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Third Revised Volume No. 1
Contents / Previous / Next / Main Tariff Index
Effective Date: 11/01/1997, Docket: RP97-531-000, Status: Effective
Fourth Revised Sheet No. 131 Fourth Revised Sheet No. 131 : Superseded
Superseding: Third Revised Sheet No. 131
B. Cash-Out Provisions
It is the responsibility of the Imbalance party to eliminate
end-of-month imbalances not resolved through the above Book-Out
provisions by cash settlement with Transporter. Transporter and the
Imbalance Party shall settle in cash all remaining Receipt
Imbalances, NNTS Imbalances and Delivery Imbalances unless otherwise
mutually agreed. Transporter will send each Imbalance Party a
statement detailing the quantities resolved through the Book-out
provisions and the unresolved imbalance quantities and payment of the
amount due Imbalance Party or an invoice for the amount due
Transporter, in accordance with the following:
1. Imbalance Due Transporter
In the event of a Delivery or NNTS Imbalance when actual
deliveries exceed scheduled quantities or a Receipt Imbalance
when actual receipts are less than scheduled quantities,
Transporter will invoice the Imbalance Party for such excess
delivery or deficiency of receipts in accordance with the
following provisions:
(a) Such invoice will be based on the Sales Posted Price for
the month multiplied by the applicable factor as follows:
Imbalance Level Factor
0% - 5% 1.05
Greater than 5% - 20% 1.10
Greater than 20% 1.20
Imbalance Level shall be calculated by dividing the
imbalance quantity by the sum of the total quantities
scheduled for delivery or receipt.
For imbalances due Transporter, the Sales Posted Price
shall equal the highest of the monthly average spot prices
for gas delivered to Transporter at Mustang Island
(Tivoli), Vermilion Parish or St. Helena Parish, as
reported in Natural Gas Week. In the event that these
prices are no longer available or the basis upon which such
prices are reported or calculated in such publication
changes substantively, Transporter will file to change its
tariff and may, at its discretion, select representative
prices in the interim period, subject to Commission


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Kellogg's Danish Go Rounds
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I loved these as a kid... just on a whim Googled them and found the introductory TV ad on You Tube... exactly as I remembered it 40 years ago. It was like entering a time warp!
Anyone else fondly remember these "Better than Pop Tarts" toaster pasteries?
With deference to the You Tube poster (who I thank for putting up the clip and bringing back such great memories) the old commercial is here:
I actually thopught back then (I was young) that the dining room would turn like a merry go round if you ate them.
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About one year into a renovation project at 52-54 Albany St., owners Mark and Patricia Burritt are anxiously awaiting the completion and opening of Allure, their planned dance and fitness studio. At this time there is no definitive end date for construction or the grand opening, but the Burritts said they are anticipating their opportunity to move in.
"We are looking forward to the completion and are excited for the opening," the Burritts told the Cazenovia Republican.
Once opened, Allure will offer dance lessons and fitness classes such as zumba, pilates and yoga to area residents. As both the business and client list are still developing, the Burritts said they are unsure of how many instructors will be employed.
The building, which formerly housed Albert's Restaurant, will soon host four new apartments and two dance rooms, each approximately 800 square-feet.
Following construction work on the interior of the structure, a third level and new roof were added in January. The recent addition of a third floor will restore the structure to its original form, as the building was reduced to two levels after a 1970 fire.
While the Burritts said they aren't sure when construction will conclude, they have extensive plans to revamp the building's exterior. The current maroon hue will be replaced with grey siding and the storefront will be accented with wood and stonework.
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TONY Mowbray will draw inspiration from Bradford City's Capital One Cup exploits as he attempts to guide Middlesbrough to Wembley for the FA Cup final.
But the Boro boss will also cite the Bantams' remarkable League Cup wins over Arsenal and Aston Villa as proof that his own side cannot afford to take this afternoon's FA Cup fourth-round clash with Aldershot lightly.
Bradford pulled off one of the biggest cup shocks of all time this week as they secured a 4-3 aggregate win over Villa to book a place in next month's Capital One Cup final against Swansea.
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The Yorkshire club are languishing outside the play-off places in League Two, but they find themselves one game away from Europe, a scenario Mowbray feels should inspire all of this weekend's FA Cup participants.
"For Bradford to beat a Premier League side over two legs to reach the final of a major cup competition, that's some feat," said the Middlesbrough manager. "Those lads ply their trade in the bottom division, but they've shown what's possible.
"What an achievement. It's very rare that something like that happens. It can perhaps happen a bit more with a Championship team getting to a final - Millwall did it recently in the FA Cup - and I think teams in our division think they can make an impact in cup competitions.
"But for a team from the fourth division to get to a final is unbelievable really. It gives everybody hope."
It also suggests that the gulf between League Two and teams in the Premier League and Championship is far from unbridgeable, something Boro will have to be mindful of as they entertain Aldershot this afternoon.
Two years ago, the Teessiders crashed out of the FA Cup at the hands of Burton Albion, and while they have subsequently seen off Walsall, Shrewsbury, Bury, Gillingham, Preston and Hastings in cup competitions, they have been involved in enough tough encounters to anticipate a stiff test later today.
"We've had five away games in this season's League Cup and four of them were against lower-division teams so we know what to expect at the weekend," said Mowbray. "We managed to come through them all, but they were all tough football matches. Bury, Gillingham, Preston - they're tough games.
"You're fully aware how tough those games are going to be. This will be no different - it's not a case of just turning up and passing them off the pitch to win 3-0, it's going to be a tight football match.
"Every set play is going to be difficult because they're a big, physical side. They've got some decent individuals who can hurt you if you're not at your game. You know for a fact they're going to work extraordinarily hard and work for a cup upset."
Aldershot are only two points off the relegation places in League Two and have won just four of their 14 league away games this season.
Nevertheless, Mowbray has scouted them as he would have any other team, and has seen enough to expect a threat if the visitors are able to raise their game on their visit to the Riverside.
"They're honest, hard-working professionals who give everything," he said. "It's a big game for them against a team in the Championship so we're ready for a tough afternoon.
"I've watched a few of their matches and while they're at the wrong end of the division, on any given day they're capable of raising their game. If that's going to be this weekend, we have to make sure we have enough ammunition to beat them."
While Justin Hoyte and Scott McDonald are unavailable through injury, and loanee Josh McEachran will not be considered for selection, Mowbray will not be making wholesale changes this afternoon.
Lukas Jutkiewicz is set to return to the starting line-up in attack, while Adam Reach could also feature.
Connor Ripley signed a new three-year contract yesterday, but the youngster will not be involved as Mowbray is reluctant to leave Jason Steele out of his starting line-up.
The England under-21 international won the Player of the Year award at this week's Middlesbrough Disabled Supporters' Association awards ceremony, and Mowbray has been delighted with his progress this season.
"It's a natural maturity of the boy," he said. "He's still very young for a goalkeeper, and so I think the improvement and progression we've seen is a natural one of him filling out and maturing through minutes on the pitch.
"Lots of aspects of his game have tightened up or got sharper - his distribution has been very good this year and his presence in the box has also been impressive. Were delighted he's developing as a young goalkeeper and hopefully there's a lot more developing still in him."


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All our dishes are cooked using only the freshest and finest ingredients and our extensive menu has over 180 dishes to choose from. We offer a wide selection of meat and seafood including Chicken, Pork, Beef, Lamb, Duck, Prawn, Crab, Lobster and Sea Bass, and we have a good choice of vegetables including Aubergines, Chinese Leaf and Tofu too.


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Pacific High School students repeated the performance of past government studies students, winning competitions in the Model UN competition.
In the one-day event, students select a country and role-play as diplomats representing that country in the United Nations.
Matt Agee, social studies teacher and Model UN sponsor, congratulated PHS participants at the April 17 Meramec Valley School Board meeting, held in the PHS auditorium.
"We did well again this year," Agee told school board members.
Agee, who participated in Model UN when he was a student at Pacific High, asked to sponsor the annual competition when he returned as a teacher.
PHS faced some of the toughest competition and largest number of participants than they had ever faced in the Union High School Model UN competition this semester, Agee said, but still came away with awards.
In the competitions, students create a flag for their chosen country, describe a problem currently faced by that nation and create a solution to solve it.
"Pacific teams were able to sweep the flag competition in the event at Union High School," Agee said.
Pacific High's North Korea delegation, consisting of Masa Maras, Megan Whitelock, Megan Meininger and Jeanina Gruendler took third place.
The South Sudan delegation, consisting of Trey Dawson, Zach Stow, Micah Mann, Tyler Smith, Alex Folz and Jayson Fricke took second place.
First place was captured by the United Kingdom delegation, consisting of Kersten McDonough, Sarah Blake, Emily Weaver, Ashley Christine Hill and Sara Mosher.
PHS teams representing Turkey, South Sudan and Turkey won delegation awards.
The Turkey team, consisting of Taylor Hill and Brittney Franek, received third place. South Sudan, consisting of Micah Mann, Tyler Smith and Alex Folz, received third place in committee. North Korea, consisting of Megan Whitelock and Jeanina Gruendler, received third place in historical Security Council.
Other winners were Maddie Wurst, runner-up best delegate in special political committee; Jake Schultz, runner-up best delegate in political and security committee, and Taylor Hill, winner of the legal committee.
A major award went to Maddie Wurst, who out of nearly 400 students, won runner-up best delegate in the overall general assembly.


