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January Pathfinder Release – Razor Coast, Qadira, & more!
As we settle into 2017 we're happy to introduce nine new data packages to keep your party busy during the last of the winter months! Along with new 3PP content, such as Halls of the Mountain King and Razor Coast, we've launched Pathfinder RPG Campaign #18, which will be the last package included in the 2016 Pathfinder PRG Bundle.
As always, there are numerous bug fixes and enhancements which you can read about on our forums. Done reading about the bug exterminations? Let's dive into what's new this month!
Campaign Setting: Qadira, Jewel of the East
Sprawling along the eastern shore of the Inner Sea lies Qadira, one of the mightiest nations of the region. Itself merely the westernmost tip of the vast Padishah Empire of Kelesh, Qadira has long stood as a bastion of culture and faith for humanity. Great dangers and wondrous opportunities for adventure await within this storied land—those who visit Qadira are well-advised to prepare for their journey!
Below are a few of the items you will make use of as you explore Qadira, Jewel of the East:
- Several new monsters, including genie-touched horses
- A wide range of new player options for characters from Qadira, including new archetypes
- Feats, magic, traits, and more!
You can purchase Qadira, Jewel of the East in our store now for only $4.99 as part of the Pathfinder RPG Campaign #18 package, which will include at least one more book as it's released. Please Note: This will be the last package in the Pathfinder RPG 2016 Bundle.
Player Companion: Healer's Handbook
Whether it's for getting patched up after a fight, dealing with a debilitating disease contracted in a fetid dungeon, or negating the effects of a terrible poison in the middle of combat, eventually every adventurer needs a healer. Most healers have their own agendas, though, and these don't always end at mending their allies' ailments. With Pathfinder Player Companion: Healer's Handbook, characters can learn to efficiently heal their patients—without finding themselves reduced to being walking first-aid kits.
Inside this package, you'll find plenty of ways to differentiate your character from the "average healer" with the following:
- Healing-focused archetypes for 10 classes, such as the angelfire apostle cleric and invigorator paladin
- Feats geared toward characters who like to heal on their own terms, as well as feats that allow any adventurer to harness her own vigor in the heat of battle
- Additional options for arcane healers, such as the faith singer bard and arcane physician wizard.
- A host of new options to customize features for classes that dabble in healing, including focused blessings for warpriests, new paladin mercies, druidic herbalism, and a shaman spirit specialization
The Healer's Handbook is available now as part of our Pathfinder RPG Player Companion #25 package which also includes Paths of the Righteous and one other book to be added when it's released. All for only $4.99!
Strange Aeons: What Grows Within
After finding the route to the lost city of Neruzavin, the adventurers must mount an expedition into the vast and deadly desert region called the Parchlands, where they hope to catch up to their treacherous former employer. Once they brave the heat-blasted wasteland, the heroes arrive in an abandoned city at the edge of a lake where a Great Old One slumbers. The adventurers must track Count Lowls's party, recover a vile tome, activate the city's Star Stelae, and perform a powerful ritual that allows them to follow the insane noble to Carcosa. Along the way, the heroes must be careful they don't wake the slumbering Great Old One or stir up the flying polyps sealed beneath the city!
This release continues the Strange Aeons Adventure Path and includes a bestiary containing a new Great Old One and other hideous monsters, by John Compton, Adam Daigle, and James Jacobs.
Chapter 1 -5 of the adventure path is available now in the Strange Aeons package for only $24.99 with the remainder being added as they release.
Academy of Secrets
A dungeon adventure for 13th-level characters
Every year the Acadamae—Korvosa's prestigious school of the arcane arts—opens its gates to the city to host the Breaching Festival, where the most skilled infiltrators are invited to enter the magically guarded Hall of Wards or die trying. Testing their luck against the university's strongest defenses, the competitors pull out all the stops as they vie for a chance at a fortune in gold and magical treasure. This year, the school's headmaster has invited the heroes to participate, against the contest's longstanding traditions. While the Breaching Festival has not seen a champion in over a century and a half, this year's festival promises to be the deadliest trial the school has ever known. Should the heroes reign victorious, the secrets they may uncover promise more than gold and glory—they may rock the very foundation of the Acadamae, and even the entire city!
This data package includes everything you need to easily run the module's encounters for your game. You can purchase Academy of Secrets from our store now for just $5.99!
Broken Chains
An investigatory dungeon crawl adventure for 6th-level characters.
The slave markets of Katapesh may be an unsavory sort of business, but the trade metropolis's enigmatic law enforcers have few qualms with the legal act of selling and buying flesh. Other factions, including the abolitionist Eagle Knights of Andoran, have their own opinions on the matter, however, and frequently send undercover agents into dangerous territory to break up slave rings.
When one such Eagle Knight goes missing while investigating an underground slave operation beneath the dilapidated Twilight Gate district, it's up to the PCs to delve an abandoned (but hardly uninhabited) qanat beneath Katapesh and discover her dire fate. Yet not everything is as it seems in the dank slave caverns under Twilight Gate, and clues hint that the slavers may have even more loathsome connections than initially suspected. Can the PCs recover the missing Eagle Knight before her fate is sealed? Or will the monstrous slavers lairing under Katapesh succeed in their malevolent designs?
This data package includes everything you need to easily run the module's encounters for your game. You can purchase Broken Chains from our store now for just $5.99!
Fangwood Keep
Fangwood Keep is an adventure of infiltration, investigation, and dungeon exploration for 4th-level characters!
Fangwood Keep has changed hands innumerable times since its founding decades ago on the border between the warring nations of Molthune and Nirmathas. Over the years, both countries have sacrificed money and soldiers in an effort to control the fortress along the Marideth River valley, both for its tactical location and for its secure defenses. Recently, however, the battles around Fangwood Keep have dwindled to a trickle as Nirmathas has firmly rooted itself in the surrounding valley, allowing the tide of war to shift elsewhere and peace to settle at last over Fangwood Keep.
This respite was shattered by the arrival of a renegade Molthuni commander named Pavo Vos. Obsessed with capturing Fangwood Keep and unraveling the fortress's mysteries, the defecting lieutenant unlawfully used his platoon to secure the castle, much to the ire of both the Molthuni and Nirmathi governments. Now the task of bringing Vos to justice and reclaiming Fangwood Keep for Nirmathas lies solely in the PCs' able hands.
This data package includes everything you need to easily run the module's encounters for your game. You can purchase Fangwood Keep from our store now for just $5.99!
Kobold Press: Halls of the Mountain King
An Adventure for 8th to 12th Level Characters Halls of the Mountain King is a homage to all the great delves, from the Mines of Moria on—with a few new twists.
The dwarves of the Rygar canton were a hardworking group, mining ever deeper and pursuing ore into dangerous territory. This dungeon goes from a snowy mountaintop spire down through the great halls and works of a vanished clan, and into the depths of the earth.
Rumors of a huge gold strike lured miners and speculators into the mountain, but as winter came, the old mines grew deadly. The passes became snowed in. Airships failed to arrive with supplies. New monsters, a sinister brotherhood, and secrets locked away for centuries all boil to the surface in a series of challenging and original encounters.
This data package includes all the content and encounters from Kobold Press's Halls of the Mountain King and is available now for only $14.99!
Frog God Games: Razor Coast
A massive adventure for 4-6 players of 5th to 12th level.
A sea of blood caresses the savage shore of the Razor. Rising from the abyssal depths, Harthagoa, the bastard spawn of a She-Kraken and Demogorgon drags whole fleets beneath the waves. In the fetid Blacksink Marsh, unspeakable horrors lurk beneath the bog water, accursed cannibals pay gory obeisance to an ancient shark god of slaughter – begging its return.
A ghostly armada, murderous pirates, and balesharks prowl the waves – all threaten Port Shaw, the only bastion of "civilization" on the Razor. The city hosts foreign invaders chasing baleen, ambergris, and gold. They menace the native Tulita tribes and drive them from their ancestral home with smoke-belching cannonade.
Pele, The Goddess of Fire and Wrack, watches from her smoldering throne on Dreadsmoke Mountain. She stands ever ready to purge the people of Port Shaw from her domain in a torrent of ash and molten lava…
Please Note: Due to the sheer volume of this massive tome we've split it into two packages.
The Pathfinder RPG Razor Coast Campaign Setting (for players) which includes:
- New feats, equipment, player races, and spells
- New prestige classes
- Over 30 new feats
- Nearly 100 new weapons
- Magic items and Razor Coast gear for your characters
You can pick up the player package now for just $9.99!
The Pathfinder RPG Razor Coast Encounters (for GMs) which includes:
- Over two dozen new monsters including the Sharkin, the horrific Achimayen, the Necroworm, and more
- Over 200 encounters to challenge your players, including the additional adventures in Appendices 5 & 6!
Razor Coast encounters and creatures are available now for only $19.99! Note: This package requires you also purchase the Razor Coast Campaign Setting.
Happy gaming everyone!
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Finally, we were able to meet with our small but poisonous team.
The reason was - a small master class from YellowOne about painting with oil. This technique proved to be very exciting, it provides an opportunity to make blending quickly and smoothly.
Yes, and unfiltered beer with porto wine was good too :)

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You will need: A shallow tray or plate, shaving foam, paint, cocktail sticks, lolly sticks, people shapes cut from coloured card.
Let children choose a colour of card that most reflects them (e.g. their favourite colour from the selection). Cut a person shape from it to represent themselves.
Spread shaving foam across the bottom of the tray or plate, making sure that there is enough to completely match the size of the card person you have cut out.
Drop small drops of paint into the shaving foam (less is more!) and use a cocktail stick to make swirling patterns. Children can, again, chose colours they like best.
Press the person shape down on top of the paint swirls and carefully lift off. Use a lolly stick to scrape away the shaving foam and paint and see the unique artwork revealed underneath!
Talk about:
- How God has made each one of us unique- just as each person's painting will be completely unique.
- The special way we have each been made- God has put a lot into making us special in the same way that we spent time making intricate patterns and swirls with the paint
- While painting and swirling, encourage the children to reflect on and to discuss the things that make them special and unique. What do they like best about themselves?
- Arrange all of the paintings in a display. Ask children to say something special about themselves that they would like to thank God for. Say a big thank you prayer together!


