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Quality Fly Tying Materials
We offer the best quality materials available for Classic Salmon and Spey Flies.
Classic Atlantic Salmon materials are our specialty!! We offer quality materials and hooks that are used in most of the classic Atlantic salmon and Spey fly patterns. If you don't see what you want on our catalog, please give us a call. Often we get in special skins and feathers that just don't make it on our website.
Thanks for checking out our catalog. Please call to order at 503-588-1768.
Picture is an Avon Eagle tied by Rich Youngers
Note: Availability, quality and prices change frequently on some of the materials listed in our catalog. Prices shown are subject to change at any time based on these factors. Some feathers are not eligible to be shipped outside the USA.
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Golden Pheasant skins ... Prime golden with head $19.95 (minus tail) (limited availability). Golden Pheasant without tail or head $13.95. Available dyed in black, purple, hot pink, red and orange. (All dyed skins are without head or tail.) (Limited availability)
Blue Eared Pheasant... $195.00 The feathers are used in Atlantic Salmon and Steelhead Spey patterns and are an excellent substitute for Heron feathers. OUT OF STOCK
Jumbo Ring Neck Pheasant ... Natural Male full skin without tail or head. $12.95
Guinea Hen Skin: #1 Natural Prime Pearl skin $32.00
Regular Dyed Guinea Skin: Orange, Red, Purple $28.95
White Cock Pheasant Skins Dyed: These full skins have all the spey hackles a tier can need. Black, Hot Pink, Fuschia, Heron Gray, Purple: $39.95
King Fisher Skins - Beautiful blue feathers are great for collars and cheeks. #1 Skins $39.95
Very Limited availability
Jay Wings - Beautiful blue small feathers with black barring. More popular flies such as the Invicta, Thunder & Lightning require the blue and black coverts for throat hackle. One Pair: $15.95
Snipe Wings: $22.00. Small feathers with soft pattern. Limited availability.
Jungle Cock ... From legal birds. These feathers are getting super hard to find. We just got in the last few capes from our major supplier. Once these are gone..........
C grade neck $159.00
X-Select Complete Golden Pheasant Heads (crests and tippets) $14.95.
These are beautiful, availability is limited.
Lady Amherst Necks: Excellent quality for tails, cheeks and wings. Natural: #1 - $15.95,
Dyed Colors: Cerise/Fuchsia, Highlander Green, Hot Orange, Kingfisher Blue, Purple, Red, Yellow.
Salmon Fly Hen Necks: Substitute for illegal, exotic plumage. These small necks work well and offer a good substitute for tyers. $7.95 Colors: Toucan Yellow, Kingfisher Blue, Cock of the Rock, Indian Crow, Silver Doctor Blue.
Peacock Secondary Quills: These feathers are a good sub for Kori Bustard in Atlantic Salmon flies. Jumbo (14") $17.95, Large (12")- $12.95 Medium (10-11")- $8.50
Jumbo Imitation Florican Bustard: $17.95 pr. (feather length 18", fiber length 21/2" - 3").
Currently out of stock
Standard Goose shoulder: This will tie from size 4 to size 1/0 standard steelhead flies. 3 pairs per package. Colors: Magenta, Red, Yellow, Highlander, Hot Orange, Yellow, Purple, Black, Cerise, Hot Pink, White, Chartreuse. 3.50 pkg.
Blue/Gold Macaw center tail Sections: 2 " sections $8.50.
Scarlet Macaw center tail Sections: 2" piece $14.95 (limited quantity)
Catalina Macaw: One pair per pkg, 2 3/8" fiber length. $35.00
Greenwing Macaw: One pair per pkg, 2 3/8" fiber length $35.00
Scarlet Macaw Wing Coverts: Hand selected for the "Shannon". $12.95 - $20.00 per matched pair.
Size: Large
Limited availability
Vulturine Guinea Wing Quills: Black feather with black lines and dots. $8.95/pair OUT OF STOCK
Vulturine Guinea Fowl Feathers: 3 pairs per pkg, finely speckled feather with white strip down center. Use for winging and throats. $3.95
Temminich Tragopan Flank Feathers: $4.50 pkg OUT OF STOCK
Peacock Blue Body Feathers: $2.50 pkg
Ostrich Herl : Selected specifically for salmon flies, short and fine herl. Natural black. $2.75
Amgold Center Tail Clump: These tails are great for married wings. Easier to marry than Golden Pheasant, makes a good substitute for bustard. X-Select ... $89.95
Golden Pheasant Center Tail Pair: 2-3" fiber length. $12.95
Silver Pheasant Tail Clump - $20.00 (The feathers have a white background with some black lines). Currently out of stock
Silver Pheasant Tail Coverts - $4.95 pkg of 4 feathers.
Strung Silver Pheasant Body Feathers: One of the best feathers for cheeks and collars. A must for the Grey Ghost Streamer. $6.95
Colors: Chartreuse, Claret, Highlander Green, Hot Orange, Hot Pink, Kingfisher Blue, Grey, Purple, Red, Silver Doctor Blue, Yellow, Natural.
#1 Amherst Center Tail Sections - $4.50 One (1) 4" section per package. Use for hackling on intruder and spey flies. Colors: Chartreuse, Hot Orange, Hot Pink, Kingfisher Blue, Silver Doctor Blue, Purple, and Natural
Golden Pheasant Crests: X-Select Golden Yellow with Red tips, limited availability $10.95.
#1 Grade - $6.95 Use for general tying
Dyed GP Crests: Orange, Red, Highlander Green, or Hot Pink, ...$8.95
Golden Pheasant Tippets: Great for use on Atlantic Salmon patterns. Complete natural Golden Pheasant tippet. $4.95
GP Tippets Dyed: $6.95 Available in Orange, Red, Pink, Purple and Black
Dyed White Turkey Tails: Colors: Highlander Green, Red, Yellow, Orange and Royal Blue.
Sold by the pair. $15.95 per pair.
Royal Palm Turkey: excellent quality $15.00 - $18.00 pr. OUT OF STOCK
Golden Oak: Collector's grade $24.95 pr. #1 grade $10.00 pr. OUT OF STOCK
Zebra: Limited supply. #1 grade $22.95 pr., #2 grade $18.00 pr. OUT OF STOCK
White Tipped Turkey ...This white tipped turkey tail is specially selected for salmon flies. There is a black band before the white tip starts. #1 grade $10.00 pr., #2 grade $8.00 pr.
Silver Mottled Turkey... This feather has a white background with black speckling on it and a black bar up top. The tip can be used as white tipped turkey tail. Collector's grade $25.00, #1 grade $12.00 pr.
Cinnamon Turkey: #1 Grade $15.00 a pair
Spey Hackle
Blue Eared Pheasant Feathers - The best substitute for the traditional Heron feather. Available in natural or dyed colors in medium or large size. Great for Atlantic Salmon and Steelhead patterns. Natural: (Med) $9.95 (Large) $11.95 . Dyed: Black, Hot Orange, Green, King Fisher Blue, Purple, Yellow and Hot Pink: (Med) $10.95 (Large) $12.95
Spey Schlappen: Close to the spey cock hackle used on Spey flies originally. Available in the following colors: Orange, Yellow, Grey, Claret, Pink, Purple, and Natural Bronze. Approximately 25 feathers per package. $5.95 per pkg.
Barred Mallard Flank Feathers: Large select feathers great for spey hackling. Dyed colors: Red, Black, Purple, Peacock Blue, Fl Fire Orange, Fl. Pink. Also Natural. $2.95
X-Select Teal: These are extra select large feathers, distinctly marked with dark barring. Two matched pairs per package. Used for veiling and wings. $4.25 per package Subject to availability.
Select Teal - selected specifically for throats and/or collars, 12 feathers per package. $3.50
Dyed Teal: Non-sorted. Colors: Purple, Claret, Orange, Red, Green. $2.50 pkg.
Gadwall - Similar to Teal but generally larger in size. Finely barred feather used for veiling and wings. 3 pairs per pkg, $3.50
X-Select Pintail - Nice feathers with thicker barring than mallard. 3 pairs per pkg, use for veilings or wings. $4.95
Gadwall: Non-sorted, small bulk pkg: $2.50
Barred Wood Duck Flank - Large X-Select feathers with black and white barring. 3 pair per package. $4.95 per pkg.
Lemon Wood Duck Flank: These are lightly barred. $4.50.
Select Bronze Mallard: 10 matched pair per package. Small or Medium: $4.50, Large (Spey) $5.50, Jumbo $7.95 (very limited availability on the Jumbo).
Natural or Dyed Strung Guinea Feathers: $4.50 Colors: Purple, Pink, Kingfisher Blue, Yellow, Wine, Highlander, Chartreuse, Silver Dr Blue, Hot Orange, and Red.
Mallard Barred Flank Select Spey Feathers: $2.75 pkg Finely barred, super select feathers that are selected for size and quality. Natural and dyed Red, Purple, Black, Fire Orange, Fl Pink.
