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OLD STORE STOCK! Vintage 14K Gold Religious Medal - Sacred Heart of Mary
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OLD STORE STOCK! What does this mean? Well, to a person who sells jewelry, it's like finding a Holy Grail – store stock that was stored for so long that it was never offered to the public. This means, in some instances, that the original card, wrapping, packaging is present as well as the original sales price. I got lucky recently and came into such a collection of old store stock that listings beginning with this blurb have not seen the light of day in 50 – 60 – 70 years. First come, first served. May I offer now……
AGE: C.1950 or so
ITEM: A religious medal of Sacred Heart of Mary - a most unique shape featuring a lovely rendering of the Virgin Mary. The pendant was found still attached to its original card and still having its original cellophane. Never been sold - never been worn! While the front of the medal is matte gold with an almost chisel-like appearance, the back is plain, shiny metal - made to engrave a sentiment on the back. A perfect size for lady or gent.
CONDITION: Pristine, although those little brown specks are some dirt that I didn't quite clean off - but it's off now! This medal/pendant is "First Strike" meaning the design is so clean, so crisp, you can discern all the details of the figures. Medals of the modern era are usually restrikes, actually more like restrikes of restrikes so that all the fine details of the figures can no longer be seen.
METAL CONTENT: 14K Gold
HALLMARKS: 14K at the back
SIZE: 1-1/16" (to top of bale NOT jump ring) x 7/8"
WEIGHT: A respectable 4.6 grams!
SACRED HEART OF MARY: Just as devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus is only a form of devotion to the adorable Person of Jesus, so also is devotion to the Holy Heart of Mary but a special form of devotion to Mary. In order that, properly speaking, there may be devotion to the Heart of Mary, the attention and the homage of the faithful must be directed to the physical heart itself. However, this in itself is not sufficient; the faithful must read therein all that the human heart of Mary suggests, all of which it is the expressive symbol and the living reminder: Mary's interior life, her joys and sorrows, her virtues and hidden perfections, and, above all, her virginal love for her God, her maternal love for her Divine Son, and her motherly and compassionate love for her sinful and miserable children here below. The consideration of Mary's interior life and the beauties of her soul, without any thought of her physical heart, does not constitute our devotion; still less does it consist in the consideration of the Heart of Mary merely as a part of her virginal body. The two elements are essential to the devotion, just as soul and body are necessary to the constitution of man.
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Our pet of the month introduces herself... "Hello. My name is Frankie and I am a very nice Beagle. I was with my second family for several years, but when the kids when to college the Mom and Dad didn't want me anymore. My foster Mom says I am very sweet and she can't imagine why no one has wanted me for their very own! I am very friendly and my tail wags a lont. I have been training to stay off the furniture and I wouldn't ever dream of taking anything off the table or kitchen counter! I love everyone and would be happy with a single person or a family with kids who want to throw balls and run around. I am totally housebroken and very little trouble. I know people think I am getting old, but I don't think so. I can still run around the yard with the other dogs and I love my walks. If you want to receive an application to adopt me, please e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com or email@example.com or call 517.346.6507 and leave your name and address. My mom will send an application in the mail. Unfortunately they can't return your phone calls and they won't call unless you are selected for an interview. They don't have the necessary time to call everyone. I will wait for you!!!
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Savegames from different profiles got intermixed
Two profiles - one PSN, one local only.
Between profile switches, game was not active.
Played on PSN account. Saved, various saved files.
Switched for other player to local account, various saved file.
Logged in with PSN account, started Uncharted. - Uncharted wanted to update to 1.02 (from 1.01)
After update, in the PSN account suddenly at least one save game from the local account appeared as the last active saved game in the PSN account.
Playstation Slim US - latest firmware (as of 11/27/2011).
This is a pretty bad bug since it could potentially make people "lose" their whole playthrough in their account since it will be overwritten in the other account.
System: -120GB slim -To my knowlege, I'm up-to-date on...
-To my knowlege, I'm up-to-date on all updates/firmware
-The region is USA
-There are two parts where I am having trouble with in-game cinematics. The first part is in Syria after you first meet back up with Chloe and Cutter. You go up the steps and an in-game cinematic triggers where you talk about taking thugs out and then move in a direction. My first playthrough and not my second, the character froze and slide instead of animating and walking at the very end. The second part is in Ubar when you find the crate with the explosives pistol. Again, characters froze and slide. This happened on both playthroughs.
-After the plane crashes and you walk towards the wreckage, it's supposed to fade to white and begin the cutscene. Mine glitches as it does so and sort of pixelates this weird green color on the screen. It does not transition smoothly.
-In Yemen at the cog puzzle, it does not seem to operate properly anymore. The first time worked perfectly, and every other time after (I've done the puzle two more times), the dialogue isn't playing out. Nothing more is said after Elena says something about another cog being on that ledge. Also, the icon for the journal isn't coming up, so I have to press select and flip through the pages myself. This does not bother me as much as the fact that I feel like I'm being cheated out of dialogue. For instance, Drake doesn't say anything about the optical illusion as he is shimmying across the bar to get the cog. It's weird.
-Melee can get really weird if you run into steps. I was having trouble at the pirate ship graveyard. I keep fighting people and then they back up onto one step and then you can't hit them anymore.
-I feel like during some of the gunfights, if I die enough, the chapter restarts at a point that cuts out some of the gameplay. In the plane, I kept dying, and then right when it loads back up, the hole opens up and sucks everyone out. Also, that part in the settlement where there's a car with a machine gunner on a platform and you need to shoot the pillars under it to make it collapse and fall, I died a couple times and then it reloaded and the platform had already fallen and I had nothing to do about it. But that part was really fun the first time I played through, I wanted to do it again on my second playthrough so I was dissapointed it like skipped it.
