With all the talk about catfishing rigs of various sorts, the focus is frequently on the terminal gear, and the bait, and the rod and reel, and where and how to fish for the Big'uns, but not much is often said about the line used to fish for these monsters. To cover this subject, though, there are several key considerations to think about.
For one thing, catfishing is a sport, right? As such, putting a line in the water isn't just about hooking into a fish and hauling it in, but it's also about fighting the fish on its own terms, and seeing if skill can triumph over sheer power, and land a big cat, in the offing. On the other end of this balance, is using insufficient gear for the intensity of the scrap you are getting yourself into. The old adage is, "don't bring a knife to a gunfight". Big cats are some of the most powerful fish in fresh water, and fighting them is a tough job, during which time, your rig will be put under tremendous pressure to perform.... or, it will fail, and you will lose the fish.
Further, just when you thought you had decided on the required balance of strength and finesse in gearing up for your fight, there's the issue of underwater conditions, such as wood structure, rocks, snags and anything else that can come into contact with your line. Sharp edges of any kind can seriously impair your line strength, and big cats seem to know this, and will try their best to tie up or fray your line... and, zing!... Fish: 1, Angler: 0. So, in choosing your line, you'll need to consider i) the size of the cats you're after, ii) the type of structure in your fishing area and iii) the sort of terminal rig you intend to use.
There are three main types of lines, most all made of essentially the same base materials, and loosely grouped as monofilament, copolymer and braid lines. Monofilament ("one thread", as it translates from our ancestor's tongue) can be made of either nylon, or fluorocarbon. Monofilaments can then be sheathed one over the other, and bonded, creating copolymer, or they can be braided into a "superline".
There are several manufacturers of each of these types, each one offering what they consider the superior line in their category. The real issues, for the average angler, as stated, are not, which designer brand to buy, but, how heavy of a line is needed for the fish, what conditions are being fished, and maybe, what type of rod and reel are being used?
Strictly speaking, the "sporting" use of far too light of a main line, for catfish, is not really sporting, but just a good way to lose a lot of terminal tackle. If you want to use a lighter rig, use a light leader, tied to a swivel below your sinker rig, to combine sportsmanship with economics. Your main line, though, should not be less than 20 - 25 lb. test, with many braided lines pushing 40 or 50 lb., when cats are on the agenda. These fish can pull like tugboats, so coming unprepared is not a good plan, in general.
Nowadays with the negative consequences of poor risk management growing bigger, Chief Information Officers (CIOs) are again on the front lines of business. Usually all problems can be solved with the help of paying money for fixing it and moving on. But today not all risks can be solved by power of money.
The responsibility for CIO’s deeds is huge. The responsibility for the deeds of others is even bigger. There is no way out so CIOs seize the moment and reinvent themselves. In the challenging world CIO has to be aware of lots of risks facing organizations. These are risks inside IT departments and operations there, risks in the use and deployment of technology, risks facing the broader organizations, strategic risks. Often, a lack of alignment between IT and the organization hampers the CIO’s mission which present day CIO cannot allow happen. They should establish IT priorities and processes in order to achieve better coordination in the organization. Risks come in many species. Risks can have various levels of impact, and different risks can combine to create new and greater ones. So many managers are familiar with risk management.
Today “perfect" Chief Information Officer combines a profound understanding of technology and the benefits it brings to a company with a deep knowledge of his company, customers and its industry. A great change has been noticed in the way of leading business in IT industry, changes to aligning business issues more tightly. Competitive advantage is at hand when there is a combination of business experience and an understanding of business. This is a precious combination. Technology is the future of business. A Front - Line 21st century CIO understands where the technology is going and has an excellent feel for the customers, personnel and communicates in a non-technical way.
The best CIO today is a strategy-savvy shark, and also someone with powerful awareness of the capabilities of the technology, a smart and a bit cynical guy. How to accumulate all of those qualities is another question. CIOs are treated less as partners but more as a core center. Besides a person of that kind should advisably have a foundation in technology.
Large organizations usually have CIO-type positions with divisional, regional, line of business or strategic business responsibility. The size of a company doesn't matter, and all companies need a CIO just as they need a Chief Operational Officer (COO), Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Chief Executive Officer (CEO).
Being a CIO you must determine what you are truly missing, what is important to you, and proceed thoroughly. If you are an IT director and are dreaming about CIO than take your case to the CEO and show him examples of how your strategic initiatives have benefited the company's top and bottom lines.
Also there are some points that are crucial for IT leaders to understand. IT is by far the youngest profession if you evaluate other company divisions. Accounting has been around as long as business. If you look back as recently as 40 or 50 years ago, IT didn’t really exist. It might probably be a data processing group that could be a branch of accounting department. Now IT is something that you can not live with and something you can not live without.
What can be done at the beginning of a professional growth on the way to a real CIO leaving campus? Start with a good marketing document - résumé. A businesslike two-page résumé comprising a chronological employment history focused on responsibilities and accomplishments, quantifying the latter whenever possible.
You may not find a Fortune 1000 ready to make you their CIO, but any reasonable private-sector experience will get you started in the corporate world.
The CIO position is changing in response to a turbulent business market, in which organizations increasingly turn to technology and business process innovation to gain competitive advantage. Savvy CIOs have demonstrated their transformational value to senior management during the past three years, even while operating during a down economy. Now CIO has become more business-savvy.
Nowadays new responsibilities for CIOs have emerged. Recent surveys have shown that they have broadened their responsibilities beyond the traditional CIO-only role to absorb some form of business responsibility
Many present day CIOs have come to the role of senior IT decision maker with a business background. The most critical success factor for the CIO to operate effectively as a change-agent is collaborative executive leadership. CIOs responsibility include ensuring that that Commerce uses information technology to develop the best, most useful, and most effective products and services to support its mission.
The range of CIO’s responsibilities includes:
•Implementing of an effective process for managing IT resources in accordance with Commerce policy
•Prepare annual Operational IT Plan at the beginning of the fiscal year to reflect the current year IT operations and development
•Implement a process for the selection, control, and evaluation of IT investments
•Keep abreast of Commerce guidelines for developing and maintaining operating unit IT capital planning and investment control processes.
Training and Education Required for CIO is diverse and very greatly. There are no specific degree is an absolute requirement for CIOs. The majority of CIOs, close to 80 percent, come from information technology backgrounds. Most CIOs have a minimum of a bachelor’s degree, which is true of most top executives. Many have MBAs and other advanced degrees.
Manual for a strategic CIO
One of the most important things for an IT company leader is to make his best in managing of demanding IT decisions. CIO is the very person to be responsible for making that decisions and applying ideas to life. What are the cases of successful implementation of such practices?
Collaboration of IT managers and Business Developers in a company while making strategic business decisions is the main factor here. In many companies there are no leaders in IT so IT directors can hit their strides in three directions. CIO will be able to find the most appropriate solution which will cause higher ROI and that fact will give the opportunity to feel free for managing more demanding business goals.
During the last decade financial directors and CIO are advised all over the world to collaborate; only in that case an organization can get profitable results. Success in that case will definitely equal IT plus finances.
A specific characteristic of a modern company is creation of a new model of business development that are based on implementing of first–class technologies. Today more that 60 percent of CEOs see a competitive advantage in a sound collaboration of CIO and Business Developers in the range of one company. Together with appropriate personal characteristics CIO needs to develop demanding management proficient skills as in information systems modeling of an organization and also possess best–of–breed knowledge of IT domain. So becoming a Front-Line 21st Century CIO is challenging but worth trying.
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