Ringneck Neck Patch: The white collar feathers dyed make a great substitute for some exotic feathers. Colors: Chatterer Blue, Crow Red, Toucan Yellow. $3.25
STS Trilobal Dubbing - Medium fine, soft, sparkly, translucent dubbing. Makes beautiful life-like nymphs, leech, steelhead, and salmon flies. Material is easy to dub thinly or thickly. Colors are vivid. Available are: Fl. Flame, Fl. Orange, Purple, Fl. Yellow, Fl. Cerise, Red, Claret, Black, Fl. Chartreuse, Hot Orange, Fl. Hot Pink, Fl. Shell Pink. $2.25 per package
Ice Dub: Great new dubbing from Hareline adds sparkle and flash to any steelhead pattern. Just added for 2003, some holographic colors. UV Black, UV Brown, Caddis Green, Chartreuse, Chocolate Brown, UV Cinnamon, UV Dun, UV FL Hot Pink, Golden Brown, Hol Brown, Hol Chartreuse, Hol Copper, Hol Gold, Hol Gold Orange, Hol Olive, Hol Purple, Hot Yellow, UV Lavender, UV Lt Olive, Olive, Orange, Peacock, Pearl, UV Pearl, UV Pink, UV Purple, UV Red, FL Shell Pink, UV Shell Pink, Silver Holo, UV tan. $2.25 per package.
Angora Goat Dubbing: Coarse, spikey and ideal for steelhead bodies. Colors: Black, Brown, Burnt Orange, Claret, Cream, Dun, Fiery Brown, Fl Chartreuse, Fl Fire Orange, Fl Orange, Fl Red, Ginger, Green, Highlander Green, Hot Orange, Kingfisher Blue, Light Olive, Olive, Olive Brown, Purple, Red, White, Yellow. $1.95 per package
Polar Dub: This dubbing sparkles like diamonds and is easy to work with. Colors: Black, Brown, Caddis Green, Chartreuse, Dark Olive, Dark Tan, Lt Olive, Olive, Orange, Pale Yellow, Pink, Purple, Red, Rust, Tan, White Transparent, Yellow. $2.25 per package
SLF Dubbing (Paul Jorgensen): $2.95 Colors: Peacock, Electric Blue, Magenta Flame, Purple Haze, Fiery Blood Red, Claret Black, Golden, Sunset Orange, Fiery Red Brown, Silver Salmon Pink, Fire Orange, Fl Fire Orange, Fiery Golden Yellow, Fiery Red Brown, and Purple Fiery Claret.
Finn Raccoon: $3.95 per piece. More guard hair and length than Arctic Fox, good substitute for Temple Dog hair. Great for tube flies. Dyed Colors: Fl Pink, Fl Chartruese, Fl Fire Orange, Purple, KF Blue, Highlander Green, Red, Orange, Yellow, and White.
Arctic Fox: $2.95 per piece Soft, lively hair great for winging small streamers and salmon flies. Bright dyed colors.
Colors: Black, White, Yellow, Orange, Chartreuse, Olive, Purple, Red, Highlander Green and White.
Black Bear Hair - A must have material for traditional patterns, natural black/brown. $2.50 piece.
Silks, Tinsels, Silkworm Gut and Floss
Japanese Silk:Colors available: #5 Hot Pink, #76 Purple, #50 Red, #31 Glasso Orange, #09 Highlander Green, #12 Silver Doctor Blue, #48 Black, #32 Orange, #26 Lemon Yellow, #27 Buttercup Yellow, #13 Royal Blue, #61 Crimson, #08 Chartreuse, #30 Tangerine, #35 Dk Lavender, #38 Fuchsia, #49 White, #50 Red, #72 Golden Olive, #34 Med Lavender, #31 Kingfisher Blue , #38 Violet, #73 Lt Olive, #35 Dk Lavender, #59 Red/Orange
Limited availability on some colors. Not all colors on chart are available.
Cost is $9.00 ea.
Pearsalls Gossamer Silk Thread: Extra fine thread for trout flies or rod building. $4.50 per 45 meter spool Colors available: Black, Purple, Lemon Yellow, Olive Green, Hot Orange, Brown, Claret & Cardinal.
Lagartun Flat Embossed Tinsel: Size Medium in Gold or Silver, $5.75 per spool
Uni French Twist - Medium silver. $4.95/Spool
Lagartun French Tinsel- Available in Silver or Gold.
Oval Tinsel - size Large $9.75, Oval in Medium $9.15,Small $7.50, Fine $5.95, X-Fine $5.50 per spool.
Flat Tinsel - size Large $9.50, Medium $8.50 Small $7.95 per spool.
Copper Tinsel - Medium Flat $7.30, Large Flat $8.50
Lagartun French Floss - Spooled, available in Black, Blue, Bright Orange, White, Burgundy, Highlander Green Kingfisher Blue, Lemon Yellow, Light Green, Lilac, Marigold, Olive, Pale Blue, Purple, Red, Red Claret, Silver Doctor Blue. $5.95
Silk/Berlin Wool: Gold, Coral, Red, Black, Shrimp Orange, Claret, Brown Olive, Pink, Antique Olive, Antique Orange, Olive, Green Olive. $3.95 per pkg. 10 yds per package.
Uni-Yarn: Very smooth yarn with great color selection. Good Choice for building bodies on both steelhead, salmon and traditional wet flies. Much easier then dubbing. $1.85
Colors: Black, Brown, Dk Brown, Burnt Orange, Chartreuse, Chinese Red, Fl. Orange, Gold, Highlander Green, Insect Green, Light Pink, Olive, Pale Yellow, Purple, Red, Sun Yellow, Wine, Gray, Dk Gray, and Cream.
Veniard's Cellire Varnish: Head cement for a hard, shiny finish. Available in clear @ $4.95 or Black @ $5.95.
Veniard's Cellire Thinner: Use for thinning down Cellire varnish or cleaning brushes. $3.95
Veniard's Liquid Wax: $3.50
Lagartun Genuine Beeswax: Designed for treating floss and thread. $6.95
Gaelic Supreme Hooks - English Hand Made Hooks.
Harrison Bartleet Blind Eye: Sizes 2/0, 4/0, 5/0, 6/0, 7/0 $15.95 (6 hooks per package)
Mike Martinek Carrie Stevens Rangeley Streamer Hooks. Size 1, 2 (8X Long) $15.95, Size 4, 6 (6X Long) $13.95. (25 hooks per pkg)
Harrison Bartleet Dee: 5/0, 3/0, 2/0 $15.95 (6 hooks per package)
Harrison Bartleet Long Dee: 5/0, 4/0, 3/0, 2/0 $15.95 (6 hooks per pkg)
NOTE: Partridge is discontinuing many of their salmon fly hooks this year.
The following hooks are subject to available stock. Thanks.
Partridge Salar Doubles: Size 3. $10.25 (10 hooks per package)
Partridge N: Single Low Water hooks, #1/0 $17.95, #1, #2, #4, $14.95 (25 hooks per pkg.)
Partridge M: Heavyweight Salmon irons, looped up eye, black finish. #1/0 $18.95, #1, #2, #4, #6 $13.95
Partridge Traditional Bartleet: CS10/1 sizes #3/0 & 1/0 $17.95 (25 pkg), #1, #2, #4, #6 $13.95 (25 pkg).
Partridge Traditional Bartleet: CS10/2 sizes #1/0, #1 $13.95 (25 pkg.)
Partridge Single Wilson: #6, #8, #10 $11.95 (10 pkg)
Partridge Waddington Shank: $9.95 per pkg. Sizes: 45mm, 35mm, 25mm, 20mm, 15mm, Quantity 25 shanks per pkg, Works great for Dee's, tube style flies, and the intruder fly.
Daiichi: Alec Jackson Spey Fly Hook. sizes 3/0, 1.5, 3, 5, 7. Available in Black, Nickel or Gold finishes. Curved shank, tapered-loop up-eye, forged bend. Prices below are for 10 hooks per package.
|2051 Black
|2052 Nickel
|2055 Gold
|sz.3/0 $9.99
|sz.3/0 $9.99
|sz.3/0 $13.25
|sz.1.5 $7.99
|sz.1.5 $7.99
|sz.1.5 $9.99
|sz.3 $6.00
|sz.3 $6.00
|sz.3 $7.75
|sz.5 $6.00
|sz.5 $6.00
|sz.5 $7.75
|sz.7 $6.00
|sz.7 $6.00
|sz.7 $7.75
Daiichi Alec Jackson Spey Heavy Wire Hook: #2061, Black, Curved shank, tapered-loop up-eye, forged bend. 10 hooks per package. Sizes 1.5 or 3. $7.99 per package
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The Cantek CA-4E264-500 Digital Video Recorder that boasts 4 channels and 500GB of storage space. This unit comes equipped with mobile surveillance by Cantek's "EagleEyes" app accessible through most popular mobile platforms including BlackBerry, iPhone, Windows Mobile, Android and Symbian making it perfect for business owners on the go. This truly integrated device also allows for network surveillance via a browser based "Video Viewer" that features a simultaneous user login with up to 10 users able to access the system at any given time. This DVR is packed with many other features including: notifications, virtual fence, flow counting, single channel motion recording and a graphic user interface with USB mouse controls for easy setup. Backup functions include a USB flash drive, DVD writer and network backup to ensure that you never lose any important data.
