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According to latest research findings teenage obesity in America is increasing drastically. The rates at which teenage obesity is increasing are stunning. About 15%, to give exact figures 9 million teens in America below 15 years are obese. This figure is almost three times the teen obesity figures in 1980.
There are several teenage obesity causes. The main reasons for teenage obesity are – overeating and less activity or inactivity.
Now I don't know about you, but I think this is crazy. Inactivity?
How does that happen?
I hate to play the "When I was a kid" card, but I can't remember me as a boy being "inactive". It seemed we were always doing something. Scouting enhanced the activity of course and I think that has a lot to do with how I grew up. But to say that 9 million teenagers in America are obese due to over eating and lack of activity is criminal.
The effects of obesity are great and if we want healthy adults we need to start with the youngsters. If 15% are obese now..they will surely be obese when they are older.
I know that all of you (in America) get and read Scouting Magazine, and for those of you that do not you can check it out online. I thought it was interesting and appropriate that Chief Scout Executive Bob Mazzuca, has challenged all of us in Scouting to "Get Physical" with his Active Outdoor Challenge. My disappointment with this is it took up a business card section in the latest Scouting Magazine. But it is worthy and a good program.
Here are the requirements of the Challenge:
1. Get your Scout Outside and Active for 12 monthly activities.
Sailing, Kayaking, Climbing, Backpacking, Orienteering, Rollerblading, Canoeing, Caving, and Sledding. Camporee's and Service Projects don't count. But getting there does.. So backpack your way to camporee… incorporate a hike or bike trip to the service project.
There is a cool patch that you can receive after completing the 12 month plan. I think it is a good start in combating obesity at the troop level.
To many of our Scouts show up out of shape and on the road to obesity. We need to help the parents out by providing those Outdoor activities that will at least help them grow to healthy men.
In the Scout Oath we promise ourselves to be "Physically Strong". That's not all muscle. It is total health and Getting Physical in our programs helps every Scout keep his promise.
Have a Great Scouting Day!


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BONAPARTE stood on the ash-heap. He espied across the plain a moving speck, and he chucked his coat-tails up and down in expectancy of a dainty morsel.
The waggon came on slowly. Waldo lay curled among the sacks at the back of the waggon, his hand in his breast resting on the sheep-shearing machine. It was finished now. The right thought had struck him the day before as he sat, half asleep, watching the water go over the mill-wheel. He muttered to himself with half-closed eyes,—
"To-morrow smooth the cogs—tighten the screws a little—show it to them." Then after a page: 152 pause—"Over the whole world—the whole world—mine, that I have made!" He pressed the little wheels and pulleys in his pocket till they cracked. Presently his muttering became louder—"And fifty pounds—a black hat for my dad—for Lyndall a blue silk, very light, and one purple like the earth-bells, and white shoes." He muttered on—"A box full, full of books. They shall tell me all, all, all," he added, moving his fingers desiringly: "why the crystals grow in such beautiful shapes; why lightning runs to the iron; why black people are black; why the sunlight makes things warm. I shall read, read, read," he muttered slowly. Then came over him suddenly what he called "The presence of God;" a sense of a good, strong something folding him round. He smiled through his half-shut eyes. "Ah, Father, my own Father, it is so sweet to feel you, like the warm sunshine. The Bibles and books cannot tell of you and all I feel you. They are mixed with men's words; but you—"page: 153
His muttering sank into inaudible confusion, till, opening his eyes wide, it struck him that the brown plain he looked at was the old home farm. For half an hour they had been riding in it, and he had not known it. He roused the leader, who sat nodding on the front of the waggon in the early morning sunlight. They were within half a mile of the homestead. It seemed to him that he had been gone from them all a year. He fancied he could see Lyndall standing on the brick wall to watch for him; his father, passing from one house to the other, stopping to look.
He called aloud to the oxen. For each one at home he had brought something. For his father a piece of tobacco, bought at the shop by the mill; for Em a thimble; for Lyndall a beautiful flower dug out by the roots, at a place where they had "out-spanned"; for Tant' Sannie a handkerchief. When they drew near the house he threw the whip to the Kaffir leader, and sprang page: 154 from the side of the waggon to rush on. Bonaparte stopped him as he ran past the ash-heap.
"Good morning, my dear boy. Where are you running to so fast with your rosy cheeks?"
The boy looked up at him, glad even to see Bonaparte.
"I am going to the cabin," he said, out of breath.
"You won't find them in just now—not your good old father," said Bonaparte.
"Where is he?" asked the lad.
"There, beyond the camps," said Bonaparte, waving his hand oratorically toward the stone-walled ostrich-camps.
"What is he doing there?" asked the boy.
Bonaparte patted him on the cheek kindly.
"He smelt so, we could not keep him any more. We've buried him, my boy," said Bonaparte, sticking his finger into the boy's cheek. "He was quite bad already. He, he, he!" laughed Bonaparte, as the boy fled away page: 155 along the low stone wall, almost furtively, as one in fear. There was a gurgling of enjoyment in the man's stomach.
* * * * *
At five o'clock Bonaparte knelt before a box in the German's room. He was busily unpacking it.
It had been agreed upon between Tant' Sannie and himself, that now the German was gone he, Bonaparte, was to be no longer schoolmaster, but overseer of the farm. In return for his past scholastic labours he had expressed himself willing to take possession of the dead man's goods and room. Tant' Sannie hardly liked the arrangement. She had a great deal more respect for the German dead than the German living, and would rather his goods had been allowed to descend peacefully to his son. For she was a firm believer in the chinks in the world above, where not only ears, but eyes might be applied to see how things went on in this world below. page: 156 She never felt sure how far the spirit-world might overlap this world of sense, and, as a rule, prudently abstained from doing anything which might offend unseen auditors. For this reason she abstained from ill-using the dead Englishman's daughter and niece, and for this reason she would rather the boy had had his father's goods. But it was hard to refuse Bonaparte anything when she and he sat so happily together in the evening drinking coffee, Bonaparte telling her in the broken Dutch he was fast learning how he adored fat women, and what a splendid farmer he was.
