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IFF CEO on the Frutarom mega-deal: 'This transaction is all about growth'
By Elaine Watson
Andreas Fibig: "I hope that we will come to the stage when people will come to realize that some of the biotech solutions are more sustainable..."
Terms such as 'streamlining overheads' and 'footprint optimization' conjure up images of job cuts and factory closures, but IFF's $7.1bn megadeal to acquire Israeli flavors and natural ingredients firm Frutarom is "all about growth, not cost savings at any price," says chairman and CEO Andreas Fibig.
Speaking to FoodNavigator-USA after the deal – expected to close in 6-9 months – was announced, Fibig said: "It's about cross selling and satisfying our customers and it's going to be positive for employees. We're also very excited to bring key talent from Frutarom into IFF."
While the transition team will explore how to optimize the companies' combined footprint in terms of laboratories and production facilities, "the first synergy in terms of size is on the procurement side," added Fibig, a pharmaceutical industry veteran who joined the IFF board in 2011 and became CEO and chairman in 2014.
"The other important question for me is how can we connect our scientists so we can come up with even better solutions together?
Frutarom's biggest customer accounts for less than 2% of its sales
When it comes to market access, meanwhile, there is relatively little overlap between New York based IFF and Israel-based Frutarom, he said.
"Frutarom's biggest customer accounts for less than 2% of its sales… it has around 30,000 customers, mostly small and medium size customers, whereas we have 3,000. Of these, probably 50% are global customers and 50% are regional and local players although we have reached smaller companies through TastePoint [an IFF business launched in 2017 combining the operations of David Michael & Co and Ottens Flavors designed to service mid-market customers in North America]."
Asked whether the respective sales teams would remain in place, he said: "That's the first step as we don't want to disrupt the front end to customers. We just have to make sure we educate everybody about the enhanced portfolio."
"My personal view is that on the consumer side, perception is reality, and the perception is that natural is good and synthetic is bad, when we know that this is just not true. You can eat the wrong 100% organic mushroom and you're dead tomorrow, and you can eat 100% synthetic aspirin and it can help you live longer."
'There has to be a differentiating factor'
So what's behind this deal? Is it about buying customer relationships and market access? Increasing scale and driving efficiencies? Or more about acquiring ingredient technologies and IP?
All of the above, although the latter (R&D) is what ultimately helps to deliver the former (market access) in the longer-term, added Fibig, who observed that the flavors/fragrances market is already pretty consolidated with deals now extending into "adjacent" businesses (colors, natural antioxidants etc), reflected both in the Frutarom deal and Givaudan's recent acquisition of Naturex.
"Since I arrived at IFF three and half years ago, we've put a lot of emphasis on R&D. My first question is always how much more value can this deliver vs what our competitors are offering? There has to be a differentiating factor."
Natural ingredients: 'Everything where IP plays a role attracts and sparks my interest'
The acquisition of Frutarom "helps us to get into some very interesting growth platforms," he added. "In particular natural colors is a growing business particularly in North America where the transition to natural still has to be done, and botanicals are becoming super important as well. In North America, more than 90% of our briefs are briefs for natural product solutions.
"The enzyme business is also very interesting, particularly Enzymotec [owned by Frutarom, which has developed technology enabling it to extract functional lipids from natural sources and use enzymes to synthesize lipids].
"They have a very strong patent position for many of their products and as someone that spent 28 years in the pharmaceutical industry, everything where IP plays a role attracts and sparks my interest."
"Our pipeline includes incredible capabilities on natural modulation, new fragrance molecules, and active cosmetic ingredients such as a new peptide that actually restores color to grey hair called Greyverse."
Where next for IFF/Frutarom? Sweet taste modulation, protein masking
Continuing areas of focus for IFF include natural modulators that enable companies to reduce sugar, and flavor solutions that can help formulators tackle some of the off tastes associated with plant-based proteins and other natural ingredients, he said.
Are natural ingredients more sustainable?
There will also be more research into sourcing botanicals with higher yields, but also exploring whether there are more sustainable ways to produce various molecules (via fermentation vs extraction for example), although this prompts challenging questions about the resulting ingredients' 'natural' credentials, he acknowledged.
"Frutarom has patents on plants that produce higher yields and this is very exciting," but this approach can only take you so far, he said.
"Take vanilla. Prices have risen from $20/kg to $500+ in the last two and half years. People like natural vanilla extracts but is that sustainable, is that affordable? What will be the next solution? Are biotech solutions seen as 'natural' and what can we do here?
"My personal view is that on the consumer side, perception is reality and that is natural is good and synthetic is bad, when we know that this is just not true. You can eat the wrong 100% organic mushroom and you're dead tomorrow, and you can eat 100% synthetic aspirin and it can help you live longer.
"I hope that through the angle of sustainability we will come to the stage when people will come to realize that some of the biotech solutions are more sustainable. I'd like to see a more nuanced conversation about genetic engineering that's based on the scientific facts, but that might be just a dream."
Read more about the Frutarom deal HERE.
Related topics: Natural sweeteners, Health & Wellness, Cultures, enzymes, yeast, Flavors and colors, Fruit, vegetable, nut ingredients, Health and nutritional ingredients, Sweeteners (intense, bulk, polyols), Clean label, Suppliers, People, Confectionery, Dairy, Healthy Foods, Prepared Foods, Snacks
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libfte
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[![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/kpdyer/libfte.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/kpdyer/libfte)

Overview
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Format-Transforming Encryption (FTE) is a cryptographic primitive explored in the paper *Protocol Misidentification Made Easy with Format-Transforming Encryption* [1]. FTE allows a user to specify the format of their ouput ciphertexts using regular expressions. The libfte library implements the primitive presented in [1].

If you are interested in the *proxy system* that uses FTE to bypass DPI systems, please see [fteproxy](https://github.com/kpdyer/fteproxy).

Dependencies
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* Build tools (e.g., gcc, g++, etc.)
* Python 2.6.x/2.7.x (https://python.org/)
* GMP 5.1.x (https://gmplib.org/)
* PyCrypto 2.6.x (https://www.dlitz.net/software/pycrypto/)

Installation
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To install libfte as a python module, please do the following:

```
python setup.py install
```

You can verify that libfte was built correctly by running:

```
python setup.py test
```

To verify that libfte was installed correctly, try running one of the scripts in the ```examples/``` directory.

Example Usage
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The following is an example usage of libfte.

```python
import fte.encoder

regex = '^(a|b)+$'
fixed_slice = 256
input_plaintext = 'test'

fteObj = fte.encoder.RegexEncoder(regex, fixed_slice)

ciphertext = fteObj.encode(input_plaintext)
output_plaintext = fteObj.decode(ciphertext)

print 'input_plaintext='+input_plaintext
print 'ciphertext='+ciphertext[:16]+'...'+ciphertext[-16:]
print 'output_plaintext='+output_plaintext
```

And the ouput of the above script would be the following, where the ouput ciphertext is a ```fixed_slice```-length string consisting of the characters ```a``` and ```b```, as defined by the ```regex``` variable.

```python
input_plaintext=test
ciphertext=aaaaaaaabaaaaaba...aabbbbbbbbaababb
output_plaintext=test
```

References
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[1] [Protocol Misidentification Made Easy with Format-Transforming Encryption](https://kpdyer.com/publications/ccs2013-fte.pdf)
    Kevin P. Dyer, Scott E. Coull, Thomas Ristenpart and Thomas Shrimpton

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After re-reading Siddal's poem Early Death today, the imagery of 'spirits floating past' made me think of La Divina Commedia, where Dante Alighieri described the lovers in the second circle of Hell as being whipped around by a strong, violent wind.
In Dante Gabriel Rossetti's triptych above, Siddal appears as Francesca de Rimini. In Canto V of La Divina Commedia, Dante encounters her and her lover, Paolo. When Francesca first meets Dante, she quotes great works to him, including his own. This establishes Francesca's passion for reading and she later tells him that she fell in love with her brother-in-law while they read the tales of Lancelot together. Francesca and Paolo then brought the King Arthur/Guinevere/Lancelot triangle to life by pursuing their relationship. When Francesca's husband caught them, he stabbed the pair to death. They remain in the winds of the second circle of hell, along with other famous lovers who have sinned. In Rossetti's design, we can see the lovers kissing as they read Lancelot, Dante and Virgil in the middle as they encounter the pair, and the lovers as they brave the winds of Hell. Since Siddal herself appears as Francesca, who floats upon the violent wind, I wonder if the poet purposefully transferred similar imagery into her own work.
Study for Paolo and Francesca, Dante Gabriel Rossetti.
Rossetti revisited Paolo and Francesca in his 1867 painting. The book between them is my favorite detail. It creates a bridge that draws them together. The lovers, despite their tragic ending, developed their passion over a shared enthusiasm for the written word, something I find incredibly meaningful.
Siddal's imagery of spirits floating past brought to my mind the lovers in the second circle of Hell, but it also makes me think of what would happen once the speaker of her poem is reunited with her lover. And I will take thee by the hands/And know thee mine at last.
'The Blessed Damozel', Dante Gabriel Rossetti.
Drawing inspiration from Edgar Allan Poe's The Raven, Dante Gabriel Rossetti's The Blessed Damozel explores the theme of lovers separated by death. Like Poe's Lenore, the damozel (an archaic form of damsel) has died and Rossetti introduces her to us as she looks down upon her lover from heaven. Rossetti later told Hall Caine 'I saw that Poe had done the utmost it is possible to do with the grief of the lover on earth, and so I determined to reverse the conditions and give utterance to the yearning of the loved one in heaven.' You can read the full text of the poem here.
Paolo and Francesca and The Blessed Damozel are tragic love stories and, of course, Elizabeth Siddal's poem is incredibly sad as well. Doomed lovers have always had universal appeal, which is one reason Pre-Raphaelite images of Ophelia remain so popular. This isn't limited to Pre-Raphaelite art by any means. I was only recently thinking about how much I love movies like Somewhere in Time starring Christopher Reeve and Jane Seymour or The Ghost and Mrs. Muir with Rex Harrison and Gene Tierney. Both include supernatural elements, both feature lovers who are clearly soulmates but are bound by laws of nature and can not be with their true love.
Tragic love stories offer a catharsis of sorts. Why do we enjoy stories that rip our hearts out? Most likely it is the fact that we can all identify with both the exquisite rapture of love and the gut-wrenching pain it can cause.
Experiencing it in real life can be agony.
Experiencing it through the safety of art can be freeing.
"Trembling all over, kissed me on the mouth.
That book — and its author — was a pander!
Oh, my! Evoking two of my favorite films at the end there! Thank you! I loved the old film of Ghost and Mrs. Muir, as well as the slightly sillier TV series, so very much. Another film that springs to mind, particularly with a medieval theme, is Ladyhawke, with the two lovers under the curse that won't allow them to be together except for a few seconds at dawn and dusk. I absolutely see the continued theme of doomed lovers through all media, and I love that universality of theme.
I watched The Ghost and Mrs. Muir obsessively when I was a teenager and I still love it. Absolutely one of my favorites films and the soundtrack by Bernard Herrmann is amazing! Oh, Ladyhawke! Have not seen that for years but I loved it so!