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Cantek CA-D803 dome Camera Features
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- Internal/external synchronization system
- Video output supported
- Power Supply: DC 12V 300mA
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- Operating temperature: – 20°C to +50°C
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- DVD writer, network backup and USB flash drive supported
- H.264 Video Compression Technology
- Multiplex Operation: Simultaneous live display/record/playback/backup and network operation
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- 4 x audio outputs
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- An inbuilt VGA interface
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1.6/5 rDev -39.4%
Pours a deep amber hue, highly carbonated with a good thick head which surprisingly stays compact and together for a long period, leaving some good lace.
Hmm. Traces of malt, banana cake, some yeast on the nose. On the label it promises Saaz hops, but there is no trace of those here. Phantom hops in the Tooheys.
Now for the taste...
Oh, it's repugnant. That awful off yeast flavour, with sour bread dough and that sticky rotten flavour at the back of your mouth that I always associate with Carlton. Tooheys, you have shown me a new low today.
It's like an assassin, this beer. It seduces you in with it promising looks, frothy head and unassuming aroma then stabs you with the taste from Hell. It's all the worse for it.
I couldn't finish this one. Very disappointing.
02-16-2005 09:33:02 | More by lacqueredmouse
New Jersey
2.75/5 rDev +4.2%
10-22-2013 20:23:32 | More by InspectorBob
2.9/5 rDev +9.8%
(Served in a short strange)
A- This beer pours a crystal clear bright yellow body with a snow white head and a few strands of tiny bubbles trailing to the surface.
S- The smell is pretty clean with a soft pear hops aroma that is pleasant.
T- There is a soft tang to the hops hint with a slight fruity sulfury note and a light cream hint in the finish.
M- There is a light mouthfeel with a tight fizz finish.
D- This beer is pretty clean with a slight tangy but good hops with a lighter sulfur flavor. Pretty thirst quenching
11-10-2009 14:16:39 | More by rhoadsrage
2.28/5 rDev -13.6%
Pours a rich golden colour with slight white head, medium carbonation. Carbs die out after a while, head sticks around fairly well though. No real lace. Looks fairly boring, but not too bad.
Fairly good pilsener smell, balance of malt and hops and a fair hint of soil. Quite herbal really, with a distinct metallic-coppery character. Not bad, reasonably pilsenery.
Palate is mostly watery, with a fair metallic hoppiness that floats to the surface towards the end, but yeah, pretty weak for the most part. It may have a slight malt somewhere on the mid but it's obviously watered down. The bitterness is the right sort of bitter for the style, makes this resemble refreshment, but the palate is far too weak and thin to be impressive.
Mouthfeel is very thin, virtually no body. This beer is kind of what I've come to expect from Tooheys. It does make me wonder though, why they bother with a "pilsener" - I never see anyone drink this beer, and seriously, it's the same weak piss as their other stuff. Why not put more effort into brewing their other beers and dump the packaging and advertising costs of this and other varietals?
05-13-2009 03:44:21 | More by laituegonflable
United Kingdom (England)
1.7/5 rDev -35.6%
Another of those drinakble but not interesting brews, just nothing happening, a pilsener my arse, saaz is undetectable, boring.
06-04-2002 03:24:27 | More by rastaman
2.1/5 rDev -20.5%
Drank from my VB schooner glass.
A - Pours a golden colour with a small white head that stays around.
S - Wow it does have some malt character and hops.
T - A little hop on the finish but mainly a bland mass produced beer.
M - Light body and over carbonated.
D - Bad
02-24-2011 15:14:47 | More by eric5bellies
2.3/5 rDev -12.9%
well, i can't speak for the prior reviews but the aroma here isnt all that bad. a deeper gold color than expected and a compact white head make a not too bad looking beer.
the flavor does seem to be lacking though. it's not that it's bad, just missing that hop bitternes. too mellow.
03-26-2004 07:14:05 | More by joecast
2.45/5 rDev -7.2%
Pours mid-gold, white frothy head.
Aromas of sulfur, subtle malt
Certainly tastes like a Toohey's product to me... in fact the first impression is Toohey's New out of a can. But there are additional notes, such as a slightly maltier character, and the Aussia macro-metallic POR character seems subdued. Apparently there is Saaz in this....
I'll grant it's better than a New in a can...but not by much....
09-06-2006 04:45:38 | More by vancurly
3.1/5 rDev +17.4%
Appearance - 3.0
Pours a finger of frothy white head that steadily reduced to a thin layer over a pale yellow-gold body that looks to be moderately carbonated.
Smell - 3.5
Most unusually for the style, I could smell banana upon opening, although this quickly reduced although never disappearing. It's certainly a better smell than I would expect from a Toohey's, slightly malty sweet, a little fruity hops and a little of the expected damp beer mat macro smell.
Taste - 3.0
To me this tastes as much like a Kristal Weizen as it does a pilsener (which explains the banana aroma). Slight malt sweetness upfront, grain and slightly fruity (banana) and grassy flavour in the middle, finishes moderately bitter and dry. Aftertaste is not so good; metallic and boring. It's really not bad, quite refreshing, but it just doesn't taste quite right for the style.
Mouthfeel - 3.0
Slightly stinging but moderate carbonation, very crisp, feels light in the mouth and goes down quite smoothly.
Drinkability - 3.5
Definitely sessionable, despite the highish 5.2% ABV. I would choose this over most macro and euro pale lagers, although the metallic taste detracts.
One of the most surprising beers I've reviewed. For a macro I'd say this is clearly above average. It's way off for the style, but it's also interesting, quite flavoursome, although not great quality and slightly metallic tasting. I'd try this again. On the inside of the bottle cap, it reads: "genuine pilsner, no competition". Both statements are complete crap, unlike this oddly likable beer.
11-01-2007 07:57:55 | More by LittleCreature
2.75/5 rDev +4.2%
The remarkable thing about this beer that it manages to challenge the palate and cause sensations, unfortunately none of those sensations are flavour.
It has great bitter finishing and a subdued and non cloying maltiness , but no distinctive flavour.
It has an ability to leave the mouth feeling dusty. I dont know how else to describe it but thats what it did.
This is stinking hot weather , I need I beer to slam down sort of drink so it does have its place.
Drink it if its free , dont get excited but it is better than plenty of others
12-13-2005 09:47:42 | More by jarmby1711
3.5/5 rDev +32.6%
04-08-2013 15:33:05 | More by magpieken
3.7/5 rDev +40.2%
I gave this a vigorous pour because as I expected there wasn't a lot of head to give. A light covering is all I got. A dark golden colour.
I'm not sure where this is coming from but I swear it smells like a heavily wooded chardonnay (disclaimer: I pose as a wine wanker when not drinking beer.) A bit of tropical fruit. Actually quite appealing.
The fruitiness is found on the palate. A bit of maltiness in there as well.
Big mouthfeel with some nice acidic tingles.
Once upon a time I drank this a lot because it was the best beer available at the Metro in Sydney but I never though too much about it. Definitely the best thing that I have drunk from Tooheys.
12-17-2008 08:02:45 | More by Macca
New York
2.75/5 rDev +4.2%
02-26-2013 01:47:29 | More by magnusdave
1.98/5 rDev -25%
i reckon i could sue tooheys for false advertising here. if theres saaz hops in this beer ill go he. maybe they put one cone of it in the vat. no way known this is a pilsener. surprisingly tho, for all that it didnt taste as shitty as it could have. looked pretty good too.
i cranked out my pilsner urquell glass for this one. no doubt i was getting a bit over excited about the prospects, still when i poured it it looked promising. color was excellent, darker golden hues than most pilseners. that always promises a strong malt backbone. it had a fairly good build up of head as well. it was like a politician tho, didnt deliver on that promise. i was pumped, but that was till i realized i couldnt smell anything worthwhile. nothing there except the smell of adjuncts. certainly no saaz jumping out. it didnt taste too great, some malts, lemon as always with a macro lager. even tho there was no saaz as advertised, there wasnt that cruddy back bitterness common to australian mass produced lagers. wasnt full bodied, but wasnt piss weak, and did have a slight amount of zing from the carbonation. if it was the last beer on earth i wouldnt knock it back like i would many others.
ive drank alot worse from oz breweies than this, tho thats not saying much. its still pretty lacklustre.its possible to do better than this for sure, even among aussie lagers. still, as officer barbrady once said 'move along poeple, nothing to see here'
11-07-2003 15:40:27 | More by diablo14
3.33/5 rDev +26.1%
This beer poured a nice deep golden color with a small tight head. Doesn't seem to have much aroma. The bottle says it's brewed with saaz hops, but I can't really taste/smell 'em. The beer does have a mildly malty flavor to it, and just enough hops to balance it out. The finish is nice and clean. All in all, it's a fairly tasty brew, and is very drinkable. I only wish it came in full size 375ml bottles.
07-24-2004 05:53:42 | More by Kulrak
3.25/5 rDev +23.1%
This beer poured a bright, clear straw with a strong long lasting white head that left abundant lace on the side of the glass. A remarkable looking beer.