So at five o'clock on this afternoon Bonaparte knelt in the German's room.
"Somewhere, here it is," he said, as he packed the old clothes carefully out of the box, and, finding nothing, packed them in again. "Somewhere in this room it is; and if it's here Bonaparte finds it," he repeated. "You didn't stay here all these years without making a little pile page: 157 somewhere, my lamb. You weren't such a fool as you looked. Oh, no!" said Bonaparte.
He now walked about the room, diving his fingers in everywhere: sticking them into the great crevices in the wall and frightening out the spiders; rapping them against the old plaster till it cracked and fell in pieces; peering up the chimney, till the soot dropped on his bald head and blackened it. He felt in little bags; he tried to raise the hearth stone; he shook each book, till the old leaves fell down in showers on the floor.
It was getting dark, and Bonaparte stood with his finger on his nose reflecting. Finally he walked to the door, behind which hung the trousers and waistcoat the dead man had last worn. He had felt in them but hurriedly just after the funeral the day before; he would examine them again. Sticking his fingers into the waistcoat pockets, he found in one corner a hole. Pressing his hand through it, between the page: 158 lining and the cloth, he presently came into contact with something. Bonaparte drew it forth—a small, square parcel, sewed up in sail-cloth. He gazed at it, squeezed it; it cracked, as though full of bank notes. He put it quickly into his own waistcoat pocket, and peeped over the half-door to see if there was no one coming. Then he sat down on the nearest chair, and taking out his pen-knife, ripped it open. The first thing that fell was a shower of yellow, faded papers. Bonaparte opened them carefully one by one, and smoothed them out on his knee. They were certainly something very valuable to be hidden so carefully, though the German characters he could not decipher. When he came to the last one, he felt there was something hard in it.
"You've got it, Bon, my boy! you've got it!" he cried, slapping his leg hard. Edging nearer to the door, for the light was fading, he opened it carefully. There was nothing inside but a plain gold wedding-ring.page: 159
"Better than nothing!" said Bonaparte, trying to put it on his little finger, which, however, proved too fat.
He took it off and set it down on the table before him, and looked at it with his crosswise eyes.
- "Thy fair body, oh, my girl,
- Shall Bonaparte possess;
- His fingers in thy money-bags,
- He therein, too, shall mess."
Having given utterance to this flood of poesy, he sat lost in joyous reflection.
"He therein, too, shall mess," he repeated meditatively.
At this instant, as Bonaparte swore, and swore truly, to the end of his life, a slow and distinct rap was given on the crown of his bald head.page: 160
Bonaparte started and looked up. No "reim," or strap hung down from the rafters above, and not a human creature was near the door. It was growing dark; he did not like it. He began to fold up the papers expeditiously. He stretched out his hand for the ring. The ring was gone! Gone, although no human creature had entered the room; gone, although no form had crossed the doorway. Gone!
He would not sleep there, that was certain.
He stuffed the papers into his pocket. As he did so, three slow and distinct taps were given on the crown of his head. Bonaparte's jaw fell: each separate joint lost its power: he could not move; he dared not rise; his tongue lay loose in his mouth.
"Take all, take all!" he gurgled in his throat. "I—I do not want them. Take—"
Here a resolute tug at the grey curls at the back of his head caused him to leap up, yelling wildly. Was he to sit still paralyzed, to be page: 161 dragged away bodily to the devil? With terrific shrieks he fled, casting no glance behind.
* * * * *
When the dew was falling, and the evening was dark, a small figure moved toward the gate of the furthest ostrich camp, driving a bird before it. When the gate was opened and the bird driven in turned away, but then suddenly paused.
"Is that you, Waldo?" said Lyndall.
The boy was sitting on the damp ground with his back to the wall. He gave her no answer.
"Come," she said, bending over him, "I have been looking for you all day."
He mumbled something.
"You have had nothing to eat. I have put some supper in your room. You must come home with me, Waldo."
She took his hand, and the boy rose slowly.
She made him take her arm, and twisted her small fingers among his.page: 162
"You must forget," she whispered. "Since it happened I walk, I talk, I never sit still. If we remember, we cannot bring back the dead." She knit her little fingers closer among his. "Forgetting is the best thing. He did not watch it coming," she whispered presently. "That is the dreadful thing, to see it coming!" She shuddered. "I want it to come suddenly to me too. Why do you think I was driving that bird?" she added quickly. "That was Hans, the bird that hates Bonaparte. I let him out this afternoon; I thought he would chase him and perhaps kill him."
The boy showed no sign of interest.
"He didn't; but he put his head over the half door of your cabin and frightened him horribly. He was there busy stealing your things. Perhaps he will leave them alone now; but I wish the bird had trodden on him."
They said no more till they reached the door of the cabin.
"There is a candle and supper on the table. page: 163 You must eat," she said authoritatively. "I cannot stay with you now, lest they find out about the bird."
He grasped her arm and brought his mouth close to her ear.
"There is no God!" he almost hissed; "no God, not anywhere!"
She started.
"Not anywhere!"
He ground it out between his teeth, and she felt his hot breath on her cheek.
"Waldo, you are mad," she said, drawing herself from him.
He loosened his grasp and turned away from her also.
In truth, it is life's way. We fight our little battles alone; you yours, I mine. We are not to help or find help. When your life is most real, you seem to me mad; when your agony is greatest I look at you and wonder. Friendship is good, but it is a delusion.page: 164
Lyndall stood by him in the dark, pityingly, wonderingly. As he walked to the door she ran after him.
"Eat your supper; it will do you good," she said.
She pressed his hand and then ran away.
