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Cyber security is one of the biggest challenges of contemporary times. Information and communications technology bring digitisation and connectivity to the products and services widely used by citizens. Many of them use algorithmic solutions and are connected to the internet. At the same time, the level of security and resilience of used devices is not sufficiently built-in, leading to serious gaps and risks to cybersecurity. Cyber-crime industry is exploiting technical shortages and brings serious threats to both individual citizens and society as a whole together with governmental structures. When we add Al dimension to it, we can distinguish three major areas where Al impact on security is particularly visible. First of all, Al could enhance the goals of the security sector with the use of predictive algorithms helping to prevent cybercrimes. Secondly, Al systems may be a target of cyberattacks and there should be a reflection on how it can be protected from attacks. Finally, Al may be a tool of cyber threats and as such,
may be abused for achieving malicious purposes. Policy making processes shall address all these aspects in a way that promotes a user-centric, systemic and pluralistic approach to the problem of cybersecurity and Al-related issues.[1]
The EU law is addressing the cybersecurity with the regulation on the EU Cybersecurity Act. First and major goal of this legal act is to strengthen the position of ENISA (the EU Agency for Network and Information Security), by granting a permanent mandate and empowering it with operational and regulatory competences. ENISA is supposed to increase the cooperation at the EU level, by helping member states with handling cybersecurity incidents. ENISA, in particular, should support member states in developing Al techniques which would help in defence against cyberattacks. From the viewpoint of industry, an important aspect of ENISA's work is the one related to the cybersecurity certification mechanisms. Introduction of European cybersecurity certification scheme is intended to support trust and security of products and services present at the Digital Single Market. For the Al industry', obtaining such a certification would be just another expression and proof of reliability and trustworthiness, which is multidimensional in its essence, encompassing not only' the ethical dimension but also more utilitarian one. The European cybersecurity certification framework will refer to three assurance levels — basic, substantial and high. Appropriate assurance level will respond to the level of risk associated with the use of the product. Basic level assurance means that products for which such a certificate was issued meet the security requirements evaluated at a level to minimise the known basic risks of cyberattacks and incidents. Once the product obtains the 'substantial' assurance, it would mean that it passed highest security tests at a level to minimise the known cybersecurity risks and cyberattacks carried out by' actors with limited skills and resources. The 'high level' confirms the conformity with security requirements at a level intended to minimise the risk of state-of-the-art cyberattacks carried out by' entities with significant skills and resources?28 Introduction of such a uniform certification system would prevent from so-called 'certification shopping' which exists when there are different levels of requirements' strictness applied in different member states and undertakings are choosing for certification processes the ones with the softest approach.
[1] HLEG Al, 'Policy' and Investment Recommendations' (n 5) 30-31. 2 See (n 130). 3 See, art. 53 of the regulation 2019/881.
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Inciting remarks by some leaders in South Africa have been identified as part of the factors fueling xenophobic attacks in the country.
Director, Indigenous Language Media in African Research Institute, South Africa, Professor Abiodun Salawu stated this while speaking with Radio Nigeria.
Professor Salawu noted that the negative comments being made about foreigners by leaders in the country including President Cyril Ramaphosa had contributed to the recurring xenophobic attacks in South Africa.
"To worsen the matter, the leaders are not helping; their utterances are fueling this problem on hand. Even, the president himself is a culprit of this. During the campaign in the last election when he was addressing a rally he said that foreigners were setting up illegal businesses in their townships and rural areas. Sometimes later, the Deputy Minister of Police said eighty percent of jobs in Hebrow have been taken over by foreigners. He raised alarm that very soon they will take over the entire South Africa before you know it in future they will have president who is a foreign national. Those kinds of sentiments go a long way to put fire into the issue and the whole things will end in a conflagration. In 2015, it was the king of Zulu who started the whole thing by reckless statements".
Professor Salawu noted that as both Nigerian president and his counterpart from South Africa planned to meet next month, they should find a common ground to address the problem stressing that as South African government has a lot to do to bring lasting peace, Nigerian government should also look into the allegation against her people that they were responsible for selling hard drugs which were affecting their youths.
"South Africans should be more accommodating. They should mind their utterances when this kind of thing happens. Let them try to educate their people about this issue. Some of them might also claim that Nigerians are selling drugs; they are into crimes, all that, foreigners are taking their job, all like that. The president should do something about it not only in South Africa, all over the world. In Malaysia, even in the neighbouring country, we have to do something about this".
He explained that xenophobic attacks have been on and off in South Africa since 2008 stressing that there have been pockets in the recent past as it was only on a grand scale which involved death that the world used to know.
"There are instances where the world did not hear about it. It's not every time that it happened on a grand scale like it's happening now. Even a few weeks ago it happened when the local people alleged that foreign shop owners were stocking counterfeit goods to sell to their people. Based on that kind of allegation the people went on rampage they started looting shops of the foreigners. The goods they claimed to be counterfeit, they were taking them to their homes. This thing is a recurrent thing. It happens now and then, it's only that when it happens on a grand scale when lives are lost and a lot of shops looted and burn, that is the only time, the world attention is called to it".
He explained that South Africans including educated ones were xenophobic, perhaps because they believed a lot of foreigners were threats pointing out that those who used to spark off the attacks were street boys.
"A lot of people who are into this violent attacks are miscreants, criminals, never do well to do people. But the fact remains that a good number of South Africans are xenophobic in nature. Even, the very educated among them, the xenophobic attitude is there. Though, I'm not saying it's peculiar to South Africa, if Nigeria were to be in the same shoe where a lot of foreigners from different parts of the continent and the world begin to flood our country, we might also have that kind of attitude and it cuts across" Professor Salawu said.
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Q: How to find .pyc files with python version > 3.0 for OpenCV I learned today that

In Python < 3.2, the .pyc files are placed in the same directory as the .py file.
In Python > 3.2, the compiled files are placed in a pycache subdirectory, and are named differently depending on which Python interpreter created them.

When I wanted to learn how any function works in Python 2, I would just open the .py file of that module and learn from the code of the function. But now in Python 3, I cannot find .py find and also I cannot decompile the Python37__pycache__\code.cpython-37.pyc file. So if I want the code of a function from a module, how can I get it?
Just for context, now I want to learn how method traingleList() works of class Subdiv2D of module cv2.

A: It's good that you mentioned which function you're talking about.
OpenCV-Python is mostly just a big ol' binary blob, so you won't be able to find a .py file or .pyc file of it.
$ ls -la site-packages/cv2/
    1824 Mar 18 11:09 .dylibs
     233 Mar 18 11:09 __init__.py
80005472 Mar 18 11:09 cv2.cpython-37m-darwin.so
     672 Mar 18 11:09 data

Furthermore, based on the source code it looks like it's autogenerated from the C++ version, with some conversion additions.
For your particular question, though, the C++ source for getTriangleList is over here if you want to take a look.

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Bridal Profile - Sarah Kale
Sarah Kale looks like a horse whisperer in this first image - this first gorgeous image, thanks to photographer Sarah Loudermilk of Laze L Photography. This lady and her new husband Cody Fox are now farmers like their parents, in Taylorsville. Sarah also owns and loves horses; they are one of her passions: "I rodeo, competing in barrel racing, breakaway roping, and team roping."
This couple stays busy on their farm with beef calves and lots of chickens (Sarah shared that her husband's hobby is "working constantly") but before their wedding in September of 2018, they had to fall for each other.
Sarah and Cody have known each other since middle school and even dated for 3 years, but broke up after high school to go their separate ways. Sarah assumed that they had moved on, but Cody never gave up on her. In 2017, she posted to Facebook that she was going to Texas to pick up a horse and was planning to fill the trailer (empty on the way down) with supplies for the survivors of Hurricane Harvey.
As donations poured in for her to haul south, Cody's mom had some items to be collected so Sarah went to get them. Cody was there and that began their rekindling. After some time to think and make some personal decisions, they started dating again and in March of 2018, he proposed while they were feeding calves. "We both knew it was right and that the timing was finally right. We first started dating on September 9, 2010, so we set the date of September 8 - almost exactly 8 years later. It seemed perfect."
