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With the passing of the years, I find it increasingly useful to scribble reminders for myself on Post-it notes, as an aide memoire of things that have to be done. I am pleased to say that Sajid Javid, the chancellor, adopts the same approach, or at least he did on his Twitter feed, even though he has an army of officials to keep him on track.
The chancellor's list of things to do had six items: GBD; NHS, police and schools; an infrastructure revolution; cutting taxes for working people; keeping the economy strong and walking Bailey.
I had to think about GBD for a while, though you will probably have spotted that it stands for getting Brexit done. Walking Bailey is not a reference to Andrew Bailey, the new Bank of England governor, but to Javid's dog.
As well as his Post-it notes, Javid addressed Treasury staff, telling them: "We are a department that doesn't just think about numbers and spreadsheets and tax and spend we are the fiscal reform, the economic reform department.
"There is much more ambition now. The challenges are bigger, but the ambition is there to try to meet those and we can deliver more. All that energy can now go into thinking about the future and planning for the long-term."
He knows that he is under pressure to deliver as much as his officials are. The Westminster rumour mill has Rishi Sunak, his deputy as Treasury chief secretary, is a Downing Street favourite and, for some, a favourite for the chancellorship. He featured prominently during the election campaign and supported Brexit in 2016, Javid, meanwhile, ensured that the Tories did not promise the earth, to the detriment of the public finances, in their manifesto. There is a bit of ancient City rivalry between the two too; Sunak was with Goldman Sachs, Javid Deutsche Bank.
Many is the chancellor who, in his pep talk to officials, has stressed the need for the Treasury to look beyond the numbers into embracing the kind of reforms which change people's lives. Gordon Brown, when he entered the Treasury in 1997, was perhaps the most dramatic recent example of a chancellor being determined to refocus the Treasury as an economic rather than a finance department, dedicated to raising the economy's underlying performance. It was one reason why he wanted to grant independence to the Bank of England; to get away from the question taking up too much of the time of former chancellors: when are you going to raise or lower interest rates?
That question, together with the ever-present fear of a sterling crisis, persuaded an earlier Labour government, under Harold Wilson, to establish a separate Department of Economic Affairs, tasked with the job of implementing the government's economic plan. Tucked away in a corner of the Treasury, and lacking in political weight after its first head, George Brown, was moved, it was not a success, though it lived on as a model for pointless government departments in Yes, Minister.
Javid is keeping things in-house, even though he is treading in the footsteps of his predecessors. The question is whether he can succeed or, perhaps more relevantly, do so quickly enough to deliver on the Tory promise to its new voters in the midlands and north to "level up" the economy.
Infrastructure, what he describes as his "revolution", is Javid's signature policy; taking advantage of low borrowing costs to spend more. The roughly £100bn extra the government intends to spend over the next five years will do three things.
It, along with the boost announced and partly implement by Philip Hammond, when he was chancellor, will raise capital spending by the government to significantly above its average in recent years (though well below 1970s' levels, when it was boosted by nationalised industry spending).
It will meet the demands of business groups and think tanks for a more even spread of infrastructure spending across the regions, against the charge, supported by the data, that it has been too heavily concentrated in London and the southeast.
And it will, over time, if spent wisely, rather than on vanity projects and white elephants, deliver improvements in productivity and overall economic performance, narrowing the gap.
But it will take time. However "shovel ready" the infrastructure projects are that the government wants to get done, they will not be built in a day. Their impact will pan out over many years.
That is also true of measures to boost R & D spending through a more generous tax credit, and to raise education and skill levels. They are a long-term response, and arguably all the better for it.
In the end, too, the government can provide the stimulus and the basis for future growth, but that growth will fundamentally be driven by the private sector. It is not a perfect measure, some of it reflecting different regional economic structures, but the number of private businesses tells us something about the degree of entrepreneurial activity in parts of the UK.
So in London there are 1,544 private sector firms per 10,000 adults – one for every six or so – and in the southeast there are 1.274. Next come the southeast and he East of England, 1,218 and 1,544 respectively.
Then, as you move away from London in a northerly direction, the numbers fall. The West Midlands has 1.012 businesses per 10,000 adults, the East Midlands 912, Yorkshire and the Humber 967, The northwest 981, Wales 862, the northeast 694, Scotland 739 and Northern Ireland 834. There is an entrepreneurial divide between north and south.
According to an assessment last year based on a London School of Economics' study: "While the UK ecosystem rewards entrepreneurial success it is not very inclusive, with resources highly concentrated in London and the southeast. There is a visible centralisation of the entrepreneurial resources in London."
That the UK has become more entrepreneurial is not in doubt, but its spread, and therefore of prosperity, is very uneven. Most of the attempts to tackle that, over many decades, have fallen short. Winning seats in Bassetlaw, Blyth Valley and Blackpool is one thing, getting businesses to set up and expand there, another.
Any future attempt will be against the current backdrop of very weak business investment – even weaker than it expected according to the latest assessment from the independent Officew for Budget Responsibility - and doubts, which have to be resolved, about whether the UK is still a good location for foreign direct investment. Even if the building blocks are literally put in place, with more infrastructure, it still looks like it will be a long haul.
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Petitioning suspended for congressional race
Multiple candidates running for the Congressional seat in District 12, including incumbent Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney, suspended petitioning last week in order to protect the public during the COVID-19 pandemic shortly before the governor suspended all petitioning on Saturday.
Candidates Lauren Ashcraft and Peter Harrison also signed an online petition calling on Governor Andrew Cuomo to suspend or reduce petitioning requirements in response to coronavirus fears and the governor signed an executive order suspending the candidate petitioning process on Tuesday at 5 p.m. for the June primaries for Congressional, State Senate, State Assembly and Judicial races. The order also modified signature requirements for ballot access. Candidates will only need to collect 30% of the statutory threshold. For Congress, candidates would need 375 signatures instead of 1,250.
Maloney issued a statement on Thursday announcing that she would be suspending petitioning.
Posted in COVID-19, Politics
Tagged 12th Congressional District, 2020 election, Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney, coronavirus, covid-19, Lauren Ashcraft, Peter Harrison, Suraj Patel
Opinion: A changing of the guard?
By former Assemblymember Steven Sanders
I get a lot of political emails. It seems that I am on everybody's mailing list. But none more than from 36-year-old Suraj Patel. If the name rings a bell it is because he ran against Carolyn Maloney in the Democratic Party Primary two years ago and did fairly well, winning about 40% of the vote. Undaunted by his defeat, he is challenging Maloney again. In truth, he never really stopped running.
This year the Primary is in June… just four months away. But who is Mr. Patel? And what makes him run? The trend in the Democratic Party starting with Alexandra Ocasio Cortez, now referred to as "AOC" by tabloid newspapers, is for young persons in a big hurry to run for high office. Two years ago, the then-unknown 20-something Alexandra Ocasio Cortez toppled Congressman Joe Crowley, who was an influential veteran of the House of Representatives for 20 years after having served in the State Assembly for over a decade. She has since gone on to become a progressive political rock star and is quoted in the press almost as much as President Trump.
But back to Patel. Like AOC, and actually like Trump, he runs for office having never served a day in his life in government. So clearly one can be elected to an important federal office without first having learned about government from the inside. Some people actually think that is a virtue. And like Donald Trump, Mr. Patel has a lot of experience operating hotels and has made a considerable amount of money. But why is he running against Carolyn Maloney, who is now a 28-year member of Congress and at the height of her influence, having been named Chair of the important Committee on Oversight? He says he has a lot of policy disagreements with Maloney but for the most part they seem to be nuanced and not notable.
Posted in Editorial/Op-Ed/Opinion
Tagged 12th Congressional District, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney, Suraj Patel
Local Democratic club endorses Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney at forum
The Eleanor Roosevelt Democratic Club endorsed Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney in her re-election bid over her four Democratic challengers. (Photo by Maria Rocha-Buschel)
The Eleanor Roosevelt Democratic Club voted to endorse Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney for re-election after a forum featuring the current representative and four of her Democratic opponents on Tuesday evening at the New York New Church on East 35th Street.
Stuy Town resident Peter Harrison, Upper East Side resident Erica Vladimer, Long Island City resident Lauren Ashcraft and Lower East Side resident Suraj Patel made their case in their campaigns against the longtime incumbent at the event co-organized by the Tilden Democrats, Gramercy Stuyvesant Independent Democrats, Four Freedoms, Coalition of a District Alternative (CODA), East River Democratic Club and Lexington Democrats. Tilden previously endorsed Maloney for re-election in November.
Members of the various Democratic clubs that were in attendance submitted questions for each of the candidates, focusing on topics such as housing, transportation, education and infrastructure. ERDC District Leader Mike Corbett lead the forum last Tuesday.
All of the candidates said that they are supportive of protecting and expanding affordable housing as well as protecting public housing, although Congresswoman Maloney was the only candidate who specified where she believes the district needs more affordable housing.
Tagged 12th Congressional District, Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney, Eleanor Roosevelt Democratic Club, Erica Vladimer, Lauren Ashcraft, Peter Harrison, Suraj Patel
2018: A year of L hell, ferry launch and more
Vehicles and pedestrians squeeze between construction barriers along East 14th Street. (Photos by Sabina Mollot)
By Sabina Mollot
The year 2018 didn't lack for major changes in the community from the transformation of East 14th Street into a (potentially full-time) construction zone to the maiden voyage of a ferry with a stop at Stuyvesant Cove to the axing of a courtyard full of beloved trees in Stuyvesant Town. There was also what appeared to be an uptick in crime perpetrated by youths and homeless men in Kips Bay as well as some political intrigue, with Congressional fixture Carolyn Maloney seeing her first serious competition in nearly a decade.
For more on the year that was, as covered by this newspaper, read on:
There is no doubt at this point that 2018 was the year of L hell. (The day after Town & Village went to press, Governor Cuomo announced his alternative proposal.) Long before the dreaded L train shutdown even would begin, residents of the street have been impacted by the loss of 60 parking spaces, constant noise and clouds of dust from the vehicles going in and out of the construction area along the north side of the street, all while construction on developments goes on along the south side of the street. Local elected officials have been pushing the MTA for some concessions and have won a few so far, like better lighting along the construction barriers, sound reducing blankets and the installation of air quality monitors. But the effort has remained to reduce evening and weekend hours of work to give neighbors — some suffering from respiratory problems — a break. At one point, a lawsuit that had been filed to stop or delay the L train work due to accessibility and congestion issues was expanded to include the misery felt by residents whose apartments face the construction zone between Stuyvesant Town and the East Village.
Posted in Con Ed, Crime, L train shutdown, Politics, Waterside Plaza
Tagged Con Ed, Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney, East River ferry, L train shutdown, Suraj Patel, Waterside Plaza, year in review
Maloney's Republican opponent: I'm left enough to court Democrats
Eliot Rabin, pictured at one of his Peter Elliot boutiques on the Upper East Side, says he is in it to win it. (Photo courtesy of the candidate)
Eliot Rabin, the Republican candidate in this race, is tired of being thought of as a token candidate for his party.
"I'm in it to win it," he said this week, while also lamenting he hasn't gotten much support from his own party other than an early endorsement from Manhattan GOP.
Besides, said the longtime New Yorker and South Carolina native, the campaign has been going well in that he has gotten some support from the Democrat voters he'll need to stand a chance against a party fixture like Maloney. Donations as well as interest for his campaign have come from his customers at the two Upper East Side Peter Elliot clothing boutiques he's owned for decades as well as from his fellow alumni from Citadel Military College in South Carolina and neighbors at his building on 81st Street.
"The first question out of their mouths is, 'Are you a Democrat or are you a Republican?'" he admitted. "But as you're talking to people, they say they're Democrats, but they're not really. They have their own views. After they've been speaking, (you can see) they're independent."
Tagged 2018 elections, Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney, eliot rabin, Suraj Patel
Former Maloney opponent suing BOE to get name back on ballot
Sander Hicks, pictured at a candidate forum in March (Photo by Maria Rocha-Buschel)
Sander Hicks, a Brooklyn Democrat who tried to run against Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney in the June primary — only to be knocked off the ballot after a challenge from another opponent — is hoping to run again as an independent candidate.
But first he's suing the Board of Elections.
According to Hicks, he had nearly 5,500 signatures, which is far more than what he needed — 3,500 to run in the general election. However, he said after he submitted his petitions last month, the BOE responded in a letter to reject his petitions over the fact that he'd put two addresses on his cover sheet (one his residence, the other his office for mailing purposes.) The letter, Hicks said, was dated August 3, but he only received it a week later, and when he resubmitted the petitions on August 13, he was told he was too late. He filed his lawsuit on Friday in the New York City Supreme Court and served the board with papers on Tuesday.
"The legal department wouldn't even meet with me," Hicks said, calling the issue a "clerical error."
Tagged board of elections, Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney, Sander Hicks, Suraj Patel
Letters to the editor, July 5
Mud slinging and catfishing
Carolyn Maloney's victory in the primary was a confirmation by the electorate that you reward public officials for years of hard work and honesty and always delivering for your constituents.
Her opponent's insurgent campaign began with negative tactics and ended in outrageous dishonesty. Negative campaigning will always get the public's attention as well as a few percentage points at the polls, but in the long run, it turns the electorate off. Mr. Patel's campaign call for "new blood" was nothing more than an underhanded smear and baseless "ageism," which he promoted by having his youthful campaign workers wearing ominous blood dripping t-shirts.
Posted in Letters to the Editor
Tagged bottle deposits, Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney, Suraj Patel
Editorial: The voters have spoken
On June 26, New Yorkers cast their votes in a primary that was more eventful than usual due to a handful of upstart Congressional candidates who'd fought hard to unseat veteran lawmakers.
One, who identifies as socialist, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, even managed to upset Rep. Joe Crowley, a Democrat representing a district in the Bronx and Queens.
Meanwhile, in Manhattan, 25-year congress member Carolyn Maloney managed to hold on to her seat with wide margins, though not as overwhelmingly wide as usual.
Like with the Crowley race, Maloney's opponent Suraj Patel tried to paint the incumbent as an establishment politician, out of touch with younger members of the Democrat Party. Ultimately voters in the 12th Congressional District either didn't agree or didn't care and re-elected her.
Tagged Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney, Democratic Socialists of America, Suraj Patel
Maloney wins primary
Congress Member Carolyn Maloney, pictured outside her home on the Upper East Side (Photos by Sabina Mollot)
On Tuesday, Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney defeated her first serious challenger in close to a decade in a primary against NYU ethics professor and former Obama campaign staffer Suraj Patel.
Maloney, 72 and a house representative for the past 25 years, got 58.52 percent of the vote, (24,223 votes) according to unofficial results with 96.28 percent of scanners reported. Patel, 34, meanwhile, got 41.06 percent of the vote (16,995 votes). The rest (173 votes or 0.42 percent) were write-ins.
Interestingly, Patel did better than Maloney in parts of the tri-borough district, getting 2,864 votes from Brooklyn voters, while Maloney got 1,468. In Queens, he came close with 2,856 votes while Maloney got 2,919. It was in Manhattan where Maloney got the most support with 19,836 votes to Patel's 11,275.
Patel, an East Villager with parents who emigrated from India, had managed to out-raise Maloney in recent months. He ran a pro-immigrant platform that aimed to recruit support from younger people who don't normally vote while trying to portray the incumbent, an Upper East Side resident, as an "establishment" Democrat.
Tagged 2018 elections, Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney, Suraj Patel
Editorial: Help re-elect Maloney on June 26
While less of a high-profile fight than that of Cuomo and Nixon, locally the hot seat is occupied by Congress Member Carolyn Maloney, who is running against Suraj Patel, a hospitality executive and NYU professor of business ethics who is hoping to ride the "blue wave" against the Trump administration (as well as the former breakaway group of State Senate Democrats) to victory.
This so-called blue wave has been an interesting phenomenon. It has helped Nixon, an actress who has never held office, gain credibility so far in her attempts to argue Cuomo is not a true Democrat. However, her attempt to dethrone an incumbent is still an uphill one as it is also for Patel, despite his being able to outraise Maloney in recent months.
The race has not been without its controversies. As Town & Village previously reported, Patel sued two other candidates over invalid petitions and they've since been knocked off the ballot. Additionally, other published reports have shown discrepancies over what has been Patel's primary residence and where he's voted in recent years.
Town & Village interviewed Patel, an East Villager who grew up in Indiana with parents who emigrated from India, about his campaign, in March. He has some relevant political experience, having worked on both campaigns for former President Obama and having worked pro bono as an attorney for immigrants stranded at JFK last year during a travel ban. Patel would actually like to defund ICE and with immigration detention centers where families are being separated indefinitely currently making headlines, the idea doesn't just come off as the rantings of a far-left fringe candidate. (This week, Maloney signed into legislation that would end this despicable and un-American policy and has been protesting the separations.)
Tagged 12th Congressional District, 2018 elections, congressional primary, Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney, Elections, Suraj Patel
Maloney touts experience in bid for reelection
Congress Member Carolyn Maloney, pictured outside her home on the Upper East Side (Photo by Sabina Mollot)
While hardly an open seat, the race for candidates hoping to represent the 12th Congressional District (most of Manhattan's East Side as well as parts of Brooklyn and Queens) is proving to be a competitive one. While the Democrat primary on June 26 has just two candidates, the only reason there are just two names on the ballot is that one of them, Suraj Patel, sued successfully against another candidate, Sander Hicks, claiming he didn't have enough valid signatures. He did the same to an additional candidate, Peter Lindner, though he'd already been booted off the ballot by the Board of Elections. This leaves Patel, a hospitality executive who also worked on both election campaigns for the Obama administration, and Carolyn Maloney, the 25-year incumbent.
On this, Maloney, while interviewed at her home on the Upper East Side last week, mused, "For someone who said he wants more participation, I'm mystified why he's throwing his opponent off the ballot."
Meanwhile, Patel has also been fundraising like crazy, outpacing Maloney in recent months and trying to engage people who wouldn't normally vote.
As for Maloney, perhaps in part due to her history of clobbering challengers at the polls, she has managed to rack up just about every endorsement there is to be had from elected officials, unions, women's organizations and local clubs. She's also gotten the nod from Hillary Clinton and Gloria Steinem.
Tagged 12th Congressional District, 2018 elections, Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney, Equal Rights Amendment, gun control, L train shutdown, planned parenthood, Stuyvesant Town, Suraj Patel
Maloney opponent knocks other Dem off ballot
Congressional candidate Suraj Patel (second to left) has successfully sued two others who'd hoped to run in the primary against Carolyn Maloney, Sander Hicks and Peter Lindner. Both are now off the ballot although Lindner was already knocked off by the Board of Elections. (Photo by Maria Rocha-Buschel)
Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney will have only one challenger on the ballot during the June primary thanks to a lawsuit filed by one of her Democratic opponents, Suraj Patel, last month.
Patel had actually filed two lawsuits against two would-be candidates, Sander Hicks and Peter Lindner, alleging they didn't have enough valid signatures on their petitions. As it turned out, the court agreed, with Judge Edgar G. Walker of the Kings Supreme Court in Brooklyn noting Hicks had only 1,140 valid signatures, which was 110 fewer than he needed. After the suit was filed last month, Hicks told Town & Village that he had gotten nearly 2,100 signatures and was confident this was more than enough.
Technically, the minimum for congressional candidates is only 1,250 but candidates know they have to get more if they expect to beat the inevitable challenges from opponents or their supporters. Signatures can be invalidated for a number of reasons, including if the person signing doesn't live in the district or if that same person has previously signed another candidate's petition.
Tagged 12th Congressional District, 2018 elections, Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney, Peter Lindner, Sander Hicks, Suraj Patel
Maloney opponent suing 2 other Dems
The congressional seat representing New York's 12th District that's been held by Carolyn Maloney for a quarter century now has truly proven to be the hot seat. In a June primary, she is facing two candidates: Suraj Patel, a former employee of the Obama administration who owns a dozen motels with his family and other partners, and Sander Hicks, a small business owner and former independent publisher. Then there's Peter Lindner, a computer programmer who ran against Maloney in 2016 and was hoping to do so again.
However, on April 24, Patel filed lawsuits against Lindner and Hicks, which according to a spokesperson for Patel, is charging insufficient and invalid petitions.
In the case of Lindner, Patel's rep, Lis Smith, added, "The Lindner campaign failed to file the required number of signatures to be on the ballot this June 26. Unfortunately, the Board of Elections won't enforce its own rules unless another candidate demands it, which we have. We look forward to a spirited election where Democrats have a real choice for Congress for the first time in a decade."
Tagged 12th Congressional District, board of elections, Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney, Peter Lindner, Sander Hicks, Suraj Patel
Maloney opponents square off at forum
Democratic congressional candidates hoping to replace incumbent Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney squared off in a debate at the end of March sans the Congresswoman herself, who was originally confirmed for the event but ultimately told the organizers there was a conflict in her schedule.
The two candidates who did appear, Sander Hicks and Suraj Patel, debated at a monthly meeting for the Progressive Action of Lower Manhattan at the Seafarer's International House at the end of March. Arthur Schwartz, chair of the organization, moderated the discussion and geared some of the talking points to broader, national issues for a change of pace because the group generally only has a chance to discuss local politics, with the candidates discussing the direction of the Democratic Party as well as healthcare, voter participation and advocating for the disabled.
Supporters of former presidential candidate Bernie Sanders are a substantial contingent of the members of NYPAN, with one debate attendee pointing out her tattoo of the Vermont Senator, and Schwartz put emphasis on this early in the debate, asking if the candidates had considered how these progressive voters would be represented in the Democratic National Committee.
Tagged 12th Congressional District, 2018 elections, bernie sanders, Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney, Sander Hicks, Suraj Patel
Maloney's opponent focused on immigrants' rights, gun control
Suraj Patel (Photo by Sabina Mollot)
Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney, who's easily held her seat for 25 years, will be facing two challengers in the June primary. One of them is Suraj Patel, an East Village resident and entrepreneur, who insists that it's not the incumbent he's challenging, but the status quo.
"People say competition is great for democracy, but technically it's required for it to have any meaning," he told Town & Village this week. "A lot of people ask, 'Why are you challenging an incumbent?' I'm challenging a party. I couldn't wait my turn anymore."
Patel, who's also an attorney (though he doesn't practice much), has some experience in politics, having worked as an advance associate for former President Barack Obama's campaigns in 2008 and 2012. These days, he's an assistant adjunct professor of business ethics at New York University's Stern Business School and also hosts a lecture series on voting rights called "Talks on Law." He also owns, with his family, Sun Group, a company that owns motel franchises around the country. At this time, he said there are 12 motels operated by the hospitality group, some of them with partners, though none are in New York City.
Tagged 12th Congressional District, 2018 elections, Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney, immigration, small businesses, Suraj Patel