The flowery aroma was a bit offputting. It was not horrible, but did not truly fit the style.
The flavor was minimal. Just a hint of sweetness in the the finish. Not much else. Of course, that means there was no off flavors also,
The mouthfeel was superb. Crisp. clean and refreshing. Left a bite on my tongue long after the liquid was gone. This beer has surprising body for the style
A friend of mine went to Australia and brought me back a sixer. This beer is nice and I enjoyed drinking the them with my friends. But I would not pay import prices if they were to import it into Texas.
01-27-2006 01:37:22 | More by LarryKemp
3.58/5 rDev +35.6%
Pours an off straw colour with very little head but it does leave some lacing on the glass. Smelled very faintly of malt and slightly fruity. Its taste quite actually surprised me. It is quite sharp and fresh with a smooth aftertaste. It sort of reminds me a bit of Tooheys New but with the edge taken off. Leaves a pleasant mouthfeel. Very drinkable.
11-27-2007 12:04:08 | More by madvoice
1.9/5 rDev -28%
I would have given it a higher rating. Except his beer promotes itself as a Pilsener. It sure fooled me. Tastes like everything else Tooheys put out, only slightly better.
Don't bother trying it.
09-23-2002 10:55:31 | More by Anonmatel
2.15/5 rDev -18.6%
Medium yellow color, medium head. Light malty smell with slight skunky/metal smell. Tastes the same, fairly flat nothing exciting.
Looks like a Toohey's, smells like a Toohey's... tastes like a Toohey's. Good thing I didn't step in it.
Not a bad beer, but not so much a pils. This beer isn't even a standard deviation away from a standard toohey's new.
04-12-2010 10:12:19 | More by istarilord
Tooheys Pils from Tooheys Brewing
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Lemarcus Aldridge hands down should be our option 2 if we don't land these guys. Quite honestly we should forget about both Dwight and Paul and focus on a core of Lemarcus Aldridge, Jeff Green, and Rondo. Lemarcus Aldridge's game is like having flash backs of KG in his prime. This would barely change the offense. The only difference would be a shooting guard like Ray Allen. Jeff Green can very well become like Paul Peirce and should very well be his successor. Having Lemarcus Aldridge would be the absolute compliment to Rondo's game. He has insane timing when going up for rebounds, has a beautiful stroke from 15-18 feet, and a post up game exactly like KG. That is why I say we need to go after him.
The questionable spots in the roster would be the shooting guard and center. The center of my choice would be hands down Roy Hibbert. The guy is absolutely fearless he went up to contest Derrick Rose every time he got into the paint and I am very convinced that guy can block anyone's shot.
The shooting guard position doesn't need to be a big name. He just needs to be someone who can hit shots. I was thinking Anthony Morrow he can shoot lights out but his defense is questionable. I'd love to hear your thoughts on some options at the 2.
We wouldn't really need to give up a whole lot to get Lemarcus either. We could definitely work out a deal that would involve BBD the clip's pick and some other players. I honestly think we wouldn't need to give up Rondo to get him. They seemed pretty satisfied with Andre Miller.
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Radio Nova 100 seeks applications for radio presenters and business development executives
4th March 2010
Radio Nova 100, the newly licenced 'classic rock' radio station has launched the second stage of its recruitment drive with adverts posted in the national press seeking applications for key positions its programming and sales departments.
Specifically, the organisation is seeking applications for full and part-time radio presenters as well as Business Development Executives, in preparation for its launch in the second quarter of 2010.
Nova 100 Chief Executive David Tighe said, "We are now beginning the second stage of our recruitment drive, which will see us fill key positions in programming and sales over the next number of weeks".
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Sega opened the teaser site to new game "Demon Tribe," formerly known as Project Omega, with a source code listing Wii U, PlayStation Portable, and PlayStation Vita as launch platforms.
Sega opened the teaser site to new game Demon Tribe, formerly known as Project Omega, shortly after the company's presentation at the Tokyo Game Shows yesterday.
Although the game was previously included in Sega's apps listing, Gematsu notes that the site's source code lists Nintendo's Wii U, PlayStation Vita, and PlayStation Portable as launch platforms.
Currently the only known details are that is is an action title in which characters engage in battle by transforming into demons. The text on the site reads, "Fight the demons. Fight until the end."
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Trustcompany had a really good debut behind them in 2002, and after they kind of fell off the radar I was worried that they would never return. However, three years later, the band has re-emerged with a new bassist and stronger than ever before. In the tradition of their debut, "The Lonely Position Of Neutral," "True Parallels" is a solid collection of catchy sensitive alternative/hard-rock tunes, with some songs standing out more than others.
Not much has changed, musically, with the band, hell, they even used the same producer, Don Gilmore (Linkin Park, Lo-Pro) that handled their debut. But I guess that's a good thing. They had already pretty much established their sound on the debut, and this album just keeps running with it. Vocalist Kevin Palmer's voice seems to be the only slight variation. I noticed his voice doesn't sound as weak as it did at times before, which is definitely a plus. Despite his limitations, he's very distinct and sings with conviction, something missing from a lot of modern rock out there. "Stronger," the first single starts up the album very well, much in the same vein as "Downfall" (and if you listen closely you can hear Douglas Robb of Hoobastank in the background). However, the next track, "The War Is Over" is probably the best song out of the bunch – and is one of two tracks ("Stronger" being the other) produced by Howard Benson (Papa Roach, Hoobastank). Despite the title, it's not politically motivated. Rather, it sets the lyrical tone for the album, a positive message set to a very catchy and layered musical backdrop. If I had to guess, I'd say they're gonna put this song out as the second single. The rest of the album takes on the same positive vibe that the first two songs set. Whereas the first album was based around heartache and confusion, "True Parallels" seems based on the clarity that comes after realizing you can make it on your own. "Fold" and "Breaking Down" are excellent, straight-forward rock anthems, while "Without A Trace" features acoustic guitars (a first for Trustco.) and serves as a perfect wrap-up to the album (also, it bears some subtle resemblance to the outstanding Danny Lohner remix of "Hover"). The only song on here that isn't so great, though, is "Someone Like You." It just seems too desperate and ready for radio. Plus the lyrics leave much to be desired. If you've ever heard the b-side "Today," you know that they can handle ballads a little better than this. But despite the one mistep, the other 11 songs are all well done — there's even a secret song, on track 41 (a reference to the group's old name, 41Down), that's just as good as the rest of the album.
I guess what it all boils down to, is if you liked the debut, you're gonna love this. I can't imagine anyone who liked them before not liking this. It takes a few listens to fully absorb, but then again, so do most great albums. Plus, it's dirt cheap in most places, so what more do I have to say to convince you?


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If Liberals Lose Big In This Fall's Election, The Professional Left Will Mock The Religious Faithful
This fall all of the hopes and dreams of those who have detested Middle American values stands in the balance. Those values are best exemplified in religious beliefs shared by many faith traditions. However, Catholics, Evangelicals, Orthodox Christians and Orthodox Jews are those to which the angry Professional Left, to use Robert Gibbs (President Obama's Press Secretary's) term, will most turn their anger. Some may say this seems a little far-fetched, after all aren't some of those people from the "Professional Left" religious themselves? Yes, some on the "Professional Left" are religious, but they often go to great pains to say they are not affiliated with any faith tradition. They often classify themselves as "spiritual."
During the 2008 Presidential Campaign, then Senator Obama made by his own admission his biggest gaffe. The future President, speaking in San Francisco, called those middle Americans of western Pennsylvania, "bitter clingers." In his own words, the future President described western Pennsylvania residents as hard working salt of the earth folks who clung to "their guns and religion," presumably because they weren't enlightened enough to understand the modern world.
Rank and File Conservatives & The Conservative Intelligentsia United In Outrage Over Mosque Near Ground Zero, Not So With Same-Sex Marriage
The proposed mosque set to be built near Ground Zero, site of the September 11, 2001 attacks has brought a sweeping condemnation from both rank and file conservatives and the Conservative Intelligentsia. Now that President Barack Obama has weighed in the matter, seemingly supporting the effort, one can only imagine how this will be used in the fall elections. However, a rift has appeared to have been opened concerning the views of the rank and file conservatives and the Conservative Intelligentsia following the ruling of Judge Vaughn Walker over same-sex marriage. Many of the conservative intelligentsia, along with the establishment wing of the Republican Party has either been silent or voiced the view that the wished the whole gay marriage issue would simply go away. This has led to bewilderment from some conservative voices.
The best Catholic tie in with the efforts to build a mosque on Ground Zero came from the famed conservative columnist Charles Krauthammer, who is Jewish. In his opposition to the mosque being built near Ground Zero, he correctly pointed out that Pope John Paul II ordered Carmelite nuns, who were living right next to Auschwitz, to move closer to a nearby town, since the site had become a rallying point for Jewish identity. Krauthammer correctly pointed out that Christians had been murdered there too and the nuns were doing the heroic deed of praying for the souls of those who were viciously murdered. However, Krauthammer pointed out that the late Polish pontiff felt that it created the wrong perception.
