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At age 17, she began working with hitmaker Glen Ballard, who had produced and co-written for Alanis Morissette. Several years later, she teamed up with the Matrix, a Grammy-nominated production/songwriting team whose résumé included collaborations with Avril Lavigne, Shakira, and Korn. Tired of producing music for other artists, the Matrix had plans to record an album of their own, with Perry serving as one of the group's two singers. The project was ultimately shelved, but not before Perry appeared in a 2004 write-up by Blender magazine, who hailed her as "the Next Big Thing!"
With the Matrix's unreleased album sitting in the vaults at Sony Records, Perry went back to the drawing board and began working on a solo album for Columbia. The project was eventually canceled, although two of its songs were later given to Kelly Clarkson, who scored a Top 40 hit with "I Do Not Hook Up" several years later. Perry (who, by this point, had shed her original surname due to its similarity to actress Kate Hudson) then signed with Capitol, who encouraged their new client to write her own music and helped establish her image as a boisterous, tongue-in-cheek pop star. Perry's debut single, "Ur So Gay," generated a small buzz with its mischievous lyrics and clever music video, but it was "I Kissed a Girl" that proved to be her breakthrough hit, topping the charts in 20 countries and pushing its accompanying album, 2008's One of the Boys, into the Top Ten in America. Perry supported her debut by joining the Warped Tour that summer, where she toured alongside her boyfriend at the time, Travis McCoy of Gym Class Heroes. Meanwhile, "Hot N Cold" became her second multi-platinum hit, "Thinking of You" (one of the album's three songs written solely by Perry) cracked the Top 40, and "Waking Up in Vegas" cracked the Top Ten.
Such success meant that Katy Perry had officially become one of the industry's biggest pop stars, celebrated as much for her outsized behavior and outrageous fashion choices as the music itself. She continued touring through the summer of 2009 and found time to tape an installment of MTV Unplugged, which was released in November. Meanwhile, she worked on a new album and started up a whirlwind romance with comedian Russell Brand, eventually becoming his wife, a short-lived marriage that would last for only a year. She would later begin an on-again, off-again relationship with adult alternative singer/songwriter John Mayer. Recording sessions for her album wrapped up in early 2010, and Perry scored her second number one single with "California Gurls," which was released that May. The accompanying album, Teenage Dream, followed in August. The album was reissued in 2012 as Teenage Dream: The Complete Confection, with the bonus track "Wide Awake" earning Perry a Grammy nomination for Best Pop Solo Performance.
In 2013, Perry announced the release of Prism, her fourth album, with the number one single "Roar." Written and produced in collaboration with a host of artists and producers (including Sia, Diplo, Max Martin, Bloodshy, and Emeli Sandé), it was inspired musically by Robyn, Britney Spears, Mariah Carey, and Prince, and lyrically by her past relationships. Appearing in October, it hit number one in the U.S. and U.K., followed by another Billboard chart-topper, "Dark Horse," featuring Juicy J. "Birthday" and "This Is How We Do" both reached the Top 40. In May 2014, she embarked on an ambitious tour of England, North America, Australia, and Europe, with concert dates lasting into early 2015. ~ Andrew Leahey, Rovi
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In Neot Kedumim you'll find the land of the Bible restored, offering a tour of biblical landscapes and much more
The answers to many biblical questions await at Neot Kedumim, among them: Why was Solomon's botanical wisdom described as extending "from the cedar to the hyssop" (1 Kings 4:33)? Why did Jeremiah describe Israel as "a thriving olive tree" (Jer. 11:16)? What did the Samaritan woman hear when Jesus spoke to her of "living waters" (John 4:11)? Ancient agricultural terraces have been restored here, creating the perfect backdrop for a walk through the Garden of Wisdom Literature, Isaiah's Vineyard and other biblical scenery. Any time of year is a good time to visit Neot Kedumim, located on 600 acres of Judean mountain slopes, for a self-guided or guided tour. In spring, for example, see a threshing sledge at work (Isa. 41:15); in autumn try your hand at making olive oil.
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It is worth remembering, in this era of Web pages festooned with blinking and bleeping banner ads, and accompanied by pop-ups and pop-unders, that once upon a time the Internet was an advertising-free zone. As long as the U.S. government controlled a major part of the backbone, most forms of commercial activity were forbidden. The occasional violations of this rule attracted swift and severe retribution. For example, in 1978 Digital Equipment Corporation (since absorbed into Compaq) sent a notice about a new computer system to 600 subscribers on the arpanet, one of the ancestors of the Internet. The message was immediately labeled a "flagrant violation" of government policy, with the assurance that "appropriate action is being taken to preclude its occurrence again."
The rules changed in 1993, as the Net was privatized, but social strictures on indiscriminate advertising remained powerful for some years. In April of 1994 a message with the subject heading "Green Card Lottery- Final One?" was posted simultaneously to 6,000 Usenet news groups. The advertisement, signed by the Phoenix law firm of Canter & Siegel, offered information and legal services to immigrants. Thousands of Usenet regulars—incensed not only by the commercial nature of the message but also by the waste of bandwidth and the breach of "netiquette"—hounded Canter & Siegel by e-mail and fax and telephone. The lawyers' Internet access was cut off, and eventually the firm went out of business; Canter was disbarred. There have not been many such victories in the fight against spam.
As it happens, the Canter & Siegel incident was the event that first popularized the term "spam." According to Brad Templeton, a Usenet pioneer and current chair of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, certain small online communities had used the word earlier to describe various kinds of unwelcome verbiage, but it was the Green Card affair that made it widely known. The ultimate source was a 1970 skit on the British television show Monty Python's Flying Circus, about a restaurant with a limited menu and a chorus of Vikings chanting "Spam, spam, spam, spam, lovely spam, lovely spam." (Incidentally, Hormel Foods, who make SPAM rather than spam, attempted a defense of their brand name, then decided to have a sense of humor about it.)
Although spam today is mainly a plague of e-mail, the Canter & Siegel ad and several other early examples were never sent as mail; instead they were posted to news groups. The Usenet news service is especially vulnerable to spamming because the complete list of groups is freely available to everyone, unlike e-mail addresses, for which there is no central directory. Furthermore, because a single news group can have many readers, and a single reader may look at many groups, posting to a few thousand groups annoys millions. E-mail, in contrast, is generally one-on-one, and it takes more effort to cause the same amount of consternation.
In view of the vulnerability of the news system, it's encouraging to report that the Usenet community was able to organize itself to cope with the problem, if not solve it. Both manual and automated controls have been put in place, allowing a message that can be identified as spam to be removed or at least flagged as suspect before it reaches the reader. (One of the anti-spam protocols is called NoCeM, pronounced "no see 'em.") Of course there is the potential for abuse by individuals who maliciously cancel legitimate postings, but safeguards are available, and the system seems generally to be working. Some spam still gets through to news groups, but the noise level peaked several years ago, and in most groups it is now quite tolerable. On the other hand, part of the reason that spammers leave Usenet in peace these days may be that they just don't care: Only a small fraction of Internet users ever look at news groups.