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Match preview: Walsall (H)
All the key information ahead of Tuesday night's game
Fleetwood Town will host Walsall in a re-arranged Sky Bet League One fixture on Tuesday night, as the Cod Army look to get back to winning ways following Saturday's narrow defeat at table-topping Burton Albion.
A brace from Mark Duffy in either half, which was sandwiched in-between Wes Burns' 47th minute effort, condemned Steven Pressley's Cod Army to a loss at the Pirelli Stadium.
Town, who are currently 19th in the third-tier after the setback in Staffordshire, also had Bobby Grant dismissed for violent conduct.
Walsall boosted their automatic promotion hopes with a resounding 4-1 triumph away to Chesterfield at the Proact Stadium on Saturday.
The Saddlers went behind after 19 minutes when James O'Conner diverted beyond his own goalkeeper, but Tom Anderson's own goal for the hosts levelled up proceedings in Derbyshire.
Sam Mantom added two goals for Walsall in the second-half, before loanee Jordi Hiwula wrapped up the win for the Midlands side, who are fourth, and three points adrift of second placed Wigan Athletic.
Nathan Pond, Danny Andrew and Antoni Sarcevic will all miss out through their respective injuries.
Bobby Grant will also play no part for Town following his sending off, however Nick Haughton is due to return to the fold having served his suspension.
Top scorer Tom Bradshaw carries the goal scoring threat for Walsall, and the forward has enjoyed another prolific season at the Bescot Stadium with 16 goals to his name.
Born in Shrewsbury, Bradshaw started his career in the youth set up at Welsh side Aberystwyth Town before turning professional at Park Avenue in 2008.
The 23-year-old would only make four appearances for Aberystwyth, when his hometown club came calling in May 2009.
After scoring 17 goals in 89 outings for the Shrews during a six-year stay at the Greenhous Meadow, Bradshaw made the move to Walsall in the summer of 2014.
Bradshaw impressed at the Bescot Stadium during his first term back in the third-tier, netting 17 goals for his side.
He has continued that form into the current term, and remains the danger man as the Saddlers remain in contention for promotion to the Championship.
Fans have the option of several events on offer inside Highbury Stadium prior to the game under the lights on Tuesday night.
Jim's Sports Bar, which is open for business for both Fleetwood and Walsall fans, will be serving some fantastic beers and ales.
If you fancy a bite to eat before the match, then Red and Whites Café is the place for you! Serving home-made dishes.
Tickets for the Fleetwood Town lottery, 50/50, will be on sale and costs just £1 to enter! You could win a handsome cash prize!
Gary Hunt will be on the mic for Cod Army Player HD, bringing full match commentary from Highbury Stadium.
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Georgians protest price hikes and taxes
1 May, 2007 14:10
Thousands of people are rallying in the Georgian capital, Tbilisi. They are protesting against the increase in gas, electricity and public transportation prices, as well as new taxes imposed by the government.
The rally was organized by opposition parties.
It has become a regular scene in Tbilisi. Thousands of people gathered outside the Parliament building alongside the opposition leaders. They all share the same problem.
"I came here because I am a pensioner, I have very little money and the other day could not even afford to buy meat in the market. I am 81-years-old. How would they feel if their parents lived like us and died?" said one of the demonstrators.
The opposition claims to be the only side which understands people's problems. The government has refused to back down and insists the price rises will go ahead.
While there was another large-scale protest in front of the city Mayor's building, just across the street, one of Tbilisi's luxury hotels was hosting a NATO seminar addressed by President Mikhail Saakashvili.
"We have heard many times that Georgia is poor. Impoverished Georgia, it has been said. This year Georgia is moving on towards the Middle Range Income countries," said Saakashvili.
According to the Georgian Statistics Department, the situation is neither perfect nor tragic. The department says the price rises are not going to seriously affect people's standard of living.
"I cannot say exactly what is going to happen with the prices. Higher communal tariffs will influence the average daily minimum of people, but prices may go lower in general due to this situation," said Grigol Pantsulaia, Head of the Statistics Department.
But all these sound too diplomatic for the opposition who severely criticizes the government and vows to stand by the people until they achieve what they want.
"The Government completely ignores people – it is their style. Only two things may influence them to make some decision – if Uncle Sam calls from America with some directives," noted David Zurabishvili, Democratic Front.
So far the government has not reacted to the continuing demonstrations. But it looks set to get even busier in Tbilisi. People say they stood on the same place when electing the new government four years ago during the Rose Revolution and what they are demanding now is what they were promised back then.


