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How Mattis Made The Whole Military Obsessed With 'Lethality'
The U.S. military has made lethality the lone benchmark to gauge everything from readiness, training, and global strategy under the...
By Jeff Schogol | Published Nov 8, 2018 3:09 PM
The U.S. military has made lethality the lone benchmark to gauge everything from readiness, training, and global strategy under the leadership of Defense Secretary James Mattis.
Over the past two years, the entire military has become just as enamored with the word "lethality" as your friend and humble narrator is with Doritos: Both bring a fleeting sense of happiness, but the high quickly fades while the craving goes more intense. (Before you know it, "lethality" is in nearly every Pentagon press release and this reporter is tithing to vending machines).
It is understandable that Mattis would focus on making the U.S. military the deadliest force on the planet given his background as a Marine Corps general and aficionado of ancient history. When hundreds of Russian military contractors attacked U.S. troops and their allies in Syria in February, Mattis ordered that the attacking force "be annihilated," he later told lawmakers.
The colorful general also ran into trouble before the Battle of Thermopylae by telling media it was a "hell of a hoot" to shoot Persians. Speaking of the Persian Emperor Xerxes, Mattis said, "You know, guys like that ain't got no manhood left anyway." (This is a joke. None of these quotes are really about Persians, but he definitely said it in reference to the Taliban.)
And when the Romans destroyed Carthage, Mattis sent a brief note to Scipio Aemilianus: "Bravo Zulu." (This actually happened.)
Released in January, the U.S. National Defense Strategy encapsulates Mattis' three priorities: 1. Crush your enemies. 2. See them driven before you. 3. Hear the lamentations of the women.
"The surest way to prevent war is to be prepared to win one," The strategy says. "Doing so requires a competitive approach to force development and a consistent, multi-year investment to restore warfighting readiness and field a lethal force. Our aim is a Joint Force that possesses decisive advantages for any likely conflict while remaining proficient across the entire spectrum of conflict."
Toward that end, both the Army and the Air Force are giving recruits more experience with weapons and more time to become physically fit enough for battle. Starting next year, training for infantry soldiers, tankers, and cavalry scouts will last 22 weeks – an increase of eight and six weeks respectively, Army officials said. The Air Force has already expanded basic military training from seven-and-a-half to eight-and-a-half weeks.
"These changes to refine the basic training experience are about increasing our readiness and lethality while simultaneously instilling airmanship and core values from the very beginning," Air Force Col. Jason Corrothers, commander of basic military training, said in a Nov. 5 news release.
Increasing lethality can be a useful rallying cry to focus the Defense Department's priorities, but it is not applicable to everything the military does, said Katherine Kidder, a military personnel expert at the RAND Corp. in Washington, D.C.
The Army has been forced to deal with issues that have caused thousands of soldiers to be classified as non-deployable, Kidder told Task & Purpose. The Pentagon has also launched an effort to cut down on extraneous training for service members so they can focus on being ready for combat, and the Defense Department has shifted some of its investment priorities from multi-billion dollar projects to kit needed for close combat, such as lighter body armor.
"I think where, perhaps, the metaphor is stretched a little bit is when you talk about lethality in the civilian workforce of DoD," Kidder said. "By definition, civilians in DoD are the non-lethal part of the force. I think what is really meant by lethality in the case of civilians is increased efficiency and effectiveness in support of the tip of the spear."
Indeed: The term "lethality" can also be problematic when describing humanitarian assistance and disaster relief missions. On June 6, the Pentagon held a briefing about the Hawaii National Guard responding to a volcano eruption as part of its "Showcasing Lethality Series."
When a reporter asked what lessons from combat the National Guardsmen were used to protect people from lava, the command chief master sergeant for the Air National Guard did not answer directly.
"We try to provide, instill some of those collected and individual training requirements from the federal mission so that we can be able to execute our state mission, which is to respond to domestic operations as we are right now," said Chief Master Sgt. Ronald Anderson.
The U.S. military's embrace of "lethality" as a guiding concept may not cover all of its missions, but it is "good branding" and it reflects how Mattis envisions leaving his mark on the force, said Peter Singer, senior fellow at the New America think tank in Washington D.C.
Even before he became defense secretary, Mattis has advocated for improving training and tactics at the squad level and has expressed concerns on whether the United States would still have the edge in a rivalry with a great power, such as China, Singer told Task & Purpose.
It should come as no surprise that the word "lethality" has become so ubiquitous during Mattis' tenure, because every new defense secretary comes in using certain words that become talking points for the whole military, he said.
"It's like bunnies reproducing on PowerPoints," Singer said. "We could have the same discussion on 'revolutionary' or 'A2AD.' The fact that it is proliferating all over – that's par for the course. That's the way the system reacts to something it believes is important to the senior leadership: Let's just make everything we can about that thing that's important to the senior leadership."
Jeff Schogol covers the Pentagon for Task & Purpose. He has covered the military for 13 years and embedded with U.S. troops in Iraq and Haiti. Prior to joining T&P;, he covered the Marine Corps and Air Force at Military Times. Comments or thoughts to share? Send them to Jeff Schogol via email at schogol@taskandpurpose.com or direct message @JeffSchogol on Twitter.
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Q: If $x$ is random uniform in $\mathbb{Z}^*_N$, $y$ a quadratic non-residue with Jacobi symbol 1, then $x^2y$ is a random QNR with Jacobi 1 I've encountered the following claim in a paper I'm reading:

If $x$ is random uniform in $\mathbb{Z}^*_N$, and $y$ is an arbitrary
quadratic non-residue with Jacobi symbol +1, then $x^2y$ is a random uniform
quadratic non-residue with Jacobi symbol +1.

Note that $N=pq$ where $p,q$ are two primes $>2$.
I'm unable to see why this is true (probability is not my strongest suit, so I'm not entirely sure even how one would go about showing something is random uniform if not through directly computing, e.g., $\Pr[X^2y=a]$ for some $a$ in quadratic non-residue with Jacobi +1 and showing it's exactly 1 out of the size of the set).
What am I missing? Perhaps showing there's a bijection between $X^2y$ and NQRs with Jacobi 1?

A: If $X$ is drawn uniformly from a finite set, and $f$ is an $n$-to-$1$ map from that set to another, then $f(X)$ is drawn uniformly from the range of $f$. Note that $x\mapsto x^2$ is such a map $\mathbb{Z}_n^\times\to(\mathbb{Z}_n^\times)^2$.
What about the map $x^2\mapsto x^2 y$? This is where it's important $n=pq$ is a semiprime. Then by CRT we can say $\mathbb{Z}_n^\times=\mathbb{Z}_p^\times\times\mathbb{Z}_q^\times$. The pairs of Legendre symbols mod $p$ and $q$ are $(1,1)$ for QRs, are $(-1,-1)$ for QNRs with JS $=1$, and are $(+1,-1)$ or $(-1,+1)$ for QNRs with JS $=-1$. Thus, the QRs are an index two subgroup of the residues JS $=1$, hence multiplying by $y$ (an element of the nontrivial coset) is a bijection between the QRs and the QNRs with JS=1.