WJBA? In 2010 Would Jesus (Along With His Apostles & Saints) Be Arrested For Hate Speech?
A few short years ago the mere suggestion that the Son of God, His Apostles and Saints would face arrest for hate speech would have seemed absolutely ludicrous. However, events have spiraled out of control across the western world. In his opinion that strikes down California's recently voter approved marriage law, Judge Vaughn Walker wrote that those who speak in the name of religion to put across their views that same sex marriage is wrong are "harmful to gays and lesbians."
Across Europe and Canada, faithful Christians speaking out for traditional marriage face the threat of being hauled off to court for citing the teachings of the Catholic Church and various Evangelical Churches. Where will this all end? Some see a great persecution coming against the Christian faithful. Though possible, one need remember that the Christian faith always grew when persecuted.
The Catholic Church has long taught that some individuals have an inclination toward same sex attraction; they are to be loved as all people are to be loved. The Church teaches that these feelings are not to be acted upon. The Church goes on to teach that all individuals are given a cross to carry in this world and for those who are same sex attracted; this is their cross. An organization exists for those who are same sex attracted called COURAGE. It has many chapters and members.
Recently a profile was done in The New York Times on same sex attracted Eve Tushnet, the Ivy League educated Catholic daughter of Harvard Law professors. She has chronicled her growth in Catholicism and the logic of the Church's teachings on sexuality. For years the Catholic Church took some heat from some quarters of Christianity for not stating that anyone who is same sex attracted would be going to hell. The Church now is facing a maelstrom of vitriol from those who claim the Church hates homosexuals.
For the Church to change her teachings would be to deny not only what Christ said (Matthew 11:20-24,) but his Apostles, not to mention Saint Paul's lengthy discourse on the subject (Romans 1:26-28, 1 Corinthians 6:9-10.) In addition to the Apostles and saints, there is a rich history of saints writing on the subject, particularly the Early Church Fathers like Saint Augustine, St Justin Martyr, St. Basil and St John Chrysostom as well as Church intellectuals like St Thomas Aquinas, Saint Albert the Great (the greatest scientist of his time,) along with mystics like St Catherine of Sienna to name but a few. To say that the greatest minds of their respective eras were all wrong is simply breathtaking.
Many who disagree with the Church tend to forget that homosexuality was much more common and approved of by the Roman government in the early Christian era than it is even in 2010. Many in the upper echelons of Greek and Roman culture experimented with all sorts of sexual practices. It would have been far easier for Jesus, the apostles, saints and popes to approve of this conduct than it would to disapprove of it. Christianity might have grown at a faster pace. However, there was a reason for this swimming against the tide, and the faithful accepted it.
Margaritaville Christianity; God's Way Or Our Way?
As Europe emerged from the Dark Ages, a growing populace happy for good news and grateful for these positive turn of events in their lives openly and without apology made the Catholic faith the center of their lives. They believed in the Word of God, even if they couldn't read or write. They hung on to every word of those who could read. Even during the workday, if at all possible those working in the fields would briefly slip into town to see the priest raise the Host during the Consecration at Mass. Though their lives were full of toil and often misery (they weren't allowed the liberty of attending daily Mass) the people of this era used any opportunity they could to make religion a part of their daily life.
Fast forward a thousand years and we can certainly see that daily life has shifted some 180 degrees. Many of the elite often snicker or poke fun at those who are serious about their faith. Even those who are considered serious in their faith pursuit, often hide the true extent of their faith, for fear of being called a holy roller.
The secular talking heads tell us that we should be more like the modern world we are trying to help and change. Religion should be more like the popular culture they tell us. We should try to glean words of wisdom from thinkers like Voltaire, Marx, Freud and Alinsky and entertainers like Madonna, Lady Gaga or even Jimmy Buffet. Yet, have these secular talking heads ever taken their own advice? Have these leftists ever thought, "why was Pope John Paul II, Ronald Reagan or Margaret Thatcher so popular? What could we learned from them? " (For more on this read my column, If You Like What The Political Left Has Done To Politics, Look At What The Religious Left Has Done To Religion (Left It In Tatters) along with my article, The Construct of Rebellion.
Some might say wasn't Jesus somewhat of a cultural outcast, like modern day pop culture figures? Well Jesus certainly enjoyed some fun; otherwise he wouldn't have been at the wedding feast performing his first miracle by turning water into wine no less. However, he was hardly the type of person that endorsed the "its Five o Clock somewhere lifestyle." He forgave the woman caught in adultery, but told her to "sin no more." Incidentally, she probably had more clothes on than some who show up at church on Sunday. However, that's another story.
Our educated world makes excuses for the behavior of those pop stars like Lady Gaga who make edgy and sacrilegious videos and show up in public (at the New York Yankees club house) clad only in undergarments. Those illiterate peoples that lived in Europe one thousand years ago were smart enough to know that despite the corruption they knew existed in the Church, they were far better off listening to the Teachings of the Church than the whims of the world in which they lived. They and their forbearers had witnessed violent feudal warlords that had plunged Europe into centuries of horrific darkness; a darkness that we face today if we listen to the sirens of militant secularism who want us to return to the dying days of Rome.
We often forget it was in those dying days of Rome that many of the elites longed for the days of their elders, when Christianity was outlawed and orgies were commonplace at homes of the movers and shakers of Roman high society, and violent spectacles took place at the coliseum. Today their descendants are gaga over the likes of Lady Gaga, and treat abortion as if it were some sort of coming of age ritual. Continue reading
What The Week Long LeBron James Ego Charade Can Tell Us About The State Of the World, As Well As The Catholic Church
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The LeBron James saga was particularly painful for those of us who live in Ohio and are Cavaliers fans. However a cursory glance at some of the national columnist's reaction, to the week-long ego charade broadcasted by ESPN, gives me hope that many others have seen through this smoke screen as well. (Check these columns here here and here.) What we witnessed Thursday night and the excuses made for it, along with sucking up by some of the national powers that be, gives us some insight on a world full of instant gratification and the desire to party on in South Beach, rather than roll up their sleeves in places like Cleveland. Talk about a metaphor for the Catholic Church.
For years now many faithful orthodox minded Catholics have painfully watched friends and loved ones leave the Catholic Church for either the local hoopty do mega church (Mother Angelica's words,) or for no church at all, claiming they needed to feel better. They didn't like a Church who couldn't get with the times, had too many sinners in the pulpit, or talked to much about sin and not enough about heaven. Perhaps the LeBron James fiasco has given us the perfect recipe for what we should do; give it right back to them.
I grew in a small town (or city depending upon your classification) full of hard working class folks (and farmers who came into town from the outlying areas) where flowery words were few and far between and one would be easily called out for his actions. Now we all know the Church has had some difficult times in the last few years. However, this is because we wanted to be liked, instead of doing it God's way, whether that was politically correct or not.
Today we have a new crop of orthodox-minded young seminarians, priests and women religious who are pious, but not above calling people out concerning their phony excuses for not taking their Faith more serious by not practicing it, or leaving it all together. In my book, The Tide is Turning Toward Catholicism, I outline the increase in vocations, especially in dioceses which are more openly orthodox in their approach. The Father McBrien's and Kung's of the world are being replaced by younger versions of Father Corapi and Father Pacwa. Though these two priests have different approaches, they are not above calling out the phony reality show world we often seem to celebrate in our culture and religion. Continue reading
Soccer's World Cup Gives Us Insights Into The Current State Of Politics & Religion
Every four years the sporting world, especially Europe, Africa and Latin America is held in rapt attention by soccer's World Cup. It can tell us many things about the state of the world, from politics to culture and even religion, and that's even before we get to the sporting angle. Now for purposes of full disclosure, my favorite sports are college football and college basketball, though having a mother who grew up in Germany has helped me gain some soccer knowledge. Many a book or intellectual statesman from Henry Kissinger on down the line have mused about soccer's effect on the world, which seems to change each and every World Cup to reflect the sign of the times.
Unlike a relativistic world where social engineering has taken hold, it appears that sports are the world's last venue where sheer work ethic and determination hold sway. Perhaps this is why sports are so popular in the world, especially Europe' s social democracies. One should keep in mind that as high as the Super Bowl ratings are for US television, World Cup TV ratings for nations in the championship game are even higher. Let's look at this World Cup to see what it can tell us about the state of the world.
Some of the political developments from the last World Cup were the rise of the African nations in the soccer world, perhaps reflecting the rise of the continent itself on political and religious grounds. Keep in mind tiny Ghana won the 20 and under World Championship last year defeating Brazil, quite an accomplishment. Also of note in the last World Cup was Germany's rising national spirit as seen in public displays of flag waving, which had been a post World War II no-no for Deutschland.
Alexander Hamilton's Dying Wish, Holy Communion
Like many intellectual men in Revolutionary America and Western Europe, Alexander Hamilton bought into the Deist ideas of a Creator, but certainly not a Creator who needed a Son to rise from the dead or perform miracles, and certainly not the continuous miracle of the Eucharist. Most leaders of the American Revolution were baptized Anglicans who later in life rarely attended Sunday services, the exception being George Washington. The first President was the rare exception of a Founding Father who often attended Anglican-Episcopal Services, though he occasionally did leave before Holy Communion, which many intellectuals in the colonies (and most of England) decried as "popery."
