Go Chuck, Go!

I just dug through my old seabag and found this priceless betamax tape of Capt. Chuckles.

You will need speakers to enjoy this tape of young Charlie.

Coolest American History Guy that was, like, an Explorer.

The Murder of Rene LaSalle

Rene Robert Cavalier LaSalle was murdered allegedly by the members of his crew yesterday. LaSalle, the leader of the expedition to the "new world" was supposedly very difficult to get along with and his journey to the "new world" was failing. LaSalle was killed in the "new world" and the expedition will not continue to try and conquer the "new world" for France. The members of the expedition will return home in a few months. Our respects to LaSalle's family.

Closed. Red Tide

Soviet battlecruiser Kirov

Cocoa Beach Christmas Parade

Happy Campers - With New Awards.

Showing off our old award.

And the boys who one that award!

Florida State! Florida State!

Sophomore Tim Tebow (Jacksonville, Fla.) was responsible for five touchdowns, three passing and two rushing, as the Gator football team celebrated Senior Day with a 45-12 victory over Florida State in front of 90,664 fans at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium on Saturday. UF has now defeated the Seminoles four-straight times for the first time since 1983-86.



In yet another record-breaking performance, Tebow eclipsed the school record for total offense in a season with 3,970 yards, previously held by Rex Grossman (3,904 yards in 2001). Tebow was 19-of-28 for 262 yards passing and rushed for 89 yards with two scores. He has now passed and rushed for at least one TD in 13-straight games. Sophomore wide receiver Percy Harvin (Virginia Beach, Va.) returned to the lineup after missing two games and rushed for a career-high 157 yards on 16 attempts with one touchdown.



The Seminoles opened the scoring on their initial drive of the game when senior kicker Gary Cismesia connected on a 21-yard field goal attempt for a 3-0 lead with 9:13 remaining in the first quarter.



The Gators responded in impressive fashion after Tebow shook off a Seminole defender’s attempt at a sack and ran the ball 23 yards for a touchdown. The 57-yard, seven-play drive was capped off by a successful point-after kick by senior Joey Ijjas (Clearwater, Fla.), giving the Gators a 7-3 lead with 6:28 remaining in the first quarter.



With 2:46 remaining in the period, Tebow found junior wide receiver Louis Murphy (St. Petersburg, Fla.) in the end zone for a 32-yard touchdown reception, giving the Gators a 14-3 advantage. Earlier in the drive, which spanned 68 yards in five plays, Tebow connected with senior Andre Caldwell (Tampa, Fla.) for an eight-yard completion and Harvin carried the ball for a 20-yard gain.



The aggressive Gator defense forced the Seminoles to settle for three after the offense failed to convert on third down and one to go from the Gators’ 19-yard line. The 38-yard field goal by Cismesia narrowed the Gators’ lead, 14-6, with 12:16 remaining in the half.



The following possession for the Gators began and ended with plays by Murphy. To begin the drive, Murphy made a one-handed completion for a gain of 11 yards and completed the drive with a 14-yard touchdown reception, his second of the night. Tebow spread the wealth in the 62-yard, nine-play scoring drive, connecting with receivers Cornelius Ingram (Hawthorne, Fla.), Caldwell and Harvin, each for gains of over 10 yards. With 8:48 left in the half, the Gators had a 21-6 advantage.



Cismesia connected on his third field-goal attempt of the night, this one from 28 yards, after the Gator defense held the Seminoles on third down and 10 from the Gators’ 11-yard line. The completion narrowed the Gators’ lead to 21-9 with 4:08 in the half.



The hosts matched those three points with 18 seconds remaining in the half on a 35-yard field goal conversion by Ijjas, capping off a 62-yard, 10-play drive. The Gators’ 24-9 advantage was quickly narrowed when Cismesia booted a 60-yard field goal attempt with one tick left on the clock for a 24-12 halftime score.



The Gators increased their lead to 31-12 with 12:14 remaining in the third quarter on a five-yard touchdown run by Tebow. Florida showed its ability to run the ball in the 81-yard, six-play drive, highlighted by a 20-yard carry by junior running back Kestahn Moore (Arlington, Texas), a 21-yard rush by Harvin and a 10-yard run by Tebow.



Both squads remained scoreless for the remainder of the third quarter and into the fourth until the Gators added another seven points to increase their lead, 38-12, with 8:20 left in the game. The score came off of a 31-yard reception by Caldwell and capped a 58-yard, five-play scoring drive.



