the oil contract proposals; conversations with the Shah and Prime Minister Amini on oil; Razmara's inability to resolve the oil dispute and his subsequent assassination; recollections of Ayatollah Borujerdi, and the cleric's concerns over the spread of Baha'ism; on the issue of the influence of Baha'is at the Ministry of Culture and Arts, and its political consequences; tenure of office as governor of Khorasan; confrontations with the National Front in Khorasan; relations between security forces and the religious establishment in Mashhad.


"A gyerekek felülnek a fára."
Translation:The children sit up in the tree.
-------- my cat is sitting up in the tree, again ! . . .
why fara? Why not fan or faban? Isn't -re for onto?
It's a movement, as indicated by both the suffix -ra and the prefix fel-. They climb up the tree and sit down (up?) on its branches. In English you speak of being "in" the tree, but that isn't true for Hungarian. If you used fába or fában here, it would suggest the children are climbing into the hollowed-out trunk.
I get the at/in the tree part. But what does sit up mean in this context? In english sit up is usually a phrasal verb meaning stopping to sit. Sit down vs sit up. And in this context it is nonsensical. Does it mean that they go sit down up in the tree?
If you're asking about the meaning of felül, it simply means that you're ending up in a sitting position and you're up higher than before. That can include sitting on a high chair or a table, climbing up something and sitting there, sitting up from a lying position, or, more colloquially, going upstairs and then sit down in your room. And some additional variants.
Here it means the children climb up into the tree and end up sitting on the branches. I'm not sure if you would describe that with "sit down" in English, since to me "to sit down" implies that you've been standing before, which isn't always given when you're up in a tree.
On "going upstairs and then sit down in your room" - I would most probably not say it with "felülni". Although some people might, I don't know. I would say "Felmegyek (a szobámba) és leülök.".
"Felül" needs an "onto" type of target when it is about a higher position. One cannot really "felül" into a room.
Unless it is a seat into which you sit.
"Felülök a fotelba" - "I sit up into the armchair."
I use the whole object, which I sit into, as my sitting place.
thanks. That's what I've been missing.
For this sentence in English I would say you can say the child sits up in the tree, but it's not really the phrase "to sit up" it's more like the child sits / up in the tree". While "to sit up" would specify that the child was either laying down or slouching in the tree, and has straightened his posture. In that case you could even say "he sits up up in the tree," which sounds odd with the double up but I believe is correct English - it is the phrase he sits up as the action, and up in the tree as the placement. To avoid the weird double up you could also change the position of the phrases: "up in the tree, he sits up."
But that is not what the Hungarian sentence means. They climb (go up) the tree and sit.
Does this mean that the children are sitting against the tree or in the tree? I would guess it's against? Helyes?
Both fel- and -ra indicate that there is an upwards movent happening, so the children are climbing up the tree and sit on the branches, most likely. "They sit against the tree" could be translated as "Leülnek a fához."
A gyerekek ülnek a fára. Are those two variants interchangable?
Both are correct sentences but they do not mean the same thing.
The main point to notice here is that the verb has a preverb, and it is attached. That is a good indicator of the emphasis being on the verb. "A gyerekek FELÜLNEK a fára".
Q: What do the children do?
A: "A gyerekek felülnek a fára." - The children SIT UP to the tree.
"A gyerekek ülnek a fára." - Or: "A gyerekek ülnek fel a fára."
Here, the verb either does not have a preverb or it is behind the verb. That is a good indication of the emphasis being somewhere else, not on the verb itself. And that somewhere else is in front of the verb. Whatever is in front of the verb is emphasized. In this case, the children. "A GYEREKEK ülnek (fel) a fára."
Q: Who sits up to the tree?
A: "A gyerekek ülnek a fára." - THE CHILDREN sit up to the tree.
"A gyerekek a fára ülnek."
Here, the emphasis is on the tree. Because that is what is in front of the verb. "A gyerekek A FÁRA ülnek."
