Hidden beneath the terrace is a 20,000 gallon rain water cistern. It collects the rain water from more than half of the roof, which we then use for irrigation and outdoor watering. It's a great way to significantly reduce our water needs, while minimizing storm water runoff from our site.
The rain garden in the front yard collects rain water from two downspouts. It is recessed in the ground, uses a special blend of dirt that is 50% sand, and is filled with drought-tolerant plants. When it rains, it fills with storm water and slowly drains, irrigating the plants and filtering the water that seeps into the ground. This is another way to prevent storm water run-off, and control rain water on-site.
Pervious concrete is a recent development that is a concrete (not gravel or asphalt) that permits water to flow through it. This protects the plants that surround our property, allowing the roots to get needed air and water directly. It also catches and filters rain water, reducing runoff, which taints the groundwater and causes erosion. This design gives the earth time to absorb the water during heavy rains with minimal runoff.
During 2007 and 2008, North Carolina experienced an exceptional drought. To allow our plants to survive, if that should happen again, we have chosen native and drought-tolerant plants for our landscaping. This also reduces our day-to-day need for water, allowing us to meet our needs with the water captured in our rain water cistern. Some of the plants you'll find on our grounds include evergreen climbing rose Rosa Banksiea, deep autumn colors of the Physocarpus 'Diablo', and January blooms with Edgeworthia, the paperbush shrub.
We use low-flow faucets and shower heads, as well as ultra high efficiency Niagara Flapperless toilets (1.28 gpf). Our hot water boiler is 98% efficient and is variable drive, which means if there is a low demand for hot water, only one burner will heat the water, but if there is a large demand, up to 4 burners will light to provide the needed hot water.
LED lights have an extremely long life (on the order of years), and produce no hazardous materials when discarded. They also use approximately five times less energy than conventional bulbs. All bulbs throughout the Inn are LED.
Each guest room has a fully integrated energy management system. The thermostat has an infrared sensor that detects when the room is occupied. There is also a sensor on the door. If a guest leaves the room, and the infrared sensor doesn't detect any remaining people, after thirty minutes the power will be shut off to most of the room. Of course, there will always be power to the switch for the light, as well as the outlet provided for charging laptops / cell phones, etc. The thermostats also allow the temperature to fluctuate slightly, which saves a tremendous amount of energy. We save up to 30% of our energy costs with this system.
Whenever possible, we buy locally-grown and produced products. We participate in a Farm Share program and purchase as many ingredients as possible grown by our local farmers. Some of the products you'll enjoy at the Inn is freshly roasted coffee from Muddy Dog Roasting Company, Art and photography from North Carolina artists, and custom built furniture by Custom Contract Furnishings.
From our fresh roasted coffee to our crispy bacon, we believe in sourcing delicious, local products for our guests to experience.