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Mani Rao
Mani Rao (b.1965 India) is a poet, translator and independent scholar.
Her ten poetry collections include Sing to Me (Recent Work), New & Selected Poems (Poetrywala), Echolocation (Math Paper Press) and Ghostmasters (Chameleon Press). She has two books in translation from Sanskrit including Bhagavad Gita as a poem (Autumn Hill Books and Fingerprint), and Kalidasa for the 21st Century Reader (Aleph Books). Her recent book Living Mantra— Mantra, Deity and Visionary Experience Today (Palgrave Macmillan 2019) is an anthropology of mantra-experience among tantric practitioners in south India.
Her poems and essays are published in journals including Poetry Magazine, Wasafiri, Meanjin, Washington Square, Fulcrum, West Coast Line, Interim and Colorado Review, and in anthologies including The Penguin Book of the Prose Poem, Zoland Poetry, W.W.Norton's Language for a New Century, Penguin's Sixty Indian Poets, and the Bloodaxe Book of Contemporary Indian Poets.
She has performed at literary festivals including The Age Melbourne Writers' Festival, Chicago Humanities Festival, New York PEN World Voices, and The Man Hong Kong International Literary Festival. Translations of her poems have been published in Latin, Italian, Korean, Chinese, Arabic, French and German.
She has held residencies at International Poetry Studies Institute Canberra (2019), Omi Ledig House (2018), University of Iowa International Programs (2006) and Iowa International Writing Program (2005 and 2009).
Mani has an MFA in Creative Writing from UNLV (2010), and a PhD in Religious Studies from Duke University (2016).
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Poet, translator and scholar based in India, writing in English.
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Danny James & David Taylor Guest Star In 'Revelations: The Initial Journey'
Cast Danny James David Taylor	 December 1, 2002
Follow 16-year-old boy, Jess' (Tom Hern – Ram) journey through life and time itself. Each episode contains a story from a different time and place in world history. Guest starring Danny James (Zoot) as Danny and David Taylor (Sasha) as Carl.
'Rain' Starring David Taylor
Cast David Taylor	 October 6, 2001
Whilst on a family vacation on the Mahurangi Peninsula in New Zealand, 13-year-old Janey begins to realize that her parents' marriage is on the rocks. Starring David Taylor (Sasha) as Sam.
Fleur Saville, Jay Ryan & David Taylor Star In 'Being Eve'
Cast David Taylor Fleur Saville Jay Ryan	 August 24, 2001
A light-hearted teen drama series that focuses on the life of a 15-year-old philosopher, Eve (Fleur Saville – Ruby). Also starring Jay Ryan (Blue) and David Taylor (Sasha).
David Taylor Stars In 'A Twist In The Tale: A Matter Of Time'
Cast David Taylor	 May 15, 1999
A storyteller tells stories to a group of kids and the characters in these stories are the kids themselves. Starring David Taylor (Sasha) as David Morgan.
Amy Morrison Antonia Prebble Ari Boyland Ashwath Sundarasen Beth McDermott (Allen) Caleb Ross TV Chantelle Brader Charlie Bleakley Danny James David Taylor Dwayne Cameron Georgia Taylor-Woods Jaimee Kaire Gataulu Keegan Fulford-Wierziciki Matt Offord Meryl Cassie Michael Wesley-Smith Michelle Ang Robyn Malcolm Rose Bollinger Ryan Runciman Sam Husson Sam La Hood Sarah Major Vanessa Stacey Victoria Spence Zachary Best	 April 24, 1999
In the wake of a deadly virus that has wiped out the adult population, the children of the world must now survive on their own.
David Taylor Guest Stars In 'Xena: Warrior Princess'
Cast David Taylor	 September 30, 1996
Xena, a mighty Warrior Princess with a dark past, sets out to redeem herself. She is joined by small town bard, Gabrielle. Together they journey the ancient world and fight for the greater good against ruthless Warlords and Gods. Guest starring David Taylor (Sasha) as Solan.


Like many Pagans, I don't generally initiate conversations about faith with people outside my inner circle. Even within my family, I struggled for years to find a way to help my loved ones understand that my beliefs weren't all that different, at the core, from their values. I wish I'd had a copy of Seeking the Mystery to share years ago; this book is accessible for people of all faiths, and it goes a long way toward demystifying the complex and diverse modern Pagan movement.
Although attempting to write one text that covers all of Pagan theology is a challenge, Christine Hoff Kraemer successfully creates an explanatory text that offers a balanced introduction to many facets of modern Paganism, from beliefs about deities and divinity to views on life and death. This easy-to-read text is filled with information, but none of it comes across as dogmatic or aggressive; rather, this is a balanced, holistic introductory text remarkably free from bias that I would recommend widely. Pagan readers will likely find themselves deepening their own understanding of their practices while reading this book, and comparative religion scholars will appreciate the range of theologies presented by Kraemer.
I particularly found the first chapter to be the most valuable, as this chapter outlines many terms and definitions of the different branches of modern Paganism. It was enriching to consider the academic and practical meanings behind soft and hard polytheism, animism, monism, and many other "isms" which describe modern Pagan practice. As a member of a faith without much dogma or instruction, sometimes the simple power of being able to articulately name your experience can be enlightening, and Kraemer provides as many varied terms and definitions as she can in this book.
While Seeking the Mystery is in no way a deep, comprehensive study of every component of modern Paganism, it offers an excellent overview that is easy to read and understand while at the same time not over-simplifying the material. Kraemer has found an ideal balance for the narration of this text, and I think this is an important book for the Pagan community to read and share with others. This title would be an excellent jumping off point for intelligent interfaith dialogue outside of the Pagan community, as well; Kraemer's straightforward writing style, coupled with extensive research and a wide range of perspectives, creates an accessible text for anyone with an interest in modern religious practice.


