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By WW
This weekend the fixtures were announced for the Championship next season. Tykes fans will be pleased to know that we start with a home game against Bedford.
All ex-players who support Yorkshire Carnegie will be sat by the phone awaiting a call up from the soon-to-be-announced director of rugby to make one in with the non-existent squad currently not going through pre-season in readiness for the Bedford fixture.
I am not the only one who is wondering just how we are going to fulfill the fixtures that have been announced. Are we going to send out the under 18's? Have we arranged for 23 dual reg players who will turn up at Headingley on matchdays and compete? I have no idea. Anything is possible including the club announcing that it cannot get a squad together (at some point in the next 8 weeks)
In the meantime the clock is ticking!
The best Tyke - ever!
The beat goes on.
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almostatyke
Thanks for writing this story WW and getting the messageboard back alive again after this afternoon's blackout.
I note on the Harrogate website, the club has denied that David Doherty has applied for a coaching position at Carnegie.
Our only hope is that there is something going on, under cover, with regard to coach and players, but even so it is a desperate hope.
Wildwillie
I noticed that Nick Mayhew posted on the Carnegie Facebook page inquiring when pre-season is due to start?
I meant to ask who the player pictured is - can't recall him. Perhaps he does rugby player kaioke?
Also sorry about my past reference to your cheap boots, you're a saint WW!
corporalcarrot
Keep the faith lads. I hope you can make it work out well and I can look forward to watching matches in the South Stand with the drum beating. All the best CC
Don't kick it pick it up and GO FORWARD
Thanks for your kind words CC.
The alternatives appear to be:
- a Leeds side with whoever they can beg,steal or borrow.
- a Richmond side bereft of some of their best players but with a
huge chip on their shoulder / point to prove.
- no game.
At the moment I do not see a good solution. The Leeds fans seem to have been sold a pup. Richmond shafted and rugby short changed.
Summed up in 65 words.
Billy ba
Same as last year except it was 30 full time pros and 4 coaches who got us to the bottom of the league table by Christmas. Might be easier this year
JDH1
I like the way you think!
As a Sale forum we've got fed up of SportsNetwork and are moving across to an alternative forum - View From The 22
You guys are always welcome to join as it would be good to replicate the SN ability of switching between forums but on a site that isn't as obtrusive and is a lot more user friendly
There was a rumour from rotherhamtillidie on rolling maul that the CVA meeting is tomorrow and creditors are being offered 15p in the pound.
I do not have any other evidence for this.
Sad thing is our people get snapped up by the better sides in the prem etc. Imagine what we go do with our house in order and a bit of cash
Gelbel
Jon Newcombe tweeted this - he's been spot on with everything so far... even if he does seem to relish our demise IMHO.
AnIdiotAbroad
Seems we have some decent CVA and insider knowledge which helps to understand recent developments. Any ideas if the 15p in the £ also includes any Director or other loans or have they been protected/accounted for in a different way? Ask this as I saw somewhere the main CVA creditors are players which sounds odd bearing in mind published accounts and statements re stakeholder loans
Albert Fishwick
Some of the previous information made public indicated that some shareholder/director loans were to be novated, ie taken on by a different party. I suspect that Keith Howard and Jon Wright are doing this for some of those who have a lesser exposure and don't want to take the haircut.
If I had all the money I've spent on drink ..... I'd spend it on drink.
oopnorth
I think I know what that means...........
Albert, please can you explain what has gone on, in simple terms, once the details emerge?
If shareholder/directors loans are part of the Creditors then they could "overwhelm" the true creditors (i.e. players) and achieve a 75% acceptance of a CVA at say 1 pence in the pound and then just carry on? Or am I being too cynical?
The shareholders/directors are not expecting to get the loans back anyway?
As it is a private company we may never get to know the details of the agreement reached, though a little will be seen once the accounts are finally published. The announcement does say that the deal was approved by all relevant creditors.
Agreed this is not a "victimless" solution. However if the players have managed to get contracts elsewhere at approaching 85% of the salary they would have got with Carnegie, then perhaps only pride is hurt.
Seriously? Future contracts will not include back pay from a former club!
Perhaps if your wages were offered at 15p in the pound at the end of the month you would have a little more understanding of what this gross financial mismanagement means to those affected? a'club' means 'community' and that means people - whilst the board may be merciless businessmen I would hope supporters would show more compassion.
That aside the RFU have yet to pass judgement on this outcome so whilst survival is something to be grateful for the future is far from assured.
The players were paid in full last season, the creditor element is the unpaid promise of next season's employment for the 8 who had ongoing contracts but now have alternative employment.
Not nice but in business bad debts occur and in rugby broken promises/contracts are unfortunately a part of life as a professional sportsperson. If there was 100% acceptance of the agreement, and the rfu have been informed of what was happening all along, then surely we should now just look to the future?
Still a pretty impossible task to avoid relegation next season without negative sniping IMHO.
I thought relegation was scrapped next season?
Can we still lend players from Bath etc if we are part time?
We will still have near-Premiership training facilities so I would think that we could.
Other Championship clubs who are sort of between full and part time (e.g. Bedford) seem to get loads of good quality D/R players.
I am sure someone (not sure who) has been on the blower to wasps bath etc to get some guys in
Tyko
Borrow!!
Apart from Sam Wolstenholme not one player from last year's squad has moved to a premiership team.
Oliver fox.
Stand corrected
Richard Beck (he was a player in last year's squad!!)
Splitting hairs.
opuscoitus
Most were under contract till it hit the fan, most prem clubs do business early doors certainly before season ends,
Should have kept it to myself
Only having a bit of fun, Pete!
But I do think you have made a serious point in that we only had 8 players contracted to next season, most of these being the antipodean recruits. Possibly most of the others were enjoying the season and wanting or expecting another contract for next year. But it does show that Premiership clubs did not see any of our players, other than Foxy, as standout stars for the future that they wanted to invest in. We had some good players but probably nobody noticably better than the Premiership clubs' existing academy players.
The other star for the future we did see was Jacob Umuga, on loan from Wasps, and I think he has been given a Premiership Team contract by Wasps for next year.
😃😃😃 . Just trying to make a point that perhaps we needed a change. We've had some players now for 5 or 6 seasons others not as long but we are still a championship club and not a good one at that. We may remain so for the foreseeable future but we weren't going anywhere. I hope all the players do well st their new clubs and I'm sure they will. To be blunt we were going nowhere and after all this upheaval nothings change. P.S. When do season tickets go on sale?
P.S. When do season tickets go on sale?
I admire your keenness! Remember that if you do buy a season ticket and the club do not see the season out, you won't even get 15% of its value back.
I will wait until we have a coach and at least a couple of players before thinking of buying any sort of ticket.
I don't expect too much for my money anyway
I don't mind paying the same money for my season tickets. They were too cheap imo anyway.
You pay more at donny to get in
Talks moved from playing at West Park to season tickets. We'll be criticising the beer before long
I am quite excited for some better news coming in now.
Well another week has gone by and there has not even been the hint of a rumour of incoming players. Tick tock!
Beeston Lion
Would have thought possible candidates were lined up prior to administrative requirements being pursued. Cannot see we have got this far with nothing pencilled in for confirmation following successful conclusion of CVA.
Lining up candidates is one thing. Coaching them into a fit, cohesive unit is another matter altogether. It is also something that cannot be done overnight. Tick tock.
Tricolour
It will be interesting to see how Leeds fair against Nottingham in the 1st round of the cup, that is if they still exist!
Competitive Dad
Wondering how the 2nd week of pre season has gone.
Might be down at Morrisons tomorrow, will try to peer over the fence.
Madtyke
They're all training at Sale Sharks..
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The word on the street Albert is that the Carnegie section of Kirkstall has been converted into a canteen for Rhinos. So you are probably wasting your time.
As time goes by this theory gains more credence.
Who's training ?
