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This attractive villa is situated in a small exclusive development in a quiet cul de sac offering peaceful surroundings, yet only 10 mins walk from the blue flag beach in Praia da Luz. The upstairs bedrooms offer wonderful sea views, and downstairs is the spacious living room and dining area. From the living area double doors lead onto a large terrace, very pretty garden and private pool with outside dining table and sun loungers. The owner spends much time in the villa and has furnished it to a very high standard for that reason. The bars and restaurants are approximately 5 minutes walk and the historic town of Lagos is an 8 minute drive, where you find many more bars and restaurants, great shopping and Lagos Marina. The Villa offers free WiFi internet to its guests. Long winter lets please send dates for rates.
Hello Guests,
Thank you for taking your time to read about our Vila in Praia da Luz.
We have been operating rental properties in the Luz area for the past twelve years. Recently we took over the management of our Vila and have been enjoying the interaction with our clients.
We have recently acquired several properties in the area that we rent out and manage on behalf of other investors. All the properties in our portfolio are kitted out to a high standard and are personally supervised by ourselves.
We often have return clients who say that its a home away from home which is exactly what we aim to achieve.
We hope one day we can welcome you all to Praia da Luz
Gregor Stewart-Smythe purchased this villa in 2002
Fantastic location all with beautiful views, safe, clean environment and a great investment.
Sun, sea and down time to just chill out. The Vilas are all in walking distance to all the shops and a 10 min walk to the blue flag beach of Praia da Luz.
We like to meet and greet all our clients which adds value to your holiday experience with us.
Lovely clean well equipped villa. Great TV set up for kids. Lovely owner and thoughtful welcome pack. Would highly recommend. Nice travel cot and high chair. Love Luz and if we visit again we'd definitely stay here.
I have to say that all of the previous 5 star reviews are spot-on.
The villa is very well presented, clean, well-maintained and with everything you could need for your stay (in fact far too much to list here !).
The owner (Gregor) was very helpful during the booking process and was there to welcome us upon our arrival with a glass of bucks fizz. There was also a welcome pack with all the essentials. He explained to us everything we needed to know about the villa and resort without being too intrusive.
Would definitely stay there again.
The house was beautiful well laid out and extremely comfortable. It had everything we needed 2 make our holiday very enjoyable. The owner Gregor couldn't have been more helpful from the time of our initial enquiry right through until the end of our holiday. We would recommend this holiday home very highly indeed.
We absolutely love this villa this was our 3rd visit and once again everything was perfect, on our last visit Colin had said to Gregor that the thing that would make it perfection was a beer butler, on our arrival this time a porcelain butler we named Bernie was waiting on the table with a bottle or beer and a bottle of wine and a welcome pack in the fridge this is typical of Gregor he always goes the extra mile to make you feel very welcome
Looking to our 4th visit next year.
We've stayed in numerous villas in various places, but this one really stands out. Its location in Luz is perfect - an easy stroll to the beach, local supermarkets, bars and restaurants, yet far enough from the action to be quiet and have some space around it. There's parking right outside the front door. And the sea views aren't just glimpses - you get a gorgeous ocean panorama, which is extra special from the balcony early in the morning. Barbeques are the way to go to enjoy the garden and views at their best. Why be cooped up in a restaurant when it's all-day sun in the garden and pool area?
The house is very well presented, both inside and out. The furnishings and décor are tasteful and good quality, and there's more utensils and gadgets than you're likely to use in a week or two, most of them new. Everything we used worked perfectly - and from our experience that's not the same everywhere. The kids especially appreciated the bells 'n whistles web TV that had all the UK channels and what seemed like hundreds more besides.
The icing on the cake was Gregor, our host, who personally welcomed us to the villa on arrival (9:30pm on Sunday!), showed us around and taught the kids how to use the TV. He also kept in touch throughout our stay to make sure we had everything we needed. In fact, he even went the extra mile by arranging the provisions we needed to feed 3 children upon late arrival at the villa - an absolute lifesaver! He hit exactly the right balance being available without being intrusive, so it was good to know he was only a phone call or email away (and he runs a souvenir shop in the resort).
So normally to trust a review you look for a balance of positive and negative, but I have to say that I'm struggling to think of anything critical to say about this place. OK, so I couldn't find any salad servers, but with every drawer and cupboard full of stuff I wouldn't be surprised if there were 5 different salad serving options, but being a bloke I just didn't see them. I wouldn't normally give 5 stars because that implies perfection - but with this villa you get what you order, plus a whole lot more. Yes, this villa is honestly recommended - except for the weeks we want it of course.
This was our second stay in the villa, it is absolutely perfect, has everything you need and more and decorated to a very high standard. You get the sun all day starting with coffee in the morning on the balcony with sea views.
Gregor and Vicky are very welcoming and put themselves out in anyway that they can to help or advise you with places to go or eat we are looking forward to going back next year. We would recommend this villa to everyone, excellent
Praia da Luz is arguably one of the prettiest beaches in the Western Algarve, sporting the European blue flag. East are picturesque rocky coves and the long sandy crescent of Meia Praia at Lagos, within 10 minutes drive. 15 minutes West are the resort beaches of Burgau and Salema, and further again are a multitude of beaches frequented by surfers. Spectacular and less busy but not so safe for small children.
Faro is the nearest airport at only a 1 hour drive away.
Further Details:
The villa is well placed and within walking distance to all village amenities which include post office, bank, cash dispensing machines, several supermarkets, pharmacy, English-speaking doctors surgery and dentist.
Zoomarine dolphin park and Slide and Splash water park provide coach transport from Luz. Anglican church services are held on Sunday in the local church. Near to the villa is the Oceanico resort which has spa, gym, and indoor pool facilities. There are two water-sport centres on the beach providing everything from banana boat rides, to sailing lessons, to fishing excursions.
From Lagos you can try parasailing, deep-sea fishing, dolphin safari, or visit the grottos by fishing boat. There are several surf centres offering day trips to wherever the waves are best on the day, wetsuits, equipment and instruction as required. Luz can offer truly international cuisine in a wide choice of cafes and restaurants to suit all tastes and occasions. Many are family friendly and also offer a takeaway service.
For a change of scene we recommend an evening out in the historic town of Lagos. The 8 minute taxi ride is inexpensive - let us book for you and just sit back and enjoy the local wines.
