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Mister Malcolm took no notice as the first knock slammed through the front door, trudged across the empty foyer, and stomped its way up the grand staircase behind him. The pounding cacophony of his racing heartbeat left the middle-aged man deaf to the sound of anything other than his own struggle.
With a splintering grip, the man steadied himself against the sturdy wooden banister and inspected the nine steps that still towered above him. This would be a good place to rest, he decided, a basecamp to rebuild his spirits before completing his nightly ascension, a task that was growing more difficult each evening.
Every movement, no matter how fractional, resulted in the oblong head of his femur grinding itself deeper into his hip joint like a pestle into a mortar. Mister Malcolm knew this was the source of pain because a surgeon had told him as much. A relatively simple surgery could relieve him of the scrapping, the doctor would shave down the ball of bone at the top of his femur reducing the friction with his hip and allowing the joint to function painlessly as human evolution had intended.
Unfortunately, both his body and his wife's mind were working tirelessly against evolution to ensure he did not receive the surgery he so desperately desired. His father-in-law lost his life to an infection after a simple procedure, a tragedy which resulted in his wife's iatrophobia, a paralyzing fear of doctors. Her case made her weep at anything related to modern medicine. Instead of taking a simple pill to treat a headache, she saw herbalists and healers, who sold her 'alternative medicines' and blatant lies. The revelation that he had even seen a surgeon and not trusted the word of her 'experts' led to weeks of badgering. The Tylenol bottle hidden in his armoire may as well been a vial of heroin.
Mister Malcolm kneaded his palm into his lightly cushioned buttocks, the pressure temporarily dampening the discomfort. Another knock carried through the front door, this time successfully penetrating the discord within his eardrums and alerting him to his guest. The pained man glanced towards the second-floor landing another nine steps above him and grew suddenly fearful the caller would wake his wife from her slumber. The master bedroom was only a few paces past the landing, and he knew she would not let him hear the end of it if she lost even a second of sleep. Her herbalist had recommended she get no less than ten hours sleep each night.
Had she not fired their butler, Leon, the previous week for disposing of the apple cores she'd been secretly fermenting beneath her bed, evidently to be used in some sort of detoxifying cream, the knocking would not have been an issue. Leon would have aided him up the stairs to bed. Leon would have answered the front door. Leon would have solved the dozen headaches the week had offered like the ant infestation in the kitchen, the armoire's wobbly leg, or the leaky bedroom ceiling. He would have done all of that and continued his primary task: helping Mister Malcolm maintain his distance from Misses Malcolm.
Mister Malcolm lowered himself onto his rear. Although he was angry to lose his vertical progress, he was grateful for the temporary reprieve from the pain of climbing. Going down the staircase, he had found, was a much easier process than scaling up it. The man rolled onto his belly and carefully slid himself downwards into the foyer. It embarrassed him that his body had forced him into such a ridiculous circumstance. If any of his colleagues were to ever witness or even hear about this, he might just explode from embarrassment. Leon had been the only one to ever observe the exercise, it perhaps was Leon who had initially suggested it.
Mister Malcolm pulled himself to his feet and, now back at ground level, found it was much more comfortable to move. Taking long strides with his right leg and short steps with his left kept the grinding to a minimum. Inclines proved the most difficult, but when he was able to avoid those, life became much smoother.
The middle-aged man with the strut of a senior citizen unlocked the door and pull it open. A blast of fresh spring air and a strange man pushed their way past Mister Malcolm, uninvited, into the stuffy old manor.
Mister Malcolm tried to dissect a modicum of sanity from the stranger's absurd chattering but found he had not understood a single word. The words themselves had been distracting but equally so was what the stranger held in his hands and the nature of the hands themselves: an impending avalanche of cash overflowing from the grip of skeletal fingers.
"Good god, sir!" The visitor's dreadful appearance sent Mister Malcolm limping backward through the foyer, the fear outshining the pain from his hip. Half-hidden behind the raised collar of a peacoat and a slouched herringbone cap, the figure of death stood before him. Mister Malcolm had never seen a dead body before, not a real one, only the undertaker's embalmed masterworks disguised to give the appearance of life. Even with Mister Malcolm's unfamiliarity with cadavers, this man was a clear portrait taken of those too poor to afford the undertaker's cosmetic finish.
Cecil spoke with the excitable rhythm of a teenager, rattling words tripping over one another as they stampeded from his mouth, it was hard for Mister Malcolm to follow along through the fearful chatter of his own teeth. Cecil crossed deeper into the foyer and beckoned with his sunken skull for Mister Malcolm to follow.
"$16,425 is what you paid me to save the lives of you and your wife," the stranger called over his shoulder as he entered into the study.
Mister Malcolm trailed cautiously, his instinct screaming at him to demand this 'Cecil' creature leave the manor at once, but as a tactical businessman he knew better than to listen to his gut. He knew numbers and facts, he had built his entire fortune ignoring his instincts and listening to his ledgers; and that was the very reason that he refrained from shouting: the numbers. Sixteen-thousand-four-hundred-twenty-five dollars was the exact amount that was stored within his secret safe.
"How did you–" he started as he entered the study. Cecil sat comfortably in the oversized armchair by the fireplace before standing once more and repositioning himself in the loveseat next to it. Mister Malcolm steadied himself in the doorway and wondered whether anything in his desk would make for a decent weapon.
A cold panic rushed over Mister Malcolm, he had never told a single soul about pilfering his father's watch and blaming the theft on the help. Cecil was backlit by the simmering fireplace that Mister Malcolm had forgotten to put it out before heading to bed, that was Leon's job after all.
Mister Malcolm gawked at the stranger. Who was this man and how did he know so much about the contents of the secret safe? The man was likely a thief or conman of some sort, he supposed. The sunken face some sort of makeup trick to distract him, – but what of the money? Why would a thief bring money with him and how could he know the exact amount. He had added an additional $65 that very evening that not a soul could possibly know about. Random pocket money he'd accumulated over the week.
Probe him for facts, he thought, find out who sent him. Obviously, someone with close access to the house was watching him in preparation for this heist. The list of suspects was short: Leon and Misses Malcolm. No one else had been within the confines of his study for several months as he preferred to lead a private home life.
Could it be the poor jilted butler who had been fired after so many years of faithful service? Could this be an associate come to steal his revenge? Or was it the selfish wife? What reason could she have to rob him? She already had unfettered access to his fortune, and he bent to her every wish. Had she taken a low-class lover who sought to run away with his cash reserves? That wretched woman. It was bad enough she was restricting him from the hip surgery he so badly wanted but – that was it! She was keeping him from spending the money because she planned to have him murdered and take all the money for herself. It made sense. Why allow him to spend tens of thousands of dollars if he'd soon be dead. It would be wasteful!