The wedding was a beautiful rustic farm affair with the couple marrying in a barn surrounded by about 20 groomsmen and bridesmaids. Rain was predicted, but they prayed that away and the entire day was fantastic. They decorated the barn, danced, ate burgers and hotdogs in a casual atmosphere and enjoyed themselves. Sarah told us that it was exactly what she hoped it would be.
At BT, we think that Sarah, on a horse, with a mountain view in one direction and a forest and barn in the other could probably have worn a Hefty Lawn and Leaf bag and still been dazzling. Thank Goodness she came to us instead!
Sarah: "I didn't know exactly what I wanted in terms of style, except that it have a sense of flow and not be tight-fitted. I am pretty simple and easy to please. I didn't want it to cost my daddy an arm and a leg, either. I remembered shopping for my prom dress and everyone saying that it's important to try on, so that was what I kept in mind. I tried on dresses at one other place and then came to Bridal Traditions and found my perfect dress."
Sarah's gown had an open back, fitted waist and all of the flow necessary for her to walk, dance and even ride a horse. Her veil complemented it perfectly and the combination of it all made her look like an absolute princess.
"I loved how Kelly told me to just look and pull whatever I liked and then to let her know and she would help if I needed anything. There was no pushiness or hovering while I looked, but when I needed her, she was there."
When the dress and the girl go together, we call that success. When the girl who loves horses can sit comfortably on her horse and look like something out of myth, even better.
Congratulations to Sarah and Cody! Many, many happy returns!
Out-Dated Wedding Traditions?
We're at a point in the history of weddings, and civilization for that matter, where certain traditions are being left behind. Some of them are because they are just considered silly holdovers from a forgotten time and others because creativity and new ways of thinking about ceremonies have changed. We'll leave the decisions up to the brides and grooms themselves, but here is a sampling from your pals at Bridal Traditions.
Bouquet and Garter Toss
Long ago, guests tore off a piece of the bride's gown in order to take a little luck with them. She became tired of being attacked and her dress ruined, so she started tossing her bouquet (catching her flowers is a sign of luck) to distract guests and make a run for it.
This evolved - or devolved based on how you look at it - into a bouquet and garter toss. In the late 20th and early 21st centuries, guests became tired of jumping to catch something they really don't care about. They especially hated being singled out as, well, SINGLE. Couples are opting to skip this portion of the program for more fun on the dance floor with their closest friends and loved ones. If you decide to go for it, keep it clean and don't have the DJ calling for "all the single ladies" to form a circle. They are not fans of this concept.
It's pretty cute, ... right up until it's not. Brides have all but decided that the cake smash needs to be agreed upon before the day and either she doesn't care about her gown and make-up or she and her husband decide to forego it entirely. Just tastefully grab a bite like a civilized human. They make for great images, though, and show a lot of devil may care attitude. It's your call, ladies!
A Diamond is Forever
But not necessarily as an engagement ring. Sapphires, rubies, emeralds and custom designed patterns with reset family jewels are seen as much as diamond solitaires are these days. Certain cuts and stones and designs rise to the forefront, but more important than size and stone is that the girl who's going to wear it, adores it.
The Bride's Parents Pay
It's a custom that the bride's parents or family pay for the wedding and it has been for centuries. The bride's parents pick up the cost of her gown, the venue, the food, music, flowers, veil. The groom's family pay for the rehearsal dinner and sometimes help with the honeymoon. These days, it's all up for grabs. As couples marry later in life, sometimes the couple bears the burden or families will split the cost if one can contribute more than the others. The good news is that paying has become more open and collaborative so that the couple who wants a wedding celebration can still have one. Want to skip the discussion entirely? Elope. But that may mean skipping Thanksgiving too, because you're going to hear about it.
Seeing each other before the wedding
This one is tough, because we've all seen the groom's face when he first sees his bride coming down the aisle. It's pretty wonderful. Couples these day have about decided that it's just too much pressure and maybe a "first look" would allow them to breathe. Some couples meet on either side of a door to pray together, hold hands or read the other a letter. Between the BT crew and you and the lamppost, brides and grooms should do what they want, but if you've come this far, what's the harm in NOT seeing each other until she's coming down the aisle? I mean, c'mon!
Matching Bridesmaids
Not so much anymore. Bridesmaids are wearing the same color with different styles, necklines and hem lengths. Brides are also just setting a scheme or palette and letting the bridesmaids choose. We're also seeing both genders on both sides of the aisle. Your friends are your friends no matter their gender, so men are now standing up for the bride and women are finding themselves playing Best Girl.
Do what makes you happy; that's what we say. Unless you are seriously hurting someone's feelings, it is YOUR DAY.
the Wilkes Wedding Expo 2019
Well, we did it.
And we lived to tell the tale.
We say that like tired pilgrims, home from the promised land, but the truth is that The Wilkes Wedding Expo on March 10th was a hit and we couldn't be more proud, more gratified and more excited to have people turn out year after year. And yes, we're glad to have the rest of the year to recover and plan. This sucker doesn't happen by itself, but it does happen and between the curious brides and wedding vendors, we all get that little buzz that comes from being in the wedding industry. It's pretty hard to beat.
The Expo Vendors
Our vendors for 2019 included Roush Video Production, Bliss Vacations, The Emerald Hill, A&J Rental, Wisteria Vine Bakery, Winding Creek Wedding Barn, Waterhouse Studios, Rustic Rentals, Carolina Weight & Wellness, Pixels on Paper Photography, Cooks, Inc., DJ Grooves, Mary Kay and more. Check out the complete list.
This year we hosted 118 guests at the Expo. We had 42 brides and their supportive companions, 38 vendors and lots of fun. We're happy to share that through admission fees, BT raised over $650 for a local charity. And congratulations to Sanders Ridge for winning the $50 cash prize for best booth!
The greatest compliment we received this year came from a mother of a bride to be who said, "I thought we already had everything figured out, but this has given us a lot more to think about." If you came to the event and have questions for us at BT, we would be happy to answer them and assist you in any way possible. Here's to another big wedding season.
Bridal Profile - Elissa Yoder
We defy you not to fall in love with this couple: Elissa Yoder and Shonn Conner. Theirs is a story that could easily go in the once-in-a-lifetime category (right place, right time) and they are incredibly sweet, both as individuals and as a couple. You know the phrase heart-warming? It was invented to describe them.
So, here's a little bit of their backstory. Elissa is originally from the midwest - Indiana to be precise - and moved to the great state of North Carolina for a music internship. This lady is right-brained, for sure: musician, poet, and artist. She took a part-time job at a diner and one night waited on a family. The parents just happened to be neighbors of hers and their son, Shonn, was in town from Texas. Imagine if they had missed the chance? But they kept in touch after she provided what we can only assume was exceptional service and they fell in love. Shonn manages an office, loves to be outdoors or in his shop fixing things and the pair love to hike together. The fact that this outdoorsy hunter and poet/musician came together is proof that timing and proximity make all the difference in the world.
They held their wedding at Christmastime just last year so that they could have all of their loved ones with them, and enjoy a season that already brings with it so much joy, happiness and grace.
Elissa: "It was very special, and so wonderful to see how supportive and loving our family and friends were. So many people were willing to help out, and show love by giving gifts and words of wisdom."
The Dress & Tux
Like many brides, Elissa wasn't sure where to start other than to try to get ideas. She came into Bridal Traditions not expecting to buy anything, but knowing that she preferred a dress more traditional and classic than one with an open back and "a lot of gauze." She also knew that she wanted the price to be reasonable. Elissa told us that while she knew that she was having her wedding a couple of days after Christmas, she didn't expect her gown to turn out to be more winter-y. But it is. It just worked out that way, and she looked absolutely gorgeous in it.
"I ended up choosing the gown because of the lace on the back of the dress. I loved the bead work and the style of neckline as well. It was the first dress I tried on at the shop and I fell in love with it immediately."
"When I went in to Bridal Traditions, I was a little intimidated. I didn't know any of the terminology about dress styles. Kelly was very helpful and asked me a few basic questions. It was a very low-stress experience and I actually ended up enjoying the process. Julie was very helpful with alterations, as well. She took her time and we met several times before I took the dress home. She made sure I was happy."
