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School board members and proponents of sweeping reforms for Berkeley High School found a lot to agree on last week, but they seemed to part company with considerable confusion and disagreement about the next step in the process.
“If you’re willing to do something fundamental, something serious, instead of just tinkering with the current model and allowing the drift to continue, small schools is definitely the way to go,” Rick Ayers, the Berkeley High teacher charged with coordinating the reform planning process, told the school board at their regular meeting last Wednesday.
Since the school district received a federal $50,000 grant last year to study how the “small learning community” model could be applied at Berkeley High School, Ayers has worked with an advisory committee of school staff and parents to compile research on the topic, and to lead weekly discussion groups.
The group has also convened a number of larger community meetings to disseminate information on small schools and solicit input and how the model might work in Berkeley.
Over the course of the last 15 years, a number of large urban high schools around the country have implemented some kind of small learning community model to combat problems with truancy, violence, low student achievement and high teacher turnover. Public schools can better meet the wildly varying needs of their students, the argument goes, by dividing “factory model” high schools into small learning communities of 500 students or less — each with dedicated teaching staff and a degree of governing autonomy.
It simply creates “a scale where parents and staff become more engaged” and are able to give students the personal attention they need, Ayers argued Wednesday.
Berkeley High itself has been implementing small learning communities over the last five years or so, but in a piecemeal way. Core groups of like minded teachers have bonded together to launch their “schools-within-a-school,” fighting the district bureaucracy every step of the way for the resources they need to do so.
Dana Richards, director of Berkeley High’s “Common Grounds” program, a small learning community with an anticipated enrollment of 400 students next year, told the school board Wednesday


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The 2008 Christmas Tree Forest, “They Came To Texas” will be on display at the International Museum of Art & Science (IMAS) through January 4, 2009. The awards ceremony and reception was held on Sunday, Dec. 7.
IMAS Guild President, Norma Woolsey and the Christmas Tree Forest Committee organized this annual exhibition, offering a great opportunity for talented and creative crafters to showcase their skills in a professional setting. With five age categories, over 30 organizations and school classes from all over the Rio Grande Valley have entered this year. First, second, and third place prizes were awarded for each category.
This year’s Texan theme displays ornaments reflecting the folk art and culture of the many ethnic groups that have come to Texas: Mexicans, Germans, Spanish, Africans, Poles, Czechs, Scots, Irish, Welsh, English, French, Bohemians, Scandinavians, Japanese, Indians, Chinese and many more.

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And you saw in the wilderness how the LORD your God carried you as a man carries his son all along the way you traveled until you reached this place.
You led them with a pillar of cloud by day, and with a pillar of fire by night, to illuminate the way they should go.
Because of my adversaries, show me Your way, LORD, and lead me on a level path.
He led them with a cloud by day and with a fiery light throughout the night.
He led His people out like sheep and guided them like a flock in the wilderness.
He led them safely, and they were not afraid; but the sea covered their enemies.
[For the choir director: according to "The Lilies." A testimony of Asaph. A psalm.] Listen, Shepherd of Israel, who guides Joseph like a flock; You who sit enthroned [on] the cherubim, rise up
He led His people in the wilderness. His love is eternal.
I will be the same until [your] old age, and I will bear [you] up when you turn gray. I have made [you], and I will carry [you]; I will bear and save [you].
In all their suffering, He suffered, and the Angel of His Presence saved them. He redeemed them because of His love and compassion; He lifted them up and carried them all the days of the past.
But they rebelled, and grieved His Holy Spirit. So He became their enemy [and] fought against them.
Then He remembered the days of the past, [the days] of Moses [and] his people. Where is He who brought them up out of the sea with the shepherds of His flock? Where is He who put His Holy Spirit among the flock?
He sent His glorious arm at Moses' right hand, divided the waters before them to obtain eternal fame for Himself,
and led them through the depths like a horse in the wilderness, so that they did not stumble.
I, I am the LORD, and there is no other Savior but Me.
I alone declared, saved, and proclaimed-- and not some foreign god among you. So you are My witnesses"-- the LORD's declaration-- "and I am God.
Who, like Me, can announce [the future]? Let him say so and make a case before Me, since I have established an ancient people. Let these gods declare the coming things, and what will take place.
Do not be startled or afraid. Have I not told you and declared it long ago? You are my witnesses! Is there any God but Me? There is no [other] Rock; I do not know any.

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When it comes to appraising farm land on the market, there are various factors that have to be taken into account. Unlike other types of real estate, farm land is a novel asset that requires a radical understanding of the agricultural trade and the local market. In this article, we will talk about the key factors that appraisers should consider when appraising farm land for sale.
Soil Quality and Productivity
The quality of the soil and its productivity is without doubt one of the most essential factors to consider when appraising farm land. The ability of the land to produce crops is directly tied to its value. Appraisers will consider the type of soil, its fertility, and its drainage capabilities. They will additionally look on the earlier crop yields and any improvements that have been made to the land, equivalent to irrigation systems, tiling, or fertilization.
Location is one other crucial factor when appraising farm land. Factors equivalent to proximity to markets, availability of labor, and access to transportation can all have an effect on the value of the land. Appraisers will also consider the surrounding land use and zoning, as well because the availability of water and other resources.
The present and potential future makes use of of the land will also impact its value. For instance, land that’s suitable for crop production could also be worth more than land that’s only suitable for grazing. Appraisers will also consider whether or not the land can be utilized for different functions, corresponding to residential or commercial development.
The current market conditions will also play a job in the appraisal of farm land. Appraisers will consider the availability and demand for agricultural land in the native space, as well as any recent sales of similar properties. They will also look on the general financial conditions, together with interest rates, commodity prices, and government policies which will impact the agricultural industry.
Water rights are one other essential factor to consider when appraising farm land. In many parts of the country, water is a scarce resource, and the ability to access it can enormously impact the worth of the land. Appraisers will look on the water rights associated with the property, together with any permits or allocations, as well as the availability of water from wells or other sources.
Environmental factors, such because the presence of wetlands, endangered species, or hazardous materials, can even impact the worth of farm land. Appraisers will consider any environmental restrictions or laws which will have an effect on using the land, as well as the price of any necessary remediation or mitigation measures.
Infrastructure and Improvements
Finally, appraisers will consider the infrastructure and improvements on the property. This consists of things like buildings, fences, roads, and utilities. The condition and age of these constructions will be evaluated, as well as their usefulness and functionality for agricultural operations.
In conclusion, appraising farm land for sale is a complex process that requires a radical understanding of the agricultural industry and the local market. Appraisers must consider a wide range of factors, together with soil quality, location, land use, market conditions, water rights, environmental factors, and infrastructure and improvements. By taking these factors under consideration, appraisers can arrive at an accurate and fair valuation of the property, which is essential for both buyers and sellers in the agricultural real estate market.
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I love Target's dollar bin. The other day I was in there and they had a roll of felt ribbon in the shape of hearts strung together-Each roll had 3 colors. Adorable! I knew I had to do something with it.
I took it home and grabbed some Steam-A-Seam 2 though you could use Heat N Bond Ultra hold too.
In this photo I had not cut around each heart (as shown by arrow)-This is a must and is the most time consuming part. Once you get each layer cut out, place a row at a time on the shirt. Iron as directed on fusible backing instructions. The heart ribbon was thick and I didn't feel the hearts were stuck on good enough. So once I had ironed all the rows on from the front, I turned the shirt inside out and ironed the back of the hearts.
This really made the hearts stick...
There's no getting them off now!
Inexpensive, easy and best of all...My granddaughter loves it!


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SongFarmers Welcome Acoustic Musicians to Free Jam in Kingsland Bay State Park June 21 During Make Music VT
Photos courtesy Rik Palieri (above).
Welcome-in the summer on June 21 with a fun free acoustic jam hosted by Rik Palieri and The Vermont SongFarmers Club of Hinesburg at Kingsland Bay State Park, 3pm to 7:30. The Vermont SongFarmers is branch of The WoodSongs Front Porch Music Association that is helping get musicians to gather and plant musical seeds for a better world. Everyone who plays an acoustic instrument or just wants to sing along is welcome to participate. For info, contact Rik at (802) 482-3185 or firstname.lastname@example.org Kingsland Bay State Park is located at 787 Kingsland Bay State Park Road in Ferrisburgh.Make Music VT is a Vermont Arts 2017 event.

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Is Bill de Blasio trying to be president or just the next Elizabeth Warren?
On Wednesday afternoon, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio held a press conference in the Bronx to announce some new environmental initiatives. However, when he took questions from reporters, de Blasio found himself being asked whether he's eyeing the White House.
"No. No. No," de Blasio stated in response to a question about whether he's running or in any way positioning himself for a presidential campaign.