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went to tru la cienega, arena battles, y wing. Also at this tru i saw an employee stash a ultimate bumblebee in the next aisle over, on the top shelf. It was pretty funny he was looking around, but i guess he did not see me watching him. while the whole TF section was pretty empty.
tru stevenson ranch had arena battles also
oh yea the walmart stevenson ranch had 38 primus and 4 ultimatebumblebee
did see transformers on imax at universal. pretty good. didnt really notice the extra scenes. good experience 1st time seen an imax flick.


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In June of this year, Dr Declan Cody, a paediatric endocrinologist, and Mr Vincent McDarby, a senior clinical psychologist, from Our Lady's Childrens Hospital, Crumlin (OLCHC), Ireland, travelled to Accra, Ghana. The journey itself only took seven hours but the experience was a life-changing one.
As professional members of the International Society for Paediatric and Adolescent Diabetes (ISPAD), Dr Cody and Mr McDarby had heard about the IDF Life for a Child (LFAC) Programme and got in touch with LFAC General Manager Dr Graham Ogle to discuss the possibility of the Crumlin Diabetes Centre getting involved. The relationship built from there: "We were delighted to be linked with Ghana" said Dr Cody, "and having received questionnaires back from the doctors and the Ghana National Diabetes Association (GNDA) regarding the problems they are facing, we decided to travel there ourselves to get a better understanding and to guide us as to how we might be (best) able to help."
The trip came together quickly and in June the group spent a total of six days in Ghana, hosted by Mrs Elizabeth Denyoh of GNDA. Time in Accra, Ghana's capital, centred around visiting the main hospital, Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, and talking with local doctors and medical staff. The team from Crumlin then flew to Kumasi, 250 kilometres north-west of Accra, and met with Dr Emmanuel Ameyaw - currently Ghana's only paediatric endocrinologist - who guided them around his hospital.
"The journey certainly opened our eyes to the serious issues facing children and adolescents with diabetes in this country" Dr Cody remarked,"particularly if they can't afford to purchase the very basics. We saw firsthand the difficulties in relation to storage of insulin, non-availability of glucometers and strips, and lack of (blood glucose) testing. One episode highlighted these issues: as we were being taken to see one young girl, our host contacted the mother to let her know we were on her way and we were told that she had died two days earlier having only just been discharged from hospital (possibly DKA-related)."
The Crumlin Diabetes Centre's Parents Group provided funds to assist the group with their travel costs, and have since pledged €10,000 to LFAC's work in Ghana. Life for a Child is extremely grateful to both the Crumlin Diabetes Centre and the Parents Group for their generous support. Through its collaboration with the local organisations such as the National Diabetes Association and the Komfe Anokye Teaching Hospital in Kumasi, LFAC is able to provide insulin, self-blood glucose monitoring equipment, and HbA1c point of care testing to approximately 600 children and youth in cities and towns across Ghana.


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Sadly, neither Drake nor Director X was there to accept the award. They robbed me of probably my best moment to run on stage and "Pull a Kanye." I think that's what sent me into the downward spiral. I ordered another drink. Then a double. Then a triple. And a Regina triple is pretty stiff, let me tell you
Directors both upstart and established are able to create whatever worlds their imagination (and technical know-how) can conjure. And quite frankly, when it comes to music videos it's the animated ones that are often more story-rich - not to mention pretty or hallucinatory or just in glorious defiance of the laws of physics.
Although 2012 was a landmark year for music videos, where "Gangnam Style had one billion hits and bands like "Walk Off The Earth" got 142 million views for simply covering Gotye's "Somebody That I Used To Know," it was also a year in which the greatest video I have ever seen was released to comparatively little fanfare.


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Baking soda is a cooking product that helps batter to rise. This article discusses the effects of swallowing a large amount of baking soda.
Soda loading refers to drinking baking soda. Some athletes and coaches believe that drinking baking soda prior to competition helps a person perform for longer periods of time. This is extremely dangerous, and in addition to side effects, it actually makes the athletes unable to perform.
This is for information only and not for use in the treatment or management of an actual poison exposure. If you have an exposure, you should call your local emergency number (such as 911) or the National Poison Control Center at 1-800-222-1222.
See also: Baking powder overdose
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Do NOT make a person throw up unless told to do so by poison control or a health care professional.
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The National Poison Control Center (1-800-222-1222) can be called from anywhere in the United States. This national hotline number will let you talk to experts in poisoning. They will give you further instructions.
This is a free and confidential service. All local poison control centers in the United States use this national number. You should call if you have any questions about poisoning or poison prevention. It does NOT need to be an emergency. You can call for any reason, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Take the container with you to the hospital, if possible.
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Family: Anatidae, Ducks and Geese view all from this family
Description ADULT MALE Has a narrow reddish bill, a green head (looks dark in poor light), white neck, and streaked orange-red breast. Flanks are gray and back is black. Eclipse male is similar to adult female, but retains wing pattern. ADULT FEMALE Reddish bill, dirty orange head and nape, but a paler throat; body plumage is otherwise grayish buff. JUVENILE Resembles adult female.
Dimensions Length: 19-26" (48-66 cm)
Habitat Common. In summer, found on tundra and boreal forest lakes. Outside breeding season, most birds move to coasts although some may occur on large, ice-free freshwater lakes.
Observation Tips Easiest to find in winter: search estuaries and large, sheltered bays.
Range New England, Southwest, Northwest, Florida, Eastern Canada, Alaska, Southeast, California, Great Lakes, Rocky Mountains, Mid-Atlantic, Texas, Western Canada, Plains
Voice Males utter soft, grunting display calls. Otherwise silent.
Discussion Slim diving duck. Recalls Common Merganser, but smaller and both sexes have shaggy, spiky, crest rather than a sleek head. Dives frequently in search of fish and invertebrates. In flight, both sexes show white on upper inner wing; extent is greatest in males, the white divided by two black lines.


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FRIDAY'S FAB FINDS! | June 4 | perfect gowns, hippie chicness, sparkle-town, DIY desserts + the coolest favors EVER
Hello and happy Friday, everybody! How we doin' today, eh? Doin' well? I sure hope so. The weekend is upon us, so that means fun in the sun if all goes according to plan. Anyone have any interesting plans for the ol' Sat-to-Sun? Me, I kinda feel like hiking again. You discover really cool things when you hike, like wedding venues. Yeah, totally serious. The boy and I plan to re-scope out this random beautiful joint upon which we stumbled while on a hike just north of the city a couple of weekends ago. I shall report back once the verdict on its quality is in. (:
Anywho, while we continue working out our server switcheroonie, as some of you have coined it (which I love and have now adopted), I thought I'd be remiss if I didn't bring some seriously fabulous finds I managed to scoop up this week. So, here we go!
