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Why Jailbreaking is Useful? Jay Freeman a.k.a Saurik Answers
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One of the very special artifacts located in a museum in the base of the monument is a one thousand pound marble bust of the first president. The Board of Managers of the Washington Monument in 1834 purchased what they called a "Colossal Bust" for $50, which was copied after the original by Italian sculpture Giuseppe Ceracchi. The sculpture has been in the monument ever since.
The bust was carefully taken out of the monument by Bonsai Fine Arts, Inc. and transported to the Walters Art Museum where it will be on loan for the next 13-16 months during the renovations to the monument. The Mount Vernon Place Conservancy plans to bring the sculpture back after completion of renovations on the Washington Monument and it reopens on July 4, 2014 for it's Bicentennial.


The time has come to choose the next Fool of Winter's Gate. Competition is a performed piece for Fool. Autocrat's whim is garb made of duct tape. Baroness' whim is duct tape roses. There will be a fighting tournament ... think blind Viking pillow fight. Additional whims to be determined, and will be announced later. There is no feast — bring your own rations.
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Proven Ways to Deal with Chronic Pain Without Using Opioids
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CBN News Medical Reporter Lorie Johnson with More on Fighting Chronic Pain
Chronic pain is the kind that lasts three months or more. It affects upwards of fifty million Americans. Many turn to opioids for relief, such as pain pills then all too often heroin and fentanyl. These highly addictive drugs lead to America's opioid crisis, which health experts say has only gotten worse during the COVID-19 pandemic. Health officials in 35 states are reporting increased cases of opioid-related deaths and draw a connection to feelings of isolation stemming from lock-down orders and depression associated with loss of income.
In their book Living Beyond Pain, physician James Kribs and a therapist Linda Mintle offer a whole-person approach to pain management, addressing the physical, mental and spiritual aspects of pain and providing alternative strategies that don't rely on opioids. Through education, daily guided cognitive activities, and more, they say a chronic pain sufferer can reprogram their neurologic pathways and experience improvement in symptoms.
Linda's Story
Dr. Mintle knows first-hand the agony of persistent pain. Months after an accidental fall she only felt worse.
"When it got to the point when I couldn't stand, I couldn't sit, the only position I could be in was to be on my stomach, flat on the ground, I knew that was really, really bad," she told CBN News.
Even prescription pain pills failed.
"I took one and I thought I was having an out-of-body experience," she recalled, "It was worse, the feeling was worse than the actual feeling of pain I was having."
Like millions of Americans, Linda felt left alone to deal with her pain.
"You just want it to stop," she said, "You will do anything to get relief."
Eventually, an operation made Linda's pain go away, but she was fortunate. Surgery isn't always successful, or even an option, for many chronic pain sufferers.
As a psychologist, Linda wanted to help others and teamed up with pain specialist Dr. James Kribs to develop a comprehensive guide to offer hope to people with long-term pain.
"The primary things that people suffer with," Dr. Kribs told CBN News, "are low back pain, neck pain, headaches, osteoarthritis, fibromyalgia, [and] also neuropathic diseases such as diabetes."
Pain Perceived in the Brain
Scientists tell us while the source of pain can be anywhere in the body, the way we actually feel pain comes from the brain. So while pain isn't in our head, the way we perceive pain is.
"Certainly the patients who relate to their pain and to their life in a positive way and submitting it to God have done much better," said Dr. Kribs.
Sometimes people with pain dwell on negative or even catastrophic thoughts. These are fears of the worst possible outcome. These pessimistic thoughts can and should be replaced with more positive ones.
"Here's a good example," Linda explained, "'I can't get out of bed today, I can't get up.' You can say, 'I feel the pain today but I'm going to do it slowly, I'm going to move and I'm going to get myself out and get that first step.'"
Another tool to help focus on the positive involves keeping a daily gratitude journal in which you write down the things for which you are thankful.
"What that does it activates different parts of your brain that are separate from the areas causing pain. So you're actually starting to re-write those areas, and re-wire those areas so you're having less pain," Dr. Kribs said.
Also, get involved with hobbies, social activities, and anything that might distract from the pain.
"The patients that I see really struggle are the ones who, where their pain has become the focus of their lives," said Kribs.
Instead, visualize your best-case scenario, a process called guided imagery, used by world-class athletes.
"Imagine your life with less pain," he said, "Imagine yourself being active, and your brain's going to start following those things."
Change Your Behavior
Doctors also recommend acupuncture and meditation.
"I meditate on his word day and night," said Dr. Mintle, "And I think about the Lord. And I'll tell you, those nights when I couldn't sleep, when I was dealing with that chronic pain, there were nights when I would just, in my bed, say, 'Jesus, Jesus,' and I would just say his name and there's power in the name of Jesus."
Although many believe moving around might make their pain worse, studies show the opposite is true. Exercise really helps.
Also, don't eat food that causes painful inflammation, like sugary and processed items. Instead, pursue a whole-food, plant-based diet that can lower inflammation. An added benefit will be a lighter load for your body to bear.
"You feel the pain 20 percent more if you have weight problems and you're overweight," Dr. Mintle said, "So it's hard to lose weight, very difficult to do that, but it really will help your pain."
So while people suffering from chronic pain may not get rid of it entirely, changing some thoughts and behaviors can make it more manageable.
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How HBO's 'The Last of Us' Avoided the 'Mistake' of Video Game Adaptations: 'Let's Only Have as Much Violence in This Story as Is Required'
Adam B. Vary
In the 2013 Sony Playstation 3 video game "The Last of Us," you play (mostly) as Joel, a hardhearted smuggler who must transport a teenage girl, Ellie, through a post-apocalyptic American landscape riddled with zombies — and worse. Players must guide Joel and Ellie as they navigate through dilapidated office buildings and snowed-in ski resorts, and then utilize whatever weapons they have on them to take out the swarms of zombies — or mercenaries, or cannibals — that could just as easily kill them.
So when the game's creator, Neil Druckmann, collaborated with Emmy-winning "Chernobyl" creator Craig Mazin to adapt "The Last of Us" into a series for HBO, one may have expected them to spend a great deal of time figuring out how best to incorporate those visceral gameplay sequences into the show.
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Instead, says Mazin, "We thought about definitely not doing that."
Mazin is a regular gamer, and was a massive fan of "The Last of Us" when it was first released. But he understood innately that it would be a "mistake" to try to replicate the way the game is played on the show itself.
"It's the mistake other people have made, I think, in adaptation [of video games], because they think that's what connects people to a game," Mazin says. "But 'The Last of Us,' more than any other video game I've ever played, connected me to character and relationship. And the relationship between Joel and Ellie was the thing that we wanted to pull through the most."
Druckmann also sees a crucial distinction between the experience of actively playing a game — as well as controlling the virtual camera that is capturing all the action — versus passively watching Joel (Pedro Pascal) and Ellie (Bella Ramsey) in a scripted TV series.
"There's different kinds of emotions you could draw from the player through an interactive space — where they swing the camera to, how they're approaching the obstacle in front of them," he says. "When you're playing those sequences, that immersion really makes you connect with the player you're controlling. Everything is only seen through their perspective. If we were to shoot those sequences as is, they would make for pretty boring action sequences. So one of the easiest decisions we made was like to say, 'Let's strip all those out. Let's only have as much violence in this story as is required and no more.' That allows the violence to have even more impact when you see it on screen than in the game."
The series remains remarkably faithful to the story beats of the game, including some major action set pieces that will be familiar to anyone who has played it — like a scene in Episode 4 when Joel and Ellie are set upon by a squad of opportunistic raiders. But Mazin and Druckmann used those sequences to draw viewers deeper into the emotional arcs of the characters rather than the harrowing spectacle surrounding them.
"I want you to be with the characters. I want you to feel their relationship," Mazin says. "That moment [in Episode 4] is really about Joel and Ellie. There are bullets that are whizzing over their head and slamming into the wall behind them. But it forces a moment to occur that changes who they are. That's why I love those things."
