Stuck with installing mobdro on smart tv. I bought a while back in Christmas. It is a samsung smart tv not picking mobdro.
I have a Samsung UN60H6350AF TV. After 1.5-2 hours, the picture washes out. It is still viewable, but very faded. Any suggestions will be appreciated. Thank you.
Check your advanced video settings for something like Environmental LIghting. There's a sensor on your television that reads the light in the room. It can adjust the brightness of your screen to accommodate more or less light. If you turn this off, it will help. You can also request support directly from your television. They will ask you a couple of questions, then setup a time to call you where they are very helpful and will walk you through any problems you are having. If it can't be fixed over the phone by tech support, they will setup an appointment for you to have it repaired. Hope this helps.
Help with Samsung plasma tv.
Samsung TV with audio but no picture and no LED backlights. Flashlight test reveals screen image present. No signs of internal damage or disconnected wires. Suggestions?
Does the main board of a Samsung 55" LED TV, (Model # LN52A750R1FXZA),control/provide for sound output? Have lost sound on my TV.
I have a samsung un46h6201af that won't get sound or picture (screen is black). The red power light does come on.
Hi, would you have a code and procedure to unlock a Samsung BD-J6300 blu ray disc player ? Thank you for your help.
How to unlock a TV Samsung TV without remote?
How do I program my Suddenlink reremote to control the volume on my Samsung sound Bar?


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Thirteen people attended this meeting at A. T.'s home, including one first time visitor. Our topic was Nine Princes in Amber, the classic fantasy adventure by Roger Zelazny. All of us had read Zelazny before. Four were reading this book for the first time, and most of the rest had initially read it many years ago.
We had seventeen people, the largest attendance in years, for this discussion at A. T.'s house. Another reader submitted comments by email. Our topic was Kitty and the Midnight Hour, the first novel by Carrie Vaughn. The story is about Kitty, the host of a radio call-in show devoted to the supernatural, who herself is a werewolf. Fourteen of us started the book, and all finished it.


Here at Knox Carpets, we pride ourselves on low-priced quality flooring solutions of all shapes and sorts. We take our trade pretty seriously, but we do like to have a bit of fun as a team.
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The largest individual chocolate was a chocolate Hershey's Kiss weighing 13,852.71 kg (30,540 lbs). The chocolate was made to celebrate Hershey's Kisses 100th anniversary and was displayed at Chocolate World, Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA, on 7 July 2007.
The largest collection of chocolate bars belongs to Bob Brown (USA) whose collection contains 770 different chocolate bars which were displayed at the Castleton Square Mall in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA, on 29 October 2010.
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Q: Can PreparedStatement do not take into account some conditions in WHERE clause? For example, I have a statement
"SELECT * FROM Reports WHERE StartDate >= ? WHERE EndDate <= ? AND Performer = ?"
But sometimes some input fields on the web page are not filled, so I have to not take into account this conditions. i.e. I have no startdate filled, so statement must be
"SELECT * FROM Reports WHERE EndDate <= ? AND Performer = ?"
There are 3 different conditions. So, Do I have to write 8 different statements and DAO methods to accomplish the task? Really? Maybe there are other solutions?
Edit: I use MySQL/

A: Change your SQL to cater for nulls. Because you have not told us which database you are using, I will use "vanilla" SQL:
SELECT *
FROM Reports
WHERE (EndDate <= ? OR ? is null)
AND (Performer = ? OR ? is null)

Pass the parameters in twice each.
The other choice is to alter the SQL based on parameters being null (for example omitting Performer = ? from the where clause), but this can require a lot of code and testing. Iwould use the adaptable SQL and if it performs badly, then attempt something more advanced.

A: You dont need 8 different statements. You can build the query using if statements. For e.g.,
String query = "SELECT * FROM Reports where true";
if(startDate != null)
  query = query + " and startDate <= ?";
if(endDate != null)
  query = query + " and endDate <= ?";
if(performer != null)
  query = query + " and performer = ?";

Hope it works for you.

A: No Prepared statement cannot exclude contions on its own. The query as to be contructed to avoid unnecessary conditions.
You can generate SQL using the code :
StringBuilder whereClause = new StringBuilder();
String and = "";

if(EndDate == null || EndDate.length == 0)
{
    whereClause.append(your condition);
    and = " and";
}

if(StartDate == null || StartDate.length == 0)
{
    whereClause.append(and).append(your condition);
    and = " and";
}

if(Performer == null || Performer.length == 0)
{
    whereClause.append(and).append(your condition);
}

and based on you generated query you need to set the parameters to the prepared statement.

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When a crystal is delivered it carries with it a few monolayers of adsorbates from ambient, typically water and some hydrocarbons. The carbonaceous content of these adsorbates will be annealed into the near surface portion of the bulk of the crystal if the crystal is immediately annealed to very high temperatures prior to any sputtering. After such an initial cycle, it will become virtually impossible to remove it through sputtering and annealing as it spreads further through the bulk with every anneal cycle. Silver, with a small, but non-negligible bulk solubilty for carbon, is a notorious case where this has a tendency to happen, and it can in cases be wiser to repolish a crystal to fully remove the carbon-poisoned layer of the crystal instead of persisting in removing the impurity through extensive sputtering/annealing.


Didja know, that it was on this day, Dec. 21st. 1970, when a stretch limousine carrying Elvis Presley pulled up outside the White House in Washington, D.C. The driver handed over a letter from Elvis addressed to President Richard Nixon requesting a meeting to discuss how the King of Rock and Roll could help Nixon fight drugs. The President agreed to give Presley a Narcotics Bureau badge – but only after learning that the chief of the narcotics bureau had turned down the same request earlier that day and told Presley the only person who could overrule his decision was the President. At Elvis' request, the meeting remained secret for more than a year, until the Washington Post broke the story on January 27th, 1972.
The story began in Memphis a few days earlier, when Elvis' father, Vernon, and wife, Priscilla, complained that he'd spent too much on Christmas presents—more than $100,000 for 32 handguns and ten Mercedes-Benzes. Peeved, Elvis drove to the airport and caught the next available flight, which happened to be bound for Washington. He checked into a hotel, then got bored and decided to fly to Los Angeles.
"Elvis called and asked me to pick him up at the airport," recalls Jerry Schilling, Presley's longtime aide, who dutifully arrived at the Los Angeles airport at 3 a.m. to chauffeur the King to his mansion there.
I'm on your side," Elvis told Nixon, adding that he'd been studying the drug culture and Communist brainwashing. Then he asked the president for a badge from the Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs.
Can we get him a badge?" Nixon asked Krogh.
Mr. President, they have wives, too," Elvis said. So Nixon gave them each a White House brooch.
At Elvis' request, the meeting was kept secret. A year later, columnist Jack Anderson broke the story—"Presley Gets Narcotics Bureau Badge"—but few people seemed to care!
We certainly didn't, did you ?
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So succinct and so funny!
As ALWAYS super nice report from you Mr. "Shoe"!! What IRONY and HYPOCRACY here!! I remember so well the day several of us returned from a trip from Big Bear and as we arrived at your home we were greeted with the news that Elvis had died [you can't write this stuff] from a DRUG OVERDOSE!!!]. Where was the BADGE then….well there's that HUGH!!!???
ELVIS WAS NEVER DESTINED TO BE A LEADING LIGHT OR POSTER BOY FOR ANTI-DRUG CONTIBUTIONS! I wonder if Kid Crock or Ted [last century] Nugent have received their TRUMP BADGES YET!!! This is actually a strange piece of forgettable history that NO ONE I have ever mentioned this encounter to actually know about!!


