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John Lasseter Hire Prompts Tough Questions At Skydance Town Hall; David Ellison Asks Staff For Time & Patience
Skydance Consulted Time's Up Before John Lasseter Hire (EXCLUSIVE)
#1051 Lencho01, Jan 11, 2019
Time and Patience for their hiring of a known harasser? Uh huh...
No wonder Time's Up thought they were looking for an organization for cover.
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Comedy can both get away with a lot and not have a big impact because viewers assume most of it is pretty exaggerated (and most of it is so what isn't isn't particularly noticed).
Kelly did outright face prosecutions at that time, both that happening and fellow celebrities not assuming he must be guilty feels oddly both appropriate and weird. Of course a lot of celebrities get tabloid-accused of illicit sex (although usually consensual and with adults) all the time so it makes sense they would be doubtful of other accusations.
I don't think there's a really clear answer to what either other singers/actors, companies or audiences should do in response to accusations, it's easy to yell Boycott but that's demanding a lot especially when abuses are widespread. The main problem with not boycotting is that the accused would keep being rich.
#1053 Herofan, Jan 14, 2019
John Lasseter Expresses Deep Sorrow & Shame About Past Actions At Emotional Skydance Animation Town Hall
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It's good he admits that and feels bad about it but I also don't think the employees, particularly the women are still all that excited about his presence after that.
The Skydance CEO also apparently told his employees that he wouldn't have hired Lassetter if he were more like Weinstein, which is... not a good look.
But, it looks like there is already some fallout forming.
https://io9.gizmodo.com/paramount-animation-will-reportedly-not-collaborate-wit-1831768416
Which one is Skydance?
#1058 LibidoLoca, Jan 15, 2019
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The one that keeps funding Mission Impossible movies.
Why a pop idol's stand against her assault sparked outrage in Japan
I respect Japan as a technologically innovative society, but **** they gotta fix their gender inequality.
DarthSkywalker and Teelie like this.
There's tons of victim-blaming even in places like Italy too. A bunch of Italian women in the film industry criticized those who spoke out about sexual harassment.
#1061 Schlosser85, Jan 17, 2019
As ass backward as we can be here in the USA at times, when it comes to female rights the rest of the gang don't exactly have their houses in order.
The idol industry in Japan is... very disturbing.
And in disappointing news, Brad Bird has come out in defense of John Lassetter.
Brad Bird on 'Incredibles 2' and John Lasseter's Redemption
I can completely understand his complicated views. And how he could still be friends with him. But, it veers way too much in not actually understanding what the issue with Lassetter was. Essentially the definition of privilege. I didn't experience it, so it didn't happen.
Teelie and Snow Queen like this.
Yeah, is why it is. I mesn he makes his poonts and everything. But yeah.
We see it all the time with people who can't reconcile the good person they know with the abusive and terrible person other people know.
He's trying to defend his friend but he's ignoring the harm he caused.
Chris Brown detained in Paris over rape accusation, police say
I saw that earlier and given who it is I tend to think it is probably true. Someone with his history being violent with a woman is no surprise.
Luckily her phone was recording the rape. But I'm sure there will still be those that say she's lying because...she's a woman? I dunno. Whatever excuse they come up with.
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Bryan Singer Hit With Fresh Allegations of Sex With Underage Boys
In the report, four men allege that Singer had sexual encounters with them when they were teenagers in the late 1990s. One of the men, Victor Valdovinos, says he was a 13-year-old extra on the set of "Apt Pupil" when Singer fondled his genitals.
The three other accusers are identified in the story by pseudonyms. One, identified in the story as Andy, says that he had sex with Singer when he was 15. Another man, identified as Eric, says he was 17 when he began having sex with the director. Singer would have been 31 at the time. The third man, Ben, alleges that he and Singer had oral sex when he was 17 or 18.
"He would stick his hands down your pants without consent," the man told the Atlantic. "He was predatory in that he would ply people with alcohol and drugs and then have sex with them."
Singer's attorney, Andrew Brettler, denied to the magazine that Singer had ever had sex with underage boys, and disputed various details of the accusers' accounts.
The authors of the Atlantic article, Alex French and Maximillian Potter, spoke to 50 sources over the course of a 12-month investigation. French and Potter are both affiliated with Esquire, French as a writer at large and Potter as the editor at large. The article was initially expected to appear in that magazine.
'Nobody Is Going to Believe You'
#1070 James.B, Jan 23, 2019
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Finally, **** Bryan Singer.
#1071 antsman41, Jan 23, 2019
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I don't know why it took so long for Singer's downfall to happen. I mean just last December he was being sued for rape and it hardly was a big deal at all. I hope this means Singer never works in Hollywood again, but given what we've seen over the last few months I'm not totally optimistic that Singer will finally get his just deserts over this.
The best that can happen now is that he no longer attached to direct that Red Sonja film(and that will happen).
#1072 Detective Conan, Jan 23, 2019
Bring him down.
His downfall hasn't happened yet and I'm not holding my breath. We've gotten this whole "Bryan Singer underage sex scandal exposed" headline multiple times before and then he keeps getting big gigs.
^Probably because there previously have been so many scandals, accusations and lawsuits and none of the lawsuits succeeded.