Good to see that the new "off field range" advertised on the offy is back to our traditional blue and yellow (amber?) but will we ever get to see the official "on field" kit? It is stated to be "coming soon". !!!!
It is now 19 days since the statement from the board regarding the CVC. Since then - zilch.
Tick tock!
Vintage Carnegie!
The first Leeds Tykes child mascot...#leedswasps0203season. #cheersbentos
We know they are awaiting the RFU's decision on the "cunning plan".
There may well be ongoing negotiations with potential backers, which would not be made public. So what more could they tell us?
leemingtyke
Oh, I don't know
Maybe something like:
'we're awaiting the RFU's decision on our proposed plan and, in the meantime, we're speaking to potential backers and will release details of these discussions when we are able.'
I don't for one minute think there are any potential backers by the way,
But if the club kept us informed it would stop negative people like me making those kind of assumptions.
headingleytyke2
I don't think they really care and we will disappear into oblivion
RedcarTyke
Yet Another week goes by with no news.
Tick Tock
sheffieldsmills
What an agonising few months and we still don't know if there is going to be a club. Been keeping quiet waiting to see what happens, fear the worst, hope for the best scenario.
Unfortunately with still not knowing what is going to happen, any idea of how long the RFU take or if the board are being pro active, I have accepted the offer of a free season ticket watching (not supporting) Donny. Yep I am going to the darkside.
So for the first time in a number of years with travelling to Donny no YC season ticket this year.
If and its a very big IF the RFU decide to let us continue and YC
cobble together a squad/coaches/staff then I will, finances permitting, try to get to as many games as I can.Until then I will keep fingers crossed.
tightprop
It's 24 days since the last Board announcement on 28 June and 60 days until our first fixture against Nottingham on 20 September.
Apparently the Board met with RFU last week. If so, no news suggests the RFU has concerns that have not yet been resolved. Nothing we can do about that. But the Board has managed to get 100% of creditors to back the survival of YC and has secured training at Kirkstall and home games at a spanking new stadium.
Albeit the funds to support recruitment will be very low, any club that is able to count on the facilities YC has access to and the support of the creditors and supporters of YC deserves to be encouraged by the RFU to make the best of things.
I hope the RFU gives us that support promptly so we can use the few weeks that remain to get players and coaches.
Good post tightprop.
.......I hope the RFU gives us that support promptly so we can use the few weeks that remain to get players and coaches.
If the players are not already training together (e.g. at Sale) then 60 days is not enough time to put a cohesive squad together'
That's never bothered us before!
Helloooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo is there anyone available from YC left to enlighten the supporters as to what the feck is going on. The echo from Headingley just rumbles onnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn.
Maybe the Leeds Lardies are gonna be needed?
Martyn has now been in the post for 5 days.
Squad list still empty.
Someone (from Carnegie) was discussing possible players at The Village in Headingley last week. I couldn't hear much, the players meant nothing to me,whilst the Clubs were generally from below the Championship. Elsewhere, Darlington Mowden Park has been mentioned.
Geoff DC
Looking at the Poll on Rolling Maul http://www.rolling-maul.com/poll-on-the-rfu-yorkshire-carnegie_topic17699.html
I would hazard a guess that not many players would be looking to run out against so much fan opposition - maybe reverting to Leeds rather than YC might help
I would not even bother to view Rolling maul. They have been anti-Leeds, even more anti-Yorkshire for years and they are now trying to bayonet the wounded.
Full marks to Albert for expertly pointing out the facts when needed.
One exception I must not forget is Corporal Carrot, a real gentleman.
Yes the rolling maul is bollox
You have a way with words JDH!
There seems to be a lot of bile & vitriol being consumed by the denizens of Rolling Maul at the moment. I expect they will be coming up and burning the new stadium down any time soon.
I just thought Geoffs post summed up the rolling maul perfectly..
There is so much guess work on there and when people point out a fact it gets forgotten.
I'm not sure if they are more angry at the club or the RFU - this we get £500k from the RFU...don't we all???
It would be nice if we had some signings to talk about.
I don't think many people are Anti Leeds (YC) but there has been an ongoing dissatisfaction with the RFU.
Personally, I have always enjoyed my Trips to Headingly, although I have missed the last 2 seasons
I did notice that there were fewer and fewer of the friends I had made and enjoyed post-match drinks in the town with and that has partly led to me making fewer trips.
Now a week since MW was appointed. Just saying.
Tick......tock.
There'll be even fewer if you come up next season .
The season starts next month.
Lady Mac is back! Tweet
Strange tweet
I don't get the point of that tweet.
Perhaps we should close this thread now that Joe Ford has signed as we have nothing further to worry about.
Maybe bring it back nearer Christmas..
TykeGeorge
I feel the clock has stopped and new batteries are not going to sort out this mess with the medical bills.
3 days since the medical bills scandal broke. Nothing from the club.
Can't believe owt they say anyway.
If anything is to be believed there will, supposedly, be another "honest" statement in the next day or so?
Difficult to treat this article seriously when it shows a picture of Headingley at least two years old, and nothing like it looks now. Not sure if it is dragging our name in the mud (perhaps we deserve that punishment) or having a go at the rugby financial set-up in general.
Overall nothing new here IMHO.
Let's not look for excuses the management f****d up
Thanks for that thoughtful comment, H2.
But I thought we had passed you to the Coventry board, where your pearls of wisdom will be better appreciated?
Haxbytyke
Once again, the truth hurts, why keep hiding from it?
COME ON LEEDS.
We've been through it all together.
People like almostatyke still look at things at the club with rose tinted glasses. Were in a mess.
Oh and bye the way the way I mentioned Coventry is that I live 30 minutes from the club. I have supported YC in its various guises for over 48 years.
The article appears to be factual. What difference does it make if the picture of Headingley is current, 2 years old or from the last century? It is irrelevant, we were mere tenants, it is not ours, never has been, never will be! Any assets we had following the merger of Headingley and Roundhay have been absorbed into the Leeds Rugby empire!
As for "dragging our name in the mud", really? The management of this club have done a pretty good job of doing exactly that. No further assistance is required.
Finally, having a go at individual posters that express a different point of view other than your own is somewhat below the belt. This is a discussion forum where every point of view has a place, whether you agree with it or not!
Looking forward to the next statement from the board. I hope it includes confirmation that all fees have been paid, and also includes an apology to the players for bringing this situation on in the first place!
I would like to repeat an earlier post that I made that has never been answered by the miserati: any sporting organisation that has the financial rug, completely unexpectedly, pulled from under it's feet is going to have a massive problem.
A management team of Lord Sugar, Sir David Brailsford and Sir Alex Ferguson would still be helpless in that situation.
IMHO the management team have shown their great competence by the way they have kept the club afloat.
I am disappointed that once anything goes wrong, long-held predjudices are dredged up, and fitted to the circumstances to add to the negativity.
Feel fee to disagree but please make your case clear and without an axe to grind.
Almo, as has been said on here, the club spent money it never had did they not? No matter what they believed they were going to get, it never showed in the bank account, so should not have been spent. The management of the club have kept supporters in the dark over every recent issue. If you are happy to accept that, then fine. I certainly am not. That is my opinion, and, as far as I am aware, that is what this forum is for.
Great to see your reasoned comments Hax. I fully understand where you are coming from, but I have a different opinion. Which I will explain:
The cornerstone benefactor in Carnegie was Jon Wright, founder of Xercise4less, the gym chain based in Leeds. He re-financed his business at the end of last year, in a move that he thought would release his own personal wealth from the business, some of which was supporting Carnegie. Unfortunately, the Private Equity Company that provided the "re-finance" then stabbed him in the back, without warning, and demanded that his personal guarantee money should not be "lost" in financing Carnegie.
He had no alternative than to advise the shareholders/board of this, which happened about the turn of the year.
it was completely unexpected, so players had been signed on two year contracts in good faith.
You can take whatever view of Jon Wright's naivety or perhaps the Private Equity Firm's aggressiveness, but why of why do people think of this as a management failure?
..because they never saw the money. Whoever pulled the plug on who is in my opinion irrelevant, Carnegie never had the money to spend. True, or false.
