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The Dobell Drawing Prize is a biennial drawing prize and exhibition, held by the National Art School in association with the Sir William Dobell Art Foundation.The prize is an open call to all artists and aims to explore the enduring importance of drawing and the breadth and dynamism of contemporary approaches to drawing.

About
The Dobell Drawing Prize is one of the highest value prizes for drawing in Australia. The prize had previously been held in conjunction with the Archibald Prize, Sulman Prize, Wynne Prize at the Art Gallery of NSW.  The Dobell Drawing Prize, now held at the National Art School, runs in alternative years to the Dobell Australian Drawing Biennial at the Art Gallery of New South Wales.

The prize was initiated by the Trustees of the Sir William Dobell Art Foundation. In 2003, the prize money was $20,000. This was increased to $25,000 in 2009 and increased again to $30,000 (AUD) in 2019 when the Prize was relocated to The National Art School.

The exhibition showcases the finalists' artworks across a broad range of media that acknowledges the foundational principals of drawing, while also encouraging challenging and expansive approaches to drawing.

The new Dobell Drawing Prize is an acquisitive art award that runs in alternative years to the Dobell Australian Drawing Biennial at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, affirming the Dobell Foundation's commitment to continuing the development of drawing as a medium in its own right, and a fundamental element of the visual arts.

The Sir William Dobell Art Foundation
The Sir William Dobell Art Foundation was formed in 1971 according to instructions in the artist's will which stated that "a Foundation be established for the benefit and promotion of art in NSW". Funds for the Foundation were raised through the sale of property and art works in William Dobell's estate.

An initial sum of approximately $260,000 was invested and since its establishment the Foundation has contributed in excess of $6 million dollars towards activities in many areas of the arts.

The first public venture of the Foundation was to commission John Olsen to design a large mural for the harbour-side Northern Foyer of the newly opened Sydney Opera House. The mural, which was based on the poem "Five Bells" by Kenneth Slessor, has become a much loved landmark over the past forty years.

Other major contributions include:

 The donation of over 1000 sketches and drawings by William Dobell to the Art Gallery of New South Wales (AGNSW)
 The commission of a panoramic mural by John Olsen for the new Sydney Opera House
 The commission and fabrication of a major public sculpture for Martin Place by Bert Flugelman and the donation of the work to the City of Sydney
 The funding of the annual Dobell Drawing Prize acquisitive award ($25,000) at the Art Gallery of NSW with the winning work donated to the AGNSW collection. The Prize had a different guest judge each year. The twentieth anniversary was celebrated in 2013 with a touring exhibition of all 20 prize winners to regional galleries in NSW and the ACT along with the production of a special catalogue containing the history of the Prize and its over 700 participating artists.
 Founding patron of the Australian Centre for Photography, and financial support of the acquisition of Dobell House by the ACP.
 Support of the Gunnery Art Centre studios, Woolloomooloo, for artists in residence at Artspace and establishment of the Dobell Studio for visiting artists.
 Creation of the Dobell Chair in Art History at the Australian National University, Canberra
 Refurbishment and presentation of the Dobell Room at the New England Museum and Art Gallery in Armidale
 Founding sponsor of Art Express, the annual exhibition of outstanding work from the HSC Visual Arts examination.
 Funding of the annual Dobell School of Drawing at the National Art School, Sydney, for 75 Year 11 students from regional NSW.
 Support for education programs for regional NSW visual arts teachers to enhance their skills and to create special professional development opportunities in non-metropolitan areas.
 An international lecture series in art and art history and the support of art scholarship

The Dobell Prize is an acquisitive award, with the gallery keeping past winners in the permanent collection. There were 685 entrants in the first year of the prize, in 1993, of which only 34 were exhibited, and there were similar numbers in following years.

At the presentation of the 2012 Dobell Drawing Prize it was announced the prize would close as an open entry drawing prize, to be replaced by a curated biennial drawing show/award to be named the Dobell Australian Drawing Biennial

List of winners

1993 – Kevin Connor – Pyrmont and the city
1994 – Thomas Spence – The roofs of Oxford Street (Taylor Square)
1995 – Jan Senbergs – Kitchen at Smacka's
1996 – Pam Hallandal – Self portrait
1997 – Peter Bonner – Interior
1998 – Godwin Bradbeer – Man of paper VII
1999 – David Fairbairn (artist) – Portrait of Tao Triebels
2000 – Nick Mourtzakis – Untitled study
2001 – Nicholas Harding – Eddy Avenue (3)
2002 – Mary Tonkin – Rocky outcrop, Werribee Gorge
2003 – Aida Tomescu – "Negru III and Negru IV" (A candle in a dark room)
2004 – Garry Shead – Colloquy with John Keats (diptych)
2005 – Kevin Connor – Le Grand Palais, Clémenceau, de Gaulle and me
2006 – Nick Mourtzakis – nature. insects plants flowers. shell fish corals. the microscopic creatures. dreams
2007 – Ann Pollak – Mullet Creek
2008 – Virginia Grayson – No Conclusions Drawn + ABC coverage
2009 – Pam Hallandal – Tsunami
2010 – Suzanne Archer – Derangement
2011 – Anne Judell – Breath
2012 – Gareth Sansom – Made in Wadeye
2019 – Justine Varga – Photogenic drawing
2021 – Euan Macleod – Borderlands – Between NSW and QLD

Additional works acquired

The Dobell Trustees occasionally buy some of the works which have not won the main prize but have been exhibited, or they acquire them for other reasons, such as:
Colin Lanceley's The garden between the mountains and the sea 1992 (bought)
Daniel Moynihan's Tasmanian tiger in Paris, Canal St. Martin 1992 (bought)
Dog by Rachel Ellis in 1992, which was admired by Arthur Boyd was bought by finalist Peter Kingston and donated to the gallery.
Margaret Woodward's In the penumbra of perfumes and songs, 1993, a gift of Dr Roderick Bain.
A gouache, Man on the beach, by Joe Furlonger, 1993
David Brian Wilson's The woman 1996 (bought)
Judy Cassab donated two of her drawings, which were exhibited as finalists in 1997 Transparent landscape, Rainbow Valley and 2002 Temple, Udaipur. Another entry of hers, Incredible lightness, Rainbow Vallery, 1998, was purchased in 1999.
In 2000, the Art Gallery Society supported the purchase of drawings Visibility/Invisibility by Jennifer Keeler-Milne and Urban landscape II by Sallie Moffat. Anne Judell's Mute 1999 was gifted to the gallery by an anonymous donor.
Margaret Olley, the judge in 2001, purchased two drawings. One by Margaret Woodward, Francisco Lezcano riding the unicycle, and one by Amanda Robins, Linen dress, and gave them to the gallery.