Ryan obtained his real estate licence in 2008 and has been working in the Ottawa market ever since. When the prestigious Keller Williams firm was sold in 2016, we were lucky to acquire this seasoned pro.
He is active as both a listings agent and buyer's agent. He especially loves the challenges that come with helping people upgrade to a new home while selling their old home at the same time. Ryan also enjoys helping first time home buyers and empty nesters who want to transition to a smaller property.
This experienced realtor knows the investment market very well. Having owned his own income-generating properties gives Ryan special insight into the needs of investors, who make up about 25% of his clientele.
He is a Certified Negotiations Expert, which comes in handy when it's time to arrange a deal for his clients. Ryan's background also includes years of sales experience, and he has had professional public speaking and leadership training as well. As a former professional chef, Ryan is in a unique position to judge the qualities of the kitchen in your new home.
"So a big thanks to Ryan, and a big recommendation to anyone trying to purchase a home, especially to other millennials."
Ryan is married and has a brand new baby daughter. Between changings and feedings, Ryan loves to play hockey and hit the gym.
While he loves to travel and especially enjoys snorkelling, he also loves sharing the pleasures of home with family and friends. His garden and love of cooking help keep this busy dad centred. When his daughter gets older, he is looking forward to taking her to the cottage so she can experience the joys of the great outdoors.
A passionate nature lover, Ryan has a soft spot for dogs and is a strong supporter of the Ottawa Humane Society. He also participates in the Multiple Sclerosis walk every year.
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The picturesque fishing village of Portofino can be found along the Italian Riviera and is one of the most popular resort getaways in all of Italy. Portofino has been a staple of tourism in Italy since the 19th century, with tourism officially replacing fishing as the chief industry in 1950. Portofino is a naturally beautiful port with colorful, iconic architecture that was even replicated as a hotel resort at the Universal Orlando Resort in Orlando. The Tokyo Disney Resort in Japan also created a seaside town based on Portofino. Tourists like to visit the museum Castello Brown, which provides a great view of the town, as well as the churches of St. Martin, Oratorio di Nostra Signora Assunta, and St. George - the latter containing some relics of saints. When visiting Portofino, be sure to take a guided dive to the Portofino Marine Park, as well as take a glimpse at the recently restored famous underwater statue, the Christ of the Abyss.
Day 3 Portoferraio, Elba, Italy
Portoferraio is a beautiful town in the province of Livorno, Tuscany, on the northern coast of Elba Island. SeaDream generally docks just steps away from the main street, Via Garibaldi, and offers a guided walk of this very historical town called "Walking the Napoleon Trail." The first site is the Town Hall, proceeding northeast on Via Napoleone, the Misericordia church, in which a mass is said for Napoleon's soul on May 5th every year. The highest point of the town is the Piazza Napoleone, from which there are beautiful views. To the west rises Forte Falcone (79m/261ft); to the east, above the lighthouse, Forte Stella (48m/158ft), both originally built in 1548 and later completed by Napoleon. On the seaward side of the square is the simple Villa dei Molini. This is believed to be Napoleon's official residence, which contains his library. The island offers so much more than just the main city; there's some incredible wine and several other towns to explore. To help make the most of your visit to the island, enjoy the perfect land adventure for you – "Elba Vistas, Villages & Wine," or you can borrow one of the mountain bikes to explore the island – the recommended route would be to visit Porto Azzuro.
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Porto Santo Stefano is a seaport town located in the municipality of Monte Argentario, in the Province of Grosseto, Tuscany. It is one of the two major towns that form the township, along with Porto Ercole, located on the opposite side of this unique peninsula. It's a very picturesque marina with sidewalk boutiques, cafes, and restaurants. This is a great start for the land adventure traveling to Montalcino for the tasting of fantastic Brunello in one of the most famous Italian wine regions. Guests may want to bike ride to Porto Ercole or - for the really energetic - to the old convent on top of the mountain, which has spectacular views of the coastline as well as Giglio and Gianutri. There's also a great golf course and a fantastic boutique hotel called Il Pelicano, where guests can enjoy a nice atmosphere and lunch. While the ship is at anchor, guests can also enjoy water sports from the marina platform (pending local conditions and approvals).
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Arrive at one of the largest and busiest ports in the Mediterranean - Civitavecchia is the gateway to Rome. Rome has been recognized as one of the most-visited cities in the world. Its incredible history spans over 2,500 years, and its historic center is listed by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site. Monuments and museums such as the Vatican Museum and the Colosseum are among the world's 50 most-visited destinations.
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One month after Goldman strategists downgraded equities to neutral on growth and valuation concerns, the firm has turned up the heat on the bearish case with a report by Christian Mueller-Glissmann in which he says that equity drawdown risk "appears elevated" with S&P 500 trading near record high, valuations stretched, lackluster economic growth and yield investors being "forced up the risk curve to equities."
As Goldman notes, "one large drawdown can quickly erase returns that were accumulated over several years." It adds that "since the 1950smost equity markets had several large drawdowns of more than 20%, which have taken several years to recover from. For example in the 1970s the FTSE All-Share had an 80% drawdown in real terms and the DAX declined 69% during the Tech Bubble. One of the largest equity drawdowns across markets was during the GFC, when most global equity markets lost around half their value. And not to forget, the TOPIX has still not recovered from the large drawdowns of the late1980s/early 1990s."
The firm also points out that large drawdowns are not only relatively frequent, but becoming more global in nature.
Elevated equity valuations tend to increase the risk of drawdowns for the simple reason that there is less of a valuation cushion to absorb unanticipated negative events. And while high equity valuations alone are not a reason for drawdown, particularly if they reflect stable macro conditions and if volatility is low and remains anchored, we believe that high valuations make equities more vulnerable. Exhibit 4 shows that ahead of the largest S&P 500 drawdowns, equity valuations have usually been elevated and sharply contracted during a correction - there is a somewhat positive relationship between valuations and the size of drawdowns.
Large equity drawdowns often mark the end of an equity cycle and tend to coincide with a recession or financial market/geopolitical shock or a combination, which tend to result in a sharp equity correction driven by a decline in both earnings and valuations (the 'Despair'- phase). The subsequent equity recovery can be divided into 3 phases: (1) 'Hope', which is a strong recovery following 'Despair' and mostly driven by valuations increasing in anticipation of growth picking up, (2) 'Growth', which is usually a longer period characterised by lower volatility where earnings growth takes over as a driver of returns and valuations tend to be flat or decrease and (3) 'Optimism', during which the market continues rising despite a flattening earnings trajectory and valuation expansion again becomes the main driver of equity returns. In the 'Optimism'-phase, as near-term fundamentals show a less clear direction, investors often extend their duration and extrapolate growth trends (e.g. during the Tech Bubble). As a result equities can be driven increasingly by LT expectations and after a strong period of growth valuations often get expensive, setting equities up for the next 'Despair'-phase.
The US has followed a relatively 'typical' equity cycle post the GFC. After a sharp correction driven by a decline in both earnings and P/E ratios in 2008 ('Despair'), from March 2009 US equities recovered sharply, mainly driven by P/E ratios, in anticipation of earnings growth ('Hope'). In 2010 it entered the 'Growth'-phase, which tends to last longer and where equities increase mainly driven by earnings growth. But in this cycle S&P 500 P/E ratios expanded already during the 'Growth'-phase from mid-July 2012, as a function of easy monetary policy globally and strong share buybacks. And since 4Q14 valuations have been the key driver of returns due to little earnings growth – as a result the US likely entered the 'Optimism' phase. It might be too early to say we already moved out of the 'Growth'-phase since earnings growth has slowed in large part due to sharp declines in commodity prices since mid-2014, however, with margins at peak levels prospects for a material acceleration of earnings growth appear limited from here.
Another reason is the lack of optimism, which would normally occur during this phase of the equity cycle. During the 'irrational exuberance' period in the late 1990s, investors extrapolated strong earnings growth driving inflated equity valuations. Much in contrast to the Tech Bubble, investors are currently relatively pessimistic on growth prospects following several years of disappointment. As a result there has been a growing disconnect between the Shiller P/E and consensus long-term US earnings growth expectations – despite falling long-term growth expectations valuations have been stable.
We think the market has extrapolated the view of low rates into the future. Declining bond yields and the ensuing search for yield that has moved to equities have likely supported equity valuations. Assuming long-run average levels of growth the equity risk premium still appears high. As a result of their attractiveness relative to bonds, equities have stabilised in drawdowns since 2014 and 'buying the dip' has worked well.
However, if secular stagnation is increasingly priced by the market, equities might suffer as growth expectations built into valuations would have to fall – if the market reduces its long-term growth expectations the equity risk premium could be much lower, closer to levels from 2007 . Similarly, if bond yields normalise faster than market expectations, this should also weigh on valuations. Changes in the growth/rates mix (how much do rates increase relative to growth?) will be key for equity performance from here. As a result equities appear vulnerable to both 'growth shocks' (e.g. secular stagnation repricing, US recession or another China slowdown/RMB devaluation) and 'rate shocks' (e.g. Fed rate hike cycle too steep or other central bank disappointments). In addition there could be financial market and geopolitical shocks that further tighten financial conditions, e.g. Brexit, US presidential elections etc.
Large equity drawdowns are difficult to diversify. International diversification is increasingly difficult with higher correlations among regional equity markets, in particular during drawdowns. Diversification across assets can also be difficult with few consistent 'hedges' for equities. Commodities have helped in high inflation periods like the 1970s but have been a key source of risk recently with large oil price declines. Since the late 1990s bonds were good hedges with consistently negative equity/bond correlations, but recent results are mixed.
With bond yields close to all-time lows and a large proportion of fixed income offering negative yields, 'safe assets' and 'hedges' for equities are more scarce. Real bond yields are low despite the start of a Fed rate hike cycle and bonds discount too little inflation, in our view. As a result they are also a source of risk. Gold can provide a hedge, but only in currencies with anchored real yields such as Euro and Yen. While Euro and Yen trade as 'risk-off' currencies we do not feel they are 'safe havens' and could devalue due to central bank divergence. Although we might be near the end of a once in a decade shift in the commodity supply cycle, the weak global recovery might delay commodities being a good diversifier.
So here is Goldman's best answer for strategies on how to manage the equity drawdown risk.
As the search for yield has boosted valuations across assets, we believe cash becomes valuable as diversifier in a portfolio and offers option value in drawdowns.
Moving to defensive sectors can help reduce losses in drawdowns – however, low volatility and stable growth stocks have already outperformed materially since 2014.
Systematic call overwriting can buffer losses while buying put protection, similar to long VIX trades, but requires exact timing to be profitable.
We like long-dated call options in Europe and Japan, where option premia are low due to low forward prices and long-dated vol is anchored due to structured product flows.
All of which is great... then again we can't help but be concerned that the last time Goldman warned about a big drop in the market a month ago, precisely the opposite happened. Will Goldman finally get this one right, or did the firm just say the magic words for the next leg higher in stocks?


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Q: Angle between pair of vectors from two planes at an angle mutually. Suppose I have 2 planes mutually at an angle to each other. Then two vectors, one from each, would make same angle between them. Is that so?

A: To ease the problem, assume that one of the planes ($P$) is $z=0$ and the hinge is $r:y=z=0$.
The equation of the plane that cuts $P$ at $r$ with an angle $\alpha$ is $Q:y\sin\alpha+z\cos\alpha=0$. We can assume that $0<\alpha\le\pi/2$.
Now, a generic vector in $P$ is $(u,v,0)$ and a generic vector of the same length in $Q$ is $(u,v\cos \alpha, v\sin\alpha)$, so the cosine of the acute angle $\beta$ between them is
$$\cos\beta=\frac{u^2+v^2\cos \alpha}{u^2+v^2}\ge\frac{u^2\cos\alpha+v^2\cos \alpha}{u^2+v^2}=\cos\alpha$$
So $\beta\le \alpha$.
That is, the acute angle between two vectors is at most the acute angle between two planes that contain them.

A: If I've understood your question,
call the two planes you described plane A and plane B.
Then consider a vector in plane A, but that is also completely contained in the 'hinge line'.
Also consider a vector in plane B, but that is also completely contained in the 'hinge line'.
Clearly these two vectors do not have an angle between them of 30 degrees.

A: The (acute) angle between pairs of vectors can be anything from $0$ to $180°$. Consider a pair of vectors that are both in the hinge—pointing in the same direction along the line of intersection of the two planes. Clearly, the angle between them is zero. Now, rotate one of these vectors in its plane. The angle between them will change continuously until it reaches a maximum of $180°$ when the vector is back in the hinge, but pointing in the opposite direction.


