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America's Divide: Where Republicans See Leadership, Democrats Declare Scare Tactics
By KCBS Radio Afternoon News KCBS All News 106.9FM and 740AM
August 26, 2020 08/26/2020 12:22 am
As the Republican National Convention continues, speeches paint a devastating portrait of America under President Donald Trump's opponent, Joe Biden.
They do so while portraying the president, not Biden, as the only caring and compassionate candidate vying for the White House.
In the midst of a pandemic, clashes between police and protesters in Kenosha, Wisconsin highlight strong divide throughout the country. For example, a recent CBS News poll showed a deep split along party lines on the president's handling of the coronavirus, specifically whether the number of deaths in the U.S. from complications related to COVID-19 are "acceptable."
Republicans contend Trump has shown great leadership in handling the pandemic.
Democrats, however, don't see it that way.
New @CBSNews poll: 57% of Republicans think the number of US deaths from #coronavirus pandemic (170,000+) is "acceptable." Huge disconnect on that from the rest of the country: 90% of Democrats & 67% of independents say it's not. pic.twitter.com/MqP6BFK6Pk
— SovernNation (@SovernNation) August 23, 2020
"I think he's managed things amazingly," said Harmeet Dhillon, a Trump delegate just back from Charlotte, North Carolina and California's Republican National Committeewoman. "I think he's done a great job of making sure at the outset, on the basis of information that was known about the coronavirus, he took steps to keep Americans safe, shut down travel from certain countries, made sure that states like California and New York that are very populous had access to resources from other states and from our national stockpiles."
Dhillon is known as a conservative "legal warrior," leading many coronavirus-related lawsuits against California Gov. Gavin Newsom through her firm, San Francisco's Dhillon Law Group.
The actions include church services, students, vote-by-mail and everything in between.
"We're seeing a lot of economic impact," Dhillon said of the governor's coronavirus shutdowns. "You probably know...that I've filed over a dozen lawsuits against the state of California as well as other states for what I view as civil rights violations in excess in the shutdowns. Some of those shutdowns have negatively impacted economies in certain states. Certainly, California and right here in San Francisco is one where just about every street is littered with boarded up signs."
Critics have called the RNC's approach thus far dark and divisive, using stark warnings to stoke fear among Americans about what could happen to them if the Democrats regain the presidency.
Republicans, on the other hand, have countered the Democratic National Convention by skipping a traditional party platform for a 50-point plan, outlining the Trump administration's "core priorities" and offering complete support to the president as he seeks another term.
"Overall, we heard from some Democrats (Monday) night at the convention," said Dhillon. "A lot of them actually pointed out that the president has given historical growth in jobs across the all sectors, African Americans, women, minorities, non-college educated folks and so forth. Even despite coronavirus, the economy has rebounded tremendously over the last few weeks, and we expect that trend to continue."
Dhillon was a guest on Tuesday's "The State Of California."
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CUP: Martin Truex, Jr., first Talladega polesitter to finish last since 2001, eliminated from Chase with engine failure
SOURCE: @MattWeaverSBN
Martin Truex, Jr. picked up the 5th last-place finish of his NASCAR Sprint Cup Series career in Sunday's Hellmann's 500 at the Talladega Superspeedway when his #78 Bass Pro Shops / Tracker Boats Toyota fell out with engine failure after 41 of 192 laps.
The finish, which came in Truex's 401st series start, was his first of the season and first in a Sprint Cup race since another early engine failure at the 2014 Daytona 500, 103 races ago.
What Truex, Jr. and Furniture Row Racing have done between their two most recent last-place finishes has been nothing short of remarkable. After a difficult 2014 season both on and off the track where his girlfriend Sherry Pollex went through cancer treatment, Truex, Jr. roared back in 2015, claiming his first victory in more than two years at Pocono, one of eight Top Fives and 22 Top Tens. His torrid pace continued through the fall, culminating with a spot in the Final 4, a 12th-place finish at Homestead, and a career-best 4th in the final standings.
This year, Furniture Row Racing's technical alliance moved from Richard Childress Racing to Joe Gibbs Racing, and with the move from Chevrolet to Toyota came new part-time sponsorship from Bass Pro Shops. The new black-and-orange car debuted in the Daytona 500, which Truex nearly won until a last-corner, last-moment surge from Denny Hamlin in a photo finish. Truex scored his first win of the season with perhaps the most dominant performance in NASCAR history, leading 392 of 400 laps in the Coca-Cola 600 after winning the pole. Another crown jewel win came in the Southern 500, and he cruised into the Chase with wins in two of the first three races at Chicagoland and Dover.
When the series returned to Charlotte, however, driver and team began to struggle. Driving the same car from the 600, Truex never led and finished just 13th, then ran 11th at Kansas, where he led 172 laps before late trouble during the spring. Heading into Talladega, Truex, Jr. sat sixth in points, just 13 points over the bubble, and would need a strong run to earn his way into the Round of Eight. In qualifying, Truex, Jr. seemed headed in the right direction. He won the pole for what would be Toyota's 1,000th NASCAR national series race. Controversy reigned, however, as it was reported that front jack screws were confiscated from the #78 before qualifying, potentially encumbering his finish with a post-race point penalty.