"I’ve really said ‘no’ a lot. I’m going to say no again. I am running for re-election as the mayor of New York City in 2017," added de Blasio, who took office last year.
Though he's just a little over five years removed from the City Council, de Blasio was the subject of intense presidential speculation following a report published by the New York Post's Fred Dicker on Monday that alleged the mayor is in a "secret bid to be Dems' 2016 pick."
"Mayor Bill de Blasio is positioning himself to be the leftist 'progressive' alternative to Wall Street-friendly Hillary Rodham Clinton as the Democratic candidate for president, a national party operative told The Post," Dicker wrote, adding, "De Blasio’s hope, the operative said, is a 'Draft de Blasio' movement will develop among progressive activists over the next several months that will lead to the mayor being able to defeat Clinton in the primary elections next year."
Dicker's story referenced de Blasio's recent trip to Iowa, a crucial early primary state. But one de Blasio ally told Business Insider that the mayor's campaigning is "absolutely not" tied to the presidential race and described Dicker's story as "ridiculous."
"He is only interested in elevating the issue of income inequality and proposing progressive solutions to it," the ally said of de Blasio, adding, "That was written in an alternate reality."
In an email to Business Insider on Wednesday, Dicker said, "I stand by my column."
Along with his visit to Iowa, de Blasio went to Nebraska earlier this month. He is scheduled to go to Wisconsin this weekend and Washington, D.C. next month. The ally, who requested not to be named in order to speak candidly about de Blasio's strategy, described de Blasio's travel tour as a mission to push a series of policy proposals rather than testing the presidential waters.
"This is about elevating a set of issues, it specifically focuses on income inequality and progressive remedies to the wage gap," the ally said. "He wants that to be a part of the national discourse and he wants candidates and elected officials at every level to address these issues in specific terms."
While his trip to Iowa was indeed focused on his efforts to promote progressive policies to confront poverty, the potential 2016 symbolism of a campaign appearance in a key presidential primary state is undeniable. This was particularly true because de Blasio's visit to the Hawkeye State took place just after he went on NBC's "Meet The Press" on the morning of April 12 and declined to endorse Hillary Clinton, who was launching her White House bid later that day.
"Like a lot of people in this country, I want to see a vision and that would be true of candidates on all levels. It’s time to see a clear bold vision for progressive economic change," de Blasio said, later adding "No, not until I see — again I would say this about any candidate — until I see an actual vision of where she wants to go.”
With the timing of his remarks and the fact that de Blasio managed Clinton's 2000 U.S. Senate campaign in New York, his comments made national headlines. Following the Post report, New York Republican Party Chairman Ed Cox also tried to promote the idea that de Blasio could threaten Clinton in 2016.
However, the de Blasio ally said the mayor's remarks about Clinton were simply an extension of his efforts to push other politicians to focus on income inequality.
"For him to have spent months and months talking about how elected officials and candidates at every level need to spell out solutions on income inequality and for him not to have made the same demand of the Clinton campaign would have been disingenuous," the ally said.
Business Insider also confirmed with a source that de Blasio's appearance on "Meet The Press" was already scheduled before news broke that Clinton would announce her campaign that weekend.
Still, despite his denials that he's eyeing the presidential race, a former de Blasio aide suggested to Business Insider that the mayor might have a desire to inject himself into the 2016 conversation.
"I keep thinking how insane it is that he actually went to Iowa," one of the ex-aides said, adding, "It's not like a national self-promotion tour is out of character for him."
Another former de Blasio aide said the mayor may hope to inspire the same kind of grassroots movement that has emerged to push another progressive, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Massachusetts), to run for president. Though Warren has repeatedly denied she's interested in the 2016 race, many activists are attempting to draft her. There's even a "Ready For Warren" group dedicated to the cause. However, the former aide said they doubted de Blasio could generate the same kind of enthusiasm as Warren even if he wanted to.
"I don't think there's a 'Ready for de Blasio' crowd except in de Blasio's head," they said.
A D.C.-based progressive operative suggested that there is a position de Blasio is clearly running for, but it's not president. Rather, they suggested the mayor wants to "position himself" alongside Warren "as a co-lead of the progressive wing of the party."
"He's deliberatly injecting himself in the conversation for purposes of leadership of the progressive movement, not name recognition," the operative said. "He wants to position himself as a co-leader along with Warren of
The idea that the mayor is trying to emerge as a leader of the Democratic Party's progressive wing fits more closely with what the de Blasio ally said is the goal of his travels around the country. However, the ally rejected the idea that de Blasio wants to become a figurehead for progressives.
"I think he wants the issues elevated and he wants people to propose real solutions to it. He's not intent on being the leader of that. He wants others to speak out and he's actually urged others to be part of this. It's not about him, it's about the set of issues," the de Blasio ally said. "He's going to be a forceful advocate for this, but he wants others to step up because there's such a hunger for this around the country."
In his speech in Iowa, de Blasio described his view of "the so-called 'progressive wing' of the Democratic Party." Based on the prepared version of those remarks, he positioned himself as one of many Democrats pushing this agenda.
"One only [needs to] look back at history to understand the progressive movement is the majority of the Democratic Party — and has been since the Roosevelt era," he said, adding, "I share those values."
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Why Many Women Are Livid About Ohio’s “Heartbeat Bill”
It seems like 2016 has no plans of stopping its train of terrible everything, and we’re really hoping this means 2017 will actually be the best year ever. We watched as Americans elected Donald Trump last month, and although we’ve been optimistic due to all the awesome things we can do to support organizations that will help keep marginalized people safe, his election has emboldened hate groups and legislators to come forward with ideas that can and will hurt people. Take the state of Ohio, which, because of Trump’s election, has re-tabled a bill to essentially make abortions illegal in their state.
Governor and former Republican presidential nominee Bill Kasich was able to secure the passing of his bill, dubbed the “heartbeat bill” late Tuesday night, which he re-tabled due to Trump’s promise to stack the Supreme Court with anti-abortion judges. The bill effectively bans abortion after six weeks, which is the absolute earliest a heartbeat can be detected when a woman becomes pregnant.
The scary thing about this is that many women don’t actually know they are pregnant until they are at eight weeks along, or more. The six-week law is a way of all but banning abortion while doing a bare minimum to uphold Roe V Wade. According to Slate Magazine, Ohio is exercisingthe part of RvW which “gives states the right to restrict abortion after the fetus can survive outside of the womb, which in the early 1970s was assumed to happen between 24 and 28 weeks. Medical advances since then have pushed back the point of potential viability by several weeks. But a six-week-old fetus is nowhere near viable: It is the size of lentil, and looks something like a very small shrimp.” In other words, the bill is unconstitutional.
Federal courts have struck down similar attempts at laws like the Heartbeat Bill, but with Trump becoming President in the next five weeks, we’re not quite sure how this will play out. Banning abortion makes conditions for women dangerous, as women still need to be able to access this medical service for any number of reasons (no judgements here).
With the dumpster fire that is 2016 coming to an end, we’re hoping that the current sitting Supreme Court will be able to strike down such a dangerous bill before anything drastic changes in who’s sitting on the bench.
Have you ever been denied medical services? Tell us @BritandCo!
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Blog Entries from the WeHuntSC.com blogging crew
While standing behind an old fence row, a series of yelps triggered a gobble from a distance. After a few minutes contemplating our next move we hit him with another series of calls. This time his gobble was closer. He was coming. We scrambled back and decided to set up on the tree line along the fence.
April 15th, 2011 is a day that I won?t forget and neither will my cousin JD. I am a novice turkey hunter and am thrilled anytime I get to go, but this day was special for another reason. This was JD?s first turkey hunt. A couple friends, Robert Abell and Rick Currence, invited us to tag along and attempt to get JD his first bird. Robert and Rick are seasoned turkey hunters so the thought of tagging along with them had us fired up. We meet them at 6:00 a.m. and the action was heart pounding from that point forward. Now back to the story.
As we scrambled to get set up we spotted three birds truckin? it across the field. It was three jakes to be exact. Rick was attempting to get a decoy out when he realized he was stuck. Robert and JD were able to get set up on a tree but I was stuck somewhat out in the middle of this tree line. Knowing that these birds were moving in fast we all sat tight. The birds moved into the tree line at about 70 or 80 yards out. I thought these birds were going to come right up the fence line so with me stuck out in the middle I was really going to be putting my Crossover Camo to the test. It did its job and the birds moved out into the field, but they seemed to get hung up just outside of gun range. They moved on and we regrouped. My heart was pounding and I know JD was pumped. Robert chuckled and said that when those birds were coming JD?s gun was just a shaking. He told JD ?alright buddy you gonna have to calm down? with a laugh. JD was worried about missing and said, ?If I miss you we?re gonna go again!? No doubt he is hooked. That?s what it?s all about right there!