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MONROE COUNTY, Miss. (WCBI) — If you've got an old misdemeanor warrant, have overdue child support, or are late on a circuit court fine, a Monroe County sheriff's deputy may be looking for you.
Since the beginning of January, deputies have served more than 50 thousand dollars in old warrants and fines.
Sheriff Cecil Cantrell says the warrants will continue to be a priority as the department tries to clear old files. Anyone who has an old case or fine in Monroe County should call the sheriff's department to make payment arrangements and avoid being arrested.


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Another peaceful protestor in Madison
This one decides to attack blogger Ann Althouse for no apparent reason.
By the way, are the Capitol Police worthless or what? (About 6:45 into this video.)
The incident happens about 4:00 minutes in on this video.
What is it about the left freely tossing around the word, "retarded?"


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All Hail the New Hitchcock: Dario Argento's 'Profondo Rosso' (Blu-ray)
Here, Argento, as a director, is building his signature style out of the ashes of his previous successes and his desire to try new and inventive techniques.
Deep Red (Profondo Rosso)Rated: Not Rated
Director: Dario Argento
Cast: David Hemmings Daria Nicolodi, Macha Meril, Gabriele Lavia, Eros Pagni
Extras: 8
Studio: Blue Underground
Year: 1975
US date: 2011-05-17 (General release)
It is usually difficult for a trendsetter to stay ahead of the fad or frenzy they have created. The most popular superstar or commercially viable format only need to overstay its cultural welcome a month or two too long and it's a trip into oblivion or outright hatred. Such was the case with Dario Argento in 1975. He had created one of the most successful strings of films in the history of Italian cinema: the Animal Trilogy of giallo-style thrillers (represented by the titles, The Bird with the Crystal Plumage, Cat O' Nine Tails, and Four Flies on Grey Velvet) and would later be labeled the heir to Hitchcock.
With such an achievement came the deluge of copycats and imitators, each taking Argento's use of the camera and convention breaking to try to repeat his success. His career sat at a crossroads, in more ways than one. An attempt at a comic western (The Five Days of Milan) had failed, and left the reigning king in a dangerous state of audience languor. He needed something both to challenge his skills and to regain his crown as the king of the thriller.
As usual, it was a dream - about a medium reading the mind of a psychopath - that brought about the idea for another terror tale. But this would be a crime story like none other before or after, a gruesome saga of a disturbed mind on a murderous spree to cover up the past. The screen would be filled with blood, deep red rivers of gore. Style would be heightened and the experimentation with angles, techniques, color, and sound would be as important as the emphasis on story and acting. This would be the birth of a new style giallo, one filled with artistic as well as criminal elements.
And it would mean the reawakening of Argento, not just as a commercial director, but an important cinematic visionary. It was here where he would truly earn his new Master of Suspense label. This film bridged the gap between previous real world based movies and began the ascent into the realm of the fantastic and the frantic. It would announce Argento as that rarity among directors - a visionary. Profondo Rosso, otherwise known as Deep Red (now on Blu-ray from Blue Underground), would mark the true origins of his style and the sense of horror that would herald and haunt Argento the rest of his career.
During a conference on the paranormal, a famous psychic, Helga Ulman (Macha Meril), has a powerful vision of a murderous, deranged mind in the audience. Later that night she is brutally hacked to death. Witnessing the killing is Marc Daly (David Hemmings), who lives in the apartment above the murdered woman. The next day the police question him, and thanks to a picture in the paper by reporter Gianna Brezzi (Daria Nicolodi), Marc is labeled a crucial eyewitness. This also labels him as the killer's next victim.
Marc goes to visit his gay friend Carlo (Gabriele Lavia), a drunk, to ask him about the night of the murder. Seems they were both in the vicinity when the murderer left the scene. He remembers nothing. Together with the reporter, who he is now involved with, he tries to unlock the secrets of the crime with the killer following close behind, making sure that as many loose ends as possible can be cleared up before the truth is discovered.
Frankly, there is no better Italian thriller, giallo, detective, horror, or slasher style film than Deep Red. It resonates with all the visual excesses and subliminal undercurrents that Argento would later explore to their maximum capacity. It is a tour de force of camera, composition, and film craft skills. It is such a benchmark of smart, passionate film construction that it surpasses expectations and thwarts potential imitations. In his rethinking of the psycho killer genre, he focuses less on the murderer and more on the climate of fear. He wants the threat to come from the unknown, not some clear-cut origin
Argento makes several conceptual deviations that cause Deep Red to stand out. First was the idea of creating isolated vignettes, moments in screen time that would not be explained and simply left for the audience to mull over and formulate their own narrative associations. Argento employs this device from the very beginning of the film. As the credits roll and the wonderful score by Goblin begins to throb like the thrillers engine in idle, we wait for the story to motor out of the starting gate. But then Argento turns down the rock and introduces a nursery rhyme style music box melody, and our first vignette plays out.
It is Christmas, and in the shadows near the tree, we see a struggle and a stabbing. A scream echoes across the soundtrack and then a huge knife plunges to the floor. As it rests there, the music continues its cheerful childishness and then, a pair of highly glossed juvenile shoes appear, standing over the knife in a shot so exquisite it's like witnessing the birth of a masterwork by a celebrated painter. Before it all registers, we are back to black and the rock throb of the score. The rest of the credits play, and the movie proper begins.
Along with breaking convention (the second major deviation to discuss), this immediate interruption of the flow of the film shows that Argento is ready to throw out the standard cinematic guidebook on narrative drive and cohesion and begin his journey into the unexplained. A series of questions arise from the opening moments, questions that will not have answers given to them for a long time, if at all. What did we see? Who had the knife? Is someone hurt? Dead? Why is there a child there? Did the child see it? Did the child do it?
Argento uses these questions to begin the process of cinematic prestidigitation, to create a story where everything and nothing is important, all things and only a few things have meaning, and each new scene or character will provide more issues than their presence or dialogue will answer. By building layers of inquiry, Argento is creating substrata in his storyline and the characterization. He is also sewing the seed of suspense. Bit by bit he intends to address everything that he will show onscreen, but he is not about to make the connections or explanations easy. The audience has come along for the ride, and they have to do some work in order to get the most out of Deep Red. The results, however never fail to send a chill up one's spine.
It really is about breaking expectation. Convention would not have a killer employ boiling water or windup dolls as slaughter devices. Convention would not have a child who stabs lizards or hidden portraits of death located in decaying mansion walls. A normal thriller would have a villain, ready to strike at any moment and a hero in hot pursuit of the truth that will set him or her free. Sure, there will be red herrings and false directives, but in the end, everything will add up, motive will be established, and a nice tidy resolution will occur.
Well, if those are the customs of the thriller, Argento directs around each and every one. In Deep Red, the killer does try to kill Marc (the eyewitness), but then takes a decidedly different tactic. Instead of continuing to pursue him directly, he or she kills any and every one who could possibly have information on who they are. So the killer anticipates the resolution to the story, and then backtracks to slaughter all who could provide the links on how to get to it. As for those scarlet sardines, since Argento is never playing fair to begin with, everything becomes a clue and everything becomes a MacGuffin. Take the scenes were Argento leisurely tracks over some obscure items (a yarn doll, a switchblade). What are we supposed to make of them? Are they important to the mystery? To the killer? To a victim? Nothing is fully explained.
This is why a film like Deep Red is so effective. Argento, as a director, is building his signature style out of the ashes of his previous successes and his desire to try new and inventive techniques. Deep Red is the place where the most outlandish novelties are attempted. Like when the camera tracks a long dagger as it is raised, then bluntly lowered, into a poor man's neck. Or the use of steam as a means of clue creation and magical eradication. No other director would spend untold minutes exploring a decaying, gloomy house in the dark, our hero and his way lit only by the fading twilight and a single flashlight beam.
Yet Argento understands the primal fear that comes from exploring a place, within the context of a murder investigation, knowing that anything or anyone can be around the corner. POV shots, odd angles, overlapped dialogue, and specific musical types (jazz, rock, and electronica) are all employed in the creation of a grand collage, another means of creating order out of chaos. All the random pieces are strung together in such an artistic way that only a true visionary could be responsible. It is his skill as a great cinematic artist that makes Deep Red work so well, and simultaneously ruining it for all who follow. Kind of like Hitchcock, come to think of it.


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By Rockland Car Wash & Texaco Xpress Lube | Jan 11, 2011
When your car is covered in dirt and it snows, remember be careful when you scrape off the snow. All the dirt will cause scratching of your car's paint. Save the headaches and wash before the storm, Get all the fine road dirt and salt off and start fresh. A clean car is a happy car.


