Seeing blue flashing lights in the rearview mirror is a sight people dread, and for good reason. This telltale sign of being stopped by police is not an experience drivers want to have, as they know before they pull over and put the car in park that they will be accused of doing something wrong. If the stop occurs late at night or early in the morning, the driver can also generally assume that the officer is searching for signs of intoxicated driving, which could lead to an arrest and criminal charge for driving under the influence (DUI).
All criminal charges are serious situations for the accused, but DUIs, in particular, create consequences that can affect a person's ability to conduct his or her daily life. People understand the risks associated with impaired driving, and the need for laws prohibiting this behavior, but it is equally important to ensure that a driver's rights are adequately protected in these circumstances. South Carolina has one of the more stringent DUI laws on the books, including specific requirements that, if unmet, can move a judge to dismiss the case.
While it is not advisable to point out issues with an arrest or booking while in police custody, the more a person accused of DUI understands what the state must do to legally convict, the more he or she can help a criminal defense attorney build a strong case. A discussion of the elements the state must prove to convict a defendant for DUI, and claims a defendant can use to avoid conviction, will follow below.
Similar to other states, it is illegal for those over the age of 21 to operate a vehicle in South Carolina with a blood alcohol level above 0.08%. This means that while drinking is permitted, and though police will often arrest someone if they detect a hint of alcohol on the person's breath, the level of alcohol in one's blood cannot exceed the stated limit without triggering possible criminal penalties. Those under the age of 21 may be arrested for any amount of alcohol in their system since it is not legal for them to consume alcohol in any amount at this age.
South Carolina has an implied consent law, which means that anyone driving on the state's highways has implicitly consented to take a breath, urine, or blood alcohol test. However, refusing a test is not an admission of guilt but will result in an automatic suspension of the driver's license that may be challenged at an administrative hearing. This administrative hearing must be requested within 30 days of the date of arrest. Importantly, South Carolina requires that all DUI stops, including breath tests, recitation of Miranda rights, and the arrest, be recorded by law enforcement, a mandate not placed on law enforcement in other parts of the country. This element of a DUI charge is frequently a point of focus in these cases, as an audio recording is not sufficient, and the law is clear about when and where the camera should be pointed. Failure to meet these requirements will compel a judge to dismiss the case.
Police failed to read Miranda rights to the accused.
Criminal charges should always be taken seriously, and DUIs are especially concerning because of the restrictions they put on your ability to drive, a necessity in today's world. If you are facing DUI charges, get help now and contact Ellis Law, LLC about defending your case. This Upstate law firm understands what is at stake and will fight on your behalf. Call now to schedule a consultation.


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Q: auto schedule upload using batch file and command prompt I am trying to use a cmd file to run a batch file that uploads a file of mine to a directory of my website. The batch file looks like this:
    open ip address
    username
    password
    option confirm off
    cd \public_html\wp-content\uploads\2014\07
    put "C:\Users\a\Documents\pdf\Contact Info.pdf"
    quit

The cmd file looks like this:
    ftp -s:c:\Users\a\Documents\upload.bat

When I run the cmd file I get output in command prompt that says that my username and password are ok and then tells me that option confirm off is an invalid command and that the cd filepath is a prohibited file name. It then says my file is uploaded but I can't find where the file is put. Is  there a reason why this is happening? Is it possible to upload the file to that directory?

A: Use winscp. Download: http://winscp.net/eng/download.php
option confirm off is a valid WinSCP command, see http://winscp.net/eng/docs/scriptcommand_option
Example: Uploading a single file with WinSCP
http://winscp.net/eng/docs/script_upload_single_file
Step 1
create file: winscp-upload-script.txt
option batch abort
option confirm off
open sftp://username:password@example.com/
put "C:\Users\a\Documents\pdf\Contact Info.pdf" \public_html\wp-content\uploads\2014\07
exit

Step 2
create file: do-upload.bat
"C:\Program Files (x86)\WinSCP\winscp.com" /script=winscp-upload-script.txt

Step 3
Go scheduler, create new task, like described here (http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/12444-task-scheduler-create-new-task.html) and use do-upload.bat and configure event timing.
-Done-