I hope this helps and that some of it can be fixed! Don't get me wrong, I absolutely love the game! I just wanted to voice some of the issues I had. Thank you for your time!
Launch 60GB unit All firmware up to date, etc. This may...
Launch 60GB unit
All firmware up to date, etc.
This may technically be both a performance issue, and a game bug issue, but based on the interview I read, it's a game code issue.
The game has crashed every single time I've tried to sit down and play it. A few times, instead of a cinematic triggering as it should, the game just goes black and crashes. Trying to quit the game or shut the the system off through the XMB causes it to just hang with the lights on the system blinking.
The last time I tried, textures stopped loading, and I walked into a hallway and absolutely nothing was loaded. Just all empty space. Again, trying to quit the game or shut the system off through the XMB caused the same problem.
Based on the interview, I'm guessing the issue is caused by the fact that I'm playing the game on a launch/"phat" unit, an issue with the game the interview implied was taken care of.
From what I've been reading on the forums, though, it's been almost a month since release, and people are still having the exact same problem and there hasn't been any attempt at a fix, or even an acknowledgement of an issue, so I guess this post is just one more voice in a crowd to be ignored.
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When Salim comes to "rescue" Nate, all the enemies suddenly die/ disappear without any of Salim's men firing any shots. It appears as though they are killed by Salim but the absence of gunshots drives me crazy.
weird bug after new 1.02 update...
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all firmware up to date
US Region
Recently I finished the game twice. The second playthrough was mostly about getting all the treasures while also getting w/e trophies I can along the way. Then just started going through the game during certain parts for specific Trophies. Yesterday or the day before (Not sure, but definitely before the Update) I was going through the game and managed to kill 4 riot shield guys before getting tired and turning the system off. When I went back to play again today and updating the game, my game is stuck on those 4 kills.No matter how many riot shield guys I kill, or on what difficulty, it won't go up in order for me to get the Riot Rocker Trophy. It really sucks that i've got 3 trophies left to get my first ever platinum but i cant do it if the game has left me stuck here.
just wondering if anyone else has had this problem too after the update?
Others pray for_it
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"Ghosting" effect when the game is in 3D
Graphic issue preventing me from playing the game:
I had been experienceing issues with party making and matchmaking lobbies at the time of 12 a.m. but now its all the time. I dont know if it has to do with the servers in my area cause my internet connection is good and i can play and make parties easily with no problems.I Live in San Juan, Puerto Rico and i dont know if the Carribean servers are having problems at this same time but i am,the matchmaking lobbies take to much time to find a game and when i try to join a party or invite friends the message (unable to join party) appears. How can you fix it? Is it a servers bug?an error? i need help, im a big fan of your game's multiplayer but it's no fun not being able to play it while everybody else does.
Has anyone else seen this visual glitch? I don't what i...
Has anyone else seen this visual glitch? I don't what is causing it and I haven't seen other people complaining about it. It is easily huge enough that if it was common it would be a massive issue here on the forums...
So um, I'm seeing large white blocks... tons of them, flash all over the screen. Blinding and irritating! Little white squares in the mix as well but just tons of white blaring blocks all over the screen SP and MP; Pause screen and main menu. My TV or PS3 has never done this with anything at all before.
I have a 250gb slim PS3.
Uncharted 3 collectors edition.
Game and PS3 are up to date.
JVC Projection Television HD-61FN97.
Please respond to me on this. Do you have any idea what could be causing this? I have seen it in the summer Beta, the Subway MP and the retail now. Sometimes it doesn't do it for days but when it does it will go on for about a minute or two and it is horrible!
I'll try to upload a video later but it is quite random. I saw it again this evening after an absence of a few weeks.
EDIT: Oh hey JS413. You seem to be having a very similar problem. Mine isn't rectangle shaped and mine flashes in random areas but it's something like that.
No more drastic nerfs please. Just buff the AK and buff the M9 *very slightly*headshot wise and we have achieved balance.
*Please note that I say "No more 'drastic' nerfs"* I am unopposed to a RoF MOD decrease or removal
settings dont save
after 1.02 patch (and before)
settings still do not save
every time i start the game i have to adjust sensitivity, adjust audio sliders, adjust gamma, adjust shoulder swap...
really annoying
ps3slim 160 gig
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After the Astros dropped their third of four games in their series with the Red Sox on Sunday, the team announced several roster moves.
Evan Gattis will be recalled from the team's double A affiliate, the Corpus Christi Hooks to replace catcher Erik Kratz on the roster.
Gattis was sent to the Hooks ten days ago to get some time behind the plate and caught four games while he was there. In 11 games with the Hooks, Gattis hit five home runs and batted .375.
Kratz had just just 2 hits on the season, despite being on the team since opening day.
Houston will also option Preston Tucker to triple A Fresno and make a corresponding move prior to the Astros next game on Tuesday when they play at the White Sox in Chicago. Tucker was hitting just .176 in 85 at-bats with three home runs.
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Jade: Kayden, GET OUT!
While I was crying my heart out on Brandon's shoulder, a lot had happened. I think I accidentally sped up time for him and I. Which was totally fine, to me.
But anyway, I saw Nero carry Meita upstairs. I wondered about the guy that had come in and attacked her. Was he like me, bending spacetime, but only working on one of them? It was an interesting question, but I had more important things to think about. Brandon's fire problem. It wasn't a fun thing to think about.
