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U.S. Aircraft Carriers 'Exercising' in the South China Sea Could Spell Danger
By Ivan Eland
Also published in The American Conservative Wed. July 15, 2020 « Show Fewer
The recent sending of two U.S. aircraft carriers into the South China Sea for military exercises is not unprecedented, but could portend danger in this election season.
With history as a guide, nations around the world are usually careful about giving a U.S. president any excuse for military action during an election year, especially a chief executive with weak poll numbers and an especially fervent zeal for re-election.
But this president clearly plans to demonize China to score points with his electoral base and foreign policy hawks. Trump has been intent on a trade war with China since the beginning of his presidency, has alarmed the American public by warning of the national security implications of Chinese communication companies' possible penetration of the American market, and blamed the Chinese government for the origin of the COVID-19 pandemic. In the past, when Republican or Democratic administrations have demonized foreign leaders—for example, Muammar Gaddafi of Libya during the Reagan administration, Slobodan Milosevic of Serbia during the Clinton administration, and Saddam Hussein in the George H. W. Bush, Clinton, and George W. Bush years—a U.S. military attack eventually followed.
China certainly bears blame for its political crackdown in Hong Kong, its internment of perhaps a million Uighur Muslims in the northwest part of its country, its general human rights record against domestic dissent, and its overly expansive territorial claims in the South and East China Seas. Yet China, as a nuclear weapons state with a rapidly rising economy, predictably wants to be treated as a great power and to have a sphere of influence in neighboring regions for security purposes. In contrast, the United States, as a status quo superpower that had previously been enjoying a "unipolar" moment, is used to getting its way in the world and is equally as predictably uneasy about giving China even a security zone around its borders.
Historically, the interactions between rising and status quo powers often end in war. Graham Allison, in his book, Destined for War: Can China and the United States Escape Thucydides's Trap? demonstrates that such interactions have led to war in 12 cases out of 16 instances since the 1500s. Upon my closer examination of the relevant cases that didn't end in conflict—status quo Britain and rising United States in the later 1800s and status quo United States and rising Soviet Union during the Cold War—several factors jump out. Britain and the United States had a vast ocean separating them, mitigating existential security concerns, and had a robust trading relationship, at least raising the costs of an all-out war. However, some close calls did arise. During the Cold War, although the parties didn't have a significant commercial relationship, they were separated by significant distance over water (except for their sparsely populated regions of Siberia and Alaska) and both had arsenals of thermonuclear weapons.
These three factors are present in the U.S. relationship with a rising China and can act as a brake toward catastrophic large-scale war. The countries are separated by an even bigger ocean than were the U.S. and Britain during the later 1800s; geography still matters even in the modern, interdependent world, and the broad Pacific Ocean forms a formidable physical barrier to amphibious invasion or sustained, high-volume conventional air attack. The two countries also have significant nuclear weapons arsenals to deter such conventional, an also nuclear, attacks. Finally, unlike the U.S. and USSR, the United States and China have a well-developed commercial relationship that raises the costs of going to war.
Of course, these three mitigating factors only give both countries a leg up on avoiding war; their respective outlooks will also need to change. China should reconsider its expansively absurd territorial claims in the South China Sea. Does a great power need to be so insecure about which nation owns rock outcroppings in the middle of the sea, even if it is to claim oil and gas deposits near them? However, because most Americans take cues from their government, rather than trying to look at the U.S.-China relationship objectively, my recommendation that the U.S. needs to look even deeper into its international behavior than does China might be met with incredulity. However, it might be wise to look at the U.S.-China security jousting from the Chinese perspective.
Although it is obvious that authoritarian China has a much worse record on human rights than does the democratic United States, empirical evidence shows that this has little relevance to aggressive international behavior. Democracies are not less aggressive than autocracies—for example, ancient democratic Athens was much belligerent than militarized and authoritarian Sparta. The democratic United States currently has alliances and foreign bases ringing China in East Asia; China does not have troops or military bases in Central America or the Caribbean. Unlike the significant U.S. naval presence in the seas near China, China does not have any naval presence off any U.S. coast.
The United States should pull back its current "far forward" security perimeter, as the British did in the Western Hemisphere around the turn of the 20th century, to give a rising China a security sphere near its borders and in nearby seas. Like many small countries near great powers, that may require some small countries to make some accommodation to China. Alternatively, if China begins to seriously threaten other countries in East China, they—including countries richer than China in per capita wealth, such as Japan, Taiwan, South Korea, Australia, and New Zealand–could band together and become the first line of defense. The United States then could assume a "balancer-of-last resort" posture, coming to their aid only if the balance of power in the region deteriorated greatly in China's favor.
With massive budget deficits, a $26 trillion-plus national debt, and loads of domestic problems, instead of getting involved in petty East Asian territorial disputes using U.S. aircraft carriers, the United States has the luxury of recognizing China as a great power and letting it rise peacefully, instead of using outdated Cold War containment strategies.
Ivan Eland is Senior Fellow at the Independent Institute and Director of the Institute's Center on Peace & Liberty.
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Barbara R. Jackson
Wilder Funeral Home
September 6, 1931 – June 6, 2021
Barbara R. Jackson, 89, of Spring Hill, FL and formerly of Lecanto, FL, passed away on Sun., June 6, 2021 at Bayfront Hospice , St. Petersburg, FL. A native of Buffalo, NY, she was born Sept. 6, 1931 to Wade Benjamin and Marjorie Hazel (King) Harrington, oldest of eight children. Barbara grew up and attended school in upstate New York, graduating from North Rose High School in 1950, then completing a two-year degree at State Teachers College in Geneseo, NY. Her first airplane ride was to St. Petersburg, FL, along with her family to live in Fl. Once in Florida she held secretarial positions. On Feb. 16, 1964, she married Jack Jackson, who passed away on August 6, 1984. Although Barbara and Jack never had any children, their life was blessed with many dogs and cats whom they considered their "children". She was Godmother to her niece Rhonda Leitner. She and Jack moved to Lecanto in 1972 from St. Petersburg and in 1979, Barbara returned to school and became a licensed practical nurse and then worked at Lykes Memorial Hospital in Brooksville, FL. She loved her years at Lykes, making many friends that she kept until even after her retirement. In 1983, she returned to school and earned her degree in nursing as an RN from Hernando State College. Her joy in life centered around quilting, cross stitching and traveling. She had beautiful memories of the Holy Land, Egypt, Scotland and many other trips. She would travel to and spend time with all of her siblings who live all around the United States. Mrs. Jackson was a devoted and faithful member of First United Methodist Church of Homosassa. In addition to her parents and her husband Jack, Barbara was preceded in death by a sister-in-law Glenda King Harrington, and a nephew, Brian Keith Hinkley. She is survived by her seven siblings: Lois Boyer (husband Charles) and their children Bruce Boyer and Marjorie Dreibelbis; Joan Ann Hinckley (husband Melvin) and their children Melvin Wade, Amy Diane and Susan Lynne Fitzgerald; Carol Sue Conko and her children Gwendolyn Susanne, Francis Joseph, Jr., Angela Christine Mayes and Stephanie Rebecca Kassner; Linda Jean Crosby and her children Todd Padgett and Andria Lyn McCellan: Wade King Harrington and his children Wade Hillis and Dwayne Joseph; Robert Jack Harrington (wife Susan Marie and their son Robert Jay and Cathy Faye Leitner (husband Ronald) and their children Rhonda Rane and Aaron William, as well as many other nieces and nephews, all who have wonderful memories of their Aunt. Friends and family will be received on Thurs., June 17, 2021 from 12:30 to 1:30 P.M. at Wilder Funeral Home, Homosassa, Florida, where a Celebration of Life will take place at 1:30 P.M. with Pastor Patti Aupperlee officiating. Entombment will follow at Fountains Memorial Park, Homosassa. www.wilderfuneral.com
In Memory Of Barbara R. Jackson
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New on the market, the Swiss designed Korean made IRIX Firefly 15mm f2.4 represents a really high quality option for landscape and architecture photographers on a budget. Below are some shots of the Mount Royal Universtiy Riddell Library and Learning Centre.
It offers low distortion with a conventional spherical shape and requires relatively minimal software correction.
1/125s f8 - Lightroom vignette and distortion correction using profiles.
Some of the quirks include vignetting throughout most apertures; this, of course, being most severe wide open at f2.4. Additionally, the results are mixed with flaring and ghosting. Although I have not tried this, other reviewers have demonstrated a very peculiar intense circular flare when pointing the lens directly to the sun. Hasn't been an issue for me so far.
As with all ultra wide lenses, there needs to be some love and attention given to a plumb and level composition. This generally make even lighter work of your post processing workflow. The Irix is very easy to compose and work with in the field.
You might have noticed by now that my images seem to be stuck using f8. This is perhaps because of one of the most unique aspects of this lens. As a fully manual focus lens, the Irix is likely one of the only contemporary lenses to have included a marked infinity + hyperlocal distance scale. The only thing its missing is an aperture ring on the lens for those craving a nostalgic vintage lens experience. Not only this, but they have created a mechanical friction point at infinity focus (the infinity click). This allows you to find infinity focus by touch. Combine this by setting the aperture to f8, f11, or f16 and you can achieve edge to edge focus, likely down to a few feet in the foreground. Finally, you can lock the focus position at any distance if you are shooting architecture and landscapes without resetting or adjusting focus throughout the shoot. Can't wait to get an ND filter for this, ...except that its a 95mm diameter. YUP 95mm. At least Irix provides a rear gelatin filter slot for a more cost effective option.
But wait, there is more. With the ability to open the lens up to f2.4, and by focusing on your subject close to the front element, you can exercise some creative licence and get some pretty intense perspectives, ....and bokeh.