43 drivers were originally slated to attempt Sunday's field, which would have been the biggest entry list since the Daytona 500. Would have, that is, had The Motorsports Group not withdrawn Josh Wise on Monday, then Premium Motorsports pulled Cole Whitt on Friday. When qualifying was done, David Gilliland was the only driver who missed the field, his #35 Dockside Logistics Ford from Front Row Motorsports missing the field by just under two-tenths of a second.
Starting last on Sunday was David Ragan in the #23 sweetFrog Toyota, but he soon had company. Three Joe Gibbs Racing cars driven by Matt Kenseth, Carl Edwards, and Kyle Busch all fell to the rear and would remain there for the day, looking to advance with their existing point cushions. Joining them was Reed Sorenson, who had qualified a surprising 12th in Premium's second car, #55. Driving what appeared to be the #98 that Cole Whitt nearly got into the Top 5 during the spring race, Sorenson was fastest in the first round of qualifying, then anchored the final round.
Unfortunately, Sorenson's lap was due to a different kind of oil Premium used just for qualifying and would not be appropriate for the race. With NASCAR's impound rules in place, the #55 team decided against changing the oil after qualifying, and would instead replace it during the race. A similar strategy was used in 2008 by the Wood Brothers, who locked-in their driver Jon Wood with a fast qualifying lap, then pulled behind the wall in the early laps to re-attach belts removed from the motor to improve speed. As with Wood, Sorenson pulled behind the wall on the first lap for the oil change, dropping him to last. He returned to the track on Lap 13, 12 circuits behind, and ran the rest of the race in the Bottom Five.
Truex, Jr., meanwhile, led 2 of the first 13 laps, then remained near the front as Brad Keselowski and Chase Elliott battled for the top spot. During this green-flag run, Truex, Jr. noticed a vibration which he originally believed to be a tire. He managed to make it down pit road for his first scheduled stop, but the vibration was still there, and NASCAR reported there was smoke coming from the side of his machine. Then, on Lap 42, it all went wrong. The engine let go, and #78 pulled to the inside of Turn 1, flames coming from beneath his car. The problem was terminal, and Truex, Jr. was done for the day.
Low attrition meant that Truex, Jr. was not officially eliminated from the Chase, however, until the end of the race, when many of his fellow Chase drivers survived with good enough finishes. Many, that is, except 38th-place Brad Keselowski. Continuing on his dominance from the spring race and needing a strong run after a late crash at Kansas, Keselowski was untouchable, locking-up the bonus point for most laps led by pacing 90 of the first 145 laps. Debris on the grille of his #2 Miller Lite Ford caused him to surrender the lead to Ryan Blaney in order to clear it away, but it was too late. Heading down the backstretch, his engine let go as well, ending his own Chase hopes.
39th went to Casey Mears, who wrecked at pit entrance with Greg Biffle and Jeffrey Earnhardt on Lap 114. 37th went to Sorenson, who came home 12 laps down, still under power. Also going the distance was 36th-place Alex Bowman - barely - who spun from the Top 10 on Lap 187, damaging the underside of his #88 Mountain Dew Chevrolet. Next week at Martinsville, the #88 will again be driven by Jeff Gordon, the defending winner of the event.
Turning heads on Sunday was Brian Scott, who ran near the front most of the day and steered his #44 Goody's Ford to a 2nd-place finish, even threatening to take the win from leader Joey Logano. It was a tremendous run both for driver and team, one week after Richard Petty Motorsports teammate Aric Almirola picked up his second last-place run of the year. Almirola also finished in the Top 10 on Sunday, coming home 8th.
40) #78-Martin Truex, Jr. / 41 laps / engine / led 2 laps
39) #13-Casey Mears / 113 laps / crash
38) #2-Brad Keselowski / 144 laps / engine / led 90 laps
37) #55-Reed Sorenson / 179 laps / running
36) #88-Alex Bowman / 191 laps / running
*Truex is the first polesitter to finish last in a Cup race at Talladega since April 22, 2001, when Stacy Compton's #92 Kodiak Dodge, fielded by Melling Racing, also led 2 laps and lost the engine after 116 laps of the Talladega 500. An interesting side note: Compton's crew chief that day was Chad Knaus.
*Truex is the first driver to finish last with at least one lap led since November 3, 2013, when Michael McDowell's unsponsored #98 Phil Parsons Racing Ford led 1 lap of the AAA Texas 500 at Texas, then retire with a vibration after 27 circuits.
1st) Premium Motorsports (5)
2nd) BK Racing, HScott Motorsports (4)
3rd) Richard Childress Racing, The Motorsports Group (3)
4th) Chip Ganassi Racing, Hendrick Motorsports, Richard Petty Motorsports, Roush-Fenway Racing (2)
5th) Front Row Motorsports, Furniture Row Racing, Germain Racing, Go FAS Racing, Joe Gibbs Racing (1)
1st) Chevrolet (20)
2nd) Ford, Toyota (6)
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Hunneberg heter en av två GSSP:er som har blivit definierade i Sverige. I folkmun kallas platsen för Gyllene spiken och har koordinaterna 58.3589°N 12.5024°E. Den finns i Diabasbrottet vid Hunneberg, precis ovanför bädd E och definierar basen av den andra serien i den undre ordoviciska delen, som har fått namnet Flo efter Flo socken vid Hunneberg. Denna GSSP blev ratificerad av den International Commission on Stratigraphy 2002.