Kayden breezed past me, intent on going somewhere, I think. But as she passed me, she whispered in my ear. "You. Love. Him. That's all I could get out of there." she pointed at my head. "It's hard work, pushing through all that M- theory and eleven dimentional supergravity."
I turned to her and replied scathingly, "Get out of my head. Yes, I do, just, Kayden, GET OUT!"
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Meteorites Fetch $18,000 as Collector Funds New Hunt
Shards of rock from outer space fetched 11,460 pounds ($18,000) at an auction as a British meteorite collector raised money for his next hunt.
The pieces included a 27.1 gram (0.96 ounce) nugget of the Russian meteor that landed in Chelyabinsk in February this year, which sold for 700 pounds, according to the results on auctioneer Lyon & Turnbull's website. The sale in Edinburgh, the third by Robert Elliott since 2009, made less than forecast as some of the most highly estimated meteorites didn't lure buyers.
Elliott, who began assembling space memorabilia as an 8-year-old boy, moved to Scotland from England in 1987 after being relocated to work on a space project for the U.S. and started hunting for meteorites a few years later, according to the sale prospectus. He became a full-time dealer and collector before focusing all his time on searching for the rocks.
"He approached me about six years ago and I thought the sales were a brilliant idea," Gavin Strang, a director at Lyon & Turnbull, said before the auction. "I thought if he can turn me onto it then he can turn other people onto meteorites."
The auction was forecast to reap between 50,000 pounds and 100,000 pounds, Strang said yesterday. A 2.9 kilogram (6.4 pound) piece of Hambleton meteorite was among the lots bidders passed up. It had a guide range of 7,000 to 10,000 pounds.
Among the 32 of 85 lots that did sell were rings with mounted pieces of meteorite and an astronaut's mission patch, according to Lyon & Turnbull. The most expensive was a chunk of Seymchan pallasite from Russia found originally in 1967, which sold for a hammer price of 3,200 pounds compared with a guide range of 1,200 to 1,800 pounds, the results showed.
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Students in the Managerial Accounting class worked with Erika Weidler, founder of the Oregon Summerfest 5K Classic, aiming to aid in making the 5K an even greater success.
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Several raids have also been conducted at several places of the minister and it is evident that he did try to move bail in the Jammu court.
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What's with the rocks?
"You did what?!" Merrick shouts.
Everyone turns to look at us and we both smile shyly then they turn away and start up their conversations again. If Merrick and I were different people, then everyone else would be all over us and wondering why Merrick sounded so shocked about me doing something. Luckily, I am a freak so nobody, besides my four friends, wants to have anything to do with me.
"I told you I was going to figure out what was there. But seriously there was nothing there at all besides junk," I whisper.
"You didn't have to sneak out of your house at night to go searching. That is even more dangerous," he lowers his voice.
"I didn't want to be seen around there again during the day."
"Tell me you're done going there."
"Yeah, I am. There ain't a thing there so it's pointless now. Man, I really wanted to find something."
"You're still curious."
"Of course I am. They keep us away for no reason. I want to know exactly why they say it's forbidden."
"Maybe once you're an adult you will get to know the reason."
"Yeah maybe. I would probably get the best chance of knowing if I went into my dad's business."
"Yeah, but we both know you aren't ever doing that."
"Never in a billion years no matter how curious I am. Plus even if I wanted to they wouldn't allow a freak working for them. I'm moving away from here once I finish school." After that Merrick gets quiet, so I take the time of the silence to think. When I think I don't have much to think about, I often imagine how my life would be different if I had a gift.
A scene plays through my head; one day I discover I have a power. Gemma and Austin come up to me like any other day and tease me. Then I say, "I'd watch what you say to me." They laugh hysterically, so I use my gift to force their mouths close. They look at each other in confusion. Then I make them start throwing punches at one another. I laugh as they are confused and terrified and angry with me.
The bell rings releasing me from my thoughts and us all from our long day of school. "So, Julia, want to come over for the weekend?" Jimalu asks as we leave the room.
"Yeah sure. I need to go to the library tonight though. Could you take me?" I ask.
"Tonight we are going to my grandparents for dinner. So I could take you, but I'd have to leave you there and come get you later tonight."
"Sure you can take me now then I'll walk home and pack and you can pick me up from my house whenever you can."
While walking out of school we pass Gemma and Austin. They both glare at me, but I pretend like I didn't notice. It doesn't take long for Jimalu to drive me to the public library.
"See you later girly!" Jimalu shouts as I crawl out of her car. I respond by smiling and waving.
In the library I find a computer and search up rocks. Oh, boy, there are tons of different kinds of rocks.


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The town of Church Hill in Hawkins County is getting $183-thousand for a new recreation park along the Holston River, behind the Sun-Co company. Plans to develop the park include a gymnasium and ball fields.
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Impossibilities Abound
a 35 year old male about to get his dreams come true until... he meets a woman who has another idea. he then has to get used to his new life and start again
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It was my last day as a computer designer. After my morning of soldering chips onto the main-boards for major Computer companies, I went to lunch fully intending to enjoy talking to my mates that I'd had for about six years. It was just on mid-day and on the radio the news bulletin just started.
"On the top of the hour, for twelve o'clock, Surgeon Brian Adams announced a shocking experiment. In a global first where he is preparing to perform a brain transplant and, with his special product, he intends to totally abolish the need of an anti-rejection drug. Someone has already approached him for the first human trials. Tests continue even though he has acceptance for Human Trials.