Greenwich, CT Realtor Barbara Vogt | Sotheby's International Realty, Inc.
Barbara Vogt brings a proven track record in sales and sales management with CBS-TV, NBC-TV, CNN and Bloomberg to Sotheby's International Realty. She has lived in the Greenwich community for over twenty years and raised four children with deep involvement in the Greenwich schools as well as multiple organized sports and the equestrian/polo scene. Prior to moving to Greenwich, she was also in Institutional Sales at Drexel, Burnham Lambert and passed the Series 7.
Over the years, Barbara has bought, renovated, sold and rented in the Greenwich real estate market. As an art history/architecture major, she has an eye for design and quality. She is experienced in extensive negotiations, is a strategic thinker, and is discreet and detail oriented. She is passionate about ensuring that each client's real estate needs are tailored to a strategy that meets their goals promptly and professionally. Barbara is dedicated to building long term relationships and committed to a full concierge of service for clients.
In addition to being a member of the Southampton Fresh Air Home Board of Directors since 1989 and the Junior League of Chicago, Barbara is active locally with Room to Read, Green Fingers Garden Club and is co-founder of MINT Investment Club.
Barbara's personal goal is to set the standard for excellence in the dynamic Greenwich real estate market. She is a member of the Greenwich Multiple Listing Service, the Greenwich Association of REALTORS and the National Association of REALTORS.


All of Michael's ceramics are hand thrown. He enjoys the challenge of creating very large one-off pieces such as his asymmetric footed bowls and is motivated by the discipline and repetition involved in making domestic production ware.
The work ranges from large, elegant bowls glazed in rich blues, deep greens and thick creams, to functional yet beautiful teapots, jugs, mugs and cheese platters. Michael pays strict attention to form and design, incorporating details that set his pieces apart from mainstream mass-produced items.
'I love the freedom I have when throwing my one-off pieces; they provide me with a contrast to the constraints of my production ware. I like to experiment with different glazes, allowing each unique form to dictate the glaze combinations that I apply. The final excitement is the element of surprise that can occur in the firing, often with spectacular results, and it is this that I strive to exploit!
I am equally happy throwing my production pieces; it's such a thrill to create a piece of pottery that someone wants to use everyday. There is something really special about food being presented in and eaten out of unique hand-made pottery an experience that a machine made item can never give.
Technical Notes: All of Michael's work is hand thrown and turned when leather hard to ensure regularity of form and surface. It is biscuit fired to 1060in a gas kiln, then glaze fired using his own glaze recipes to a temperature of 1280.
Everything is dishwasher and oven proof.


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package nz.co.gregs.dbvolution.internal.datatypes;

import java.util.Calendar;
import java.util.Date;
import java.util.GregorianCalendar;
import org.joda.time.Period;

/**
 *
 *
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 *
 * @author gregorygraham
 */
public class DateRepeatImpl {

	private static final String ZERO_DATEREPEAT_STRING = "P0Y0M0D0h0n0.0s";

	/**
	 * Default constructor
	 *
	 */
	public DateRepeatImpl() {
	}

	/**
	 *
	 *
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	 *
	 * @return the DateRepeat version of Zero
	 */
	public static String getZeroDateRepeatString() {
		return ZERO_DATEREPEAT_STRING;
	}

	/**
	 *
	 * @param original
	 * @param compareTo
	 *
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	 *
	 * @return the DateRepeat the represents the difference between these 2 dates
	 */
	@SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
	public static String repeatFromTwoDates(Date original, Date compareTo) {
		if (original == null || compareTo == null) {
			return null;
		}
		int years = original.getYear() - compareTo.getYear();
		int months = original.getMonth() - compareTo.getMonth();
		int days = original.getDate() - compareTo.getDate();
		int hours = original.getHours() - compareTo.getHours();
		int minutes = original.getMinutes() - compareTo.getMinutes();
		int seconds = original.getSeconds() - compareTo.getSeconds();

		String intervalString = "P" + years + "Y" + months + "M" + days + "D" + hours + "h" + minutes + "n" + seconds + "s";
		return intervalString;
	}

	/**
	 *
	 * @param interval
	 *
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	 *
	 * @return the DateRepeat equivalent of the Period value
	 */
	public static String getDateRepeatString(Period interval) {
		if (interval == null) {
			return null;
		}
		int years = interval.getYears();
		int months = interval.getMonths();
		int days = interval.getDays() + interval.getWeeks() * 7;
		int hours = interval.getHours();
		int minutes = interval.getMinutes();

		int millis = interval.getMillis();
		double seconds = interval.getSeconds() + (millis / 1000.0);
		String intervalString = "P" + years + "Y" + months + "M" + days + "D" + hours + "h" + minutes + "n" + seconds + "s";
		return intervalString;
	}

	/**
	 *
	 * @param original
	 * @param compareTo
	 *
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	 *
	 * @return TRUE if the DateRepeats are the same, otherwise FALSE
	 */
	public static boolean isEqualTo(String original, String compareTo) {
		return compareDateRepeatStrings(original, compareTo) == 0;
	}

