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There have been a variety of algorithms proposed to give a phonetic representation of a word. One well-research approach is called Metaphone 3. We will use a provided implementation of this algorithm to explore a possible approach to suggesting alternatives for words not found in a dictionary.
The program should report the following information:
When parsing the Moby Dick text use the following rules for each line of the file:
If you follow these rules you will eliminate all words that start a sentence. For the purposes of this assignment that is okay. Here is the (not super efficient) code I used to employ those rules. You are welcome to use this code as-is or you can do something more efficient yourself:
int i; String [] splitted; Scanner f; String str; ... // inside loop where I'm reading from melville.txt str= f.nextLine(); str= str.replaceAll("[^a-zA-Z]", " "); // get rid of non-alphanumeric splitted = str.split("\\s+"); // split based on whitespace for (i=0; i<splitted.length; i++) { if (splitted[i].length() > 2 && !splitted[i].matches(".*[A-Z].*")) { // we have extracted a "word" (splitted[i]) from melville.txt // this word contains only lowercase letters and is more than 2 characters }
Suggestions for 'dotings': tidings tattings Suggestions for 'maketh': Suggestions for 'lookest': luckiest loggiest locust likest leggiest ... . . . . . . . . . Suggestions for 'coincidings': conceiting conceding coinciding ... Suggestions for 'halfspent': Words in Dictionary: 355097 Words Checked : 155401 Words Not Found : 631 Time Spent Loading : x.xx seconds Time Spent Parsing : y.yy seconds Total Time Spent : z.zz seconds
Your program should be documented using JavaDoc conventions and should follow other common Java programming conventions (http://josephus.hsutx.edu/classes/all/javaconventions/).
The program should employ an object-oriented design with each class stored as a separate file.
I would like start making use of discussion streams available in Canvas as a way to enhance learning and to increase the quality of turned-in work. For this assignment you will be asked to do the following:
The repository also contains a data directory that contains a dictionary data file as well as a text file containing the text of Moby Dick.
If you don't remember how to use the repository for turning in homework, follow the instructions at http://josephus.hsutx.edu/classes/all/usinggit/. As part of the setup instructions you will establish your own (private) copy of the repository at bitbucket.org and will give firstname.lastname@example.com write privileges to your repository.
Prior to the due date you will push your completed work to your repository where it will be graded.
This program (and every other program you write this semester) should conform to the documentation guidelines given at http://josephus.hsutx.edu/classes/all/documentation/ as well as the Java conventions outlined at http://josephus.hsutx.edu/classes/all/javaconventions/.
Your program will be graded according the following criteria:
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Legal Status
Document Details
Published Document
Food and Drug Administration, HHS.
Final rule.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is amending the animal drug regulations to reflect approval of an abbreviated new animal drug application (ANADA) filed by Pennfield Oil Co. The ANADA provides for the use of single-ingredient Type A medicated articles containing salinomycin and chlortetracycline to make two-way combination drug Type C medicated feeds for broiler chickens.
This rule is effective September 19, 2003.Start Further Info
Lonnie W. Luther, Center for Veterinary Medicine (HFV-104), Food and Drug Administration, 7519 Standish Pl., Rockville, MD 20855, 301-827-8549, e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com Further Info End Preamble Start Supplemental Information
Pennfield Oil Co., 14040 Industrial Rd., Omaha, NE 68144, filed ANADA 200-357 for use of PENNCHLOR (chlortetracycline) and salinomycin Type A medicated articles to make two-way combination drug Type C medicated feeds for broiler chickens. Pennfield Oil Co.'s ANADA 200 357 is approved as a generic copy of Alpharma, Inc.'s NADA 140-859. The ANADA is approved as of August 19, 2003, and the regulations are amended in 21 CFR 558.550 to reflect the approval. The basis of approval is discussed in the freedom of information summary.