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In response to one reader's thoughtful advice, the story originally titled, "The loathsome Sheriff of Arapahoe Junction" has been renamed, "The lesser of all evils". Thank you my dear friend for your valued suggestion. This story is dedicated to you.
For some reason the good Lord puts people on this celestial ball that by all rights and means shoulda' never been placed here. Sheriff Maurice Du Bois was one of these.
Poking the evening cook fire with a stick and stirring the embers until flames gave new life to the campfire coals, John, the trail cook settled the blackened coffee pot back onto the rekindled flames. Sitting there tilting, it boiled up a fresh pot of coffee. He continued his tale to the group of cowhands and told them of the territory they were now passing through.
"A couple decades ago, These parts had folks livin' around here. Hooking his thumb over his right shoulder he told them, " Beyond that rise out there, was a small mining town called Arapahoe Junction. There's nothin' left there now but a few snake infested dilapidated buildings and the bones of mostly innocent folk." Stopping to pause, The cook's eyes took on a tired sadness as the memories came flooding back to him.
" I rode through there a few years back. I needed to see what remained. Other than some leaning building frames and sun bleached planks lying about, there's nothing that would ever say it was my home or anybody else's. As towns went, it wasn't a bustling one but it weren't no tent town either. We had a dry goods store, livery, saloons, a couple of bordello's book ending the town. It coulda' grow'd into a real nice town 'cepting for the Sheriff. Yes Sir, that was one evil man. He needed killin' something real bad. I ain't ashamed to say that my brother, me and a few others took to doing it. It's kinda' ironic actually. In trying to save the town, we ended up killing it!"
Known to be a gambler, a womanizer and a low down skunk, Maurice Du Bois took pride in being all three. Born in France, he and his parents had relocated to New Orleans after being accused of counterfeiting French bank notes. The Gypsy telegraph (word of mouth between thieves) warned the family of an impending arrest and they made their escape by ship to America that night.
Stepping down from the freight hauler where he had hitched a free ride, Du Bois grabbed his carpet bag from the wagon's bed and stood there taking in the sight before him.
Six months earlier, the New Orleans Bee had run a front page story about the gold strike at Pikes Peak out in Colorado. Knowing the easy gold was in a miners pouch and not in the earth, he immediately made plans to acquire as much gold from the hard working men as he could.
The freight wagon's muleteer had lost badly at Du Bois crooked card game back in New Orleans.
Feigning sympathy for the unfortunate driver, Maurice Du Bois offered to trade the debt owed by the Muleteer in exchange for his free passage out west. Having been thoroughly schooled by his Gypsy parents in the art of sleight of hand, Maurice Du Bois packed his marked cards, loaded dice and said Au voir to his crooked parents. Curses and insults were thrown after him by the old couple as the freight wagon carrying their golden egg and hoped for source of retirement income, began its slow motion westward to the gold fields without them.
Having traveled for weeks, the freight wagon last stop was only thirty miles south east of Pikes Peak. There at the promising town of Arapahoe Junction, Du Bois ended his journey.
While many of the buildings were still large canvas tents whose wooden fronts imitated real structures, there were enough solidly built structures being built to convince Du Bois that plenty of real money was being dug out from the nearby hills in the form of gold.
Taking in the town as he walked toward what he was told was the least expensive hotel, Du Bois kept his eyes peeled for saloons that would cater to a gambler such as himself. Stopping first into the barber shop he paid for a shave and had his black coat brushed clean by the man's wife. After his cut and shave and smelling of Bay Rum astringent, he straightened the ruffles on his French cuffed shirt and placed his black flat brimmed hat neatly onto his head with a tilt. Looking at his reflection in the barber shop mirror, He smiled showing his teeth. Satisfied he was the gambler extraordinaire he walked on out.
Reaching the end of the town he spotted a bordello whose twin mirrored itself at the other end of town. Next to this one sat the Nugget saloon.
Entering the Nugget, Du Bois spotted a game of Faro in progress. Instead of heading to the gaming table, Du Bois sidled up to the bar.
"What'll it be friend?" Asked the middle aged, mustachioed bartender
Placing two bits on the bar, Du Bois responded, "Whiskey, just a glass of it."
The bar tender filled a glass partway and slid it over to Du Bois and pointed to the quarter dollar piece on the bar. "It's fifty cents."
With a silent look of disgust, Du Bois reached into his money pouch and removed a silver fifty cent piece. Laying it down he reclaimed the quarter dollar. "For fifty cents this better not be snake juice."
"It ain't the best but I've sold worse. It's a mining town friend, like it or lump it, that's the way it is."
Du Bois remembered thinking back in New Orleans that it was going to be easy to skin the miners of their cash by gambling. He decided if that's all he did here, he'd never get rich. But right now he needed a nest egg to do what needed to be done and some pocket money.
Making his way over to the faro game, he waited until an overweight, balding man dressed in a conservatively cut wool suit stood up and tossed his cards down. "I'm done for Gents, Lady Luck isn't looking my way today." Then, leaning over to the man holding the deck of cards and pointing to the pile of cash, he quietly told him. "Wilkins, you'll have to wait until tomorrow to get my rent, that's it there laying in that pile in front of you."
Wilkins nodded but before he could answer back, Du Bois grabbed the chair by the back, pulled it out and slid into it before the portly man had barely cleared the table. "Games still open Wilkins? Names Maurice, Maurice Du Bois, I'm fresh out of New Orleans.
The gentleman named Wilkins, spoke up as he reached for the cards. "Well? What game is it Mr. Du Bois? Five Card Monte? Faro? You name the game we'll play it."
By five in the morning there was only one player left at the table besides Du Bois and he was fighting against the ropes. All the other players had thrown in and went home to upset wives or next door to the soiled doves. Fueled by a night of high stakes adrenalin and whiskey, Wilkins concentration began faltering with each new drink. The once swollen pile of cash in front of him now consisted of just a few coins.
"You've got a hell of a lucky streak mister, I'd be fool to call you a cheat but danged if I can see how you did it. You're good, real good. I know all the tricks, or thought I did until now. If I would've caught you even once, I'd have blown you outa' your chair." Pulling a sawed off shot gun with its stock cut like a pistol from under the table, he laid it in front of him. "No need to fear Du Bois, like I say, it would've all ready happened. But to satisfy my curiosity, play me one more game, this time a hand of Poker, no raising, just a straight hand with a two card draw. I haven't the cash left, but I do have a deed I'm willing to put up. I'm so convinced you somehow fixed these games that I'm willing to bet this deed that I was right."
Normally, Du Bois would have feigned offense to the insinuation that he was a cheat but his own curiosity was now peeked.
With a chiding chuckle Du Bois asked, "What's the deed to? Your ramshackle cabin on a spread of tumble weeds? A played out gold mine? Your Mama's house?"
Sitting back in his chair, the gambler who had invited Du Bois to the table smugly remarked, "No Mister Du Bois, it's the deed to over half this town."
"The town? What the hell do you mean, the town?" "
"Just that Du Bois, you see, I own the majority of the land this town sits on. Sure, I'm in negotiations to sell it to the town committee who wants to legally annex it for the town, but until that time comes, it's still mine to do as I please"
"I never heard of such a thing, what do I have to put up in exchange?"
With whisky induced confidence, Wilkins replied, "All the cash you cleaned out of those sucker's pockets tonight. So what do you say Du Bois, are you game?"
Du Bois knew it was make or break time. Cheating was out of the question. The simpler the game was, the harder it was to find ways to cheat. "You deal and I'll cut"
The game was quick, too quick for Wilkins. In his hand he held three deuces, on the table in front of Du Bois lay three kings. To Du Bois own amazement, he had won fair and square.
Wilkins sat stunned. His anger and bravado ebbed away as he realized what he had just done. Slowly he unfolded the deed to the town in front of him. "Worst luck I've ever had. What was I thinking."
"Do you always carry that deed around with you Wikins?"
"No, I was to meet with the group earlier tonight that wanted to buy my property. Instead, I sat here all night and played card games. Dang, I lost it like a green horn."
Du Bois reached over and studied the deed and some legal papers attached to it. "These papers say that while you owned the land, the buildings here are individually owned and the owners of those buildings pay you rent for the land that they sit on."