A soft tickle across the back of his knuckle interrupted his line of thought and sent a chain reaction up his arm all the way to the back of his neck; the tiny hairs rose to attention, one by one, like a reverse-domino demolition. Mister Malcolm instinctively slapped his left hand with his right seeking to brush off whoever had made contact. Expecting to find the skeletal hand of Cecil or an accomplice, he was less surprised to find two black ants squashed within his palm.
"Oh, do they?" smiled the ghastly stranger. Cecil took two intimidating strides towards Mister Malcolm. It would be hard to convince anyone that the chilling effect of his grin was created by anything other than decades of decomposition. Makeup, Mister Malcolm assured himself.
"Hold this," Cecil dumped the piles of money into the homeowner's arms before pacing back to the fireplace, peeling back a panel of stone with a hidden hinge, and revealing a sturdy looking safe with a combination lock.
"I'll open that over my dead body," the man spat at suspected thief to which Cecil chuckled.
The door of the safe popped open, and when Cecil turned back to face Mister Malcolm, his arms were filled once more with an identical pile of money.
The visitor's laugh irritated Mister Malcolm. He was irritated by the whole venture. Who was this man to come into his home and fill his mind with these insanities?
"The money from the safe plus the money you brought and an additional $2,000 tomorrow if you'll just tell me the true meaning of your visit," Mister Malcolm was irate now.
"Why!" Mister Malcolm was becoming unhinged.
Mister Malcolm stared at him smugly, feeling that although he was several steps behind the stranger's plans, he would not give him any satisfaction as they continued forward. This man who had heavily researched his life. Had collected facts and secrets about Mister Malcolm, about his first love Analeese, about the stolen watch. He already had his money, but he would not allow this man to trick him.
"Oh, and what is that my skeletal friend?" the homeowner laughed. Truly feeling like he was painting the con man into a corner.
For the second time tonight, Mister Malcolm's heartbeat drowned out the world around him. His mind swirled with guttural feelings, feelings that were now backed by numbers and facts. The homeowner could hardly hear himself slowly read off the numbers from the $5 bill. His voice trembled with every syllable. Cecil stepped towards him, holding out another bill with the identical serial numbers printed upon it.
"Are you ready to listen?" Cecil's voice filtered in through the pounding. Mister Malcolm's head bobbed slowly up and down in shock.
"Good!" Cecil smiled snatching the $5 back from his now accommodating host and tossing it in the waning fire. He turned back to smile at Mister Malcolm once more before dropping the remaining $16,420 from his clutches into the fire.
"And if I were to have kept that money, then you and I would both retain the same pile of bills going forward. Do you really think it's fair? For you to pay me without losing a penny? And, honestly, think about the US treasury. How confusing would it be for them to find two identical bills from this year in circulation? They'd quickly be able to identify that neither of these bills are in fact forgeries, well then some poor young fella who prints on the printing line would surely lose his job. That's a ripple. That's what I like to avoid in these little business ventures of mine, ripples.
"Yes, okay. What should I do now?" asked an eager Mister Malcolm.
Mister Malcolm felt ill as he tried to sit still on the comfortably cushioned love seat, it wasn't as comfortable as the armchair, his favorite place to rest in the entire house.
"How long until it's done?" gulped Mister Malcolm sweating nervously in his seat.
Cecil's vacant eye sockets turned to the ceiling above them, decorated with ornate metal tiles and a lavish chandelier. There was a faint crackling from above them. The creature took the stack of money from Mister Malcolm's hands and set it atop the stone mantle.
"In just a moment you will be free of her," Cecil said. A soft orange glow traced the edges of his wicked smile.
"Good, very good," Mister Malcolm struggled to match his smile. Soon his wife would be dead and he would be free to live his life without the tether she'd tied around his neck like a noose for so many years.
His bony frame inched uncomfortably close to the middle-aged man. Mister Maclom could feel Cecil's stare pressing into him.
"On this unaltered night in time, on the night I did not come to your door, you ascended that grand staircase only slip backward when you reached the top step. I watched your body crumple as each step took a turn pummelling your self-righteous body," the stranger's voice turned to a snarl. The words came faster and faster yet each syllable was becoming bolder more pronounced. Mister Malcolm attempted to stand up, but Cecil closed his rotted fingers tight around the man's shoulders and pinned him to the love seat. The cap knocked off of the visitor's head as the homeowner struggled. Grunting as he tried to overcome the creature.
"You said we died in the bedroom!" cried out Mister Malcolm, struggling to pull himself free of Cecil's bony grasp. The ceiling above crunched once more and Mister Malcolm squealed in terror. The distinct crackling of splintering wood filled the room.
"Stop it! Release me!" stammered Mister Malcolm. The tin tiles on the ceiling above were beginning to bow and flex as the thundering of failing timber filled the room. Mister Malcolm watched a group of ants scurry across his attacker's gaunt face and disappear into a small crevasse.
"The ants go marching two by two, hooray, hooray!" screamed Cecil over the sound of impending doom. His delicate mandible swinging wildly; unhinged, just as his story had first seemed.
"Get off of me, you fool!" struggled Mister Malcolm. Moldy raindrops leaked from the ceiling, the storm growing heavier with each passing second.
"THE ANT'S GO MARCHING TWO BY TWO, HOORAY, HOORAY!" the ghoul smiled down.
The ceiling above them erupted, and through a shower of splintered wood and falling debris, Mister Malcolm's armoire came crashing down into the study like a meteor. The armchair next to the loveseat where they sat exploded beneath the weight. Shrapnel covered the screaming strangers as a third cried bellowed from the bedroom above them.
"Or was it in the armchair where she kneeled at your feet and tended to your wounds?" the creature snarled as he loosened his grip on Mister Malcolm.
Cecil rose to his feet, towering like a giant over the cowering Mister Malcolm. The creature took the $16,425 from the mantle and lobbed it into the fireplace. The rising flame filled the demolished room with Cecil's monstrous shadow.
"You thought me a murderer?" The skeleton raged as he pulled Mister Malcolm up by his shirt collar and shoved him back into the fallen armoire. "You believed I would fail to save a life so I could improve the quality of yours? Do you believe you are blameless in the misery shared by you and the misses? That she is the sole source of your pain.
Mister Malcolm trembled before the creature.
"I debated, and it was a heavy philosophical debate for me, allowing you to sit in that chair. A large part of me wished to allow your miserable soul to believe salvation had come to you. Allow the relief to sink in just before the falling armoire did as fate had intended to your hateful body.
Mister Malcolm laid back and stared up through the broken hole in the ceiling. The fire calmed as the last of the $32,850 crisped into ash. Through the pounding in his ears, Mister Malcolm could hear his wife screaming from the bedroom. The front door slammed and Cecil was gone. Gone back to his time or forward to someone else's.
Mister Malcolm struggled across the piles of soaking debris, wincing with each motion, towards the broken armoire. He pulled the shattered door from its hinge and reached inside to retrieve his secret bottle of Tylenol only to find the pills had been replaced with a dried garlic clove and a note from his wife about protecting his kidneys.