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Finding the Stranger
Published date 4th July 2020
Last modified date 4th July 2020
Continuing our run through of the Mongoose Traveller adventure Islands in the Rift (so spoilers if you might play it), I have had a bit of time to think about the motivations of the original crew. I'd already fleshed out what had happened to the original crew just before things went pear-shaped, but didn't have reasons for some of the decisions leading up to that. Why were they on Acadie for example?
It didn't really matter, and the adventure as written doesn't concern itself with such details, but I figured that there might be questions so spent some time in the previous week coming up with some reasoning. It will probably never be found out, and the extra information may end up complicating things and distracting the players from the adventure-as-written. As long as it doesn't cause them to go and get themselves killed though, it should be fine.
170-1105: Nibbling at the Edges
The PCs have reached Acadie, and they have located the Perfect Stranger, but it appears to be ON HOLD, whatever that means. The most obvious thing to do next is to talk to the starport authorities to find out the details and claim their ship, so of course the group decide not to do that.
Partly that may have been down to me adding some extra clues, partly it because the PCs were still a bit paranoid about outing themselves as being involved with the ship. They still didn't know what had happened to the crew, or whether the authorities here had been responsible.
A good Recon check by Khadashi spotted a small reflector attached to the wall next to the ramp down to the bay. According to Shinzaro, it seemed to be setup to reflect a radar beam back to some source, acting as a tripwire of sorts if anyone tried to use that entrance to the bay. It seemed to be setup to signal back to the apartment block behind them, probably the upper floor.
Since I'd been using the Perfect Stranger and the starport as a topic to practice on with Blender, I had a few images and models I could show to help describe the environment.
Overlooking Bay 5, where the Perfect Stranger is parked
They decide to split up and try and find out a bit more about what has been going on, and organise some accommodation for the night. As far as they can gather, this is the only ship here that matches the description of the Perfect Stranger, so it's unlikely to be decoy. There's also mention of a grav-bike fight around the starport back around when the two crew members where rescued by the Our Lady of Comets and taken to Amondiage, which might be related. Finally, Shinzaro finds a mention of one of the crew members – Iimshan Isha Mijirjirjur, cover name for Major Miraku. Apparently her body is possibly being held in the city morgue waiting for someone to confirm the identification.
That evening, whilst Zanobia is sitting in the bar are chatting with locals and other travellers, Khadashi and Shinzaro try breaking into the apartment block. It's relatively straightforward, and Shinzaro helps them both try to avoid CCTV cameras as they make their way up to the roof looking for any radio transmitters or anything which could be transmitting signals to somewhere. There's no sign of anything, so they head back to the hotel to meet up with Zanobia.
Zanobia has had time to pick up some general rumours. It used the same technique as before – giving out a mix of true and false rumours based on how well the character rolled. You get three rumours, and how many of them are true depends on how high you roll. Sometimes the false ones are obvious.
There's a large bounty out for the heads of the rebel groups being offered by the government. They're finding it hard to find local people willing to help, so are quietly trying to find offworlders to do their dirty work for them.
The Imperium is a lie. It's a conspiracy put out by the governments in the Islands to keep everyone under control. There is no civilisation outside of the Islands.
There's a forgotten ship sitting in the starport, and there have been groups of people snooping around it for the last few months. A friend of a friend of a friend who is sensitive to these things says that it's haunted by the ghost of a dead woman.
Before heading to bed, they talk about trying to find which room from which the radar reflector was being used from and break into it. Not something I'd expected, but in hindsight I possibly should have.
171-1105: Revelations
Around mid-morning Khadashi and Shinzaro head back to the apartment block and break in again, this time trying to find the apartment in which the radar tripwire was setup. They think they drop the possibilities down to one room, but whilst hovering around outside the door, Shinzaro spots one of the cameras seemingly swinging around to look at them.
At that point Khadashi goes for an interspecies kiss, but they are interrupted by a couple of guys who come up the stairs and demand to know what they are doing. The PCs try to bluff their way out of it, but notice the tell-tale signs of guns poking out from the pockets of the two. Deciding that they don't want to get into a gun fight at this point, especially when they don't have the advantage, they leave.
I was somewhat nervous at this point, because this could have gone very badly if they'd forced a fight by continuing to stick their nose into what was going on. Fortunately there were good reasons why neither side really wanted a gun fight at this point in time, so it was reasonable to allow them to walk out alive.