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Marvelous time it was indeed at the morning session of Tuesday, 22nd of April, 2014, the Day 6 of the ongoing International Easter Youth Camp 2014 with Pastor Chris. As more and more campers shared their experiences with us, we have some excerpts for you from three (3) members of the blue team from different continents of the world.
"We woke up really early and started with the morning drills, which was the first time we had that in the camp. It was amazing. We did the exercises in groups and it was just a lot of fun. And we came to the chapel after an amazing breakfast. We had a great time of prayer and many countries doing their presentations. It was awesome and the word of God came through the woman of God, Pastor Ose, it was just amazing.
Pastor Chris, I love you so much. Thank you so much for thinking highly of us. If it were not for you, I would be just be a normal teenager doing all the kind of things the world does and I would not have been here but I thank God for you and I love you so much."
"And talking about the spirit-charge in the meeting, Pastor Ose was amazing. Her words just sank into my spirit and I just feel like a battery; I've been recharged. Every time after a meeting, I just feel like I am at a new level of glory. I would just like to say to anyone who that hears this message, you can have this too. You can invest in your personality; invest in yourself. God just wants you to want him. He just wants people to desire for Him and for his word. If you have that, you can do anything just be open and let God do amazing things with your life. God is a wonder and He'll make you a wonder to the nations in the name of Jesus.
Pastor Chris, you are amazing, you have changed my life. I thank God for you. You are such an inspiration. Thank you for blessing us with this camp."
"Actually, I came with the Austrian group and my church is in Vienna. I now want to be a Leader of a group in church. I will take the light back to Vienna. That's my first step. Much more, the people in my country, Taiwan, are almost all Buddhists but I believe that they will be changed; The people in Taiwan will be changed for God.
Pastor Chris, I thank you so much for this amazing gift. It's just amazing that I've been ministered to by you and so many other testimonies."
Doubtless, the youths are having the time of their lives as they are being transformed for greater impact in their vast and various worlds. Testimonies are ever abounding! We have much more experiences from the International Easter Youth Camp 2014 with Pastor Chris coming your way in the next edition of The Chronicles of a Camper. Stay with us!


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Somerset College renowned for its award-winning stable of Arts and Design students, went urban at Free Range, the Graduate Fashion Show which took place in Brick Lane, London on 4 June.
Boasting two out of four finalists in last year's Euro Skills UK competition, the College showed all their final year students' designs for London's media and public to see.
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Moët & Chandon has announced that its grand day celebration is set to hold on June 9, 2018, in Lagos.
Formally known as Moet party day, the event is set aside as a day of sparkling celebrations around the globe. Friends and loved ones are hosted to a 24-hour party, as they raise their champagne glasses in a worldwide toast to the memorable moments that bring joy to their lives.
The annual festive party is planned in over 80 countries and is set to bring together over a million people from Hong Kong, Lagos, Geneva and Montreal among glitz and glamour.
"This year, Moët & Chandon is bringing the art of the fête to Nigeria. Moët & Chandon Grand Day will be a unique event in which we share the magic of champagne and celebrate a day dedicated to the joys of life.
"And the translation of the French word 'fête' literally means 'party'," says Elizabeth Oputa, manager of champagne brands at Moët Hennessy in Nigeria.
Moët & Chandon, founded in 1743, is one of the world's most valuable champagne brands, offering a range of unique wines for every occasion.
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Would You Play Moët & Chandon Valentine's Day Snapchat Game?
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Valentine's Day is fast approaching and premium champagne brand, Moët & Chandon has teamed up with Snap to develop a mobile game for its "Love Unconventional" campaign.
The campaign, which is set to run from Valentine's Day to Mother's Day, is part of the exodus of luxury brands from traditional advertising to mobile and social media platforms.
To play, users shoot corks at a tower of champagne glasses to earn points with the most points earned by those who get the cork in the top single-level glass. The winners get the chance to write a love poem with input from modern artist and poet Cleo Wade.
Moët & Chandon will be market the game on its social platforms with heavy influencer content on Facebook and Instagram where users will be given a link to a browser-based version—as well as through ads on Snapchat Discover.
"A lot of advertisers, especially in the luxury space, use Snapchat to amplify content," Christine Ngo, marketing director and head of US customer engagement at Moët & Chandon told AdExchanger.
"We really wanted to engage people in this program."
With Snap's help, the premium champagne brand will target Snapchat users interested in luxury, wines, and spirits. The campaign will be gated and targeted to consumers 25 and older.
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Diageo plc is a British multinational alcoholic beverages company headquartered in London, England. It is the world's largest producer of spirits and a major producer of beer and wine.
Diageo's brands include Smirnoff (the world's best-selling vodka), Johnnie Walker (the world's best-selling blended Scotch whisky), Baileys (the world's best-selling liqueur) and Guinness (the world's best-selling stout). It also owns 34% of Moët Hennessy, which owns brands including Moët & Chandon, Veuve Clicquot and Hennessy. It sells its products in over 180 countries and has offices in around 80 countries.
Diageo is an invented name that was created by the branding consultancy Wolff Olins in 1997. The name is composed of the Latin word "dia", meaning day, and the Greek root "geo", meaning world, and is meant to reference the company giving pleasure every day, everywhere.
Diageo was formed in 1997 from the merger of Guinness and Grand Metropolitan, under the authorization of Guinness's Philip Yea and Anthony Greener, along with Grand Metropolitan's John Mcgrath and George Bull. Shares in Diageo began trading on the London Stock Exchange on 17 December 1997.
Diageo owned Pillsbury until 2000 when it was sold to General Mills. In 2002, Diageo sold the Burger King fast food restaurant chain to a consortium led by US firm Texas Pacific for $1.5 billion. During February 2011, Diageo acquired Mey Icki, a Turkish Liquor company for a total of $2.1 billion.
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Q: program crashes when trying to present modal view controller I want to load another xib, and use this simple code:
AddElementViewController *viewToLoad = [[AddElementViewController alloc] initWithNibName:@"AddElementViewController" bundle:nil];
viewToLoad.modalTransitionStyle = UIModalTransitionStyleCoverVertical;
[self presentModalViewController:viewToLoad animated:YES];

for some reason it throws me out with this output:
2012-03-11 11:56:57.990 Weesh[14650:11603] -[MainViewController AddPressed:]:     unrecognized selector sent to instance 0x7b55b40
2012-03-11 11:56:57.991 Weesh[14650:11603] *** Terminating app due to uncaught exception     'NSInvalidArgumentException', reason: '-[MainViewController AddPressed:]: unrecognized     selector sent to instance 0x7b55b40'
*** First throw call stack:
(0x13da052 0x198ed0a 0x13dbced 0x1340f00 0x1340ce2 0x13dbec9 0x32a5c2 0x32a55a 0x3cfb76     0x3d003f 0x3cf2fe 0x34fa30 0x34fc56 0x336384 0x329aa9 0x22c7fa9 0x13ae1c5 0x1313022     0x131190a 0x1310db4 0x1310ccb 0x22c6879 0x22c693e 0x327a9b 0x1cad 0x1c15)
terminate called throwing an exception(lldb)

do you have any idea what can cause it?

A: Somewhere in your code (it seems to be in AddElementViewController implementation) you are sending message AddPressed: to object of class MainViewController.
The call stack and crash error says that there are no method AddPressed: in class MainViewController.
Try to find all places where you are calling AddPressed: (first of all check loadView, viewDidLoad, viewWillAppear, viewDidAppear, init of AddElementViewController class) and check the type of receiver.


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RCBC dubbed as bank with the first green ATM network
posted July 25, 2014 at 12:01 am
Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation (RCBC) was recently recognized as the bank having the first Green ATM network in the country. ABS-CBN's Lingkod Kapamilya Foundation Inc.'s Bantay Kalikasan, presented the recognition to RCBC after the bank signed a memorandum of agreement for its Bantay Baterya program.
RCBC President and CEO Lorenzo V. Tan (3rd from left)
sealing the deal with (2nd from left) ABS-CBN Lingkod
Kapamilya Foundation Inc. Managing Director Clarissa G.
Ocampo flanked by (from left) Oriental and Motolite
Marketing Corp. ULAB Manager Francis C. Isip, RCBC
Senior Executive Vice President and Group Head for ITSSG
and Operations Dennis C. Bancod, RCBC First Vice
President and Head for Corporate Communications and
Service Excellence Jose Edwiniel C. Guilas, and Oriental and
Motolite Marketing Corp. ULAB Supervisor Rita O. Regalado.
By donating the bank's ATMs and other equipment's lead acid batteries to the Bantay Baterya program, RCBC effectively aids in ensuring proper recycling and eradication of risks to humans and the environment brought by improper disposal. This is done with the assurance that there is proper pick-up and transportation of the donated batteries.
"It is an honor for us to be known as a bank with the first of its kind green ATM network that highlights environmental care," said RCBC President and CEO Lorenzo Tan.
"We are glad to have RCBC as one of the roster of private companies assisting the Bantay Baterya program. We hope that we get to continue receiving this unwavering support from various companies in the future," said ABS-CBN Lingkod Kapamilya Foundation, Inc. Managing Director Clarissa Ocampo.
RCBC, with the Bantay Baterya Program, also helps in the preservation of various eco-tourism projects since proceeds of the donation are used to finance ABS-CBN's Bantay Kalikasan program.
This is not the first time RCBC has promoted ecological care in the past years. With the bank's participation in the Yuchengco Group of Companies' (YGC) Earth Care Project, a tree planting drive in Tanay, Rizal and the establishment of Rizal Microbank's first office made from recycled container vans, these initiatives only prove RCBC's dedication in maintaining a greener and cleaner environment.