"He also says that the age and gender of the 'test patients' does not have to match. Personally I, for one, hope this succeeds as it will totally reverse the issue of Inoperable Brain problems.
"Next, we look into a bird that their owners have claimed have flown around the world".
I looked at my Mate, Paul, a big burley man with long silver hair and bushy beard, and said, "Like the Tui adds huh? Yeah right"
Paul laughed, and then carried on talking in general. In one week, I was going to commence Salvation Army Officers Training at Booth College of Mission in Wellington, New Zealand.
Chapter 1
The next day, I went for a walk along the Coastal walkway in New Plymouth, and decided to start at the port and go all the way to Bell Block since it had recently opened. So I drove in my Mazda Demio to the port, stopped the car and started my walk, thinking about the news article I had heard over lunch yesterday.
As I walked along the walkway I met a friend named Jon. "Hello there Alan, how's your job going my man?"
Thinking about the right way to answer him, I said "I finished my job after about six years and I really enjoyed it, Jon, but I am sure you know that I have just been accepted to Salvation Army Officers Training College in Wellington, I am not too sure how I will get on there, but what I do know is that the Lord will provide."
Jon thought about it and then asked me, "You are still with the Salvation Army then?"
"Yes" I replied. "I love the Salvation Army, and I always will. I has formed a special place in my heart."
Jon smiled and asked, "How far are you going today? I mean it is about ten o'clock in the morning and it is the middle of December. Another words it is hot. Would it not be better at the Beach?."
"I was thinking about going out to Bell Block; do you want to come for a walk or do you have something else to do?" I responded.
"I love the beach but walking here gives me more time to spend with God." I commented.
Jon frowned. "I have to meet up with your brother, Thomas. But I'll meet you at the bridge just past Fitzroy beach, how does that sound?"
I considered that for a minute before responding, "Na it is OK man, I'll just 'chillax' walk and pray. Thanks anyway though."
Jon nodded.
"I see you still like to merge words like chill and relax"
"yeah I love it, it is just so me."
Jon looked for a fraction of a second, nodded, smiled and left.
I walked along the walkway alone, thinking about things knowing that I had about six or eight hours of walking ahead of me.
As I was approaching the wind-wand about thirty-five minutes later, I saw a lady with red puffy eyes, and my heart went out to her. She saw me and thought for a sec before she said to me "Hello, I know that you don't know me, but I want to introduce myself to you. My name is Anna McIsaac."
Thinking that this is a little off to be talked to by a stranger, and naturally suspicious about this lady, I said, "Hello there Anna, I am Alan Peters, what can I do for you today?"
She smiled and said "I have a very ill daughter, but she is young. Too young for what is wrong with her really. She is only 17 and she has an inoperable brain Tumor and she is going to die. Her name is Rachel, and she has a bubbly personality."
I started wondering if she somehow heard about me going to wellington and was surprised as I could not remember anything in the papers.
At that moment, she signaled to four people behind the tree beside her. The first was a big bulky guy who looked like he could possibly be a wrestler. The second was about the same height as me, about 6 foot 2 inches and seemed like an ordinary guy. Not to strong or weak, about the same as I was. The third guy looked small and insignificant, about 5 foot 5 inches and the last looked like the leader of the pack. He was giving silent orders through his eyes and head actions and nonverbal movements to the others even though he never really said a word that I understood. They jumped me, knocking me out and 'threw' me in their van and took off in it.
When I woke up I had a conversation with a young lady. "Hello." she said "My name is Rachel McIsaac. I am dying with a brain tumor. My brain is going to die no matter what happens I know this and I have accepted it. A little over two years ago my Father died. His name was Joseph McIsaac. He died of a brain tumor like I am dying of. It almost killed my mum and I can't allow that to happen to her again.
"I have to do what I can to help her. What would you suggest? I can't accept just dying gracefully, know that it will probably kill her."
I looked at her and asked "how are you supposed to help her? You know you are going to die, how can I help? It is not like there is anything I can do, is there? I could offer a prayer of healing if that is what you want."
She replied "I don't think that healing is an option. have you heard about what that doctor is able to do? I am talking about that guy who can offer the Brain Transplant."
I frowned, and said "I heard about that on the news,Brian Adams is his name if I am not mistaken, but I am not too sure that would be your best bet. I believe it is best to be honest. If someone else's brain is in your body that will cause another load of problems wont it."
She thought about that and replied, "OK, you're right. I need to be honest to you, but not yet. I think it is time you went back to sleep and try not to be too shocked when you wake up, and don't hurt yourself please."
I frowned and was about to ask what she meant, but I fell asleep again because of the drugs.
The Leader was watching me as I semi-woke up a short while later. We were on board a plane that was decked out with medical supplies and had doctors and nurses all monitoring the monitors I was hooked up to. My head was extremely sore and I was obviously on some very strong pain killers, probably morphine or something like that. I assumed that I was in an operation without my permission, but I could not move. I was stuck in my mind. My body, even though I could feel it, it remained unmovable. I could move my eyes but that was about it.
Anna was also there keeping an eye on the four guys, probably making sure nothing happened to me. Then the big bulky guys said "Hello Miss, You look cute, how about coming home with me after all this is finished? I am sure you would love what I can offer you, a lot of women have commented about the …" At that moment, Anna looked at him and demanded, "what do you think you are doing? The deal was just to go pick up the guy and WATCH in the plane. You're not, you are chatting her up." The Leader, said, "John, enough, do you even know who these people are? It is Anna and Rachel McIsaac. These are two people that you do not want to cross."