In accordance with the freedom of information provisions of 21 CFR part 20 and 21 CFR 514.11(e)(2)(ii), a summary of safety and effectiveness data and information submitted to support approval of this application may be seen in the Division of Dockets Management (HFA-305), Food and Drug Administration, 5630 Fishers Lane, rm. 1061, Rockville, MD 20852, between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday through Friday.
The agency has determined under 21 CFR 25.33(a)(2) that this action is of a type that does not individually or cumulatively have a significant effect on the human environment. Therefore, neither an environmental assessment nor an environmental impact statement is required.
This rule does not meet the definition of "rule" in 5 U.S.C. 804(3)(A) because it is a rule of "particular applicability." Therefore, it is not subject to the congressional review requirements in 5 U.S.C. 801-808.Start List of Subjects
List of Subjects in 21 CFR Part 558
- Animal drugs
- Animal feeds
Therefore, under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act and under authority delegated to the Commissioner of Food and Drugs and redelegated to the Center for Veterinary Medicine, 21 CFR part 558 is amended as follows:End Amendment Part Start Part Start Printed Page 54807
PART 558—NEW ANIMAL DRUGS FOR USE IN ANIMAL FEEDSEnd Part Start Amendment Part
1. The authority citation for 21 CFR part 558 continues to read as follows:End Amendment Part
2. Section 558.550 Salinomycin is amended in paragraph (a)(3) by adding "and (d)(1)(xvi)" after "(d)(1)(xv)"; and in paragraph (d)(1)(xvi)(c) by removing "and 046573" and by adding in its place "and 053389".End Amendment Part Start Signature
Dated: September 11, 2003.
Linda Tollefson,
Deputy Director, Center for Veterinary Medicine.
[FR Doc. 03-23996 Filed 9-18-03; 8:45 am]

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Have a go at identifying trees by their buds
The pale grey twigs of the ash tree bear black conical buds. They are set in opposite pairs and the tip of each twig ends in a single flattened bud, which is much larger than the rest. The ash tree does not open its leaves until late April.
Beech trees don't always lose all their leaves in winter, so you can usually identify them from the dead rusty-brown foliage still clinging to their branches. Their slender twigs bear long (2cm), narrow brown buds, which taper to a sharp point.
In winter all three species of lime can be identified by their shiny red twigs. The twigs are zigzag-shaped and the buds are arranged alternately. Each bud has two protective scales, one of which is larger than the other.
Oak trees can be identified from the clusters of buds growing towards the tips of each twig. As the buds are tightly grouped, the leaves are bunched closely together in summer.
The bright green buds of the sycamore tree are set in opposite pairs on smooth grey twigs. The buds are hard and remain tightly closed until early April. Sycamores were introduced to the British Isles from France.
Magpie Poem
One for sorrow, two for joy;
Three for a girl, four for a boy;
Five for silver, six for gold;
Seven for a secret, never to be told;
Eight for a wish, nine for a kiss;
Ten for a bird that's best to miss.
Animal tracks
Now is a good time to see animal tracks, in mud or snow (when it falls!).
Small mammal and rabbit tracks are most easily found close to their burrows or feeding areas. The rabbits' hind legs leave long exaggerated imprints. Have a look and study the differences between the prints left by the brown rat (Rattus norvegicus), grey squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis) and rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus).
The fox, Vulpes vulpes, does not keep to regular trails. A fox print is very dog-like, but far more compact. The print has four digits with the outer two curved towards the inner ones.
Don't forget to look out for Father Christmas and his reindeer dropping in for a rest around the 24th December!
Woodmouse burrows are more often found in the open compared to those of voles, which tend to be in, or on the edge of cover. The tunnel systems of their burrows are also deeper underground than those of voles, often going down to a metre or more.


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Bzzzymom wrote:
My youngest brother (21) recently pulled his CR and discovered a Chase cc that is not his. He "doesn't like talking to people" so he went online to check the status of this card. He learned that the card is in his full name, with his SS#, and two addresses where he does not live. One is for an uncle in another state, and one is our parents'. The phone # listed with this account is a very old number of our great-grandmother (dead for about 9 yrs now). The account was opened in '03 when he was sixteen.
