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Przecław (German: Ottendorf)
In the village Przeclaw are:
Gothic church of St. Jacob built in the early fourteenth century of stone. Inside the church altar at the beginning of XVIIwieku, Renaissance baptismal font in 1596 and the tombstones from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries
The ruin of the Evangelical church built in 1769
Baroque parsonage from 1770 (now a residential house).
HDR photos
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Church in Gościeszowice
In the village Gościeszowice is a historic Gothic church built in the second half XIII century. Surrounded by a wall with the historic gate. For late-Gothic tower of the church was built, and the Classicist chapel burial (about 1800 years) with wmurowanymi the wall renaissance tombstones.
The church has a shoulder pulpit, altar in the form of a triptych of 1505 r, the choir from 1592
The text above is derived from the information board in front of the church.
Gościeszowice
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Brody (once Pförten) – the residence of earl Henryk von Brühl (1700-1763).
The palace was built for the Promnitz family in 1670-1674. A Sas minister Henryk von Brühl bought Brody in 1740 and developed the town, the park and the palace (1741-1749).
The palace was set on fire in 1758 and the garden surrounding it was devastated. The whole complex became the property of the Prussian rulers. Fryderyk August von Brühl (Henryk's son) had regained the palace and rebuilt it.
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11 November - Independence Day
National holiday celebrated on 11 November to commemorate Poland's regaining independence in 1918, after 123 years of partitions Polish made by Russia, Prussia and Austria-Hungary.
To commemorate the independence Poles hang out flag, and cities are organized official celebration.
Here are the photos taken during the celebration of Independence Day in Żary
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Vernissage in Żary
On the 12th of October during Artistic Exhibition Salon in Żary a vernissage of 8th Photography Campaign took place. The campaign was called "The 24th of August… in Żary" and was conducted within Ż'ART. 34 photographers have depicted the life of Żary and its habitants.
Photographic exhibition
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This is the autumn in Żary :)
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The Museum of tortures
The Museum of old-day tortures in Zielona Góra
The exposition is located in the cellar of the Lubuska Land Museum.
Except for the exhibits of replicas of medieval and modern torture tools there are also graphics of an illustrator Robert Jurga. Except for the visual effects depicting the system of executing judgements and torture methods to the visitor there are also sound effects: readings of judgements and moans of convicts.
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Zimna Brzeźnica
Zimna Brzeźnica (Germ. Kaltenbriesnitz)
In XVI century in Zimna Brzeźnica a defense manor was built for the family of von Haugwitz. At the end of XIX century the building burnt. In its vicinity in XIX century the family of von Heuthausen built a classicistic palace and manor. The palace was rebuilt several times.
After World War Two the palace was a part of PGR (State Agricultural Farms) – it held apartments and office areas. Ever since it was falling into ruin.
Kaltenbriesnitz
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Buczyny: Łużycki Heritage Park and Inn
Not far from the frontier crossing point there is a Łużycki Heritage Park and an Inn.
Due to the fact that on the day of our visit the heritage park was closed we decided to visit the Inn. We were delighted by the interior of the Inn.
Łużycki Heritage Park and Inn
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Loco-Picnic
Loco-Picnic in Żagań
On the occasion of 100th anniversary of Żagań railway station a family picnic was organized. During this event an exhibition of souvenirs could be seen as well as a restored locomotive from 1918 or the staging of "the Great Escape" of war prisoners by train. An additional attraction was the possibility to look inside the locomotives: kids could feel like a train driver :)
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Q: python manage.py sql Unknown command When i run following command:-
python manage.py sql
i get an error stating that
Unknown command: 'sql'
Type 'manage.py help' for usage.
version :- python manage.py --version
1.10

A: First do a make migrations
python manage.py makemigrations app_name
Apply migrations
python manage.py migrate
Instead of using python manage.py sql app_name

A: That is working. There is no 'sql' command. We're you thinking of 'sqlmigrate' maybe? https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.10/ref/django-admin/

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Tim Holden and Charlie Miller were responsible for acquiring, developing and managing London & Stamford's £350 million London PRS portfolio, which included schemes at Arsenal's former North Stand at Highbury Stadium, the Oval Printworks in Lambeth, Seward Street in Islington and Bridges Wharf in Battersea. Aviva Investors is a current client with whom they are working on a number of projects.
Oval Print Works, Lambeth
Clapham Road Lambeth
The Oval Print Works
£24,000,000
Situated within 5 minutes walk of both Stockwell and Oval tube stations, giving access to central London within 10 minutes.
The scheme benefited from an on-site Tesco Metro and immediate access to all the normal facilities within a short walk of the site.
The Management Team approached Galliard Homes in the summer of 2011 and subsequently managed to acquire 74 units of a 184 unit scheme in August 2011.
The units were completed and working with the local agents and Galliard, the management team fully let the properties within three months of completion. Between them they put the accounting and management systems in place, organised the appropriate tenancy agreements, management packages, billing of energy and dealt with maintenance issues. The units were sold on an individual basis achieving an exit yield of circa 4.2% based on rental levels at exit.
Highbury Stadium, Islington
Former Stadium/North Stand
The management team was appointed by London and Stamford PLC to acquire the former North Stand comprising 146 flats on the recently completed Highbury Stadium.
The building formed part of the 800 unit scheme on the former home of the Arsenal Football Club, which had been recently completed by McAlpine. The management team implemented the rental and management systems for the agents and the project was successfully let within three months and maintained a 98% occupancy at a 6.2% NIY.
The management team set up the accounting interface between the agents and London and Stamford PLC, were responsible for appointing management staff and advised the accounts team on accounting for rent collection and management accounts. They instructed the letting agents, organised furniture packs, solicitors, authorised all payments, reviewed the rental income and applied increases, signed off tenancies, monitored the rent collection. Advised on the sale of units which led to the exit at a yield of circa 4.28% based on rental levels at exit.
Bradstow House, Harrow
Harrow, London
Bradstow House
circa £80,000,000
CapRes recently acted on behalf of an investor in relation to the acquisition of 177 apartments at the 7 storey building, Bradstow House.
The scheme is located in the centre of Harrow, at the bottom of Harrow on the Hill and close to the tube station which is 18 minutes from Baker Street. The scheme is located adjacent to the shopping centre and is targeted at young professionals working in London looking for good quality, well managed rental accommodation on the outskirts of central London.
The project was constructed as a Build to Rent project valued at circa £80 million. The project comprises of 1 and 2 bed apartments and is built to high standard by the Comer Homes. It has an impressive foyer and the project was designed to include panoramic views across Harrow and West London.
Bridges Wharf, Battersea
Bridges Wharf
The management team acquired 60 apartments at a cost of £31 million from Weston Homes on behalf of an investor. The apartments were located within an award-wining development situated on the banks of the River Thames. The apartments adjoined a 5 star hotel, with associated leisure facilities, cafes and bars and also the Battersea Heliport. The property was purchased off market at a discount from the open market price.
CapRes had an existing relationship with Weston Homes and good understanding of the local market and responded to the opportunity by closing the deal within four weeks of making an offer.
Charlie negotiated the price and upon securing the scheme, Tim took forward the due diligence, managed the conveyance and prepared the project for property management. Full occupancy was achieved within three months of completion and rents were increased by 5% per annum with limited occupancy leakage. Stabilised income provided was 5%+ NIY. Costs were maintained with a 25% tolerance of gross rents. The project was sold in 2014 and the exit yield was circa 4.4%.
Seward Street, Islington
Clerkenwell, Islington
Seward Street
Seward Street is a build to let investment which was acquired by the management team on behalf of an investor through a direct approach to Notting Hill Housing Trust who were the majority shareholders in a JV with Mount Anvil. Seward Street is located between Farringdon, Old Street and the Barbican.
The opportunity was attractive due to the location and as it lent itself to an investment proposition, the management team negotiated the price and finalised the specification with the developer. The scheme exchanged within eight weeks of the initial offer.
The specification was altered to take account for the management team's requirements in order to deliver their client a high quality Build to Rent product. This included more robust flooring, attractive kitchens, and attractive fixture and fittings along with additional storage areas for residents and redesigned entrance lobby.
The management team procured, project managed and organised contractual relationships and monitored the progress on behalf of the investor. They established a management platform and pre-let all of the units before practical completion.
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Jonathan David Ward (SW37924) has been struck off the HCPC Register on the grounds of conviction whilst registered as a social worker in England.
A panel of the HCPTS heard that Mr. Ward was convicted on six counts of making indecent photographs of a child, whilst employed as a Practice Educator by Surrey County Council.
The Panel further heard that Mr. Ward was sentenced to seven months imprisonment suspended for two years. He is also subject to a Sexual Harm Prevention Order for ten years.
The Panel ordered for the name of Jonathan David Ward to be struck off the HCPC Register.
Mr. Ward was neither present nor represented at the hearing.