Q: Where do the children sit (up)?
A: A gyerekek a fára ülnek." - The chilren sit up TO THE TREE.
Shouldn't " The children sit up on the tree or sit up onto the tree " be accepted ?
Maybe for the sake of consistency, but it's not really good English. In English you sit "in" a tree, unless you're at the very top, sitting on top of the foliage.


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Will a beleaguered travel and tourism industry – one of the hardest hit by the pandemic – recover soon as news of multiple effective Covid-19 vaccines at the end of the tunnel shed some light in 2020?
Possibly, sources say, but they warn that travel can take years to fully recover, and regardless of when, it will likely look different than it did before the pandemic.
"The news of a potential vaccine promises a trip in 2021," said Julie Hall, AAA spokeswoman. "But … travelers need to focus on knowing the risks of travel and exposure in the here and now."
Brian O'Connell, an analyst at InsuranceQuotes.com, takes an even more moderate stance. "I'm just not optimistic about traveling in the first half of 2021 – even if a vaccine is mass-produced during that period," he said. "Caution is the buzzword as it will take months for the vaccine to become fully available in the US and abroad."
Steve Hafner, CEO of Kayak.com, said he thinks "people are more of a wait and see … until one of these vaccines comes out."
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However, the online travel agent saw a surge in searches – if not purchases – immediately after pharmaceutical company Pfizer announced its Covid vaccine was 95% effective on Nov. 10. The next day, search queries increased by 27% compared to the previous week. he said, but opted for a "more modest" weekly growth rate of 6% in the days that followed.
Still, Hafner said the increased search queries were a good sign.
"I am very optimistic that after these vaccines have been distributed, people's perception of travel will change towards positive," he added.
"I am confident that it will come in the second quarter [of 2021], knock on wood, "said Hafner of an upturn while traveling." If we're really lucky, we'll see it in the first quarter. "
A survey by travel insurer Allianz of 4,300 customers earlier this year found that 49% would travel again with a proven vaccine. Meanwhile, 42% said approval from health officials would be enough.
""[The] The promise of a highly potent vaccine is good news for the huge pent-up demand for travel and should provide consumers with yet another reason to feel more confident about booking travel for 2021, "said Daniel Durazo, director of marketing and communications at Allianz Er Expected luxury and adventure travel to be popular next year as consumers want to book revenge trips after all the plans canceled earlier this year.
Indeed, ValuePenguin's travel expert Stella Shon, dubbed the national "cabin bug," might encourage some to book sooner rather than later, she said. "You are ready to travel," Shon said of vacationers. "It's interesting that more than half of Americans have stayed in a hotel or apartment despite what went on – but obviously with heightened security measures."
If mass vaccination is instituted, personal safety practices like social distancing could wane, Shon added, although she predicts consumer demand for an "OCD cleaning level" for travel property for some time. "I think people are aware that these things may not have happened before and they should happen whether or not there is a pandemic."
A survey by Tripadvisor and Phocuswright in October found that 63% of travelers said they were more likely to consider a hotel's health and safety practices before booking than before the pandemic.
Kayaks Hafner believes that changes in the way travel products are offered are more permanent than the behavior of individual travelers. "I think [travel] will return to more traditional "patterns," Hafner said. Paris will be popular again.
"There will be a return to equilibrium, if you will, but there may be a shift," he added what types of travel consumers choose. Hafner plans to switch to local stays, road trips, last-minute bookings, longer stays and increased use of non-hotel accommodation – at least for the next 12 to 18 months.
What can prove to be permanent is the way tour operators and destinations are offering this product.
"The role of technology as Covid is increasing. The introduction of this technology has changed a lot, not only in the travel sector, but also in the hospitality industry in general," said Hafner. "The whole idea of touching dirty menus or interacting with airport kiosks has disappeared in the rearview mirror, in my opinion, and people won't come back to it."