He said it looks like there has been little activity with no balance but it is still open. We are pretty sure we know who did it, another sibling who has serious issues and goes on trial for theft (unrelated to this) in two weeks.
I told him to call Chase and immediately close the account and tell them it is fraud.
What should he do now? He really doesn't want to deal with this but I'm worried it could turn into something really bad.
Bzzzymom wrote:
Do you think there is any way he can get other account info or prove anything? We've been having quite a bit of trouble with this other brother. There's no way he would ever admit anything and if youngest brother questioned him he would never talk to him again. He did this to me after I questioned some of his activities.


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Since my January bus-pass had become effective, I thought I would give it a little work-out, and take a run out to Central Park in Burnaby on New Year's Day; just to make sure it was still there. The last time I was out that way was last summer, and on that occasion, just as I began my afternoon hike, this sensitive
little nose of mine had picked up the unmistakable aroma of burning wood. Knowing that there are no campfires allowed in Central Park outside the picnic area (and there only in BBQ's), I eventually managed to follow the smell of the smoke back to its source.
Chasing the smoke had involved leaving the trail I was on, and crossing a couple others, before plunging back into the denser bush once again. Though you are never too far from a trail in the park, they wind sufficiently, and the park is certainly large enough, that it is possible to lose your bearings for a bit. To put it bluntly, and with a certain amount of embarrassment, I was a little bit lost when I finally came up on what was definitely an abandoned campfire that someone had tried to put out, but not well enough, and it had now, by burning into the thick mossy undergrowth of the rain-forest floor, escaped its boundaries. This, over whatever amount of time had elapsed until I got there, had now produced an area about 20-25 ft. in diameter, where smoke was literally coming up out of the ground, and in some places at least, the ground was too hot for me to walk on in my runners. Ever more dramatic looking were the two small trees about 4-5 ft. apart that were now burning from the ground up to a height of about 2 1/2 to 3ft. up their trunks.
Since I refuse to carry a cell-phone, and my efforts at trying to beat out the flames with a small little rag that I found on the ground were doing no good, I finally had to leave the area (no one was responding to my shouts for assistance), searching around the trails until I found a lady who lent me the use of her cell-phone on which I called the Burnaby Fire Dept. The problem then was that the lady was too busy to help me herself, and the Fire Dept needed someone to meet them at the entrance to the park. I was able to do that, but then I had to find the fire area again! Needless to say, after a few wrong turns, I was successful in getting the firefighters with their portable water sources, axes, and other various equipment into the proper place. They promptly thanked me, and even more promptly sent me away, saying the area was unsafe for someone dressed as I was – really?
They must have done their job, however, because I was able to get some pictures of what still resembles the Central Park I've come to know and love, so I thought I'd share a few of them with you here today. And don't mind the cheeky little squirrel, he was just mad that I forgot to bring my bag of peanuts. Other than all that, I hope your New Year has gotten off to a good start, and that it just keeps on getting better. Everybody please try and stay healthy, happy and safe.


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The Eagle Scout Association - Sam Houston Area Council is a fellowship of men who have achieved the Eagle Scout rank who desire to use their efforts and influence toward forming the kind of young men America needs for leadership. Membership is open to all Eagle Scouts; there is no charge to join. The ESA-SHAC is a Sam Houston Area Council committee affiliated with the National Eagle Scout Association (NESA).
Join the ESA-SHAC Events Calendar Sponsor New Eagle Scout Reception
The ESA Member's Meeting is a biannual meeting to discuss ESA's growth over the past year and to announce the executive committee, calendar, vacant positions and plans for the organization moving forward.
Dan Churay, General Counsel at MRC Global, will be the keynote speaker. The event promises to be very informative and all Eagle Scouts are encouraged to attend! Meet other Eagles Scouts in your area of business, and bring plenty of business cards for networking! The cost of the lunch is $20 to offset expenses. The meeting is being held at the Cockrell Scout Center (2225 N Loop W, Houston, Texas 77008).