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Q: SSRS - Major/minor gridlines spacing I have an SSRS report with a bar chart with multiple series by CountryName Category group.  What I want to do is have gridlines which split each country like below:

However in SSRS the major gridlines seem to interval with the line in the middle of the country name when the grid interval is set to 1 like below:

Can someone point me in the right direction into how to rectify this?
Also is there a way of adding the X axis in SSRS to start from zero like I have in my first graph?
Thanks

A: You can do it, there is an offset property on the grid lines (horizontal and vertical are separate). Click one one of the gridlines and look in the properties pane. Change the offset to 0.5.

Gives you this.

I'm not sure what you meant about starting from zero on the X-Axis, you have negative values so you'll start from a negative number. If you meant you wantde zero aligned to the middle. You can do that to. You need to set the min and max values of the horizontal axis to the following
Min Value:
=MAX(ABS(Fields!MyValueField.Value), "MyDataSet")*-1

Max Value will be:
=MAX(ABS(Fields!MyValueField.Value), "MyDataSet")

Basically we take the ABSolute largest value and use that as the extent (*-1 for the min value). The problem is that zero might not show so you'll have to play around with the Axis properties maybe to get that working. I'm sure it's possible but I don't have time to test at the moment.
My test data is not great as the number are large


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Top Drawer prepares to co-locate with Pulse in September
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Trade show Top Drawer is set to unveil the newly co-located Pulse show at its Autumn/Winter 2019 edition, which takes place from September 8 to September 10 at Olympia in London.
Both exhibitions are organised by Clarion Events. Pulse, which was launched in 2003, is billed as 'a destination for buyers seeking undiscovered brands and new talent'.
Clarion Events said: 'The co-location with Top Drawer means that visitors will have an opportunity like no other to explore the very best of commercially-ready emerging brands, as well as the best and biggest names in design-led lifestyle products – all under one roof.'
Explaining the move, Neil Gaisford, managing director of the retail division at Clarion Events, commented: "After careful consideration and consultation with the market, we have taken the decision to move Pulse from a stand-alone event to a co-located one at Top Drawer, for both the Spring/Summer and Autumn/Winter editions, with the first taking place from September 8 to September 10. This will provide buyers with an unrivalled offer of new creative talent for their most important buying periods."
Top Drawer show director Alejandra Campos added: "Top Drawer has always been at the forefront of industry trends, making Pulse the perfect complement to our existing offering. By transitioning Pulse's cutting-edge content and ethos of unseen, original design into the Top Drawer setting, our visitors will now have unrivalled access to the very best in design-led lifestyle products."
With applications now open, emerging designers and brands within modern living, fashion and giftware that are new to trade or have traded for less than three years, are encouraged to apply to exhibit by April 30 to secure their space and receive a special early bird rate. Contact pulse@topdrawer.co.uk or call 020 7384 7863 for more information and to submit for Pulse selection.
Buyers can register for complimentary passes for the Autumn/Winter 2019 edition of Top Drawer at www.topdrawer.co.uk
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'Castle Rock' Season 2 Recast: Paul Sparks as "Ace" Merrill; Garrett Hedlund Out
The masterminds behind Hulu's Stephen King universe series Castle Rock are doing a little recasting, with Paul Sparks now set to play John "Ace" Merrill.
'Castle Rock' Season 2: Lizzy Caplan as Misery's Annie Wilkes; Tim Robbins, 5 More Cast
Hulu's critically-acclaimed series Castle Rock is pulling a "Shyamalan" for season 2 with Lizzy Caplan, Tim Robbins, and more set for some unexpected roles.
Homecoming: Julia Roberts Done Coming Home, Won't Appear in Season 2 (SPOILERS)
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Castle Rock Season 1 Finale 'Romans' Leaves the Right Questions Unanswered (REVIEW)
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Fujieda MyFC is a relatively recent creation, having been formed in 2009 on the "fan participation model" pioneered by Ebbsfleet United, in England. However, even in today's Internet-pervasive era, an idea spawned online and supported largely by netizens needs to have some base on which to build a real-world football team. In Fujieda MyFC's case, the history of that "base" is actually more interesting than the current incarnation. When the team was created, its raison d'etre was always to join the J.League. But since the "MyFC" model had no previous physical existence, it would have had to start off at the very bottom of the Japanese football pyramid. This would have meant a decade or more of slow slogging up the table before any of the team's goals could be met. And it was unrealistic to expect the "online support" base to waith that long for results. Fortunately, the organizers stumbled onto a team with high ambitions of its own and a very committed group of existing supporters. organizers had to meet the
Shizuoka FC was originally located in the city of Shizuoka, the capital of Shizuoka prefecture, which is located between Shimizu (home of Shimizu S-Pulse) and Iwata (the home base of Jubilo Iwata). Considering its location, in might seem improbable that the club could develop an independent fan base at ALL . . . much less carve out a niche of its own as a professional team. However, in the club's fairly short history it made a lot of progress in that direction, and was surprisingly successful even before it was commandeered by the MyFC movement. Shizuoka FC owed most of its organizational strength to the support of some powerful figures in Japanese football, who adopted the club as a "pet project".
The club can trace its roots to a small team known as Yamakiya Club, which emerged the 1980s, and was a member of the Shizuoka Prefectural league in 2001 when the idea for Shizuoka FC first emerged. The leading figures behind the club's creation were Genki Morishita, a former club president of Verdy Kawasaki who left Verdy when the Yomiuri conglomerate withdrew its support and the team moved to Tokyo; and the Noya brothers -- Yoshiro and Tadao -- who had close ties to the family of Kazuyoshi and Yasutoshi Miura (indeed, Kazu refers to Tadao Noya as "the man who raised me as a footballer"). The support of men with such extensive connections in the football world was enough to turn Shizuoka FC, almost overnight, into one of the Tokai Regional League's strongest teams.
Shizuoka FC adopted one of the most "badass brilliant" logo marks of any football team in Japan. Based on this awe-inspiring symbol and the team's jet-black uniforms, they earned the nickname "The Black Samurai". Shizuoka FC won the Shizuoka League in its first season under the new name, and progressed to the Tokai Regional League, where it has won the title repeatedly over the course of the 00s. Though it failed in its effort to gain promotion to the JFL, the club seemed to be on the verge of making the next step. In 2008 the Black Samurai were within one step of a promotion spot, but lost their final Regional League Championship match 0 - 1 to V.Varen Nagasaki, who claimed the promotion spot for 2009 and soon found itself in the J.League.
But despite Shizuoka FC's local success, it did not have the financial base or the facilities (eg: stadium, clubhouse, training centre) needed to really make it in the pro ranks. MyFC made its first venture into "the real world" by taking over a small local club called Fujieda City Hall, which had a long history and a marvelous stadium, but not much else. the following year -- 2010 -- the newly minted Fujieda MyFC convinced Shizuoka FC to merge, and create a team that actually stood a good chance of advancing to the J.League. They even managed to convince former Japan National Team legend Kunishige Kamamoto to serve as head coach!
Fans of the Black Samurai unfortunately had to bid farewell to their magnificent team logo, but in its place, they had a team with a real future. In its first season as a unified club, former Japan NT defender Toshihide Saito took over as player/coach, and convinced a few former teammates to join him. Blowing all other competition off the pitch, Fujieda won the Tokai League and swept triumphantly into the JFL.
Its early performances after rising to the JFL level suggest that the team might have needed several more years to advance any further. But fortunately the timing of their rise to JFL status was perfect. The J.League announced its plans for a J3 just one year later. Drawing upon its diffuse and international membership, MyFC was quickly able to meet the requirements for fan support, while the resources accumulated by Shizuoka FC and Fujieda City Hall over the preceding decade ticked all the other boxes. In short order, MyFC was inaugurated as a founding member of the J3.
Over its eight-year existence in the third tier, the closest MyFC have come to promotion was in 2019 -- a third-place finish. Fujieda has a marvelous home stadium, and though it might face questions over team capital and organizational criteria, a promotion run might be enough to carry them over those hurdles. The grassroots base is solid, and though there are already several teams in the area, none can really inspire locals to switch loyalty. While still a relative newcomer, MyFC may be able to handle a stint in J2. Only time will tell.
Team Results: 2002-2010 (Tokai Lg.)
G.Dif
2002 1 37 16 12 1 3 45 16 +29
2004 3 22 14 7 1 6 39 26 +13
2007 1 39 14 13 0 1 46 7 +39
2009 3 24 14 7 3 4 20 12 +8
Team Results: 2011-present
2010(Tokai) 1 39 16 12 3 1 49 8 +41
2011(Tokai 1 38 14 12 2 0 42 9 +33
2012 (JFL) 11 40 32 11 7 14 39 48 -9
2013 (JFL) 13 36 34 9 9 16 40 58 -18
2014 (J3) 11 30 33 7 9 17 36 52 -16
2015 (J3) 10 37 36 11 4 21 37 61 -24
2016 " 7 45 30 14 3 13 48 42 +6
2017 " 7 47 32 12 11 9 50 43 +7
2018 " 16 34 32 10 4 18 32 48 -16
2019 " 3 63 34 18 9 7 42 31 +11
2020 " 10 49 14 7 13 48 44 +4