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➤ Thanks to Neil McCormick for the only Bowie Blackstar review we need to read
Posted on 18 Dec 2015 | Leave a comment
Late-life melancholy with jazzy modulations: Bowie in messianic mode in the video for the album's title track Blackstar
➢ With an album as rich and strange as Blackstar, Bowie is well and truly back from beyond, reports Neil McCormick, Daily Telegraph music critic, 18 December 2015:
" For his 27th studio album, has Bowie gone jazz? On first listens to Blackstar, released on 8 January, Bowie's 69th birthday, it certainly sounds like rock's oldest futurist has dusted down his saxophone. They are tooting, parping, wailing and gusting all over the place, occupying rhythmic, atmospheric and lead parts, with guitars and keyboards intermingling in a weave of supporting roles.
Donny McCaslin: Bowie's new-found friend
The saxophone was Bowie's first instrument, which he started learning in his pre-teens inspired by a bohemian, jazz-loving elder half-brother, Terry Burns. Bowie once said that, aged 14, he couldn't decide if he wanted "to be a rock'n'roll singer or John Coltrane". Even in his rise to rock fame, Bowie remained a creature of the jazz age, at least in the sense of the boundary-crashing freedom that characterises his work.
A new single, Lazarus, released today, may kick off in the vague realm of contemporary music, with spectral guitar and stuttering rhythms calling to mind the young British trio the xx, but it is not long before those saxophones are sighing and the beat is fragmenting. Just about holding it together are the familiar tones of Bowie's teeth-gritted, tight-chested whisper of a vocal, proclaiming it is This way or no way / You know I'll be free / Just like that bluebird / Now ain't that just like me? Sure sounds like jazz to me. . .
What Bowie has created with this hardcore jazz crew, though, is not something any jazz fan would recognise and is all the better for it. At its best, free jazz is amongst the most technically advanced and audacious music ever heard but it can be uncompromisingly difficult to listen to for the non-aficionado. The improvisational elements that make it so gladiatorial and hypnotic live can make it over complex and inaccessible on record. Bowie's intriguing experiment has been to take this wild, abstract form and try to turn it into songs. Blackstar is an album on which words and melody gradually rise from a sonic swamp to sink their hooks in. It is probably as close as free jazz has ever got to pop. . . " / Read the full review at Telegraph online
◼ IN AN UNNERVING SIMULATION OF BOWIE'S VOICE, the star of Bowie's new musical Lazarus, Michael C. Hall, sings its title track for the CBS Late Show (below) the day it is released as a single. The maestro himself is watching the show at home in his armchair. How meta-modern is that?!
➢ Bowie fulfills his jazz dream – Listen to an NPR Music interview with the two main characters who accompany Bowie on this new adventure in music – his longtime friend and producer Tony Visconti and his new-found friend/saxophonist and band leader Donny McCaslin.
➢ Nov 23, more background revelations in Rolling Stone – "We were listening to a lot of Kendrick Lamar," says producer Tony Visconti. "The goal was to avoid rock & roll"
➢ PLUS: The Blackstar album reviewed track by track by Neil McCormick
Posted in North America, Pop music, TV, Youth culture
Tagged album, Blackstar, David Bowie, Donny McCaslin, Interview, jazz, Lazarus, Michael C. Hall, Neil McCormick, NPR, pop music, Reviews, Tony Visconti, Video
➤ Launching tomorrow, Soho's new radio station gives Sullivan the wag a place in its shop window
Posted on 6 May 2014 | Leave a comment
On TV in 1984: Wag club host Chris Sullivan talks of his love for jazz (BBC)
❚ DEEJAY AND FORMER WAG CLUB HOST and reinventor of the zoot suit Chris Sullivan writes today: "My first radio show on Soho Radio tomorrow from 4 till 6pm …. Tune in online for an afternoon tickle…. and please like the page if you can. I'd be most grateful."
➢ His Presenter page at Soho Radio reads like his job app to me:
" The show would be called Sullivan Suits and would cover all the music I come across each week on my quest as a DJ that might be Scorpio by Dennis Coffey, You and Me By Slave, Hustlers Convention by the Last Poets or re-edits by Joey Negro such as Same Old Scene by Roxy or stuff that I refind such as Manhattan Fable by Babs Gonsales, Light My Fire by Erma Franklyn. These would be backed up by old favourites such as A Boy Named Sue by Johnny Cash, Wonderful World by Louis Armstrong, Kooks by David Bowie. Howling Wolf, Little Walter, Aretha etc etc.
" I'd throw in odd facts, stories and hoaxes. All in all it would be whatever suits me and the listener that day. I would also get a guest from time to time and get them to pick a few tracks – Mark Powell, Phil Dirtbox, Kevin Rowlands, Bernie from Groucho, Mark Hix etc and perhaps discuss Soho and swop stories. "
❏ Launching at 2pm Weds May 7, Soho Radio is a new independent radio station with 24/7 live streaming and pre-recorded programming from its own shop/cafe in Great Windmill Street, next to Paul Raymond's Windmill Club. Wave to the Cuban Brothers and later to Sullivan through the studio's large shop window onto the street. The station says it aims to provide an eclectic mix of the vibrant and diverse which this district of central London is renowned for – breaking underground acts and bringing together musicians, artists, film makers, chefs, poets and local piano tuners. Nowhere does the website says who's behind the radio station, so until it proves itself we'd better assume it's some Russian oligarch, as usual these days.
TALKING OF THE WAG, HERE'S A RARE OLD VIDEO
❏ Newly posted at YouTube, here's a supercool glimpse inside Chris Sullivan's Wag club on Wardour Street when it was London's landmark nightspot during 1984. Monday nights were given over to the clubland's most fashionable music craze – jazz! This segment comes from the BBC2 Whistle Test music programme on the Jazz Room when David Hepwoth ventures into the Wag to meet clubland's jazz deejay Paul Murphy, old-timers Slim Gaillard and Will Gaines, Jerry IDJ, Dr Bob Jones, Robert Elms, among others. While club dudes complain "There's no good pop music around at the moment" we see the American vocalist and true legend Slim Gaillard boogeying on the Wag's dancefloor and also in a great vintage clip from 1946 singing his "groovy orooney" number, Dunkin' Bagel.
Chris Sullivan comments: "I've never seen this … but then again I really didn't like the interviewer hence my lack of enthusiasm in our chat."
At the Wag in 1984: jazz deejay Paul Murphy, and American trouper Slim Gaillard (BBC)
➢ Previously at Shapersofthe80s: When the Wag club shaped the New London Weekend
Posted in Clubbing, London, Social trends, Youth culture
Tagged 1980s, Chris Sullivan, jazz, London, Paul Murphy, Slim Gaillard, Soho Radio, Video, Wag club, web radio, Whistle Test
➤ Sussex hosts its first boutique green-field jazz festival
Posted on 25 Feb 2013 | Leave a comment
Rodgers, Ferry and Kiwanuka: Stars announced for the 2013 Love Supreme Festival
❚ BRYAN FERRY IS TO BE the Saturday headliner of the first Love Supreme Jazz Festival taking place July 5–7 2013. Four stages present a mix of jazz, soul and blues against the picturesque backdrop of Glynde Place, the Elizabethan manor house in East Sussex, 11 miles from Brighton.
Ferry said: "I am looking forward to incorporating material from my latest album The Jazz Age in the set at the Love Supreme Festival. This will be the first time the Bryan Ferry Orchestra will have played live in the UK and we will be adding vocals to several of the jazz arrangements as well as being joined by members of my regular band."
Headlining on the Sunday will be Jools Holland & his Rhythm & Blues Orchestra who has announced that Roland Gift, the Fine Young Cannibals front-man, will be his special guest vocalist alongside Ruby Turner and Louise Marshall.
Also appearing: disco megastars Chic ft Nile Rodgers, Courtney Pine, Michael Kiwanuka, Branford Marsalis Quartet, Gregory Porter, White Mink, Portico Quartet, Roller Trio, GoGo Penguin, Robert Glasper Experiment, Andreya Triana and Naturally 7.
Courtney Pine CBE said: "Playing concerts in front of a live outdoor audience is a huge thrill for the improvising musician. The concerts feature a fantastic cast of world-class jazz musicians which I am proud and very humbled to be joining. This Love Supreme Jazz Festival will be banging!"
➢ Love Supreme Festival 2013 in association with JazzFM: Upgrades available to luxury tents, pods and wagons
Tagged Bryan Ferry, Courtney Pine, events, Glynde Place, jazz, JazzFM, Jools Holla, Jools Holland, Love Supreme Festival, Nile Rodgers
➤ Robbie Vincent: 35 years as master of hot cuts and getting our "rhythm buds" going
Posted on 25 Dec 2011 | 4 comments
Robbie Vincent at BBC Radio London in the mid-70s: from sparring phone-in host to soul master. (Photographed by Roger G Clark)
♫ Before you read on, click here for the perfect soundtrack from Robbie's Radio London shows three decades ago: Friends & Strangers, recorded by saxophonist Ronnie Laws for the album Mountain Dance on Blue Note, 1977
◼ TUNE IN ONLINE AT 10AM TODAY and "If it moves, funk it". Wherever you are in the world, your internet connection will deliver one of Britain's great musical tastemakers who 35 years ago had teenagers expressing their musical allegiances in fanatical yet playful rival groups known as soul tribes who adopted saucy names such as the Dartford Tunnel Moles, Medway Maggots, Sherwood Softshoe Shufflers, Welwyn Wobblers and scores more. More important, in an age of casual racism, this white radio and club deejay opened their ears and hearts to the rhythms of black music which they couldn't hear anywhere else — certainly not in the pop charts and precious few places on the radio dial.
In Britain, your skin colour wasn't necessarily reflected in your musical tastes but if you danced with your hips, your feet and your soul, black music definitely became the rallying point for frustrated dancers unable to find release in dancehalls of the Saturday-night meat market tradition. The soul tribes of Britain saw white and black kids gathering together in underground clubs discovered only through the grapevine, and often unlicensed for alcohol. Then came marathon all-day soul festivals — the first Purley all-dayer in 1978 springs to mind, with music amplified through the UK's first serious sound system designed by soul disc jockey Froggy, and a mixing console to provide seamless cross-fades. On dancefloors across the land, the acrobatic tribes competed to improvise the wildest dance moves and to build the highest human pyramids. None of this could have been imagined in America, with its strict apartheid between black and white music, and limited chances even for Motown artists to cross over into mainstream charts and playlists.