Come enjoy the company of fellow Eagle Scouts at Karbach Biergarten (2032 Karbach St., Houston, TX 77092). Catch up with old Scouting friends and meet new ones in a casual atmosphere. Bring plenty of business cards for networking! Please contact Brent Rasted email@example.com for more information.
Do you miss your Eagle Scouting days? Want to get back in on the fun? Don't worry, you can still be an important part of the Eagle Scout experience! Joining the Eagle Scout Alumni Association will help keep you up to speed on what's happening in scouting, for both yourself and young people who are just getting started. You can feel the thrill of scouting all over again while you help introduce the next generation of Scouts to the same unique Eagle Scout experience you had. That means getting to relive all of the excitement, challenges, and adventure that you enjoyed when becoming an Eagle Scout, through the keen eyes of your rookie Eagle Scout companions.


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What are the symptoms of Oral Thrush?
Specifically, oral thrush can suddenly flourish, and its symptoms can get more noticeable and serious along with time. The symptom of this infection can be easily observed as there are wounds with creamy-white color slowly appearing and the position is often on the tongue and the inner side of your cheeks and lips. If the infection is not stopped promptly, it will spread throughout the whole inner side of your mouth and even down to the back of your throat.
Further symptoms for confirming the infection can be swelling, soreness with aburning sensation and unpleasant taste which affect swallowing ability.
This type of infection spares no one; however, common victims are infants and elderly people who have weak immune system and especially people with dentures. For example, a mother encountering with vaginal yeast infection cantransmit the fungus to her infant, making the baby accessible to oral thrush development. Infants contracting oral candidiasis can exhibit the signs of fussiness and irritability, causing them to get trouble in feeding. As a woman's breast is diagnosed with candida, the presence of read itchy sensitive nipples, a dry areola, or abnormal pain between the breast and nipples becomes relatively high.
Next, what causes oral thrush?


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RGV Quilters' Schoolhouse
Schoolhouse classes begin in November and are $10 for members and $35 for non-members payable in advance to RGVQG. The extra $25 for non-members makes them eligible for membership in the guild. Please fill out a membership form and turn it in with your payment.
A minimum of 10 people must sign up for the class to be held. There may be an additional expenses based on the needs of the class, e.g. purchase of patterns, supplies etc.
All classes are normally scheduled to be held at Renee's Fiber Art Quilting School, but may be held at other locations.
I am always looking for Instructors, class ideas for future. Email or call me with suggestions.
Karen Dill, Schoolhouse Chair
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Friedas' 2012 Old Vine Semillon
Fruit from our oldest vines, planted over 90 years ago, provide the basis for this fine unwooded Barossa Semillon. It Displays an impressive range of primary fruit characters such as green bean, lemon/lime and tropical fruit balanced with natural acidity. Enjoy as a young wine, or show patience to allow the development of wonderful and amazing aged characters Semillon is known to exhibit. Best served with seafood, Thai dishes, chicken or rabbit.
2016 Victors Old Vine Shiraz
The Gumpara vineyards have been owned and tended by the Mader family
for six generations.
The 2016 Barossa Vintage was a standout. Warm and dry spring conditions,
allowed for good flowering and fruit set. A chance 30mm rain event in
January, followed by mild conditions throughout February, gave rise to early
flavour development. Phenology kept pace with sugar levels resulting in rich
deep tannins.
This wine is deep in colour with flavours of blackberry, mulberry, plum
conserve, pepper spice and mint, layered with mocha chocolate and cashew
nut oak..
2015 Mader Reserve Shiraz
The quality of the 2015 Barossa vintage was truly outstanding. Climatic conditions were generally favourable and a pre harvest rainfall event of nearly 20mm provided good vine health that carried the vines through the warm to hot days prior to an early harvest.