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Q: Generate current date in stubbed's json file To stub http response I use WireMock.
So here my stubbed response as json file.
Location:  /wiremock/__files/myproject/stub.resp.json
Content of stub.resp.json
{
  "requestId": "903004f5-7033-4aa8-a605-a10d4ff19241",
  "Code": 0,
  "Text": "Success",
  "data": {
    "request_id": "a12c6161-463b-e911-85dc-c81f66ca042a",
    "paid_currency_code": "USD",
    "transfer_amount": 1.0,
    "transfer_currency_code": "USD",
    "paid_amount": 1.0,
    "exchange_rate": 1.0,
    "referenceNumber": "123456",
    "receiverName": "Bruce Lee",
    "receiveDate": "2019-02-28T12:48:00"
  }
}

Nice. It's work fine.
But I have one question. As you can see the field receiveDate is hardcoded date-time (always 2019-02-28T12:48:00). But I need every time when return this stub response, in the field  receiveDate to generate current date.
How I can do this?
And I need to generate current date in format "yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ss"

A: You should be able to put something like this into your JSON response body:
"receiveDate": "{{now format='yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ssZ'}}"
For referecence: http://wiremock.org/docs/response-templating/, specifically the section under the heading: "Date and time helpers".


More than 130,000 Australian horses served in the Great War. In the desert sands of the Middle East, they ultimately carried their men to victory at Damascus. But they did not return home. This is their story.


Standing on a plot of over 5,800 sq m this delightful family villa borders on the agricultural zone, is a few steps from central Vésenaz and within minutes of Geneva.
The house is built in leafy surroundings, has a lovely courtyard and a considerable living surface of over 400 sq m on three levels, plus a fully fitted out basement.
On the ground floor are lovely living rooms with a fireplace, a charming rural style kitchen, library, guest toilet and a cloakroom.
The first floor comprises three beautiful bedrooms each with bathroom.
A large bedroom and sitting are in the under-roof attic.
The basement has a separate entrance with bedroom, bathroom and three technical rooms.
A lovely renovated wooden chalet serves as a guesthouse in the garden. It includes a kitchen, bedroom and sitting room in use as home cinema.
The garden is landscaped on several terrace levels with a summer kitchen in the outbuilding and lovely stone-walled well, all contributing to an unmatched quality of life.


1920 Anderson Six convertible roadster at AACA Museum, Inc.
Hershey, PA – The AACA Museum, Inc. announced a 1920 Anderson Six convertible roadster will display in the Historic Vehicle Associate (HVA) exhibit in the Museum Lobby. This will be the second car on display for this exhibit and is on view now through early June 2018.
The 1920 Anderson Six convertible roadster is designed to quickly convert from a sleek roadster to a five-passenger touring car. This is similar to the commonplace hide-away rumble seats that are found in later roadster and coupe designs. The1920 Anderson convertible is only one of seven known survivors of South Carolina's first automobile company, the Anderson Company, which operated between 1916 and 1925. This car is the only known surviving example of one of the marque's most innovative body types. This 1920 Anderson is the thirteenth vehicle added to the HVA's National Historic Vehicle Register.
During 1916 to 1925, approximately 5,500 Anderson cars were produced in Rock Hill, SC, in direct competition with other American manufacturers. These cars were a luxurious alternative to mass-marketed vehicles at the time. They also introduced interesting colors with a rich palette of purple, blue, yellow, and other alternatives to the basic color schemes of other manufacturers.
John Gary Anderson, the industrialist and inventor behind the company featured numerous first innovations in the cars including power convertible tops, a unique rearview mirror, and a floor-installed headlight dimmer switch. He also introduced electric windshield wipers, years before Ford offered the technology. There was also an onboard air compressor driven by the car's transmission for pumping up tires, and the radiator cap featured a thermometer known as a "motor meter" that was visible to the driver. In the side door was an integrated tool kit for on-the-go repairs.
Previously on display was a 1933 Graham Blue Streak 8 Sedan on loan from The NB Center for American Automotive Heritage.
The HVA is dedicated to preserving and sharing America's automotive heritage. In 2014, the HVA established the National Historic Vehicle Register in partnership with the U.S. Department of the Interior, Heritage Documentation Programs and Library of Congress to document historically significant automobiles in America's past. The HVA is supported by over 400,000 individual historic vehicle owners, key stakeholders and corporations, as well as individual benefactors. Please visit: .
The AACA Museum Inc., a Smithsonian Affiliate, displays beautifully restored automobiles, buses, and motorcycles in unique life-like scenes representing the 1890s – 1980s on a cross-country journey from New York to San Francisco. This Museum, a 501(c) (3) non-profit organization, is known to be one of the largest automotive museums, and it's celebrating its 15th Anniversary in 2018. Special exhibits change several times a year and focus on a variety of eras and types of vehicles. The AACA Museum, Inc. is home to the Cammack Tucker Collection; along with being the home of the Tucker Automobile Club of America. The Museum holds the World's largest and most prestigious permanent collection of Tucker Automobiles and related artifacts. We're proud to have been recently recognized by Road & Track as one of the top 12 automobile museums in the country. The Museum is in South Hanover Township, located just off Route 39, one mile west of Hersheypark Drive, Hershey, Pennsylvania. Regular admission $12, seniors age 61 and older $11, juniors age 4-12 $9, children age 3 and under, AACA Museum, Inc. Members and AACA Members are FREE. The Museum is open daily from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM. The AACA Museum is closed on Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Eve Day, Christmas Day and New Year's Day. The AACA Museum, Inc. will be closed February 20 through March 2, 2018, for building maintenance. For further information, please call 717-566-7100 or visit .


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by Gregory Sullivan — Thursday, May 01, 2008, 04:00 PM EDT
Lite-On Loses Interest In Digital Displays
Lite-On, the Taiwan-based electronics conglomerate, is selling its digital display business to another Taiwanese company, Wistron, for about $300 million. Wistron itself is a spin-off from Acer.
Lite-On's Digital Display business unit generated NT$82.75 billion in revenues for the company in 2007. Wistron said it hopes to strengthen its LCD display product range and to raise its share in the market.
Wistron, which specializes in system assembly, shipped 700,000 to one million LCD TVs in 2007, and aims to increase shipments to two million units in 2008, according to industry sources. Lite-On has had unit shipments of 8-9 million display products each year in the past, the sources said.
Lite-On makes power supplies, and says it will concentrate on increasing profitability and market share in that sector. Hmm. That's electrifying news.
Tags: display, Displays, Lite-On, ISP, Digital, Play, OS, ita, TAL, ses, PLA