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Early Autum
Sep 9 2017 - Oct 13 2017
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Oct 14 2017 - Oct 27 2017
7 night minimum stay
Winter Pre Christmas
Oct 28 2017 - Dec 16 2017
7 night minimum stay
Winter Christmas season
Dec 17 2017 - Jan 5 2018
7 night minimum stay
Jan 6 2018 - Mar 23 2018
7 night minimum stay
Early Spring
Mar 24 2018 - Apr 27 2018
7 night minimum stay
Apr 28 2018 - May 25 2018
7 night minimum stay
Early Summer
May 26 2018 - Jun 29 2018
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High Summer
Jun 30 2018 - Sep 6 2019
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My Standard Rate
5 night minimum stay
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Booking Notes:
Periods may be held on option for up to 2 days. A 20% reservation deposit is required to confirm a booking, with the balance of payment falling due 2 months before the start date of the rental period.
Changeover Day:
Rentals are by the week and changeover day is Saturday during the summer season. Winter lets may commence any day of the week and are charged per day with a minimum stay of 5 days. Entry is after 2pm on arrival day and exit by 10am on departure.
Notes on prices:
Prices are for the property per week in UK pounds. We accept payments in Euros and United States Dollars please ask for prices depending on exchange rates of the day.
We require a 20% deposit on the full amount to confirm a reservation. Thereafter, the balance to be paid a full two months before the date of arrival.
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Monday, December 7, 2009
It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas
9 comments:
- ~Mrs. Guru~ said...
So pretty!
- December 7, 2009 at 5:43 PM
- danielle said...
Ah, Huntsville! Good luck on your marathon. I have a mental image of us walking around the space museum. How many years ago was that?
- December 7, 2009 at 7:09 PM
- Eric said...
keep up the good spirits and good luck on the race
- December 7, 2009 at 7:38 PM
- kilax said...
Yay! The marathon!
I love those lights! That sounds like a perfect Saturday to me too. And I love the season... but sometimes wish people were this merry all year long!
The Holiday is one of my faves too! Do you like Love Actually? That's a modern holiday too, I think you would love it!
- December 8, 2009 at 6:37 AM
- KP said...
I live in Huntsville and will be at the aid station at mile 23 handing out water. Good luck at the marathon!
- December 8, 2009 at 8:38 AM
- Rachel H. said...
Sounds like you had a great weekend...love the photos! They are great! :)
- December 8, 2009 at 8:39 AM
- Kimberly300 said...
ya we are going out to see the lights this weekend.. can't wait! except for the cold. I ran the Rudolph 5k friday night and it was really fun but after the fam and I were watching the Christmas parade.. after only a few minutes the kids were freezing so we left. We are pretty wimpy, but its not right for it to be this cold and not even snowing.. no fair!
good luck this weekend!!
- December 8, 2009 at 10:18 AM
- Nicole said...
I love it! So beautiful there! Its freezing here too! :( BOOO!!!!
your going to KICK ass this weekend-- i'm so excited for you missy!!!!!
- December 9, 2009 at 9:28 PM
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I'm embarrassed to admit this, but until now, I'd actually never roasted beets before. I've been meaning to for years, but I always seem to overlook the leafy root when I'm at the grocery store. But since I crave beets and goat cheese on a pretty regular basis (such a brilliant combination!), I finally decided to bite the bullet. Roasted beets are so delicious and easy, that I can't believe I haven't made them before. This makes an excellent snack, appetizer, or delicious addition to a mixed green salad.
Easy Roasted Beets and Walnut Encrusted Goat Cheese
by colleen reilly
What you need:
- 3 medium, firm beets
- Olive oil
- Black pepper
- Goat cheese log
- Walnuts, chopped (about 2 tbsp per 4 oz of goat cheese). Crushed pistachio kernels are delicious, too!
What to do:
For the beets:
Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Trim off leafy greens and wash beets. Place each beet on a square of aluminum foil. Drizzle each beet with olive oil and wrap up in foil. Place on a cookie sheet and roast in the oven until fork tender (time will vary depending on size and firmness of beets, but will be around 1-1.5 hours. To check, remove one beet from the oven, unwrap, and check. Re-wrap beet and place back in the oven if it's not ready yet). When tender, remove from over and let cool for about ten minutes. Slip skin off of beet with your hand or a pairing knife (skin should slip off easily). I didn't have any kitchen gloves and didn't want to get beet all over my hands, so I put baggies over my hands. Slice beet into 1/4-1/2" thick slices. Add salt and fresh black pepper to taste.
For the goat cheese:
Spread crushed walnuts on a plate in a thin layer. Roll goat cheese log in walnuts. Slice into 1/4" thick slices and place on top of beet slices. It's also fun to roll 1/4" thick goat cheese slices into balls and then roll in crushed walnuts.
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Yakitori (Roast meat on skewers)
Cuisine Summary
Yakitori involves cutting various portions of chicken into bite-sized chunks, skewering and roasting them. Basted with a soy-sauce based mixture called tare, they are then salted to serve. They are easily eaten and consumed over drinks or as snacks. They are eaten at a variety of restaurants, called variously yakitoriya, tori-ryoriya and izakaya. Pork, beef, vegetables or any other food on skewers is also referred to as yakitori depending on the locality.
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Yakitori first appeared in the middle of the 17th century. Originally pheasant, quail and pidgeons were used instead of chickens. Due to Buddhism, the eating of chicken, beef and other meat was essentially prohibited in Japan. The gradual influence of overseas culture led to chicken being regularly eaten. Because chicken was a high-priced commodity, offal made up the majority of yakitori at that time. Beef and pork also came to be sold as yakitori at street stands. Until the end of WWII and a stable supply of chicken was established, yakitori remained a delicacy. The growing use of broilers led to cheaper supplies of chicken and made yakitori a commonly eaten food. Yakitoriyas became popular as places for company workers to stop in and enjoy yakitori over drinks after work. With the current abundance of foods available, specialized yakitoriya have appeared. Some yakitoriya use jidori meat from chickens native to Japan, while others sell yakitori cooked with a high-quality type of charcoal called binchotan (white charcoal).
Chicken Portions
Yakitoriya offer you the chance to savor the different flavors of each part of the chicken. Refer to the About Yakitori a picture to see what parts are used. Momo, mune, sasami and kawa (skin) are available at almost any yakitoriya. More unusual parts may or may not be available according to the particular shop.
Tare (Sauce) or Salt
When ordering yakitori you must specify whether you want tare or salt for the flavoring. Some restaurants will offer only their recommended choice for certain types of yakitori.
The tare is a sweet sauce based on soy sauce - if you know what teriyaki sauce tastes like, you can imagine what this sauce tastes like. Some shops that specialize in salt flavoring will have several varieties of salt available. When ordering specify "tare for the tsukune, salt for the kawa."