In the front room the little woolly Kaffir girl was washing Tant' Sannie's feet in a small tub, and Bonaparte, who sat on the wooden sofa, was pulling off his shoes and stockings that his own feet might be washed also. There were three candles burning in the room, and he and Tant' Sannie sat close together, with the lean Hottentot not far off; for when ghosts are about there is great strength in numbers. Bonaparte had completely recovered from the effects of his fright in the afternoon, and the numerous doses of brandy that it had been necessary to administer to him to effect his restoration had put him into a singularly pleasant and amiable mood.
"That boy Waldo," said Bonaparte, rubbing page: 165 his toes, "took himself off coolly this morning as soon as the waggon came, and has not done a stiver of work all day. I'll not have that kind of thing now I'm master of this farm."
The Hottentot maid translated.
"Ah, I expect he's sorry that his father's dead," said Tant' Sannie. "It's nature, you know. I cried the whole morning when my father died. One can always get another husband, but one can't get another father," said Tant' Sannie, casting a sidelong glance at Bonaparte.
Bonaparte expressed a wish to give Waldo his orders for the next day's work, and the little woolly-headed Kaffir was sent to call him. After some time he appeared, and stood in the doorway.
If they had dressed him in one of the swallow-tailed coats, and oiled his hair till the drops fell from it, and it lay as smooth as an elder's on sacrament Sunday, there would still have been something unanointed in the aspect of the page: 166 fellow. As it was, standing there in his strange old costume, his head presenting much the appearance of having been deeply rolled in sand, his eyelids swollen, the hair hanging over his forehead, and a dogged sullenness on his features, he presented most the appearance of an ill-conditioned young buffalo.
"Beloved Lord," cried Tant' Sannie, "how he looks! Come in, boy. Couldn't you come and say good-day to me? Don't you want some supper?"
He said he wanted nothing, and turned his heavy eyes away from her.
"There's a ghost been seen in your father's room," said Tant' Sannie. "If you're afraid you can sleep in the kitchen."
"I will sleep in our room," said the boy slowly.
"Well, you can go now," she said; "but be up early to take the sheep. The herd—"
"Yes, be up early, my boy," interrupted page: 167 Bonaparte, smiling. "I am to be master of this farm now; and we shall be good friends, I trust, very good friends, if you try to do your duty, my dear boy."
Waldo turned to go, and Bonaparte, looking benignly at the candle, stretched out one unstockinged foot, over which Waldo, looking at nothing in particular, fell with a heavy thud upon the floor.
"Dear me! I hope you are not hurt, my boy," said Bonaparte. "You'll have many a harder thing than that though, before you've got all you will get," he added consolingly, as Waldo picked himself up.
The lean Hottentot laughed till the room rang again; and Tant' Sannie tittered till her sides ached.
When he had gone the little maid began to wash Bonaparte's feet.
"Oh, Lord, beloved Lord, how he did fall! I can't think of it," cried Tant' Sannie, and she page: 168 laughed again. "I always did know he was not right; but this evening any one could see it," she added, wiping the tears of mirth from her face. "His eyes are as wild as if the devil was in them. He never was like other children. The dear Lord knows, if he doesn't walk alone for hours talking to himself. If you sit in the room with him you can see his lips moving the whole time; and if you talk to him twenty times he doesn't hear you. Daft-eyes; he's as mad as mad can be."
This repetition of the word mad conveyed meaning to Bonaparte's mind. He left off paddling his toes in the water.
"Mad, mad? I know that kind of mad," said Bonaparte, "and I know the thing to give for it. The front end of a little horse-whip, the tip! Nice thing; takes it out," said Bonaparte.
The Hottentot laughed, and translated.
"No more walking about and talking to themselves on this farm now," said Bonaparte; "no page: 169 more minding of sheep and reading of books at the same time. The point of a horsewhip is a little thing, but I think he'll have a taste of it before long." Bonaparte, rubbing his hands and looking pleasantly across his nose; and then the three laughed together grimly.
And Waldo in his cabin crouched in the dark in a corner, with his knees drawn up to his chin.

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SuperKombat Starts Worldwide Selection For Its Team
- Written by Rian Scalia
SuperKombat today announced its plans for worldwide expansion this year today, and they're reaching out to everyone around the world to assist with that expansion. Fighter, matchmaker, promoter, manager, advertising company or whatever you may be, SuperKombat are looking for people just like that in all areas of the world to be part of the SuperKombat team that can establish SuperKombat internationally. Read the press release for full details on what SuperKombat are looking for below.
"SUPERKOMBAT®, the European leader in combat sports production, challenge you to become part of the global expansion for 2013.
SUPERKOMBAT® currently produces combat sports events broadcasted worldwide in 75 countries and after the great feedback from the fans and media around the world, we decided to start a worldwide selection of representatives in different countries and continents with the goal of putting the brand on a different scale.
This challenge is touching all the segments from this kind of promotion, starting with new fighters, clubs and further with managers, matchmakers or promoters, trying to connect them in a global network who could provide a future generation of fighters and also to organize some local tryouts or elimination events for the new SUPERKOMBAT® WGP series.
The best example used by Eduard Irimia for the new potential members in this concept is Romania, where he started in 2003 the promotion named "Local Kombat" and after six months he already got the media attention and huge ratings on live broadcast television networks.
Using the formula of the mainstream promotion with heroes coming from different fight disciplines and some of them even without having a background in martial arts as Catalin Morosanu or Benjamin Adegbuyi becoming participants in worldwide tournaments in less than a year since they start to train in a professional gym and after they have been selected in these fighting tournaments.
From Asia to America, we are waiting you to become our partner in the biggest movement of a new SUPERKOMBAT® WGP series.
- Fighter
- Trainer
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- Referee
- Manager
- Matchmaker
- Promoter
- Media Company
- Advertising Company
- Broadcast Company
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Until february 1st, 2013 we will announce the new country representatives and also the new worldwide offices chart.
We guarantee that we will try to reply as soon as possible.