Virtually all rugby clubs have benefactor's loans which have no interest and no repayment date. The auditors have to pass the annual accounts in the belief that the loans will not be called in.
So no different.
Why on Earth would Carnegie have entered into two year contracts if they foresaw this mess?
For me the evidence is that they acted in good faith and that the story I told above rings true.
We'll agree to disagree. I think the club is a total embarrassment, and should be ashamed of the way they have let this situation develop. I'm looking forward to visiting Headingley in a couple of weeks, but that is for the Ashes, it will be my first look at the stadium since the re-developments. Very unlikely I'll be visiting to watch any rugby, can spend my time, and money, far better elsewhere.
Happy to agree to disagree with you Hax, I like that you put forward reasoned comments, as I try to do. Really miss you and your brilliant humour on the away trips.
Hopefully the Ashes will be a happier tale!
We have a squad of one player.
Very sad to hear the news that you will not return for the Rugby Haxbytyke.
I can understand why you are angry about recent events but could I possibly ask why you did not attend at all last year?
Tower, I haven't been for 2 seasons now. I was ready to get my season ticket for 2017/18 season at the first game, when I was hospitalised for 8 days, and couldn't drive for 8 weeks, so living in York couldn't get to the games. Before that I had seen more games than I had missed, and seen more defeats than victories. I had a lot of time to reflect on the comments the club had made which I believed showed a total lack of ambition in aiming for the Premiership, coupled with the failure of all aspects of the Yorkshire experiment, and the lack of communication the club had with the fans, I decided my Sundays were better spent closer to home. I get my rugby fix now watching York City Knights, a club who have risen from nothing, have a great relationship with the local community, and who value their fans.
I hope Carnegie can get back on an even keel, but I would be very wary of anything, (if anything) the club say in future. I certainly will not be contributing one penny though, it will be wasted.
This is such a shame as you are sorely missed by all of the supporters.
We may have a new coach and director of rugby but the same people behind the scenes. Thereby lies the problem
But the supporters are not involved nor are the players going to the rugby is a social occasion and I still maintain that we should support our team. What good will you do by staying away?
I take it Tower that you are one of the privileged that enjoy hospitality at Headingley. We mere mortals have no chance of any meaningful socializing. Headingley is sterile. At one time we had a social club that was knocked down to make way for the South Stand. Now what was it, 4-5 years before the work on the stand was started? GH said the supporters club would be replaced. I still see no supporters club. Supporters now socialize in the pubs, cafes and restaurants in the environs outside the stadium, thus depriving our Club and primarily the Rhinos of valuable income. Good innit!
Dr Zaius
Nobody would reasonably expect the club to have all funds in the bank before committing to spend - no business runs in that manner.
The deal the club is getting to use Headingley and, moreover, the back office function, is now amazing value but, even with that de facto financial support from Leeds RL/Caddick and the reduced playing budget, there has to be severe doubt that the business will ever be a viable going concern.
It is the continued support from LeedsRL/Caddick that concerns me most. It was reported a while back, that Caddick was planning to get together a financial partnership together next season, provided we survive relegation this season with a view of a push on Premiership status. With Caddick's record of playing hokey cokey with his support, I find that worrying!
Yet he is the only one with the wealth and hopefully interest to do it.
I have just been on the official website and can confirm that we have an MD, a DoR, a Head Coach and a Kit Manager. That is a relief then.
#Jeeersey
Good to see that Richmond are moving on, though I smart when I read the complaint that Carnegie players have only been paid 15% of their future contracts by a club that operates pay-per-game.
90 players training during the summer !! I wonder if they can spare a few.
Mind you - not so many top City jobs on offer up here.
Nine days since we announced the signing of T Varndell. Still only 6 signed players announced.
bigfecker
TBH if I was a player and with YC record recently, I would want 25% of my annual fee upfront and then the 75% paid monthly.
Fair point bigfecker. I imagine that appointments or offers are all very conditional at the moment with some sort of ring-fenced bank account for wages. We already have some appointments, but what if we do not get enough players and are unable to raise a team? I suspect everything is conditional on the team coming together as a whole.
I would be happier with payment game by game if I was a player. Then if it all goes pearshaped I could just move on.
So a zero hours contract then?
If you are part-time you can live with the pay-per-game regime, especially if you have a 5 figure bonus to look forward to at Christmas from your day job. But it does mean that if you get a bad injury you get nothing for 6 months or a year. OK if playing rugby is a hobby that gets you some pocket money and street cred, but it isn't likely to attract the destructive tackler type that is needed by teams at high level.
Clearly full-time players cannot sign up to this.
But most of our opposition in the Chsmpionship are part time also.
Fair point Billy (I mean Pete). It must get complicated when a part-time club hosts Premiership dual registration players who are used to a higher standard of, well everything. Plus there must be jealousy between the players?
We should be worried. We have heard nothing about players apart fro the 6 , who must be paid on a part time basis because that is what we are. Nothing from the club about extra players, mind you they tell us nothing.
To put a rag tag outfit in the cup games which I believe will have never met each other and will end up with major injuries.
As I said the club have been quiet and I think they cannot get the players as they do not believe the lies peddled by the board
There must be some doubt, in the minds of prospective players, as to the club's ability to pay them given what went on last season.
Is it true that during the recent Headingley Test, G.H. was spotted wearing a sandwich board with "The End Is Nigh" on one side and "We Are Recruiting" on the other?
DoR has now been in place over a month. 6 players!
First game,fri 20 Sept v Nottingham,three weeks ?!
As I have said before, no news is usually interpreted as an expectation that things are going wrong. Why can't the club put something out, say, at least once a week? Just an update to demonstrate that something is going on would help.
I the meantime I am sure many former fans are losing patience and moving away.
2 weeks now since last proclamation Tick Tock
Almost. Perhaps a fishing trip down to the River Aire at Kirkstall is called for? Either that or tomorrows Rugby Paper!
Interesting article in TRP today. It says the RFU only supported us because of the name Yorkshire as they want to promote rugby in this area. If we had been called Leeds that support would not have been there.
It also stated that the changing of the name to Yorkshire was akin to putting lipstick on a pig!
But to be fair the article was directed at the RFU and their absence of common sense/fairness in dealing with wider issues in the game.
Three weeks since Varndell signing announced. Since then nothing.
Keep it to themselves must be a Tack Tick
Still nothing?
Newcome posted a cryptic message on twitter but wouldnt confirm any specific details.
Sidestep,
No announcement yet but there is some kind of squad and they are training
Some apparently good news for you. Mike Myerscough brought his Bridlington team to Leos yesterday.Dont know the chap but he was very approachable ,polite,pleasant and friendly.A very brief chat indicated that there appears to be a squad of around 20+ training,a mixture of premiership,championship and div 1players.He seemed to think things would be o.k.
More importantly,Leos playing our first ever game at Yorks 1 level won 27 - 22.Jim Collard,David Caplan and Jon Eagle would be chuffed.
.........More importantly,Leos playing our first ever game at Yorks 1 level won 27 - 22.Jim Collard,David Caplan and Jon Eagle would be chuffed.
First game next Friday.
Rugby paper has us linked with Bath players. Including Mike William's.
Team sheet might like a barbarians select!
The team sheet might be the first chance we get to see who will be playing for us this season (unless of course PD has a sudden rush of blood to the head and announces who the "25+" players who are training are.)
I suspect we will find out soon.
bigm/ mark harrison.
Tom varndels Twitter page has him in Hong Kong.
He might just rock up on Friday morning...
He is only part time
Fair comment Bba. He has to supplement his income as we won't be paying him much, for sure.
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Q: How can NULL and regular values be handled without using different prepared statements? Consider this simple method:
public ResultSet getByOwnerId(final Connection connection, final Integer id) throws SQLException {
    PreparedStatement statement = connection.prepareStatement("SELECT * FROM MyTable WHERE MyColumn = ?");
    statement.setObject(1, id);
    return statement.executeQuery();
}