1978: Chris Hill entertains dancers from across the south-east during the first all-day soul event at Tiffany's in Purley, the London suburb
From 1976 the BBC Radio London deejay Robbie Vincent commanded a high-profile lunchtime show on Saturdays which featured imported albums and the novel vinyl format of 12-inch singles to introduce dance fans to a galaxy of consummate musicians pushing the frontiers of hard soul, up-front jazz and raw funk … Ronnie Laws, Eddie Henderson, Weather Report, The Crusaders, Lonnie Liston Smith, Johnny Guitar Watson, Bootsy Collins, George Benson, Wilton Felder, Maze, Roy Ayres, Al Jarreau, Hi Tension, The Fatback Band, Brass Construction, Funkadelic.
Vincent was one of three deejays who soon headed what became known as the Soul Mafia working in London and the south-east and bringing real pressure to bear on record companies to release quality US acts in the UK. His counterpart at the commercial Capital Radio station was black deejay Greg Edwards, Grenada-born and New York-raised. He won his own cult following with his Saturday evening Soul Spectrum and its romantic "Bathroom call".
Essex's Gold Mine in 1975: GI uniforms and swing (courtesy Brian Longman, CanveyIsland.org.uk)
At about the same time that Vincent had a residency at the spanking new Flick's disco in Dartford, Kent (south of the Thames), Chris Hill was already a legend as resident deejay at the Gold Mine on Canvey Island (north of the Thames). If anywhere in the mid-70s, this was where novelty dressing up began, influenced by several MGM compilation musicals in the cinema (That's Entertainment!, 1974) and blockbusters such as The Great Gatsby (1974) rekindling nostalgia for vintage Hollywood fashion. For a while, and encouraged by Hill, the Gold Mine had the monopoly on GI uniforms and scarlet-lipped jive-dolls during its Glenn Miller and swing revival.
As a club deejay Vincent was the least theatrical in his presentation. Yet, as an ex-Evening Standard journalist and "devil's advocate" phone-in veteran, his consummate broadcast interviews with American soul giants (James Brown, Marvin Gaye, Sly Stone, Bobby Womack, Chaka Khan, Luther Vandross, Teddy Pendergrass, Herbie Hancock, Roy Ayers) not only educated a generation of teen clubbers but reinforced the credibility of the music at the very moment when a hitherto cathartic disco scene turned to dross. The destructive effect of the dire film Saturday Night Fever and its musically inane Bee Gee soundtrack cannot be overstated as its infection swept the globe in 1978.
Dressing up for the dancefloor: toga parties were popular on the soul circuit, here in 1979 at Papillon club, Brighton. (Photograph by Paul Clark)
One consequence for the UK was that the emergent soul scene dived back underground and partially reemerged only in 1980 with the New Romantics, disguised in a sharp new wardrobe. There were mutations within the family, but most danced to music with soul and many new young bands had funky beats and jazz pretensions. Mainstream jazz itself came back into favour with young clubbers in the early 80s when the black Brits Courtney Pine and Sade Adu were among the first to make good. All the emergent subcults lived to dance, and dressed up to do so as the 80s matured, while the whole flavour of UK music shifted away from rock guitar to the more upfront dance beats led by the bass guitar and bass drum.
This lineage does get overlooked these days: a substantial generation of 70s music lovers acquired taste, style and feet that knew how to move. This was precisely the audience-in-waiting who demanded and created vibrant world-beating pop and fashion as Swinging London was reinvented in the 80s. Only with the so-called Second Summer of Love in 1988 and the ecstasy-fuelled hurricane of aceed house that swept in from Ibiza did UK youth almost overnight abandon a long history of dancing with its feet. The trance-inducing techno beats of rave music proved so alien to the soul heritage that kids chose instead to wave their hands in the air as if to commune mystically with the lazer light.
Ever since, only their elders can remember how to cut a dash on a sprung-maple dancefloor. Those include the cool soulboys and girls of the early 80s who favoured the funky post-Blitz London clubs such as Le Beat Route, the Wag and Dirtbox. And they express fond gratitude to Vincent, Edwards and Hill as their musical mentors.
New technology: Chris Hill and Robbie Vincent in front of Froggy's Matamp console
◼ REFLECTING THIS WEEK on the heady rise of the soul movement in Britain, Robbie Vincent identified some of the reasons: "The whole thing grew because as the years went by we had more and more access to a core group of really important American black artists. In the UK, Loose Ends and Soul II Soul are fine examples of bringing not just great home-grown R&B to our ears but style and fashion too.
"Popular black music writing royalty like Kenny Gamble, co-founder of the mighty Philadelphia International Records label, says his favourite cover version of one of his tracks is Now That We Found Love by Third World. It is real credit to UK dancefloors that the track was adopted almost as an anthem. But it needed that pool of musicians like The O'Jays and jazz crossover men like Donald Byrd and Grover Washington to influence and excite those new young kids on the block."
Robbie Vincent himself deserves credit as an enthusiast with missionary zeal. From the 1978 launch of the then Labour-leaning tabloid, the Daily Star, he wrote an influential weekly column recognising the inventive camaraderie of Britain's soul tribes, long before other media woke up to the phenomenon. For most of the 80s Vincent's career saw him curating soul in regular strands at Radio 1, the BBC's nationwide flagship, then at key music stations ever since. In 1995 he was voted Independent Radio personality of the year at the annual Variety Club awards. In 1997 he contributed profiles to The Sunday Times's partwork the 1,000 Makers of Music. Of Berry Gordy's Motown label during the 60s he wrote: "The Sound of Young America became a way of life, especially for Britain's Mods: if it wasn't Motown, it wasn't hip."
Philly's Kenny Gamble interviewed by Robbie Vincent today and next Sunday
These days, following a spell of ill-health, Vincent is ensconced at JazzFM airing his jazz-funk credentials every Sunday from 10am in a three-hour masterclass. And Christmas Day's coup is an extensive interview with Kenny Gamble, who founded the Philly label as one half of the independent producing and writing team Gamble and Huff with 170 gold and platinum records to their credit. On air Gamble talks of its stars such as The O'Jays [view vid], Billy Paul, Michael Jackson and Teddy Pendergrass. In the late 60s Atlantic offered G&H one massive act after another — Aretha Franklin, Wilson Pickett, Dusty Springfield, Archie Bell & the Drells. Gamble says: "We did the background singing on I Can't Stop Dancing. There were no Drells. There was me, Huff and Karl Chambers. I've been a Drell, I've been a Stylistic, I've been a Blue Note and a few other things."
As a man of taste he declares The Temptations [view vid] the best group ever and Motown the greatest record company ever. When G&H formed Philly Int in 1971, they set up MFSB as the in-house band, a pool of 30 musicians exactly as the Funk Brothers were for Berry Gordy. "Motown was the blueprint for what we did. The Motown sound was so powerful, everybody wanted it. But we wanted our own sound [view vid]". Here in MFSB's The Sound of Philadelphia we hear the driving bass, hi-hat rhythms and lush orchestration that defined what came to be called disco in the eternal battle between rock guitars and dancing feet. The JazzFM interview continues on New Year's Day.
◼ AMONG VINCENT'S FANS TODAY is the young black British mixer-producer Fitzroy Facey, who describes himself as a religious listener to Robbie Vincent's radio shows through the late 1970s and early 80s. It was 1979 when Robbie helped instigate the National Soul Weekenders at Caister holiday camp, which are still going strong (see video below). In a recent interview for his magazine The Soul Survivors (edited extract at JazzFM), Fitzroy acknowledged that Vincent has been as important as some of the artists he has interviewed because he touched so many people's lives, to create the "one nation under a groove" [view vid].
Robbie: My phone-in show helped here as I suffered a lot of abuse and would not tolerate racism or bigots. I'm very proud to have stood up to those views and the great uniter is music, which is a universal language.
Fitzroy: I was one of those coming from an Afro-Caribbean background who remember the racist door policies in the 70s and early 80s.
Robbie: Tell me about it; don't forget I grew up in an era where Tamla Motown didn't put their artist photographs on the cover sleeves because they were black and they worried they might alienate a white audience. This is an often missed point and an utter disgrace… We should hang our heads in shame.
"The Robbie Vincent Edition" 1994: his Classic Jazz-Funk selection for Mastercuts ranges from Grover Washington, Roy Ayers and Gabor Szabo to Blue Feather and OPA
Fitzroy: There are huge testaments on the net to both you and Greg Edwards for opening doors to pirate stations and presenters of black music. The younger generation have no concept that back in the 70s access to black music was totalling less than 10 hours a week. Today it's 24/7 and you couldn't possibly imagine 30-plus years later that Kiss, Jazz, Choice FM would grow out of that.
Robbie: That's what made the scene so exciting — it was pioneering. The people who danced and were enthusiastic about the music made me very proud to be part of it. Because people were so passionate… Remember, the young black musicians were inspired by their brothers in America. You didn't have to become a boxer — you learned an instrument. It was so infectious, it was inevitable that the music back then would be integral to popular music today.
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Q: To establish an inequality using Chebyshev's probability bound Let $X$ be a random variable with mean, $E(X)=\mu$ and variance, $E(X-\mu)^2=\sigma^2$. Then Chebyshev's inequality asserts that
$$ P\{|X-\mu|\geq k\sigma\} \leq \frac{1}{k^2} $$
Using this inequality, I have to show that
$$e^{k+1} \geq k^2 \,\,\text{for}\,\, k>1$$ It is clear that if I can show that
$$P\{|X-\mu|\geq k\sigma\}\geq \frac{1}{e^{k+1}}$$
for $k>1$, and any $\mu \in \mathbb{R}$ and any $\sigma>0$, then we are done. Thanks in advance.
Source : Rohatgi, Saleh-p.$98$-problem $6$.