Flipping the pages back and forth, Du Bois realized on the first day of each month every person in town had to fork over their rent. As best as he could figure, it amounted to almost a thousand dollars a month. He let out a slow whistle.
With a laugh Du Bois told Wilkins, "I was going to head on to Pikes Peak to seek my fortune but I think I just struck gold right here and now!" Kissing the deed, he looked across the table at the very ill looking Wilkins.
"We can get all the legal work done in a few hours when your attorney is open for business, yes? Is he located in town here."
'You took his seat over when you came in Du Bois, he'll be open in a few. Meanwhile I'm tired and need to think on some things. If you wish, I'll be back here at ten this morning, we'll go over to see him then."
At first nothing changed but the deeds owner. Then as the months went by, Du Bois began raising rents on business owners he didn't like or he wanted gone. He continued to dangle the deed in front of the group that had wished to purchase the land. But now the price had doubled and the group found it on the edge of being unaffordable.
For the first time in his life Du Bois was in a position of real wealth and power. A good man would not have let this alter their life, but Du Bois was not a good man. He became even more boastful and began drinking heavily. Where once he respected women enough to be cautious and treat them with respect, he now cursed openly and became lewd around them. When the beating of the whores started, many of soiled doves left for greener pastures.
He found egotistical pleasure at humiliating those who fell behind in their rent. Especially pretty women. When the woman who owned the café could not make full rent, he demanded one half the business as collateral until she could pay the balence. Two days later the woman was found raped and strangled in her bed.
The town folks became scared. The smart ones began moving out, the others hesitantly stayed too scared in forfeiting all they owned.
It was then that the remaining members of the Committee that had attempted to purchase the original deed from Wilkins met in secret.
None of the group was a shootist or even handy with a gun. A lawyer, the Doctor, a saloon owner, two merchants and blacksmith rounded out the group. There wasn't even a Cowboy among them. None had ownership of a gun and only a few had ever shot one. They were for the most part, city bred folk.
A decision was made that night. They would hire a shootist to remove Du Bois. That would leave the towns land deed open for the courts to decide its fate. Most assumed the courts would grant the town committee the rights to the deed so the annexed land could then be filed with the State. The call went out. A one hundred dollar offer was made.
The weeks passed but no shootist arrived. Meanwhile, Du Bois had run off the towns volunteer sheriff and took over his job. It wasn't the job he wanted but the prestige and power that went with it. He had plans. His black riverboat gambling attire now sported a bright silver Sheriffs badge on its lapel. He became Judge and Jury, jailing and charging fines to line his pockets. Behind his back, the town folk began calling Arapahoe Junction, "Hells Junction".
Wilkins and his lawyer, Henry banks, called for a secret meeting of the committee members. Wilkins introduced the brothers, John and James to the committee members. Most everyone knew James as he was the Nuggets bartender. John on the other hand was less known because he spent most his time driving cattle to market as a cowhand.
Wilkins then told them that John had found out that "Sheriff Du Bois" ( as he now called himself), had been stealing explosives by having his men rob the freight wagons headed to Pikes Peak. Du Bois would then resell the explosives to the Pikes Peak miners at an exurbanite rate. Because the mining companies could not operate without the explosives, they grudgingly bought it.
Both the mustachioed bartender James, and his brother John, had fought in the war of the States. John for the Confederate States, James for the Union. Before the war, both had been coal miners living in north western Virginia. Their mining jobs had dealt with explosives, so had both their military careers.
James explained that his brother had seen the cell next to his filled top to bottom with crates of explosives when Du Bois tossed him in jail for being drunk, a minor offense but carrying a hefty fine of ten dollars. "I was just clearin' the trail dust from my throat, I hadn't hardly started drinkin' for real yet but I guess the Sheriff don't take kindly to bein' called Ma'am. Can I help it that he dresses in frilly shirts?"
He told them that inside the next cell, a large tarp had covered the crates but his curiosity got the better of him. When Du Bois left for the night, he reached through the bars between the cells and lifted the tarp. Reading the words "Explosives" painted across the crates face, he then lowered the tarp and returned to his bed to think.
"So, this is what I'm thinking" says Wilkins, "Who needs a shootist when we can just blow him all to high heaven in his office with his own explosives!"
With little discussion and no argument, the committee disbanded and awarded John and James the duty to figure out the details of ridding the town of Du Bois..
A week later word went out to the committee members to meet at the livery at midnight. It was then that the brothers John and James divulged to the others of their plan to rid the town of Du Bois. One by one the door slid open a crack and a committee member quietly eased into the darkened livery. A single oil lamps low burning wick gave just enough light for the members to make each other out. John spoke.
"I'll need some financial backing here because I need to get myself tossed in jail again. I'll cause a drunkin' ruckus of some sort, Du Bois hates drunks and he don't care for me none either after what I called him."
" In order for things to go as planned, I need to be bailed out of there by evening. I have no idea what Du Bois is gonna' set my bail at, but since I was just in an caused him grief, it ain't gonna' be cheap. I would figure on getting at least Fifty dollars together for bail, maybe more." The others nodded saying they could get that amount and more together. It was decided that Henry Banks, the lawyer, would handle the bail proceedings.
"I also need at least forty feet of explosive fuse and one pound of black powder in a canvas sack. I'll wrap the fuse around my waist under my clothes and stick the sack down my pants. I'll pour some water on my pants like I pissed 'em from drinkin'. That'll pretty much guarantee Du Bois wont go feeling around my drawers for a hidden gun or anything else. Since there are only two jail cells, he has no choice but to put me back into the cell next to the explosives. One thing I know, come dinner time, Dubois ain't gonna hang around the jail. He'll head on up to the saloon for dinner and drinks like he did before. When he's gone, I'll reach through the bars, lift the tarp and plant the sack of powder within the crates then lower the tarp again after setting the fuse. I'll trail the fuse out the back window where it can be lit later on."
A murmur of agreement met the brothers ears.
" I need someone to hang around out back near the window so you can hear me yell. When you hear me, that's the signal for Banks here to run up to the saloon and insist that Du Bois take the bail money and let me out. He'll complain and refuse at first, but play up to him by buying him an expensive bottle of whisky for his troubles, but make sure he takes it with him to the jail when he leaves.
Even though he could afford to buy his own distillery now, he's so cheap he'll still jump at the chance for a free bottle!" That brought a quiet laugh of acknowledgement from the group.
"After he lets me out, everyone get out of there. James and I will set the fuse when we're sure Du Bois is settled in for a spell with his bottle at his desk. He's too cheap to share it and once he starts on that bottle, he'll take the time to finish it off." More murmurs of agreement.
"The explosion should take out most of the building and along with it, Du Bois. It's been a while since my brother and I used explosives. I hear they're making a nitroglycerin based explosive called dynamite. It packs a wallop! There's no way to tell if there's any dynamite in these cases or not since they're just marked 'Explosives', so just in case nobody hang around the place. The businesses on each side of the jail will be closed that time of day so we don't have to worry about any innocents bein' blowed up."
The lawyer Banks then spoke up nodding in agreement," If everything goes well and we are all in agreement here, the morning after Du Bois is gone, myself and some of the committee members will travel to the State Capital to file for annexation of the land. Is this to everyone's approval?"
Again, a quiet murmur of agreement was heard. "Then it's settled."
James spoke up now, "Let's plan on this Friday, the day after tomorrow. That way I have time to purchase the powder and fuse." He turned and asked the Lawyer, "How long will it take to gather up the money Banks?"
"Not five minutes, I'll gladly foot the bail. In fact, here's five dollars. Take it and go ahead and purchase the fuse and powder with it."