Fermented in traditional open vats with header boards, this Shiraz was gently pressed into new French and American oak hogsheads and partially barrel fermented prior to barrel ageing.
A deep coloured wine that is rich and varietal, offering aromas of mulberry, blackberry, chocolate and pepper spice balanced with fine oak tannins.
A wine of great structure, palate weight and length.
Fortified Wines
Along with dry white and red table wines is our range of varietal fortified wines. These wines have been made in small batches over the last decade using specific and individual wine making methods. These fortified wines receive special care and attention and are truly unique.
View All Fortified Tasting Notes
Tawny Grenache
Colour: Deep Reddish Brown
Aromas and Flavours: Rich dried fruits, apricots with honey and toffee. Developing rancio characters, integrated vanillin oak influence.
Mouth Feel: Rich, sweet, smooth and complex, with a spicy, spirit dry finish. Complement with aged cheddar cheese, dark chocolate ginger, sticky date pudding or chocolate mousse.
Liqueur Semillon
Colour: Golden Orange
Aromas and Flavours: Orange peel, marmalade and honey.
Mouth Feel: Rich and fruity, leading to a dry acid finish. Complement with chocolate dipped glacé, orange slices, soft cheese and fried pear salad or caramelised apple with ginger custard.
Liqueur Frontignac
Colour: Golden brown
Aromas and Flavours: Rich lingering flavours of raisin, stewed prunes, honey and fruitcake. Developed rancio character.
Mouth Feel: Rich, luscious and sweet, with dry creamy finish. Complement with Gorgonzola cheese, pâté, macadamia and coconut tart or sugar filled figs with toffee ice cream.


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The Adaptive Brand
"Consistency, consistency" used to be the mantra of brand identity gurus in the 20th century. In prior decades, brand managers aimed to establish their products and services primarily by way of consistency and repetition. And it was the goal of the designer was to define identity systems that would ensure compliance and coherence in all of the brand's manifestations, as codified in brand identity style guides.
But we now live in a different context. The postmodern society is infinitely more fluid and diverse so, to trying to predict and codify all potential instances of a brand's current identity can be counterproductive. Therefore, consistency — while still desirable — should not necessarily be the main driver of a brand identity system.
Brands should nowadays give themselves permission to be more surprising, to flirt with their customers, to listen to what they have to say and to cater to their desires. A modern brand should take leaps of faith, abandon self-obsessions and embrace risk. Conversely, by not doing this, the brand could become irrelevant in a hurry.
Because of the dominance of social media, brand identities can now be defined more by their customers than by the companies themselves. The ideal balance, however, stems from the ability to be flexible while keeping intact the core principles and attributes that formed the brand in the first place. Without such grounding, a brand becomes a changeling — morphing its shape to any external whim and impulse and rendering itself amorphous, or even anonymous.
This fresh approach to defining a brand can be liberating for designers, brand managers and the public. It tends to result in more immersive, delightful and rewarding customer experiences, and it is at the heart of a recent spate of "loose" brand identity executions whose core elements nevertheless remain. Designers have yet to exhaust the full potential of this new method, but many instances already point the way. One great example is the branding for the City of Melbourne.
Patrick Jackson Design
(Article extracts courtesy of Smashing Magazine)


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Thatch Caye is a very small private island located about 10 miles off the coast of Dangriga, Belize, Central America.
We are very excited about the permit fishing operation, Blue Horizon/Thatch Caye Resort, in Southern Belize. This saltwater resort is located on a private island dead-center in the middle of the best permit fishing in Belize, if not the world. The resort itself is perfect for non-anglers, with plenty of fun water-based activities, yet their Blue Horizon fly fishing program – headed by long-time, legendary permit guide Lincoln Westby – is designed for the most avid of permit anglers.