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The Cornell Daily Sun (https://cornellsun.com/2005/02/14/squashers-split-final-match-of-the-season-with-bears/)
Squashers Split Final Match of the Season With Bears
By | February 14, 2005
It was a tale of two sides of the Belkin International Squash Courts Friday, as the Cornell men's side dominated on its own turf with a 7-2 win over Brown, while at the same time across the building the women were swept 9-0 by the Bears. The men's record now stands at 8-5 — good for seventh in the national rankings, while the women ended its regular season 4-9 and 10th nationally.
"I was a little nervous starting out considering all our injuries and illness, but everyone came out well," said men's coach Mark Devoy. "We ended up playing better than I expected and got a great result."
The Red ended its season much as the team began it back in mid-November — with a convincing win over a lower-ranked opponent. Once again receiving consistent play throughout the lineup, the Red won all matches from the first to the sixth spots with the six players combining to drop only four sets. Junior Matt Serediak, playing No. 1 for the Red, climbed back after dropping the first two sets to claim victory in the final three. Sophomore Brad Mosier fought back in similar fashion, winning the fifth and final set 10-8 after losing two of the first three. Friday's match also marked the return of junior Ben Bernstein who, coming off a two week hiatus, showed few signs of rust in his four set victory. Also notching wins for the Red were junior William Cheng, senior Mike Delany and junior Nick Raho.
"I was impressed with how everyone came out," Devoy said. "Now it's time to get everyone in a good frame of mind and keep healthy."
Unfortunately for the Red, the women could not match the men's success and muster up a victory over the higher-ranked Bears. Nothing seemed to fall in place for the Red as it struggled to keep pace in every match. The Red played hard in every match; yet, could not string together enough points to take a set from the Bears.
"It was a little disappointing," said head coach Julee Devoy. "I would have liked to have gotten more points and the odd set or two, but it was one of those days where we were just a little flat."
The teams will return to action for national tournament play.
Archived article by Matt Gorman
Applications Jump At C.U.; Fall at Yale
By February 15, 2005
Cornell's applicant pool jumped over 15 percent, new statistics show. According to numbers released by the admissions office, Cornell's undergraduate colleges received 24,114 applications for next fall's freshman class, which is a 16.2 percent increase from last year. The increase in applications spanned all colleges, geographic regions and under-represented minority groups. According to the Office of Admissions and Enrollment and the Image Committee of the Student Assembly, there are a number of factors that may have positively impacted Cornell's desirability. Doris Davis, associate provost for admissions and enrollment, contends that the redesigned view book, combined with ongoing efforts to coordinate recruitment communication, were powerful tools in recruiting applicants. "Over the past year in particular, we have spent lots of time thinking about the Cornell messages and themes that we wanted to share with prospective students, and we've thought about how we want to convey these messages," she said. "The new view book is the result of these efforts, and we have turned our attention to other brochures, and to our website." Davis also noted that this sort of "enhanced communication" is occurring at both university and college levels at Cornell. According to Peter S. Cohl '05, chairman of the Image Committee, the university's new website — which was redesigned in consultation with the committee — is another factor that helped convey a more attractive message to applicants this year. According to Cohl, traffic has increased significantly since the new website was launched last year. "The schools in the Ivy League whose applications went up significantly each re-did their websites," he said. In addition to new communication strategies, Davis says that the university's membership to the Common Application group made applying to Cornell this year much easier than in years past. The Common Application group includes over 250 colleges and universities that have each agreed to use a common application in their admissions process. "The Common Application allows institutions to reach more students, and it allows students who are applying to multiple institutions to reach more students, and it allows students who are applying to multiple institutions to streamline the application process," she explained. According to Davis, a total of five Ivy League schools joined the Common Application group this year: Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, Princeton and Yale. Seven out of eight of the Ivy League schools increased their applicant pools this year. Princeton received a record 16,077 applications, increasing its pool by 17 percent. Yale was the only Ivy League university that experienced a decline in total applications. However, according to The Yale Daily News, admissions officers are not too concerned about this year's drop. "We have to put this all into context," said Richard Shaw, dean of admissions at Yale. "Numbers don't make the institution. There's a huge mistake in assuming that because A went up five percent, B went up 10 percent and C went down that C is falling from grace. That's just not true. These trends go up and down." Shaw was also quick to cite the impressive number of applications Yale received last year. "If it was a precipitated drop I'd worry, but we had a record high last year," he said. According to Cohl, Yale was the only Ivy League university that did not redesign its website last year. "Yale's website has been unchanged for a number of years," he said. "The undergraduate admissions website is discordant with the university's over all image." If Cornell does not change the number of admissions it extends, the increased application pool would alter the selectivity of the undergraduate colleges. Because selectivity is one of the criteria used to rank undergraduate universities, many expect Cornell's overall ranking to improve next year in many polls. According to Cohl, entering a new selectivity class might even put Cornell "within striking distance of the top ten." "There is no reason Cornell cannot be a top five school," he said. Archived article by Ellen MillerSun Senior Writer
Golding To Replace Craft as CFO
Stephen T. Golding will replace Harold "Hal" Craft '61 as vice president for administration and chief financial officer. In a special Feb. 1 meeting, the Executive Committee of Cornell's Board of Trustees approved President Jeffery S. Lehman's '77 nomination of Golding. Golding will be the University's first Samuel W. Bodman Executive Vice President for Finance and Administration. He begins the new post in April but spent part of last week meeting with various people in the administration. Lehman said of Golding, "He has tremendous experience and his references were extraordinary [and] he understands the University's intellectual aspirations." As a member of the president's management team, Golding will advise the president on university policies and strategies as they apply to financial decisions. Additionally, he will also be responsible for administrating most of the University's financial interests. He will not be restricted to working on the Ithaca campus, but will also work with other University entities including Weill Cornell Medical College and the Cornell Center for Technology. "My goal is to partner in anyway I need to in order to help achieve President Lehman's vision," Golding said. Most recently, Golding has served as vice president for budget and finance for the University of Colorado system. As the four-campus system's chief financial officer, Golding served as the primary administrator and advisor when it came to fiscal matters and was the chief spokesperson with regards to the Colorado state government. Previous to his post with the University of Colorado, Golding has held various positions with Morgan Stanley Investment Management, the state government of Delaware and the University of Pennsylvania. Golding expects one of his biggest challenges to stem from Cornell's recent decline in state funding. "The real challenge of a public institution is how to maintain the public mission while their state resources decline," he said. He also said Cornell's unique blend of publicly and privately endowed colleges will play to his experience of having worked in both settings. Craft served in the position since 2000, and a year ago he announced his intention to retire before the summer of 2005. Prior to serving as vice president for administration and chief financial officer, Craft held a variety of positions within the University's administration. "Hal Craft has been a superb leader at Cornell for more than three decades," stated Lehman. "Even as he retires from his role as vice president, I am grateful for his willingness to remain available to Cornell to help with special projects that will benefit from his wisdom and experience." The Bodman Foundation has endowed the position to honor Samuel W. Bodman '60, who was recently confirmed as U.S. Secretary of Energy. "This endowment is a tribute to Cornell, Cornell's alumni, and to the Samuel Bodman family for making the commitment to having the best administration which is truly unique to Cornell," Golding said.Archived article by Michael Margolis Sun Senior Writer