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Punitive measures against Qatar employers are needed to resolve recurring cases of abuse
Time, language and mobility are the key deterrents to migrants accessing justice in Qatar, according to a new report–Labour Migrants and Access to Justice in Contemporary Qatar–released today.
Andrew Gardner of University of Puget Sound, lead author of the report and an expert of labor migration in the GCC, spoke to Migrant-Rights.org on the systemic issues facing migrants and obstructing access to justice. "It is interesting, from what we see, that if they (migrant workers) can get to the finish line, justice seems to be delivered." But, as the report reveals, only a small percentage those who seek justice do reach the finish line.
Discussing the key deterrents, Gardner says, "Due to linguistic challenges (because most migrants speak neither Arabic nor English), the narrative is filled with misunderstandings and confusions. And the inability and incapacity of migrants to move about urban space should be conceptualised as a systemic impediment to justice."
The report illustrates how Qatar's system for processing and adjudicating migrants' grievances is extremely difficult for migrants to access and navigate; co-authored by Silvia Pessoa and Laura Harkness, the ethnographic study recounts the lived experiences of migrant workers who have sought legal redress.
Qatar certainly does not stand as a model of success in addressing these challenges, but I think we're also looking at a very new and rapidly developing context."
The report identifies the three primary players in a migrant's legal journey: the Department of Labour Relations, the Labor Court and the Ministry of Interior. Other institutions are also important, particularly embassies, which are usually the first points of contact for migrants in distress.
However, the embassy's mandate is not always clear.
In an earlier report on Nepali workers' access to justice, an embassy officially is quoted as saying: "There are no specific mandate[s] for embassies to work on migrant workers issues. The primary aim of all Nepali embassies in all the destination countries is 'economic diplomacy'— how do you get the countries to invest more in Nepal. However, for countries like Qatar, where there are lots of Nepali migrant workers, you inevitably end up working on migrant workers' issues just because of the sheer number of Nepali workers there."
On this statement, Gardner doesn't quite agree. "Embassies weren't a central focus of our project, but they were an important element in many of the stories and experiences we collected from migrants seeking justice in the system provided by the state. I recognize the idea that embassies are largely concerned with 'economic diplomacy' to be generally true, but I think this reflects the geopolitical inequalities that characterize our contemporary world. And over the years, there have been several ambassadors and other diplomats who've certainly pushed the issues of rights and justice to the fore in Qatar.
"I think it's noteworthy that, in the third chapter of the report, we contend that embassies basically underpin the Qatari state's justice system. They are important junctions for information, advice, guidance, and then often the sort of material support that sometimes allows migrants to endure the long and difficult timelines to justice in the court system. I don't think this vital role should be dismissed or subsumed under a singular critique centered on their economic diplomacy."
The inability and incapacity of migrants to move about urban space should be conceptualised as a systemic impediment to justice."
In meetings with individuals in the judicial system, the research team found that some legal constraints result directly from the astonishing proportions and growth of the migrant population. Gardner noted, "They must seek to accommodate cases from migrants who speak dozens of different languages, some migrants who are illiterate, and migrants with a constellation of different cultural norms and behaviors. Qatar certainly does not stand as a model of success in addressing these challenges, but I think we're also looking at a very new and rapidly developing context. Nowhere else in the world do we see these sorts of proportions of migrants present and resident. So while there is certainly room for Qatar to perform better in this realm, we should recognize the extraordinariness of these challenges."
Qatar's judicial system came under fire earlier this year, when Gbrelia Knaul, the UN Special Rapporteur, criticized the justice system for failing to uphold basic human rights. After meeting with senior government officials, judges and representatives of civil society. Knaul expressed concern over access to justice in Qatar for women, migrants, and domestic workers. Additionally, Knaul called for more transparency and less executive involvement in the judiciary, especially in high profile cases.
Physical, social and economic isolation of migrants
Summarising the legal pathway to adjudication, the report finds:
"The process potentially involves several steps, including a written complaint, mediation and arbitration or adjudication. In practice, the process usually starts with the worker filing a complaint with his/her embassy, which then refers the worker to the Department of Labour Relations of the Ministry of Labour. This office tries to resolve labour problems in-house by direct contact with the employer. If the employer fails to address the demands articulated by the Department of Labour Relations, the case is then referred to the Labour Court. Because almost all workers involved in this process are foreign migrants, the Ministry of Interior is also involved, especially in cases related to illegal workers and those involving changes of sponsorship."
The report also highlights a problem faced by most migrant workers: extreme isolation. "This location (the labour court in West Bay) is also far away from where most low-income migrants live. The official language of the Labour Court in Qatar is Arabic and language interpreters are provided based upon necessity and availability. Interviews with migrants and experts portray the Labour Court system in Qatar as a financially costly process in which cases may take several months to a couple of years to reach conclusion. This makes workers very hesitant about filing lawsuits against their employers.
"According to Article 10 of the Labour Law, the registration of a case at the Labour Court is free. Hidden fees, however, are often involved. In the cases we surveyed, workers typically had to pay QR 500 (USD 135) for an auditor. Appointed by the judge, an auditor is a person who acts as a legal consultant, inspects the company's records, discusses the case with the worker and the company, and ultimately writes a (non-binding) report to the court."
Migrant-Rights.org spoke to members of Migrant Support-Qatar, a local voluntary group that assists migrant workers with relief and access to justice. Their experiences echo the report's findings:
"In the last few weeks we have been assisting an Indian migrant who hasn't been paid a single riyal in the four months he has been in Qatar. Neither was his paperwork processed. He has been surviving on donations from the community. When he decided to go to court, the employer has asked him to vacate the accommodation."
An embassy official quoted in Gardner's report explains:
"One problem when workers go to Labour Court is that employers stop providing them with food and accommodation. The embassy is providing food to about 200 (...) workers who have cases in the Labour Court. The court takes the paperwork and tells the worker to come back in six months. How are the workers supposed to do this? No work! No money and they cannot pay the loans. Six months for one appointment and six months for another appointment and then one year is gone! What is the point of staying here?"
At present, there are no laws that oblige the Labor Court to require employers to pay subsistence money to workers for the period of the lawsuit.
"The interests of the state and that of the migrants overlap. It helps both to break the inefficient of the judicial system," says Gardner who has suggested incremental changes that make a difference.
The business environment is fortified by the same people who develop and execute laws. So there is a conflict of interest."
Criticism of the report and culpability of Kafala
The report was launched at a round table organised by Qatar University's Centre for Gulf Studies. Over a couple of hours, experts and officials discussed the report under Chatham House rules.
Some experts felt the report glossed over the exploitative nature of the Kafala system. One local expert in particular felt the recommendations (see below) made were 'weak and disappointing' and failed to address the basic character of the justice system, which evolved in an era that does not reflect contemporary Qatar.
Some members of the round table added that sometimes diplomatic missions' political and economic interests override the interests of migrants, because of which embassies of sending countries do not forcefully represent the cases of migrant workers to host countries.
Another member argued the political economies of host countries are designed to maintain the imbalance of power and restrict any civil society activity on migrants' access to justice. "The business environment is fortified by the same people who develop and execute laws. So there is a conflict of interest."
An official at the discussion added that problems are not encountered with big companies, but only with the smaller ones. He also stressed the need to protect the interests of employers who invest a lot in recruitment and training.
The policy recommendations put forward in Labour Migrants and Access to Justice in Contemporary Qatar report include:
The Department of Labour Relations and the Labour Court should coordinate to implement a monitoring programme to generate an internal understanding of the issues that foreign migrants face in the justice system. This monitoring programme could track a portion of the cases or complaints filed in these typical entry points to the justice system, and thereby generate a better understanding of why many complaints and cases are dropped.
The Labour Court and the Department of Labour Relations should ensure that basic translation services are available at all important junctures in both the Labour Court and the Department of Labour Relations. The population of foreign labour migrants in Qatar speaks more than twenty different languages. Few speak English, even fewer speak Arabic, and a portion of these migrants are illiterate. While the comprehensive provision of translation services is a formidable logistical and bureaucratic challenge, it is a vital juncture in the carriage of migrant justice. At the current juncture, prioritization should be given to Hindi, Urdu, Nepali, Malayalam, Tamil, and Bengali.
The Labour Court, in coordination with the Ministry of Justice, should significantly increase the speed with which migrants' cases are processed and adjudicated. Migrants interviewed for this project reported timelines to justice that often exceeded a year. Facing a bureaucratic justice system, the process for informing sponsors and/or employers, time spent waiting for the sponsor and/or employer to attend hearings, and an understaffed court system, the justice system could be readily expedited in a variety of ways: these institutions could be expanded, the process migrants follow in the justice system could be restructured, and/or special dispensation for migrants to pursue other work while their cases are active could be established.