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We have traditionally devoted this website's contents to the discussion of J.R.R.Tolkien and his writings, and those academics that surround these subjects. It is fully our intent to continue to do so in the future.
There are, however, events that arise that precipitate a worthy exception or two. Such is the case with this week's announcement that Peter Jackson will head to effort to make Tolkien's beloved The Hobbit into two major motion picture designed as prequels to his wildly successful LOTR trilogy.
Many of us came to know Tolkien through Jackson's film trilogy, and it is certainly safe to say that many, many of us experienced a rebirth of our own love of all things Tolkien with the arrival of these films. Though they are understandably imperfect in the reflection of Tolkien's Middle-earth tales as they are written, is goes without saying that the films are a landmark achievement and that, at their core, there is an obvious effort to remain true to Tolkien's original intent.
There is now a feeling of excitement and anticipation about the upcoming filming of The Hobbit and if that inspires us to more in depth conversations surrounding Tolkien and his body of work...then that should be celebrated as a good thing.
This was bound to start happening.
We cast the story's biggest roles, and wonder if Gerard Butler and David Bowie can also be lured to the set.
With the recent news that Peter Jackson is finally returning to Middle-earth, it's not just fans of "The Hobbit" who are rejoicing. Just ask Ian McKellen or Andy Serkis. As Gandalf the Grey and Gollum, respectively, these two Tolkien titans are all but certain to return.
But what of the other characters up for grabs in "The Hobbit"? We took a look at some of the bigger roles available and picked our favorites. Following Jackson's casting decisions for "Lord of the Rings," we considered names that were known, but not necessarily big stars. Check out our choices below and then head over to the MTV movies blog where we tackle the big one.
Spoiler alert! Major plot points of the novel are revealed below.
Book Says: The greatest dragon of his time, Smaug the Magnificent guarded over the stolen treasure of the Lonely Mountain. He is nearly invincible due to a belly covered in gems, and his numerous strengths include his immense size and barbed tail. He also possesses a penetrating gaze with the power to mesmerize. Haughty and hateful, he has but two weaknesses: his arrogance and a small, bare spot on his underbelly.
We Say: Smaug will clearly be a CG creation, either through motion capture or pure animation. But while his appearance will no doubt be spectacular, it's his voice that should impress the most — conveying his intelligence, his greed, his great disdain for Bilbo, his love of possessing wealth purely for the purpose of possessing wealth. He thinks himself better and more worthy than any other creature, making his conversations with Bilbo a terrifying game of cat and mouse. He should be played by Jeremy Irons.
Alternates: Nobody does the sort of haughty disdain we're looking for better than Irons ... but as Lucius Malfoy in "Harry Potter," Jason Isaacs comes pretty close. We'd like to see him out of the blond wig and into the red belly of the beast.
Book Says: It is dwarf leader Thorin's great desire for his birthright that sets the action of "The Hobbit" in motion. Although old by the time the novel begins (even for a dwarf), Thorin is nevertheless a capable and cunning leader. Quick to anger, his great weakness is a fierce and legendary stubbornness. He refuses until the very last moment before his death to see the error of his ways.
We Say: Anybody willing to go through the makeup to become a dwarf is already a hero in our book. But while Jackson ultimately has to cast 13 of them, they all flow naturally from the decision he makes with Thorin, on whose moral authority rests, not just the honor of his fellows, but the integrity of the story itself. The role will not suffer the indignity of anything less than strength personified. The actor cast, then, should be someone who doesn't suffer indignities at all. Period. That actor should be Brian Cox. He's of the right age, physical proportion and temperament.
Alternates: If physical qualities weren't an issue (which is a kind way of saying, "If we weren't looking for a stocky actor"), Ben Kingsley would make an ideal Thorin for all the same reasons as Cox.
Book Says: A skilled archer from the town of Dale, Bard fires the arrow that fells the mighty Smaug. Described as somewhat grim of face, Bard is nevertheless a fair and wise man, who takes leadership of the town after the departure of the Master, ultimately becoming the king of Dale. He is the closest we get in the story to "LOTR" characters like Aragorn or Faramir, an Anglo-Saxon hero in the mold of Beowulf.
We Say: The role of Bard is the easiest and most tempting way to shoehorn a huge star — a man's man like Russell Crowe or Christian Bale — into the production. Although he's more of a straightforward good guy, lacking the nuance of representative men from "LOTR," we'd nevertheless like to see Jackson cast an actor who could invest the character with the same type of soul that Viggo Mortensen and Sean Bean did with Aragorn and Boromir. We'd like to see Jackson mend fences with Ryan Gosling, who left the director's adaptation of "The Lovely Bones."
Alternates: We said we wanted to resist the temptation to cast a big star. Is it too late for Gerard Butler?
Book Says: King of the Silvans, Thranduil leads the Elves of Mirkwood. He imprisons the dwarves when they trespass through his forest, and then demands a share of Smaug's bounty once the dragon is defeated. He is described as having blond hair ... just like his son Legolas.
We Say: If Orlando Bloom doesn't come back for at least a background cameo, we give up. Naturally distrustful of dwarves, Thranduil can be spiteful and terse — but he still possesses the wisdom of his kin. Ideally, the actor cast would be somewhat regal, someone we believe capable of great power but also great benevolence. Ideally, that actor would be somewhat similar in speech and appearance to Orlando Bloom. Ideally, that actor would be David Bowie.
Alternates: Orlando Bloom's old man? Yeah, Stellan Skarsgård has done that pretty well before.
Book Says: Of immense size and strength, Beorn is a shapeshifter, able to take on the form of a large bear. He has a thick black beard, large shoulders and brown hair. A skilled and dedicated woodsman, he is most highly regarded for his animal husbandry. He keeps many intelligent creatures, of which he is fiercely protective. Fearsome and fearless.
We Say: If he wasn't already known for similar work as Hagrid in the "Harry Potter" series, Robbie Coltrane would be a boffo choice. And yet, Beorn is so much more explosive, so much more kinetic than Hagrid, that he demands someone much more menacing. He demands someone possibly a little unhinged, who can go from gentle to ferocious at the drop of a hat. He demands Alfred Molina.
Alternates: The predominant rumor is that "Spider-Man" director Sam Raimi will helm "The Hobbit" franchise. If he directs — and right now it looks like he might — well, you know what that means. Given the circumstances, he has to appear somewhere on our list. Let's stick Bruce Campbell here.
Casting Call: Who Should Play Bilbo Baggins In 'The Hobbit'?
With the recent news that Peter Jackson has signed on to produce two films based on "The Hobbit," we decided to run through our casting choices for roles up for grabs in "The Hobbit" (which you can read here), but we've saved the biggest choice for our blog.
Read below who we think should play Bilbo, then sound off on your choices for the Ring Bearer, Smaug, Beorn, and all the characters in the world's most eagerly anticipated film.
Book Says: Hobbit of the Shire content to live a peaceful and happy life until coerced by Gandalf the Grey into joining a group of dwarves to recover their lost treasure. Brave and wise, Bilbo becomes the bearer of the One Ring and, soon after, the company's savior on several occasions. Fifty-one years old at the time of "The Hobbit," Bilbo was played by Ian Holm in Jackson's "Lord of the Rings" trilogy, which begins at Bilbo's eleventy-first (111th) birthday.
So would should it be? Well, for starters it needs to be someone who could conceivably pass as a younger version of the same character, someone who at least looks and sounds like Holm. Bilbo spends much of "The Hobbit" playing in over his head, confused by the circumstances that brought him to where he is, but cocky and excited enough to, say, talk to a dragon, for instance. The actor who plays Bilbo should be good at exhibiting inner intelligence, but even better at masking that intelligence under a veil of foolishness. Months ago, internet rumors pegged Martin Freeman for the part. Sometimes the internet has it right. We like MARTIN FREEMAN.
Alternates: Anything's possible in this day and age, with computer technology a veritable fountain of youth for some actors (Look no further than the opening shots of "X-Men: The Last Stand" for proof.) If there's a will and a way, of course we'd love to see IAN HOLM reprise his role.
Sigh: I know hardly any of these actors. But I read that Mr. Bloom is not interested in playing elves or pirates ever again. I do think David Bowie would be fun!
This writer forgets that Elrond makes an appearance as well. Perhaps Denethor and Theoden?
I think that they are being careful to say that the extra material will come from the Appendices of LOTR because The Hobbit and LOTR are all that they have the film rights to. Pulling material only contained in The Sil or Unfinished Tales will be pretty dicey with the Tolkien Estate looking over their shoulders.
Good point. I'd forgotten that stuff is unavailable - unless they do some negotiation of course. I wonder what the Tolkien Estate would say?
By the time the films actually start filming all the actors of the crossover characters they could reasonably include will be quite a bit older - Hugo Weaving, Viggo (please, please, please...), Cate Blanchet to name a few. Even if they say yes they could be struggling to make the films look like a seamless precurser to LotR. Even Ian McKellen will look different.
But I don't want to see anyone else in these roles either, when it comes down to it!
I don't blame Orlando Bloom for wanting to move on. There is no real reason to include Legolas other than the fact that we love the character and he just might have been around and I can see why he wants to test himself as an actor and stick to more challenging stuff. He's still struggling to break away from these two massive franchises, whereas all the others have established pre-LotR careers.
It's only logical that Ian, Viggo, other Ian, Sean, etc are cast as the characters of the LoTR. I actually get butterflies in my tummy every time that I think that Peter Jackson could change these characters.
But, on behalf of all the LoTR fans out there, Peter Jackson should bribe the characters to make another appearance if theyre disinterested. We would LOVE to see them again.
I disagree, besides the actors which I have mentioned above, to have well known actors in the movie. I think that having actors like Russel Crowe and/or Christian Bale (who are both unbelievably gorgeous!) cast in various roles will take some of the emphasis away from the movies. People will come to watch them, not the brilliant story of the Hobbit. The emphasis, as I said before, should be: The Hobbit, by JRR Tolkien, not The hobbit, starring Christian Bale.
In the same breath, I do think that having well known actors would increase the crouds to the movie, and hopefully, the books as well, but I really dont think that the emphasis would be on the right place if the latter were to happen.
I also disagree with Hagrid (Harry Potter) playing Beorn, unless a COMPLETE makeover is done. Beorn is a strong, powerful character that excites and scares me at the same time. Im sorry, but I dont feel any of the above with a person who played a character in Harry Potter.
Ps: I don't mean to insult anyone. This post is not an attack, it's just my opinion.
I gave hope to men, I have kept no hope for myself.
I want Eric Bana to be Beorn!
Beyond speculation regarding casting, I'm really curious about the CONTENT for the second film, which I understand is intended to span the time period between the end of The Hobbit and the beginning of LOTR.
My speculation is that the second film will be more or less Aragorn's coming of age story. He was about 10 when Bilbo and the dwarves came through Rivendell. I think the second film will follow the young Aragorn as he trains with the sons of Elrond and the Rangers, meets and falls in love with Arwen, undertakes his errantry as Thorongil with Thengel of Rohan (Theoden would be just a boy) and Ecthelion of Gondor (where we should see a younger Denethor and the beginning of that fateful rivalry and perhaps the very young Boromir), his defeat of the Corsairs and the firing of their great harbor, his sojourn into Mordor, his time in Lothlorien where he and Arwen become engaged on Cerin Amroth, returning to Eriador and undertaking the Chieftainship of the Dunedain, aiding Gandalf in his search for Gollum, capturing Gollum and taking him to Mirkwood (another chance to see Thranduil and perhaps Legolas), and taking up the Guardianship of the Shire as Strider. Perhaps the movie could end with Strider and Gandalf quietly observing the preparations for Bilbo's eleventy-first birthday, maybe catching a glimpse of Frodo, Sam, Merry and Pippin in the process. The calm before the storm.
To me, this is the only really complete story that can be drawn from the Appendices that spans the time period between the end of The Hobbit and the beginning of LOTR. Aragorn's journey to manhood touches upon many of the places and people that become major fixtures in LOTR -- Rivendell, Elrond, Arwen, Rohan, Gondor, Mordor, Lothlorien, Galadriel, Gandalf, Gollum, Mirkwood. Through Aragorn and the people close to him, PJ and Co. can also touch on other events from the past that are listed in the Appendices -- the capture and torture of Celebrian and her departure for the West, the fall of Osgiliath, the Battle of the Field of Celebrant and the Oath of Eorl, etc.
Then again, perhaps this is my Aragorn/Viggo fanship asserting itself. Can anyone think of another compelling through-story that can be drawn from this period of time in the Appendices?
Lindariel wrote: Then again, perhaps this is my Aragorn/Viggo fanship asserting itself. Can anyone think of another compelling through-story that can be drawn from this period of time in the Appendices?
Yes, I am also the ultimate Aragorn/Viggo fan, but the same thought has crossed my mind as well Lindariel.
1. PJ took some decided heat for slighting the Aragorn character (and ultimately Viggo) with his cut of ROTK where he sacrificed so much story to do homage to his CG effects at the Pelennor and Cirith Ungol, and above all in the Paths of the Dead. Would he make amends?
2. I also honestly believe that the reason that this deal finally got done was far more about the almighty dollar than creative license and love of Tolkien. There is no doubt that over time Viggo has probably (together with Orlando) become the most bankable commodity that came out of the trilogy. More people appear to be willing to spend the money to return and see the two of them than almost any of the other Fellowship cast members, although each has their own unique and rabid following. Viggo's star is shining very brightly these days with the fast approaching awards season upon us (strike or no strike). I would think the money changers would be eager to seduce him into ressurecting his role as Aragorn.
3. I think it will evolve into one of two scenarios. A) Aragorn makes only a VERY brief cameo appearance in homage to the character. B) They spend some time and really delve into the story of Thorongil and the grand trist at Lothlorien.
I think that PJ will sacrifice detail regarding Viggo.
Please PJ let me be wrong.
PS: good choice about Eric Bana, Merry.
mentioned above? I'd love to have a copy of the text.
Lyanness, they are at the very end of LOTR/ROTK.
It depends what copy you have, of course. Some editions like my oldest and most treasured one only have the Tale of Aragorn and Arwen. For a long time I didn't even know there was any more .
I think our hope for more Aragorn rests with the second film which takes the story beyond The Hobbit and bridges (I'm supposing) the gap between that and LotR. I can't see that film existing without a lot of Aragorn and Gandalf in it.
I haven't got that far in my reading yet. Still busy with the Hobbit, Sil and another non-tolkien book. Touched on LoTR, but decided to read that alone and give it the attention that it deserves.
What a treat is waiting for you Lyanness . If only I could read it again as though I had never read it!