Friday morning's sun peaked over the mountains to the east. Sun streaked into the curtained window of Maurice Du Bois. If he had consulted a soothsayer, a medium or a fellow gypsy with a crystal ball, Maurice would have never gotten out of bed. Knowing you're about to die can change a man. It can bring repentance or like Ebenezer Scrooge amends might be made. But Maurice Du Bois had no idea he would be charged in front of his maker before the day was over, so there was no change in him.
Rising from the bed, he stumbled to the wash basin and plashed the stagnant smelling water onto his face. With his head pounding in pain, he selfishly blamed the sleeping whore for amplifying his hangover by supplying him the night before with rot gut whisky. Making his way back to the bed, Maurice glared at her large bare rump jutting from under the blanket, lashing out like a spoiled child, he kicked it.
Descending the whore house stairs in a huff, the whore house owner and visibly upset Madam stepped into his path. "What's my girl upstairs screaming about Du Bois?"Shoving the big woman aside Du Bois told her, "She woke up on the wrong side of the bed! Now get out of my way bitch" If the weight of sins added go your torment in hell, Maurice Du Bois just tipped the scales.
His day started off badly and got worse as it went on. While in the café eating lunch, a local drunk started a fight and knocked Du Bois food to the floor. In a fit of anger, the Sheriff dragged the poor man down the wooden walkway, stopping to kick him from time to time. By the time they reached the jail down the street, the man was knocked half senseless.
Using his foot to propel the prisoner forward, the drunk was sent crashing into the back wall of the cell. Du Bois locked the cell, slammed the front door on his way out and retreated to the saloon for a drink.
John lifted his black and blue face towards the small barred window in his cell. "You out there yet James?"
A voice answered in the affirmative. "Yup, how you doing, I was almost ready to step in and stop it when he started kicking at you."
Trying to put on a good face with laughter, John replied, "I'll live, I sure earned my wages though , didn't I? Tell you what brother, it'll be about an hour before I get this set up in here to blow. Come back and check on me then, OK?"
Uncoiling the fuse from his waist then removing the sack of black powder from inside his pants, John went to work. It only took half the time as planned so John laid down on the cot to give his sore body a rest.
"Pssst, John, you ready yet?"
"Sure am, go tell Banks to bail me out'a here!"
Fifteen minutes later, an angry Sheriff Du Bois carrying a unopened bottle of Tennessee whisky and the overweight lawyer clomped down the wooden walkway to the jail.
"Come on Du Bois" Banks pleaded, "There isn't reason in the world to set bail at a hundred and twenty dollars! Why bail for a murder charge is less."
"You want him out so bad Banks, you can pay what I set bail at."
An hour later found Du Bois halfway through the bottle when the jail's front door banged open. In strode Du Bois three amigos in crime. "Boss, we just come from Pikes Peak, they's chompin' at the bit for them there explosives. We need to get'em loaded an out'a here pronto! I told 'em the price went up to twenty a crate, up from ten last time. They grumbled a lot but we got 'em over a barrel. They'll pay up.
While this was going on, one of the three had walked back to where the cases were stored. A strange look came over his face and he yelled to those up front. "Hey y'all, I smell something burnin' back here, I think the place is on fire!"
Before Du Bois could get up out of his chair, three things happened in rapid order. The first was that the cases of explosive had in fact, turn out to be the more powerful dynamite, exploded.
The second was that the cell door in front of the yelling Amigo became a giant egg slicer and cut the shouting man into multiple pieces as it was blown through him.
The third, was what those folks standing outside on the street beheld. Ahead of the intense fireball exploding from the now shattered jail house was a wheeled armchair being blown across the street, with Du Bois, or at least part of him, still sitting in it. If the shock of the concussion had not knocked everyone down, they would have observed Du Bois and the chair were blown completely through the wooden front of the dry goods store across the street. Once inside, the chair and the torso that belonged to Du Bois rested it's travel against a shelf of womens unmentionables.
Freed from the resistance of any walls, the explosion concussed into the street. The nearby buildings took on a permanent backwards lean as their fronts were violently sucker punched. Standing tent buildings stood no more. No window survived the blast and even the saloons occupied outhouse blew head over heels. The Devil stood in the middle of the chaos tallying up the evil souls he had claim to. Angles administered to those innocents who found that life continued on, in a much more beautiful place than Arapahoe Junction.
Until it was legal and annexation granted, loans to rebuild the town were put on hold. The town stood as if frozen in time. True, some of the wooden planks and debris had been removed from the street, but the repairs needed to reclaim the town's buildings, even those not owned by Du Bois, were not started.
One month later to the day, the annexation committee members that had traveled to the State capital returned.
The ringing church bell clanged in its damaged steeple, calling all those remaining to gather around.
Wilkins and Banks stood together facing the crowd.
Wilkins spoke first. "Folks, here's the situation. We applied for annexation on the deceased Du Bois land most of this town sits on. The State Judge determined that if we had a signed purchase agreement, we could continue our application to apply for the annexation. We don't have one. We thought with Du Bois no longer in the way, we could apply for it as it would be vacated land that had no living owner. The problem rest this way. While we got ourselves rid of Du Bois, and I am not going to feel guilty about that, he left two living relatives to inherit his property. His parents!
A groan was heard.
"That's right folks. We sent a cable off to the Sheriff over in New Orleans and he verified the two are still alive and causing trouble. I guess it's true what Du Bois used to say about his parents. 'If you think I'm a bad one, you should meet my Ma and Pa!'
Banks stepped in front of Wilkins now and spoke. "We have a choice. And none of them will please you. We can notify the parents of their son's demise, but legally we also have to inform them of the inheritance he left them. Knowing those two, they'd light a shuck out here just as fast as they could. Once here, they'd also find out how there tyrannical son met his maker. Eventually they'd find out and take vengeance on all of us, maybe even call in the law on us.
The crowd didn't sound pleased.
Someone else called out, "What's the other option Banks?"
"Folks, we had us a good town started here. We tried the legal route but was derailed by Du Bois. The law won't back us, no way."
Tears started down the chubby cheeks of Banks the lawyer." I already spoke to my wife. We are not willing to live under another Du Bois. We're calling it quits here, we're moving to Boulder. It's far enough away that what happened here won't follow us"
The stunned crowd stood there blinking in the bright sun.
Slowly without a word the crowd dissipated.
Epillogue
John, the camp cook removed the coffee pot from the fire and poured himself a cup. Looking at the cowhands starring at him he spoke softly. "Some towns die when the gold or silver runs out. Some die when the railroad passes 'em by. Arapahoe Junction died because we tried to save it!"
Finishing his coffee, he tossed the cups grounds into the fire, He shook his head and said, "Who'd a thunk!"
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7 comments on "The lesser of all evils"
"Who'd a thunk!" Great read. Du Bois certainly had it coming to him.
good triumphs over evil…sometimes with unexpected results!
tbnranch says:
A GREAT read friend!!!! 🙂 More please….
I always apprieciate your input! I am working on a story of one family's attempt at starting a cattle ranch as they battle rustlers backed by a wealthy cattle ranch that shares the graze and wants them gone. Lots of six gun action for a change.
Cool! Looking forward to it, write on friend. 🙂
nokotahorse says:
That is a good story!
You'll have to pay for everythin' in this world, except for the grace of God.
True my friend! Your comment reminds me of the rodeo cowboys prayer.
WE PAUSE IN THE MIDST OF THIS FESTIVE OCCASION, MINDFUL AND THOUGHTFUL OF THE GUIDANCE THAT YOU HAVE GIVEN US. WE WOULD ASK TODAY, LORD, THAT YOU BE WITH US IN THIS RODEO ARENA AS WE PRAY YOU WILL BE ALSO WITH US IN LIFE'S ARENA. AS COWBOYS, LORD, WE DON'T ASK FOR ANY SPECIAL FAVORS IN THIS ARENA TODAY. WE ONLY ASK THAT YOU WILL LET US COMPETE IN THIS EVENT, AND IN LIFE, AS YOU DID FOR US. WE DON'T ASK THAT WE NEVER BREAK A BARRIER, DRAW THE STEER THAT WON'T LAY, DRAW AROUND A CHUTE FIGHTING HORSE, OR A BULL THAT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO RIDE. HELP US TO COMPETE IN LIFE AS HONEST AS THE HORSE WE RIDE; IN A MANNER AS CLEAN AND PURE AS THE WIND THAT BLOWS ACROSS THIS TEXAS COUNTRY; SO WHEN WE MAKE THAT LAST RIDE, THAT WE KNOW IS INEVITABLE, TO THE COUNTRY UP THERE.. WHERE THE GRASS IS GREEN AND LUSH AND STIRRUP-HIGH AND THE WATER RUNS CLEAN AND CLEAR; YOU WILL TELL US, AS OUR LAST JUDGE, THAT OUR ENTRY FEE'S HAVE ALREADY BEEN PAID.