	/**
	 *
	 * @param original
	 * @param compareTo
	 *
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	 *
	 * @return TRUE if the first DateRepeat value is greater than the second, otherwise FALSE
	 */
	public static boolean isGreaterThan(String original, String compareTo) {
		return compareDateRepeatStrings(original, compareTo) == 1;
	}

	/**
	 *
	 * @param original
	 * @param compareTo
	 *
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	 *
	 * @return TRUE if the first DateRepeat value is less than the second, otherwise FALSE
	 */
	public static boolean isLessThan(String original, String compareTo) {
		return compareDateRepeatStrings(original, compareTo) == -1;
	}

	/**
	 *
	 * @param original
	 * @param compareTo
	 *
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	 *
	 * @return -1 if the first DateRepeat is the smallest, 0 if they are equal, and 1 if the first is the largest.
	 */
	public static Integer compareDateRepeatStrings(String original, String compareTo) {
		if (original == null || compareTo == null) {
			return null;
		}
		String[] splitOriginal = original.split("[A-Za-z]");
		String[] splitCompareTo = compareTo.split("[A-Za-z]");
		for (int i = 1; i < splitCompareTo.length; i++) { // Start at 1 because the first split is empty
			System.out.println("SPLITORIGINAL " + i + ": " + splitOriginal[i]);
			double intOriginal = Double.parseDouble(splitOriginal[i]);
			double intCompareTo = Double.parseDouble(splitCompareTo[i]);
			if (intOriginal > intCompareTo) {
				return 1;
			}
			if (intOriginal < intCompareTo) {
				return -1;
			}
		}
		return 0;
	}

	/**
	 *
	 * @param original
	 * @param intervalStr
	 *
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	 *
	 * @return the Date value offset by the DateRepeat value.
	 */
	public static Date addDateAndDateRepeatString(Date original, String intervalStr) {
		if (original == null || intervalStr == null || intervalStr.length() == 0 || original.toString().length() == 0) {
			return null;
		}
		Calendar cal = new GregorianCalendar();
		cal.setTime(original);
		int years = getYearPart(intervalStr);
		int months = getMonthPart(intervalStr);
		int days = getDayPart(intervalStr);
		int hours = getHourPart(intervalStr);
		int minutes = getMinutePart(intervalStr);
		int seconds = getSecondPart(intervalStr);

		int millis = getMillisecondPart(intervalStr);

		cal.add(Calendar.YEAR, years);
		cal.add(Calendar.MONTH, months);
		cal.add(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH, days);
		cal.add(Calendar.HOUR, hours);
		cal.add(Calendar.MINUTE, minutes);
		cal.add(Calendar.SECOND, seconds);
		cal.add(Calendar.MILLISECOND, millis);
		return cal.getTime();
	}

	/**
	 *
	 * @param original
	 * @param intervalInput
	 *
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	 *
	 * @return the Date shift backwards (towards the past) by the DateRepeat value.
	 */
	public static Date subtractDateAndDateRepeatString(Date original, String intervalInput) {
		if (original == null || intervalInput == null || intervalInput.length() == 0) {
			return null;
		}
		String intervalStr = intervalInput.replaceAll("[^-.PYMDhns0-9]+", "");
		Calendar cal = new GregorianCalendar();
		cal.setTime(original);
		int years = getYearPart(intervalStr);
		int months = getMonthPart(intervalStr);
		int days = getDayPart(intervalStr);
		int hours = getHourPart(intervalStr);
		int minutes = getMinutePart(intervalStr);
		int seconds = getSecondPart(intervalStr);
		int millis = getMillisecondPart(intervalStr);

		cal.add(Calendar.YEAR, -1 * years);
		cal.add(Calendar.MONTH, -1 * months);
		cal.add(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH, -1 * days);
		cal.add(Calendar.HOUR, -1 * hours);
		cal.add(Calendar.MINUTE, -1 * minutes);
		cal.add(Calendar.SECOND, -1 * seconds);
		cal.add(Calendar.MILLISECOND, -1 * millis);
		return cal.getTime();
	}

	/**
	 *
	 * @param intervalStr
	 *
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	 *
	 * @return the DateRepeat value represented by the String value
	 */
	public static Period parseDateRepeatFromGetString(String intervalStr) {
		if (intervalStr == null || intervalStr.length() == 0) {
			return null;
		}
		System.out.println("DBV INTERVAL: " + intervalStr);
		Period interval = new Period();
		interval = interval.withYears(getYearPart(intervalStr));
		interval = interval.withMonths(getMonthPart(intervalStr));
		interval = interval.withDays(getDayPart(intervalStr));
		interval = interval.withHours(getHourPart(intervalStr));
		interval = interval.withMinutes(getMinutePart(intervalStr));
		interval = interval.withSeconds(getSecondPart(intervalStr));
		interval = interval.withMillis(getMillisecondPart(intervalStr));
		return interval;
	}

	/**
	 *
	 * @param intervalStr
	 *
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	 *
	 * @return get the fractional seconds to millisecond precision
	 * @throws NumberFormatException
	 */
	public static Integer getMillisecondPart(String intervalStr) throws NumberFormatException {
		if (intervalStr == null || intervalStr.length() == 0) {
			return null;
		}
		final Double secondsDouble = Double.parseDouble(intervalStr.replaceAll(".*n([-0-9.]+)s.*", "$1"));
		final int secondsInt = secondsDouble.intValue();
		final int millis = new Double(secondsDouble * 1000.0 - secondsInt * 1000).intValue();
		return millis;
	}

	/**
	 *
	 * @param intervalStr
	 *
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	 *
	 * @return get the integer and fractional seconds part of the DateRepeat
	 * @throws NumberFormatException
	 */
	public static Integer getSecondPart(String intervalStr) throws NumberFormatException {
		if (intervalStr == null || intervalStr.length() == 0 || !intervalStr.matches(".*n([-0-9.]+)s.*")) {
			return null;
		}
		final Double valueOf = Double.valueOf(intervalStr.replaceAll(".*n([-0-9.]+)s.*", "$1"));
		if (valueOf == null) {
			return null;
		}
		return valueOf.intValue();
	}

	/**
	 *
	 * @param intervalStr
	 *
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	 *
	 * @return get the minutes part of the DateRepeat
	 * @throws NumberFormatException
	 */
	public static Integer getMinutePart(String intervalStr) throws NumberFormatException {
		if (intervalStr == null || intervalStr.length() == 0) {
			return null;
		}
		return Integer.parseInt(intervalStr.replaceAll(".*h([-0-9.]+)n.*", "$1"));
	}

	/**
	 *
	 * @param intervalStr
	 *
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	 *
	 * @return get the hour part of the DateRepeat value
	 * @throws NumberFormatException
	 */
	public static Integer getHourPart(String intervalStr) throws NumberFormatException {
		if (intervalStr == null || intervalStr.length() == 0) {
			return null;
		}
		return Integer.parseInt(intervalStr.replaceAll(".*D([-0-9.]+)h.*", "$1"));
	}

	/**
	 *
	 * @param intervalStr
	 *
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	 *
	 * @return get the day part of the DateRepeat value
	 * @throws NumberFormatException
	 */
	public static Integer getDayPart(String intervalStr) throws NumberFormatException {
		if (intervalStr == null || intervalStr.length() == 0) {
			return null;
		}
		return Integer.parseInt(intervalStr.replaceAll(".*M([-0-9.]+)D.*", "$1"));
	}