A: Consider a random variable $X$ that follows the exponential distribution $\mathsf{Exp}(1)$. We have
$$
\mathsf{E}(X) = 1, \quad\mathsf{Var}(X) = 1
$$
and for $x > 0$,
$$
\Pr(X \geq x) = e^{-x}
$$
implying $\Pr(X \geq k + 1) = 1/ e^{k+1}$. In addition,
by Chebyshev's bound, we have
$$
\Pr(X \geq 1 + k) \leq 1/k^2
$$
Therefore,
$$
1 / e^{k+1} \leq 1/k^2
$$

A: I agree to the above answer of using the Exponential distribution with mean = 1, but here is my approach using Markov's inequality. Please check if it makes any sense...
Let X be any random variable defined only for $x > 0$.
Then by Markov's Inequality
$P((X-1)^2 \ge K^2) \le \frac{E(X-1)^2}{K^2}$ which can be rewritten as $P(|X-1| \ge K) \le \frac{E(X-1)^2}{K^2}$. (Alternate derivation of the Chebyshev's inequality).
Now, for the negative case of the abs function, $P(X \le 1 - K) $ which is not possible, since $K > 1$ and X is defined only for positive values.
Thus, $P(X \ge K + 1) \le \frac{E(X-1)^2}{K^2}$ ---------------- (1)
Now, $P(X \ge K + 1)$ can also be written as $P(e^X \ge e^{K+1})$.
Applying the Markov's inequality again, we get
$P(e^X \ge e^{K+1}) \le \frac{Ee^X}{e^{K+1}}$, effectively stating that $P(X \ge K+1) \le \frac{Ee^X}{e^{K+1}}$ ----------------- (2).  (Alternate derivation of the Chernoff's bounds)
Now, there are two ways to proceed from here. Either use the fact that the Chernoff's bounds are tighter than the Chebyshev's bounds, in which case the proof would be quite straighforward, or make use of the fact that both (1) and (2) are indeed the special case of the Markov's bound.
Chernoff's bound is tighter than Chebyshev's bound
In this case, $\frac{Ee^X}{e^{K+1}} \le \frac{E(X-1)^2}{K^2}$.
Now, in both the discrete as well as the continuous case, it is easier to show that $Ee^X \ge E(X-1)^2$.
Thus, $\frac{E(X-1)^2}{e^{K+1}} \le \frac{E(X-1)^2}{K^2}$ or $e^{K+1} > K^2$.
Both are derived from Markov's inequality
In the best case, one can assume both bounds may be equal in some case.
$\frac{Ee^X}{e^{K+1}} = \frac{E(X-1)^2}{K^2}$ or $\frac{E(X-1)^2}{e^{K+1}} \le \frac{E(X-1)^2}{K^2}$ using the fact that $Ee^X \ge E(X-1)^2$.
Thus, ${e^{K+1} \ge K^2}$
Please note, this is an individual answer and I'm in no way an "expert". Please let me know if the answer needs any modifications.

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Bachelor of Fine Arts in Art Education, University Denver, 1967. Master of Arts in Anthropology, University Northern Colorado, 1979.
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Heat oven to 375°F. In food processor, place flour, 3/4 cup of the powdered sugar and 1/2 teaspoon salt. Cover; process until well blended. Add butter and 1 1/2 teaspoons of the vanilla; process with on-and-off pulses until mixture is consistency of fine crumbs.
Press 1 1/2 cups of the mixture evenly in ungreased 9-inch tart pan with removable bottom. Bake 12 minutes. Remove to cooking rack; cool 15 minutes.
Meanwhile, in small bowl, stir preserves to soften; set aside. In another small bowl, mix mascarpone cheese, remaining 1/4 cup powdered sugar and remaining 1/2 teaspoon vanilla until well blended. Cover; refrigerate.
Spread preserves evenly over cooled crust to within 3/8-inch of edge. Sprinkle remaining crust mixture evenly over top, covering preserves completely. Pat gently; sprinkle with white sparkling sugar.
Bake 18 to 26 minutes longer or until edges are golden brown. Cool 25 minutes on cooling rack; remove side of pan. Using sharp knife, cut into 12 wedges. Serve warm with sweetened mascarpone mixture.


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MARITIMO YACHTS began trading in 2002 as a yacht charter, services and maintenance company with an office on the Paseo Maritimo in Palma opposite the main entrance to the Club de Mar. Sales of new and used motor and sailing boats were introduced into the business with the incorporation of new partners and the company moved its sales and brokerage activities into an office in the Club de Mar in 2009. We have represented a number of top brands in the Balearics including Rodman and Riva, and we were the Spanish dealers and importers for Elan for almost 15 years.
Over time MARITIMO YACHTS expanded its range of services to incorporate wrapping of yachts, tenders and high end vehicles with top quality vinyl's. In 2014 we set up a workshop in the Can Valero industrial estate to support the services and wrapping divisions although this now operates as an independent company and we are primarily focused on yacht brokerage.
Most of MARITIMO YACHTS business nowadays comes from selling yachts from 12 metres / 40 feet up to around 30 metres /100 feet, and we have a highly experienced, multilingual and reliable team of brokers. We work in accordance to the highest international standards and are members of ABYA (Association of Brokers and Yacht Agents) and MYBA (The Worldwide Yachting Association). We are also closely involved with local and national yachting associations, organising yacht shows etc.
"We try very hard to please our clients, and we have always done our best to provide the highest degree of care and after sales support. We would be delighted to tell you more about how we can help you buy or sell your next yacht".