External links
AGNSW: The 2005 Dobell Prize for Drawing
Artnews 2004 prize
SMH – Dobell goes to artist with sketchy picture of his talent
Monash lecturer wins prestigious art prize
Dobell Prize For Drawing Comes to National Art School Gallery in 2019
Calling for entries for the $30,000 Dobell Drawing Prize
2019 Dobell Drawing Prize: Entries open!
Review: Dobell Drawing Biennial, AGNSW
Sir William Dobell Art Foundation
Enter The Dobell Drawing Prize

References

Australian art awards
1993 establishments in Australia
Awards established in 1993

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Q: C# Entity Framework "Introducing FOREIGN KEY constraint on table may cause cycles or multiple cascade paths I am a bit confused of how this cascading works. So I have these 2 entities linked together.
Sales Contract:
public class SalesContract : ObjectMapper
{
    [Key]
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    public Guid ID { get; set; } = Guid.NewGuid();

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    public string Transport { get; set; }

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The full error message is this:

Introducing FOREIGN KEY constraint 'FK_dbo.SalesContractItems_dbo.SalesContracts_SalesContractId' on table 'SalesContractItems' may cause cycles or multiple cascade paths. Specify ON DELETE NO ACTION or ON UPDATE NO ACTION, or modify other FOREIGN KEY constraints.
Could not create constraint or index. See previous errors.

What is wrong with these 2 entities which causes multiple cascading when delete?

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As requested these are the full entities linked to both.
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Mitch McConnell's Commitment to Civil Rights Sets Him Apart
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By JENNIFER STEINHAUERJULY 10, 2015
WASHINGTON — Last spring, Marc H. Morial, the president of the National Urban League, found himself in a place he has come to know well over the years, across a desk from Senator Mitch McConnell, the majority leader, talking about public policy.
Mr. Morial's question this time was pointed: What was going on with the confirmation vote for Loretta E. Lynch, President Obama's nominee for attorney general, which Mr. McConnell had been dragging out for months over an unrelated imbroglio with Democrats.
"He said, 'I believe she will be confirmed,' " Mr. Morial recalled. But what Mr. McConnell did not tell him — or anybody else for that matter — was that it would happen with his vote.
While Mr. McConnell's aye in favor of Ms. Lynch may have startled many of his Republican colleagues, it was consistent with his nuanced, sometimes surprising, sometimes contentious record on civil rights that has placed him apart from some Republican colleagues and from some voters in his home state, Kentucky.
In recent years, Mr. McConnell's longstanding commitment to civil rights legislation has come into conflict with his party's push for state-imposed limits on early voting, voter identification requirements and other measures that Democrats say are intended to disenfranchise minorities.
Eyes will now turn to Mr. McConnell, an early voice calling for the removal of the Confederate battle flag from the South Carolina capitol, after a major skirmish in the House this week over the use of the flag on federal land. "One thing I am not in favor of erasing is our history," he said, referring to the removal of statues, not the House debate on the flag. "The Civil War was a part of our history and there were actually good people on both sides of that war."
The tension can be seen in his own ambivalence about changes to civil rights laws proposed by some members of Congress, including measures that would bring back federal oversight of elections in some states.
But Mr. McConnell's interest in race issues was inspired by his upbringing in Kentucky by parents who opposed segregation. It was fermented on the campus of the University of Louisville, where he encouraged students to march with the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. It was reinforced by his internship in the office of Senator John Sherman Cooper, a Kentucky Republican who helped break the Southern-led filibuster of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
It also surfaced during his first term in the Senate, when Mr. McConnell's vote helped Congress override President Ronald Reagan's veto of a measure imposing sanctions on South Africa during apartheid, and has persisted through his years in the United States Capitol, most recently last month, when Mr. McConnell stood before reporters and said that a statue of Jefferson Davis, the president of the Confederacy, should be removed from Kentucky's Capitol.
"This whole business of America moving past its original sin," Mr. McConnell said in an interview, "has been over a big period during which I have lived."
Mr. McConnell's strong feelings about racial equality began with his parents, whom he often refers to as "very enlightened Southerners" who were involved in the National Urban League.
"I was born in North Alabama, and when I was a little kid, I remember segregated movie theaters, segregated drinking fountains, segregated schools," he said. "We had a day off for Robert E. Lee's birthday, along with Lincoln's. The Civil War was omnipresent."
During college, he served as an intern in Washington and attended Dr. King's "I Have a Dream" speech in 1963 — "You could see a massive throng of humanity down to the memorial" — and wrote a college editorial excoriating opponents of civil rights. He worked as an intern for Mr. Cooper, opening mail, much of which was from constituents unhappy with the senator's support for the Civil Rights Act.
Mr. McConnell, 73, recalled, as he often does, asking Mr. Cooper how he could handle the overwhelming pressure. His boss told him, "There are times when you are supposed to lead, and other times to reflect the views of your state, and I think it is time to lead," he said. "That was pretty inspirational to a young guy just going to law school."
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Eljean Madio joined the staff this year. She lived in Hawaii before coming to Oregon.
Super Madio
By Aubrey Jordan, staff writer
From Hawaii, to Oregon, new teacher Eljean Madio is excited for her journey at Tigard High School.
This year Tigard High School welcomed many new teachers, including Eljean Madio. Madio is a sophomore English teacher teaching the new elective, Race in the 21st Century.
Madio grew up in Hawaii. Home of beautiful beaches, exquisite food, and a variety of attractions, and activities. Many people love going there for vacation, but Madio got to call this piece of paradise her home.
"Growing up in Hawaii was very fun, and family-like," Madio said. "It felt like everyone was your family."
Madio grew up in Honolulu, the capital of Oahu. There she loved to eat the delicious dishes of Hawaii and enjoy the beautiful landscapes. Whether it was biking across the island, or enjoying here favorite dish, poke, she was always doing something exciting.
She attended Hawaii Pacific University, where she received her Bachelor's in History, and her Masters of Education. She became very passionate for history at a young age, and always loved reading books. So, it was very natural for her to teach those two things.
At the start of her teaching career she taught at Waipahu High School. Now she teaches at Tigard High School where she is able to combine her passions of history and reading into the classes she teaches.
"My favorite thing about Madio is that she always listens to what you have to say," sophomore Kate Cook, a student in Race in the 21st Century, said. "She really cares about all of her students."
Madio is a very caring teacher who always make sure her students are getting the help they need. One quote she lives by is "be the person you needed when you were young." For her, this means to be a good person every day, and to always embody your best self. She even inspires all of her students to do the same thing. She believes that, no matter what, if you are a good person, you will always succeed in life.
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Road to Mustang getting blacktopped
Published On: August 4, 2017 07:54 AM NPT By: Santosh Pokharel
POKHARA, Aug 3: The narrow and perilous Beni-Jomsom-Korala road, which connects Nepal with the Tibet Autonomous Region of China, is finally upgraded.
The government has planned to use the road for bilateral trade with the county's northern neighbor, also an Asian economic powerhouse. The road is undergoing upgrades and is been divided into two sections for the purpose, according to Narendra Subedi, chief of Beni-Jomsom-Korala Project.
Blacktop would be done in 78-km road from Beni of Myagdi district to Jomsom of Mustang. Subedi informed that four companies are involved in the road blacktopping. "The roads would be blacktopped so that vehicles can move from both ways," he said, adding that the project would be completed in about two-and-a-half years.
"At the moment, we have not been able to continue the project as planned because of rain. But we'll make sure the project is completed in 30 months. This road section would be as qualitative as other highway," he further added.
A total of Rs 2.4 billion is invested on the project, according to the project office.
The office has signed contract with four contractors to procure necessary equipments and implement the project. If everything goes as planned, the Beni-Jomsom road would be completed within just 1.5 years, the office informed. Upon the completion, domestic and foreign tourists visiting Mustang would get a huge relief.
Likewise, the 110 km Jomsom-Korala road section, which lies in the Upper Mustang region, would be fully graveled as part of the project. Seven construction companies are working on this road section and 15 percent of the work has been completed so far, Subedi informed.
"Jomsom-Korala road too would have two ways with a width of 9-11 meters. The upgrade is gathering pace. It would cost us Rs 2.5 billion," he added. The office claimed that Jomsom-Korala road would be upgraded within one-and-a-half year.
Project officials are of the opinion that transportation through Beni-Jomsom-Korala road has not eased so far. But, it claimed that the upgrade would greatly ease transportation along the road while becoming an important agent for bringing prosperity to the region. The upgrades would, among others, cut distance to Mount Kailash pilgrimage by half, according to locals. It also has potential to increase trade with China.
Mustang-based Nepali Congress Leader Romi Gauchan said the upgrades would pave ways for the region towards prosperity. "Mustang would reach very high in terms of development after the road upgrades. It would open doors to many opportunities."
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Q: Question/References on the Skorokhod M1 topology Let $D(0,T)$ be the space of right continuous functions with left limits defined on $[0,T]$. Consider the Skorokhod M1 topology on $D(0,T)$, see e.g. S. Ledger, Skorokhod's M1 topology for distribution-valued processes (ProjectEuclid link)
for its definition. Denote by $\rho$ the corresponding metric. I have the questions as follows :