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RSTV: THE BIG PICTURE- INCREASING INCIDENCE OF SEVERE CYCLONES
The powerful Cyclone Tauktae battered the western coast. The cyclone is classified as an 'Extremely Severe Cyclonic Storm' and is the fifth-strongest cyclone ever in recorded history in the Arabian Sea. At a time,when India is battling a massive spread of Covid-19, the cyclonic storm has unleashed a double-edged sword to people in the western coastal areas. The IMD categorises tropical storms, which rotate in an anti-clockwise direction, into Depression, Deep Depression, Cyclonic Storm, Severe Cyclonic Storm, Very Severe Cyclonic Storm, Extremely Severe Cyclonic Storm, and Super Cyclonic Storm. Cyclones occur in the pre-monsoon months of May-June and the post-monsoon months of October-November. India has faced 170 storms since 1970, which is the fourth highest after the United States, the Philippines and China in the same duration.
A cyclone is a large scale air mass that rotates around a strong center of low atmospheric pressure. Cyclones are characterized by inward spiraling winds that rotate about a zone of low pressure. Tropical cyclones are intense low-pressure areas confined to the area lying between 30° N and 30° S latitudes, in the atmosphere around which high velocity winds blow. Horizontally, it extends up to 500-1,000 km and vertically from surface to 12-14 km.
The unusually high number of cyclones in the Arabian Sea, some of them extremely severe with wind speeds higher than 167 kmph, are a result of warming seas and changes in sea surface temperature distribution, says Hiroyuki Murakami, a climate scientist at the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration' Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory.
Reasons for increasing cyclones:
The first factor is the rising sea surface temperature.
This warm ocean contributed to intensifying cyclones, leading to more severe storms.
The second factor is that onset of winter monsoon is delaying, leading to a longer storm season.
The last factor is increases in anthropogenic aerosols, leading to changes in sea surface temperature distribution that in turn change monsoon circulation, resulting in more active storms.
Impact of Climate change and increasing cyclones:
The studies associated with temperature suggest that the Indian Ocean is warming, particularly the Arabian Sea, which is doing so at the fastest rate.
Previously, tropical cyclones in the Arabian Sea were restricted to Gujarat.
In the past decade though, Maharashtra, Goa, Kerala and Karnataka have also become more vulnerable to cyclones. A recent example is "Nisarga".
The Arabian Sea is quickly responding to climate change signals, heating rapidly and driving more and more cyclones, and excessive rainfall.
In general, when global warming proceeds, the surface ocean gets warmer. This warm condition is favourable for intensification of tropical cyclones.
But increasing greenhouse gasses also cause warming in the upper atmosphere, that makes the atmosphere more stable.
This stable atmosphere is unfavourable for tropical cyclones. Therefore, the frequency of tropical cyclone genesis would decrease when global warming proceeds.
But once a storm generates, the storm can develop into an intense storm due to the warmed surface ocean.
Regional tropical cyclones are much more complex. Some regions get more active storms by changing circulation whereas some regions get less active. Expecting changes in regional tropical cyclones contain a lot of uncertainty.
Negative effects of Cyclones on India:
India is highly vulnerable to natural disasters especially cyclones, earthquakes, floods, landslides, and drought. Natural disasters cause a loss of 2% of GDP every year in India. According to the Home ministry, 8% of total area in India is prone to cyclones.
Strong Winds/Squall: Cyclones are known to cause severe damage to infrastructure through high speed winds. Very strong winds which accompany a cyclonic storm damages installations, dwellings, communications systems, trees etc., resulting in loss of life and property. Gusts are short but rapid bursts in wind speed are the main cause for damage. Squalls on the other hand, are longer periods of increased wind speed and are generally associated with the bands of thunderstorms that make up the spiral bands around the cyclone.
Torrential rains and inland flooding: Torrential rainfall (more than 30 cm/hour) associated with cyclones is another major cause of damages. Unabated rain gives rise to unprecedented floods. Rain water on top of the storm surge may add to the fury of the storm.
Storm Surge: A Storm surge can be defined as an abnormal rise of sea level near the coast caused by a severe tropical cyclone; as a result of which sea water inundates low lying areas of coastal regions drowning human beings and life stock, causes eroding beaches and embankments, destroys vegetation and leads to reduction of soil fertility.
Regional Climate: Tropical cyclones can quickly change the environment of the affected areas. They can bring warmer air into hot places. This makes the atmosphere feel very sticky and muggy and rises the temperature dramatically. This can cause heat strokes and other heat related illness to children and the elderly after the storm which is not good.
Fishing and livelihood: Loss of habitat and Loss of juveniles and brood fishes. Loss of livelihoods of farmers and fishermen: Statistics show that the global average annual losses from cyclones and storm surges are estimated at US$ 80 billion. Small fishermen with no state-of-the-art technology are usually advised to stay off the seas before and during the cyclones.
Measures to tackle such incidences:
The National Cyclone Risk Mitigation Project (NCRMP), to be implemented with financial assistance from the World Bank, is envisaged to have four major components:
Component A: Improvement of early warning dissemination system by strengthening the Last Mile Connectivity (LMC) of cyclone warnings and advisories.
Component B: Cyclone risk mitigation investments.
Component C: Technical assistance for hazard risk management and capacity-building.
Component D: Project management and institutional support.
These components are highly interdependent and have to be implemented in a coherent manner.
The NDMA had come up with its National Guidelines of Management of Cyclones in 2008. The basic premise of these guidelines is that the mitigation has to be multi-sectoral.
Developing Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM) frameworks for addressing the sustainability and optimal utilisation of coastal resources as also cyclone impact minimisation plans.
Ensuring cyclone resistant design standards are incorporated in the rural/ urban housing schemes in coastal areas
Implementing coastal flood zoning, flood plain development and flood inundation management and regulatory plans.
Coastal bio-shields spread, preservation and restoration/ regeneration plans.
There is a need for private sector participation in designing and implementing policies, plans, and standards.
Need of Disaster Management program to be inclusive including women, civil society, and academia.
In Indian waters, cyclonic storms are associated with heavy rains, thunderstorms, high tides and intense winds that cause shocking destruction in coastal areas. The increase in the frequency of tropical cyclones over the Arabian Sea can result in a massive loss of lives, livelihood and costal ecology. India should prepare to mitigate and deflect the destruction caused by Cyclones. We need to employ technology, strict following of command structure and most importantly the participation and cooperation of local communities in the affected area.
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From Removing Peanut Allergens to Protecting Tomatoes with Caterpillar Saliva, New Report Highlights Research Breakthroughs at 11 Universities
WASHINGTON, DC (March 2, 2017)—Pointing to achievements that include a new process to remove allergens from peanuts, 11 research universities called for stronger federal support of the food and agricultural sciences. Their new report, Retaking the Field—Strengthening the Science of Farm and Food Production, explores research projects funded by the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture's (NIFA) Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) at each institution.
"The drought in federal funding of food and agricultural research still exists," said Thomas Grumbly, President of the Supporters of Agricultural Research (SoAR) Foundation. "But farmers need a flood of research breakthroughs, and AFRI's limited budget only allows for a trickle."
The new Retaking the Field report— the second in SoAR's series — shows how scientists are solving some of the thorniest questions in food production despite the USDA's limited research budget. Even as the research budget for all federal agencies has climbed, USDA's share has nearly been cut in half.
Grumbly notes that AFRI's funding levels illustrate this trend. The program, which was first established in the 2008 Farm Bill, currently receives only half of its authorized level of $700 million. As a result, the rate in which proposals for AFRI funding receive approval hovers just above 10 percent, far below the rates found in European countries and elsewhere.
"Researchers are solving some of the most important problems that farmers face," added Grumbly, "from Bovine Respiratory Disease, which infects more than one out of every five beef cattle in feedlots, to rice and wheat rust, which keeps evolving to overcome scientists' efforts to breed resistance. Too often, their success hinges on whether they secure enough funding to keep the lab doors open. Too much top quality, high-impact research is unfunded and left on the cutting room floor."
The 11 groundbreaking research teams profiled in Retaking the Field include:
Cornell University—Susan McCouch, PhD, and colleagues cross-referenced genetic details with climate and harvest data over the past 40 years for every rice-growing region in the U.S. to help plant breeders develop new weather-specific varieties.
Iowa State University—Hongwei Xin, PhD, and colleagues developed adaptations for cage-free egg production systems that improve indoor-air quality and allow more farmers to respond to consumer demand by adapting cage-free systems.
Kansas State University—Barbara Valent, PhD, and colleagues examined the blast fungus, which has long afflicted rice crops and now infects wheat fields, to determine new ways that plants can resist the pathogen and overcome its ability to evolve.
Michigan State University—Gale Strasburg, PhD, and colleagues examined the impacts of heat stress on turkey muscle development. In developing methods to boost heat stress tolerance, the researchers help farmers produce better meat.
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University—Jianmei Yu, PhD, and colleagues devised a process that removes 98 percent of the major allergens in roasted peanuts using a naturally occurring enzyme, and then engineered the process to treat raw peanuts as well.
Ohio State University—Chang-Won Lee, PhD, and colleagues examined and catalogued the microbiome in a chicken's respiratory tract, the first step in developing management systems that can lower the level of pathogens hurting production.
Pennsylvania State University—Gary Felton, PhD, and colleagues analyzed how the saliva of caterpillars and other insect excretions trigger the defenses of crop plants, providing a new path for plant breeders to explore as they develop more resistant cultivars.
Texas A&M University—James E. Womack, PhD, and colleagues found at least 150 regions of the cattle genome that could be associated with resistance as well as susceptibility to Bovine Respiratory Disease in beef and dairy cattle.
University of Nebraska, Lincoln—Daniel C. Ciobanu, PhD, and colleagues identified genetic markers in sows associated with the earlier onset of puberty, allowing the pigs to produce more litters in their lifetime and increasing production efficiency.
Virginia Tech—John McDowell, PhD, and colleagues developed new tools for identifying and managing the oomycete pathogens that plague soybeans and other row crops. They also discovered a separate oomycete genus.
University of California, Davis—Jorge Dubcovsky, PhD, and colleagues have mapped out more than 90,000 genetic markers in wheat plants and identified the markers that are linked to further increases in productivity and resistance to dangerous pathogens.
The Hill Op-Ed: Barren Fields Grow Terrorists by John McDonnell
The fall armyworm is the name of a two-inch-long brown caterpillar with a yellow stripe. It has a military name because common infestations are both large and destructive. The insect recently arrived in Africa and its impact on the Lake Chad region — already plagued by violence from terrorist group Boko Haram — has security experts concerned.
New Legislation—"America Grows Act"—Would Increase Federal Investment in Farm and Food Sciences as US Agricultural Sector is Buffeted by Economic and Weather Crises
The Supporters of Agricultural Research (SoAR) Foundation welcomes the introduction of the "America Grows Act" by Senator Dick Durbin today. This bill would ensure that the budget targets for appropriators in Congress continue to expand.
House Ag Committee examines relationship between agricultural security and national security
On November 4th, the House Committee on Agriculture held a hearing to examine the relationship between agricultural security and national security. Witnesses included former US Deputy Secretary of State, Ambassador John Negroponte and Dr. Tammy Beckham, Dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine at Kansas State University; both of whom provided valuable testimony on the threats and vulnerabilities that could potentially compromise our national security.