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Off the Beaten Path: What to Do in Madrid That Doesn't Make You Look Like A Tourist
When you think about post-pandemic travel, is Madrid on your bucket list? We think it should be. And he's how to travel like a non-tourist with our favorite fictional couple Bella & Wayne.
"Mucho gusto. Dónde está el baño? Habla inglés?" Wayne smiles to himself and reaches for his coffee. "Cuánto cuesta? Yo soy vegetariano." He turns to Bella. "Not bad, eh?"
Bella smiles. "Very impressive, but when did you become a vegetarian?" She laughs and takes a bite of toast, liberally smeared with Seville marmalade. "Can you do it without the guidebook though?"
Wayne flips through the guidebook and frowns. "Vegetarian? I thought it meant fewer vegetables … Hmm. You know we're not all gifted like you, Darling."
Bella winks. "There's one phrase you might like to remember before we go into the city."
Wayne raises his eyebrows. "What's that?"
"Estoy perdida." Bella beams. "It means I'm lost." She giggles.
"I only got myself lost once. On vacation anyway." Wayne crosses his arms. "In my defense it was a large airport and the signs were all in Japanese."
"I know. I love you." Bella smiles. "I'm just glad they found you before the flight left."
Wayne rolls his eyes. "Honestly, I don't know how you're so good with languages. Everywhere we go, you seem to be able to talk with the locals. Even our last trip to Minsk. How do you do it?"
Bella laughs and pats Wayne's hand. "You married a brilliant woman. What can I say?"
Wayne leans over and kisses his wife on the cheek. "I married a beautiful woman, too."
"Aww Honey." Bella blushes and nods as the waitress pours more coffee. "Gracias." The waitress smiles and walks to the next table. Bella looks at her watch and lets out a yelp. "Oh no! Wayne, we're running late. We promised Marv and Francine we'd meet them at the Puerta del Sol in fifteen minutes!"
Finishing his coffee with one hand, while Bella pulls on the other, Wayne gulps, wipes his mouth with a napkin, and follows his wife out of the crowded hotel dining room.
Nobody Expects the Spanish Inquisition in this Comedic Church
Francine and Marv wave as Bella and Wayne come out from the shadows, running across the street. "Hi! Sorry, we're late. We had a long breakfast." The four haven't seen each other since their last trip together.
"How was Debbie's wedding?" Bella asks Francine.
"It was beautiful! The church was gorgeous! Alex is getting married next month. That's the last of the grandchildren." She shakes her head. "It will be great-grandchildren next!"
Wayne snaps his fingers. "The church! Yes! There's a funny little church I read about. Clown noses on the saints and things. Rubber ducks! I really want to see it." He looks around, and everyone raises their eyebrows. "Why not?" Wayne smiles and pulls out his guidebook. "Allons-y!"
"Wayne, Honey, that's French for let's go, not Spanish." Everybody laughs, and they head off to the Iglesia Patólica.
"Built as part of an initiative from the popular comic Leo Bassi and styled as if a church, this space instead offers a unique take on religion through parody. Churchgoers at the Iglesia Patólica worship a rubber duck (yes, really). Sunday mass is celebrated every week, and you can even get married here (which won't be legally binding, though)." Liligo
Sorpresa! Enjoy Art and Fashion Without Breaking Your Bank Account
The group leaves the church an hour later, talking excitedly. "That was some church!" Marv nods his head. "I can't wait to tell Father Murphy back home!"
Francine and Bella look over the guidebook together, nodding and exchanging comments. Marv turns to Wayne. "Don't look know, buddy, but I think we're about to be taken on a shopping detour."
Wayne and Marv walk up to their wives and clear their throats. "Ahem, ladies? We sense a shopping detour brewing."
Francine and Bella are too busy talking to register their husband's concern. "Paco Rabanne, Prada, Mango, Desigual – they're all Spanish fashion icons." Francine excitedly tells Bella. "Debbie was telling me that one in every ten brides orders a Spanish bridal gown. I can't wait to see what they have here. The guidebook says you get a discount coupon if you visit this museum too."
Marv outwardly blanches. "Oh Franci, you have enough clothes, and our suitcases are already bursting at the seams. Unlike my wallet!" Everybody laughs, except Marv.
"Come on, Marv!" Francine pulls her reluctant husband towards the museum. "I promise I'll only buy a scarf."
Bella and Wayne exchange glances. "Is scarf Spanish for wardrobe?" Wayne winks at his wife.
"A museum trip and a spot of retail therapy in one experience. That sure sounds touristy. Except, Arts Meet Fashion at the Golden Triangle's Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza is an altogether different experience. Art-loving fashionistas can then take all that inspiration (and a handy discount) over to the designer boutiques of Las Rozas Village. Be sure to save some of that holiday money; this is a true hidden gem in Madrid!" Tigets
Go to Madrid for the Churros but Stay for the Chocolate
Marv reads from the guidebook as Francine looks over his shoulder. "Sobrino de Botín was founded in 1725 and holds the Guinness Record for being the world's oldest restaurant."
Francine shakes her head. "I don't know, Marv. I want something small and to go for lunch. These hotel breakfasts are killing me." Bella nods, and the two women look down at their waistlines.
Wayne and Marv exchange glances. "You girls look incredible, right, Marv?" Marv nods and kisses Francine's cheek. "You've never looked better."
The women let out hoots of delight. "Oh great! That's good to know that we looked this bad in our twenties!" Bella and Francine laugh loudly. Wayne and Marv frown. "It's okay, you two. We got the compliment."
Francine points to a sign above a small but crowded cafe at the market corner. "How about that place? Calamari, I can carry in my hand." She turns to Bella. "What do you think?" Bella nods. "Calamari sounds perfect." She turns to the men. "Shall we?I could really go for some calamari." The two shrug their shoulders and follow their wives, Wayne and Marv hurrying to catch up.
A few minutes later, the four travelers have their hands wrapped around the delicious sandwiches for which Madrid is so famous - the bocadillo de calamares, or fried squid sandwich. The traditional sandwich consists of fresh, crusty bread filled with deep-fried rings of squid and nothing else. Tomato and paprika puree or garlic mayonnaise is optional.
"Mmmmmm!" All four let out the same satisfying sounds of pleasure as they devour their lunch. "Delicious!"
"How about some Churros for dessert?" Wayne has his eyes on a neighboring stand. "Looks like deep-fried, curly french fries served with chocolate."
"I have a better idea." Bella shakes her head. "I just ate enough deep-fried food for today, but I could go for some chocolate. Besides, I promised Katrin we'd bring her some. Madrid's famous for the stuff. We can walk through the city and work off our lunch at the same time."
"After Barcelona, Madrid is Spain's Chocolate Capital! Chocolate tasting is one of the best unique things to do in Madrid. Besides the super famous Spanish chocolaterías "Valor" or "San Ginés", there is a charming and small shop next to Plaza Mayor called Chocolala Belga which sells delicious Belgian chocolate products." Paulina on the Road
After a nightcap at the hotel, the two couples have said goodnight and parted for the evening, promising to meet in the morning for a less adventurous day sitting around the hotel pool. "Oof! I'm stuffed!" Wayne pats his stomach as he looks out the hotel room window.
"We did eat a lot, but we got in some good walking exercise, too." Bella looks at her husband and smiles. "It was a nice day. Thank you for the bathing suit, too. I can't wait to wear it to the pool."
"Every day I get with you is a nice day, Bella. You'll be the prettiest one on a deck chair this side of the Atlantic." Wayne turns to his wife and smiles. "Te Amo, Darling."
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Bringing light to the world
BY RABBI HYIM SHAFNER
In this week's Torah portion, Moses is told to command the Jewish people to take pure olive oil for lighting the menorah in the Temple.The menorah was lit each day as one of the first services in the Temple in Jerusalem.
The description of the actual fashioning of the gold menorah was described in last week's Torah portion among the descriptions of the many Temple vessels. We now have this week's command to light the menorah every day, followed by a lengthy description of the vestments of the Kohen (high priest).
Why does the Torah spend a portion relating the Temple's furniture and vessels and another describing what the Kohen wore, but between them a few lines about the lighting of the menorah connecting the two?
The other many Temple services are not described here, only the lighting of the menorah. Why the stress here, between the section on the Temple's vessels and on the Kohen's vestments, regarding how to light the menorah?
Why use any transition at all between the Temple's vessels and the clothing of the High Priest, two sections which have much in common?
Perhaps the Torah does not want to only describe the Temple's vessels and the clothes worn to perform its services without touching on the humanness that must inhabit those vestments and utilize those vessels.
The menorah's lighting is something which can not be done without the person of the Kohen. Fire and oil can both exist autonomously, but bringing the two together in a controlled flame takes a person, the Kohen.
Of course this is true of every Temple service, so why use the menorah's lighting and not another temple service as a description of the Kohen's personal and necessary presence?
I would like to suggest that the lighting of the menorah is the Temple service par excellence. Indeed, in Numbers 8:1, after the Temple is built and dedicated the first service performed is the lighting of the menorah before any daily sacrifices. We know also that the Macabees, after rededicating the temple, look first for pure oil for the menorah's lighting.
Why is the menorah so central? Why is the essential role of the Kohen expressed in terms of the menorah's lighting? Perhaps the answer lies in the following Midrash on the Song of Songs:
"Behold how beautiful, your eyes are like doves." Why are the Jewish people compared to a dove? Just as when Noah sent the raven — it flew away but the dove returned to the Ark with an olive branch in its mouth to bring light to the world — "so too, says God, my people shall bring light to the world when they light the menorah before Me with olive oil."
According to this Midrash the menorah is the symbolic expression of the Jewish mandate to bring light to the world. The goal of our spiritual service is not to, God forbid, satiate God with the death of animals, but to bring light through our many services to a dark world where the Almighty is hidden. And so it is precisely the menorah which sets the tone for our Temple service and our lives as Jews. Shabbat Shalom.
Rabbi Hyim Shafner, of Congregation Bais Abraham, is a member of the St. Louis Rabbinical Association.


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It'll Cost a Pretty Penny to Repair the Aging Ocean Liner Queen Mary
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Once a wildly glamorous way of getting back and forth across the Atlantic, the Queen Mary is now a floating hotel parked off Long Beach, California, which allegedly "could face some internal structural collapse within the next decade unless major action is taken soon." That doesn't sound great.
The Queen Mary first set sail in 1936, one of Cunard's grand ocean liners. Let's take a quick peek at her heyday. Here's the restaurant; "The radiating light on the map at the far end of the room constantly pinpoints the vessel's location."
Here is the lounge on her maiden voyage.
Here is Elizabeth Taylor onboard with her poodles.
After the ship was decommissioned in the late 1960s, it was purchased by the city Long Beach and converted into a hotel and has since become a popular local attraction. For instance, here is a photo of "Dove Cameron And The Cast Of Disney's 'Liv And Maddie' Visit The Queen Mary's CHILL."
Unfortunately, ocean liners are no exception to the rule of thumb that boats are a hole in the water into which you pour money. The Long Beach Press Telegram got its hands on a marine survey assessing the condition of the ship, which estimated a price tag of $235 million to $289 million for needed repairs, something like 75 percent of them "urgent." (In November the city approved $23 million toward those ASAP fixes.) The whole thing sounds like a real mess:
But, according to the 396-page marine survey, the "poorly planned" and "poorly executed" conversion has exacerbated corrosion in the ship's underbelly and jeopardized its structural integrity.
"In many cases, loose material had been discarded on the tank tops where it has continued to corrode without check," which suggested a hurried and inexperienced job, the report notes.
Engineers who inspected the ship in October 2015 found the sewage system leaks constantly throughout the ship, and tanks storing the sewage are compromised and difficult to access. Storm drains were plugged, covered and abandoned, creating leaks within the walls and pooling. And the entire electrical system that would seal off doors in the event of an emergency was inoperable.
This is merely the latest development in a sometimes eccentric history. The Press Telegraph recaps:
Operators over five decades have struggled to come up with a successful development plan for the oceanfront property.
At one time, Walt Disney Co. executives talked of building a maritime theme park; other ideas included a football stadium or casino and card room. One official even recommended sinking the ship off the coast and turning it into a dive exhibit. For a decade — from 1982 to 1992 — the Queen Mary was paired as an attraction with Howard Hughes' gigantic Spruce Goose, which was housed beneath the Long Beach Dome until it was shipped to Oregon.
It's almost like aging ocean liners are a municipal albatross....
Look—just (step 1) turn the whole thing over to Ryan Murphy for a season of American Horror Story and (step 2) make it into the nation's most terrifying haunted house. Step 3: profit!