	/**
	 *
	 * @param intervalStr
	 *
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	 *
	 * @return get the month part of the DateRepeat value
	 * @throws NumberFormatException
	 */
	public static Integer getMonthPart(String intervalStr) throws NumberFormatException {
		if (intervalStr == null || intervalStr.length() == 0) {
			return null;
		}
		return Integer.parseInt(intervalStr.replaceAll(".*Y([-0-9.]+)M.*", "$1"));
	}

	/**
	 *
	 * @param intervalStr
	 *
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	 *
	 * @return get the year part of the DateRepeat value
	 * @throws NumberFormatException
	 */
	public static Integer getYearPart(String intervalStr) throws NumberFormatException {
		if (intervalStr == null || intervalStr.length() == 0) {
			return null;
		}
		return Integer.parseInt(intervalStr.replaceAll(".*P([-0-9.]+)Y.*", "$1"));
	}
}

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Good for them, they should turn it into physical gold and silver if its available!
Just updated/increased my patreon pledge to continue supporting you the most I can bro. Thanks for your wonderful work!!
Might stop the kikes from robbing them.
THANK YOU for all you do. Don't always agree with you but you get people to THINK.
Uneducated , uninformed people are easily Controlled as said by SOROS in a recent interview.
okay I'm usually pro crypto currency. but Palestine and Islamic banking AAAND Crypto currency? Can you say funding terrorism?
the only problem with crypto currency is you need electricity to have it. if the Jews get desperate they'll just cut electricity to the Palestine. they already control their food intake.
Bomb Palestein..problem solved …eliminate 90% of terrorists. World be a better place without Palestein.


Peggy Fikac Aug. 9, 2016 Updated: Aug. 9, 2016 8:26 p.m.
AUSTIN - Donald Trump's suggestion that gun-rights enthusiasts might be able to keep Hillary Clinton from appointing high court justices shows him to be a "complete temperamental misfit" for the presidency, Clinton's running mate said Tuesday.
"Nobody who is seeking a leadership position, especially the presidency, the leadership of the country, should do anything to countenance violence, and that's what he was saying," Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Kaine said during a Texas fundraising swing.
The campaign hopes to raise more than $1 million through events in Austin on Tuesday and in Dallas and Fort Worth on Wednesday, according to one source familiar with campaign plans.
Kaine carried Clinton's focus on the economy, children, unity and character to a volunteer appreciation event Tuesday, but the day's campaign story line was quickly overshadowed by Trump's comments at a Wilmington, N.C., rally.
The Republican presidential nominee contended there that Clinton "wants to abolish, essentially abolish, the Second Amendment."
"If she gets to pick her judges, nothing you can do, folks," Trump added. "Although the Second Amendment people - maybe there is, I don't know."
The authority of the next president to appoint at least one and possibly several U.S. Supreme Court justices who will make decisions on gun rights and other issues is a key element of the race for president.
Trump's remark was widely seen as a threat. Trump campaign spokesman Jason Miller responded to that interpretation with a statement headlined, "Trump Campaign Statement on Dishonest Media."
"It's called the power of unification," Miller said, adding that Second Amendment supporters "have amazing spirit and are tremendously unified, which gives them great political power. And this year, they will be voting in record numbers, and it won't be for Hillary Clinton. It will be for Donald Trump."
Kaine, a U.S. senator from Virginia, told reporters that the Trump campaign is "trying to row back" its candidate's comments but that he didn't find the attempt persuasive.
"There is a beautiful phrase in the Gospel of Luke that says, 'From the fullness of the heart, the mouth speaks.' What comes out often reveals something really important about who you are, and I think Donald Trump revealed again … a complete temperamental misfit with the character that's required to do the job," Kaine said.
Kaine talked to reporters after speaking at a volunteer appreciation event that preceded his fundraiser, telling a crowd in an unair-conditioned building at the Travis County Democratic coordinated campaign office that Texas is "critically important."
Texas Democrats are holding out hope that they can do better in this presidential race than they have in decades thanks to controversy stirred by Trump. The last time a Democratic presidential candidate lost to a Republican by single digits in Texas was the Bill Clinton-Bob Dole race in 1996, when Ross Perot got nearly 7 percent of the vote.
A June internet-based survey showed Clinton within single digits of Trump in Texas - and that was before the Republican and Democratic National Conventions.
"I think we can get closer. It will just depend if the women get out to vote," said Donna Beth McCormick, Texas Democrats' sergeant at arms, who has been involved in Democratic politics since she was first able to vote in 1958. "If the women will get out to vote, then we'll win."
Kaine said he and Clinton "are serious about Texas" and encouraged volunteers to focus on personal contact that he said is more persuasive than advertising.