Kayak, which at one point laid off 25% of its workforce and whose business is down 60% year-over-year, has optimized its online offering. The online agency introduced and prominently featured itineraries, off-hotel accommodation options, information on flight flexibility and international Covid-19 restrictions and regulations.
"Our services have never been better," he said. "I'm really proud of the way we innovated this year."
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Chemical soil surveys at the Bremer Site (Dakota county, Minnesota, USA): Measuring phosphorous content of sediment by portable XRF and ICP-OES
Posted on October 21, 2016 by ARCAS
Publication date: November 2016Source:Journal of Archaeological Science, Volume 75 Author(s): Ellery Frahm, Gilliane F. Monnier, Nicolas A. Jelinski, Edward P. Fleming, Brian L. Barber, Justice B. LambonThe Bremer Site lies along the shores of Spring Lake in southeastern Minnesota, and excavations in the 1950s uncovered evidence of Woodland and Mississippian occupation phases. In 2011, a new program of systematic survey and excavation began to better understand cultural patterning and diachronic changes at the Bremer Site. The investigations came to include microarcheaological methods, including sediment micromorphology and soil chemistry. No element has received more archaeological attention than P, which can reflect human and animal waste, organic refuse, burials, and ash. There has been interest in integrating soil chemistry into the workflow of fieldwork and in the potential of portable analytical instruments to yield data within the timeframe of an excavation season. The last few years have seen the rise and proliferation of portable XRF (pXRF) instruments in archaeological studies. The newest generation of pXRF instruments is able to quantify P at low concentrations, and our focus here is developing effective methods to do so in archaeological soils and sediments. Using sediments from the Bremer Site, we evaluate two preparation techniques in order to find which one best balances analytical quality and preparation time. To analyze as many specimens as possible during an excavation season, it is desirable to identify adequate preparation methods as well as the smallest number of analyses needed to attain reasonable confidence levels. Regarding repeatability, we show that, to attain P values with a standard error better than 10% or 20% of the mean, one or two analyses per specimen are sufficient in a majority of cases. Regarding reproducibility, we compare the pXRF data to two independent ICP-OES datasets. Ultimately, these tests aid in establishing methods that enable archaeologically significant pXRF analyses of soil P concentrations, even when working far from an analytical laboratory.
Architectural energetics for tumuli construction: The case of the medieval Chungul Kurgan on the Eurasian steppe
Publication date: November 2016Source:Journal of Archaeological Science, Volume 75 Author(s): Jordan Pickett, John S. Schreck, Renata Holod, Yuriy Rassamakin, Oleksandr Halenko, Warren WoodfinThe present work introduces the first architectural energetics analysis of a medieval tumulus from the Eurasian/Pontic steppe. In contrast to New World earthworks, tumuli on the steppe were constructed 1) with sod taken from the environment immediately surrounding the construction site, 2) with the use of draft animals and metal tools, and 3) in identifiable phases as part of funerary rituals over a period of weeks or months. These variables introduce problems which are confronted through 1) the application of novel historically attested rates for construction and 2) the creation of new, replicable mathematical methods for modeling materials transport.
Master and apprentice: Evidence for learning in palaeolithic portable art
Publication date: November 2016Source:Journal of Archaeological Science, Volume 75 Author(s): Olivia RiveroThis paper presents the results of the statistical analysis of 280 pieces of Cantabrian and Pyrenean Middle Magdalenian portable art. Particular technical traces left on the medium by the act of engraving were identified through microscopic analysis and used to build a quantitative estimation of the overall technical aptitude of the engraver. Some traces considered as accidents or errors in the tracing were counted negatively, whereas others reflecting control of the tool and mastership in the use of various techniques were counted positively. A multivariate analysis based on this quantitative index, along with criteria including the type of medium was carried out using Correspondence Factor Analysis and completed with relevant statistical tests. The analysis clearly distinguishes three groups of pieces: those with a negative index, those that present a low positive index resulting from a balance between positive and negative traces, and those with a highly positive index.These different categories of pieces may be tentatively assigned to different levels of experience in tool control and engraving techniques. The mean value of the technical index seems to be correlated with the type of medium and differs significantly in the various sites studied in the corpus. These data allow us to pose some hypotheses concerning the transmission of knowledge in Magdalenian societies, such as differential access to raw materials according to the engraver's experience, and different functionality of sites based on their production of decorated objects.