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Q: c# post empty octet-stream working with a web form i am automating a call to this form.
lets say it is a web form with 2 fields to allow for file upload.
the content of this post when doing the post manually will post the second file empty.
Content-Disposition: form-data; name=\"txtFileName_2\"; filename=\"\"
Content-Type: application/octet-stream

with no data. so if i only need to upload a single file i need to provide that field as part of the content for the HttpClient but have not found a way to post an empty octet-stream yet.
I have tried:
content.Add(new StreamContent(Stream.Null), $"txtFileName_{i}", string.Empty);

content.Add(new StreamContent(new MemoryStream()), $"txtFileName_{i}", string.Empty);

both throwing error System.ArgumentException: The value cannot be null or empty..
searching around i did not see anything about posting an empty file for multipart/form-data

A: COPY and PASTE error
looking at the error i just assumed it was yelling at me about the Stream.Null
NOPE, the method call has 2 overloads and if you supply a value for fileName the 3rd peram it expected it to have a value (fair enough)
content.Add(new StreamContent(Stream.Null), $"txtFileName_{i}", string.Empty);

appears to be working just fine.


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La frontera terrestre entre China y Rusia, o frontera sino-rusa, separa los territorios de la República Popular China y aquellos de la Federación Rusa. Entre los años 1960 y los años 1980, fue objeto de controversias en un contexto bastante amplio. Después se firmaron nuevos tratados para subsanar esta cuestión, y el trazado actual de la frontera está reconocido por ambas partes.

Trazado

La frontera sino-rusa está constituida dos segmentos de longitudes muy desiguales, ubicados a ambos lados de Mongolia. Está definida en su integridad desde 2004.

 El fragmento occidental mide 55 kilómetros y se ubica entre los trifinios, separa la república de Altái de la región autónoma del Sinkiang. Inicia al oeste en un primer punto triple que une igualmente las fronteras China-Kazajistán y Kazajistán-Rusia (49° 10' N, 87° 49' E), y prosigue al oriente hasta un segundo punto triple que une también las fronteras Mongolia-Rusia y China-Mongolia (42° 25' N, 130° 36' E).