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El himno de la Liga de Campeones de la UEFA, titulado de manera oficial simplemente como Champions League, es una composición de Tony Britten consistente en arreglos sobre una pieza de Georg Friedrich Händel llamada Zadok the Priest (en español: Zadok el sacerdote), perteneciente a la serie de los cuatro Coronation Anthems (himnos de coronación).

Historia y características
La UEFA eligió a Tony Britten en 1992 para llevar a cabo la creación de su himno. Una vez arreglada la composición original de Händel, Champions League fue interpretada por la Royal Philharmonic Orchestra y el coro de la Academy of Saint Martin in the Fields. La letra de la canción está escrita en los tres idiomas oficiales de la UEFA, es decir, en inglés, alemán y francés.

El estribillo del himno suena antes del comienzo de cada partido de la Liga de Campeones. Asimismo, las cadenas de televisión que emiten partidos de Champions están obligadas a emitir una versión reducida del mismo antes y después del partido. La duración de Champions League es de unos tres minutos, a lo largo de los cuales se escuchan las dos estrofas y el estribillo de que está formada la canción.

Nunca se ha publicado comercialmente en su versión original; sin embargo, el coro de la Academy of Saint Martin in the Fields sí grabó el Zadok the Priest de Händel en el álbum de 2002 World Soccer Anthems. En 2006, el dúo polaco Kalwi & Remi hizo una nueva versión titulada Victory, que contiene interpolaciones vocales y musicales del original.

Letra
La letra del himno de la Champions League es una serie de arreglos hechos por Tony Britten a la obra original del compositor alemán Georg Friedrich Händel, un gran compositor del periodo barroco. Es propiedad de la Unión de Asociaciones de Fútbol Europeas, UEFA, ya que fue un pedido hecho al compositor, y no una creación por iniciativa propia.

Ce sont les meilleures équipes
Sie sind die allerbesten Mannschaften
The main event

Die Meister
Die Besten
Les grandes équipes
The champions

Une grande réunion
Eine große sportliche Veranstaltung
The main event

Ils sont les meilleurs
Sie sind die Besten
These are the champions

Die Meister
Die Besten
Les grandes équipes
The champions

Interpretaciones en finales
En la final de las ediciones de 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015 Y 2016 se han interpretado diferentes versiones del himno:

 En la final de 2009, la voz del tenor italiano Andrea Bocelli acompañó al himno previo al partido, disputado en el Estadio Olímpico de Roma, cantando principalmente la frase en italiano Loro sono i campioni. Lo hizo desde el Palco de Honor del estadio, en vivo y en directo.

 Para la final de 2010, disputada en el Estadio Santiago Bernabéu (Madrid), sonó la voz del tenor peruano Juan Diego Flórez durante el himno, cantando en castellano la frase Ellos son los campeones. Sin embargo esta vez no fue en directo, sino que estaba ya grabado.

 En la de 2011, fue el grupo británico All Angels las encargadas, en diversos idiomas, de acompañar al himno en directo desde el mismo césped del Estadio de Wembley (Londres).

 Para la de 2012, celebrada en el Allianz Arena de Múnich, el tenor Jonas Kaufmann y el violinista David Garrett, ambos alemanes, interpretaron desde el terreno de juego y también en diversos idiomas el himno en directo.

 Para la de 2014, celebrada en el da Luz de Lisboa, la cantante de fados, la portuguesa Mariza cantó el himno en directo.

 Para la de 2015, celebrada en el Estadio Olímpico de Berlín, en conjunto el tenor de nacionalidad españoles Manuel Gómez Ruiz y la alemana Nina María Fisher cantaron el Himno en directo.

 Para la de 2016 celebrada en el Giuseppe Meazza, de Milán, nuevamente la cantaría el Himno en vivo la voz del tenor italiano Andrea Bocelli tras su última interpretación en la final de 2009.

Referencias

Véase también
 Liga de Campeones de la UEFA

Enlaces externos
 Himno oficial de la Champions League en uefa.com
 Audio oficial del Himno de la Champions League en rtve.es
 World Soccer Anthems en allmusic.com

Liga de Campeones de la UEFA
Himnos deportivos

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Our family originates from Famagusta and moved to Paphos after the invasion in 1974. Once we had moved to Paphos, we opened a take away kebab house.
Then in 2007 we completed the refurbishments to begin Costas Koloni Tavern.
We are constantly trying to improve our tavern to give our customers the true Cypriot experience. Inside the tavern you can see many traditional artefacts.


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Journalists covering the refugee crisis have been affected by moral injury, according to a report today by the International News Safety Institute (INSI), which warns that this issue has the potential to have a significant impact on mental health if nothing is done to prevent or treat it.
"The Emotional Toll on Journalists Covering the Refugee Crisis" is the first study of its kind into the response of news media professionals covering a humanitarian crisis and was prompted by the arrival in Europe by sea of more than one million migrants in 2015.
Published by the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, it shows how moral injury – a condition linked to experiencing events and behaviour that violates one's moral compass – emerged as the biggest psychological challenging faced by those covering the refugee crisis.
"We recognise that the trauma experienced by journalists as witnesses could never be equated with the suffering endured by the migrants, but we wanted to try to better understand what some journalists were experiencing so we could ensure those covering the refugee crisis could continue their important work of recording history," said Hannah Storm, INSI director, and co-author of the report with neuropsychiatrist Professor Anthony Feinstein.
Nine major European and North American news organisations took part in the survey, which included 114 journalists. In addition to the quantitative survey, various industry-wide interviews and meetings were carried out which corroborated the survey findings.
Yannis Behrakis turned his camera on his home country of Greece where he began covering the story in April 2015. "A lot of times you are not sure what to do: leave the camera and actively help people come out of the sea or do practical things for them, drive them up the road, or give them clothes, or take their pictures," said Behrakis, who works for Reuters, in an interview for the report.
"Of course, I always think this is the way I help and this is my job to make sure that everybody around the world knows what is happening and that is my mission."
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• Moral injury is linked to an increased workload and a perceived lack of support from employers.
• Neither post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) nor depression posed a significant risk for journalists covering the refugees.
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Looking for a sub $100 PC? While some were disappointed that the SHIL laptop would not be available for regular sale, a company based in Taiwan is making available for mass and individual sale a sub-$100 PC, one packed with functionality. The "TU-40" from E-Way is a tiny little guy, sporting a highly-integrated 200MHz CPU, possibly the SiS SOC platform. It's similar to the MicroClient Jr line from NorhTec, announced last month. But seems to have a marginally smaller price along with a slightly faster CPU. For the price, you're getting a lot: VGA and serial ports (optional), USB and ethernet, MiniPCI expansion slot, compact flash adapter and IDE interface, PS/2 connectors and many other customizable features.
While it is supposedly available now from eWay Technology Systems, I had difficulty finding the TU-40 for order. The MicroClient Jr, very similar, can easily be acquired from NorhTec. It's possible E-Way is not currently offering it in the U.S. or areas outside of Asia. Certainly not usable as a beefy desktop, a system like this is often perfect for people looking to incorporate thin clients, craft small home-brew routers, create wireless CPE devices, et cetera.