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Home » Masendeke v Central Africa Building Society and Another ((HC 773/02, HC 10798/02)) [2003] ZWHHC 7 (14 January 2003);
Masendeke v Central Africa Building Society and Another ((HC 773/02, HC 10798/02)) [2003] ZWHHC 7 (14 January 2003);
THADEOUS JEREMIAH MASENDEKE
CENTRAL AFRICA BUILDING SOCIETY
THE SHERIFF OF ZIMBABWE
CHINHENGO J,
HARARE, 13 December, 2002 and 15 January, 2003
E R Mutama for applicant
A Maingauta for first respondent
URGENT APPLICATION IN TERMS OF RULE 348 A
CHINHENGO J: The applicant was sued by the first respondent (CABS) for the payment of $229 674,39 being money lent and advanced to him together with interest charges. This claim was in accordance with the terms and conditions of a first mortgage bond passed by the applicant in favour of CABS over Stand 1218 Fort Victoria Township of Fort Victoria Township Lands. The money had therefore been advanced to enable the applicant to purchase a dwelling. In terms of the mortgage bond the applicant was required to pay the amount lent and advanced in monthly instalments of $7 550. As at l December, 2001 the applicant was in arrears of $23 350. CABS's claim included a further claim for interest charges at the rate of 38% per annum on the sum of $229 674,39, costs on a legal practitioner and client scale and an order that the property be declared specially executable.
The summons was served on the applicant on 16 January 2002. The applicant did not enter an appearance to defend the claim because he did not dispute the indebtedness. A judgment in default was entered against him on 2 July 2002. A writ of execution against immovable property was issued on 20 September, 2002 and served on the applicant's domestic worker at the domicilium citandi et executandi(the dwelling) on 22 November, 2001.
The applicant then instituted the present application on an urgent basis in terms of Order 40 Rule 348A of the High Court Rules, 1971. In terms of subrule (5a) of Rule 348A a person whose dwelling has been attached and he or his family members occupy the dwelling as at the date of attachment may, within ten days after the service upon him of the notice of attachment of immovable property under Rule 347, make a chamber application for the postponement or suspension of the sale of the dwelling or for the postponement or suspension of the eviction of its occupants. The applicant was out of time in making this application. He accordingly applied for condonation of the late institution of these proceedings. I readily granted condonation because the explanation which he gave for the delay was reasonable. He said that he resides at his workplace at Masvingo Teachers' Training College and visits his home (the dwelling) every other weekend. He said that when the domestic worker was served with the notice in terms of R 347, she did not appreciate its importance and that she only gave it to him when he visited the dwelling on 16 December, 2002. The domestic worker filed an affidavit in support of the applicant's averment on this point. I was satisfied that the applicant did not willfully neglect to make the application within the time prescribed by the rules of this Court and I granted the application for condonation.
In the founding affidavit, the applicant averred that the dwelling is the only dwelling for him and his family and that they all would be destitute without a dwelling of their own.
He averred that before the judgment in default was entered against him his legal practitioners were negotiating a settlement with the judgment creditor's legal practitioners and that there had been some positive developments in that regard. In their letter of 7 March 2002 CABS's legal practitioners had made an indication that they were prepared to accept the proposed settlement. Part of the letter reads -
"In your letter of the 5th February, 2002, you have suggested that your client intends to settle the arrears on his loan account but you have not indicated the manner in which he proposes to do this. Perhaps you will be kind enough to let us have these details for onward transmission to our clients for their consideration".
It appears nothing further took place until the execution creditors issued the writ of attachment and execution.
The applicant averred that he was surprised when the judgment creditor issued and served the writ of execution because he had thought that a settlement was in the offing. In further support of the present application, the applicant proposed to settle the debt together with the interest claimed by monthly installments of $50 000 beginning on 20 December 2002. He averred that he had in fact paid $50 000 on 26 November, 2002 before he became aware that his property had been attached. He sought a provisional order the terms of which would suspend the sale of his dwelling whilst he made payments in terms of his own proposal.
At the hearing of this application I made an order in favour of the applicant and undertook to give my reasons for that decision. This judgment is in fulfilment of that undertaking.
The attachment by creditors of dwellings became such a pernicious problem that the Legislature stepped in to provide some relief to debtors and their families who are in distress because their only dwelling is to be attached and sold in execution. Rule 348 A was inserted into the High Court Rules by the High Court (Amendment) Rules 2000 (No 35) (S I 80/2000). In terms thereof if a dwelling has been attached the Sheriff is required, upon receiving documents relating to the attachment, to send forthwith to the Secretary of the Ministry responsible for the administration of the Housing and Building Act (Chapter 22:07) a written notice that the dwelling has been attached. The Sheriff is also enjoined not to take any further steps in regard to the sale of the dwelling or the eviction of the occupants for a period of ten days. Within this ten day period the Secretary may notify the Sheriff that he intends to satisfy the execution creditor's claim from the National Housing Fund established by s 14 of the Housing and Building Act. Again for a period of 30 days the Sheriff shall take no further steps to sell the dwelling concerned. The Secretary may within that 30 day period lodge a chamber application with a judge for an order staying the sale of the dwelling concerned, and if the judge is satisfied as to the propriety of such an order he or she may issue a provisional order directing that the sale shall not take place for a period of three months at the most pending the confirmation of the order. That provisional order shall not be confirmed unless the execution creditor's claim has been satisfied or the Secretary has, within the three months, undertaken to settle the claim from the National Housing Fund.
The alternative approach to the above is that provided in subrule (5a) of R 348A. In terms thereof if a dwelling has been attached and it is occupied by the execution debtor or members of his family, the execution debtor may, within ten days after service upon him of the notice of attachment, make a chamber application for the postponement or suspension of the sale of the dwelling concerned or the eviction of its occupants. In terms of subrule (5c) of R 348A the Registrar is required, without delay, to notify the Sheriff or his deputy that the application has been filed and to serve a copy of the application on the execution creditor and set the application down for hearing after notifying the execution creditor and the applicant of the set down date.
At the hearing of the application the judge must satisfy himself/herself, first, that the dwelling is occupied by the execution debtor or his family and that it is likely that he or his family will suffer great hardship if the dwelling is sold or they are evicted from it; and second that the execution debtor had made a reasonable offer to settle the judgment debt or that the occupants require a reasonable period in which to find other accommodation or that there is some other good ground for postponing or suspending the sale of the dwelling concerned or the eviction of its occupants, as the case may be. If the judge is so satisfied he/she may order the postponement or suspension of the sale of the dwelling concerned or the eviction of its occupants on such terms and conditions as he may specify. I must, in passing observe that subrule (5e)(b)(ii) should really stand alone as (5e)(c), because this is a separate ground on which a judge may base his decision to postpone or suspend the sale of a dwelling.
It is necessary to underline the requirements of Rule 348A (5e) in regard to the aspects on which the judge must be satisfied. It is not enough that the execution debtor or his family will suffer hardship if the dwelling is sold. The judge must be satisfied that the hardship is great. In my view the hardship must be more than the ordinary hardship which persons deprived of their place of residence ordinarily suffer such as the attendant inconveniences in finding and paying for alternative accommodation or the need to relocate to another residential place such as a rural home or a rented accommodation. The hardship must be great in that it results in the execution creditor being rendered homeless or destitute. The second requirement relevant to this application is whether the execution debtor has made a reasonable offer to settle the judgment debt. Subrule 5e)(b)(iii) of Rule 348 A also empowers the judge to postpone or suspend the sale of the dwelling for "some other good ground".
The applicant is a school teacher and it seemed to me that his family resides in the dwelling where he employs a domestic worker. He himself ordinarily resides at the school because he said that he goes to the dwelling every other week. There was no evidence of the kind of accommodation which he has at the school. It did not seem to me that he was one likely to suffer great hardship if the dwelling was sold. It would seem that the requirement of great hardship must be viewed against the other requirement - that a reasonable offer to settle the judgment debt had been made by the execution debtor. Although the word "and" is used at the end of para (a) of subrule (5e) of R 348A I do not think that it should be read conjunctively so as to say that the two requirements - of great hardship and the making of a reasonable offer must both be met before an order postponing or suspending a sale of a dwelling can be made. I think that the word "and" must be read disjunctively so that if one requirement is eminently met then the fact that the other requirement has not been fully met does not necessarily debar the applicant from obtaining the order of postponement or suspension of the sale. That this is the correct construction to be placed on the word "and" is supported by the fact that a judge is empowered to make the order of postponement or suspension if there is some other good ground for doing so. As such therefore where the hardship is not so great, but the execution debtor has made a very reasonable offer of settlement, an order should be granted in his favour. Conversely where the offer of settlement is not entirely reasonable but the hardship which the execution debtor will suffer is extreme, an order should again be made in his favour. The applicant had, by the time that he received the notice in terms of s. 347, already paid $50 000 which not only covered the arrears but probably covered the interest charges as well. In his founding affidavit, the applicant offered to pay $50000 a month the first such payment being made on or before 20 December, 2002. The payment of $50 000 and the offer to make similar payments until the judgment debt was settled appeared to me to be eminently reasonable, despite the fact that the hardship he was to suffer if the house was sold was unlikely to be great.
It was for this reason that I granted the provisional order whose final and interim relief was the following -
"Terms of the Final Order Sought
The sale of Stand 1218 Fort Victoria Township Land be and is hereby suspended on condition that the applicant pays an amount of $50 000 at the end of each month beginning on 20 December 2002 until the debt is settled and if the applicant defaults on any one payment execution will proceed.
The applicant pays the costs.
Terms of the Interim Order
That pending the final determination of this matter -
The sale of Stand 1218 Fort Victoria Township Lands be and is hereby suspended on condition that the applicant pays an amount of $50 000 on or before the last day of each month provided that the payment for the month of December 2002 shall be made on or before 20 December 2002. In the event that the applicant defaults in respect of any one payment the sale in execution of Stand 1218 Fort Victoria Township Land shall proceed.
The Deputy Sheriff shall suspend any action towards the sale in execution of the property referred to in paragraph 1 hereof.
A copy of this order shall be served on the first and second respondents' legal practitioners."
In conclusion I would like to put to rest any misconception that an application in terms of Rule 348A may be treated other than on an urgent basis. Counsel for the first respondent had argued to that effect. In terms of Rule 348 A(6) any such application shall be treated as urgent. As such no valid argument can be advanced against the urgent treatment of an application in terms of R 348 A.
Mwonzora & Associates c/o Gula-Ndebele & Partners, applicant's legal practitioners
Winterton Holmes & Hill c/o Honey and Blankenberg, respondents' legal practitioners
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Amanda McCarthy is a storyteller compelled to speak the truth. She doesn't fit in a box and she doesn't like rules. Blending many influences, her music is undeniably pop, but brings along an alternative rock twist, a dash ofNashville, and the heart of an old soul. She has independently released three EP's - most notably, the acoustic versions of her original songs "Elephant in the Room" and "Bad News" made it to the nomination ballot for the 59th Annual Grammy Awards in the category of Best American Roots Performance. She will be releasing new music in 2018 as she plans the release of her debut full-length album.
Jon McAuliffe is an award winning songwriter whose style includes a blend of gospel, folk/rock, classic R&B, and the occasional dip into pop.
Jon's early career includes 2 albums with Warner Brothers Reprise Records label, a staff songwriting position with United Artists Music, several duos, and a number of opening slots for Emmylou Harris, Tim Hardin, The Beach Boys, Charlie Daniels, George Carlin, Patti LaBelle, The J. Geils Band and more.
In the 1990s, Jon pulled back from performance and writing to raise a family and to study American music history. As the nest emptied Jon became eager to perform again. Blending a love for what he calls "Folk & Roll" with his gospel roots, Jon's current music has a certain spiritual tone to it with lyrics that underscore social responsibility and accountability. Presently, Jon plays in the New England area and is often accompanied by his wife, Patti McAuliffe, on vocals and percussion.
April Grant is famed for ballads, sea music, and a broad repertoire of poems and folktales. A mainstay of singing circles in the Boston area, she has appeared at the Mystic Sea Music Festival, the Portsmouth Maritime Festival, the late, great NOMAD festival, and the New England Folk Festival. She has told her stories and sung her songs everywhere from the Fire & Water Cafe (Northampton, MA) to the Glenfarg Folk Club (Scotland) and The Story Space (Central Square, Cambridge).