Unique in the area, Blue Horizon/Thatch Caye offers the best of both worlds – a small occupancy destination with all the comforts and accoutrements of a classic island resort that also has a world-class fly fishing guide service. Anglers need to realize they won't be at a traditional fly fishing lodge during the evenings, but the beer is just as cold (and included in the rate with all mixed drinks and sodas!), the rooms and meals are as nice or nicer, and if they would like to bring a non-fishing spouse or family, those people will be entertained and well-taken care of while the anglers are out chasing permit, tarpon, and bones.
A charming little island getaway, Thatch Caye is surrounded by some of the finest permit waters found anywhere as well as an abundance of snorkeling-worthy coral and sea life. More importantly, Lincoln Westby is one of Belize's top permit guides, and as such is a great source of information about the area. Having Lincoln around makes fishing out of Thatch Caye an experience you will never forget. Moreover, his dawn-to-dark work ethic is world-renowned; he and his guides will do whatever it takes to help you catch permit, and to teach you how to become a better permit fisherman. Most days you'll be wading your first flat before the sun breaches the horizon, and it's not unusual for anglers to have landed permit before every other guide in Belize has even had their breakfast.
The permit fishing is excellent and there are few places that offer better shots at this challenging fish. Several of the best flats are only five minutes from the island. This is your classic permit setting for those who love to target tailing fish in very shallow water. Your guide will pole you along the pristine flats until fish are spotted, and then make sure you are in the very best position to make the cast from the casting deck.
The focus at Thatch is definitely on permit, while tarpon, bonefish, yellowtail snapper, barracuda, and an array of reef species are all daily possibilities, as well.
Reservations & Rates
The 7 nights/6 day package at Thatch Caye Lodge is $4,220.98 USD per person (double occupancy)
• 6 nights/5 day package is $3,575.78 per person
• 5 nights/4 day package is $2,930.61 per person
• 4 nights/3 day package is $2,285.43 per person
• 3 nights/2 day package is $1,640.24 per person
Additional options as well as Single Occupancy are available. Please call for more information.
Included in your Thatch Caye/Blue Horizon package are reconfirmation of international flights 72 hours before departure, boat and taxi transportation between Dangriga and the lodge, all meals and drinks, accommodations at the lodge, and daily guided fishing. The resort is essentially cashless, though you can bring some cash (or just use a credit card) should you want to purchase items from the gift shop, and/or there is an access fee to Glover's Atoll (which is paid in cash), should you decide to visit and fish that island/reef area. The resort has all the rods/reels/lines/leaders and flies as a part of the package, should you not want to bring your own. There are a number of ala carte non-angling options that you can pay for with a credit card (or cash if you prefer), should you be coming to the lodge as a non-angler.
Not included in your Thatch Caye/Blue Horizon package are the roundtrip airline tickets between Belize City and Dangriga but it will be added to your billing invoice so that the lodge can pre-purchase it prior to your arrival. Items of a personal nature. Though it is a cashless resort and staff gratuities are included in your package rate, gratuities for your fishing guide are not included, so you should tip your guide with cash just as you would at any fishing operation, as the Blue Horizon guides are a separate entity from the resort. The lodge does accept credit cards for most other purchases.
Travel Insurance
The Fly Shop® is not in the insurance business, but we recommend Travel Guard coverage as a service with a desire to see your best interests protected. It is impossible to know when an unfortunate situation (loss of luggage, fly rods, illness in the family, or an accident) may occur. However, such things can and do happen, and this insurance can provide a means of recourse against non-refundable financial losses.
• Travel Guard Insurance
Seasons at Thatch Caye
The season at Blue Horizon/Thatch Caye is year around.
Fishing takes its cue from the weather. As long as the weather is good, the fishing is good. Generally speaking, November through February is very good fishing as long as there are blue skies and warm breezes. Northers can blast through this area during our winter time, but the good
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news is that they rarely last very long and the fishing, when it has blown through, can be outstanding. As the year progresses through March, April, May and early June, the weather and the fishing is getting better and better. The summer means great fishing through to early October, however one must be aware of hurricane seasons and what they mean to an angler/traveler to this part of Earth. While the fishing is very good, one has to be comfortable knowing that a trip can be blown away by hurricanes. This is actually rare, but it happens. Check out trip insurance and the lodge policy on cancellations due to inclement weather and hurricanes.