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Les championnats du monde de cyclo-cross 1983 ont lieu les 19 et  à Birmingham au Royaume-Uni. Trois épreuves masculines sont au programme.

Podiums

Résultats

Classement des élites

Classement des amateurs

Classement des juniors

Tableau des médailles

Liens externes
Site de l'UCI
Résultats sur les-sports.info

1983
Cyclo-cross
Cyclo-cross 1983
Cyclo-cross Monde 1983
Monde
1983 au Royaume-Uni
Sport en février 1983


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Being raised and educated in a large city of the United States, I had, in common with most young people in like circumstances, a sort of pitying contempt for everything not American--the Norwegian language included. I am afraid some of our public school teachers had something to do with bringing about that state of mind.
The first one to open my eyes to the truth, was the late Dr. Poole, librarian of the Chicago Public Library. In the course of a conversation, he asked me the meaning of our family name, which ended in "vig". I was fortunate enough to be able to explain it to him. He then asked me if I read and spoke the 2Norwegian language. "Not well," I answered.
"There is no honor in doing anything one is made to do," he said, and advised me to learn it as soon as possible. From that he went on to say that he had notice that the Norwegians learned English quicker than other nationalities, his observations being taken, in large part, from servant girls at his home.
Later on I had the good fortune to visit Norway. How great that advantage was: I have been better able to appreciate it later. I found a much higher standard of culture there among the people of my circle than in America (this refers to Chicago and the West). Then and there I became acquainted with the literature 3of Norway and found in it a charm with which I fell deeply in love. I felt like the heathen who heard the story of Christ and exclaimed: "Oh! why has someone not told us this before!"
Why not start reading clubs everywhere to study the Norwegian language, its saga, its politics, its wealth of beautiful literature; in short, Norway and its people. It is a country one need not be ashamed of, but ought to feel intensely proud of. I think such clubs would do more to foster that quality which so many say we are lacking--loyalty to our own people.
Organize, buy a good map of Norway; subscribe to a good newspaper direct from Norway; learn to sing the songs, recite the poetry, read fine literature; study the biography and history; interest yourselves in the topics of the times on a large or small as circumstances dictate.
Don't let the Norwegian die; at least don't hasten its death. The English is better able to take care of itself.
Norwegian // Assimilation > Segregation (III A) ?
Norwegian // Assimilation > Relations with Homeland (III H) ?
Dear Sir: No one with common sense can doubt that the Scandinavian youth will sooner or later adopt the English language. On the playgrounds of every town or city, wherever young Scandinavians associate, observers will note that in nearly all cases they converse in English and not in their mother tongue, showing beyond the possibility of a doubt that the English language, when once learned, is the one most easily spoken. Learn first to read and write the language of our nation to perfection; then it is time enough to study your mother tongue. Why? First, because many honest and intelligent foreign-born citizens have been kept away from honorable and lucrative positions simply because of their foreign brogue. Second, because the literature of neither Norway, Denmark, or Sweden attains as high a standard as does that of the United States and England. Where was there a writer among the Scandinavians like Shakespeare? Who can equal 2those thrilling pictures of Florence Percy? What author can produce the noble sentiments of Longfellow, where do we find Charles Kingsley's powers of description? All will admit that that which a person reads has something to do in shaping his destiny, and in if it be true that the English literature is the best, why should we not adopt the language which contains the fine gems of thought?
Many a minister of the gospel throughout the length and breadth of our land will be found at the head of a parochial school attempting--not always in an ideal Christian manner--to implant the Scandinavian languages, to the confusion of the little ones, who are at the same time studying the English language in the public schools. Should any church member have the "grit" to assert that his children were to learn English first and other languages to follow, our reverend friend may be seen holding up his hands in holy-honor. Yet upon inquiry it may be found that the learned expounder of scripture is himself unable to read the English language. expounder of scripture is himself unable to read the English language. The time is not far distant when our Scandinavian youth will shake off their shackles, declare their independence and accept the English language in all the spheres 3of life, knowing that they, by so doing, adopt the only method by which they can attain as much respect from their fellow-citizens as they deserve.
Norwegian // Attitudes > Education > Parochial > Foreign Languages (I A 2 b) ?
Knowledge of the English language, it seems to me, is a prerequisite for true loyalty and patriotism. A person cannot rightly be expected to take an interest in the affairs of a country whose language he does not master. Some may say: Cannot a person imbibe that spirit through any other language just as well? To some extent, but not so well. Where in any language will you find examples of Webster, Adams, Clay, Everett, Henry, and many others? You may take their speeches and translate them, but in that act their true mission has lost its power, strength, and beauty. What other language abounds as plentifully in gems of thought as that of the English. Take the words of Shakespeare, Milton, Gray, Longfellow, Bryant, 2and Whittier, and compare them with others in their respective fields of labor.
Many young men have I seen who are unable to read the English language intelligently and fluently, and these have been born and reared amidst the free institutions of our land. Now, these will become leaders some years hence. They will be the principal actors in life's drama in years to come. They will be the heads of the families of our land. The offices of the township, county, and state must be filled by some of them. The laws, forms of government, and social questions will be presented to them. Will these men fill their places of trust and honor and distinction without knowing English?
Some maintain that we should not neglect our mother tongue, but use it as much as we can. To do that we must educate the children in our own language, which is foreign. We must make them familiar with our habits and customs, which are alien to our country.
Let us have English pure and simple. We cannot so easily get both, and get them well. Let us have the essential one, and have it well. I look forward to the day when thought, feelings, and nationality shall be unified, and a language spoken which shall be understood by all.
Forget your national background, become Americans, become good citizens, in thought and action. This is your country, treat it as such.
Norwegian // Attitudes > Education > Secular > Foreign Languages (I A 1 b) ?
I agree with the writer of "Another Plea for English" that every American citizen, or anyone who intends to become such, should be able to master the language of the country he or she Lives in. It is only a duty of patriotism. But there is always more than one side to a question. What are we going to do with our old folks? We have them yet in our midst; they still cling to their old habits and the old mother tongue nature taught them. We are their children and as such we owe them our respect.
I am personally acquainted with a number of Scandinavian families who use the English language in their homes entirely. Grandfather and grandmother are thereby debarred from all conversation with their grandchildren, who are their only delight in their old age. I do believe that any intelligent child, even if he has been taught the mother language, can be educated and taught the English language so as to inspire him, and enable him to read the beautiful works of our great authors and also to become a good, patriotic citizen of our great republic.
Norwegian // Attitudes > Mores > Family Organization > Parent-Child Relationship (I B 3 b) ?
As it is important that we discover the relative strength of those in favor of the English language securing a place in Skandinaven, and as we now have a chance, and no one knows that the future may bring, I, therefore, call upon those who can help the cause. It may be a long time before we yet another chance such as this.
I am fully aware of the fact that in the old settlements the need for English is not so pronounced; but we cannot all live in the old settlements. We must move along more or less. Look at the New Englanders; see how they are dispersed over this country. The same fate will overtake our people by and by.
There are those who make a fetish of the old country language, and it is more surprising that there are some leaning to both sides.
People are apt to judge our strength by the amount of space we can hold in these columns. The question is one of making headway, "not only against tradition but against the men who are steeped in tradition".
As time ebbs away, so ebbs away the life of man. As spring takes the place of winter by His bidding and by His prearrangement, so must youth take the place of the old by the same irresistible, dominating force. The boy of yesterday is the man of today. The spectacle in the arena, where life's great battle is fought, is ever changing, ever new. The struggle of yesterday is not the struggle of the morrow. The conquests of today will differ from the conquests of days to come. The obstacles encountered by the present generation will not confront the coming one. The character of the duties of man also change.
The Scandinavian pioneers can look with pride upon their achievements. Youth, when taking charge of these great riches, may congratulate itself for descending from people marked, wherever their abode, for their honesty, industry, and self-reliance. The pioneers have fulfilled their life's mission. They have not only shaped and formed the history of several states and cities, but they have helped to shape and form the history of the nation. Where their work ends youth's work must begin. What they failed to achieve, we should strive 2to attain. The future of the republic rests with the young, as did that of the present with those gone before us. The work ahead is important; the duties which we are summoned to discharge are weighty. The Scandinavians occupy no mean place in the council of the nation. It lies entirely with the young, if, in the near future, they shall wield a still greater power. Along this line the Scandinavian race should be made in the future; but we must fight for our just share in the management of social and political affairs as a Americans, not as Scandinavians.
In consequence of the large immigration to this country of so many different types of people, holding so many different ideas as to the forms of government, our institutions are in danger, while personal liberty needs watching and American principles need champions. An idea of the power of this foreign element in our politics can be had by looking back upon the results of the election held recently in New York City. It was not Americanism that elected Van Wyck. Fortunately, the Scandinavians do not belong to the ignorant class 3of immigrants, but it is their duty to assist in repressing and subduing this army of ignorant and reckless voters.