At BT, we love hearing this. We are a boutique, not a wedding dress warehouse. While "boutique" may throw people off or persuade them that we're too pricey or don't have variety or a large enough selection, in fact, it's not the case. Our gowns are reasonably priced, our selection is both traditional and on-trend, with lots of styles to choose from and our small staff is dialed in and focused. We listen, ask questions, try to put everyone at ease and work closely with each client to ensure that they're happy. This is our business. It's not a mega-store and it's not a side hustle. We love what we do.
Shonn rented his tux from BT as well and looked fabulous. Elissa shared that he too was impressed with Kelly and the BT team. We wish these newlyweds nothing but happiness, laughter and love for many decades to come.
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What Makes Philadelphia-Style Ice Cream Unique
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If you're a true ice cream fan, even the cold weather won't deter you from purchasing the creamy dessert. But, depending on where you come from in the world, your go-to flavors or styles of ice cream may differ.
For example, Thailand has i tim pad, a quickly-frozen version of the dessert that is scraped off a cold and flat metal griddle, rolled into a cylindrical form, and placed vertically into cups, per Serious Eats. Purchasing a cup often comes with street-side theatrics and endless toppings. Further west, Turkey's viral stretchy ice cream, called dondurma, is a must. An orchid root native to the country is what provides the unique dessert with its note-worthy elastic qualities.
And, if you're from the U.S., the ice cream you grab from the grocery store or the hard ice cream you purchase from a local dairy stall is most likely made in a French-style. However, this traditional blend may have competition as the fluffier, more delicate Philadelphia-style ice cream may be the preferred frozen treat for some.
How Philly-style and French-style differ
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Philadelphia-style ice cream is also known as New York ice cream or American ice cream, but, oddly, these places have little to do with the ice cream itself, according to Serious Eats. The one aspect of Philly-style ice cream that sets it apart is the absence of just one ingredient: eggs.
The traditional French-style ice cream, seen throughout supermarkets and roadside stalls in the U.S., uses a rich base that usually contains egg yolks. As Today notes, eggs are often included in ice cream recipes because they make the final result desirably thicker and creamier. Alongside eggs, common ingredients in this traditional style include sugar, cream, milk, and additional flavorings.
Philadelphia-style ice cream, on the other hand, showcases just two main ingredients: cream and sugar, along with any additional flavorings. Some argue this simpler recipe makes a more desirable dessert as this style is often much airier in texture and meltier in nature, an ideal trait for those that like licking rather than biting their ice cream. Others enjoy the strong and fresh cream flavor being front-and–center in this icier variation.
How Philly-style ice cream is made
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Philadelphia-style ice cream is straightforward to make at home, which is helpful because it is harder to find in grocery stores. The first step is to source your ingredients, ideally being fresh from a local dairy for the best results.
According to King Arthur Baking Company, to make Philadelphia-style ice cream, you will need to pour about a cup of cream into a heated saucepan, along with sugar and a bit of salt. Once the sugar dissolves, additional cups of dairy are added, along with any flavorings you desire, such as an extract. The mixture can then be poured into a pan and frozen. Ideally, you'll end up with a soft-textured, fluffy ice cream that can be stored for about 2 weeks in your freezer.
Serious Eats notes that since the eggs are not present in this style to stabilize and strengthen the ice cream, it may come out a little too runny. In that case, adding stabilizing ingredients, like cornstarch or milk powder, should do the trick.
Now that you know how to make it, you can eat your new favorite ice cream style with a warm baked good or straight from the container, like us.


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As substrate the authors use a poly-dimethyl-siloxane (PDMS) membrane of 1mm thickness. The metal layers, ranging in thickness from 5nm to 500nm, were gold deposited using electron-beam evaporation. Samples were prepared both on relaxed substrates and on stretched substrates which were subsequently released.
As substrate the authors use a poly-dimethyl-siloxane (PDMS) membrane of 1mm thickness. The metal layers, ranging in thickness from 5nm to 500nm, were gold deposited in stripes using electron-beam evaporation and a mask with the inverse pattern on top of the substrate. Samples were prepared both on relaxed substrates and on stretched substrates which were subsequently released.
Using relaxed substrates did not yield consistent results; sometimes the metal films buckled, and sometimes they didn't (Fig.3). This difference is attributed to differences in the internal stresses of the film, as suggested by the different structural properties in the two cases on the nanometer scale (Fig. 4). Films that buckled are smooth on that scale whereas films that did not buckle have micro-cracks - a difference that has direct relation to electrical conductivity.
Using relaxed substrates did not yield consistent results; sometimes the metal films buckled, and sometimes they didn't (Fig.3). This difference, while it is not yet fully understood, is attributed to differences in the internal stresses of the film, as suggested by the different structural properties in the two cases on the nanometer scale (Fig. 4). Films that buckled are smooth on that scale whereas films that did not buckle have randomly distributed micro-cracks - a difference that has direct relation to electrical conductivity.
Using pre-stretched substrates, however, always yielded wavy films (Fig. 6).
Using pre-stretched substrates, however, always yielded wavy films (Fig. 6). The metal buckled in the direction along which the substrate was stretched during evaporation and cracked in the perpendicular direction (since, while expanded along one axis, PDMS contracted along the other one). The length scale of these cracks, on the order of ~50um, invites the expectation that metal stripes which are less wide than that would not crack.
Wagner, Lacour, Jones, Hsu, Sturm, Li, Suo, Physica E 25 (2004), 326-334
Flexible electronics have a host of potential applications ranging from medicine (e.g. prosthetic skin) to flexible electronic devices. The materials traditionally used for the fabrication of circuits, such as silicon, are stiff. Flexible counterparts may be possible with the combination of an elastomer substrate on which conducting metal connections can be deposited; the system may then sustain considerable stress. The question the authors address is how subjecting a flexible substrate to strain affects the electrical properties of the deposited conductors.
Their initial approach to fabricating these systems was based on the creation of wavy metal films on elastomer substrates which could be stretched reversibly. The waviness of the films was caused by internal stresses within the metal-elastomer system, in a way that they have modelled in a previous publication [1]. Interestingly, such wavy films are not only stretchable, but they maintain their conductivity while stretched. In order to have more control over the orientation and lengthscale of the film features, and thus over the stretchability of the conducting film, the authors have also deposited metal films on stretched PDMS substrates. When the substrates are let to relax, the superimposed films buckle in a way that correlates with the initial conditions of the substrate: peaks and troughs form along the axis of initial expansion. Furthermore, the existence of a substrate on which the metal is bonded makes the films more robust to deformations.
Main Experimental Details and Observations
As substrate the authors use a poly-dimethyl-siloxane (PDMS) membrane of 1mm thickness. The metal layers, ranging in thickness from 5nm to 500nm, were gold deposited in stripes using electron-beam evaporation and a mask with the inverse pattern on top of the substrate. Samples were prepared both on relaxed substrates and on stretched substrates which were subsequently released. Using relaxed substrates did not yield consistent results; sometimes the metal films buckled, and sometimes they didn't (Fig.3). This difference, while it is not yet fully understood, is attributed to differences in the internal stresses of the film, as suggested by the different structural properties in the two cases on the nanometer scale (Fig. 4). Films that buckled are smooth on that scale whereas films that did not buckle have randomly distributed micro-cracks - a difference that has direct relation to electrical conductivity.
[1] S.P.Lacour, S.Wagner, Z.Huang, Z.Suo, Mater.Res.Soc.Proc. 736 (2002) D4.8.1
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September 2009 - rcwrt.org
Edward J. Wooldridge, Pres.            Gary Cowardin, Editor
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September 2009 Program
Gary W. Gallagher
"Grant and Lee in the Overland Campaign:
Views from the Battle, Home and Historical Fronts"
8:00 p.m., Tuesday, September 8, 2009, at the
Boulevard United Methodist Church, 321 N. Boulevard,
Richmond, VA (corner of Boulevard and Stuart Ave.) Enter
the basement door on the right side under the front steps.
The dominant images of Grant and Lee based  on  the  1864-1865  Overland
campaign are strikingly different.  The most common perception of U.  S.
Grant is that of an inexorable attacker, often labeled a butcher,  while
Lee  is  perceived as the nimble counterpuncher, coaxing the most out of
his outnumbered soldiers.  At our September meeting our speaker Gary  W.
Gallagher  will examine key themes that emerge from contemporary sources
about the two generals' performances during the Overland campaign.