The missing mushrooms: Searching for fungi in ancient human dietary analysis
Publication date: Available online 14 October 2016Source:Journal of Archaeological Science Author(s): Hannah J. O'Regan, Angela L. Lamb, David M. WilkinsonFungi are a common part of modern human diets, but are rarely discussed in an archaeological context. Power et al. (2015) published data on bolete spores in human tooth calculus, suggesting that Upper Palaeolithic peoples ate mushrooms. Here we briefly consider the likelihood of mushroom consumption in the past, and examine whether or not stable isotopes may provide a way of seeing this in archaeological populations. We also consider the complexities of fungal stable isotopes using our own data and that from the literature. We conclude that fungi are highly variable isotopically, and are an additional dietary factor that should be considered when trying to interpret 'terrestrial' carbon isotope signatures combined with relatively high nitrogen isotope values in humans and other animals. Substantial mushroom ingestion could, in some cases, result in isotope values that may be interpreted as considerable meat consumption.
Tropical ancient DNA from bulk archaeological fish bone reveals the subsistence practices of a historic coastal community in southwest Madagascar
Publication date: November 2016Source:Journal of Archaeological Science, Volume 75 Author(s): Alicia Grealy, Kristina Douglass, James Haile, Chriselle Bruwer, Charlotte Gough, Michael BunceTaxonomic identification of archaeological fish bones provides important insights into the subsistence practices of ancient coastal peoples. However, it can be difficult to execute robust morphological identification of fish bones from species-rich fossil assemblages, especially from post-cranial material with few distinguishing features. Fragmentation, weathering and burning further impede taxonomic identification, resulting in large numbers of unidentifiable bones from archaeological sites. This limitation can be somewhat mitigated by taking an ancient DNA (aDNA) bulk-bone metabarcoding (BBM) approach to faunal identification, where DNA from non-diagnostic bone fragments is extracted and sequenced in parallel. However, a large proportion of fishing communities (both past and present) live in tropical regions that have sub-optimal conditions for long-term aDNA preservation. To date, the BBM method has never been applied to fish bones before, or to fossils excavated from an exposed context within a tropical climate. Here, we demonstrate that morphologically indistinct bulk fish bone from the tropics can be identified by sequencing aDNA extracted from 100 to 300 ya archaeological midden material in southwest Madagascar. Despite the biases of the approach, we rapidly obtained family, genus, and species-level assemblage information, and used this to describe a subset of the ichthyofauna exploited by an 18th century fishing community. We identified 23 families of fish, including benthic, pelagic, and coral-dwelling fishes, suggesting a reliance on a variety of marine and brackish habitats. When possible, BBM should be used alongside osteological approaches to address the limitations of both; however, this study highlights how genetic methods can nevertheless be a valuable tool for helping resolve faunal assemblages when morphological identification is hindered by taphonomic processes, lack of adequate comparative collections, and time constraints, and can provide a temporal perspective on fish biodiversity in the context of accelerated exploitation of the marine environment.