Meanwhile, Zanobia goes to talk to starport authorities to find out why the ship has an "ON HOLD" status. Apparently it's the small details of a Cr72,000 docking fees, late fees, fines and other costs that have mounted up over the last few months. Zanobia manages to bargain the cost down to half that, and pays a third of that up front to show good intentions. Since the PCs had quite a bit of cash from character generation, I think this bit went a bit easier than was expected in the adventure-as-written.
The other two head down to the Bay (there is a map I used for Roll20), using the main vehicle entrance which isn't locked. They spend some time looking around the bay before approaching the ship, finding an old shipping container with some blood stains on the handles. They take some photos and leave it be. I'd expected them to find that later, but it matters not.
The ship itself seems to be in reasonable condition, though again there are some blood stains on the control panel for the main entrance ramp. Again they take photos, then open up the ship and head inside.
They are careful, but this time it turns out to be perfectly safe. There are signs that the crew left in a hurry – some rotten half-eaten food left on plates, and also signs of emergency medical procedures being done of the kitchen table. Though there are signs of a break-in, personnel weapons haven't been taken. The main data cores of the ship have been though – the main reason the Imperium wanted the ship back.
Meanwhile, Zanobia is checking on the body at the morgue, and positively identifies it as one of the crew. The body is not in good condition, and shows signs of having been heavily tortured before death. It had been found in a garbage bin a few days after the big fight with grav bikes (which, apparently, hadn't been near the starport but out to the west, and result in the crash of a ship launch to the north), but hadn't been linked back to the Perfect Stranger some weeks later due to lack of any identification.
It had been found not too far from where another gun fight had happened near a warehouse in the poorer and more industrial part of the city. That gun fight had happened the night before the grav bikes.
With things getting late, I decide to try and wrap things up with some final information. Everyone meets up at the ship, and they manage to dig out the ship's log from the flight deck which provides a record of where the ship has been, as well as some notes against some of the entries.
Arrival Date Departure Date Star System
— 123-1103 Zuflucht
145-1103 150-1103 Gloire
165-1103 170-1103 Serendip Belt
192-1103 203-1103 Elysee
210-1103 213-1103 Besancon
220-1103 224-1103 Herzenslust
231-1103 236-1103 New Colchis
258-1103 276-1103 Joyeuse
321-1103 335-1103 Sturgeon's Law (1)
350-1103 365-1103 Neubayern
12-1104 18-1104 New Home
40-1104 42-1104 Acadie (2)
49-1104 64-1104 Amondiage
86-1104 88-1104 Sansterre
103-1104 104-1104 St Genevieve
126-1104 131-1104 Amondiage (3)
160-1104 172-1104 New Home
209-1104 215-1104 Herzenslust (4)
271-1104 277-1104 Colchis
292-1104 — Acadie (5)
(1) Delightful Grotto / Blue Lady. Recommendation from red-headed friend on Dendaash. (327-1103)
(2) Joel Bisset, Houillon / L575 (42-1104)
(3) Snoopers. Ecoris Training Services. Terminated.
(4) Drop Point Hotel Zebra / H857 (215-1104)
(5) Detected suspicious signals. Iikush and Eneri to investigate. (300-1104)
With the information provided, we wrap up for the evening. There's a bit more information here than was in the original adventure, so I'm hoping it doesn't confuse things too much. The players have a habit of digging into things in great detail though, so having the information up front might make things a bit easier. Or not.
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A short post and a bit of a cheat. I promised the last post was the absolutely final one from Isaan but I was up early yesterday morning and observed a couple of things that may be of some interest so thought I would pass them on. As we were almost on our way back to Chiang Mai I think I can get away without breaking my previous commitment for no more Isaan posts – maybe.
Getting up at 6.00 am introduced me to a whole new world that I largely haven't experienced before as I usually try to sleep through the very early morning activities, well anything before 8.00 am, as reported HERE.
Even at this early hour, by my standards anyway, the whole family was up and about. Yuan and Lud had gone to the farm, mama was waiting to make a offering to the local monks, a thing she does every morning and Gaun was plaiting Peng's hair.
Thai schoolgirls are only allowed to have short hair, which is in real contrast to their mums most of whom will wear their hair long. If hair is more than a bob cut – is that the right hairdressing technical expression? – it has to be plaited otherwise a visit to the barber is required. Peng prefers her hair longer and usually gets a friend to help her out in the fashion department. However with Gaun at home this task has fallen to mum and she has been up early every morning to make Peng legal!
Peng's teacher had a crack-down and Peng has lost her longer hair. No more morning braiding for Gaun once we get back there.
I think Peng has outgrown that chair.
I sometimes worry I make this blog too personal with photos like the one above. I don't want the blog to turn into a family photo album as these are images important to me but not necessarily for anyone else. However I think that on the whole where a photo illustrates a point, like the strict hair rules for schoolgirls in Thailand, then it serves a useful purpose.
A random image pinched from the web to illustrate my point about hair length without the photos of my family.
Passing Gaun and Peng and walking round the corner to make coffee in the kitchen I spot mama out the front and remember that she will be waiting to make an offering to the local monks. I wrote about this in my last post HERE, under the sub-heading "Loud speakers and more", and said that I would never be up early enough to take any photos. Not so evidently!