Let us, therefore, be true citizens, true American citizens. We owe it to ourselves, to the country under whose protective care we are enjoying so many immunities, and to the land from whence we came; for we cannot honor the memory of our Fatherland more, than by proving ourselves loyal subjects of the nation which has so generously received us. Much as we love the mother tongue, it must necessarily take a secondary place among us. There should not be divided opinions as to what language the young, the coming generation should learn. No, we must not falter; we must not waver. Indecision is as bad as idleness. Let us educate ourselves, not for the mere purpose of being able to cope with our contemporaries in the battle for existence and individual comfort, but for higher and nobler aims. Let our motto be honesty, integrity and loyalty, and history shall attribute to us these very virtues.
Norwegian // Assimilation > Immigration and Emigration (III G) ?
I believe that it is perfectly right and proper to study the mother tongue, provided the English language has already received its share of attention, as the knowledge of mare than one language is of great value to us in our walk through life. It also tends to strengthen the intellectual faculties. I also believe that no one should deem it improper to speak the mother tongue where the exigencies of the hour demand it.
But I still believe that a more extended use of English should be brought about, because speaking English is more becoming to an American citizen. Our forefather's future prospects in the mother country were not bright, but here they found a ready welcome after they had braved the stormy ocean in search of more congenial surroundings, and we, their descendants, being reared amid the free institutions of our land, certainly ought to have enough love for our staunch republic to use its language in daily life.
In a former article I asserted that if English came into general use throughout 2the Scandinavian groups, it would place us on a more intimate footing with our English-speaking neighbors. No critic can prove that this statement is erroneous. It seems to me that if an extended use of English were brought about it would have a tendency to unify the people of all the states; there would be less hatred and more brotherly feeling between man and man; in fact, the whole nation would be benefited thereby.
How such daily use of English would cause us to forget--forget means to lose the remembrance of the mother tongue--is more than I can understand. The acceptance of the English language in all the spheres of life, in the home as well as in society, and in rural as well as in business life, would not tax our memories to such an extent that we would forget our native tongue. We would still be at liberty to study the Scandinavian languages.
That Scandinavian employees who have become Americanized have better prospects in securing employment then have those who continually cling to old country 3customs and languages, is so well known that it is unnecessary to go into details.
The young people are already manifestly in favor of English, at least the majority of them. They admire the beauty of English and American literature; they find it easier to express themselves in English on present-day themes, and that language will, at an early date, be accepted by most Scandinavians.
Objections have been raised from several sides against the use of English translations of the texts of some of the choral songs for our coming Song Festival. Especially has the use of the English text for the "Olav Trygvason" been objected to. On account of this I beg to call on the singing societies of the Association to use the Norwegian text when preparing the song mentioned for the Festival. I do not believe that the change will cause great difficulty since the song, in its Norwegian text, is to be found in all the more widely used song collections for male choruses, and the text is easily adapted to the music in our new collection of musical numbers.
I have made this change to mollify certain dissatisfied singing societies, but I have taken the step only with considerable reluctance. I am firmly 2convinced that we have arrived at the time when English texts ought to be used in presenting Scandinavian compositions, at least in part. In doing so we are opening a new door in music, as it were, to the English speaking public, and to do so is certainly to take a new step forward towards the goal the Association has set for itself. Anybody will understand why, in furtherance of this goal, I chose some of the pearls of Scandinavian musical creations to be sung in English. For the reasons given at the beginning of this statement, "Olav Trygvason" will be sung in Norwegian at the coming Song Festival, but no further changes will be made in the program.
The "Peasant Wedding March" will be sung in English; the songs "Vart Land" and "Hor Oss Svea" will be presented as a concert number (A and B), as will "Song for Danes" and "Hoie Nord" (The Far North). My arrangement for a murmur chorus in the "Saterjentens Sondag" (The Sunday of the Dairy Maid) might well be left free from criticism until heard in connection with orchestral music.
Greatly against my wishes I have been compelled to select the songs for the Festival unaided. Such being the case, I think it proper to ask, now that the selection has been printed, that tolerance be shown in regard to the selected material and that the individual singing societies practice the material presented to the best of their ability. Next time somebody else will be given the chance of doing things better.
Singing societies wishing to participate in the concerts of the Song Festival are requested to notify me as early as possible and inform me of the pieces selected by them. No Singing Society will have a chance to sing more than one selection at the concerts during the Song Festival.
I appeal to all the singing societies and the singers to apply themselves seriously to the task at hand. We want to maintain the renown of the Scandinavians as a group ranking high in the art of singing. We also want to see the individual societies as successful participants.
Norwegian // Contributions and Activities > Avocational and Intellectual > Aesthetic > Theatrical > Festivals, Pageants, Fairs and Expositions (II B 1 c 3) ?
Politicians and newspapers are wont to complain of the nationality issue in our politics. If an adopted citizen seeks a public office and receives strong support from the voters of his nationality, his candidacy and following are branded as clannish, un-American, etc.
Improper appeals to the sentiment of nationality are occasionally made in many parts of the country, but this is not primarily the fault of our adopted citizens. Their ambition is to become good Americans. They are proud of their American citizenship and endeavor to fulfill their duties as citizens to the best of their ability. They may make mistakes, but they are honest and upright and conscious of their responsibilities and have amply demonstrated that they are worthy of the franchise. A comparative study of 2the local political history of the northwest will disclose the fact that public affairs have been managed as economically and as well by our adopted citizens as by the native born, and in many instances better.
Then, some fine day, along comes a native-born politician in need of votes. He will address a gathering of adopted citizens, not as Americans, but as Germans, Irish, Scandinavians, Frenchmen, etc., as the case may be, feeding nationality-taffy to them with a lavish hand, and soliciting their support not as Americans, but as foreigners.
And right there we have the origin of the "foreign vote". The adopted citizen did not know that he was a "foreigner" in politics until he was taught the lesson by native-born politicians, demagogues, schemers, trimmers, and designing manipulators. They probably did not foresee that by rubbing their political Aladdin's lamp they called to their aid a spirit that some day might get beyond their control. That, however, is precisely what has happened 3, for example in Chicago. The undue and dangerous influence acquired by certain nationalities in the politics of this city is but the inevitable result of cowardly and discreditable scheming on the part of leading American politicians. They will confess as much in private and whine about "the ruling race," etc. But they find themselves unable to break away from the policy and precedents they have established, and are compelled to keep on as they have begun.
To illustrate: during the last municipal campaign a particularly offensive appeal to the supposed prejudices of an audience was made by Mayor Harrison in a speech in the Twenty-third Ward. Addressing a meeting of Swedes, he advised the Swedes not to vote for Alderman Olson because Mr. Olson is a Norwegian. Mr. Harrison evidently thinks that because Sweden and Norway honestly disagree upon certain questions, Swedes and Norwegians, even when they have become citizens of this country, are bound to be enemies. This error is to some extent excusable in people who are not particularly well versed in foreign 4affairs, and Mr. Harrison is in the same boat with many other gentlemen who wear good clothes. But his lack of information upon this point does not excuse his demagogical catering to the basic instincts of his audience. Even if he intended to say to the Swedes of the Ward that they ought not vote for Alderman Olson in the belief that he is a Swede, since he is a Norwegian, the Mayor would have been guilty of gross impropriety inasmuch as this would have been tantamount to saying that if Mr. Olson had been a Swede the Swedes ought to have voted for him on account of his nationality. The "foreign vote" will disappear when the native-born politicians come to understand that our adopted citizens are Americans and should be treated as such, but not before. Until then the "foreign vote" will remain to plague them.
Norwegian // Attitudes > Politics > Extent of Influence (I F 4) ?
In the columns for the young people I see an article on more English and less Norwegian. Mr. Thompson says that "the Scandinavians of this country should abandon the habit of speaking in the Scandinavian languages and only speak English".
I do not agree with Mr. Thompson in this. It would not seem right for us Scandinavians to discard our mother tongue. The young Scandinavians of this country use their own language too little now; in fact, some of them seem ashamed to be a Scandinavian or to talk the language; and many of them will not use their old mother tongue unless they have to.
I cannot understand why Scandinavians should not speak their own language among themselves, in their homes or in their gatherings, whenever there are none but 2Scandinavians present. It is all right to speak English when people are present who cannot understand any other language; but when it comes to being ashamed of speaking our own language among ourselves, then I think matters are going too far.
Mr. Thompson says that we should not use any language but English in the home, in church, in the parlor, or in the fields. If we could not use the Scandinavian languages in any of those places, I do not quite see where we could use it at all. To most of our young people the home is the only place where they have the chance to learn to speak and read a Scandinavian language, and if the parents do not speak these languages the children cannot learn them.
I would not say that our young people cannot get along without learning Scandinavian languages, but certainly the knowledge of them will come in handy many a time. Besides, we ought to know something about the language our forefathers used, no matter what language it be.
I, for one, hold that our young people ought to study the Scandinavian languages in their homes, while they have the opportunity to do so.