Jet Airways has been cancelling flight after flight on an almost daily basis. A couple of days back I had written about the international flights that the airline had cancelled.
While those destinations were all serviced by the 737 fleet of which around 50 aircraft are now grounded. The destinations serviced by Jet's wide-body fleet were continuing unaffected.
Now it seems even that has come to an end. Jet has overnight cancelled flights from Delhi to Hong Kong. The route was operated by a combination of Boeing 777-300ERs and Airbus A330-300s.
The airline has also closed bookings on it's Mumbai – Hong Kong and Mumbai – Manchester service from 23 March, indicating that their closure is imminent. The later route began only at the end of last year and was operated by an A330-200.


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Q: Speech Recognition Engine is not working as it should be I am writing a little application that is supposed to listen for user commands and send keystrokes to another program. I am using Speech Recognition Engine Class but my script doesn't work properly.
If I use a custom grammar (with very few words like "start" or "exit") the program will always recognize one of the my words even though I said something completely different.
For istance I say "stackoverflow" and the program recognizes "start".
With a default dictionary the program becomes almost impossible to use (I have to be 100% correct otherwise it won't understand).
The strange thing is that if I use Speech Recognizer instead of Speech Recognition Engine my program works perfect but ofcourse everytime I say something unrelated it messes up because Windows Speech Recognition handles the result and I don't want that to happen. That is the reason why I am using Speech Recognition Engine actually.
What am I doing wrong?
Choices c = new Choices(new string[] { "use", "menu", "map", "save", "talk", "esc" });
GrammarBuilder gb = new GrammarBuilder(c);
Grammar g = new Grammar(gb);
sr = new SpeechRecognitionEngine();
sr.LoadGrammar(g);
sr.SetInputToDefaultAudioDevice();
sr.SpeechRecognized += sr_SpeechRecognized;

Almost forgot, I don't know if that's relevant but I am using Visual Studio 11 Ultimate Beta.

A: For each speech recognition result detected you also receive the confidence for the recognition - a low confidence level would indicate that the engine is "not so sure" about the result and you might want to reject it, e.g.:
private void SpeechRecognized(object sender, SpeechRecognizedEventArgs e)
{
    if (e.Result.Confidence >= 0.7)
    {
       //high enough confidence, use result
    }
    else
    {
      //reject result
    }
}


Welcome to the Tang Sou Dao website and thank you for your interest. I have been teaching martial arts for over 40 years and we now have many clubs all over the UK. All our instructors have been training and teaching for many years and can draw on a wealth of experience in helping you to fulfil your aims, whether you are a beginner or a martial arts practitioner looking to return to training.
Learning Tang Sou Dao can give you immense benefits in terms of both physical and mental self-development. You will improve your flexibility, strength, stamina and fitness. Our school is based on a philosophy which teaches discipline and respect for others. Training regularly can also improve your concentration, focus and confidence; skills that can ultimately help you in all areas of your life.
Remember, every student, even the most experienced of instructors started as nervous beginners. I encourage you to take the first step on what may be a wonderful and fulfilling journey. It certainly has been for me so far!