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Artist Tony Albert focuses on issues of Indigenous visibility in his first major solo exhibition
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Posted MonMonday 18 JunJune 2018 at 7:28pmMonMonday 18 JunJune 2018 at 7:28pm , updated TueTuesday 19 JunJune 2018 at 1:42amTueTuesday 19 JunJune 2018 at 1:42am
Albert's first major institutional solo show displays work dating from 2007 to 2018. (Supplied: Tony Albert, David C Collins & Kieran Smythe-Jackson/Sullivan+Strumpf Gallery)
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At 37, Tony Albert is the youngest person to have a major solo exhibition at the Queensland Art Gallery.
But the Girramay, Yidinji, and Kuku Yalanji man sees his work less as a celebration of individual achievement and more as a reflection of community.
Four of the 13 pieces presented in Visible, which opened this month, are collaborations between Albert and a mixture of artists and community groups.
Albert says of the collaborative process: "[It's] such an important foundation for me, and there is a responsibility — artistically and culturally — to share.
"There's different kinds of ownership within Aboriginal communities … it doesn't work within a Western sense of copyright or art legality. Things are shared within a greater group of people."
The most recent collaborative work in the show is the photo series Warakurna — The Force is With Us (2017), in which children dressed in homemade Star Wars costumes pose in dramatic outback landscapes.
There is a cardboard R2D2 and a Darth Vader whose cloak is fashioned from black plastic.
Albert doesn't just collaborate with other artists, he sees his practice as a form of community engagement as well. (Supplied: Tony Albert, David C Collins & Aziah Smythe/Sullivan+Strumpf Gallery)
The series is the product of a recent collaboration between Albert and the remote community of Warakurna in Western Australia, near the Northern Territory border.
The Townsville-born Sydney-based artist made the long journey (a three-hour drive from Ayers Rock Airport) on the invitation of the town's arts centre.
Albert says an open mind is key to making collaborations of this kind work: "You can never go with a plan because, for example, if there's good fishing that day, no-one is going to be in town, no matter how special a guest you are — it's quite ego deflating."
Albert made himself available to the townspeople generally, not just the artists.
"Anyone who wanted a chance to work or to speak or to engage with me had that opportunity," he says.
"So I was organising things through the community centre, outside of art centre hours, to engage."
The result was a lot of bingo.
"I know how big bingo is in communities and so I thought, 'Of course! That would be a great way of breaking the ice'. We did a bingo night every week, which had every single person in town there."
When a number of the works from the Warakurna collaboration recently sold at an exhibition in Sydney, Albert split the proceeds equally with the kids who had collaborated on the images.
Albert's practice takes in photography, assemblage, installation, video, and sculpture. (Supplied: Mark Pokorny)
"They're co-authors and owners in the work as well," Albert says.
"From any sale, the people I collaborate with get equally as much as I do. It's just making sure that [the process] is non-abusive."
Community has been at the forefront of Albert's practice from the get-go. In 2003, his final year at the Queensland College of Art in Brisbane, he became a founding member of the urban Aboriginal art collective proppaNOW, which includes Richard Bell, Jennifer Herd and Vernon Ah Kee.
Longtime mentor and friend Hetti Perkins remembers first meeting Albert on a visit to the proppaNOW studios: "I was just really struck by his energy, enthusiasm, and his kindness. I think he was the only one at proppaNOW that day and he really showed me everyone's work and talked about all the other artists in such a wonderfully collegiate and enthusiastic way."
Albert collaborated with a number of proppaNOW artists to produce one of his most famous pieces: Pay Attention (2009–10).
The work saw 25 Indigenous artists produce a letter each which, when collated by Albert, come together to spell 'PAY ATTENTION MOTHERF***ERS' in a panoply of prints and textures.
Albert's work often combines kitsch aesthetics with overt political statements. (Supplied: Joe Ruckli/QAGOMA)
In 2012, when Albert came down to Sydney for an residency at Artspace in Woolloomooloo, he turned to collaboration again, this time to make sense of a tragedy within the local community.
"The week of my arrival that there was a shooting in Kings Cross," Albert recalls.
"It was a car full of young [Indigenous] boys and there was very strong evidence of police violence and brutality.
Albert's work considers the ways that Aboriginal bodies are perceived by society. (Supplied: Tony Albert/Sullivan+Strumpf Gallery)
"I did go along to an event at Government House where very young boys, teenagers, were at the protest and they were obviously very angry … [t]here was a moment where they took their shirts off and had drawn targets all over their bodies."
The spectacle affected Albert deeply and led him to work with the Kirinari Hostel (a Sydney youth hostel for Aboriginal boys and men) to produce the Brothers series (2013).
The photographic portraits show a number of young Aboriginal men from the hostel with targets painted on their chests.
"As sinister as the ideas or the photos are … the boys are very powerful, they stand very resolute, they're bathed in this really lovely, warm piece of light," Albert says.
Perkins says Albert's commitment to shared creation is down to his nature: "It is his very open spirit. He starts, and it sounds a bit cliché, at a point of love ... he gives his audience the benefit of the doubt and expects them to be like him: to be open, to listen, to hear and to be supportive."
Albert's urge to foster community through his work might also result from the isolation he felt growing up.
"We were the only [Aboriginal] children at the school, we didn't live in our community, we grew up in a suburb full of middle-to-upper class white people — so the brown face was not part of our daily routine."
In fact, Albert's only access to Aboriginal faces, outside those of his immediate family, was in the "Aboriginalia" he has compulsively collected since he was a six-year-old.
The term refers to kitsch household items and souvenirs, hugely popular in the 50s and 60s, that are decorated with sentimental, caricature-ish, and naive renderings of Indigenous people and art.
417 of Albert's Aboriginalia items are on display in Visible but his total collection numbers in the many thousands. (Supplied: Joe Ruckli/QAGOMA)
The entrance to Visible displays a small part of Albert's Aboriginalia collection — "the tip of the iceberg", at a mere 417 items, and installed in a clustered mass that covers an entire wall and overflows onto many of the available surfaces.
Within the busy assembly you can find everything from tea towels to commemorative plates, ashtrays, playing cards, and even a vintage pinball machine in a lurid (and period appropriate) palette of green, brown, orange, and yellow.
Many of Albert's works also integrate Aboriginalia.
The oldest piece in Visible, Headhunter (2007), has the word 'HUNTER' built out of wall hangings, plates, and figurines that all include the heads of Aboriginal people in one form or another.
Perkins suggests that Albert's use of Aboriginalia formulates a "persuasive" analysis of how "Aboriginal people have been dehumanised in various ways".
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"He really shows you how that works, he doesn't just ask you to just accept it," she says.
While Albert's use of these items has a critical thrust, his attachment to them is also sincere:
"[As a child] I thought it [Aboriginalia] was so beautiful, I couldn't believe there was someone who looked like my family emblazoned upon something," Albert says.
"We weren't on TV, in the shows that we were watching, we weren't in the paper, and if we were it was with a negative connotation. So it was something … very innocent, something that I just loved."
When it is suggested that, perhaps, Albert's collecting habits prefigured his collectivist practice, he laughs: "Maybe I'm just surrounding myself with black people."
Tony Albert: Visible runs until October 7 at the Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane.
The journalist travelled to Brisbane as a guest of QAGOMA.
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Dec. 28 2017, Updated 10:21 a.m. ET
It hasn't been long since the release of the iPhone X, but hackers are already able to create jailbreaks for the device. Although jailbreaking is possible, there are a few reasons why it's pointless at this time.
iOS device jailbreaks have been popular, as they remove the restrictions and allow users to install apps that are not available in the Apple store. As always, jailbreaks come with a warning that it might not always work properly and users should proceed at their own risk.
One of the latest and publicly available iOS jailbreaks is called LiberiOS, created by Jonathan Levin. It works on devices with iOS 11.1.2, including the iPhone X and iPhone 8. Its availability, however, is not good news at all, according to BGR. First, LiberiOS is a tethered jailbreak, which means that the user will have to do the jailbreaking process every single time their device reboots.
The jailbreak also only works on iOS 11.0 and iOS 11.1.2. As Apple has stopped signing these software versions, those who have upgraded to iOS 11.2 or later will not be able to downgrade and jailbreak their device using LiberiOS.
But the biggest reason installing LiberiOS jailbreak on your iPhone X or iPhone 8 is pointless is the unsupported Cydia. Cydia is currently not available on the 64-bit-only iOS 11, and that just means you can't install any iOS apps that are only found in this store. On one hand, jailbreak lovers expect the Cydia support issue to be resolved in the near future.
First iOS 11 And iPhone X Jailbreak 'LiberiOS' Has Been Officially Released https://t.co/wNJDXmcaHs pic.twitter.com/7aetTs6Gh2
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If you still want to take the risk and try to jailbreak your iOS device, TechWorm shared a tutorial on how to do it. Check out first if the jailbreak supports your device and remember to create a backup of all your data before proceeding.
Meanwhile, there is another jailbreak software called Meridian, which supports 64-bit iPhones or iPads running iOS 10.3.3. Wccftech reports that the software has been in the works for quite a while, and most 64-bit devices have probably been updated to iOS 11. Those who have stayed put with iOS 10.3 might just get their reward, although there is no ETA yet on the public release of Meridian. Here's the demo video teased on Twitter.
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It's All GoodDrake Bell Wants to Work With Josh Peck Again, Which Means a 'Drake & Josh' Reunion Is Possible
Updated: Jul 30, 2017 1:45 pm
By Gisselle Gaitan
After publicly clearing the air about those not-so-nice tweets about Josh Peck, and the missing wedding invitation – Drake Bell is once again reassuring fans that zero bad blood exists between him and his former on-screen brother.
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How so? Well, the actor dished on the growing possibility of an actual Drake & Josh reunion, and it's something that may not be completely off the table. He explained in an interview with Entertainment Tonight by admitting that the decision isn't exactly up to him.
"You gotta talk to Peck, you gotta talk to Josh. I would love to do it. I would love to. I mean, I always say in this situation, I'm the John Lennon of the Beatles. If there's time, if it's in our schedules and it's right, I would jump in it in a second," Drake admitted.
"Because … there's actors that I've done TV shows with, movies with, another TV show with, a pilot with, and still don't have the connection that I have with Josh, you know? The chemistry … and what I have with Josh is so unattainable in this business," he continued to say.
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That chemistry the two have had since day one is why Drake wants to find things to work on with Josh for the rest of their lives. "I would work with him until I'm 80 years, you know. I wanna make Grumpy Old Men with the guy. I wanna make The Odd Couple when we're old, you know," he added.
Josh on the other hand has remained pretty quite about the whole ordeal, and hasn't even commented on Drake setting things right after that Twitter incident. So of course the whole idea of this classic Nickelodeon show actually having a reunion seems pretty slim, but hey – anything is possible.
Of course for it to be a one hundred percent true reunion, they would need to get Megan, herself – Miranda Cosgrove on board. We'll have to wait what she says about a reunion, but there's a tiny but of hope that it'll happen one day.
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@SK-AuD That's a good idea! I'll probably do the same, hopefully they'll have some more answers!
So I actually went ahead and emailed them and they said they didn't have a set ranking on positions! I feel the same way though! I just found out I got into UF(yay) but I want to do more research into UF before telling ETSU no! Being on the waitlist is good for now but hopefully we find out soon!! For anyone that knows anything about University of Florida let me know! I've heard some iffy things about the program but it's still ranked pretty high! Just want to get some feedback before I go and visit!
@MBLBPB So I just got an email saying I was put on the waitlist for USF! It's not a yes but it's also not a no so I'll take it! Really hoping I'll get an acceptance!! For those of you who have been put on waitlist, what are your ideas about asking what position you are on the waitlist? I just want to know if I'm close to being chosen next or have a lot of people in front of me!
Congratulations!! I'm hoping to hear back from them soon! From what I've heard, the cohort is a little bigger than most and people do commute but I've heard such great things and they all do fun social activities on the weekends!
@MBLBPB I haven't heard anything from USF either! Definitely makes me nervous since they're my first choice but congrats to those who got in!!
I believe this is the admission website: https://www.grad.usf.edu/sonic3/status.php ! There's a thing where you click to "check application status" but for me nothing is coming up so I'm assuming they haven't released anything! I am too! I've heard that they release their decisions around this time so I'm hoping for next Friday!
Haha I think that is! My other friends who applied also haven't heard anything so I'm going to say it's good no ones heard! I believe we do use the admissions website! I haven't seen anywhere else to look and I figured we'd just get an email from them!
@MBLBPB I'm still waiting for USF as well! I have not heard anything since submitting my application as well. Let me know if you hear something!
I just received an email from ETSU with an acceptance last night! I am so excited! Although I am still waiting on hearing back from my Florida schools, this is my second choice so I feel so much better! For those of you that haven't heard, don't worry! You have time!
@SK-AuD No problem!! I'm totally with you and freaking out as well!! I actually didn't even know they did rolling admission!
@SK-AuD From what I understand I think they do! I know last year, some people were told during their interview(if they received a later one) that they got in at ECU, while in mine, I was told they would let me know in a few weeks. I've been told just because you haven't heard anything does not mean it's a bad thing!
Hey there! I have not heard anything from ETSU or USF! I had an interview with ECU in the beginning of the month, but no decision was released! I know USF usually doesn't release their decisions until beginning/mid March(from what I've heard) and ETSU does interviews but I haven't heard from them and none of my friends have either!
Has anyone heard anything from ETSU?? I know they do interviews and I'm getting nervous that I haven't heard from them!