He will look at both Grant and Lee, using  1)  testimony  from  soldiers
from  both  armies,  2)  from  civilians  behind  the lines, and 3) from
newspapers.  Documented casualty rates in Grant's and  Lee's  Civil  War
operations  will  be  referenced  for  context.  Concluding remarks will
present why the two men received very different treatment.
Gary W. Gallagher is the  John L. Nau III  Professor in the  History  of
the  American  Civil War at the University of Virginia.  A native of Los
Angeles, he received his B.A.  from Adams State College of Colorado  and
his  M.A.   and Ph.D.  from the University of Texas.  Prior to coming to
Virginia (1998), he taught for twelve years at Penn State University.
His research and teaching  focus  on  the  era  of  the  Civil  War  and
Reconstruction.   He  is  the  author  or  editor of more than 30 books,
including Stephen Dodson Ramseur:  Lee's  Gallant  General  (1985),  The
Confederate  War  (1997), Lee and His Generals in War and Memory (1998),
and Causes Won, Lost, and Forgotten: How Hollywood and Popular Art Shape
What We Know About the Civil War (2008).
He  serves  as  editor  of  two  book  series at the University of North
Carolina Press ("Civil War America" and "Military Campaigns of the Civil
War"),  and  has  appeared  regularly  on  the  Arts  and  Entertainment
Network's series "Civil War Journal" and has participated  in  over  two
dozen other television projects.
Save the Date-Nov. 19, 2009
The RCWRT's 2009 annual dinner is scheduled for the evening of Thursday,
Nov.   19.   It  will  be  held  again  this  year  at the University of
Richmond's Jepson Alumni Center.  Our speaker  for  the  event  will  be
renowned historian James I.  "Bud" Robertson.  Please mark your calendar
and watch for more details in a future newsletter.
If  you have an E-mail address and internet access and are not currently
E-mail receiving your newsletter notification please let me know ASAP.
My E-mail address is:  cowardin@juno.com
(Just click my E-mail address above)
Some Upcoming Events
September 15-October 4, 2009, Virginia Stage Company, Norfolk, VA
"ALIVE AND WELL"
In this funny new play by  VSC  favorite  Kenny  Finkle,  our  country's
continuing  struggle between the North and South is on full display as a
heartbroken Civil War re-enactor and an emotionally desperate  New  York
journalist  search  for  the  oldest living Civil War veteran.  Trekking
through the heart of Virginia, they find more than they bargained for in
this  irreverent  take  on  modern  America.  This is the second play in
VSC's American Soil series, a new play project  exploring  the  cultural
and historical foundations of Hampton Roads. Box Office: (757) 627-1234
www.vastage.com/plays
UPDATE: I was sent new dates for last month's newsletter's article
"The North East Ohio Civil War Round Table
Will Return to Richmond Again This Year"
The correct dates are October 2-3, 2009 instead of October 3-4, 2009.
(Sunday October 4 is a travel day for the out of town folks.)
Visit the The Museum of the Confederacy Online Events Calendar
for MOC Events Calendar:
http://www.moc.org/site/PageServer?pagename=visit_cal
The National Museum of the Civil War Soldier
Special Events Calendar:
http://www.pamplinpark.org/events.html
RCWRT Monthly Speakers for 2009
Richmond Civil War Round Table Newsletter
Gary Cowardin, Editor
1404 Lorraine Ave.
Richmond, VA 23227-3735
cowardin@juno.com
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©R.C.W.R.T. 2009


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http://t.co/VuLuIntfPD Doppler corrected signal from Yutu rover, pretty strong signals, in fact almost the best I have seen! I need a QSL!
Jade Rabbit successfully shut down for the lunar night in December but experienced a "mechanical control abnormality" on Jan. 25. During the initial report of the glitch, the State Administration of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense, SASTIND, said the problem was caused by lunar dust. It is believed the lunar rover could not fold its solar panels into position, which would mean its scientific instruments would be exposed to the lunar environment and temperatures reaching -80 degrees Celsius (-292 degrees Fahrenheit).
In addition to the Jade Rabbit lunar rover, the Chang'e 3 lunar probe, which carried it to the moon, also experienced a glitch ahead of the lunar night. There are no reports if Chang'e 3 was also lost or if communication was restored with the probe.
Chang'e 3 was launched on Dec. 2, reached the lunar orbit on Dec. 6 and landed on Dec. 14. Jade Rabbit landed on the lunar surface and its scientific instruments began collecting data and sending images back to Earth. For China's space program, the loss of the Jade Rabbit lunar rover is a setback, but it won't stop lunar missions, with a planned launch in Chang'e 4 in 2015, and Chang'e 5 in 2017. Each of the missions will feature a lander and a lunar rover.


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Kimpel ist der Familienname folgender Personen:

 Bernd Kimpel, deutscher Basketballspieler
 Dieter Kimpel (1942–2015), deutscher Kunsthistoriker und Bauforscher
 Harald Kimpel (* 1950), deutscher Kunstwissenschaftler und Kurator
 Heinrich Theodor Kimpel (1862–1928), deutscher Lehrer und Politiker (DDP)
 Kora Kimpel (* 1968), deutsche Designforscherin
 Patrik Kimpel (* 1967), deutscher Koch

Siehe auch:
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Mark Thoma: The Great Lesson from the Great Recession: Noted for August 27, 2013
Erik Wemple: Pari Bradlee and the brilliance of Fox News's Howard Kurtz: Noted for August 27, 2013
Richard Landes: David Landes Obituary: Noted for August 27, 2013
Richard Landes: David S. Landes, May his memory be a blessing:
This last Saturday afternoon, August 17, 2013, my father, David Landes died in Haverford PA. The following is a brief obit to which I will add when I have more time. He was the beloved husband of Sonia T. Landes, who died on April 12, 2013, after 69 years of marriage. He was the father of Jane Landes Foster, Richard Allen Landes and Alison Landes Fiekowsky, grandfather of eight and great-grandfather of nine.
Sylvia Landes (née Silberman) gave birth to David on April 29, 1924. Harry Landes was her husband, and he immigrated to New York from Husi, Romania in 1904. David and Sonia met and fell almost instantaneously in love in Seagate, New York when they were 14 and 15 years old. They married when they were 19 years of age and were inseparable forever thereafter. David had a childhood hobby of decryption (a passion ignited by a reading of Poe's "Gold Bug"), and therefore served in the Signal Corp. of the U.S.Army in World War II, decrypting Japanese messages. He become a Second Lieutenant with a field promotion in May 1944, the highest army rank in the Landes family until his granddaughter Aliza became a captain in the IDF.
Professionally, he served as a Junior Fellow at Harvard University, then at Columbia. His work focused on entrepreneurship and economic development. Asked to write the section of the Cambridge Economic History on the Industrial Revolution, that morphed in the 1960s into his first major work, The Unbound Prometheus: Technological Change and Industrial Development in Western Europe from 1750 to the Present, his definitive study of the Industrial Revolution in Europe.
He began teaching at Columbia University, and after a year at the Center for the Study of Behavioral Sciences in Palo Alto, he went to UC Berkeley. He came to Harvard University in 1964 where he remained throughout his subsequent career, retiring in 1997, as the Coolidge Professor of History and Professor of Economics, bridging the disciplines of history and economics. In the late 1960s and 70s he became an astute and avid watch collector, known to makers and devotees of watches and time keeping. That passion led to the writing of his most innovative work, Revolution in Time: Clocks and the Making of the Modern World (1983).
In a sense, his entire oeuvre was dedicated to answering the question "why the West?" (or more specifically, how is it that the West generated a culture of economic development that most other cultures have difficulty imitating?) His students and family would joke that his course on economic history was unofficially entitled "The West and the Rest." He was, accordingly, admired and denounced for being a Eurocentric historian, a perspective increasingly considered not politically correct, even as the evidence for the uniqueness of the West continued (and continues) to pile up. His Wealth and Poverty of Nations: Why Some are so Rich and Some are so Poor (1998) embodies his approach to the importance of culture in contributing to either economic development or poverty.
He served as Chairman of American Professors for Peace in the Middle East in the 1970s. He was devoted to Judaism, the Jewish people and the land of Israel, a legacy continued by his descendants. He was an avid squash player, coming in second in the B-Class of the West Coast championship in 1963, and, after coming to Harvard, prided himself on his cunning in challenging and sometimes beating the top four members of the Harvard Squash Team.