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This Day in History for March 23 – Mussolini Founds Facist Movement and More
Celebrity Birthdays for March 23 – Ric Ocasek, Chaka Khan and More
Here's a look at some notable birthdays being celebrated today:
Ric Ocasek
Age: 63
Occupation: Singer, Songwriter, Musician and Producer
Known For: Fronting and being the principal songwriter for New Wave group The Cars, known for the songs 'Just What I Needed,' 'My Best Friend's Girl,' 'Shake It Up,' 'You Might Think' and 'Drive,' producing albums for other artists like No Doubt, and his longtime marriage to supermodel Paulina Porizkova
Celebrity Birthdays for March 21 – Matthew Broderick, Rosie O'Donnell and More
Here's a look at some notable birthdays being celebrated today:
Matthew Broderick
Age: 50
Occupation: Actor
Known For: Playing the title character in the classic movie 'Ferris Bueller's Day Off,' voicing Adult Simba in 'The Lion King' film franchise, portraying Leo Bloom in the Hollywood and Broadway productions of 'The Producers,' winning two Tony Awards, and his marriage to Sarah Jessica Parker
This Day in History for March 21 – Selma Civil Rights March and More
Here's a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history:
1804 – Napoleonic Code is approved in France, giving the country its first post-revolutionary set of laws concerning property, colonial affairs, the family, and individual rights (More info)
1963 – Alcatraz Prison in San Francisco Bay closes down and transfers its last prisoners (More info)
Kathy Bates to Play Charlie Sheen's Old Character on 'Two and a Half Men'
Celebrity Birthdays for March 20 – Spike Lee, Holly Hunter and More
Here's a look at some notable birthdays being celebrated today:
Spike Lee
Age: 55
Occupation: Director, Producer, Writer and Actor
Known For: Earning two Oscar nominations for helming controversial socio-political films like 'Do the Right Thing,' 'Jungle Fever' and 'Malcolm X' as well as documentaries including 'When The Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts' and '4 Little Girls,' sometimes lacking a barrier between what he thinks and what he says, and possibly being the most ardent New York Knicks fan on the planet
This Day in History for March 20 – Lennon Marries Ono and More
This Day in History for March 19 – Nevada Legalizes Gambling and More
Here's a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history:
1920 – The United States Senate rejects the Treaty of Versailles for the second time (More info)
1931 – The Nevada legislature legalizes gambling in an attempt to lift the state out of the hard times caused by the Great Depression (More info)
Celebrity Birthdays for March 19 – Glenn Close, Bruce Willis and More
Here's a look at some notable birthdays being celebrated today:
Glenn Close
Age: 65
Occupation: Actress
Known For: Being a six-time Oscar nominee for her roles in movies including 'The Big Chill,' 'Fatal Attraction' and 'Dangerous Liaisons,' winning three Tonys for her work on Broadway, and her current role on the TV series 'Damages'
Have Americans Become Less Polite?
When's the last time you heard someone use the words "please" and "thank you"? According to a recent poll, it's probably been a long time.
Rutgers Student Dharun Ravi Found Guilty in Gay Bullying Case
In late 2010, Rutgers University student Dharun Ravi broadcast live webcam footage of his male roommate, Tyler Clementi, kissing another man. Days later, Clementi committed suicide — and now Ravi's been found guilty in a criminal court case connected to the incident.


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Digital C-Print, 40" x 50"
In "Unfortunately, It Was Paradise" (2012–2013), I explore historical utopian communities established by secular and religious movements before the fin de siècle throughout the Midwest and mid-Atlantic regions. Using large-format photography and key tropes of formal photographic language, I create imagery that examines inactive utopian communities, models of didactic lifestyles enacting ideal existences. I am drawn to the ways that ideological and spiritual beliefs shape the architecture, geography, and landscape through either original or commemorative elements in these now-extinct spaces. My aim is to capture the aesthetics of a community, etched into the natural and artificial aspects of a particular space for the purpose of defining a specific vision of austerity and godliness. The photographs in "Unfortunately, It Was Paradise" speak to dualities of perfection and incompletion that past inhabitants superimposed on the environment, paving the way for future populations, and my interest in capturing a society's essence after dissolution.


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The crew of A&E's hit show "Duck Dynasty" has been on a media tour in New York City this week ahead of the Wednesday-night premiere of their show. And while it's hard to believe that some across the country can't pick out the bearded brothers of the Robertson clan from a mile away, Jase Robertson revealed that he was kicked out of a hotel in the city this week after being confused for a homeless man.
"I think it was a facial profiling deal," Jase joked while describing the incident on "Live with Kelly and Michael."
"I asked where the bathroom was and he said, 'Right this way, sir.' He was very nice," Jase told a disbelieving Michael Strahan. "He walked me outside, pointed down the road, and said, 'Good luck. Have a good day.'"
"He just didn't know," Jase said graciously, indicating they still stayed at the hotel.
Watch him describe the incident at the beginning of the clip below (you can also see Willie Robertson respond to rumors about a possible run for Congress):
"Duck Dynasty" airs Wednesday nights on A&E.
We discussed this story on Thursday's live BlazeCast:
A&E just sent TheBlaze the numbers for Wednesday night's season four premiere and they're staggering. In short, the episode became the "No. 1 nonfiction series telecast in cable history."
Read all the stats in our follow-up story.


text: So, as I look at all the bikes for sale in the flea market, I'm baffled why so many people want to make trades. Can anyone explain this to me? Is it simply the sales tax savings? What are the odds that someone has the exact bike that I want and that I have the bike that he wants? Very slim! For instance, I have an '04 GS 1150 and would love to get on a 1200 GS. Who out there wants to make that trade? This phenom just makes me curious.


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text: the sisters by kim | Jan 17, 2014 | Daily Paintings | 5 comments I love "the sisters." My wonderful sisters. They have been amazing to me…in the role of sister, parent, friend…I can't thank you enough! This painting is from a photo of them from long ago, before I was born. Share this:Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Google+ (Opens in new window) SUBSCRIBE! You have Successfully Subscribed! 5 Comments Connie on January 17, 2014 at 3:40 pm Absolutely love this picture, Kim!!! Reply kim smith on January 17, 2014 at 4:24 pm Thanks Connie! Reply Fran on January 18, 2014 at 8:27 pm So beautiful! Love the dresses! Reply doreen stauffer on January 20, 2014 at 3:27 am LOVE this….giving me an idea for a gift for my sister. will contact you Reply kim on January 21, 2014 at 5:41 pm Thanks Doreen! Sounds like fun, let me know! Reply Leave a Reply to Fran Cancel reply