 El trozo oriental mide 4 195 km. Es la sexta frontera internacional más larga en el mundo. Inicia al otro lado de Mongolia por un trifiniot idéntico al precedente (convergencia entre los tres países: Mongolia-Rusia-China), (49° 51' N, 116° 41' E), separa a la Manchuria china de la Manchuria rusa. Se dirige entonces hacia el noreste, después el sudeste a lo largo del río Amur y finalmente rumbo al sur-oeste antes de coger un último trifinio sobre el río Tumen, algunos kilómetros sólo antes su desembocadura en océano Pacífico, reuniendo esta vez-aquí las fronteras Rusia-Corea del Norte y China-Corea del Norte. Del lado ruso, cinco sujetos federales comprenden la frontera: el krai de Jabárovsk, krai de Primorie, óblast de Amur, óblast de Chitá y óblast autónomo Hebreo. Del lado chino, la frontera comprenden la región autónoma de Mongolia Interior así como las provincias de Jilin y de Heilongjiang, siendo los bordes de esta última en los cuales la frontera es más larga.

Historia

En 1689, como consecuencia de conflictos armados, los imperios chino y ruso firmaron el tratado de Nérchinsk en el cual Rusia renunció a la región del río Amur. En los años 1850, la geopolítica cambió y el Imperio chino se vio debilitado. Una nueva expedición rusa tuvo como objetivo explorar la región. En 1858, China se vio obligada a firmar el tratado de Aigun, considerado como uno de los tratados desiguales. Rusia tomó el control del margen izquierdo del Amur, del Argún hasta el mar. Dos años más tarde, Rusia confirmó y amplió sus ganancias territoriales por medio de la convención de Pekín. Obtuvo la cesión de la región de Vladivostok. Rusia buscaba luego controlar Manchuria para proteger Siberia y ampliar su cobertura sobre el océano Pacífico. Obtuvo también la cesión de Puerto Arthur (Lüshunkou en chino). La derrota frente a Japón en 1905 arruinó esta política. Rusia renunció a la Manchuria y cedió Puerto Arthur. Este último se encontró temporalmente la soberanía soviética entre 1945 y 1955.

En los años 1960, las relaciones entre China y la Unión Soviética se degradaron fuertemente y Mao Zedong puso en tela de juicio los tratados firmados en el  entre los imperios ruso y chino. Estas tensiones desembocaron en 1969 en un enfrentamiento armado que causó centenares de muertes, en su mayoría chinas, pero no logró un nuevo trazado. La Unión Soviética consideró incluso destruir preventivamente las instalaciones nucleares chinas. En las décadas que siguieron, las relaciones quedaron muy tensas y la situación no evolucionó mucho hasta los años 1980.

A partir de 1988, y por iniciativa de Mijaíl Gorbachov, mejoraron las relaciones entre la Unión Soviética y China y se retomaron las negociaciones. El 16 de mayo de 1991, la Unión Soviética y China firmaron un tratado sobre las fronteras, que dejó sin embargo en suspenso la suerte de ciertas regiones disputadas. Estos últimos puntos están regulados por diferentes acuerdos firmados en un contexto netamente diplomático entre ambos países. El último tratado fue firmado en 2004. A la salida de estos reglamentos, China ha realizado algunas ganancias territoriales de acuerdo a los tratados anteriores.

Diferencias de poblamiento

La integración de los territorios fronterizos por ambos imperios ha sido sin duda diferentes. Las llanuras del noreste de China han sido rápidamente poblada y puestas en valor por de los colonos chinos desde el comienzo del . En cambio, el poblamiento del Extremo Oriente ruso por de los colonos venidos desde Europa ha sido menos importante y mucho más prolongado. La diferencia entre ambos poblamientos  ha dado nacimiento a una línea de discontinuidad de ambas partes a lo largo de los ríos Amur y Ussuri: de un lado 7 millones de rusos, del otro, más de 60 millones de chinos que viven en las provincias fronterizas del Jilin y de Heilongjiang.

Intercambios trasfronterizos

A partir de 1982, la frontera se abrió poco a poco, permitiendo los primeros intercambios comerciales entre ambos países. Entre 1988 y 1992, el valor de los intercambios comerciales entre Heilongjiang y Rusia se vio multiplicada por tres. Durante el mismo periodo, el número de trabajadores legales chinos pasó de 1 286 a 18 905. En el periodo siguiente, los intercambios comerciales disminuyeron, los rusos se quejaron de la mala calidad de los productos chinos, aumentando las tasas sobre las importaciones chinas y restringiendo la posibilidad para estos últimos de comerciar en el Extremo Oriente ruso.

El 16 de julio de 2001, China y Rusia firmaron un tratado de buen vecindario, de amistad y de cooperación. El objetivo era desarrollar relaciones estables y mutuamente benéficos entre los vecinos. La base de la cooperación sino-rusa descansa en parte sobre la oposición de los dos países a la política internacional de Estados Unidos. Los ejecutivos chinos buscan también adesarrollar las provincias de Heilongjiang y Jilin, y de asegurar su suministro de energía. Además, Rusia es un proveedor de armas muy importante.

Las migraciones

En el Extremo Oriente ruso, los chinos cruzan la frontera y se asientan en los mercados, donde venden productos manufacturados venidos de China, además de productos agrícolas, obras manuales o briqueterías. En las empresas, el pago a los empleados chinos equivalen de 100 a 300 euros por mes, lo que representa el triple del ingreso de un campesino en Heihe, del otro lado de la frontera. El óblast de Amur ha concedido a los chinos de Heihe 42 000 hectáreas en 2007. En esta región, los rusos tienen 700 000 hectáreas en jachère y cuentan en défricher 1,4 millón. Esto no puede hacerse sin la ayuda china. Según las estimaciones más difundidas, el número de inmigrantes chinos en el Extremo Oriente sería de 40 000 a 200 000.

El contrabando

La apertura fronteriza ha provocado el desarrollo del contrabando. Ello no sólo concierne a los productos utilizados en la medicina tradicional china, como el ginseng, sino también otros recursos como el tigre siberiano, el bosque, el concombre de mar deshidratado, el caviar, los bosques de renne y de cerf, pero también armas, drogas y los metales no férreos. Igualmente la pesca ilegal en las aguas fluviales del vecino. Informes a mediados de los años 2000 suma un total de tres millones de dólares por año.

Los hidrocarburos

En 1999, la firma rusa Yukos firmó un acuerdo con la compañía nacional china de petróleo y de gas.  Se comprometió a exportar diez millones de toneladas de petróleo en China desde 2005.  A tal efecto, se construyó un oleoducto entre la ciudad siberiana de Tomsk, donde se ubican los yacimientos petroleros, y China. Se encuentra proyectado otro oleoducto entre Angarsk, ubicada en Siberia oriental, y Daqing, en Heilongjiang. Permitirá así a la China recibir 20 millones de toneladas de petróleo por año durante el periodo 2005-2009, y 30 millones por año a partir de 2010.

Véase también
 Fronteras de China
 Fronteras de Rusia
 Isla Bolshoy Ussuriysky

Referencias

Frontera China-Rusia
Rusia
China

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Prior to the Stuart Highway upgrade during World War II, visitors usually arrived in Darwin by ship.
From at least as early as the 1880's, passengers disembarked at the Port of Darwin and climbed the escarpment via the walkway to town known colloquially as Chinaman's or Traveller's Walk. The path began at the railway yards with steps up to Cavenagh Street and finished at the Terminus Hotel.


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Gomezgani Chirwa (born 25 September 1996) is a Malawian footballer who plays as a full-back for Nyasa Big Bullets and the Malawi national team. He was included in Malawi's squad for the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations.

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1996 births
Living people
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Holte i Grevinge Sogn er en meget lille landsby, der jf. navnet angiveligt er anlagt i tidlig middelalder. Holt betyder skovstykke, ofte i betydningen kuperet, stenet, dårlig jord. Ud af navnet må udledes, at landsbyen er anlagt i den meget store skov, der tidligere lå på stedet. Tesen støttes af degnen Lyder Høyers beretning fra midt i 1700-tallet, hvor han talte med egnens ældre, der fortalte, at sidst i 1600-tallet dækkede bøgeskov hele området. I 1700-tallet var skoven næsten helt borthugget. Holte bestod af fire gårde og tre huse uden jord. Der er fortsat to delvist bevarede længegårde (beboelse i den ene ende og stald i den anden) fra 1700-tallet. I forbindelse med landboreformerne sidst i 1700-tallet, blev to af byens gårde udflyttet. En del af sognets overdrev, der lå ved Holte, blev i samme forbindelse udstykket til en række nye matrikler, hvor der siden blev bygget små husmandssteder og ved skoven en skovfogedgård. Resten af overdrevet blev gjort til fredsskov og udgør i dag Grevinge Skov, der er statsskov.

