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RogueJedi86 said...
The real question is why is WPL changing and not EPL? The Lich King's absence should affect the Scourge in both, not just WPL. It can't be the presence of Stratholme, since the Scourge there would be dying off too.
And maybe with the timeline getting bumped forward, Scholomance will be empty and maybe become a less scourge-y evil school? Maybe the all of WPL except for Caer Darrow will go green. Caer Darrow's necromantic influence could keep it intact.
And what name would the new WPL have? It's in-between Lordaeron and Quel'thalas, so it could go either way.
techguy808 said...
Well... if you think about it, someone playing the game from scratch technically didn't get to the point where the Lich King was defeated. You still would have to do the Lich King related quests in Icecrown, most of which would not make sense story wise if he was already dead.
EPL is a 50s level zone... so I would assume they would want to keep a little scourge there for story purposes. Not to mention the DK area and opening storyline, which happens over there.
They could phase it after the Icecrown content, but there wouldn't be much to do there unless they opened up an upper level quest hub in the zone.
My theory would be that they're giving WPL an overhaul due to the similarity of those two zones, looks wise.
It's been noted that even though the WPL is the original source of the plague, it is the least affected compared to the EPL according to Wowwiki. There is also a quest given by a dying Tauren druid at one of the farms in the WPL which illustrates that the land to some extent is trying to resist the plague.
The Eastern Plaguelands are still bogged down by the Scourge because it was their main stronghold in the Eastern Kingdoms and because it was generally occupied by far more foul creatures. The Western Plaguelands, on the other hand, are also much closer to hostile (Forsaken) territory.
Oh, and WPL and EPL were both part of the Kingdom of Lordaeron before they were conquered by the Scourge. They were both generally referred to as just "Lordaeron", or sometimes "Eastern Lordaeron".
No concrete names have ever been given to the areas in or around WPL or EPL, though I've heard of the western farmlands of WPL being referred to as part of Tirisfal Glades, and the regions north of Darrowmere being called Darrowmere Forest.
That said, I would say it's unlikely that the region zone would be renamed to Darrowmere Forest, due to the abundance of zones with "forest" in their name that are already in the game.


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"Ever heard of the saying curiosity killed the cat?"
"Dinner's served." Dexter layed out the three plates filled with food for dinner. I had the autumn salad, and both Jona and Dexter had ribs, yet they didn't exactly look like pigs ribs or that of the sort. Of course, what did I know? I was a vegitarian, all meat looked the same to me: ill, and a horrific sight as I pictured a thousand cows, laying lifeless in the middle of their pasture. "Dig in."
"This is an amazing dinner, Dad." Jona approved between bites, as I politely ate my salad, not talking as much as I normally would during a family meal, though it pained me to even think of my last one with Dad. "These ribs are just so tender and delicious, where'd you get them?"
"Family secret, son." Dexter winked at his son, and they both laughed, and the gut-wrenching feeling that they were hiding something was back yet again, and I felt sick to my stomach.
"Excuse me, may I use your bathroom?" I ask. "I'm not feeling very well."
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"Yes, I do." I shift from my chair, walking toward the main entry hall. "I'll be back soon."
Once I was out of view, I quickly walked toward the door, revealing the stairs down to the unknown room. Curiosity getting the better of me, I creep down the stairs, to unveil the most horrific thing I have ever seen in my entire lifetime. Hung on the wall of the stoned room were pictures, all of males, with red X's over them. One of which being my father, that picture being from his wallet. I looked around the room, keeping out of sight, and I saw many bottles of toxins. Poisons, kerosenes, gasoline, all powerful liquids capable of burning evidence. I then saw a pile of at least twenty bodies, and two familiar faces adding to the pile.
"We'd better get paid for this.." I heard Jackson grunt as he threw another body on the pile. "It's doin' my back out."
"We will, the man promised us." Danny calmed him. "All in due time."
"Better be soon.." Jackson muttered, and I heard a chilling voice behind me.
"Ever heard of the saying curiosity killed the cat?" I slowly turned to face Dexter, a cheshire-cat grin spread over his face.
"D-Dexter!" I stutter, before running up the stone stairs and grabbing my jacket from the rack, before shouting a goodbye to Jona.
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"Okay, well see you at school tomorrow." I then shut the grand door, retreating down the pathway of Carlton Place, looking back to see Dexter's yellow eyes glowing with both anger and evilness.
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In an exciting life change I packed up one suitcase and one backpack and relocated myself to Basel, Switzerland, a city I had never heard of before until I was offered a job there. I hope my experiences here can be helpful to other travelers. I am getting to know (and love) my new city very well and I travel to other places within Switzerland on the weekends and holidays to also gain some knowledge and experience of the entire country. The more I travel around, the more information I can offer you.
For a small country it has a large reputation. It is famous for many things, including: banks, Alps, chocolate, watches, cheese, and neutrality. But there is a lot more to Switzerland (though the chocolate alone makes it worth a visit) so read on and enjoy planning your trip to Switzerland!
Fast facts
Switzerland is a small landlocked country in central Europe, filled with lakes, mountains and cows. It shares its borders with Germany, France, Italy, Austria, and Liechtenstein which makes it a great stopover on many European trips.
The Swiss Confederation, better known as Switzerland, is 41,277 sq km with a population of 7,604,467. It is divided into 26 cantons and has four national languages: German, French, Italian, and Romansch. English is widely spoken, and it is rare that a Swiss only speaks one language. So try a few out if you have the opportunity (and the vocabulary).
Bern is the capital city and is bilingual with both French and German as official languages. The population can fluctuate dramatically throughout the day because many people work in Switzerland but live in a neighbouring country. This may explain why there are more mobile phones in use here than there are people.
The official currency here is the Swiss Franc (CHF). The Euro is widely accepted throughout the country and most ATMs will allow you the option of withdrawing Euros.
Travel resources
They say the Swiss invented tourism and its easy to believe with all the information made accessible by the tourismus offices throughout the country. The best country-wide site I have found is MySwitzerland.com, which I have referenced throughout this starter kit. Each region and most of the cities have their own tourist boards in addition, but the information is nicely consolidated on myswitzerland.com. You will see links to the external tourist information sites as you browse through myswitzerland.com.
When it comes to cuisine, the Swiss are well-known for their cheese and they love it just as much as the rest of the world. There chocolate is also hard to beat. If you are here outside of the summer months you should find it relatively easy to enjoy a wonderful cheese fondue, and hopefully even chocolate! Also, another meal I really enjoy is raclette. Not just a cheese, it is one of the few Swiss specialties. For those who dont know about raclette, learn something here: Wikipedia: Raclette.
Another Swiss specialty is Rösti. This is a delicious potato dish that reminds me a bit of hash browns, but better. Often it is combined with cheese, though you can find a variety of Rösti dishes.
Thats really it for original cuisine that I have experienced. However, the resourceful Swiss have learned a lot from their neighbours! Excellent beers are readily available (if you are in Basel, try to local brews: Unser Bier and Ueli) and you will find great Italian, German and Austrian, and French dishes here, depending what areas you visit. Here in Basel there is a lot of opportunity to try the cuisine from nearby Alsace in France, which is delicious.
When to go
When to visit Switzerland depends entirely on what you want to experience when you are here. However, the climate is mild though it varies with altitude, so Switzerland is nice to visit year-round. You will find the ski hills and resorts very busy during the winter season, especially around holidays so plan ski trips ahead of time if you want to stay overnight on the mountain.