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717.01(b)(2) Determining if the Subject Matter of the Intervening Disclosure is the Same as the Subject Matter of the Inventor–Originated Prior Public Disclosure [R-10.2019]
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717.01(b)(2) Determining if the Subject Matter of the Intervening Disclosure is the Same as the Subject Matter of the Inventor–Originated Prior Public Disclosure [R-10.2019]
[Editor Note: This MPEP section is only applicable to applications subject to the first inventor to file provisions of the AIA. See 35 U.S.C. 100 (note) and MPEP § 2159. For applications subject to pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 102 and pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 103, see MPEP § 716.10 for affidavits or declarations of attribution under 37 CFR 1.132.]
I. "SAME" IS NOT "OBVIOUS"
The exceptions of 35 U.S.C. 102(b)(1)(B) or 102(b)(2)(B) are only applicable when the subject matter of the intervening disclosure is the same as the subject matter of the earlier inventor-originated prior public disclosure (e.g., a disclosure by an inventor or joint inventor, or another who obtained directly or indirectly from the inventor or a joint inventor). In other words, even if an intervening disclosure by a third party is obvious over an inventor-originated prior public disclosure, it would NOT be a disclosure of the same subject matter and the exceptions under 35 U.S.C. 102(b)(1)(B) and 102(b)(2)(B) do not apply. Any showing that the intervening disclosure is the same subject matter as earlier disclosed by the inventor, joint inventor, or another who obtained it directly or indirectly from the inventor(s) must be sufficient, in character and weight, to establish that the two disclosures are to the same subject matter.
II. ONLY A PORTION MAY BE EXCEPTED AS PRIOR ART
Only the portion of the third party's intervening disclosure that was previously in an inventor-originated disclosure (i.e., the same subject matter) is excepted as prior art under 35 U.S.C. 102(a). In other words, any portion of the third party's intervening disclosure that was not part of the previous inventor-originated disclosure is still available for use in a prior art rejection. Therefore, examiners should be aware that a declaration under 37 CFR 1.130(b) may only disqualify a portion of a disclosure that was applied in a rejection in an Office action, and that other portions of the disclosure may still be available as prior art. For example, if the inventor or a joint inventor had publicly disclosed elements A, B, and C, and a subsequent intervening U.S. patent, U.S. patent application publication, or WIPO published application discloses elements A, B, C, and D, then element D of the intervening U.S. patent, U.S. patent application publication, or WIPO published application is still available as prior art under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(2).
III. MANNER OR MODES OF DISCLOSURES ARE NOT RELEVANT
The manner of disclosure of subject matter referenced in an affidavit or declaration under 37 CFR 1.130(b) is not critical. Just as the prior art provision of 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(2) encompasses any disclosure that renders a claimed invention available to the public, any manner of disclosure may be evidenced in an affidavit or declaration under 37 CFR 1.130(b). That is, when using an affidavit or declaration under 37 CFR 1.130(b) to disqualify an intervening disclosure as prior art based on a prior public disclosure by an inventor or a joint inventor, it is not necessary for the subject matter to have been disclosed in the same manner or using the same words. In other words, there is no requirement that the disclosure by the inventor or a joint inventor be a verbatim or ipsissimis verbis disclosure of an intervening disclosure in order for the exception based on a previous public disclosure of subject matter by the inventor or a joint inventor to apply.
There is also no requirement that the mode (e.g., patenting, publication, public use, sale activity) of disclosure by an inventor or joint inventor be the same as the mode of disclosure of an intervening disclosure. For example, the inventor or a joint inventor may have publicly disclosed the subject matter in question via a slide presentation at a scientific meeting, while the intervening disclosure of the subject matter may have been made in a journal article.
A difference in the mode of disclosure or differences in the words used to describe the subject matter will not preclude the inventor from submitting an affidavit or declaration under 37 CFR 1.130(b) to disqualify the intervening disclosure as prior art.
IV. SPECIES/GENUS, GENUS/SPECIES, AND SPECIES/SPECIES DISCLOSURES
The exception to 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(2) applies to subject matter of the intervening disclosure that is simply a more general description of the subject matter previously publicly disclosed by the inventor or a joint inventor or another who obtained the subject matter disclosed directly or indirectly from the inventor or a joint inventor. Specifically, if subject matter of an intervening U.S. patent, U.S. patent application publication, or WIPO published application is simply a more general description of the subject matter previously publicly disclosed by the inventor or a joint inventor, or another who obtained the subject matter disclosed directly or indirectly from the inventor or a joint inventor, the exception in 35 U.S.C. 102(b)(2)(B) applies to such subject matter of the intervening U.S. patent, U.S. patent application publication, or WIPO published application disclosure. For example, if the inventor or a joint inventor had publicly disclosed a species, and a subsequent intervening U.S. patent, U.S. patent application publication, or WIPO published application discloses a genus (i.e., provides a more generic disclosure of the species), the disclosure of the genus in the intervening U.S. patent, U.S. patent application publication, or WIPO published application is not available as prior art under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(2). Conversely, the exception may not apply to subject matter of the intervening disclosure that is more specific than the subject matter previously publicly disclosed by the inventor or a joint inventor or that is directed to a different species. For example, if the inventor or a joint inventor had publicly disclosed a genus, and a subsequent intervening U.S. patent, U.S. patent application publication, or WIPO published application discloses a species, the disclosure of the species in the subsequent intervening U.S. patent, U.S. patent application publication, or WIPO published application would be available as prior art under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(2). Likewise, if the inventor or a joint inventor had publicly disclosed a species, and a subsequent intervening U.S. patent, U.S. patent application publication, or WIPO published application discloses an alternative species not also disclosed by the inventor or a joint inventor, the disclosure of the alternative species in the intervening U.S. patent, U.S. patent application publication, or WIPO published application would be available as prior art under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(2).
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Q: How to add label to search input in material-table I'm using material-table version 1.69.2 which is latest now. I want to add a label to the search textfield displayed above the table.
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Tyler Paxton from Detroit-based Are You A Human talks about PlayThru, a program that replaces online ads and security filters such as distorted text with games. Are You A Human was a runner-up in the Google Demo Day competition Wednesday at Grand Circus Detroit.
Detroit-based iRule LLC will have the opportunity to pitch its business plan to Google Inc. executives after winning Detroit's Google Demo Day competition Wednesday night.
The startup, which created an app that allows consumers to use smartphones and tablets to control devices such as lights and TVs, will join the other winners of Google Demo Day events in April in Silicon Valley, Calif. Demo Days, held in seven cities across the country, is part of the tech company's Google for Entrepreneurs Program.
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These men pitched their products and services during the final round of Google Demo Day at Grand Circus Detroit on Wednesday. From left: Omeid Seiafi-pour (MyFab5), Jordan Warzecha (Backstitch), Travis Johnson (Foodjunky), Itai Ben-Gal (iRule), Mike Vichich (Wisely), Tyler Paxton (Are You a Human) and Michael Sharber (GreenLancer Energy).
"It's incredible; I'm truly humbled by the opportunity to represent Detroit and the Detroit area," said Itai Ben-Gal, iRule co-founder and CEO, who was a Crain's 40 under 40 in 2012.
Besides pitching his startup, Ben-Gal will be able to interact with Google's product experts, tour the Google campus, network with other entrepreneurs and receive Google swag.
"I'm looking forward to making great connections so we can continue to grow our business and take it to the next level," he said.
IRule generated revenue of $1.1 million last year and expects that to increase to $3 million this year, Ben-Gal said.
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The runner-up in the competition was Detroit-based Are You A Human — creator of PlayThru, a program that replaces online ads and security filters such as distorted text with games. The startup could earn one of three wild-card slots that Google will select from among the second-place finishers.
The wild cards will be announced next week, said Grand Circus CEO Damien Rocchi.
The other finalists in the Detroit competition were Detroit-based Backstitch Inc., Ann Arbor-based MyFab5 LLC, Detroit-based Foodjunky LLC, Detroit-based GreenLancer Energy Inc. and Ann Arbor-based Wisely Inc.