After the Seminoles failed to convert on fourth and two, the Gators regained possession at the Seminoles’ 27-yard line. UF quickly took advantage with two impressive runs by Harvin; the first, a 40-yard carry and the second a 24-yard touchdown run. The touchdown extended the Gators’ lead 45-12 and proved to be the final score of the game.

Thumbs up if you think you can win three major awards!

First Place Displays
Best Wargame
Best Dinner

Smoke Signals: (Mid-term report, Campout edition)

Aho Creeksters,

What a great meeting at the Cloud teepee this weekend. Thanks to the Kontos family for their awesome hospitality. We had some very creative craft projects completed by the Little and Big Braves.

This weekend, Nov 16-18 is the Mad Moon Campout at KARS park. We have some great activities lined up, and with a great weather weekend, there will be too much fun to be had by all.

Some items for camp consideration: Check for your name and duties required

We will be performing a skit on Saturday afternoon “displays”:

Coordinators: Kontos/Gay
Bring 2 pallets: Brophy
Bring vizqueen: Artz
Bring Dry ice: Yardley/Brophy
Bring Mulch chips: Gay

The Creek tribe is responsible for bringing the Nation trailer:

Bring to camp: Yardley
Haul away from camp: Pletcher

We need a volunteer to help Tom Brophy with pre-camp set-up on Friday.

We will be decorating the canoe as part of our craft display

Bring craft supplies: Pletcher

Friday night we will have an entry for the Golden skillet award:

Prep and serve: Yardley/Brophy
Mojito mix and serve: Artz

All members: Bring the old (coup stand) and new (leather necklace) Craft for display and coup sticks

11th Hour 11th Day 11th Month

In Flanders Fields
In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.

We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.

Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.

Bush stinks!

Eagle Feather Winners

Great Job boys!

Boston's Best Drummer

 

This is Music Cat.

History of the Indian Guide Programs

The Parent-Child Program was developed in a deliberated way to support the father’s vital family role as teacher, counselor, and friend to his son. Harold S. Keltner, St. Louis YMCA Director, as an integral part of Association work, initiated the program. In 1926 he organized the first tribe in Richmond Heights, Missouri, with the help of his good friend, Joe Friday, an Ojibway Indian, and William H. Hefelfinger, Chief of the first Y-Indian Guide tribe. Inspired by his experiences with Joe Friday, who was his guide on fishing and hunting trips into Canada, Harold Keltner initiated a program of parent-child experiences that now involves a half million children and adults annually in the YMCA.


While Keltner was on a hunting trip in Canada, one evening, Joe Friday, the Indian, said to his white colleague as they sat around a blazing campfire: “The Indian father raises his son. He teaches his son to hunt, to track, to fish, to walk softly and silently in the forest, to know the meaning and purpose of life and all he must know, while the white man allows the mother to raise his son.” These comments struck home, and Harold Keltner arranged for Joe Friday to work with him at the St. Louis YMCA.

The Ojibway Indian spoke before groups of YMCA boys and dads in St. Louis, and Mr. Keltner discovered that fathers, as well as boys, had a keen interest in the traditions and ways of American Indian. At the same time, being greatly influenced by the work of Ernest Thompson Seton, a great lover of the out-of-doors, Harold Keltner conceived the idea of a father and son program based upon the strong qualities of American Indian culture and life-dignity, patience, endurance, spirituality, felling for the earth, and concern for the family. Thus, the Parent-Child Program was born a half century ago.

Mom and Dad miss John and Robert

We love you guys.

Gator Victory Results in Blog Update

But pictures can't be loaded from Boston.

Amo México.

INGREDIENTS

* 1 pound skinless, boneless chicken breast halves, cut into bite size pieces
* 1 cup lemonade
* 2 tablespoons olive oil
* 1 tablespoon lime juice
* 1 1/2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
* 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
* 1/2 teaspoon onion powder
* 1 bay leaf
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* 1 (12 ounce) package corn tortillas
* 1 head lettuce, shredded
* 2 large tomatoes, chopped
* 1 (8 ounce) package shredded sharp Cheddar cheese
* 1 (8 ounce) jar salsa
* 1 (8 ounce) container sour cream

DIRECTIONS

1. In a large skillet over medium heat, combine chicken, lemonade, olive oil, lime juice, and Worcestershire sauce. Season with garlic powder, onion powder, and bay leaf. Simmer until chicken is no longer pink, and juices run clear, 15 to 20 minutes.
2. Meanwhile, warm the tortillas in the oven or microwave until soft. When chicken is fully cooked, transfer to serving bowl. Place lettuce, tomatoes, cheese, salsa, and sour cream in serving dishes. Each person can create their own wrap, using their preferred ingredients.