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Q: java.lang.NullPointerException in AsyncTask I'm trying to "optimize" my app's code using AsycTask, but I receive the java.lang.NullPointerException error.
Can you please help me to figure it out where I'm doing it wrong?
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                    Dialog.setMessage("Leggo...");
                    Dialog.show();
            }

                    @Override
                    protected String doInBackground(String... urls) {
                            InputStream xmlFile = getResources().openRawResource(R.raw.sostanze);
                            try {

                            DocumentBuilderFactory documentBuilderFactory = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance();
                            DocumentBuilder documentBuilder = documentBuilderFactory.newDocumentBuilder();
                            final Document document = documentBuilder.parse(xmlFile);
                            document.getDocumentElement().normalize();
                            NodeList nodeList = document.getElementsByTagName("sostanza");

                            for (int i = 0; i < nodeList.getLength(); i++) {
                            final int       indice = i;

                            nome.add(document.getElementsByTagName("nome").item(indice).getTextContent());
                            iupac.add(document.getElementsByTagName("iupac").item(indice).getTextContent());
                            aspetto.add(document.getElementsByTagName("aspetto").item(indice).getTextContent());
                            formula.add(document.getElementsByTagName("formula").item(indice).getTextContent());
                            immagine.add(document.getElementsByTagName("immagine").item(indice).getTextContent());
                            appartenenza.add(document.getElementsByTagName("appartenenza").item(indice).getTextContent());
                            spiegazione.add(document.getElementsByTagName("spiegazione").item(indice).getTextContent());
                            tempFus.add(document.getElementsByTagName("temperaturaFusione").item(indice).getTextContent());
                            tempEboll.add(document.getElementsByTagName("temperaturaEbollizione").item(indice).getTextContent());
                            solubilita.add(document.getElementsByTagName("solubilita").item(indice).getTextContent());
                            note.add(document.getElementsByTagName("eccezioni").item(indice).getTextContent());

                            String str = document.getElementsByTagName("formula").item(indice).getTextContent();

                            str = str.replaceAll("0", "\u2080");
                        str = str.replaceAll("1", "\u2081");
                        str = str.replaceAll("2", "\u2082");
                        str = str.replaceAll("3", "\u2083");
                        str = str.replaceAll("4", "\u2084");
                        str = str.replaceAll("5", "\u2085");
                        str = str.replaceAll("6", "\u2086");
                        str = str.replaceAll("7", "\u2087");
                        str = str.replaceAll("8", "\u2088");
                        str = str.replaceAll("9", "\u2089");

                        final String stringa = str;
                            formulaConvertita.add(stringa);

                                    items.add(new ListViewItem()
                                    {{
                                            ThumbnailResource = array_image2[indice];
                                            Title = document.getElementsByTagName("nome").item(indice).getTextContent();
                                            SubTitle = stringa;
                                    }});
                };

                    } catch (IOException e1) {
                            // TODO Auto-generated catch block
                            e1.printStackTrace();
                    } catch (ParserConfigurationException e) {
                            // TODO Auto-generated catch block
                            e.printStackTrace();
                    } catch (SAXException e) {
                            // TODO Auto-generated catch block
                            e.printStackTrace();
                    }

                    return response;
    }
                @Override
                    protected void onPostExecute(String result) {
                    CustomListViewAdapter adapter = new CustomListViewAdapter(MostraTutti.this,items);
                            lv.setAdapter(adapter);
                    /*
                    _adapter = new CustomListViewAdapter(News.this,Rssparser.items);
                    lv=(ListView)findViewById(R.id.list);
                    lv.setAdapter(_adapter);
                            Dialog.dismiss();
                            lv.setOnItemClickListener(new OnItemClickListener()
                            {
                                    public void onItemClick(AdapterView<?> arg0, View v, int position, long id)
                                    {
                                            Context context = getBaseContext();
                                   Intent myIntent = new Intent(context, LeggiArticolo.class);

                                   myIntent.putExtra("testo",Rssparser.testo.get(position));
                                   myIntent.putExtra("titolo",Rssparser.titolo.get(position));
                                   myIntent.putExtra("immagine",Rssparser.immagini.get(position));
                                   myIntent.putExtra("link",Rssparser.indirizzo.get(position));

                                   startActivityForResult(myIntent, 0);
                                    }
                             }
                         );
                         */
                    }
                    }

    @Override
    public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
            // Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.
            getSupportMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.activity_main, menu);
            return true;
    }

class ListViewItem {
    public int ThumbnailResource;
    public String Title;
    public String SubTitle;
}
}