Organization Overview
The concept of SUPERKOMBAT® is based on fights at heavyweight division with stand-up rules between fighters from all around the world, coming from different fight disciplines, attracting viewers and spectators from different locations where the events take place. The organization is positioned as the only one world fighting elimination system at heavyweight divisions on stand-up rules broadcasted worldwide via Eurosport International and Eurosport Asia-Pacific in more than 75 countries. Since september 2012, Superkombat it's the only global partner of K-1 Global and in December has signed a global agreement with WAKO (World Association of Kickboxing Organizations)."


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Recent News
Posted on: 24 September, 2012
Two big events, hosted by the East Central University Alumni Association, will take place during 'A Super Tiger Homecoming 2012' weekend on Oct. 5-6.
The annual homecoming golf tournament, a four-person scramble, is scheduled for the Oak Hills Golf and Country Club in Ada on Friday, Oct. 5. The entry fee is $125 per person with a $5 mulligan fee (limit of four mulligans per team).
Posted on: 24 September, 2012
Season passes are still on sale for the remaining 2012-2013 East Central University Fine Arts season.
The four remaining feature performances include: Route 66: 'Finding Nat King Cole' performed by Jeff Obafemi Carr on Nov. 2, The Gilbert and Sullivan Players in 'I've Got a Little Twist' on Jan. 24, Broadway by Jeri (Broadway Veteran Jeri Sager) on March 13 and 'An Evening with Groucho' performed by Frank Ferrante on April 19.
Posted on: 20 September, 2012
Entries are being accepted until 5 p.m. on Sept. 28 for East Central University's 'A Super Tiger Homecoming 2012' parade, set for noon on Oct. 6 on Ada's Main Street.
Ada area businesses as well as current ECU registered student organizations are encouraged to participate. The parade is open to floats (trailer pulled by vehicle), decorated car or truck, marching bands and walkers.
There is no entry fee for the parade.
Posted on: 20 September, 2012
The University Chorale of East Central University was recently chosen by the Oklahoma Music Educators Association as a university-level honor group for 2013.
The honor groups are chosen anonymously by a panel of choral directors from across the state of Oklahoma.
The University Chorale, under the direction of Dr. J. Steven Walker, will perform for the OMEA at its state convention in Tulsa, Jan. 16-19, 2013. This will be the Chorale's fourth appearance for this prestigious performance since 1989.
Posted on: 20 September, 2012
While some people find retirement as a time to relax, Chickasha resident Joyce Belville decided to use her time and talents to help others.
Just a few days after retiring from 36 years of service at Fort Sill in Lawton, she attended the Early Settlement Mediation's Basic Training in 2009.
Three years later, Belville has been selected as Early Settlement-East Central Volunteer of the Year.
Posted on: 19 September, 2012
East Central University will honor Native Americans with Chickasaw Nation Appreciation Day on Saturday, Sept. 22, in conjunction with the Tigers' home football game against Arkansas-Monticello.
Activities begin at 2 p.m. with registration and an information fair for prospective Chickasaw students in the Bill S. Cole University Center on the ECU campus.
Posted on: 18 September, 2012
East Central University will host the Fall 2012 Career, Internship and Graduate/Professional School Fair on Wednesday, Oct. 3, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Bill S. Cole University Center on the ECU campus.
Posted on: 18 September, 2012
Free classes in photovoltaics and building thermography will be held soon on the East Central University campus.
The photovoltaics class is scheduled for Sept. 27-28 with a registration deadline of Sept. 25 and the building thermography class is set for Oct. 4-5 with a registration deadline of Oct.2.
The classes run from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day.


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Anyone familiar with the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) may find that it can be challenging to explain to others, in simple terms, how it threatens our rights online and over our digital devices.
When the text of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) was first released in November last year, it included provisions dictating the kinds of penalties that should be available in cases of copyright infringement. Amongst those provisions, the following footnote allowed countries some flexibility in applying criminal procedures and penalties to cases of willful copyright infringement on a commercial scale:
With regard to copyright and related rights piracy provided for under paragraph 1, a Party may limit application of this paragraph to the cases in which there is an impact on the right holder's ability to exploit the work, performance or phonogram in the market.
Altos funcionarios de los países que participan del Tratado Trans-Pacífico (TPP en inglés) se han convocado en Nueva Zelanda esta semana para firmar el acuerdo final. Pero en realidad esta ceremonia es simplemente una formalidad. Desde noviembre del año pasado, desde el día que anunciaron un acuerdo concluido e hicieron público el texto un poco después, sabíamos que iban a hacer ésto. Los funcionarios de comercio no han rendido cuentas al público. Ellos se mantuvieron firmes excluyendo la participación pública y haciendo caso omiso a todos los pedidos de transparencia en los más de cinco años de negociaciones del TPP.
Top officials of countries involved in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) are convening in New Zealand today to sign the final agreement. But really this ceremony is just a formality. We knew since November, from the day they announced a completed deal and made the text public shortly thereafter, that they would do this. These officials have not been accountable to the public. They have remained steadfast in excluding public participation and ignoring all calls for transparency over the more than five years of TPP negotiations. Because of this opaque process, trade negotiators were able to fill the agreement with Hollywood and Big Tech's wish lists of regulatory policies without having to worry about how they would impact the Internet or people's rights over their digital devices.
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Yesterday on Jeff and Tery's awesome Adventure I had a huge birdnest. It developed from a 25-30 MPH wind that made the line just about unmanageable on the boat, so I don't feel so bad. We had other rods but they were unusable in the fierce wind. Our guide Art sets us up on the perfect drift and a half acre of pounding fish surround the boat. As I look down and waste the whole time unravaling my worst ever bowl of spaghetti, all I hear is: SPLASH, SPLASH, BIRDS, BIRDS, SPALSH, SPLASH, "Hey Jeff, you on again?" "Yup", "Wow, look at that one" "They're everywhere all around us!" SPLASH, SPALSH...well you get the point. All heard while staring at a flyline knot.