Grow your potential in a place where good career prospects are abundant.
Trade schools in Quebec can allow you to get valuable skills training within one of Canada's most vibrant and prosperous provinces. It's a huge region known for producing incredibly varied opportunities.
That kind of economic output means there are a lot of possibilities for motivated graduates of Quebec colleges. And with world-class and culturally distinctive cities like Montreal to explore, it's easy to stay inspired. Quebecers are proud of the region's unique heritage and progressive outlook.
So heighten your career potential in a location that supports many fascinating vocational options. Check out the following schools in Quebec right now, and remember to send a quick information request to any that spark your interest.
As Canada's largest province (geographically speaking), Quebec is able to take advantage of vast natural resources. For example, hydro-electric power provides 99 percent of all energy in the province.*** It's clean and low-cost, which helps attract and sustain many different kinds of industries.
Quebec has developed an international reputation for being a hub of talent in the video game, visual effects, and interactive media sectors. In fact, Montreal is the fifth-largest centre for video game production in the world.*** Some of the most popular games—such as Assassin's Creed and Prince of Persia—have been developed there.
As these creative industries continue to grow and flourish on the world stage, they will need more skilled professionals like animators, designers, and programmers.
Every region in Canada is facing a growing population of aging individuals who will require extra care in the years ahead. But, as a province with about eight million residents, Quebec has an especially big challenge. For people looking to get into stable and fulfilling careers, that means opportunity.
The suburbs of Montreal are among the fastest-growing areas in Quebec, leading to new healthcare positions in or near those communities.
But looking after its residents' physical health isn't all that the province is focused on. It also pays special attention to ensuring that people with mental health issues, developmental disorders, and addictions have access to the care they need.
This is an especially large segment of Quebec's economy. Tradesmen and women in service-producing occupations account for 3,260,000 of the province's workers.**** Automotive mechanics, chefs, and beauty professionals are just a few examples.
Networked computer systems and advanced applications are used throughout almost every industry. So the demand for specialists who know how to install and manage that technology stays pretty consistent. Plus, Quebec continues to dedicate a lot of resources toward helping companies grow their research and development efforts, meaning new positions could keeping being created.
With so much diverse economic activity within the province, the need for financial, legal, and other support professionals always remains strong. As a matter of fact, over 215,000 Quebecers work in the finance, insurance, leasing, and real estate industries.**** And numerous other sectors rely on a vast variety of professional services like design, administrative management, and paralegal assistance.
* Gouvernement du Québec, website last visited on June 30, 2016.
** Industry Canada, website last visited on June 30, 2016.
*** Investissement Québec, website last visited on June 30, 2016.
**** Statistics Canada, website last visited on June 30, 2016.
† Canadian Foundation for Healthcare Improvement, Funding Health and Social Care in Montréal, Québec, website last visited on June 30, 2016.