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i saw a tutorial and started to draw it...but it's not exactly like it coz i juz forgot everything when i started to draw it..heehee ..i draw tis coz exam gonna draw tis and trying to learn to colour..so hope u all like it ^^
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wow! that is amazing! i never knew there was a tutorial about that! i have got to check it out! ver very fantastic job! 5 ♥'s! :D
And... this is beautiful, but you knew that XD The flowy flowy *sinks, bubbles, enjoys* :O It's a good picture to look at for long periods of time lol
Hi little one..This is really GOOD! 5+ hearts and a huge Grammy hug! XD!
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July 18, 2013 at 9:53 pm #26431
I know this may fall under the realm of not supporting third party plugins, but this is a pretty major conflict.
I noticed this morning that no JS features were working in the WP admin's Add/Edit Posts pages (though oddly not Add/Edit Pages). No dragging and dropping or minimizing meta fields, no Add Media lightbox, and so on. Usually a sign of a JS conflict. I spent a while trying to figure out what plugin or custom theme code might be causing it, and arrived at Simple-Press forums. When deactivated, the admin page behaved fine. Then, for good measure, I changed the site theme from Enfold to TwentyTwelve, with Simple-Press forums activated, and again the admin page proceeded to work perfectly.
From what I can gather after doing my best to audit the source code from both working and non-working versions, this may have to do with the order in which Enfold JS scripts are queued in the code. This is hard to be sure of, as there is a lot of inline code as well, not just queued JS files.
I'm happy to give you login information to this installation so that you can look around. Any help here would be immensely appreciated. We're also in a pretty tight pinch with doing site updates and would happily compensate your team for any help looking into this.
Thanks!July 19, 2013 at 6:32 am #130386
Please create me a wordpress admin account and send me the login data to: (Email address hidden if logged out) – I'll look have a short look at it.
PeterJuly 19, 2013 at 8:04 am #130387
Sent! Thanks, dude.July 19, 2013 at 8:58 am #130388
Actually it's the same error which was already reported by another user: https://kriesi.at/support/topic/ (Purchase code hidden if logged out) -page and Kriesi will look into it. I forwarded your login data to Kriesi – maybe it helps him to find the error.July 19, 2013 at 8:59 am #130389
Thanks for the update, Peter.July 19, 2013 at 10:13 am #130390
Strange part of the page builder that I don't recall encountering when I've used this theme on other sites is: the javascript dragging/dropping functions work with the meta boxes on the Add/Edit Page itself, butwithin the Layout Builder they do not. No dragging and dropping existing elements around, no dragging new elements from the list at the top. I can, however, click one of those new elements to have it appear at the bottom of my layout, and then suddenly everything can be dragged/dropped normally. Very strange.July 20, 2013 at 6:44 am #130391
Looks like the issue has been fixed here: https://kriesi.at/support/topic/ (Purchase code hidden if logged out) -page
IsmaelJuly 20, 2013 at 9:15 am #130392
Thanks for the heads up, Ismael. I Re-Installed WordPress 3.5.2 and none of the symptoms of this bug have changed or disappeared.July 22, 2013 at 5:29 pm #130393
Please download a fresh version of the theme if you arent using version 1.81. Also boost your wordpress memory to 128M http://docs.woothemes.com/document/ (Purchase code hidden if logged out) /
NickJuly 22, 2013 at 8:01 pm #130394
Upgraded from Enfold 1.8 to 1.81.
Added this to my wp-config.php file:
define('WP_MEMORY_LIMIT', '256M');
My php.ini file is also set to: memory_limit = 256M
I did set it to 128M initially, and doubled it just in case.
Unfortunately, the problem persists.July 23, 2013 at 9:19 pm #130395
This seems to be affecting the Edit Media panel in the admin as well.July 25, 2013 at 5:06 am #130396
Hi Jan Bosman,
What is the url for your site?
If you have any other plugins or drop ins active try disabling them completely and then trying things out again. Also try using a different browser in case there is a browser extension or some local cache causing an issue.
DevinJuly 27, 2013 at 5:15 am #130397
As stated in the original post, I already know what the plugin conflict is. Simple-Press forums. Firebug indicates that jQuery itself fails to load with Enfold and the forum plugin both activated:
Error: cannot call methods on sortable prior to initialization; attempted to call method 'toArray'
[Break On This Error] "…eturn t?u.length:u?nt.error(e):L(e,a).slice(0)}function at(e,t,r){var i=t.dir,s=…" – jquery…r=1.8.3 (line 2)
Dude has login details for this site. The URL is http://herbmentor.com Log in to the admin and Add New Post – then try dragging around any meta boxes, using screen options, or adding media. Nothing.
This happens regardless of browser (FF, Chrome, IE, Safari).July 27, 2013 at 6:51 am #130398
I'm not familiar with the plugin and it isn't on the WordPress plugin repository that I can see so it isn't something we could easily look through to try and find the conflict.
Your best route if the plugin is absolutely needed would be to check with the simple-press support and see if they have a standard fix for something like this. The theme doesn't really load in jquery in an abnormal way or do anything overly complicated and the simple-press site only references some authors pulling the jquery libraries from google instead of wordpress core which isn't any help here.
The reason I asked for the URL is that the one above forwards to http://public.herbmentor.com/ which isn't using Enfold.July 31, 2013 at 7:48 am #130399
Our site is a private membership site, hence the redirect. The admin account that I created for Dude is a way around that.
I've submitted a ticket to the authors of the plugin in question and am awaiting their findings. I'll post them in this thread when I hear back.August 1, 2013 at 10:16 pm #130400
We don't have a group access to login details or anything but hopefully the plugin author is able to at least point in a good direction.August 2, 2013 at 11:25 pm #130401
http://simple-press.com/support-forum/sp5-general-topics/ (Purchase code hidden if logged out) /
They did a great deal of digging, but still haven't quite found the cause.
Currently waiting on an update of Enfold compatible with WP 3.6 – I suspect upgrading WP versions may help.August 6, 2013 at 6:53 am #130402August 7, 2013 at 6:04 am #130403
Hello Dude,
I've updated to Enfold 1.9.1, WordPress 3.6, and the latest version of every other damn thing.
The bug is still present.
Did you get a chance to review the thread I linked in my last post?August 8, 2013 at 11:50 am #130404
Can you please send me the ftp credentials. Kriesi and I can't reproduce the bug on our servers and we need to debug the issue on your server. This is not possible with the default theme editor.
Did you get a chance to review the thread I linked in my last post?
No, because it seems to be locked for persons who don't have a valid membership. I'll contact the simple:press developers and ask them if they want to give us a membership account. Probably the support forum would also make it easier for us to sort out any incompatibility issues with simple press.August 9, 2013 at 2:37 pm #130405
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A's sign first-round Draft pick Russell
OAKLAND, Calif. – The Oakland A's signed shortstop Addison Russell from Pace High School, their first round selection in the 2012 First-Year Player Draft. The A's also agreed to terms with their sixth round pick, right-handed pitcher Seth Streich from Ohio University. The A's have now signed or agreed to terms with 23 of their 43 picks, including 10 of the first 18.
Russell batted .358 with eight home runs and 33 RBI in 32 games for Pace HS this year. He added 30 walks for a .532 on-base percentage and scored 40 runs. Russell hit .460 in his four-year high school career with 37 home runs. The 11th overall selection, Russell is the first high school pick by the A's in the first round since 2001 when they drafted Jeremy Bonderman with the 26th selection. Since 1991, the only other high school players the A's selected in the first round were Eric Chavez (1996) and Ben Grieve (1994). Russell is the third position player the A's have chosen in the first round in the last four years along with Michael Choice (2010) and Grant Green (2009). The A's drafted right-handed pitcher Sonny Gray in the first round last year.
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Hi everyone!
I have to confess i made a huge mistake by upgrading to 4.3U, now i know the hard it is to not apply the warnings, but i don´t lose hope to bring back playing with backups on my wii again, so i ask if there´s possibility to softmod my wii again. HBC hasn´t dissapeared!-that must mean something, don´t it?-i also have to tell that i tried to restore some IOSs, like 236 which it seems didn´t happen cause at the end of the procedure the program asked me if i was doing it to play from a USB or from pirate games, since i dont have USB loader i chose the other option, so it didn´t alow me to put it back again....well, i think that´s all ive been doing, hope a possitive answer comes to this post.
thank u all
Softmod with the guide from my sig. Start at the beginning, you don't have to remove anything just follow the steps for your system menu.


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From his upcoming mixtape "Str8 Killa, No Filla" comes the video for "The Ghetto". Gibbs reminisces over his hometown Gary, Indiana as various clips from the area are shown. The beat is an update on Milkbone's 'Keep it Real' off of 'Da' Miilkrate'. I frequently visit a record store in Palm Desert, California called Record Alley that has a whole wall of CDs for $2.99. That's where I found 'Da' Miilkrate' which is a good impression of the hip-hop that was coming out around the release of 'Illmatic'. Lots of similar vibes between both of those records and the introspective style of rap covered by both of those rappers is present in Gibbs' take on Milkbone's classic. I love how he has managed to mix such classic forgotten beats into a couple of releases (i.e. the freestyles present on "The Miseducation of Freddie Gibbs".) Is Gibbs the next big lyricist in hip-hop? His latest efforts make it seem as such and time can only tell what an album may be like if his mixtapes are this concise and developed.
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The latest figures from Ofcom, the UK regulator, indicate the continuing growth of digital take-up across the UK. The fastest rate of growth has been shown by Freeview, which was up by almost 19 per cent on the previous quarter.
A new report - Key Developments In The Digital Television Market - was published today (2 June).
In the report Ofcom says:
- By 31 March 2004, digital television penetration was estimated to have increased to 53 per cent of UK households, up from 50 per cent from the previous quarter. This represents an increase of 2.8 per cent , with an additional 710,000 households adopting digital television during the quarter, bringing the total number of households to more than 13 million (13,072,261).
- A further 4 per cent of households subscribed to analogue cable during the quarter, bringing the total number of households receiving some form of multi-channel television to almost 57 per cent . [Source: ntl results Q1 2004, and Telewest Broadband results Q1 2004]
- Sky's UK subscriber base continued to grow, adding 66,000 subscribers to its pay-TV service over the quarter to bring the total number to almost 7 million (6,956,000). [Source: Sky results Q1 2004]
- Freeview (Digital Terrestrial Television) uptake has increased by 18.6 per cent on the previous quarter, with household numbers estimated to have grown to around 3.5 million (3,468,100). [Source: Freeview sales figures Q1 2004, and Ofcom market estimates]
- The total number of subscribers to cable television (both digital and analogue) is estimated to have increased slightly during the quarter to around 3.3 million (3,325,275), of which digital cable now accounts for around 2.4 million (2,408,530). [Source: ntl results Q1 2004, and Telewest Broadband results Q1 2004]
Key developments in the broadband market:
- At the end of April 2004, the UK had reached almost 4 million broadband users (3,992,500), with over 40,000 new connections each week. [Source: Operators and Ofcom estimates]
- Ofcom's market research also shows that the decline in the use of narrowband services has continued as consumers upgrade to broadband. 67 per cent of adults connect to the internet at home using narrowband, down from 73 per cent in November 2003. [Source: Ofcom's market research]
- 53 per cent of UK adults now have internet access at home, up from 50 per cent in November 2003. 25 per cent of these adults now connect to the Internet using broadband. [Source: Ofcom's market research]
The full Ofcom Digital TV update is available at:
The full Ofcom Internet and Broadband update is available at:
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Qualified credit unions must use personalization processes and chip certification to match the faster program.
Processor says data shows two-year jump of 12% in average debit transaction.
Card processor says 62% of its client respondents cited fraud reduction and MasterCard/Visa liability shift for planned move away from mag stripes.
Credit unions that adopt the TMG product will sign contracts directly with TMG, who will be responsible for sales, implementation, support and invoicing.
PSCU, CO-OP Financial Services and The Members Group have partnered with MasterCard to make the new technology available to credit unions.
Card management consultants working with a payment processing CUSO and association are working to convince credit unions to look more deeply into their card members data to help the credit unions improve their card portfolio management decisions.
This in-depth look at how Big Data can help the cards portfolio is a preview from next week's print edition.
Credit union members who opt into fraud text alerts receive texts asking them to verify or report a flagged transaction.
Credit unions processing their payments with FIS and The Members Group are among the first to have the chance to sign on with V.me, Visa's new digital wallet program designed to make online shopping easier and more secure.
Digital wallet service now offered to credit unions processing cards with The Members Group.