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*Is the space $\big(D(0,T),\rho\big)$ separable?

*Let $(\mathbb P_n)_{n\ge 1}$ be a weakly convergent sequence of probability measures on $D(0,T)$ endowed with $\rho$. Denote by $\mathbb P$ its limit. Is there a dense subset $I\subset [0,T]$ s.t.
$$\mathbb P_n\circ \phi_t^{-1} \stackrel{n\to\infty}{\longrightarrow} \mathbb P\circ \phi_t^{-1},\quad \quad \quad \mbox{for all } t\in I,$$
where $\mathbb P_n\circ \phi_t^{-1}$ denotes the image measure of $\mathbb P_n$ under $\phi_t$ and $\phi_t:D(0,T)\to\mathbb R$ is defined by $\phi_t(f):=f(t)$ for any $f\in D(0,T)$.
I am unable to find the related references. Any answers or references are highly appreciated.
PS: The Skorokhod M1 topology is not the Skorokhod J1 topology that is used mostly. This topology M1 is strictly weaker than J1, and is defined by the so called parametric representation of graphs.

A: The answer to both questions is positive. You can find the answers in the book Convergence of Probability Measures by P. Billingsley.

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*Separability is proved in page 112 of the book (in Section 14).

*The set $I$ can be chosen to be the set of times $t$ such that the random function is continuous at $t$, $\mathbb P$-almost surely. See the beginning of Section 15 of the above book, which proves that the complement of this set is at most countable. Also, Theorem 15.1 is a converse to your problem.


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Home > > Chinese travelers "spend more but shop less" in outbound trips
Chinese travelers "spend more but shop less" in outbound trips
07/11/2017| 10:41:52 AM| Moodie Davitt Report 中文
Chinese travelers will spend more on accommodation, dining, and entertainment, while shopping as a percentage of overall travel spend is likely to continue to decline, according to Oliver Wyman.
Chinese outbound tourists' shopping spend fell as a percentage of overall travel expenditure in 2016, according to Prepare for Turbulence: The Chinese Traveler of Today and Tomorrow, a report by global consulting firm Oliver Wyman.
Average trip spend rose 3.5% last year, according to the report, but expenditure on shopping declined from 41% to 33% of total trip expenditure in the same period.
The report reveals that shopping dropped from the second-biggest motivation for traveling to the third, behind sightseeing and recreation. The decline was mainly driven by decreased shopping for resale – the so-called "Daigou" market – which fell from 8% to 3% year-on-year.
The number of outbound Chinese travelers is expected to reach 150 million in 2017, according to Hunter Williams, Oliver Wyman Partner and author of the report.
"Chinese travelers continue to shift their spending towards more meaningful experiences such as exquisite dining, extraordinary cultural journeys, nd even adventurous sports," said Williams.
Travelers who rank shopping as the main reason to travel are generally from lower income brackets than those who rank shopping as the second and third motivations to travel, the report noted.
The report reveals major shifts in the tastes of Chinese travelers, who are becoming more independent as they become more sophisticated.
"Cookie cutter" holidays have greatly declined in popularity as a result – fewer than 1 in 40 holidays were mostly planned by travel agents in 2016 vs. more than 1 in 7 in 2015.
"They are also staying longer in distant locations, traveling more with their families and even spending less on shopping," wrote Williams.
"Chinese travelers rely heavily on online reviews, especially when they go overseas. TripAdvisor alone isn't enough: customers look for reviews on Chinese-language platforms such as Mafengwo, Dianping, Tuniu, Qyer, and Lvmama."
The report said that twice as many trips were made domestically in 2016 compared to 2015, with over 90% of respondents making at least one domestic tourism trip in the past 12 months.
With long-haul destinations becoming more popular among Chinese tourists, Oliver Wyman said it expects that a greater proportion of spend will be allocated to accommodation, dining and entertainment, while shopping spend as a percentage of overall travel spend is likely to continue to decline.
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1David again gathered together all the chosen men of Israel, thirty thousand. 2David arose, and went with all the people who were with him, from Baale Judah, to bring up from there God's ark, which is called by the Name, even the name of Yahweh of Armies who sits above the cherubim. 3They set God's ark on a new cart, and brought it out of Abinadab's house that was on the hill; and Uzzah and Ahio, the sons of Abinadab, drove the new cart. 4They brought it out of Abinadab's house, which was in the hill, with God's ark; and Ahio went before the ark. 5David and all the house of Israel played before Yahweh with all kinds of instruments made of cypress wood, with harps, with stringed instruments, with tambourines, with castanets, and with cymbals. 6When they came to the threshing floor of Nacon, Uzzah reached for God's ark, and took hold of it; for the cattle stumbled. 7Yahweh's anger burned against Uzzah; and God struck him there for his error; and he died there by God's ark. 8David was displeased, because Yahweh had broken out against Uzzah; and he called that place Perez Uzzah, to this day. 9David was afraid of Yahweh that day; and he said, "How could Yahweh's ark come to me?" 10So David would not move Yahweh's ark to be with him in David's city; but David carried it aside into Obed-Edom the Gittite's house. 11Yahweh's ark remained in Obed-Edom the Gittite's house three months; and Yahweh blessed Obed-Edom and all his house. 12King David was told, "Yahweh has blessed the house of Obed-Edom, and all that belongs to him, because of God's ark." So David went and brought up God's ark from the house of Obed-Edom into David's city with joy. 13When those who bore Yahweh's ark had gone six paces, he sacrificed an ox and a fattened calf. 14David danced before Yahweh with all his might; and David was clothed in a linen ephod. 15So David and all the house of Israel brought up Yahweh's ark with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet. 16As Yahweh's ark came into David's city, Michal the daughter of Saul looked out through the window, and saw king David leaping and dancing before Yahweh; and she despised him in her heart. 17They brought in Yahweh's ark, and set it in its place, in the middle of the tent that David had pitched for it; and David offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before Yahweh. 18When David had finished offering the burnt offering and the peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of Yahweh of Armies. 19He gave to all the people, even among the whole multitude of Israel, both to men and women, to everyone a portion of bread, dates, and raisins. So all the people departed, each to his own house. 20Then David returned to bless his household. Michal the daughter of Saul came out to meet David, and said, "How glorious the king of Israel was today, who uncovered himself today in the eyes of his servants' maids, as one of the vain fellows shamelessly uncovers himself!" 21David said to Michal, "It was before Yahweh, who chose me above your father, and above all his house, to appoint me prince over the people of Yahweh, over Israel. Therefore I will celebrate before Yahweh. 22I will be yet more vile than this, and will be worthless in my own sight. But the maids of whom you have spoken will honor me." 23Michal the daughter of Saul had no child to the day of her death.