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Background messages instead of camera image.
First of all, it's the 'Waiting…' message. You can get one while free video surveillance software Xeoma tries to connect to your camera, usually at start. Also, if your camera is switched off in Xeoma (the Module State box unticked) and you restart the program.
When you just set your camera up in Xeoma, black screen can be displayed for a short period. It must then be replaced with either camera image or one of the errors.
One of such error messages is the 'Wrong IP or port' message. If you see it, we recommend to check if the cameras really have the IP address you specified. Also check if the port matches what camera uses.
The 'Unauthorized' error message means that you need to enter correct username and/or password for this camera stream to work.
The '404. Not found' error message usually means that the camera doesn't work with this URL (the URL is incorrect).
You can also get a 'Warning! Delay in updating…' message signalizing that connection with the camera was lost.
When working with USB web cameras in free video surveillance software Xeoma, you might get the 'Not connected' error message. If so, please check if the camera is connected, or that the USB bandwidth of your USB hub is not exceeded.
For Windows and Linux: If the USB camera is already 'taken' by other applications, you will see the following message. If so, please turn off the programs that use the camera.
If you use the direct saving to the archive option and have no preview URL (for example, when you don't need to view the cam real-time, only in the archive), you will see the RTSP saving video: OK in green letters if the URL is correct and archive is being successfully saved.
If your system or Internet Explorer gives you a warning message "The publisher of this program cannot be verified": The message denotes that Xeoma was not digitally signed (we do not spend funds on a publisher certificate to keep our prices low).
Some less popular antiviruses like ALYac, Ad-Aware, Arcabit, BitDefender, Emsisoft, F-Secure, GData, MicroWorld-eScan might give you the "Gen:Variant.Symmi.592" false detection message for 32 bit 15.6.26 version (Windows). This is false positive because Xeoma doesn't contain any viruses so please ignore this false positive detection or use a higher quality antivirus. We have already contacted the manufacturers and are waiting for them to fix their bases asap.
If you're getting the "The application "xeoma" can't be opened." message at launch of Xeoma on a Mac, you should go to System preferences – Security & Privacy – General and enable "Allow application downloads from: Anywhere" there.
If you're getting the "Install blocked" message at launch of Xeoma on an Android, you should allow installation of apps from non-Google-Play apps. Tick the "Unknown Sources" box – it should be somewhere in Settings (for example, Settings – Security – Unknown Sources or Settings- Applications – Unknown Sources).
If you're working with Xeoma via console (command line or Terminal), you will get Xeoma messages there. For more, please read the 'Supported console commands' article and the guide on how to use Xeoma on Linux (troubleshooting included).
Activation: if successfully activated, Xeoma will show you the message about it and let you know how many sources (cameras) can now be added.
If you get the 'The serial number is already activated on another computer' message, it means you are trying to activate the license on a computer, while it had already been activated elsewhere. If you're sure you haven't yet activated the license on another computer, please use the reset page or get in touch with free video surveillance software Xeoma support team.
If you see an 'The serial number doesn't exist or is invalid' message, please check the spelling of the serial number you entered. We recommend to copy the serial number to/from the clipboard to avoid spelling mistakes.
A '…trying to activate a license after its free updates period has expired' error message tells you that you ran out of free updates period (12 months since purchase date) with this license and still trying to activate it on a version too new for your license. In the message you will see what latest Xeoma version you can use your license with. Either request it from our tech support or buy a new license to extend your free updates period.
Also, if you've been re-activating your license a lot of times, you might encounter this error message. If for some reasons you need to re-activate your license a lot, please contact our free video surveillance software Xeoma support team.
And last but not least, if you're trying to activate Xeoma while there's no internet connection, you will get the 'No connection' message. Retry when Internet connection is restored or use the Offline activation option.
Automatic updates: if successfully updated, free video surveillance software Xeoma will display the 'You're using the latest version' message. It can also appear if you are not connected to the Internet when you request the update, even if you're not using the latest update.
If you ran out of free updates period (12 months since purchase date) and try to update to the latest version, you will get the message asking if you really want to update and lose the license(s). You can proceed, or cancel it and continue using the version you have.
Connection dialog: while trying to connect to a remote server, you might get error messages in Connection dialog (Main menu -> Remote access -> Connect to).
'No connection with server': make sure that the server you are trying to connect to is available and working.
'Wrong password': make sure the password is spelled correctly. We recommend to use copy/paste via clipboard to avoid spelling mistakes.
Usually error messages in modules with 'Test' button in them (FTP upload, Email sending, HTTP switcher, etc.) are insightful – use the information in error messages to fix the problem.


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Are you looking to give your home a green touch? Or do you want to harvest your own herbs for cooking and medicine? Then grow your own herbal garden! You don't need to have a lot of garden space—you can plant your herbs in pots, which you can place near your kitchen, at the windowsill, or even on your patio. With an indoor herbal garden, you can add a natural feel to your home decorations, and even add the sweet smell of fragrant herbs to your home. Growing herbs in pots isn't that difficult. Here are some quick tips to help you grow and tend to your very own herbal garden.
Choose compatible herbs: You can grow multiple herbs in one pot. However, make sure that these plants, growing conditions-wise, are compatible. Otherwise, some of them may end up not growing properly. For instance, basil, one of the most popular culinary herbs out there, is an excellent companion to thyme and parsley. This is because they all thrive in healthy amounts of sunlight, and grow in moist and fertile soil. Meanwhile, cilantro goes well with lavender and lemon balm, because you can plant them under partial shade, in moist, fertile potting mix that has been drained well.
Prepare your pots: It's best to plant your herb garden in small groups, rather than growing them in separate pots. With that said, use larger pots to maximize your potting mix, water, and fertilizer. In copious amounts, potting mix dries out slowly. In addition, bore some draining holes into the bottom and sides of your herbal gardening pots, to allow any excess water to escape. Otherwise, you might flood your herbs, which can cause root rotting.
Fertilize and water in moderation: Don't add too much fertilizer to your soil or potting mix. Most herbs thrive under minimal fertilizer, and will only grow into their proper size and form if allowed to grow naturally. Putting too much fertilizer can significantly alter your herbs' flavor and fragrance, aside from their physical characteristics. At the same time, make sure not to water your garden too much, to prevent flooding.
Soil or potting mix?: It may be better to use potting mix, over pure soil. Some of the potting soil which is sold in gardening stores are sticky, and drain really badly. Potting mix, on the other hand, is looser and made up of fertile components, such as peat and compost. However, potting mix tends to dry quicker than soil. Consider using a self-watering pot to keep your herbal garden moist.
Where's the sun?: Give your herbal garden lots of sunlight by placing it in open spaces, such as your front porch or your window. Most cooking herbs can only grow properly under direct sunlight, as they originated from tropical regions, such as the Mediterranean. While you can plant them indoors, herbal gardens that are located outside your house will yield more plentiful harvests. At the very least, make sure that your plants receive sunlight for eight hours a day.
Growing an herbal garden, with its variety of benefits, is very easy to do. Make sure to give your plants plenty of sunlight, and keep your fertilizer and water in moderation. Grow your own herbal garden, and give your home that green touch today!


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My stepfather is an avid angler. He spends his summers in their cottage just south of Budapest, on the bank of a branch of the Danube river. He loves to fish.
Late May, he caught what was one of the biggest fish in his life: a 21.8 kg grass carp.
To be sure, this is not the biggest fish ever caught, even at this particular location. The biggest grass carp that was caught there in recent memory weighed 35 kg; and the biggest anything was a 70 kg wels catfish.
Nonetheless, a 21.8 kg (48 lbs) fish is a respectable catch, which earned my stepfather a place in the local angler society's record books.
For what it's worth, the fish was eventually released back into the river; in return, my stepfather was rewarded with a free license for next year.
I don't usually comment on soccer games because, well, I am a geek. I am not into sports.
7:1. Wow. Poor Brazilian team and fans. I hope none get lynched or commit suicide tonight.