In the summer the country is still a gracious host, staying open when many neighbouring countries are shutting down restaurants and shops for vacation time. Some regions, like Ticino, are very popular in the summer months and you will have to book in advance if you want accommodation.
For outdoor activities (excluding winter activities), June to September offers the best weather and has the best availability. The winter sports season starts around mid-December and lasts as long as the snow does. Depending on where you are, that could be as late as April.
How to get here
There are three international airports: Zurich, Geneva, and Basel. Know that Switzerland is a very small country and for a Canadian like me everything is close! Basel is only 1 hour from Zurich and 3 from Geneva. From any one of these cities, the rest of the country is within a few hours reach. There are some parts that take time to get to because of the Alps cutting through your path, so if you are only visiting a particular region, check the train schedule to see which is the quickest airport as it might not be the one that is geographically the closest.
If you are traveling by train to Switzerland, the major hub in Italy is Milan. From France you can get to Basel and Geneva by TGV from most of the big cities (Strasbourg, Lyon, Paris) in a reasonable amount of time. From Germany, both Munich and Frankfurt are two of the main hubs to Switzerland.
How to get around
This country has by far the best transportation system I have ever experienced. Not only does the network of trains, buses, trams, boats and cable cars take you to virtually every place you can think of, they get you there on schedule. They are so punctual that people on the platform get restless when the train is two minutes late. The connections are amazingly well planned the majority of the time and you rarely have to do any walking between train and bus. So dont panic when your itinerary shows you only have 5 minutes between your arrival and your departure on a different platform, it is very possible to make these connections.
To plan any journey within Switzerland, just visit SBB. It is an excellent resource for planning routes and connections. They also have a wonderful section for daytrips and excursions that includes special offers on lots of great sights and attractions.
Switzerland has some excellent travel passes, some of which include local transportation (bus, tram, boat) on top of train journeys. The more popular mountain trains and cable cars are discounted with these passes, while the rest are included. These do not usually include ski lifts, but do include many of the boat trips available.
For more information on Swiss travel passes, check out this site: Swiss Travel System
If you want to rent a car in Switzerland, rent it in a neighbouring country! Rentals are expensive and so is parking, and the transportation system is so stress-free that I recommend you consider train travel instead. If you do go with a car you will be happy to know that the gas is cheaper here than in the neighbouring countries.
What to do
There are so many festivals, events, conferences, fairs, and activities available that I can really only scratch the surface. If there is something in particular you are looking for, please let me know and I will give you all the information I can find! But for starters
The great outdoors
Switzerland is very much an outdoor enthusiasts dream come to true. With these gorgeous mountains, lakes and valleys, the possibilities are endless. Bike trails are very well marked throughout the country and include color-coding and usually distances. Many bike paths are paved but mountain biking is also excellent here. An excellent resource for finding your perfect bike trip (be it a few hours or several days) is here: Veloland, or for mountain biking: Bikeland
It has an interactive route planner, tips on where to go, where to rent, and where to get service. Also, many of the SBB trains have a special compartment for travelers with bikes so you can get your bike from where you are to where you want to start without trouble.
Hiking trails are also marked similar to bike trails and are at least as numerous. If you checked out the website I recommended for biking, then this one will look awfully familiar: Wanderland. All the praise I gave the biking resource site I repeat for this one.
Water sports
There are tons of lakes in Switzerland and they are usually large and beautiful. The most well-known are probably Lucerne, Constance, and Geneva, but there are many more beautiful lakes waiting for you to discover them. Windsurfing is very popular here as is canoeing. Pick a lake and dive in!
Skiing / winter sports
For a list of the best places to ski, broken down by category, check this out: Best Ski Runs.
There are far too many ski hills to mention, and they all seem to be loved by locals and visitors alike. But here are a few to get you started: Andermatt, Zermatt, St. Moritz (arguably at present the most likely place to spot the rich and famous at play on the slopes), Davos, and Grindelwald.
Something a little more extreme
Interlaken is probably the best known place for adventure sport enthusiasts. Here you can do just about anything, including rafting, canyoning, ski diving, hang gliding, rock and indoor climbing, bungee-jumping, zorbing, etc. Outside of Interlaken there are a lot of other options for these activities, but this is the most well-known region where all the adventure sports are brought together in one place.
All the beauty, none of the work
If you just want to sit back and enjoy the natural beauty surrounding you without exerting any effort, try any one of these suggestions:
Train journey
There are several scenic and relaxing recommended train journeys in Switzerland.
Boat trips
Most of the big lakes offer boat cruises with meals, and you can even take journeys at certain points along the Rhine River. There are many more amazing boat experiences.
- Wilhelm Tell Express (Lucerne to Lugano)
Bus journey
Scenic lookouts
For an excellent view, try one of these cable car / gondola / cogwheel train trips to the top of the Alps:
- Jungfraujoch: possibly the most famous and decidedly the most expensive.
- Pilatus, Luzern
- Schilthorn: James Bond fans may find this one looks familiar.
- Zermatt: to stand on the Matterhorn, visit the Glacier Palace, or get a nice look at the famous mountain from Gornergrat.
Thermal baths and day spas are a nice treat after a day of adventure from the lists above. Rheinfelden has a wonderful spa with a variety of thermal baths, saunas, and massage rooms at Sole Uno.
Festivals and events
There are a huge number of festivals, fairs and exhibits throughout the country. The summer is jam-packed with events but they go on year round. This summer I felt like it was one long festival in Basel. Here I have listed a few of the highlights:
Fasnacht / Carnival
Fasnacht is the Swiss German version of Carnival and its celebration differs depending on which city you choose to celebrate in.
Basel (February 22 24, 2010)
This celebration starts at 4am on the Monday following Ash Wednesday and lasts for exactly three days, ending Thursday morning at 4am. The kickoff event is the Morgestraich includes all the cliques marching and playing their Gugge music. Throughout the festival there are concerts, floats, costumes, and lots of confetti. This differs from most Fasnacht celebrations in that the spectators are discouraged from being participants. Loud cheering and interrupting the cliques is considered very rude. There are lots of pre-carnival festivals in the surrounding towns leading up to the big event in Basel.
Lucerne (February 11 16, 2010)
This carnival celebration starts the Thursday before Ash Wednesday and ends the day before. Again, there is lots of singing, dancing, and Gugge music, and parades on Dirty Thursday and Fat Monday. The biggest parade is at the end on Fat Tuesday.
Solothurn (February 11 17, 2010)
Starting Maundy Thursday, the town of Solothurn is turned upside down and becomes Honolulu (since Hawaii is on the exact opposite side of the globe from them). The party ends on Ash Wednesday when a straw man is set on fire.
Zurich (February 19 21, 2010)
Geneva Winter Carnival (February 17 19, 2010)
Here there are three separate carnival celebrations all around Ash Wednesday.
Zurich, third Monday in April
This event welcomes spring by burning a giant snowman, Böögg, until he explodes. The faster he blows, the sooner spring will arrive. The festivities begin the day before when the children march through the streets in costumes with Böögg in tow.
Yodeling Festival
Bachläger Alp, Grindelwald, beginning of July
You cant get more Swiss than a yodeling festival! This is held outdoors on the first mountain and is postponed a week if there is too much rain.