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Toucan Music is a UK based netlabel, launched in 2005 promoting uplifting and melodic house, trance and chillout vibes. Toucan has its roots in the British rave scene of the 1990s and many of our releases feature retro techno and rave influences alongside more contemporary sounds.
The Toucan vibe is generally upbeat and melodic, with strong lead sounds and catchy hook in most of our tracks.


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Victoria-based technology holding company, Tiny, has procured a majority stake in Pixel Union, a major Shopify partner. The purchase price was not disclosed, but Tiny has allocated $25 million to acquire other companies in the Shopify ecosystem.
Pixel Union designs custom themes for online platforms, builds custom sites and stores, and offers a range of web services. Pixel Union was founded by Tiny in 2009, which sold a majority stake of the company to Teligence Capital in 2014. Earlier this month, Tiny led a round of investment that also included Freemark Partners, Saltwater, and Syrus Partners to reacquire Teligence Capital's shares in Pixel Union.
Tiny starts, acquires, and invests in internet businesses. The company has previously invested in Vancouver-based MediMap and Victoria-based Checkfront, as well as international public and private startups.
Shopify is in the midst of some strife with former partner companies, following a very public flare-up with Mailchimp, along with Facebook's new checkout platform for Instagram. Satish Kanwar, VP of product at Shopify, recently told BetaKit the company is trying to foster more opportunity for its ecosystem, by buttressing its partners and having them scale alongside Shopify.
Kanwar also said that Shopify's focus is to help its partners and app developers, like Bold Commerce, (which recently closed an unprecedented Series A round), integrate its payments solutions instead of going to third parties.
Pixel Union's CEO, Ben Moore, who also contributed to the recent round, will continue to manage the business as it looks to raise its interests in Shopify's network.


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The Ventura Music Festival is heading into its 25th year in style. They're bringing world-class music to beautiful Ventura well before the main event in July – and then well after. To kick things off, the exuberant piano duo Anderson & Roe will take center stage on February 9th.
Considered "the most dynamic duo of this generation", Anderson & Roe promise to deliver a volatile, thrilling, can't-miss event – the first of many spellbinding concerts to come throughout Ventura Music Festival's silver anniversary year.


Good morning Lovelies! I hope your day is off to a good start. Ours was kind of rough here. We've reached that inescapable time of year when my kids are so done with school, even though they still have four more weeks. And I am so done making lunches, even though those kids still have to eat (at least three times a day, seriously!?). But, in the middle of our restlessness waiting for the summer break, we are loving spring in AZ.
And all the new babies in our neighborhood.
Although mom sheep didn't appreciate us stopping by. She protested at my camera lens and even stomped her foot at me. Good mama sheep.
And because sometimes this mama needs a break, I'm headed on a little adventure next week. Across the ocean. More on that tomorrow.
Happiest friday to all of you beautiful mamas!


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Indonesian tycoon Salim risks rare deal defeat over valuation, governance questions
Credit: REUTERS/Beawiharta Beawiharta
July 15, 2020 — 08:47 pm EDT
Written by Alun John and Bernadette Christina for Reuters ->
By Alun John and Bernadette Christina
HONG KONG/JAKARTA, July 16 (Reuters) - One of Indonesia's biggest tycoons, Anthoni Salim, risks a rare setback if a $3 billion deal between companies he controls is rejected by shareholders on Friday.
Three investors in Hong Kong-listed First Pacific 0142.HK told Reuters they are critical of the price for the deal, which would see its subsidiary Indofood CBP ICBP.JK (ICBP), best known for the Indomie noodle brand, buy Pinehill, one of Indomie's distributors and manufacturers, for $3 billion.
Salim, Indonesia's sixth-richest man according to Forbes, owns 51% of Pinehill and also holds 44.3% of First Pacific's shares, according to corporate filings. ICBP's 2019 annual report says Salim controls First Pacific.
Under Hong Kong related-party rules, he and his associates do not count as independent and cannot vote on Friday. The deal needs a simple majority to pass.
"I think it will be a challenge to have this approved," said Gerardo Zamorano, a director at Brandes Investment Group, which owns 8% of First Pacific.
"From a strategic perspective we believe Pinehill is an attractive asset ... But you have a question of valuation, and then you have a question of process and governance, which at the Indonesian level we think there is room for improvement."
Zamorano declined to say how Brandes would vote, citing compliance rules.
Another U.S.-based First Pacific shareholder said the deal over-valued Pinehill by as much as $1 billion partly because it compared valuations with more valuable Southeast Asian companies as well as from the Middle East and Africa, where Pinehill primarily operates.
The shareholder declined to be identified because of the sensitivity of the situation.
Influential proxy adviser ISS said there were "some merits" to the deal but advised First Pacific shareholders to vote it down, saying Indonesia's weaker voting rules would "amplify the interest of related parties over the transaction."
Those in favour of the deal said it could help improve ICBP's financial performance.
Indonesian rules do not automatically block related parties from voting. ICBP is 80% owned by Indofood INDF.JK, which is controlled by First Pacific.
ICBP's shareholder vote, scheduled for Wednesday, was postponed because Indonesia's financial regulator said it needed to give shareholders additional information, according to announcements in local newspapers.
Such interventions from the regulator are unusual.
"The question is whether there would be a difference in price if ICBP had to convince their minorities," said Zamorano.
Independent valuations cited by ICBP to its shareholders were in line with and higher than the eventual price tag.
Chris Leahy, founder of corporate advisory firm Blackpeak, said the valuation seemed high but not shockingly so.
"This is a really good example of how weak the related party transaction rules are in Indonesia," he said.
A spokesman for First Pacific directed Reuters to a letter recommending the transaction by the independent financial adviser to the independent shareholders. ICBP did not respond to a request for comment.
A spokesman for Axton Salim, Anthoni's son and a director of ICBP and also First Pacific, declined to comment. Anthoni Salim could not be reached for comment.
(Reporting by Alun John in Hong Kong, and Bernadette Christina Munthe and Maikel Jefriando in Jakarta; Editing by Jennifer Hughes and Kim Coghill)
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Q: Multiple Filled Contour plots on the I think my query is partially answered by this:
Filled contour lines from a plot with color in R
I have added a response to that post, but being quite old, I thought I might re-post it as a new question. If you can help me out, that would be great!
I have a matrix (G) that I need to separate into 3 zones on a plot, divided by two contours (cutoff1 and cutoff2).
depth = seq(mindepth,maxdepth,part)
width = seq(minwidth,maxwidth,part)
G = matrix(0,length(width),length(depth))

# G filled in with values at each coordinate from depth/width.

filled.contour2(width,depth,G,levels=seq(0,cutoff1),col=colors()[374])
filled.contour2(width,depth,G,levels=seq(cutoff1,cutoff2),col=colors()[411])
filled.contour2(width,depth,G,levels=seq(cutoff2,max(G)),col=colors()[50])

This doesn't work because consecutive filled.contour2 operations overwrite the previous ones. I can't post images because I'm new to posting on this site, but the three separated zones are simple and the separating contours do not overlap.
It looks like something along the lines of:
plot(width,depth,G,cont=c(cutoff1), display="filled.contour2", col=colors()[411])

should work, but obviously this isn't the right way to call plot.
Any help would be hugely appreciated. Cheers