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Locher - Todd
Mark and Brenda Locher of Dublin, Ohio announce the engagement of their daughter, Melissa, to Hunter Todd, son of Ira and Nanette Todd of Chapel Hill.
Miss Locher is the granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Gyorffy of Buckeye, Ariz. and Mr. and Mrs. Ramuald Locher of Troy, Mich.
Melissa graduated from Dublin Scioto High School in 2000 and received a Bachelor's Degree in Finance and Economics from Ohio University in 2004 She is a claims specialist for Indiana Insurance in Nashville.
Mr. Todd is the grandson of Mettie Todd and the late Joe Todd of Chapel Hill and Nancy Powell and the late Clarence Powell of Chapel Hill.
Hunter graduated from Forrest High School in 2000 and received a Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration with an emphasis in Risk Management and Insurance from the University of Mississippi in 2004. He is a commercial underwriter for Indiana Insurance in Nashville.
The wedding is planned for April 28 at Riggs Church of Christ in Chapel Hill. After a honeymoon in Mexico the couple will reside in Chapel Hill.


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posted on December 22nd, 2006 by Anthony
Why now! Why just before Christmas!
For those that don't know, what you are seeing there is the Ring of Death. The error sign that means your beloved Xbox 360 has cooked in it's own juices…
Merry Christmas Anthony!
My warranty actually expired on the 2nd December… but because it's one of the first units off the production line it should be repaired for nowt.
Buying it on day of release can be bitter sweet it seems.
How it went Down
It happened not while playing Gears of War, or even Dead Rising, but during half time of the not especially graphically taxing Pro Evolution Soccer 6! At least it wasn't the text based Football Manager.
I had just gone 1-0 up in a World Cup match playing France against Sweden… a rarity in itself. The half time highlights were ticking through, I pressed start then – "ZZZZfffzttzTZTZpppp". Tearing and chequerboards everywhere…
PC enthusiasts will be all to aware that's a sure sign of overheating.
"Bollocks" I thought.
I reset the console… it froze on the intro sequence, whirred a bit then BAM! the Ring of Death.
Reset again, and again, and again, and again… "Nooooooooooooooo!!!!"
Xbox Life Support
So I went to Xbox.com support section, found the very prominent "Three red lights flash on the Ring of Light" link on the front page… I followed the brief "have you turned it on and off again" style instructions and promptly phoned the support line – which is handily open until 10pm every week day – bonus points there!
I got through after a couple of number presses and a few minutes of listening to some crackly, tinny, Air. I have to admit my eyes rolled a little when an Asian accent came on the line, but the guy was absolutely fantastic. He walked me through a few quick checks, including trying the 360 without the hard drive attached which I hadn't thought of, and when it was quickly obvious it was dead he set up the return procedure.
Basically I've been sent an email with a UPS label to print out, I have to pack the 360 in a plain box and arrange a pick up. You can drop it off at a UPS location… but strangely there only seems to be three drop off points – all in London!
A Fitting Way to Cap off the Year of Crapping Out Tech
This is my third catastrophic tech failure of the year. First to go was my PC, which I managed to finally resurrect. Then my dear iPod went to Apple Heaven, I still feel that bitter loss… and now my 360 is off to the hospital.
Hopefully 2007 will be a bit safer!
Well I didn't want to play on my time off at Christmas anyway! At least Claire is happy she'll see a little bit more of me!