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Bubber Miley was the master of the plunger mute. His growling, drunken wah-wah sounding trumpet playing was largely responsible for Duke Ellington 's early success and was the most prominent voice in Duke's bands throughout the years of 1926 to 1928.
He grew up in New York and played professionally starting in 1920. In 1921 he took over Johnny Dunn's spot in Mamie Smith's Jazz Hounds, and toured and recorded with her off and on until 1923.
Miley joined banjoist Elmer Snowden's Washingtonians in 1923 and stayed on when Duke Ellington took over. Miley was influenced by King Oliver, but developed his own distinctive style of playing with mutes and derbys. Miley co-wrote "East St. Louis Toodle-OO" and "Black and Tan Fantasy" and starred on many of Ellington's recordings during the years 1926 to 1928.
Miley's alcoholism made him an unreliable band member, which led Duke to fire him in 1929. He went on to play with Zutty Singleton and toured France with the Noble Sissle Orchestra in 1930. Bubber played in a musical review in 1931, but died the following year of tuberculosis.
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The Denver Broncos released backup quarterback Chad Kelly on Wednesday.
Following first-degree trespassing charges on Tuesday night, the Denver Broncos have decided to cut ties with backup quarterback Chad Kelly. Kevin Hogan has been named the Broncos' backup to starter Case Keenum.
This move shows Broncos and football fans alike that no matter one's position within the organization, there's a zero tolerance policy in place.
"This was a decision that we made as an organization," general manager John Elway said in a statement. "After reviewing all the information and in talking with Vance (Joseph) and Joe (Ellis), we agreed that releasing Chad was the right thing to do.
"Even though Chad's no longer part of our team, we've offered to help him however we can and are supportive of him in every possible way."
Details regarding the incident are far and few between, but the NFL Network has reported that, prior to Kelly's arrest, he had attended Von Miller's annual Halloween party at the Gothic Theatre, where he became involved in two separate altercations -- one with a guest attending the party and the other with the security detail hired for the evening.
According to court records, after leaving the western-themed party, Kelly broke into an Englewood home and was found sitting on a couch "mumbling incoherently." A woman and her young child were on the couch when Kelly entered the home. Another man, the homeowner, entered the room and approached the quarterback, striking him with an aluminum vacuum tube.
Kelly then left the home and returned to the party as it was wrapping up, and as he started to leave the theater, Englewood police apprehended and charged him with first-degree criminal trespass. He was released from the Broncos less than 24 hours later.
So, What Does This Mean for the Broncos?
We honestly don't know. At this point, anything could happen -- and we don't know whether for better or worse.
Many fans are displeased with Keenum and his performance this season, and with Kelly gone, it seems as if Hogan is our last hope. Hogan is expected to back up Keenum starting in Sunday's game against the Chiefs.
This huge change-up in the roster also begs the question of whether or not the Broncos will be looking to add a third quarterback again. And we don't have an answer for that either. We'll just have to see what the organization decides to do and go from there.
One thing is certain, however: The Broncos organization is making a clear statement -- the way one conducts himself matters, and the Broncos will not stand for their team's image and reputation being sullied. For a team that has struggled to win in the first half of the season, it's nice to see the leadership drawing a line in the sand -- if not the turf. And that can only be a positive thing.
What do you think? Is there a chance the Broncos could bring back Paxton Lynch? Why or why not? Share your thoughts with us in the comments below.
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The damaged RAAF Walrus (A2-23) was recovered with some difficulty in darkness. The surface of the ex-HMAS Hobart is now completely covered in beautiful marine life such as colourful sponges and algae and it hosts a myriad of fish species including sea … Visit … Hobart was part of the United States Navy Task Force 74, the Flagship being HMAS Australia for the majority of the time, with Rear Admiral Crutchley VC in command. Those killed were Lieutenant (E) Ellis, Mr. R. Brown, Warrant Engineer in charge of the After Fire and Repair Party, Mr. Calloby, Torpedo Gunner, Surgeon Lieutenant John Gaskell, USN Liaison Officer Lieutenant Slater, and the anti-submarine officer, Sub- Lieutenant Parkin. Wirrina Cove, 5204. A land based memorial has been established at Lady Bay where the anchor from the ship lies pointing in the direction of the wreck. Project manager Peter Paulsen told 936 ABC Hobart … The Gas Turbine/Diesel propulsion system provides long range on Diesel as well as an immediate high speed capability on turbine while bow thrusters allow berthing and departures without tugs. Create New Account. Addendum . HMAS Hobart was one of three guided missile destroyers built in the United States for the RAN. Walton and the Senior Engineer Lieutenant (E) S. St. Vincent Welch. http://www.shipstoreefsinternational.org http://www.californiashipstoreefs.org Notable events involving Hobart include: 22 Feb 1940 HMS Olympus (Lt.Cdr. (1)11 Jun 1940 HMAS Hobart (Capt. Permits are valid for 12 months and can be obtained, If you are diving as a group, each member of your party must have their own individual permit and if you are a commercial tour operator, you will also need to apply for a, Trail Professionals – Builders, Planners, Consultants, Places to As Mr. Brown, who has been in charge of the After Fire and Repair section was killed, I detailed Mr. Connelly to take charge of the party before I proceeded to the forward engine room to ascertain the state of affairs there. Built in the United States of America to a slight variant of the United States Navy (USN) Charles F. Adams class, she was commissioned into the RAN in 1965.In March 1967, Hobart became the first RAN combat ship deployed to fight in the Vietnam War. However, as the vessel had been steaming continuously in the tropics and had not had a proper refit since the beginning of the war, the team were pretty tired and there were plenty of day-today running defects which had to be made good. We were torpedoed at approximately 6.45 p.m. on the night of the 20th July by a Japanese submarine with a long range shallow-running torpedo. The Spanish build good ships and the excellent sea-keeping qualities have been tested and appreciated in the Bight. Researcher Barry Greenwood located corroborating details of "UFO" activity in the Tiger Island region where the HMAS Hobart was damaged by friendly fire. Access is by boat from Wirrina boat ramp and a permit system applies. Scuttled on November 5, 2002, at Yankalilla Bay, the ship is now a premier eco-tourism dive site, home to an array of marine flora and fauna and a declared a marine reserve. The city is situated on the Adelaide Plains and more specifically at the north side of Fleurieu Peninsula. Scuttled on November 5, 2002, at Yankalilla Bay, the ship is now a premier eco-tourism dive site, home to an array of marine flora and fauna and a … A land based memorial has been established at Lady Bay where the anchor from the ship lies pointing in the direction of the wreck. HMAS Hobart had just returned for ammunitioning, fuelling, etc., after the Solomons Islands battle in which she had taken part, when HMAS Canberra was sunk off Savo Island in August. See the HMAS Hobart Page for more information on the ship. The ship, fortunately, only took a list of three degrees to port, but all main electrical breakers threw off with the shock and the ship was plunged into darkness. I enquired as to where he was stationed when the explosion occurred. 08 82041910 ; Is this your listing? The destroyers were referred to in the RAN as Perth Class DDGs and their primary role was air defence. Yankalilla for diving at Rapid Bay and the Ex-HMAS Hobart wreck Mt Gambier for fresh water diving at Ewens Ponds, Kilsby?s sinkhole and snorkeling at Piccaninnie Ponds Whyalla to dive during the giant cuttlefish breeding season in winter and boat diving on the wrecks around Wardang Island at Pt Victoria and other Jetty's along the coast. HMAS Hobart (D 39) was a Perth-class guided missile destroyer of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). HMAS Canberra lost 84 of her crew in her final action and received her fourth and final Battle Honour for her actions off Guadalcanal. A land based memorial has been established at Lady Bay where the anchor from the ship lies pointing in the direction of the wreck. 104 likes. HMAS Hobart (D 39). HMAS Hobart was one of three "Charles F. Adams" class guided missile destroyers (DDG) built for the Royal Australian Navy. Second, the location of the wreckage of Sydney (and Kormoran, which was also sunk) remained a mystery until decades after the war, in 2008. The wreck site is officially known as the Fleurieu Artificial Reef. AE2 – Stoker's Submarine, Musical Composition by Lieutenant Matthew Klohs RAN. The Loss of HMAS Armidale by Dr Kevin Smith, D-Day commando on Sword Beach by Commander Jim Speed DSC, RAN. HMAS HOBART - attacked by US Air Force June 1968 Vietnam Hobart on Station Vietnam 1968 Hobart returned to 'The Gunline' on 20th May 1968 for her 2nd Deployment. 