Druckmann also relished the opportunity to break away from the rigid mandate of the game to always remain in Joel's perspective. He points to a scene in the series premiere between Ellie and Marlene (Merle Dandridge), the leader of a freedom fighter brigade called the Fireflies. In the game, Marlene only shows up "when Joel meets Marlene and no other time," he says. "However, in the show, we were able to say oh, this moment that's kind of hinted at, of what was it like when Ellie met Marlene for the first time, we get to dramatize that in the show."
Even more provocatively, Druckmann says the show will also spend time with the (non-zombie) enemies that players must kill to advance in the game. "These characters that sometimes hunt you in the game, we get to humanize them in the show," he says. "Because so much of the story is about perspective. No one feels like they're the villain. They all feel like they're doing what's right for their group and their tribe."
It's part of what Mazin sees as the key opportunity of adaptation. "How can we bring in all of the elements of the world in such a way to force people into situations that reveal who they really are?" he says. "In doing that, all these other characters and their relationships started coming through."
That freedom also allowed Mazin to broaden the scope of the series even further, including a prologue of a TV interview show from 1968 in which an epidemiologist explains how fungi could adapt to invade and control humans — something that regularly happens with insects today. Mazin says the scene came to him during production when he recalled something from his research into the catastrophic 1986 meltdown at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant that still haunts him today.
"That reactor had been there for years," he says. "It could have blown up at any point. I thought it was a very scary notion to explain that we were aware of this problem for a long time. It had just been waiting — and then one day it happens. But it didn't happen just because we decided to make a TV show. It's been there forever, and then the inevitable finally occurred."
It also seems inevitable that "The Last of Us" will extend beyond its first season, which covers the full storyline of the first game. "If people show up and they watch it, then yeah, we're ready to do that," says Mazin. Sony released "The Last of Us Part II" for Playstation 4 in 2020, which makes a sizable time jump and tells an even more sprawling story with several new characters, but Mazin is cagey about how future seasons of the series might unfold.
"It's a big time jump," he says of the game's sequel. "But there's a little bit of interesting flexibility. Wonderful things that makeup can do. We don't get too wrapped up in that stuff. As long because people are absorbed by the story, I think there's some flexibility there."
He continues, "But certainly, there's an enormous amount of story that Neil created that we would want to dive into. The second game is much bigger than the first one. So we were just starting now to talk about how to kind of break it into a season — seasons. How do we adapt? What do we keep? What do we change? How do we transform? What do we add? All those things we're just starting to talk about now, even while I'm still finishing this season of 'The Last of Us.'"
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Call on DAP MPs to publicly declare their travel claims to set an example of accountability and transparency to Barisan Nasional/ Barisan Alternative MPs and Ministers and Deputy Ministers
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(Kuala Lumpur, Friday): The revelation by the Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Ministers' Department Datuk Nor Omar in Parliament on Wednesday that MPs could submit travel claims exceeding RM10,000 a month even when there were no parliamentary meetings have come as a shock not only to Malaysians, but even to me, although I had been a Member of Parliament for 30 years from 1969-1999.
Nor revealed the names of 14 MPs last year and six MPs in the first six months of this year who made travel claims exceeding RM10,000 a month, involving 16 MPs (as four MPs are to be found in both lists) – 8 from the Barisan Nasional, 5 PAS from PAS, 2 Keadilan and 1 DAP, viz:
Claims for 2002 and till June 2003
1. Mohd Apandi Mohamad (PAS – Jeli) - 16 times
2. Jawah Anak Gerang (BN - Lubuk Antu) - 5 times
3. Abdul Rahman Yusof (Keadilan – Kemaman) - 3 times
4. Kong Cho Ha (BN – Lumut) 2 times
Claims for 2002 (once)
5. Abdul Fatah Harun (PAS - Rantau Panjang)
6. Robert Lau Hoi Chew (BN – Sibu)
7. Datuk Mastika Junaidah (BN - Arau)
8. Hoo Seong Chan (BN – Kluang)
9. Lim Bee Kau (BN - Padang Serai)
10. Goh Kheng Huat (DAP - Nibong Tebal)
11. Mohd Yusof Mohd Nor (PAS –Machang)
12. Ramli Ibrahim (Keadilan - Kota Bharu)
13. Dr. Abu Bakar Othman (PAS – Jerlun)
14. Mohamed Nasir Che Daud (PAS - Kuala Krai)
Claims for 2003 (till June) (once)
15. Ronald Kiandee (BN – Beluran)
16. Jimmy Donald Lim (BN – Sri Aman) .
Nor said the total amount claimed by Apandi for the 10 months last year was a "whopping" RM132,000 while for the first half of this year, his monthly claims for six months amounted to RM78,356.96.
There is a lot of confused thinking about the hottest topic in the country, the excessive travel claims by MPs – about the distinction between "meeting claims" and "non-meeting claims".
I had asked Goh Kheng Huat, whose name appear on the list of the 16 MPs who had submitted travel claims exceeding RM10,000 a month, and he told me that his was a "meeting claims" in relation to the parliamentary budget meeting in October last year for the purposes of hotel, meeting and living allowances during the long budget meeting.
What was news to me however are "non-meeting" travel claims by MPs which could exceed RM10,000 a month, when they receive invitations to Federal, State and government agency functions.
All the 16 MPs named by Nor should publicly clarify whether their travel claims exceeding RM10,000 a month were "meeting claims" or "non-meeting" claims, and if they were "non-meeting" claims, to give a breakdown of the claims.
DAP MPs should publicly declare their travel claims, both "meeting claims" and "non-meeting claims", to set an example of accountability and transparency to Barisan Nasional and Barisan Alternative MPs as well as to the Ministers and Deputy Ministers. When DAP MPs meet in Parliament on Monday, they should give this proposal serious consideration.
In fact, all political parties should make public the travel claims of their MPs, whether above or below RM10,000 a month, in keeping with the principles of accountability and transparency.
The Anti-Corruption Agency (ACA) Director of Investigations Datuk Nordin Ismail has said that ACA would investigate the excessive travel claims of MPs exceeding RM10,000 a month to ascertain as to whether any offence of corrupt practice had been committed.
The pertinent question is whether the ACA is the proper body to conduct such investigations, in that it would be independent, professional, unbiased and will not play "political games" to serve Barisan Nasional interests at the expense of the Opposition. The history and record of the ACA does not inspire confidence that it is an independent, professional, unbiased, fearless agency to combat corruption without fear or favour to any quarter.
DAP welcomes full, independent and professional investigations into false claims of elected representatives, on three conditions:
The focus of the investigations should be on the impropriety and not on the amount of the travel claims, as claims below RM10,000 could be infected by corrupt practices while claims exceeding RM10,000 a month could be strictly in compliance with existing laws and regulations.
The investigations should not be confined to MPs but extend to Ministers, Deputy Ministers, Parliamentary Secretaries, Chief Ministers, Mentris Besars, State Exco Members, State Assembly members – starting with a full statement of all the allowances which Ministers, Deputy Ministers, Parliamentary Secretaries, Chief Ministers and Mentris Besars are entitled as well as a public declaration of the total monthly allowances claimed and paid to each individual office-holder.
Investigation into the propriety and integrity of the constituency development allocations enjoyed only by Barisan Nasional MPs in view of widespread allegations of abuses and misallocations.
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The progression of the natural gas sector on the island of Cyprus continues. It is obviously not surprising that the recent discovery of oil and gas within the island's Exclusive Economic Zone has drawn international attention to Cyprus from foreign investors and simultaneously has filled the locals with optimism for the future. The development of the natural gas found in Cyprus is now considered as vital for the island's economy and national security.
It is significant to note that at present, already six licences and Production Sharing Contracts have been approved and granted. The first was granted to Noble Energy in October 2008, who is responsible for Block 12. According to Noble Energy recent reports, an estimated resource range of 3.6 to 6 Trillion Cubic Feet (TCF) of natural gas is estimated to be found.
The government of Cyprus is content to announce that further licences have been granted to notable and expert companies from all over the world.The Government is continuing its discussions and negotiations concerning the infrastructure required for landing the gas in Cyprus and liquefaction for export it to other countries.
The government of Cyprus is certain that the natural gas field will successfully evolve and thrive in Cyprus, which in time will be incredibly beneficial for the island in terms of prosperity and standard of living.