We moved down the tree line and got set up on the back field that the birds exited. With the decoy out and everyone set, Rick assumed the calling. Within minutes the three Jakes stormed out of the opposite tree line like a freight train. JD clicked off the safety and got ready. They were headed straight at us. We thought this would be quick, but as the birds topped the little knoll they seemed to hang up again. They were gobbling like crazy but seemed to be weary of the decoy. As they moved around just outside of gun range boy did they give us a show. As we sat there I thought to myself that there isn?t a whole lot that beats listening to a turkey hammer out a gobble over and over. These birds were definitely not shy about stretching their necks. The birds finally moved out of the field. Check out the video below.
Although JD didn?t get his first turkey that morning I could see the fire in his eyes when we headed home. There was so much to soak in about that hunt that I know I will never forget and I?m 100% sure JD won?t either. Being able to listening to Robert pound out the meanest owl hoot in Chester County without the assistance of a manufactured call was pretty neat. Being able to listen to the reactions of the jakes to Rick?s yelps and purrs was also awesome to witness. Thanks to Robert and Rick for the invite and awesome calling. I had an absolute blast! JD hasn?t quit talking about it so I know he?s hooked. This should be fun!
As we marched up the old road bed, the anticipation of the morning hunt filled the air. Brad Crawford spotted a couple longbeards strutting in the meadow the evening before. With that being said we had a good idea of where the birds were roosting. We planned on getting up on the ridge above the meadow for the morning hunt. Brad led the way up the road bed. Sam Poulos and Tank Johnson both armed and ready followed behind. I was pulling up the rear armed with my video camera.
Brad called out an owl hoot with a dead on response from the longbeards. We sat up on the ridge and got ready for the action. As Brad sent out a series of yelps there must have been four more birds gobbling off in the distance. It seemed that we were in prime position. With another series of calls it seemed that the gobbles echoed a little louder. Back and forth we went when all of a sudden a soft yelp from a hen could be heard in the distance. As Brad said later it was as if the hen grabbed the gobbler by the beard and said oh no you don?t. The gobbles faded into the distance. We got up and planned our next move.
We heard one gobbler move to our left off in the distance so we figured we could get down in the meadow and see if we could draw him back. As we moved down the ridge, Brad sent out a crow call and was answered by a gobble. We scurried down the hill and called briefly and realized the bird was coming. Brad stayed back on the ridge about thirty yards. Sam sat out on the main field which is where we thought the bird would pop out. Tank and I sat behind Sam about twenty yards in a little cove. Tank and Brad both called for a few minutes. I was in a good position to film Sam and any birds out in the main field but I realized I wasn?t in a good position when I saw Tank ease his gun around to my left and click off the safety. With Brad and Tank calling the birds split the difference. When the birds didn?t see anything out in the cove or meadow they got a little weary and all I could hear was a few putts that signaled the show was over. Tank had a shot but it was a Jake so he didn?t take it. Up the ridge Brad had a better vantage point and could see the longbeard in the back fanned out. Too bad he?s tagged out. Oh so close!
It was an awesome morning hunt with a lot of gobbling, awesome calling, and tons of heart pounding action at the Poulos Sportsman Club. I was glad I had some Wildlife Energy shots because I was whooped after a weekend of early morning hunts. I got a kick out of Brad saying that he doesn?t sleep in April. That?s about the truth.
Although our hunt ended without filling a tag another hunter, Mark Cody, had better luck. Mark was able to take his first bird by calling himself. He was pretty pumped when we got back to the clubhouse. I was able to snap a few pictures. 18 #, Double Beard 10 ¼ and 4 ¼, ¾ inch spurs.
Check out my recap video of the hunt! Turn up the volume and listen to some gobbling action.
This season has been full of ?first? birds. I have taken 4 new hunters with me and some have taken their first spring gobblers. Going on these hunts is really enjoyable anytime someone gets their ?first? of any wild game.
Since we?re in the low-country of SC, turkey seasoned opened March 15th for our club. The night before the season opener a good friend of mine named Sam ("The coon hunting guy") and I decided to stay the night at the club house in order to get a good spot the next morning. We arrived at the club house around 10:30 to the sight of a large fire burning and three guys sitting around it trying to stay warm. We got out of the truck and Sam Introduced me to the other members of the club. By the end of the night it felt like I had known them my entire life. We all sat around the fire telling stories of different hunts that we have partaken in; everything from ducks to deer to turkey hunts. After an hour or two we took our gear into the bunk room and got setup for bed. We set the alarms for 4:00am. The next morning everyone sleeping in the house woke up at 4:00 o?clock to the sounds of five different alarms going off simultaneously. After a quick breakfast snack we arrived in a spot we had roosted two gobblers a few days before. When day light broke the horizon I hit the owl call, but didn?t get an answer back. This happened for about 15 minutes. Sam and I were stunned that the birds would not answer. We decided to just sit down and do a little bit of calling. Just after putting out a hen decoy and sitting down at the base of a tree, I started to call softly with my slate call. Sam turned and asked if I heard a gobble in the distance. I responded "No I was calling and couldn?t hear anything." Sam was sure that he heard a bird so we got up and started to make our way in that direction. After walking about 300 yards we heard a hen yelping right on top of us. Before we knew it we had to drop to the ground in the middle of the road because we had a bird right on top of us. A jake came out to the edge of the road and I told Sam to take a shot. Sam shot one time and missed and finished the bird with a second round as it was running down the road. I don?t think that the jake we shot was the bird that gobbled earlier that morning. Even though the hunt didn?t turn out the way we planned, with us setup to film the bird coming in Sam still got his first bird on the ground. If everything happened according to plan they wouldn?t call it hunting. ###
My father?s good buddy Danny also got to harvest his first turkey on the opening weekend of turkey season. It was early Sunday morning and we made our way to a different piece of property. We all got out of the truck and walked down a little dirt road. By the time we got to the half way there was enough light to hit the owl call. We had three different birds answer us! We rushed down the remainder of the curved road and got to a little hard wood bottom where we expected the turkeys to come to. Well once again it didn?t happen as I had planned. As soon as we got set up we heard hens start yelping in the same area where the gobbles came from. I thought to myself these birds are probably already ?henned up? and wouldn?t leave the hens. After about an hour of listening to the birds gobble on that cool spring morning, they finally shut up. They wouldn?t gobble to any type of call we tried. I didn?t have time to stay there and hunt. I headed out to worship service back in Charleston. About 11:00 am I got a picture message from my dad of a bird. I called him and he explained that they setup of a food plot that was still growing from deer season. After an hour and a half of sitting patiently the birds emerged from the bottom making their way to the food source. Three gobblers came strutting into the decoys. Danny slowly rose up his gun and set his sights on one of the gobblers. He took one shot and it was a solid hit! Danny had never been in a turkey hunt before. He told us that "it was the most exciting hunt he has ever been on." Danny said it was a big adrenaline rush watching the gobblers strut 25 yards in front of them, and he couldn?t wait for the bird he wanted to clear the decoys for a shot. The bird weighed 19 pounds had 1 inch spurs and a 10.75 inch beard. The key to that successful hunt was patience because If they would have tried to get closer to the birds after they stopped gobbling, the turkeys may of spooked and the hunt would of been over. Instead they knew the turkeys? patterns and cut them off while they were going to feed. ###
This past Saturday Kyle Dyson and I had the opportunity to take Ryan Parson hunting with us. Ryan has never killed a turkey and was excited to give it a shot! Friday night Kyle and Ryan stayed the night at my house in order to get an early start the next morning. Not being able to decide where to hunt, we flipped a coin between the Wee Tee reserve and the ?Hell Hole?, both of which are government associated. The coin landed heads so the next morning we took our Wildlife Energy Shots and headed out to Wee Tee. At only 2 Fl ounces the energy shots blow the competition out of the water, they kept us wide awake and alert all morning! I had only been to the area we hunted once before during this past deer season. Because we were unfamiliar with the area, we left earlier than normal to get there on time. When we arrived at the gate there were two guys that were riding into the darkness on bikes. We all chuckled at the sight of the two guys riding bikes to hunt, but we soon found out they were smarter than we were. We started walking down the road at 5:00 am and didn?t stop until 6:15. Part of the reason it took us so long was because the property had changed so much from deer season. Everything was green and there was water everywhere we walked. We had to weave our way through the dry patches of the swamp to find areas we could walk across without getting wet. While we were walking the three of us crunched leaves and sticks with every step, we kept spooking birds out of there roost. We scared at least 10 different birds out of the trees on the way in. I knew that wasn?t a good thing but at least we knew that there were turkeys nearby. When we finally stopped walking we hit the owl call and heard 2 gobblers within 200 yards (at least we thought it was about 200 yards) from us. We walked a little further and hit the call. It sounded like they were across the flooded part of the swamp. We all decided to get closer in hopes of having the gobblers fly down on our side on the water. By this time the sunlight shining through the trees was good and revealed the beautiful bottom we were standing in. Kyle and Ryan sat down on trees adjacent to each other. I went to put out a decoy about 25 yards in front of our setup. As soon as I pulled the decoy out of my vest, we heard a loud Swoosh! The bird spotted me and flew away. It turns out the bird wasn?t 200 yards across the water. It was more like 100 yards and he was on our side of the flooded area. I felt terrible for ruining the hunt especially after walking as far as we did to get to the spot. We didn?t hear another bird that morning.