"Yes John, Do I need to show you why I am wanted in 40 of the 52 states?" Anna Asked.
At that moment, she pulled out her berretta gun, cocked it and shot John once in the head within a second. "Now that will teach anyone to chat up my Rachel. Anyone else want to try me? Paul? Joseph? Marcus?"
Paul was the one who was like me, Joseph was the small one, and Marcus was the leader. As for John, He was the one who looked like a wrestler. At that moment, Marcus said "Paul, Joseph, Clean this mess up. The money now goes three ways that works out around three hundred thousand for you two and four hundred thousand for me. Anyone got a problem with that?"
"No sir" Paul and Joseph mumbled at the same time. Marcus smiled "Good" he said.
About then, Anna noticed I was awake and she looked at the nurse and said "What is this? You said she would be asleep until we got back to Seattle. I demand you put her under again.
"Shall I get out my little berretta friend again?" she asked while tapping her gun.
The nurse said, "I do not know why she is awake, we gave her enough drugs to sleep until the middle of next week."
"It is not good enough; I did not want her to see that. Now put her back under before I get an itchy trigger finger"
"Yes Ma'am, We will re dose her again. How much do you think, Doctor?"
The Doctor looked at me and asked Anna, "How old was he before, any ideas?"
Anna just shook her head. "OK then, Nurse, I would say about one fifty mils please, better to err on the side of safety. Don't want another person shot tonight do we?"
"No sir we do not."
At that, the nurse measured one hundred and fifty mils and injected it into the line, I was out in seconds.
It was about six weeks later when I finally came to. I was in a hospital bed when another doctor came in and smiled at me. "Finally, you are awake, Rachel. Your mother wanted to see you, but I told her to wait. You can't talk, and I know you are confused; however you are home again in Seattle hospital."
I was shocked. What was I doing in Seattle? What was I doing in Washington State? What was I doing in America? But I could not talk or move. I was stuck here in my mind.
About four days later I finally managed to sit up in the hospital bed, but I felt different somehow, wrong. I could not put it together. It made no sense as to why I would feel so different in such a short period of time. So I got up to go to the bathroom.
When I went into the bathroom I realized to my astonishment that I was in the body of the female that I met while I was in hospital. The same female I talked to when I was kidnapped. Shocked, I decided to go to the mirror to confirm whether or not I was correct. So I looked at my reflection and fainted.
I woke up another week later and thought it was a dream. So I sat up and looked at the doctor and smiled.
"Finally you're awake, Rachel. What happened in the bathroom last week?"
I looked at him and said "I don't understand. What is going on here?"
The Doctor basically repeated what he said last week. "I know you are confused but you can talk now. You are home in Seattle again. But you are in hospital. You will be able to get out of here soon."
I thought about that before saying "Why am I in Seattle hospital? Why am I in Seattle, why does my voice sound different, why am I in the body of a Girl and why did you just call me Rachel?"
He thought and looked confused. "You had an operation. As you can see, you are getting back to normal again Rachel. But I see that there is also some amnesia, which is to be expected.
"But there is something else that I am concerned about. You came back from New Zealand in a coma, and your head was bandaged. Your record said that there was an opportunity for an operation to assist you to heal but you had an inoperable brain tumor so how were you healed?"
I frowned and repeated, "Why are you calling me Rachel? My name is Alan, and I live in New Plymouth. I have been there for eleven years. What is going on here? Have I been kidnapped?"
The doctor panicked. "Hang on a minute please? I am going to have to have another look at your file."
And he walked out looking like he was worried that he had the wrong person.
At that time, Anna walked in. "Hello Alan, good to see you are finally awake. Let me explain what has happened to you please. My daughter, Rachel, was diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor here is Seattle but we were not happy with the idea of Rachel death. Everything I have done I did for her.
"So when I heard there was a doctor in New Zealand who could perform a brain transplant, It took about 3 hours to decide, but I was on the first available plane to New Zealand, because even though I knew that it was not yet accepted in New Zealand, I knew that it would help my daughter, I also knew that the doctor, A Brian Adams, was prepared to perform an operation that could save my little Girls life.
"I saw you and I thought that you would assist me with saving my little girl's life. So I got some contacts from a friend to kidnap you, and I got the doctor to perform the brain transplant from the body that you knew as Alan into the body that you are now in, that of my little Rachel. You have saved her life. Thank you."
I was in shock, and I said, "What on earth are you talking about. Let's look at this one step at a time, shall we? You went to my country, kidnapped me; you sent me into an operation that I did not give permission for anyone to perform which basically killed my body and your daughter's brain, brought me to the United States and you expect me to agree to this? What kind of Human are you? What kind of mother are you? You must be a really sick selfish woman. Get out of here now, before I call the doctor to remove you by force!"
She looked like she was going to cry and before she walked out and she sobbed "Everything I-I have d-done I have d-done for the life of my daughter. I-I love my daughter more than l-life itself. I w-would spend the rest of my l-life in jail as l-long as m-my l-little was alive. I-I need my d-daughter's body alive. Even though her b-brain couldn't be saved, her b-body is still here in y-you. That is what I d-did and why I d-did it. I need m-my R-Rachel." Anna then left in tears and I felt horrible about what I said, I looked in the mirror and quickly got over the terrible feeling until I thought about what she had done.
About two minutes later, the doctor came back in. "Well, Rachel, I can't find out any information about your claim. I will ring the doctor," he looked at the chart again and continued "a Doctor. Adams, and ask him about what happened. Do you have any questions or requests for me to pass on while I am at it?"