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const Sequelize = require('sequelize');

const dbCtrl = {
    showTables: (obj) => {
        // Object being passed in from userCtrl has a `creds` object that has all login credentials
        const sequelize = new Sequelize(obj.creds.database, obj.creds.user, obj.creds.password, {
            host: obj.creds.host,
            dialect: obj.creds.dialect,
            dialectOptions: { ssl: true }
        });
        // Obtaining table names as strings and returning them in an array. Special tables in postgres not meant to be shown to user are excluded.
        return sequelize.query(`SELECT table_name FROM information_schema.tables WHERE table_schema NOT IN('pg_catalog', 'information_schema')`, { type: sequelize.QueryTypes.SELECT })
            // Result is a large array full of smaller array, which each has a table name. Formatting to a simpler array before returning it to userCtrl.
            .then((results) => { return results.map(result => result[0]) });
    },

    getTable: (obj) => {
        // Object being passed in from userCtrl has a `creds` object that has all login credentials.
        const sequelize = new Sequelize(obj.creds.database, obj.creds.user, obj.creds.password, {
            host: obj.creds.host,
            dialect: obj.creds.dialect,
            dialectOptions: { ssl: true }
        });
        // Returns table requested. Table name is requested using the `table` property of the object.
        return sequelize.query(`SELECT * FROM ${obj.table}`, { type: sequelize.QueryTypes.SELECT });
    },

    insertRow: (obj) => {
        // Object being passed in from userCtrl has a `creds` object that has all login credentials.
        //Need to find out if MySQL needs CreatedAt and UpdatedAt fields
        const sequelize = new Sequelize(obj.creds.database, obj.creds.user, obj.creds.password, {
            host: obj.creds.host,
            dialect: obj.creds.dialect,
            dialectOptions: { ssl: true }
        });
        let columnsToAdd = ``;
        let valuesToAdd = ``;
        for (let n in obj.valuesToInsert) {
            columnsToAdd += ` ${n},`;
            valuesToAdd += ` '${obj.valuesToInsert[n]}',`;
        }
        columnsToAdd = columnsToAdd.slice(1, -1);
        columnsToAdd = `(${columnsToAdd}, "createdAt", "updatedAt")`;
        valuesToAdd = valuesToAdd.slice(1, -1);
        valuesToAdd = `(${valuesToAdd}, NOW(), NOW())`;

        // Inserting values (from the `valuesToInsert` property) and returning table.
        return sequelize.query(`INSERT INTO ${obj.table} ${columnsToAdd} VALUES ${valuesToAdd}`, { type: sequelize.QueryTypes.INSERT })
            .then((results) => { return sequelize.query(`SELECT * FROM ${obj.table}`, { type: sequelize.QueryTypes.SELECT }) });
    },

    deleteRow: (obj) => {
        // Object being passed in from userCtrl has a `creds` object that has all login credentials.
        const sequelize = new Sequelize(obj.creds.database, obj.creds.user, obj.creds.password, {
            host: obj.creds.host,
            dialect: obj.creds.dialect,
            dialectOptions: { ssl: true }
        });

        return sequelize.query(`DELETE FROM ${obj.table} WHERE ${obj.where}`, { type: sequelize.QueryTypes.DELETE })
            .then((results) => { return sequelize.query(`SELECT * FROM ${obj.table}`, { type: sequelize.QueryTypes.SELECT }) });
    },

    updateRow: (obj) => {
        // Object being passed in from userCtrl has a `creds` object that has all login credentials.
        const sequelize = new Sequelize(obj.creds.database, obj.creds.user, obj.creds.password, {
            host: obj.creds.host,
            dialect: obj.creds.dialect,
            dialectOptions: { ssl: true }
        });

        // Building string of columns tp update.
        let columnsToUpdate = '';
        for (let n in obj.valuesToInsert) columnsToUpdate += ` ${n}=${obj.valuesToInsert[n]},`;
        columnsToUpdate = columnsToUpdate.slice(1, -1);

        // Updating row and returning table.
        return sequelize.query(`UPDATE ${obj.table} SET ${columnsToUpdate} WHERE ${obj.where}`, { type: sequelize.QueryTypes.UPDATE })
            .then((results) => { return sequelize.query(`SELECT * FROM ${obj.table}`, { type: sequelize.QueryTypes.SELECT }) });
    },

    createTable: (obj) => {
        // Object being passed in from userCtrl has a `creds` object that has all login credentials.
        const sequelize = new Sequelize(obj.creds.database, obj.creds.user, obj.creds.password, {
            host: obj.creds.host,
            dialect: obj.creds.dialect,
            dialectOptions: { ssl: true }
        });

        // Building string of columns and column types.
        let columnsToAdd = ``;
        for (let n in obj.valuesToInsert) columnsToAdd += ` "${n}" ${obj.valuesToInsert[n]},`;
        columnsToAdd += ` "createdAt" TIME, "updatedAt" TIME`;
        columnsToAdd = `(${columnsToAdd.slice(1)})`;

        // Creating table and returning it.
        return sequelize.query(`CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS ${obj.where} ${columnsToAdd}`)
            .then((results) => { return sequelize.query(`SELECT * FROM ${obj.where}`, { type: sequelize.QueryTypes.SELECT }) });
    },

    dropTable: (obj) => {
        // Object being passed in from userCtrl has a `creds` object that has all login credentials.
        const sequelize = new Sequelize(obj.creds.database, obj.creds.user, obj.creds.password, {
            host: obj.creds.host,
            dialect: obj.creds.dialect,
            dialectOptions: { ssl: true }
        });

        // Deleting table, then returning list of table names.
        return sequelize.query(`DROP TABLE ${obj.where}`)
            .then((results) => {
                return sequelize.query(`SELECT table_name FROM information_schema.tables WHERE table_schema NOT IN('pg_catalog', 'information_schema')`, { type: sequelize.QueryTypes.SELECT })
                    .then((results) => { return results.map(result => result[0]) });
            });
    },

    commandLine: (obj) => {
        // Object being passed in from userCtrl has a `creds` object that has all login credentials
        const sequelize = new Sequelize(obj.creds.database, obj.creds.user, obj.creds.password, {
            host: obj.creds.host,
            dialect: obj.creds.dialect,
            dialectOptions: { ssl: true }
        });
        // Executing raw command
        return sequelize.query(obj.where)
            // Return results
            .then((results) => { return results[0] });
    }
}

module.exports = dbCtrl;

// For Reference, loginObj should look like this:
//
// const loginObj = {
//     host: "ec2-54-243-212-72.compute-1.amazonaws.com",
//     database: "d7ctrh5hg6aadj",
//     user: "dxrwecviorvrto",
//     port: 5432,
//     password: "BDyJHAElIeyxjSLNxI1NBYu3Z4",
//     dialect: 'mysql'|'sqlite'|'postgres'|'mssql'
// }