Gaun's mama waiting for the monks to arrive.
The monks then walked to the next house and down the street. The food basket must get pretty heavy by the end of the walk but at least an appetite is worked up.
The monks at a the next door house. You can see another offering ready to go further down the street.
While waiting for the monks I caught this scene of the roaming dogs as I spoke about in my previous post plus a couple of roosters who must think they are dogs.
After the monks have passed Peng replaces mama at the front. She is picked up by a local mini-bus at 7.00 am and taken to school. Gaun pays 300 THB or $10.00 a month for this service, which includes a return trip at the end of the day.
Peng replaces mama on the bench waiting for her school lift. Motorbike dragging a cart of something in the background.
Some of the students will arrive at school as early as 6 in morning. Most students will arrive by 7.30 School assembly starts at 8 and the students are inspected to see if they are smart enough because personal hygiene is seen as very important in Thai culture. Furthermore the national anthem of Thailand is played on TV and radio nationally and everyone must stand to attention. This can be unusual to begin with but you will get used to it.
As Buddhism is the religion of Thailand, Buddhist chanting, student vows, and students reciting the school motto will follow the national anthem.
Peng leaves for school. She gets to sit up front. The last time we will see her until October.
We were packed and on the road for the nine hour trip back to Chiang Mai shortly after. Once on the move with over 600 kms to cover I don't stop to take photos for the blog but this time I will treat you to a couple!
The first stop was a mandatory one as I find that when directed to pull over by police wearing guns that's it probably a wise move to follow orders. The police must have been on a mission Tuesday morning because we passed through three manned checkpoints although only one required us to stop.
This was the first time I have had my papers properly inspected when travelling since arriving in Thailand. I believe that post-coup the military are pushing for a crack-down on farang overstaying their visas. As an aside they are also stopping farang living here almost indefinitely on their tourist visas. This is done by leaving the country and returning every ninety days in a process called "The Visa Run" and it is quite a business here. I have no problems with Thai enforcing their visa regulations. A tourist visa is intended for holiday makers not for people who want to live here. Mind you a blind eye has been turned to the visa run farang for years.
We were not only stopped at this police checkpoint but asked to pull off the road, which is always a slightly nervous moment but especially in a foreign country. The guy in charge came over and wanted to see my original passport, not the copy I keep in the front pocket of the car. He spoke good English and was very polite and professional. I am always expecting a shakedown but have never been asked for money – yet.
It turned out he was ex-Immigration, which accounted for his English speaking skills, and in my case he was ensuring I had the correct visa and one that hadn't expired and I did on both counts.
My brush with the police. You will note my hands in protective mode!
Our drive to and from Chiang Mai has fallen into a routine now having done it so many times. Heading back to Chiang Mai the first coffee and cake stop is about two hours out just before Dan Sai at the Amazon cafe attached to the Jiffy petrol station – I wrote a post about the Wat at Dan Sai HERE. A slow roasted chicken, sticky rice and sauce lunch happens at a roadside stall outside the small town of Nakhon Thai and then an ice cream just after we hit Highway 11. This time I was able to expand the pit-stops to include an alternative coffee/ice cream cafe between Nokhon Thai and the 11.
Once a Doi Chaang cafe this is a modern and out of place cafe in the middle of nowhere.
This is the only outside table but it has a view. The rice paddy in the background is being prepared for planting.
A low calorie, long drive sugar hit happening.
My dear wife helping out.
I hasten to add that this stop replaced the normal ice cream top-up on Highway 11. To do both would be a bit odd even for me!
We left Si Bun Ruang at 8.30 am we arrived back in Chiang Mai at 5.30 pm. A pizza at the excellent local Italian owned restaurant finished the day. Having got the trip down to a fine art in terms of coffee, lunch and ice cream we only have one more drive to complete before we move from Chiang Mai to Si Bun Ruang permanently on 31 October. Typical.
If you are ever planning a drive from CM to North East Thailand drop me an line and I will share my GPS eating stops with you!
Hi Tony as someone in the early stages of planning my move to Thailand I can't express how refreshing and enjoyable your blog is to read.
So many of the sites are full of negative comments relating to Isaan and it's people.
Thank you for such a positive response Steve. You have made my evening.
If there is anything I can do to help another pro-Isaan person to move out here please let me know.
Thank you Tony I am due back in Thailand 16 September for a month where my wife to be and I will open up her house in nom boa south of khon keen where she will live with her grand children and family around her.
Sorry that we will miss you this time around. Good to know you aren't that far away once we move to Si Bun Ruang. Maybe we can catch up some time in the future. Enjoy your trip and I hope your fiancee settles comfortably back home.