His children are sitting shiva in Philadelphia at the Fiekowsky house on 438 Ballytore Road, Wynnewood, PA 19096 from Tuesday through Thursday, August 20-22, and at Richard's house on Thursday at 8 Priscilla Road in Brighton, MA until Monday morning August 22-26. Donations may be made in his name to Harvard Hillel.
Posted on August 27, 2013 at 13:23 in #economicgrowth, #economichistory, #economics, #equitablegrowth, #politicaleconomy, #politics, History | Permalink | Comments (2)


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Man, 71, convicted of sexually assaulting young girl: Prosecutors
By: Kristine Garcia
UNION, N.J. — A 71-year-old man was convicted of sexually assaulting a 9-year-old girl who lived in his building, New Jersey prosecutors said Friday.
Angel Flores was convicted on charges including first-degree aggravated sexual assault, second-degree sexual assault and third-degree endangering the welfare of a child, authorities said.
Investigation revealed the sex assaults took place from December 2015 to January 2016 in the building where both Flores and the victim lived.
Flores was allegedly an acquaintance to the victim and was known as "Don Benito" to residents of the multi-family Plainfield home, according to prosecutors.
He was arrested just days after the last incident occurred, officials said.
The victim, who is now 13, testified at the trial, as well as several relatives to whom she disclosed details about the trauma endured.
Jury deliberation took less than two hours, according to Union County Prosecutors.
Flores' sentencing is scheduled for Friday, June 21.
He faces a sentence of 25 years to life in prison.
Anyone with information about Flores's activities still is being urged to contact Sgt. O'Malley at 908-220-4323.


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Home / Opinion / Politics / Does quo warranto have the power to dismiss Robredo?
Does quo warranto have the power to dismiss Robredo?
Rumor has it that Vice President Leni Robredo could be the next highest official to be ousted by the means of the powerful quo warranto.
This, after the country made history when the Supreme Court dismissed its own Chief Justice, Maria Lourdes Sereno, by granting the quo warranto petition filed by the Solicitor General Jose Calida against the former CJ.
But does the quo warranto actually have the power to dismiss Vice President Robredo?
Let's get into the details one by one to know its impact and how it can possibly remove VP Leni from the office.
The law says the quo warranto does have the power to dismiss any impeachable official. In other words, it can rule against an official as long as they are impeachable.
But who are the officials that can be ousted through impeachment? They are: the president, vice president, members of the Supreme Court, ombudsman, and heads of constitutional commissions.
In addition, a GMA News report stated that according to the Supreme Court, the two highest leaders of the land may also be the "subject of a quo warranto petition under the Presidential Electoral Tribunal (PET) rules".
Due to Sereno's removal, the Supreme Court's decision could possibly implicate the electoral protest that Leni Robredo is currently facing.
This is due to what the SC majority pointed out on Rule 14 of the electoral tribunal that says, "An election protest shall not include a petition for quo warranto. A petition for quo warranto shall not include an election protest.", as reported by Rappler.
It only means that should Bongbong Marcos file a quo warranto petition against Leni Robredo, then Marcos should revoke his election protest against Robredo. And had Marcos resorted in filing quo warranto against Robredo before, no election protest can be done by Marcos as restricted by the law.
Based on a report, the ineligibility or disloyalty to the country, are the two major grounds for one to file a quo warranto petition.
"The petition for quo warranto may be filed against both the President and the Vice President of the Philippines on the grounds of ineligibility or disloyalty to the country, the Supreme Court declared in its decision against its top magistrate", a report said.
Though limited, the power of quo warranto is certain and secure.
With Supreme Court, the high tribunal, being the final arbiter of the law, quo warranto's power is secure because once the Supreme Court granted the said, then the involved official is set to face immediate removal from the office.
However, what makes the quo warranto limited in terms of its coverage to rule against the said officials is that, according to the law, the person who filed such has to prove first before the court that the acts, which make the official ineligible for office, were committed either prior or at the time of appointment or election, and during his/her term.
This simply means that if the official, to whom the quo warranto petition has been filed against, committed the act that makes them ineligible for office while they are already in the position, then the complainant cannot resort to filing such as prohibited by the law.
As reported by Rappler, "acts or omissions committed during the incumbency of a "validly appointed and/or validly elected official cannot be the subject of a quo warranto proceeding, but of impeachment".
Who can file a quo warranto petition?
The column on GMA News also noted the decision of the Supreme Court stating that under the Presidential Electoral Tribunal (PET) Rules, anyone, as long as registered voter who happen to vote in the election, can file a quo warranto petition against the erring official.
"Further, the PET Rules provide that a petition for quo warranto, contesting the election of the President or Vice-President on the ground of ineligibility or disloyalty to the Republic of the Philippines, may be filed by any registered voter who has voted in the election concerned within ten days after the proclamation of the winner," the decision read.
It also stated that even if an impeachable official committed a crime, such as 'disloyalty to the republic', quo warranto can also be a remedy to expel both the President or Vice-President.
"Despite disloyalty to the republic being a crime against public order defined and penalized under the penal code, and thus may likewise be treated as 'other high crimes,' constituting an impeachable offense, quo warranto as a remedy to remove the erring President or Vice-President is nevertheless made expressly available," it added.


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666 - The Mark of the Beast
Is it interesting that President Donald Trumps "son-in-law" Jared Kushner, owns the property at 666 Fifth Avenue in NYC, and also he seems to be the main instigator of the new deals that are taking place in the "Middle East" between Israel and the UAE - United Arab Emirates and others.?
I'm just projecting into the future, but if Jared Kushner is ever credited for his negotiation skills in soliciting these peace agreements between Israel and their middle eastern enemies, he could be lifted up into a prominent position of notoriety.
Now, you have to realize this too.
Jared Kushner's religion is the Jewish sect is the traditional Jewish Orthodoxy which views Christianity as blasphemy against the Torah.
Could it be that eventually Mr. Kushner gets elevated into a position of power and importance that he sits in a position of authority and becomes the anti-christ's prophet? A bit of info on Kushner.
Political background
Jared Kushner had been a lifelong Democrat prior to his father-in-law Donald Trump entering politics. He had donated over $10,000 to Democratic campaigns starting at the age of 11.
In 2008 he donated to the campaign for Hillary Clinton and his newspaper the New York Observer endorsed Barack Obama over John McCain in the US presidential election. After expressing disappointment with Obama, however, he endorsed Republican U.S. presidential nominee Mitt Romney in 2012 via the New York Observer. In 2014 he continued to donate to Democratic groups, but he then continued his "ideological conversion" by joining his father-in-law Donald Trump's nascent US presidential campaign in the field of the Republican candidates in 2015. Kushner had no prior involvement in campaign politics or in government before Trump's campaign.
("NOTE" from the author of this site) It seems that Kushner is not a Democrat, so how is it he is doing so much for the Trump administration? Kushner after visit's with all the the middle east enemies of Israel came up with a deal to allow the Palestinians to have their own land and economy, government, industry etc. And now it seems to be expanding into deals with the other antagonists of Israel? Hmmm? I have to be suspicious of all this!
Middle East peace plan
Kushner is said to be the main architect of Trump's Israeli-Palestinian peace plan.
Trump put Kushner in charge of brokering peace in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict, despite the fact that Kushner had no foreign experience or experience in the Middle East. On August 24, 2017, Kushner traveled to Israel to talk to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (with whom Kushner has longstanding personal links and family ties, causing Palestinians to distrust him). He then traveled to Palestine to meet President Mahmoud Abbas in an attempt to restart a peace process in the Middle East.
Donald Trump formally unveiled a plan authored by Kushner in a White House press conference alongside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on January 28, 2020; Palestinian representatives were not invited. In an interview, Kushner said he had "been studying this now for three years", and that he had "read 25 books on it, I've spoken to every leader in the region, I've spoken to everyone who's been involved in this." The plan has been characterized as requiring too few concessions from the Israelis and imposing too harsh requirements on the Palestinians. Both the West Bank settlers' Yesha Council and the Palestinian leadership rejected the plan: the former because it envisaged a Palestinian state, the latter arguing it is too biased in favor of Israel.