Hamilton was a unique man, who unlike many of the Revolution was not born in the colonies, but in the Caribbean and was born into poverty at that. He was practically an orphan as his father left his mother and she subsequently died from an epidemic. At a young age Hamilton showed so much promise that the residents of Christiansted, St Croix (now the American Virgin Islands) took up a collection to send him to school in New England. As a child, Hamilton excelled at informal learning picking up on what he could from passersby and those who took the time to help him. In August of 1772, a great hurricane hit the Caribbean. Hamilton wrote about it in such vivid detail that it wound up being published in New York.
It was at this point that the residents of Christiansted answered the local Anglican pastor's request and enough money was raised to send Hamilton to school in the colonies. While in school, Hamilton would excel and wound up in the Revolutionary Army as a young officer. By the time of Yorktown, General Washington thought enough of the 24 year old to have him lead a charge on one of the redoubts of Yorktown. It was here that the "Young Americans" and their French counterparts on land and sea, overwhelmed the British and the world turned upside down.
Why They Attack Pope Benedict XVI
In some ways, we shouldn't be surprised at all concerning the attacks on Pope Benedict XVI. The Holy Father was never one of the "chosen religious people" loved by the dying group called progressive Christians, or by the mainstream media; that distinctions falls to the National Catholic Reporter, Maureen Dowd, Episcopal Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori, or the openly gay Episcopal Bishop of New Hampshire, Gene Robinson.
(Point of personal privilege. In my mind, there are two schools of liberals, one is the utopian view, and while I disagree with their unrealistic views of the world, they are in their heart of hearts not nefarious. This group truly believes the world would be a better place if their views were followed. A couple examples of their spiritual gurus would be Jerry Brown and Jerry Garcia. However the other form of liberalism, which is much more prevalent, is a virulent strain that masquerades as a protector of the less fortunate and a conduit of all things intellectual. Their goal is nothing less than absolute societal control; their godfathers are Voltaire, Nietztche, Karl Marx, Saul Alinksy etc.)
When the Abuse Crisis came to Europe, the mainstream media, and the many within religious reporting circles who despise the conservative social teachings of the Catholic Church, were licking their chops to take a shot at Pope Benedict. Never mind, the huge number of abuse cases coming out of big government circles, or the fact that an overwhelming majority of abusers who were priests were those with views of changing the Church and not respecting her teachings, the mainstream media smelled blood in the water and feeding frenzy was on.
The New York Times article, basically saying then Cardinal Ratzinger looked the other way during the abuse scandal, was so shoddy that even writers from the liberal Jesuit America magazine took note of it. It might behoove those who have fallen for the Old Gray Lady's hysterical rantings to read the quotes of some in the mainstream media praising then Cardinal Ratzinger's handling of the crisis during the later stages of the pontificate of Pope John Paul II.
Why the attack on the Catholic Church one might ask? The Catholic Church is the only Church who is universal, can speak with one voice and has conservative based social views. This coupled with the fact, that she unlike far too many Christian churches, has never lost her belief in the mystical i.e. the Eucharist, miracles, apparitions etc. However, the biggest reason some in the mainstream media attack the Holy Father is that despite all of these "non modern" views, the Catholic Church continues to grow. Adding insult to injury for these modern day Pontius Pilates (what is truth?) the Church continues to grow, young people in particular are draw to devotions like the Rosary and Eucharistic Adoration. Continue reading
Lent 2010; The Tide Continues To Turn Toward Catholic Orthodoxy
As we work our way through Lent 2009, we need to rejoice in the turning tide. Though there has been much negative news about the Catholic Church this past decade, much of the negative news had its roots in actions taken during the 1960s and 1970s. Yet, the seeds of the good news planted during the pontificates of Pope John Paul II and now Pope Benedict XVI is just now seeing its shoots and blossoms become visible to the naked eye.
What are the shoots and blossoms? They can be seen in increasing vocations to the priesthood and religious life, and the strong orthodox nature of these new, young priests. A new crop of Catholic bishops is also boldly showing their orthodoxy, which often befuddles and mystifies the mainstream media and the secular culture in which we live. In addition to this, many in the laity have for years now been writing and blogging about the desperate need for Catholic orthodoxy in a world full of hurt and self absorption. Many ask how can the Church possibly grow when the Church's active laity, especially the young along with those who serve her in ordained and professed ministries, are so different from the culture in which they live? It is that culture in which they live that causes them to see the wisdom in Christ's words and the Church He started through the first pope, the Apostle Saint Peter.
There were fewer shoots and blossoms in the 1970s when the seriousness of the Catholicism was questioned after the Church seemed to be trying to be relative, whether it was related or not, thousands of priests and nuns left their vocations. However, starting in 1978 with the election of Pope John Paul II, the tide began to turn. All of the Polish pontiff's hard work began to be seen in the shoots and blossoms of events like World Youth Day 1993, which was held in Denver. Later in his pontificate thanks to events like World Youth Day, vocations to the priesthood and religious life began to increase.
The Coming Open Rebellion Against God
The title of this article almost sounds surreal. At first one could be forgiven for thinking it was some sort of low budget End Times movie seen on some local cable access channel. However, the information contained within this article is real, fortunately, as believers and specifically those of us who are Catholic we know that Jesus promised that His Church would not fall despite the attempts of those working for the evil one. God is the truth and God is love, but the mere fact that He is both has caused many rebellions against him literally from day one. Sadly, those who often claim to be the smartest act the most childish, by at first claiming God doesn't exist and then claiming if He does exist, He doesn't make sense at least to them. This article will look at this behavior from the world's earliest moments, but will mainly focus on what has happened in the last few years, right up until this very moment.
As Our Modern, Western Culture Begins To Implode, The Catholic Church Is Our Last, Best Hope
Channel surfing the other night, I came across a slew of 1980s "coming of age" movies on cable television. With all of their flaws (too much sexual innuendo, which is mild by today's comparisons,) one can easily see a positive theme of a bright future and endless possibilities running through this genre of films. I had almost forgotten that in the 1983 film Valley Girl, Julie played by Deborah Foreman actually chastises her hippy parents for their suggestion that if she and her new boyfriend Randy, played by Nicholas Cage, want to explore their sexuality it would be alright by them. Julie rebukes her parents for having such beliefs as well as the nostalgia surrounding their involvement in the 1960s anti war movement; after all it was the era of Ronald Reagan. Everything seemed possible; it was Morning in America again. Many of these movies were set in California which at the time exuded excitement for those of us growing up in colder, Midwest climates. Economically, California was booming and it was also the heart of a growing and diverse music scene.
Fast forward some 25+ years later and many of today's films have a dark undercurrent with more than a little subtle leftwing political and cultural propaganda running through them. While there are certainly hopeful signs in Hollywood, especially with the advent of stars like Eduardo Verastegi and his movie Bella and associated Metanoia Films, (Click here for my interview with Eduardo Verastegui,) the secular film industry has fallen even farther into the cesspool. Sadly the Golden State's economic boom seems but a distant memory, which was bound to occur when California's Big Government mentality rivaled that of Sweden or the Canadian province of Quebec. The bigger question remains; is California setting the trend once again for the nation and the western world, and if it is what hope is there? The hope remains as it always has not in mortal man and the latest left wing hypothesis about the world's failings, but in the teachings of the Catholic Church.
If You Want The Political Left To Run Governments, Look At What The Religious Left Has Done To Religion (Left It In Tatters)
There is a undercurrent in American society that somehow believes that if the mafia ran things, the country would be better off. There was one city (Newark, New Jersey) where the mafia once controlled much of the city. When their grip on power was done, the city was in tatters. The same could be said for liberals running religion.
The Tide Is Turning Toward Catholicism Because Nonsensical Believers & Non Believers Are Unwittingly Showing Many the Way
Throughout the last few years and specifically the last decade or so, the voluminous number of kooky quotes and statements coming from religious believers (heterodox Catholics included) and non believers alike is mind boggling. It can't but help push the reasonable minded into the Catholic Church. Most casual observers are familiar with the number of high profile converts and reverts to the Catholic Church in the last 25 years or so. They range from theological luminaries like Dr Scott Hahn and Dr Francis Beckwith to political figures like Deal Hudson, Laura Ingraham and former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich. Many like them have come to the Church after years of study and reason, but many also have come to the Church after years of seeing their particular religious denomination become unrecognizable.
The latest world calamity has given us two examples of sheer kookery coming from a religious leader and a secular voice. After the horrific earthquake that left the western world's most impoverished nation in tatters, the Reverend Pat Robertson chimed in with a quote that was not only tragically insensitive but historically inaccurate. The onetime presidential candidate (who actually came in second in the 1988 GOP Iowa Caucus) and a leading voice of the Evangelical world blamed the earthquake on Voodoo, a cult that sadly far too many people practice in Haiti. Robertson voiced his opinion on his popular 700 Club television program. Robertson repeated the fundamentalist canard that in the early 1800s the leaders of a slave revolt fighting against French colonial forces forged a pact with the Satan to thrown off the chains of their oppressors.