Yakitori other than Chicken
Other meats and vegetables cooked on skewers are also called yakitori. Refer to Other Meats / Vegetables to see what else is available in addition to chicken.
Eating Yakitori
The term "yakitoriya" refers to both shops specializing in yakitori, and izakaya (bar-restaurants) that serve yakitori. Food other than yakitori is also available. Some localities will label all types of food using skewers as yakitori, and yakitoriya may serve pork, beef and vegetables roasted on skewers.
There are a variety of methods of preparing yakitori. Sumibiyaki (char-grilling) is a well-known method involving roasting the meat over heated charcoal. The far infrared rays allowing the tasty juices of the chicken to be retained for the maximum taste, also enhancing the smell. Various types of charcoal are used, with binchotan (white charcoal) being particularly well-reputed.
Yakitori can be ordered in plates containing enough for a specified number of people, or by individual skewers.
A plate for a single person will have three to six skewers. Ordering a "yakitori moriawase" will bring you various types of yakitori on one plate.
When ordering yakitori singly you should specify the number and flavoring: "Two momo with tare, one kawa with salt." Try tasting the same yakitori with salt or with tare to see the difference.
Here are some condiments and spices you can use on yakitori.
Shichimi Togarashi: A powdered mix of seven Japanese spices, including chili, mustard and sansho pepper.
Ichimi Togarashi: Ground chili used as a condiment.
Wasabi: Japanese horseradish grated to make this uniquely Japanese picante condiment.
Sansho pepper: Spice ground from the fruits of the powerful sansho peppers.
Yuzukosho: A paste made from salt, chili and a citrus fruit called yuzu.
Types of Yakitori
About Yakitori
Momo (thigh): Juicy and flavorsome meat from the thigh.
Mune (breast): Meat from the breast with a straightforward taste.
Seseri: Meat from the neck. Springy and flavorsome from the constant movement of the neck. Also called "kirin" or even "nekku (neck)."
Sasami: Meat from the inner breast - low in fat and high in protein. Can be enjoyed on its own, but the plain taste lends itself well to cooking with shiso, umeboshi, miso or mentaiko (fish roe). Salt is the preferred flavoring.
Negima: Momo meat and negi (onions) placed in sequence on a skewer and roasted. Generally welsh onions are used, but onions are used in some areas.
Tsukune: Minced chicken meatballs roasted on a skewer. Each shop adds its own flavor to the minced chicken by adding finely chopped welsh onions, shiso and other vegetables or cartilage to give a firmer bite. Some shops shape it in blocks rather than balls. Sometimes eaten with quail egg yolk.
Tamahimo: Chicken eggs taken prior to entering the Fallopian tube. A rare item not often found in yakitoriya. Also called "kinkan."
Kimo: Chicken liver with its distinctive full flavor and softness that tastes better the fresher it is. Sometimes also called "leba."
Sunagimo: Chicken gizzards. Has a slightly grainy taste.
Bonjiri: Meat from the buttocks. Juicy meat with high fat and muscle content (due to often being used). Also referred to as "tee-ru (tail)."
Hiza no Nankotsu: Cartilage from the knees of the chicken. Has a crunchy taste.
Kawa (skin): Chicken skin - high in fat, it has a crispy texture allowing you to savor its soft springiness.
Tosaka: The comb of the chicken. A rare item not often found in yakitoriya. Also called "kanmuri (crown)."
Hatsu: Chicken hearts - a precious item, as only one can be taken from each chicken. Cut in half to be cooked, it has a unique springiness, and a taste straight from the heart (also called "kokoro").
Other Poultry
Suzume (sparrow): Roasted sparrow on skewers.
Uzura no Tamago (quail eggs): Several quail eggs skewered and cooked.
Other Meats / Vegetables
Shishito (small green peppers)
Shiitake mushrooms
Tomato Maki: Cherry tomatoes wrapped in bacon or pork rib meat, skewered and roasted.
Butabara: Pork rib meat. Juicy with a high fat content.
Kashira: Meat from pig cheeks and temples; that from the cheeks has a softer texture.
Ushisagari: Meat from the midriff of cows with a soft and juicy taste. Also called "harami."
Gyutan: Ox tongues. A straightforward yet unique flavor.
Asupara Bacon: Asparagus wrapped in bacon, skewered and roasted.
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The Chicago soundstage that has housed Oprah Winfrey's syndicated talk show for years won't go vacant after Winfrey tapes her last show, slated to air May 25. Rosie O'Donnell, who will host a daily talk show for Winfrey's new cable network OWN will move into the Harpo Studios facility. O'Donnell broke the news to Harpo staffers today in a video. "It's me, Rosie O'Donnell, star of The Flintstones!," she quipped. "I just wanted to say: Hi, I'm coming to Chicago. Yes, I am, and I'm thrilled about it… Thank you, Oprah. And thank all you people there. Some of you are going to be sticking around and helping us make a kick-ass show for the Oprah Winfrey Network."
Rosie O'Donnell's New OWN Talk Show To Film On Oprah Winfrey Show's Soundstage
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This is great news for Chicago production. Hopefully Rosie will knock this show out of the park and stay for a long time.
… It won't be around for a long time. Remember the dismal ratings for that ROSIE special? No one likes her anymore.
That Rosie special was probably the worst show ever.
It was so bad, NBC refused to put it on Hulu so those who missed it couldn't see how rotten it was.
Who are you again? Rosie is a national treasure! Millions of love and support her. Brilliant and with more heart than anyone else I know. I CANT WAIT FOR HER NEW SHOW! I will miss the hell out of her on radio! She created a community…cant say that about too many tv or radio gigs.
Oh, Christ—
The Fun Just Never Ends.
Or goes away.
Why do they keep giving O'Donnell shows? She's unappealing in every way. Go away, Rosie.
Sounds like it will be craptacular.
so funny that she mentioned "flintstones." "stakeout" was way funnier.
it would be excruciating to endure her for an hour on her own show. again. but i would love to see her back on "the view." they need a true instigator. i love it when they argue pointlessly. watching that show is like watching a hockey match: i don't get my money's worth till they start fighting.
Congratulations Rosie and the Harpo team. I know your show is going to be great!
Rosie is wonderful – funny, intelligent, and a voice for the people. She is a great interviewer and a real human being. I am so looking forward to this show.
Go Rosie!
Don't like Rosie. Don't want to see her show. Oprah, remember how you felt when Beloved failed? You are about to relive that feeling. Sorry, I love you Oprah, but not more than I dislike Rosie.