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"Crash Class" in Returning Samples from Space
A University of Washington (UW) class is crashing rockets into the ground…and on purpose.
The student project is called "Sample Return Systems for Extreme Environments," a novel technology that recently received $500,000 over two years from the NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) program.
Here's the idea: A rocket hits the surface of a celestial object. It burrows in a short distance with ports on either side of the rocket's nose collecting a sample. That specimen is then funneled to an interior capsule. The capsule is attached by tether to a balloon or a spacecraft, which would immediately reel in the capsule to recover the sample.
Kite-lofted rockets
In the first phase of testing earlier this year in Black Rock Desert, about 100 miles north of Reno, Nev., kite-lofted rockets were fired from an altitude of 3,000 feet down toward the desert floor.
But it turned out that wasn't high enough for proper performance testing. Even so, components of the system survived supersonic impact under rocket power.
The second phase of testing could take place in California next summer, with follow up tests a year later. Rockets would be fired from a higher altitude in an attempt to achieve twice the speed of sound, or about 1,520 mph.
"We're trying to figure out what the maximum speed is that a rocket can survive a hard impact," said Robert Winglee, a UW professor of Earth and space sciences, who heads that department and leads the annual trek to the desert.
Earth and space applications
The NIAC-backed concept could be used to collect and return samples from forbidding environments, be it an erupting volcano or a melting nuclear reactor here on Earth, or even an asteroid in space.
Winglee said that, on Earth, it would allow scientists a relatively safe way of recovering samples in areas of high contamination, such as Japan's Fukushima Daichi nuclear power plant and the Chernobyl nuclear power facility in Ukraine, both of which suffered catastrophic failures.
The technology could also collect samples from an erupting volcano to give Earth scientists a better understanding of the processes at work during one of nature's most violent shows.
In either case, the tethered sample-return capsule could be hauled in by a balloon or a plane.
Tether technology
In space, for example, the system could collect samples from a single asteroid or a series of them, with a "mothership" recovering the tethered capsules and returning them to Earth.
"It would be like taking a core sample before you go mining," Winglee said in a UW press release. He noted that there is growing interest in possibly mining asteroids, both for finding substances that are in increasingly short supply on Earth, and potentially to find the natural resources to create fuel for long-term space missions.
Winglee is working with Robert Hoyt of Tethers Unlimited Inc. of Bothell, Wash., which has developed tether technology for use in space, on Earth and in the oceans.
Check out this video of the University of Washington's rocket work at:


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"The Parson" Illustration
The dust storm picked up speed as it whipped through Davenport on this warm October day. The coach was late arriving, Julianne Morston noticed, but it was always a bit late on Saturdays. As the widow of the former parson, she thought it her duty to meet the new parson and introduce him to their lovely little town. She had only finished moving their things from the residence above the church building the day before. Of course, she couldn't have done it so if not for the people of Davenport. Such kind souls they were. The thought of sifting through her dead husband's things without a shoulder to lean on: it would have been more than she could bear; it was more than she could bear. Oh, stop it, Julianne! she told herself. You're going to start crying again, and won't that be a pretty sight for the new parson. What a welcome, indeed. She dried her eyes with the back of her hand when she realized that with all the dust flying about, her face was probably streaked. She went indoors at the general store and asked to borrow the wash basin.
"Of course you can use the washbasin," Marie Lauterbach said when asked. "It's in the back room, Mrs. Morston, in case you didn't know." Julianne walked with measured steps around the flour sacks and pickle barrels to the back room. It stank. That was where Marie and her husband George kept the skins that they had acquired trading with the trappers. It began to make Julianne nauseous. Just wonderful! Sad and sick, too. Won't I be a sight? She started to cry again, as softly as she could, so that Marie or George would not hear.
She poured water from the pitcher into the basin, then wet her handkerchief and daubed her face. In the mirror behind her, she saw the dust playing in the air, illuminated from the light of the setting sun drifting in from the uncurtained window. Then she heard the galloping hoof beats. The carriage was pulling into town, and here she was, feeling sorry for herself instead of doing her duties. She dried her face on her skirt and left the general store, giving Marie a hurried thank you as she left.
When the carriage stopped, the chestnut team and the driver shifted back and forth nervously, but the carriage door did not open. Julianne stood and watched the carriage, transfixed. Was he in there? When the light was almost gone and she could barely see, the door swung slowly open. The parson emerged. He closed his Bible as he descended the carriage steps. "I never like to cease reading a Psalm in the middle, but in this light it is quite impossible." His voice was very quiet, much more peaceful than Julianne had expected. He looked sickly yellow, but she assured herself that it was a trick of the low light. He's dying, she thought, then told herself not to be silly. Death had been her constant companion lately…
The parson cocked his head at her: he probably caught the odd look that accompanied that thought. "Are you Mrs. Morston?" he asked, a crooked smile on his face.
"Why, yes," Julianne answered, suddenly embarrassed.
The man's face showed and eerie sympathy. "I am so sorry to hear about your husband, Mrs. Morston. What a terrible tragedy." Julianne found herself nodding as the tears welled up in her eyes. She turned away form the parson so that her would not witness this moment of weakness. "My dear," he said, patting her arm, "do not be ashamed of your grief. Even Jesus wept." At these words, she found herself turning around, collapsing into the parson's arms, and weeping on his neck.
After Julianne had composed herself, she apologized profusely, as she showed the parson to the church building and his upstairs rooms. He said he would not accept her apology because it was unnecessary. :Our Lord wept at the death of his friend Lazarus, and He is our Savior, our example." He spoke these words as he followed her up the stairs from the church to the house above. "Christ never sinned, and if He shed tears at the passing of a loved one, then it is not wrong for you to do the same."
"Thank you for your understanding," Julianne said, opening the door to her former home. "You are so kind."
"Where are you going to be staying now, Mrs. Morston?" the parson asked as he placed his bags on the floor by the chest of drawers.
"With the Lauterbach's, in their rooms behind the general store, until I can find a more suitable place."
"You and your husband had no children?" She was perplexed at this question. Again, the look on her face must have been telling. "I meant no offense," he added, "I was just noticing that this home has none of the scuffs of childhood."
"My husband and I were not fortunate enough to have children," Julianne answered numbly, shaking her head.
"Well, I'm certain the Lord had blessed you in other ways, Mrs. Morston. You are a strong woman, which shows on your face. Full of life, and the love of the Lord. Would you mind showing me around the church building?"
"Thank you again," Julianne answered, "and no, I would not mind at all." She led him downstairs. The children's classrooms were the closest to the stair, so she started there. "This room, just across from the stairs, is where our older children are taught." Julianne opened the door. The chalkboard listed the twelve tribes of Israel, grouped by the wives of Jacob who had borne each one. "Our youngest students are taught in this room," Julianne said as she opened the next door on the right. It was scattered with paper cutouts of the parable of the loaves and the fishes from last Sunday, and the book of Ruth from the week before. "Across the hall is the classroom for the middle children," she said as they left the elementary room. This chalkboard contained the names of the children who had said the books of the Bible from memory, and the memory verse for the next week: Galatians 2:20-----"I am crucified with Christ, nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth by the faith in me, and the son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me." From this room, a door led to the main auditorium.
The parson's eyes flitted about the room once in the auditorium. "No crosses?" he seemingly wondered aloud.
"My husband did not believe in displaying them," Julianne Morston replied. "He believed that the love of God should be displayed from the heart, and that outward…" she stuttered on the word "…talismans were idolatry, plain and simple."
"Do not fret yourself, Mrs. Morston. I agree with your husband. And no windows? Your husband did not believe that seeing the sun is idolatry, surely?"
"No," Julianne laughed. "However, it does cut down that amount of outside noise that pervades one's worship. The house is the only part of the building that has windows."
"I see, but one can worship in one's house, as well." The parson glanced at his watch. "It is late, and I am afraid I have kept you out later than I should have." He led her to the door. "I can see myself back upstairs," he said, and before she had time to let his words fall on her ears, he was gone, the door slammed in her face.
Julianne was not quite sure what to think of the new parson. He was much younger than she imagined. He could not be more than thirty, but he was supposed to have preached at Red Oak fifteen years ago. Perhaps his youth, too, was a trick of the light. He must have started young. She was sure he would look his age in the morning. Besides, she thought, many men have boyish faces all their lives. Sometimes, only the gray hairs of time are the true heralds. With this thought echoing through her mind, she washed and climbed into her bed in the back room of the general store, and finally fell asleep.
The next morning, Julianne woke, washed, and went t see how the new parson was doing before church was scheduled to start, and if he needed anything. On her way, she stopped to look at the sign in the churchyard. Most of it was the same, "Davenport Church---Visitors Welcome---Services---" Only when she reached the next line did she notice "---Sundays 4:00 P.M. to 6:00 P.M. ---- Wednesdays 7:00 P.M. to 8:00 P.M." These were on separate blocks of wood hung over the old message. He must have found the paint and wood in the closet, cut the boards, and hung them himself. He changed the sign last night, she thought, in the dark? Well, I suppose he had to if he were to cancel service this morning.
When she reached the parson's living quarters, she knocked on the door, but there was no answer. He must be gone, or asleep. If he worked on that sign after I left, he must be tired indeed. She tried the door. It was locked. Julianne, what are you doing? There is no reason for you to be spying on the new parson! She descended the stairs quietly as a mouse. When she closed the door to the first floor landing and turned around, behind her was the parson. She gave alittle yelp.
"I am so sorry to frighten you, Mrs. Morston. I heard noises, but I did not think you would be here at this time of day."
It is only ten. "I came to see if you needed anything," was her pert reply.
"Thank you, no," he said, with the same smile as the day before. He looked on older.
"I noticed you changed the sign in the yard. You must have been up late."
"I am a night owl, I must admit," he said with a smirk. "And a day owl. I believe no minute the Lord has made is worth wasting. 'Early to bed and early to rise….'"
"Is that from the Bible?" Julianne asked.
"No, Poor Richard's Almanac, I believe. I see that you are wondering why I changed the times of service to so late in the day." Julianne nodded, not the least bit worried that he had read her mind. "With winter approaching, it was probably wise to save our fuel. So why not let the fuel serve the duel purpose for heat anyhow, considering that we will have forty church members in such a cozy building, but every little bit helps."
"The building is always a bit dark during services anyhow, since it doesn't have windows."
"Yes. We pay for the lack of noise with the lack of sunlight. Do you believe that a fair trade, Mrs. Morston?"
I'm not sure, Parson. I've never really given it much thought."
"Well, there's something new for you to think about. How did your husband die, if you don' mind my asking?"
"I don't mind," Julianne answered wistfully. "He simply wasted away…. The doctor said he'd never seen anything like it before, really."
"Such a shame. Was he always a sickly man?"
"Hardly! He was one of the strongest men in Davenport--- up until the sickness."
The parson pondered a moment. "Did anyone else catch the sickness?"
"No. Dr. Hughes took precautions; no one else was allowed to see him. Not even me."
"You weren't allowed to see your own husband?" he asked, the eerie sympathy returning to his face.
"But the doctor didn't catch it?" She shook her head; hadn't she already told him no one else had caught it? Not real bright, this parson. "He should have known it was not catching and let you see your husband."
"I did not question him," Julianne said, going numb again.
"Men of Science do not know everything, Mrs. Morston," he said with a patronizing smile. "The only true wisdom is with the Lord." Julianne suddenly wanted out of the church building.
"Well, I should probably stop bothering you," she said, trying to lighten the mood, as she turned toward the door.
The parson smiled at her. "I do have a sermon to prepare," he said, and his smile followed her out the door.
The sermon that night was on Sodom and Gomorra. The parson spoke with fire in his green eyes, almost as though he had been there, Julianne thought. She sat with the Lauterbachs, the fourth pew from the back on the right. The people of Davenport thought it odd that she stared with such urgency at the new parson, since the former parson, dead not a month, had been her husband. He seemed to cast a spell on her; nay, on all the younger women of Davenport. But they did not all admire his handsome looks. Some were very frightened of him. When he spoke, they felt as though he were touching them in a way they wished not to be touched. Those who had experienced that with their fathers, brothers, or uncles swore silently that it was the same feeling. Those who had not, merely felt the unpleasantness.
Julianne had not noticed the unpleasantness until her encounter with the parson that morning. Before, she had been too engrossed in her "duties." His smile, as she left the church building, seemed to transform. Now, it began to take shape, right before her eyes during the sermon, she saw him as he was: his eyes were to large and he had too many teeth. And his odious smile! She was frightened of him, all at once. Then, he was looking right at her. What is he saying? By our own actions we shall be judged!" Julianne stood and stumbled toward the door. He thinks I killed my husband! she thought as she filled her lungs with the evening air after she had shut the church door. Then she ran.
Monday morning, Mrs. Lauterbach seemed concerned about Julianne Morston. "You stormed out of church like a whirlwind. Were you sick?"
"A little," Julianne lied. "I felt that the room was very close and I was a tad nauseous."
"It's no wonder, having to sleep with those awful skins. I'll make George move them to the storage room on the other side of the store. Just because we are poor does not mean we must be bad hosts. George?!?" Her husband hollered "Ja!" from the back room, and she went to speak to him. Julianne continued stocking her shelf, trying not to think of the way the parson looked at her the night before. She had no idea that, across town, Heather Jones was thinking the same thing. When Mrs. Lauterbach returned, she entered the room talking.
"Dr. Hughes came in this morning, saying that his dog was missing. Since he lives just down the way, I was wondering if you had seen her?" Julianne shook her head. "By the way, my dear, the parson sent an order for some meats. Almost every housewife in town has invited him to dine, but he refuses them all. Would you take the package to him?"
Julianne's heart jumped into her throat. You will have to look at him sooner or later. Might as well get it over with. She took the package from Mrs. Lauterbach, who, if she had not known better, would have mistaken Julianne's response as looking as if she were falling in love with the new parson. Julianne made her way out the door. The sun was bright, and she tried to shield her eyes form it. Luckily, the church is only a block away.
This time the door to the upstairs landing was locked. Julianne left the meat at the door, after knocking and trying to make a great deal of general noise so that he would not be surprise her again. She walked away from the landing door, slowly at first. By the time she made it to the outside door, she was galloping, and her heart pounded. What is the matter with you? She told herself. It is only the parson. You are being very silly, Julianne!
Heather Jones looked out her second story window to see Mrs. Morston standing outside the church door, hands clasped to her chest, looking deathly pale. She knew that Mrs. Morston must have felt the same thing, or had the same dream she'd had. She stormed down the stairs. Heather just had to talk to Julianne Morston, though she was not quite sure why. Her mother caught her at the foot of the stairs.
"Where are you going in such a hurry, young lady?" Deborah Jones asked, sneering, the same sneer Heather had seen a hundred times.
"I am going to talk to Mrs. Morston," Heather replied as pleasantly as possible over her sense of urgency.
"Not if you have to run, you're not. It is not ladylike to run."
"But I'll miss her it I don't run."
"Don't talk back to me!" Mrs. Jones hissed. She gave Heather a smack on the cheek that sent her reeling. It's not ladylike to hit, either, Heather thought. She had learned months ago that to talk under her breath would get her a much worse beating. Her mother was never this bad before she lost her husband, Richard; he had always managed to keep her from really hurting Heather. Now he was gone, and she had no protection. But one day, she'd be able to overpower her mother, and then.....She smiled sweetly when she turned around and answered.
"I'm sorry, Mother. You know what's best."
"I certainly do. With your father gone, I have to be a mother and father to you. You should be grateful that I teach you what is right and what is wrong. What does it say in Proverbs?"
"'Spare the rod and spoil the child,'" Heather answered dutifully.
"That's right," Deborah replied in a patronizing tone. "And you aren't spoiled, are you?" Heather shook her head, still smiling. "And who do you have to thank?"
"You and God, Mother."
"That's right. Now come and give your mother a hug." Heather walked cautiously into her mother's arms, prepared for a blow. Her mother held her and then stroked her hair. Heather shivered. "Is your room cleaned, child? Cleanliness is next to Godliness, you know that." Heather nodded. "Everything is in its place? Do not lie, child, because God will know." She nodded again. Her mother took a handful of hair in her right hand and pulled her daughter's face back to face her. "Then get out of my sight!" her mother hissed. "Children should be neither seen nor heard!!!"
"Mrs. Morston!" Heather got her attention just as Julianne had mustered the strength to walk away. "Mrs. Morston!" Heather called again, just to make sure. Julianne looked around to see the Jones girl. Mrs. Morston did not look calm again, Heather noticed, until she had stepped off the church porch.
"Hello Heather," she said with a half-laugh. Julianne was always fond of the Jones girl, though she felt that something troubled Heather. In a motherly way, she secretly hoped the girl would confide in her, but she knew it would never happen. The Jones home was upstanding in the community, so what could possibly be wrong?
"I need to talk to you," Heather said, her eyes pleadingly searching Julianne's for assistance.
"Has something happened," Julianne was used to helping those in need in the community as the former parson's wife, but Heather seemed very distressed to her.
"Not actually happened," Heather replied with growing alarm, "but I think you are the only one who will understand."
Julianne's maternal instincts started to cheer. She took each of Heather's hands in her own. "All right, child. Come into the store----"
"Don't call me child!" Heather threw off Julianne's hands.
"I'm sorry," Julianne was shocked.
"And we cannot talk there. The Lauterbachs will listen."
"We can talk in my rooms," Julianne assured her.
"I'd much rather talk by the river."
"All right, I suppose." As they walked toward the river, the woman and the soon-to-be woman made conversation about the weather, and clothes, and the young men in Heather's life. But by the bank, their tone became more serious.
"Now, what is the matter, Heather?" Mrs. Morston asked when they had settled on the grass. Heather stared at the ground, picked up a twig and began to pull the bark off it.
"Something is wrong. Can't you feel it?"
"I felt something, Heather---"
"I know you did. I saw you. At the church."
"---but I thought I was being silly."
"We might both be."
"What happened to you?" Julianne asked. Only then did the girl look up.
"I dreamt the parson killed my mother."
"I'm so sorry," Julianne said, laying a hand on the girl's shoulder.
"It's alright." Heather's face dropped again as she replied. What she meant was: "It would be more all right than you could ever know!"
One night, a week later, Heather woke from another strange dream to hear voices coming from her mother's room. She sat up and tried to listen. Her mother was crying, and the other voice was saying something about atonement. She strained to hear. "It is necessary for you atonement." She had never meant to sin, Deborah Jones said, but she had to correct the child. She was odd, she just wasn't right, and she needed extra correction. The voice said, "Children can be bad, sometimes, but they are only to obey their parents when their parents are right with the Lord."
"I am a Godly woman," Heather's mother swore. The voices said, "Then, consider yourself a martyr."
Heather heard a muffled cry, and then there was silence. She wanted to know what was happening, but her limbs would not obey. After ten minutes, she managed to stand and walk to her window. She saw the Parson leaving her front porch and walking back to the church. She went to her mother's room. Her mother lay in bed as still as death.
"Mother?" Heather whispered, afraid that something unwanted might hear her. She whispered it again, a little louder. She walked slowly to her mother's bedside, reaching out her hand. Deborah Jones was cold, but she moved when Heather touched her. Heather felt for a heartbeat; it was weak, but it was there. She left the room and went back to bed.
The next morning, Heather woke around seven, dressed quietly, washed and went to get the doctor. She made sure her mother was still alive first, for she knew she could not just let her mother die, as she hoped she would, without acting the part of a concerned daughter. People might be suspicious. Dr. Hughes examined Deborah Jones carefully. "Your mother was usually healthy as a horse, Heather. What do you think happened?"
"Mother usually wakes me at six. When I woke this morning, it was seven, so I knew something was wrong. I came in her, and she was like this."
"Was she all right last night?"
"She seemed to be." Heather rubbed the places on her arms and back where her mother had beaten her, but her mother always managed to place them where no one would see, which was rather easy with the long skirts, long sleeves, and high collars Heather wore.
"It looks like the sickness has come back," Dr Hughes said flatly.
Deborah Jones died that afternoon. The funeral was two days later. The Parson sent regrets to Heather that he would have to be out of town and could not perform the ceremony, as she requested. Heather dressed tactfully in black, but few tears came. Mrs. Morston approached the girl after the final prayer, led by Dr. Hughes, at the interment.
"I am terribly sorry, Heather," She said, putting her arm round the girl. Heather winced. Her bruised shoulder was still tender.
"We cannot talk here. Come to my house. We can speak after everyone leaves."
The funeral party, as it customary at country funerals, brought food so that the bereaved do not have to cook for a while. Most of them were older couples, most of Davenport was older couples, and they realized, after they had talked among themselves for the better part of an hour, that they had little to say to the poor girl. They left slowly, two by two, after expressing a final phrase of sympathy. Finally, Heather Jones and Julianne Morston were alone.
"It was the parson," Heather said, staring off into space.
"What?" Julianne asked. "What do you mean?"
"The parson killed my mother, just as in my dream."
"You don't really think that?" Julianne knew she did. Furthermore, she knew, somehow, that it was true.
"Have any more animals disappeared?"
"My cat is gone. Most of my friends' pets are gone, too."
"Do you think the parson killed their pets and yours?"
"It's possible."
"I don't know. It seems far-fetched."
"Then why are you so afraid of him?"
Julianne did not know what to say. The girl had her figured out. "All right, let's go see."
"What do you mean?" Heather asked. Now she was frightened.
"I mean let's go to his house and see."
"Break in?"
"It is not breaking in if one has a key. I forgot to give the parson the spare, then I had a feeling that I might need it. He is out of town."
Heather shrugged. "Why not?"
Julianne and Heather entered the church without trouble. The townspeople saw, but who would think ill of a girl whose mother just died going with a friend to the church for sanctuary. Julianne unlocked the door to the landing, and they stepped inside. The building seemed very quiet, frozen in time, as if it were holding its breath. They climbed the steps as silently as they could, with their wooden heels clapping on the wooden floor, and the planks creaking with every step. Half-way up, Julianne realized that she smelled something familiar. She could not place the odor until they were almost to the top. It smells like the skins in the cooler. Julianne motioned Heather to stop on the stairs. She was not certain she wanted Heather to see what was on the inside. She turned the key in the lock slowly.
The lock clicked. She took hold of the knob, turned it slowly to the right, and pushed the door. It had opened only six inches when she had seen all she wanted to see. She slammed it shut, pulled out the key, and they ran down the stairs. They ran down the long hall, and out of the church, never realizing that the parson was watching.
"What was in there?" Heather asked, when they were back at her home and holding a claming cup of tea.
"No. Dogs and cats. The missing pets. You were at least partially right. Did you dream about the parson killing animals, as well?"
"Not that I remember. I have had many strange dreams since he came here."
"Do you remember any of the others?"
"Only one besides the one in which he killed my mother."
"What was it?"
"It was old. Hundreds of years ago. He was dressed like a monk, but he looked the same age as he is now. And there was a woman....Dark and sinister. They were in a castle, and she took him to her room."
Julianne blushed. "Did they say anything?"
"He kept repeating 'It is forbidden' but she simply laughed and dragged him in. He did not really resist. Then, he seemed to faint. And then I'm not quite sure what happened. It looked as if she were biting him. Then I woke up." Heather looked pleadingly at Julianne, the same look she wore outside the church. "Will you stay here with me tonight?"
"Of course, if you want me to." The girl rushed into Julianne's arms. She held her and stroked her hair. Heather began to cry.
The woman and the girl stayed together in the guest bedroom. Heather slept fitfully, and Julianne watched over her, stroking her hair and trying to calm her nightmares. At midnight, her whimpering, tossing, and turning ceased. Julianne lay down decide her, and was soon fast asleep.
The next morning, Heather sat up in bed, smiling. Julianne awoke to see her, then looked at the Grandfather clock: five o'clock.
"What is it?" Julianne Morston asked.
"It is all right."
"What? I'm afraid I don't understand."
"The town," Heather answered. "It's all right again."
"What do you mean?"
"He's gone."
"The Parson? Yes, he left town yesterday and was not sure when he would come back."
"No, he did not leave. But now he's gone. Come to the church. I'll show you." They dressed and went to the church. It seemed that no one else was awake. The sun was barely up. They knew it would be dark in the church building, so they brought candles. On one of the pews was a pile of dust, a wooden stake, and the parson's clothes. And a note addressed to "Mrs. Julianne Morston." Julianne opened it and read it aloud.
"Mrs. Morston,
There are two reasons that I addressed this note to you. One is because you discovered my secret, and the other is because I killed your husband. The child knows something about me, as I knew something about her mother. I have lived for many years in many places, but only how it started is of concern to you. When I was young in the Lord, I committed a carnal sin, and you have seen its consequences.
I was warned about this woman. Those around me told me she was evil. I should have seen it. The Lord warned me about her in Proverbs 2:16-19: 'To deliver you from the immoral woman, form the seductress who flatters with her words; who...forgets the covenant of her God. For her house leads down to death, and her paths to the dead; None who go to her return, nor do they regain the paths of life.'
I tried to cheat my just punishment. I tried to take only poor, dumb creatures, but my sin was too great. I try to start with the evil people, those that need to be punished. God's words echo in my brain all the while. 'Thou shalt not kill. Thou shalt not kill!' It grows out of control inside me. It is gluttonous. Then I take anyone, faithful or fallen, good or evil. (At a time like this, I met Mr. Morston on the road, and I took his blood, and then his life.) Finally, I can kill no more, and I flee. Then it starts again.
This time I decided to end it. To take my life, as Judas did, is a sin against heaven, but no more than taking the lives of innocents of not-so-innocents. I trade one wretched, condemned soul, damned form the start (I, not Paul, am the chief of sinners!), so that many more might find God's peace. This , I believe, is a fair trade.
Please, pray for the Lord to have mercy on my soul."Julianne and Heather swept up the dust, and threw it, with the clothes and the stake, in the river. They never mentioned the note. They wanted it to appear that the parson had just left town and decided never to come back. They went home to live in Heather's family home. She was the only heir, so there was no need of a will. No one would question her right to live there. And Julianne stayed for the rest of her life. She never knew why Heather hated her mother so, and she never asked. One needed a mother, the other wanted a daughter, and that was all either of them ever needed to know.