Can NOT wait to hear more!
I could totally join hands with all of you and dance a virtual victory/joy dance.
And Yes, She is thrilled. I suggested she mine crawling across the desert from Room 9 (her old room) to Room 10 (her new room) and then jump up and pretend to have found Water, dancing a joyful interpretive Dance.
She felt that may be a bit over the top.
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"German Expert: 'Belt and Road' Initiative Is a Recipe for Peace"
Helga Zepp LaRouche
The German-language service of Xinhua, China's official news agency, published the following interview with Schiller Institute founder Helga Zepp-LaRouche on September 17 provided here in a draft English translation.
BERLIN, September 17, 2017--China's "Belt and Road" initiative can promote world peace and reduce geopolitical rivalries along its route, said Helga Zepp-LaRouche, the founder of the German Schiller Institute think-tank Sunday.
"Many of today's world crises have their roots in the lack of economic development. Economic development is today a new synonym for peace, and the Chinese `Belt and Road' initiative offers them development," Mrs. LaRouche said during an interview with Xinhua.
She noted that the initiative proposed by the Chinese government, seen in the large, makes the interest of mankind as a whole the priority, before national and regional interests. She said that if leading world forces like Russia and Germany are able to actively join these efforts, this will solve many of the existing problems.
"It is a recipe for peace, development, and the overcoming of poverty," she said.
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According to the statistics, China's direct investments into countries along the "Belt and Road" initiative have amounted to more than $60 billion over the past four years, while Chinese businesses have set up 56 economic and trade cooperation zones in over 20 countries, which have generated almost $1.1 billion in tax-receipts and created 180,000 workplaces.
The Schiller Institute, an international "bank" for political and economic ideas headquartered in Germany, has published a report which describes the New Silk Road as a land-bridge, while forecasting that the Chinese initiative would have no limits, and might tie all five continents together, and allow them to cooperate in a "win-win" perspective, Mrs. LaRouche said.
Discussing the upcoming parliamentary elections in Germany on Sept. 24, Mrs. LaRouche said that the competing parties, like the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), led by Chancellor Angela Merkel, and the Social Democratic Party (SPD), led by former European Parliament President Martin Schulz, had not made their views clear on prospective cooperation with China. Mrs. LaRouche, who leads a smaller party called Civil Rights Movement Solidarity, (Bürgerrechtsbewegung Solidarität, BüSo), called on the incoming German political establishment to engage itself further in the "Belt and Road" initiative.
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Interface RecognitionConfigOrBuilder (2.0.0)