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Danielle Staub is still together with her fiancé after the recent reports that they had split! Danielle recently addressed the break-up rumors that she and fiancé Oliver Maier have broken up less than a week after they got engaged.
Danielle and Oliver got engaged on February 28th while vacationing in St. Barth's. The two met in October through a mutual friend, whom Oliver was dating at the time. They began dating in February. At first they planned on getting married in a ceremony at the Justice of the Peace in New York City on Monday, March 4. Teresa Giudice of the RHONJ was set to be their witness. They called off the wedding after there was push back from Danielle's daughters, and it was being postponed. Then there were rumors that they called off the engagement entirely.
Danielle's engagement happened about a week after her divorce from Marty Caffrey was finalized on February 21. Danielle and Marty had wed on the show in May of 2018. They had a ceremony on Bimini Island in the Bahamas. Marty filed for divorce in August in 2018. They were having many marital issues. Their divorce was recently finalized and Danielle plans on buying their home for her and her daughters.
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Real Name: Unrevealed
Identity/Class: Human (Savage Land) mutate
Occupation: Subservient
Group Membership: Savage Land Mutates (Amphibius, Barbarus, Brainchild, Equilibrius, Gaza, Leash, Lorelei, Piper, Vertigo, Whiteout, Worm)
Affiliations: Dire Wolves, Electro (Max Dillon), Garokk the Petrified Man, High Evolutionary, Nhu'Gari, Saurids (Jimi, M'kai, S'gur, Viri, others), Sauron, Scorcher, Yuri Semyanov, Sun People, Warbirds, Zaladane;
formerly Magneto/Creator
Enemies: Tanya Anderssen, Avengers (Luke Cage, Captain America (Steve Rogers), Hawkeye (Clint Barton), Iron Man (Tony Stark), Scarlet Witch, Spider-Man (Peter Parker), Spider-Woman (Jessica Drew), Thor, Vision), Black Panther (T'Challa), Fall People, Nick Fury, Hauk'ka (Kaidan, Ma'sa'no, Raina, others), Vassily Illyich, Ka-Zar, Lasha, Magneto, Nereel, New Mutants (Cannonball, Cypher (Doug Ramsey), Karma, Mirage (Dani Moonstar), Sunspot, Warlock), Peter, Rogue, Sentinel Squad O*N*E (Alexander Lexington, Meld, James Rhodes, Tracy Skylark), Shanna the She-Devil, SHIELD, Sif, Spider-Man (Peter Parker), Tuval, Wolverine, X-Men (Angel (Warren Worthington), Beast (Henry McCoy), Bishop, Colossus, Cyclops, Dazzler (Alison Blaire), Havok, Iceman, Marvel Girl/Phoenix (Jean Grey), Marvel Girl (Rachel Grey), Nightcrawler, Polaris, Psylocke, Rogue, Sage, Storm, Thunderbird (Neal Sharra), Wolverine, X-23), Zabu;
formerly Sauron
Known Relatives: None
Aliases: Timberius, "Little Teddy Bear", "Beastmaster"
Base of Operations: Savage Land
First Appearance: X-Men I#62 (November, 1969)
Powers/Abilities: In his early mutated form, Lupo had large pointed ears and could psionically control various animals, notably wolves and some birds, with which he could communicate through high pitched whistles. After his mutation, Lupo is covered in blue fur and has sharp claws and fangs and increased agility.
(X-Men I#63 (fb) - BTS) - Using untapped radiations in the Savage Land, Magneto built a machine and turned several of the local indigenous people there into super-powered Mutates (Amphibius, Barbarus, Brainchild, Equilibrius, Gaza, Lupo, Piper) who were loyal to him.
(X-Men I#62) - Magneto, using the name Creator, introduced the captive Angel to Gaza, Amphibius, Barbarus, Lupo, and Brainchild, then, having convinced Angel that the Mutates were rejects from their various tribes, sent Angel to stop his teammates.
(X-Men I#63) - The Mutates (except Brainchild) followed Angel and attacked Ka-Zar and the X-Men. With a howl, Lupo called forth several wolves to attack the heroes, but Zabu managed to scatter them. The male heroes were quickly put under the sway of new mutate Lorelei's song. Marvel Girl managed to destroy the mutator machine, though, and the Mutates were reverted back to their savage states. Magneto was believed dead and the heroes departed.
(Avengers I#110 (fb) - BTS) - Magneto returned to the Savage Land and restored the Mutates' powers to them, though they had no memory of him doing this.
(Avengers I#105 (fb) - BTS) - A group of Mutates (Amphibius, Barbarus, Brainchild, Equilibrius, Gaza, Lorelei, Lupo) kidnapped some scientists from South America and returned them to the Savage Land. They hoped to use the scientists to create more Mutates.
(Avengers I#105) - When the Avengers (Hawkeye (Clint Barton), Iron Man (Tony Stark), Scarlet Witch, Vision), Black Panther (T'Challa), and Sif came to the Savage Land to investigate, Barbarus, Lupo, and some of the Swamp-People attacked them, stating that their mission was to destroy all humans. Thor's lightning sent them all fleeing. The heroes found the Mutates' base and attacked, easily defeating the Mutates. The Avengers retrieved the scientists and departed.
(Marvel Fanfare I#3 (fb) - BTS) - For some reason, Lupo started using the name Timberius. Sauron allied with Zaladane and the Mutates (Amphibius, Barbarus, Brainchild, Gaza, Timberius, Vertigo) and built a large citadel, which sapped the will of anyone else who approached it, in the Savage Land, and they planned to rule the Savage Land together. Brainchild constructed another machine, calling this one his mutant energy accelerator.
(Marvel Fanfare I#4 (fb) - BTS) - Tanya and Shanna the She-Devil were captured, devolved, and imprisoned.
(Marvel Fanfare I#3) - The X-Men (Angel, Colossus, Nightcrawler, Storm, Wolverine) attacked the Mutates, and Timberius sent his wolves against Colossus before Wolverine took him down. The Mutates later watched as the captured X-Men, strapped in front of Brainchild's machine, were devolved.
(Marvel Fanfare I#4) - The X-Men escaped and were joined by Angel, Ka-Zar, and Zabu. They swiftly defeated the Mutates, though Timberius had tried his best against Ka-Zar. The Mutates were devolved back to their original savage states, and Sauron and Zaladane were defeated.
(Uncanny X-Men Annual I#12) - With Zaladane at their head, the Mutates (Amphibius, Barbarus, Brainchild, Gaza, Lupo) joined forces with the High Evolutionary as he restored the recently devastated Savage Land. He departed immediately after and the Mutates and Zaladane plotted to seek their own power.
(Uncanny X-Men#249 - BTS) - Zaladane sent a group of warriors to Punta Arenas, Chile, to apprehend Polaris, and the soldiers slaughtered everyone in sight. The X-Men (Colossus, Dazzler, Havok, Psylocke) arrived to defend her and took down the Mutates (Amphibius, Barbarus, Gaza, Whiteout). During the battle, Havok slew one of Lupo's Warbirds (bestial steeds ridden by warriors). Polaris was apprehended.
(Uncanny X-Men#250) - Zaladane had the newly transformed Lupo accompany her on a mission to raise a magnetic tower and destroy the station Vostok 3. Lupo helped round up any survivors. Later, Lupo watched as Zaladane exposed Havok, and Lupo savagely attacked Havok, wanting to kill him for his killing of Lupo's Warbird (calling them his babies). Barbarus restrained Lupo and Amphibius knocked Havok out with a black lotus flower. Lupo then watched Zaladane take Polaris' powers with a machine. In the dungeons, Lupo sat drinking with his wolves. Soon, Amphibius, Brainchild, and Lupo desired to torture Polaris and Havok, but Polaris escaped with new super strength and knocked out all three of them. The X-Men soon escaped, defeating Zaladane and Worm and destroying part of the building on their way out.