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Lista Gasteen (Soprano)
Lisa Gasteen was born in Brisbane. In 1982 she won the Australian Regional Finals of the Metropolitan Opera Auditions and in 1984 she was awarded the Covent Garden Scholarship. In the same year she sang in the Queen's 60th Birthday Gala at the Royal Opera House. She made her operatic debut in 1985 with the Lyric Opera of Queensland (now Opera Queensland) as the High Priestess (Aida) followed by Desdemona (Otello). She has been a regular guest artist with Opera Australia and her many roles with the company include Miss Jessel (The Turn of the Screw), Madame Lidoine (Dialogues of the Carmelites), Ortlinde (Die Walküre), Leonora (Il trovatore, La forza del destino and Fidelio), Elsa (Lohengrin), Donna Elvira and Donna Anna (Don Giovanni), Aida, Elisabetta (Don Carlo), Elisabeth (Tannhäuser) and Amelia (Ballo in Maschera). For Victoria State Opera she has sung Elisabetta, Elisabeth, Desdemona, Aida and Leonora (Il trovatore).
After winning the 1991 Cardiff Singer of the World Competition, Lisa Gasteen was invited to sing Donna Anna in Prague with Sir Charles Mackerras followed by her British debut in 1992 as Leonora in Scottish Opera's new production of Il trovatore. Subsequently she was invited to perform in Europe and the United States with companies including Welsh National Opera, Deutsche Oper/Berlin, Staatsoper/Berlin, Scottish Opera and with the opera companies of Strasbourg, Stuttgart, Zurich, Dallas and Washington. She made her debut at the Metropolitan Opera, New York in 1997 as Aida. She has also performed in these houses roles including Leonora (Il trovatore with Rizzi), La Forza del Destino, Fidelio, Amelia (Un ballo in maschera), Madeleine de Coigny (Andrea Chenier), Aida (with Mehta), Tosca, Ariadne auf Naxos and Chrysothemis (Elektra). She made her role debut as Die Kaiserin (Die Frau ohne Schatten) under Simone Young at the 1996 Melbourne International Festival.
Recent seasons have seen Lisa Gasteen return to the Staatsoper/Berlin to perform Chrysothemis, Brünnhilde (Siegfried) in Stuttgart, Leonora (Fidelio), her role debut as Isolde (Tristan und Isolde) for Opera Australia, for which she was the recipient of a Helpmann Award, Brünnhilde at the Meiningen Festival in her first complete Ring cycle, making her Australia's first Brünnhilde for some sixty years and her debut at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden as Isolde under Bernard Haitink.
Engagements in 2003 included three major role debuts—Marta (Tiefland) with the Vienna Philharmonic, the title role in Elektra at the Royal Opera House and Salome for Opera Australia as well as Ariadne auf Naxos with the Staatsoper/Berlin. In 2004, she made her role debut as Senta in Der fliegende Holländer with Opera Australia, performed Sieglinde (Die Walküre) at the Metropolitan Opera, Elektra in concert with the Cleveland Orchestra, Isolde in Stuttgart Opera's new production of Tristan und Isolde and Brünnhilde in State Opera of South Australia's new production of the Ring under Asher Fisch, for which she received another Helpmann Award. 2005 engagements included Brünnhilde in the Ring cycle for the Vienna Staatsoper (making her house debut) under Simone Young and for the Royal Opera House in the company's new production under Antonio Pappano, as well as Isolde for Opera Bastille/Paris. In Australia she performed Isolde for the Queensland Music Festival and she was honoured with a third Helpmann Award for this performance. 2006 included a return to the Royal Opera House to perform Brünnhilde and Elektra at Tanglewood Festival.
More recently she made her role debut as Faerberin in Die Frau ohne Schatten in Hamburg, performed Fidelio in Seville, Brünnhilde/Die Walküre at the Metropolitan Opera, further performances of Brünnhilde in the Ring cycle at the Royal Opera House and concerts with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Tasmanian, West Australian and Adelaide Symphony Orchestras. Future engagements include a return to Hamburg for Brünnhilde/Walküre, further performances of Brünnhilde at the Metropolitan Opera, concerts in Iceland and with the West Australian Symphony Orchestra under Paul Daniel.
Lisa Gasteen's concert repertoire includes Rossini's Stabat Mater, Mendelssohn's Elijah, Janacek's Glagolitic Mass, Beethoven's Ninth Symphony and Verdi's Requiem with orchestras including the Tasmanian, Queensland and Melbourne symphony orchestras, the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, BBC Welsh Symphony, in Budapest, Göteborg, in Durham Cathedral, with the Florida Philharmonic Orchestra and for the Melbourne International Festival, Sydney Festival and Bergen Festival.
Lisa Gasteen was awarded the Opera Foundation's 1999 Bayreuth Scholarship. In 2002, she was the recipient of the Myer Foundation's Individual Performer Award and in 2004 was the arts category winner of the Bulletin Magazine's Smart 100 series. In 2006 she was made an Officer in the Order of Australia
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Hoofbeats From the Currituck Outer Banks: A Study of the Corolla Wild Horse Fund Adoption Program
Research on the adoption and relinquishment of horses, both domestic and wild, remains limited. As a result, little is known about adopters, their adopted horses, and their adoption experience. This study surveyed and interviewed 17 adopters of Colonial Spanish mustangs through the Corolla Wild Horse Fund (CWHF). Together, they adopted 22 horses of varying ages and genders from 2002 to 2012. The participants, who had a range of previous experience with and knowledge of horses, were generally very satisfied with their horses and their adoption experience. Being able to adopt a gentled/trained mustang and receiving support from the CWHF during the adoption process played key roles in adoption success. Additionally, participants' strong desire to preserve a perceived endangered species or national treasure appeared to be a major reason for adopting a Colonial Spanish mustang and served as motivation for making the adoption successful. The results of the study provide insights into ways to improve the number and success of adoptions through other equine programs, especially the Bureau of Land Management's wild horse and burro program.
Concepts: Adoption, Horse, Wild horse, Feral horse, Przewalski's Horse, Mustang, Spanish Mustang, Colonial Spanish Horse
The Relationship Between Coat Color and Aggressive Behaviors in the Domestic Cat
The authors explored a possible relationship between coat color and aggressive behaviors in the domestic cat. This study used an Internet-based survey to collect information on coat color, affiliative behaviors toward cats/humans, agonistic behaviors toward cats/humans, other "problem" behaviors, and cat and guardian demographic data. A total of 1,432 cat guardians completed the online survey; after exclusions based on study protocol, data analysis included 1,274 completed surveys. Guardians reported sex-linked orange female (tortoiseshells, calicos, and "torbies"), black-and-white, and gray-and-white cats to be more frequently aggressive toward humans in 3 settings: during everyday interactions, during handling, and during veterinary visits. Kruskal-Wallis 1-way analysis of variance was used to compare possible differences between the 2 sexes and among different coat colors. Analyses of aggression due to handling, as well as aggression displayed during veterinarian visits, showed little difference among coat colors in these settings.
Concepts: Color, Aggression, Violence, Analysis of variance, Cat, Toxoplasmosis, Coat, Tortoiseshell cat
Morbidity and Mortality of Invertebrates, Amphibians, Reptiles, and Mammals at a Major Exotic Companion Animal Wholesaler
The authors formally investigated a major international wildlife wholesaler and subsequently confiscated more than 26,400 nonhuman animals of 171 species and types. Approximately 80% of the nonhuman animals were identified as grossly sick, injured, or dead, with the remaining in suspected suboptimal condition. Almost 3,500 deceased or moribund animals (12% of stock), mostly reptiles, were being discarded on a weekly basis. Mortality during the 6-week "stock turnover" period was determined to be 72%. During a 10-day period after confiscation, mortality rates (including euthanasia for humane reasons) for the various taxa were 18% for invertebrates, 44.5% for amphibians, 41.6% for reptiles, and 5.5% for mammals. Causes of morbidity and mortality included cannibalism, crushing, dehydration, emaciation, hypothermic stress, infection, parasite infestation, starvation, overcrowding, stress/injuries, euthanasia on compassionate grounds, and undetermined causes. Contributing factors for disease and injury included poor hygiene; inadequate, unreliable, or inappropriate provision of food, water, heat, and humidity; presumed high levels of stress due to inappropriate housing leading to intraspecific aggression; absent or minimal environmental enrichment; and crowding. Risks for introduction of invasive species through escapes and/or spread of pathogens to naive populations also were identified.
Concepts: Death, Species, Animal, Reptile, Mammal, Chordate, Extinction, Amphibian
Are Emotionally Attached Companion Animal Caregivers Conscientious and Neurotic? Factors That Affect the Human-Companion Animal Relationship
Few studies have examined how personality traits may be related to the amounts and types of attachments humans have toward companion animals (pets). In this study, 1,098 companion animal guardians (owners) completed a survey that included the Big Five Inventory, the Lexington Attachment to Pets Scale, and the Pet Attachment Questionnaire. Each participant chose whether he or she identified as a Cat Person, Dog Person, Both, or Neither. Results indicated that neuroticism, conscientiousness, choosing a dog as a favorite pet, and identifying as a Cat Person, Dog Person, or Both predicted affection for a pet. Conscientiousness, extraversion, and openness decreased avoidant attachment to pets, and neuroticism increased anxious attachment to pets. Both dogs and cats could benefit from pet owners who are conscientious, and there may be some benefits of neuroticism in pet owners. The findings of this study will advance understanding of the human-animal bond. As this understanding increases, measurements of human attachment and personality may be useful for the development of tools that could assist shelter employees and veterinarians in counseling people about pet ownership.
Concepts: Psychology, Personality psychology, Veterinary medicine, Neuroticism, Dog, Big Five personality traits, Pet, Trait theory
Is That Dog a Pit Bull? A Cross-Country Comparison of Perceptions of Shelter Workers Regarding Breed Identification
Bull breeds are commonly kept as companion animals, but the pit bull terrier is restricted by breed-specific legislation (BSL) in parts of the United States and throughout the United Kingdom. Shelter workers must decide which breed(s) a dog is. This decision may influence the dog's fate, particularly in places with BSL. In this study, shelter workers in the United States and United Kingdom were shown pictures of 20 dogs and were asked what breed each dog was, how they determined each dog's breed, whether each dog was a pit bull, and what they expected the fate of each dog to be. There was much variation in responses both between and within the United States and United Kingdom. UK participants frequently labeled dogs commonly considered by U.S. participants to be pit bulls as Staffordshire bull terriers. UK participants were more likely to say their shelters would euthanize dogs deemed to be pit bulls. Most participants noted using dogs' physical features to determine breed, and 41% affected by BSL indicated they would knowingly mislabel a dog of a restricted breed, presumably to increase the dog's adoption chances.
Concepts: United Kingdom, Selective breeding, Dog, Dog breed, Staffordshire Bull Terrier, American Pit Bull Terrier, Pit Bull, Breed-specific legislation
Potential Welfare Impacts of Chase and Capture of Small Cetaceans during Drive Hunts in Japan
Drive hunts are a method to herd, capture and kill small cetaceans (whales and dolphins) in coastal waters of some countries including Japan and the Faroe Islands. In Japan, these methods are often associated with the acquisition of live dolphins for international marine parks and aquaria. During the hunts, dolphins are herded by a flotilla of fishing vessels and loud underwater noise created by fishermen banging hammers on metal poles. The prolonged and strenuous chase and use of sound barriers to herd, capture, and restrain the dolphins can result in acute stress and injury. The authors review physiological and behavioral data pertaining to chase, encirclement, and live capture of dolphins and draw comparisons between chase and capture data for marine and terrestrial species. This analysis raises substantial welfare concerns associated with the hunts and acquisition of dolphins from such capture operations. The authors assert that this data detailing the negative impacts of chase, herding and handling (capture) of small cetaceans renders these hunts inherently inhumane and should inform policy relating to the collection and management of dolphins in the wild.
Owner attachment and problem behaviors related to relinquishment and training techniques of dogs
Problematic behaviors are a significant reason for relinquishment, and relinquished dogs are more likely to have problem behaviors. This study utilized standardized surveys of owners (companion animal guardians) relinquishing their dogs to shelters and dog owners visiting vaccination clinics. "Relinquishing" and "continuing" owners were asked questions in the following categories: demographic information, training methods and tools, frequencies in which their dogs engaged in problematic behaviors, and attachment to their dogs. "Relinquishers" were also asked to provide their reasons for relinquishment. The results of 129 surveys (80 relinquishing and 49 continuing) showed that relinquishers scored lower on companion animal attachment than continuing owners. Pit bull-type dogs were represented more in the relinquishing group. Relinquished dogs were no less likely to have attended training classes than continuing dogs. In both groups, owners who used punishment-based collars reported less satisfaction with their dogs' overall and leash-walking behaviors. Pit bull-type dogs were reported to be no less well behaved compared with all other breeds combined. Sixty-five percent of relinquishers reported some behavioral reason for relinquishment. Forty-eight percent of relinquishers indicated that at least 1 problem behavior was a strong influence on their decision to relinquish.
Concepts: Psychology, Following, Behavior, Human behavior, Behaviorism, Dog, Ownership, Pet
Effects of phenotypic characteristics on the length of stay of dogs at two no kill animal shelters
Adoption records from 2 no kill shelters in New York State were examined to determine how age, sex, size, breed group, and coat color influenced the length of stay (LOS) of dogs at these shelters. Young puppies had the shortest length of stay; LOS among dogs increased linearly as age increased. Neither coat color nor sex influenced LOS. Considering only size classifications, medium-size dogs had the greatest LOS, and extra small dogs and puppies remained in shelters for the least amount of time. Considering only breed groupings, dogs in the guard group had the greatest LOS and those in the giant group had the shortest LOS. The lack of effect of coat color was not expected, nor was the shorter LOS among "fighting" breeds compared with other breed groups. Coat color and breed may have only local effects on LOS that do not generalize to all shelters, including traditional shelters. Understanding the traits of dogs in a specific shelter and the characteristics of these nonhuman animals desired by adopters are critical to improving the welfare of animals served by that shelter.
Concepts: Animal, Dog, Dog breed, Dog type, No-kill shelter