public interface RecognitionConfigOrBuilder extends MessageOrBuilder

Implements

    MessageOrBuilder

Methods

getAudioChannelCount()

public abstract int getAudioChannelCount()

 The number of channels in the input audio data.
 ONLY set this for MULTI-CHANNEL recognition.
 Valid values for LINEAR16 and FLAC are 1-8.
 Valid values for OGG_OPUS are '1'-'254'.
 Valid value for MULAW, AMR, AMR_WB and SPEEX_WITH_HEADER_BYTE is only 1.
 If 0 or omitted, defaults to one channel (mono).
 Note: We only recognize the first channel by default.
 To perform independent recognition on each channel set
 enable_separate_recognition_per_channel to 'true'.

 int32 audio_channel_count = 7;

  Returns

        Type
        Description

        int

The audioChannelCount.

getDiarizationConfig()

public abstract SpeakerDiarizationConfig getDiarizationConfig()

 Config to enable speaker diarization and set additional
 parameters to make diarization better suited for your application.
 Note: When this is enabled, we send all the words from the beginning of the
 audio for the top alternative in every consecutive STREAMING responses.
 This is done in order to improve our speaker tags as our models learn to
 identify the speakers in the conversation over time.
 For non-streaming requests, the diarization results will be provided only
 in the top alternative of the FINAL SpeechRecognitionResult.

 .google.cloud.speech.v1.SpeakerDiarizationConfig diarization_config = 19;

  Returns

        Type
        Description

        SpeakerDiarizationConfig

The diarizationConfig.

getDiarizationConfigOrBuilder()

public abstract SpeakerDiarizationConfigOrBuilder getDiarizationConfigOrBuilder()

 Config to enable speaker diarization and set additional
 parameters to make diarization better suited for your application.
 Note: When this is enabled, we send all the words from the beginning of the
 audio for the top alternative in every consecutive STREAMING responses.
 This is done in order to improve our speaker tags as our models learn to
 identify the speakers in the conversation over time.
 For non-streaming requests, the diarization results will be provided only
 in the top alternative of the FINAL SpeechRecognitionResult.

 .google.cloud.speech.v1.SpeakerDiarizationConfig diarization_config = 19;

  Returns

        Type
        Description

        SpeakerDiarizationConfigOrBuilder

getEnableAutomaticPunctuation()

public abstract boolean getEnableAutomaticPunctuation()

 If 'true', adds punctuation to recognition result hypotheses.
 This feature is only available in select languages. Setting this for
 requests in other languages has no effect at all.
 The default 'false' value does not add punctuation to result hypotheses.

 bool enable_automatic_punctuation = 11;

  Returns

        Type
        Description

        boolean

The enableAutomaticPunctuation.

getEnableSeparateRecognitionPerChannel()

public abstract boolean getEnableSeparateRecognitionPerChannel()

 This needs to be set to true explicitly and audio_channel_count > 1
 to get each channel recognized separately. The recognition result will
 contain a channel_tag field to state which channel that result belongs
 to. If this is not true, we will only recognize the first channel. The
 request is billed cumulatively for all channels recognized:
 audio_channel_count multiplied by the length of the audio.

 bool enable_separate_recognition_per_channel = 12;

  Returns

        Type
        Description

        boolean

The enableSeparateRecognitionPerChannel.

getEnableWordTimeOffsets()

public abstract boolean getEnableWordTimeOffsets()

 If true, the top result includes a list of words and
 the start and end time offsets (timestamps) for those words. If
 false, no word-level time offset information is returned. The default is
 false.

 bool enable_word_time_offsets = 8;

  Returns

        Type
        Description

        boolean

The enableWordTimeOffsets.

getEncoding()

public abstract RecognitionConfig.AudioEncoding getEncoding()

 Encoding of audio data sent in all RecognitionAudio messages.
 This field is optional for FLAC and WAV audio files and required
 for all other audio formats. For details, see AudioEncoding.