The example method is supposed to select everything from some table where a column's value matches, which should be simple.
The ugly detail is that passing NULL for the id will result in an empty ResultSet, regardless how many rows there are in the DB because SQL defines NULL as not euqaling anyting, not even NULL.
The only way to select those rows I know of is using a different where clause:
SELECT * FROM MyTable WHERE MyColumn IS NULL

Unfortunately the only way to make the method work properly in all cases seems to be to have two entirely different execution pathes, one for the case where the id argument is null and one for regular values.
This is very ugly and when you have more than one column that can be nulled can get very messy quickly. How can one handle NULL and normal values with the same code path/statement?

A: I haven't tried this, but the way to send nulls to preparedStatements is to use the setNull() option
   PreparedStatement statement = connection.prepareStatement("SELECT * FROM MyTable WHERE MyColumn = ?");
    if ( id == null)
       statement.setNull(1, java.sql.Types.INTEGER);
    else
      statement.setObject(1, id);
    return statement.executeQuery();

EDIT : Thanks for the responses @Gabe and @Vache. It does not look like there is an easy way to do this other than taking a more longwinded approach to dynamically create the preparedstatment.
Something like this should work --
String sql = " SELECT * FROM MyTable WHERE " + (id==null)?"MyColumn is null":"MyColumn = ?" ;
       PreparedStatement statement = connection.prepareStatement(sql);
        if ( id != null)
          statement.setObject(1, id);
        return statement.executeQuery();

A: You could use a query like this:
select * from MyTable where
  case when ?1 is null then MyColumn is null else MyColumn = ?1

But it reuses the same parameter, so I don't know whether the syntax I've proposed (?1) will work.