I thought for a moment before answering "I need to talk to someone, can you find me the Local Salvation Army officers as soon as possible please. Thanks. And don't bother about what I just said it was just explained to me."
He walked out saying "Ok then".
The next day, in walked two Salvation Army officers. I looked at them and a huge smile spread across my face, and I said "I am Glad that you're here!"
They smiled, and said, "Our names are John and Josephine McIntire, from Seattle Corps. What can we do for you today, miss…?"
I knew that that would take a lot off getting used to.
I looked at them and explained the situation to them, and said "about six weeks ago I was living in New Zealand as a man. My name was Alan Peters. I lived in New Plymouth. There was a Doctor by the name of Brian Adams there and he attempted a Brain Transplant.
"I was a thirty five years old I was a soldier in North Taranaki Corps, in New Zealand. And I urgently require assistance, please. I was kidnapped, and sent over here without my permission. I am now in the body of 17 year old Rachel McIsaac."
They looked at each other in disbelief and said, "Ok Miss McIsaac, where are you supposed to be going as we will get the nearest officers to have a chat with you about this situation. Is that Ok with you, miss?"
I racked my brain, but no one told me where I would be going to. Fortunately the Doctor walked in at the same time and said, "You will be transferred to Forks hospital tomorrow, I believe your mother has just brought a new house there."
Just then, Anna walked in then, and basically repeated what the doctor had just said. "I have just had to buy a new house in Forks because we have to move from Seattle. I hope you do not mind, Rachel. The other reason is that your doctor, Brian Adams, from New Zealand has been offered a position at the Forks Hospital as the Brain Transplant specialist. You see here in Washington State, the council for the hospital board have accepted his work, and we need to remain in contact with him for now as your operation was the first he had formally performed."


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Sylvester: The realm of stolen souls
Harmony stirred so I smiled. I had come up with a plan whilst she had been asleep, and I wanted to propose something to her now.
"Hi." Harmony croaked, her throat sore from sobbing. "Where's Asha?"
"I let her go see Jay for a while – engagement and everything."
She nodded. There was a moment of silence, and then I spoke.
"Harmony, you loved Kyoshiro didn't you?" She nodded even more emphatically and rubbed her eyes as she sat up.
"Would you give anything to get him back?" My fingers began to trace the Soulsphere through the lining of my pocket. She narrowed her eyes and suspiciously asked why.
"Well I lost someone I loved, and I was just wondering if you felt the same way." She looked sympathetic.
"Of course I feel the same way." She gave my shoulder a quick pat. There was silence again – we were both thinking hard. Suddenly she wriggled out of my lap and burst out, "Sylvester, do not commit suicide; your past cant be that terrible! My songs manipulate people, bend them; I get the jist of your true feelings when I sing Sylvester, and you've been planning this for decades."
I had no time to spare now she was on to me, and as she carried on I was completely focused on wrapping my hand around the jewel. Then I decided there was no better time for it, and pulled out the Soulsphere. She recoiled slightly, and asked in a high pitched voice, "What are you doing with the Soulsphere?"
"It takes people's souls, Harmony. It destroys them. But I think I've worked something very important out – I just need your help-"
Suddenly I was aware the door had burst open and I spun around to see Asha glowering at me. "Don't you dare." She took a step towards me. "There has been enough pain. Just leave it. You cannot bring back someone from the dead. Not without another life in exchange."
"And I've worked out that it needs a selfless sacrifice to bring someone back to life – you know who taught me that?" I turned back to Harmony; I needed her help but Asha was ruining everything. I was truly desperate. "Kyoshiro taught me that! And – and I'm willing! I'll be the sacrifice to bring him back to you!"
"You will kill yourself! What about Aria?" Asha cried out.
I was transfixed by the Soulsphere, glowing, throbbing in my outstretched hand.
"Sylvester, please." Asha whispered. "Don't do it."
It was getting brighter and Harmony and Asha began to back away. "Sylvester! Drop it – don't do this!" Asha was practically screaming at me. The white light coming from the Soulsphere was blinding now – it burned my hand but I couldn't let go. It began to tremble and a shrieking noise filled the night – it was the sound of a million souls calling to me… The light was coming – heaven would take me in and I would see Clara again…
"Sylvester! It destroys souls! It destroys your soul so you can't go to heaven!" Harmony sobbed over the howls from the sphere. "You will never see her again if you do this!"
Somehow her cries reached a part of my mind not yet consumed by the Soulsphere. I tried to release my grasp on the jewel but it seemed welded to my hand. I was drowning in the fiery brightness, the ear splitting screeches - I tried to gasp for air but I was powerless… Asha and Harmony were still screaming at me.
Then suddenly I felt their desperation, their anger, fear, and courage. I felt it in every part of my being. I fought the souls pulling me in and with the effort of something outside of my own strength I brought my hand crashing down to the floor, carrying the Soulsphere with it. There was a thundering crash and then finally – silence.
I collapsed to the floor, Asha and Harmony frozen in their positions.
"Never again… never again."


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Chapter One
Kerry and her friends are targeted by soulless killers called wraiths who wish to steal back their long-lost bible, the Book of Truth.
In the restaurant of the Petit Palais art gallery in Paris, Sandrine Marquais waited for her meeting with the wraith. She had a club sandwich on a plate in front of her, but wasn't eating. Getting hold of a sandwich in the first place involved queuing behind a cluster of English tourists all middle-aged and clutching phrasebooks, all ordering exactly the same thing in inelegant French.