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Q: application shows force close only on booting of emulator/phone as the broadcast receiver shows exception The application shows force close only at reboot of emulator/phone. It has two broadcast receiver 1 to check phone state and answer the call and other to keep a notification icon on top. The receiver monitoring phone state gives the following exception only at booting otherwise the app work fine. log is shown below
05-20 12:48:15.688: INFO/Andros:AnsTheCall:receiver(218): initialised the receiver
05-20 12:48:15.707: WARN/dalvikvm(218): threadid=1: thread exiting with uncaught exception (group=0x4001d800)
05-20 12:48:15.827: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(218): FATAL EXCEPTION: main
05-20 12:48:15.827: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(218): java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to start receiver com.andros.AnsTheCall.AnsTheCallReceiver: java.lang.NullPointerException
05-20 12:48:15.827: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(218):     at android.app.ActivityThread.handleReceiver(ActivityThread.java:2821)
05-20 12:48:15.827: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(218):     at android.app.ActivityThread.access$3200(ActivityThread.java:125)
05-20 12:48:15.827: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(218):     at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:2083)
05-20 12:48:15.827: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(218):     at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99)
05-20 12:48:15.827: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(218):     at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:123)
05-20 12:48:15.827: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(218):     at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:4627)
05-20 12:48:15.827: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(218):     at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
05-20 12:48:15.827: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(218):     at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:521)
05-20 12:48:15.827: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(218):     at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:868)
05-20 12:48:15.827: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(218):     at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:626)
05-20 12:48:15.827: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(218):     at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)
05-20 12:48:15.827: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(218): Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
05-20 12:48:15.827: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(218):     at com.andro.AnsTheCall.AnsTheCallReceiver.onReceive(AnsTheCallReceiver.java:37)
05-20 12:48:15.827: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(218):     at android.app.ActivityThread.handleReceiver(ActivityThread.java:2810)
05-20 12:48:15.827: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(218):     ... 10 more