Migrants should have the ability to seek other remunerative work when they have active cases. In the kafala, labour migrants who file cases against their employers cannot legally work in a different job while their case is adjudicated or in process, except in those rare cases where the Ministry of the Interior grants a release (the common term for a no-objection certificate, or NOC). For migrants, filing a case often means attempting to survive in Qatar without income or finding illegal employment. This latter option exposes migrants to other vulnerabilities. Facing this dilemma, many migrants opt not to pursue justice because of the long timelines involved.
Both the Department of Labour Relations and the Labour Court need more punitive measures at their disposal, and both need to implement those measures. These punitive measures can potentially resolve several recurring problems in the justice system. Foremost, with these punitive measures, sponsors, employers, or their proxies would be strongly compelled to attend required hearings and negotiations. Additionally, settlements adjudicated by the Labour Court should include penalties that dissuade employers from continuing to withhold salary. Across the board, stronger punitive measures would ensure that more employers comply with the Labour Law.
Provisions in the Labour Law that deny labour rights to domestic workers should be removed and domestic workers should be able to utilize grievance mechanisms of the Labour Court and the Department of Labour Relations.
The report can be accessed here.
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In addition to the Christmas and Easter celebrations, the event we look forward to the most must be the annual rally. It is marked down on all our calendars and everyone feels the excitement building up as the preparations are being made in the months preceding the rally.
The rally had its humble beginnings in 2007 with around 100-120 people in attendance. It was held at the Summit Mall Auditorium and called the Pioneer Rally. Subsequently, the rally was held in church for several years and as we saw steady growth, decided to move the venue back to The Summit again.
The Pioneer Rally was renamed the Malaysian International Rally as we began to see more participation from regional churches. The last rally was the most successful one with 340 delegates from churches all over south-east Asia in attendance. It was indeed a privilege to meet 'siblings' from Thailand, Cambodia, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India, Vietnam and China.
Modeled after the annual conference in our mother church at Chandler Arizona, one of the main initial reasons Malaysia was chosen as a host was our brothers and sisters from China because it was more feasible in terms of visa facilitation and cost. Over the years however, it was open to regional churches because of our central location.
For us at The Potter's Fellowship Church, it is a mini reunion of sorts. We forge and renew friendships and generally have a good time in addition to hearing some awesome preaching. It is an atmosphere of cheer and togetherness. Everyone takes part in the preparations be it the choir, the worship team,the transport volunteers and the disciples who set up all the AV equipment. It is our rally and we endeavor to honor God by making it a success every year.
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Taekwondo Master Hwang Jang-lee
Hwang Jang-lee, a respected Korean martial artist and actor, was born in Aomori, Honshu, Japan, on December 21, 1944. He is most famous for his roles as Thunder Leg in Drunken Master (1978), Sheng Kuan in Snake in the Eagle's Shadows (1978), and Wong Chin in Hitman in the Hand of Buddha (1981).
Hwang Jang-lee's Profile
Name: Hwang Jang-lee (황정리)
Birthdate: December 21, 1944 (73 years old)
Birthplace: Aomori, Honshu, Japan
Hwang Jang-lee's Life
Hwang Jangplee was born on December 21, 1944, in Aomori, Honshu, Japan, to a Korean couple. His father owned a shipping company in Japan but was forced to close the company and move back to Korea in 1945 when the Japanese government wanted all Koreans to leave the country.
At the age of 14, he trained in martial arts, specializing in Taekwondo, against his parents' will. He trained Taekwondo until he received his 7th Dan (rank) black belt. When he turned 21, he was drafted into the Korean military. During his military enlistment, he was known to specialize in martial arts and was then asked to become a Taekwondo instructor for more than 1000 students. At the age of 21, in 1965, Hwang Jang Lee became a Taekwondo instructor for the Korean and South Vietnamese armies.
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Hwang Jang-lee started his acting career in a low budget Korean movie called Korean Connection (1974). It wasn't until a year later when Ng See-Yuen, the CEO of the new film company Seasonal Film Corporation, was looking for someone to play the villain in his new movie. Ng See-Yuen, who was the former executive of Shaw Brothers, was impressed by Hwang Jang Lee's high kicks and decided to give him the role of 'The Silver Fox' in the movie The Secret Rivals (1976). This movie kick-started his fame and embedded the name 'Silver Fox' to his own name. Due to the popularity of this film, Seasonal Film Corporation decided to make a sequel in 1977 titled The Secret Rivals 2.
In 1978, Hwang Jang-lee rose to stardom with two movies yet again by Ng See-Yuen: Snake in the Eagle's Shadow and Drunken Master. In both movies, he played as the villain to the protagonist, played by an equivalent master of martial arts, Jackie Chan. Through the movie Drunken Master, another alias was added to Hwang Jang Lee's name, which was 'Thunderleg,' the name of the character he played in the movie.
After three consecutive times of playing the role of the antagonist, Hwang Jang-lee personally asked Ng See-Yuen to make him a protagonist in one of his movies. Ng See-Yuen agreed and gave him the role of 'Wong Chin' in the movie Hitman in the Hand of the Buddha (1981). This movie not only gave him the role of the hero but also gave him a chance to direct.
Hwang Jang-lee has starred in an excellent number of movies throughout his acting career. It is noted that throughout his twenty years of acting, he starred in more than fifty titles. Aside from these movies, he has also directed, made documentaries, and even starred in a B-starred U.S. movie. Hwang Jang-lee retired from the acting industry in 1996 at 51.
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Hwang Jang-lee's training in the arts of Taekwondo since the age of 14 has granted him a 7th Dan black belt. In 2003, he received his 9th Dan in Taekwondo. Alongside Taekwondo, Hwang Jang Lee has also mastered Tang Soo Do, which is also a traditional Korean martial art. In Tang Soo Do, Hwang Jang-lee also pocketed a 9th Dan rank, is an instructor, and holds the position of Technical Adviser in the World Tang Soo Do General Federation.
Life After Retirement
After retiring from the entertainment industry in 1996, Hwang Jang Lee first established a golf-tee manufacturing company and managed a hotel. It is said that these days, aside from being the Technical Adviser for the World Tang Soo Do General Federation and one of the grandmasters of Taekwondo, he also runs a bodyguard company.
In 2009, after a long hiatus from acting, he made an appearance in the TV series The Return of Iljimae.
Being a successful actor, movie director, martial artist, and owner of several business branches have made Hwang Jang Lee's net worth go up. It is estimated that in 2018, his net worth is around $1.2 million.
Hwang Jang-lee is famous for his wire-free triple-kick jump that he could still do in his sixties.
He learned Eagle Claw Kung Fu during his time in Hong Kong.
He once killed a Vietnamese soldier with one kick to the temple and was never charged or arrested because the verdict said that it was a form of self-defense.
In the fighting scene of Snake in the Eagle's Shadow, Hwang Jang Lee knocked one of Jackie Chan's teeth out.
Hwang Jang-lee trained Roy Horan and Matthias Hues in Tae Kwon Do.
In the U.S. movie Street Soldiers (1994), Hwang Jang-lee is credited as 'Jason Hwang,' which is named after his son. After this movie, he is credited as 'Jason Hwang' from time to time.
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Rabadaba and Tsu are both social networks. They both pay you for your content but both are very different. I am going to talk a little bit about the differences of Rabadaba vs Tsu.
Tsu started in October of 2014. I am not sure the exact date that Rabadaba started up but I know it was sometime in the summer of 2015 I believe. Tsu has millions of members while Rabadaba has under 20,000. Both Tsu and Rabadaba have apps that you can use. Tsu currently has a desktop version, Rabadaba does not.
Tsu limits you to how many times you can post per day. You are allowed up to 45 posts within a 24 hour period 15 of those posts can be shares. Rabadaba on the other hand doesn't have any limits to how much or often you are able to post and share.
Rabadaba gives you points which convert to money called rabs. You are able to actively see how many points you earn all the time. Tsu on the other hand doesn't update your bank balance until sometime in the early morning. I typically see how much I made for the day on Tsu maybe around 2 am or so.
Rabadaba gives you points (rabs) or money based on how many upvotes or likes your content that you post gets. You also get points for voting or liking and disliking other members content. You also get points when you redab or share posts from other members when someone upvotes the content.
Tsu pays you on how many views your content gets. They post ads and it is based on the ad revenue from views on your content and the ads. Rabadaba is completely ad free.
Tsu allows you to make a certain percentage off of your downline or people that you have invited using your short code. Rabadaba pays you 2000 points or 20 cents once per day for just promoting Rabadaba on another social media.
Tsu pays you via check after you have made $100. You then submit a redemption claim and they take a week or two to review your content before sending your check in the mail. Rabadaba pays you instantly every 15th of the month if you have at least 100,000 rabs or $10.
I joined Tsu maybe a week or so after they first started. It took me about 9-10 months or so to make my first $100. Then almost 2 weeks later I got my check after redeeming. I've been a member on Rabadaba for almost 3 months now and have made and received over $451 not including what I will be making this upcoming 15th of the month payday.
It is easy to make money with Rabadaba and seems to be more user friendly too. Tsu is alright but it takes more hard work then it pays. I have spent 8-10 plus hours a day on Tsu just to end the night having made only $1 or so. Considering I have over 12,100 followers, 5000 friends, almost 600 in my downline that I invited and 3000 total in my downline that others have invited you'd think I'd be making a great deal more.
But either way both are a better way to make money using social media. I obviously prefer Rabadaba over Tsu but I guess to each there own.
TSU is a pleasant site and it may take long to cash out but it's a great atmosphere.
I didn't join Tsu because it was an invite-only site.
You are doing great with Rabadaba. I envy you! 😀 CONGRATULATIONS!!!