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Following his successful run on the 2008 Revival Tour alongside Chuck Ragan (Hot Water Music), Ben Nichols (Lucero), and Tim Barry (Avail), and his Billboard charting Somebody Loves You LP(2009), Austin Lucas is proud to release his fourth album, A New Home In The Old World (2011), his recording debut for Last Chance Records. Raised in the backwoods country of Monroe County, Indiana, Austin was born into a folk and bluegrass lineage. Building on the instrumental palate of banjo, fiddle, upright bass, and pedal steel, A New Home In The Old World ratchets the sound up to the next level, adding texture with a Hammond B3 organ, the brassy flourishes of a trumpet, and electric guitar. A New Home In The Old World features studio accompaniment from a rotating cast of friends and family, including members of alt-country heavy-hitters Lucero and Magnolia Electric Co., and no less than four members of the Lucas clan. The songs themselves are the most diverse Lucas has offered to date, pushing past the confines of singer-songwriter genre convention. Singing with the conviction of a preacher bereft of his faith, Lucas accordingly tackles recurrent themes of the soul, sin as personal purgatory, and the possibility of finding redemption in this life. While Lucas came of age in the basements of DIY punk and hardcore, his solo musical output is less reminiscent of the gravel-throated whiskey-drinking punk troubadours. Rivaling the projection of Neko Case, the hushed cadences of Sam Beam (Iron And Wine), and the heartache of Gillian Welch, this is Lucas' richest work to date, placing him in the company of the strongest voices in contemporary Americana.
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Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) is testing bigger iPhones we're told (again). Could Cupertino be planning to release a 6-inch iPhone phablet? Yes, but not tomorrow.
In IT Blogwatch, bloggers brace instead for the expected 5S and 5C.
Your humble blogwatcher curated these bloggy bits for your entertainment.
Ian Sherr, Eva Dou and Lorraine Luk spread the blame evenly:
Apple...has begun evaluating a plan to offer iPhones with screen [sizes] as high as 6 inches, people familiar with the matter say. ... Component suppliers say Apple already began testing larger screens for iPhones in recent months.
...The screen sizes of the two iPhones that Apple is unveiling...Tuesday aren't expected to change. ... An Apple spokeswoman declined to comment. MORE
And Andrew Nusca sounds skeptical:
That's quite different from the 4-inch display on the current iPhone 5 and the 3.5-inch display on iPhone 4 and 4S models.
...Apple typically tests various configurations before deciding upon the version it will take to production, though it is interesting that such an established and successful product would continue to [change] dimensions—in this case, in the opposite direction that technology tends to move. MORE
But Michelle Maisto notes an embarrassing leak:
Marketing stunt or extreme goof-up? China Telecom...posted an advertisement...enticing consumers to preorder the new iPhones. [But] it may also have been a marketing stunt, meant to assure Chinese consumers that the new iPhones will arrive soon and dissuade the practice of smuggling new iPhones to China.
...The iPhone 5C is reportedly intended for not only China but India and other emerging markets where prepaid wireless service is the prevailing strategy. MORE
Speaking of China, how would that market react to an iPhablet?
Brian White of Cantor Fitzgerald issued a note to investors...in response to a new report that claimed Apple has been toying with screen sizes measuring up to 6 inches. ... The analyst has taken numerous trips to China over the last 18 months. ...consumers in that country have increasingly been preferring smartphones with larger displays [so] White believes an iPhone approaching 5 inches would help Apple gain traction.
...White believes Apple's so-called "iPhone 5C" will help the company gain market share in China, but that a larger iPhone is also needed. ... China is the largest smartphone market in the world, representing about a third of annual shipments. ... Cantor Fitzgerald has maintained its "buy" rating for AAPL stock, with a price target of $777. MORE
So what of the ecosystem? David Carnoy talks cases and such:
Not a day seems to go by without some new leaked image. ...that's a good thing for accessory makers who want to have cases ready to go...(Apple didn't have any cases in its stores when the iPhone 5 launched, which frustrated a lot of consumers).
...This is one what one case maker, who wished to remain anonymous (for fear of angering Apple), told me: "All the info we've received points to the 5S having nearly the same form factor...with the exception of the...opening on the back [for] the new, larger (expected) dual-LED flash." MORE
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WASHINGTON - Karl Rove (shown with President Bush, left, whispering in his ear) nosed his Jaguar out of the garage at his home in Northwest Washington in the predawn gloom, starting another day in which he would be dealing with a troubled Supreme Court nomination, posthurricane reconstruction and all the other issues that come across the desk of President Bush's most influential aide.
But Mr. Rove's first challenge on Wednesday morning came before he cleared his driveway: how to get past the five television crews and the three photographers waiting for him. He flashed his blinding high beams into the camera lenses and sped by.
That is the way things are for the Bush White House these days. The routines are the same. But everything, in the glare of the final stages of a criminal investigation that has reached to the highest levels of power in Washington, is different.
Mr. Rove is scheduled to testify before a federal grand jury on Friday, the fourth time he will have done so in the case, which centers on the disclosure of an undercover C.I.A. officer's identity.
Mr. Rove, deputy White House chief of staff for policy and senior adviser, and I. Lewis Libby, Vice President Dick Cheney's chief of staff, are the most prominent administration officials to find themselves squirming under the attention of the hard-nosed special prosecutor, Patrick J. Fitzgerald, and the attendant news media scrutiny.
But the inquiry has swept up a dozen or more other officials who have been questioned by investigators or have testified before the grand jury, and, should it lead to the indictment of anyone at a senior level, it has the potential to upend the professional lives of everyone at the White House for the remainder of Mr. Bush's second term.
The result, say administration officials and friends and allies on the outside who speak regularly with them, is a mood of intense uncertainty in the White House that veers in some cases into fear of the personal and political consequences and anger at having been caught in the snare of a special prosecutor. And given how badly things have been going for Mr. Bush and his team on other fronts - a poll released Thursday by the nonpartisan Pew Research Center put his approval rating at 38 percent, a new low - they hardly have deep reserves of internal enthusiasm or external good will to draw on.
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September 13, 2006
Offensive math prof wrongfully suspended
Defenders of the academic status quo frequently dismiss FIRE as a right-wing organization that is not as concerned with individual rights on campus as it is with promoting conservative causes. Those folks are dead wrong--and they should take note of FIRE's most recent case:
SEATTLE, September 13, 2006--Bellevue Community College (BCC) near Seattle has decided to suspend a professor for composing a math exam question that involved a person named "Condoleezza" dropping a watermelon from the top of a building--a question that originally featured the comedian "Gallagher." After months of public outcry, BCC informed Professor Peter Ratener that he would be suspended for a week without pay for his "offensive" question. Ratener then contacted the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) for help.