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Ireland's East Coast: Dublin, Louth, Wicklow & Meath Counties
Book Description
Dublin is the Republic of Ireland's capital and largest city, named from the Irish "dubh linn" meaning black pool. The name comes from the fact that the site of the city was formerly a black, slimy expanse of mud, through which the River Liffey flowed sluggishly to the sea. It now has a pleasant setting on the east coast of the Irish Sea, looking out over Dublin Bay, with a long sandy shoreline to its north. Granite mountains form the southern boundary of the county, and the city is bisected by the River Liffey. It's a cultural city with theaters, cinemas, galleries and museums, as well as many historic sites worth seeing. It also has an excellent range of shops, restaurants, pubs, clubs, plus all types of accommodation. Louth, the smallest county on the island, is on the east coast, on the border halfway between Dublin and Belfast. It's named after Lugh, the great god of the Celts, and its Cooley peninsula was the legendary home of the giant, Finn McCool, and the setting of Ulster's greatest saga, the Táin. That's the epic folk tale of the hero Cúchullain, the Red Branch Knights of Ulster, wicked Queen Maeve of Connaught and the mighty Brown Bull of Cooley. Despite its size, Louth offers a great choice of activities - sailing and scuba diving, sea and river fishing, horseback riding, hill walking, rock climbing, golf, exploring historical sites, and great traditional hospitality in its many pubs, restaurants, inns, guesthouses and hotels. Among the many interesting places to visit is the site of the Battle of the Boyne, which changed Irish history and influences events even today. Known as "the Garden of Ireland," Wicklow has wonderful scenery, with mountains, wooded valleys and lakes. It is fringed on the east by golden sandy beaches. Major routes to the east and west go through two of the highest passes in the country - Sally Gap and Wicklow Gap. Among its spectacular valleys are Glenmalure, Glencree, Glenmacnass, the Glen of Immal, and the most famous of all - Glendalough. The area is very popular with outdoor enthusiasts for the range of activities it offers - walking, cycling, shore, coarse and game angling, golf, riding, watersports. It's also the home of one of the country's most famous early Christian sites, Glendalough, and there are a number of historic gardens and houses to visit. Because of its wonderful scenery, the county has been used as a location for many films over the years, including Excalibur, Braveheart, Far and Away and Michael Collins. The very successful Irish television series Ballykissangel was made in the pretty village of Avoca. The largest town is Bray, the county capital is Wicklow Town, and its other main towns include Arklow and Greystones. County Meath is one of the most fertile areas in the country, lying on a limestone plain watered by the rivers Boyne and Blackwater and their tributaries. A small part of the county is on the coast, with sandy beaches at Laytown and Bettystown. It's a great destination for anyone interested in fishing and is also a center for horse breeding and racing, with plenty of equestrian facilities for visitors. Despite being close to Dublin, it is a rural and quiet county, with lovely countryside for walking. Everywhere you go there's evidence of the area's importance, with a variety of monuments, castles, wooded demesnes, and historic gardens. It's known as the Royal County because it was here on the Hill of Tara that the High Kings lived in the 2nd century AD. All of the details you need to know are in this guide - the places to stay and eat, how to get around, what to see and do. Plus there are color maps and photos throughout.
- Hardcover: 320 pages |
- Publisher: Hunter Publishing, Inc. |
- Publication date: Apr 7, 2012 |
- Language: English |
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- Includes longer and wider step pads
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- Sold in pairs
- Limited lifetime warranty
- Made in the USA - Brandon, SD
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Lavender – Maggie Bàra
It really was a funny prank. A trick that turned itself inside-out into a treat. Unless you were a city councilman, or the mayor, or one of the sewer rats who threw their cigarette cartons and fast food wrappers out of car windows with nonchalance. I remember hearing a rat talk, back in my hometown, her defense of the city paling amongst us suburbanites.
The teacher even spoke in protest. "There's so much trash. Litter everywhere."
My peers nodded and hissed.
But the rat felt demeaned. "It makes it feel like home."
Home, home, with the mange. Where the beer cans and used needles lay.
Halloween night, the best Eve next to New Year's, and someone put ten gallons of bubble-bath in the central fountain of the city. Around midnight a bum awoke covered in lavender foam. The rains of God had never cleansed him. The showers from Heaven just caked him in mud. But now, laying in faux-paralysis near the foaming fountain, he smelled sweet.
Clean-skinned and perfumed he'd go on to open his own successful distribution center of cutlery and other kitchen necessities. Still, that was five years down the road.
But on this cold Halloween evening he scrambled up out of fear and stumbled a few meters to a bench as un-washed as himself. Volcanic occurrences from generally passive fountains were no laughing matter.
Come seven a.m. and the suits & ties and serial rapists had crawled out to wander the streets. Rubberneckers slowed traffic with photography of the still-mounting fountain while policemen on their six-foot horses made their way to the center square to answer public complaint calls. One officer named Adam poked our bum with his nightstick, holding his beast-horse by the reins and waiting for the bum to resume consciousness. The bum awoke, and opened a flickering eyelid.
Officer Adam pointed the nightstick at the boiling over bubble-mountain, words coming out sharp behind his chinstrap. "You know anything about this?"
The bum closed his eyes, falling backwards into peace once more.
Officer Adam hit him on the head with the stick. "I said, do you know anything?"
"The fountain."
"Oh, it's gone mad."
"Did you see anything?"
The bum smiled, still half-drunk. "Oh dear sir, I am blind, I cannot kn—"
Officer Adam hit him again on the head and mounted his horse, circling the ten-foot high pile of lavender foam.
He peered deeply into the mess, searching for the naked statue of Lady Justice that had been thanklessly swallowed. His eyes dodged and fidgeted, his horse bucked and grunted.
The foam peered back.
Blue eyes, green eyes, violet eyes, but only two eyes in all. The sun catching the bubbles and casting all seven colors simultaneously. Officer Adam stabbed at the face with his horse whip.
Those shining eyes saddened and the mass leaned backwards. It said nothing. Officer Adam dismounted and continued thrashing at the foam, the pile seeming to step back and shiver with every beating. Just born and already the world was bruising the poor Creature's body and heart.
Whip, stab, thrash, swat. Until finally five feet from the now normalized fountain the lavender beast stood. Ten feet high, eyes popping and forming and shining with curiosity and hurt.
Traffic came to a complete halt. Passenger doors flung open, drivers' windows rolled down with ugly awed faces caught in the nearly eight-o-clock sun. A circle of bodies traced around Officer Adam and the beast made of bubbles. No one moved save the voyeurs with cameras now recording, phones dialing, and mouths hushed but violent.
Officer Adam realized he had an audience and raised his nightstick, prepared to strike the monster straight between the eyes. But those eyes. Not human but better. Haunting, resurrecting, unsure.
The Creature shied away, preparing for Its demise. A short life it'd been. The Thing imagined the places It would go, up and up with balloons let loose by sleeping children. But in the purple-green-blue eyes Officer Adam caught his own warped reflection and lowered the stick. He turned his back and radioed someone at the station. Then, with the lavender monster busy grooming our sleeping bum, he waved the crowds away and waited for much-needed back up.
The Creature spent November 1 through 4 in the drunk tank, where officers observed and city officials bickered about what to do. Scientists claimed the beast be treated as an extraterrestrial would, while church mice trumpeted the arrival of the Devil.
While keeping watch over Lavender (as the officers had named it) Officer Adam worried that the foam-thing could surely slip between the bars and escape. But It didn't. Every night, a new party of bums and drunks dropped in on Lavender, their hair matted and faces oily; clothes tattered and stinking of the streets. But in the morning gentlemen emerged. Clean, well-groomed, sober, and smelling sweet. Lavender worked them over like wet clay, physical changes obvious but mentally—when Officer Adam would discharge the men they were pure. There was something about staring into those multi-tinted eyes, the smell of a mother, the softness of the beast. With these reports it took the council little time to decide Lavender's fate.
November 5 through December 24 Lavender was a slave to the city. As a non-human creature, It had no human rights and never did speak a word to protest Its sentence. 24/7 Lavender would stroll through the city, gutter-waste disappearing upon its passage. Always escorted by two horse-riding officers, Lavender would scrub sidewalks until a rat appeared. The officers would club the rat until it was complacent, and Lavender would take it into trance. Sweetening the soul, cleansing the skin. After an upstanding citizen was produced, the trio would trek on, all day, all night, the winter causing those days to become shorter. At night, with no sun to reflect Lavender's being, the work was much harder. Refurbishing cracked sidewalks and junkies took hours rather than minutes. And when the sun did shine, every day Lavender appeared a bit grayer. The Creature with beautiful eyes had the complexion of old dishwater.
December 24, the cold night bristling with sorry fluorescent Christmas trees and porch lights, Lavender barely inched along a back alley where a horde of meth-heads scratched at their skin. But it did Its best, far-off glimmer of holiday lights providing the rainbow to hush the tweakers. Two hours and they smiled. They went home or found their pockets ripe with a $20 bill for a hotel room. The officers nodded approval behind their scarves and Santa hats while Lavender rested on a pile of cardboard and newspaper.
"Get up!" An officer named Randy produced a nightstick and flashlight.
Lavender did not get up.
"Get up, I said!"
On went the flashlight, shining villainously on the ten-foot beast's slumped form. What was once clean and alive with perfect glitter had turned to soot and trash and needles. Lavender's eyes no longer shone in brilliance, but fell inside Its own form, gray, black, filthy.
"GET UP!" Officer Randy dismounted and approached Lavender, kicking a beer bottle laying to Its right.
The other policeman, named Tim, remained on his horse and watched until he managed to pipe up. "Maybe we should call it a night. I mean it's Christmas Eve and I want to see my family and old Lavender looks really tired and-"
"SHUT IT!" Officer Randy pulled a gun out and onto Lavender, Officer Tim obeying and, tugging his scarf up a little higher over his nose. "Now, Creature, you will get up and resume working, or I will have to follow through with council orders."
Lavender said nothing, black eyes fixed on the gun, on the angry face of Officer Randy. It knew now what a gun was. It had learned.
Lavender did not get up, but looked up instead. At the moon, the stars, the brilliance It had once had in its youth. The reflection on its eyes brought back the purple, the blue, the red. Lavender just stared at the sky, dishwater body a collection of trash and pain. It began to turn Its eyes towards the gun and Officer Randy once more.
But the shots came sooner.
Officer Randy shook, holding the gun with two hands, barrel smoking in the clean, crisp night. For a second, Lavender didn't move. It just slumped, as before, eyes barely brightened by the light of the moon.
Another shot, right between those eyes.
One by one, little bubbles began to quiver into the night. The ten foot Beast stood and reduced to eight feet, then six, two, all the while the orbs of reflected light travelling up, up, to the stars. The scientists might have been right. Maybe Lavender was an alien, now returning home. Maybe the church mice were right, and a demon had at last been destroyed. But no words of any human mattered at that moment, the pieces of the Beast rising and then popping, invisible.
The two officers shook in cold and in fear, watching the Creature vanish. All was lost, spare two shining spheres which seemed to stare at the officers as they drifted away. They eclipsed the moon, flying, brilliant, beautiful. Lavender's eyes watched the officers before they sputtered into thin air, the piercing with their pain, crying in silence, leaving a deeper emptiness to the night than had been before.
It started to rain that night, and it rained for days and days. The stars never shone, the moon was amiss.
Maybe the scientists were right.
Maybe the church mice.
Maybe the officers, or the city council.
But in that rain, smelling so sweet and yet shimmering so sadly, everyone was wrong.
Maggie Bàra is the cynical alter ego of hermit and professional dishwasher Maggie Rehr. Catch her pieces in previous editions of Gone Lawn Webjournal, Crack the Spine's Summer 2013 best-of anthology, Thickjam, The WiFiles, and The Dying Goose. Or wait around for her writing in upcoming installations of DoveTales and Spark: An Unlikely Companion. She also manages to scribble some occasional nonsense across her online graffiti wall 'Bad Chemicals' at http://www.badchemical.blogspot.com. If you see her mother please tell her to send money for coffee and Chinese food. Pretty please. With eyeballs on top.


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[UPDATE: Welcome, Instapundit readers.]
I paraphrase: the HUD actually indicated that ACORN had taken a lot of money from the government, hadn't properly accounted for how it was spent, and that its 'replacement' AHCOA needs to make things right before it gets any more funding. ACORN's/AHCOA's response? "Well, we took a bath from to the fallout from that underage El Salvadoran brothel sting operation thing last year, so we shouldn't have to pay back any of that money that we spent on election fraud. Err, low-income housing assistance."
See The Frugal Cafe and Gateway Pundit for more.
Moe Lane
PS: If HUD is inclined to take this argument seriously, may I remind HUD that, starting next January, Rep. Darrell Issa is unlikely to be merely the Ranking Member of the Oversight and Government Reform Committee?