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Q: Unicode string to list I have a list of dictionaries which I sent from my javascript file to my view.
Now, when i print the list, its type is shown as unicode. I want to get back the list I originally had.
How can I do that?
My list :
[{"employee_id":13,"admin":false,"approver":false,"emp_code_or_email":"second@emp.com,120","manager":false,"emp_name":"second emp","department":"IT","position":"IT","new_emp":false,"manager_and_approver":false,"role_type":"employee","s_no":1},{"employee_id":144,"admin":false,"approver":false,"emp_code_or_email":"107anku@gmail.com,1","manager":true,"emp_name":"A1 A2","department":"IT","position":"Developer","new_emp":false,"manager_and_approver":false,"role_type":"manager","s_no":2}]

I just want to fetch the employee_ids from this.
I tried eval() , list(), encode('utf-8'). But to no avail.

A: What you have is a string representation of a JSON. I can tell it by looking at "admin":false in order for you to get employee_id's. You first need to convert every json representation you have in the list into dictionary.
>>> import json
>>> data_raw = '''[{"employee_id":13,"admin":false,"approver":false,"emp_code_or_email":"second@emp.com,120","manager":false,"emp_name":"second emp","department":"IT","position":"IT","new_emp":false,"manager_and_approver":false,"role_type":"employee","s_no":1},{"employee_id":144,"admin":false,"approver":false,"emp_code_or_email":"107anku@gmail.com,1","manager":true,"emp_name":"A1 A2","department":"IT","position":"Developer","new_emp":false,"manager_and_approver":false,"role_type":"manager","s_no":2}]'''
>>> data_json = json.loads(data_raw)
>>> [data['employee_id'] for data in data_json]
[13, 144]
>>>

A: When you print any objects, python will display python representation of this object.
To display it the way you want, you should format your output.
But easiest way will be to convert it to json, since you recieve it from ajax.
import simplejson
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Кам'янський державний історико-культурний заповідник — історично-культурний комплекс об'єктів Черкащини, до якого входить літературно-меморіальний музей  та , історичний музей та картинна галерея. Також входять чотири пам'ятки історії та архітектури державного значення: флігель садиби Давидових (Зелений будиночок), водяний млин, парк, закладений на кінці XVIII ст. та архітектурна прикраса цього парку — грот, також побудований в кінці XVIII ст.

Літературно-меморіальний музей  та

Літературно-меморіальний музей  та , заснований у лютому 1937 року, розміщений в одному з флігелів колишньої садиби Давидових, так званому Зеленому будиночку, спорудженому на початку XIX ст. Цей будиночок відвідували видатні герої Французько-російської війни 1812 року Денис Давидов, Микола Раєвський, Михайло Орлов. Також в ньому проводили свої наради декабристи.

Відділ музею, присвячений , розповідає про особливу роль, яку відіграла Кам'янка в житті композитора.

В експозиції літературно-меморіального музею  та  представлені меморіальні речі родини Давидових, особисте піаніно , прижиттєвий портрет композитора, написаний у Кам'янці та інші особисті речі письменника та композитора.

Історичний музей
Історичний музей розташований в колишньому будинку сестри , де композитор жив під час свого перебування в Кам'янці.

Будинок побудований у середині XIX ст. В 20-х роках XX ст. в будинку розташовувався Кам'янський відділ чекістів, пізніше поліклініка, потім Дитяча музична школа ім. . Історичний музей було відкрито в 1995 році.

Музей має 7 залів:
 Меморіальний зал .
 Зал стародавньої історії.
 Зал визвольних змагань 1917—1921 рр.
 Зал українського побуту та етнографії.
 Зал розвитку культури XX ст.
 Зал Другої світової війни.
 Зал сучасності.

В експозиції зібрано близько 2500 експонатів, які розповідають про історію Черкащини та України в цілому, з періоду палеоліту (30–50 тис. років тому) до сьогодення. Серед них унікальні знахідки з розкопок археологів, цікаві скарби XVII ст., нумізматична колекція, яка охоплює час з XIX по XX ст.

У 1997 році в музеї було відкрито єдину на території Черкаської області експозицію, що розповідає про період Визвольних змагань України у 1917–1921 роках і, зокрема, про діяльність Холодноярської республіки. Цікава колекція періоду Другої світової війни, де представлені зразки зброї, військового спорядження та реліквії війни.

Картинна галерея
Картинна галерея розташована в приміщенні історичного музею. Серед її експонатів присутні роботи українських художників таких, як Заслужений майстер народної творчості України Макар Муха та Заслужений художник України Павло Куценко. Тут також експонуються роботи сучасних місцевих художників, влаштовуються виставки художників та майстрів народної творчості з різних куточків України.

Галерея

Джерела
 Кам'янський державний історико-культурний заповідник

Посилання

Кам'янка
Засновані в Україні 1937
Заповідники України
Музеї Петра Чайковського

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Various technological advancements have been promoted in the modern world which has led to more use of the internet by most of the people which have also made them more familiar with various internet services. Many people have gotten the ability, and more freedom of expressing their own opinions on various arising issues and this has been greatly promoted by the increase in technology which has been a major development project in the modern world as compared to the previous days where the level of technology was somehow low and not favorable.
This promotion that has been brought about by the internet development as a result of the growth of technology has generally led to the sharing and exchange of knowledge by most of the people across the world which has also led to more connectivity of people in the globe.
Rise of technology has proved wrong those who previously that knowledge or generation of creative ideas is only for the few who are educated or for only those few people who were lucky to access various books from various learning institutions or public libraries since the rise of the internet which has led to various online sites where people can access different e-resource books has gave a the people an equal chance of accessing every learning material that one would like and hence bringing about the necessary equality between those who are capable of accessing various public libraries or those who have the ability of buying various books and the others who cannot afford the cash of purchasing these books.
There are more than a thousand online pages currently that offer different types of learning materials, and this has made many people who van access these online pages and sites to have good reflection of themselves and their work and also their interests.
Some of the benefits that come with these online learning pages or sites mostly favor the students who regularly access these sites and also various business people since in these online sites or pages, there is much sharing and exchange of different ideas, different creations and more to this they offer various better services to them. When you have an idea that can bring in an income to you through an online website, you need to go for it with a lot of passion.