Dope and Starter are teaming up with Liquipel to provide consumers with an awesome hat. The collab will feature Dope's logo on the front of a black snapback, and on the back it will show the starter label on the mid section.
All too often, entrepreneurs' focus on hyper-growth quickly creates burnout that actually hurts their bottom lines. Seriously, are you helping or hurting your most valuable asset: the people on your team?
In anticipation of this month's debut of Muppets Most Wanted, many are declaring their Muppets love -- some more creatively than others.
Rag & Bone And Hunter Debut Awesome New Rainboot Collab!
In-depth interviews with designers revealed that they often lack a clear sense of their clients' wants, while the clients clearly look to designers to demonstrate their wants and it becomes a classic "chicken or the egg" dilemma.
This October Karl Lagerfeld will not only invade your closet but also your home. Lagerfeld has recently signed a licensing agreement with Welton London to capture the aroma of one of fashion's most iconic couture houses.


Take on a range of demolition and excavation tasks with a your rotary hammer and an SDS Max (TE-Y) spade. These bits are great for digging through tough clay and soil, but aren't suitable for stone or concrete. For those materials you'll want to pick up an SDS Max drill bit or chisel.


Permanent representative to the UN, Vasily Nebenzia © AP Photo/Mary Altaffer UN, April 10. /TASS/. Permanent representative to the UN, Vasily Nebenzia believes that information about the chemical attack in the Syrian Duma have been forged, in particular in order to divert attention from the discrepancies in Skrobala. He stated this on Monday at a meeting of the Security Council of the world organization.
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The store owner scared off the thieves with the water gun (video) It proved to be quite effective. During the download an error has occurred. The owner of a shop selling electronic cigarettes Vapors Just Joe Cesart from the city of Hyde became a local celebrity thanks to a video that hit the net. It Joe deals with teenagers trying to steal the products of his shop, with a huge water pistol. Like later Cesart told reporters, local gang "young" often used to go to his shop and steal e-cigarettes and other products. Unfortunately, the police often helps him in situations like this. To use real weapons against children and adolescents, the owner can't, so I decided to buy an alternative means — a water pistol. He became Joe a real salvation from juvenile delinquents.
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Home Infographic Are Pit Bulls Really A Threat?
If you've ever owned a pit bull you may not understand why people want to ban them. They are loving family dogs most of the time, but in the rare instances when they do attack people the results can be severe and the backlash is often massive.
Pit bull and pit bull related dogs make up as much as 20% of the dogs in the United States, or 18 million animals. Statistically pit bull attacks are exceedingly rare considering the massive numbers of this family in the country as a whole. But when pit bulls attack there is often significant media coverage of the event, which adds to the stigma.
The main problem is that not even the experts can correctly identify pit bulls all of the time, and in fact pit bulls are some of the best behaved dogs out there. Learn more about why pit bulls are not a public health threat from this infographic.


Onesies #1: Large pumpkin applique with haunted house. Can be worn by boys or girls, size 6-12 months, 74cm.
I think they came out quite well really :) Do you like them too?Any baby would look supercute in one of these! And I'm actually posting this on time so they'll definitely reach you by Halloween. Entry is super easy and doesn't even require you following my blog (although it would be great if you would of course). All you have to do is leave a comment saying which onesie you would like to win and why. I will then pick a winner based on which onesie they want, I might even add some pics of the selection process and make it all Halloweeny! Oh that does sound like fun! Please ensure that I can contact you via email either through your profile or by adding your email to the comment. One entry (=onesie) per person so even if you want all of them that just would not be fair. I would be very flattered though ;) The giveaway is open worldwide and closes at midnight UK time on September 25th. That gives you three weeks from today to get your comment in! Good luck!
I love #2 for my little man! So stinkin cute!
I love #3! I have a niece who is due in the October and this would be so cute for her!
I like #2 - I have a new great nephew born in June! or maybe #3 would be a better fit!
The pumpkin one! My little girl is 12 months but is wearing 6-9 month onesies so that would be perfect!
I like the 1 and 4th ones the best, but they are all so cute!
These onesies are all super cute! My favorite is the one with the "beaded" necklace. I'm pinning these!
Large pumpkin applique with haunted house because its unisex!
I would like to win the pumpkin one for my daughter!
I love Onesie #4: Starry night tie applique - it's so cute for my little boy!!
I love Onesie #2 because the little tie is so cute!
I like the one with the spiderweb tie!
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Detours | Prehistoric Road Trip
Take a brief detour from the road trip and dig in to these special features.
Fossils 101: The Basics of Paleontology
What is a fossil, anyway? And how do fossils form? What should you do if you find a fossil? Learn the answers to these questions and more.
What is Deep Time?
Did you know that we live closer in time to T. rex than T. rex was to Stegosaurus? Comprehending the earth's 4.5 billion years can be tricky, so here's a description of the major time periods in Prehistoric Road Trip.
Meet the Rock Stars of Paleontology and Geology
Get to know the experts featured in Prehistoric Road Trip. They talk about why they got into the field and what they love about it. They also offer advice to aspiring paleontologists and geologists.
The Two Paleontologists Who Had a Bone to Pick with Each Other
Bribery, theft, and sabotage. It sounds dramatic, but it's the true story of America's first paleontologists. Cope and Marsh made amazing discoveries in Como Bluff, but their rivalry left each man penniless and with ruined reputations.
Mary Anning Found So Much More than Seashells by the Seashore
You might know her from the tongue twister "She sells seashells by the seashore." Mary Anning was a nineteenth century paleontologist who didn't get much credit at the time for her work. Amy Atwater from the Museum of the Rockies tells her story.
How to Draw a Dinosaur: An Interview with a Paleoartist
There's a special kind of illustrator who blends art and science to create the images of dinosaurs and other prehistoric creatures found in museums and academic journals. Danielle Dufault, a "paleoartist" from the Royal Ontario Museum, talks about her journey and her artistic process.
What Can We Learn from Looking Inside a Dinosaur Bone?
What's in a bone? Scientists at the Museum of the Rockies talk about what they can learn from cutting into a fossilized bone. They also demonstrate the process of cutting into a Triceratops horn and what that means for understanding the animals that walked the planet millions of years ago.
Want to plan your own trip through deep time? We made a list of places to see that Emily Graslie and the crew visited while filming the show during the summer of 2019. Visit national parks, state parks, and museums – big and small.
Road Trip Reflections: Geology Rocks!
Go behind the scenes as Emily Graslie and Prehistoric Road Trip Director and Producer Ally Gimbel reflect on their journey across deep time. What surprised them, and what did they learn? And how many geology puns can they come up with?
Where to Find Fossils in Your State
Want to get out your rock hammer and start digging, or take a stroll around a museum to see them up close and personal? Here are just a few of the places you can find fossils – in the ground or on display – in each of the 50 states.