First up, a few killer details from one seriously UN.BE.LIEV.ABLE wedding, as photographed by – who else – Max Wanger, and featured on 100 Layer Cake. Le sigh. I shall dream about this beach wedding forever and always. Its colors, textures and characters (of the human sort) are the stuff of inspiration shoots, not real-life weddings. So this rocks it to the fullest. And by the way, PERSONALIZED BEACH TOWEL FAVORS ALERT!
Bridesmaids gowns: Rachel Pally
You wanna know where they got those rad beach towels, right? Well, their Dutch artist friend Parra designed them; the invites, too. And here's where they got the towels made. You're welcome.
Ok, this wedding featured on Style Me Pretty straight-up-now-tell-me blew me away. But most weddings involving horses (not pictured here) tend to blow me away, because, I mean, how did they get horses involved in their wedding? You know? It seems so involved. Do these people own horses? Do they find a horse – I dunno, farm, and shoot there so that it looks like horses attended their wedding? Does the New York Times write, "the wedding was well-attended; also, they had horses" because you can't ignore the horse-factor. It's a huge factor. It's the elephant at the wedding, essentially. (Can you tell that I'm up way past my bedtime right now? It gets crazier and crazier.)
By the way, obsessed with the bouquet. Obsessed. It's sort of EXACTLY RIGHT.
Not to mention zee shoes:
Photography: Aaron Delesie
My good friend Melissa, of The Loveliest Day, made quite a stir in her new role blogging for Ruffled with one seriously sparkle-rific wedding dress… and not to mention super hunky groom. Super. Hunky. (Massive congrats, Melissa! Sooo freaking awesome.) Here's a lil taste of the fabulosity that awaits you.
Credits, courtesy of Ruffled:
Ceremony Venue: University of Western Australia / Reception Venue: Table 78 Restaurant / Photographer: Anna Rose Photography / Bride's Dress: Rachel Gilbert / Bridesmaids Dresses: Gown Gallery / Flowers: Code Bloom / Cake: Choux Cafe / Celebrant: Jenny Carkeek / Rentals: Perth Outdoor Ceremonies
Coveting the incredibly laid-back but terrifically chic style of this bang-sporting bride. And just LOOK at that sassy feather statement necklace she's got on!! Does it NOT fit perfectly with that gown? J'adore. Plus, you guys know how much I love a good bang! Hair, we're talking hair. (… But I like the other kind, too, obvs.)
Photography: Laura Heffington / Oregon Beach Wedding featured on OnceWed, who discovered it on Frolic
DIY dessert time! Comin' atcha face: How 'bout a cupcake in a jar?
The steps involved make me so want to do this project.
I don't know about you, but for me, a red velvet cupcake + a mason jar = the cutest, tastiest thing possible. I am loving this as wedding favors, especially with the spoons tied to the jars with – my favorite – baker's twine! Most of you know I have a love affair with the stuff. (Yes, it's under control now.) I found this awesomeness over on With This Ring, and she found it, plus instructions on cakies blog!
Here's the supplies list, courtesy of cakies, if you're interested in trying your hand at these babies:
Pay a visit to cakies for the red velvet recipe!
Ooh, one more thing… you see the chic young lady at the tippy top of this post? Well, her name's Andi, and she has a blog. On that blog, she posted the musical stylings of the fabulous Diane Birch, and I just seriously have to share this with all of you, if you haven't already heard of her. Because she's a whole lotta wonderful.
Ok, I get that these are some pretty REDONK finds I've got here today. They may in fact be so fabulous that deciding on a favorite is super way hard. But whatev who cares – I really wanna know so I'm still asking. (:
So, do tell: which of these is/are most inspiring to YOU? Lemme know. I can't wait to hear!!!
(Hope you have a terrific weekend!)
xoxo! -Alison


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All of this piling on will give the fans and team plenty of motivation this fall.
We should fly banners over the stadium saying "F**K the NFLN", "SAPP is the RAT", and "ESPN S**KS
what did he say that was untrue?? I know the truth hurts some times, but there has to be a top and a bottom. There has to be good teams and bad teams. There has to be good front offices and bad ones. It's time our fan base takes a step back and take a reality check. We aren't one of the good teams, front offices, or franchises, and haven't been for a long time. It sucks but you can't hide from truth by sticking you head in the sand and saying it isn't true. We won our last superbowl, when? We were last relevant, when? We won our last playoff game, when? We drafted our last game changing offensive player, when??
When you hear someone tell you the truth, and feel they are all against you, you need therapy. That isn't healthy. The sports media has a right to express their opinions. That is what they are paid to do. They are not always right, but they are right alot more often then the blind fan base that thinks we are winning the superbowl every year, and crying because every anouncer, or talk radio host doesn't agree. We suck, and have for a long time, and it isn't going to change overnight, or over one offseason for that matter. Get over it. See a therapist if you need to, but deal with it.
Oh and BTW this doesn't make me a orange, lol. I just see the truth, don't like it, but am willing to accept what I can't not change.


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The progress of Hacking
As our bandwidth increased so did the tools and the ease. But so did the other defensive technology. It really seems to have grown together. Is it easier now to hack? Yes and No. Sure if you find someone with an old system. If you have any high bandwidth its too easy! On the other hand, its getting harder to breach servers if the admin will just take the time to implement the most basic stuff, its amazing how it can harden a system form 90% of the attackers out there. So far I would say the worst admins out there seem to be those in charge of universities. Sorry to say that but I am just being honest from my experience. I have yet to see a school I cant breach when I am asked to! Usually it's the simplest stuff. I don't mean to hurt any feelings here but that honestly has been my experience! Edu people please harden your networks!
Any way, its fascinating to me to watch the growth of bandwidth and how hacking evolves at the same pace.


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I have also gained from this thread. We often times hunt water to deep to wade in and have rigged 12 decoys with 9' of line with a slide sinker and loops on each end so you end up with 24 loops on the cariber clip but are 4 1/2 ' of line to tend with.
NOTE -I bought the big clips that are marketed for holding extension cords ,found them at a Dollar General store for $4.00 which is about $1.50 higher that the regulars but have a 150 pound capacity and are roughly 6" in diameter and gives plenty of room to hold onto when in transport.
I dont know how it will work so I only did a dozen first to see how it goes. If it simplifies the process I will order the mono line and al. crimps which is said to cause even less tangles.
I have one idea that I will try if I order the mono and crimps- on the side of the crimp that the line is fed back into to create the loop I am going to take side cutters and cut a small angle to give even less of an area for line to hang up on at the crimp,seems like a simple process that might give even more improvement to an already handy method.