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Busal or Bosal (also written as Bosaal; ) is a village in the Mandi Bahauddin District of Punjab, Pakistan.

Geography
Busal is located  off the Gujrat-Sargodha road, south of Gojra, and is nearly  from Mandi Bahauddin. Malikwal, the Tehsil headquarters, is  north of Busal. Busal is located in Jech Doab (the plain between the Rivers Jhelum and Chenab). Busal consists of seven settlements: Sukkha, Masoor, Nuryana, Jand, Nakkaywala, Chhanni Hashim and Rutowala. Busal Sukha is the cultural, population, and financial center of the Busal area.

History
The time period at which Busal was first settled is unknown, but local legend holds that the name of the founder was Busal, who settled in the area during the reign of Mughal Emperor Jalal ud-Din Muhammad Akbar (1542-1605) and had relations with the Emperor. The Emperor gave him a large estate called Sooba Busal. Busal had three sons named Sukkha, Masoor, and Noor, for which three of the settlements are named. An irrigation department rest house was built outside Busal in 1915, and a police station was established in 1935. A system of canals and irrigation channels was built between 1910 and 1944.

Demography
Busal has a large and fast-growing population. Due to road improvements, availability of telephone service, and the establishment of new schools, people from small neighboring villages have migrated to Busal. The number of registered voters in Busal is just above 25,000, suggesting that the total population is above 40,000.

The majority of the Busal population belong to Jat Gondal clan. Rajputs who migrated from the Karnal district of East Punjab (now a district in Haryana, India) make a significant part of the population. Syeds (Bukhari, Gilani & Kazmi) are also migrated families having great respect and active participation in Shia muslim activities. A small population of Pashtuns also exists. The small community of nomadic people which after converting to Islam are called Deendar are settled in suburban areas of Busal.

Busal has been known in the past for crime and conflict, mainly stemming from a lack of education. This has changed due to the education resulting from construction of government-funded schools.

Religion

Almost the entire population of Busal are Muslim, out of which 15-20% are Shi'a Muslims/15-20% Deobandi, while the rest are Brelvi Sunni. A Sufi saint during the British Raj, Mian Muhammad Panah, has a following in Busal and nearby villages.
Deoband madrassas Jamia Farooqia for boys and Jamia Ayesha Siddiqa lilbanat-ul-Islam for girls are also working in Busal Sukkha. There are also Shia Imam Bargahs and few Mosques,

Languages

Punjabi, with Shahpuri dialect, is the language predominantly spoken by the people of Busal. The Rajput community speaks their native language Haryanvi, a language closely resembling Urdu. Urdu is also spoken and understood by almost entire population.

Education

Although the literacy rate of Busal is very low by international standards, it is one of the highest in Mandi Bahauddin District. The literacy rate varies from family to family. Some people of Busal hold doctorate degrees while a large majority has never even visited a school. The literacy rate among females is low. A very good move in the direction for improvement of girls education is the construction of girls degree college near Bangla Busal.

Government Higher Secondary School Busal

Government Higher Secondary School Busal was established in 1905,Syed Karam Hussain Shah Bukhari of Badshah Pur was appointed as a teacher offering education up to the primary level only. In 1951, with the efforts of social workers like Hakeem Ghulam Ali, the school was promoted to the middle level. Ch. Batti Khan Busal, a venerated landowner, donated approximately 33 kanals of land for the project. In 1984, the school was upgraded to high school and in 1986 to intermediate level. Presently around 700 students are enrolled in the school.

Government Girls Degree college Busal Sukkha
A grand building for Government Girls Degree college Busal Sukkah was built using a part of the land of Bangla Busal in 2013-2014. This college became functional in Year-2015 which is very interesting as Bangla Busal was built exactly 100 years before in Year-1915.

Recreation
Despite the fact that Busal is a large village, there is no recreational grounds or playground for children in or around it. Children usually use the school grounds and the graveyard for playing cricket.

A small canal passes from the east of the village and a larger one from the west side. There used to be recreational swimming in these canals, but now thanks to the villages located upstream, the canals are highly polluted and swimming is no longer an option.

Bangla Busal

Built by the irrigation department in 1915 during the British Raj, Busal Irrigation Rest House or Bangla Busal is located approximately 2 km from Busal Masoor and Sukha. At one time it was well maintained, with a variety of flowers and trees. It also served as a large bird sanctuary. The building and grounds have fallen into disrepair due to lack of interest on the part of the irrigation department, and from people taking things to use as building materials elsewhere. This example of classical architecture has turned into ruins and requires immediate attention to preserve it as a piece of heritage.
A Girls degree college has been built on part of the land of Bangla Busal.

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Villages in Mandi Bahauddin District


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Frauenteich Moritzburg ist ein Naturschutzgebiet (NSG) im Landkreis Meißen in Sachsen. Das etwa 202 ha große Gebiet mit der NSG-Nr. D 31 liegt teils in der sächsischen Gemeinde Moritzburg und teils auf dem Gebiet der benachbarten Stadt Radeburg nördlich von Dresden. Es ist Teil der beiden Landschaftsschutzgebiete Moritzburger Kleinkuppenlandschaft sowie Friedewald, Moritzburger Teichgebiet und Lößnitz. Neben dem namengebenden Frauenteich umfasst es den wesentlich kleineren Schösserteich und schließt auch einige Wälder, Wiesen und Äcker der näheren Umgebung mit ein. Unter Schutz steht das Gebiet seit 1954. Eine Verordnung durch das Regierungspräsidium Dresden vom 15. Dezember 1999 setzte das Gebiet als Naturschutzgebiet fest. Die letzte Änderung erfolgte durch eine Verordnung des Regierungspräsidiums Dresden vom 13. April 2007.