A Pennsylvania state trooper who police say assaulted a woman has been suspended without pay.
BRADENVILLE, Pa. — A Pennsylvania state trooper who police say assaulted a woman has been suspended without pay.
The Tribune-Review reports 37-year-old Trooper Chad Corbett has been charged with aggravated indecent assault, strangulation, simple assault and reckless endangerment.
Police say Corbett hit, kicked, strangled and sexually abused a 36-year-old woman at his Derry Township home earlier this month. Corbett was arrested Sep. 4.
Corbett had been assigned to Troop A's Kiski Valley Station before his suspension.
An attorney is not listed for Corbett. A hearing is scheduled for Oct. 2.


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Clear and brilliant, attractive cherry-pink colour and lively violet highlights. A fine and persistent bubble with abundant formation of rosaries and a thick crown.
A fresh arooma, clean with signs of ripe fruit.
Characteristic of the variety, fruity and complex, with particular emphasis on wild fruits, above all the strawberry. Its ageing confers it a long, balanced flow in the mouth, maintaining it fresh and lively.
Fresh, pleasant, balanced, good structure and carbonic features well integrated. Aftertaste pleasant and full, with repetition and harmonisation of the aromas in the nose and mouth.
Ideal as an aperitif at any time.
Perfect with all kinds of fish, shellfish, white and red meats, sauces, etc. Ideal, also, to accompany a whole meal.
The area of Penedès was inhabited and cultivated from the 6th century BC by an iberian tribe called Cossetans.
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Amy Schumer and Miley Cyrus Will Host Saturday Night Live This Season
Plus, the triumphant return of Tracy Morgan.
By Megan Friedman
Just in time for election season, Saturday Night Live is back for its 41st season in October. (Too bad they missed the first Trump debate.) And the first three hosts of the season are exciting: Miley Cyrus, Amy Schumer, and Tracy Morgan.
We're excited to announce our first three hosts of Season 41: @MileyCyrus, @amyschumer, and @RealTracyMorgan! #SNL pic.twitter.com/cVOrHZKPBk
— Saturday Night Live - SNL (@nbcsnl) August 17, 2015
Miley Cyrus will be the first up, taking the stage for the October 10 season premiere. She'll be fresh off hosting an even bigger show: the VMAs, which air August 30. Plus, Miley's an old pro when it comes to Saturday Night Live; not only has she served as host twice before, but she also performed at the show's 40th anniversary special last year. To top that, she's also been impersonated by Vanessa Bayer in an instant classic sketch. Here's hoping they bring back The Miley Cyrus Show.
Bayer has a lot running on the first two hosts of the season. She played Schumer's friend in Trainwreck, and said last month she was holding out hope she'd host. "I feel like if there is a God, [Amy] will host," she told TooFab.com. "It would be amazing to have her, even though I don't control that kind of stuff, but I'm going to subtly start putting pressure on people." Looks like that pressure worked.
For her part, Schumer says she's been thinking about hosting for quite some time:
I'm hosting SNL October 10th!!! I've been working on ideas for a long time and consulting with my people. pic.twitter.com/dK10fZGH3p
— Amy Schumer (@amyschumer) August 17, 2015
But perhaps the biggest host that month will be Tracy Morgan, who will be making his return to TV after a devastating car crash left him critically injured. In an emotional interview in June, Morgan was confident he'd come back stronger than ever. "I promise you, one day when I'm 100 percent, I'm gonna grab that mic and I'm never going to let it go. Never," he said. "I'm gonna be the funniest I can be, because I ain't never gonna take life for granted no more."
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Alien figurines being packaged. From Cincinnati magazine, December 1979.
"I keep trying to imagine it…Alien dolls? I don't see how they have any merchandising potential whatever. But I'm sure they'll find it—maybe a little rubber Alien doll that sneaks across the room and bites your foot off. Great for people with kids and pets."
~ Dan O'Bannon, MediaScene, 1979.
Bizarrely for an R-rated feature, Twentieth Century Fox hoped Alien's release would encourage the sort of toy craze that had come in the wake of Star Wars (some promotional materials boasted 'From the producers of Star Wars!' possibly in a hope to lure kids to the shelves). MediaScene reported the high hopes Fox had pinned on the film's merchandising, saying that, "The merchandising aspect of Alien is not being left to chance either. Charles Lippincott, whose position was to oversee the licensing and publicity for Star Wars, is performing the same function for Alien." There were Alien egg puzzles, Alien picture viewers, Nostromo baseball caps, blaster target toys, various Alien puzzle and jigsaw sets and more that you can see in Alien Ads from Yesteryear. But most infamous of all is Kenner's Alien figurine, released Christmas 1979.
The 18 inch figurine's appearance was remarkably faithful to the movie's creature, though perhaps too much so for parents to handle. Sales were reportedly low and the toy poorly constructed: the back-pipes and tail would snap off (not ideal when your packaging reads: 'Movable tail to swing by!') and the translucent dome was prone to falling off and going missing.
While adults shook their heads at the distastefulness of trying to make such a monster appeal to young children (another packaging blurb read: 'Spring loaded arms… to crush its victims!') I have never seen anyone gifted it grow up and regret its inappropriateness as a child's toy (here's one kid who looks absolutely delighted — Alien toys were quite common in stores when I was young, having been born in the late eighties, but I distinctly remember seeing -and wanting- a plastic Freddy Krueger glove, never realising the strangeness of wielding a child murderer's weapon on the playground.)
Amusingly, Kenner were not allowed to show images of the Alien on their packaging throughout much of 1979, resulting in early promotional materials that replaced the creature with an amorphous cloud from which only the Alien's hands reached out. One jigsaw set replaced it with a question mark and an explanation to assuage buyers that their children were not being asked to assemble images of punctuation marks.
While the 1992 toy line would find more success (Alien variations included Gorilla, Bull, Scorpion, Panther and Snake Aliens, and were probably considered hokier as a result) Kenner's original remains a more memorable and perhaps endearing attempt at rendering the creature in plastic, probably because of the toy's fidelity to Giger's original Alien and the inherent strangeness in prohibiting children from seeing a film and yet merchandising said film to them. As such, it remains a popular collectors item, with unboxed figurines going for as much as $2,000 on eBay. Other industrious fans have taken to restoring broken originals, with AVPG'r Windebieste chronicling his restoration of an original 1979 Kenner Alien over at Mego Museum.
Often regarded as a marketing failure, Kenner's attempt provided a precedent for merchandising R-rated movies for younger audiences. The Terminator endoskeleton, Rambo, and Robocop would all become action figures throughout the late eighties and early nineties, with the latter two even boasting their own cartoon shows — plans for an animated Aliens series were made on the back of the new toy line's success, and the project even entered production, but never came to fruition.
"One day, I happened to be wondering if I had any impact on the world at large. I was shopping at a drug store and I saw a plastic toy version of the Alien. That is when I realised I had reached out and in some small way, put my mark on history."
~ Dan O'Bannon, Starlog #228, July 1996.
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Q: Protocol Buffers under Windows C++ .Net I have gotten google protocol buffers to work with Linux as the server, and C#.Net under windows as the client. However, I don't see a way to generate C++.net. Can someone point me to how I can do that?
Thanks.
Ivan

A: I'm not aware of a full C++ .NET implementation, and none is listed in the 3rd party add-ons, so I think you have a few options:

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*use the unmanaged C++ implementation (presumably the google version), and map between your unmanaged and managed types manually

*use one of the C# implementations (protobuf-net or protobuf-csharp-port would be my preferences, depending on whether you want idiomatic .NET versus idiomatic protobuf), and compile this as a C# library, and simply reference the C# library from you C++ .NET project

*write (and ideally contribute) a C++ .NET translator to your implementation of choice (since you have tagged protobuf-net, I will make the observation that this means writing an xslt file for protobuf-net)

If you want the most pragmatic C++ option, I'd choose the first. If you want the most pragmatic .NET option, I'd choose the second. If you demand a proper C++ .NET file that you can include in your existing project, I'd choose the third.