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Iranian Guards claims missile attack on Kurdish rebels in Iraq
Iran's Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) confirmed on Sunday that it had launched deadly missile attacks against Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq a day earlier.
Rockets struck the headquarters of two Iranian Kurdish opposition parties in Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdish region with reports saying at least 11 people were killed and 50 others wounded.
The missiles hit the headquarters of the Kurdistan Democratic Party of Iran (KDPI) and the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan (PDKI) in the town of Koya, 300km north of Iraq's capital, Baghdad.
It was the first such attack since 1996.
"The terrorists' headquarters … was successfully struck by seven surface-to-surface rockets on Saturday by the missile department of the Guards' aerospace force," the IRGC said on its Sepah News website on Sunday.
The statement added its drone division was also involved in the attack.
According to Soran Louri, spokesman for the KDPI, which is blacklisted as a "terrorist" group by Tehran, the death toll in the rare cross-border attack was 15, he told AFP news agency.
About 30 others were wounded, according to local medical sources.
'Terrorist teams'
Iranian state television showed images of the missiles being launched and drone footage of the impact.
"The punishment of transgressors was planned following the recent months' wicked acts by terrorists from the Kurdistan realm against the Islamic Republic's borders," the IRGC statement said.
It cited incursions by numerous "terrorist teams" into Iran's West Azarbaijan, Kurdistan and Kermanshah provinces bordering Iraq.
KDPI recently clashed with Revolutionary Guards forces in the towns of Marivan and Kamyaran in Iran's own Kurdistan region.
The Kurdish group was holding a meeting at the time of the missile attacks, and the party's secretary-general and his predecessor were among the wounded, according to one of its officials.
The headquarters is in Koysinjaq, 60km east of Erbil, capital of Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region.
Bilal Wahab from The Washington Institute told the attack was retaliation for the groups' increased "activism and militancy" inside Iranian territory.
"Some of these Iranian Kurdish opposition groups have been trying to approach Washington, DC, and find a foothold in the increased American effort in curbing Iranian influence in the region. So this is very specific to Iran's enemies," Wahab said.
Territorial violation
Iraq's foreign ministry denounced the Iranian missile strike.
"Iraq protects the security of its neighbours and does not allow its territory to be used to threaten these countries," spokesman Ahmed Mahjoub said in a statement.
"But it categorically rejects the violation of its territorial sovereignty by strikes against certain targets on its territory with previous coordination."
KDPI is Iran's oldest Kurdish movement and has seen several of its leaders assassinated by Tehran in the past.
Commenting on the events from the Iraqi capital Baghdad, Al Jazeera's Rob Matheson said the timing of the attack was significant as it comes a couple of days after the Iranian consulate in Basra was torched during violent protests over lack of public services and jobs.
"There is nothing to link these two events but there is a lot of speculation in Iraq that the latest missile attack in Kurdistan is Iran showing that it can strike back and that it can strike back powerfully."


How does one share a USB Disk?
I can stream media from it to my showcenter (media server enabled), but I can't access it from windows (I'm using USBA). In share management I can not create shares in the foreign disk, the only option is to create it in "My volume". So, I see the disk connected and stream media from it, but I can't open it in windows neither it appears when I ftp the router.
Your question is a little confusing. The router only shares "native" shares, not foreign ones. You'll have to format the USB drive with the router (and lose all of the data on it) for it to be shareable.
Or did I misunderstand the question ?
I formatted my disk in FAT format (quote genral usable format unquote) on my PC and are able to 'share' the disk under PBSA mode.
Interesting. Didn't know it would do that.
If you unplug it from the router, is it still readable under windoze (i.e. over USB not wireless)?


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Q: Rails foreign key optional don't work I have troubles in my rails API with a model, my plays_cards model have some foreigns keys but with one I have troubles because I got Mysql2::Error: Field 'deck_id' doesn't have a default value but I don't need my deck and game to be obligatory.
PS: it works in development but not in production
This is my model:
class PlayCard < ApplicationRecord

# @!group RELATIONS
belongs_to :card
belongs_to :deck, optional: true
belongs_to :game, optional: true
belongs_to :user
# @!endgroup

# @!group VALIDATORS
validates :card_id, presence: true, blank: false, nill: false
validates :user_id, presence: true, blank: false, nill: false
validates :atk, presence: true, blank: false, nill: false, numericality: { greater_than_or_equal_to: 0 }
validates :hp, presence: true, blank: false, nill: false, numericality: { greater_than: 0 }
validates :uid, presence: true, allow_blank: false, allow_nil: false, length: { is: 4 }, uniqueness: true
# @!endgroup
end

And this is my migration:
class CreatePlayCards < ActiveRecord::Migration[5.2]
def change
create_table :play_cards do |t|
  t.references :card, foreign_key: true, null: false
  t.integer :atk, null: false
  t.integer :hp, null: false
  t.references :deck, foreign_key: true
  t.references :game, foreign_key: true
  t.string :uid, limit: 4, null: false

  t.timestamps
end
end
end

Do you have an idea ?
Have a nice day

A: You don't need foreign_key: true on the t.refrences lines. They'll force referential integrity tests.
Roll back, then change the migration to...
t.references :deck
t.references :game

Alternatively you can just create the integer fields and bypass the database integrieites
t.integer :deck_id
t.integer :game_id

A: Try this:
 has_many :game, optional: true

A: There's nothing wrong with your actual Rails code as far as I can tell; I copied the relevant bits and ran it locally and it was fine. Although you do have some typos in the model you should fix (nill instead of nil). I think this is a database configuration problem, especially considering you said it works on development but not production. Googling the error message you posted Mysql2::Error: Field 'deck_id' doesn't have a default value gives results such as this. According to one of the answers there:

This is caused by the STRICT_TRANS_TABLES SQL mode defined in the %PROGRAMDATA%\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.6\my.ini file. Removing that setting and restarting MySQL should fix the problem.

A: On rails 3, just change the property of your column like this
change_column :table, :column, :integer, null: true


WASHINGTON — Five U.S. presidents and an assortment of royalty and other leaders from around the world gathered Wednesday morning for the state funeral of George H.W. Bush, the nation's 41st president.
Dictators fell across Eastern Europe, and Germany stood on the precipice of reunification _ another dangerous turning point for the world order.
The late president's son, only the second president preceded in the office by his father, hailed him as a role model in all his roles _ a father, a husband and a president.
He has been largely isolated from previous presidents, not known to have sought counsel from any of them since taking office, on any topic _ an unprecedented tack, given the institutional memory that exists only within the ultra-exclusive club of men who have served as commander in chief.
"And the city has no need of sun or moon on it, for the glory of God is its light, and its lamp is the Lamb," Hager's passage read. "The nations will walk by its light, and the kings of the earth will bring their glory into it. Its gates will never be shut by day _ and there will be no night there."
Attendees were greeted inside by military honor guards; two massive bouquets of white roses; guest books growing longer with each signature; a 24-page program with a golden presidential seal; and a single white candle that flickered next to where Bush's casket would soon lay.
The VIP list reflects Bush's impact on history. Although he served just one term, it was an especially eventful four years.
Merkel, who grew up in East Germany, was in the pews, along with Lech Walesa, the head of the Solidarity movement _ the first independent trade union in the Soviet bloc _ who became the first president of a post-Soviet Poland.
Poland's current president, Andrzej Duda, was on the guest list, too, with John Major, British prime minister during Bush's tenure, and Prince Charles.
Among the other royalty: Jordan's King Abdullah and Queen Rania, and the former emir of Qatar.