Meitantei Conan: Zekkai no Private Eye (Detective Conan: Private Eye in the Distant Sea), the 17th Detective Conan (Case Closed) film, stayed at #1 during its third weekend. The movie is set on a state-of-the art Aegis vessel with the full cooperation of Japan's real-life Ministry of Defense and Maritime Self-Defense Force. The corpse of a Self-Defense Force member has been found — minus the left arm — and a spy has infiltrated the Aegis vessel. The heroine Ran is put in jeopardy, and Conan is forced to stand up against the dangerous Spy "X." Kobun Shizuno is returning from the last few Detective Conan films to direct the latest one at TMS and V1 Studio. The television anime's cast members are reprising their respective roles. The film earned 456,086,277 yen (US$4,491,537) on 344 screens for a new total of 2,523,787,135 yen (US$24,854,255).
The live-action film adaptation of Hiro Arikawa Toshokan Sensō/Library Wars novels rose from #4 to #3 during its second weekend. The film stars V6 idol group member Junichi Okada (Tales from Earthsea, From Up On Poppy Hill) as Atsushi Dōjō, and Nana Eikura (Mei-chan no Shitsuji, Boku wa Imōto ni Koi o Suru) as Iku Kasahara. Shinsuke Sato (Gantz, Oblivion Island: Haruka and the Magic Mirror, The Princess Blade, Sand Chronicles) directed the film. The film earned 225,703,466 yen (US$2,222,727) on 311 screens for a new total of 848,306,662 yen (US$8,354,124).
This year's Crayon Shin-chan film, Eiga Crayon Shin-chan: Bakauma—! B-Kyū Gourmet Survival!!, rose from #6 to #4 in its third weekend. In the story, B-grade cuisine is in danger of being wiped out without a special sauce, and it is up to the mischievous kindergartener Shin-chan to ferry the sauce to safety. Masakazu Hashimoto (Professor Layton and the Eternal Diva, Tari Tari) is directing his first Crayon Shin-chan movie after storyboarding 2008's Crayon Shin-chan: Chō Arashi o Yobu Kinpoko no Yūsha and 2011's Crayon Shin-chan: Arashi o Yobu Ōgon no Spy Daisakusen. Yoshio Urasawa (Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo, Fushigi Yugi) and Kimiko Ueno (Kuromajyo-san ga Tōru!!) wrote the screenplay. The film ranked at #5 on Box Office Mojo's chart and earned 197,383,283 yen (US$1,943,830) on 330 screens for a new total of 864,462,822 yen (US$8,513,229).
The live-action Kamen Rider x Super Sentai x Uchū Keiji Super Hero Taisen Z film fell from #3 to #6 during its second weekend. The film earned 139,111,331 yen (US$1,369,968) on 289 screens for a new total of 618,762,056 yen (US$6,093,568).
Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods stayed at #8 during its sixth weekend. The film is set between the 517th and 518th installments of Akira Toriyama's original manga. Specifically, it is set during the "lost decade" of story time after the end of the battle with Majin Buu. It features new characters Birusu — the God of Destruction played by Kouichi Yamadera — and his attendant Wisu (Masakazu Morita). The film ranked at #7 on Box Office Mojo's chart and earned 87,092,228 yen (US$857,684) on 313 screens for a new total of 2,887,191,894 yen (US$28,433,065).
The Steins;Gate Fuka Ryōiki no Déjà vu film fell from #7 to #12 on Box Office Mojo's chart during its third weekend. The film has an original story set after the "true end" of the earlier story. Kanji Wakabayashi is directing the film with supervisor Tarou Deji and chief directors Takuya Satō and Hiroshi Hamasaki. Tatsuya Matsubara and Naotaka Hayashi are supervising the story scenario, and Jukki Hanada is writing the screenplay. Kyuuta Sakai is once again adapting huke's original character designs for anime and overseeing the animation process at WHITE FOX. The main cast is also returning. The film earned 37,712,220 yen (US$371,389) on 18 screens for a new total of 319,125,723 yen (US$3,142,750).


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Scientific opinion commissioned by the European Commission makes ten recommendations on cyber security in the Digital Single Market
Cyber Security, Digital / Technology
On 24 March 2017, the European Commission's Scientific Advice Mechanism published an independent scientific opinion on cyber security in the Digital Single Market to aid EU-level policy makers. The opinion includes ten broad recommendations for simplifying and securing online operations undertaken by people and businesses throughout the EU, including:
Cryptography – ensure that standards in the EU reach and remain at start-of-the-art levels. "Back doors" and other ways of weakening encryption should be avoided.
Systems engineering approach – for example, security and privacy by design and default.
Technical vulnerabilities – provide economic and legal incentives to encourage the disclosure and repair of vulnerabilities. A "duty of care" on software providers to consumers is recommended.
Contextual identity – promote context-tailored digital identities whereby users are only required to provide necessary data would help strengthen privacy.
Cyber security awareness – promote data-literacy education.
User choice – give users well-informed options including the opt-out right not to be profiled and the right to be forgotten.
Cyber security industry – supporting areas such as data transfer and network technologies, the protection of metadata, and cloud-based data storage and processing will help to increase job creation as well as enhancing the security of digital systems for citizens in the EU.
Training – promote cyber security education and the development of a systems design model which incorporates security from the start.
Evidence collection and sharing – improve cooperation among EU Member States as well as national entities (e.g. Computer Emergency Response Teams).
EU and the world – a strong governance framework and respecting the fundamental rights of EU citizens are the bases for placing Europe at the forefront of cyber security in the global digital economy.
The scientific opinion will feed into the Commission's 2017 actions on cyber security, although the extent to which the UK will continue to benefit from any of these actions following Brexit remains unclear. The UK's European Scrutiny Committee has requested a clear legal assessment from the UK government as to which of the EU's Digital Single Market initiatives could be achieved through UK domestic law and which would require a bilateral agreement following Brexit.
Click here to view the Scientific Opinion on cyber security in the European Digital Single Market.
Miriam Everett
Head of Data Protection and Privacy, London
Nick Pantlin
Partner, Head of Digital TMT and Sourcing, London
Andrew Moir
Partner, Global Head of Cyber Security, London
Senior Associate and Professional Support Lawyer, Digital TMT and Sourcing, London
Cyber Security, Digital / Technology cyber security, digital single market, european commission, scientific advice mechanism


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Q: factory of templated class I'm not sure how to accomplish this in c++, but I want to prevent users of my library from providing singleton objects when I request a certain kind of object from their plugin that leverages my core libraries.  I've tried a bunch of variations, but this is my current attempt at an implementation at a templated factory in C++.
Questions are embedded as comments in FooProvider.h stub.  Thanks!
/*
 * IFooProvider.h
 */
//Interface - Factory for different variations of IFoo
class IFooProvider
{
    virtual std::shared_ptr<IFoo> getProvidedFoo();
}

//===========================================================================

/*
 * FooProvider.h
 */
template <typename T> //Not sure how to enforce that T is derived from IFoo?
class FooProvider : public IFooProvider
{
    std::shared_ptr<IFoo> getProvidedFoo()
    {
        //This doesn't work.
        //Not sure how to perform this cast or if this is even possible?
        std::shared_ptr<IFoo> rtn = std::make_shared<T>();
        return rtn;
    }
}

//===========================================================================

//Other team's implementation version.  Exists in a different library that I have no control over.

/*
 * MyFooProvider.h
 */
class MyFooProvider : public FooProvider<MyFoo>
{
    //Nothing really going on here.  Just want to implement a provider for MyFoo
}

//===========================================================================

A: If you want compile time catching:
template <typename T>
class FooProvider : public IFooProvider
{
    std::shared_ptr<IFoo> getProvidedFoo()
    {
        std::shared_ptr<T> rtn = std::make_shared<T>();
        return rtn;
    }
}

No casting needed, and if T doesn't extend IFoo you'll get a compile time error saying that it couldn't convert 'rtn' from std::shared_ptr to std::shared_ptr - a pretty obvious error message.