Basel Tattoo
Basel (July 17 24, 2010)
The second largest in the world after Edinburgh, this event takes place in mid-July and is a huge deal. Tickets sell out well in advance so plan ahead if you want to see it. The city celebrates not just at the Tattoo but with food stands and beer tents going up everywhere. The Pipefest takes place on the first day of the Tattoo and is basically a bunch of bagpipers running amuck throughout the city and serenading you with their pipes.
Swiss National Day
Throughout Switzerland, August 1
The celebrations for this national event differ regionally but usually involve fireworks and bonfires, and children with paper lanterns at night.
Basel has a huge celebration on July 31 and August 1. Both involve fireworks and on the 31st the city centre is shut down to traffic and turned into a street festival with food, music, and tons of people. The fireworks go off after dark on two barges on the Rhine.
The Rhine Falls in Schaffhausen (Europes largest waterfall) are illuminated for this special occasion only. There are also fireworks at night.
Fetes De Genève
This is a huge event in Geneva that draws over 2 million visitors. The party is around the lake with free outdoor concerts, carnival rides, delicious fair food, and of course parades. Every evening ends with a fireworks display. The festival ends with a Techno Parade, each float a dance party on wheels.
]Autumn Fair
Basel (October 24 November 1, 2009)
An outdoor market to sell and enjoy the fall harvest.
Zibelemärit (Onion Market)
Bern, fourth Monday in November
The large square in front of the Parliament buildings is transformed into a huge market. Over 100 tons of stringed onions are on sale, as well as many other vegetables and nuts. Confetti fights break out and jesters appear in restaurants add to the festive atmosphere.
Christmas Markets
Many of the cities and towns have special events and markets around Christmastime.
Where to visit
As you have probably now realized, Switzerland is a huge country packed into a small area. This starter kit is already massive and I havent even mentioned the cities yet! Here is just a small list to get you started.
This is where I live and a place I absolutely love but I will try not to get carried away here. Basel is a small city of less than 300,000 people that spreads itself across the Rhine and nestles into the corner where Germany, France, and Switzerland meet. From the Münster in the Old Town you can get a nice view of the city and the river below. You can also go up to Bar Rouge at the top of the Messeturm (the highest building in Switzerland) to get a good view in the evening. Even the bathrooms let you enjoy the scene! There is good shopping throughout the city center, and a surprisingly excellent nightlife throughout the city. There are not really any dangerous areas but as a woman I prefer to avoid the train station in the wee hours at night, more because it is uncomfortably quiet than for any real safety concern.
There are almost 40 museums here and many of them are well-recognized and worth a visit, depending on your interests. There are also numerous events and festivals throughout the year that add to the atmosphere. There is also a good zoo and lots of great restaurants. The official language in this region is its own dialect of German, but High German, English, and French are frequently spoken too.
The capital of Switzerland is only 1 hour by train from Basel. It has a beautiful Old Town (a UNESCO heritage site) with a late-medieval cathedral, parliament buildings, fountains, and an interesting clock tower. It sits on the river Aare where you can take a dip in the summer. There are also bear pits and a fantastic Einstein museum.
In the region there are lots of ski hills and mountain trekking, biking, and cable cars.
Both a region and a city in the French-speaking part of Switzerland, Fribourg is very charming with lots to see and do. Besides the numerous old bridges, walls and buildings, the region also boasts a charming butterfly sanctuary (Papilorama: http://www.papiliorama.ch/). Also famous to the area is Gruyère, famous for its cheese. Personally I really enjoy visiting Gruyère. The cheese demonstration, cable car, castle, and H.R. Giger museum are all worth checking out and the town centre next to the castle is charming.
A very international city, Geneva is like nowhere else in Switzerland. While wandering the streets you will hear an incredible variety of languages and see incredible wealth. The city is really nice in the summer when the sun is sparking on the lake, the jet deau is squirting high above and the Old Town sits even higher, and you are sitting at an outdoor café looking over the lake. Here you can check out the UN, the Red Cross museum, take a lake cruise, wander the winding streets of old town, enjoy some wine in the nearby wine country, or explore the surrounding Lake Geneva area, full of its own charms, including its own wine train! Did I mention the wine?
An incredibly beautiful city, Lugano wraps itself around the edges of Lake Lugano in the Italian region of Ticino. The city is decorated with palm trees and flowers, everywhere from the parks to the lakeside promenade to the lively piazzas in the old town and city center. On either side of the city are high mountains, Monte Bre and San Salvatore. I would recommend San Salvatore to get a great view and lots of sun. Lugano also has great outdoor cafes and restaurants, an outdoor cinema, and Swiss Miniatur (http://www.swissminiatur.ch). I highly recommend a visit to Lugano and the entire Ticino region.
If you love castles you will love Bellinzona. It is also in Ticino and has tropical feeling with the lush mountains and exotic flora. There are three castles that make up a UNESCO World Heritage site, and the largest of the three, Castelgrande, is well worth a visit.
Lucerne (Luzern)
Also one of my favourite cities in Switzerland, Lucerne will take your breath away when you step out of the train station into the bright sunshine and see the pristine lake in front of you surrounded by palaces and churches, and further back the pale blue mountains with white peaks. Then you take a closer look and see the pretty pedestrian bridges spanning the river between baroque churches and charming sidewalk restaurants. Wander around the city and walk up to the city wall where you can see over the lake and get a better look at the city and mountains. Many of the train journeys (mountain and otherwise) I mentioned earlier start here, as do some good boat cruises.
St Gallen
Home to a beautiful baroque abbey (another UNESCO World Heritage Site) including an impressive medieval library. This city also has a charming old town next to the abbey so it is great for wandering and sightseeing.
Probably the best place in Switzerland for shopping (if you can afford it); there are also some great historic buildings like churches and palaces and of course another nice lake to enjoy. Said to have the highest quality of life in the world, it is a lively city with a great blend of new and old.
Why go
As I have hopefully demonstrated, there is a lot to see and do in Switzerland. It is a country for any kind of traveler; it offers natural beauty, adventure, relaxation, and fun. There are many medieval buildings, historic monuments, castles, cathedrals, lakes, and mountains and I can only give you a small taste of what you will experience on your journey here. I hope you find it every bit as enjoyable as I do.


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Isabelle seeks write-in voteApril 17,2014
With the recent resignation on the Barre Town Select Board, there is a one-year term to be filled in the May 13 town meeting via write-in vote. I am pleased to announce I intend to seek the seat and hope that Barre Town voters will write my name in.
I am a lifelong Barre Town resident and Spaulding High School, St. Michael's College and Vermont Law School graduate. I am proud to continue to call Barre Town home. I have served on the Recreation Board, as justice of the peace, and most recently served on the Budget Committee. We are fortunate in Barre Town to have some of the lowest tax rates in the county, but we also offer some of the best schools and municipal services as well. It is not easy to maintain this balance, and I hope to be a part of that discussion as a member of the Select Board.
Our community has a bright future. We will soon see an expansion of the bike path and more activities and interest in the newly created town forest. The businesses in Wilson Industrial Park offer the community good jobs and we will continue to see the park thrive. As we progress, Barre Town will remain a destination for families to live and business to grow.
I hope Barre Town voters will write-in my name on May 13 for the one year Select Board term. I look forward to working with you.