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Redford's character (Hubbell) said to Streisand's in THE WAY WE WERE: "When you love someone, from Roosevelt to me, you go deaf, dumb and blind."
Like Streisand's Katie Morosky, I also do that. From the Beatles to collies, I give it my all. When I was a teen, my best friend would offer this heads up to any new prospective boyfriend on my horizon: "If you really want to get in good with Nancy, don't ever say anything bad about the Beatles or the Kennedys."
I was reminiscing today about one of my all-time favorite jobs – when I worked in the Office of the late Dallas Mayor Jack W. Evans. Not only was he a good, honorable man, I made a couple of lifelong friendships there.
According to civil service records, I was a "secretary." However, I was blessed with an immediate supervisor who believed in matching abilities and talents to the job. So, when she and Mayor Jack learned I could write, my primary responsibilities were writing his speeches, the Mayoral proclamations, and responding to citizens' correspondence.
It was one of those rare, wonderful positions one actually looks forward to each morning. I recall telling a friend it was a job I would do for free (if I could afford to be so philanthropic).
Before Mayor Jack left office, when his friend and successor, the late A. Starke Taylor, Jr. was elected, Mayor Jack spoke to each of us fortunate enough to have worked with him. He asked me what I truly loved. Of course, I told him it was writing. I added that I "loved being the person behind the person." I had truly relished composing the words he shared with others. I was more than a little surprised when the Mayor said to me, "You don't have to be the person behind the person. Nancy, you can be THE PERSON." While I deeply appreciated his encouragement, I continued to see myself as writing a script for someone else to present.
And so, that job, like the Beatles, Kennedys, and collies, falls into the category of something I love in that "deaf, dumb, and blind" way. It was an opportunity for which I shall always be grateful.
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Brothers who game together…
My sons are here this weekend. This morning they're playing Terraria together.
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POEM: Christmas Eve, 2013
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Taqueria Sanchez
4432 S. 1-10 Service Road Metairie, La., 504.883.2649
46 West Bank Expressway, Gretna, La., 504.361.3050
920 Williams Blvd., Kenner, La., 504.712.5234
2633 Williams Blvd, Kenner, La, 504.467.1450
These skeletal restaurants -- the Gretna location is a converted snowball stand -- serve superior versions of what you'll get at your favorite taco truck, which, incidentally, is what Taqueria Sanchez was before it upgraded to brick-and-mortar. There are two sandwiches on the menu, gorditas and tortas.
The former pins taco ingredients inside a thick, grainy tortilla spread with refried beans and a bit of crema. I'm more partial to the tortas, which carry the same ingredients inside soft, griddle-crisped bread that looks like a pistolette.
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It is difficult to follow the rules of the road when those rules are not clearly laid out. Just as teachers post large, colorful signs in their classroom to remind students of expectations, so do large, colorful traffic signs serve to remind drivers of what the law expects of them. So many New Yorkers receive repeat traffic tickets simply because inadequate signage contributes to speeding and other violations.
When drivers know what is expected of them, they tend to follow the law most of the time. New York City has recently embraced this idea and has adjusted its signage accordingly. City officials realized that if signs do not clearly illuminate what is expected of drivers, they cannot very well be expected to abide by road regulation oddities.
The next time you travel to NYC, notice that signs related to parking restrictions, speed and other traffic-ticket worthy issues are more clearly phrased and more visually accessible than those that came before them. More than 6,000 signs will be replaced in Midtown alone by the summertime.
One New York Councilman noted recently that the old signs were "making drivers crazy. People actually think that the city is deliberately trying to confuse them in order to give them more tickets, and that perception alone is a problem."
As a result of that perception issue, the new signs are bolder, with fewer words and more visually catching colors. It is possible that inadequate signage in any given place could help you defeat a baseless ticket. But when you're in NYC, you can now help to avoid traffic tickets just by reading the signs.
Source: The Epoch Times, "New Parking Signs Will Make NYC Drivers Less 'Crazy,'" Zachary Stieber, Jan. 7, 2013


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As usual, we begin with a photo. This is one I took on the weekend in Kingston.
This seagull is a real contortionist. Please don't try this at home!
On to our top cards from challenge #278. Here they are in random order:
and honourable mention to..
Great cards, ladies! Congratulations to our top four and thank you to all who joined in our challenge.
Now for Challenge #280, a great sketch thanks to Kaylin:
And the OPTIONAL theme is Splash.
To inspire you, here are the cards from our talented team:
Wow! Very inspirational. As you can see, every card from our team has a very unique take on the sketch. I am sure they have triggered your creativity and I cannot wait to see the entries we get. Remember, our challenge runs for two weeks and you can enter using the linky below or as a comment on our Facebook page. Happy creating, all!


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IIFA 2012 – Stars Dazzling on Stage
Zoya Akhtar's ' Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara' triumphed at the 13th International Indian Academy Awards(IIFA)along with Imtiyaz Ali 'Rockstar' with each winning four trophies.
'Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara' won awards for best film, best story, best actor in supporting role for Farhan Akhtar and best director for Zoya. 'Rockstar' won the best actor in the leading role for Ranbir ,best music director for A R Rahman ,best singer for Mohit Chauhan for Nadaan Parindey.
Ranbir, who played the role of an aspiring singer who aims it big , beat actors like Amitabh Bachchan ,Salman Khan,Shah Rukh Khan and Hrithik Roshan to walk away with the trophy .
On the other hand ,actress Vidya Balan continued her winning streak by picking up the award for best actress in a leading role for 'The Dirty Picture' She emerged victorious among Priyanka Chopra,Kareena Kapoor, Mahie Gill and Kangna Ranaut.
The list is the complete list of winner of IIFA 2012. The winners are as follows –
- 1BEST ACTOR-Ranbir Kapoor for movie Rockstar.
- 2BEST ACTRESS-Vidya Balan for the movie The Dirty Picture.
- 3BEST FILM-Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara .
- 4BEST DIRECTOR-Zoya for Zindagi Milegi Dobara.
- 5MALE DEBUTANT STAR-Vidyut Jamwal for Force
- 6FEMALE DEBUTANT STAR-Parineeti Chopra for Ladies vs Ricky Bahl.
- 7BEST PERFORMANCE IN A NEGATIVE ROLE-Prakash Raj for Singham.
- 8BEST PERFORMANCE IN COMIC ROLE-Ritesh Deshmukh for Double Dhammal.
- 9BEST STORY – Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara for Reema Kagti.
- 10BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE- Farhan Akhthar for Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara.
- 11BEST MUSIC- A R Rehman(Rockstar)
- 12BEST SINGER MALE-Mohit Chauhan (Nadaan Parindey : Rockstar)
- 13BEST SINGER FEMALE :Shreya Ghosal (Teri Meri – Bodyguard)
- 14 IIFA AWARDS 2012 FOR OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN INDIAN CINEMA-Ramesh Sippy
- 15 IIFA AWARDS 2012 FOR OUTSTANDING ACHEVEMENT IN INDIAN CINEMA-Rekha


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Here is further indepth information on, "How long does it take for the remedy to work?"
First study the principles of Homeopathy, such as
the Law of Similars,
Law of Provings,
along with Hering's Laws of the direction of cure, to understand how homeopathy works.
Homeopathic remedies differ from taking prescription drugs,
herbs, supplements, and drugstore over the counter medicine.
Homeopathy is not harsh to the system, doesn't cause a healing crisis, and
doesn't work by suppression or covering up symptoms,
In Homeopathy we are dealing with finding the remedy that allows the body to heal itself,
so there are no absolutes in how long a remedy will take,
or if we will need to take the remedy more than once,
or if another remedy will be needed.


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ECOWAS mission returns to troubled Burkina Faso
from AUGUSTINE OSAYANDE in Abuja, Nigeria
ABUJA – THE Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is sending a Joint Mission of the United Nations, African Union and the regional bloc back to Burkina Faso to meet and consult stakeholders as part of measures to resolve the political problems in that country.
This was disclosed in a communiqué signed from Abuja by President of the ECOWAS Commission, Kadré Désiré Ouédrago.
"As a follow up, the Chairman of the ECOWAS Authority, accompanied by two Heads of State, would visit Ouagadougou on Wednesday, 5 November 2014 to meet all the stakeholders," the communiqué read.
It added that the Chairman of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of States and Government was briefed about the outcome of the Joint Mission of The United Nations, the African Union and ECOWAS visit to Ouagadougou, the Burkinabe capital, from October 31 to November 2.
It said the ECOWAS Commission approved the recommendations of the mission and reaffirmed support for peaceful restoration of constitutional order.
The ECOWAS Chairman appealed to all stakeholders and the military to find a consensual solution in line with the provisions of the constitution of Burkina Faso.
He also reaffirmed the readiness of ECOWAS to cooperate with Burkina Faso and others to restore legitimate transitional order, accompanying the stakeholders in finding sustainable solutions to the impasse and work towards organizing free and credible elections.
– CAJ News
Short URL: http://cajnewsafrica.com/?p=2335