Knowing where the birds were roosted, we decided to go back to the same location on our next hunt. This time is was very different. We learned from our mistakes and decided to not get so close and let the birds move to us instead of us moving to the birds. When daylight broke we heard 5 different birds sounding off to the sounds of my owl call. We finally got setup and started calling. I began using the slate call and had the birds gobbling for about 30 minutes. Ryan does a vocal hen call using only his natural voice with no help of calls. We told him to give it a try to see if the birds would gobble to it. It turns out they gobbled to his vocals better than they did to the box or slate calls! I was amazed at the sounds he could produce without any calls. I set my calls aside and let him work the birds. After a few more minutes the bird came into sight. The long beard was strutting to the sound of Ryan?s call. He was about 80 yards away when we first saw him gobble. I told Ryan to use a soft cadence to try and lure the bird in and every time he did the bird would answer back with a loud gobble triggering the other 5 birds to gobble as well! It turns out the bird got hung on a flooded part of swamp bottom and wouldn?t cross the slough. Even though we didn?t kill him, it was still a great hunt!
This season I have learned to call less and listen a little more. On top of that I have learned patience is the key to hunting a smart long-beard that may be call shy or spooked easily. Another key to my success this year has been then use of the new CrossOver Camo pattern. The pattern is different from other patterns in that, compared to say mossey oak obsession, CrossOver has a variety of lighter colors. Most camo have the basic greens and browns, but cross over incorporates shades of white and different tans which helps me blend into many different backgrounds. I can stay hidden in pine trees, and swamp bottoms all with one pattern. There is not a camouflage out there that will keep you hidden if you can?t sit still. Without the help of my Thermacell to keep the bugs away I would probably scare off every bird that came into range by swatting bugs away from my face. I?m not sure I could hunt without one after being spoiled with its ability to keep my hunting area bug free.
Sams First Turkey
Ryans First Turkey
This turkey season has been a great one and I?m looking forward to a few more good hunts before the season ends.
After a successful first weekend of turkey season hunting with Mr. Puette I was looking forward to, and hopeful about, the next weekend I would be able to turkey hunt. The weather had been tricky a little lately, but it turned out to be a nice day on Saturday. I would be venturing out with Jason Love and Mark Turner trying to track down some gobblers. And after seeing the pic of JDHeatmag?s snake that struck at him, I went and got me some snake proof boots so I was ready to roll.
We met and headed out to the hunting land. We got there a little later than when I had arrived the week before. We parked near the entrance and headed out. We walked in along some really white looking sand which made our journey in really stealth. We were listening as we walked in hoping to hear a gobble from afar. We made it in near to the area we would be hunting and we stopped and listened for a bit. We gave the turkeys plenty of time to call if they were going to call. We held up at the edge of the woods in hopes of not spooking the birds by walking in early. The crows were calling and owls were hooting, but we hadn?t heard any turkeys. Jason made some louder calls with his crow call and still nothing responded. The initial thought was that the turkeys were deeper in the woods.
We walked further into the woods and set up. Mark put two hen decoys out while Jason put a short blind around the area where I would be sitting. We all sat at the base of 3 different pine trees. Jason was to my right and Mark was to my left. Mark had a better angle on the decoys and better vision. Both Jason and Mark brought their guns just in case the turkeys came from either direction, but Mark was the ?shooter? as he was kind of out on a point overlooking the cleared out area of the woods.
As we sat down we listened for a while and Jason randomly called. We still heard no gobbles anywhere. Even though I don?t know a lot about turkey calling, Jason?s calling was sounding really good to my ears. Our senses were on high alert as we listened for any sound and scanned the floor of the woods looking for movement. About 15 minutes after we had been sitting there all of a sudden a loud sound came from behind us and to the right. The area behind us and to our right was thicker and difficult to see through, but the sound we heard was a great sound to hear! We heard the wings of a bird flapping as the bird came out of the tree. A turkey had flown down to the ground and he was close enough for us to hear his wings, but yet we couldn?t see him and he had never gobbled. I say ?he? because I?m assuming/hoping it was a big ol? gobbler. When we heard this it got us fired up, but still we couldn?t figure out why we hadn?t heard anything. I looked at Jason?s and Mark?s faces and I could tell they were paying close attention trying to figure out what was going on. They both knew we had a bird somewhere near us that was on the ground and that wasn?t making a sound.
We continued to sit patiently and waited on anything to clue us into where the bird was. He had to have heard our calling if we were able to hear his wings fly down to the ground. After a while both Jason and Mark started calling?some overlapping each other and sometimes right after each other. It sounded really good and sounded like multiple turkeys in the woods calling out. They didn?t over do it, but made enough sound to entice any big boy to come on over.
A couple of minutes later we heard a stick pop really close behind us. At first thought this was kind of a jolt that makes you cringe because you know something is there and you really can?t move to see what it was. It didn?t take long to figure out though. We heard a dog growling! Two dogs had run through the woods and when they saw the decoys they started growling at them. Jason saw them first and when we heard the growl we all turned around to see what was happening because they sounded mad and in a hurry! When we quickly turned around and made commotion the dogs got scared and high-tailed it out of there. And that was pretty much the gist of our hunt. We left shortly thereafter.
After talking about the situation we think the dogs are in that area and are bothering the birds. This may be why the bird never gobbled? because he had been chased by a dog before! Who knows, but it was a frustrating end to a good hunt! I had some really good footage of the guys calling and the setup and I was just waiting on the turkey to get in the picture too, but it never happened.
We started walking back out to the trucks. On the way out we saw some turkey tracks in that same white sand that we had walked in on earlier. Jason even noticed a turkey track that had stepped in Mark?s boot track. This meant that a turkey had crossed the same path that we walked in on and had done it after we went in the woods. The turkeys were in the area?and so were two punk dogs!
Mark headed home and as Jason and I rode back we figured we give another area a shot. We drove down the road and saw 3 different turkeys out in random fields as we drove. The turkeys were moving and we hoped for better luck and a hunt without dogs interfering! We arrived to a new location and walked down the edge of the woods alongside a dirt road. There was a field up ahead to our left that where we believed some gobblers were out strutting. So we set up in the edge of the woods hoping to call the turkeys our way instead of going out in the open and spooking them.
Me wearing CrossOver Camo on the 2nd Hunt
We sat down in some white oaks that were really near a creek bed. Jason sat to my right again and we both leaned on two oaks that were side by side. This time we had the Jake Intimidator set up hoping to cause a reaction by showing movement simulating a tom puffing up. We had him lying beside a hen decoy. We sat there and Jason started calling. We listened and listened and never heard any gobble. We were waiting patiently to hear a turkey when out of our left we saw a flicker. The flicker ended up being the movement of a doe just across the dirt road. I instantly turned the camera on and moved it to film the deer. This doe was the first of 5 deer that were heading our way.
I knew that we would have to be extremely still because the deer were coming our way. It was nearly 9:30 in the morning and the sun was out and it was shining right in there faces. The wind was blowing across our faces which meant the deer would have a tough time smelling us because they weren?t down-wind of us. The bad part was that I had my arm extended all the way out to my camera and the deer weren?t in a hurry. These deer slowly walked across the dirt road and came up the embankment where we were. It seemed to be 3 does with 2 yearlings. They walked closer and closer as they browsed the ground for stuff to eat. When they got closer one of the does saw the decoys and she didn?t like it. She started stomping the ground and got all tensed up. If you?re a deer hunter then you?re familiar with this site. I still couldn?t believe the deer got this close to us without detecting us yet.
Jason and I were whispering to each other this whole time. He said that he was going to start calling the turkey call just to see what would happen. Surprisingly when he started calling the turkey calls it didn't instantly scare the deer off. I think it may have calmed them some, but they were still in question of the decoys, but it seemed to relax the one just a bit. This whole time I was getting some great footage of these deer?and my shoulder and arm were shaking and burning about kill me!