Late March through early June are the safest weather-months with very good fishing conditions. Call us and talk this over with us if you have any questions about the seasons and best months to go to Blue Horizon/Thatch Caye.
Getting to Thatch Caye
Thatch Caye is located 10 miles off the coast of Dangriga, Belize. Please make your flight accommodations as soon as possible to secure seats and the best fare to and from Belize City (airport code: BZE). Travel to Belize is easy, with numerous daily connecting flights into Belize City (Belize International Airport, airport code BZE) through Houston, Dallas, Atlanta,
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and Miami. Guests traveling to Blue Horizon/Thatch Caye Resort need to arrive in Belize City prior to 3:30 pm, in order to be able to catch the final Maya Air Flight from Belize City (BZE) to Dangriga. Earlier flights are fine, as there are multiple flights to Dangriga per day, though keeping in mind that there are two boat transfers to the island a day, one at 1 pm and the other at 5 pm. If you arrive early in the morning, it will just mean you will likely have a longer wait at the Pelican Beach Resort restaurant on arrival to Dangriga.
Upon arriving the Belize City airport, you will clear immigrations first, and then claim your luggage and go through customs, where they may choose to inspect your bags…after clearing customs, take your bags to either the Tropic Air or Maya Air counter, whichever one we have informed you that you'll be flying to Dangriga on. Your tickets will already be waiting for you. You'll just need to check your luggage and take your boarding pass to the gate they direct you to.
Upon arrival in Dangriga a Thatch Caye Resort representative (Darrington, who will be wearing a Thatch Caye Resort shirt) will meet you as you de-plane and transfer you to the location of the lodge boat, about a 15-minute drive (unless you're between boat transfers, in which case you'll be brought to the Pelican Beach Resort to relax until the next transfer time). It is about a 20-minute boat ride from there to the resort. The ride can be a wet experience should you experience a bit of rain - you may want to have a light rain jacket handy to keep dry.
Upon arrival to the resort, you will be shown to your accommodations for the duration of your stay and given a brief orientation of the facilities. Later, usually before or after dinner, Lincoln Westby or another fishing manager will give a description of the fishing program and what to expect the next morning.
Reconfirm Your International Flights:
You can have the staff at Thatch Caye reconfirm your departure flight information out of Belize City – best to do this 72 hours before departure.
Depart Belize:
Please reconfirm your flight departure times out of Dangriga and Belize International Airport with the resort for correct transfer arrangements. Blue Horizon/Thatch Caye Resort can accommodate just about any international flight departing Belize City. However, we suggest that you not book any international flight departing before 10:00 a.m., and prefer later departures. Leave plenty of time for check in at the International Airport.
Lodging at Thatch Caye
The accommodations at Thatch Caye are excellent, with on-stilt double occupancy cabanas, some over the water and others over the sand island itself. Each cabana has a brand-new air conditioner, comfortable twin or king-sized beds, large screened windows for fresh sea breezes and great water views, tiled floors, large bathrooms with hot-and-cold running water, 24-hour electricity, tables and chairs on which to organize gear, and outside covered decks to either nap in hammocks or read a book in
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comfortable reclining chairs. The two larger cabanas even have stairs leading to a tiled roof area, where guests can relax and enjoy a drink while watching the moon and stars. The main meeting area is a huge thatched-roof palapa, complete with a bar area, raised hors d' oeuvres tables and stools, comfortable sofas and chairs, and even a wide screen television for those not wanting to miss a favorite sporting event. Dinners are taken either in an adjacent room with a café-tables arrangement, or outside under the trees on large picnic-style tables. There is even an option to use their large, outside, covered, over-the-water Starfish Bar, enjoying your favorite cocktails while watching small fish swim beneath your stools. Well-manicured white-sand trails lead between the various accommodations, and to the water.