From seraph to man God created them to be temples for him. The Godhead sought our companionship. We were created, all the intelligent entities were created to have such relationship. The wrecker of relationships was Satan. We will examine his methods so we recognise them when they come to us.
Imagine the beautiful harmony that existed there.
While they acknowledged the allegiance of love, when that was acknowledged and pursued there was harmony.
There was a feeling of disquietude. There was something wrong. Do you ever come into an atmosphere of such a thing? It's because Lucifer was there.
He went to the angels and insinuated in their minds things which were an expression of discontent of God. Lucifer was smartly undermining the harmony. It didn't look as if he was thinking of himself, he thought something better could have been brought in. as we see him undermining and getting a third of the angels on his side, how did God handle it?
He called his Son and displayed to the angels the glory of Jesus being one with the Father. The angels probably hadn't heard that before and they fell down and worshiped.
Love swelled in his heart. That is how God handled it. When there is an insurrection or rebellion as we know, we think we have to handle it and correct these people. But did God do that? All he did was to alleviate the misunderstanding in the mind of this angel by showing the reality but not in a way to reproach Lucifer. He was already hardening himself so God worked to soften his heart and love was aroused in his heart. Here is this object lesson of dealing with wreckers of relationships. There was another example that was among the disciples, the church.
What was he doing? Affecting the mind of the others. What should we be doing? We should be thinking of the beautiful things Jesus taught and what does this man do? He asks questions. That is what Sr White calls adroit quizzing. He turned the mind away from that which Jesus wanted them to absorb.
We hear wonderful lessons and we enjoy them and then we are distracted by someone turning the mind away from what we are supposed to be looking at. That is what the wrecker of relationships does.
Jesus was stirring this in the mind of the disciples and it was stirred by this representative of Satan.
These little difficulties that arise here and there, Satan through Judas used to make it look as though we have real trouble here.
Jesus was right in their midst and this was going on. Undermining negativities, suggestions that turned the mind away from the beauty of the relationship with Jesus.
All the struggles and difficulties the disciples had of what Jesus was teaching them actually came through Judas. As we walk along together in seeking to deal with those inroads that we know we are struggling against, we want to look at how Jesus handled it. Remember how God handled it? Now Jesus comes and shows us. Did Jesus interfere with Judas? No. He permitted him to continue just like the Father in heaven permitted Lucifer to do his work. God was so gracious with Lucifer and look how gracious Jesus was with another relationship wrecker.
Wouldn't it have been wise for Jesus to expose him?
Judas felt the love just like Lucifer felt God's love. What did Jesus do? He touched him with a loving touch. He cared for his soul. He didn't reproach him, he just kept on trying to win him. That is all he could do and of course Judas hardened.
What? Judas had done the deed and Jesus was suffering under his deception and Judas pleads with him, save yourself from these people and Jesus didn't reproach him.
Usually when you have someone in a corner you think you want to let them have it don't you. Didn't you see what you were doing? Jesus did none of that. We are looking at God and his wonderful grace to ever sinner, to those who wreck relationships.
All he told him was for this hour I came into the world. He didn't go into any other expression to Judas.
You will see in our next study forbearance is instructed to us as Christians. Here we have an example of it in action. We need to think of the action rather than just the word.
Why didn't he? Because Jesus had to teach us who believe in him how to deal with those who are the representatives of Satan to win them away from his grip as he was trying to do with Judas. Here are these two case histories of what we are called to. The case history shows how God deals with relationship interferences.
What are we called to be? As we saw in the case histories, like the Father, like the Son. Here is the plain instruction of dealing with human relationships in the church and home. No matter what I think this other person is doing to me, no matter what is obvious it was done to Jesus by Judas and God by Lucifer, we are called to react as Jesus did in every given situation. There is no excuse for anything else.
Lucifer received it. Judas received and every human being receives it from God and so as we have received it, what is the call?
It is a promise if we will give our wills to God on the subject of relationships. That beautiful grace we have just explored in the activities of God and Jesus toward the relationship wreckers, we are called to do the same thing to start with in our thoughts. If you are not doing it in your thoughts, if we are thinking unhappy thoughts about people, you can't hide it, it will come out as it was with Lucifer. All heaven was disquieted. This is our only purpose, nothing else. When I see problems in the church I have watched long enough what I'm sharing with you of our Lord and the ability and the learning of that to express grace only is what I have laboured to do and I yearn for every one of us to do it. As soon as you see something that puts your nose out of joint, do not think about it. Don't enlarge it in your thoughts. Then in word what will you do? Is it easy to do it the way God did it? Is it easy? What do you and I need to succeed in doing it?
We can't do these wonderful merciful things. How many times have you fallen flat on your face trying to be like that? Many times I've tried and I've given a sharp statement and expressed that something got under my skin and I looked back to the Lord and recovered myself quickly. This is our only chance of safeguarding the harmony of heaven and not only safeguarding it but promoting it.
Have you ever had someone talk to you darkness and as you hear the darkness you need strength to turn the mind of those talking darkness to you to look to the light of Jesus? This is what God the Father did in turning the attention of Lucifer and Judas to the light of heaven. What they do with that is not our business, all we are to do is gather the strength and joy of God in my heart so as soon as there is a relationship snag and debacle, all I do is turn the mind away.
That's how you handle it.
Didn't Judas need help? God sewed the seed to bring it into existence. They need it. I want us to think about this and to determine in our communication to explore and express to one another something that will help you as we are to overcome the enemy by the word of our testimony. By testifying we will keep on embedding in our minds the determination to follow this so that the harmony of heaven is what we are preparing for here.
It was because Jesus persevered that finally the disciples came through successful. Shall we persevere?
We usually read this statement in reference to what we need to do to the people outside but we need to do the same amongst us. We don't say negative to people doing things wrong. If they are speaking about things that are not a sabbath topic, don't tell them not to do that. Talk of the joy of the Lord. That is how Lucifer was revealed that he could come back to God by God showing Jesus. These are the answers. We need to practise it if we don't we fall into the practise of human relationship wrecking.
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To spread the joy and love of the Christmas season, Keller Bros. is giving a special Christmas gift to two local families.
At the beginning of this month, we asked our customers to tell us the story of a family who you believe deserves a special blessing this holiday season. We wanted to know about your neighbors, friends, and church members who touch your hearts.
The nominations you submitted touched our hearts, and we're honored to support both families during this holiday season.
A single mom with two young girls was nominated by her sister. Between full days at work and struggling to manage multiple responsibilities, her sister wanted to make the holidays extra special for her and the girls.
The second nomination came from a woman who saw her co-worker struggling to provide gifts for the 7 children and grandchildren in her care.
Keller Bros. is honored to help make these Christmas wishes a reality! Santa's elves are hard at work preparing gifts for the two families.
Santa brought his sleigh into Keller Bros. this week for some pre-Christmas maintenance, and he delivered wonderful gifts for the three adults and nine children that were nominated.
Instead of the hustle and bustle of the commercialized holidays, we want to focus on the true meaning of Christmas. This season is about sharing love and joy with our community!
Thank you for sharing these stories with us, and for your part helping us bless two families in our community. We live here, we love it here, and we hope it shows.


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Q: How to create MACRO'S in android I want to create macro app in Android, which will help user to set the requirement to do schduled tasks for the user like scheduled video recording like (camstudio in windows OS),GPS,Bluetooth,Camera control. I know have to ROOT the device to do these things..
Advance Features :
• Shake the device to upload the last photo to Facebook.
• Turn on Wi-fi or Data connection when you launch a particular app (and off again when closed).
• Respond to an incoming SMS by sending your current location.
• Toggle the power button to tell you the time (e.g. when its in your pocket).
• Use NFC tags to configure the device (turn on bluetooth, set volume etc).

Actually I have code for doing all the things except scheduled video recording.
Can you guys help me in that part only..
Cheers :)

A: You don't actually have to Root the device to have these features. What you need is a Service which implements various listeners such as :

*

*SensorListener to  detect shaking of device.

*BroadcastReceiver to fire when SMSs are received.