A few minutes later I think the deer knew something wasn?t right and they bounded off back across the road. It was difficult to keep them all focused in the camera the whole time they were there. Just looking at the video you would think it should be easy, but when you?re sitting in the woods having to look in the small screen finder that was at a terrible angle for viewing since the camera was turned hard and to the left, it kind of made it difficult. Also, I?m normally able to smoothly move the camera head around when pivoting, but the I didn?t want any extra movement so the pivots are kind of jumpy because I didn?t want to spook the deer off.
So you?ll see more deer than turkeys in the video below, but nevertheless ? it was a good time in the outdoors and that?s what it?s all about!
Turkey season starts on April 1st in my county because I?m located in the upper part of SC. I?ve been looking forward to it and have been counting down the weekends until turkey season got here. This past weekend was the opening weekend and on Saturday morning I went turkey hunting again with Mr. Bruce Puette in Marlboro County. I had been looking forward to our trip and it turned out to be one of the most memorable turkey hunts I?ve been on.
We met really early at the entrance gate to the hunting land. Mr. Puette?s brother, sister, and nephew would also be hunting in other areas of the land as well. We all set out going our different ways and Mr. Puette and I were heading to the back of the property where a swampy area backed in to the Pee Dee River. And we went deep in the swamp. Mr. Puette said that the turkeys hadn?t been working in the fields like they normally do by this time of the year so we were going to try something different. I was interested to see how the new CrossOver Camo would do in the swampy environment of the Pee Dee River area and it blended in very nicely.
We walked in by the moonlight and as we began walking we stopped and looked at the stars and Mr. Puette pointed out the Big Dipper. He said you can always find whichever direction North is by looking at the stars from the Big Dipper. Even though we probably walked a mile until we finally got to our location it didn?t bother me much because it was a chance to get some blood flowing and warm up. It was cold early that morning?34 degrees to be exact. It was chilly and I didn?t have enough layers on and walking helped me warm up some.
We ended up walking through fields, 4-wheeler paths, old logging roads, even jumping trees, and yes?water higher than my ankles! The wet socks countered the new warmth that I had just gained from walking. I also found a pretty deep stump hole on the way in too. My right foot ended up wetter than the left because I only found that stump hole with my right foot. Once we got back pretty deep in the woods we heard an owl hoot. We stopped and every time another owl hooted we stopped to see if any turkeys responded. At one point Mr. Puette said that he was going to do an owl call to see if we could locate any birds. I anticipated that he would dig in his pocket and get out a call, but Mr. Puette just held his hand to his mouth and yelled ?Hoo, Hoo, Ho, Hoooo? and amazingly an owl responded about 50 yards away. To be honest, I was pretty impressed with how accurate Mr. Puette?s owl call sounded. Mr. Puette fired back with a ?WOOOOOoooo? that ended with a lot of bass in the sound. The owl fired right back. It was neat that he was able to get several owls calling to each other with just his natural voice. The downside was that no turkeys gobbled back at us. We kept on walking.
We finally reached the furthest point that we could walk and we stopped again. This time Mr. Puette pulled out a crow call and it made a loud shriek as he blew it. We waited, and a couple of seconds later, a turkey, that sounded about 70 ? 100 yards away, hammered back at us. Mr. Puette pumped his fist like a golfer does after sinking a putt and we headed toward the sound looking to make a setup. We walked about 40 yards down an old logging road and Mr. Puette said we ought to set up on a tree that was about 5 yards off the path.
Mr. Puette had been carrying his gun as well as a home-made blind that he created and a small stool. He had given me a stool that I carried in too. The home-made blind was some camo, burlap-like material that wrapped around 4 wooden sticks. He told me that 4 sticks and some burlap was a lot cheaper than most blinds you find in stores! He set this up just in front of us as I started getting the video stuff set up.
I had all of the stuff I needed to video setup and had got two Thermacells out and fired them both up because deep in the swamp mosquitoes are thick and even though it was cold? I wasn?t taking any chances. I put the new Thermacell in front of us and put last year?s model Thermacell to my left. Needless to say we didn?t get bothered by any bugs or mosquitoes during this hunt.
We were finally situated and the sun was slowly starting to shine through the woods. Mr. Puette did some calling early to see if anything would respond and we had turkeys gobbling to our right, middle, and to our left. We were definitely in a good location, but we were worried that the turkeys would come off the roost and go a different direction. Randomly Mr. Puette would call and the turkeys arbitrarily responded. We had to wait and to keep our eyes peeled.
There were so many trees and brush in front of us that it was not only difficult to see the turkey, but it was even more difficult to film the turkey. In retrospect I should have turned the auto-focus mechanism off, but I wasn?t chancing any extra movements while he was that close to us. Because Mr. Puette was behind me (in the line of sight for the bird) he couldn?t see it. The bird was standing behind a big tree and was stepping to the right, puffing up, spinning, and stepping back to the left, puffing and spinning and did this on repeat. It was very odd, but he was staying in one spot. The whole time Mr. Puette couldn?t see the bird and he kept asking me ?Are you sure??, ?How far out??, and ?Where is he?? Finally the turkey stepped out far enough to where Mr. Puette could see it. At this point at least he knew I wasn?t lying about a bird being that close.
As I was taking pictures Mr. Puette said ?Did you see that tree?? and I said ?What tree?? I had seen a thousand trees that were in the way of me filming the turkey, but obviously he was referring to one in particular. He pointed and said ?Look at the ?Twisted Oak??. We walked over and saw something that was pretty rare in my opinion. Two white oak trees were side by side and one had fallen into the other and over time they had grown together. It was a unique site. I took some pics and videos of it as well. I know that I?ve never seen anything like that before?and those trees were huge.
After a couple of more pictures we headed back to base camp. It was a long walk back to the entrance and I was definitely glad I had some Wildlife Energy drink with me on this occasion. As we walked back over the path we came in on Mr. Puette was looking around every corner to see if any turkeys were strutting in the roads. He?d already told me that if we saw another one that we would be stopping and setting up again!
Below is the raw footage of the hunt if you want to see it without effects
I always enjoy going hunting with Mr. Puette because there?s usually some action involved and I also always learn something. Mr. Puette says I bring him good luck, but I don?t know about that. Most of the time whenever you take a camera in the woods it means that you?re definitely not going to see anything, but so far he and I are 2 for 2 with turkeys and videos.
I hope to get in on more hunts with Mr. Puette and next time I?ll try to get better focus on the turkey!


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Filthy Huns – Filthy Huns (Not Not Fun)
By Scott Creney
Everyone’s dying, some of us less slowly than others. As for me I’m dying for this record. In my current state I could listen to it over and over for at least an entire day. It’s all I need. It speaks to the broken unsatisfied mind-imploding parts of me in a way that say — the new Yo La Tengo album does not.
But I can’t afford it. I just looked it up—I actually have -$26.89 in my account. It’s cool. I’ve got enough tip money to make sure I stay fed until I get paid on Friday. But it means I can’t just go and get the Filthy Huns album tonight (and don’t think I’ve checked the darker, more freewheeling corners of the internet…nothing).
I’ve never heard of the Filthy Huns. Odds are most of you haven’t. I came across it in Other Music’s digital store, probably one of the five best record stores in the US. Here’s a link if, like me, you’re content to listen to the album in one-minute fragments (which I will admit is not w/o its own kind of poetry):
I can’t find any videos. No single-song downloads. There’s one song on Soundcloud.
There’s little to no press. I think this music only exists in physical form as a cassette. There are only 100 of those. Am I really going to write an album review based on one-minute snippets? Having only heard 10-20 per cent of the actual album? Well why not? Biographies and memoirs have been constructed out of less.
I know what you’re thinking: I’m a big-shot music writer for one of the 10 most influential music sites in the world (I’m only half-joking) and should just hit the label up for a free copy. There’s two problems with that. First, most small US labels are run by total stoners who rarely return my e-mails (and judging by the number of ‘full inbox’ messages I’ve gotten back from a couple of these places, they don’t return anyone’s e-mails). The second reason, and this is the important one, is once you’re on a label/publicist’s e-mail list you’re on there for life. I’ve contacted four-five labels during my time at CB, and just for that every Monday I get a dozen e-mails from people wanting me to listen to their records, and you know what? If I haven’t heard of the artist I almost never bother listening. I feel guilty about this in one sense — the greatest album I’ve ever heard could be sitting in my trash file right now — but it’s just too time-consuming going through all these e-mails, and I’ve got work to do (this CB thing is a labor of love… which occasionally, I will admit, spills over into a labor of hate).