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Employees play carrom during a lunch break at the Flock office in Mumbai, India. (Photographer: Dhiraj Singh/Bloomberg)
Indians Founded Fewer Startups In 2019 As Funding Slows
Nishant Sharma@nishantstv
Jan 07 2020, 12:18 PM Jan 07 2020, 12:18 PM January 07 2020, 12:18 PM January 07 2020, 12:18 PM
Fewer Indians took the entrepreneurial plunge in 2019 as early-stage funding slowed further.The number of startups registered in 2019 fell by over a third compared with the previous year, in step with a decline in angel and seed funding, according to data analytics firm Tracxn. In 2019, about 4,543 startups were founded, down from 7,711 in the year before that. In 2017, about 8,000 startups were registered."The last three years have ...
Fewer Indians took the entrepreneurial plunge in 2019 as early-stage funding slowed further.
The number of startups registered in 2019 fell by over a third compared with the previous year, in step with a decline in angel and seed funding, according to data analytics firm Tracxn. In 2019, about 4,543 startups were founded, down from 7,711 in the year before that. In 2017, about 8,000 startups were registered.
"The last three years have shown that entrepreneurship is exciting, but it is hard," Vinod Murali, managing partner and co-founder of Alteria Capital, a venture debt fund, told BloombergQuint over the phone. "It isn't easy to raise funds the way it was in 2015-16, where entrepreneurs would raise money on power point presentations."
According to Anirudh Damani, managing partner at Artha India Ventures, an early-stage investment firm, a gradual decline in angel investing in India has led to entrepreneurs being cautious about taking the leap as small inexperienced angels are out after the funding frenzy in the 2015-16 period. "When the companies are not getting initial firepower, people will be hesitant to leave their 9-5 job."
This is evident by the fall in deal volumes last year, which tumbled from 1,264 in 2018 to about 985 in 2019. Early-stage funding—especially angel and seed—saw the worst crunch as the number of deals fell sharply.
To be sure, the value of deals has increased in the last five years, indicating some startups have been able to get bigger cheques in early-stage funding.
The average value of deal for angel funding is up by 32 percent since 2015, while for seed funding it's up 27 percent, according to Tracxn data.
Investors BloombergQuint spoke to suggested that the shift hints at the maturing of the startup ecosystem where the quality of companies has improved. "Investors today have become a lot more careful and diligent about startups they want to back, as the ecosystem has also widened," said Ankur Bisen, senior vice-president–retail and consumer products at Technopak.
Bisen, however, cautioned the fall in the number of new startups isn't a good thing. "We definitely need more startups as there are enough problems to be solved."
But this may be a blessing in disguise for new startups. "Investors and entrepreneurs have started to talk about profitability and scale together as against separately, and are moving towards more businesses where scale can be achieved," Ankur Pahwa, who leads EY India's e-commerce and consumer internet space, said.
According to Ben Mathias, managing partner at Vertex Venture Holdings Ltd., an early-stage venture capital firm backed by Singapore's Temasek Holdings, this also means that the capital is getting allocated to only the best companies. "Less startups are getting funded and the high-quality founders are able to raise larger rounds which give them more runway," he said. "It's a sign of maturity."
The ongoing economic slowdown is only adding to the pain when it comes to angel investing, according to investors.
Funding from discretionary angels, who make smaller bets in their individual capacity, has dried up due to the slowdown and a drought in smallcap and mid caps, Damani said. "So this additional capital which could have aided upcoming ventures at a time when institutional ones have become more cautious, is also gone."
Padmaja Ruparel, co-founder of Indian Angel Network, said if the economy does well, we will see more number of companies signing cheques. "If the cash in the system goes down, then only the structured ones would invest."


Latest reports are that the recent European outbreak of E. Coli is a highly infectious and toxic new strain of the bacteria. Officials are still not sure exactly where the bacteria originated, but there seems to be a strong link between having the disease symptoms, and eating raw vegetables in Germany. Those traveling to Germany are advised to avoid eating tomatoes, cucumbers, and leafy salads. So far seventeen people have died, and thousands more have become sick from the bacteria. My heart goes out to all those affected. Being sick from food poisoning is no laughing matter, and dying from it is truly tragic.
This is an example of something I've been saying for quite some time now: our food system is pretty much broken. Safety can't be assured anymore. And with the globalization of our supply chain, it has become increasingly difficult to track the source of these food borne disease outbreaks. Our commercial food is shipped from all over the world, and handled countless times.
To me this is yet another reason to grow our own food, at least as much as we can. I haven't had a fresh tomato since last October, but it won't be long now. We've got green tomatoes setting on several varieties, and blooms on even more plants. I pretty much know the entire supply chain for these tomatoes, because I sow the seed myself, plant the seedlings in the ground, and eat the tomatoes when ripe!
We should have a few cucumbers even sooner. These little baby cukes in the photo below are growing in the greenhouse. It's one of the few vegetables that will take the summertime heat in there. I've got more planted outside, but they haven't started blooming yet.
And we generally have lettuce all the time, whenever we want it. We've harvested over 25 pounds of it already this year. The last of the spring greenhouse lettuce is almost big enough to eat.
And we've got a cold frame just full of tender lettuce. The cold frame is being used now for protection from the rabbits and deer. The bare spot in the photo had a lettuce plant growing there. We had it for lunch yesterday.
By following generally accepted organic practices, using composted manures in the garden instead of fresh, and washing all produce before using, the home garden grower can take comfort that their homegrown produce is safe to eat – not to mention fresher and better tasting. And I, for one, am pretty happy about that.
Have a great day and grow those fruits and veggies yourself!
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The picture of the cukes should be in a magazine! I'm with you…haven't had a tomato since November…can't wait…soon!
Thanks Lynda! But when I saw those cukes I wasn't thinking magazine, I was thinking refrigerator pickles!
So true. Our food system is pretty much broken. I also believe that growing your own food whenever possible is the best way to go for a variety of reasons and I'm so grateful to finally have some yard space where I can do just that. We also have a wonderful organic CSA program which sure does help.
My 14 year old nephew just came home last week after spending a week on IV in the children's hospital suffering from what the doctors called "one of the worst cases of salmonella we've ever seen." He is better but still very ill and will not be able to finish the school year. It's knocked his white blood cell count down terribly low and I'm sure it will take his body a while to fully recover.
Needless to say, we're glad he's okay, but it really was frightening there for a while. Just another case for paying attention and giving concern to the source of our food, and what / where we choose to eat.
On a lighter note, I agree – those cucumbers are adorable and should be in a magazine! Congrats on all the new growth over there!
Gosh, that is terrible about your nephew. I hope he makes a full and speedy recovery. I'm sure that was quite a scare for you all.
Organic CSA's are becoming more and more popular. We have one here in our area that always has a waiting list. We chose to get in a meat CSA instead of trying to raise our own meat. It is possible if our bees do well that we will have honey to swap for something.
I agree, the system is broken, and has been for some time. Not sure if you saw the Huffington Post piece the other day, but it was amusing, in a sad way. They resketched the White House garden plan, as if the only crops they could grow were from US Gov't subsidized crops. Not a nutritious vegetable in sight, and a thoroughly sad statement on how unimportant we've made fresh, nutritious produce, in the American diet. It's no great shock, at least to those of us that grow our own, why there are epidemics of diabetes and heart disease here. Then throw in tainted eggs, and E. coli contaminated produce, and it should make the average consumer want to throw up their hands. Sometimes though, I'm not convinced that most people are still all that concerned about where their food comes from, and I wonder what it will really take to finally fix our nation's food supply. In the meantime…I'm heading back to to my vegetable garden. Fabulous looking cukes by the way, I haven't even transplanted ours yet!
The issues with food seem to be getting worse. We are at the point of not eating certain things even when we are at a relative's home for dinner. Not only does store bought food not taste good, it kind of makes my skin crawl just thinking about were it came from. We are lucky though to have a restaurant about 15 minutes away that only serves local organic food!
I find it all sort of ironic. As technology has progressed we learned to preserve our food better and fewer and fewer people got sick from food poisoning. Now certain new technologies in food raising and processing are adding to our illness.
One of the reasons we started growing our own food. And our found joy of seasonal eating is an added bonus. One just appreciates that tomato so much more when it isn't available all the time (not that store bought tomatoes can compare anyhow); ditto for lettuce season, brassica season, etc.
We've come to embrace seasonal eating as well. When I was growing up, that was our only option. The garden gives us a nice variety of goodies in every season, even winter.
What really concerns me is that this happened in Germany. I have to believe that they are more fastidious in Europe then they are here about raising food. GMO foods are highly restricted there. We know what happened with the E coli outbreak in spinach in the US a few years ago – contamination of the soil with livestock feces. This must be a very virulent strain of E coli.