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I'm down on the vineyard for the c&r tournament. My partner & I are set up under the lighthouse at Cape Pogue. Perfect spot, plenty of from other anglers and good fish within casting distance. Take about 6 fish over an hour, largest is 29-30" but most are 24-26" and I can strip them in on the 8wt without putting them on the reel.
I rip out a decent cast (love that wind over the left shoulder), let the fly swing into "the zone" and start creeping it back in. Halfway back I get the characteristic soft pickup, line goes tight and I set the hook. Everything looks great, feels great, fish is cooperating and I start to strip the fish in. Whoops! Where did that run come from! Fish starts to act like a MUCH larger version of what I'd been landing. I literally chase the fish into the water while trying to clear the line from my basket. You guessed it, a gigantic birdsnest elevates towards my first guide. I clamp down with my stripping hand to prevent the mess from hitting the guide. Fish and fisherman are for the moment at a stalemate. My only choice is to turn on the lamp and try to clear the tangle. The 8wt bounces as I alternate between backing out towards the beach and running back in as the fish runs all while I try to pick this mess apart.
This circus goes on for about 5 minutes, I'm really no closer to getting the line free when the fish turns, makes a run to crash on the surface and she's off the hook.
I'm standing there sweating, with a balled up flyline having blown my best fish ever on the flyrod. Not one of my finer moments....
RE:So I'm an idiot....
Shake it off Al.
Last weekend I pulled a sluggo right out of the mouth of maybe the largest striper I have ever seen without setting the hook. DOH!
The last time I choked that bad I wrote it off as "Buck Fever". Twenty yards out I sailed an arrow right over a twelve pointers back and hit a tree. Damn! That one still haunts me.
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Hey Al,
If it's any consolation, I'll bet you looked like a pro right up until the line hit the spool. I frequently use 10#
tippet so it's happened to me before...fun to imagine what 'could have been' though isn't it?
I like the description of your fly. Post your next copy so we can see it.
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I can definitely relate through goofiness on my part in similar situations. Ever put the fight on hold while you fished out a camera for an action shot, giving a keeper-sized striper enough slack to spit it? Ask GregO about dropping 30-32" fish at the end of the rod as recently as the clave. Premature admiration is a reason I lose a lot of fish. I've adopted the mantra "fish first, photo second".
Definitely maturity on your part, not idiocy... and the silver lining is that you will always posess the ability to produce an unlimited number of beachglass silversides with your own fingers, and your awareness of the game will continue to heighten for life. That's what makes the real 'old-timers' as excited as the young bucks every time they pull their boots on.
Get him next time!
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Most of you are probably familiar with my penchant for night fishing, especially in the Buzzard's Bay area. Tonight I had the itch real bad mostly because I spent the better part of dusk down at the local pond with my son drowning worms and skipping stones. I love doing that with him, but the tease of psuedo fishing kind of gets to me and I usually end up making a bee line for the salt as soon as he nods off.
The tides really stink this week, so I thought I'd try something different. I headed down to Electric Ave. beach but instead of fishing my customary spot that only produces on an outgoing, I decided to wander down beyond the beach and give the deep holes by the rocks a try.
Fishing was VERY slow and I knew it would be a one fish night - if that. A lot of bait around but damn little harassing it. After a little warm up with various patterns I lack confidence in, I decided to take out the secret weapon - my homespun beachglass silverside. This fly has the good fish stink on it - you know, the scent of past successes. My fish radar was going off as I tied it on.
On my second cast with this black beauty, I felt a massive tug. With a solid pull I set the hook deep. I have this fish and I have him good. My line starts peeling out of my basket and my heart starts doing flips. I'm psyched. This is a very decent fish, perhaps the best of the season to date. I'm thinking first keeper of the year and then some. I settle down after a bit and begin to concentrate on getting this fish on the reel so the drag can do it's work.
With only a few feet of line left before I can accomplish this, a little alarm goes off in the back of my head as the fish makes a burning run: I forgot to change the 10 lb. fluro tippet I had tied on for the Monomoy clave! This fish is going to hit the reel and be history. Sure enough, one good tug as the line hit the spool and the rod goes dead. I've lost my best fish of the season and the best producing fly I've ever tyed. Examining the broken tippet, all I can do is chastise myself for foolish behavior.
Despite the outcome, this was the best experience on the water for me this year. Two seasons ago, I never would have thought it was possible to have a great time after losing your one and only fish for the evening. Either it's a by-product of getting older or I'm actually maturing as an angler.... Probably more like I'm getting better at rationalizing my idiocy. (That fish made straight for GregO's anchor in Bass River )
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FORT MYERS, Fla. -- Long after other passengers stop clapping and whistling to attract attention, I persist, leaning over the railing of the Lady Chadwick excursion boat and calling to the creatures below, "Here baby, c'mon baby."
Even as my teenage daughter rolls her eyes in embarrassment, first one dolphin -- then a second and third -- rise gracefully from the navy-blue waters of southwest Florida's Pine Island Sound.
Leaping and frolicking in the waves, our escorts on this Florida Gulf Coast cruise repeat the scene at least a half-dozen times, each time I call out to them. We joke that I could start a new career as a "dolphin whisperer" -- and even my jaded teenager has to laugh.
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More than 300 species of birds, fish, reptiles and other wildlife, including more than a dozen threatened and endangered species, find safe haven among its more than 6,400 acres of sea-grass beds, marsh and mangrove forest.
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Back on the mainland, in nearby Estero, landlubbers can also get close to nature by reserving a tee time at Old Corkscrew Golf Course, a Jack Nicklaus championship design noteworthy for its tall pines, wilderness feel and nearby citrus orchard.
Hockey fans may want to meet the course's marketing director, Canadian-born Don Edwards, a former NHL goalie.