Reflectance – Current state of research and future directions for archaeological charcoal; Results from a pilot study on Irish Bronze Age cremation charcoals
Publication date: November 2016Source:Journal of Archaeological Science, Volume 75 Author(s): Robyn Veal, Lorna O'Donnell, Laura McParland'Reflectance' is a method that estimates the absolute burn temperature of charcoal from the 'shininess' of resin mounted samples. The method's usefulness for archaeological charcoal is yet to be comprehensively studied. This article details first results from reflectance testing of archaeological charcoals excavated from Irish Bronze Age cremations, which included calcined bone. As calcination of bone commences at 650 °C, it was expected that the charcoals would reflect at least this temperature. This was not the case for taxonomically identified charcoals >2 mm, nor for micro-charcoals of c. 250 μm, although measured temperatures rose slightly with decreasing fraction size of charcoal remains. Depositional practice, combustion completeness and taphonomic influences may have all played a part in this result, and these will need careful consideration in different archaeological circumstances. However, the greatest challenge for reflectance of archaeological materials lies in obtaining full agreement on the production and use of reflectance calibration curves. Current calibration curves differ substantially, by 100–150 °C ( ±50–75 °C) and in one instance up to as much as 180 °C ( ±90 °C). Without better agreement on calibration, the method's ultimate usefulness in archaeological research will be limited. At the level of refinement currently possible, it will still be useful for determining very high or very low temperature processes, and possibly the difference between charcoal fuel and raw wood fuel fires. The latter has distinct implications for estimating ancient forest wood consumption, since more wood is consumed in processes employing charcoal fuel. Proving the utility of reflectance for archaeological purposes may also require modification of normal practice for archaeological field collection of charcoal, to include collection and laboratory processing of un-sieved soil samples.
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Experimental taphonomy of fish bone from warm and cold water species: Testing the effects of amino acid composition on collagen breakdown in modern fish bone using thermal maturation experiments
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Q: Finding a series expansion for this integral, for large $\lambda > 0$ Given the integral $$Z(\lambda ) = \frac{1}{\sqrt{2 \pi}} \int_{- \infty}^{\infty} dx e^{- \frac{x^2}{2!} - \frac{\lambda}{4!} x^4} $$ in quantum field theory, I need to find a series expansion for $Z(\lambda)$ when $\lambda >> 1$, of the form $$ Z_N ( \lambda) = \sum_{n=0}^N d_n \lambda^{-(2n+1)/4}. $$
I was thinking of writing $e^{- \frac{\lambda}{4!} x^4} \approx 1 - \frac{ \lambda}{4!} x^4$, because only the first two terms will dominate when $\lambda$ is large. But this doesn't seem to give me the right expansion when I plug it in the integral and do the Gaussian integration.
Anyone has any ideas/advice? Thanks in advance.

A: Using the substitution $y=\frac{\lambda}{24}x^4$, we find that
\begin{align*}
&\frac{1}{\sqrt{2\pi}} \int_{-\infty}^{\infty} \exp\left( -\frac{x^2}{2} - \frac{\lambda}{24}x^4 \right) \, dx \\
&\hspace{4em} = \frac{1}{2\sqrt{\pi}} \int_{0}^{\infty} \frac{1}{y^{3/4}} \left(\frac{6}{\lambda}\right)^{1/4} \exp\left( -\sqrt{\frac{6}{\lambda}y} - y \right) \, dx \\
&\hspace{4em} = \frac{1}{2\sqrt{\pi}} \sum_{n=0}^{\infty} \frac{(-1)^n}{n!} \left(\frac{6}{\lambda}\right)^{\frac{2n+1}{4}} \int_{0}^{\infty} y^{\frac{n}{2}-\frac{3}{4}} e^{-y} \, dx \\
&\hspace{4em} = \frac{1}{2\sqrt{\pi}} \sum_{n=0}^{\infty} (-1)^n \frac{\Gamma\left(\frac{n}{2}+\frac{1}{4}\right)}{n!} \left(\frac{6}{\lambda}\right)^{\frac{2n+1}{4}}.
\end{align*}
So you may let
$$ d_n = \frac{(-1)^n}{2\sqrt{\pi}} \cdot \frac{\Gamma\left(\frac{n}{2}+\frac{1}{4}\right)}{n!} \cdot 6^{\frac{2n+1}{4}}. $$


How Is Ryan Goslings Movie In Robert Dursts CourtTrial?