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Q: spring integration :SpelEvaluationException: EL1004E:(pos 8): Method call: Method getResponseForSample(javax.xml.bind.JAXBElement) I am new in Spring integration and facing the issue when unmarshalling the SOAP request. I have the below sample xsd:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<xs:schema targetNamespace="http://tempuri.org/" xmlns:tns="http://tempuri.org/"
    version="1.0" xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">

    <xs:element name="FFSampleRequest">
        <xs:complexType>
            <xs:sequence>
                <xs:element name="Timestamp" type="xs:string" minOccurs="1"
                    form="qualified" />
                <xs:element name="SampleType" type="xs:int" form="qualified" />
            </xs:sequence>
        </xs:complexType>
    </xs:element>
    <xs:element name="FFSampleResponse">
        <xs:complexType>
            <xs:sequence>
                <xs:element name="Timestamp" type="xs:string" minOccurs="1" />
                <xs:element name="SampleType" type="xs:int" />
            </xs:sequence>
        </xs:complexType>
    </xs:element>
    <xs:element name="getResponseForSample" type="tns:getResponseForSample" />
    <xs:element name="getResponseForSampleResponse" type="tns:getResponseForSampleResponse" />
    <xs:complexType name="getResponseForSample">
        <xs:sequence>
            <xs:element name="arg0" minOccurs="1">
                <xs:complexType>
                    <xs:sequence>
                        <xs:element name="Timestamp" type="xs:string"
                            minOccurs="1" form="qualified" />
                        <xs:element name="SampleType" type="xs:int" form="qualified" />
                    </xs:sequence>
                </xs:complexType>
            </xs:element>
        </xs:sequence>
    </xs:complexType>
    <xs:complexType name="getResponseForSampleResponse">
        <xs:sequence>
            <xs:element name="return" minOccurs="1">
                <xs:complexType>
                    <xs:sequence>
                        <xs:element name="Timestamp" type="xs:string"
                            minOccurs="1" />
                        <xs:element name="SampleType" type="xs:int" />
                    </xs:sequence>
                </xs:complexType>
            </xs:element>
        </xs:sequence>
    </xs:complexType>
</xs:schema>

Now I have created the java files using the jaxbmarshaller xjc compiler, below is objectFactory file.other files generated are FFSampleRequest, FFSampleResponse, GetResponseForSample, GetResponseForSampleResponse, package-info. put all these files at
//
// This file was generated by the JavaTM Architecture for XML Binding(JAXB) Reference Implementation, v2.2.4-2
// See http://java.sun.com/xml/jaxb
// Any modifications to this file will be lost upon recompilation of the source schema.
// Generated on: 2014.07.07 at 06:00:25 PM GST
//

import javax.xml.bind.JAXBElement;
import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlElementDecl;
import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlRegistry;
import javax.xml.namespace.QName;

  @XmlRegistry
public class ObjectFactory {

    private final static QName _GetResponseForSample_QNAME = new QName("http://tempuri.org/", "getResponseForSample");
    private final static QName _GetResponseForSampleResponse_QNAME = new QName("http://tempuri.org/", "getResponseForSampleResponse");
        public ObjectFactory() {
    }

    /**
     * Create an instance of {@link GetResponseForSample }
     *
     */
    public GetResponseForSample createGetResponseForSample() {
        return new GetResponseForSample();
    }

    /**
     * Create an instance of {@link GetResponseForSampleResponse }
     *
     */
    public GetResponseForSampleResponse createGetResponseForSampleResponse() {
        return new GetResponseForSampleResponse();
    }

    /**
     * Create an instance of {@link FFSampleRequest }
     *
     */
    public FFSampleRequest createFFSampleRequest() {
        return new FFSampleRequest();
    }

    /**
     * Create an instance of {@link FFSampleResponse }
     *
     */
    public FFSampleResponse createFFSampleResponse() {
        return new FFSampleResponse();
    }

    /**
     * Create an instance of {@link GetResponseForSample.Arg0 }
     *
     */
    public GetResponseForSample.Arg0 createGetResponseForSampleArg0() {
        return new GetResponseForSample.Arg0();
    }

    /**
     * Create an instance of {@link GetResponseForSampleResponse.Return }
     *
     */
    public GetResponseForSampleResponse.Return createGetResponseForSampleResponseReturn() {
        return new GetResponseForSampleResponse.Return();
    }

    /**
     * Create an instance of {@link JAXBElement }{@code <}{@link GetResponseForSample }{@code >}}
     *
     */
    @XmlElementDecl(namespace = "http://tempuri.org/", name = "getResponseForSample")
    public JAXBElement<GetResponseForSample> createGetResponseForSample(GetResponseForSample value) {
        return new JAXBElement<GetResponseForSample>(_GetResponseForSample_QNAME, GetResponseForSample.class, null, value);
    }

    /**
     * Create an instance of {@link JAXBElement }{@code <}{@link GetResponseForSampleResponse }{@code >}}
     *
     */
    @XmlElementDecl(namespace = "http://tempuri.org/", name = "getResponseForSampleResponse")
    public JAXBElement<GetResponseForSampleResponse> createGetResponseForSampleResponse(GetResponseForSampleResponse value) {
        return new JAXBElement<GetResponseForSampleResponse>(_GetResponseForSampleResponse_QNAME, GetResponseForSampleResponse.class, null, value);
    }

}

web.xml file to handle the soap request:
<servlet>
        <servlet-name>spring-ws</servlet-name>
        <servlet-class>org.springframework.ws.transport.http.MessageDispatcherServlet</servlet-class>
        <init-param>
            <param-name>contextConfigLocation</param-name>
            <param-value>WEB-INF/spring-ws-config.xml</param-value>
        </init-param>
        <load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup>
    </servlet>

    <servlet-mapping>
        <servlet-name>spring-ws</servlet-name>
        <url-pattern>/*</url-pattern>
    </servlet-mapping>

and used the below settings in the configuration file for calling the service method for this request:
<int:channel id="FFSampleRequestChannel"/>

<int-ws:inbound-gateway id="ws-ffsample-gateway" request-channel="FFSampleRequestChannel" marshaller="marshaller" unmarshaller="marshaller"/>

<bean id="marshaller" class="org.springframework.oxm.jaxb.Jaxb2Marshaller">
    <property name="contextPath" value="com.java.MyChannel.model" />
    </bean>

<int:service-activator input-channel="FFSampleRequestChannel">
    <bean class="com.java.MyChannel.serviceImpl.FFSampleImpl">
    <constructor-arg ref = "ffSampleRequest"></constructor-arg>

<bean id="ffSampleRequest" class="com.java.MyChannel.model.FFSampleRequest"></bean>
    <bean id="ffSampleResponse" class="com.java.MyChannel.model.FFSampleResponse"></bean>

my soap request hits service class successfully but I am getting the exception.
  /**
     * @author Vinay Agrawal
     */
    @XmlRegistry
    public class FFSampleImpl implements FFSampleInterface
    {

        @Autowired
        FFSampleRequest request;
        @Autowired
        FFSampleJdbc ffSampleJdbc;
        public FFSampleImpl() {
        }

        public FFSampleImpl(FFSampleRequest request) {
            super();
            this.request = request;
        }

        @Override
        @PayloadRoot(localPart = "getResponseForSample" , namespace = "http://tempuri.org/")
        @ResponsePayload
        public FFSampleResponse getResponseForSample(@RequestPayload FFSampleRequest request){
            List<FFSampleResponse> ffSampleResponse = new ArrayList<FFSampleResponse>();

            return ffSampleResponse ;