On August 13, 2020, Kushner's plan from earlier in the year resulted in the establishment of diplomatic ties between the United Arab Emirates and Israel. According to The New York Times, "six weeks of indirect talks through Jared Kushner, the president's son-in-law and senior adviser, culminated in Thursday's phone call between Mr. Trump, Mr. Netanyahu and Mohammed bin Zayed, the crown prince of Abu Dhabi and de facto ruler of the United Arab Emirates."
The agreement is to be named the Abraham Accord.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jared_Kushner
Japanese PM Shinzō Abe meets with Ivanka, president-elect Donald Trump, and Jared Kushner, November 2016
During the presidential transition, Kushner was said to be his father-in-law's "confidant," and one of Donald Trump's closest advisors, even more so than Trump's four adult children. Trump was reported to have requested the top-secret security clearance for him to attend the presidential daily intelligence briefings as his staff-level companion, along with General Mike Flynn, who already had the clearance prior to his resignation.
Kushner was reportedly an influential factor behind the firing of New Jersey governor Chris Christie as head of the transition team, as well as the dismissal from the Donald Trump transition team of anyone connected to Christie. An anonymous source familiar with the transition told Politico, "Jared doesn't like Christie... He's always held [the prosecution of his father] against Christie." Kushner told Forbes that the reports that he was involved in Christie's dismissal were false: "Six months ago, Governor Christie and I decided this election was much bigger than any differences we may have had in the past, and we worked very well together... I was not behind pushing out him or his people."
Senior Advisor to the President
Kushner during the April 2017
Syrian missile strike operation
On January 9, 2017, Kushner was named Senior Advisor to the President (formally, "Assistant to the President and Senior Advisor"). He consequently resigned as CEO of Kushner Companies, and as publisher of the Observer.
After Donald Trump became President-elect, Kushner and his wife met with the Japanese Prime Minister and other Japanese officials, while his wife was conducting a licensing deal between her namesake clothing brand and a Japanese government-owned company. His wife sat in on a meeting between her father, then-president-elect Donald Trump, and Japan's prime minister, Shinzō Abe.
Kushner with President Trump and German Chancellor Angela Merkel in March 2017
In late March 2017, Kushner was also given the new role of leading the "White House Office of American Innovation", where Kushner reportedly has been focusing on improving governmental efforts with regard to Veterans Affairs, information-technology contracting, and the opioid crisis. Kushner was involved in the sale of $100+ billion of arms to Saudi Arabia, and during a meeting with Saudi officials at the White House, he called Lockheed Martin CEO Marillyn Hewson to ask for a lower price on a radar system to detect ballistic missiles.
Kushner's business activities in China have drawn scrutiny for mixing government with business. Kushner's investments in real estate and financial services have also drawn controversy for conflicts of interest. In May, the Wall Street Journal reported that he had failed to disclose all required financial information in his security clearance applications, including that he owes $1 billion in loans. During 2017, Kushner and his wife Ivanka Trump made $82 million in outside income at the same time that they served as senior White House advisors. In March 2020, the Associated Press reported that Kushner had sold stakes in a firm that had benefitted from the same Opportunity Zone tax breaks that Kushner pushed for as a senior White House advisor.
In a statement, Abbe Lowell, Kushner's lawyer, admitted that Kushner used private e-mail for official White House business. No classified or privileged information was used on this account. During the campaign for the 2016 presidential election, Trump repeatedly criticized his opponent Hillary Clinton for her personal e-mail usage in her role as Secretary of State.
In an HBO/Axios interview released in June 2019, Kushner denied that President Trump was a racist. When asked whether birther conspiracy theories about President Obama (which Trump pushed extensively for a number of years) were racist, Kushner did not answer, saying instead twice, "Look, I wasn't really involved in that." In the interview, Kushner spoke of his own family's immigration history: "It's a great reminder of how great this country is." In the same interview, he defended the Trump administration's decision to drastically reduce the number of refugees accepted by the United States (the lowest level in 40 years)
Allegations of nepotism
Kushner's appointment as Trump's senior advisor in the White House in January 2017 was questioned on the basis of a 1967 anti-nepotism law which forbids public officials from hiring family members, and explicitly one's son-in-law, in agencies or offices they oversee. The law was passed in response to President John F Kennedy's decision to appoint his brother, Robert Kennedy, as attorney general in 1961. However, on January 20, 2017, the Department of Justice Office of Legal Counsel issued an opinion stating the anti-nepotism law does apply to appointments within the White House, after Kushner's lawyer, Jamie Gorelick claimed the 1967 law does not apply to the White House because it is not an 'agency'. Kushner was sworn in on January 22, 2017 and was given the office which is physically the closest to the Oval Office.
His security clearance
Kushner and Gen. Joseph Dunford, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, with Iraqi Defence Minister Erfan al-Hiyali in Baghdad on April 3, 2017
On January 18, 2017, immediately after his appointment as senior advisor to President Trump, Kushner requested Top Secret security clearance, using "Standard Form 86 (SF86): Questionnaire for National Security Positions". The request omitted dozens of pertinent contacts with foreign officials, including the meetings with Kislyak and Gorkov. Failure to disclose pertinent contacts can cause security clearances to be declined or revoked, and an intentional failure to disclose can result in imprisonment. Kushner's lawyers said that the omissions were "an oversight", and that "a member of [Kushner's] staff had prematurely hit the 'send' button" before the form was completed.
By July 2017, Kushner had resubmitted his SF86, this time disclosing contacts with foreign nationals. This was the first time that government officials were made aware of the June 2016 Trump campaign–Russian meeting and Kushner's role in it.
On September 15, 2017, Carl Kline, the director of the personnel security office within the Executive Office of President Trump, recorded Kushner as having an interim Top Secret/SCI security clearance. Kushner and his wife were among at least 48 officials granted interim clearance giving them access to sensitive compartmented information (SCI): detailed accounts of intelligence sources and methods.
On February 27, 2018, White House Chief of Staff John Kelly downgraded Kushner's interim security clearance to "secret" status, along with other White House staffers working with interim security clearances. White House sources said that part of the reason Kushner had not yet been granted permanent security clearance was that he was under investigation by Robert Mueller.
Kushner finally received permanent Top Secret security clearance on May 23, 2018. In January 2019, Trump told The New York Times that he had not intervened to grant Kushner's security clearances. On February 8, 2019, Kushner's wife Ivanka also denied that Trump had intervened to grant her or Kushner's security clearances. However, on February 28, 2019, CNN (citing three anonymous sources) and The New York Times (citing four anonymous sources) reported that in May 2018 Trump ordered Kelly to grant Kushner a top-secret clearance, which Kelly contemporaneously documented in an internal memo. Reportedly, this is the first time a U.S. President has intervened in such a way.
Kushner purchase and financing (1.8 billion) or 18 divided by 3x3 = 666
Front of 666 Fifth Avenue
In January 2007, Tishman Speyer, along with the German investment firm TMW, announced the sale of the building to Kushner Properties for $1.8 billion (about $2.2 billion in 2018), at the time the highest price ever paid for an individual building in Manhattan. The sale was the third blockbuster deal involving Tishman in two years. In 2005 Tishman bought the MetLife Building for $1.72 billion (about $2.2 billion in 2018), setting the previous record. A month before the 666 sale, Tishman bought Stuyvesant Town–Peter Cooper Village for $5.4 billion, which was the biggest real estate deal in U.S. history.
The sale was unusual for several reasons. First, the Kushner Companies had traditionally focused on smaller multi-family residential properties in New Jersey and their only other Manhattan holding was the Puck Building, purchased in the 1990s. However, after Charles Kushner was jailed in 2005 for 18 counts of illegal campaign contributions, tax evasion, and witness tampering, Jared Kushner took over the family company at just 26 years old and sought to make a bigger name for himself by expanding into Manhattan. In a symbol of the company's shift in focus, Jared Kushner moved its headquarters into the building from Florham Park, New Jersey. Second, the building had no official ask price and was never officially marketed for sale but instead Rob Speyer personally called potential suitors to let them know the building might be up for grabs.