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Last week, Harvard Business School hosted a conference in New York to talk about how the U.S. could continue to support "high and rising living standards for Americans" in the face of global competition. It was a lively discussion, leading to many good, if familiar, economic-policy ideas for increasing productivity in the U.S.
Unfortunately, this conversation largely ignored the key constraint to many of the policy recommendations: the rise of hyperpolarization in Congress. If business leaders want better economic policy, they need to first help elect more moderates to Congress.
The conference was centered on a survey of 10,000 Harvard Business School graduates, conducted in October 2011 by Michael Porter and Jan Rivkin, professors at the school. A quarter of the respondents had achieved the rank of chief executive, president or chairman of a corporation, or the equivalent.
Some of the survey's most interesting questions had to do with decisions about location. More than 40 percent of people who participated said their firms had faced decisions about siting new businesses or relocating existing ones within the past year, and almost 20 percent of them had been personally involved in making the decision.


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Family: Lycaenidae, Gossamer-wing Butterflies view all from this family
Description The Brown Elfin (Callophrys augustinus) is butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found in from Newfoundland north and west through the northern United States and the prairie provinces to Alaska. To the south it ranges in Appalachian Mountains to northern Georgia and northern Subspecies iroides is known as the Western Elfin.
The wingspan is 22–29 mm. Adults are on wing from early May to early June in one generation. They feed on flower nectar from various species, including Vaccinium, Sanicula arctopoides, Lindera, Salix, Barbarea and Prunus americana.
The larvae feed on Ericaceae species, including Vaccinium vacillans and Ledum groenlandicum in the east. They feed on a wide variety of plants in the west, including Arbutus and Cuscuta species. They feed on the flowers and fruits of their host plant. Pupation takes place in the litter at the base of the host plant. Hibernation takes place in the pupal stage.
Dimensions 3/4-1 1/8" (19-28 mm).
Habitat Freshwater swamps, marshes & bogs, Cities, suburbs & towns, Scrub, shrub & brushlands, Deserts, Grasslands & prairies, Forests & woodlands.
Range Mid-Atlantic, California, Rocky Mountains, Plains, Alaska, Northwest, Southwest, New England, Eastern Canada, Southeast, Western Canada, Great Lakes.


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Audie Award Winner, Solo Narration - Female, 2014
She may be 35th in line for the throne, but Lady Georgiana Rannoch cannot wait to ring in the new year—before a Christmas killer wrings another neck…
On the first day of Christmas, my true love gave to me—well, actually, my true love, Darcy O'Mara, is spending a feliz navidad tramping around South America. Meanwhile, Mummy is holed up in a tiny village called Tiddleton-under-Lovey with that droll Noel Coward! And I'm snowed in at Castle Rannoch with my bumbling brother, Binky, and sourpuss sister-in-law, Fig. So it's a miracle when I contrive to land a position as hostess to a posh holiday party in Tiddleton. The village is like something out of A Christmas Carol! But no sooner have I arrived than a neighborhood nuisance, a fellow named Freddie falls out of a tree, dead…. Dickensian, indeed.
Freddie's merely a stocking stuffer. On my second day in town, another so-called accident turns up another mincemeat pie—and yet another on my third. The village is buzzing that a recent prison break could have something to do with it… that, or a long-standing witch's curse. I'm not so sure. But after Darcy shows up beneath the mistletoe, anything could be possible in this wicked wonderland.
©2012 Janet Quin- Harkin (P)2012 Audible, Inc.
"Katherine Kellgren performs an impressive range of accents: Irish brogue, high-pitched Cockney, fussy American, West Country burr, and more. Kellgren triumphs as Georgi, who is 34th in line to the throne, giving her a refined accent contrasted with down-to-earth sensibilities. Due to the author's light touch and Kellgren's humorous delivery, the many Yuletide deaths in this cozy do not become macabre. The listener just marvels at the mounting 'accidents' amid the bountiful Christmas cheer." (AudioFile)
Audie Award Winner, Solo Narration - Female, 2014
Say something about yourself!
"It was a great Christmas Who-Done-It!"
Read from November 20 to 24, 2012
Listened for FUN!
Part of my 25 Christmas Reads for 2012
Overall Rating: 4.50
Story Rating: 4.50
Character Rating 4.50
Audio Rating (not part of the overall rating): 4.50
Christmas Rating: Just plain fun!
First thought when finished: Rhys Bowen hit it out of the park with The Twelve Clues of Christmas. It was a great Christmas Who-Done-It!
Just my thoughts: The Twelve Clues of Christmas was a jolly good time! I had a blast while listening and was thrilled to delve back into her royal spyness. This is one fun series for those that like amateur sleuth stories. Check it out when you get a chance! These have a small carry over story but I think they can be read out of order or as standalones.
About the audio: Narrated by Katherine Kellgren and she did a bang up job! Her voices were spot on, the pacing was fantastic, and the reading was delightful.
Final thought: I recommend the Royal Spyness series to anyone who enjoys cozy mysteries!
"What ho, old bean!"
Lighthearted, Smart, Whodunnit
Not on the edge of my seat, no. It was a good murder mystery without too much predictability. It was an utter pleasure to listen to and to follow Lady Georgie on yet another adventure. If there can be charming murder mysteries, this is definitely one.
Katherine Kellgren is one of my favorite narrators of all time - she does voices and accents and dialects beautifully. It feels like an entire cast is acting out the story.
Laughed. MANY times.
"Tradition English Christmas gone haywire"
Once again, Lady Georgie is stuck at Castle Rannock with her miserly sister-in-law, Fig, making her life miserable and Christmas is just around the corner. So, why not take a job on a country estate in Devon, make a little money and get far, far away from Scotland? All is fine until local people start dying. But are these deaths accidents or murder?
Once again, Darcy is on hand to lend his simmering sensuality to mix and he does distract Georgie quite a bit as she goes about trying to figure out what's going on.
This is one of my favorites in the series. I just love Lady G's spunk and how wonderfully English these books always are. And there are always several laugh out loud incidents in any of the Royal Spyness books.
I loved this reader's ability to capture personalities so well with her intonations.
"Another Great Lady Georgie Mystery"
Lady Georgiana Rannoch escapes the horrid fate of spending Christmas with her step-sister's family at Castle Rannoch by attending a house party in a quaint English village instead as a Royal Family entertainer for the house guests. But as soon as she arrives, people start dying in strange accidents and she shortly begins to suspect that these accidents are really murders. Accompanied by the dashing Darcy O'Mara, Georgie sets out to solve these murders and uncovers the twelve clues to these murders. Clever and witty, with a dash of romance, Rhys Bowen weaves old English Christmas traditions and centuries-long superstitions with pre-WWII England and all of its social class upheaval to create a magical Christmas mystery that is sure to entertain. Fantastically performed by Katherine Kellgren, I quickly lost myself in the story. A Must-Listen Mystery for this Christmas season!