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Der Frauenteich ist einer der größeren Moritzburger Teiche. Die nächstgelegenen großen Teiche des Gebiets sind der Mittelteich 300 Meter westlich, der Niedere Großteich Bärnsdorf ein Kilometer südöstlich und der Schlossteich 1,5 Kilometer südwestlich.

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Wasserhaushalt und Klima

Der 67 Hektar große Frauenteich (reine Wasserfläche: 53 Hektar) speist sich aus mehreren einmündenden Gräben, von denen der wichtigste den Mittelteich entwässert. Ein anderer einmündender Graben entwässert den 2,9 Hektar großen Schösserteich (Wasserfläche: 1 Hektar), weitere münden von Norden und Süden kommend ein. Das Wasser des Frauenteichs fließt in den direkt benachbarten Luisenteich ab, der knapp außerhalb des Naturschutzgebietes liegt. Er wiederum entwässert in den Jähnertbach, der seinerseits in die Promnitz mündet. Sie ist der wichtigste Vorfluter der Moritzburger Teiche und mündet in Radeburg in die Große Röder, die über die Schwarze Elster der Elbe tributär ist. Die jährliche Niederschlagsmenge im Naturschutzgebiet beläuft sich auf etwa 650 Millimeter.

Geologie und Böden
Im Bereich des Naturschutzgebiets grenzen variskische Magmatite des Meißner Massivs (Quarz-Monzonit, Ganggesteine) im Südwesten an Gneise der Großenhainer Gruppe aus dem Neoproterozoikum mit eingeschalteten metamorph überprägten basischen Gesteinen (Amphibolschiefer) im Nordosten. Zudem liegen südöstlich Granodiorit-Gneise an. Die Grenze der Gesteinskomplexe ist als Störungszone ausgebildet. Während der Elster-Kaltzeit gliederten Gletscher die Oberfläche in Wannen und gerundete Felskuppen. Infolge dieser massiven Ausräumungen erschien sie sehr unruhig, was sich im älteren Teil des Saale-Komplexes jedoch wieder ausglich, als Schmelzwasser der Gletscher Sander-Sande ablagerte. Sie wurden wiederum während der jüngeren Saale- und der Weichsel-Kaltzeit intensiv überformt. Im Holozän lagerten Bäche Sedimente ab.

Auf den Felskuppen finden sich flach- bis mittelgründige, grusig-steinige bis sandige Substrate. Darauf entstanden podsolige Braunerden bis Braunerde-Podsole. Sie sind ebenso an den Kuppenflanken entwickelt, dort allerdings auf Substraten aus den fluvioglazialen Sanden, die teilweise von dünnen Flugsandschichten überlagert sind. Rings um die Teiche prägen Grund- und Stauwasser die Böden. Dabei handelt es sich um Gleye. Gley und Pseudogley gehen oft in Humusgley und stellenweise sogar in Niedermoorgley über. Der Faulschlamm am Teichgrund deutet auf den Übergang von Gyttja zum Sapropel hin.

Flora und Fauna

Als nährstoffreiches, eutrophes Gewässer weist der Frauenteich die typische Abfolge von Verlandungszonen auf. Die offene Wasserfläche ist mit dem Gewöhnlichen Wasserhahnenfuß (Ranunculus aquatilis) und dem Wasser-Knöterich (Persicaria amphibia) besiedelt. In Richtung Land folgen nacheinander Röhrichte mit Breit- und Schmalblättrigem Rohrkolben sowie Froschbiss (Hydrocharis morsus-ranae) und verschiedenen Linsenarten (Kleine Wasserlinse, Vielwurzelige Teichlinse), anschließend Groß- und dann Kleinseggenrieder und schließlich mit Knäuel-Binse und Gewöhnlichem Teufelsabbiss vergesellschaftete Pfeifengräser. Im Verlandungsbereich des Schösserteichs finden sich auch Asch-Weiden.

Die Wälder bestehen aus Forstgesellschaften und Birken-Eichenwald, die potenzielle natürliche Vegetation wäre ein Eichen-Rotbuchenwald. Im Grünland finden sich neben Intensivgrünland auch Glatthaferwiesen, Feuchtwiesen, Kriech- und Flutrasen. Im Naturschutzgebiet wachsen 293 Farn- und Samenpflanzenarten, zudem sind 47 Moose, 108 Pilze und 17 Flechten nachgewiesen. Zu den bemerkenswertesten Pflanzenarten zählen der in Deutschland gefährdete Straußblütige Gilbweiderich, die besonders geschützte Wasserfeder und der Wasserschierling. Massenvorkommen finden sich vom in Deutschland gefährdeten Verkannten Wasserschlauch. Im und am Schösserteich gibt es Bestände des seltenen Knöterich-Laichkrauts. Der in Deutschland sehr seltene Blasse Violett-Milchling gehört zu den Pilzarten im Naturschutzgebiet.