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Markazul Ma'arif: A Post-Madrasa Centre of Higher Education
Author: millattimes
Markazul Ma'arif Education & Research Centre (MMERC), a part of India's northeast-based Markazul Ma'arif NGO, was set up to narrow this gap and achieve some balance. Under the guardianship of famous 'aalim (plural, 'ulama i.e. scholar, theologian), renowned perfume-baron and successful businessman Maulana Badruddin Ajmal Al-Qasmi, presently a Member of Parliament for a consecutive third term, the Markaz started a centre namely Markazul Ma'arif Education & Research Centre in New Delhi in 1994 with the objective to select a batch of 10 to 20 students ('ulama) from different madrsas to mainly train them in English language and computers. The impact of this unique initiative was so powerful that a senior lecturer of English of Jamia Millia Islamia who visited the MMERC in 1994 and interacted with students of its first batch called it an "enthralling experience" which will undoubtedly be counted as a "yeoman's service" in educating the 'ulama.
By Manzar Imam
Madrasas in India have contributed immensely to Muslim education. They are still doing so. However, the madrasa syllabi have for long been in discussion both in the media and academia for being outdated, orthodox and irrelevant. Further, the madrasa system of education is often blamed by certain quarters of being rigid, typically traditional, promoting sectarian hatred among madrasa graduates with spillover effects in the larger Muslim society. There is some truth in these claims but there are more allegations than realities.
That most madrasas have avoided modern subjects is true to a large extent. If not aversion, then at least a discomfort with English language is another problem afflicting the madrasa education system, affecting prospects of career growth and advancement for madrasa graduates.
While this has been the case on the one hand, on the other hand majority of the college-going Muslim youth lack knowledge of Deen (religion) and Islam. Many of them can't even read the Qur'an with proper Arabic phonetics, leave aside knowing its meaning and exegesis. And, there is a general tendency of shifting the blame from both sides, thus missing a balance.
Markazul Ma'arif Education & Research Centre (MMERC), a part of India's northeast-based Markazul Ma'arif NGO, was set up to narrow this gap and achieve some balance. Under the guardianship of famous 'aalim (plural, 'ulama i.e. scholar, theologian), renowned perfume-baron and successful businessman Maulana Badruddin Ajmal Al-Qasmi, presently a Member of Parliament for a consecutive third term, the Markaz started a centre namely Markazul Ma'arif Education & Research Centre in New Delhi in 1994 with the objective to select a batch of 10 to 20 students ('ulama) from different madrsas to mainly train them in English language and computers. The impact of this unique initiative was so powerful that a senior lecturer of English of Jamia Millia Islamia who visited the MMERC in 1994 and interacted with students of its first batch called it an "enthralling experience" which will undoubtedly be counted as a "yeoman's service" in educating the 'ulama. His words have come precisely true.
Within a span of less than a decade around 50 'ulama started to show great promises. Their oratorical skills were acknowledged and appreciated by senior academicians. Soon many of them also began writing in English. This captured readers' imagination, something which journalist Syed Ubaidur Rahman aptly described in these words: "They have everything to surprise anyone believing in the orthodoxy of madrasa graduates."
This year the MMERC completes 25 years of its establishment and it is celebrating its Silver Jubilee with a-three-day international seminar in New Delhi from 4 to 6 October, 2019. It is also bringing out a souvenir titled Ulama, Post-Madrasa Education, Muslim Youth and Contemporary Challenges which contains well-written and researched papers on important academic and contemporary topics by the alumni.
Over these 25 years the prevailing misconception about 'ulama not knowing the global English language of academics, business and communication has evaporated like a non-entity. Other changes are also taking place, thanks to MMER. Presently there are about 15 such centres of language training across India.
The bearded-'ulama have gradually become kings of the Queen's language. Many of them are now established journalists, good interpreters, translators and authors having their works published in prestigious publication houses in India and abroad.
Although a lot remains to be done in terms of contents taught in madrasas, the English language has opened for the madrasa graduates new avenues of post-madrasa education. MMERC has been a trend-setter and its products are now shining with new knowledge and confidence. Kudos to MMERC and its founder Maulana Badruddin Ajmal Qasmi!
(Author is a senior journalist based in New Delhi. He can be contacted at manzarimam@rediffmail.com)
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Morthlynd History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
The lineage of the name Morthlynd begins with the Anglo-Saxon tribes in Britain. It is a result of when they lived on a moor, which is a tract of open, uncultivated ground which is usually grown over with heather and coarse grasses and has a poor, peaty soil. The surname Morthlynd literally means dweller by the moor-land. The surname Morthlynd belongs to the class of topographic surnames, which were given to people who resided near physical features such as hills, streams, churches, or types of trees.
Early Origins of the Morthlynd family
The surname Morthlynd was first found in Westmorland. The Mauley branch of the family claim Ugthorpe in the North Riding of Yorkshire as their ancient ancestral home. "This was an ancient demesne of the crown, and is styled in Domesday Book Ughetorp; the Mauleys became lords here at an early period, and from them the manor and estate descended by marriage to the Bigods, and afterwards to the Ratcliffes, by whom the whole was sold in parcels." [1]
Important Dates for the Morthlynd family
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Morthlynd Spelling Variations
Only recently has spelling become standardized in the English language. As the English language evolved in the Middle Ages, the spelling of names changed also. The name Morthlynd has undergone many spelling variations, including Morland, Morley, Moorland, Morthland, Morlay and many more.
Early Notables of the Morthlynd family (pre 1700)
Notables of this surname at this time include: Sir Samuel Morland (1625-1695), notable English academic, diplomat, spy, inventor and mathematician, made 1st Baronet Morland in 1660; the...
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Migration of the Morthlynd family
To escape the unstable social climate in England of this time, many families boarded ships for the New World with the hope of finding land, opportunity, and greater religious and political freedom. Although the voyages were expensive, crowded, and difficult, those families that arrived often found greater opportunities and freedoms than they could have experienced at home. Many of those families went on to make significant contributions to the rapidly developing colonies in which they settled. Early North American records indicate many people bearing the name Morthlynd were among those contributors: Thomas Morland, who settled in Virginia in 1650; Ed Morland, who settled in Virginia in 1663; William Morland, who came to Boston in 1762; Eleanor Morland, a bonded passenger, who arrived in Virginia in 1774.
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Morrison named artist of the year
The Marco Island Foundation of the Arts recently announced their 2019 artist of the year, Sherri Morrison, who lives in Goodland.
Morrison named artist of the year The Marco Island Foundation of the Arts recently announced their 2019 artist of the year, Sherri Morrison, who lives in Goodland. Check out this story on marconews.com: https://www.marconews.com/story/life/2019/05/21/morrison-named-artist-year/3751687002/
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The Marco Island Foundation of the Arts recently announced their 2019 artist of the year, Sherri Morrison. (Photo: Photo provided)
The Marco Island Foundation of the Arts recently announced their 2019 artist of the year, Sherri Morrison, who lives in Goodland. Morrison was nominated by Tara O'Neill, president of Goodland Arts Alliance and Patricia Rutledge, director of the Marco Island Historical Society.
Morrison has more than 20 years' experience in advertising. Responsible for creative local, national and international clients, she has created campaigns, designed ads, annual reports, corporate brochures, product catalogs, newsletters, magazines, outdoor boards, posters, trade show displays, logos, invitations, specialty advertising, slide show presentations, vehicle wraps, signage and web pages for a variety of clientele.
The Marco Island Historical society has had the privilege of working with Morrison for the past five years. Morrison is the designer of the current MIHS logo and generously donated her time to create this impressive piece. It is now synonymous with the Historical Society and recognized throughout Marco Island.
From 2014 through today, Morrison has applied her amazing graphic design skills to numerous important collateral pieces.
Morrison is an award-winning artist having been recognized for her work with the MIHS by the American Alliance of Museums and the Southeast Museums Conference. She is the consummate partner who cares deeply about creativity and demonstrates that it goes hand in hand with a quality product.
In 2002 Morrison took her knowledge and expertise in advertising to open her freelance advertising business. In her career she has earned numerous local, state and national Addy Awards, as well as special Judges Awards, Best of Shows and Charlie Awards.
In 1999, Sherri joined Weeks & Associates Advertising on Marco Island as creative director working with clients such as American Express, Vineyards, Twin Eagles and Florida Gulf Coast University.
Morrison will be honored at a special luncheon at 11:30 a.m., Saturday, June 8, held at the Wesley United Methodist Church in their Fellowship Hall. Scholarships will also be presented by the Marco Island Foundation for the Arts to local students majoring in the arts. Tickets for the luncheon are $20. Make your check out to the Marco Island Foundation of the Arts, and mail c/o Carolyn Burger, 282 Sand Hill St., Marco Island, including the names of each guest.
For information, call 239-389-0280 or 239-642-3673.
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NALWAPUR, Nepal (CSISA) – A targeted investment by the U.S. Agency for International Development has boosted the government of Nepal's capacity to test innovative, scale-appropriate agricultural machinery and conduct agricultural machinery training programs for local farmers, operators and mechanics.
In collaboration with the Cereal Systems Initiative for South Asia in Nepal (CSISA)'s Mechanization and Irrigation project, the government of Nepal is launching two new centers in the coming months: an Agricultural Machinery Testing and Research Center, established by the Nepal Agricultural Research Council (NARC), and the Central Agricultural Machinery Training Center, established by the Department of Agriculture's Directorate of Agricultural Engineering.
The Agricultural Machinery Testing and Research Center will greatly improve NARC's capacity to evaluate agricultural machinery as well as to suggest changes, and where appropriate, implement design improvements. The center will allow NARC to oversee the quality of manufactured agricultural machinery as a service to importers, local manufacturers and Nepal's farmers.
The Central Agricultural Machinery Training Center aims to strengthen the Directorate of Agricultural Engineering's capacity to conduct training programs on agricultural machinery operation and maintenance for farmers and service providers, and for agricultural machinery repair for mechanics. The establishment of these new centers fulfills part of Nepal's Agriculture Mechanization Promotion Policy, as well as the larger Agricultural Development Strategy of Nepal.
Collaborative work between CSISA, NARC and the Engineering Directorate began in 2015 with the initial site selection process. Both NARC and the Engineering Directorate wanted the centers to be centrally located to facilitate collaboration, dialogue and knowledge sharing between the centers. The NARC center obtained a 10-hectare parcel of underutilized research farmland in Nawalpur, overseen by a separate NARC research program, which is undergoing renovations to create offices, storage and equipment space. The Directorate of Agricultural Engineering finalized selection of a nearby site, which is currently undergoing approval by the Ministry of Agriculture and Development.
CSISA, NARC and the Engineering Directorate have now started the procurement process of relevant machinery for the facilities. For NARC, one of the center's most important testing machines is a dynamometer, which calculates exact power outputs of motors. This center also procured mechanical vibration testing equipment and various sensors for measuring torque, revolutions per minute, drawbar force and digital telemetry for data transfer from the machinery in testing. NARC has also started field-testing new two-wheel tractor seeders and planters.
For the Engineering Directorate's Machinery Training Facility, a wide variety of tools and equipment have been procured to support upcoming agricultural trainings. The equipment includes diverse hand tools, power tools, field equipment, tractors, tractor attachments and specialized training devices such as small agricultural machinery cutaways. Such machinery will be used to train lead farmers in the use and maintenance of scale-appropriate machinery, as well as to train technicians, mechanics and blacksmiths in machinery manufacturing and repair.
The establishment of these new centers represents a deepening of support by USAID and CSISA to scale-appropriate mechanization research and development in Nepal and highlights their long-standing commitment to, and cooperation with, the Government of Nepal, NARC and the Department of Agriculture, in providing research and technologies needed by Nepal's farmers. As evidence of the government of Nepal's commitment to these centers and the growth of agricultural mechanization, NARC recently announced a US$ 100,000 co-investment in the Agricultural Machinery Testing and Research Center, complementing the nearly US$ 300,000 investment made across both centers by CSISA.
This article was authored by Scott Justice.