 .google.cloud.speech.v1.RecognitionConfig.AudioEncoding encoding = 1;

  Returns

        Type
        Description

        RecognitionConfig.AudioEncoding

The encoding.

getEncodingValue()

public abstract int getEncodingValue()

 Encoding of audio data sent in all RecognitionAudio messages.
 This field is optional for FLAC and WAV audio files and required
 for all other audio formats. For details, see AudioEncoding.

 .google.cloud.speech.v1.RecognitionConfig.AudioEncoding encoding = 1;

  Returns

        Type
        Description

        int

The enum numeric value on the wire for encoding.

getLanguageCode()

public abstract String getLanguageCode()

 Required. The language of the supplied audio as a
 BCP-47 language tag.
 Example: "en-US".
 See Language
 Support for a list
 of the currently supported language codes.

 string language_code = 3 [(.google.api.field_behavior) = REQUIRED];

  Returns

        Type
        Description

        String

The languageCode.

getLanguageCodeBytes()

public abstract ByteString getLanguageCodeBytes()

 Required. The language of the supplied audio as a
 BCP-47 language tag.
 Example: "en-US".
 See Language
 Support for a list
 of the currently supported language codes.

 string language_code = 3 [(.google.api.field_behavior) = REQUIRED];

  Returns

        Type
        Description

        ByteString

The bytes for languageCode.

getMaxAlternatives()

public abstract int getMaxAlternatives()

 Maximum number of recognition hypotheses to be returned.
 Specifically, the maximum number of SpeechRecognitionAlternative messages
 within each SpeechRecognitionResult.
 The server may return fewer than max_alternatives.
 Valid values are 0-30. A value of 0 or 1 will return a maximum of
 one. If omitted, will return a maximum of one.

 int32 max_alternatives = 4;

  Returns

        Type
        Description

        int

The maxAlternatives.

getMetadata()

public abstract RecognitionMetadata getMetadata()

 Metadata regarding this request.

 .google.cloud.speech.v1.RecognitionMetadata metadata = 9;

  Returns

        Type
        Description

        RecognitionMetadata

The metadata.

getMetadataOrBuilder()

public abstract RecognitionMetadataOrBuilder getMetadataOrBuilder()

 Metadata regarding this request.

 .google.cloud.speech.v1.RecognitionMetadata metadata = 9;

  Returns

        Type
        Description

        RecognitionMetadataOrBuilder

getModel()

public abstract String getModel()

 Which model to select for the given request. Select the model
 best suited to your domain to get best results. If a model is not
 explicitly specified, then we auto-select a model based on the parameters
 in the RecognitionConfig.
 <table>
   <tr>
     <td><b>Model</b></td>
     <td><b>Description</b></td>
   </tr>
   <tr>
     <td><code>command_and_search</code></td>
     <td>Best for short queries such as voice commands or voice search.</td>
   </tr>
   <tr>
     <td><code>phone_call</code></td>
     <td>Best for audio that originated from a phone call (typically
     recorded at an 8khz sampling rate).</td>
   </tr>
   <tr>
     <td><code>video</code></td>
     <td>Best for audio that originated from video or includes multiple
         speakers. Ideally the audio is recorded at a 16khz or greater
         sampling rate. This is a premium model that costs more than the
         standard rate.</td>
   </tr>
   <tr>
     <td><code>default</code></td>
     <td>Best for audio that is not one of the specific audio models.
         For example, long-form audio. Ideally the audio is high-fidelity,
         recorded at a 16khz or greater sampling rate.</td>
   </tr>
 </table>

 string model = 13;

  Returns

        Type
        Description

        String

The model.

getModelBytes()

public abstract ByteString getModelBytes()

 Which model to select for the given request. Select the model
 best suited to your domain to get best results. If a model is not
 explicitly specified, then we auto-select a model based on the parameters
 in the RecognitionConfig.
 <table>
   <tr>
     <td><b>Model</b></td>
     <td><b>Description</b></td>
   </tr>
   <tr>
     <td><code>command_and_search</code></td>
     <td>Best for short queries such as voice commands or voice search.</td>
   </tr>
   <tr>
     <td><code>phone_call</code></td>
     <td>Best for audio that originated from a phone call (typically
     recorded at an 8khz sampling rate).</td>
   </tr>
   <tr>
     <td><code>video</code></td>
     <td>Best for audio that originated from video or includes multiple
         speakers. Ideally the audio is recorded at a 16khz or greater
         sampling rate. This is a premium model that costs more than the
         standard rate.</td>
   </tr>
   <tr>
     <td><code>default</code></td>
     <td>Best for audio that is not one of the specific audio models.
         For example, long-form audio. Ideally the audio is high-fidelity,
         recorded at a 16khz or greater sampling rate.</td>
   </tr>
 </table>

 string model = 13;

  Returns

        Type
        Description

        ByteString

The bytes for model.

getProfanityFilter()

public abstract boolean getProfanityFilter()

 If set to true, the server will attempt to filter out
 profanities, replacing all but the initial character in each filtered word
 with asterisks, e.g. "f***". If set to false or omitted, profanities
 won't be filtered out.

 bool profanity_filter = 5;

  Returns

        Type
        Description

        boolean

The profanityFilter.

getSampleRateHertz()

public abstract int getSampleRateHertz()

 Sample rate in Hertz of the audio data sent in all
 RecognitionAudio messages. Valid values are: 8000-48000.
 16000 is optimal. For best results, set the sampling rate of the audio
 source to 16000 Hz. If that's not possible, use the native sample rate of
 the audio source (instead of re-sampling).
 This field is optional for FLAC and WAV audio files, but is
 required for all other audio formats. For details, see AudioEncoding.

 int32 sample_rate_hertz = 2;

  Returns

        Type
        Description

        int

The sampleRateHertz.

getSpeechContexts(int index)

public abstract SpeechContext getSpeechContexts(int index)

 Array of SpeechContext.
 A means to provide context to assist the speech recognition. For more
 information, see
 speech
 adaptation.