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Just ignore it
Mark 10:46–52
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"Ignore it, and it will go away." This often seems to be a way of life for me. I'm not proud of this, but I'm not going to lie, either.
On a recent afternoon, I skimmed from page to page in the newspaper, glancing at headlines about environmental deregulation, an increase in the state murder rate, schools that aren't educating their students, massacres in Syria and other grim realities. My reaction? I'm embarrassed to confess: "Not my problem, not my problem, not my problem, and not my problem." Then I turned to the sports section.
In the little corner of the world where I live, I have plenty of daily opportunities to ignore injustice, suffering and sin in hopes that, eventually, it will go away. I'm sad to say that a lot of times, that's exactly what I do. I pay attention to what, based on my limited grasp of the world, I consider to be important. It's a very me-centric list of priorities.
That's why, when I read these verses from Mark, I identify with the folks who tell poor, blind Bartimaeus to hush and quit bothering Jesus. After all, there is a big crowd gathered around Jesus, all of them eager to hear what he has to say, hoping to learn something new about God, maybe the latest parable. Moreover, I'll bet there are dozens of beggars sitting beside the road between Jericho and Jerusalem, all of them making noise in hopes of attracting attention from the passers-by, if not some spare change.
In order to hear Jesus, I can't be distracted by all this endless streetside static. If I ignore Bartimaeus, maybe he'll go away. If I can't ignore him, perhaps I can at least get him to pipe down so I don't miss something important that Jesus might say as we walk together down the road.
Thank goodness Jesus doesn't take his cues from me. What I choose to ignore, he chooses to hear. What I choose to avoid, he chooses to embrace. What I choose to neglect, he chooses to heal.
When I read the Gospels, these are the terrible moments of grace when I realize why I so desperately need a savior.


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A number of perovskite oxides, typically, heavily doped SrTiO₃ samples, were synthesized and characterized with a view to establishing their potential as anode materials for solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs). The structure, microstructure, electrical conductivity, reduction-oxidation behavior, phase stability, compatibility with electrolytes, and performance in SOFC operation were assessed.
Ceramic samples were prepared with the formula (Sr₁ᵪRᵪ)(Ti₁_yTy)O₃ (R = rare earth elements, T = transition metals) and with charge balance achieved by A-site deficiency. Electrical conductivities were examined by the do four-probe method and impedance spectroscopy. It was found that yttrium is soluble in SrTiO₃ (SYT) up to 8 mol% and has marked effects on conductivity. Electrical conductivities were observed to increase with increasing donor-doping level, on reduction in low oxygen partial pressures. Electrical conductivity with values as high as 82 S/cm was achieved at 800°C and P(O₂) = 10ˉ¹⁹ atm. Electrical conductivities were reversible upon reduction and oxidation. The thermal expansion coefficient is compatible with electrolyte materials such as yttria-stabilized ZrO₂ and doped LaGaO₃. Cobalt-doped SYT, which showed a relatively high resistance to oxidation, was tested as the anode material in a fuel cell. Yttrium-doped SrTiO₃ meets the requirements for the anode in SOFCs to a substantial degree, and is a promising alternative anode material.
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By Delivrine Registre - bio | email ALBANY, GA (WALB) - There is more bad news for Georgia drivers and homeowners during this recession. Insurance rates are on the rise.
The Georgia Department of Insurance says four of the largest insurance companies operating in the state are raising their home insurance rates by five to 11 percent this year.
Auto insurance rates are also rising, but not as sharply. The average rate hike for auto insurance is 2.4-percent.
The hike comes after those companies suffered losses from spring storms and Wall Street.
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Organisers of the shearing championships at the Tauranga A&P; Show over the weekend had always planned to make a presentation in recognition of a quarter century of support by Golden Shears regular Digger Balme of Te Kuiti - but never thought it would include the winning cheque.
That's the way it was, however, after Balme's surprise win in the show's 15-lamb pen final over his driver for the day, Mr Golden Shears himself, David Fagan, who won his 17th New Zealand lambshearing title in Raglan a fortnight ago.
It was a rare moment for 48-year-old Balme to pip 51-year-old Fagan on time and quality as the pair beat young hopes Mark Grainger, of Te Kuiti, and Hastings-based Northlander Doug Smith, the Invitation team members who had earlier beaten Welshmen Gareth Lloyd Evans and Richard Jones in the show's feature international teams event.
Balme shore the 15 lambs in 12min 16.1s, beating Fagan by 3s, and had the better board judging and pen quality points, ultimately winning by 1.7 points to claim a winning cheque of $700, in addition to the bottle of wine presented by Shearing Sports New Zealand life member and competition organiser Hugh McCarroll, of Tauranga.
The lower grade finals provided a clean sweep for the Guy family, from Kaeo, Northland. Bryce Guy won the senior final, Charlie Guy the intermediate final, and Marshall Guy the junior final, while elder brother Bevan had to withdraw from the open semifinals because of injury.
The Tauranga event was one of two shearing competitions in the North Island on Saturday, with 2010 Golden Shears and world champion Cam Ferguson, of Waipawa, scoring an important win in the open event at the Wairoa A&P; Show.
With Dannevirke shearers Adam Brausch and Ringa Paewai, he will tackle a world three-stand eight-hours lambshearing record next week. Brausch also had success at the weekend, winning the Tauranga Open Plate.
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A 911 call placed just moments after the kidnapping of a 4-month-old girl from a home in Holly Hill reveals the frantic moments of a family trying to piece together what just happened after a group of seven armed men entered the home on Catamount Road.
The 911 caller, who did not reveal her name to the operator, hectically tries to explain the situation.
"They left the residence," said the woman. "They came in the house, they told all of us to lay down on the floor. They had guns and they took the baby!"
The 911 operator then takes several moments to try and calm the woman down, but she is still audibly shaken by the incident.
"They took the baby, ma'am! They took the baby," shouted the caller.
Orangeburg County Sheriff Leroy Ravenell said the seven suspects pushed their way inside the residence shortly before 4
p.m. and forced three adults and six juveniles to the floor.
From there, one of the men grabbed the infant and the group fled the scene in a green Ford Explorer and a red Chevy Impala.
Sheriff's investigators were minutes away from sending out an AMBER Alert for the child when word came she was safely found just over the county line in Berkeley County.
In a Wednesday afternoon statement, Ravenell stopped short of saying the motive behind the kidnapping, but said it was not a random act of violence.
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Barakzai dynasty
|Barakzai dynasty
|Emir, King
|Dost Mohammad Khan
|Final ruler
|Mohammad Zahir Shah
|Current head
|Ahmed Shah Khan
|Total population
|several millions
|Regions with significant populations
|Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan
|Pashto, Dari Persian,
|Predominantly Sunni Islam, others
|Related ethnic groups
|other Pashtun tribes, other Iranian peoples
The two branches of the Barakzai dynasty (Translation of Barakzai: sons of Barak) ruled modern day Afghanistan from 1826 to 1973 when the monarchy finally ended under Mohammad Zahir Shah. The Barakzai dynasty was established by Dost Mohammad Khan after the Durrani dynasty of Ahmad Shah Durrani was removed from power. During this era, Afghanistan saw much of its territory lost to the British in the south and east, Persia in the west, and Russia in the north. There were also many conflicts within Afghanistan, including the three major Anglo-Afghan Wars and the 1929 civil war.