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text:
Serena to renew Sharapova rivalry, Nadal downs Gasquet for 16th time
By AFP For Citizen Digital
Published on: June 3, 2018 15:04 (EAT)
Power-packed: Serena Williams plays a backhand return to Julia Goerges (AFP Photo/Thomas SAMSON)
Serena Williams set up a mouth-watering French Open showdown against bitter rival Maria Sharapova on Saturday as Rafael Nadal kept his bid for an 11th title on track with a 16th successive win over childhood pal Richard Gasquet
Three-time champion Williams made a nonsense of her 451 world ranking to reach the last-16 with a ruthless 6-3, 6-4 romp past German 11th seed Julia Goerges
Serena Williams set up a mouth-watering French Open showdown against bitter rival Maria Sharapova on Saturday as Rafael Nadal kept his bid for an 11th title on track with a 16th successive win over childhood pal Richard Gasquet.
Three-time champion Williams made a nonsense of her 451 world ranking to reach the last-16 with a ruthless 6-3, 6-4 romp past German 11th seed Julia Goerges.
Sharapova, the 2012 and 2014 winner in Paris, was equally impressive, seeing off Czech sixth seed Karolina Pliskova 6-2, 6-1.
Sharapova and Williams have met 21 times, with the American leading the head-to-head record 19-2 after 18 consecutive wins.
The Russian has not beaten her nemesis since 2004 — before even the birth of Twitter and YouTube.
The American ensured Monday's match could be a heated affair after dismissing Saturday large parts of Sharapova's recent memoir 'Unstoppable' as "hearsay".
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Williams was angry over Sharapova's claims that she sobbed after losing the 2004 Wimbledon final to the then teenage Russian.
"I think the book was 100 percent hearsay, at least all the stuff I read and the quotes that I read, which was a little bit disappointing," she said.
"I didn't expect to be reading a book about me, that wasn't necessarily true."
Williams, the champion in 2002, 2013 and 2015 and playing her first Slam since giving birth to her daughter in September, last played a major at the Australian Open in 2017 while two months pregnant.
Playing again in her striking all-black catsuit, the 36-year-old fired 20 winners past Goerges while committing just 12 unforced errors, three of which were in the first set.
"I think there is a lot of things in her game that she's done much better than I have… Numbers don't lie," admitted Sharapova of facing her fellow former world number one.
Their most recent clash was at the 2016 Australian Open — it was also to be Sharapova's last match before serving a 15-month doping ban.
Five-time Grand Slam champion Sharapova hadn't played on Court Philippe Chatrier since a quarter-final exit in 2015.
However, she made up for lost time by firing 18 winners past an under-cooked Pliskova in just under an hour.
Meanwhile, Nadal, who turns 32 on Sunday, continued his bid for an 11th French Open title and 17th major by brushing aside Gasquet to claim a 16th consecutive win over his childhood friend.
The world number one's record at Roland Garros now stands at 82 wins and just two losses.
The 16-time Grand Slam champion eased to a 6-3, 6-2, 6-2 victory on Chatrier to reach his 40th last-16 at a Slam.
He also took his run of consecutive completed sets at the French Open to 34, just seven shy of the record held by Bjorn Borg between 1979 and 1981.
Nadal, who lost only two points in the first five games, will next play Germany's world number 70 Maximilian Marterer.
Women's top seed Simona Halep, twice a runner-up, was shunted out to Court 18 for her third round clash against experienced Andrea Petkovic.
But she prevailed 7-5, 6-0 against the German who was hobbled by a right knee injury.
Third seed Garbine Muguruza, the 2016 champion, reached the last 16 for the fifth successive year with a comfortable 6-0, 6-2 win over Australia's Sam Stosur.
The Spaniard goes on to face Lesia Tsurenko of Ukraine who knocked out Slovakian 19th seed Magdalena Rybarikova 6-2, 6-4.
Estonian 25th seed Anett Kontaveit made the last 16 for the first time by downing Czech eighth seed Petra Kvitova who saw her 13-match win streak end in a horror show of 57 unforced errors.
Kontaveit next faces US Open champion Sloane Stephens, the American 10th seed, who saw off Italy's Camila Giorgi 4-6, 6-1, 8-6.
Argentinian fifth seed Juan Martin del Potro reached the fourth round for the first time in six years by seeing off Albert Ramos-Vinolas 7-5, 6-4, 6-1 to set up a last-16 tie with American John Isner.
Italy's Fabio Fognini made the last 16 for the second time with a 6-3, 4-6, 3-6, 6-4, 6-4 win over Britain's last man standing Kyle Edmund.
Fognini joins compatriot Marco Cecchinato in the fourth round, the first time that more than one Italian has made the last 16 since 1976.
He next faces third seed Marin Cilic who reached the fourth round of a Grand Slam for the 20th with a 6-3, 6-2, 6-4 win over Steve Johnson of the United States.
Belgian eighth seed David Goffin saved four match points to beat 2008 semi-finalist Gael Monfils of France 6-7 (6/8), 6-3, 4-6, 7-5, 6-3.
Nigeria must improve before World Cup says Mikel
Wanga on the double as Homeboyz puts Yanga to the sword
Story By AFP


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Q: Are there any errors in my proof that only perfect squares have rational square roots? This is a very simple proof, but I know that proofs which are this simple can often have some erroneous assumptions. Is mine okay?

Argument: With the exception of perfect squares, there are no other whole numbers whose square root is a rational number.
Proof. Let $\frac{a}{b}$ (where $b \neq 0$, $1$, or $a$, and $a>b$) be the square root of a certain number $x$, and $a$ and $b$ share no common factors. Therefore, $$x=\frac{(a\cdot a)}{(b \cdot b)}$$ and this is clearly irreducible. Therefore, $x$ cannot be a whole number.

A: A good rule of thumb is that any time you must say "clearly" or "obviously" in a proof, you should either omit the statement or justify it further.  I know they sound like that in math books all the time, but they are trying to teach with their mathematical writing, whereas you're trying to prove something. (Also, in my opinion, they shouldn't.)  For example, your "clearly" part is generally justified by infinite descent when proving $\sqrt{2}$ is irrational, which is a pretty nontrivial technique.
Another heuristic for telling whether a direct proof is good is to turn it into the contrapositive statement and see how well it works.  If a step needs more justification in that direction, it probably does in the original direct proof too. Applying this to your proof, the step "if $x$ is a whole number, then $a^2/b^2$ is reducible" is exactly the assertion behind the infinite descent argument, which obviously requires elaboration.

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Collinsville was driving for a potential tying score (trailing 7-14) having reached Oologah's 41 yard line with 1:56 left in the 2nd quarter when an interception and a problem covering a kickoff allowed two additional Oologah touchdowns before halftime.
The Cardinals reversed that trend in final 4 minutes of the game scoring two touchdowns of their own but the damage was already done as the Cardinals slip to 3-3 after a 3-0 start.
Collinsville appeared ready to counter back as Kevin Phillips reached the Oologah 41 with 1:56 left in the 1st half on a Chronister pass from the Cardinal 44. Unfortunately Chronister's next pass was intercepted at the 33 and the momentum shifted with Oologah scoring 2 more touchdowns before half and a 7-29 midway score. Oologah had kicked off to Collinsville with 41.6 seconds left in the half but the Cardinals failed to cover the ball at their own 29. Oologah scored in 5 plays (including a spiked pass to stop the clock).
Tyler Nair (#46) took the kickoff following Oologah first touchdown from about the 25 out near the 40 but fumbled when hit and Oologah had the ball at the Cardinal 42 to begin their 2nd possession.
Oologah took the game's opening possession and drove from their own 26 to the Collinsville end zone with 8 running plays. The 2 yard TD run above came at 9:08 in the 1st quarter.
The Collinsville defense allowed Oologah less than 10 yards on their 2nd possession including this pressure by David Chester (#82) and Chance Riley (#80) for an incomplete pass (above). Riley sacked the Oologah QB on the next play (a 4th &12) and Collinsville finally started their first offensive series (below) at their own 34 with 6:32 left in the 1st quarter.
I almost got a photo ... and the Cardinals almost got a TD on this 4th & 4th Chronister pass to David Chester (from the 12) at the goal line but the ball was knocked free ending Collinsville's 1st offensive drive at 2:14 in the 1st quarter.
Collinsville moved the ball from their 34 down to Oologah's 12 before the drive stalled (4th down attempt at right).
Collinsville held Oologah again on their 3rd possession which ended early in the 2nd quarter with a partially blocked punt and the Cards starting at Oologah's 33. Jared Billups carried down to the 18, Garrett Thurman carried to the 16, Tyler Tolleson (#40 above) carried to the 10 yard line setting up the TD below.
Kevin Phillips (#11) carried the final 10 yards for Collinsville's first touchdown at 10:07 in the 2nd quarter. Chronister's extra point kick tied the score at 7 all. Oologah scored again on their next possession at 4:45 in the 2nd quarter to go back up 7-14.


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#ifndef BINDER_PERMISSION_H
#define BINDER_PERMISSION_H

#include <stdint.h>
#include <unistd.h>

#include <utils/SortedVector.h>
#include <utils/String16.h>
#include <utils/threads.h>

namespace android {
// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

/*
 * Permission caches the result of the permission check for the given
 * permission name and the provided uid/pid. It also handles a few
 * known cases efficiently (caller is in the same process or is root).
 * The package manager does something similar but lives in dalvik world
 * and is therefore extremely slow to access.
 */

class Permission
{
public:
            Permission(char const* name);
            Permission(const String16& name);
            Permission(const Permission& rhs);
    virtual ~Permission();

    bool operator < (const Permission& rhs) const;

    // checks the current binder call's caller has access to this permission
    bool checkCalling() const;

    // checks the specified pid/uid has access to this permission
    bool check(pid_t pid, uid_t uid) const;

protected:
    virtual bool doCheckPermission(pid_t pid, uid_t uid) const;

private:
    Permission& operator = (const Permission& rhs) const;
    const String16 mPermissionName;
    mutable SortedVector<uid_t> mGranted;
    const pid_t mPid;
    mutable Mutex mLock;
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Games can be designed for any number of reasons. Some come to be because of a love for a particular genre or type of story. Others are conceived because of a love for a franchise or a fascination with a character or public figure. And some games are built around a clever game mechanic that largely defines the game play experience.
For Tzolk'in: The Mayan Calendar is a game that was particularly build around a central board mechanic - that of the interconnected wheels that represent the titular stone calendars of the Mayan people. Its a clever mechanic that is both strategically challenging and visually appealing.
This is not a quick game or an easy game but it's a rich and fulfilling one. And we certainly enjoy exploring games of this complexity during our game nights.
Tzolk'in: The Mayan Calendar is a strategic worker placement board game designed by Simone Luciani and Daniele Tascini. The game supports 2-4 players and games typically run under two hours.
In the game, the core mechanic is for players to either place workers on the appropriate wheel for the action they desire or take their workers off the board. Placing workers costs more if you place multiple workers in a single turn or chose to place them anywhere other than the zero cost space on each wheel. When you choose to retrieve a worker from the board, you activate the corresponding space, thus gaining whatever benefit is tied to it. But not being able to perform separate place and activate actions on the same turn is the central juggling act of this dynamic worker placement game.
The game has many ways to score victory points for end game. You can just try to gather large quantities of resources and hope to convert them to points later on. You can focus on worshiping the gods and claiming resource and points rewards throughout the game. You can aim to build monuments that might had victory point values for other resources or structures you have. Or you can try to gather and place crystal skills for other point bonuses.
What I Like: The whole dynamic worker placement for the Mayan wheels may seem like a silly little gimmick on the surface of things, but it actually makes for quite the compelling juggling act. I've have more than one occasion where my plans are ruined by incorrect wheel timing whether in terms of placing workers or activating them. But it's not overly frustrating and is certain to push you game further.
Then there's the sheer diversity of game options and respective paths to victory. The many wheels of the Mayans offer different implied paths to scoring victory points but it usually boils down to specific circumstances and several elements working together. Figuring out that balance and how things all connect is part of the challenge of the game.
What Could Be Better: From a design perspective, the wheels are fun but a little underwhelming. I wish something that been done to help the details of the wheels pop out more such as paint details or something. This is most felt when you look at the central board which has so much detail that is hard to see given the pale color of the wheel pieces.
The game can also be quite overwhelming at first as there's so much to manage with victory so far away. And the game is faster than you'd expect it to be - the wheel moves steadily along and the first player ability to push the wheel forward a space can really disrupt plans but also bring end game closer a lot sooner. You can say these are all good problems that make the game so fulfilling but perhaps a little harder for new players to get into.
TL;DR: Tzolk'in: The Mayan Calendar is a great "spin" on the worker placement game genre that is really creative and unique. You'll come to better understand scoring after a few playthroughs and then things will really go into high gear for you. Thus the game still gets 4 Mayan wheels out of a possible 5.