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New article on the European Court of Human Rights in ex Yugoslavia
Jernej Letnar Černič's new article on "The European Court of Human Rights in the States of the Former Yugoslavia" has been published in the inaugural issue of the East European Yearbook on Human Rights.
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Naidin v Romania
My note on the recent case of Naidin v Romania (38162/07, 21 October 2014) is available here.
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Pitfalls of the National Processes for Selecting Judges for the European Court of Human Rights
N.B. This post was first published at Verfassungsblog.
The position of a judge at the European Court of Human Rights is one of the most sought-after functions in the European judicial space. The persuasiveness, quality and legitimacy of judicial decisions often depend on the individuals who occupy judicial positions. Respective interest groups therefore often attempt to shape the processes for selecting judges at either the national or international levels. The process of nominating and electing judges to the European Court of Human Rights is therefore essential to ensure the appearance of their perceived and actual independence and impartiality. The national nomination processes of judges to the European Court of Human Rights is therefore in most Central and Eastern European countries highly prestigious and thus often politicised and riddled with several obstacles.
The first paragraph of Article 21 of the European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms provides that "the judges shall be of high moral character and must either possess the qualifications required for appointment to high judicial office or be jurisconsults of recognised competence". National criteria vary from state to state and may ask the candidates to demonstrate "professional reputation of the field of human rights and fundamental freedoms" and "high moral character, impartiality and integrity." However, such legal concepts are quite open to subjective interpretation. In this way, it seems best to also assess a candidate's competence based on their ex ante work. This is in line with the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe's Resolution 1726 (2010) which requires "that national selection procedures must be rigorous, fair and transparent in order to enhance the quality, efficacy and authority of the Court" (para. 7).
Article 22 of the European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms provides that "the judges shall be elected by the Parliamentary Assembly with respect to each High Contracting Party by a majority of votes cast from a list of three candidates nominated by the High Contracting Party". However, once candidates pass through a national nomination stage they face of number of other checks. Thus, before the vote candidates must undergo a series of interviews before the Subcommittee on the Election of Judges to the European Court of Human Rights of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights of the Parliamentary Assembly. Such a rigorous selection procedure should ensure that only the best candidates are elected due to their experience and expertise in the field. In the first round of voting, the candidate who received the majority of votes in the Parliamentary Assembly will be elected. If no candidate receives the majority, in the second round a relative majority is sufficient (see the Information Document of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, paragraph 13).
However, even though the selection process in the Council of Europe is quite rigorous and strict, it does not fully exclude the possibility of day-to-day politics interfering with the national selection process. The Council of Europe does not have much influence on the national selection procedures. Consider, for instance, the ongoing national nomination process for three candidates for a judge on behalf of Slovenia. The mandate of the incumbent judge at the European Court of Human Rights on behalf of Slovenia expires on 31 October 2015. Therefore, in spring this year the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Slovenia started a selection procedure for the nomination of three candidates to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe by publishing a call for applications. Seven candidates applied, namely six men and one woman. The Judicial Council of the Republic of Slovenia prepared a ranking of the candidates and proposed that the President of Slovenia sends the names of the three highest ranking candidates to the Slovenian National Assembly, which had to vote on that list in order for it to be sent to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. (However, the list was not welcomed by human rights experts in Slovenia as no candidate with ECHR expertise applied). Therefore, at the end of August the President of Republic of Slovenia refused to send the list of the three highest ranking candidates to the National Assembly and requested that the Ministry of Justice repeat the call for applications. It is not entirely clear why the President rejected the list approved by the Judicial Council, but it appears that he was not impressed by the candidates' merits. Surprisingly, at this point of time the Ministry of Justice does not plan to repeat the call for application. However, this may change because just a few days ago a new government assumed office. This situation is not unusual in national selection procedures as the position of ECtHR judge is a highly prestigious function. However, the particularities of the national selection often remain hidden from the public eye.
The Council of Europe does not have much possibility to monitor the objectivity and transparency of national selection procedures. However, it can reject a national list of proposed candidates. For instance, last June the Parliamentary Assembly rejected a list of candidates for a judge on behalf of the Slovak Republic and requested the state to submit a new list of candidates (n.b. a new judge on behalf of the Slovak Republic has still not been elected even though the incumbent's mandate expired on 31 October 2013). Similarly, the Council of Europe rejected Turkey's first list of candidates in 2007. Further, in April 2012 Human Rights Watch noted as regards a proposed Russian judge that "are some problems with the constitution of the commission empowered to select candidates« and that the commission »did not include any representatives from civil society organisations or the office of the Ombudsman«. All in all, the 2008 PACE Report accordingly notes that national nomination procedures are "still unsatisfactory«. Therefore, the Committee of Ministers now also offers advice to the Member States through an advisory panel of experts on national selection procedures.
Arguably, the Central and Eastern European countries may be more prone to unfairness in their national selection procedures because their judiciaries have often remained closed, self-sufficient and formalist. More reasons can be found in excessive formalisms, post-communist judicial cultures, a lack of self-criticism of judicial structures and a lack of independent media in most Central and Eastern European states, and all of them may have influenced the national selection procedures of judges to the ECtHR. In those countries, the merits of the candidates may only play side role in the nomination process and where the nomination of candidates to the European Court of Human Rights comes down to brutal daily politics and attacks on the candidates in the media. However, the reasons for the problem-ridden nomination process can be located in the remnants of the former totalitarian regime, creating excessively formal legislative and judicial cultures, which may be open to various political influences. Therefore, those states need to improve the fairness, transparency and independence of their national selection procedures.
The procedure for selecting judges to the European Court of Human Rights is important since the people who interpret and develop the text of the articles of the European Convention are the judges of the ECtHR. The judges flesh out the content of the ECHR as a 'living process' in judgments and in separate concurring and dissenting opinions. The ECHR is a normative document for the protection of human rights with maximum legal value and force, but it is also a political document that contains a number of unsettled legal concepts. Such legal concepts can be interpreted by people – judges – who decide in concrete cases with different levels of knowledge and experience.
It is crucial that the selection procedures for judges of the European Court of Human Rights take place in an open, fair, rigorous and transparent manner on the basis of a careful assessment of the candidates' professional references. The selection commissions should demonstrate perceived as well as genuine independence. European judges, like other judges of the highest courts, reflect their personality, beliefs and values through their decisions and separate opinions. However, once judges are elected their work will be assessed on the reasoning and persuasiveness of the arguments found in their judgments and decisions.
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Problem-Ridden Nomination Process for Judge on behalf of Slovenia at the European Court of Human Rights
We have already reported that the mandate of the incumbent judge at the European Court of Human Rights on behalf of Slovenia expires on 31 October 2015. The Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Slovenia has therefore this May started selection procedure for nomination of three candidates to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe by publishing call for applications. Seven candidates applied, among them seven men and one woman. The Judicial Council of the Republic of Slovenia prepared a ranking of candidates and proposed to President of Slovenia to send the names of three highest-ranking candidates to the Parliament, which has to vote on the list of three candidates in order to be sent to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. However, Mr Pahor, the incumbent President of Republic of Slovenia, last week refused to send the list of three high ranking candidates to the Parliament and requested that the Ministry of Justice repeats the call for applications. It is not entirely clear why Mr Pahor rejected the list approved by the Judicial Council, but it appears that the merits of the candidates did not impress him. Surprisingly, the Ministry of Justice at this point does not plan to repeat the call for application. It seems we are witnessing situation so often seen in the Central and Eastern European countries where the merits of the candidates play only side role in the nomination process and where the nomination of the candidates to the European Court of Human Rights comes down to brutal power politics. Stay tuned for future developments on this issue.
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Procedure for electing judges to the European Court of Human Rights
The Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe has published updated Information document on the procedure for electing judges to the European Court of Human Rights. More general info on the election of judges can be read here. Updated information on the forthcoming elections of judges to the European Court of Human Rights for each Contracting Party is available here.