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Final Fantasy 14's first two weeks on Mac have gone poorly. Square Enix has decided to stop selling the version until they can fix some important issues.
The first issue was that Square Enix didn't publish the right system requirements at launch. According to FF14 producer and director Naoki Yoshida, this problem stemmed from the development team's attempts to optimize the game right into launch.
As a result, some Mac gamers purchased FF14 only to find that their system didn't meet the actual requirements.
Square Enix intended to perform maintenance on the game prior to launch. However, the Mac version was released earlier than expected "due to our miscommunication with retailers." The game that these early players downloaded was a pre-release build with multiple performance issues.
The company has suspended sales of the Mac version until they can provide more detailed technical information on the product. Yoshida didn't say when he expects FF14 to be available on Mac again.
If you purchased the Mac version through the Square Enix Online Store, you can get a refund by filling out this form. Square Enix says that they're working with other retailers to ensure that refunds will be available for other customers as well. If you're having trouble getting your money back from a store, though, you should fill out their consultation form.
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Il Consiglio della Grande Londra, in inglese Greater London Council, e abbreviato GLC, fu il massimo organo amministrativo di governo locale della Greater London dal 1965 al 1986. Esso sostituì il precedente London County Council (LCC) che ricopriva un'area meno estesa.

Creazione

Il partito laburista controllò il LCC dal 1934 e dagli anni cinquanta il partito conservatore, allora al Governo, considerò che le elezioni sarebbero state sempre a favore dei laburisti fino a quando il London County Council (LCC) avrebbe governato soltanto sulla zona interna della città (generalmente abitata da elettori laburisti). Il Governo decise allora di creare un nuovo organismo che sovraintendesse all'area dell'intera Londra.

Nel 1957 venne così nominata una commissione reale sotto la guida di Sir Edwin Herbert, che dopo tre anni consegnò una relazione nella quale consigliava di creare un nuovo organismo che sovraintendesse a 52 nuovi borough come base dell'ordinamento amministrativo della città.  Successivamente raccomandò che il LCC fosse sostituito da una nuova authority con responsabilità sul trasporto pubblico, la viabilità, sullo sviluppo edilizio e sulla ricostruzione.

Le raccomandazioni vennero in gran parte accettate ma il numero dei nuovi borough venne ridotto a 32. La Greater London coprì la contea di Londra, gran parte del Middlesex, parti dell'Essex, del Kent e del Surrey, una piccola parte dell'Hertfordshire, la County Borough of Croydon, la County Borough of East Ham e la County Borough of West Ham che erano state indipendenti dal controllo della contea.

Poteri

Il GLC divenne responsabile del funzionamento di servizi strategici come i servizi antincendio, la protezione civile e la prevenzione contro le calamità naturali. Esso poi suddivise alcuni oneri con i borough in merito alla manutenzione delle strade, le abitazioni, la pianificazione urbana ed i servizi di divertimento pubblico. Esso non ebbe neanche il controllo dei trasporti pubblici dal London Transport Board fino al 1970 e lo cedette poi al London Regional Transport nel 1984.

A seguito del 1963 Act, il GLC dovette approntare il Greater London Development Plan. Il progetto prevedeva fra le sue responsabilità: il ricambio della popolazione, il lavoro, l'abitazione, l'inquinamento, i trasporti pubblici, le strade, la Central London, l'allargamento e lo sviluppo di nuove aree, il verde urbano e il controllo sul paesaggio, altri servizi pubblici e pianificazione dei livelli qualitativi. Fra le altre cose prevedeva la ristrutturazione dell'area del Covent Garden e la creazione di un grande raccordo autostradale intorno alla grande Londra. Esso venne assoggettato ad un controllo che andò dal luglio 1970 al maggio 1972. La campagna tendente al salvataggio del Covent Garden, assieme ad altri problemi, fece naufragare il piano.

Scioglimento

Nel 1986, con una mossa controversa, Margaret Thatcher, abolì il Greater London Council ed altre 6 istituzioni analoghe.

Note

Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni

Amministrazione di Londra


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Spirit Energy can confirm it has taken over operatorship of the Babbage Gas field in the UK North Sea, where it holds a 13% interest.
Spirit Energy has also taken on operatorship of the nearby Cobra licence, where it holds a 50% interest and plans to drill an additional well in the area to prove up reserves.
As previously reported on 7 July 2018, transfer of operatorship was subject to completion of the divestment of Premier Oil's 47% interest in Babbage and 50% interest in the Cobra licence to Verus Petroleum SNS Ltd. (Verus) and securing relevant regulatory approvals. Premier Oil has confirmed the completion of its divestment on 6 December 2018. Dana Petroleum (Dana) is the other partner in the Babbage Field, with a 40% interest.
Operatorship of the Greater Babbage Area is in line with Spirit Energy's strategy as a North-West Europe-focused oil and gas operator and will benefit from Spirit Energy's experience and expertise in operating gas fields on the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS), particularly in the Southern North Sea.
Rune Martinsen, Spirit Energy's North Sea Asset Director, said: "As operator we will be able to leverage our experience with this asset and area that we know well. We are looking forward to working with our new partner Verus, and existing partner Dana to maximise the value of the field.
"We will focus on safe and cost efficient operations to maximise recovery from the field. We are also hoping to add further resources in the Greater Babbage Area through planned drilling activities."
Babbage, which first came on stream in 2010, is produced via a not permanently-attended installation, 55 miles off the east coast of the UK and has a year-to-date 2018 average production of around 4,900 barrels of oil equivalent per day.