And I get this Error:
04-25 11:43:57.872: W/dalvikvm(1663): threadid=1: thread exiting with uncaught exception
(group=0x40a13300)
04-25 11:43:57.902: E/AndroidRuntime(1663): FATAL EXCEPTION: main
04-25 11:43:57.902: E/AndroidRuntime(1663): java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to
instantiate activity
ComponentInfo{it.vscreazioni.farmachimica/it.vscreazioni.farmachimica.MostraTutti}:
java.lang.NullPointerException
04-25 11:43:57.902: E/AndroidRuntime(1663):     at
android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:1983)
04-25 11:43:57.902: E/AndroidRuntime(1663):     at
android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2084)
04-25 11:43:57.902: E/AndroidRuntime(1663):     at
android.app.ActivityThread.access$600(ActivityThread.java:130)
04-25 11:43:57.902: E/AndroidRuntime(1663):     at
android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1195)
04-25 11:43:57.902: E/AndroidRuntime(1663):     at
android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99)
04-25 11:43:57.902: E/AndroidRuntime(1663):     at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:137)
04-25 11:43:57.902: E/AndroidRuntime(1663):     at
android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:4745)
04-25 11:43:57.902: E/AndroidRuntime(1663):     at
java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
04-25 11:43:57.902: E/AndroidRuntime(1663):     at
java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:511)
04-25 11:43:57.902: E/AndroidRuntime(1663):     at
com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:786)
04-25 11:43:57.902: E/AndroidRuntime(1663):     at
com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:553)
04-25 11:43:57.902: E/AndroidRuntime(1663):     at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native
Method)
04-25 11:43:57.902: E/AndroidRuntime(1663): Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
04-25 11:43:57.902: E/AndroidRuntime(1663):     at
android.app.Activity.findViewById(Activity.java:1825)
04-25 11:43:57.902: E/AndroidRuntime(1663):     at
it.vscreazioni.farmachimica.MostraTutti.<init>(MostraTutti.java:25)
04-25 11:43:57.902: E/AndroidRuntime(1663):     at java.lang.Class.newInstanceImpl(Native
Method)
04-25 11:43:57.902: E/AndroidRuntime(1663):     at
java.lang.Class.newInstance(Class.java:1319)
04-25 11:43:57.902: E/AndroidRuntime(1663):     at
android.app.Instrumentation.newActivity(Instrumentation.java:1053)
04-25 11:43:57.902: E/AndroidRuntime(1663):     at
android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:1974)
04-25 11:43:57.902: E/AndroidRuntime(1663):     ... 11 more

Can you please help me?
EDIT AFTER ANSWER:
public class MostraTutti extends SherlockActivity {
    ListView lv;
    final List<ListViewItem> items = new ArrayList<MostraTutti.ListViewItem>();
    final ArrayList<String> nome = new ArrayList<String>();
    ...

    final   int array_image2[] ={R.drawable.iodocloroidrossichinolina,R.drawable.acidoacetilsalicilico,
                    R.drawable.acidoascorbico,R.drawable.acidobarbiturico,R.drawable.acidobenzoico,
                    ... };

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
            super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

            setContentView(R.layout.mostra_tutti);
            lv = (ListView) findViewById(R.id.listView);
            getSupportActionBar().setDisplayShowHomeEnabled(false);

            RssFeedTask rssTask = new RssFeedTask();
           rssTask.execute();

    }

    private class RssFeedTask extends AsyncTask<String, Void, String> {
            private ProgressDialog Dialog;
            String response = "";

            @Override
            protected void onPreExecute() {
                    Dialog = new ProgressDialog(MostraTutti.this);
                    Dialog.setMessage("Leggo le sostanze...");
                    Dialog.show();
            }

                    @Override
                    protected String doInBackground(String... urls) {
                            InputStream xmlFile = getResources().openRawResource(R.raw.sostanze);
                            try {

                            DocumentBuilderFactory documentBuilderFactory = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance();
                            DocumentBuilder documentBuilder = documentBuilderFactory.newDocumentBuilder();
                            final Document document = documentBuilder.parse(xmlFile);
                            document.getDocumentElement().normalize();
                            //tagHandler.handleChannelTag(document);
                            NodeList nodeList = document.getElementsByTagName("sostanza");

                            for (int i = 0; i < nodeList.getLength(); i++) {
                            final int       indice = i;

                            nome.add(document.getElementsByTagName("nome").item(indice).getTextContent());
                            iupac.add(document.getElementsByTagName("iupac").item(indice).getTextContent());
                            aspetto.add(document.getElementsByTagName("aspetto").item(indice).getTextContent());
                            formula.add(document.getElementsByTagName("formula").item(indice).getTextContent());
                            immagine.add(document.getElementsByTagName("immagine").item(indice).getTextContent());
                            appartenenza.add(document.getElementsByTagName("appartenenza").item(indice).getTextContent());
                            spiegazione.add(document.getElementsByTagName("spiegazione").item(indice).getTextContent());
                            tempFus.add(document.getElementsByTagName("temperaturaFusione").item(indice).getTextContent());
                            tempEboll.add(document.getElementsByTagName("temperaturaEbollizione").item(indice).getTextContent());
                            solubilita.add(document.getElementsByTagName("solubilita").item(indice).getTextContent());
                            note.add(document.getElementsByTagName("eccezioni").item(indice).getTextContent());

                            String str = document.getElementsByTagName("formula").item(indice).getTextContent();

                            str = str.replaceAll("0", "\u2080");
                        str = str.replaceAll("1", "\u2081");
                        str = str.replaceAll("2", "\u2082");
                        str = str.replaceAll("3", "\u2083");
                        str = str.replaceAll("4", "\u2084");
                        str = str.replaceAll("5", "\u2085");
                        str = str.replaceAll("6", "\u2086");
                        str = str.replaceAll("7", "\u2087");
                        str = str.replaceAll("8", "\u2088");
                        str = str.replaceAll("9", "\u2089");

                        final String stringa = str;
                            formulaConvertita.add(stringa);

                                    items.add(new ListViewItem()
                                    {{
                                            ThumbnailResource = array_image2[indice];
                                            Title = document.getElementsByTagName("nome").item(indice).getTextContent();
                                            SubTitle = stringa;
                                    }});
                };

                    } catch (IOException e1) {
                            // TODO Auto-generated catch block
                            e1.printStackTrace();
                    } catch (ParserConfigurationException e) {
                            // TODO Auto-generated catch block
                            e.printStackTrace();
                    } catch (SAXException e) {
                            // TODO Auto-generated catch block
                            e.printStackTrace();
                    }

                    return response;
    }
                @Override
                    protected void onPostExecute(String result) {
                    Dialog.dismiss();
                    CustomListViewAdapter adapter = new CustomListViewAdapter(MostraTutti.this,items);
                            lv.setAdapter(adapter);

                            lv.setOnItemClickListener(
                                    new OnItemClickListener()
                                    {
                                            public void onItemClick(AdapterView<?> arg0, View v, int position, long id)
                                            {
                                                    Context context = getBaseContext();
                                           Intent myIntent = new Intent(context, Dettagli.class);

                                           myIntent.putExtra("nome_sostanza",nome.get(position));
                                         //  myIntent.putExtra("formula",formula.get(position));
                                           myIntent.putExtra("iupac",iupac.get(position));
                                           myIntent.putExtra("aspetto",aspetto.get(position));
                                           myIntent.putExtra("appartenenza",appartenenza.get(position));
                                           myIntent.putExtra("solubilita",solubilita.get(position));
                                           myIntent.putExtra("tempFus",tempFus.get(position));
                                           myIntent.putExtra("tempEboll",tempEboll.get(position));
                                           myIntent.putExtra("spiegazione",spiegazione.get(position));
                                           myIntent.putExtra("immagine", array_image2[position]);
                                           myIntent.putExtra("formulaConvertita", formulaConvertita.get(position));
                                           myIntent.putExtra("note", note.get(position));
                                           startActivityForResult(myIntent, 0);
                                            }

                                        }
                                 );
                    }
                    }

    @Override
    public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
            // Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.
            getSupportMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.activity_main, menu);
            return true;
    }

class ListViewItem {
    public int ThumbnailResource;
    public String Title;
    public String SubTitle;
}
}

And the error's gone! But there's a strange behaviour: now in simulator it take's longer than the "normal" way:
16 seconds with the not Async and 1 minute with Async...