(Uncanny X-Men#274 (fb) - BTS) - Zaladane began amassing power across the Savage Land. She took over the High Evolutionary's former base, took control of the Savage Land Mutates (Amphibius, Barbarus, Brainchild, Gaza, Lupo, Whiteout, Worm), and constructed several towers across that Savage Land that would draw in magnetic power, increasing her own abilities. Worm, of the Mutates, began capturing several natives and turning them to Zaladane's will. In time, she had control of much of the Savage Land, her power slowly increasing, and she sought to gain even more. When Nick Fury and a SHIELD transport came to investigate, Zaladane struck them down, then made it so no electronics (beyond those maintained by her or their own generators) could be used.
(Uncanny X-Men#274) - One of Zaladane's war parties, with Brainchild, Gaza, Lupo, Worm, and Zaladane, fought Magneto, Rogue, and Ka-Zar, but fled when Nick Fury and the downed SHIELD agents (including Yuri Semyanov) attacked. During the battle, Gaza had bested Ka-Zar. During the battle, Lupo had gotten Rogue in a chokehold.
(Uncanny X-Men#275) - Semyanov allied with Zaladane, speaking for the United Nations and promising her rulership of the Savage Land if she killed Magneto. Brainchild oversaw the siphoning of Magneto's powers just as Rogue, Ka-Zar, and Fury attacked, easily defeating Gaza, Lupo (punched out by Ka-Zar), Brainchild, and Worm. Magneto then murdered Zaladane. Rogue absorbed Worm's powers and commanded all of Zaladane's soldiers to flee before the headquarters exploded.
(X-Men Unlimited I#6 (fb) - BTS) - Still in control of the Mutates (Barbarus, Brainchild, Gaza, Lupo, Whiteout, Worm) and growing more mentally unstable, Sauron sought a stable energy source for his hunger. He ordered Whiteout and Worm to capture Havok and return him to the Savage Land. Sauron had many natives captured and brought before him, so that he could drain their lives. Whiteout and Worm were sent to America in a restored Pangean ship (that Brainchild had restored) to capture Havok. Worm covered Havok in his slime, controlling him into accompanying back to the Savage Land. Brainchild, meanwhile, worked to set up an energy draining system for Sauron to place Havok in.
(X-Men Unlimited I#6) - Barbarus and Lupo were sent to find Worm and Whiteout, and they nearly came to blows over whether or not they should follow Sauron, Barbarus stating that he may make a better leader. Worm stopped them from fighting, and they returned Havok to Brainchild, though three X-Men (Cyclops, Phoenix (Jean Grey-Summers), Polaris) were pursuing them. Sauron entered and was eager to feed, despite Brainchild's warnings to pace himself, but chose to use Havok as bait when he sensed the other X-Men near. After Sauron defeated the heroes, Brainchild set Cyclops and Havok up in the machine to drain their energy while the Mutates looked on. Sauron drained the energy too quickly, and Brainchild could not shut the machine down. Sauron began to transform with too much power. Polaris and Phoenix attacked, destroying the machine and freeing their allies. Overwhelmed, the Mutates agreed to stand down. Brainchild took immediate control of the Mutates and allowed the X-Men to depart. Sauron was soon defeated and left a mindless beast.
(Uncanny X-Men#457 - BTS) - When the Savage Land was overrun by the other-dimensional Hauk'ka (sentient evolved dinosaurs), the Mutates (Amphibius, Barbarus, Brainchild, Gaza, Leash, Lupo, Vertigo, Whiteout) had to join forces with Ka-Zar and Zabu. They then met Psylocke and X-23 of the X-Men and joined forces.
(Uncanny X-Men#457) - Psylocke and X-23 lead their new allies to recently freed captives Bishop, Nightcrawler, and several humans and Saurids (including Jimi, M'kai, S'gur, and Viri). They fought off R'chel (the transformed Marvel Girl) and Ma'sa'no of the Hauk'ka.
(Uncanny X-Men#458) - A Hauk'ka hunting party immediately attacked them, and Vertigo knocked many of them from the air. A battle ensued, Lupo leading his Dire Wolves into attack. The Mutates soon retreated with their allies, just before a massive weather system struck the Savage Land.
(Sentinel Squad O*N*E#4 (fb) - BTS) - Brainchild had the Mutates build a new complex, and he began experimenting on Tyrannosaurs, increasing their brain size, ferocity, size, and strength, and he gave each a harness that gave the dinosaur telekinetic powers and lasers. Though initially planning on taking over the Savage Land, he altered his plans to include world domination. (Lupo appeared here in his human form, and so is called Timberius for this entry).
(Sentinel Squad O*N*E#4) - Alexander Lexington and Meld snuck into the Mutates' lair. They came across the Mutates (Amphibious, Timberius, Vertigo, and others), and Lexington zapped them and fled, leaving the Mutates scattering after them. They rescued Rhodes and Skylark, and destroyed the large brain that powered the Mutates' headquarters and dinosaurs. After destroying the helpless Tyrannosaurs, the Sentinels departed.
(New Avengers#5 (fb) - BTS) - Lupo returned to his bestial form again. The Mutates tried hiring the Scorcher to break Lykos out of jail, but he refused. They weren't aware that Scorcher notified Wolverine about this contact.
(New Avengers#2 - BTS) - In the chaos of the breakout, orchestrated by Electro, Lykos slipped quietly away and returned to the Mutates.
(New Avengers#4 - BTS) - The New Avengers (Luke Cage, Captain America (Steve Rogers), Iron Man (Tony Stark), Spider-Man (Peter Parker), Spider-Woman (Jessica Drew)) thought the Mutates were behind the breakout. To apprehend Lykos, they traveled to the Savage Land, where Wolverine was also.
(New Avengers#5) - The heroes were attacked by a group of mutated primates, then put to sleep by Vertigo (who was red and blue and had different powers, able to command the heroes to sleep, and seemingly able to shut their powers down temporarily). They woke up in the base of the Mutates (Amphibius, Barbarus, Brainchild, Lupo, Vertigo, Whiteout, Worm), naked and in restraints. Soon, Iron Man managed to summon his armor and blow up Brainchild's machine, then opened fire on the Mutates. Spider-Woman zapped Amphibius. Sauron was later re-arrested.
(New Mutants IV#10 (fb) - BTS) - Amphibius, claiming that the sea had spoken to him and that Magneto's Asteroid M had risen to the surface, told his fellow Mutates about this, but they didn't want to go find him. Worm put Sauron, Barbarus, and Lupo under his control, and they commandeered a ship to find Magneto.