        }
    }

Soap request is as below:
<soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:ser="http://tempuri.org/">
   <soapenv:Header/>
   <soapenv:Body>
      <ser:getResponseForSample>

         <arg0>

            <ser:Timestamp>"100"</ser:Timestamp>
            <ser:SampleType>15</ser:SampleType>
         </arg0>
      </ser:getResponseForSample>
   </soapenv:Body>
</soapenv:Envelope>

I receive the below exception as below:
   19:20:34.472 WARN  [tomcat-http--15][org.springframework.integration.ws.MarshallingWebServiceInboundGateway] failure occurred in gateway sendAndReceive
    org.springframework.messaging.MessageHandlingException: org.springframework.expression.spel.SpelEvaluationException: EL1004E:(pos 8): Method call: Method getResponseForSample(javax.xml.bind.JAXBElement) cannot be found on com.java.myChannel.serviceImpl.FFSampleImpl type
        at org.springframework.integration.handler.MethodInvokingMessageProcessor.processMessage(MethodInvokingMessageProcessor.java:78)
        at org.springframework.integration.handler.ServiceActivatingHandler.handleRequestMessage(ServiceActivatingHandler.java:71)
        at org.springframework.integration.handler.AbstractReplyProducingMessageHandler.handleMessageInternal(AbstractReplyProducingMessageHandler.java:170)
        at org.springframework.integration.handler.AbstractMessageHandler.handleMessage(AbstractMessageHandler.java:78)
        at org.springframework.integration.dispatcher.AbstractDispatcher.tryOptimizedDispatch(AbstractDispatcher.java:116)
        at org.springframework.integration.dispatcher.UnicastingDispatcher.doDispatch(UnicastingDispatcher.java:101)
        at org.springframework.integration.dispatcher.UnicastingDispatcher.dispatch(UnicastingDispatcher.java:97)
        at org.springframework.integration.channel.AbstractSubscribablmyChannel.doSend(AbstractSubscribablmyChannel.java:77)
        at org.springframework.integration.channel.AbstractMessagmyChannel.send(AbstractMessagmyChannel.java:255)
        at org.springframework.messaging.core.GenericMessagingTemplate.doSend(GenericMessagingTemplate.java:114)
        at org.springframework.messaging.core.GenericMessagingTemplate.doSendAndReceive(GenericMessagingTemplate.java:154)
        at org.springframework.messaging.core.GenericMessagingTemplate.doSendAndReceive(GenericMessagingTemplate.java:44)
        at org.springframework.messaging.core.AbstractMessagingTemplate.sendAndReceive(AbstractMessagingTemplate.java:75)
        at org.springframework.integration.gateway.MessagingGatewaySupport.doSendAndReceive(MessagingGatewaySupport.java:250)
        at org.springframework.integration.gateway.MessagingGatewaySupport.sendAndReceiveMessage(MessagingGatewaySupport.java:224)
        at org.springframework.integration.ws.MarshallingWebServiceInboundGateway.doInvoke(MarshallingWebServiceInboundGateway.java:105)
        at org.springframework.integration.ws.AbstractWebServiceInboundGateway.invoke(AbstractWebServiceInboundGateway.java:54)
        at org.springframework.ws.server.endpoint.adapter.MessageEndpointAdapter.invoke(MessageEndpointAdapter.java:41)
        at org.springframework.ws.server.MessageDispatcher.dispatch(MessageDispatcher.java:233)
        at org.springframework.ws.server.MessageDispatcher.receive(MessageDispatcher.java:173)
        at org.springframework.ws.transport.support.WebServiceMessageReceiverObjectSupport.handleConnection(WebServiceMessageReceiverObjectSupport.java:88)
        at org.springframework.ws.transport.http.WebServiceMessageReceiverHandlerAdapter.handle(WebServiceMessageReceiverHandlerAdapter.java:59)
        at org.springframework.ws.transport.http.MessageDispatcherServlet.doService(MessageDispatcherServlet.java:292)
        at org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.processRequest(FrameworkServlet.java:961)
        at org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.doPost(FrameworkServlet.java:863)
        at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:647)
        at org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.service(FrameworkServlet.java:837)
        at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:728)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:305)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:210)
        at org.apache.tomcat.websocket.server.WsFilter.doFilter(WsFilter.java:52)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:243)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:210)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:222)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:123)
        at org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke(AuthenticatorBase.java:502)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:171)
        at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:100)
        at org.apache.catalina.valves.AccessLogValve.invoke(AccessLogValve.java:953)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:118)
        at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:409)
        at org.apache.coyote.http11.AbstractHttp11Processor.process(AbstractHttp11Processor.java:1044)
        at org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol$AbstractConnectionHandler.process(AbstractProtocol.java:607)
        at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.JIoEndpoint$SocketProcessor.run(JIoEndpoint.java:313)
        at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1145)
        at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:615)
        at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745)

I changed the service method parameter below but when I try to receive the values given in the SOAP message is not binding and I am getting null values for the "SampleType" and "Timestamp".
  public class FFSampleImpl implements FFSampleInterface
    {

        @Autowired
        FFSampleRequest request;
        public FFSampleImpl() {
        }

        public FFSampleImpl(FFSampleRequest request) {
            super();
            this.request = request;
        }

        @Override
        @PayloadRoot(localPart = "getResponseForSample" , namespace = "http://tempuri.org/")
        @ResponsePayload
        public FFSampleResponse getResponseForSample(@RequestPayload JAXBElement<FFSampleRequest> ffreq){
            FFSampleResponse ffSampleResponse2 = new FFSampleResponse();
            return ffSampleResponse2;

        /*  return FFSampleResponse;*/
        }

I am suspecting that the entries that created in the object factory is not correct because feels that I am facing the challenge due to these entries only(below entries). Please let me know if we have any limitations to use jAXBMARSHALLER and xjc compiler also with the spring integration for marshalling/unmarshalling purpose, because I am facing lot of challenges with the soap mapping from xjc generated java objects. Please provide your inpur and let me know where I am missing for the binding of my soap parameters.
/**
     * Create an instance of {@link JAXBElement }{@code <}{@link GetResponseForSample }{@code >}}
     *
     */
    @XmlElementDecl(namespace = "http://tempuri.org/", name = "getResponseForSample")
    public JAXBElement<FFSampleRequest> createGetResponseForSample(FFSampleRequest value) {
        return new JAXBElement<FFSampleRequest>(_GetResponseForSample_QNAME, FFSampleRequest.class, null, value);
    }

    /**
     * Create an instance of {@link JAXBElement }{@code <}{@link GetResponseForSampleResponse }{@code >}}
     *
     */
    @XmlElementDecl(namespace = "http://tempuri.org/", name = "getResponseForSampleResponse")
    public JAXBElement<GetResponseForSampleResponse> createGetResponseForSampleResponse(GetResponseForSampleResponse value) {
        return new JAXBElement<GetResponseForSampleResponse>(_GetResponseForSampleResponse_QNAME, GetResponseForSampleResponse.class, null, value);
    }

A: I have never used JAXBElement, however it might be usefull.
I generate classes for XSD and mark them as JaxB elements, e.g.:
@XmlAccessorType(XmlAccessType.FIELD)
@XmlType(name = "feeRequest", propOrder = {
        "billerId",
        "amount"
})
@XmlRootElement(name = "feeRequest")
public class FeeReqData {

    @XmlElement(required = true)
    protected Long billerId;

    @XmlElement(required = true)
    protected Double amount;
}

And use ObjectFactory only manually and don't rely on that JaxB magic.
This is enough for me to get correct model object based on inbound XML.
From other side, if you use FFSampleImpl as a Spring Integration <service-activator> there is no reason to mark its methods with Spring-WS annotations.