Reserve at least a half day to visit the Edison-Ford Winter Estates near downtown Fort Myers. It offers a fascinating look at Thomas Edison and Henry Ford, two of the world's top inventor-entrepreneurs. Both were Michigan men -- and winter-fleeing snowbirds -- so charmed that they spent considerable time here together in the early 20th century. Pause for photos of the humongous banyan tree, then join a guided tour of their freshly restored, adjoining homes on the Caloosahatchee River.
You'll see lush botanical gardens, an intriguing museum and the laboratory where Edison experimented with everything from light bulbs, cement and phonographs to making natural rubber from goldenrod.
Kids can turn on actual lights designed by the famous inventor. And everyone stares in awe at the famous cot where, nearly every time he woke up, Edison is said to have had an idea for a new invention.
End your day back on Fort Myers Beach with its 200-foot-long fishing pier, open 24/7, or join a lively pirate cruise, casino cruise or Indian Princess sunset sail, each leaving from marinas near the Skybridge.
Afterward, stop for pretty tropical drinks, fresh seafood and live music at Parrot Key Caribbean Grill. Or, head for the lively bars, eateries and boutiques on Times Square, which serves as nightlife central in Fort Myers Beach.
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Merrimack College is excited to announce it will be partnering with Fairleigh Dickinson University, Concordia University Chicago, Norwich University, and Sichuan University, will open a new study abroad center in Chengdu, China. The center will be managed by G-MEO a leader in study abroad programs across China.
The new Chengdu American Study Center will be located on the campus of the prestigious Sichuan University, a beautifully landscaped enclave in the middle of bustling Chengdu. Chengdu is a city of 14 million people located in Sichuan Province, world famous for its spicy cuisine and as the "home town" of China's Giant Panda. Students will have an opportunity to visit the Chengdu Panda Breeding Center and get "up close and personal" with a real, live panda cub.
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ARSC T3D Users' Newsletter 37, May 26, 1995
New T3D Batch PE Limits
In the past week all active users of the ARSC T3D had their batch PE limit increased to 128. This allows these users access to the 128-PE 8-hour queues that run on the weekends. If you need your T3D UDB limits changed please contact Mike Ess.
New Fortran CompilerAn upgrade version of the cf77 compiler is available on Denali with the path:
/mpp/bin/cft77new and /mpp/bin/cf77newFor the default versions we have:
/mpp/bin/cf77 -V Cray CF77_M Version 22.214.171.124 (6.59) 05/25/95 13:36:39 Cray GPP_M Version 184.108.40.206 (6.16) 05/25/95 13:36:39 Cray CFT77_M Version 22.214.171.124 (227918) 05/25/95 13:36:39and for this new version:
/mpp/bin/cf77new -V Cray CF77_M Version 22.214.171.124 (6.59) 05/25/95 13:37:26 Cray GPP_M Version 126.96.36.199 (6.16) 05/25/95 13:37:26 Cray CFT77_M Version 188.8.131.52 (259228) 05/25/95 13:37:27This new compiler fixes a potential race condition in shared memory accesses and also fixes an inlining problem with the F90 intrinsics, MINLOC and MAXLOC.
This compiler will become the default after we finish testing it and users will be notified before that happens. I encourage users to try this compiler before it becomes the default.
Random Number Generation on the T3D and Y-MPIn newsletter #29 (3/31/95), I announced the availability of benchlib on the ARSC T3D. The sources for these libraries are available on the ARSC ftp server in the file:
pub/submissions/libbnch.tar.ZThe compiled libraries are also available on Denali in
/usr/local/examples/mpp/lib/lib_32.a /usr/local/examples/mpp/lib/lib_scalar.a /usr/local/examples/mpp/lib/lib_util.a /usr/local/examples/mpp/lib/lib_random.a /usr/local/examples/mpp/lib/lib_tri.a /usr/local/examples/mpp/lib/lib_vect.aand the sources are available in: /usr/local/examples/mpp/src. In previous newsletters, I've described the contents of some of the libraries:
#30 (4/7/95) - the "pref" routine of lib_util.a #33 (4/28/95) - the fast scalar math routines in lib_scalar.a #34 (5/05/95) - the fast vector math routines in lib_vector.a #35 (5/12/95) - the tridiagonal solvers in lib_tri.aIn this newsletter, I will describe the routines in lib_random.a and compare them to the other random number generators on the T3D and Y-MP. This is the last library from benchlib. I welcome any user comment or experience with these libraries and I will pass it on to readers of the ARSC T3D newsletter.
Random Number GeneratorsOf course, a 'random' generator doesn't actually produce random numbers but a sequence of pseudorandom numbers that have characteristics of a sequence of random numbers. These sequences are necessarily reproducible so that computer experiments can be run over and over. As in most areas of computing, there is always of tradeoff between speed and quality and so it is with these pseudorandom number generators (RNG). The easiest to measure is their speed and that is what is presented here. (Analyzing the quality of their random sequences is left for some Ph.D. thesis.)