(New Mutants IV#10) - When threatened by the military at Kitakyushu, Japan, Sauron destroyed an armed vehicle, creating an international incident. The New Mutants (Cannonball, Sunspot, Warlock) investigated and found the Mutates on the deck of the ship. In the skies, Cannonball attacked Sauron, mindful of what had happened the last time they'd fought. While battle broke out on the boat, Karma realized the Mutates were immune to her powers of psychic possession. Barbarus got Sunspot in a hold while Cypher and Warlock dodged the blows of Amphibius and Lupo, respectively. Worm went scuttling to the bows of the ship. Cannonball defeated Sauron by plowing him through the ship, and the New Mutants swiftly defeated the other three Mutates. Worm spread his slime through Barbarus, soon getting Cannonball and Sunspot under his control. After breaching the hull of the ship, exposing Worm's hiding place, Karma and Moonstar attacked and Moonstar swiftly defeated Worm with a kick, allowing Karma to get the others under her control. Worm battled Karma for control of his mind, but she entered his mind and learned why they were there. Karma convinced a disbelieving Worm that the X-Men were in charge of the Asteroid, and of Magneto, and Worm ordered the Mutates to return to the Savage Land.
Comments: Created by Roy Thomas, Neal Adams, and Tom Palmer.
If Lupo has any connection to another Mutate, Lupa, and her Dire Wolves, none has been revealed. No information has been given on the Dire Wolves except a name.
Lupo has an entry in the Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Deluxe Edition#11 and the Marvel Encylopedia: X-Men alongside the other Savage Land Mutates. He also has full entry in the Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Master Edition.
In David Smeds' novel "X-Men: Law of the Jungle," we actually get a flashback to the early life of Lupo. As a youth, Lupo went by the name Rat-Tail. His step-father Monam abused him. The River People raided his tribe and slew Monam. Rat-Tail took the name Wolf-Shadow and lived as a scavenger, following wolves. He then met Magneto, who mutated him and named him Lupo. Lupo participated on raids on the Water and River People. The rest of the novel's plot entails Brain-Child finding a copy of Three Faces of Eve in Magento's laboratory and deciding to revive Sauron, but this time mold him psychologically so as to diminish his impulsive and tactically indiscreet tendencies. After he succeeded, Sauron ordered Brain-Child to began raids on Tongah's tribe and other Savage Land tribes. The Savage Land Mutates have no initiative due to Magneto's psychological conditioning, so they readily followed Sauron. Sauron ordered these raids to draw the X-Men to the Savage Land to feed on them.
--Per Degaton
Profile by Chadman.
CLARIFICATIONS:
Lupo/Timberius has no known connections to
Arnold Lupoff Executioner ally @ Young Men#25
or any other "Lupine" characters
Dire Wolves
(Uncanny X-Men#458) - A group of Dire Wolves with an empathic connection to Lupo aided him in an attack against the Hauk'ka.
Dire Wolves possess no known super abilities outside those of a regular wolf. What gives them the distinction of Dire Wolves is unknown. A different pack of Dire Wolves aided the Mutate Lupa in battle, but no connections are known between the packs. Lupo has used wolves in many of his attacks, but they are only distinguished as Dire Wolves in one appearance.
--Uncanny X-Men#458
(Uncanny X-Men#250 (fb) - BTS) - Lupo specially trained a pack of ferocious birds to carry warriors into battle.
(Uncanny X-Men#249) - Savage Land warriors rode Warbirds in an attack on the X-Men (Colossus, Dazzler (Alison Blaire), Havok, Psylocke) in Chile to capture Polaris. One Warbird was killed in a plasma blast from Havok.
Warbirds are savage, teethed birds strong enough to carry a rider on their backs. They share a special empathic bond with Lupo. Similar birds have been used in Savage Land battles, but only this pack has been referred to as the Warbirds.
--Uncanny X-Men#249 (Uncanny X-Men#250 (fb) - BTS, 249
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X-Men Unlimited I#6, p15, pan6 (4th)
Uncanny X-Men#458, p7, pan2 (Dire Wolves)
Uncanny X-Men#249, p13, pan4 (Warbirds)
X-Men I#62-63 (November-December, 1969) - Roy Thomas (writer), Neal Adams (penciler), Tom Palmer (inker), Stan Lee (editor)
Avengers I#105 (November, 1972) - Steve Englehart (writer), John Buscema (penciler), Jim Mooney (inker), Roy Thomas (editor)
Marvel Fanfare I#1-2 (March, May, 1982) - Chris Claremont (writer), Michael Golden (penciler/inker), Allen Milgrom (editor)
Marvel Fanfare I#3 (June, 1982) - Chris Claremont (writer), Dave Cockrum (penciler), Bob McLeod (inker), Al Milgrom (editor)
Marvel Fanfare I#4 (September, 1982) - Chris Claremont (writer), Paul Smith (penciler), Terry Austin (inker), Al Milgrom (editor)
Uncanny X-Men Annual I#12 (1988) - Chris Claremont (writer), Art Adams (penciler), Bob Wiacek (inker), Bob Harras (editor)
Uncanny X-Men#249 (Late September, 1989) - Chris Claremont (writer), Marc Silvestri (penciler), Dan Green (inker), Bob Harras (editor)
Uncanny X-Men#250 (Early October, 1989) - Chris Claremont (writer), Mark Silvestri (penciler), Steve Leialoha (inker), Bob Harras (editor)
Uncanny X-Men#274-275 (March-April, 1991) - Chris Claremont (writer), Jim Lee (penciler), Scott Williams (inker), Bob Harras (editor)
Wolverine II#69 (May, 1993) - Larry Hama (writer), Dwayne Turner (penciler), Chris Ivy (inker), Bob Harras (editor)
Wolverine II#70 (July, 1993) - Larry Hama (writer), Dwayne Turner (penciler), Richard Bennett (inker), Bob Harras (editor)
Wolverine II#71 (July, 1993) - Larry Hama (writer), Dwayne Turner (penciler), Bennett, Barta, Rubinstein (inkers), Bob Harras (editor)
X-Men Unlimited I#6 (September, 1994) - John Francis Moore, Paul Smith (writers), Mandel Alves Flor, Fabio Laguna, Al Rio, Eddie Wagner (pencilers), Ralph Cabrera, Keith Champagne, John Lowe, Mark McKenna, Al Milgrom, Joe Rubinstein, Tim Townsend (inkers), Kelly Corvese (editor)
X-Men: Law of the Jungle (March, 1998) - David Smeds (writer)
X-Treme X-Men: Savage Land#1 (November, 2001) - Chris Claremont (writer), Kevin Sharpe (penciler), Danny Miki & Lary Stucker (inkers), Matt Hicks & Mark Powers (editors)
X-Treme X-Men: Savage Land#2-4 (December, 2001-February, 2002) - Chris Claremont (writer), Kevin Sharpe (penciler), Danny Miki (inker), Matt Hicks & Mark Powers (editors)
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New Mutants IV#10 (April, 2010) - Zeb Wells (writer), Paul Davidson, David Lopez, Alvaro Lopez (artists), Nick Lowe (editor)
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Q: SaxParser on Android: Unexpected End Of Document Exception I'm getting a "SAXParseException: Unexpected end of document" error when trying to parse an xml document on android.
The document in question is from the google weather api, but it seems to throw the same error regardless of the xml file in question (as long as the xml is valid) so I suspect it's a problem with my approach, rather than the xml.
This is being done as a learning exercise, so I've probably (hopefully) overlooked something obvious =)
I've run the xml through an online validator, and it comes back as being well formed. (Can't tell me if it's valid as I don't have a DTD, but I dont think I need the DTD to parse the xml).
This is the code that I'm using to try and parse the file:
private void refreshForecast()
        URL url;
        try {
                url = new URL( "http://192.168.1.66:8000/google4.xml");