A: Hope this helps:
template <typename T>
class FooProvider : public IFooProvider
{
    static_assert( std::is_convertible< T*, IFoo* >::value,
                   "Interface needs to be of type IFoo" );

    std::shared_ptr<IFoo> getProvidedFoo()
    {
        std::shared_ptr<IFoo> rtn =
             static_pointer_cast<IFoo> ( std::make_shared<T>() );
        return rtn;
    }
}


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SCOUT eh! Congratulates Mike Scott
SCOUT eh! congratulates Scouter Mike Scott on the honour of his being made a Member of the Order of Canada by Her Excellency the Right Honourable Michaëlle Jean, Governor General of Canada. Mike Scott currently serves in the role of Past Chief Commissioner of Scouts Canada. From the news release from Rideau Hall:
Michael D. Scott, C.M.
Sooke, British Columbia
Member of the Order of Canada
For his contributions as a business leader in the logistics industry, and for his dedicated service to and support of the Scouting movement in Canada.


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Police Blotter, April 15 - 20, 2017
Published: Friday, Apr. 21, 2017
A driver caught driving 92 miles per hour on highway 20 said he was low on fuel and wanted to get to a gas station before he ran out.
A 22-year old Burlington driver was driving his sports car 92 miles per hour on State Route 20 on Sunday afternoon during hours of heavy traffic. An APD Officer pulled the man over at Christenson Road and SR 20 and asked him why he was driving so fast. The driver told the officer that he was running low on fuel and he wanted to make it to the station before his tank ran out. He was cited for Reckless Driving and informed about a mandatory court date later in the month.
An Anacortes Police Corporal on patrol contacted a vehicle on the beach on Satterlee Road just after midnight on Saturday morning due to the odd time of day the vehicle was at that location. The Corporal immediately recognized the male and female in the car and a background check revealed that there was a no contact order between the two and the male was the respondent. The 31-year old was taken into custody without incident and booked in the Skagit County Jail for Violation of a no Contact Order.
A 39-year old Anacortes man was arrested by police on Saturday afternoon at a motel on Commercial Avenue. APD Officers were dispatched to the motel per the report of an intoxicated guest who was bothering other guests. Staff initially offered to allow the guest to stay on site as long as he remained in his room, however, less than 30 minutes later, police were called again because the man was in the lobby again and staff requested that he be removed from the premises. After packing his belongings, the man begrudgingly walked away and was served with a trespass notice banning him from the property. The subject made several attempts to go back to the motel and was ultimately taken into custody and booked in the jail for Criminal Trespassing.
A Q Avenue resident contacted police on Saturday evening to report $250 worth of damage to her vehicle in what may have been an unsuccessful attempt to gain entry. There are no suspects.
Just after 1AM on Sunday, an Anacortes Police Officer on patrol near Sharpes Corner observed a white pickup with a white light illuminating the roadway behind it. The vehicle was pulled over at Christensen Road and State Route 20 and the driver was made aware of the light as well as a badly cracked windshield. A driver's check revealed that the 45-year old Oak Harbor man had a suspended license as of December 2016 and he was taken into custody and searched. The officer cited and released the subject form the scene.
A 27-year old Puyallup man was arrested on Sunday afternoon on three warrants after an Anacortes Police Sergeant observed and recognized the man get out of a vehicle parked on the 1700 block of 12th Street. The man went into a convenience store in the area and was detained in the store and taken back to a patrol car. He was then transported to jail and booked on his warrants.
A local resident contacted the Anacortes Police Department to report that an online search for her social media page's phone number had an unexpected outcome. The woman located a toll free number she used with the intention of resetting her password. As it turned out, the person on the other line was a scammer who asked for email login information, then installed programs providing remote access to her computer and online financial accounts. The victim contacted her financial service providers who were able to mitigate the damage done. She advised to use caution when searching for customer service numbers online.
Just before 11PM on Monday night, an APD Officer on patrol contacted two occupants of a silver sedan on a remote portion of Fidalgo Bay Road to determine if they needed assistance. The male driver seemed startled when contacted by the officer and told her that they were okay and had just pulled over to watch videos on a phone. The vehicle smelled strongly of marijuana and the 19-year old admitted to smoking earlier in the day. He voluntarily provided a small amount of marijuana and a pipe to the officer and was taken into custody and cited and released for Possession of Marijuana.
Just before 1AM on Tuesday morning, Anacortes Police were dispatched to Navigator Lane per the report of a possible construction site theft in progress. An officer contacted a carload of people in a smoke-filled vehicle in the area and all denied any involvement in theft activity. The smoke had the smell of marijuana and a small baggie of marijuana was taken from the vehicle and a baggie from a 17-year old female who now faces possible minor in possession of marijuana charges. The female and three other juvenile passengers were released to their parents or guardians. The fifth occupant, a 19-year old male, faces a possible possession of marijuana charge.
Beer kegs worth $350 were stolen from a restaurant on the 400 block of Commercial Avenue on Tuesday morning. Restaurant personnel provided video footage of a white male with dark hair loading 7 empty beer kegs into a light colored Honda Pilot, model year 2006-2008, at approximately 7:30AM that day. Anyone with information about this incident can call the APD Tip Line at (360) 299-1985 reference case #17-A02645.
Mid-afternoon on Thursday, the Anacortes K-9 Officer made a traffic stop on a speeding vehicle on 13th Street and informed the 21-year old female driver that she was driving 10 miles per hour over the speed limit. The officer recognized the woman and the 29-year old male sleeping in the back seat from a traffic stop earlier in the month in which both subjects were arrested on warrants. A records check revealed that the male passenger had one warrant and the driver had three warrants. Both occupants were booked and released on their warrants at the scene and a search of the male yielded a coin purse containing suspected methamphetamine. K-9 T-Bone was deployed on the outside of the vehicle and displayed a change of behavior consistent with the presence of illegal narcotics. The sedan was impounded and later searched and officers discovered drug paraphernalia, 3 spring-loaded knives, and methamphetamine therein. The vehicle occupants now face possible drug and dangerous weapon charges based on these discoveries.


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package com.jeppeman.highlite.tests;

import com.android.tools.lint.checks.infrastructure.LintDetectorTest;
import com.jeppeman.highlite.InvalidSQLiteOperatorUsageDetector;

import org.junit.Before;
import org.junit.Test;

import java.io.InputStream;
import java.util.Properties;

import static com.android.tools.lint.checks.infrastructure.TestLintTask.lint;
import static com.android.tools.lint.checks.infrastructure.TestFiles.java;

public class InvalidSQLiteOperatorUsageDetectorTest {
    private static final LintDetectorTest.TestFile SQLITE_TABLE = java(""
            + "package com.jeppeman.highlite;\n"
            + "\n"
            + "public @interface SQLiteTable {"
            + "}");

    private static final LintDetectorTest.TestFile SQLITE_OPERATOR = java(""
            + "package com.jeppeman.highlite;\n"
            + "\n"
            + "import android.content.Context;\n"
            + "\n"
            + "public class SQLiteOperator {\n"
            + "\n"
            + "    public static SQLiteOperator from(final Context context, final Class<?> cls) {\n"
            + "        return new SQLiteOperator();\n"
            + "    }\n"
            + "\n"
            + "}"
    );

    private static final LintDetectorTest.TestFile INCORRECT_TEST = java(""
            + "package com.jeppeman.highlite;\n"
            + "\n"
            + "import com.jeppeman.highlite.SQLiteOperator;\n"
            + "import android.content.Context;\n"
            + "\n"
            + "public class Test {\n"
            + "  void test() {\n"
            + "    SQLiteOperator.from(null, String.class);\n"
            + "  }\n"
            + "}\n");

    private static final LintDetectorTest.TestFile CORRECT_TEST = java(""
            + "package com.jeppeman.highlite;\n"
            + "\n"
            + "import com.jeppeman.highlite.SQLiteOperator;\n"
            + "import android.content.Context;\n"
            + "\n"
            + "@SQLiteTable\n"
            + "public class Test {\n"
            + "  void test() {\n"
            + "    SQLiteOperator.from(null, Test.class);\n"
            + "  }\n"
            + "}\n");