Third, this was an unconventional price for such a short building by New York standards; standing at just 483 ft (147 m), 666 Fifth is not among the top 150 tallest buildings in New York City. But, after getting beat out on the $1.5 billion purchase of 1211 Avenue of the Americas by Beacon Capital Partners in 2006, Jared Kushner was adamant about not losing out on 666 Fifth Avenue and so offered an unprompted $1.8 billion in order to guarantee the success of his company's bid. Fourth, the majority of the deal was put together in less than a week, an unprecedentedly short time frame to conduct the necessary due diligence for such a major deal. Finally, Kushner put down just $50 million in equity and borrowed the remaining $1.75 billion from a consortium of lenders.
In order to pay for the building, Kushner secured a $1.215 billion CMBS senior loan from Barclays and UBS that was split into six different pari passu notes securitized by GE Capital and Wachovia. The loan had a term of 10 years and was interest-only for the entire term, meaning that Kushner would only have to pay the 6.353% interest rate. Additionally, Kushner obtained $535 million in mezzanine financing, split into a $335 million senior tranche and a $200 million junior tranche. Backing up the financing, Kushner obtained an appraisal valuing the property at nearly $3 billion, 75% more than the company had paid for the property just months earlier. According to New York real estate magazine The Real Deal, such a big gap between a building's purchase price and appraisal value is unheard of and the values are generally within 10% of each other, even during the commercial real estate bubble of 2005-2007.
The banks also expected Kushner to be able to more than double the building's office rents from $53.5 million per year to $118.6 million. Such aggressive values were necessary in order to keep the building's loan-to-value ratio (LTV) in a reasonable range since based on the purchase price of $1.8 billion, the $1.215 billion senior loan represented a 67.5% LTV. However, using the appraised value reduced the LTV to a more conservative 60.75%, making the CMBS seem safer to credit rating agencies. More worryingly, the building's in-place rents yielded a debt service coverage ratio (DSCR) of just 0.65x, meaning that the building's net cash flows could only pay for 65% of the senior loan's interest payments, before paying for the mezzanine loans, the senior loan's principal, or any returns to Kushner. If Kushner was unable to raise rents to the levels anticipated, the building would lose millions of dollars a year just in interest payments on the senior loan.
Kushner with Ivanka and Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman in May 2017.
Kushner has a younger brother, Joshua, and two sisters, Dara and Nicole. He married Ivanka Trump in a Jewish ceremony on October 25, 2009. They had met in 2005 through mutual friends. Kushner and his wife (who converted to Judaism in 2009) are Modern Orthodox Jews, keep a kosher home, and observe the Jewish Shabbat. They have three children, a daughter born in July 2011 and two sons, born in October 2013 and March 2016.
Those who know Kushner say he has impeccable manners and that he never loses his temper, at least not in public. He is said to be very guarded. He grants few interviews, and when he does, he comes across as deliberately bland, as if he's trying to discourage interest in his activities.
In 2004, Kushner's father pleaded guilty to eighteen felony counts of tax fraud, election violations, and witness tampering - he retaliated against his own sister who was a cooperating witness in the case. The case against Charles Kushner was prosecuted by Chris Christie, who later became Governor of New Jersey and, for a period was part of Donald Trump's election campaign team in 2016. Christie subsequently claimed that Jared Kushner was responsible for having him fired as revenge for sending his father to prison.
In 2017, federal disclosures suggested Kushner and his wife had assets worth at least $240 million, and as much as $740 million. They also have an art collection, estimated to be worth millions, that was not mentioned in the financial disclosures initially, and enjoy visiting art studios. The United States Office of Government Ethics has said that the updated disclosures comply with the regulations and laws.
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ACL 2012 Day 1 Wrap-Up
I had to work the morning of the first day of ACL Fest so I had to miss First Aid Kit as well as the War on Drugs but that doesn't mean I didn't get to see lots of great music. The first band I caught a full-set from was The Afghan Whigs. They are a band that I was aware of but who I had I never really listened to. Mr. S. has been a really big fan for years so we were sure to catch them. At times, lead-singer, Greg Dulli sounded a bit like Dave Grohl. Their songs were R&B through an early 90's college-rock filter. Clever lyrics, hooky riffs and propulsive bass-lines. With an abbreviated festival set, The Afghan Whigs used every minute they had available. There was little-to-no stage banter and as soon as one song would finish the next would start. Many people in the crowd were singing along and it made for a great opening set for our festival.
Alabama Shakes - Rise to the Sun video via YouTube
After The Afghan Whigs we made a long, arduous journey across the park to catch the Alabama Shakes. They have a lot of buzz in the Adult Contemporary music world and I wanted to see what all of the hype was about. Getting from the west side of the park to the east side was incredibly difficult. The placement of the stages makes for a complete lack of clear traffic pattern. People are moving to and fro every single direction with varying rates of speed, urgency and focus. We did manage to get into a good position to see Alabama Shakes and they sounded good. I didn't fall head-over-heels in love with them simply because there is so much hype about them. My walkaway critique is that they were no better or worse than any band I've ever seen at the Saxon Pub. It just brings up my standard wondering of why X band and not Y band. Why are Alabama Shakes the next big thing and not LZ Love?
After the madness of trying to move from one stage to another we decided to just get a good spot near the soundboard for M83, which means we listend to Florence + the Machine from an adjacent stage. We could see Flo on the screens and we could hear the band quite well. She has a lot of energy and the crowd really loved it. Her voice was spot-on, my only critique has to do with experiencing it from a far. With the persistant tribal drumming in most of her songs, they all sort of sounded like Revolution after awhile. It became a joke between Mr. S. and I, Flo would start a new song and one of us would sing the chorus of Revolution over it. Most of the time it fit perfectly.
We ended our day 1 with a stellar set from M83. It was my third time seeing them on this tour and fourth time seeing them total. As far as I'm concerned it was the best set of the day and possibly of the festival weekend. I am not privy to the goings on of booking shows and/or festivals but I do not understand how AVICII got a better stage and time-slot than M83. That is neither here nor there, I can tell you that the crowd for M83 was very attentive and involved in the show. The lights were fantastic and after the first couple of songs, which were too quiet the sound was great. The band sounded majestic, powerful, confident and generally superb. I honestly feel bad for anyone who missed out on their set.
We didn't stay for the headliners Friday night, opting to beat the crowds and get home early. I will add, I find it an odd choice that after M83, The Black Keys were on the adjacent west-side stage while AVICII were on the opposite side of the park. It seems like it would have made more sense to put the two electronic acts back to back on the same side of the park? Like I said though, I really don't know how the planning of an event this size really works.
Labels: ACL
ACL Festival Preview: Conflicts
Music festivals are a great way to see a lot of bands without a lot of effort. If you're a casual music fan you can just wander from stage to stage stopping when you hear something you like. If you're a serious music connoisseur, you'll want to have a more curated experience, moving from stage to stage like a person on a mission trying your darnedest to catch every band worth seeing. That is where this post comes in. I'm not trying to tell you who to see when or curate your experience for you, I'm just highlighting the points during ACL Festival when it will be most difficult to choose. With the festival happening two weekends in a row in 2013 some of these conflicts will be resolved for people attending both weekends. Catch one act one week and the other act the next week.
Like any music festival there are going to be times when there are two or more bands you'd like to see who are performing at the same time. I can tell you from experience that catching bits from multiple sets can be very difficult especially if it's later in the day. There are stages it is easy to navigate between but it's going to be nearly impossible to get from one side of the park to the other in a timely manner after 4pm-ish. I think one of the biggest conflicts of the festival is going to be the headliners Saturday night. I know that many people are fans of both Neil Young and Jack White, both of whom will be playing at the same time. For those of you lucky enough to be at Jack White's Austin City Limits Television taping Sunday night won't have to make the tough call. Find the most troublesome time conflicts of this year's fest below the break.
Jack White - I'm Shakin' video via YouTube
The War on Drugs VS. Delta Spirit at 2:15ish
The Afghan Whigs VS. Tegan and Sara at 4:15ish
Weezer VS. Florence + The Machine
Thievery Corporation VS. M83
Zola Jesus VS. Bombay Bicycle Club at 1:15ish
Gardens & Villa VS. Rufus Wainwright at 2pm
Father John Misty VS. Oberhofer at 3:15ish
Metric VS. Andrew Bird VS. Michael Kiwanuku at 4:00ish
Lee Fields VS. The Roots VS. The Shins at 6:00ish
Jack White VS. Neil Young
Freelance Whales VS. Stars at 1:15pm
Poliça VS. Tennis at 3:15
The Weeknd VS. Die Antwoord at 5:15
Iggy & The Stooges VS. The Avett Brothers at 6:15
Crystal Castles VS. Childish Gambino at 7:15ish
Labels: ACL, Planning Ahead
ACL Festival Preview: Locals Only
Like SXSW, ACL Festival receives complaints about not having enough local bands featured. While, I understand this complaint, I also understand the need to book headline-grabbing names for a music festival. While ACL Festival does take place in Austin, it is truly a national festival in the sense that it has to compete with Coachella, Bonnaroo and all of the rest of the big summer festivals. C3 Presents has to be able to draw a crowd to Austin from other parts of the country and/or world. Generally, the festival sells-out before the bands are even announced, which means if they don't book bands that excited their audience they would face some major backlash.