                URLConnection connection = url.openConnection();
                HttpURLConnection httpConnection = (HttpURLConnection)connection;
                int responseCode = httpConnection.getResponseCode();

                if (responseCode == HttpURLConnection.HTTP_OK) {
                        InputStream in = httpConnection.getInputStream();
                        DocumentBuilderFactory dbf = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance();
                        DocumentBuilder db = dbf.newDocumentBuilder();

                        // falls over here parsing the xml.
                        Document dom = db.parse(in);
                }
        } catch (ManyExceptions e) {
        ....
}

A cutdown version of the xml that produces the error is:
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<xml_api_reply version="1">
      <weather>
            <forecast_information>
                    <city>Hamilton</city>
            </forecast_information>
      </weather>
</xml_api_reply>

The stacktrace is:
11-20 06:17:24.416: WARN/System.err(406): org.xml.sax.SAXParseException: Unexpected end of document
11-20 06:17:24.416: WARN/System.err(406):     at org.apache.harmony.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilderImpl.parse(DocumentBuilderImpl.java:131)
11-20 06:17:24.416: WARN/System.err(406):     at javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilder.parse(DocumentBuilder.java:110)
11-20 06:17:24.426: WARN/System.err(406):     at com.dave.nzweather.WeatherApp.refreshForecast(WeatherApp.java:159)
11-20 06:17:24.426: WARN/System.err(406):     at com.dave.nzweather.WeatherApp.onCreate(WeatherApp.java:100)
11-20 06:17:24.426: WARN/System.err(406):     at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1047)
11-20 06:17:24.438: WARN/System.err(406):     at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2627)
11-20 06:17:24.438: WARN/System.err(406):     at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2679)
11-20 06:17:24.446: WARN/System.err(406):     at android.app.ActivityThread.access$2300(ActivityThread.java:125)
11-20 06:17:24.446: WARN/System.err(406):     at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:2033)
11-20 06:17:24.456: WARN/System.err(406):     at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99)
11-20 06:17:24.456: WARN/System.err(406):     at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:123)
11-20 06:17:24.456: WARN/System.err(406):     at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:4627)
11-20 06:17:24.466: WARN/System.err(406):     at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
11-20 06:17:24.466: WARN/System.err(406):     at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:521)
11-20 06:17:24.466: WARN/System.err(406):     at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:868)
11-20 06:17:24.476: WARN/System.err(406):     at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:626)
11-20 06:17:24.476: WARN/System.err(406):     at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)
11-20 06:17:24.486: WARN/ROGER(406): org.xml.sax.SAXParseException: Unexpected end of document

In the interest of brevity, I've not included the original xml, but it's just the standard weather xml from googles feed.
I've also tried a few completely different xml files, (including the sample from http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/xml/library/x-android/) and they all give the same error. (They also all validate as well formed when I run them through an online xml validator).
This makes me think that it's not a problem with the xml, but rather with how I'm trying to feed it into the parser.
Cheers
Dave Smylie

A: Solved (sort of)...
I saw sax.parser could also take in a uri directly (instead of the input stream).
As soon as I tried that, it parsed okay, and the code was a whole lot shorter =)
Thanks for the help.
  String weatherFeed = "http://192.168.1.66:8000/google.xml";
  DocumentBuilderFactory dbf = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance();
  DocumentBuilder db = dbf.newDocumentBuilder();
  Document dom = db.parse(weatherFeed);

A: Looking at your code it seems that you are trying to fetch the file off a computer on your network. Have you tried to open that URL in a browser to check if it is really sending the XML file?
Alternatively you can also check with Wireshark what answer your phone gets. My guess is that you simply don't get the XML document back but a 404 error page.

A: Your problem may have been caused by an encoding issue.
Try creating your inputStream via a ByteArrayInputStream with UTF-8 encoding like below and see if that works. This, (below), is what I had to use when I had a String of XML, but it may still be an issue via the inputestream you are using.
String sData = "..Your XML in here..";
DocumentBuilder db = dbf.newDocumentBuilder();
InputStream is = new ByteArrayInputStream(sData.getBytes("UTF-8"));
Document doc = db.parse(is);

This assumes that your XML is has UTF-8 encoding specified like this
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>

Otherwise you should make sure your encoding defined in your InputStream is the same as that defined in your XML.


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Ghana: World Bank Supports Micro, Small And Medium Enterprises (msme) Development
The World Bank Board of Directors today approved a credit[1] of US$45 million to support the implementation of Ghana's MSME Project which forms part of a broader poverty reduction and private sector development strategies of the country.
Most businesses in Ghana fall within the category of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, and with an employment capacity of close to 70% of the Ghanaian labor force. They range from farming activities, agri-businesses, light manufacturing, art and craft, textiles and garments, tourism, financial services, construction business, carpentry, just to mention a few. But due to lack of adequate attention and support, the growth of these MSMEs has suffered a great deal over the past decades, resulting in the shifting of focus from entrepreneurship to a proliferation of petty trading nationwide.
The Project, therefore, aims to invigorate entrepreneurial activities at all levels, thereby promoting growth, employment generation and reducing poverty levels. It also seeks to build an integrated market access and trade facilitation infrastructure while proactively inculcating competitiveness among enterprises.
The project is also expected to develop and strengthen, on a sustainable basis, the capacity of local intermediaries to deliver financial and non-financial services to MSMEs and ensure that MSMEs make productive use of these services.
The World Bank's Country Director for Ghana, Mats Karlsson, said: "Growth and employment in Ghana are directly linked to the growth of MSMEs. I hope that with this Project, Ghanaian banks will be more able to link up to Ghanaian businesses for more investment and private sector jobs. For the World Bank Group, this is the future."
The Project comprises of three mutually reinforcing components:
Access to Finance- significantly improving small and micro enterprises access to finance, thereby fostering their growth, competitiveness and employment creation.
Access to Markets, Trade Facilitation and Entrepreneurship Development – help reduce operational, technical and regulatory barriers to markets. Project support will focus on the development of a market of non-financial services to MSMEs through building sustainable delivery capacities for local service providers and other private sector and trade development support structures.
Business Environment – supporting the National Medium-Term Private Sector Development Strategy in collaboration with other development partners to ensure the implementation of the program in holistic and effective way.
For more information on the World Bank's work in sub-Saharan Africa visit: http://www.worldbank.org/afr
For more information about World Bank's activities in Ghana please click here
[1] The credit is provided on standard International Development Association (IDA) terms, with a commitment fee of 0.35 percent, a service charge of 0.75 percent over a 40 year period of maturity which includes a 10-year grace period.
Source: World Bank (Washington, DC), Press Release (link opens in a new window)