    @Before
    public void setUp() throws Exception {
        final Properties p = new Properties(System.getProperties());
        final InputStream is = getClass()
                .getClassLoader()
                .getResourceAsStream("sdktools.properties");
        p.load(is);
        p.setProperty("com.android.tools.lint.bindir", p.getProperty("sdkToolsDir"));
        System.setProperties(p);
    }

    @Test
    public void testIncorrectUsage() {
        lint()
                .files(SQLITE_OPERATOR, INCORRECT_TEST)
                .issues(InvalidSQLiteOperatorUsageDetector.ISSUE)
                .run()
                .expectErrorCount(1)
                .expect("src/com/jeppeman/highlite/Test.java:8: Error: java.lang.String must be annotated with @SQLiteTable to be used with SQLiteOperator.from [InvalidSQLiteOperatorUsage]\n"
                        + "    SQLiteOperator.from(null, String.class);\n"
                        + "                              ~~~~~~~~~~~~\n"
                        + "1 errors, 0 warnings");
    }

    @Test
    public void testCorrectUsage() {
        lint()
                .files(SQLITE_TABLE, SQLITE_OPERATOR, CORRECT_TEST)
                .issues(InvalidSQLiteOperatorUsageDetector.ISSUE)
                .run()
                .expectErrorCount(0);
    }
}