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Written by starrindissent April 21, 2017
Washington, we have a problem
Trump's ethical squalor is worse than you thought
By Jennifer Rubin, The Washington Post, April 19
President Trump speaks this month at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Fla. (Alex Brandon/Associated Press)
This post was updated at 2:02 p.m.
President Trump's ethical sloth and financial conflicts of interest are unique in American history. (The Harding and Grant administrations were rife with corruption, but the presidents did not personally profit. Richard Nixon abused power but did not use his office to fatten his coffers or receive help from a hostile foreign power to get elected.) But it keeps getting worse.
Ryan Lizza's stunning report reveals ample evidence that Trump misused the intelligence community and manipulated Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) to concoct a plot meant to distract from the investigation into his Russian ties:
It is now clear that the scandal was not [former national security adviser Susan] Rice's normal review of the intelligence reports but the coordinated effort between the Trump Administration and Nunes to sift through classified information and computer logs that recorded Rice's unmasking requests, and then leak a highly misleading characterization of those documents, all in an apparent effort to turn Rice, a longtime target of Republicans, into the face of alleged spying against Trump. It was a series of lies to manufacture a fake scandal. Last week, CNN was the first to report that both Democrats and Republicans who reviewed the Nunes material at the N.S.A. said that the documents provided "no evidence that Obama Administration officials did anything unusual or illegal."
I spoke to two intelligence sources, one who read the entire binder of intercepts and one who was briefed on their contents. "There's absolutely nothing there," one source said. The Trump names remain masked in the documents, and Rice would not have been able to know in all cases that she was asking the N.S.A. to unmask the names of Trump officials.
If true, this would be a clear abuse of authority — the very type of politicization of intelligence that the Trump team claims the Obama administration was guilty of. Had President Barack Obama done anything remotely similar, Republicans would have drafted articles of impeachment. Moreover, Trump's antics have done serious damage to our national security toolkit:
The fallout from Trump's [March 4] tweet could have grave consequences for national security. The law governing the N.S.A.'s collection of the content of communications of foreign targets is up for renewal this summer. Known as Section 702, part of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, it is perhaps the most important intelligence tool that America's spy agencies have to gather information about potential terrorist attacks and about the intentions of regimes around the world. There are legitimate privacy concerns about allowing the N.S.A. to vacuum up such an enormous amount of communications. … Some American intelligence officials are now concerned that Trump and Nunes's wild claims about intercepts and Rice have made Section 702 look like a rogue program that can be easily abused for political purposes.
Trump, the individuals who assisted in this gambit and Nunes have abused the public trust. They utterly failed to uphold their responsibility for national security, for maintaining public confidence in our intelligence community and for protecting legitimate privacy interests. (Rice has a darned good case for defamation, which of course she won't pursue.) Former CIA and National Security Agency director Michael V. Hayden tells me he is concerned that the intelligence was "used by the White House for political purposes." He explains: "To the degree people believe that, the whole legitimacy of American intelligence is undercut. Talk about collateral damage rather than simply telling the emperor in this case that he has no clothes. By that, I mean of course, trying to make true a tweet that was obviously very untrue."
On the financial side of the Trump sewer, matters are going from bad to worse. Trump never divested himself of his business holdings or released his tax returns. The extent of his conflicts of interest are therefore unknown. He has now amended the trust (showing how flimsy it is if it can be altered on a whim) to allow him to withdraw funds and to receive periodic briefings from his son Eric (who "can do that as chair of the trust's advisory board, and told Forbes magazine last month that he plans to give his father big-picture financial briefings every quarter or so"). All this should underscore how ludicrous it is to claim separation between Trump and his business operations.
Now, the sludge has engulfed Ivanka Trump. The Associated Press reports:
On April 6, Ivanka Trump's company won provisional approval from the Chinese government for three new trademarks, giving it monopoly rights to sell Ivanka brand jewelry, bags and spa services in the world's second-largest economy. That night, the first daughter and her husband, Jared Kushner, sat next to the president of China and his wife for a steak and Dover sole dinner at Mar-a-Lago, her father's Florida resort.
The scenario underscores how difficult it is for Trump, who has tried to distance herself from the brand that bears her name, to separate business from politics in her new position at the White House.
That's putting it mildly. As a federal employee, Ivanka Trump has an obligation under a criminal statute (18 U.S.C. § 208) to avoid "participating personally and substantially, in an official capacity, in any 'particular matter' that would have a direct and predictable effect on the employee's own financial interests or on the financial interests." As the government ethics guidelines specify:
Moreover, disqualification is often the appropriate way to prevent a conflict of interest in the long term, unless an "exemption" applies or the circumstances warrant use of other means of resolving conflicts of interest. …
An executive branch-wide regulation recognizes that a reasonable person may believe that an employee's impartiality can be influenced by interests other than the employee's own or those that are imputed to the employee by the conflict of interest laws. Under 5 C.F.R. § 2635.502, employees are required to consider whether their impartiality would be questioned whenever their involvement in a "particular matter involving specific parties" might affect certain personal or business relationships.
This is hardly an isolated event for Ivanka Trump. Recall that as she was working on a clothing deal with a Japanese apparel giant — whose parent company's largest shareholder is wholly owned by the Japanese government — she was sitting in a transition meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Even aside from this, Jordan Libowitz, spokesman for Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, observes: "This raises serious questions that we should not have to be asking. The White House is not a side gig." He argues, "The Trump family should not be engaged in business dealings with foreign countries while making important policy decisions. Luckily, there is a clean and obvious way to clear all this up: from the president on down, they should divest themselves of their business interests and invest the proceeds in a true blind trust."
What is striking is the degree to which the Trump clan publicly flaunts its ethical laxity and disinterest in complying with norms that every other president and his family have managed to follow.
Whether it is abuse of the instruments of government power or disregard for financial propriety, Trump is setting a new low. Republicans who ignore all this — or worse, defend Trump — are making the case for why one or both houses of Congress should be controlled by the opposing party, which would be likely to carry out its constitutional responsibilities.
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COGS awaits decision on status as student government
by Brian Edwards
Administrative limbo has many graduate students worried about future representation among leaders at the University of Minnesota.
An Office for Student Affairs review of what exactly constitutes a student government has created a roadblock as the Council of Graduate Students works to become an official student government.
In April, the Graduate and Professional Student Association split into two separate groups — COGS and the Professional Student Government. Now, it's unclear whether COGS is, in fact, a student government.
Sara Carvell, OSA associate director, said the office has been examining student government's role at the University to make sure COGS will fulfill it.
The office is talking with students, University regents and COGS members to discover which privileges and needs are integral to a student government, she said.
"The goal is to make sure there is a good end product for students," she said. Incoming president of COGS, Nicholas Goldsmith, said the issue arose when the
organization applied for an office in Coffman Union. The request was denied, because COGS isn't officially sanctioned as a student government.
Other than the office setback, COGS has yet to run into any issues, Goldsmith said, but he and many other graduate students are worried about the possible ramifications of a delayed approval.
Assessing what the University considers to be a student government hasn't been done in many years, Carvell said, because a new government hasn't been created
recently.
Goldsmith said there has been concern about COGS' parliamentary-style presidential election, which means its own members elect the group's leader. He said
University administration may misunderstand the election system and feel the executive branch is too strong.
Last year, COGS proposed an amendment to switch to a school-wide election process like the Minnesota Student Association has, but the amendment didn't gather enough votes, Goldsmith said.
Outgoing COGS President Andrew McNally said almost all COGS representatives voted against the amendment. They believed the parliamentary elections were the best system to ensure the president would address graduate students' issues, he said.
"A lot of graduate students were interested in keeping a system where their direct representative can ask the president hard questions each month," McNally said.
He said he is worried changes to COGS' election process would affect the organization's ability to speak out against policies that have an adverse effect on students.
GAPSA changed to the Professional Student Government after the vote to split the group. The new government allows COGS to give input despite its unclear status.
"Right now we are at the mercy of PSG including us," he said, "but [the president] has been great about including us in everything."
Carvell said the administration is discussing whether changes would need to be made to COGS for it to obtain its status as an official government, but no decision has been reached yet. She said she couldn't comment on what changes might be made or when.
"We've been asking for a long time, 'What's the next step?'" Goldsmith said. "Right now it is a lot of waiting on the administration."


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