With that all being said, they do make an effort to book bands whom they consider to be up-and-coming local acts. There have been some local sets in the past that have been considered legendary, anyone who caught Ghostland Observatory at ACL Fest can attest to that. Below the break, I have highlighted some of my favorite Austin bands playing the fest this year.
Wild Child - Pillow Talk video via YouTube
Wild Child is a band I've championed for quite some time. They have a pleasant folk-rock sounds with lovely harmonies and radio-ready tunes. You can catch them on the Austin Ventures stage at noon on Saturday.
The Eastern Sea is one of Austin's buzziest bands of 2012 and rightly so. They're also the most different band on this list. While the other three bands play some form of American-roots and/or folk. The Eastern Sea is more experimental, nuanced and indie-rock-oriented. Their latest record Plague is one of the best local releases of 2012. You can be sure that you'll see it on many year-end lists. If you want to see The Eastern Sea at ACL Festival, they'll be on the Austin Ventures stage at 11:20am on Sunday morning.
The Eastern Sea - A Lie video via YouTube
Quiet Company probably has the biggest profile of all of the bands on this list. I have been writing about them nearly as long as I've been writing this blog. They do uber-catchy power-pop about love and life. Their ACL performance will be their last local show before they head on a nation-wide tour. They play the Austin Ventures stage at 11:15am on Saturday.
Quiet Company - You, Me and the Boatman video via YouTube
Wheeler Brothers have been generating a lot of attention in Austin and the rest of the country. They have opened for many of the best American-roots-music bands touring the country today and they are on their way to becoming one such band. You can see them on the Austin Ventures stage at 1:00pm on Saturday of ACL Fest.
Wheeler Brothers - Spent Time video via YouTube
Labels: ACL, Concerts, Quiet Company, The Eastern Sea, Video, Wheeler Brothers, Wild Child
ACL Festival Preview: Poliça
Photo Credit: Cameron Wittig
Many of the artists I've featured in this week leading up to ACL Festival are artists I featured leading up to SXSW this year. Poliça is one such band. I'm not featuring them again to recycle content, I'm featuring them again because I feel that ACL and SXSW have different audiences and I really believe in Poliça. Their 2011 release, Give You the Ghost is edgy, interesting music with beautiful vocals and loads of percussion. In a live-setting the band is composed of 2 drummers and a bass player, which puts the gorgeous, haunting vocals on center stage. I think a big festival crowd is the perfect showcase for the big music that this band performs and I look forward to seeing them win-over lots of new fans on Sunday. Poliça will be on the Honda Stage at 3:15pm, which is the perfect time for you to arrive on the festival's final day. I know that you're going to be tired from the first two days of music and I can assure you that this is the perfect way to ease you in to the final day.
Poliça - Dark Star video via YouTube
Poliça are also playing a Late night show with Metric at Emo's but unfortunately it is already sold-out.
Labels: ACL, Concerts, Polica, Video
ACL Festival Preview: Lee Fields & the Expressions
Photo Credit: Judy Miller
I was one of the fortunate few who had the chance to see Lee Fields & the Expressions perform at the Continental Club earlier this year. It was a hot, sweaty, crowded affair filled with people of all ages and backgrounds and it was truly superb. The Expressions are one of the tightest backing bands I've ever seen. Their terse riffs, soulful rhythms and overall bombastic performance had the crowd hanging on their every note. Matched with Lee Fields' gospel tenor this band can do no wrong. If you're a fan of Sharon Jones or Charles Bradley then make sure you're at the Zilker Stage by 5:30pm Saturday to catch Lee Fields & The Expressions. I predict their performance will be one of the most buzzed-about, break-out performances of the weekend and you'll definitely want to be a part of it.
Lee Fields - You're the Kind of Girl video via YouTube
If you can't make it out to the festival, you can catch Lee Fields' Late Night Show with Alabama Shakes at Stubb's. That show actually takes place tomorrow night before the festival begins and there are still has tickets available.
If you can't make it to either performance, you should at least check out the latest record from Lee Fields & the Expressions, Faithful Man.
Labels: ACL, Concerts, Late Night Show, Lee Fields, Stubb's, Video
ACL Festival Preview: Gardens & Villa
I'm not suggesting that the members of Gardens & Villa have ever smoked pot but I am suggesting that they make lovely, stoner-vibes music. I also know that they hail from sunny California and that these stoner-vibes could also be beach-vibes that I associate with being high. Regardless, their Self-Titled album came out last year and it was one of my favorite releases of 2011. It sounds contemporary while also sounding like the best Talking Heads record that was never made. It's experimental yet still accesible, will melodies that will bore their way into your brain. You will have to get to the park relatively early to catch Gardens & Villa on Saturday. They play the BMI stage at 2pm and I'm not going to lie, this set time will also be featured in my upcoming Conflicts post because they are up against another band I'm a fan of.
Gardens & Villa - Black Hills video via YouTube
This weekend may be your last chance to see Gardens & Villa in Austin for a bit, as I expect they'll be heading back to the studio to record a follow-up record. In other words, you don't want to miss them at ACL Fest on Saturday.
Labels: ACL, Concerts, Gardens and Villa, Video
ACL Festival Preview: Oberhofer
Photo Credit: Sebastian Mlynarski
You may, or may not recall that I featured Oberhofer as a band to be on the look-out for during SXSW this year. Well, they're back and I'm here to remind you that they are still a band worth seeing. Chances are you've heard their music in a recent smartphone commercial. It's the one in which the girl takes a video of a band playing on a rooftop and then she sends it to her other friends who are also at the same show, watching the same band on the same rooftop. It's not a great commercial but that song is perfection and if you assholes won't buy their record, they have to get money from somewhere right?
Speaking of their album, Oberhofer's latest full-length record is called, Time Capsules II and it's out now on Glassnote. That's the same label that brought you Phoenix and your precious Mumford & Sons. In other words, they know music and you should pay attention.
Oberhofer - Away Frm U video via YouTube
You can see Oberhofer at ACL Festival on Saturday afternoon. They take to the Barton Springs Stage at 3pm. If you can't make it to this set and/or you won't be attending ACL Fest, you'll have a second chance to see Oberhofer in Austin this month. They are currently touring with Matt and Kim and that tour will bring them back to Austin when they play Stubb's on October 20th. There are still a limited number of tickets available for that Stubb's show.
Labels: ACL, Concerts, Oberhofer, Video
ACL Festival Preview: First Aid Kit
Photo Credit: Neil Krug
If you've been reading this site for awhile then you may recall that I featured, Swedish band, First Aid Kit the last time they played ACL Festival. Like many people, I was first introduced to the band when they posted their cover of Fleet Foxes' Tiger Mountain Peasant Song. Their beautiful harmonies and tender performance immediately won me over. Their latest record, The Lion's Roar has earned them a lot of buzz. They are getting airplay on Adult Contemporary radio and people are starting to know who they are. Their time-slot is still quite early on in the festival considering how their star has risen since their last time playing ACL Fest. You can catch First Aid Kit Friday, on the Honda Stage at 1:15pm. Having seen them before, I can assure you that seeing them perform is worth the hassle of getting to Zilker early.
First Aid Kit - Wolf video via YouTube
I know there are people who feel like they can't go to ACL Fest from gates open until gate close but since I am focused on seeing smaller bands on the rise, I recommend that if you're going to cut your day short, leave during the headliners and catch the early bands. Not only will you have less crowd to deal with at the beginning of the day, you'll have an easier time getting out of the festival if you leave during the headliners.
Labels: ACL, Concerts, First Aid Kit, Video