On the T3D there are 3 available random number generators:
rand: rand() is supplied with most implementations of C in libc.a. It usually produces a 16 bit integer, that can be converted to a double in the range 0.0 to 1.0, i.e.: random_real = rand() / (double)RAND_MAX; where RAND_MAX is defined in <stdlib.h>. Because only 16 bits can change from call to call it's usually not considered "random" enough. But its implementation is the same on probably all machines. It is the same on both the Y-MP and the T3D. There is a man page on Denali that describes rand(). (The division to obtain a random real number is not the same on each machine.) ranf: RANF is the random number generator on the Y-MP. It exists in both scalar and vector versions in libm.a and is written in highly optimized assembly language. This routine is described in a man page on Denali and in that manpage there is Fortran version that mimics the assembly language. That Fortran version does not run on the T3D because of differences in normalizing floating point numbers, but the T3D does have a version in /mpp/lib/libm.a that produces results similar to those on the Y-MP. It's a little inconsistent to have the common manpage for the Y-MP and T3D to have a program describing the function run only on the Y-MP. rantom: The versions in benchlib's lib_random.a are different than both of the above options but have been written for FAST execution on the T3D processor. In lib_random.a are both Fortran and assembly language versions and a manpage describing the algorithm and its speed is in /usr/local/examples/mpp/src/random
Timing RoutinesBelow is the program I used to time the T3D routines:
#include <stdlib.h> main() { int a[ 1000000 ], b[ 1000000 ], c[ 1000000 ], d[ 1000000 ]; int nlog, n, i; double t1, second(), t2, t3, t4; int rand(); fortran double RANF(); fortran double RANTOM(); double denom; denom = (double)RAND_MAX; printf( " RAND_MAX = %d %f\n", RAND_MAX, denom ); n = 1; for( nlog = 0; nlog < 7; nlog++ ) { t1 = second(); for( i = 1; i <= n; i++ ) { a[ i ] = rand() / denom; } t1 = second() - t1; t2 = second(); for( i = 1; i <= n; i++ ) { b[ i ] = RANF(); } t2 = second() - t2; t3 = second(); for( i = 1; i <= n; i++ ) { c[ i ] = RANTOM(); } t3 = second() - t3; t4 = second(); for( i = 1; i <= n; i++ ) { d[ i ] = RANTOMS(); } t4 = second() - t4; printf("%3d %10d %10.6f %4.1f %10.6f %4.1f %10.6f %4.1f %10.6f %4.1f\n" ,nlog,n,t1,n/(t1*1000000),t2,n/(t2*1000000), t3,n/(t3*1000000),t4,n/(t4*1000000)); n = n * 10; } } double second() { fortran irtc(); return( irtc( ) / 150000000.0 ); } </pre> The timing program used on the Y-MP was: <pre> #include <stdlib.h> main() { int a[ 1000000 ], b[ 1000000 ], c[ 1000000 ], d[ 1000000 ]; int nlog, n, i; double t1, SECOND(), t2, t3, t4; int rand(); fortran double ranf(); fortran double RANTOM(); fortran double SECOND(); double denom; int zero = 0; denom = (double)RAND_MAX; printf( " RAND_MAX = %d %f\n", RAND_MAX, denom ); n = 1; for( nlog = 0; nlog < 7; nlog++ ) { t1 = SECOND(); for( i = 1; i <= n; i++ ) { a[ i ] = rand() / denom; } t1 = SECOND() - t1; t2 = SECOND(); for( i = 1; i <= n; i++ ) { b[ i ] = RANFF(); } t2 = SECOND() - t2; RANSET( &zero ); t3 = SECOND(); for( i = 1; i <= n; i++ ) { c[ i ] = ranf(); } t3 = SECOND() - t3; RANSET( &zero ); t4 = SECOND(); for( i = 1; i <= n; i++ ) { d[ i ] = _ranf(); } t4 = SECOND() - t4; for( i = 0; i <= n; i++ ) { if( c[ i ] != d[ i ] ) { printf( "diff in ranf %f %f\n", i, c[ i ], d[ i ] ); } } printf("%3d %10d %10.6f %4.1f %10.6f %4.1f %10.6f %4.1f %10.6f %4.1f\n" ,nlog,n,t1,n/(t1*1000000),t2,n/(t2*1000000),t3,n/(t3*1000000),t4,n/(t4*1000000)); n = n * 10; } }
Timing ResultsUsually the the results of a RNG are given in terms of millions of random numbers per second and that is how I've arranged the table below. I also like to time a loop's worth of results and then divide by the length of the loop. This gives some feel for the overhead of the loop compared to the work of the loop body and also shows the asymptotic speed for a large number of calls.
The speed of random generators on the T3D and Y-MP ================================================== (in millions of random numbers per second) T3D routines: RNG -> rand() ranf() rantom() Fortran Assembler ------ ------ ------- --------- loops 1 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 10 1.1 0.9 1.1 1.5 100 2.3 1.2 1.5 2.3 1000 2.6 1.3 1.6 2.4 10000 2.6 1.3 1.6 2.5 100000 2.6 1.3 1.6 2.4 1000000 2.6 1.3 1.6 2.4 Y-MP routines: RNG -> rand() ranf() ranf() Fortran library routines Scalar Vector ------ ------- ------ ------ loops 1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 10 0.6 0.3 0.6 1.5 100 0.8 0.3 0.9 10.5 1000 0.9 0.3 0.9 18.5 10000 0.9 0.3 0.9 19.3 100000 0.9 0.3 0.9 19.1 1000000 0.9 0.3 0.9 19.4Observations:
- Rand() runs faster on a single PE of the T3D than on the Y-MP. The price of portability often obscures performance differences.
- The difference between rand() and ranf() on both machines shows that the quality of a random sequence does not come without cost.
- That the difference between the Fortran version of rantom() and the assembler version on the T3D is not as great as the difference as the ranf() versions on the Y-MP may be a sign that the days of assembly language writing are on the wane.
The last three columns show a range of Y-MP performance, all computing the same sequence of random numbers. The performance follows the effort:
Fortran -> assembler -> vectorized assembler
- The last two loops for the Y-MP timing program show: "What a difference an underscore makes!" (The underscore invokes the vectorized version.)
List of Differences Between T3D and Y-MPThe current list of differences between the T3D and the Y-MP is:
- Data type sizes are not the same (Newsletter #5)
- Uninitialized variables are different (Newsletter #6)
- The effect of the -a static compiler switch (Newsletter #7)
- There is no GETENV on the T3D (Newsletter #8)
- Missing routine SMACH on T3D (Newsletter #9)
- Different Arithmetics (Newsletter #9)
- Different clock granularities for gettimeofday (Newsletter #11)
- Restrictions on record length for direct I/O files (Newsletter #19)
- Implied DO loop is not "vectorized" on the T3D (Newsletter #20)
- Missing Linpack and Eispack routines in libsci (Newsletter #25)
- F90 manual for Y-MP, no manual for T3D (Newsletter #31)
- RANF() and its manpage differ between machines (Newsletter #37)
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We're excited to announce that Pure Michigan fans can get a sneak peak of Kid Rock's new album "Rebel Soul" on michigan.org starting today! The anthem "Detroit, Michigan" will be available exclusively on michigan.org through November 19, when "Rebel Soul" is released.