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Former Strasbourg judge wins landmark dismissal case
The European Court of Human Rights has recently delivered judgment in the case of Baka v Hungary (20261/12) concerning the dismissal of the former President of the Supreme Court of Hungary, András Baka, who held between 1991 and 2007 the post of the Hungarian judge at the European Court of Human Rights. Baka complained that he was prevented from challenging the termination of his position as the Supreme Court justice before his mandate expired. Baka was during his term very critical of the incumbent Hungarian government. His position as the President of the Supreme Court was terminated due to the structural and institutional changes within the highest level of Hungarian judiciary. Baka was later elected for a judge of the new Kúria, the successor of the former Supreme Court of Hungary. Even though this case should not be read and interpreted without the reference to the recent developments in Hungarian public space and the remnants of post-communist legacy, it nevertheless offers some insights as to the nature and scope of freedom of expression of judges at the highest national courts. In this way the Court held that :
100. … it was not only the applicant's right but also his duty as President of the National Council of Justice to express his opinion on legislative reforms affecting the judiciary, after having gathered and summarised the opinions of different courts. The applicant also used his prerogative to challenge some of the legislation concerned before the Constitutional Court and the possibility to express his opinion directly before Parliament during the relevant parliamentary debate. There is no evidence to conclude that the views expressed by the applicant went beyond mere criticism from a strictly professional perspective, or that they contained gratuitous personal attacks or insults.
The Court therefore confirmed that also judges enjoy freedom of expression, which is, however, not unlimited. Freedom of expression is a human right which protects the important democratic values of pluralism, free thinking, tolerance and broadmindedness. The European Court of Human Rights has stated that freedom of expression "is a prerequisite for the functioning of democracy" (Özgür Gündem v. Turkey, no. 23144/93, 16.3.2000, para. 43). The maturity of a society can be judged by the level of its culture, speech and dialogue. Freedom of expression, of course, is not an all-encompassing right that would protect even the most extreme forms of expression in a democratic society. The Court therefore found :
78. … that there has been a violation of the applicant's right of access to a tribunal competent to examine the premature termination of his mandate as President of the Supreme Court, as guaranteed by Article 6 § 1 of the Convention.
The Court found also held that Hungary violated applicants'sfreedom of expression. More specifically, it noted:
101. The applicant's term of office as President of the Supreme Court was terminated three and a half years before the end of the fixed term applicable under the legislation in force at the time of his election… The Court reiterates that the fear of sanction has a "chilling effect" on the exercise of freedom of expression and in particular risks discouraging judges from making critical remarks about public institutions or policies, for fear of losing their judicial office …This effect, which works to the detriment of society as a whole, is also a factor that concerns the proportionality of, and thus the justification for, the sanction imposed on the applicant."
This case confirms that freedom of expression enjoys broad protection. What is more, freedom of expression is very much dependent on the notion of democracy so that courts must address dilemmas of freedom of expression hand in hand with protection of pluralism in a given society. Therefore, harsh political statements and contributions will not be a priori excluded from the scope of protection of freedom of expression.
N.B. Is Mr Baka the first former Strasbourg judge to win a case before ECtHR ?
Author esohapPosted on June 10, 2014 Categories freedom of expression, Hungary, judges, Judiciary, right to a fair trial, right to an effective remedy, StrasbourgLeave a comment on Former Strasbourg judge wins landmark dismissal case
Roundtable discussion on "25 Years after the Fall of the Berlin Wall: Self-determination"
The Graduate School of Government and European Studies, Brdo pri Kranju, Slovenia, will be on 30 May 2014 holding a roundtable discussion on "25 Years after the Fall of the Berlin Wall: Self-determination and Human Rights Protection in Europe". Speakers include inter alia : Luzius Wildhaber, former President of the European Court of Human Rights, Paul Mahoney, judge of the European Court of Human Rights on behalf of United Kingdom, and Peter Jambrek, former judge of the European Court of Human Rights on behalf of Slovenia. Welcome !
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USARAD Holdings Inc. Announces a Newly Issued Utility Patent as it Focuses on Transforming the Industry via Radiology-as-a-Service (RAAS) Delivery Model
RAAS is Enhanced by Clinically Validated and Proven Decentralized Radiology Marketplace and Workflows Driven by Artificial Intelligence Algorithms
We are entering an exciting time in USARAD 12-year history. By bundling new technologies with low cost radiology devices via RAAS model, we are bringing unprecedented efficiencies to deliver faster, cheaper, better healthcare.
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USARAD Holdings Inc., the leading US Joint Commission Accredited teleradiology and telemedicine company announces during RSNA 2020 virtual conference issuance of a new utility patent. As a next-generation radiology and telemedicine company, USARAD embraces Radiology-as-a-service business strategy by leveraging new technologies such as AI and Blockchain in combination with novel ultra-low-cost ultrasound and digital x-ray-based imaging devices. USARAD expands its relationships with several technology partners including Nano-x Imaging Ltd.. USPTO issued patent # US10,803,985, "Method of facilitating Imaging Study Interpretations between Healthcare Facilities and Physicians Including Customization of Imaging Studies" on October 13, 2020. The patent, which was filed 2 years prior, is assigned to its partner, MDW.io, licensed to USARAD Holdings, and is a part of a patent portfolio with multiple additional pending patents.
The patent describes a unique decentralized method of matching radiologists with medical imaging facilities and AI companies. It also describes a method of conducting immediate financial transactions between all stakeholders to provide fast and efficient AI development and teleradiology workflow. The method includes receiving physician credentials from radiologists and imaging studies from healthcare facilities, request for interpretation of the imaging studies, annotation requirements of AI companies, physician selection criteria, access to the imaging study and request for interpretation or annotations to qualified physicians whose credentials match the physician selection criteria.
The patent and clinically validated, fully built-out MDW platform provide all participating stakeholders with a secure, simple and cost-effective way to conduct healthcare transactions. The platform offers an efficient way to harness the power of community to generate interpretations and consultations using blockchain technology. It enables any party, including referring physicians, radiologists, diagnostic facilities, as well as insurance companies to request interpretations from platform participants and through execution of smart contracts insure immediate payments to one or multiple parties, for example those who improve on the original interpretations.
Dr. Michael Yuz, USARAD's founder & CEO as well as one of the inventors of the above mentioned patent stated: "We are indeed entering an exciting time in USARAD 12-year history. By bundling new technologies with low cost radiology devices via RAAS model, including those powered by Nano-x' disruptive digital x-ray source (pending FDA approval), demonstrated at RSNA 2020, we are bringing unprecedented efficiencies to deliver faster, cheaper and better healthcare."
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President Biden's State Department announced Wednesday the creation of a chief diversity officer position, as well as a council of deputy assistant secretaries from each of its bureaus, in an effort to bring "diversity and inclusion" to the department, Fox News reported.
"I am committed to bringing the diversity and inclusion work already underway at the State Department to the next level," Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a statement Wednesday. "To make that happen, I am pleased to announce the creation of a new Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer position at State."
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Marian Sellers is a very classy lady who thought she'd have lots of time to cook fun and fancy foods after she retired from the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. She has, however, found that she's busier than ever with her ongoing organ lessons, bookkeeping for her plastic surgeon husband's practice, volunteer work for her church, four kids (it seems the older they get the more they need), and a gazillion grandchildren to tend, not to mention traveling with her husband while he volunteers for Operation Smile, and visiting out-of-state parents. So, she is resigned to the fact that she will always be busy and need to cook quick and easy meals. One of her family's favorites (with good reason – this dish is luscious) is the following Marian's Slow Cooker Creamy Italian Chicken. It takes less than 10 minutes to assemble, and cooks fairly quickly as far as slow cooker cooking goes. Her family likes it over either noodles or rice, and it's good on polenta, too. Leftovers are just as good the next day.
For convenience, make sure there is Italian salad dressing mix on the pantry shelf, as well as canned cream of chicken soup. Boneless, skinless chicken breasts from the warehouse store are a staple in most home freezers, so the only special ingredient needed is the cream cheese. This yummy chicken is perfect year round, since the slow cooker sits on the counter and doesn't heat up the kitchen during hot months, and emanates a warm homey aroma during winter months when a hot dish is absolutely necessary. A tossed salad is a great accompaniment, as well as crusty bread to soak up any extra sauce.
Spray the inside of a 4-6-quart slow cooker with non-stick spray.
Arrange the chicken breasts on the bottom of the crock.
Mix the salad dressing mix with the water and pour over the chicken.
Mix the cream cheese, soup, and butter; pour over the chicken (the blender or food processor makes quick work of mixing).
Turn the slow cooker to the low setting, cover, and let cook 4-6 hours or until the chicken is cooked through.
Using two forks, shred the chicken coarsely; stir the mixture until smooth and serve over cooked noodles or rice.