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


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Home > Sport > World > Country > UK
Sport in the United Kingdom
Commonly known as Great Britain or the UK, the United Kingdom is one of the most populated states in the world. Athletes from this region sometimes compete as the United Kingdom or Great Britain, and othertimes they represent their home country of England, Scotland, Wales, or Northern Ireland.
The United Kingdom is home to many sports like golf, cricket, rugby, boxing but none so as football. Jacques Rogge, IOC President was once quoted saying "This great, sports-loving country is widely recognized as the birthplace of modern sport. It was here that the concepts of sportsmanship and fair play were first codified into clear rules and regulations. It was here that sport was included as an educational tool in the school curriculum".
UK is recognized by many governing bodies, including FIFA, as the birthplace of modern football with rules dating back as far as 1863. The UK also is the home of the most watched football league in the whole world, the Premier League. They also participated in the first-ever international match where they played against Scotland on November 30, 1872.
Rugby is played throughout the UK
Although football seems to run in every English vein, there are also a lot of sports that flourish in the UK. Rugby union is ranked as the second most popular sport in the UK. The first-ever international rugby match was also between England and Scotland which took place on March 27, 1871.
Cricket was actually invented in England with laws that were set way back in 1788 by the Marylebone Cricket Club. England was also the birthplace of modern day tennis. Understandably, the world's oldest tennis tournament, the Wimbledon championship, was first held in England in 1877. The "Sports of Kings", thoroughbred racing, also originated in England and many motorsport teams and drivers who compete in Formula One also call the UK home.
Below are details of sports, sporting events and sports people related to the United Kingdom, including England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. See also the list the most popular internet searches for "sports" in the UK.
For even more details see the individual pages for England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland.
Popular sports of the UK (see more)
football (Soccer), cricket, netball, field hockey, rugby union, rugby league
Regional or Traditional Sports of the UK
Stoolball — a team sport played on a circular grass field, possibly the precursor to cricket and baseball.
UK Sporting Successes
England won the 1966 FIFA World Cup
England won the 2010 T20 World Cup
Athletes from the UK
David Beckham (football)
Tim Henman (tennis)
Sebastian Coe (athletics)
Roger Bannister (athletics)
the UK Sports trivia
London was awarded the 1944 Games, but due to the ongoing WWII it was not held.
the UK at major events
Great Britain at the Summer Olympics
the UK at the Winter Olympics
At the Commonwealth Games: England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland
At the FIFA World Cup: England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland
At the Cricket World Cup: England, Scotland, Ireland
At the Rugby World Cup: England, Scotland and Wales
England women's football team at the FIFA Women's World Cup
At the Netball World Cup: England, Scotland and Wales
Past sporting events hosted in the UK
Olympic Games Summer Hosts in 1908 London, 1948 London
1911 British Empire Games London
1958 Commonwealth Games Cardiff
1966 FIFA World Cup England
1970 Commonwealth Games Edinburgh
1984 Paralympic Games in New York & Stoke Mandeville
1991 Rugby World Cup hosted in UK and France
1999 Rugby World Cup Wales
Cricket World Cup, England 1975, 1979, 1983, 1999
2002 Commonwealth Games Manchester
2012 London Olympics
2012 Paralympic Games in London
2014 Commonwealth Games Glasgow, Scotland
2014 Invictus Games
2015 Rugby World Cup England
2017 World Athletic Championships, London
2019 Cricket World Cup, England
Upcoming sporting events in the UK
2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham
2024 UEFA Champions League Final, Wembley Stadium, London
2030 T20 Cricket World Cup in England, Ireland and Scotland
Annual sporting events held in the UK
British Open (golf) - usually held in England and Scotland, and rarely Northern Ireland
Wimbledon Championship (tennis)
Super League (rugby league)
Sporting Facilities in the UK
English Institute of Sport, Scottish Institute of Sport, and other UK high-performance centres.
Lords, St John's Wood, England
List of the most popular sports in the UK
Unusual Sports from the UK
Workplace Assessments for departments in the UK
Sport Science Study Institutions in the UK
sports videos about 'England'
sports videos about 'Scotland'
sports videos about 'Wales'
Is there something missing? If you know of something that should be listed here, please let me know.
About sport in England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland
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Lorraine Birabil
2020 primary runoff results: SBOE, Senate, House
Again, bullet points. Get used to it.
SBOE6 Dem: Michelle Palmer had a 65-35 lead after early voting, and that was pretty much all there was to it.
SBOE5 GOP: It's much more boring and sedate, but the Republican candidate who didn't arrive in a clown car, Lani Popp, defeated performance artist and semi-professional troll Robert Morrow. This is the best pickup opportunity for Dems, but since no one pays attention to SBOE races – the district are ginormous and candidates never have any money – there would have been a chance Morrow could have won if he'd been the nominee. Having Popp carry the GOP banner lowers the Dem chances slightly, but as we know from other elections it's never a good idea for a chaos agent to be a viable candidate in any race. Whatever happens in November, this was the better outcome.
SD14 special election: Sarah Eckhardt has been over fifty percent all night. This may change by the morning, but as I type this she appears to be headed for a victory without a runoff.
UPDATE: The final results from Travis County show Sarah Eckhardt winning with 51.1%, but I'd forgotten that Bastrop County is also in SD14, and Eckhardt is only at 31% there thanks to 38% of the vote going to Republican Don Zimmerman. It appears that is enough to keep her under 50%, which means a runoff with Rep. Eddie Rodriguez.
SD19 Dem: State Rep. Roland Gutierrez has bounced back from his second place finish in March to lead 53-47 as I write this. Seems likely he'll hand on.
SD27 Dem: Alas, Sen. Eddie Lucio has also hung on, leading 54-46 in the later evening. I believe he said this would be his last term. We can only hope.
State House Dem Sarah DeMerchant will get her third shot at HD26 in Fort Bend County. In Harris County, Akilah Bacy crushed it in HD138, Rep. Harold Dutton eked it out in HD142, and going late into the night, Penny Shaw was leading Anna Eastman in HD148. Eastman had a sizable lead in mail ballots – her campaign worked that pretty hard – but Shaw equaled that in early votes, and had a small but growing lead on Election Day. Anna's a friend and I'm sad for her, but Shaw appears to be the nominee. I suspect – and I'd have said this regardless of who won – there will be another hotly contested primary in HD148 in 2022. It's a fact of life with redistricting, and there's a high potential for the neighborhoods in and around HD148 to be swapped in and out of various districts, as was the case in 2011. (I personally was at various times that year drawn into HDs 134, 143, 146, 147, and 148, before finally landing in 145. I can hardly wait to see what happens next.)
In Dallas, Lorraine Birabil, who had won the special election in HD100 and was leading by enough early on for me to say she had won, was trailing Jasmine Crockett by about 90 votes late in the evening, with three vote centers yet to report. (Hat tip to Scott Braddock and his indefatigable Twitter feed.) Elsewhere, Liz Campos won in HD119, while Lorenzo Sanchez (HD67) had a small lead. Two Republican incumbents were ousted, Dan Flynn (HD02) and JD Sheffield (HD59). Jacey Jetton had a modest lead in HD26.
UPDATE: Birabil is still trailing Crockett in HD100, but it's not quite final yet.
Runoff reminder: State House
Jun 21st, 2020
Previously: Statewide, Congress, SBOE and State Senate.
There are seven Democratic primary runoffs for State House districts. Let's have a look at what we've got.
Located in Fort Bend County, HD26 is an open seat now held by Rep. Rick Miller, who dropped out of his contested primary after some racist remarks he'd made were publicized. Sarah DeMerchant, the Dem candidate in 2016 (42.1% of the vote) and 2018 (47.6%) faces off against first-time candidate Dr. Suleman Lalani. Lalani led in March 31.7%, DeMerchant had 29.6%. I do not know if either of the other two candidates from March have endorsed in the runoff. HD26 is a prime target for Dems, one of the nine districts carried by Beto won by Republicans last time around. My primary interview with Sarah DeMerchant is here, and my primary interview with Lalani is here. A brief Q&A with all of the primary candidates from a local paper is here.
(UPDATE: Since I first drafted this, Rish Oberoi has endorsed Suleman Lalani.)
Moving up to Collin County, this is one of two near-misses for Dems from 2018, where Sarah Depew took 48.8%. (Sarah Hirsch, who got 49.7% in 2018, is back for another crack at HD66.) Four new candidates lined up for this race, with Tom Adair (32.9%) and Lorenzo Sanchez (27.0%) ending as the top two. Adair was endorsed by the DMN in March, and is quoted in this story from the Plano Against Police Brutality march in early June. Sanchez has been endorsed by Latino Victory Fund and also by former Senate candidate Cristina Tzintzun Ramirez. Both appear to have been quite active at recent protests and rallies, going by their respective Facebook pages.
This is an open Democratic seat, vacated by Eric Johnson, who is now the Mayor of Dallas. Lorraine Birabil won the special election to fill out the remainder of Johnson's term, so she is the incumbent, though she has not participated in a legislative session yet. (There's another race like this later, as you may know.) She led the field of six with 29.3%, followed by Jasmine Crockett at 25.9%. The Lone Star Project recently sent out an email touting Rep. Birabil's accomplishments in her short time in office – she has called for a special session to address police violence and has vowed to file legislation on the topic. Crockett for her part has been representing protesters and co-filing lawsuits on behalf of people injured by rubber bullets. Rep. Birabil is an Annie's List-endorsed candidate.
Also an open Democratic seat, now held by Rep. Roland Gutierrez, who as we know is running for SD19 and is in a primary runoff there. Elizabeth "Liz" Campos (whose website was offline when I drafted this) and Jennifer Ramos were the top two contenders, with 46.1% and 43.8% in March, respectively. Ramos was endorsed by the Express-News in March, and was also endorsed by Latino Victory Fund. I don't have much else to tell you about this race.
Our last three races are all in Harris County. HD138 is the only one currently held by a Republican, and it is another Beto-carried top target, which fell short of flipping in 2018 by a handful of votes. Akilah Bacy led the way in the primary with 46.8%, followed by Jenifer Rene Pool with 29.2%. (Google still does not show a campaign webpage for Pool when I search for her.) Bacy was endorsed by the Chronicle in March, by 2018 candidate Adam Milasincic before that, and is on the Annie's List slate. My interview with Akilah Bacy is here, and with Jenifer Pool is here.
Remember this one? Longtime Rep. Harold Dutton, forced into a runoff against still-serving-on-City-Council-in-District-B-because-we-can't-get-a-damned-runoff-scheduled-there Jerry Davis? The race with the mystery candidate that other State Reps want investigated? That investigation is ongoing, I've not heard anything since then. Yeah, I don't know what I can add to this.