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1. The competition is organised and promoted by Future Productions Ltd (the "Company") trading as Open Mic UK.
2. I acknowledge that the purpose of the competition is the search for a recording artist, duo or group (hereafter referred to as 'I/me/my') and the competition will require a musical and/or vocal performance before a panel of Judges. Applications made on behalf of a group must have the consent of all members of the group before applying. I understand the nature of the competition and in signing this agreement I hereby consent to the recording and use of my contribution to the competition on the terms and conditions herein stated.
3. The competition requires a non-refundable entrance fee to complete an entry; this covers administration costs plus my audition at my selected region. The entrance fee does not cover any contestant expenses such as travel. At the Company's discretion and where possible alternative audition dates will be offered if in the unlikely event an audition is cancelled or if you are unable to attend your audition. Submission of an application does not guarantee the opportunity to audition or participate in the competition.
4. If successful at the auditions, a deposit is required to book my place in the showcase finals. The deposit is non- refundable. In the event of illness an alternative showcase date will be offered at the Company's discretion. It is up to me to read the terms, conditions and newsletters in full.
5. I agree to make myself available, at my own expense, at such times and in such locations as the Company may reasonably require in respect of the competition including without limitation rehearsals, publicity, press calls, photographs, recordings and/or other contributions. Such events will be organised and paid for by the Company. I understand that I am not entitled to receive exposure to such events.
6. No filming, recording or photography will be permitted at any of the event nights unless agreed in writing by the Company 7 days prior to an event.
7. The Company (or other such company as chosen by the Company) may film and/or record performances at the events. I agree to the use of this material by the Company for marketing and promotional purposes, including but not limited to national and international broadcast, including rights to reproduce and edit footage. The Company will own all intellectual property rights in any film and sound recording of the performances.
8. In the event that I perform any music and/or lyrics which are composed and/or written by me ("Composition(s)"), I hereby warrant that such Composition(s) are wholly original to me, are not subject to any third party rights or encumbrances which have not been notified to the Company prior to my performance of such Composition(s) for the competition and the performance and inclusion of such Composition(s) as part of the competition do not infringe the rights of any third party nor any statutory rights in any material.
9. I am free to enter into this agreement and hereby agree to indemnify the Company in respect of all actions, proceedings, claims, damages and other liabilities which may be brought against or incurred by the Company as a result of the breach of any of my warranties, representations or obligations contained in this agreement. I agree that in the event of any breach of this agreement by the Company I shall not be entitled to injunct the competition and any legal remedy I may have shall lie in an action at law for damages only.
10. I hereby warrant that I have not entered into any commercial, sponsorship or other agreement or arrangement with any person, firm or company in respect of my entry in the competition and/or musical, musical writing and/or performing abilities and will not do so.
11. I agree to give the Company the option of first refusal to provide management services to my career as an artist within an 18 month period from the end of the competition. Failure to do so may result in the payment of a management fee for the would-be management contract.
12. The overall winning prize to the winning contestant, duo or group of Open Mic UK is recording studio time to record their album and a video of the best single plus extensive media promotion from a professional PR company.
13. Competition finalists, defined as any act making the Grand Final, acknowledge and agree to make themselves available for appearances and promotion for an 18 month period from the end of the competition for a minimum of 5 times. These will be at such times and in such locations as the Company may reasonably require in respect of the competition including without limitation showcases, Regional Finals and the Grand Final for the following year, interviews, publicity, press calls, photographs, recordings and/or other contributions. I agree to attend such events and will advise of (and) provide receipts to the Company for reimbursement of any reasonable travel expenses incurred.
14. I acknowledge and agree to abide fully by the rules, regulations, terms and conditions for this competition (the "Rules"). I agree to observe all procedures and obey all reasonable instructions in force or given by a member of the Company and/or any location staff in connection with the competition and the management of the locations and the fire safety and security arrangements in those locations.
15. I acknowledge and agree that if I'm successful at the auditions I will be given tickets to sell for the live Regional Final show which I will try my best to sell to family, friends and fans.
16. I acknowledge and agree that if I'm successful at the auditions I will pay a £30 deposit to ensure my place in the Regional Final and all subsequent rounds. The deposit pays for the judges feedback provided at Live Shows throughout the competition.
17. I acknowledge that the Company reserve the right to amend the Rules (including without limitation verbally) or terminate the competition at any time without liability to me. The Company's decisions shall be final.
18. If I am under 18 years old I must obtain the consent of my parent(s) or legal guardian(s) and enter their details as provided in the application form prior to my entry into the competition.
19. I must be resident in the UK. I must be in my age category on or before the last day of July. I may be asked to provide the Company with supporting documentation in order to substantiate this (i.e. birth certificate and/or valid passport). I acknowledge that the Company reserves the right to require at any time proof of my identity and/or eligibility.
20. All personal details and/or information given in my application either in this form or otherwise must be truthful, accurate and in no way misleading. I undertake to inform the Company immediately if any such information becomes inaccurate.
21. The information provided in the application may be used in connection with the production and promotion of the competition. By submitting my details I am agreeing that from time to time the Company's partners, sponsors or associated companies may contact me with information regarding relevant services they feel may be of interest to me. Should I not wish to receive further information from Open Mic UK and associated companies about their services I am to email 'opt-out' to Lewis.Wright@openmicuk.co.uk. Any questions regarding the use of personal information should be made for the attention of the Data Protection Officer at Future Productions Ltd, 36 Lumsden Avenue, Southampton SO15 5EL or by email to Lewis.Wright@openmicuk.co.uk.
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Community leaders, elected officials gather in downtown L.A. to rally support for DA George Gascón, reform efforts
by: Christina Pascucci, KTLA Digital Staff
Posted: Jun 19, 2021 / 09:49 AM PDT
Updated: Jun 19, 2021 / 10:54 AM PDT
Community organizers, activists and local officials gathered in downtown Los Angeles Friday to show their support for L.A. District Attorney George Gascón and his justice reform efforts.
The event comes amid a recall effort against Gascón, who has drawn criticism and pushback from law enforcement officials and victims rights advocates, over various progressive directives including not seeking the death penalty, not seeking sentencing enhancements in most cases and keeping cases involving juveniles out of adult courts.
Recall supporters have accused Gascón, who ran on a vow to shake up the nation's largest prosecutor's office, for prioritizing criminals over victims since he took office in December.
L.A. County DA George Gascón addresses opposition …
George Gascón recall effort kicks off in downtown …
Those endorsing Gascón have defended his commitment to reform, arguing his progressive policies are supported by research, science and data.
Leading up to Tuesday's rally, more than 100 elected officials and community organizations signed a letter to back up Gascón's reform efforts and his position to head the nation's largest prosecutor's office.
"Look at the money behind it, look at the people behind it," Gascón told KTLA after the rally. "Understand who is supporting the recall, why are they supporting the recall … This is about a political power grab. Again, don't look a the people you see in front of the camera. Look at who's supporting and we'll have the answers."
Christina Pascucci reports for the KTLA 5 News on June 18, 2021.
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Korean Patriotic Citizens' Assembly (KPCA or TePyung in Korean) is a group of Korean people who have risen against the threat of evil force that are Communists, Globalists, and their puppets.
Led by Minister Kim Si-hwan and Professor Kim Ilsun, Tepyung consists of patriotic citizens who agree that Koreans must stand up against those who want to sacrifice Koreans in their evil attempt to dominate Northeast Asia.
Tepyung has been actively working to reinstate the national sovereignty of the Republic of Korea (ROK) that is under attack by holding anti-China, pro-US and pro-Israel rallies and broadcasting in-depth analyses on the evil forces behind the current political crisis following the illegal impeachment of President Park Geun-hye.
Tepyung believes that Park Geun-hye is the legitimate president of the ROK, that Moon Jae-in is an impostor and usurper who stole the presidency by deceit and conspiracy hatched by the Globalists such as Henry Kissinger and the Communists of North Korea and China, and that God will use President Trump of the US to recover the sovereignty of ROK and renew ROK as the Christian Nation that upholds the truth and justice of GOD.
Tepyung is running a Youtube channel named "Tepyung TV." Tepyung TV broadcasts a wide range of programs including Casey Ilsun Kim's in-depth analysis on political news, public declarations, special guest interviews, and panel discussions both in Korea and in the US. Among such programs, [Kim Ilsun's Bull's-eye] and [Eugene Kim, Esq.] are broadcast in English. Other programs, broadcast in Korean, include "Sisa Talks" (Talks on Current Affairs) on every Friday, "Teguki Rally Live" on every Saturday, and "Haanpark Mobile Church" on every Sunday.
Teguki Rallies
On every Saturday, Tepyung holds Teguki rallies near the Embassy of Communist China. This is to protest against the Chinese collusion in the unconstitutional impeachment of President Park Geun-hye and against the hidden hands of the Globalists behind this usurpation attempt of the national sovereignty of Korea. We then proceed to the US Embassy in order to reconfirm and strengthen the ROK-US-Israel Blood Alliance. In these rallies, we chant "Globalists Out," "Communists Out," "China Out," "Moon Jae-in Out," "US-Korea-Israel Liberty Alliance Forever," and "Reinstate President Park Geun-hye."
Haanpark Church
Most members of Tepyung believe in God. Minister Kim Si-hwan is a historian who immigrated to the US several decades ago. He returned to Korea in early 2017 in order to awaken Korean people and direct them toward the law of God. Expounding on why we appear to be losing a God-given republic, Minister Kim not only provides political analyses in accordance with the Word of God but also encourages Tepyung members to believe in and act boldly upon the will of God.
National Sovereignty University
There is a pressing need for raising up a generation capable of leading the Republic of Korea according to the will of God. Tepyung is offering a training program specially designed to meet this need. Graduates of this program will emerge with requisite abilities to cope with the current political crisis and build a new Christian Nation Korea.
Introducing Members – Tepyung is nothing without you.
Tepyung consists of Koreans who devote their time, energy, and passion to save this God-blessed nation, Republic of Korea. Their effort shall never be forgotten–in this world or the next. Thank you and God bless you.
Korea is nothing without Teguki Army. Teguki Army is nothing without God.
Teguki Army. The Force that Defends Korea.