Please help
public class AnsTheCallReceiver extends BroadcastReceiver {

public static final String TAG = "Andros:AnsTheCall:receiver";
public selectedTabType attentFlag = selectedTabType.TYPE_INVALID;

private Intent AnsTheCallServiceIntent = null;
public String contactName = null;
public String contactEmail = "";
public int PhoneNumberCount= 0;

@Override
public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) {

    SharedPreferences prefs = PreferenceManager.getDefaultSharedPreferences(context);
    SharedPreferences.Editor editor = prefs.edit();
    // Check phone state
    String phone_state = intent.getStringExtra(TelephonyManager.EXTRA_STATE);
    String phoneNumber = intent.getStringExtra(TelephonyManager.EXTRA_INCOMING_NUMBER);
    String lastPhoneNumber = null;
    Log.i(TAG,"initialised the receiver");

    if (phone_state.equals(TelephonyManager.EXTRA_STATE_RINGING) && prefs.getBoolean("appEnabled", false)) {
        int is_starred = isStarred(context, phoneNumber);

A: Check what is at com.andro.AnsTheCall.AnsTheCallReceiver.onReceive(AnsTheCallReceiver.java:37 this is causing your service to force close.

12:48:15.827: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(218): Caused by:
  java.lang.NullPointerException 05-20 12:48:15.827:
  ERROR/AndroidRuntime(218): at
  com.andro.AnsTheCall.AnsTheCallReceiver.onReceive(AnsTheCallReceiver.java:37)
  05-20 12:48:15.827:


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Cunard's Three Queens may have grabbed the headlines when they met in an historic event on the Mersey in 2015, but they're not the only ships that have been getting the attention on the river.
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Jakob Philipp Graf von Schwerin (* 8. Mai 1719; † 2. Januar 1779 in Stockholm) war schwedischer Reichsrat und Präsident des Wismarer Tribunals.