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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated the nation's count Thursday, showing 33 more cases and two additional deaths reported to the agency in the past day. The outbreak of rare fungal meningitis has been linked to steroid shots for back pain.
Virginia's cases rose to 30 on Thursday, including one fatality. The commonwealth's number of cases includes at least three residents of West Virginia who had received shots in Virginia.
The Virginia Department of Health said earlier in the week that all 689 people who received injections there had received the contaminated medication.
However, not all of the patients were injected in the spine. Some received the injections in their knees, necks or other joints. As of Tuesday, all known cases of meningitis there occurred in people who were injected in the spine.
Maryland has not released new numbers Thursday, but as of Wednesday, the state had nine cases, including one death.
Meningitis cases linked to the contaminated medication have occurred in nine other states: Florida, Idaho, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio and Tennessee.
A specialty pharmacy in Massachusetts has recalled the steroid that was sent to clinics in 23 states, as well as everything else it makes. As many as 13,000 may have received the shots contaminated by meningitis.
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- Meningitis Cases Rise to 24 in Md., Va.
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CHULA VISTA: Police were looking for a man who brandished a knife during a carjacking Friday night and drove off in a blue 2004 Chevrolet Silverado pickup.
The carjacking was reported on Tobias Drive near Sherwood Street at 8:05 p.m., police said.
The victim said the assailant was Latino, 5 feet 10 inches tall, weighing 160 pounds. He wore a white hat and a white San Diego Chargers football jersey, said Chula Vista police Lt. Roxana Kennedy.
The Silverado has the California license plate 7M66815. –M.A.