Dr. Esak (Isaac) Lee will join the faculty as a tenure-track Assistant Professor on July 1, 2019. Prior to Cornell, Dr. Lee was a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University and Department of Biomedical Engineering at Boston University (mentor: Christopher Chen). His postdoctoral study focused on 3D tissue engineered organ-on-chip models for studying lymphatic vascular biology and tumor biology. Dr. Lee received his Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins University (mentor: Aleksander S. Popel) in 2014. He studied roles of lymphatic and blood vessels in breast tumor growth and metastasis using cell biology/biochemistry methods and mouse models.
Dr. Lee's laboratory aims to create and nurture a diverse community dedicated to discovery, scholarship, and leadership to improve human health and wellness by taking principles from engineering, biology, and medicine. To achieve the mission, his research program focuses on the morphogenesis, homeostasis and disease pathogenesis of lymphatic vessels and blood vessels and their microenvironments to provide new strategies for regenerative medicine and treatment of cancer, immune diseases, and edema. To this end, the laboratory is working to develop novel three-dimensional (3D) organ-on-chip systems, cellular and molecular tools, and in vivo models to better understand the mechanisms by which cells regulate and respond to biological and mechanical cues.
Mechanisms of lymphedema (LE): Lymphatic vessels play a role in maintaining fluid homeostasis by draining excess interstitial fluid (IF). A failure in the lymphatic drainage can accumulate excess IF, causing tissue swelling, which is referred to as "lymphedema". Lymphedema (LE) is the most common lymphatic disease influencing more than 150 million individuals worldwide. Currently, therapeutic options for LE treatment are limited, as there is no clinically available drug. One of the major obstacles to better understanding and curing the disease is a lack of appropriate and versatile experimental models for assessing lymphatic drainage in different biological conditions. We aim to understand the mechanism of lymphatic junction remodeling and drainage in LE by employing a microfluidic device ("lymphatics-on-a-chip") and mouse LE models.
Tumor/immune cell interactions to the blood and lymphatic vasculature: Lymphatics and blood vessels are major routes of tumor dissemination. Though we acknowledge some cytokines as metastatic chemical signals, tumor interactions to these vasculatures are largely unknown under certain conditions, such as hypoxia, stiff ECM, under chemotherapies, etc. We develop 3D tumor-on-a-chip and various mouse tumor growth and metastasis models to solve the questions. In addition to cancer metastasis, lymphatics modulate host immunity by interacting with antigen presenting cells like dendritic cells (DCs). The majority of lymphedema (LE) patients suffer from frequent skin infections, known as "cellulitis", owing to the impaired immunity. Cellulitis results in chronic inflammation and irreversible fibrotic disease progression in LE. During the infection process, normal lymphatics rapidly uptake DCs and transport them to the draining lymph nodes (dLNs), allowing the dLN-residing T cells activated by the DCs. However, lymphatics in LE are poor at DC trafficking to lymphatics, whose mechanism is not completely understood. We focus on DC interactions to lymphatics in LE to understand LE-associated cellulitis using mouse LE & skin infection models, and 3D on-chip systems.
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AAJA posts guidelines after Jeremy Lin becomes a meme
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From Asian American Journalists Association
As NBA player Jeremy Lin's prowess on the court continues to attract international attention and grab headlines, the Asian American Journalists Association (AAJA) would like to remind media outlets about relevance and context regarding coverage of race. In the past weeks, as more news outlets report on Lin, his game and his story, AAJA has noticed factual inaccuracies about Lin's background as well as an alarming number of references that rely on stereotypes about Asians or Asian Americans. Please give careful consideration to the following tips to ensure fair, accurate and sensitive portrayals of Lin and others who are Asian American. AAJA and AAJA MediaWatch stand ready to assist any news organizations that have questions or concerns about news coverage and race. We all have the same goal: good journalism.
Stop to think: Would a similar statement be made about an athlete who is Caucasian, African American or Latino? Use caution when discussing Lin's physical characteristics, particularly those that feminize/emasculate the Asian male (Cinderella-story angles should not place Lin in a dress).
1. Jeremy Lin is Asian American, not Asian (more specifically, Taiwanese American). It's an important distinction and one that should be considered before any references to former NBA players such as Yao Ming and Wang Zhizhi, who were Chinese.
3. Journalists don't assume that African American players identify with NBA players who emigrated from Africa. The same principle applies with Asian Americans. It's fair to ask Lin whether he looked up to or took pride in the accomplishments of Asian players. He may have. It's unfair and poor journalism to assume he did.
4. Lin is not the first Asian American to play in the National Basketball Association. Raymond Townsend, who's of Filipino descent, was a first-round choice of the Golden State Warriors in the 1970s.
DANGER ZONES
"CHINK": Pejorative; do not use in a context involving an Asian person on someone who is Asian American.
DRIVING: This is part of the sport of basketball, but resist the temptation to refer to an "Asian who knows how to drive."
EYE SHAPE: This is irrelevant. Do not make such references if discussing Lin's vision.
FOOD: Is there a compelling reason to draw a connection between Lin and fortune cookies, takeout boxes or similar imagery? In the majority of news coverage, the answer will be no.
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"ME LOVE YOU LIN TIME": Avoid. This is a lazy pun on the athlete's name and alludes to the broken English of a Hollywood caricature from the 1980s.
"YELLOW MAMBA": This nickname that some have used for Lin plays off the "Black Mamba" nickname used by NBA star Kobe Bryant. It should be avoided. Asian immigrants in the United States in the 19th and 20th centuries were subjected to discriminatory treatment resulting from a fear of a "Yellow Peril" that was touted in the media, which led to legislation such as the Chinese Exclusion Act.
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Q: Error: "argument --job-dir: expected one argument" while training model using AI Platform on GCP Running macOS Mojave.
I am following the official getting started documentation to run a model using AI platform.
So far I managed to train my model locally using:
# This is similar to `python -m trainer.task --job-dir local-training-output`
# but it better replicates the AI Platform environment, especially
# for distributed training (not applicable here).
gcloud ai-platform local train \
  --package-path trainer \
  --module-name trainer.task \
  --job-dir local-training-output