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Not long ago I was working at a corporation where most people weren't steeped in the Rails culture. Now I work for ENTP, and it's kind of like the Justice League of Rubyists.
OK, maybe not the Justice League. First, DHH is probably Superman, and DHH doesn't work for us. Second, the Justice League was always a little ridiculous. Maybe the X-Men of Rubyists.
Yes, that's us. We have gravity-defying breasts, waists as thin as our necks, and feet as long as our arms. OK whatever. I'm stretching the metaphor. I just wanted an awesome picture. Either way, the point I'm trying to make here: lots of people in ENTP know Ruby pretty well. Lots of prominent Rubyists.
The interesting contrast is that at this few-prominent-Rubyists corporation, people were like, "should I learn RSpec?" and "After I finish writing this code, I'm going to add some unit tests." At ENTP, people are like, "RSpec's too freaking big" and "after I finish writing this code, I'm going to release my own testing framework."
So at this corporation, people were asking me, "should I learn RSpec?" And I was really never sure what to tell them. On the one hand, RSpec doesn't feel as awesome as I would like it to. It's big enough that you could bludgeon someone to death with the code base if you printed it out. On the other hand, if you're not using TDD/BDD, you should start, and if you're going to start, starting with BDD will be a gentler learning curve than starting with TDD, because the terminology's clearer. I was very glad when I discovered Shoulda, because it allows you to get the terminology benefits of BDD with a much more lightweight framework.
The competition between testing frameworks is constant and intense. It's like if dinosaurs were still alive, and they rode into battle with soldiers on their backs manning laser cannons.
OK, it's not that intense, I just wanted an excuse for another great picture. But it is pretty intense. Complaining about your testing framework, or rewriting it, is so common that the only programmers who don't complain about their tests are the programmers who don't write any. If you ever want to screen out a non-TDD programmer during an interview process, and for some insane reason you can't just ask to see their tests, ask them if they have any complaints about testing frameworks. If they don't, then they don't use TDD or BDD at all.
(Slightly modified from the original. Stole the idea from Josh Susser.)
With so many options, an innocent question about which testing framework to use can turn into a really long conversation. I really haven't figured out what the guiding principle here should be. The question basically is this: how much of the productivity advantage RSpec users have enjoyed is due to using superior tools, and how much of it is due to simply being the type of people who seek out the superior tools, and then throw them away or redesign them? Because there are plenty of programmers who want to learn something and then not have to worry about learning anything new for at least six months. That's not how you get to the top of your profession, but it is how you enjoy a quiet life, and enjoying a quiet life is a reasonable goal.
The only certain conclusion I've come to: while enjoying a quiet life is a reasonable goal, it's not a goal I'm qualified to give people advice about. If you want to know how to spot a werewolf, how to find underground warehouse raves in foreign countries, how to survive a downhill highway spinout, how to avoid getting beaten up by gangbangers in the ghetto, or how to stay up to date with the latest and greatest Ruby projects, I can point you in the right direction. But there's a theme here. None of these things have much to do with enjoying a quiet life.
If you're not going to hack in your free time, fly to conferences, or even blog, should you learn RSpec? I honestly have no idea. I think the answer's yes, but I've noticed something about myself over the years. If the question is "should I buy this?" I will say "yes" for any value of "this" which you can use to make music. Likewise, if the question is "should I learn this?" and it's a technology that looks fun, I'll say "yes, you should." To me the question of "should I buy this music-making device?" comes down to "does it work?", and the question of "should I learn this technology?" comes down to "is it fun?"
But when a more cautious programmer asks that question, they're asking if it's going to be around more than a year. They're asking, "is this the next big thing?" It's pretty hard to answer that question correctly every time. Honestly I think the difference between learning the next big thing and experimenting with a whole bunch of different things is a difference purely of luck.
You never know what the next big thing is until the dust has settled and the winner's been decided. If you wait that long, you're not learning the next big thing; you're just learning the big thing. The only surefire way to learn the next big thing every time is to learn every damn thing there is. It's impossible to predict which experiments will succeed. That's the whole point of experiments in the first place.
And that's my excuse for not learning Merb. Oops!


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Mary Mary Mitts
Designed to match the Quite Contrary Wrap, these mitts are delicate but still cosy.
Available as part of a two pattern set in the eBook How Does Your Garden Grow together with the Quite Contrary Wrap.
This pattern is for a pair of lightweight mitts, worked in the round.
1 ball of Rowan Cashsoft Baby DK
or at least 140 yards of similar DK yarn.
4.0 mm (G USA)
5.0 mm (H USA)
One size - 18cm/7" diameter by approx 23cm/9" long.
18 stitches and 8 rows = 4 inches in over 'Silver Bell'
Pattern Includes:
- A full written pattern with clear instructions
- US stitch names listed for reference
- Helpful photos
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The Christus Lumen Gentium Diploma
At St Bede's and St Joseph's Catholic College we firmly believe that in order for our students to achieve successful outcomes at GCSE and beyond, we must inspire, challenge and support our young people throughout their entire journey with us. We also are dedicated to recognising and celebrating the achievement of our students at the end of each and every school year.
With this in mind, this year we have launched the Christus Lumen Gentium Diploma with our new year 7 cohort. The Christus Lumen Gentium Diploma provides a tangible outcome for our students to achieve and will allow us to celebrate the successes of our young people as they progress through their first year at our school
The aim of this diploma is to develop our students as
Spiritually awake young people with a sense of community
With a passion and a thirst for learning
The Christus Lumen Gentium diploma is split into our three achievement strands. For our students to be successful in achieving the Christus Lumen Gentium Diploma, they must satisfy the criteria for each of the three strands.
The strands are:
1. ECCLESIA : (Spiritual, Community and Charity) Where our students will contribute to the spiritual life of the school. Students must contribute once per term to meet this strand.
2. SCHOLASTICA: (Academic) Where our students will be challenged and supported to shine in all of their studies. Students must be on or above age and ability expectations in all subjects to meet this strand
3. OLYMPIA : (Co-Curricular) Where our students will be encouraged to participate in school life outside of the classroom. Students must participate in a co-curricular activity once per term to meet this strand.
In addition to the three strands, as part of the diploma, our students will;
Sit external, online, English, Maths and Science tests early in the year, to provide up-to-date data on their starting points. These tests will be retaken during the Easter term, to allow our students to show progress in each of these three core subject areas.
Experience 'Public Speaking' training and examinations with an aim to improve confidence and self-assurance
Compete for Arts and Young Leader Awards.
Successes will be recognised in our end of year celebration evening; the 'Christus Lumen Gentium Awards'. During this evening, students who have been successful in satisfying the criteria in each of our three achievement strands will be awarded the diploma. In addition, over 150 special awards for displaying excellence in our three achievement strands will also be presented.


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Saint Augustine Quotes About EarthQuotes about: Earth
An apt and true reply was given to Alexander the Great by a pirate who had been seized. For when that king had asked the man what he meant by keeping hostile possession of the sea, he answered with bold pride. "What thou meanest by seizing the whole earth; but because I do it with a petty ship, I am called a robber, whilst thou who dost it with a great fleet art styled emperor."
In all trouble you should seek God. You should not set Him over against your troubles, but within them. God can only relieve your troubles if you in your anxiety cling to Him. Trouble should not really be thought of as this thing or that in particular, for our whole life on earth involves trouble; and through the troubles of our earthly pilgrimage we find God.
As to the fable that there are Antipodes, that is to say, men on the opposite side of the earth where the sun rises when it sets to us, men who walk with their feet opposite ours, that is on no ground credible. Even if some unknown landmass is there, and not just ocean, there was only one pair of original ancestors, and it is inconceivable that such distant regions should have been peopled by Adam's descendants.
The Church even now is the kingdom of Christ and the kingdom of heaven. Accordingly, even now His saints reign with Him, though otherwise than as they shall reign hereafter; and yet, though the tares grow in the Church along with the wheat, they do not reign with Him. For they reign with Him who do what the apostle says, 'If you are risen with Christ, mind the things which are above, where Christ sits at the right hand of God. Seek those things which are above, not the things which are on the earth'.
Poltinus the Platonist proves by means of the blossoms and leaves that from the Supreme God, whose beauty is invisible and ineffable, Providence reaches down to the things of earth here below. He points out that these frail and mortal objects could not be endowed with a beauty so immaculate and so exquisitely wrought, did they not issue from the Divinity which endlessly prevades with its invisible and unchanging beauty all things.
Though he avoided outright endorsement of the view, fifth-century Church Father Saint Augustine was clearly familiar with the theory of the spherical earth: "They [those who believe that "there are men on the other side of the earth"] fail to observe that even if the world is held to be global or rounded in shape, or if some process of reasoning should prove this to be the case, it would still not necessarily follow that the land on the opposite side is not covered by masses of water."
And how shall I call upon my God, my God and Lord, since, when I call for Him, I shall be calling Him to myself? and what room is there within me, whither my God can come into me? whither can God come into me, God who made heaven and earth? is there, indeed, O Lord my God, aught in me that can contain thee?
Often a non-Christian knows something about the earth, the heavens, and the other parts of the world, about the motions and orbits of the stars and even their sizes and distances... and this knowledge he holds with certainty from reason and experience. It is thus offensive and disgraceful for an unbeliever to hear a Christian talk nonsense about such things, claiming that what he is saying is based in Scripture. We should do all that we can to avoid such an embarrassing situation, which people see as ignorance in the Christian and laugh to scorn.
Though there are very many nations all over the earth, ...there are no more than two kinds of human society, which we may justly call two cities, ...one consisting of those who live according to man, the other of those who live according to God ....To the City of Man belong the enemies of God, ...so inflamed with hatred against the City of God.
Saint Augustine
- Born: November 13, 354
- Died: August 28, 430
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Build Your First Robot - Reading Resistors
This post will be the concluding post for resistors. In this post I will mainly concentrate on reading the value of a common resistor. This post should have been the second post in the resistor series but as I was keener in going into the math and principle behind resistors, I completely forgot to write this post.