*Or Handle WiFi.
Edit 1 :
public class RecorderService extends Service {
        private static final String TAG = "RecorderService";
        private SurfaceView mSurfaceView;
        private SurfaceHolder mSurfaceHolder;
        private static Camera mServiceCamera;
        private boolean mRecordingStatus;
        private MediaRecorder mMediaRecorder;

        @Override
        public void onCreate() {
            mRecordingStatus = false;
            //mServiceCamera = CameraRecorder.mCamera;
            mServiceCamera = Camera.open();
            mSurfaceView = CameraRecorder.mSurfaceView;
            mSurfaceHolder = CameraRecorder.mSurfaceHolder;

            super.onCreate();
            if (mRecordingStatus == false)
                startRecording();
        }

        @Override
        public IBinder onBind(Intent intent) {
            // TODO Auto-generated method stub
            return null;
        }

        @Override
        public void onDestroy() {
            stopRecording();
            mRecordingStatus = false;

            super.onDestroy();
        }

        public boolean startRecording(){
            try {
                Toast.makeText(getBaseContext(), "Recording Started", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();

                //mServiceCamera = Camera.open();
                Camera.Parameters params = mServiceCamera.getParameters();
                mServiceCamera.setParameters(params);
                Camera.Parameters p = mServiceCamera.getParameters();

                final List<Size> listSize = p.getSupportedPreviewSizes();
                Size mPreviewSize = listSize.get(2);
                Log.v(TAG, "use: width = " + mPreviewSize.width
                            + " height = " + mPreviewSize.height);
                p.setPreviewSize(mPreviewSize.width, mPreviewSize.height);
                p.setPreviewFormat(PixelFormat.YCbCr_420_SP);
                mServiceCamera.setParameters(p);

                try {
                    mServiceCamera.setPreviewDisplay(mSurfaceHolder);
                    mServiceCamera.startPreview();
                }
                catch (IOException e) {
                    Log.e(TAG, e.getMessage());
                    e.printStackTrace();
                }

                mServiceCamera.unlock();

                mMediaRecorder = new MediaRecorder();
                mMediaRecorder.setCamera(mServiceCamera);
                mMediaRecorder.setAudioSource(MediaRecorder.AudioSource.MIC);
                mMediaRecorder.setVideoSource(MediaRecorder.VideoSource.CAMERA);
                mMediaRecorder.setOutputFormat(MediaRecorder.OutputFormat.MPEG_4);
                mMediaRecorder.setAudioEncoder(MediaRecorder.AudioEncoder.DEFAULT);
                mMediaRecorder.setVideoEncoder(MediaRecorder.VideoEncoder.DEFAULT);
                mMediaRecorder.setOutputFile("/sdcard/video.mp4");
                mMediaRecorder.setVideoFrameRate(30);
                mMediaRecorder.setVideoSize(mPreviewSize.width, mPreviewSize.height);
                mMediaRecorder.setPreviewDisplay(mSurfaceHolder.getSurface());

                mMediaRecorder.prepare();
                mMediaRecorder.start();

                mRecordingStatus = true;

                return true;
            } catch (IllegalStateException e) {
                Log.d(TAG, e.getMessage());
                e.printStackTrace();
                return false;
            } catch (IOException e) {
                Log.d(TAG, e.getMessage());
                e.printStackTrace();
                return false;
            }
        }

        public void stopRecording() {
            Toast.makeText(getBaseContext(), "Recording Stopped", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
            try {
                mServiceCamera.reconnect();
            } catch (IOException e) {
                // TODO Auto-generated catch block
                e.printStackTrace();
            }
            mMediaRecorder.stop();
            mMediaRecorder.reset();

            mServiceCamera.stopPreview();
            mMediaRecorder.release();

            mServiceCamera.release();
            mServiceCamera = null;
        }
    }

A: You can try it with  SpotRecorder (house4hack) code which contains a activity to start RecorderService service in background (we need to make view so that it will not be visible. this should be done in the service )
We can use the AlarmManager for setting the alarm of particular time,when alarm manger fires that time by using intent start your service again, same methode can be used for stopping your app.
no sure, but you can try to consider using WindowManager and call it from Service.
look at this failed attempt here.


This picture tells a lot.
How I feel about long distances. Excitement. Fascination.
This year has been a year with so many new excperiences. This webpage will tell you soon.
Now I need a small break before I start to prepare for North Face 50 miles in the beginning of December. I´m starting to look forward to that. Templiers made me wanna run fast. And long. I just hope that I can eat more during NF then I could on Templiers.
I´m happy with my race. Happy for Nuria who showed what a ultra queen she really is. Happy to get to run with Queen Lizzy Hawker and happy to meet Maud Gobert.
Congratulations for all the races that you have made during 2012. For me people like you are an inspiration to go run every day.


The only remaining Bee Gee's member, Barry Gibb, returned the favor to Bruce Springsteen by performing "I'm on Fire" last night in Boston. Springsteen has performed the Bee Gee's hit song "Stayin' Alive" both recently and earlier this year in Australia. Barry said recently in an interview that he would perform a Bruce song and here it is below!


Ever heard of the Google Cardboard? Well, it's all the rage. And new things are happening with it everyday.
So, if you don't already know, Google's VR machine is just a slab of cardboard that you put together to make your own little virtual reality, it fits almost all smart phones. These little guys only cost about $10, so they're fun and affordable wastes of time. Recently, Google added a surround sound device that makes the experience of using one even more realistic.
What's new? Well, there have been job listings in California that give clues to even more development within the company. Some major speculations have dug up the suspicion that Google is going to take over the 'future of gaming'. This means that Facebook has a major VR competitor. After Facebook bought the Oculus VR, people were very excited to see prices from $200-$400. But when it hit the market at $600, people weren't so eager. This may mean that Google's $10 platform will evolve into something more popular, cheaper and possibly better than the Rift.
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A New Study Suggests Couples That Get Sloshed Together Really Do Stay Together
GQ Australia 5/26/19
When it comes to marriage quality, there are a number of considerations that come into play. You would hope that these aren't a new discovery or revelation made two days into the honeymoon, but something learned and lived with over the years of being together with your significant other.
Putting the toilet seat down is a good place to start, as is the hope that they stack the dishwasher, clean up after themselves after cooking, and don't drink the milk straight from the carton. While none of us are perfect individuals, there are some basic things you'd hope we're all doing to make us eligible to be betrothed. But according to one study, apparently all it takes is a shared love of a glass of Pinot or Sauvignon Blanc.
Published in The Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Series, researchers wanted to see if there was a correlation between drinking and marital happiness, specifically among older couples.
Examining the answers from 2,767 couples who were married for an average of 33 years, researchers concluded that "drinking couples reported decreased negative marital quality over time" and found a specific correlation with drinking wives' happiness.
"Wives who reported drinking alcohol reported decreased negative marital quality over time when husbands also reported drinking," the abstract explained.
In an interview with Reuters, study authors explained that the amount couples drink didn't matter nearly as much as whether or not both partners were on the same page when it came to drinking or abstention.
"We're not suggesting that people should drink more or change the way they drink," Dr. Kira Birditt of the University of Michigan told Reuters. "We're not sure why this is happening, but it could be that couples that do more leisure time activities together have better marital quality."
Read the full article by clicking on the title link.


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We had a busy couple of Thursdays at Quilt-agious in Mukwonago! I had three classes -- tuffets, a Lone Star quilt class, and a t-shirt quilt class. Those were some long, but fun, days!
First up, tuffets! Here we have Elaine's first and Herni's third tuffets! Nice job, ladies!
Henri's tuffet. They're both so pretty!
Next up: Lone Star quilts! We used the QuiltSmart foundation for these. The panel makes it easy to sew the diamond shapes without having to worry about wasting too much fabric. You can get these panels in a small or large size. For the first class, we work on the diamonds. For the second, we put it all together.
... or stripe on the outside?
She chose the outside! Here are Penny (left) and Shar showing off their Lone Star quarters. Check out Cat's in the background. She was making an eagle!
I don't have photos of the t-shirt quilt class, but since it's a technique class, there's not too much to show. But we had fun!