"Given the reaction of the community and the college, one might think that Ratener was guilty of committing a serious crime, rather than writing an accidentally offensive math problem," stated FIRE President Greg Lukianoff. "Everyone involved has acknowledged that Ratener intended no offense, and Ratener even apologized for the question, so what exactly is BCC trying to prove by suspending him? This punishment is not only unfair and a violation of the First Amendment, but also totally unnecessary."
In 2004, Ratener composed a question for a math exam that read in part, "Condoleezza holds a watermelon just over the edge of the roof of the 300-foot Federal Building, and tosses it up with a velocity of 20 feet per second." Ratener states that he had planned to use the comedian "Gallagher" in the question. But realizing that many current students would be unfamiliar with the comedian, who was well-known for smashing watermelons on stage, he later substituted the more recognizable name "Condoleezza." The exam with this question was administered to students in 2004 and elicited no complaints.
In March 2006, another professor distributed the exam featuring Ratener's question to his class as a practice exam. This time, one student approached the math department chair to express that she was offended by the question. Within days, the math question had turned into a controversy and appeared on Seattle's local KOMO-4 news, in The Seattle Times, and was soon picked up by media outlets from across the country and activists from across the political spectrum. The Urban League of Metropolitan Seattle, which is chaired by BCC Trustee Paul Chiles, even issued a press release branding Ratener's exam question "another example of hate and bigotry" and calling for BCC to take action.
On April 15, BCC's Board of Trustees held a special meeting to discuss how to react to Ratener's question. The Board issued a public statement, available on the BCC website for months, which read, "We ... are deeply offended by the conduct of a math instructor ... and strongly condemn this offensive behavior," calling it "a gross violation of BCC's mission and core value of respect for diversity." The Board then asked BCC President Jean Floten to take appropriate disciplinary action and "examine the curriculum and practices of all its departments."
On April 19, Ratener himself issued a public apology, admitting that he had made a mistake but stating that the invocation of a negative racial stereotype was completely unintentional. Even BCC's Executive Dean for Instructional Services Ron Leatherbarrow characterized the question's offensiveness as "unintentional" in a letter to Ratener in early May. Leatherbarrow nonetheless stated that the question "interfered with the educational process" for the student who complained, "and, possibly, for others as well." Concluding that Ratener had not met BCC's standards "regarding choosing appropriate test materials and treating students with respect," Leatherbarrow suspended Ratener for one week without pay. Ratener has filed a formal grievance through his union and currently awaits arbitration on this matter.
FIRE wrote to BCC's president and Board of Trustees on August 28 to protest the fact that the college "has raced to vilify Ratener and punish him for what he admits was a mistake," instead of giving Ratener--a 26-year veteran of BCC with a spotless record--the benefit of the doubt. On September 8, Washington State Assistant Attorney General Alan Smith responded to FIRE's letter but refused to comment on the situation before the arbitration that is scheduled for January.
FIRE's Lukianoff concluded, "Liberty on campus cannot and will not long survive if professors can be disciplined merely because some interpret their speech as offensive. While BCC and others are free to criticize Ratener for his choice of words, the answer to speech one dislikes is more speech, not official punishment."
I have a bit of trouble swallowing the premise that the professor really had no clue that the casual alignment of blacks and watermelons is a common racial stereotype in this country. You'd have to be exceptionally tone-deaf to miss the base caricature of Condoleezza Rice that emerges from the math question. But FIRE is right. Suspending the professor without pay is not the proper course of action here.
UPDATE 9/14: More at InsideHigherEd.com.
Oh for Pete's sake... it's not like she was *eating* the watermelon -- she was SMASHING that horrible symbol of racial oppression! Are we just not allowed to talk about blacks and watermelons in the same sentence anymore?
If you are having a party over at your house, are you not allowed to serve watermelon or (god forbid!) fried chicken if there will be at least one black in attendance? What about an octoroon? What about just someone pleasantly liberal and sensitive?
Umm--his explanation is pretty hard to buy. sure, students may not get the gallagher reference, but why replace it with "condoleeza"? there are certainly more well known figures than rice. why does the figure need to be well known at all? if the person dropping the watermelon isn't gallagher then why have a famous person? i think it's a crude joke--the prof may or may not be racist; we don't have enough evidence to decide that. but it was poor choice on his part--i say this without endorsing the firestorm about the situation. why not say "that was stupid" and move on to more important matters.
Probably "hate and bigotry" is a bit much, but I agree with you, Erin, it's hard to believe he didn't know about the stereotype.
I will say that (white) children brought up to be in ignorance of those stereotypes are done a disservice. Their parents think they are preparing them for a world without racism, but they're setting them up for problems. So for instance, if my daughter overheard my husband and me mention the word "spade" in the context of tools we needed for yardwork, I made sure to turn to her and explain that that word is also a derogatory term for black person and she must never use it in a context in which it could be misconstrued. It's kind of a shame to keep those things alive by continuing them into the next generation that way, but you're a fool if you don't.
His excuse might be hard improbable, but it's not beyond the realm of possibility. I didn't know about the watermellon stereotype until I was in college - and I went to a mostly black high school (then again, that may actually be why I didn't know about that stereotype). Likewise, I didn't know that the word spade had any racial context until a few years ago.
Of course, my parents are immigrants, which might be why it took so long for me to pick up on this stuff, but that only makes this case even more important to me. I really don't look forward to someday having to explain why I used the word, 'crustacean', in such an offensive context.
During my time as a cadet at West Point (mid-80s), the only time we were ever served watermelon was at the Flipper Dinner--which celebrated the graduation of our first black graduate, Henry Flipper.
I thought it was nuts back then!
I didn't find out about the Watermelon and fried chicken thing until my first semester as a graduate student (quite a few years ago).
I was teaching a class where about half the class was African-American and I made some comment about eating healthy and the difference between "eating lots of apples, oranges and watermelon vs. chowing down on fried chicken and pizza" or something like that.
The class burst into laughter and I couldn't figure out why. I looked fairly puzzled, so a student told me why that was so funny - though no one was offended. They just figured I was a clueless white boy (to which I plead guilty).


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Project: Rectification Without Lines
Carl Doersch and Alexei Efros
Abstract: When inferring scene geometry from a
single image, one of the first steps is to estimate the vanishing points
of each surface in the image in order to recover its orientation.