I hear voices. But maybe that's because there's always an Audible book in my ear.
"Fun listen over the holidays"
You know, these books won't make you smarter. But, they're great entertainment. Especially fun to listen to this one and have it end on New Year's Day in the book and in real life. Once again, the narration is fabulous.
"Perfect holiday entertainment"
This was a fun listen. I'm ashamed to admit how long it took me to catch on to the mystery which only delighted me more once I had at least some of the motive figured out. It was farsical and therefore not meant to be overly serious.
All the characters are likeable and its set after the great wall street crash. It's interesting to see all the upper classess trying to redefine themselves in order to survive financially in a tough economy.
The narrator, Katherine Kellgren does accents and men's voices very well. You have no difficulty keeping up with the dialog. Her reading is not overly dramatized as I wouldn't like that but it's also not under performed. Her phrasing and timing add to the quality of the listen.
"Christmas Time Treasure"
Yes, it was fun, great characters and a good plot.
For the most part. I did not guess the ending a head of time and for someone who has read a lot of mysteries that is an achievement.
Katherine is great as always and I can't imagine the main character with another voice. In fact we started this series because she had been the voice in another story.
"Such fun to listen to"
This is such a fun series to enjoy. Sometimes kind of silly but always interesting. The series wouldn't be the same without the great narration of Katherine Kellgren. Looking forward to the next one.
No spoilers from me! Sexy, romantic stories, thrillers, mystery, relationship stories.. my library is a crazy mix.
"Ah, Georgie, you've done it again!"
I won't bother to report on the storyline, as you can read about it in the descriptions of others. Instead, I'll report on the entertainment value, as I see it. Rhys Bowen writes fun, lively mysteries that move quickly and offer the listener/reader a glimpse into 1920's in England. Descriptions of conditions, clothing, food, and ambiance are so vivid the listener can almost feel as if he/she was in the midst of it all. Narration by Ms. Kellgren is perfect, slipping from one dialect to another with ease, male and female characters clearly articulated with emotion and liveliness. I have listened to so many Bowen books that I hear the first sentence and feel "ahhh, she's back".
So, would I recommend it? Yes, because, for me, it's pure entertainment.
Specifically, this book is paced well, with rich characters that would never appear in reading as colorfully as they are when read by Ms Kellgren. I want more!
"Love this series"
Was so happy to see that Rhys Bowen had added another novel. Lived up to expectations.
"Murder with style"
I think Georgie is a great character we have seen her grow thru the series and you really root for her and want her to find her man as well as see things develop with Darcy.
She does a great voice for Georgie and a lot of the other characters. Her regional accents are not always the best but overall she brings a lot to the story.
The not so jolly 12 days of Christmas
This series is definitely worth listening to but I would recommend starting with book one
"A cosy murder mystery."
I would recommend this book to a friend if the friend needed a good listen while doing a mundane task. This is a guilty pleasure book which I find helps me keep ironing or cleaning the house. Nothing wrong with that!
I haven't listened to any other Rhys Bowen books before but will be listening in future. There is always a pile of ironing and my house never stays tidy.......cheaper than a cleaner.
The narrator is fantastic and has a good range of character voices. I would have given the performance five stars except that I HATED the voice of Darcy. He was meant to be from an aristocratic Irish family but spoke as if he was there to Tarmac the driveway.
This was a gently funny Christie-esque book.
Some audiobooks are mind improving and others are just for pleasure. This was an enjoyable pleasure.
"Light and entertaining listening"
I have not read the print version but I enjoyed the audio version.
I would compare this book to a hybrid of Agatha Christie and P.G. Wodehouse with a bit of Brian Rix performance style thrown in.
I haven't heard any of Katherine Kellgren's material before but I shall look out for her in the future.
Plenty of moments that made me smile and some that made me laugh.
I though that this was a good all round lighthearted listen that was enjoyable from start to finish. I found my self trying to guess the next victim so I had obviously become drawn into the story-line. Probably not my usual sort of listening but I will look out for some more of the same in the future.
"Christmas treat"
Fun mystery
Agatha Christie books
Good pace and brings characters to life
Christmas carols can be deadly
Enjoyable and light hearted. Good Christmas listen.
"Great Story"
Really enjoyed the story line and it kept you guessing right to the end.
Well worth getting
"Just good fun"
Got this book on a special offer. I have to say it was much better than expected, funny and a good mystery. The main character is really likeable and the author has a gift for bring all other minor characters to life. The narration is spot on.
"Talented narrator, contrived story"
The story was shoe-horned into a certain pattern. I love Agatha Christie and Agatha Raisin type stories, but this didn't hold my attention at all.
Not in this genre, bit I won't be hunting out any more by this particular author.
Not really any of them stick in the mind.
I would develop all of the characters more, in particular the villagers who play a key part in the story later on.
"Not great"
This story continued much as the last. All men are lecherous wannabe rapists and everybody from the upper-classes is utterly ridiculous. It also annoyed me that the author couldn't be bothered with historical accuracy. We hanged witches in this country, they were never burned. It's bad enough when a foreign author gets this fact wrong, but for a British author to get it wrong is insulting. The narrator was a bit better this time, less of the ridiculous pronunciation and voices.
A little disappointed. I thought because it was Noel Cowerd it would have a better storyline and be more funny.
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It has been a season filled with frustration and more than a fair share of gut wrenching plays for the New York Jets, and this past Sunday�s 28-7 loss in Seattle there was a play that served as a microcosm of both where this season has gone and the direction the franchise seems to be lumbering toward.The play itself is, on the surface, hard to take. In a hostile environment like Seattle, an early lead can silence the crowd and defray its advantage. The Jets seemed poised to seize that moment, then watched it evaporate into thin air in the span of seconds. It�s a punch to the gut on many levels. Bigger than that play, bigger than the loss to Seattle, even bigger than the three-game losing streak that has the Jets� season teetering on the brink of oblivion is what�s developing in the psyche of this team and what�s developing in between the ears of the team�s starting quarterback.On the whole, Offensive Coordinator Tony Sparano�s play was run to perfection but for one player: the frazzled looking Sanchez who botched it. Why he did is not an easy question to answer. Most would probably simply accept his inadequacy, shrug their shoulders and say Sanchez is inconsistent at best, downright reckless at worst. But, there�s something else at work here, something that this franchise�s owner and general manager should take a good, long look at and wonder how they got to this debacle in the first place.,sending Sanchez to the sidelines and presumably reshaping the offense into the wildcat. Tebow never got to run a play, though, because Keller committed a killer false start penalty. Cue Sanchez, rushing back onto the field as the situation has changed and a befuddled Tebow dejectedly runs off only to see Sanchez throw the crushing INT.How do you run a team like this? As has happened numerous times this season, Sanchez completed a pass to Keller early in the 4th quarter for 32 yards, their best gain of the game since the aforementioned Kerley play, and then was promptly yanked, again, for Tebow. The next pass Sanchez attempted, he was sacked by Sherman and inexplicably tried to shovel pass it�or something�fumbled trying to do �too much,� and that was your ballgame.We�ve seen this occurrence all season and it hasn�t worked. Not once. Unless you want to consider Tebow falling forward for two yards on 3rd-and-1, working�which you could, I suppose�this has been a failed experiment. It was an experiment that had it flaws since Day 1, but that argument I�ll save for later.It has been disastrous not only for Sanchez, but for Tebow as well. Forget his lack of prowess as a quarterback. How do you trot Tebow out, consistently, for just one play at a time all season?