Book Review: The Oregon Trail by Francis Parkman Jr.
The Oregon Trail. Francis Parkman Jr. originally released in 1849 as The California and Oregon Trail. The book reviewed is from Oxford University, Oxford World's Classics edition. Oxford and New York. 1996, reissued in 2008. 346 pp.
Parkman's original report of his 1846 spring through autumn trip along the Oregon Trail was originally serialized in the Knickerbocker Magazine in 1847. Compiled and released in book length form in 1849, it found no less of a reviewer than Herman Melville whose blurb "The book, in brief, is excellent and has the true wild game flavor" appears on the back of this edition.
Melville raised some concerns about the book in his review which I share. First, Parkman really covered less than half of the Oregon Trail, making it only as far as eastern Wyoming, thus missing the most arduous portions of the Trail, across driest deserts and through the mountains. And so Melville questions the title. I'm OK with the title; it just seems Parkman only got started toward other difficulties the pioneers faced which I might have expected to read about based on the title. Still, he wasn't intending to move to the west, he was only out on a youthful devil-may-care adventure, so the stakes (except of course for the potential of dying) weren't as high.
Melville's other concern was Parkman's blanket takedown of Indians, not only the Ogallala Sioux with whom he stayed for a number of weeks but basically every Indian he encountered, whom he described in general with condescension: "…a civilized white man can discover but very few points of sympathy between his own nature and that of an Indian…[and] having breathed the air of the region, he begins to look upon them as a troublesome and dangerous species of wild beast, and if expedient, he could shoot them with little compunction. " As he repeatedly re-issued his book until 1896, he re-wrote and edited out some of the more obnoxious of his reflections, which are generally referred as "not politically correct." Such an understatement. While I might have cut him some slack as a product of his times, Melville, his contemporary, set me straight. He too was offended by Parkman's narrow, stereotypically racist views.
Parkman's disregard for the buffalo was also problematic from my twenty-first century viewpoint. While killing male buffalo merely for the sport of it (the trophy was the animal's tail!) may have reflected the 1846 environmental worldview, it is interesting to note that Parkman presciently predicted the collapse of the great buffalo herds with the Indian cultures that relied on the animals quickly following.
But for all the negatives, The Oregon Trail is a rip-roaring adventure story, told by a 23 year old Boston Brahmin on the trip of a lifetime. Between thirst, dirt, rain and ongoing dysentery Parkman retains his wonder at the prairie in all its guises. As an early description of the west, it was a great booster for others to follow, for a unique experience and perhaps a new home. For all its quirks, it remains one of the great personal histories of the frontier.
The Oregon Trail: A New American Journey. Rinker Buck. Simon and Schuster, New York. 2015. 450 pp.
In the summer of 2007 Rinker Buck, a journalist researching a story in the Black Hills, made a serendipitous detour to visit the Hollenberg Ranch and Pony Express station, a way stop on Oregon Trail, now restored and maintained by the Kansas State Historical Society. It was there, reading a 1850 journal entry describing this Ranch by Margaret Frink, pioneer traveller on the Trail, that Buck caught the bug; like Frink, he too decided to travel west on the Oregon Trail. From April to October, 2008 Buck lives his dream, traveling two thousand miles from St. Joe, MO to Baker City OR, in a covered wagon, pulled by a team of three mules.
This book describes that momentous journey, the first of its kind in over one hundred years. Buck spends that winter voraciously reading, purchases a restored wagon and a team of three Amish mules, designs and has a "trail pup" (a two wheeled covered cart which tagged along carrying supplies) constructed. At some point his brother Nicholas (to whom the book is dedicated) invites himself along accompanied by his Jack Russell terrier Olive Oyl. This turns out to be a lucky turn of events; Nick is an expert mule team driver, (true!) who also can swear a blue streak and does, in almost every sentence he utters. He also seems capable of repairing anything, which turns out to be a necessity as along the way axles and wheels break as well as many other parts of their rig. A third "companion", the ghost of their father who had taken them on another covered wagon expedition as children through New Jersey and Pennsylvania, "joins" them at various locations as the journey unspools.
This book chronicles the Bucks' adventures and the (mostly) helpful people they meet along the way. It talks about breakdowns, the weather, where they camped, eating at roadside truck stops as well as at town parks, the fine art of mule handling and the daily push to make 25 miles between sunup and sundown. In the dreamy hours spent on the wagon seat, Buck reflects on the beauty of the remaining original Trail, and figures out how to get around places where the Trail has been paved into interstate, Buck also grapples with the role in his psyche his larger-than-life father continues to play.
The Oregon Trail is also an illuminating account of the Trail's history through the personal histories of some of the people who travelled its length. He considers a kaleidoscope of stories the Trail holds: the Mormons, the broke farmers, the women and children, the wayside ranches, the Indians, even the shysters at the Missouri jumping off points, who are there selling second grade wheels and untrained mules as well as all sorts of goods the pioneers are often forced to abandon along the way.
"Seeing the elephant" was the phrase often used by pioneers to describe their Trail journeys. Buck's trip, 127 years later, shows us what that elephant looks like today.