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Q: Pass a HashMap over SOAP using JAXB I am trying to pass a Hashmap over SOAP. I am using CXF wsdl2java to create my schema. And I have created a wrapper class for my HashMap since Hashmap itself cannot be passed over the line.
I have then created adapters to morph that Hashmap into a known type for my wsdl but when my wsdl is created it adds some unneeded abstract map. Below is the code:
Here is my wrapper class for the HashMap
@XmlRootElement(name = "testTO")
public class TestTO {

    private HashMap<String, Object> mapTest;

    public TestTO(){
        this.mapTest = new HashMap<String, Object>();
    }

    @XmlJavaTypeAdapter(MapAdapter.class)
    public HashMap<String, Object> getMapTest() {
        return mapTest;
    }

    public void setMapTest(HashMap<String, Object> mapTest) {
        this.mapTest = mapTest;
    }

}

Here is the MyMap class in which is a known schema type
@XmlJavaTypeAdapter(MapAdapter.class)
public class MyMap extends HashMap<String, Object>{
    public final List<Entry> entryList = new ArrayList<Entry>();
}

This is the Entry Class in which that list contains above:
public class Entry {

    @XmlAttribute
    public String key;

    @XmlElements({
            @XmlElement(name = "byte", type = byte.class),
            @XmlElement(name = "short", type = short.class),
            @XmlElement(name = "int", type = int.class),
            @XmlElement(name = "long", type = long.class),
            @XmlElement(name = "float", type = float.class),
            @XmlElement(name = "double", type = double.class),
            @XmlElement(name = "char", type = char.class),
            @XmlElement(name = "boolean", type = boolean.class),

            @XmlElement(name = "ByteWrapper", type = Byte.class),
            @XmlElement(name = "ShortWrapper", type = Short.class),
            @XmlElement(name = "IntegerWrapper", type = Integer.class),
            @XmlElement(name = "LongWrapper", type = Long.class),
            @XmlElement(name = "FloatWrapper", type = Float.class),
            @XmlElement(name = "DoubleWrapper", type = Double.class),
            @XmlElement(name = "Character", type = Character.class),
            @XmlElement(name = "BooleanWrapper", type = Boolean.class),

            @XmlElement(name = "BigDecimal", type = BigDecimal.class),
            @XmlElement(name = "String", type = String.class),
            @XmlElement(name = "Date", type = Date.class)
    })
    public Object value;

    public Entry() {
        this.key = null;
        this.value = null;
    }

    public Entry(String key, Object value) {
        this.key = key;
        this.value = value;
    }

    public String getKey() {
        return key;
    }

    public Object getValue() {
        return value;
    }

}

This is my adapter:
public class MapAdapter extends XmlAdapter<MyMap, Map<String, Object>> {

    @Override
    public MyMap marshal(Map<String, Object> v) throws Exception {
        MyMap myMap = new MyMap();

        for ( Map.Entry<String, Object> e : v.entrySet() ) {
            Entry entry = new Entry();
            entry.key = e.getKey();
            entry.value = e.getValue();

            myMap.entryList.add(entry);
        }
        return myMap;
    }

    @Override
    public Map<String, Object> unmarshal(MyMap v) throws Exception {
         Map<String, Object> map = new HashMap<String,Object>();
            for ( Entry e : v.entryList ) {
                map.put(e.key, e.value);
            }
     return map;
    }

}

But my wsdl is generating the following:
<xs:element minOccurs="0" name="foo" type="tns:testTO"/>
</xs:sequence>
</xs:complexType>
<xs:complexType name="testTO">
<xs:sequence>
<xs:element minOccurs="0" name="mapTest" type="tns:myMap"/>
</xs:sequence>
</xs:complexType>
<xs:complexType name="myMap">
<xs:complexContent>
<xs:extension base="tns:hashMap">
<xs:sequence>
<xs:element maxOccurs="unbounded" minOccurs="0" name="entryList" nillable="true" type="tns:entry"/>
</xs:sequence>
</xs:extension>
</xs:complexContent>
</xs:complexType>
<xs:complexType name="hashMap">
<xs:complexContent>
<xs:extension base="tns:abstractMap">
<xs:sequence/>
</xs:extension>
</xs:complexContent>
</xs:complexType>
<xs:complexType abstract="true" name="abstractMap">
<xs:sequence/>
</xs:complexType>
<xs:complexType name="entry">
<xs:sequence>
<xs:choice minOccurs="0">
<xs:element name="byte" type="xs:byte"/>
<xs:element name="short" type="xs:short"/>
<xs:element name="int" type="xs:int"/>
<xs:element name="long" type="xs:long"/>
<xs:element name="float" type="xs:float"/>
<xs:element name="double" type="xs:double"/>
<xs:element name="char" type="xs:unsignedShort"/>
<xs:element name="boolean" type="xs:boolean"/>
<xs:element name="ByteWrapper" type="xs:byte"/>
<xs:element name="ShortWrapper" type="xs:short"/>
<xs:element name="IntegerWrapper" type="xs:int"/>
<xs:element name="LongWrapper" type="xs:long"/>
<xs:element name="FloatWrapper" type="xs:float"/>
<xs:element name="DoubleWrapper" type="xs:double"/>
<xs:element name="Character" type="xs:unsignedShort"/>
<xs:element name="BooleanWrapper" type="xs:boolean"/>
<xs:element name="BigDecimal" type="xs:decimal"/>
<xs:element name="String" type="xs:string"/>
<xs:element name="Date" type="xs:dateTime"/>
</xs:choice>
</xs:sequence>
<xs:attribute name="key" type="xs:string"/>
</xs:complexType>

I have looked at multiple other cases that I have found here and none of them were able to solve my problem I have even referenced http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/javax/xml/bind/annotation/adapters/XmlAdapter.html
but the wsdl to java seems to be messing the schema up.
Thanks.

A: I believe you don't have to write the custom XmlAdapter to marshall/unmarshall Map<String, Object with the newest JAXB versions. The below sample works fine for me.
@XmlAccessorType(XmlAccessType.FIELD)
@XmlType(name = "foo")
public class Foo {
  private Map<String, Object> map = new HashMap<String, Object>();

  public Map<String, Object> getMap() {
    return params;
  }
}

This is resulted in a schema:
<xs:complexType name="foo">
  <xs:sequence>
    <xs:element name="map">
      <xs:complexType>
        <xs:sequence>
          <xs:element maxOccurs="unbounded" minOccurs="0" name="entry">
            <xs:complexType>
              <xs:sequence>
                <xs:element minOccurs="0" name="key" type="xs:string"/>
                <xs:element minOccurs="0" name="value" type="xs:anyType"/>
              </xs:sequence>
            </xs:complexType>
          </xs:element>
        </xs:sequence>
      </xs:complexType>
    </xs:element>
  </xs:sequence>
</xs:complexType>

Then you should be able to unmarshall the following xml:
<soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns="http://your.org/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
   <soapenv:Header/>
   <soapenv:Body>
      <foo>
        <params>
            <entry>
               <key>string</key>
               <value xsi:type="xs:string">5</value>
             </entry>
             <entry>
                <key>integer</key>
                <value xsi:type="xs:int">54</value>
             </entry>
        </params>
      </foo>
   </soapenv:Body>
</soapenv:Envelope>

Just don't forget about xs and xsi namespaces. You can even pass your custom types as values not just simple xsi types. Then you have to make sure you have specified the proper xsi:type.

A: The solution I came up with that worked for what I was looking for was similar to what polbotinka mentioned but I added the additional bindings and adapters for dates. The TestTO class is extended by all of the objects on my interface as a way to have flexible attributes passed in a map format per object. Here is what I did:
@XmlAccessorType(XmlAccessType.FIELD)
@XmlRootElement(name="TestTO", namespace="test/common")
public abstract class TestTO {

    @XmlJavaTypeAdapter(MapAdapter.class)
    private Map<String, Object> elements;
}

This class would then generate a schema like the following (which was part of my overall WSDL generated by CXF-Java2Wsdl plugin):
<xs:complexType abstract="true" name="testTO">
<xs:sequence>
  <xs:element name="elements">
    <xs:complexType>
      <xs:sequence>
        <xs:element maxOccurs="unbounded" minOccurs="0" name="entry">
          <xs:complexType>
            <xs:sequence>
              <xs:element minOccurs="0" name="key" type="xs:string"/>
              <xs:element minOccurs="0" name="value" type="xs:anyType"/>
            </xs:sequence>
          </xs:complexType>
        </xs:element>
      </xs:sequence>
    </xs:complexType>
  </xs:element>
</xs:sequence>

I then used the following binding file during generation:
    <jaxws:bindings wsdlLocation="wsdl/TestImpl.wsdl"
        xmlns:jaxws="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/jaxws"
        xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
        xmlns:jaxb="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/jaxb"
        xmlns:wsdl="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/wsdl/"
        jaxb:version="2.1">
  <jaxws:bindings node="wsdl:definitions/wsdl:types/xs:schema[@targetNamespace='http://namespace.goes.here']">
        <jaxb:bindings node="//xs:complexType[@name='testTO']//xs:element[@name='elements']">
            <jaxb:property>
                <jaxb:baseType name="java.util.Map<String,Object>" />
            </jaxb:property>
        </jaxb:bindings>
        <jaxb:serializable/>
  </jaxws:bindings>
</jaxws:bindings>