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How Washington's secondary is contributing to defensive success
/ by Peter Hailey
If 1985 Ron Rivera, the player who was part of the supremely historic Chicago Bears' defense, could see 2022 Ron Rivera, the coach who's deploying a modernized defense where defensive backs often play like linebackers or even as linebackers, the former would be taken aback by the latter's strategy
"Surprised as heck," Rivera said in a press conference this week when describing how his former self would respond to the Commanders' current defensive approach. "But with the way things are evolving and changing, you have to adapt."
Like Rivera, Washington coordinator Jack Del Rio suited up in the NFL during the 1980s and '90s. And now, like Rivera, Del Rio is aware of the differences between what he experienced on the field and what he's presently witnessing as a coach.
"It's speed and space," Del Rio explained about today's league, "and you've got to have the ability to match those things."
Fortunately for Rivera and Del Rio, they do coach a secondary that can succeed when tasked with handling typical defensive-back duties — such as intermediate to deep pass coverage — and additionally hold its own when, as Del Rio put it, the "powerful element" of football surfaces.
So, as enthralling as the Commanders' defensive line has been during the squad's 6-1 surge — and it has been enthralling as of late — those on the opposite end of the unit are contributing aplenty to the club's hot streak, too. Their work may not be as noticeable as when, for example, Jonathan Allen pushes an opposing guard directly into a fleeing quarterback, yet it's critical nonetheless.
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Consider all that Kam Curl is capable of, for one.
Listed at 6-foot-2 and about 200 pounds, the third-year pro has ideal size for a safety. However, with Cole Holcomb out since Week 8, Curl has been forced to drop down closer to the line of scrimmage on a more regular basis (at times setting up directly next to Jamin Davis) and assume linebacker-like responsibilities. In fact, Curl actually donned the "green dot" in the early stages of Holcomb's absence, meaning he was the person in charge of organizing everything pre-snap.
That sort of adjusted role is one he's thrived in before, but that doesn't make how he's performing in 2022 any less impressive — nor does it make it any easier on his body.
"You get a game, say I'm in the [deep-safety spot] a lot, I'll wake up feeling better," Curl said Wednesday at his locker. "I'm in the box, I'm going to feel it when I wake up, for sure.
"That's my job and I'm still pretty young," he continued with only a slightly-pained expression on his face. "So I've got some hits to take."
"He's a very bright young man," Rivera said of Curl. "He understands concepts. He sees things that may take another guy a second or two to register and then dissect it and then react to it. He's a guy that's got a good feel for the game. He really does."
Aside from his astuteness — which is evident on screens, fakes, and other sequences that require preparedness and patience — Curl is, quite simply, a stud as a tackler. Per Pro Football Reference, he has just three whiffs this season, giving him a missed-tackle rate of 4.4%.
"I take pride in my tackling," he said. "You miss a tackle, somebody runs through you, you feel soft as hell."
Tackles don't get much more fundamental than this one by Kam Curl pic.twitter.com/K82FP72P0R
— Pete Hailey (@PeteHaileyNBCS) November 7, 2022
Curl isn't the only safety who deserves credit. Bobby McCain and Darrick Forrest possess strengths of their own, and together, the trio complements each other and allows Washington to flourish even with its shallow linebacker crew that features the growing Davis and not much else.
McCain, who entered the NFL as a cornerback, has become the de-facto slot/nickelback option after the Commanders recently shuffled through backups like Rachad Wildgoose and Danny Johnson. He isn't merely chasing around receivers, though.
Similar to Curl, McCain's throwing himself into charging blockers and affecting unfriendly rushing attacks as well, despite checking in at 5-foot-9 and sub-200 pounds.
Look at Bobby McCain launch himself into a crowd and completely blow up this run play. Serious toughness pic.twitter.com/6EFhURlbt4
— Pete Hailey (@PeteHaileyNBCS) November 21, 2022
"Bobby's a little bit smaller, but Bobby's a very physical player," Rivera said. "He's a dynamic player that knows how to fit."
Thanks to Curl and McCain's versatility, the blossoming Darrick Forrest can mix into the action as much as Del Rio wants him to. Judging by Forrest's snap counts on defense in the past three contests — he has perfect attendance on that side of the ball in that stretch — it's clear that Del Rio prefers when he's involved.
"It really doesn't matter their size," Jonathan Allen told reporters Thursday when asked about the safeties joining in on the fun in the trenches. "As long as you have the will to and you want to, you're going to be a physical player and that's what they are. I'm not surprised at all."
Kendall Fuller and Benjamin St-Juste's help on the outside shouldn't be discounted, either.
Fuller, who has an interception in each of his last two outings, is as locked in as ever at corner and is rarely in the wrong place. St-Juste, who's dealing with an ankle issue and was sidelined in Week 12, is showing major promise across from Fuller in his second campaign and can't get healthy soon enough.
The common thread between all of these Washington defensive backs — plus Johnson and Jeremy Reaves, a pair of reserves behind the main pieces — is that they were on the depth chart in 2021. Rivera, Del Rio and secondary coach Chris Harris, meanwhile, have been overseeing the scheme since 2020.
According to Fuller, that familiarity is awfully key to the operation.
"You're able to keep the same staff, keep a good core of players and everybody just learns the defense a little bit more," Fuller said Thursday in a session with the media. "And then, having so many guys that are versatile that know different positions gives a lot of us a better understanding of the defense."
"Sometimes, we don't even have to say any words out there, we just give a look," Curl said, referring to the chemistry he and his peers have cultivated. "We've gotten a lot more comfortable with each other."
As Del Rio has stated numerous times in his stint with the organization, the defensive line and the back end must be synced up with one another in order for a defense to truly flow.
In his third year on the job, Del Rio is witnessing exactly that, undoubtedly due to the frightening front but also because of a seamless secondary that can step up in myriad manners — including ones that don't resemble the style of his or Rivera's era.
"I think they love each other and they love playing," Del Rio said of the safeties and corners specifically. "That's a good combination."


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Q: How should I set up these tables for searching? My PHP site is an online store with about 5k products. Products belong to a vendor, a category, and possibly a subcategory. Each of those items has a name and the products have descriptions.
The search queries we've set up work wonderfully, but tend to run pretty slow. They range between 0.20s and 30s (yes 30 seconds). We've optimized like crazy and I'm starting to think we're out of room to improve on that front, so we're caching them and that's making life a lot easier.
But when they run they are still killing the server, because what appears to be all of the table locking that comes with MyISAM.
So on to my question: Is there a way for us to use InnoDB (row-level locking) and still maintain FULLTEXT? Should we move our DB offsite and use a service like DB2? Is there some other search engine type software we should use instead?
Any help is greatly appreciated :)

A: InnoDB does have full-text indexing now: http://blogs.innodb.com/wp/2011/07/innodb-full-text-search-tutorial/
but since it's basically brand new, most MySQL installs will not support it yet.
The standard workaround is to have a 'mirror' MyISAM table that contains copies of the searchable data with a fulltext index. You then join the original InnoDB table against the MyISAM copies, with fulltext searches on the myisam fields and regular other 'where' clauses on the innodb copies.
With appropriate triggers on the InnoDB table, there's no reason that the MyISAM copies would get stale/incorrect, or you could simply rebuild them on a scheduled basis so that you've got a staleness window that matches the rebuild interval.


It would take a fool not to understand the universal appeal of the Golden Retriever. First off, there's the jubilant, friendly personality that could melt even the iciest heart. Also, observe the adoring affection he gives to all those around him. Additionally, he is smart and easily trained. There's a reason why this is a popular choice for guide and companion dogs! Last but certainly not least, the Golden Retriever features an adorable, sincere face and a glorious golden coat that sets him apart from all the other dogs.
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We are on the road tonight. Our varsity teams are traveling to Marietta high school for a double header. Women's varsity kicks off at 5:30PM. Men's varsityt kicks off at 7:30PM. Marietta high school is located at 1171 Whitlock Ave SW, Marietta, GA 30064. Please be aware that there is construction happening at Marietta and the normal entrance to the field is closed. There is another entrance on the other side of the building. Visitors should park on the Manning Road side of the building. There will be a path there which you can use to get to the field. It is a bit of a walk to the field from the parking lot. Come out and support our teams.