Last but not least, the other district in which a special election winner is trying to be the official November candidate. Anna Eastman won the special election and runoff to fill out the remainder of Jessica Farrar's term. She took 41.6% in the field of five in March. Penny Shaw, who was a 2018 candidate for County Commissioner in Precinct 4 and who finished sixth in the 13-candidate special election, took 22.1% in March. Eastman was endorsed by the Chron in both the special election and the primary. She has been touting vote by mail for the runoff, and along with Rep. Jarvis Johnson and Sen. John Whitmire has promised to introduce legislation making it easier for homeowners associations to change deed restrictions to easily allow old racist language to be removed. Shaw was endorsed by Farrar for the primary, and has the larger share of organizational endorsements. I interviewed both for the special election – my conversation with Rep. Eastman is here, and with Shaw is here. Both also participated in a forum held by the 2020 Democratic Candidates Debates group on Facebook, and you can see that here.
That covers most of the races of interest. I will do an update on the Commissioners Court Precinct 3 runoff, and I will remind everyone who's running in the judicial races. Let me know what you think.
Runoff roundup
Here, as best as I can determine, are the runoffs of interest for May:
US Senate – MJ Hegar versus Royce West
CD02 – Sima Ladjevardian versus Elisa Cardnell
CD03 – Lulu Seikaly versus Sean McCaffity
CD10 – Mike Siegel versus Pritesh Gandhi
CD17 – Rick Kennedy versus David Jaramillo (D), Pete Sessions versus Renee Swann (R)
CD22 – Troy Nehls versus Kathaleen Wall (R)
CD23 – Tony Gonzales versus Raul Reyes (R)
CD24 – Kim Olson versus Candace Valenzuela
CD31 – Christine Eady Mann versus Donna Imam
Note that Wendy Davis (CD21), Sri Kulkarni (CD22), Gina Ortiz Jones (CD23), and on the Republican side Wesley Hunt (CD07) all won outright. I skipped a couple of Republican runoffs in safe D districts, because life is short.
Railroad Commissioner – Chrysta Castaneda versus Roberto Alonzo
SBOE5 – Robert Morrow versus Lani Popp (R, wackadoo versus what passes for normal)
SBOE6 – Michelle Palmer versus Kimberley McLeod
SD19 – Xochil Peña Rodriguez versus Roland Gutierrez
SD27 – Eddie Lucio versus Sara Stapleton-Barrera
Didn't mention this yesterday, but Susan Criss prevailed in SD11.
HD02 – Dan Flynn versus Bryan Slaton (R)
HD25 – Ro'Vin Garrett versus Cody Vasut (R, this is Dennis Bonnen's old seat)
HD26 – Suleman Lalani versus Sarah DeMerchant (D), Matt Morgan versus Jacey Jetton (R)
HD45 – Carrie Isaac versus Kent Wymore (R)
HD47 – Jennifer Fleck versus Don Zimmerman (R)
HD59 – Shelby Slawson versus JD Sheffield (R)
HD60 – Jon Francis versus Glenn Rogers (R)
HD67 – Tom Adair versus Lorenzo Sanchez
HD100 – Lorraine Birabil versus Jasmine Crockett
HD119 – Liz Campos versus Jennifer Ramos
HD138 – Akilah Bacy versus Jenifer Pool
HD142 – Harold Dutton versus Jerry Davis
HD148 – Anna Eastman versus Penny Shaw
Note that in that HD47 primary, one (1) vote separates second and third place, according to the Travis County Clerk. I assume there will be a recount, and even before then late-arriving mail ballots could change this. In the event of an actual tie, there will be a coin flip to determine who goes to the runoff. I'm rooting so hard for that outcome, you guys.
In the HD67 primary, 63 votes separate Lorenzo Sanchez and Rocio Gosewehr Hernandez, or 0.3 percentage points. I would expect a recount there as well, but with a far lesser chance of affecting the outcome.
Lorraine Birabil was the winner of the special election in HD100 to fill out the unexpired term of Eric Johnson, who is now Mayor of Dallas. Anna Eastman was the winner of the special election in HD148 to succeed Jessica Farrar.
14th Court of Appeals, Place 7 – Tamika Craft versus Cheri Thomas
164th District Court – Cheryl Elliott Thornton versus Alex Smoots-Thomas
339th Criminal Court – Te'iva Bell versus Candance White
County Commissioner, Precinct 3 – Diana Martinez Alexander versus Michael Moore
Moore was leading most of the night, but Alexander caught and passed him as final results came in. I don't care to go through the various Constable and JP races, but the good Jerry Garcia was leading problematic incumbent Chris Diaz going into the Precinct 2 Constable runoff.
Whatever turnout there will be in the runoffs will be driven primarily by the Dem Senate race and the Congressional races on both sides. Won't be much, but it ought to be a bit more than usual, and surely more on the D side if there were no Senate runoff.
Runoff results: Eastman wins, Markowitz loses
I'm posting this before all the votes are in, but the results are not in doubt.
Anna Eastman was leading Luis La Rotta by a 67-33 margin in HD148 after 26 of 37 vote centers were in. See here for the numbers. Eastman faces multiple candidates in the March primary, which will be the more difficult race for her.
Eliz Markowitz was trailing Gary Gates by a 59-41 margin, with some unknown-to-me number of election day votes counted. See here for those numbers. Given that Meghan Scoggins got a bit less than 46% in 2018, this would not count as beating the spread. Special legislative election runoffs have not been very kind to Dems in recent years – see SD19 in 2018 and HD118 in 2016 for examples. That said, Dems won back HD118 that fall with no trouble, and that embarrassing setback in SD19 was not in the least indicative of what was to come later that year. So pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and remember that as with those years, it's November that counts.
Finally, Lorraine Birabil was leading James Armstrong 68-32 in the HD100 runoff, to succeed Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson. See here for those numbers. That was a D-versus-D race in a deep blue district, though there was criticism of Armstrong for taking money from Texans for Lawsuit Reform. I'm never sad to see those guys lose a race, so I'm fine with this one.
Anyway, congrats to all the winners. Early voting for the March primary starts in 20 days. You're welcome.
2019 election results: State
Nine out of ten Constitutional amendments are on their way to passing.
Amendments to the state constitution that would make it harder to enact a state income tax, stabilize funding for state parks and allow retired law enforcement animals to be adopted by their handlers received wide support from voters Tuesday.
Supporters of one of the most contentious issues on the ballot — Proposition 4 — proclaimed victory within hours of the polls closing, with about three fourths of voters supporting the proposal in early voting returns.
The only item on the ballot that looked as though it might not pass was Proposition 1, which would permit elected municipal court judges to serve multiple municipalities at the same times. With votes still being counted late Tuesday, returns indicated that it had received just over one-third of the vote.
The other propositions were poised to pass easily. Proposition 5 would stabilize funding for state parks and received overwhelming support. The proposition allows money accumulated from existing sales tax on sporting goods to be used for the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department and the Texas Historical Commission. Current law allows the Legislature to allocate that money however they see fit.
Proposition 10, which had the highest level of support, amends the state constitution to allow retired service animals, such as dogs or horses, to be adopted by their handlers or other qualified caretakers. These animals are currently classified as surplus property or salvage and can be "auctioned, donated or destroyed."
Prop 4 is terrible, but that usually doesn't stop us. I just hope it's not as bad as I fear it may be.
Meanwhile, in Fort Bend:
Eliz Markowitz
A Democrat and a Republican were leading in unofficial returns Tuesday night in a nationally targeted special election for a historically Republican Texas House seat.
Democrat Eliz Markowitz — the only Democrat in the race — was in first place, while Republican Gary Gates was in second, according to unofficial returns. The race will head to a runoff if no candidate gets over 50%.
Gates was one of three serious GOP candidates out of six total. The two other viable Republicans in the race, Tricia Krenek and Anna Allred, were third and fourth, respectively. Allred appeared to concede at about 10:30 p.m., saying she was "disappointed with the results" but "pleased with our campaign."
The race for House District 28 — where former state Rep. John Zerwas, R-Richmond, stepped down at the end of September — was one of three contests Tuesday to fill state House seats. The two others happened in solidly Democratic districts where runoffs were also looking likely, based on the early vote and initial Election Day results.
In House District 100, where former Rep. Eric Johnson, D-Dallas, vacated his seat earlier this year after becoming Dallas mayor, Democrat Lorraine Birabil had a wide lead over three Democratic rivals but had not clinched more than half the vote. James Armstrong III, Daniel Davis Clayton and Sandra Crenshaw were in a close race for second place and a spot in an expected runoff.
Here are the results from Fort Bend County for HD28, and Dallas County for HD100. The SOS election night results webpage is bizarre and not up to date, so skip it for now.
Markowitz got 39.1% of the vote, with Gates getting 28.5%, Tricia Krenek 18.1%, and Anna Allred 9.3%. While I expect Republicans to unite for the runoff, I can't help but feel that Gates was their third best choice in this race. His main asset is that he's loaded and willing to spend on himself, which I figure helped him in this race. How much he'll excite voters as that kind of candidate in December is the question. I feel very certain he won't have a clear path to the GOP nomination in the March primary. Here's the Chron story on this race.
I'm saving the HD148 race for last, because of the delay in Harris County results (see here for why that happened.) As of 5 AM, we still didn't have full results. The best I can tell you at this time is this:
Eastman     1,870  17.87%
La Rotta    1,818  17.37%
McConnico   1,266  12.10%
Garcia      1,261  12.05%
Leal          904   8.64%
Shaw          853   8.15%
Watt          667   6.37%
Camarena      473   4.52%
Carmona       433   4.14%
Block         311   2.97%
Nunez         185   1.77%
Denson        165   1.58%
Trevino       140   1.34%
Mundy          71   0.68%
Isaacson       49   0.47%
There's still a lot of votes out as of this post, so things can change quite a bit. My initial speculation that some people may vote for Adrian Garcia based on the belief that he's the County Commissioner appears to have had some validity. Beyond that, we're just going to need to wait and see what the final tally says. Note that the total Republican vote is 34% – Ryan McConnico got 32% against Jessica Farrar a year ago. Put a pin in this one, we'll come back to it. Oh, and as with the Republicans in HD28, I don't think Anna Eastman (assuming nothing weird happens between now and the final count) will have a clear path in March, either.
Let the HD100 candidates come on out
With State Rep. Eric Johnson now also known as Dallas Mayor-Elect Eric Johnson, that means a special election for his legislative district is in the offing.
Rep. Eric Johnson
Dallas community advocate Lorraine Birabil has launched a campaign to replace outgoing state Rep. Eric Johnson, becoming the first of what's expected to be a large field of contenders.
She told The Dallas Morning News that it's critical for lawmakers to help develop criminal justice reform, access to affordable health care and quality public schools.
"This district has been home for me, and I know it's important that we have opportunities for all," Birabil said. "When we address these impediments, every Texan will be able to reach their full potential."
Birabil won't have the field to herself. The race to replace Johnson, who won Saturday's runoff for Dallas mayor, is expected to be highly competitive.
At least 11 people have expressed interest or have been mentioned as possible candidates to fill his unexpired term in the Texas House.
That number could grow by the time Texas Gov. Greg Abbott sets a special election, presumably in November, to fill Johnson's seat.
"People are interested in being involved," said state Sen. Royce West, D-Dallas. "The fact is, a state representative seat doesn't come open that often."
Johnson has not resigned, and Abbott has not indicated when or if he'll call a special election.
Looks like Inauguration Day for Johnson is Monday, June 17, so he's going to have to resign before then. That leaves plenty of time to call a November special election, which I presume is what will happen. Assuming that is what does happen, whoever wins (in the runoff, of course) ought to be in good position to win the primary, which is what will really matter, as this special is only for the unexpired term. First, we need the resignation, and everything follows from there.