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Jakob Philipp entstammte dem pommerschen Adelsgeschlecht von Schwerin und war ein Sohn von Klaus Philipp von Schwerin (1689–1748), schwedischer Infanterieoffizier und späterer General, und der Maria Johanna Burensköld (1694–1774). 1739 ging er als Hofjunker an den königlich-schwedischen Hof und wurde 1743 zum Kammerherrn ernannt. Ab 1747 war er als Regierungsrat bei der schwedischen Regierung in Pommern tätig. 1763 wurde er Präsident des Wismarer Tribunals.

1769 wurde er mit Unterstützung der Hattarne Mitglied des Reichsrates. Er begleitete 1770 Herzog Karl von Södermanland auf einer Reise die über Aachen nach Frankreich und zurück über Schwedisch-Pommern führte. 1771 wurde er Oberhofmarschall der Königinmutter Luise Ulrike, die er auf ihrer Reise nach Berlin begleitete. Als König Gustav III. 1772 die Macht in Schweden an sich riss, wurde er zunächst seines Amtes als Reichsrat enthoben, erhielt aber wenig später seinen Ratssitz zurück, den er bis zu seinem Tod innehatte. Er wurde in der Grablege der Burenskölds im Dom zu Linköping neben seiner Frau beigesetzt.

Jakob Philipp von Schwerin wurde 1758 zum Ritter und 1760 zum Kommandeur des Nordstern-Ordens ernannt. 1765 wurde ihm der Seraphinenorden verliehen. Am 8. November 1766 wurde er in den schwedischen Grafen-Stand erhoben.

Er war Herr des Burensköldschen Fideikommisses in Östergötland und Erbherr auf Löbnitz und Kindshagen in Vorpommern. Verheiratet war er seit 1750 mit Charlotte Sophie Margarete von Bohlen (1737–1773), der Tochter des Regierungsrates Karl Heinrich Berndt von Bohlen und der Anna Eleonara von Normann. Die beiden hatten zwei Töchter und sechs Söhne, von denen Kurt Philipp Karl (1751–1828) und Adolf Ludwig (1759–1818) in der schwedischen Armee den Rang eines Generals erreichten.

Literatur
 Gabriel Anrep: Svenska adelns Ättar-Taflor. Verlag P. A. Norstedt & Söner, Stockholm, 1862, Band 3, S. 691–692 (Google bücher).

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Q: ElasticSearch query that checks for 2 timerange differences Thank you for taking your time and reading this question.
i have an alert json object that i store into the ES like so:
{
  "generetedOn": "2019-09-16T14:05:45.456Z",
  "receivedOn": "2019-09-16T14:05:45.456Z"
}

the data comes from an SQS queue, and sometimes i don't get it in time.
i would like to query for how many documents have a greater lag ( between generatedOn and receivedOn ) then 10 minutes.
i did researched the possibility from the ES documentation, but did not found a way to do it.

A: You can use a scripted field to find documents with the difference larger than a specified value:
GET /_search
{
  "query": {
    "bool" : {
        "filter" : {
            "script" : {
                "script" : {
                    "source": "(doc['receivedOn'].value.getMillis()-doc['generetedOn'].value.getMillis() ) > 10*60*1000",
                    "lang": "painless"
                 }
            }
        }
    }
  }
}

The relevant documentation is here.
It is also possible to add a scripted field if you want to perform operations on the time difference:
GET /_search
{
  "script_fields": {
    "diff": {
      "script": {
        "lang":"painless",
        "source":"(doc['receivedOn'].value.getMillis()-doc['generetedOn'].value.getMillis() )==0"
      }
    }
  }
}


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Soon after, Li Man followed the Li brothers inside and was greeted with this scene. She felt a bit flabbergasted.
"The second this woman came here, she started crying like she was at a funeral. I just was helping her out by washing away the bad luck." Zhang-shi disdainfully looked at Xing-niang. If this woman hadn't seduced her oldest son, her daughter-in-law wouldn't have miscarried. Her future grandchild wouldn't have disappeared from this world before being born.
Looking at the village head, Li Man remembered what had happened the last time she saw him. Her heart trembled, and she moved closer to Li Mo's side in fear.
"En?" Li Man raised her head to look at him. Looking at his resolute gaze, her spirit felt as if had been magically strengthened. She didn't feel so scared anymore. But, for some reason, her heart was still beating erratically.
Li Mo's expression was a bit stiff. This matter was related to a woman's purity before marriage and had to be properly resolved today.
Li Hua glanced at Xing-niang. Remembering the words that she had said to Li Man yesterday night, he more or less could guess what had happened, so he quietly whispered advice into Li Mo's ear.
"Don't touch me." Hearing his voice, Xing-niang panicked and scrabbled at the ground as she hurriedly stood up to avoid him. If that hoodlum pulled her up, nothing good would come of it. He would probably dislocated her shoulder or fracture her bones, then pretend it was an accident. Wouldn't that be suffering a loss for no good reason?
"Yo, I though you were really going to die. So, you're still capable of standing up by yourself, huh?" Li Shu sneered.
"Third brother," Li Mo called out to stop Li Shu.
"That's not proof." Li Mo thought this reasoning was laughably absurd. Although he didn't know Li Man's origin, he absolutely didn't believe she was that type of woman.
Thank you for the update! I hope we get to see more of the brothers' protectiveness for their wife <3.


For those of you who are new to Trinity or new to the United Methodist Church, we have arrived at the end of summer and the beginning of fall. That means that, like everyone else, we will see the beginning of school, the end of summer vacations and a return of more normal family (and church) schedules, but for us it also has another, more specific, meaning.
Each fall we make plans for the next year. We make goals, and we seek out and elect new volunteers and leaders to guide us through it. Once all of those plans are made, we have a meeting with our District Superintendent and the other churches in our Compass Group (made up of churches in our area that are similar in size) and we officially elect those leaders and endorse those plans. That meeting is called our Charge Conference.
What that means, is that you might expect to get a phone call (or be asked personally) between now and November asking you to volunteer for something. You might also receive a survey to see what sorts of things you might be interested in. Some of those things might require a long-term commitment of a year or more, but many of them might also be short-term, even single day, events.
I hope that you will keep an open mind. Doing the everyday work of Trinity Church, and more importantly, making a difference in our community, takes a lot of volunteers.
I want to take a moment to thank all of those people who have volunteered during this last year. Their efforts are often unnoticed and their praises are mostly unsung, but without them we wouldn't be Trinity Church. It is easy to forget just how many people it takes to teach Sunday school, lead Bible studies, chaperone and teach our youth, organize, teach, and make food for vacation Bible school, change the alter cloths, prepare for communion, have fresh, well-rehearsed music ready for each week, and a thousand other things that just "get done" without much notice.
At the same time, there are dozens of things that we don't do because there is no one to do them.
Please think about what you might be willing to do.
Let us know if there is anything that you are interested in doing.
And please don't run away if someone asks for your help.
As the old hymn says, we are the church… together.