Instead I go to places I trust, like Other Music for example, and check out their new releases. If something catches my ear, I’ll investigate further — either via my Rdio account, or via download (sometimes paid, sometimes not — and before you start yelling at me in the comments, you should know that I purchased at least a dozen albums this past year even after I’d reviewed them; you’d think Talk Normal or AR Kane would’ve sent me something in appreciation, to say nothing of Sissy Spacek, but that just doesn’t happen and I love the music too much not to own a physical copy), and most times write a review. I like my system, and can’t help wondering how many music writers search music out beyond their inbox, and if that contributes to the way most music writing websites/magazines always seem to write about the same records, the way they always seem to write about the same new bands. Could it be that they don’t venture any further than their favorite publicists? Maybe they’re the ones being lazy, and I’m the one doing the work? I’m genuinely curious what people think about this.
So getting back to the Filthy Huns. They’re probably just a couple of Brooklyn douchebags in suspenders and Victorian moustache wax dreaming of their next score, which makes me glad I don’t know anything about them. Their music sounds as lonely and pointless and doomed as I feel. It reminds me of Young Marble Giants, only masculine and with delay pedals. A sort of sparse urban dub. There are words but they’re too indecipherable to mean anything. This is a plus — I’m not sure I believe in the power of words at this particular moment, which is sad in a Sylvia Plath Bell Jar kind of way, seeing human interaction as a demystified commodity (in a Marxist sense the interpersonal equivalent of the mass-produced table returning to a piece of wood), but is good for listening to music. I need something vague and removed, auditory fentanyl patches applied to my brain. Filthy Huns sound the right amount of distant and the right amount of frozen to do the job.
I’ll be buying this on Friday once my paycheck clears. Unless the nice folks at Not Not Fun records send a d/l to Scott_Creney@yahoo.com. It’s an unpredictable world. Best just to sit in one place and listen; the safest place is in your head.

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New airline routes launched (11 – 17 December 2012)
ANA Tokyo Haneda to Iwakuni Kintaikyo Airport
(NEW AIRPORT!!! Shared with Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni)
- ANA inaugurated flights on the domestic route from Tokyo Haneda (HND) to Iwakuni (IWK) in Yamaguchi, becoming the first airline to offer commercial services to this US Marine Corps naval base in 48 years. Four daily flights are offered on the route and operated with 737-800s.
Wizz Air’s Budapest to Kiev Zhulyany
- Wizz Air added five new routes to its schedule last week. On 14 December, the airline commenced flights from Budapest (BUD) to both Geneva (GVA) and Kiev Zhulyany (IEV) offering three flights a week on each route, with the latter being operated by Wizz Air Ukraine. Commenting on these new developments, Kam Jandu, Budapest Airport’s Director Aviation, said: “Kiev is a very important route for the business and leisure community alike and will no doubt be a success. Geneva presents many year round opportunities for travellers and we are delighted with the increased options Wizz Air provides.” Competition in these markets comes from AeroSvit’s six weekly frequencies to Kiev Boryspil and easyJet’s nine weekly flights to Budapest. Following the launch of London Luton flights earlier this year, the carrier also continues its expansion from Debrecen (DEB), the second-largest Hungarian city located in the east of the country, where on 15 and 16 December respectively, the carrier inaugurated twice-weekly services both to Eindhoven (EIN) and Milan Malpensa (MXP). Additionally, on 15 December, Wizz Air added thrice-weekly frequencies to Basel (BSL) to its Belgrade (BEG) network of eight existing destinations.
The rest of this week’s new routes
- AeroMexico inaugurated services on the 8,900-kilometre route from Mexico City (MEX) to London Heathrow (LHR) on 14 December. Thrice-weekly flights are offered on the route and operated using a 767. British Airways provides competition on the route – also with thrice-weekly frequencies. Andrés Conesa, AeroMexico Group’s Director General, said of the new launch: “It is a great achievement, but also great responsibility for us, given the new route’s importance to the Mexican economy.”
- On 11 December, AirAsia launched thrice-weekly flights between Kuala Lumpur (KUL) and the south-western Chinese city Nanning (NNG), which became the airline’s seventh route to China (and fifth from the Malaysian capital). AirAsia operates the route with 180-seat A320-200 aircraft, and is the first airline to offer direct flights between these two cities.
- AirAsia Philippines continued its international expansion from its main base in Clark (CRK) near Manila. Following flights to Hong Kong as well as the Route-of-the-Week-winning Macao service launched earlier this year, the airline commenced daily frequencies to Singapore (SIN) and four-weekly to Taipei (TPE), on 15 and 16 December respectively. While there is no competition on the route to Taipei, the market from Clark to Singapore is already served by South East Asian Airlines (10 weekly frequencies), Cebu Pacific (7), and AirPhil Express (3).
- Alitalia, which commenced services to Abu Dhabi two weeks ago, continues to expand its international network, as it launched twice-weekly flights from its Rome Fumicino (FCO) base to the Armenian capital of Yerevan (EVN) on 11 December. Flights on the 2,700-kilometre route are operated using A320s.
- Allegiant Air launched three new routes on 15 December. The US carrier now flies to Montrose, CO (MTJ), one of the primary gateways for the popular ski resort of Telluride, from both Oakland, CA (OAK), and Phoenix-Mesa, AZ (AZA). Telluride Tourism Board President, Michael Martelon, said: “There has never been a more affordable or more accessible way for people in Phoenix and the Bay Area to discover what makes Telluride one of the world’s premier winter vacation destinations.” In addition, Allegiant Air inaugurated services from the Phoenix airport to St Cloud, MN (STC). All new routes are offered with twice-weekly frequencies and operated using MD80s.
- Blue Islands inaugurated services on the 730-kilometre route form Jersey (JER) in the British Channel Islands, to Chambéry (CMF) in the French Rhône-Alpes region, making it easy for the islanders to get to the slopes this winter. Rob Veron, Blue Islands’ MD, said: “This direct Saturday service not only caters for one of the busiest resort days, but perfectly complements our already popular Switzerland services to Zurich and Geneva.” The weekly ATR42-operated service is offered until 13 April 2013.
- Delta inaugurated services on winter sun routes from New York JFK, NY (JFK) and LaGuardia, NY (LGA) on 15 December. Notably, the twice-daily service to Sarasota, FL (SRQ) was previously offered via either Atlanta or Detroit. Joe Esposito, Delta’s MD Domestic Network Planning, said: “With the new service, our customers will enjoy convenient access to their preferred airport, while flying to and from New York. And thanks to our new domestic hub at LaGuardia, Delta customers flying to LaGuardia can take advantage of convenient one-stop service to destinations throughout the north-eastern US and beyond.”
|New York JFK, NY (JFK)||Fort Myers, FL (RSW)||7||MD88||JetBlue (21)|
|St. Maarten (SXM)||1||B757||JetBlue (8)
American Airways (7)
|New York LaGuardia, NY (LGA)||Sarasota, FL (SRQ)||14||MD88||JetBlue (7)|
|Source: Innovata w/c 7 January 2013.
*WF: Weekly Frequencies at launch.
- easyJet added three new routes to its network last week. On 13 December, the airline commenced four weekly flights from its northern English base at Newcastle (NCL) airport to Amsterdam (AMS) in competition with KLM’s 28 weekly flights to its Dutch hub. On 14 December the airline further expanded its network from London Southend (SEN) airport by launching a thrice-weekly service to the popular ski and city destination Geneva (GVA) and now offers 14 destinations in total from its newest London’s airport. On the following day easyJet launched another ski destination Turin (TRN) from its largest base at London Gatwick (LGW) airport. The twice-weekly service now competes with British Airways’ 10 weekly departures; Thomas Cook provides additional capacity, as it serves the market from London Gatwick to Turin with a weekly frequency.
- Flybe commenced services from East Midlands (EMA), where it considerably expanded its presence following bmibaby’s demise earlier this year, to the south-eastern French destination of Chambery (CMF) on 15 December. The weekly service is geared at ski enthusiasts and offered with Dash 8 Q400s until 6 April 2013. Competition on the route comes from Jet2.com, operated with the same weekly frequency.
- Garuda Indonesia connected Balikpapan (BPN) on the eastern coast of East Kalimantan province, and Tarakan (TRK) in northern Borneo, on 12 December. Daily flights are offered in competition with Lion Air (56 weekly frequencies), Sriwijaya Air (21) and Batavia Air (7). Services on the route are provided using CRJ1000 in 96-seat configuration, including 12 business seats.
- GOL launched daily services on two routes each to and from Santo Domingo (SDQ) in the Dominican Republic, and now uses the Caribbean airport as a connector between São Paulo Guarulhos (GRU) and Rio de Janeiro (GIG) in Brazil, and Miami, FL (MIA) and Orlando, FL (MCO) in the US. All four routes are operated with the airline’s fleet of 737-800s.