I then proceed to train the model using AI platform by going through the following steps:

*

*Setting environment variables export JOB_NAME="my_first_keras_job" and export JOB_DIR="gs://$BUCKET_NAME/keras-job-dir".

*Run the following command to package the trainer/ directory:

Command as indicated in docs:
 gcloud ai-platform jobs submit training $JOB_NAME \
   --package-path trainer/ \
   --module-name trainer.task \
   --region $REGION \
   --python-version 3.5 \
   --runtime-version 1.13 \
   --job-dir $JOB_DIR \
   --stream-logs

I get the error:

ERROR: (gcloud.ai-platform.jobs.submit.training) argument --job-dir:
  expected one argument Usage: gcloud ai-platform jobs submit training
  JOB [optional flags] [-- USER_ARGS ...]   optional flags may be
  --async | --config | --help | --job-dir | --labels | ...

As far as I understand --job-dir: does indeed have one argument.

I am not sure what I'm doing wrong. I am running the above command from the trainer/ directory as is shown in the documentation. I tried removing all spaces as described here but the error persists.

A: Are you running this command locally? Or on a AI notebook VM in Jupyter? Based on your details I assume youre running it locally, I am not a mac expert, but hopefully this is helpful.
I just worked through the same error on an AI notebook VM and my issue was that even though I assigned it a value in a previous Jupyter cell, the $JOB_NAME variable was passing along an empty string in the gcloud command. Try running the following to make sure your code is actually passing a value for $JOB_DIR when you are making the gcloud ai-platform call.
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CRocha is a Portuguese family name. It literally means "rock" or "boulder" in Portuguese; for instance, "rochas sedimentares, metamórficas e magmáticas" means "sedimentary, metamorphic and magmatic rocks". It is also a topographical surname that is found in Portugal as "da Rocha" or simply Rocha, literally, "one who is from/of the rock".
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The manipulation of anything has rules that need to be followed. What appears to the layperson as magic is simply an application of rules that aren't universally known and understood. This is true of any form of magic, from the simplest apprentice's bonfire to the manipulation of the very fabric of reality itself.
One of the earliest tests of an apprentice mage is to have them force their favored element to work in ways counter to its nature. Extinguishing fire without water, causing water to flow uphill, rendering air motionless… all of these force the element to work against what it naturally does, and will cause the apprentice to experience what's known variously as "feedback", "mana-burn", or "metafriction". The sensation is unpleasant, a mildly painful reminder that elements have rules that need to be respected, if not necessarily followed. Extinguishing a candle by manipulating fire may sting, or cause a young mage to tense in pain. Attempting to extinguish a burning building in the same way may very well leave a mage catatonic from shock, or kill them outright. Scale is important. However, guiding a fire to burn particular things, or ensuring that it stays controlled runs far less counter to the nature of fire, and while it may cost energy or otherwise drain a mage, the amount of feedback is much lower; the fire "resists" this manipulation less.
Chronomancy follows much the same rules, but on a larger scale. Time seeks to flow in a particular direction, at a particular speed, and more importantly it creates a tapestry of chronology that it maintains. To manipulate this natural tendency is the purview of the time mage, but the flow of time is no apprentice's candle. As one of the Firmament Elements that shapes and defines reality, Time is much more resistant to manipulation, and it can quickly destroy an thoughtless wielder. Manipulations of time need not necessarily be subtle, but they do need to be well-considered and carefully in keeping with the nature of the element.
Those unfamiliar with chronomancy often ask first about "time travel". The ability to move between the past, present, and future is the beginning and end of what most people consider when they think of a time mage's inclination. This is further muddied by the occasional knowledge that time travel has, indeed, been attempted with success. The reality is somewhat more complicated. One must consider the natural inclinations of time. Traveling to the future is easy, and is the "successful" time travel often heard about on the lips of laymen and apprentices. Traveling to the future is largely a form of stasis; the traveling mage is merely removed from the flow of time, and assuming they are left unbothered for the duration of the spell (fairly unlikely), will find themselves in the future once the requisite time has passed, the intervening hours or years seemingly instantaneous. While possible and effective, this use of chronomancy has been highly regulated against, partly because of the desire to avoid maintaining a collection of mages in stasis and reintegrating them after their time skip; early experiences with mages traveling to the future via chronomancy have resulted in a high cost incurred with helping them "catch up" to the modern day. As a result, this use of chronomancy is highly restricted, and unapproved uses are subject to counterspelling and other such methods to prematurely cancel the effect.
Once travel to the future is explained, the question of traveling to the past comes up. For as technically easy as it is to travel to the future, travel to the past is starkly different. Time seeks to maintain the integrity of its tapestry, and inserting oneself into the existing weave is a significant disruption. The further back in time one attempts to travel, the larger the disruption is. This form of chronomancy runs perhaps the most counter to the natural behavior of the element as possible. The longest any mage has managed to successfully travel back in time and survive the process has been nine minutes and fifteen seconds, and the price was extremely high. As a pyromancer inexpertly wielding flame may find themselves with burns, the inexpert chronomancer may find themselves aging prematurely. In the case of the nine-minute time traveler, she had apparently aged decades almost instantaneously, and the resulting shock and trauma to her system left her in terminal condition; while she survives the process, it was not for long. Some evidence exists to support the theory that the occasional appearance of dust or ashes in unexpected quantities is the result of attempted chronomancy, and that the dust is the hyper-aged remains of the hapless mage.
With time travel being alternately easy-but-forbidden or functionally impossible, the question remains regarding the usefulness of chronomancy. As far as Forbidden Magic goes, it lacks the raw destructive power of a bolt of Void, or the flexibility of bending the rules of magic itself through Mana, yet it is as difficult and taxing to manipulate as Balance, with as many dangers. Time is a more subtle magic, though no less powerful than its contemporaries. Much of this power relies upon understanding what can and cannot be manipulated, and there are two major approaches to this.
The first approach is to manipulate the flow of time itself. Slowing down the flow of time is nearly impossible, but speeding up one's perception of it and ability to act within it is much easier. With plenty of opportunity to consider an incoming projectile, or develop a counterspell, or prepare a response of any kind, a chronomancer can react with seemingly impossible speed, with precision and accuracy. While it is illegal to transport oneself into the future, the use of chronomancy in food services has ensured naturally fresh food to anywhere in the world, and valuable documents and artifacts can be protected from decay, while injured or sick people can be transported in near-perfect safety to treatment without deteriorating further.
The second approach is to leverage the inherent uncertainty of the future, explore its possibilities, and choose an optimal outcome. While attempting to do so on a large scale is difficult and potentially dangerous (looking into the future is confusing at best, insanity-causing at worst), it's much easier to do this on a smaller, more immediate level. If I take a swing with a sword at an enemy, there are myriad ways in which I could strike, and the precise path of the blade is not known until it actually occurs. With chronomancy, I can lean on this uncertainty, swinging in a variety of ways all at once until one swing resolves into a "real" swing. This is often casually referred to as "bending the probability curve", and while it is a significant use of energy, the results are undeniable. A chronomancer can be an expert swordsman or peerless marksman simply by bending the probability curve to make every swing or shot an ideal hit. It is, of course, limited by one's own physical ability and knowledge, but the potential is very high.
Of the four Forbidden Magics, chronomancy is the most widely used, and the easiest to be licensed for. The potential of the discipline is much higher than the simple manipulations most commonly used, but very few practitioners explore the element, either through fear instilled by their instructors or a lack of creativity. As a result, it is a largely underrated form of magic, and a savvy time mage can perform feats that can stymie even expert practitioners favoring other elements.
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