Mit mehr als 190 Vogelarten, davon etwa die Hälfte Brutvögel, gilt das Naturschutzgebiet als überregional bedeutsames Brut-, Nahrungs-, Rast- und Mausergebiet, u. a. für Wasserralle, Drosselrohrsänger, Kiebitz und hin und wieder auch die Rohrdommel. Die Brutkolonie der Lachmöwe ist 1996 erloschen. Daneben kommen alle vier einheimischen Taucherarten vor (Haubentaucher, Rothalstaucher, Schwarzhalstaucher, Zwergtaucher). Das in Sachsen sehr selten gewordene Rebhuhn, die Sperbergrasmücke und das Braunkehlchen haben ihre Reviere im Offenland, wogegen Greifvögel und Spechte in den Wäldern siedeln. Im Jahr 1957 waren an dem Gewässer noch 222 Arten von Vögeln kartiert worden. Auch 31 Säugetierarten, darunter Marder und Fledermäuse, haben ihre Vermehrungsstätte am Frauenteich.

Geschichte
Durch den gesamten Südteil des Naturschutzgebiets zieht sich etwa parallel zum Teichufer eine alte Natursteinmauer, an der viele Moose und Flechten siedeln. Diese einstige Umfriedung des Alten Tiergartens (vgl. Wildgehege Moritzburg) ist als Teil der Sachgesamtheit Kulturlandschaft Moritzburg denkmalgeschützt.

Eine wichtige Maßnahme zum Schutz der Natur war die Ausgliederung des Moritzburger Frauenteiches aus dem LSG und die Einstufung als Naturschutzgebiet (NSG), wodurch die Wahrnehmung von "menschlichen Interessen" in diesem Bereich weitgehend eingeschränkt wird. Der Bereich um den Frauenteich wurde von der EU als Europäisches Vogelschutzgebiet ausgewiesen und in das Natura-2000-Programm aufgenommen. Es ist auch als "Important Bird Area" eingestuft.

Siehe auch
 Liste der Naturschutzgebiete im Landkreis Meißen

Literatur
 Friedemann Klenke: Naturschutzgebiete in Sachsen. Staatsministerium für Umwelt und Landwirtschaft, Dresden 2008. S. 362–365.

Weblinks

 Rechtsverordnungen zum NSG

Naturschutzgebiet im Landkreis Meißen
Gewässer im Landkreis Meißen
Geographie (Moritzburg, Sachsen)
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Q: iText7: How to fix: One PdfTextFormField with two combs, SetValue No MaxLen Error I have a PDF file with acroforms that I am trying to fill out using iText7. I am getting an error when there are two Comb fields with the same FieldName when I try to use field.SetValue("1234"). Is this a bug or am I missing something?
    iText.Kernel.PdfException: 'No /MaxLen has been set even though the Comb flag has been set.'

Calling textField.GetMaxLen() shows the comb length set in Acrobat (10). Calling textField.SetMaxLen(10) before calling SetValue has no effect. Nor does SetMaxLen(10) with a RegenerateField() call after. Inspecting the pdfObject, I see the following:
    {<</DA /Helv 12 Tf 0 g /FT /Tx /Ff 29360128 /Kids [28 0 R 29 0 R ] /MaxLen 10 /T CombTestField >>}
So I see the /MaxLen 10 entry, but I still get the error above.
The two widgets are Ctrl-C/Ctrl-V copies of each other. Both are combs of 10 chars.
var pdf = new PdfDocument(new PdfReader(inFile), new PdfWriter(outFile));
var form = PdfAcroForm.GetAcroForm(pdf, false);

var field = form.GetField("CombTestField");

if (field is PdfTextFormField textField)
{
    var maxLen = textField.GetMaxLen();
    if (maxLen == 10)
    {
        textField.SetValue("1234");
    }
}

So I am getting the error with 2 comb widgets. I delete one of them and the problem goes away. I am working with a client's form, so cannot simply remove the second widget. Any fix or even workaround would be welcome.
EDIT: Here's the file in question. http://www.filedropper.com/combtest
EDIT2: iText  7.7.1.5

A: It's a known bug and it has just recently been fixed. A snapshot version including the fix is already available (7.1.6-SNAPSHOT). Although alternative workarounds should exist, I wouldn't recommend to consider them as a solution, because some other issues with forms processing have also been improved since 7.1.5. So please try out the snapshot :)

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package logging

import (
	"bytes"
	"fmt"
)

type LogLevel int

const (
	SILENT LogLevel = iota
	FATAL
	ERROR
	INFO
	DEBUG
)

func (l LogLevel) String() string {
	switch l {
	case FATAL:
		return "FATAL"
	case ERROR:
		return "ERROR"
	case INFO:
		return "INFO"
	case DEBUG:
		return "DEBUG"
	default:
		return "INVALID"
	}
}

func (l *LogLevel) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) {
	return []byte(fmt.Sprintf(`"%s"`, l.String())), nil
}

func (l *LogLevel) UnmarshalJSON(data []byte) error {
	data = bytes.Trim(data, `"`)
	strData := string(data)
	switch strData {
	case "FATAL":
		*l = FATAL
	case "ERROR":
		*l = ERROR
	case "INFO":
		*l = INFO
	case "DEBUG":
		*l = DEBUG
	default:
		return fmt.Errorf("Unknown LogLevel: %s", strData)
	}
	return nil
}

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