- 1 History and background
- 2 Afghana
- 3 Current Khan of Barakzai tribe
- 4 Barakzai Tribe in District Swabi of Pakistan
- 5 Mohammadzai
- 6 The Emirate of Western Baluchistan
- 7 Nawabs of Kurwai and Basoda
- 8 Languages
- 9 See also
- 10 References
- 11 External links
History and background[edit]
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The Pushtuns People Are son of binyamine Brother of Yousaf Nabi
The Barakzai dynasty was the line of rulers in Afghanistan in the 19th and 20th centuries. Following the fall of the Durrani Empire in 1826, chaos reigned in the domains of Ahmed Shah Durrani's Afghan Empire as various sons of Timur Shah struggled for supremacy. The Afghan Empire ceased to exist as a single nation state, disintegrating for a brief time into a fragmented collection of small units. Dost Mohammad Khan gained preeminence in 1826 and founded the Barakzai dynasty in about 1837. Thereafter, his descendants ruled in direct succession until 1929, when King Amanullah Khan abdicated and his cousin Mohammed Nadir Shah was elected king. The most prominent & powerful sub-clan of the Barakzai Pashtun tribe is the Mohamedzai clan, of which the 1826-1973 Afghanistan ruling dynasty comes from.[1]
According to Hyat Khan's history of Afghanistan, from their progenitor Bor Tareen, otherwise known as Abdal, are descended two main divisions: the Zirak and the Panjpai. The term Abdal, however, gradually superseded Bor Tareen and came into special prominence when Ahmad Shah Abdali, commonly known as Durrani, began his career of conquest. The Achakzi were once a branch of the large Barakzai tribe, but Ahmad Shah Durrani was worried over this large tribe as potential competition for control of Kabul's throne and split the tribe into two separate components and since then the Achakzi have remained distinct and are a separate tribe today. Their original homeland was Maruf District, Kandahar Province.[2][3] [4]
Barakzai are also thought to be one of the Lost tribes of Israel and are sometimes associated with the Tribe of Benjamin (Hebrew: בִּנְיָמִין, Modern Binyamin Tiberian Binyāmîn).[5][6][7][8][9] It's said that Barakzai are the descendants of "Afghana" (born ~ 1000 BC) the grandson of King Saul of the Tribe of Benjamin is considered in Afghan folklore a tribal chief or prince of Bani Israel[10] (Israelite) origin and a progenitor of modern-day Pashtuns (ethnic Afghans),[11][12][13][14][15] the largest ethnic group in Afghanistan and second largest in Pakistan. The ethnonym "Afghan" is believed to derive from his name.[11][12][13][14][15]
Durrani tribe are their closest counters and then next closest to Yusuf Zi (Sons of Joseph) since Yūsuf was Binyāmîn's full brother, and Ephriti (Tribe of Ephraim) & Khattak (Tribe of Menashe) as their last closest in terms of the Lost Tribes of Israel and also in relations because Ephraim & Menashe were the sons of Yūsuf, which makes Ephraim & Menashe the nephew of Binyāmîn, who was the youngest son of Yaʿqūb with Raḥel.[16][17][18][19] [20] Even the name Barakzi and its most prominent & powerful sub tribe of Mohammadzi can be compared with the name of Ashkenazi, who are the Jews descended from the medieval Jewish communities along the Rhine in Germany from Alsace in the south to the Rhineland in the north. The term suffix - zi, the plural of Pashto zay, stands for "descendant", and in Avestan it is similar with zoi, "offspring", which is related to the English word "son".[21] However, research towards validating such claims has been inconclusive.[22][23][24]
The legend describes Afghana as the grandson of King Saul (Talut). Afghana was the son of Irmia (Jeremia), and Jeremia in turn was the son of King Talut. This name is mentioned in the form of Abgan in the 3rd century CE by the Sassanians [25] and as Avagana in the 6th century CE by Indian astronomer Varahamihira.[26]
It is mentioned that Afghana was orphaned at a young age, and brought up by King David. When Solomon became the king, Afghana was made commander-in-chief of the army. Afghana is also credited with the building of the first temple (also known as Bait ul-Mukaddas or the Temple of Jerusalem):[27][28][29]
According to Tadhkirat al-Muluk, Afghana migrated to the place known as Takht-i-Sulaiman and generations later Qais Abdur Rashid a descendant of Afghana embraced Islam.[30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38] Qais Abdur Rashid's pedigree ascended in a series of thirty-seven degrees to King Talut (Saul) through Afghana.[39][40][41] The genealogy of the Royal Family of Afghanistan and the country's Mohammadzai Emirs & Kings who ruled it are Afghana's descendants and they strictly maintain the ethics and ways of the Pashtunwali.[42][43][44]
Current Khan of Barakzai tribe[edit]
Currently, Gul Agha Sherzai is the Khan of barakzai Tribe. He is Senior Advisor to the President of Afghanistan and also Governor of Nangarhar Province.
Barakzai Tribe in District Swabi of Pakistan[edit]
A family of Barakzai Tribe is residing in village Tordher of District Swabi of Khyber PukhtoonKhwa.
Mohammadzai are the most prominent & powerful sub-tribe of Barakzai, they belong to the branch of the Durrani confederacy, and are primarily centered around Kandahar. They can also be found in other provinces throughout Afghanistan as well across the border in the Pakistan's Balochistan Province.
Musahiban also known as Sultan Muhammed Khel or the Yahya Khel. Descendants of Sultan Muhammed Khan, ruler of Peshawar, brother of Dost Muhammad Khan. Mohammadzai Barakzai are closely related to Amanullah Khan. The family of Nadir and Zahir Shah.
Payendah Khel are descendants of Payendah Khan, head of the Mohammadzai branch of the Barakzai tribe during the reigns of Timur and Zaman Shah, who became rulers with the decline of the Sadozai dynasty.
The Tarzi family is a branch of the Mohammadzai of Afghanistan. Although a smaller branch of the Barakzai ruling dynasty, the Tarzi family has produced some of the most famous and affluent members. The founder of Tarzi family was Ghulam Muhammad Tarzi.
List of Barakzai rulers[edit]
- Dost Mohammad Khan (1826 — August 1839)
- Sardar Rahmdil Khan - Ruler of Kandahar & Baluchistan
- Sardar Payinda Khan - Ruler of Kandahar & Baluchistan
- Akbar Khan (December 1842 — 1845)
- Dost Mohammad Khan (1845 — June 9, 1863)
- Sher Ali Khan (June 12, 1863 — May 5, 1866
- Mohammad Afzal Khan (May 5, 1866 — October 7, 1867)
- Mohammad Azam Khan (October 7, 1867 - February 21, 1868)
- Sher Ali Khan (February 21, 1868 — February 21, 1879)
- Mohammad Yaqub Khan (February 21, 1879 — October 28, 1879)
- Abdur Rahman Khan (August 11, 1880 — October 3, 1901)
- Habibullah Khan (October 3, 1901 — February 20, 1919)
- Amanullah Khan (February 28, 1919 — January 14, 1929)
- Queen Soraya Tarzi (w. of King Amanullah Khan) (November 29, 1899 - April 20, 1968)
- Sardar Ghulam Muhammad Tarzi - Poet, Ruler of Kandahar & Baluchistan.