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Kamloops - South Thompson
I was born and raised in Switzerland and am a certified baker/pastry chef. I immigrated to Canada in 1989 and lived in Vancouver, Whistler and Pemberton before moving to Kamloops in 2002.
My wonderful wife and I have been married for 28 years and together we had one daughter who is now a journalist in Berlin. I've chosen not to acquire a driver's license and, instead, utilize public transit and my bicycle to get around.
I have worked for almost 40 years in my trade and have experienced first-hand the struggles of the working class. Like most other members of the proletariat, I have experienced declining wages, worsening working conditions, cuts to benefits and the fraying of the social safety net: precarious work has also become all-too familiar. Being an avid reader, who just can't pass by a used book store, has really helped develop my understanding of the revolutionary political change we should all be embracing.
Our Party has the only truly progressive platform. This election provides for us a great opportunity to bring our ideas to the public and build a truly left movement.
My community has so much potential, but, we need to stop answering to the needs of corporations, and start meeting the needs of people. I'm relishing every chance I get to meet with my fellow citizens who will finally have a chance to vote their conscience by supporting a truly progressive party, the Communist Party of BC.


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lia sophiaConsumerAffairs Unaccredited Brand
For more than 40 years, lia sophia has been dedicated to connecting women to their dreams by providing them with the opportunity to own a successful business and change their financial future. We're a sisterhood of women combining style with personal success. We support our Advisors with the finest training and programs and reward their efforts and achievements with countless opportunities for personal and professional growth.
As a brand, we stand behind our beautifully designed jewelry with the strongest guarantee in the business. We honor our customers by offering only high-quality jewelry at affordable prices and with a Lifetime Replacement Guarantee.
As a long-time member of the Direct Selling Association, we take pride in our outstanding ethical behavior, fairness and professionalism, and let these practices serve as an example for our industry.We are Better Business Bureau Accredited and are proud of our A+ rating.
In the event that you receive a damaged or incorrect item, or have any questions regarding lia sophia jewelry, Parties or Advisors, our Customer Service professionals are ready to assist you at (800) 959-3324. Hours of operation are Monday through Friday, 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. CT. Visit us online at www.liasophia.com and click on the Contact Us tab for more information.
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I have purchased Lia Sophia both at parties and online through the outlet store over the past 15 years. The only time I have had a problem is a stone fell out of a ring and I had to return it for replacement. Instead of replacing the stone, I was sent a voucher for a new piece of jewelry. This was okay, I got over it. I love my pieces, all of them, and have had no trouble with discoloration at all. I was devastated to hear they were closing. I would definitely recommend this jewelry to my friends and do all the time. So sorry to hear their problems. I am proud to wear Lia Sophia.
$212.00!!! That's the amount of my credit memo for items returned for poor quality. The company tells me they made a decision to no longer accept credit memos recently. That's their new policy and they're sticking to it. They failed to notify me. Wonder who else is in my same boat.
Well, as everyone can see from these reviews, Lia Sophia is not all warm and fuzzy like their family photos used to be in their catalogs. They don't care who they step on. My case is somewhat different. I started selling Lia Sophia on eBay. I would buy up LS lots and sell them off separately. I was making a little extra money which was nice.
About 3 years ago, an email came from a customer, or so I thought, asking me if the jewelry was "signed." I said yes. Then, they said they worked for LS and they ordered me to stop selling on eBay. They said I had to ship all my stock back to them because I was selling counterfeit jewelry. I was like, "Huh??" They even mailed me a stop and desist order. This was my jewelry that I purchased from other eBayers and I was not going to send it to Lia Sophia for free!! They also wanted the names of the eBay sellers I bought it from!! I wasn't going to give them that info.
Then, they filed a complaint against me on eBay. I had 1300 positive reviews and no complaints. EBay has banned me from selling anything to this day. I still cannot get back on to sell no matter how many times I called eBay to plead my case. I later found out this happened to a lot of other people. That's what happened to LS. They were being undersold by eBayers. That's why they went bankrupt. Everyone knows their jewelry was way overpriced. Now, from what I read here, it's made even cheaper and they are still trying to make money by cutting out their middleman. I feel bad for all the LS reps who believed in these people and worked their butts off for them. They only cared about the bottom line and still do. No returns or exchanges from the outlet - unbelievable! They know how to kick us customers, don't they?
Boy was I surprised to learn Lia Sophia was out of business but then again I should not be. I had a very successful party in 2008. Many of the pieces I have turned in color. The elastic stretched or broke in pieces. I have fashion jewelry from 20 years ago still in tip-top shape. I am very disappointed with this company. And I will not buy from the outlet. If anyone has any additional information pls let me know.
I purchased about 6 or 8 items at a party. I contacted lia sophia to tell them that the elastics on two of the bracelets had stretched, making the bracelets unwearable. I paid over $60.00 each. I contacted customer service over a week ago and hear nothing back from them. I will not be making a Lia Sophia purchase again!
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I was always happy with jewelry from the parties and I have been mostly happy with the things I bought from the outlet store. But I did have a problem with one item - the Baby's Breath necklace. I am allergic to nickel and I had never had a problem with rashes caused by Lia jewelry. But the Baby's Breath necklace causes a rash to my neck every single time. I contacted the company and they said it was made the same way as all their other pieces. So I don't know. Seems funny to me...
Recently made a purchase of 3 items (two of which were the same bracelet with one gold and one silver). Got all three but the ones I requested in each metal were both sent in silver. They tell me I can't return it? Also in the picture the bracelet laid flat and yet when you get it the way it lays on your wrist makes it really bulky. They absolutely do not accept returns. Why are they able to use the Lia Sophia name and prey on people who were loyal customers in the past. This is not, by any means, the Lia Sophia of the past. $35 down the drain. DO NOT SHOP HERE.
Purchased 2 items from Lia Sophia outlet. While I only paid $15 for a pair of earrings and a necklace, it's so cheap! Bends easily. Dollar store quality at best. And they don't accept refunds. It's crap jewelry... save your money. Don't buy anything from this site.
Do not buy anything from this company! The merchandise is no longer the quality it used to be with the direct sales parties. They do not take any items back for refunds or exchanges and do not post that anywhere on their website. If I could have given them a 0 star, I would have. Worst experience online ever!!!
Went to a Lia Sophia home party within the last year and purchased quite a few items. One being the blue sapphire ring. All my jewelry stays locked up in a safe and when I recently went to wear the ring I found that the stones were discolored and definitely not wearable. Since the home party, we were told that Lia Sophia was not going to be available anymore so I threw the receipts away thinking I've never had problems with your jewelry in the past so assumed my new purchases would be the same now. I was wrong and wondering if there is anything I can do about this ring at this time? Please advise.
I was introduced to Lia Sophia in the fall of 2014. I purchased a $150 worth of jewelry in either August or September, and I even threw a Lia Sophia Party in October. It is filed away, so I'm not exactly sure how much, but I know I purchased around $200 in my party as well. I thought the jewelry was beautiful, and I loved loved loved the Lifetime Warranty, because although I do not wear jewelry but a handful of times a month, I have small children. I rarely ever purchase jewelry, and if I do, it is very inexpensive jewelry because I'm awful about losing it and my children will grab my necklace sometimes and break them. There is no way I would have ever even taken a second look, or even looked at this jewelry because of the cost. I was very appealed by the Lifetime Guarantee, and decided I would take a leap of faith because I did want beautiful jewelry, and I did want to look good when dressed for business and special occasions.
WHAT A COSTLY MISTAKE ON MY PART. A couple of months later, Lia Sophia informed everyone of their closing. I had a ring already start turning copper in less than a month after purchase. I had jewels fell out of some of my other pieces, and the jewelry does tarnish. I was very upset after learning of their closing, and which I sent letters immediately following. I told them I wanted to return the jewelry and be refunded, but they explained that was not possible. They said they no longer had one of the rings I wanted to send back because the silver color was worn off the bottom of the ring and it was copper. I was a day or two late on a few pieces of their final date to complete exchanges. What an awful awful company.
So all the fabulous jewelry I thought I purchased, a few months later, was absolute trash. Just the other day I received an email from Lia Sophia about their outlet where you can purchase their jewelry. Are you kidding me? Now their jewelry is cheaper, but no Lifetime Guarantee is offered. WOW. So this company has been able to sell high priced jewelry to people with a Lifetime Guarantee, state they are closing their business and guarantees are not rewarded anymore, BUT opened back up as an outlet selling the same jewelry cheaper with no guarantee. THIS IS WRONG. I love how now none of my emailed receipts have pictures on them. HOW CAN THEY DO THIS?