Puerto Rico

The island of Puerto Rico is almost rectangular in shape, and is the smallest and the most eastern island of the Greater Antilles [Glos.]. Its coasts measures approximately 580 km, and if the adjacent islands Vieques and Culebra are included the coast measures approximately 700 km. To the north and south seas capes measure 8.525 m for the Grave of Puerto Rico and 5.000 m for the Grave of Tanner. In addition to the principal island, the Commonwealth includes: Vieques, Culebra, Culebrita, Palomino (known by some by the Spanish Virgin Islands), Mona, Monito and various others isolated islands. Deep oceans waters fringe Puerto Rico. The Mona Passage, which separates the island from Hispaniola to the west, is about 75 miles (120 km) wide and more that 3,300 feet (1,000 meters) deep. Off the northern coast is the 28,000 feet (8,500 meters) deep Puerto Rico Trench, and to the south the sea bottom descends to the 16,400 feet (5,000 meters) deep Venezuelan Basin of the Caribbean.

Latin Superstar

Roberto Clemente was a major league baseball player. He was elected to the Hall of Fame after he died. He was the only exception to the mandatory five-year waiting period since the Hall of Fame began in 1954.
Roberto Clemente was born in Puerto Rico. He played for the Pittsburgh Pirates as an outfielder. On December 31, 1972 he was taking aid to earthquake victims in Nicaragua when his plain crashed. Roberto Clemente hit 240 home runs and was said to have one of the most powerful arms in baseball. “Clemente could field the ball in New York and throw out a guy in Pennsylvania,” said a baseball announcer. He lead to Pirates to a World Series victory in 1971.
On December 23, 1972, the capital of Nicaragua was reduced to rubble by a massive earthquake. Roberto Clemente went to work sending supplies to the people. An evil dictator who was supported by the United States, “Tachito” Somoza, stole the supplies he was sending to them. Roberto Clemente decided to fly with the supplies to make sure that they would get to the people who needed them. The plane he rented to fly to Nicaragua was not very good, and the pilots did not pay attention when it was loaded. His plane crashed into the ocean and his body was never found. All that was recovered was his briefcase.

Soccer beats jogging for fitness, study suggests

Players had more fun, shed more fat, built more muscle and were less tired
LONDON - A friendly game of soccer works off more fat and builds up more muscle than jogging, new research shows.

Danish scientists, who conducted their research on 37 men, also found the soccer players felt less tired after exercising than the joggers because they were having more fun.

"This is good news for men who prefer to play football (soccer) with their mates," said Dr. Gary O'Donovan, a sports medicine expert at the University of Exeter who was not connected to the study.

To measure how hard the men were working out, the researchers strapped heart monitors to their chests and compared blood samples and muscle tissue before and after matches and jogging sessions.

The researchers selected men with similar health profiles aged 31 to 33 and split them into groups of soccer players, joggers, and couch potatoes — who not surprisingly ended the three-month study in the worst shape.

Each period of exercise lasted about one hour and took place three times a week. After 12 weeks, researchers found that the body fat percentage in the soccer players dropped by 3.7 percent, compared to about 2 percent for the joggers.

The soccer players also increased their muscle mass by almost 4.5 pounds, whereas the joggers didn't have any significant change. Those who did no exercise registered little change in body fat and muscle mass.

"Even though the football (soccer) players were untrained, there were periods in the game that were so intense that their cardiovascular was maximally taxed, just like professional football (soccer) players," said Dr. Peter Krustrup, head of Copenhagen University's department of exercise and sport sciences, who led the study.

The soccer players and the joggers had the same average heart rate, but the soccer players got a better workout because of intense bursts of activity. Krustrup and his colleagues found there were periods during soccer matches when the players' hearts were pumping at 90 percent their full capacity. But the joggers' hearts were never pushed as hard.

Unlike the soccer players, the joggers consistently thought their runs were exhausting.

"The soccer players were having more fun, so they were more focused on scoring goals and helping the team, rather than the feeling of strain and muscle pain," Krustrup said.