- Inayatullah Khan (January 14, 1929 — January 17, 1929)
- Mohammed Nadir Shah (October 17, 1929 — November 8, 1933)
- Mohammed Zahir Shah (November 8, 1933 — July 17, 1973)
Heads of the House of Barakzai since 1973[edit]
- King Mohammed Zahir Shah (July 17, 1973 — July 23, 2007)
- Crown Prince Ahmad Shah Khan (July 23, 2007 — Present)
The Emirate of Western Baluchistan[edit]
- Bahram Khan Barkzai (Baranzahi) (1903—1919)
- Mir Dost Mohmmad Khan Baranzahi (Barakzai) (1919—1928)
Nawabs of Kurwai and Basoda[edit]
Barakzai Feroze Khel
- Muhammad Dalayer Khan (founder — 1730)
- Muhammad Izzat Khan
- Hurmat Khan
- Muhammad Akbar Khan
- Muhammad Muzaffar Khan
- Muhammad Najaf Khan
- Munawar Ali Khan
- Sarwar Ali Khan
- Shahed Ali Khan
- Zafar Ali Khan
- Niaz Ali Khan Bahadur
- Ahsanullah Khan d.1786
- Bakaullah Khan
- Asad Ali Khan
- Omar alikhan
- Haider Ali Khan (became Nawab in 1897)
- Ayub alikhan
- Masood alikhan ( last Nawab in 1947)
The principal language of Barakzai is Pashto. Formerly, Persian was used as the language for records and correspondence; until the late nineteenth century tombstones were also inscribed in Persian. The language of the Barakzai tribes in Pishin, Quetta, Gulistan and Dukki (Distt. Loralai) is just like the language spoken in Kandahar. Those who have settled away from Pishin speak local languages (Pushto), such as Multani or Saraiki in Multan, Hindko in Hazara, Urdu in Bhopal and Sindhi in Sindh. Barakzai, a dialect of Pashto, is the language spoken by Harnai Barakzai.[45][46][47]
See also[edit]
- Barakzai
- Mohammadzai
- Theory of Pashtun descent from Israelites
- Pashtunistan
- Pakthas
- European influence in Afghanistan
- Anglo-Afghan War
- Loya jirga — "grand jirga", a large congress called to discuss a particularly important event
- Meshrano Jirga — "elders' jirga", the upper house of the Afghan legislature[48][49][50]
- ^ "Afghanistan". CIA. The World Factbook. Retrieved 2010-08-25.
- ^ http://books.themajlis.net/book/print/538 Shariat and Tasawwuf
- ^ http://www.islamicrepublicofafghanistan.com/the-legendary-qais-abdur-rashid/ The Legendary Qais Abdur Rashid
- ^ http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jan/17/israel-lost-tribes-pashtun Pashtun clue to lost tribes of Israel: Genetic study sets out to uncover if there is a 2,700-year-old link to Afghanistan and Pakistan
- ^ http://www.kulanu.org/pathan/israeliteorigins.html Pashtun Bani Israelite Origins
- ^ http://www.dangoor.com/74069.html Hebrew Pashtun Article 1
- ^ http://www.dangoor.com/74039.html Hebrew Pashtun Article 2
- ^ Alden Oreck, The Virtual Jewish History Tour: Afghanistan from Jewish Virtual Library
- ^ Video on YouTube
- ^ http://wn.com/Bani-Israel
- ^ a b Socio-economic Behaviour of Pukhtun Tribe By Dipali Saha, Dipali Saha - 2006 - 282 pages - Page 124.
- ^ a b India and the Afghans: a study of a neglected region, 1370-1576 A.D., Amrendra Kumar Thakur, Janaki Prakashan, 1992 - 231 pages, Covers the history of Bihar during the Afghan rule in India. Page 2 & 9.
- ^ a b Journal of the Research Society of Pakistan, Volume 22, Research Society of Pakistan, 1985 - Page 4.
- ^ a b Pukhtun economy and society: traditional structure and economic development in a tribal society, Akbar S. Ahmed, Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1980 - 406 pages - Page 128 & 129.
- ^ a b Niamatullah's history of the Afghans , Volume 1, Niʻmat Allāh, Nirod Bhusan Roy, Santiniketan Press, 1958 - Page 5 & 9.
- ^ Amir Mizroch (2010-01-09). "Are Taliban descendants of Israelites?". The Jerusalem Post.
- ^ "Israelites fund scholarship to study DNA link to Taliban"
- ^ Sachin Parashar (2010-01-11). "Lucknow Pathans have Jewish roots?". Times of India.
- ^ Rory McCarthy (2010-01-17). "Pashtun clue to lost tribes of Israel". The Observer.
- ^ http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/vjw/Afghanistan.html
- ^ http://www.nps.edu/Programs/CCs/FamilyTrees.html
- ^ Amir Mizroch (2010-01-09). "Are Taliban descendants of Israelites?". The Jerusalem Post.
- ^ Sachin Parashar (2010-01-11). "Lucknow Pathans have Jewish roots?". Times of India.
- ^ Rory McCarthy (2010-01-17). "Pashtun clue to lost tribes of Israel". The Observer.
- ^ name="Britannica-Abgan">"History of Afghanistan". Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Retrieved November 22, 2010.
- ^ name="Afghan">Ch. M. Kieffer (December 15, 1983). "Afghan". Encyclopædia Iranica (Encyclopædia Iranica Online ed.). Columbia University.
- ^ Pathan tribal patterns: an interim study of authoritarian family process and structure, Ruth Einsidler Newman, Foreign Studies Institute, 1965 - 111 pages.
- ^ Among the wild tribes of the Afghan frontier, Theodore Leighton Pennell, Oxford University Press, 1975 - 323 pages - page 31.
- ^ Encyclopedia of Religion and Ethics. Edited by James Hastings, Volume 1, James Hastings, John Alexander Selbie - 2001 - 343 pages - Page 159.
- ^ The people of India, Sir Herbert Hope Risley, William Crooke, Oriental Books Reprint Corp.; exclusively distributed by Munshiram Manoharlal, 1969 - 472 pages - Page 64.
- ^ Balochistan: land, history, people, Ihsan H. Nadiem, Sang-e-Meel Publications, 2007 - Balochistān (Pakistan) - 160 pages - Page 16.
- ^ Pakistan pictorial, Pakistan Publications, 2003.
- ^ Frontier and Overseas Expeditions from India: Baluchistan and the first Afghan war, India. Army. Intelligence Branch, Nisa Traders : sole distributors, Gosha-e-Adab, 1979 - Page 19.
- ^ Balochistan Through the Ages: Tribes, Baluchistan (Pakistan), Nisa Traders : sole distributors Gosha-e-Adab, 1979 - Page 104.
- ^ Imperial gazetteer of India , Volume 5, Sir William Wilson Hunter, Great Britain. India Office, Clarendon Press, 1908.
- ^ The guardians of the frontier: the Frontier Corps, N.W.F.P., Mohammad Nawaz Khan, Frontier Corps, North West Frontier Province, 1994 - 498 pages.
- ^ Balochistan: land, history, people, Ihsan H. Nadiem, Sang-e-Meel Publications, 2007 - - 160 pages, Page 16.
- ^ Pakistan pictorial, Publisher: Pakistan Publications, 2003.
- ^ Niamatullah's history of the Afghans , Volume 1, Niʻmat Allāh, Nirod Bhusan Roy, Santiniketan Press, 1958.