Client, GigRequest, Lead and Performer are entities. Lead acts as a ternary table between requests and performers, with a foreign key to each. GigRequest.Leads is an EntitySet. The goal is to load all of the graph Client -> GigRequests -> Leads -> Performer.
The error is encountered in both 4.4 and 4.5-beta4 (7725). DataObjects is being used here with a legacy database, so the classes are on the messy side, but I can post snippets if requested.
I am open to work-arounds and happy to provide more information. Please advise.
thank for reporting the bug, we will fix it and notify you when is done.
The issue is fixed in revision 7750, the nightly build will be published shortly.
The nightly build is available on the website. You need to take revision 7790 or later.


From 27 until 30 September 2018, Red Dot Projects Singapore presents a new exhibition in China: "The Value of Simplicity – Good Design for a better Quality of Life" will be on show in the course of the exhibition and trade fair "2018 Beijing International Home Decoration and Smart Home Exhibition & International Design Expo" (BIHD 2018). Visitors to the China International Exhibition Center in Beijing can look forward to around 250 exhibits, among them furniture, writing instruments and consumer electronics, which illustrate the principle of simplicity in design and demonstrate the differences between historicism and modernity, craftsmanship and industry.
The Red Dot Award is one of the largest design competitions in the world. Its distinction, the Red Dot, is an internationally accepted and coveted seal for good design quality. At the end of September, a broad audience can experience the Red Dot winners' achievements at first hand in Beijing. Cutlery, luminaires, bikes and much more – within the framework of the exhibition "The Value of Simplicity", visitors can discover current and historic products from various fields of everyday life. They are even invited to touch and test some of them, as good design quality becomes especially apparent in use. Thereby, products which are easy to operate and feature a comfortable handling are especially persuasive.
In order to achieve this, designers around the globe still follow the guiding principle "less is more". It expresses an aesthetic approach that dispenses with decorative embellishments of historicism and favours a simple language of form. It became the epitome of modernity. But simplicity does not simultaneously mean loss of quality or comfort. Quite the contrary: The reduction of complexity allows to integrate complicated things, which permanently surround people, in daily life in a simple way. This way, they are a reasonable asset and increase the quality of life. Thus, simplicity describes a paradigm shift as well as an aesthetic principle and stands for the new comfort of the modern, contemporary society.
These developments are linked closely to the technical upheavals of the Industrial Revolution. They led to the manufacture of goods in series production and had a formative influence on their design. In the exhibition "The Value of Simplicity", the Thonet chair No. 14 from 1859 illustrates the impact of technology on the design of products: known as Vienna Café chair, its reduced lines result from the restrictions of the bending technology for wood, of which it is made. This reduced form became a role model of modern functionalism. In further consequence, products with outstanding properties relating to use, simple operability, streamlined functionality and suitable usage of materials became prime examples and real design classics.
Against the background of increasingly complex technical innovations and progressing digitisation, the principle of simplicity and the reduction to the essential play an important role. In a world in which the border between analogue and digital, between human and machine blurs more and more, and in which technology has become an integral element of life, applying the principle of simplicity allows to cope with the new living conditions.
How design reacts to the challenges of technology is among others illustrated in the exhibition by using the example of TVs, which have changed from a three-dimensional object in the room with two-dimensional image to a two-dimensional object mounted on the wall with a three-dimensional image. While the products look simpler today, the effort is proportionally higher for the designers as they design more than just a shell for the technology inside. They also create the point of intersection – among others in the form of apps and interfaces. By radically simplifying products and processes, they put technical progress into a significant form.
A likewise lasting influence on our life had the iPhone which was introduced on the market in 2007 and which is also exhibited. It revolutionised our communication and had a formative influence on our understanding of a mobile phone's aesthetic with only one single button. In direct contrast to older mobile phones, it becomes apparent that simplicity must not be seen as the opposite of complexity, but rather as its elaborate design. Apple's iPhone, Dyson's fan or Sony's Walkman – with high quality and innovative power, designers create simple answers to everyday problems and thus contribute to increasing the quality of life worldwide.
Beijing Easyhome Investment Holdings Group Co., Ltd has commissioned Red Dot Projects Singapore to plan and realise the exhibition "The Value of Simplicity – Good Design for a better Quality of Life" together with the Red Dot Institute.
On the occasion of the exhibition "The Value of Simplicity – Good Design for a better Quality of Life", the eponymous publication (ISBN 978-3-89939-210-4) will be released in the Red Dot Edition on 27 September 2018. The book will be published in English and in Chinese, and will be available online in the Red Dot Shop. It is edited by Professor Dr. Peter Zec, founder and CEO of the Red Dot Award, and Burkhard Jacob, Managing Director of the Red Dot Institute.


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The neurochemical effects of the unique psychedelic agent, methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA), indicate it may be a serotonergic neurotoxin related to agents such as p-chloroamphetamine. MDMA had a biphasic effect on cortical serotonin concentrations beginning with an acute depletion of the transmitter which reached a maximum between 3 and 6 hr after drug administration. This early phase of depletion was reversible because cortical serotonin concentrations had recovered to control levels by 24 hr. However, transmitter concentrations were reduced significantly 1 week later, indicating a second phase of depletion. The latter phase of depletion was associated with a decrease in synaptosomal [3H]serotonin uptake due to a loss in the number of uptake sites with no change in the affinity of the carrier for serotonin. This neurotoxic effect of MDMA was found to be a property of the (+)-stereoisomer of the drug as only this enantiomer produced the depletion of cortical serotonin and the decrease in synaptosomal serotonin uptake at 1 week. In contrast to this, both stereoisomers of the drug could produce the acute depletion of cortical serotonin measured 3 hr after drug administration. Coadministration of the selective serotonin uptake inhibitor, fluoxetine, completely blocked the reduction in cortical serotonin concentrations 1 week after MDMA. Administration of fluoxetine at various times after MDMA revealed that the long-term effects of the drug developed independently of the acute depletion of serotonin and could be partially blocked by the uptake inhibitor as long as 6 hr after drug administration. The results demonstrate a neurotoxic effect of MDMA on serotonergic nerve terminals and suggest a neurotoxic intermediate may be responsible.