The Construct of Rebellion
In 2010 the Catholic Church in particular and Christianity in general are under attack because age old truths are being abandoned for the Dictatorship of Relativism. One might ask; how did we get here? It didn't happen overnight; as a matter of fact many of those doing the rebelling actually think they are doing us all a favor. Centuries and millennium evolved into a construct of rebellion where self appointed leaders who thought knew better than the Church and society itself tried to change all that was sacred and holy into something, they but most importantly their friends in the intelligentsia, could accept. Too many cooks in the kitchen can be bad for your acquired culinary tastes, but when truth is watered down it is something entirely different and far more serious. In this instance, we are talking about souls, not taste buds. If this is so then how could the thesis of my book, The Tide is Turning Toward Catholicism be true? The answer is simple because the world is getting closer and closer to the precipice. Some may chose to jump but thankfully more will chose to come back from ledge into the world of reality and when they do they will see the many positive developments happening in the Church. One's own mortality has a way of causing self preservation.
Some 500 Years Ago Like An Abduction In the Night, The Virgin Mary Was Taken From Many Christians
For many Christians today, the thought that the leaders of the Protestant Reformation believed in the Immaculate Conception of Mary or her bodily Assumption into heaven would seem ludicrous, even more bewildering would be the devotions many of the Reformation's leaders had for the Blessed Mother. Believe or not it, they did. In this month of December when Catholics celebrate three feast day's commemorating the Mother of our Lord, perhaps it is time to remind our separated brethren of the truths their founder's believed.
Sometime ago when I was writing my book, The Tide is Turning Toward Catholicism, I showed a friend of mine, who is an Evangelical, a homily about the Virgin Mary delivered in the 1500s. I asked him who gave that homily, "probably some pope," he exclaimed. No, I said it was Martin Luther. He replied, "Dave I trust in almost everything you say, but I am going to have to call you out on this one. I mean isn't that what the Reformation was all about, ending superstitions like those about Mary?" His mouth dropped when I showed him the passages. I am sure many of today's Evangelicals, especially of the Calvinist lineage, would have the same reaction.


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It is Australia's capital but Canberra is also that country's best-kept tourist secret. This lively, fun and laidback city has a wealth of things to see and do, not only within the city boundaries but also on its doorstep.
Close to the famous Snowy Mountains and the Great Dividing Range, Canberra is also surrounded by some of Australia's most beautiful landscapes and forests.
From your holiday accommodation in Canberra, you can discover more about this fantastic city and its environs.
A young city even within the young nation of Australia, Canberra was conceived, designed and built from scratch to provide a neutral capital city because neither Sydney nor Melbourne could agree on the other receiving that prestigious status. Designated as the capital in 1908, work then began on Canberra in 1912 after an international design contest was launched and won by the Chicago design team of Walter Burley Griffin and Marion Mahony Griffin. Their template saw the city take shape as a series of concentric circles and grids, all designed to complement the natural landscape of lakes and mountains.
Today Canberra is the seat of the national government and a thriving, liberal city with a vibrant arts and cultural scene, brilliant restaurants, bars and cafes, and providing a terrific variety of holiday rentals to suit the budget of every visitor. While there's plenty to see and do within the city itself, lovers of the great outdoors will want to spread their wings and see more of the extraordinary countryside that makes up the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) with Canberra at its heart. In fact, some 53% of the ACT is actually national parks and reserves, complete with ancient forests, alpine peaks and bushland.
For visitors from the northern hemisphere, the idea of a skiing holiday in Australia may seem bizarre but it's most definitely possible in Australia's highest mountain range, the Snowy Mountains. Around a three-hour drive from Canberra, the range was immortalised in the poem, The Man from Snowy River.
The region's ski resorts are a favourite winter destination while the mountains are a wonderful draw, no matter the season, for nature lovers, hikers and horse riders. Climb Australia's highest peak, Mount Kosciuszko, and if you can tear your gaze away from the extraordinary vistas, take time to smell the alpine flowers.
Closer to Canberra is Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve where conservation work to retain and restore the natural habitat of many threatened species continues daily. Visitors walk freely among the animals resident here so you can get up close and personal to kangaroos, possums, wallabies and echidnas among other creatures.
For flora and fauna that takes the breath away, head to Namadgi National Park, at the northern end of the Australian Alps, with its marvellous spring show of wildflowers.
The Canberra region is famed for its vineyards – there are around 140 at work here where the cool climate is perfect for making award-winning wines. In fact, they've been making wine in this area for more than 106 years. Plan a cellar door tour to experience the very best wine the region has to offer – look for a trip where you will be picked up from your holiday accommodation and so can enjoy the wine without worrying about a designated driver!
Go underground at Yarrangobilly Caves, a 12km long underground wonderland in Kosciuszko National Park. These caverns have been formed over millions of years and visitors can discover their extraordinary interiors in the lit show caves. The complex also includes an amazing thermal pool that is fed by warm water springs and frozen waterfalls.
For a glimpse into what life in this area was like for the early European pioneers – decades before Canberra was even thought of – travel to the Lanyon Homestead, a beautifully restored series of buildings that were originally built by convicts for the grazier owner.
Canberra's climate is a continental one of warm summers and cool winters. Summers are hot and dry, although thunderstorms within the city can be frequent. Average daily temperatures are around 27?C. If you're planning a visit during the winter months, particularly if you fancy a skiing trip in the mountains, you'll still enjoy reasonable temperatures and dry days. Look for Canberra holiday rentals with air conditioning to keep cool during hot summer nights and remember to follow the Australian advice on covering up with sunscreen under the fierce southern sun.
If you're travelling from the UK to Canberra, you can get a direct flight from London Heathrow Airport to Sydney. The short connecting flight on to Canberra takes around an hour. As the nation's capital, Canberra is also well served by public transport and there are excellent rail and coach services linking the city with Sydney and Melbourne. The ideal way to see the city and the rest of the ACT is to rent a car and you can arrange car rental when you're selecting your holiday accommodation.


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We've created this short video to help you choose which of our favourite kits would make the ideal gift for Christmas (either for yourself or a loved one).
We've created this short video to help you choose which of our favourite kits would make the ideal gift for Christmas (either for yourself or a loved one).
Love is in the air, and we're all fixed for a romantic night in here at Making Your Own Candles! We picked up some silicone moulds, intended for making cupcakes and ice cubes in, from our local £1 shop and made cute little heart shaped candles in them. 200g blended paraffin wax made 2 larger and 12 small candles. We used a blend of 2g Windsor red dye and 0.5g Plum Purple to create a warm rich red colour, and we scented our candles with a rich Cherry scent.
An alternative if you prefer a container candle, would be to use our lovely little range of heart shaped tins to make some candles in – our Pro-C container wax will give you excellent results! And when you have burned your candles, you can refill the tins in time for your Anniversary celebrations!!
Here's what I used;
Here's how I made the candles;
Happy Valentines!
Kids like crafts and, for a while now, we've offered child-friendly kits for making candles with beeswax sheets. However, the candles we see all around us tend to be container candles. These are usually created by melting container wax in a "double boiler" and pouring it into the glass jar, tea cup or whatever. This is all very well, and we have some lovely kits for making container candles but until now they've not been suitable for children (except, perhaps, older children under very close supervision).
So, we've come up with this recipe for creating a jam-jar container candle without needing the double boiler setup or handling molten wax [remember to click the Print button top left to print them out]
We had Ham, Egg and Chips for dinner last night and instead of throwing the egg shells in the bin I kept them to make cute little Easter candles in. I washed the shells and put them to one side to dry. Then I sat them upright in the old egg carton.
Meanwhile, I melted some Container Candle Wax but you could try recycled wax from used candles if you wanted to, although I haven't tried this. There is probably only around 10g wax in each egg shell but they do vary as I didn't take great care when cracking the eggs.
I didn't add any dye to the wax but poured it carefully straight into the egg shells when melted, not quite to the top though. And I kept a little of the wax in the pan which I will come back to later.
After a couple of minutes, as the wax was just starting to set, I dropped a Tealight Wick and Tab into the centre of each egg shell. One of them refused to sit up straight and I realised that the egg membrane had lifted up inside the shell when I poured the hot wax in so I gave it a poke with my stirring stick to break it.
Making this container candle with a twist is pretty simple, as long as you follow the steps! This candle is actually two in one: a flower tart embedded within a container candle and you can experiment by adding one scent to the flower tart and a different one to the container.
Here's what you need to make this (note- links are given to our shop for convenience, you can use your own supplies if you have them) :
You've probably noticed that many of the candles you buy in the shops have a wick that's been prewaxed. This is because the vast majority of them are made on an industrial scale without a wick. They're either made in a mould containing a spike which leaves a hole up the middle of the candle or the hole is added later.
When creating candles at home, it's not necessary to use waxed wick but the effect can be very nice and, fortunately, it's dead easy to achieve. All you do is melt the wax for your candle in the usual way and, before adding any dye, drop your cut length of wax into the pan and hoick it immediately out again. It will cool and solidify almost instantly and you can now attach a tab to it. One benefit of this approach is that the wick is stiffer and easier to get perfectly straight and this, along with the fact that it looks appealing, is why all of our new kits use wick that's been waxed in this way.