- ^ Census of India, 1901 , Volume 18, Part 1, India. Census Commissioner, Edward Albert Gait, Office of the Superintendent of Government Printing, India, 1902 - Page 88.
- ^ Settling the frontier: land, law and society in the Peshawar valley, 1500-1900, Robert Nichols, Robert Nichols (PhD.), Oxford University Press, 2001 - 321 pages.
- ^ Journal of the Pakistan Historical Society , Volume 39, Pakistan Historical Society, Pakistan Historical Society, 1991.
- ^ Tadhkirat al-Muluk: A Manual of Safavid Administration, Translated by V. Minorsky, Publisher: Gibb Memorial Trust; 2nd edition (December 1, 1980) Language: English, ISBN 978-0906094129, Paperback: 360 pages.
- ^ Meaning and Practice, Afghanistan Country Study: Religion, Illinois Institute of Technology (retrieved 18 January 2007).
- ^ Pakistan and the emergence of Islamic militancy in Afghanistan By Rizwan Hussain Page 16
- ^ page 64 India and Central Asia By J. N. Roy, J.N. Roy And B.B. Kumar, Astha Bharati (Organization)
- ^ Study of the Pathan Communities in Four States of India, Khyber.org (retrieved 30 January 2008)
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While roaming around Paris' Beaux-Arts, backstage at Lanvin's Spring show, we came face-to-face with one Kristen McMenamy. The nineties supe who made brow-bleaching famous long before Pat McGrath brought it back again three years ago was doing a solid for her friend Alber Elbaz, taking to the runway for the first time in a while. Conversation promptly turned to her show-stopping mane of silver-blond strands, as these things often do, at which point she revealed that she trusts none other than Josh Wood with her hair dye—which would explain why she was front and center at the official launch party for the London color whiz's new atelier at Liberty last night. Sporting a middle part and slightly visible roots, McMenamy embellished her locks with a gilded, Grecian headband, her second moment of, er, crowning glory this month. Thoughts on Woods' highlighting job and McMenamy's haute hair accessory?
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"i swear, as a tank, i've really grown to distrust people who play DPS characters. most have never heard of "threat" or even use omen. instead, they sit back, spam their two attack keys and assume that if they're killed, it's the fault of the tank or the healer."
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DC COMIC #13: More Fun #9
DATE: March/April 1936
PUBLISHER: More Fun, Inc.
CONTENTS: Cover by Vin Sullivan; "Hello Again!" (text article) by Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson; "Sandra Of The Secret Service" by W.C. Brigham; "Along The Main Line" by Tom Cooper; "Spike Spalding" by Vin Sullivan; "In The Wake Of The Wander" (Captain Grim story) by Tom Cooper; "Bobby And Scotty" by Harry Lewis; "Woozy Watts" by Russell Cole; "Barry O'Neill And Fang Gow Of China" by Leo O'Mealia; "Don Drake On The Planet Saro" by Ken Fitch and Clem Gretter; "Henri Duval", written by Jerry Siegel, drawn by Joe Shuster; "Fun Mail" (text article), illustrated by Ken Bald; "Jack Woods", written by Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson, drawn by W.C. Brigham; "Slim Pickins" by Stan Randall; "Treasure Island", written by Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson, drawn by Sven Elven; "Pelion And Ossa" by Al Stahl; "Buckskin Jim" by Tom Cooper; "Treasure Hunt Contest" (text article); "Talk About Talkies" (text article) by Mary Partrick; "Acorn Antics" by Creig Flessel; "King High" (text story) by Vin Sullivan; "Write A Letter And Win $5.00" (text article); "Bob Merritt And His Flying Pals", written by Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson, drawn by Leo O'Mealia; "The Professor" by E.F. Koscik; "Wing Brady" by Henry Kiefer; "Brad Hardy" by A. Leslie Ross; "Books Books" (text article) by Edith Brittin; "Chubby" by Harold Sherman; "Little Linda" by Whitney Ellsworth; "Magic Crystal Of History" by Harlan David Haskins; "Midshipman Dewey" by Tom Cooper; "Hubert", written by J. Muselli, drawn by Bill Patrick; "Rusty" by Harold Sherman; "2023 Super-Police", written by Ken Fitch, drawn by Clem Gretter; "Doctor Occult", written by Jerry Siegel, drawn by Joe Shuster. Editor: Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson. Associate editor: Vin Sullivan. Associate editor: Whitney Ellsworth.
CANON: Partial canon (Dr. Occult story).
SERIES NOTES: Lots of changes, the biggest of which is format: with this issue, More Fun finally switches to what is now the standard comic book size. With Bill Cook and John Mahon gone, Vin Sullivan and Whitney Ellsworth have been promoted to associate editors. The publisher's official name is now More Fun Inc. instead of More Fun Magazine Inc. And More Fun will switch to something resembling a bimonthly schedule for a bit.
CREATOR NOTES: Lots of new artists, all of whom are making their comic book debuts. A. Leslie Ross takes over as the regular artist for Brad Hardy, and Harlan David Haskins takes over Magic Crystal Of History. Creig Flessel, who will have a long Golden Age career, contributes an illustration and will become a series regular. Russell Cole debuts Woozy Watts, a new recurring feature. Harry Lewis contributes Bobby And Scotty, which will appear again in about a year. Harold Sherman contributes Rusty and Chubby, the latter of which will return next issue. As for departures: The Professor ends, and E.F. Koscik has a few more scattered comic credits, mostly for Centaur. Henry Kiefer will leave Wing Brady, but will stay in More Fun with a new feature. Ivanhoe and Rambler Jim both take the issue off.
Sandra Of The Secret Service: Sandra is forced to impersonate a missing princess. I'm not sure why.
Along The Main Line: A good guy is forced at gunpoint by a bad guy to send some letter that will wreck a train.
Spike Spalding: Spike makes his friend Pincus spy on some bad guys to figure out where their boat is going. Every one of these early comics is really bad about catching the reader up on where the story is left off. I feel like I'd have to read a collected edition to have the slightest clue what's going on.
In The Wake Of The Wander: Captain Grim watches natives on an island capture and kill a guy. Still no clue what's going on in anything.
Bobby And Scotty: Standard hijinks, but I really like Harry Lewis's art! He reminds me of something— can't put my finger on it. Something about how the heads seem too big.
Woozy Watts: A bumbling oaf character who tries to promote a restaurant but runs afoul of the cops. (Due to a misprint, Bobby And Scotty and Woozy Watts both run their second pages early in the issue and their first pages later in the issue.)
Barry O'Neill And Fang Gow Of China: Barry, now sharing top billing with Fang Gow, tries to escape a boat.
Don Drake On The Planet Saro: Don fights weird alien creatures on a boat. Everybody's on boats.
Henri Duval: I don't know, Henri escapes from bad guys. No boats, just horses.
Here's trivia: the "Fun Mail" page, which quotes and replies to fan mail, has a reader illustration from 14-year-old fan Ken Bald. In only about six or seven years, Bald would be a professional comic book artist, working regularly for Timely. This is his first published illustration.
Jack Woods: Jack tries to save a woman from bandits.
Slim Pickins: Slim spends two pages trying to get away from a giant ape that says "oogy foogy" and "icky blick".
Treasure Island: More boat stuff. You live in a comic book in 1936, they just give you a boat.