How do you run a team like this? As has happened numerous times this season, Sanchez completed a pass to Keller early in the 4th quarter for 32 yards, their best gain of the game since the aforementioned Kerley play, and then was promptly yanked, again, for Tebow. The next pass Sanchez attempted, he was sacked by Sherman and inexplicably tried to shovel pass it�or something�fumbled trying to do �too much,� and that was your ballgame.This is really about Sanchez though. He looks shaken, he looks downtrodden; the game does not look fun for him right now. I�m not blaming Tebow one bit for it, I�m certainly not exonerating Sanchez�because he has looked awful at times this season�I�m looking directly at our front office. Before I really take them to the woodshed though, let�s start with the acquisition of Tebow.This is certainly stating the obvious, but Woody Johnson and Mike Tannenbaum, what the hell were you thinking? You pick up an almost $3 million cap hit, at the expense of two draft picks, to backup the guy you just gave a 5-year extension to? A guy who makes more than $10 million a year? Instead of providing your 50 million dollar man with a reliable, consistent core of receivers, an offensive lineman or two to play with Pro Bowlers like Nick Mangold and D�Brickashaw Ferguson and an NFL proven backup at running back, you go out and get a backup quarterback who wants to start. Another huge difference between Tebow and Smith.And, Mr. Johnson, don�t give me any of this we wanted Tebow because �he makes our team better.� You wanted him for two reasons�inexplicable reasons, if you ask me. For one, Tebow draws interest, and interest drives the sale of PSLs. Johnson ran through more than a 20-year waiting period for season tickets in one offseason due to the controversial practice of including a one-time only fee�a big one�for the exclusive right to �own� your seat.Tebow and head coach Rex Ryan kind of get thrown into the middle of this whole mess. Ryan and Sparano have shown they really don�t know what to do with Tebow. Really, this is just further evidence that this is a front office driven acquisition.Where does this leave Sanchez and the Jets franchise? At the moment Sanchez seems like a lost cause, and with his cap hit he�s not going anywhere until at least the 2014 season. It�s really too late for this whirlwind of disaster to change much this season. This roster is not changing, and as little as some of the Jets players want to admit it, they are not a playoff team. Right now, most teams would pencil in a �W� looking at this Jets team.They�and Jets fans�don�t have much of a choice because of Sanchez�s contract, but how about Johnson and Tannenbaum go into this offseason not trying to write the final chapter on �The Ways to Ruin a Quarterback?�


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'Liberty or death' rallied colonists to war
By Patty Kruszewski, Citizen Managing Editor 11/24/11
With the possible exception of the midnight ride of Paul Revere, perhaps no historical event stirs the imagination or fires the patriotism of schoolchildren as does Patrick Henry's "Liberty or Death" speech.
But while Revere's ride was important, Henry's speech in 1775 was a genuine turning point in American history, providing the impetus that helped set the colonies on the road to revolution.
Delivered at St. John's Church in what was then Henrico Parish, the speech rallied a crowd that was inclined to delay confrontation with Great Britain and convinced the members to approve Henry's call to arms.
"Henry combined an actor's flair with a preacher's fervor," writes Henry Mayer in his biography of Henry, A Son of Thunder. "[A]nd he evoked a rapport with ordinary folks that changed the face of Virginia's – and later, America's – politics."
Less than a month after the speech, the "shot heard round the world" was fired at Lexington, Mass. Thanks in no small part to Henry, the Virginians had a militia organized and stood ready to lead the colonies in the fight for independence.
Because of Henry's speech, St. John's Church (now located within the City of Richmond) is today a National Historic Landmark and a treasured symbol of the birth of American liberty. And as Henrico Parish – like Henrico County – marks its 400th anniversary this year, St. John's will welcome an estimated 40,000 visitors into the church to view the hallowed site of Henry's address to the Second Virginia Convention.
Guests who are fortunate enough to visit during one of the popular re-enactment programs will have the opportunity to hear the immortal words spoken as Patrick Henry might have spoken them, and to experience for themselves the electrifying effect that Henry had on the crowd in 1775 – an effect that ranks the "Liberty or Death" speech No. 3 on the Henrico Citizen's list of the most significant events in Henrico's 400-year history.
Preaching to the choir
Patrick Henry developed his oratorical skills at a young age, and in an unlikely venue: atop the driver's seat of a carriage.
As a teenager, Henry drove his mother and sisters in the carriage to Polegreen Church, where they heard the preaching of the gifted orator Samuel Davies.
On the long carriage rides back from Polegreen, Henry's mother – a devout follower of Reverend Davies – would demand that young Patrick repeat the substance of his sermons. Henry studied Davies' rhetoric intently and adopted much of his style; years later, he told his biographer that Davies was the greatest speaker he had ever heard and
that Davies had taught him what it was to be an orator.
After he became a lawyer, Henry began earning a reputation not only for oratory, but also for his resistance to British rule. Elected to the House of Burgesses in 1765, he led the opposition to the Stamp Act and proposed Virginia's Stamp Act Resolutions.
Author and scholar Jon Kukla, who is working on a book about Henry and the revolution, points out that Patrick Henry was denouncing the king as a tyrant at least a decade before the likes of Adams, Jefferson or even Thomas Paine had spoken out publicly.
"Without Henry's leadership in Virginia," says Kukla, "the American colonies would not have united in opposition to the Stamp Act."
'Let me be buried'
As preparations for the Second Virginia Convention got underway in 1775, tensions between Virginia and Great Britain were worsening, and delegates decided to move the meeting from Williamsburg to the Henrico Parish Church to avoid interference from Governor Dunmore.
Henry presented resolutions to mobilize for military action, but the more cautious House members preferred a wait-and-see attitude. After listening to a number of arguments for delay, Henry took the floor seeking to dispel any notion that the colonists could still achieve peace through submission to the crown.
The war had already begun, Henry told his audience, which included such notables as George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and Richard Henry Lee.
"Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery?" he concluded. "Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!"
According to accounts of the event, the speech initially met with stunned silence. But William Wirt, who wrote the first biography of Henry, notes that the speech was also followed by cries of, "To arms! To arms!"
It was Wirt who collected oral testimony from convention eyewitnesses and reconstructed the speech as we know it today. But because Wirt's biography was published in 1817, some historians have expressed doubt about the speech's accuracy.
While Kukla acknowledges that there was no stenographer present to transcribe the speech, he points out that the ideas expressed are clearly in line with thoughts and opinions that Henry had voiced before.
What's more, says Kukla, "People in that time had a much better capacity to memorize and retain speeches like that." Listeners were deeply affected by the speech as well, and therefore more likely to take the words to heart or commit them to memory.
"On the whole," says Kukla, "I'm one of the historians inclined to regard it as a good approximation. That's as close as you're going to get in an era that didn't have tape recorders."
Among the deeply affected listeners was a young delegate named Edward Carrington, who was unable to get a seat inside the church due to the multitudes that flocked to St. John's and surrounded the building hoping to hear the debate. Carrington maneuvered his way to an open window, however, and was able to hear Henry's declaration.
As the closing words rang out, Carrington was so overcome with emotion that he exclaimed, "Let me be buried at this spot!"
After his death in 1810, Carrington's family adhered to his wish.
"That tells us," Kukla says, "how much impact the speech had."
The first American?
Centuries before the advent of television, "liberty or death" quickly became the sound bite of its era. The phrase was immensely popular, says Kukla, and even was adopted as a motto by militiamen in Culpeper, who inscribed it on their flag along with the "Don't Tread on Me" rattlesnake.
In modern times, the phrase has served as a mantra for revolutionary movements in countries around the globe; in 1989, for example, it was displayed by Chinese students on a bed sheet in Tiananmen Square.
In the immediate aftermath of the speech, Henry's remarks predicting that the "next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms" turned out to be remarkably prescient. Within the month, Great Britain moved to disarm the rebellious colonists, conducting raids on powder magazines in Massachusetts and, three days later, in Virginia.
Kukla does not find it at all surprising that Henry predicted the conflict in Lexington. "He very frequently, at these critical times, had his finger on the pulse of events," says Kukla, citing the Stamp Act speech and Henry's earlier Parson's Cause speech.
When Henry responded to Lord Dunmore's raid on the Williamsburg magazine by leading a force of 500 militia to reclaim the powder, Lord Dunmore issued a proclamation declaring that "Patrick Henry . . . and his deluded Followers" were outlaws and rebels.
While Patrick Henry enjoyed many distinctions, Kukla likes to point out that Dunmore's proclamation conferred an honor that often goes unrecognized: Henry was the first American formally accused of rebellion. In other words, says Kukla, we can in one sense consider Henry the first American.
It would be another year, notes Kukla, before the Second Continental Congress would reach a unanimous vote for independence. But the war actually began that summer of 1775, with the uprisings at Bunker Hill. And the resistance, says Kukla, had begun well before that – with Patrick Henry and Virginia at the thrust of it.
If not for the support of leaders such as Henry, beginning with the Stamp Act in 1765, the northern colonies could not have held on during the pre-revolution decade, says Kukla. The British could have easily isolated New England, he believes, and stopped the revolution in its tracks.
"Patrick Henry stood at the heart of the American resistance to king and parliament that gave birth to the American Revolution," says Kukla.
And Henry's speech, which Kukla calls "a pivotal moment in the transition from peaceful resistance to the Revolutionary War," did not merely inspire a single revolution or war for independence. As indicated on the St. John's Church Foundation website, the "liberty or death" legacy continues to inspire revolutionary movements in far-flung places and modern times.
"[Henry's] phrase," the website notes, "remains as recognizable today as 'I have a dream' or 'Four score and seven years ago.'"
Varina meeting May 2 to address opioid crisis in Henrico
Citizen Staff Reports 04/27/2017 Government
Varina District Supervisor Tyrone E. Nelson will hold a Community Conversations meeting Tuesday, May 2 to discuss the opioid epidemic in Henrico County.
The meeting will be held at 6:30 p.m. at the Henrico Theatre, 305 E. Nine Mile Road. Nelson will be joined by County Manager John A. Vithoulkas and members of the Henrico Heroin Task Force for a discussion of heroin and opioid abuse and ways to prevent it. > Read more.
Baker ES to remain closed until fall
Citizen Staff Reports 04/26/2017 Education
Baker Elementary School students will complete the 2016-17 school year at other locations and will return to a restored building in fall 2017, school leaders have decided.
The decision was made in order to provide ample time for repairs to be completed at the fire-damaged school and to avoid additional interruptions to instructional time. > Read more.
Henrico Police arrest 2 Georgia men in connection with January murder
Citizen Staff Reports 04/26/2017 Public Safety
Henrico Police have arrested and charged two Georgia men with first-degree murder in connection with the Jan. 18 murder of 36-year-old Lamont Cornelius Baldwin in the 1200 block of Dominion Townes Terrace.
Antonio Tyrone Johnson (above, left) and Santonio Rodrigus Brown (above, right), both 24 and both of Atlanta, were charged. Johnson also was charged with use of a firearm in commission of a felony and possession of a firearm by a felon. > Read more.
Man struck and killed in western Henrico hit-and-run
Citizen Staff Reports 04/26/2017 Public Safety
A 24-year-old man died after being struck by a hit-and-run driver in western Henrico April 23.
The victim, Emmanuel Isaiah DeJesus, was found lying on the side of the roadway at about 10:25 p.m., April 23 near Patterson Avenue and Palace Way. He was transported to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead. > Read more.
The victim, Emmanuel Isaiah DeJesus, was found lying on the side of the roadway at about 10:25 p.m., April 23 near Patterson Avenue and Palace Way. He was transported to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead. > Read more.
Henrico woman earns national pharmacy fellowship
Henrico County native Nilofar "Nellie" Jafari recently was named the American College of Clinical Pharmacy-American Society of Health-System Pharmacists-Virginia Commonwealth University Congressional Healthcare Policy Fellow for 2017-18.
Jafari is a 2007 graduate of J.R. Tucker High School.
Pharmacists selected for the fellowship have the opportunity to gain real-world insight into health care policy analysis and development via immersion in the congressional environment. > Read more.
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I'll tell you, nothing is sadder than getting rescue emails about 10- 12 yo dogs that are otherwise healthy whose owners have died and no one wants to adopt them due to fear of vet costs. I don't want my faithful companions ending up being PTS just because I was inconsiderate in planning for their futures w/o me. Anne
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I do want to come. But may take you up on private lessons on building the wings. I'm much better with hands on then reading.