I purchased a Lia Sophia charm bracelet called "Menagerie" a number of years ago. I wore it about a dozen times, and packed it away in my jewelry box because I was moving and just recently went to wear it again. This bracelet cost close to $100 and it is unwearable! I contacted Lia Sophia and was told they only now have an outlet store and will not replace it. I went to the outlet site and there it was for $49! I got back to Lia Sophia site and told them that I was willing to take the replacement for half the selling price and lose the rest of the money. For the second time I was contacted by an anonymous person and told I should have taken care of it when notified they were going to outlet status. Take care of it? How would I know if I wasn't advised? They had no comment.
After sending a third email and receiving almost an admonishment for bothering them, again, from anonymous, I requested contact information for the corporate headquarters. I never received a reply to this request. I want them to replace the bracelet because it is available. I am shocked at their lack of honor and courtesy. I don't appreciate being ignored, I am the loser and am willing to compromise to rectify this matter. I purchased this bracelet in good faith and they are not honoring their commitment to the consumer. I would appreciate any help that you can provide on my behalf. Bracelet was purchased at a Lia Sophia party on Ash Street, Beverly MA 01960.
Beware of any jewelry you buy from the Lia Sophia Outlet. The jewelry will break, tarnish, and show wear extremely fast. Sizes on rings are not sized correctly. I used to sell this jewelry and since their closure I have become experienced with its horrible quality because of the $1500 in stock I purchased for my display just 6 months before they closed.
I had returned $300 worth of jewelry to exchange. I never got to. They went out of business and I received nothing in exchange. I tried to contact them but nobody would answer me concerning it.
Over the years, purchased a lot of LS jewelry. After I returned an item that was discontinued and they mailed me a certificate for $118 - hey, I forgot I had it... looked in my file and followed up - wrote to LS only to find out that "Sadly, LS is no longer accepting blah blah..." That's $118 of my money they won't honor - I have so much of their jewelry and now I'm left with a piece of paper worth nothing - just like their company. The sad part is how they dropped out of their business and took my money! They could have at least allowed me to purchase a couple items from their outlet. Sad, sad, sad... all I can say.
I had a bracelet that was falling apart... I sent it in for replacement. The package was not delivered - said wrong address. I sent it again to another address and it was returned back to me as "refused." I spent over $15.00 just trying to send it in. The jewelry is no good and there is no replacement guarantee!!!
In November I was a new sales associate with bright hopes for a future with Lia Sophia. But right after my 3rd Jewelry Party I started to notice more and more problems with my orders. Not only were pieces from orders missing. But I had over $600 in Jewelry Credits that I ordered. That never came. I even tried reordering pieces that were missing from my customer's orders with my jewelry credit but it still never came. In the mean time all the jewelry I already had started to turn my skin green. Cause hives on my neck and several pieces were broken and faded.
So my $1200 "display" was now trash. Even though the company boasted a lifetime guarantee none of my pieces qualified? My phone calls got me nowhere. My complaint emails were never returned. I never received my jewelry and up until my consultant page was disconnected I still had over $600 in credit. I have upset friends and family over this business and someone needs to make these corporate vampires to pay for using people like this with their poor business practices. It's no wonder they have been shut down for good. If there is a class action lawsuit count me in.
I had a party and sold a necklace to a colleague. She returned it to me and asked if she could get a new chain because the chain was broken. Pursuant to Lia Sophia policy she should have been given an exchange (new necklace). I firs t contacted them in November 2014. Since then I have emailed them numerous times. I asked if they would exchange the necklace for a new one, give her a refund or simply send back the necklace that I mailed to them. They have refused all the above. In my opinion they are thieves. They took my necklace and refuse to give it back. That's stealing!! There is no phone number to speak to anyone and when I send emails it usually takes several weeks or months to get a reply. I think this business should be held liable.
I have ordered many times from the outlet since Dec 2014 without any problems until now. One of the rings I ordered in a size I knew would be a bit large, came in and was way too tight. This would mean it was marked with the wrong size. They refuse to fix the problem. Now I will NEVER purchase from them again. This is their mistake not that I've changed my mind. They will not replace it with the correct size.
After reading many negatives reviews, I was hesitant on placing an order on the Lia Sophia Outlet website. I did so anyway and received my order in 6 days. I'm happy with the communication I received from Lia Sophia Outlet and with my purchase.
I have a merchandise credit for $48.00 as I had to return a necklace that the silver turned black. I paid the $5 handling charge and was issued the credit. The credit was issued in November 2014 and expired in May 2015. When I tried to use the credit it was rejected. I sent an email to the company and their response was all merchandise credits were not valid after December 2014. Also could not use the credit on the outlet store online. I was never advised that this credit was going to expire before the expiration date.
I need some help on how to get a hold of someone at this HORRIBLE company. I bought and paid for product in Dec 2014 and have had no help. The sales rep (says she's doing all she can) and just need some advice on how to get in touch with these people. Anyone?! Is there a lawsuit going to happen bc I know I am not the only one... I would really appreciate any help here.
Ordered from Lia Sophia on line outlet and when I rec'd my order one of the items listed on the packing slip was missing. I have e- mailed them 3 times and have yet to hear from them. Tried to call. Got a recorded message that customer service is closed. Call three different times in the day and always closed. So now they have my money and I have no product.
I attempted to order a ring off of their outlet site. The website continued to go off and on would not accept my debit card and order said did not go thru on off and not authorized or confirmed. My son went on his credit card and it went thru and I received my ring in time for Mother's Day and it's beautiful. In the meantime they went on my card and deducted the amount of ring 3 times and put a hold on my account for the monies. Their CS numbers are non CS numbers and are directed to contact them by email. I have sent them numerous emails that they do not respond but did send one to confirm my order. Imagine that!!!
They have no customer service, do not respond to anything even the site they provide, it's like being ignored on purpose. I am 60 yrs old and my husband just passed away on Thanksgiving, my fixed income does not allow much left over for food and car pay in insurance. I feel taken advantage off and my financial institution won't refund money because of hold on account. That's another story. Meanwhile I'm out the 100.00 and no satisfaction from Lia Sophia in sight.
I have several pieces. All the stones have faded. I have receipts and no recourse. I paid for this junk. I want my money back. There was supposed to be a lifetime warranty. Does anyone know if there is a class action lawsuit I can get on?
Used to be good to work with, but once they announced they were going out of business they no longer honor their lifetime warranties. I sent in a broken pair of earrings and they rejected my package and marked on it return to sender. They will sell you items at discounted prices, but won't do anything beyond that.
As an Advisor, after learning they were closing I put in 3-4 orders back in Dec 2014. After NUMEROUS emails through the last 4 months, my customers & I are owed a collective $109.80, not counting the previously paid shipping. I had several b/o'd pieces from Dec and all but 6 items were either sent or refund checks issued. I have been MORE than patient - this is not fair. I want our money! And "** of Pueblo West, CO on Feb. 12, 2015" - I agree about the lawsuit - count me in!
I have a $50 credit/coupon for a Lia Sophia product and have emailed Lia Sophia as per their telephone prompt as it said that all calls will be handled through email. I have had no response from them and have emailed twice. My coupon expires next week and I am concerned that I won't be able to redeem it due to their lack of response to my request.
I bought many things at many parties. I loved the look of the jewelry but it really was not well made...junk, in my opinion. Put on one bracelet and it broke the first time. I just sent 3 necklaces that I had wore maybe 5 times each because they fell apart. Got them back in return mail. Now I know why. They are out of business. No surprise. Overpriced junk. So much for lifetime warranty.
In December 2014, I purchased many items through their Outlet website along with purchasing through my LS consultant. Since then, the Outlet was kind enough to send me a check for whatever was sold out. However, anything I ordered (and paid for) through the consultant has gone silent. I only received one piece of jewelry from her.
According to my consultant, Lia Sophia is not dealing with consultants and they have been told to have their customers contact the company directly. There even was an error on my packing slip for the one item I received. Only one other item was listed as being on backorder. Meanwhile all the other items I ordered aren't listed. As per the company, we could only resolve matters by email. When I emailed them, I was told all refunds are being handled as quickly as possible. We are now in March and I have not received a penny for all the jewelry I ordered through the consultant. I hope a class action suit is brought against the company because they robbed me and many others of hard earned money. I am so disappointed with the way the company handled their closing.
lia sophia Company Information
- Company Name:
- lia sophia
- Company Type:
- Private
- Year Founded:
- 1971
- Formerly Named:
- Act II Jewelry LLC
- Address:
- 1235 Mittel Blvd.
- City:
- Wood Dale
- State/Province:
- Postal Code:
- 60191
- Phone:
- (855) 716-1313
- Website:
- www.liasophia.com