The generated version of the TestTO from CXF-Wsdl2Java looks as follows:
    @XmlAccessorType(XmlAccessType.FIELD)
@XmlType(name = "testTO", propOrder = {
    "elements"
})
public abstract class TestTO {

    @XmlElement(required = true, type = TestTO.Elements.class)
    protected Map<String, Object> elements;

    public Map<String, Object> getElements() {
        return elements;
    }

    public void setElements(Map<String, Object> value) {
        this.elements = value;
    }

    @XmlAccessorType(XmlAccessType.FIELD)
    @XmlType(name = "", propOrder = {
        "entry"
    })
    public static class Elements {

        protected List<TestTO.Elements.Entry> entry;

        public List<TestTO.Elements.Entry> getEntry() {
            if (entry == null) {
                entry = new ArrayList<TestTO.Elements.Entry>();
            }
            return this.entry;
        }

        @XmlAccessorType(XmlAccessType.FIELD)
        @XmlType(name = "", propOrder = {
            "key",
            "value"
        })
        public static class Entry {

            protected java.lang.String key;
            protected java.lang.Object value;

            public java.lang.String getKey() {
                return key;
            }

            public void setKey(java.lang.String value) {
                this.key = value;
            }

            public java.lang.Object getValue() {
                return value;
            }

            public void setValue(java.lang.Object value) {
                this.value = value;
            }
        }
    }
}

So now the generated class has a Map to interface with that is automatically converted to the inner list class. So I then wanted to create an adapter to convert some of the datatypes into the types I wanted to use. Date was the specific one in this case as I usually used a JAXB binding file to do the dates conversion from the schema but since the schema was "anyType" that binding file would not work. So that MapAdapter.class from above was used to convert XmlGregorianCalendars on the input object within the map into Dates.
 public class MapAdapter extends XmlAdapter<TestTO.Elements, Map<String, Object>>{
    @Override
    public Map<String, Object> unmarshal(TestTO.Elements v) throws Exception {
        Map<String, Object> map = new HashMap<String, Object>();

        if(v != null && v.entry != null){
            for(Entry e : v.entry){
                if(e.getValue() instanceof XMLGregorianCalendar)
                    map.put(e.getKey(), ((XMLGregorianCalendar)e.getValue()).toGregorianCalendar().getTime());
                else
                    map.put(e.getKey(), e.getValue());
            }
        }
        return map;
    }

    @Override
    public TestTO.Elements marshal(Map<String, Object> v) throws Exception {
        TestTO.Elements b = new TestTO.Elements();
        if(v == null)
            return null;
        for(java.util.Map.Entry<String, Object> e : v.entrySet()){
            Entry newEntry = new Entry();
            newEntry.setKey(e.getKey());
            newEntry.setValue(e.getValue());
            b.getEntry().add(newEntry);
        }
        return b;
    }
}

For this adapter to work I had to have a version of the "generated class" to mimic the inner Elements class. So I had a common.adapter.TestTO.class which was the generated one and a common.normal.TestTO.class which was the one that all the rest of my classes extended on my interface.
Here is the Plugin configuration I used in the client generation:
<plugin>
                <groupId>org.apache.cxf</groupId>
                <artifactId>cxf-codegen-plugin</artifactId>
                <version>${cxf.version}</version>
                <executions>
                    <execution>
                        <id>generate-sources</id>
                        <phase>generate-sources</phase>
                        <configuration>

                            <sourceRoot>${project.build.directory}/generated/cxf</sourceRoot>
                            <wsdlOptions>
                                <wsdlOption>
                                    <wsdl>${basedir}/src/main/resources/META-INF/wsdl/TestImpl.wsdl</wsdl>
                                    <bindingFiles>
                                        <bindingFile>${basedir}/src/main/resources/META-INF/binding.xml</bindingFile>
                                    </bindingFiles>
                                </wsdlOption>
                            </wsdlOptions>
                        </configuration>
                        <goals>
                            <goal>wsdl2java</goal>
                        </goals>
                    </execution>
                </executions>
            </plugin>