Throughout the track, Kid Rock showcases his pride for the city by highlighting a number of Detroit superstars, icons and landmarks – including Marvin Gaye, Aretha Franklin, Henry Ford and Hitsville USA.
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Jim Crew and David Pawloski to Speak on Best Practices Across Diverse Mainframe and Distributed Environments
Los Angeles, Calif., February 25, 2008—SOA Software, a leading Integrated SOA Governance Automation vendor, is proud to announce that its Vice President, Jim Crew, and Product Director, David Pawloski will join executives from IBM, CA, and Merrill Lynch in several speaking engagements and panels discussing best practices for implementing Mainframe SOA and SOA Governance at this week's SHARE 2008 conference in Orlando, FL. SHARE Inc. is an independent, volunteer-run association providing enterprise technology professionals with user focused education, professional networking, and industry influence.
SOA Software's Speaking Engagements at SHARE 2008:
Session: Mainframe SOA, Moving to Web Services
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Description: Mainframe SOA, Moving to Web Services What does SOA mean for the mainframe, how can the mainframe enjoy the benefits of a loosely-coupled architecture while retaining the quality, reliability and low-cost of the Z platform? Jim Crew, a pioneer in mainframe SOA integration, will discuss how the mainframe service architect can have it all:
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Description: SOA Consortium Presents Lessons on SOA Adoption—Merrill Lynch's SOA & Mainframe Story Jim Crew, former Director of Infrastructure at Merrill Lynch will share Merrill's service-oriented legacy architecture 'SOLA' story, including the driving forces, his vision, the SOLA architecture, the hugely successful business outcome, lessons learned, and his (and SOLA's) current positions at SOA Software.
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While we talk about the periodic leakages of personal information from Facebook and how that information is leveraged by cybercriminals, the community of Facebook users can change their ways. Let's pair up victims with criminals based on what's broadcast by the victim. Here are Facebook's seven deadly sins matched up with the most likely categories
In the survey, banks that were notifying consumers as quickly as possible or immediately across multiple channels performed well [and] they also improved cardholder confidence. Notifications over multiple channels were also significant.
Better get your CFO to review UCC Article 4A and realign protocols with your business bank – The clear and present danger to our banking through malware hits at the heart of our economy: the SMB. Stealthy malware-based theft of funds start the clock ticking much quicker than most SMB owners realize and without action
The Internet is abuzz with the announcement from Verisign's iDefense Labs that a criminal hacker on a Russian forum who goes by the nom-de-plume "Kirllos" (Carlos?) is selling the credentials for 1.5 million Facebook accounts in batches of a thousand for between $8 and $30, depending upon their quality (which, in this case, means dates
Insider Threat – your ATM may now be hacked from the inside. According to Wired's Threat Level Blog… A Bank of America worker installed malicious software on his employer's ATMs that allowed him to make thousands of dollars in fraudulent withdrawals, all without leaving a transaction record, according to federal prosecutors. According to the
A couple of weeks ago I posted an entry on here about the size of the cybercrime problem from a dollar perspective. I pointed out that is was reported that US banks had lost US$40 million per month for the third quarter of 2009 due to online banking fraud. Also, the 2009 Internet Crime Report
We have recently seen some reports that give some idea of the real size of the cybercrime problem. Recently Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) Examiner Dave Nelson reported that online banking fraud involving the electronic transfer of funds cost US banks more than $40 million dollars per month for the third quarter of 2009. The
Further to an earlier blog about the "broken" Chip & PIN credit card security system (strictly speaking, the primary problem described is with EMV), it's noticeable that, as John Leyden puts it, "Industry groups [have] leap[t] to Chip and PIN's defence." In fact, the response has been a bit more mixed than that. But there
[Update: added some extra links at http://avien.net/blog/?p=422] Here, so to speak, is a bit of hot potato*. Flippancy notwithstanding, this isn't really funny. For several years now, Brits have enjoyed a banking card system called chip and PIN, a simple form of two-factor authentication for in-person credit and debit card transactions. In countries where the
* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pushmi-pullyu#The_Pushmi-pullyu In an article in the Register with the eye-catching title of "Verified by Visa bitchslapped by Cambridge researchers", John Leyden comments on the argument by Cambridge researchers Ross Anderson and Steve Murdoch that the 3D Secure system, better known as Verified by Visa or Mastercard Securecode is better suited to shifting liability for


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Fudge Kitchen Classic Gourmet Fudge Collection, 450g
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The Classic Collection contains 5 pieces of devilishly different gourmet fudge. Each handmade and decorated in small batches by fudge experts, this is truly fudge like no other.
1x Sea Salted Caramel
1x Vintage Vanilla & Walnut
1x Belgian Chocolate Swirl
1x Classic Chocolate
1x Mocha Choca Latte.
Each piece weighs around 85g.
Best before 01/07/2013.
Product Code BF2801
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I have a bad Summer Cold ... too much time on my hands ... and a new Naughty puppy in trainingBlackFoots Angels Share HALO
I do not care you dont come back,
Not to my voice or for a snack.
I do not mind you run away,
To hide that thing and chew and play.
You are a puppy, thats all its about.
The biggest joy is how hard you run OUT!
With so much confidence and desire,
You run like a puppy with her pants on fire.
Ill practice PATIENCE.
Ill get a ROPE.
Your 8 weeks old, for sure theres hope.
I will not chase you or yell at you pup.
There is plenty of time to watch you grow up.