If the surface contains detectable parallel lines
then this is easy. But what if there aren't any? Another option is to
make use of repeated patterns. Many surfaces, like the building above,
contain small elements, like the stones, that are approximately repeated
across the surface. If the surface is rectified (its vanishing line is
at infinity), then these elements will all be approximately the same size.
This intuition leads to a simple way to 'score' a homography: we transform
the image by that homography, extract
random patches, and correlate them with the rest of the transformed image. If the
homography comes close to rectifying the image, then there should be a
large number of strong peaks in the correlation map. Given the scoring
function, we can simply search over the space of homographies. We found
that gradient ascent works reasonably well on this scoring metric, even
though there are no
guarantees of convexity.
The algorithm qualitatively worked well on a handful of test
surface patches (for example, the one above, where the left is the
original surface and the right is the output of our algorithm). However,
we never found a good way to evaluate our algorithm in general,
since the sorts of
surfaces where this algorithm would be useful are somewhat rare.
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Quiz-time for Tucson
The Rio Nuevo Board:
1. is changing its name to the Rio Dinero Board.
2. is spending money to preserve landmarks.
3. is spending money to preserve its reputation as a dolt collective.
4. woke up in TMC and has no memory of the past 10 years.
After being reported missing this weekend, Michael Jackson's mother was found in Pima County:
1. just as easy as A-B-C, 1-2-3.
2. baby you and me, girl.
3. singing in Gaslight Theatre's production of "Jersey Goys", or "Larry and Curly go to Moe-town."
4. whipping the Tucson Boys Chorus into line.
Arizona Secretary of State Ken Bennett is working to keep the Quality Education and Jobs Initiative off the ballot because:
1. funding education properly sets a bad precedent.
2. he hopes to fill Gov. Brewer's high heels one day.
3. the president's birth certificate is priority No. 1.
4. Arizona's image couldn't get any better.
The Arizona Wildcats football team has rebuilt its image with:
1. a new head coach.
2. "Rodney Dangerfield's Guide to Self-Esteem."
3. duct tape and a national television deal on Cartoon Network.
4. a scheme to sneak into the PAC-12 by wearing a cloaking device making them invisible, and then, once they're inside ...
Cat Show
There's a cat show at the Doubletree today. Every cat show is "Toddlers and Tiaras" with tails.
Retract your claws. I have cats. And a dog, so I understand those who prefer the groveling companionship of dogs. Dog people always sneak in, snickering like Scooby Doo, asking about kitten juggling or saying "I tawt I taw a puttytat." Very funny. If our dogs are so smart why do they look at a litter box and see Whitman Samplers? Case closed.
If you plan to attend the show, I recommend ear plugs. The purring is deafening. I love the fur-ball hurling competition known as "kacking." Holding their cat like a blunderbuss, they squeeze Garfield until a fur-ball is discharged like a shot put. The night ends with cat fanciers telling their own version of the classic joke: The Aristocats.
Cat shows are Miss America pageants without the cat fights. My cat is smarter than Miss North Carolina. I saw last year's pageant-host lure a swimsuit contestant onto the runway with a feather tied to a piece of string. The cat judging categories are "Best Color," "Best Breed" and "Most Indifferent." The winners will receive a mouse head and a ball of yarn. Bring a food bank donation and they'll scratch you behind the ears.
Quiz-time, again
CPS is:
1. a PBS affiliate in Toltec.
2. underfunded, understaffed, overwhelmed.
3. inexcusably incompetent.
4. 2 and 3.
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio appeared in court to answer charges that he:
1. hums the theme to "Rawhide" during round ups.
2. does a great "Speedy Gonzales" impression to loosen up his deputies before a raid.
3. may be a self-promoting bigot, but, gosh darn it, he loves illegals.
4. knows a sheriff in Pinal County who really loves at least one illegal immigrant.
The statue of Joe Paterno that was removed from Penn State will end up:
1. being purchased by the Rio Nuevo board.
2. on the Goldwater bombing range.
3. as a hat rack in the Marist College building.
4. in front of Arizona's CPS offices.
Under the gun
The nation is drowning in weaponry. We are a testosterone-sotted nation that adores guns - much to the perplexed alarm of the civilized adult world.
Our gun which art in the nightstand, hallowed be thy name, thy kingdom has come. The NRA's will be done, in Washington as it is in our barrios and ghettos, giving us this day our daily death toll. Forgive us our trespasses as we blow away those who trespass against us for thine is the Second Amendment and the gun lobby's power forever and ever.
Just as vile porn is the unintended consequence of the purist's vision of the First Amendment, the gun plague is the consequence of the purist's vision of the Second Amendment. Fools dreaming of a gun-free utopia cling to an absurd fantasy. The genie is out of the bottle. The debate is over. I support conceal and carry with permits and training for all.
Paranoids argue permits and training and banning assault rifles lead to liberal fascism. In their fantasy the government they deride as incompetent - the same government that can't clear a neighborhood in Baghdad, will sweep across the land, confiscating all arms.
Such hand-wringing substitutes for thought, and as the gravediggers plow, governs our lives. The NRA's worst fears have bred a contagion of fear: Annie, get your gun and your training. And repeat after me: I pledge allegiance to the NRA's divine interpretation of the Second Amendment, and that for which it stands, one nation under the gun, in fear, with body armor and assault rifles for all.
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They're scattered all over town, from far north to deep south, but a few months ago, the supermarket—with its wall of breads and pastries, its open grills sizzling spicy chickens, its rows of fruit juices beckoning in bright neon, its sides of beef and pork hanging in see-through freezers, its rich spread of inexpensive produce—opened at the northeast corner of Walnut Hill and Marsh lanes, where, many moons ago, once stood a Baskin-Robbins and Lantrip's Pharmacy. The neighbors were at first panicked about the addition; the ignorant spread fliers warning of increased crime, what with all those brown people congregating in a Northwest Dallas neighborhood where the immigrant is already the majority. But now, its aisles and taco counter (and, really, the barbacoa in adobo is to be savored) are a multiculti experience—and a far better trip than to the next-door Wendy's, no offense.
This is the largest REI in the state, and it's got everything you need to ride, wear, carry or sleep in for an outdoor adventure. From bikes and climbing gear to first-rate sea kayaks and ski equipment, this is a haven for any outdoors lover who's itching to get out of Dodge. Even if you're not looking for the latest MSR PocketRocket stove or the warmest and lightest Marmot jacket, you'll find comfortable, stylish clothing that withstands the worst of the elements. For men, there are sexy, fashionable Patagonia button-ups and cargo pants. Women will find a wide selection of tanks, skirts, shorts and dresses by great labels such as Prana. Become a member and you get a refund at the end of the year.