1967: HMAS Perth (I) found, largely intact. HMAS Hobart (III) is the first of three ships of the Hobart Class guided missile destroyers. The HMAS Hobart is managed as part of DEWNR's marine parks operations. The vessel completed 3 tours of duty off Vietnam in 1968, 2 sailors lost their life and 7 were injured when the vessel was hit by "friendly" fire. Not Now. The wreck ideally is accessed on a dodge tide and care must be taken by boat operators to ensure safety of surfacing divers and of the decent lines to avoid fouling propellers and/or cutting through lines. I JOINED HMAS HOBART at Brisbane in September 1942 as the Commander (E), relieving Commander (E) A.D. Cairns, who had been in the ship since commissioning. Albany), CHEYNES III (WA ? They were escorted by HMAS Hobart and HMIS Jumna. HMAS Hobart (II) was one of three improved Charles F Adams Class guided missile destroyers (DDG) built in the United States for the RAN. The torpedo struck the port side of the ship, immediately above the Wardroom, abreast Y turret and luckily missing the after magazine by about six feet. HMAS Hobart (D 39 ) was a Perth class guided missile destroyer of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). Built in the United States of America to a slight variant of the United States Na Life on the Line tracks down Australian war veterans and records their stories. Showers. The Hobart's final resting place lies four nautical miles west north west of Marina St Vincent. The III Marine Amphibious Force Command Chronology contains the following information as part of the Intelligence Summary for June, 1968, the same month as the Hobart incident: I had just finished making a nightly routine inspection of the engine and boiler rooms and had reached my cabin immediately above the Wardroom when the explosion occurred. Like most British cruisers, the Leanders were designed for long-range patrols, scouting, and trade protection duties. D.T. Monster 2003 Diving Trip Report by Mark Brown This a portion of a full trip report of my Wreck Run through S.A. and W.A. Sunk in 29 metres of water, the destroyer had been specially prepared to be a dive wreck with all door, hatches and ladders removed to allow easy access to civilian recreational divers. Filed Under: Naval Historical Review, Ship histories and stories, History - WW2, Australian Naval History Podcasts As the flagship was steaming ahead of us it was probable that they were aiming for the larger ship and not Hobart. Visit … The effect of the torpedo explosion was very considerable and the whole of the after part of the ship submerged. Full lighting was on throughout the ship again inside a couple of minutes. Our experiences over twelve months were reasonably dull and routine ones, with the Task Force making a sweep towards Milne Bay by night and turning away before dawn so that we would be out of reach of Japanese reconnaissance aircraft. HMAS Hobart (D 39) was a Perth class guided missile destroyer of the Royal Australian Navy ().Built in the United States of America to a slight variant of the United States Navy (USN) Charles F. Adams class, she was commissioned into the RAN in 1965. The Hobart was sunk in November 2002 as an artificial reef and lies in 30 metres of water approximately 4 kms off Rapid Bay. See the HMAS Hobart Page for more information on the ship.. HMAS Hobart was decommissioned on 12 May 2000 and given to the South Australian Government to be scuttled as a dive site. The Wreck of the HMAS Hobart sits between 5 meters/16 feet and 30 meters/98 feet making it suitable for all divers. The vessel completed three tours of duty off Vietnam and in 1968, two sailors lost their lives and seven others were injured after the vessel was hit by "friendly" fire. I soon found Hobart a 'happy ship' under the command of Captain H.A. Their design was based off the US Navy's Charles F Adams-class destroyers, Suitably, Brisbane was laid down in Bay City, Michigan, in 1965 and was officially handed over to the RAN on December 7th 1967. As a matter of interest, many years later when I was General Manager at Garden Island, my car driver mentioned he was serving in Hobart when she was torpedoed. Log In. Feb 20, 2015 - HMAS voyager at speed LOST IN A COLLISION WITH HMAS MELBOURNE NEAR SYDNEY IN 1963 83 LOST THEIR LIVES.. Australian Defence Force. I proceeded to the Wardroom flat below to find secondary lighting on and the After Fire and Repair party assembling under the charge of the Regulating Chief Stoker 'Darkie' Goodman. Mr. Connelly, who had been in his cabin at the after end of the ship, crawled through the wreckage and reached the Wardroom flat. HMAS Sydney, named after the ... although the first to be completed, in what was sometimes referred to as the Perth class: Perth and Hobart operated with the Royal Navy for a short period before they were purchased by Australia in 1938. After commissioning at Boston Naval Shipyard on 18 December 1965, she continued fitting out and undertook sea trials and exercises, before sailing to Norfolk in … Finally, in early July, Australia and Hobart were ordered into the Solomons area, and we had hardly settled down on our new station when orders were received to return south to carry out logistics. Life on the Line Podcasts This 133 meter/436 foot long wreck is beautiful for exploring and a plethora of marine species now call it home. The Executive Officer was Commander J.X. "Vessels within 550 metres of those sites require a permit," Mr Khan said. Saved by John Purcell. HMAS Hobart (D 39) was a Perth class guided missile destroyer of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). Along with her sisters HMAS Perth and HMAS Hobart, the HMAS Brisbane was one of the first guided missile-armed destroyers owned by the RAN. To cover the separ… Visit the website for permit information. There was usually an American cruiser as well and we had USS Phoenix for some time. When I joined, I found the Engine-room Department in very good heart, with a high standard of efficiency. Very considerable damage was done, chiefly due to the torpedo being a shallow-run one, with consequent upblast, which was sufficient to lift the 60-ton Y turret off its seating. Dymott, RN) conducted exercises off Colombo. H.L. AE1 – The Ship without a Name, Musical Composition by Lieutenant Matthew Klohs RAN. And was purchased for US$45,000,000. A USAF F–4 Phantom Fighter–Bomber fired three missiles on unknown aerial targets, suspected to be North Vietnamese M–14 Hound helicopters. Based on the … The Solomons area at this stage of the Pacific War was becoming a critical spot, with the Japanese running the Tokyo Express in the Kula Gulf every night, resulting in heavy casualties amongst the American cruisers operating there – usually torpedoed in the stern with homing torpedoes. Australia was the only allied nation to provide naval support to the United States Navy during the Vietnam War. HMAS Hobart had just returned for ammunitioning, fuelling, etc., after the Solomons Islands battle in which she had taken part, when HMAS Canberra was sunk off Savo Island in August. The two exhaust funnels, one for each machinery space, gave the modified ships a different profile from the early Leanders, which had a single funnel. The main difference to the previous five Leanders was that the newer ships had their machinery and propulsion equipment organised in two self-contained units (separated fore and aft), allowing the ship to continue operating if one set was damaged. The ship was one of three Modified Leander-class light cruisers constructed for the Royal Navy. It is 133 meters long and 43 meters high! Rates. To dive the HMAS Hobart wreck a permit is required. 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US Soldiers Kill 250 Men from "Apocalyptic Cult"
Posted By Patrick Cockburn On January 29, 2007 @ 12:00 am In article,articles 2014 onward | Comments Disabled
Baghdad.
American and Iraqi troops killed about 250 armed men alleged to belong to an apocalyptic Islamic cult who were planning to attack the religious leadership of the Shia in the holy city of Najaf, according to Iraqi political, military and police sources.
The battle took place in the orchards around Najaf and a US helicopter was shot down during the fighting, killing two crewmen. Hundreds of fighters drawn from the Sunni and Shia communities who gathered amid the date palms were followers of Ahmed Hassani al-Yemeni who claims to be the vanguard of the Messiah according to Iraqi politicians. His office in Najaf had been closed 10 days ago.
Details of what happened are sketchy. The US forces used tanks and F-16 fighter bombers. An Iraqi military source said the dead wore headbands declaring them to be "Soldiers of Heaven". The Najaf governor Asaad Abu Gilel said the authorities had discovered a conspiracy to kill some of the senior clergy.
Anarchic violence reached new heights across Iraq. Mortar bombs exploding in the courtyard of a girls' school in west Baghdad killed five children and wounded 21 in the latest atrocity in the escalating sectarian civil war between Sunni and Shia.
"The shrapnel hit her in the eyes and there was blood all over her face … she was dead," said Ban Ismet, a 15-year-old girl wounded in the legs, speaking in hospital of her friend Maha who was killed by the bomb.
The mortaring of the Kholoud Secondary School in the Adil district was the latest tit-for-tat attack between Shia and Sunni in this highly contested area. The school is Sunni and the killing of the children was most likely carried out by Shia militiamen who have been attacking Adil from the north. Sunni in Baghdad are increasingly being driven into the south-west quadrant of the city.
The school headmistress Faziya Swadi said that two mortar bombs exploded in the courtyard of the school, breaking the windows and spraying the pupils with broken glass as well as shrapnel. The stone steps and pathways were smeared with blood. Hours later weeping parents were placing bodies of their children in wooden coffins.
Wherever Sunni and Shia districts are close together in Baghdad there are frequent killings. Each community sees itself as being the victim of unprovoked aggression. Sectarian animosities are particularly high because the Shia rite of Ashura takes place tomorrow when they commemorate the martyrdom of the Imam Hussein at the Battle of Kerbala in AD680. Hundreds of thousands of Shia are making the three-day pilgrimage on foot from Baghdad to Kerbala.
Seven people were killed yesterday by three bombs, two left in markets and one on a bus, in Shia neighbourhoods.
Some 150 people, mostly Shia, have been killed by bomb attacks in Baghdad over the past week. But probably a majority of the 25 to 50 dead bodies, often bearing marks of torture, that are found by police every morning in the capital are Sunni. This is because the police and police commandos are Shia and often detain and kill Sunni at their checkpoints.
Mixed neighbourhoods are disappearing in the capital. The sectarian cleansing started in 2005 and gathered pace after the destruction of the Shia al-Askarai shrine in Samarra in February 2006. Bomb attacks on Sadr City on 23 November last year killed 215 and wounded 250 more. Shia retaliation led to another mass flight of Sunni. Since there are no Sunni safe havens in Iraq, either in Baghdad or outside, many members of the community are fleeing to Jordan and Syria.
In a sign of the unreliability of the security forces some 1,500 policemen have been sacked in the province of Diyala north-west of Baghdad. The new police chief Ghanim al-Qureishi said the men were fired because they fled instead of fighting when insurgents attacked the provincial capital Baquba in November.
PATRICK COCKBURN is the author of 'The Occupation: War, resistance and daily life in Iraq', a finalist for the National Book Critics' Circle Award for best non-fiction book of 2006.
URL to article: https://www.counterpunch.org/2007/01/29/us-soldiers-kill-250-men-from-quot-apocalyptic-cult-quot/