 repeated .google.cloud.speech.v1.SpeechContext speech_contexts = 6;

  Parameter

        Name
        Description

        index
        int

  Returns

        Type
        Description

        SpeechContext

getSpeechContextsCount()

public abstract int getSpeechContextsCount()

 Array of SpeechContext.
 A means to provide context to assist the speech recognition. For more
 information, see
 speech
 adaptation.

 repeated .google.cloud.speech.v1.SpeechContext speech_contexts = 6;

  Returns

        Type
        Description

        int

getSpeechContextsList()

public abstract List<SpeechContext> getSpeechContextsList()

 Array of SpeechContext.
 A means to provide context to assist the speech recognition. For more
 information, see
 speech
 adaptation.

 repeated .google.cloud.speech.v1.SpeechContext speech_contexts = 6;

  Returns

        Type
        Description

        List<SpeechContext>

getSpeechContextsOrBuilder(int index)

public abstract SpeechContextOrBuilder getSpeechContextsOrBuilder(int index)

 Array of SpeechContext.
 A means to provide context to assist the speech recognition. For more
 information, see
 speech
 adaptation.

 repeated .google.cloud.speech.v1.SpeechContext speech_contexts = 6;

  Parameter

        Name
        Description

        index
        int

  Returns

        Type
        Description

        SpeechContextOrBuilder

getSpeechContextsOrBuilderList()

public abstract List<? extends SpeechContextOrBuilder> getSpeechContextsOrBuilderList()

 Array of SpeechContext.
 A means to provide context to assist the speech recognition. For more
 information, see
 speech
 adaptation.

 repeated .google.cloud.speech.v1.SpeechContext speech_contexts = 6;

  Returns

        Type
        Description

        List<? extends com.google.cloud.speech.v1.SpeechContextOrBuilder>

getUseEnhanced()

public abstract boolean getUseEnhanced()

 Set to true to use an enhanced model for speech recognition.
 If use_enhanced is set to true and the model field is not set, then
 an appropriate enhanced model is chosen if an enhanced model exists for
 the audio.
 If use_enhanced is true and an enhanced version of the specified model
 does not exist, then the speech is recognized using the standard version
 of the specified model.

 bool use_enhanced = 14;

  Returns

        Type
        Description

        boolean

The useEnhanced.

hasDiarizationConfig()

public abstract boolean hasDiarizationConfig()

 Config to enable speaker diarization and set additional
 parameters to make diarization better suited for your application.
 Note: When this is enabled, we send all the words from the beginning of the
 audio for the top alternative in every consecutive STREAMING responses.
 This is done in order to improve our speaker tags as our models learn to
 identify the speakers in the conversation over time.
 For non-streaming requests, the diarization results will be provided only
 in the top alternative of the FINAL SpeechRecognitionResult.

 .google.cloud.speech.v1.SpeakerDiarizationConfig diarization_config = 19;

  Returns

        Type
        Description

        boolean

Whether the diarizationConfig field is set.

hasMetadata()

public abstract boolean hasMetadata()

 Metadata regarding this request.

 .google.cloud.speech.v1.RecognitionMetadata metadata = 9;

  Returns

        Type
        Description

        boolean

Whether the metadata field is set.

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Q: Weird Exception at wpf with VB.net I've been getting this weird exception on my code:
Ongeldige vertakking van één byte op positie: 4. Aangevraagde vertakking is: 202.

now thats nederlands and translate it to english would be something like:
Invalid branch of a byte at position 4. Solicited node is: 202.

Now i get this everytime i selected on a grid more than 4 or 5 column and then select in what order i want them (if ascending or descending). Now i will show the function where i get this exception:
Private Sub sort()

Columns.OrderByDescending(Function(f) f.SelectedSortOrder)

    Dim orderBy As String = ""
    For Each col In Columns
        If col.SelectedisAscending Is Nothing Then

        Else
            If col.SelectedisAscending.isAscending.ToUpper = "UNSORTED" Then
            Else
                Dim KolomNaam As String = col.Name
                'orderBy = orderBy & KolomNaam
                If col.SelectedisAscending.isAscending.ToUpper = "ASCENDING" Then
                    orderBy = KolomNaam & " ASC, " & orderBy
                ElseIf col.SelectedisAscending.isAscending.ToUpper = "DESCENDING" Then
                    orderBy = KolomNaam & " DESC, " & orderBy
                End If
            End If
        End If
    Next

    If orderBy Is Nothing Then Exit Sub
    Try

        If Not DataArtikelen Is Nothing Then
            Dim lstData As List(Of ctArtikelen)
            Dim comparer As DynamicComparer(Of ctArtikelen)

            WHERE THE EXCEPTION HAAPENS--> comparer = New DynamicComparer(Of ctArtikelen)(orderBy.Substring(0, orderBy.Length - 2))

            lstData = (From d In DataArtikelen).ToList
            lstData.Sort(comparer)
            DataArtikelen = lstData
        ElseIf Not DataOrderregels Is Nothing Then
            Dim lstData As List(Of ctOrdersRegels)
            Dim comparer As DynamicComparer(Of ctOrdersRegels)
            comparer = New DynamicComparer(Of ctOrdersRegels)(orderBy.Substring(0, orderBy.Length - 2))
            lstData = (From d In DataOrderregels).ToList
            lstData.Sort(comparer)
            DataOrderregels = lstData
        ElseIf Not DataOrders Is Nothing Then
            Dim lstData As List(Of getOrdersVanPeriode_Result)
            Dim comparer As DynamicComparer(Of getOrdersVanPeriode_Result)
            comparer = New DynamicComparer(Of getOrdersVanPeriode_Result)(orderBy.Substring(0, orderBy.Length - 2))
            lstData = (From d In DataOrders).ToList
            lstData.Sort(comparer)
            DataOrders = lstData
        ElseIf Not DataAnnuler Is Nothing Then
            Dim lstData As List(Of getAnnuleringen_Result)
            Dim comparer As DynamicComparer(Of getAnnuleringen_Result)
            comparer = New DynamicComparer(Of getAnnuleringen_Result)(orderBy.Substring(0, orderBy.Length - 2))
            lstData = (From d In DataAnnuler).ToList
            lstData.Sort(comparer)
            DataAnnuler = lstData
        End If
        If Not DataArtikelen Is Nothing Then Data = DataArtikelen
        If Not DataOrderregels Is Nothing Then Data = DataOrderregels
        If Not DataOrders Is Nothing Then Data = DataOrders
        If Not DataAnnuler Is Nothing Then Data = DataAnnuler

    Catch ex As Exception
        MsgBox(ex.Message)
    End Try
End Sub

Now my best bet is the string "orderBy" is to large because when i select like 2 or 3 columns i dont get any exception.. Can anyone give me some help and try to explain what means this exception and if it is possible to resolve it!