- Indonesia AirAsia expanded domestic services with the launch direct flights to Makassar (UPG) in eastern Indonesia, from both Jakarta (CGK) and Balikpapan (BPN). Starting 17 December, the airline offers 14 weekly frequencies on each route to this largest city on the Sulawesi Island. The carrier faces substantial competition from numerous of Indonesian airlines already operating on both routes:
|Balikpapan (BPN)||Makassar (UPG)||Lion Air (21)
Garuda Indonesia (11)
Merpati Nusantara Airlines (7)
|Jakarta (CGK)||Lion Air (119)
Garuda Indonesia (63)
Wings Air (48)
Sriwijaya Air (28)
Batavia Air (21)
Merpati Nusantara Airlines (14)
Citilink Indonesia (7)
|Source: Innovata w/c 7 January 2013|
- Jet2.com expanded its seasonal offering on 15 December with weekly services from East Midlands (EMA) to Geneva (GVA), and from Leeds/Bradford (LBA) to Grenoble (GNB). In addition, the airline inaugurated twice-weekly flights to Grenoble from Manchester (MAN) on 16 December. Flights on all three routes are operated using 737-family aircraft until mid-April 2013. Competition on both routes to Grenoble comes from Monarch’s thrice-weekly flights (which also launched last week), as well as from Thomas Cook’s weekly departures on the route from Manchester.
- Jetstar returned on the 8,900-kilometre route from Melbourne (MEL) to Honolulu, HI (HNL) on 14 December, following a spike in Hawaii’s appeal as a holiday destination for Australians. The airline, which previously operated the route from December 2006 to October 2007, initially offers twice-weekly A330-200-operated flights to the Hawaiian destination, but plans to add a third weekly frequency in March.
- Lufthansa started flying from Berlin Tegel (TXL) to Innsbruck (INN) on 15 December. Thrice-weekly services will be operated using A320-family aircraft in two-class configuration until the end of March 2013. Competition of the 600-kilometre trans-border route comes from airberlin, which also offers three weekly departures. Reinhold Falch, Innsbruck Airport’s Director, said: “For winter 2012/13, we anticipate the busiest season ever, as services from 15 scheduled and 17 charter operators are now on offer. Lufthansa’s new route is initially scheduled until the end of March, but we hope for it to be extended beyond that point.”
- Malaysia Airlines increased its international offering from Kota Kinabalu (BKI) for a second week running, as it launched flights to Shanghai Pudong (PVG) on 11 December. Kota Kinabalu, which last week saw the launch of services to Perth, is now linked to the Chinese city with twice-weekly flights, all of which will be operated using 737-800.
- Monarch Airlines increased its seasonal winter offering from a range of airports in central and northern England, as it launched six new routes to Germany, including two to Friedrichshafen (FDH), of which London Gatwick (LGW) was officially inaugurated a week before (read anna.aero’s full route launch report and see the Zeppelin-themed Cake of the Week). Across the Alps, the airline now serves the south-eastern French Alpine gateway of Grenoble (GNB), which anna.aero analysed this week, with flights from Birmingham (BHX), Leeds/Bradford (LBA), London Gatwick (LGW) and Manchester (MAN).
|14-Dec-12||Leeds/Bradford (LBA)||Munich (MUC)||2|
|London Gatwick (LGW)||Friedrichshafen (FDH)||4|
|15-Dec-12||Grenoble (GNB)||2||easyJet (4), Thomas Cook (2)|
|15-Dec-12||Birmingham (BHX)||Grenoble (GNB)||3||easyJet (1), Thomas Cook (1)|
|Leeds/Bradford (LBA)||3||Jet2.com (1)|
|Manchester (MAN)||Friedrichshafen (FDH)||2|
|Grenoble (GNB)||3||Jet2.com (2), Thomas Cook (1)|
|Source: Innovata w/c 7 January 2013. *WF: Weekly Frequencies at launch.|
- Pegasus inaugurated operations in the southern Turkish airport of Alanya Gazipaşa (GZP), as it commenced four-weekly services to its Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen (SAW) base on 17 December. The airline, which now serves 22 domestic destinations from the Istanbul airport, will operate the 600-kilomtere route using its fleet of 737-800s.
- Ryanair increased its offering from Maastricht (MST) last week and now flights to eight destinations from the Dutch airport, which is also the airline’s first base in the country. The pan-European ultra-low cost carrier also launched services to the newly opened Lublin (LUZ) is eastern Poland, becoming the first airline to use the new facility (as in the case of another Polish airport launched this year, Warsaw Modlin, Ryanair outpaced competition – Wizz Air inaugurated its Lublin operation a day later).
|12-Dec-12||Maastricht (MST)||Dublin (DUB)||3|
|12-Dec-12||London Stansted (STN)||6|
|12-Dec-12||Carcassonne (CCF)||Paris Beauvais (BVA)||3|
|14-Dec-12||Maastricht (MST)||Venice Treviso (TSF)||2|
|17-Dec-12||London Stansted (STN)||Lublin (LUZ)||3||Wizz Air – LTN (3)|
|Source: Innovata w/c 7 January 2013. *WF: Weekly Frequencies at launch.|
- SAS expanded in Finland on 12 December, as it launched flights from its Copenhagen (CPH) hub to Ivalo (IVL) in the north of the country. Twice-weekly flights will be operated on the route by the airline’s subsidiary, Blue1, using 717s.
- SpiceJet commenced flights on the domestic Indian route from Delhi (DEL) to Udaipur (UDR) in Rajasthan in the north-west of the country. Daily flights are now operated between the two cities in competition with Jet Airways’ twice-daily and Air India’s daily departures. The latter only started operating the route in November, following the withdrawal of Kingfisher from the market earlier in the year.
- Spring Airlines inaugurated services on four routes to China from its base in Hong Kong (HKG). Wang Zenghua, Chairman of the airline, commented: “We are committed to providing business and leisure travellers in Hong Kong with greater choice, whether it is getting to that important business meeting, a family holiday or a weekend getaway with friends.” The airline, which was founded in 2005 by Spring Travel, now operates more than 60 routes in China and the region and boasts a fleet of 33 A320s.
|Chongqing (CKG)||3||A320||Air China (7), Dragonair (7), Hong Kong Airlines (5)|
|Hangzhou (HGH)||7||A320||Dragonair (28), China Eastern (7), Hong Kong Airlines (7)|
|Nanjing (NKG)||4||A320||Dragonair (14), China Eastern (7), Hong Kong Airlines (7)|
|Xiamen (XMN)||7||A320||Dragonair (28), Xiamen Airlines (14)|
|Source: Innovata w/c 7 January 2013.
*WF: Weekly Frequencies at launch.
- Tiger Airways Australia commenced flights on two domestic routes to Mackay (MKY) on the eastern Australian coast last weekend, and links the city to both Melbourne (MEL) and Sydney (SYD). Four- and five weekly A320-operated flights respectively are offered on the routes. Competition comes from Virgin Australia’s six-weekly departures in the market from Sydney.
- Turkish Airlines inaugurated flights on two routes from its Istanbul Atatürk (IST) hub last week. On 13 December, the airline launched Sebha (SEB) as its fourth destination in Libya, which was followed two days later by services to Ouagadougou (OUA) in Burkina Faso, which will be offered via Niamey (NIM) in Niger. While both destinations are served with thrice-weekly frequencies, A320s are deployed on the route to Libya, while 737-900s operate to Burkina Faso. In addition, on 11 December, Turkish Airlines extended its existing route from Istanbul to São Paulo Guarulhos (GUR), with flights to Buenos Aires Ezeiza (EZE). These 777-300ER-operated services are now offered with four weekly frequencies in competition with TAM (14 weekly flights), LAN (14), Mercosur (14), GOL (13), Aerolineas Argentinas (7) and Qatar Airways (7).
- UTair inaugurated services on the 270-kilometre route across the Black Sea from Adler/Sochi (AER) to Trabzon (TZX) in Turkey on 17 December. The Russian carrier now offers twice-weekly frequencies on the route, both of which are operated using 737-500. On the same day, UTair also commenced domestic flights from Arkhangelsk (ARH) to Naryan-Mar (NNM), located north of the Arctic Circle. 48-seater Antonov 24s operate the route with thrice-weekly frequencies. Competition comes from Nordavia’s 13 weekly departures.
- VietJet Air inaugurated services on the domestic route from Ho Chi Minh City (SGN) to Phu Quoc (PQC), serving Vietnam’s largest island in the Gulf of Thailand. The carrier will operate twice-daily frequencies on the route using A320s. Competition on the route comes from Vietnam Airline’s 42 and Air Mekong’s 12 weekly flights.