MakingYourOwnCandles offers a range of candle making kits – how do you choose which one to buy?
Here are a few questions that might help you decide:
If so, our Professional Candle Making kits are a good choice. With these kits you can make 10 "votive" sized candles with a 15 hour burn time. What's a "votive" – it's a candle often used in churches (hence the name), somewhat similar to 4-5 tealights stacked on top of each other. Looked at another way, they're like mini-pillar candles. By using a Pro kit, you get 10 scented, coloured candles and you get to develop your skills using moulds.
Alternatively, our Flower Tart Candle Making Kit allows you to make 25 delightful flower shaped candles.
We have a range of container candle making kits: including mini jam-jars, plain glass and "supply your own" kits where you can use any heat-proof and non-flammable container. Container candles are a little simpler than moulded candles and the containers can be reused. Container candles can include scent and dye.
Our bulk candle making kits have proven extremely popular since we introduced them in 2010. These kits allow you to make up to 40 container candles either using the glass containers we supply or you can provide your own. Tea cups, mugs, jars and tins make excellent containers and all our kits contain complete instructions.
Then choose our Beeswax candle kit. This kit includes pure beeswax sheets made in the UK which you simply roll up tightly around a wick and decorate.
We have an easy to use pillar candle kit that creates candles that are 4 inches wide by 6 inches high. The kit uses eco-soya wax which gives a lovely lustrous finish and burns beautifully. Perfect for the mantelpiece.
Our Deluxe Candle Making Kits are the ultimate candle making experience. They include everything from the professional kit plus extra bits and pieces including a thermometer, extra scent and dye and containers. It doesn't get better than that!
We have a range of projects you can try, from child-friendly hair dryer candle making (!) to wax applique techniques – the ingredients are listed in each project. If you want to make a candle using a home made mould, or by pouring into your own containers, you'll find everything you need at MakingYourOwnCandles.co.uk.
It started off so well. Peta and I had booked a pitch at the Summer Craft Fair at Port Solent on the south coast as our first attempt at selling direct to the public. We chose that one because it's fairly local to us and we'd been as punters several times. It always seemed well attended with a reasonable range of crafts on show but, crucially, very little in the way of candles. We decided we'd sell candles we'd made as well as the kits we'd used to make them.
We arrived just before 8am to put up our gazebo alongside the marina, barely yards from the posh and expensive yachts. The sun was shining and all was looking good. We got set up pretty quickly and, in fact, had sold our first candles before the fair had officially opened. We met some nice people, including some Facebook friends who'd made a special trip (thank you!). Mind you, the weather had turned blowy and rainy by this point and it was only to get worse.
Let's put it this way. The average attendance at a Port Solent craft fair is around 4,000. If we saw more than 200 people in the entire time we were there I'd be surprised. Despite this, we sold quite a few candles and a couple of kits- enough to make back the cost of attending. More experienced stall holders has started quietly packing up by 1pm – perhaps we should have followed them.
By 3pm, the organisers had told us to pack up. Sadly, there was no way to bring the car down to the pitch so I started lugging boxes up the hill to the car in the hope that we could get dismantled before further rain arrived.
With most of our boxes in a trolley, we dismantled the gazebo. The weather gods chose that moment to unleash their fury. Peta took cover as I trudged up the hill getting soaked, quite literally, through to the skin. I slipped into Jim Royle as I shouted out "Summer Fair, my backside" at one of the security guards who was sheltering under a gazebo.
Soaked, exhausted and skint we made our way home. From a financial perspective, a complete washout but we thoroughly enjoyed ourselves and will be back!
We've been researching and experimenting with creating new candles out of old by recycling the bits and pieces we all have in a cupboard corner. Once we've perfected the techniques and burn-tested the results we'll be releasing a Make Do and Mend kit which will allow you to make candles by reusing old ones.
As a teaser, here's one of the resulting candles, made using an old red candle. It burns beautifully with a red centre. Who'd have thought it would be possible to create something that looks this good out of an old candle that would otherwise have been thrown away?
If you haven't already signed up to our list, this might be a good time as you'll be amongst the first to hear when we launch this new kit along with tons of hints and tips on how to recycle old candles.
Romantic devil that she is, Peta's been working hard on a new kit for creating candles for setting the mood on Valentine's Day (or, indeed, for any romantic occasion).
The kit is great value and includes the materials and equipment needed for making 5 container candles in glass jars so you can either buy the kit to make candles yourself or to introduce your loved one to this creative and fun hobby.
We have a choice of two scents available : a warm Rose and a sexy Love Spell (you never know your luck) and Peta will wrap the contents lovingly in romantic red tissue paper.
To find out more, take a look at our Valentines Container Candle Kit.


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MySpace Treads Carefully With "HyperTargeting" 68
from the opt-out-in-whatever dept.
The biggest problem with Facebook Beacon isn't the opt-out (though that is indeed a problem). The problems with it are:
1. It broadcasts users' purchases to Facebook, which then broadcasts them to other users.
2. Facebook gets paid to coopt their users' identities to promote their commercial partners' products. This is really the nastiest one, if you ask me.
3. According to the lawsuit recently filed against Blockbuster and Facebook [arstechnica.com], it continues to unlawfully share information about users who have opted
Myspace has very low ad rates for contextual ads, and very low quality advertisers. The typical Google AdSense ad is something like "Free MySpace Backgrounds, Profile Layouts, Smileys all in one place. Download them all for Free!"
Their banner ads tend to be from major consumer brands, and are probably more valuable than the contextual ads.
Increased click-through rate is not necessarily a win. Remember, there's that 10-15% of Internet users who produce 50% of the click-throughs, but don't buy much. (That's probably Myspace's demographic.) The advertiser problem today is to make those users go away, instead of paying Google money for their clicks.
As the metrics get better, it's becoming clearer that what's good for the advertiser is quite different from what's good for the online ad delivery service. The advertiser wants a sale; the ad service wants a click. This is starting to be a problem for Google as advertisers realize that the "Google content network" often has negative value and opt out.
As for hyper-targetting, that is of course just a PR=B$ marketing term to camouflage reality and draw in the sellers.
I'm into "Uriah Heep" & "Blodwyn Pig" so please - hit me with those adverts targetted for middle-aged hippie rockers. I could do with a new kaftan.
I haven't used MySpace in a long time, but when I did, I was annoyed at how UN-targeted their ads were. I had listed lots of Christian music and writers in my profile, but was always getting skanky ads that bordered on obscene. Adblock didn't stop all of them.
At the time, I emailed them to say that they were wasting an opportunity and hacking off their users by ignoring the very profile information they had collected when it came to displaying ads.
I don't think privacy is as big a deal here as in say, Google searches. After all, you've already knowingly posted your profile information; what's the harm in them using it to give you ads you won't hate (as much)?
Testing can show the presense of bugs, but not their absence. -- Dijkstra


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Wilted Greens
Serves 8| Hands-On Time: | Total Time:
- 2 large bunches Swiss chard, kale, or mustard greens, rinsed
- 1/4 cup olive oil
- 1 medium yellow onion, thinly sliced
- 1 1/2 teaspoons kosher salt
- Tear the greens into pieces; discard stems.
- In a pot, over medium heat, heat the oil. Add the onion and cook for 7 minutes. Add the greens and toss to coat. Cover and cook, stirring once, until wilted, about 2 minutes. Add the salt and serve.
Nutritional Information
- Per Serving
- Calories 80.31Calories From Fat 76%
- Calcium 43mg
- Carbohydrate 4.32g
- Cholesterol 0mg
- Fat 6.92g
- Fiber 1.44g
- Iron 1.48mg
- Protein 1.53mg
- Sat Fat 0.93g
- Sodium 377.27mg
What does this mean? See Nutrition 101 .
Quick Tip
Rinse the greens in several changes of water to remove any grit.
Did you try this recipe? How did you like it?
High in vitamin C, these hard, tart berries are grown in bogs in colder regions of North America and Europe. They're almost always eaten cooked, as in the classic Thanksgiving relish.


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Golfers took to the links in August for the annual and raised $27,500 for Wigs 4 Kids.
The event, held at Gowanie Golf Club, sold out two weeks before the outing and had a record number of golfers.
"This event was the most successful the GTJ Foundation has ever held," said Brandon T. Johnson, foundation president, in a release. "We are extremely gratified with the support and especially with the outcome. Wigs 4 Kids is a great organization with a great mission of helping kids and we are very happy to support them."
A record 144 golfers took part in the outing, which had 44 hole sponsors and attracted nearly 200 attendees to the dinner following the event.
"We were so warmly received by the Johnsons and GTJ Foundation - they embraced and welcomed us into their family," said Maggie Varney, CEO and Founder of Wigs 4 Kids in a release. "We were blown away by the amount of funds raised and generosity of the GTJ Foundation and the Community."
A check with the proceeds will be presented to Varney at Sept. 14.