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package com.amazonaws.services.kinesisfirehose.model;

import java.io.Serializable;
import javax.annotation.Generated;
import com.amazonaws.protocol.StructuredPojo;
import com.amazonaws.protocol.ProtocolMarshaller;

/**
 *

 * Describes a COPY command for Amazon Redshift.
 *

 *
 * @see AWS API
 *      Documentation
 */
@Generated("com.amazonaws:aws-java-sdk-code-generator")
public class CopyCommand implements Serializable, Cloneable, StructuredPojo {

    /**
     *

     * The name of the target table. The table must already exist in the database.
     *

     */
    private String dataTableName;
    /**
     *

     * A comma-separated list of column names.
     *

     */
    private String dataTableColumns;
    /**
     *

     * Optional parameters to use with the Amazon Redshift COPY command. For more information, see the
     * "Optional Parameters" section of Amazon
     * Redshift COPY command. Some possible examples that would apply to Firehose are as follows:
     *

     *

     * delimiter '\t' lzop; - fields are delimited with "\t" (TAB character) and compressed using lzop.
     *

     *

     * delimiter '| - fields are delimited with "|" (this is the default delimiter).
     *

     *

     * delimiter '|' escape - the delimiter should be escaped.
     *

     *

     * fixedwidth 'venueid:3,venuename:25,venuecity:12,venuestate:2,venueseats:6' - fields are fixed width
     * in the source, with each width specified after every column in the table.
     *

     *

     * JSON 's3://mybucket/jsonpaths.txt' - data is in JSON format, and the path specified is the format of
     * the data.
     *

     *

     * For more examples, see Amazon Redshift COPY command
     * examples.
     *

     */
    private String copyOptions;

    /**
     *

     * The name of the target table. The table must already exist in the database.
     *

     *
     * @param dataTableName
     *        The name of the target table. The table must already exist in the database.
     */

    public void setDataTableName(String dataTableName) {
        this.dataTableName = dataTableName;
    }

    /**
     *

     * The name of the target table. The table must already exist in the database.
     *

     *
     * @return The name of the target table. The table must already exist in the database.
     */

    public String getDataTableName() {
        return this.dataTableName;
    }

    /**
     *

     * The name of the target table. The table must already exist in the database.
     *

     *
     * @param dataTableName
     *        The name of the target table. The table must already exist in the database.
     * @return Returns a reference to this object so that method calls can be chained together.
     */

    public CopyCommand withDataTableName(String dataTableName) {
        setDataTableName(dataTableName);
        return this;
    }

    /**
     *

     * A comma-separated list of column names.
     *

     *
     * @param dataTableColumns
     *        A comma-separated list of column names.
     */

    public void setDataTableColumns(String dataTableColumns) {
        this.dataTableColumns = dataTableColumns;
    }

    /**
     *

     * A comma-separated list of column names.
     *

     *
     * @return A comma-separated list of column names.
     */

    public String getDataTableColumns() {
        return this.dataTableColumns;
    }

    /**
     *

     * A comma-separated list of column names.
     *

     *
     * @param dataTableColumns
     *        A comma-separated list of column names.
     * @return Returns a reference to this object so that method calls can be chained together.
     */

    public CopyCommand withDataTableColumns(String dataTableColumns) {
        setDataTableColumns(dataTableColumns);
        return this;
    }

    /**
     *

     * Optional parameters to use with the Amazon Redshift COPY command. For more information, see the
     * "Optional Parameters" section of Amazon
     * Redshift COPY command. Some possible examples that would apply to Firehose are as follows:
     *

     *

     * delimiter '\t' lzop; - fields are delimited with "\t" (TAB character) and compressed using lzop.
     *

     *

     * delimiter '| - fields are delimited with "|" (this is the default delimiter).
     *

     *

     * delimiter '|' escape - the delimiter should be escaped.
     *

     *

     * fixedwidth 'venueid:3,venuename:25,venuecity:12,venuestate:2,venueseats:6' - fields are fixed width
     * in the source, with each width specified after every column in the table.
     *

     *

     * JSON 's3://mybucket/jsonpaths.txt' - data is in JSON format, and the path specified is the format of
     * the data.
     *

     *

     * For more examples, see Amazon Redshift COPY command
     * examples.
     *

     *
     * @param copyOptions
     *        Optional parameters to use with the Amazon Redshift COPY command. For more information, see
     *        the "Optional Parameters" section of Amazon Redshift COPY command. Some
     *        possible examples that would apply to Firehose are as follows:

     *

     *        delimiter '\t' lzop; - fields are delimited with "\t" (TAB character) and compressed using
     *        lzop.
     *

     *

     *        delimiter '| - fields are delimited with "|" (this is the default delimiter).
     *

     *

     *        delimiter '|' escape - the delimiter should be escaped.
     *

     *

     *        fixedwidth 'venueid:3,venuename:25,venuecity:12,venuestate:2,venueseats:6' - fields are fixed
     *        width in the source, with each width specified after every column in the table.
     *

     *

     *        JSON 's3://mybucket/jsonpaths.txt' - data is in JSON format, and the path specified is the
     *        format of the data.
     *

     *

     *        For more examples, see Amazon Redshift COPY
     *        command examples.
     */

    public void setCopyOptions(String copyOptions) {
        this.copyOptions = copyOptions;
    }

    /**
     *

     * Optional parameters to use with the Amazon Redshift COPY command. For more information, see the
     * "Optional Parameters" section of Amazon
     * Redshift COPY command. Some possible examples that would apply to Firehose are as follows:
     *

     *

     * delimiter '\t' lzop; - fields are delimited with "\t" (TAB character) and compressed using lzop.
     *