Everything at Thatch Caye is simple, first-class, and very clean and comfortable. Power is 110 volt with standard North American outlets (same as US). There is WiFi available by the bar, for checking your emails after the fishing day. Cell service works fine, so texting is easy anywhere on the island, but be forewarned, it can be very expensive!
The flats are just a few feet from the deck, and tailing permit and even the occasional tarpon are not an uncommon site cruising within casting distance of the cabanas.
Fishing at Thatch Caye
The Blue Horizon fly fishing program – headed by long-time, legendary permit guide Lincoln Westby - is designed for the most avid of permit anglers.
It would be hard to imagine a destination more perfectly suited for permit fishing. Each day anglers are within minutes of a vast array of flats which,
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in rising and falling tides are loaded with tailing permit. In a game where the only true hope of consistent success is sheer numbers of shots available, this place is the best we've ever seen. Typically anglers and guides will plan their daily schedules around the tides, fishing whatever hours give the best amount of hours on favorable tides. If the best tides are at 5 am in the morning, your guide will be waiting for you then at the dock, boat prepared and with both breakfasts and lunches in the cooler. These guides are not clock-watchers, and routinely give their clients 8-9 hours of fishing time, beginning early in the morning or staying late into the evening to catch the best fishing. Your dinner will be served not based on a pre-set schedule, but simply whenever you make it back off the water!
Besides the world-class permit fishing, anglers here can also choose to target a limited amount of bonefish flats, as well as having access to a mix of small-to-large-sized tarpon. The bonefish are found on typical hard-bottomed flats, and accessed both from wade-fishing and from the skiffs. The larger tarpon are fished in reef cuts, swinging streamers on sinking lines; smaller tarpon can sometimes be found in small lagoons and jungle rivers. As well, there are barracuda and a number of reef species, for anyone wanting to mix it up.
Blue Horizon guides are seasoned professionals and totally focused on getting their anglers multiple shots at permit, which is key in finding a "player". They have all been hand-selected and trained by Lincoln Westby over the years, and know the local waters like no others. Blue Horizon provided for the guides state-of-the-art panga skiffs perfectly suited for the local waters, boats with huge, clear casting decks, powerful motors, and the ability to be poled in mere inches of water.
What Makes This Destination Special and Unique?
• The waters around Dangriga in Southern Belize provide ideal habitat for sight-casting to tailing permit in very shallow water. Countless small "pancake" flats pop up out of the deep water here; the deep water provides safety for huge populations of permit, while the proximity to the shallow flats allows permit to come onto the flats to feed in the shallow water. There's nowhere better to target tailing permit than the fishing grounds of Southern Belize!
• Guests fishing with Blue Horizon typically stay at the deluxe Thatch Caye Resort. Thatch Caye is a private island in the middle of these exquisite permit fishing grounds. Run times in the boats average 10 - 20 minutes, allowing more time to focus on finding tailing permit.
• The fishing program at Blue Horizon is based on fishing the tides. That often means early mornings and late evenings, midday siestas, and ultimately more time on the flats, during the best times to be there, and therefore more shots at fish.
• The Blue Horizon guides are led by the world-famous Lincoln Westby, renowned as the father of permit and the most well-respected guide to ever pole the flats in search of permit. With over 40 years of guiding in these waters, he knows these flats better than the fish…and he knows most of the fish by name. You'll learn more in a day on the water with Lincoln and his personally trained guides than most permit fishermen learn in a year on the water.
• The private island resort location is an ideal spot for non-anglers, couples, and families wanting to get away from it all. The lodge cabanas are the quintessential on-the-water, luxury cabanas. Thatch Caye is a full-service eco-resort, so non-anglers have a lot of opportunities to enjoy the Belizean experience, including complimentary use of kayaks, paddleboards, snorkel gear, and other non-motorized island toys. Explore the surrounding waters, relax in a hammock, or bask in the Caribbean sun, Thatch Caye Resort has something for everyone.