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CHAPTER 6A
Part H
§ 289g–5
42 U.S. Code § 289g–5 - Precision medicine initiative
(a) In general
The Secretary is encouraged to establish and carry out an initiative, to be known as the "Precision Medicine Initiative" (in this section referred to as the "Initiative"), to augment efforts to address disease prevention, diagnosis, and treatment.
(b) ComponentsThe Initiative described under subsection (a) may include—
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Feeding Guidelines: Serve as is or rehydrate by adding warm water. Your pet should consume 1/4 cup of water per patty daily.
New Users: Mix Stella & Chewy's with your current brand for the first 5-7 days.
Pregnant or nursing dogs may require larger amounts than a normal adult dog.
If you can't feed raw, this is the next best thing! Awesome stuff!


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Q: android usb host asynchronous interrupt transfer public boolean OpenDevice() {
    _usbManager = (UsbManager) _context.getSystemService(Context.USB_SERVICE);

    HashMap<String, UsbDevice> deviceList = _usbManager.getDeviceList();

    Iterator<UsbDevice> deviceIterator = deviceList.values().iterator();
    _usbDevice = null;

    // Iterate all the available devices and find ours.
    while(deviceIterator.hasNext()){
        UsbDevice device = deviceIterator.next();

        if (device.getProductId() == _productId && device.getVendorId() == _vendorId) {
            _usbDevice = device;
            _deviceName = _usbDevice.getDeviceName();
        }
    }

    if (_usbDevice == null) {
        Toast.makeText(_context,"Cannot find the device. Did you forgot to plug it?",Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();

        return false;
    }

    // Create and intent and request a permission.
    PendingIntent mPermissionIntent = PendingIntent.getBroadcast(_context, 0, new Intent(ACTION_USB_PERMISSION), 0);
    IntentFilter filter = new IntentFilter(ACTION_USB_PERMISSION);
    _context.registerReceiver(mUsbReceiver, filter);

    _usbManager.requestPermission(_usbDevice, mPermissionIntent);
            UsbInterface writeIntf = _usbDevice.getInterface(0);
            epOUT=writeIntf.getEndpoint(1);
            epIN=writeIntf.getEndpoint(0);
            mUsbDeviceConnection=_usbManager.openDevice(_usbDevice);
               mUsbDeviceConnection.claimInterface(writeIntf, true);
    Toast.makeText(_context,"Found the device",Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
    return true;
}
 public byte[] read(UsbRequest outRequest) throws UsbException {
    if (mUsbDeviceConnection == null) {
        throw new UsbException("no connection available");
    }

    ByteBuffer buffer = ByteBuffer.allocate(MAX_PACKAGE_SIZE);

    if (outRequest.equals(mUsbDeviceConnection.requestWait())) {
        UsbRequest inRequest = new UsbRequest();
        inRequest.initialize(mUsbDeviceConnection, epIN);
        if (inRequest.queue(buffer, MAX_PACKAGE_SIZE)) {
            mUsbDeviceConnection.requestWait();
            return buffer.array();
        }
    }
    return null;
}

public UsbRequest write(byte[] command) throws UsbException {
    if (mUsbDeviceConnection == null) {
        throw new UsbException("no connection available");
    }

    ByteBuffer buffer = ByteBuffer.allocate(1);

    UsbRequest outRequest = new UsbRequest();
    outRequest.initialize(mUsbDeviceConnection, epOUT);

    buffer.put(command);
    outRequest.queue(buffer, 1);

    return outRequest;
}

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    UsbRequest request = write(command);
    _textInfo.setText(_textInfo.getText()+"\n" +request );
    return read(request);
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I am trying to push some command at endPointOut and trying to receive data from endPointIN but when i am trying to read using mUsbDeviceConnection.requestWait() application is not responding
following code that how i am trying to call these function
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Construction is a market which is much more diverse than many realize. From residential home construction to high-rise condos and office buildings, the need for faster and safer processes is a requirement. From standard air lines used on compressors to high pressure hydraulic lines used in prefab manufacturing operations, the knowledge to help identify the proper components with a focus on safety and longevity are our specialties. At Nudraulix, a broad range of product, much of which many consider non-standard, such as our Metric products, are available as standard inventory.


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Egypt begins implementation of 2nd phase of high-speed electric train
Sun, 13 Mar 2022 - 01:29 GMT
Plan of High-Speed Electric Train
CAIRO – 13 March 2022: The Ministry of Transport announced Sunday the beginning of construction works in the second phase of the high-speed electric train that will stretch between 6th of October City, and Luxor and Aswan.
Ongoing works are taking place in the distance between October Gardens neighborhood, and Dayrout city at Asyut governorate, which lies in the middle of the line.
The former point is the interchange station between the first phase, extending from Ain Sokhna in the East to 6th of October City western Cairo, and the second phase, which will operate on a rail bridge at the terminal.
In that context, the ministry revealed that the technical works contracts of the second and third lines will be signed with Siemens soon, pointing out that the three phases extend over a distance of 2,000 kilometers. Of which, 1,400 are in Upper Egypt.
speed Electric Train


Guillermo Blanco is a senior in the Department of Kinesiology and Community Health.
What are your general impressions of the KCH department and your own studies?
The KCH department is really great in all aspects. The faculty and staff are fun to get to know and interact with in and outside of the classroom.
What has been your best/most interesting/more beneficial experience at the U of I?
My most beneficial experience here at the U of I has been being part of the I-LEAP program. The staff has done a really great job helping me get accustomed to everything here on campus. They've helped me out with everything from getting on track with my career plans, creating and building resumes and class schedules, to just being there to talk with about anything. I honestly wouldn't be where I am today without the help of the program. I can't really pinpoint my "best experience," but I would say that I'm really glad I became involved in different activities and organizations because they've made my experience here at the U of I much better.
What extracurricular activities and student organizations have you been involved with?
I'm involved in several extracurricular activities here on campus. I am a member of the Kinesiology Student Association, students coming together to promote physical activity throughout campus as well as getting involved with some community service. I am also a member of the Pre-Physical Therapy Club. Additionally, I am a student manager with the football team. My job is to set up equipment the team may need during practice and on game days as well. I also work for Campus Recreation as a facility assistant, and I'm in the process of becoming certified as a personal trainer. I hope to work as a personal trainer for Campus Recreation in the fall. I also participate in the Greek system as a member of Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity, where I've held officer positions. Being involved in a variety of extracurricular activities and organizations helps me stay organized, become more responsible, meet new people, and, most importantly, become more well-rounded.
After I graduate, I plan on going to graduate school for physical therapy. Eventually, I would like to become a physical therapist for a professional sports team.
I like to work out on a daily basis either at the ARC (Activities and Recreation Center) or going for a run around campus. I also like to play different sports with my friends.


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