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The wily old pro sprinters' tip is to work towards the front of the group before the bottom of the climb so that when the hill rises upwards they could travel marginally slower and slide back through the wheels of other riders. All things being well, at the top of the climb, the rider will still have contact with the field, or at least be able to catch back on without too much extra effort.
Take what nature has given you on the chin and ride at your own pace. A common trap when climbing is to go anaerobic while trying to stay in contact with riders who are lighter/fitter/better climbers than you. Lactic acid is likely to build up to intolerable levels long before you get to the top of the climb and when it does you'll blow. Once you've 'blown up' the gap will open up much faster than if you'd tackled the climb at your own pace. So instead, find a rhythm where you're breathing deeply and steadily, pick the right gear and keep it there.
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Jessica Biel's Restaurant Employees Give New Lawsuit Details
Employees of actress and restaurateur Jessica Biel are speaking out about their lawsuit against her and the co-owners of her West Hollywood restaurant Au Fudge.
After news broke of their explosive suit charging Biel and the others of fraud and civil theft in legal docs, the employees have revealed shocking details about allegedly being underpaid and overworked.
"Working for Jessica Biel was obviously a dream and who wouldn't trust Jessica Biel? And so everything that just went on was really frustrating," plaintiff Jacqueline Dessage said.
It's bad publicity for Biel, who is married to Justin Timberlake and has an adorable son, Silas, 2, with the pop star.
The A list couple share a lavish lifestyle that includes a New York City penthouse. Biel decided to invest her acting money in a restaurant. She admitted earlier this year that Au Fudge wasn't making money yet.
Biel has said she created the restaurant for moms and families who want to go have a safe, delicious, thoughtfully-sourced meal.
But as abc7.com reported, her former employees have now spoken publicly about their complaints.
The four former employees said they were promised $12 an hour plus tips. The lawsuit claims the restaurant owners kept almost $500,000 in gratuity meant for the wait staff.
Plaintiff Conor Gleason told abc7, "For an entire 18 months, we were all working tirelessly and taking home a salary that was frankly ridiculous based on the work that we were doing. We were able to take the contracts from the buy outs and go over the numbers and we did find great discrepancies between what was supposed to go to the staff and what we actually got."
According to court docs, the restaurant workers claim they toiled at private parties, such as an Amazon event in May, in which gratuities added up to almost $15,000. But the ex- employees said they didn't see a dime of that tip for Au Fudge.
They also assert that they weren't given required breaks or lunches, and often worked overtime without proper compensation.
Jack Stagg, who is one of the people suing, noted that workers banded together against Biel and other owners: "I think the more we discussed it, the more we realized this is a bigger problem. Like I've had people come up to me and say this has happened at other restaurants."
A lawyer representing Au Fudge said in a statement, "The company does not comment on pending litigation, and looks forward to defending itself in court."
The four former employees said they didn't want to take legal action, but felt forced to do so after several meetings with the owners.
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What is Facing the Fashion Industry in 2017?
As 2016 is coming to an end, the fashion industry is facing yet another year of challenges and opportunities. The Business of Fashion (BoF) and McKinsey & Company recently released its annual State of Fashion report, forecasting the macro and micro economic effects of the industry. Here is what you need to know.
'Uncertain, changing, and challenging' are the three words used to sum up the industry this year. As economic and political challenges arise this has had an enormous impact on the fashion industry representing the seventh-largest economy in the world, proving just how interlinked fashion is to its environment.
It is predicted that the fashion industry will continue to be affected by the current uncertainty in the following year due to various factors. One factor being the generation correlation, as fashion companies should consider how to target and diversity the way they approach both retired and millennials consumers – both with very different taste and consumer behaviours.
The uncertainty on the Chinese market remains, though China's growing middle and upper classes remain strong, which could lead to a possible comeback of Chinese consumers. WGSN recently published the report Brands to Watch – China Contemporary S/S 17 - a list of talented, emerging Chinese designers, and their mark on the global fashion industry. It will be interesting to see how Asian countries, as China and South Korea, enters the Ready to Wear market and the influence it will have on domestic consumers – not to mention, Western.
Technology is also a huge factor and will continue to be, as digitisation is the key to supply-chain efficiency. The 'See Now, Buy Now' concept premiered in 2016, and disrupts the fashion cycle completely. Immediacy and digital innovations are the keys to a successful fashion business today, which many brands have not managed to perform efficiently yet.
"Stores should be celebrating the physical environment, instead of putting an iPad in your hand, giving you the same decision process that you could be experiencing on a park bench."
Chippindale also mentioned, that innovative products created to change people's behaviour are exciting to look at, yet the most difficult ones to perform, because of consumer's buying behaviour. Technological products that relate to climate change and air pollution are not only relevant for our time, but for the environmental Millennial generation.
It will be interesting to see how the industry develops next year regarding its technology and new emerging Asian designers on the market.
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Entrapment Defense: Boilerplate Rules For Getting The Jury Instruction
Posted on July 16, 2010 by Michael J. Petro
USA v. Shamonte Hall and Karinder Gordon. 09-2682, 09-2470.
In the spring of 2008, appellant Shamonte Hall believed he had stumbled upon a great criminal opportunity. A disgruntled drug courier asked if he would help him rob a drug stash house under armed guard. For the help, the courier told him, Hall and his crew would get a share of the several kilograms of cocaine hidden in the stash house, which they could then sell for a profit.
It was too good to be true. The drug courier was actually an undercover agent, the stash house was a fiction, there were no drugs to steal, and Hall and his crew were arrested shortly before they could carry through with the plan. Hall was charged with various drug and firearm offenses. At the end of a jury trial, Hall was convicted on all charges
In these consolidated appeals, Hall challenges his convictions, arguing that the district court erred by refusing to instruct the jury on the affirmative defense of entrapment.
As part of an undercover investigation targeting individuals involved in armed home invasions, a confidential informant introduced Hall to an undercover agent with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. The purpose of this introduction was for the agent to present Hall an opportunity to commit an armed robbery.
At their first meeting, the agent told Hall that he wanted to rob a group of drug dealers he worked for in the North Chicago area. The agent claimed to be angry with those dealers because the last time he had made deliveries for them, he had asked for extra money to pay for surgery for his son. The dealers had refused to give him that money, so the story went, which angered him so much that he decided to steal the dealers' cocaine.
After Hall agreed to participate in the robbery, the agent told Hall to arrange for his crew to meet with the agent to go over their plan.
On the afternoon of the planned robbery, the under-cover agent, Hall, Rodney Ray, and appellant Karinder Gordon retrieved two guns from Gordon's apartment and drove to Foss Park in North Chicago to wait for a telephone call from the supposed drug dealers saying where the drugs were stored. When they arrived at Foss Park, the agent parked his truck, pretended to get a telephone call, and walked away. He then gave a signal to a law enforcement team that arrested Hall, Gordon, and Ray.
Hall, Gordon, and Ray were tried jointly. The government's primary witness was the undercover agent, who described in detail the undercover sting operation. The defendants presented no evidence in their defense. The jury found Hall guilty of attempted possession of cocaine with intent to distribute, possession of a weapon in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, and being a felon in possession of a firearm.
One key issue was whether Hall could present an entrapment defense. Before trial, the government filed a motion in limine to preclude the presentation of any evidence or argument regarding entrapment. The district court granted the motion, but Hall nevertheless requested that the jury be instructed regarding entrapment. The court denied that request.
Entrapment Instruction
Hall argues that the district court erred by refusing to instruct the jury on the entrapment defense. A defendant is entitled to a jury instruction on his theory of defense if: (1) the requested instruction is a correct statement of the law; (2) the evidence supports the theory of defense at issue; (3) the defense is not part of the govern-ment's charge; and (4) the failure to give the instruction would deprive the defendant of a fair trial. United States v. Millet, 510 F.3d 668, 675 (7th Cir. 2007)
We review de novo a district court's decision not to give a proffered instruction. Millet, 510 F.3d at 675.
The decisive issue here is whether the evidence sup-ported the existence of the entrapment defense. To raise an entrapment defense, a defendant must make a showing of both elements of that defense: (1) that he was induced by a government actor to commit the crime at issue; and (2) that he was not predisposed to commit that crime. Id.
When analyzing a defendant's predisposition to commit a crime, we consider: (1) the defendant's character or reputation; (2) whether the government initially suggested the criminal activity; (3) whether the defendant engaged in the criminal activity for profit; (4) whether the defendant evidenced a reluctance to commit the offense that was overcome by government persuasion; and (5) the nature of the inducement or persuasion by the government. United States v. Blassingame, 197 F.3d 271, 281 (7th Cir. 1999).
No individual factor controls the issue of predis-position, but the most important factor is whether the defendant was reluctant to commit the offense. United States v. Kaminski, 703 F.2d 1004, 1008 (7th Cir. 1983),
The evidence for the defense need not be compelling, but there must be some evidence to support it. The defendant in a criminal case is entitled to have the jury consider any defense theory that is supported by the law and that has some reasonable foundation in the evidence. United States v. Briscoe, 896 F.2d 1476, 1512 (7th Cir. 1990).
The evidence presented in this trial showed beyond dispute that Hall was predisposed to commit the crimes of which he was convicted. In regard to Hall's character, we note that he pled guilty to armed robbery in 2003. As to the second and third factors of the predisposition analysis, although the government (rather than some other party) initially suggested the criminal activity, Hall was certainly willing to participate in the criminal enterprise for a profit. The drugs were to be split evenly among the agent, Hall, and Hall's crew.
Regarding the nature of the government inducement, we disagree with Hall's contention that the government preyed on his pity for the undercover agent's fictitious sick son. The agent claimed to have a sick son who had previously needed surgery, but he never said that he needed money to pay for that surgery. Rather, the agent made clear that he wanted to rob the drug dealers because, by failing to give him extra money when he was trying to pay for his son's surgery, the dealers had disrespected him and "pissed me off."
In any event, we do not accept the theory that Hall acted out of compassion. It is not as if Hall ever offered to share his cut of the expected profits to help pay for the fictional surgery. If Hall had been acting out of anything other than greed, he might have offered to give the agent a larger share of the profits rather than dividing the drugs evenly among the entire crew. A modern-day Robin Hood he was not. The agent merely provided a plausible cover story to explain his own motives. Hall was not subjected to any unusual or unfair persuasion.
We also disagree with Hall's contention that the sizeable potential profit from the proposed robbery of cocaine was an extraordinary inducement. We rejected a similar argument in Millet, which also involved a planned heist of illegal drugs.
We find nothing in the record to support the most important factor in our predisposition analysis: whether Hall was reluctant to participate in the proposed heist.
When the agent first approached Hall to see if he was interested in the proposed robbery, Hall insinuated that he and his crew would "go in there [and] kill everybody" so that they would not have to worry about "repercussions." Asked if he would commit the robbery, Hall responded not with hesitance or reluctance but with an unambiguous "Hell yeah." And when asked if the crew would have trouble going in "blastin', " Hall responded: "No, if you got [the] right price, you can get a motherfucker knocked off." As if those statements were not enough, Hall showed his lack of reluctance when he said that "when it's ready to go down there ain't gonna be no hesitation about it." Hall's own recorded words made clear that he was ready to commit the robbery even if it meant that he had to take a few lives in the process.
The evidence presented at trial would not have allowed a reasonable jury to find that Hall was reluctant to participate in the planned robbery. He jumped at the chance, and no extraordinary profits were used to induce his participation. The lack of evidence supporting an entrapment defense is not surprising. Hall neither testified in his own defense nor presented any evidence of his lack of predisposition.
Except in unusual circumstances that we have trouble imagining, a defendant would seem to need to present some affirmative evidence of entrapment. See United States v. Mathews, 485 U.S. 58, 65 (1988), quoting Demma, 523 F.2d at 985. In this case, with only the testimony and evidence presented in the government's case, there simply is no evidence that Hall was not predisposed to join in the proposed robbery plan. The district court did not err by refusing to give a jury instruction on entrapment.
AFFIRMED
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