A: You are trying to get a view before activity create:
final ListView lv = (ListView) findViewById(R.id.listView);

put this line in the onCreate function after setContentView.

A: You can't simply declare a field this way:
final ListView lv = (ListView) findViewById(R.id.listView);

findViewById() must be called after the setContentView() call, otherwise you'll be getting NullPointerExceptions all the time. If you're trying to minimize the number of lines of code related to findViewById(), I'd recommend using a dependency injection framework called roboguice.


text:
Nintendo leaves the launch of a new Switch in the air
The company wants to extend the hybrid console's life cycle, but doesn't specify how they plan to do it.
Juan A. Fonseca
Nintendo Switch keeps being a big success, as proven by the latest Nintendo financial report. Its format and catalogue have struck a cord within the audience and the console is breaking all the manufacturer's records. But everything has its limits, and the company wants Switch to reach its own as late as possible.
During the press conference held after the latest investors meeting at Nintendo, the president of the Japanese company, Shuntaro Furukawa, stated that the strategy is keeping on "extending Switch longevity". Not in vain have they said on multiple occasions over the last two years that the platform is halfway through its life cycle.
That could mean that the new Nintendo generation would be at least 2 or 3 years away. Furukawa has also commented on this:
"We are constantly investigating the future hardware. We will continue to focus on offering unique game experiences that integrate hardware and software."
Prolonging the Switch life would allow Nintendo to take it easy and polish its new platform, as well as to avoid the distribution problems hampering the sales of the Xbox Series and, especially, of the PlayStation 5. This move would also make the speculations about a Switch update, rather than a completely new console, more suitable with the short-term plans in Kyoto.
Does this mean that we will have a new Nintendo Switch model in the FY 2023, between April 1st 2022 and March 31st 2023? That was one of the questions asked to the president during the press conference, although his reaction was evasive. Furukawa has refused to comment on the matter.
This year's catalogue is huge and 2023 has already in store some gems such as The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild 2. Financial forecasts for next months don't seem to reflect the costs associated with a global campaign and the mass production and distribution of a brand-new platform. However, they could be actually linked to the release of a new hardware update, which would also make sense according to the latest Nvidia leaks, that point to some sort of New Nintendo Switch or Switch Plus.
Will Nintendo make the move?


In the late 19th to early 20th century, America entered a Gilded Age of extraordinary industrial and economic progress. The Vanderbilt family, who made a fortune building railroads in their New York Central Rail company, along with several other powerful industrial families (coal, gold, shipping), were the closest American society ever had to royalty.
It was customary, at this time, for American society's very elite, to build and own summer cottages, as they were called, in Newport County, Rhode Island, for the sole purpose of hosting the most exclusive balls and parties during the summer season. And so for the two short summer months that these cottages would be occupied by its owners, Newport became the social capital of America, where any respectable American businessman and socialite would want to see and be seen.
M and I entered the enormous two-story 2500 square-feet ballroom of The Breakers, the heart of the mansion. I felt as if I had been transported to 17th century Italy. Warm Italian marble covered every inch of the ballroom, 18, 22 or 24-carat gold (different shades) adorned the walls, limestone sculptures celebrated the arts, sciences, and industry, and a huge sweeping staircase allowed for the grandest entry any young woman at her debutant ball could ever dream of.
These mansions were built with the best and most expensive materials imported from Europe (The Marble House mansion is entirely made up of marble, with 500,000 cubic feet of it). Entire rooms were often crafted by the best artisans in Europe, shipped to America in pieces, and then assembled. Marble baths were customary, which required that it be filled with hot water seven times before it would be warm enough to bathe. And of course, its owners would buy up entire collections of 16th and 17th century European paintings, tapestry, silverware, and China to fill up their enormous palaces.
In many ways, Newport cottages were constructed to be like European palaces, but not without the newest American technologies that allowed them to run with incredible efficiency. Electricity, a very early invention at that time, lit up every chandelier in the house. Running water, both fresh and sea (the latter was thought to be good for the skin when bathed in once per week) was in every bathroom. And the telephone allowed for one of the first intercom systems in the world (it was considered incredibly distasteful to call one up on the telephone, so they were solely used within the home).
With 48 bedrooms (33 of which were servant bedrooms) and 20 bathrooms, The Breakers required a staff of 40 to run smoothly.
Like their husbands, Newport women were often well-educated and studied art, music, history and the sciences. On a typical day, a woman could change her outfit up to 7 times - one for the beach, one for tennis, another for golf, one for afternoon tea, one for riding, and another for the evening. But of course, the most important goal of the summer was to host the season's most extravagant party. A successful socialite would need to host at least six balls of 600-people each during the season, each of which would easily cost half a million dollars in those day's money.
The lives and ultimate fates of these women paralleled the beginnings of social change in the early 20th century. Many women of these vast fortunes arranged for their daughters to be married off to European Dukes and Counts, in exchange of course, for a hefty dowry. Only through respectable marriage, they believed, could their daughters gain independence and power.
But some, like Alva Beaumont of the Marble House mansion, had little patience for traditions. Alva shocked society when she divorced her husband in 1895. Bold and courageous, she often took up gentleman sports and eventually became a leader in the Women's Suffrage Movement.
Lasting just 30 years, the Gilded Age ended just as quickly as it began - mainly due to the introduction of the Personal Income Tax that made these cottages simply too expensive to upkeep. They were due to be demolished in the following decades, but were saved by the Preservation Society of Newport County, who through generous donations, made multi-million dollar renovations that allowed these mansions to be opened up to the public.
In many ways, the Newport Mansions tell the extraordinary stories of the rise of early American society - a time of great opportunity underneath which lied deep social problems, and the regulations that followed that led to the demise of family fortunes and the rise of Corporate America.


text:
#ifndef GAME_H
#define GAME_H

#include "SDL2basics.hpp"
#include <string>
#include <unordered_map>
#include "image.hpp"
#include "audio.hpp"
#include "text.hpp"
#include "event_handler.hpp"
#include "scene.hpp"
#include "color.hpp"
#include "hitbox.hpp"

namespace engine {

    class Scene;
    class EventHandler;

    /**
     * @brief A Hitbox class.
     *
     * This class is a model that contains all specifications of the game.
     * What is necessary to load, pause and quit the game.
     * All of attributes is too important to start the game, renderer, and resize the window.
     */
    class Game {

    public:
        typedef enum {
            RUNNING, PAUSED, QUIT
        } State; /**< possible game states */

    private:
        static Game* instance; /**< singleton game instance */

        std::string name; /**< name of the game */
        std::pair<int,int> window_dimensions; /**< pair of x and y window dimensions */
        Color game_background_color = Color(0xAA, 0xAA, 0xAA, 0xAA); /**< color of the game background */
        State state; /**< state of the game of type State */
        SDL_Window* window; /**< instance of main SDL_Window */
        SDL_Renderer* renderer; /**< instance of the main SDL_Renderer */
        Scene* actual_scene; /**< actual scene being displayed on the game */

        bool loaded_media = false; /**< if the media of the game is loaded */

        Game() {};

        void init();
        void set_information(std::string,std::pair<int,int>);
        bool RGBA_color_is_valid(int R, int G, int B, int A);

    public:
        ~Game() {};

        static Game& get_instance();
        static Game& initialize(std::string, std::pair<int, int>);

        void run();
        void close();
        void load_media();
        bool is_media_loaded();
        void change_scene(Scene *);

        void set_game_background_color(int R, int G, int B, int A);
        void set_name(std::string);
        void set_window_dimensions(std::pair<int, int>);
        std::pair<int, int> get_window_dimensions();
        void set_state(State);

        std::string get_name();
        State get_state();
        SDL_Renderer *get_renderer();
        Scene* get_actual_scene();

  };

}

#endif

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