- WestJet further expanded its winter offering to sun-starved Canadians, as it launched two new seasonal routes from Montreal (YUL). On 14 December, the airline started services to Providenciales (PLS) in the Turks and Caicos Islands, while on 17 December, flights to St. Maarten (SXM) in the Dutch Antilles commenced. Both routes are offered on a weekly basis and operated with 737-700s until late April 2013. Air Canada provides competition on the route to Turks and Caicos, as it operates also weekly services.
- XL Airways expanded its winter offering from France to the French overseas outposts in both the Indian Ocean and the Caribbean. On 13 December, the carrier launched flights on the 8,800-kilometre route from Marseille (MRS) in southern France, to St. Denis de la Reunión (RUN) in the Indian Ocean. Weekly A330-200-operated services compete with Air Austral’s twice-weekly frequencies. On 17 December, the airline also commenced serving Fort-de-France (FDF) on the Caribbean Island of Martinique, also a French overseas department. Thrice-weekly flights from Paris CDG (CDG) are operated using A330-300 in competition with Air France’s weekly departures.

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James Shaw announced:
The Government is rolling out its plan for a carbon neutral public sector by 2025 by committing funding to a range of clean energy projects, including coal boiler replacements at ten schools, the Minister for Climate Change James Shaw announced today.
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Is Fancy Feast A Good Cat Food? It’s a sensible question people ask, as your kitty’s nutrition really sets the foundation for her happy healthy life! And these days, many pet parents are asking if this well-known drug is worth buying to feed their beloved felines.
In this cat review Fancy Feast cat foods, we ‘re going in-depth to give answers about this famous cat food company.
Let’s discuss a few key topics — including their manufacturing, ingredients, taste, price, and whether there’s been a Fancy Feast memory — all of which should inevitably help you decide whether this brand is the right decision to feed your fluff.
Fancy Feast Origins
Introduced in 1982, Fancy Feast was possibly the first cat-food company to capitalize on the “gourmet” concept. While now one of the cheapest brands on the market, Fancy Feast is marketed as a premium cats food experience.
Three years after its launch, Purina acquired the company, which later joined Nestlé. In 2017, Nestlé-Purina became the world’s second-highest-earning pet food company with over $12 billion in sales.
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Fancy Feast Manufacturing And Sourcing
Fancy Feast lineup will include something delicious for every kitty. Wet and dry foods for adults (age seven and above) and cats, grain-free dry foods for those on strict diets, vitamin and nutritionally-fortified “natural” meals without additives or preservatives, and a variety of other mouth watering flavours.
All Purina products are made in the United States. Many items are made in Thailand — Fancy Feast Purely, Broths, Flaked Fish & Shrimp. Regardless of venue, all goods are produced in company-owned facilities.
Is Fancy Feast a healthy cat food?
Depends on which recipe you choose. There’s plenty of fancy cat food to try, and plenty of variety between different lines.
Modern Patés and traditional flaked recipes like Shrimp Feast & Flaked Fish are among the lowest carbohydrate items at this price point. They’re safe choices for cats with diabetes or those looking for low-carbohydrate food that won’t break the bank. In our article on best high calorie cat food, we suggested Fancy Feast for kittens as one of the best value choices for kitten guardians.
When you try the natural recipes of Fancy Feast like Fancy Feast Shredded Beef & Purely White Meat Chicken, you’ll put healthy food in your cat’s bowl, but you’ll also spend much more than you might on purchasing similar food from another company.
Unlike their wet foods, dry food Fancy Feast doesn’t give you much meat for your buck. The brand’s dry recipes are some of the market’s most nutrient-heavy and additive-laden kibble products.
What Kinds of Cat Food Does Fancy Feast Offer?
Their food type includes dry cat food, wet food varieties and food toppers/complements. Complete recipe counts top 100 and contains a range of textures and tastes, including broth morsels and patés.
Here’s some more information about the 3 primary Fancy Feast categories:
Wet Cat Food
Purely Fancy Feast Natural: These packaged foods are free of animal by-products and fillers, including actual meat such as ham, beef and seafood.
Gourmet Naturals: Close in texture and taste, Gourmet Naturals is free of artificial additives, colours and flavours.
The Gourmet line: It’s where all started — the very first Fancy Feast lineup! It includes breasts, normal and chunky paté, dairy-infused meals and more.
Dry Cat Food
Gourmet Naturals Dry Cat Food: This type of dry food made by Fancy Feast, and like Naturals, it is free from artificial colors, additives and preservatives.
Gourmet Dry Cat Food: The original line of Fancy Feast dry food.
Food Toppers and Complements
Gourmet Broths and Fancy Feast Appetizers: Both Fancy Feast types include broth chicken and broth-filled seafood morsels.
Purely Fancy Feast Filets: Tasty, organic chicken or seafood add-ons.
How much does Fancy Feast cat food cost?
Most of Fancy Feast’s product range is inexpensive, but their product choice spans the price spectrum. Look at the average daily feeding costs of some Fancy Feast lines.
Their wet cat food ends up costing about $1.33 a day if you choose Classics. Fancy festival
Medleys and Gourmet Naturals both cost more than $2.00 a day. If you buy the line Fancy Feast Strictly Flaked, it will cost around $4 a day.
Fancy Feast’s dry food is much cheaper at around $0.22 a day.
What do customers think of Fancy Feast cat food?
Being one of the world’s leading cat-food companies, this company serves thousands of people every day. Just as loyal consumers have won several generations, the company has received many complaints.
Some shoppers recognize that Fancy Feast can be inaccurate, saying the quality and calorie content of Fancy Feast varies depending on the manufacturing origin of the product. Others criticize Fancy Feast for having made their cats sick, but they don’t seem to show a clear relationship between food and disease.
What is the best Fancy Feast cat food?
Purina Fancy Feast
Owners think that their cats can’t get enough of such gourmet recipes – and there’s enough to keep them coming back for more with 12-24 cans.
Comes in 12 or 24 cans that provide variety and value in most cats’ recipes and flavors. Chef-inspired meals contain tuna, fish, vegetable garden, turkey and seafood flavors. Includes shreds with optional vegetables and savory sauces.
Several owners mentioned their cats don’t care about the juicy taste, but most rave on how eager their kittens are to eat it.
Fancy Dry food and wet food items are typically pretty tasty to feline taste testers. They do happen to contain good vitamins, minerals and other nutrients and are very inexpensive in comparison to many other brands.
The thing is, Fancy Feast foods are made with certain ingredients and fillers of poor quality — which partially explains why they are more affordable than other high-quality items and brands!
So, if you’re looking for a high quality cat food product to feed your felines, maybe Fancy Feast isn’t the best choice. Yet many cats seem to do well with it, even as an occasional indulgence or add-on to their other daily food.

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This was the week to finally bake something! It’s been cooler than normal and raining which allowed us to sleep upstairs as opposed to last week crammed hotel style with the kids downstairs. They were definitely not up to sleeping out in the downstairs living room by themselves so we took the futon and hauled it into the spare bedroom with us. I secretly love doing this! And it’s my favorite thing about staying in a hotel. One giant sleepover, still separate beds – kids not kicking me. Fun! They’re so cute when they’re sleeping and don’t sass me about the cuddles I sneak in.
I made the swimming pig cake for Emily’s 10th birthday party over three days. I’ve been prepping and freaking out for weeks though! I bought some pre-made fondant but had second thoughts that I could even pull off making the pigs so logged on to Etsy and ordered a bunch of pig cake decorations and marzipan (seriously desperate times) just in case. All these items haven’t even made it to my house yet! Luckily, I took a breath and just went for it! All it takes to make the pigs is some rolling into balls and a toothpick to make the holes and indents. I had some black icing in a small tube that I dabbed on for eyes.
We had lots of kids come to the party but still have quite a bit of cake leftover. Pre-holiday weight loss plan is in full swing but I do get those delightful flex points. Which are always allotted to cake, chocolate, cookies, ice cream or pie. And wine!
For the cake, I used a combination of recipes I love and are all pretty easy. The fondant threw me for a loop you guys, I had to use easy stuff for the rest! The cake portion is two 9 inch pans using the cake from this recipe. The ganache mud is equal parts of warmed up heavy cream and semi sweet chocolate chips. 1/2 cup each. (Also in the recipe link above)
The frosting underneath the ganache and around the sides is from these cupcakes minus the Kahlua. I just added an extra tablespoon of water and vanilla extract.
I ended up using 11 packs of Kit Kat chocolate bars. In true spaz fashion, I have 10 packs left. Why must I buy double of everything?? The pretty pink ribbon tied it all together – though once you place the cake in the fridge, the Kit Kat bars stick pretty well by themselves.
There you have it! A few days here and there and a cute swimming pig cake! If you have any questions let me know.