Pelion And Ossa: The pair hitches a sled to the back of a car, and a cop stops them, but the cop accidentally rides the sled and gets in trouble, and Pelion and Ossa are like "yo fuck that guy".
Buckskin Jim: Jim fights a lion and hitches a ride on a boat.
Bob Merritt And His Flying Pals: Most of this is spent showing a message travels. Complete filler. Also Prospector Jake escapes.
The Professor: The Professor heads to Africa on another boat, which has scoundrels hidden on board. The story is not continued next issue, the Professor never appears again, and I guess the scoundrels won.
Wing Brady: Wing rescues people in the desert. Henry Kiefer's art sucks.
Brad Hardy: Brad gets attacked by an ape god, apparently.
Chubby: A fat kid enrages a grumpy old man.
Little Linda: Linda gets kidnapped by gangsters. Made me want to read Little Orphan Annie to check out the good version of this.
Magic Crystal Of History: Illustrated history with captions, but the captions are run-on sentences that carry over from one panel to the next. A caption will just cut off mid-sentence. I've never seen anything else like it. Harlan David Haskins might have been the first person in history to completely fuck up the comic book medium.
Midshipman Dewey: A boat. It's been captured by pirates. Dewey escapes.
Hubert: Hubert, a clueless old man in a fancy hat and suit, puts a bunch of magnets in his pocket and gets his ass stuck to a construction site.
Rusty: Some guy crashes a car and then another guy teaches him a lesson about how you don't need working brakes in a car to stop it because animals can stop just fine without brakes.
2023 Super-Police: A couple of guys escape from a cave or something. I don't know what's going on.
Doctor Occult: Doctor Occult and the Amsters escape from the Vampire Master before he burns to death, ending Doctor Occult's first serialized story and the DC Universe's first supervillain.


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Bluetooth stole my wife's phone call
Summary: With Bluetooth on, can a device be compromised these days without pairing?
I've been a fan and user of Bluetooth since before it was relegated to just being for wireless headsets. One of the things I have loved about it is that once it's paired, all you need to get it to work is to have both the headset and the phone turned on and have bluetooth activated. Then seconds later, you're talking wirelessly.
Well, this scenario actually backfired for a friend of mine the other day. It turns out that my friend and his wife were traveling in their own cars but happened to be one in front of the other. My wife was having a conversation with his wife, who was using her iPhone without Bluetooth, when half way through the phone call, all of the sudden my wife's friend's husband was on the call. It turns out that his in-car Bluetooth was paired to his wife's phone and since the cars were one behind the other, his in-car Bluetooth took over the call.
The wild thing about the above situation was how seamless it was. I wasn't on the call but was sitting next to my wife at the time. She was enjoying a conversation with her friend when all of the sudden she said, "hello? Who is this?" In her case, one second she was talking with her friend, and then without any sound or click on the other end, the call was taken over by my wife's friend's husband's in-car Bluetooth.
I know that this case is a weird one since in order for it to happen to anyone else, the phone has to be paired to the other Bluetooth receiver, and the cars have to be one behind the other, but I figured it was a pretty wild story and worth sharing.
The above also got me thinking about Bluecasing or War Nibbling. If you're not familiar with the terms, they are used to describe the act of pairing with someone's phone over Bluetooth and stealing or reading their information. This was big news in the Pocket PC days but I haven't heard about it lately. I'm not sure if it's because the security has gotten better or people are just not aware of it, but I figured maybe if I wrote this article, the readers would chime in.
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Brits called by Baa-baas
The Barbarians have named a squad of 28 drawn from 12 nationalities for their upcoming clashes with England and the British and Irish Lions.
The latest additions to the squad previously announced includes Saracens hooker Schalk Brits, Fijian wing Timoci Nagusa, Wallaby lock Dean Mumm, Azzurri prop Andrea Lo Cicero and powerful US Eagles forward Samu Manoa.
Utility-back Elliot Daly joins his Wasps club-mate Sam Jones as an uncapped member of the 28.
"We are very pleased with the final composition and strength of the squad," said tour manager Derek Quinnell ahead of their two games.
"Obviously because of play-off finals in Ireland and England on 25 May a handful of players will not be available for the first match against England but we have covered that by inviting 28 players. We also believe there is a healthy balance between proven test experience and promising young talent who will benefit enormously from the experience."
The Barbarians assemble in London on May 22. They will fly overnight to Hong Kong immediately after the match against England on May 26 before the tour reaches a climax with the fixture against the British and Irish Lions on Saturday, June 1.
Barbarians squad
Backs: Jared Payne (Ulster), Rowan Varty (DeA Tigers and Hong Kong), Takudzwa Ngwenya (Biarritz Olympique and USA), Timoci Nagusa (Montpellier and Fiji), Joe Rokocoko (Bayonne and New Zealand), Elliot Daly (London Wasps), James Hook (Perpignan and Wales), Nick Evans (Harlequins and New Zealand), Kahn Fotuali'i (Ospreys and Samoa), Dwayne Peel (Sale Sharks and Wales), Dimitri Yachvili (Biarritz Olympique and France).
Forwards: Duncan Jones (Ospreys and Wales), B J Botha (Munster and South Africa), Paul James (Bath Rugby and Wales), Martin Castrogiovanni (Leicester and Italy), Andrea Lo Cicero (Racing Metro 92 and Italy), Matthew Rees (Scarlets and Wales), Leonardo Ghiraldini (Benetton Treviso and Italy), Schalk Brits (Saracens and South Africa), Marco Wentzel (London Wasps and South Africa), Jim Hamilton (Gloucester Rugby and Scotland), Dean Mumm (Exeter Chiefs and Australia), Samu Manoa (Northampton and USA), Francois Louw (Bath Rugby and South Africa), Sam Jones (London Wasps), Alessandro Zanni (Benetton Treviso and Italy), Sergio Parisse (Stade Francais and Italy), Imanol Harinordoquy (Biarritz Olympique and France).
Manager: Derek Quinnell
Coach: David Young
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Renaud Delbru 2010-09-23, 11:16
Stack 2010-09-23, 16:13
Renaud Delbru 2010-09-23, 16:50
Stack 2010-09-23, 18:22
Renaud Delbru 2010-09-23, 18:25
-Re: Creating a Table using HFileOutputFormat
Hi Stack,
On 23/09/10 19:25, Renaud Delbru wrote:
> On 23/09/10 19:22, Stack wrote:
>>> Will the TotalOrderPartitioner found in the hadoop library not work for
>>> 0.20.x ?
>> You might have to do what Todd did in TRUNK where he brought over the
>> 'mapred' TotalOrderPartitioner to go against the new 'mapreduce' API
>> (The bulk load is done against the hadoop 'new' API 'mapreduce' as
>> opposed to 'mapred' package). You might even be able to just copy
>> what Todd has done in trunk over to your 0.20 install?
> Yes, it is what we did, and it seems to work.
The job has failed because the TotalOrderPartitioner requires a
partitions.lst file, which should contains the list of start keys for
each region. However, in our case, since we are building the table from
scratch, we don't know the start keys of each partition. Is there a way
to bypass this, or do we first need to run a scan on our data collection
to create this partition list ?
Renaud Delbru
Ted Yu 2010-09-24, 15:55
Renaud Delbru 2010-09-24, 16:12


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02-17-2010 10:11 AM - edited 10-26-2010 02:42 PM
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