Besides the backyard gardeners in Lakewood and the M Streets, Redenta's Nursery also helps residents of the Lower Greenville area's new townhomes and apartments make balcony-friendly planters and windowboxes. For $55 to $125 you can go home with a fully planted and meticulously prepared container made of lightweight plastic that looks like heavier terra cotta pottery. In it will be something like sedum (a succulent) or graceful ornamental grasses that don't need fussing over. They sell real stone and ceramic planters too, of course, and more complicated palms and large ferns for more ambitious patio features. Nice how a little greenery makes even the smallest place feel like a home.
Not that the rotating red and white barber's pole out front isn't enough of a clue, but once you walk inside Razor's Edge Barber Shop, there's no mistaking it for anything but a modern take on an old-fashioned men's clip joint. Not the intimidating kind where they tell you how they're gonna cut your locks. Or one of those new men's salons where you have to endure a 45-minute cut followed by a neck and shoulder rub by a breathy, over-tanned, gum-chewing hairdresser. No, this place is cozy and comfortable. The waiting room looks like a cross between a cigar shop and your grandpa's library. The décor's all dark leather with warm, walnutty woods, and there's an elevated shoe-shine bench tucked in the left side of the shop. When most men need a haircut, they just want a nice, clean trim, and for more than six years the welcoming staff at Razor's Edge has been doing just that—and only that. They don't have a comprehensive spa-like list of services. They offer a "wet cut," a "cut & shampoo" and a "hot shave" in the comfort of large, black, vintage-style barber chairs. Though, admittedly, those black chairs do seem a little Sweeney Todd when one of the barbers whips out a straight razor to give a patron a hot lather shave. So, though the shop accepts walk-ins, you may want an appointment—just to stay on their good side.
Throughout the summer of the staycation, we found ourselves up in McKinney every few weekends, even if only for breakfast at cozy Spoon's café or a walk through the Farmers Market planted among ancestral McKinney homesteads in the historic district. But a trip to The Book Gallery is an essential part of any visit, especially for the bibliophile who needs a break from poring over Half Price's estimable stacks of oldies but goodies. Encased in glass are first editions by most of the masters you can tick off in the next 20 seconds; we've long coveted the Hemingways and Fitzgeralds and Wrights and Salingers and Dickens...eseses in desperate need of our liberation and affection. They're not too pricey either; we just spend our hard-earned pennies on the estimable collection of Dallas-related books nestled in the local-interest section near the back of the shop. Here's where we picked up Lon Tinkle's essential The Key to Dallas, as well as a first-edition of the Dallas Historical Society's 1978 coffee-table book Dallas Rediscovered: A Photographic Chronicle of Urban Expansion, 1870-1925.
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For more than a decade, the Serpentine Gallery in London has commissioned architects across the globe to design a summer pavilion. This year's pavilion, the museum announced Wednesday, will be designed by Chilean architect Smiljan Radic, Hon. AIA, and opens on June 26.
Since Zaha Hadid, Hon. FAIA, designed the first pavilion back in 2000, the aesthetic has ebbed from the complex to the streamlined. Compared to some of the structures that would come later (see Frank Gehry's below), Hadid's project was relatively simple, dividing the roughly 6,400-square-foot space under a steel frame roof formed with slanting triangles.
In 2001, Daniel Libeskind, AIA, partnered with Arup to create "Eighteen Turns."
The following year, Japanese architect Toyo Ito, Hon. FAIA, Cecil Balmond, and Arup constructed a roughly 3,330-square-foot, steel-frame structure with sharp slices of solid and transparent walls.
The late Oscar Niemeyer used steel, aluminum, glass, and concrete for his 2003 pavilion design.
There was no constructed pavilion in 2004. Dutch firm MVRDV designed a structure that would have enclosed the typical pavilion area as well as the museum buildings—too tricky a task, it turned out.
In 2005, Álvaro Siza, Hon. FAIA,* Eduardo Souto de Moura, Hon. FAIA, and Balmond created a grid-inspired timber structure.
Breaking from the right-angles of the years past, Rem Koolhaas, Hon. FAIA,* Balmond, and Arup installed a glowing orb structure slightly resembling a hot-air balloon in 2006.
German artist Olafur Eliasson and Kjetil Thorsen of Snøhetta designed the 2007 pavilion, which the gallery compares to a "spinning top."
The 2008 steel, timber, and glass pavilion by Frank Gehry, FAIA, was the L.A. architect's first constructed project in England.
The structure installed in 2009 by SANAA's Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa seemed harken back to the single-story, simplified structures of the earlier pavilions. The reflective aluminum roof, says the gallery website, was similar to "a reflective cloud or a floating pool of water."
While SANAA's structure let the elements dominate, the 2010 pavilion by Jean Nouvel, Hon. FAIA, seemed to do the opposite. The bright red glass, polycarbonate, fabric, and metal structure resembled nothing found in nature.
The concept for the 2011 pavilion by Peter Zumthor, Hon. FAIA,* was "hortus conclusus," or interior garden closed off from the outside, which Piet Oudolf designed.
In 2012, Herzog & de Meuron with artist Ai Weiwei used cork to design a structure submerged below ground like an archaeological dig, where it highlighted past pavilions.
In perhaps the most abstract pavilion to date, Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto used white steel poles last summer to create his structure of straight lines that nonetheless melded into a soft 3,800-square-foot whole.
View more details and images of the Serpentine Gallery's Pavilions in ARCHITECT's Project Galleryweaetxdyvaydzcwq.
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Terror strikes again in Egypt
The demonstrations in Tahrir Square three years ago that resulted in the ouster of President Husni Mubarak and the subsequent parliamentary and presidential elections led to the rise of the short-lived Muslim Brotherhood government. Today, Egypt is facing another election campaign, which will apparently result in General Abd al-Fattah al-Sisi's election as president. The mass street demonstrations accompanied by suppressed violence, which initially accompanied the changes of government in Egypt, have since given way to more intensive violence. Manifested first in Sinai, this violence has over the past several months spread to cities in Egypt proper.
The demonstrations in Tahrir Square three years ago that resulted in the ouster of President Husni Mubarak and the subsequent parliamentary and presidential elections led to the rise of the short-lived Muslim Brotherhood government. Today, Egypt is facing another election campaign, which will apparently result in General Abd al-Fattah al-Sisi's election as president. The mass street demonstrations accompanied by suppressed violence, which initially accompanied the changes of government in Egypt, have since given way to more intensive violence. Manifested first in Sinai, this violence has over the past several months spread to cities in Egypt proper.