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Playing with Other Children As a Child Who Is Visually Impaired
Brother and sisters all enjoy playing at the park. The three girls each have low vision. Besides playing together, they are role models for each other.
As Amy and her four-year-old son, Jordan, approached the water play area in the park, she started talking to him about what was going on in the play area. "Looks like some boys your age are playing near the fountain. One boy has a squirt gun, and the other has a toy dinosaur."
She walked with Jordan toward the boys and called out to one wearing green swim trunks, "Hey, your green squirt gun matches your green swim trunks. Did you do that on purpose?" Because Jordan could see colors at this distance, Amy was helping her son recognize which boy had which toy. Jordan, with his own squirt gun in hand, made a beeline for the boy, saying, "Want to play cowboys?" With his mother's brief description of the boys and what they were doing, Jordan had the information he needed—and the confidence—to join in their play.
Social Strategies for Visually Impaired Preschoolers
As Amy's example shows, parents can be very helpful to their child's efforts to find playmates and make friends. Being supportive, aware of social opportunities, and ready to provide relevant information can make a big difference.
Tell your child what other children are doing. If there's a specific child he'd like to play with, guide him to that person. Once he makes a connection with the other child, you can back off and let them play. If they become separated and you see that your child has lost track of his playmate, unobtrusively guide him in the right direction.
Watch other children your son's age to see how they play and what they play with. At home, show him what you've observed and have practice play times together. If you've seen children playing at being firefighters, using their tricycles as fire trucks, describe that to him and suggest that he can offer to be the one who carries the "hose," and rides behind the tricycle "fire truck" driver.
To help your child learn how to approach other children, try practicing questions he can ask them about familiar television shows or games. He needs to understand the concept of asking a question, listening to the other person's answer, and then responding appropriately. Your child might need a few practice sessions before he gets the hang of it. Encourage him to listen to what other children are saying to each other and give him some ideas about how to start a conversation with someone he'd like to get to know.
There'll be times when your child will miss a friendly cue. He may not see another child smile and wave. He may not realize another child is talking to him because there's chatter going on around him. These missed overtures may make other children think that your child doesn't want to play or doesn't like them. In some situations, you might need to explain about your child's visual impairment and how he sometimes needs help. Some preschoolers are able to be helpful and empathize with another child's problems, and once they understand, may want to pitch in to give him a hand.
Give your child realistic feedback about how he does socially. If he does something well, let him know, for example, "Wow, that was a good idea to call out Crystal's name when you two got separated. I'm glad you let her know you didn't see her go to the slide when she got off the swing." Also let him know when he doesn't do something as well as he could have. "Those girls walked away from you because you weren't playing follow-the-leader the way they wanted you to. Next time, if you can't see what they're doing, ask them if they could come closer."
In general, your child may be more comfortable and outgoing in situations where there are fewer children. Think about taking him to places such as parks and the library at times when they're less busy and he can more easily hear and see what others are doing. When you notice a child who seems interested in playing with your child, suggest to his or her parent that the children get together for a playdate. Be ready to take the lead if necessary because other parents may feel awkward about not knowing what's appropriate when it comes to inviting a visually impaired child to spend time in their home.


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After expanding across Earth, the Internet is now set to spread into outer space to reach parts no network has gone before, one of its co-creators predicted Wednesday.
Vinton Cerf said the proposed "interplanetary" Internet would allow people an ability "to access information and to control experiments taking place far away" from Earth.
Expanding into the solar system would bring new rules and regulations too, he told an annual Seoul forum, saying he and other experts were working on a set of standards designed to guide space-era Internet communications.
"Finally, the Internet can take us where no network has gone before," said Cerf, who is Google's vice president and chief internet evangelist,
He said he and a team of engineers at the California-based Jet Propulsion Laboratory would complete a key part of the project -- establishing standards for space communications like those for Internet -- in three years.
Cerf told a separate news conference that new standards were needed because of the huge distances and time delays involved in communication across space.
He went on: "This effort is now bearing fruit and is on track to be space qualified and standardized in the 2010 time frame.
"Eventually we will accumulate an interplanetary backbone to assist robotic and manned missions with robust communication."
Cerf, seen as a founding father of the Internet with Robert Kahn, marveled at its explosive growth in the last decade, saying it was a trend that would continue.
The number of Internet users has grown 20-fold in the past decade to about 1.2 billion people this year, with the number of computer servers rising from 22.5 million to 489 million, he said.
"Eventually," he added, "the entire world will have access to the services that are available on the Internet."
One of the outstanding changes was the Internet's huge growth in Asia which now boasts 436 million users, well above the figures of 321 million in Europe and 233 million in North America, the birthplace of the web, he said.
"That there are so many users in Asia suggests the content of the Internet will eventually contain far more information in languages other than English than it does today," he added.
Technological changes were occurring to keep pace with the expansion, with one of the key challenges being a shortage of Internet addresses.
The Internet currently allows only 4.3 billion unique addresses -- plenty back in the 1970s but not enough, said Cerf, who also chairs the board of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN).
He said ICANN, which manages domain names and addresses, was preparing to launch a new format accommodating 340 trillion trillion trillion addresses.
Cerf said ICANN would meet later this month to discuss expanding the number of characters used for internationalised domain names (IDNs) such as .com or .net, which now only adopt Latin and Roman ones.
"Sometime in the first half of 2008, I expect, there will be opportunities to register IDNs using different languages other than Latin," he said.
He said he expects "billions of Internet-enabled devices" to emerge, with items to cover nearly all home appliances such as televisions, radios, kitchen equipment, fax machines and printers, refrigerators and bathroom scales.
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Jeremy Hobson: Katie Couric will anchor the CBS Evening News tonight for the last time. Couric has been making $15 million a year at CBS. But during her almost five year run as anchor she hasn't been able to boost the ratings. So why does CBS think Couric's replacement Scott Pelley will do any better?
Come to think of it, why are the networks still trying to make money with news programs?
Here's reporter Sally Herships.
Sally Herships: News is cheap.
John Greening: You don't have to pay actors, you don't have to do sets. You don't have to write scripts.
John Greening teaches advertising at Northwestern University in Chicago. Greening says news is much cheaper to produce than a police drama, and still attracts big general audiences.
Nielsen ratings says network news pulls in almost 18 million viewers a night, including deep-pocketed, aging baby boomers.
Greening: It's part of the reason why when you watch network news, you feel like you've taken a trip to your medicine cabinet.
Greening says a big chunk of evening news ads are for medications. Leonard Lodish teaches marketing at Wharton. He says advertisers choose news because they're hoping some of its respectability and trust will rub off on their products.
Leonard Lodish: The environment that someone sees an ad in can influence their response to the ad.
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- For the Horde version of this quest, see Girding Our Loins.
Objectives Edit
Gather 4 Stormwind Spears, 4 Stormwind Breastplates, 4 Stormwind Shields and 4 Stormwind Helms.
The equipment may also be collected from Gilblin Scavengers.
Description Edit
As we struggled to not drown, my men and I were forced to abandon our weapons and much of our armor.
Erunak says to expect a major attack from the naga soon and I'm inclined to believe him.
If we're going to stand a chance, we'll need your help to recover our lost armaments. They should be lying on the sea floor near our shipwrecks.
Hurry, <race>, we're defenseless here.
Progress Edit
Have you recovered our gear, <race>?
Completion Edit
Well done, <class>!
Thanks to you, my men will be ready to confront the enemy when they attack.
Rewards Edit
You will receive:
- 7 80
- 250 reputation with Stormwind
You will also be able to choose one of the following:
|[Leftover Leggings]
|[Scavenged Stormwind Spaulders]
|[Captain Taylor's Chopper]
Notes Edit
- It seems that most of the items can be found by either looting from the ocean floor or by killing the gilgoblins; the exception are the shields, as they are obtained only by killing the mobs.
Quest progressionEdit
- [80] A Personal Summons (Alliance) / (Horde)
- [80] Eye of the Storm (Alliance) / (Horde)
- [80] To the Depths (Alliance) / (Horde)
- [81] Call of Duty (Alliance) / (Horde)
- [81] Sea Legs
- [81] Pay It Forward
- [81] Rest For the Weary
- [81] Buy Us Some Time / [81] Traveling on Our Stomachs
- [81] To Arms! / [81] Stormwind Elite Aquatic and Land Forces
- [81] Girding Our Loins / [81] Helm's Deep & [81] Finders, Keepers
- [81] On Our Own Terms / [81] Bring It On!
- [81] All or Nothing / [81] Blood and Thunder!
Patches and hotfixesEdit
- Patch 4.0.3a (2010-11-23): Added.
External linksEdit
FranksPlace.org Cataclysm Zone Portals Guide