The place was packed. She almost didn't see Elodie come in, but then she emerged from behind the queue, taking off her too-big coat but keeping on her leather driving gloves.
Sandrine stood to meet her. Their eyes locked. The wraith's gaze was steady and controlled, and Sandrine was quietly thrilled. This was her, all right.
"Good to meet you at last," she began, taking a folder from her bag. "I won't shake your hand, if it's all the same to you."
"It's all the same to me."
Sandrine sat down and drew a notepad and pen from her folder. Before she could open her mouth, the wraith spoke. "I understand you're interested in joining forces in our search for knowledge about wraithkind," said Elodie, "but in your emails, you never gave much indication of how much you already know."
"I told you, I've been doing research for about five years," Sandrine answered. "Nothing on the internet, of course, but the books I found were pretty thorough."
Elodie raised an eyebrow. "Tell me what you know."
"Let's see. I know that wraiths are creatures in human form, totally emotionless and soulless, but not beyond reason or want. I know that wraiths have the power to drain the life force from a human with a single touch, and that some wraiths," Sandrine remarked pointedly, "are less motivated to do so than others."
The speech didn't seem to impress Elodie, but she nodded. "The problem is that every skin-to-skin contact brings about another death, which is most inconvenient."
Sandrine wrote this down. "Of course. You don't control it, do you? I can tell you don't care one way or another who you kill. But the risk of being caught... that must be an issue. Which brings me onto the next thing wraiths are the enemies of the Consortium of Silencers. It was difficult to find out about them, too, but as far as I can tell they're a group of trained assassins that have put themselves in charge of trying to wipe out all wraiths. And I assume," Sandrine said, leaning forward, "that they have existed as long as wraiths have."
"And do you know how long wraiths have existed?"
"No. Tell me."
Elodie said nothing.
"You don't know either, do you?"
Still nothing.
"All right, so tell me what you know,' Sandrine prompted, pulling the notepad and pen closer to her. "I'll ask questions, you answer. When were you born?"
"I was born in 1986," Elodie said, matter-of-factly, "although I don't remember that young part of my life at all. I saw the photographs my mother holding the baby, my first steps but it wasn't me. It was somebody who looked like me."
"What do you mean?"
"I didn't exist until the age of six."
"So from years nought to six, you don't remember anything? That's quite common. Memory doesn't really kick in until the age of seven."
Elodie shook her head. "No, you don't understand. At the age of six, I became strongly aware of myself. I'd been gifted with something that was close to an adult mind. When I looked at the people around me, I could see a glow in each of their chests, although I had no idea what it meant. All I knew was that I didn't have it. Something was missing; something was different about me."
Sandrine wrote it down.
"Most of my family was dead by the time I was sixteen," the wraith continued. "I didn't want them to hug me, you see I still had a faint scrap of emotion then. They didn't believe me when I told them about my powers. My mother tried to hold me and died. Just like that. My sisters and brothers followed. Finally only my father was left, but he had become a cold and distant man by the time I decided to go. He hated me."
Sandrine peered at Elodie, looking for the merest flicker of feeling, but couldn't find anything.
"So I left at sixteen and stole a car. For a while that's where I lived in my car. It gave me enough shelter, but even so I moved around a lot. I made a habit of killing off meddlesome police officers, if and when the urge took me. The trouble was that I was young and homeless - I couldn't afford to draw that much attention to myself."
"Well, yes," Sandrine nodded, "the way you kill, there are always fingerprints or something, right?"
"One of these nights I found another homeless girl, Giselle, standing over the body of an officer. We talked and found that we were exactly the same whatever we were. After that, we shared the car. Giselle was bilingual and taught me to speak and write fluently in English. Of course now I'm multilingual, but even my knowledge of English was enough to get me a good job translating articles online."
"What languages can you speak?"
"French, English, German, Italian and Welsh. I hope to learn Mandarin next," the wraith added.
Sandrine suppressed the bubbling joy within her. This was better than she had hoped. The books had all given some indication as to the sharpness of a wraith's mind, but she'd read nothing like this. Perhaps Elodie was especially bright? "So what happened next?" she said.
"Giselle was killed by a Silencer - before I knew what was happening, before I even knew what a Silencer was. One wave of that weapon of his and she'd turned to dust. I was lucky to get away. I began to realise the reality of my situation we wraiths were being hunted. It was important to assume a more human guise, not to kill, not to arouse too much suspicion. I worked at a tourist trap for a few years, where my language skills were appreciated, and now I'm a professional interpreter and translator. What is it you do again?"
Sandrine picked at the corner of the forgotten sandwich. "I'm unemployed at the moment," she said curtly. "Moving on. Do you know why most wraiths have such an overwhelming desire to kill human beings, 'when the urge takes them'?"
"I'm afraid I can only speculate," Elodie said. "Besides Giselle, I've never even met another wraith. I wouldn't know where to look."
"That's the Silencers' doing. Do you feel any anger towards them for killing off your species?"
"Resentment, perhaps," Elodie sighed heavily a little too heavily, "but not anger."
The heavy sigh, Sandrine guessed, was the wraith trying to approximate an emotional response. Fitting in with normal people was probably wise when there were Silencers on the prowl. Fascinating. She took a few more notes before setting the notepad aside. Now was the time to reveal to Elodie why they were both here.
"You've already admitted you don't know much about your ancestry," she began. "It's been difficult for me to find information too. But a few years ago a man at this art gallery helped me. He was a collector, and when I asked if he had any artwork to do with wraiths, he showed me copies of some 15th century paintings 'of great historical importance'.