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The Hamlet of Spokeville
Loyal Township, Clark County, Wisconsin
Contributed by Janet Schwarze.
The crossroads village of Spokeville, one of the oldest hamlets in the county, was situated on the east line of Loyal township, about four miles from the village of Loyal. A stage line from Spencer through Spokeville to Loyal passed through the Town, but this was discontinued soon after a branch of the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul railroad ran their line. In its earliest days, it was a prosperous community containing a new mill built by Joseph C. Marsh, a shingle and a lath mill; an excelsior factory and a spoke mill (the namesake of the hamlet); a general store run by John Buck Gerdes and later by his son, Carl C. (WWI Veteran) and Walbey C. Gerdes; Albert Olson's Blacksmith Shop, Fred Mick's Tavern; Gustave Voight's Creamery and Cheese Factory (according to the 1926 business directory, this was later owned by Otto G. Rhode); a church; and a about fifty residences. The New Lisbon, Necedah & Northern, a branch of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul railroad lines (mentioned above) went through the village. Also the Wisconsin Central line, from Marshfield to Chippewa Falls included the villages of Spokeville on its route. Today the area has been effectively converted to thriving dairy farms.
Sources: Robert McBride's 1909 History of Clark County, WI; "Clark County Centennial", 1872 - 1972; "Clark County Illustrated" Saterlee, Tifft & Marsh, 1890.
Gerdes' General Store: "Work has commenced on John Gerdes' store in Spokeville. The building is being rushed to completion. Mr. Gerdes will handle a line of general merchandise in the store." Clark Co. Press, March, 1909.
Fred Mick, of Neillsville, has opened a saloon in Spokeville, the first that town ever had.
Marshfield News June 23, 1892 p. 4
Spokeville Cheese Factory
The Spokeville Cheese Factory as it appeared in the 1920s when it was owned and operated by Gus Voigt. Voigt, as many cheese makers of that time, had taken a short course class offered at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, graduating as a licensed cheese and butter maker. (Photos courtesy of Alan and Jim Voigt)
Gus Voigt and brother-in-law, Ernest Fisher at the Spokeville Cheese Factory: Voigt later worked as a cheese maker at the Pelsdorf Cheese Factory (later Schlinsog's) and Catlin Corner's Cheese Factory. Two of his brothers, Adolph and Carl, were also licensed cheese makers. Adolph owned and operated the Globe Factory on County "G", now the building of Hoppa's Corner Bar; the Day Corners Factory, south of Neillsville on Hwy 95 and now Jeff's Roadside; the Star Factory, now Lynn Cheese Factory.
My mother remembered the milk strike quite well. Granddad used the Fischer cheese factory in Spokeville. Whether by choice or lack of transportation to the factory, he had no outlet for his milk. He was sympathetic to the farmer cause so I suspect he just didn't send any milk. Grandma skimmed all the cream and made butter, sweet cream butter, and packed it in salt in stone crocks and put in the basement. Mom said they had butter for a year down there. Also she made whipped cream which was used on anything which would accommodate it. Granddad had a small herd of hogs which got skimmed milk instead of whey in their slop. The hens got mash with skimmed milk. Even one of the mules learned to drink skim milk. Mom said that very little was poured in the gutter. She said she remembered the hard feelings engendered by the strike and some never did heal. Submitted by Carl Hollister.
Spokeville Elevator
Christiansen, William (1847 - 1912)
Leonard, Henry L. (1828 - 1910)
Rayhorn, William (1851 - 1928)
Philo & Emeline (Eastlick) Boise
Thomas, D. A.; Thomas, Clara E. (1889-1928)
Spokeville Church
Rev. Leo Chapman served the Spokeville Chapel in 1940. Source: "Good Old Days", September 28, 2005, page 28
Spoke Factory
At the spoke factory there was quite a sawdust pile from the sawmill at the factory. My mother told me that nearly very year it would get set on fire, intentionally or unintentionally, she couldn't remember but she did remember the smoke that pervaded the area for sometimes weeks at a time happening every year for several years. Submitted by Carl Hollister.
Spokeville School
The first five school districts, which seem to have been formed in the town of Loyal were District No. 1, Town of Loyal, (Lyons School); District No. 2, Town of Loyal, (Loyal School); District No. 3, Town of Loyal, (Dodgeville School); District No. 4, Town of Loyal, which became Joint District Number 1, Town of Sherman and Loyal, when the Town of Sherman was created in 1873, (Spokeville School); and District No. 5, Town of Loyal (Mack School). Source: LOYAL CENTENNIAL BOOK (Loyal, Clark County, Wis.) 1870 - 1970
My mom has lots of memories of Spokeville. She went to the school just
south of Spokeville and north of the farm. One incident is quite funny.
Grandpa did not approve of gambling and the store run by Carl Gerdes in
Spokeville had a modified slot machine that always gave a pack of gum for
the nickel put in it, but when the handle was pulled sometimes gave a
jackpot. Mom went there on lunch break and put a nickel in and got not only
gum but about $3 in the jackpot which came up. Knowing how grandpa felt
about such things she didn't dare come home with the money, so she bought as
much candy as she could get for the money and gave it to all the kids in the
school. She said that she was on pins and needles for about a week fearing
that one of the kids would say something and grandpa would find out and
she'd be in trouble. I guess no one "squealed" because grandpa never found
out. Submitted by
Carl Hollister.
1889--Death Came to Spokeville
On April 2, 1889, two young men, John Garvin and Arnold Free, had done a little target shooting before 8:00 a.m. They returned to the store of Joseph Marsh in Spokeville, Clark County, Wis. to clean their pistols.
This building must have been a catch-all-combination of buildings.
While they were so cleaning the pistols, Judson Canfield was sitting by the stove mending his wampus. Justice Johnson told that one was at one end of the shanty and the other at the other end, when they were fooling around and ran toward each other. One had run toward the bunks first.
Roy Marsh testified he never heard any remarks to indicate they were not friends, it it happened Garvin's pistol went off and Arnold Free was short. As Garvin cradled him in his arms, Free said, "Jack, what have you done: "He also told them not to call a doctor as he would die anyhow. Garvin wept as he comforted his companion.
The authorities were called and six good and lawful men were subpoenaed to view the body of Arnold Free lying dead at the store of Joseph Marsh, Spokeville.
All the witnesses testified as to the fact they went out to "Shoot off their revolvers." They all heard Free say, "Jack, what have you done!" They all knew the two were good friends.
Even Free's brother, William, testified that it was a "pure" accident, and "He never knew of their having any trouble."
Dr. J. L. Bradfield had been called and sworn in after making the examination and gave this statement, "The person Arnold Free came to his death by a bullet from a revolver in the hands of John Garvin, he having full knowledge of the fact of said revolver being loaded. The cause of death was gross carelessness on the part of said John Garvin."
It was a swift case of justice, all in one day. The jurors fees, $11; Just fees, $5 ; constable fees. $6.55; and the doctors fee, $10. The entire cost was taxed up to the County of Clark. This seemed to have dismissed the case.
Source: LOYAL CENTENNIAL BOOK (Loyal, Clark County, Wis.) 1870 - 1970
Fred Mick, of Neillsville, has opened a saloon in Spokeville, the first that town ever had. Source: Marshfield News June 23, 1892 p. 4
1912-Typhoid Fever Victim
Twenty-Year-Old Dies (Mamie Gerdes)
News Clips
SPOKEVILLE NEWS-Greenwood Gleaner, Greenwood, Wis., 5 May 1904.
The old sawmill has been torn down the past week, so nothing remains of the once prosperous mill except the sawdust pile.
There will be a creamery meeting of farmers at John Wehling's next Saturday evening.
Spokeville got awakened last Tuesday morning by the creamery man refusing to take any of the milk from the farmers that had anything to do with the starting of another factory. The consequence was that part came out and said they had shares and the others did not, so they are still hauling their milk.
My mother is Hazel Arlie Fisher-Saveland.........born in Spokeville, WI in
1918. She is the daughter of George and Stella Fisher (niece of J.R. Thomas
who resided in Loyal, WI and was the school principal).
I am very much enjoying finding information of Clark Co. on the internet. My mother has always told amazing stories of growing up in Spokeville and Spencer. ...and of the cheese factory. Her favorite is of having a bear as a pet!
When I went to Spokeville last, we drove right through it with out realizing
that it was there! The railroad track that my cousin and I used to walk
along was still there and the brick chimney of the factory home was still
standing. Also, two huge stone markers that used to be on either side of the
sidewalk to the house from the road were still there. Dierdra and I used to
jump from one to the other and have great secret talks out there. And the
Gerdes General Store was across the street. My mom was great friends
with the Gerdes family. Bucky Gerdes was one of her
best friends.
Thank you for your wonderful research.
Sincerely, Linda Saveland
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