Hey girl, can I play a pivotal role in your murder trial? It's possible! There is news that a Ryan Gosling film might provide crucial evidence against The Jinx's Robert Durst, who is currently in prison for a separate fire arms charge, in a upcoming trial.
Gosling, everybody's boyfriend and award-winning Canadian actor, starred in the 2010 film All Good Things opposite Kirsten Dunst. Based on the life and alleged crimes of Durst, its director Andrew Jarecki would go on to direct the HBO true crime docuseries, The Jinx after Durst professed his admiration for All Good Things and the two men struck up a relationship. The real estate heir was so fond of the film based on his alleged crimes, that he even provided commentary for the DVD extra.
Now prosecutors might use the film and Durst's commentary as an "adoptive admission" into the the 1982 disappearance of his wife, Kathie. Durst, 75, is currently in preliminary hearings in Los Angeles for the 2000 murder of Susan Berman. The DA alleges that Durst killed Berman because she had incriminating evidence against him regarding Kathie's disappearance and possible death.
Durst was acquitted of the 2001 murder and dismemberment of Morris Black, his neighbor in Galveston, Texas. He claimed he'd committed both acts in self defense.
In Jarecki's 2015 The Jinx the director further explored the twisted details of Durst's life. Durst was famously caught on a hot mic in the finale allegedly admitting to the murders of Kathie, Berman, and Black.
Los Angeles prosecutors allege that Durst's own statements on the DVD are crucial enough to use in court, including his admission that the film was "more or less accurate" in regard to violent scenes in which his character (played by Gosling) abuses his wife. "After reading the script and watching this movie, Defendant did not sue the production company for slander, nor did he object to how the movie portrayed him," the paperwork reads according to The Wrap. "Instead, he contacted the director and expressed how much he had enjoyed the film and agreed to sit for a series of interviews, including the DVD commentary for the movie."


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Luis Suárez Transfer: Arsenal A Smaller Club Than Liverpool, Says Brendan Rodgers
Samuel Luckhurst— The Huffington Post UK
Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers has questioned why Luis Suárez would want to leave the Anfield club for Arsenal.
The Gunners are set for talks with Suárez after they triggered a clause in his contract with a £40,000,001 offer on Wednesday, while Suárez and agent Pere Guardiola have told Liverpool they want to discuss a transfer with Arsenal.
But Rodgers says Suárez would be making a mistake by joining the north London side.
He told the Guardian: "I know what we are trying to build and grow, so why would you swap Liverpool to go to Arsenal?"
Suárez is keen to remain in the Premier League
"I am not sure that it adds up, to be honest. Arsenal has a wonderful history in its own right but Liverpool is one of the biggest clubs in the world. Okay, we might not be in the Champions League and haven't been for a while now but our competitors have grown around us and we have to step up to the challenge now.
"Would it be a mistake for Luis to leave? 100%. The team was built around Luis last season. I made some big calls to get the team to work in a way to suit his strengths and it is no coincidence he had a great season apart from the end bit. We would love to have him to continue the next phase."
Liverpool are believed to be holding out for a £50m fee for the 26-year-old Uruguayan, who was their top scorer last term.
Ian Ayre on Suarez: "It's never been our intention to sell Luis. We've received 2 separate offers from Arsenal and rejected both." #lfc
— Liverpool FC (@LFC) July 26, 2013
After two-and-a-half-years on Merseyside, Suárez has grown impatient and wants to play Champions League football, something Arsenal can offer if they negotiate their pre-qualifying tie successfully.
The last time Liverpool competed in the Champions League was during Rafael Benítez's final year, when they were eliminated at the group stage.
Arsène Wenger's Gunners, meanwhile, have competed in the Champions League every season since, and including, the 1998-99 campaign.
Suárez linked up with Liverpool in Melbourne on Monday, and is currently four games into a 10-match ban for biting Chelsea's Branislav Ivanović.
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