The governmental instability that existed in Egypt after the Mubarak regime was toppled led to the release and escape from prison of many security prisoners, veterans of the terrorist organizations operating in Egypt beginning in the 1990s, some of whom were associated with elements identified with al-Qaeda and its affiliates. After they were freed, these activists joined terrorist organizations in Sinai and also reinforced the groups of local Bedouins that began to act against the Egyptian government and law enforcement officials in the peninsula. Some even joined global jihadi elements operating outside of Egypt, assisting them in their activities and disseminating al-Qaeda ideology in various countries in the Middle East. The tighter links between terrorist elements in Sinai and global jihadists have led to an upgrade of the terrorist methods in Sinai, incorporating suicide terror, for example, which is the trademark of al-Qaeda and its affiliates. The attacks in Sinai have focused on the gas pipeline to Israel and Jordan as well as on Egyptian police and military targets, and there have been a number of well-planned showcase attacks against Israel, including sporadic firing of rockets toward Eilat.
Following the significant escalation in attacks against the army in Sinai after Mohamed Morsi's ouster by the Egyptian military in July 2013, the military beefed up its forces considerably. Two additional battalions were sent to the Sinai, along with attack helicopters. This was coordinated with Israel, because it was necessary to make changes to the terms of the security agreement between Israel and Egypt, which is part of the peace treaty. As part of its operations, the Egyptian army also attacked the terror infrastructures in Jebel Hilal, where there was a high concentration of jihadists hiding among the local population. In addition, it raided bases belonging to terrorist organizations in northern Sinai and carried out a broad wave of arrests and pinpoint strikes against their senior commanders and operatives.
Egypt's military regime sees the Hamas government in Gaza as one of the entities enabling jihadi terrorist groups to operate in and from Sinai. It claims that the operations are directed from the Gaza Strip and aided by operatives and weapons flowing not on the familiar track of weapons smuggled from Sinai into the Gaza Strip, but in the opposite direction, from the Gaza Strip to Sinai. Consequently, the current Egyptian regime sees a need for action against Hamas in Gaza as part of its fight against terrorism in and from Sinai. The Egyptian military has worked intensively in recent months to destroy the tunnels between the Gaza Strip and Sinai, which operated under the supervision of Hamas in Gaza, in order to stop the transfer of weapons and operatives from the Gaza Strip and prevent terrorist elements from Sinai from using the Gaza Strip as a logistical hinterland and haven. Recently, statements from Cairo have indicated that Egypt seeks to take more decisive action against the Hamas government in Gaza in order to punish and perhaps even to overthrow it. It is still too early to say whether these statements will have additional operational meaning or whether they are only a propaganda campaign intended to justify what the regime is already doing.
Beyond the Egyptian government's concrete complaints against Hamas, it sees the organization as organically related to the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood. The military regime that toppled Morsi and his government sees the jihadi terrorist attacks as part of the Muslim Brotherhood's counter-campaign comprising violent demonstrations and terrorist attacks. Whether or not the leaders of the current regime truly believe that these terrorist attacks are directed by the Muslim Brotherhood, leveling accusations against Hamas and pointing to the connection with the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt serves the regime's purpose of discrediting the Muslim Brotherhood and weakening the public support it still enjoys among parts of Egyptian society.
The most prominent of the terrorist organizations in Sinai is Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis, which was formally established in 2011 following a series of terrorist attacks carried out by its members against the Egyptian gas pipeline in Sinai. When it declared its loyalty and swore allegiance to al-Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri, the organization made clear its ideological identity and its world view. For his part, al-Zawahiri congratulated the organization on its operations and encouraged it to continue with its struggle against the infidel regime in Egypt and its American and Israeli partners, whom the organization eyes as key enemies.
The upgraded terror activity in Sinai today is characterized by daily attacks on Egyptian police stations and soldiers, including execution of soldiers, bombings of buses and military vehicles, and suicide bombings against military and police targets. There are also attempts to assassinate senior military commanders such as General Ahmed Wasfi, commander of the Second Army, and kidnappings of government officials, who are released in exchange for large ransom payments, which in turn help to finance these activities. In addition, there have recently been renewed attacks on the gas pipeline in Sinai that leads to Jordan, which in 2014 has already been attacked three times.
In tandem, the struggle has spilled over to Egyptian cities, and a number of showcase attacks have been carried out in major metropolitan areas. These include suicide bombings against senior Egyptian officials, such as the failed attack against Interior Minister Mohamed Ibrahim, who is responsible for the operations of the internal security forces, the main fighters against terrorism, and the successful attack on his deputy. In addition, Mohamed Mabrouk, the Egyptian Interior Ministry official responsible for dealing with the Muslim Brotherhood, was assassinated, government offices in Cairo were attacked, and establishment and financial targets in Ismailiya and Suez were struck. The attackers justified the activities by saying that the current Egyptian government is illegal and illegitimate, and that the security forces sanctify the legitimacy of the infidel government. They believe the situation in Egypt confirms their claims that the democracy sought by the Egyptian citizens who carried out the revolution, which led to the election of the Muslim Brotherhood, was fundamentally flawed because it was a foreign element in a Muslim nation, which must conduct itself according to sharia laws. They charge that the al-Sisi government serves the interests of the United States and Israel and maintain that they will continue to use force until the government is deposed and a regime that operates according to Islamic law is established in Egypt.
For Israel, the increase in terror activity in Sinai and in Egypt proper sharpens the danger developing on its borders from global jihadi elements in the south and the north. However, Israel would do well not to intervene in the uncompromising fight Egypt has declared against the terrorist organizations. Any public intervention could help terrorist organizations that seek to portray the Egyptian struggle against them as connected to foreign interests. Therefore, intervention is ill advised while the Egyptians conduct the campaign as they see fit and according to their needs, subject to flexibility in the terms of the security annex of the peace treaty with Israel. It is essential that Israel avoid being dragged into provocations by Salafist jihadis in Gaza and Sinai, who are seeking to escalate the situation between Israel on the one hand, and Gaza and Egypt on the other. The recent rocket fire from Sinai at Eilat, and at least some of the rockets fired from Gaza, should also be seen in this context.
Yoram Schweitzer is a senior research fellow and director of the Program on Terrorism and Low Intensity Conflict at INSS. Brig. Gen. (ret.) is a senior research fellow at INSS. Shani Avita is an intern in the Terrorism and Low Intensity Conflict Program at INSS.