     *

     * delimiter '| - fields are delimited with "|" (this is the default delimiter).
     *

     *

     * delimiter '|' escape - the delimiter should be escaped.
     *

     *

     * fixedwidth 'venueid:3,venuename:25,venuecity:12,venuestate:2,venueseats:6' - fields are fixed width
     * in the source, with each width specified after every column in the table.
     *

     *

     * JSON 's3://mybucket/jsonpaths.txt' - data is in JSON format, and the path specified is the format of
     * the data.
     *

     *

     * For more examples, see Amazon Redshift COPY command
     * examples.
     *

     *
     * @return Optional parameters to use with the Amazon Redshift COPY command. For more information, see
     *         the "Optional Parameters" section of Amazon Redshift COPY command. Some
     *         possible examples that would apply to Firehose are as follows:

     *

     *         delimiter '\t' lzop; - fields are delimited with "\t" (TAB character) and compressed using
     *         lzop.
     *

     *

     *         delimiter '| - fields are delimited with "|" (this is the default delimiter).
     *

     *

     *         delimiter '|' escape - the delimiter should be escaped.
     *

     *

     *         fixedwidth 'venueid:3,venuename:25,venuecity:12,venuestate:2,venueseats:6' - fields are
     *         fixed width in the source, with each width specified after every column in the table.
     *

     *

     *         JSON 's3://mybucket/jsonpaths.txt' - data is in JSON format, and the path specified is the
     *         format of the data.
     *

     *

     *         For more examples, see Amazon Redshift COPY
     *         command examples.
     */

    public String getCopyOptions() {
        return this.copyOptions;
    }

    /**
     *

     * Optional parameters to use with the Amazon Redshift COPY command. For more information, see the
     * "Optional Parameters" section of Amazon
     * Redshift COPY command. Some possible examples that would apply to Firehose are as follows:
     *

     *

     * delimiter '\t' lzop; - fields are delimited with "\t" (TAB character) and compressed using lzop.
     *

     *

     * delimiter '| - fields are delimited with "|" (this is the default delimiter).
     *

     *

     * delimiter '|' escape - the delimiter should be escaped.
     *

     *

     * fixedwidth 'venueid:3,venuename:25,venuecity:12,venuestate:2,venueseats:6' - fields are fixed width
     * in the source, with each width specified after every column in the table.
     *

     *

     * JSON 's3://mybucket/jsonpaths.txt' - data is in JSON format, and the path specified is the format of
     * the data.
     *

     *

     * For more examples, see Amazon Redshift COPY command
     * examples.
     *

     *
     * @param copyOptions
     *        Optional parameters to use with the Amazon Redshift COPY command. For more information, see
     *        the "Optional Parameters" section of Amazon Redshift COPY command. Some
     *        possible examples that would apply to Firehose are as follows:

     *

     *        delimiter '\t' lzop; - fields are delimited with "\t" (TAB character) and compressed using
     *        lzop.
     *

     *

     *        delimiter '| - fields are delimited with "|" (this is the default delimiter).
     *

     *

     *        delimiter '|' escape - the delimiter should be escaped.
     *

     *

     *        fixedwidth 'venueid:3,venuename:25,venuecity:12,venuestate:2,venueseats:6' - fields are fixed
     *        width in the source, with each width specified after every column in the table.
     *

     *

     *        JSON 's3://mybucket/jsonpaths.txt' - data is in JSON format, and the path specified is the
     *        format of the data.
     *

     *

     *        For more examples, see Amazon Redshift COPY
     *        command examples.
     * @return Returns a reference to this object so that method calls can be chained together.
     */

    public CopyCommand withCopyOptions(String copyOptions) {
        setCopyOptions(copyOptions);
        return this;
    }

    /**
     * Returns a string representation of this object; useful for testing and debugging.
     *
     * @return A string representation of this object.
     *
     * @see java.lang.Object#toString()
     */
    @Override
    public String toString() {
        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
        sb.append("{");
        if (getDataTableName() != null)
            sb.append("DataTableName: ").append(getDataTableName()).append(",");
        if (getDataTableColumns() != null)
            sb.append("DataTableColumns: ").append(getDataTableColumns()).append(",");
        if (getCopyOptions() != null)
            sb.append("CopyOptions: ").append(getCopyOptions());
        sb.append("}");
        return sb.toString();
    }

    @Override
    public boolean equals(Object obj) {
        if (this == obj)
            return true;
        if (obj == null)
            return false;

        if (obj instanceof CopyCommand == false)
            return false;
        CopyCommand other = (CopyCommand) obj;
        if (other.getDataTableName() == null ^ this.getDataTableName() == null)
            return false;
        if (other.getDataTableName() != null && other.getDataTableName().equals(this.getDataTableName()) == false)
            return false;
        if (other.getDataTableColumns() == null ^ this.getDataTableColumns() == null)
            return false;
        if (other.getDataTableColumns() != null && other.getDataTableColumns().equals(this.getDataTableColumns()) == false)
            return false;
        if (other.getCopyOptions() == null ^ this.getCopyOptions() == null)
            return false;
        if (other.getCopyOptions() != null && other.getCopyOptions().equals(this.getCopyOptions()) == false)
            return false;
        return true;
    }

    @Override
    public int hashCode() {
        final int prime = 31;
        int hashCode = 1;

        hashCode = prime * hashCode + ((getDataTableName() == null) ? 0 : getDataTableName().hashCode());
        hashCode = prime * hashCode + ((getDataTableColumns() == null) ? 0 : getDataTableColumns().hashCode());
        hashCode = prime * hashCode + ((getCopyOptions() == null) ? 0 : getCopyOptions().hashCode());
        return hashCode;
    }

    @Override
    public CopyCommand clone() {
        try {
            return (CopyCommand) super.clone();
        } catch (CloneNotSupportedException e) {
            throw new IllegalStateException("Got a CloneNotSupportedException from Object.clone() " + "even though we're Cloneable!", e);
        }
    }

    @com.amazonaws.annotation.SdkInternalApi
    @Override
    public void marshall(ProtocolMarshaller protocolMarshaller) {
        com.amazonaws.services.kinesisfirehose.model.transform.CopyCommandMarshaller.getInstance().marshall(this, protocolMarshaller);
    }
}


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