AN ACT TO REVISE THE JUDICIAL divisions; to make certain adjustments to the assignment of counties to the superior court, district court, and prosecutorial districts; to clarify listing of judicial seats on the ballot; and to limit rotation of superior court judges to six months per year.
(b1) The qualified voters of District 4 shall elect all judges established for District 4 in subsection (a) of this section, but only persons who reside in Onslow County may be candidates for one of the judgeships and only persons who reside in Duplin, Jones, or Sampson County may be candidates for the remaining judgeship.
SECTION 1.(b) The additional judge in District 19D, as established by this section, shall take office on January 1, 2019, with an election in 2018 to be held accordingly.
SECTION 1.(c) The additional judge in District 20A, as established by this section, shall take office on January 1, 2021, with an election in 2020 to be held accordingly.
SECTION 1.(d) Except as provided in this section, this section becomes effective January 1, 2019, and elections in 2018 shall be held accordingly.
(1) In 2020, and every four years thereafter, the district court judgeship requiring a resident of Anson County shall be elected, and a district court judgeship requiring a resident of Richmond County shall be elected.
(2) In 2022, and every four years thereafter, the district court judgeship requiring a resident of Scotland County shall be elected, and a district court judgeship requiring a resident of Richmond County shall be elected.
(b6) The qualified voters of District 20A shall elect all judges established for District 20A in subsection (a) of this section, but only persons who reside in Montgomery County may be candidates for one of the judgeships, and only persons who reside in Montgomery or Stanly County may be candidates for the remaining judgeships.
(1) Transition of seats; regular elections. – For any district court judgeship that is held by a resident of Burke or Caldwell Counties on July 1, 2018, at the next general election after July 1, 2018, that district court judgeship shall be filled only by a person who is a resident of Burke or Caldwell Counties. Until such time as three district court judgeships transition under subdivision (2) of this subsection, for any district court judgeship that is held by a resident of Catawba County on July 1, 2018, that district court judgeship shall, at the next general election after July 1, 2018, be filled only by a person who is a resident of Burke, Caldwell, or Catawba County.
(2) Transition of seats; vacancies. – Upon each of the first three district court judgeship vacancies occurring in District Court District 25 after July 1, 2018, due to death, resignation, removal, or retirement of a person who is a resident of Catawba County holding a judgeship on July 1, 2018, that vacancy shall be filled according to law for the remainder of the unfilled term. At the next general election held for that district court judgeship, only persons who reside in Burke or Caldwell County may be candidates for that district court judgeship. Any primary associated with that general election for that district court judgeship after the completion of the term shall also be held accordingly, in accordance with this subsection.
(3) Notification to State Board. – Upon each of the first three district court judgeship vacancies occurring after July 1, 2018, in District Court District 25 due to the death, resignation, removal, or retirement of a person who is a resident of Catawba County holding a judgeship on July 1, 2018, the Director of the Administrative Office of the Courts shall provide written notice of the vacancy to the State Board of Elections and Ethics Enforcement. During the filing period for that district court judgeship at the next general election held for that district court judgeship, the State Board of Elections and Ethics Enforcement shall ensure that only persons who reside in Burke or Caldwell County may file as candidates for that district court judgeship in accordance this subsection.
(4) Final transition. – If a total of three district court judgeships have not transferred under subdivision (2) of this subsection to be eligible to be held by only persons who are residents of Burke or Caldwell Counties by January 1, 2030, a sufficient number of district court judgeships to total three district court judgeships shall be transferred to be held by only persons who are residents of Burke or Caldwell Counties on January 1, 2031, and the 2030 elections shall be held accordingly.
SECTION 2.(b) The additional judge in District Court District 20A, as established by this section, shall take office on January 1, 2019, with an election in 2018 to be held accordingly. In implementing G.S. 7A‑133(b6), as enacted by this section, State Board of Elections and Ethics Enforcement shall ensure that only residents of Montgomery County may be candidates for the additional judge in District Court District 20A in the 2018 election, and every four years thereafter.
SECTION 2.(c) G.S. 7A‑133(b5) and G.S. 7A‑133(b6), as enacted by this section, become effective January 1, 2021, with elections in 2020 to be held accordingly.
SECTION 2.(d) Except as otherwise provided, G.S. 7A‑133, as enacted by this section, becomes effective January 1, 2019.
"§ 7A‑60. District attorneys and prosecutorial districts.
(a) The State shall be divided into prosecutorial districts, as shown in subsection (a1) of this section. There shall be a district attorney for each prosecutorial district, as provided in subsections (b) and (c) of this section who shall be a resident of the prosecutorial district for which elected. A vacancy in the office of district attorney shall be filled as provided in Article IV, Sec. 19 of the Constitution.
SECTION 3.(b) The office and term of the district attorney for Prosecutorial District 19 formerly consisting of Hoke and Scotland Counties is terminated upon the expiration of the current term, December 31, 2020. Effective January 1, 2021, District 19 formerly consisting of Hoke and Scotland Counties is reassigned as provided in this section. All open investigations and pending cases for Prosecutorial District 19 formerly consisting of Hoke and Scotland Counties shall be transferred to either District 21 or District 29, as enacted by this section. Hoke County is added to District 29, as enacted by this section, and the total number of ADAs in that district is nine. Scotland County is added to District 21, and the total number of ADAs in that district is nine.
SECTION 3.(c) The merging of Montgomery County into Prosecutorial District 28, as enacted by this section, becomes effective January 1, 2019. All open investigations and pending cases in Montgomery County are transferred to Prosecutorial District 28, effective January 1, 2019. The total number of ADAs in District 28 is nine.
SECTION 3.(d) The office and term of the district attorney for Prosecutorial District 36 formerly consisting of Burke, Caldwell, and Catawba Counties is terminated upon the expiration of the term expiring December 31, 2022. Effective January 1, 2023, District 36 formerly consisting of Burke, Caldwell, and Catawba Counties is reassigned as provided in this section. All open investigations and pending cases for Prosecutorial District 36 formerly consisting of Burke, Caldwell, and Catawba Counties shall be transferred to either District 36 or District 44, as enacted by this section. Burke and Caldwell Counties remain in District 36, as enacted by this section, and the total number of ADAs in that district is nine. Catawba County is added to District 44, and the total number of ADAs in that district is 10.
(1) The heading prescribed by the State Board. The heading shall include the term "Official Ballot".
(2) The title of each office to be voted on and the number of votes allowed in each ballot item.
(3) The names of the candidates as they appear on their notice of candidacy filed pursuant to G.S. 163A‑972, 163A‑973, 163A‑974, 163A‑975, 163A‑976, 163A‑977, and 163A‑978, or on petition forms filed in accordance with G.S. 163A‑1005. No title, appendage, or appellation indicating rank, status, or position shall be printed on the official ballot in connection with the candidate's name. Candidates, however, may use the title Mr., Mrs., Miss, or Ms. Nicknames shall be permitted on an official ballot if used in the notice of candidacy or qualifying petition, but the nickname shall appear according to standards adopted by the State Board. Those standards shall allow the presentation of legitimate nicknames in ways that do not mislead the voter or unduly advertise the candidacy. In the case of candidates for presidential elector, the official ballot shall not contain the names of the candidates for elector but instead shall contain the nominees for President and Vice President which the candidates for elector represent. The State Board shall establish a review procedure that local boards of elections shall follow to ensure that candidates' names appear on the official ballot in accordance with this subdivision.
(4) Party designations in partisan ballot items.
(5) A means by which the voter may cast write‑in votes, as provided in G.S. 163A‑1006. No space for write‑ins is required unless a write‑in candidate has qualified under G.S. 163A‑1006 or unless the ballot item is exempt from G.S. 163A‑1006.
(6) Instructions to voters, unless the State Board allows instructions to be placed elsewhere than on the official ballot.
(7) The printed title and facsimile signature of the chair of the county board of elections.
(8) The designation of vacancy sought, for any vacancy for the office of Justice or judge of the courts. The designation shall not be the name or names of any incumbent or other individual but shall be designated as determined by the State Board."
"§ 163A‑975. Notice of candidacy for certain offices to indicate vacancy.
In any primary in which there are two or more vacancies for associate justices for the Supreme Court, two or more vacancies for the Court of Appeals, two or more vacancies for superior or district court judge, or two vacancies for United States Senator from North Carolina, each candidate shall, at the time of filing notice of candidacy, file with the State Board a written statement designating the vacancy to which the candidate seeks nomination. The designation shall not be the name or names of any incumbent or other individual but shall be designated as determined by the State Board. A person seeking election for a specialized district judgeship established under G.S. 7A‑147 shall, at the time of filing notice of candidacy, file with the State Board a written statement designating the specialized judgeship to which the person seeks nomination. Votes cast for a candidate shall be effective only for nomination to the vacancy for which the candidate has given notice of candidacy as provided in this section."
SECTION 4.(c) This section is effective when it becomes law and applies to elections held on or after that date.
"§ 7A‑47.3. Rotation and assignment; sessions.
(a) To effect the intent of Article IV, Section 11 of the North Carolina Constitution, each regular resident superior court judge may, upon each rotation, be assigned to hold the courts either of one of the districts or of one of the sets of districts, as defined in G.S. 7A‑41.1(a), districts in that judge's judicial division.
(b) All sessions of superior court shall be for an entire county, whether that county comprises or is located in a district or in a set of districts as defined in G.S. 7A‑41.1(a), and at each session all matters and proceedings arising anywhere in the county shall be heard.
(c) In making assignment of the judges of the superior court, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court shall strive to allow each regular resident superior court judge to be assigned to the district or set of districts from which that regular resident superior court judge was elected or appointed no less than one‑half of the calendar year.
(d) For purposes of this section, "district or set of districts" shall have the same meaning as in G.S. 7A‑41.1(a)."
SECTION 6. Other than the filing period, the election for the office of judge for Superior Court District 19D and District Court District 20A shall be held in accordance with Section 4 of S.L. 2017‑214, as amended. Candidates seeking the office of judge for Superior Court District 19D or District Court District 20A shall file their notice of candidacy with the State Board of Elections and Ethics Enforcement no earlier than 12:00 noon on July 9, 2018, and no later than 12:00 noon on July 13, 2018.
SECTION 8. The Director of the Budget shall increase the budget of the Administrative Office of the Courts from the unreserved fund balance set forth in S.L. 2018‑5 in an amount sufficient to cover the costs of the judgeships created by this bill. These funds are hereby appropriated.
"SECTION 1.(c) In order to implement the superior court districts as enacted by this section, in 2018 and every eight years thereafter, elections shall be conducted for Districts 5A, 5B, 26C, 26E, 26F, and 26H; in 2020 and every eight years thereafter, elections shall be conducted for District 26A; and in 2022 and every eight years thereafter, elections shall be conducted for Districts 26B, 26D, and 26G; and in 2024 and every eight years thereafter, elections shall be conducted for District 5C.Districts 5A and 5C."
SECTION 10. If Senate Bill 757, 2018 Regular Session, becomes law, the assignment of judicial divisions in G.S. 7A‑41(a), as enacted by that act, shall be repealed.
SECTION 11. Except as otherwise provided, this act is effective when it becomes law.
Became law notwithstanding the objections of the Governor at 5:42 p.m. this 28th day of June, 2018.


Wilfred Cullpepper is a wealthy business owner in the city of Duram. He is responsible for some of the firearms manufacturing and sales within the Kehler lands. He has recently encountered some trouble, as multiple shipments of firearms being sent to other parts of the Kehler lands have gone missing, and he is worried that they have been stolen, whether by local thugs, bandits, or possibly worse.