If you do indeed offer a tying clinic in the Seattle area, PLEASE let us know! As for me, I'll be 'front row and center'!
Thanks for that great description. I haven't tied nearly as many as you and others who have put a great deal of time and dedication into classic mixed wings but I have tied a few and such advice would have been great to have.
I recall that the little things make such a difference in tying classics. Steaming the golden pheasant tippets, stacking each wrap of the herl for the butt, folding the hackles, picking the seal, etc. Russ' offers some great advice. Good luck and hope you post the results.
Thanks for all your help guys, both descriptions should be helpful.
flytyer: if you ever get a class together or start offering them, please let me know, i would be extremely interested.
I will post some pics if i ever get one that is satisfactory.
I've offered featherwing salmon fly classes in the past at a shop in the Seattle area and a shop in Port Angeles when they were owned and run by friends of mine. I'll see if I can get one of the Seattle shops to offer a call again because I'm sure there are others beside yourself who are interested in tying them.
Describing how to set a married wing is not an easy thing to do. But I'll give it a go:
1) When setting the wing is compress it as much as you can with your thumb and forefinger of your right hand while holding the wing very securely against the hook and tie down area with your left themb and forefinger.
2) Use the "loose loop" technique to make your first wrap of thread and do not loosing your grip of the wing from your left thumb and forefinger as you slowly pull the "loose loop" tight by pulling up on your thread on your side of the hook after the loop is formed.
3) When the first "loose loop" of thread is pulled tight (remember it is done by pulling up on your side of the hook), take a second "loose loop" with your thread just in front of (toward the hook eye, but not over nor behind the first wrap) and slowly pull it tight by pulling up on your side of the hook (just like you did with the first wrap). This should nearly have the wing compressed. Remember to keep you left hand thumb and forefinger tightly holding the wing as you do this.
4) Take a third "loose loop" just in front of the first 2 and pull it tight by also pulling it up on your side of the hook. These three thread wraps will have sompressed the wing as much as it will be compressed and are the key to a good wing set.
5) Make three more tight wraps of thread and place the first of these directly on top of the last wrap you did in step 4 and the other two in front of it toward the hood eye. DO NOT LOOSEN YOUR GRIP ON THE WING WITH YOUR LEFT HAND AND THUMB UNTIL AFTER THESE THREE WRAPS ARE MADE!!! Also, these wraps are also pulled a little tighter by pulling up on the thread after each is made.
6) At this point, you can take your thumb and forefinger off the wing; but do not move the wing or it will be moved out of position since it is held in with only 6 wraps of thread and it can pivot.
7) Take a look at the wing to see if it is setting on the top center of the hook. If so, do nothing, If not, place your left thumb and forefinger tightly on the wing at the tie down area to hold the wing together and then adjust the wing either to the left or right by using the thumb and forefinger of your right hand to "gently" (and I mean gently) move it a little bit in the direction you need it to move. Remember, this simply rotates the wing around the hook and that you cannot move the wing front or back without destroying it.
8) After the wing is placed on the top center of the hook, take 2 more very tight wraps backward toward the hook bend over the very last thread wraps you made. IN NO CASE ALLOW THREAD TO COVER THE FIRST TWO THREAD WRAPS YOU MADE WHEN SETTING THE WING OR IT WILL DISTORT THE WING AND DESTROY IT!
9) Leave the wing stubs alone at this point and go on to tie in the cheeks, topping, and horns (in that order) before cutting the wing, cheeks, toping, or horns stubs off. AND NEVER COVER THE FIRST TWO THREAD WRAPS YOU USED TO TIE IN THE WING OR IT WILL DISTORT THE WING!
10) Now you can carefull cut the stubs of the horns, topping, cheeks, and wing. As you cut the stubs, KEEP THE WING HELD TIGHTLY IN YOUR LEFT THUMB AND FOREFINGER! Also, proceed slowly and only cut a few fibers at a time in order to make the stubs as short as possible without cutting you tying thread (or you will feel like crying if you do).
11) After all the horn, topping, cheek, and wing stubs are cut off, finish the head by putting a drop of medium viscosity head cement on the butts (or stubs) and then carefully cover the stubs with flattened tying thread until you have a nice bullet-shaped head. AS YOU FORM THE TYING THREAD HEAD, HOLD THE WING TIGHTLY WITH YOUR LEFT THUMB AND FOREFINGER TO PREVENT IT FROM BEING DISTORTED.
12 Upon forming the head, whip finish, cut the thread, and then cover the thread with medium viscosity head cement. It usually takes 2 or 3 coats of medium viscosity head cement to get a nice, glossy head. Loon's Hard Head in black is a very good cement to use to finish the fly because you can finish the fly with the white or light yellow thread you should have tied it with and not have to change thread to finish the fly and still have the desired black head most of the classic flies used.
I sincerely hope this verbal description helps you and all others who are having trouble with setting and tying in mixed wings on full-dressed featherwings.
Re: mounting classic married wings
Or maybe, they get smashed as they tilt???
Try reversing the thread to set the far wing. Re-reversing to "normal" & then setting the near wing will offset the torque that causes the tilt, & the wings will support each other.
I set wings using a couple soft loops, done one-at-a-time. There is no,(next to no), thread torque in a soft loop, so canting shouldn't be a problem. Maintain a firm pinch on the wing strips & take a couple insurance turns of your thread.
Release the wings & check position. If "OK", thje unwind the insurance turns to remove bulk, & go to whatever step is next. If the wings are slightly "off kilter", then you can grasp butts & wings & gently re-position them. The extra turns you took will keep things from falling apart.
Hope it helps.
mounting classic married wings
Well i got "Tying the classic salmon fly" by Radencich for christmas and the chapter on mounting married wings was somewhat helpful but i just plain can't get it. My wings are smashed down and tilted to one side or the other. My question is, are there any tips or tricks that anyone has found helpful and is there anyone is washington state who offers classes on tying these flies? I learn things quite a bit faster if i can see someone do something and then mimic it rather than read about it and try to learn it. Great book though, has some very good and useful information and some very impressive ties as well.
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It's okay, Jeff Ireland will turn it around in 2152. Just wait and see.
I guess the OP must have lost count doing his playmakes tally.
And I've been on this site everyday, but I got your homeboy on ignore, so I didn't see his post. And I rather focus on making money to entertain the childish **** that goes on when we lose. So you guys waited until week 10 to call me out this year, that's an improvement, because it only took yall until week 4 last year! I'm glad to know im always on your minds though.
So where you when we were 4 and 3 ?
Or just two missed field goals from 6 and 1 ? So you wait until things get difficult and uneasy to call me out. Really classy. But I get it, some of your lives must really be miserable..
So our defense has had one horrible outing all year, with a Rookie QB that teams now have more film on and all the sudden you guys jump ship hunh?. So sad!
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