"We talked about wraithkind for a while before he told me that he'd been trying to track down the oldest known text, known as the Book of Truth. It's sort of legendary and nobody's really sure it even exists, but it's supposed to explain everything about your species its origin, the source of its powers, everything. It would answer all our questions."
Elodie raised both eyebrows, giving an air of curiosity to an otherwise dispassionate face.
"He didn't mention it again, but it sparked my interest. Elodie, I propose that we try to find that Book for ourselves. Maybe it contains information on how to make the most of your powers, or unlock powers still lying dormant in that brain of yours. It could even tell us how to get rid of the Silencers once and for all."
"I'm interested."
"Good." Sandrine packed her things away with the briskness of someone whose time was precious. "Now, the collector has done most of his searching in France, where the Book was last heard of fifty years ago, although I'm sure that the Book's owner at the time moved to Wales. That's where we'll be going."
"That's fine," Elodie shrugged. "I've got no ties here at the moment. I can leave whenever you're ready."
How professional, Sandrine thought.
"Now, if we're going to do this," she said, "there are going to be a few rules. Very simple one, don't try to dress smarter than me from now on. If we have to kill anybody along the way, you'll have to chase, and casual clothing would be best. Two, you don't tell anyone what our plans are unless I say so, and if anyone addresses you in Welsh or English, you must translate to me. Three..." Sandrine glanced over Elodie, quickly noting where her skin was bare. "No touching me. Keep the gloves on. Do we have a deal?"
The wraith stood, and gave a hard nod of the head which set her hair swinging. "We do." She held out a hand.
Sandrine hesitated. Then she took the gloved hand and shook it firmly. Now they were a team, and together there was nothing they couldn't do.


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Ohio Man Guilty of Poaching, Will Pay $24,000 Fine
A Logan County man pled guilty to three wildlife violations stemming from the illegal taking of a trophy white-tailed deer in the Bellefontaine Municipal Court on Monday, January 3. As a result, he will be required to pay $23,816.59 in restitution, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife.
James C. Alspaugh, 39, of West Mansfield pled guilty to three charges including hunting by the aid of a motor vehicle, shooting from a roadway, and hunting without permission. The Honorable Judge John Ross presided over the case and ordered Alspaugh to pay $400 in fines, an additional $151.50 in court costs, and to forfeit the deer. Alspaugh was ordered to spend 48 hours in the Logan County Jail.
In addition, Alspaugh will lose his hunting privileges for two years. He will be entered into the Wildlife Violator's Compact and most likely will lose hunting rights in 36 other states.
The Division of Wildlife is also imposing restitution for the deer in the amount of $23,816.95. This is in accordance with Ohio's revised restitution law for illegal taking of white-tailed deer. The law went into effect March 2008 and allows the Division of Wildlife to seek an increased recovery value on all illegally harvested wildlife.
The non-typical trophy deer, scored according to Boone & Crockett (B&C) guidelines, netted an impressive 218 7/8.
A concerned citizen contacted Ohio wildlife officers Adam Smith and Jeff Tipton about the questionable shooting of the trophy deer in December 2010. Officers were able to recover the deer and determine that it was unlawfully taken.
The Division of Wildlife is encouraging citizens to report any illegal activity they observe by contacting the TIP line. Tips may be phoned anonymously to 1-800-POACHER.
I see a lot of these cases
Submitted by hunter25 on Fri, 2011-03-04 22:44.
I see a lot of these cases with huge fines imposed and often wonder how many of them get paid and what happens later. Most of these guys don't make a lot of money and would not be able to pay up. It would be nice to get an update as to what happens when they don't make good. Other than the big fine the rest of the penalty was not that severe and he can be out hunting again in two years.
Very nice! That is a hefty
Submitted by Ca_Vermonster on Thu, 2011-03-03 13:51.
Very nice! That is a hefty sum of dough.
Glad to see them follow through with it. Even if it may not have been as much if it wasn't a "trophy" animal, I still like it.
Funny thing though, when I saw the title of the thread, I thought it said he received a $24.00 fine. I was all set to go off...
Now, this IMHO, is a
Submitted by jaybe on Thu, 2011-03-03 09:19.
Now, this IMHO, is a reasonable sentence for a person who had obviously set out to violate not one, but several laws in order to take a trophy animal. On another thread there was a discussion of whether or not a person who "made a mistake" and killed an animal illegally should be charged to the maximum extent of the law. While it's true that the animal is dead and removed from the herd where someone else might legally take it, the fact remains that in our culture, while we do have laws, but we also make a difference between "levels" of crimes.
Someone might say that "murder is murder", since the victim is dead, no matter how it occurred. But we do distinguish between the attitude of the one responsible for the death, as well as the manner in which the killing took place. We have established such parameters as Premeditated Murder, Voluntary and Involuntary Homicide and others, which take many factors into account. It seems reasonable to do the same with our wildlife laws.
The responsibility for assessing the sentence resides with the judge - and that can be where people disagree. From the charges that this man was found guilty of, he could have just been driving along when he saw this trophy deer on private property (and it was indeed a trophy!). He then could have reached into the back seat, uncased his rifle, loaded it, and shot the deer out the window. Or, he could have chased the animal down with his vehicle, grabbed his already-loaded rifle from the seat behind him and .... you get the idea.
Hopefully, this will send a message to all of us that following the established laws, no matter what the temptation may be, is what separates us from other societies where people do whatever they can get away with, and the person with the fastest gun wins.


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