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Hey, fishbear, we all have to find what works the best for us as individuals. What works wonders for one person may not have any effect on another. No medication ever helped me during the time I had them yet I know others that meds made all the difference. Doctors are always saying my case is weird anyway though because of all the different things going on in my body. A close friend helped me through mine but then that is a whole different story. Hang in there and know we are all thinking of you and many prayers are being said on your behalf. Thight Lines Guy

There are many myths about hydrogen as a fuel and its' safety. Educate yourself so you know the facts. http://www.bullnet.co.uk/shops/test/hydrogen.htm http://www.usfcc.com/resources/govreports.html What about hydrogen safety? There are many myths about hydrogen which have recently been dispelled. Two years ago, a study of the Hindenburg incident found that it was not the hydrogen that was the cause of the accident. Safety tests performed by Ford Motor Company for the U.S. Department of Energy have found that the technologies being tested for storing hydrogen in a fuel cell vehicle are actually SAFER than storage of gasoline. The following quotes are taken from "Direct-Hydrogen-Fueled Proton-Exchange-Membrane Fuel Cell System for Transportation Applications: Hydrogen Vehicle Safety Report" by Ford Motor Company, May 1997: Pg 17-18: "Addison Bain, a retired NASA safety expert, has conducted a comprehensive investigation of the Hindenburg incident, searching through archives in both the U.S. and in Germany, interviewing the few remaining witnesses including surviving crew members, and even securing the services of NASA scientists to analyze fragments of the Hindenburg saved as souvenirs. . . Bain's most startling hypothesis is that hydrogen may not have played a major role in the fire. He cites several witnesses that saw what could have been 'St. Elmos fire," -- lightning bolts attracted to the surface of the giant airship. His thorough analysis of the mechanical structure of the dirigible shows that any hydrogen leaking from the inner bags would have been vented to the outside. He shows from historical records and actual analysis of remaining fragments of the ship's gas bags that the construction was either cellulose acetate or cellulose nitrate. Both are flammable. . . In addition, aluminum flakes were added to the covering material to help reflect sunlight to keep the gas bags cool. But Bain points out that cellulose nitrate and metal chips are also the ingredients of rocket fuel, politely suggesting that it might not be wise to paint airships with rocket fuel! His final slide shows a photograph of another burning airship, engulfed in flames much like the Hindenburg. But with one major difference: this airship was filled with inert helium, not hydrogen, suggesting that the Hindenburg fire could very well have been started by lightning igniting highly flammable fabric on the airship. While hydrogen clearly added to the conflagration, the Hindenburg might have burned even if it had been filled with helium. In retrospect, the Hindenburg was a high riisk venture, since the 190,000 standard cubic meters (6.7 million SCF) of hydrogen was carried in a set of rubberized cloth bags, with little protection from outside disturbances. The energy content of the hydrogen was equivalent to about 1,900 gigajoules (GJ), or 19 GJ per passenger. A modern hydrogen-powered vehicle would be much safer, with energy stored in crash-tested tanks instead of flimsy cloth bags. A fuel cell electric vehicle would carry about 0.8 GJ of hydrogen energy for a four-passenger car, or 0.2 GJ per passenger. The hydrogen would be stored in one or more fiber wrapped composite tanks that could survive 50-mph head-on collisions, engulfment by a diesel fuel fire, and pressures at least 2.25 times design pressure without rupture. The message is clear: a modern fuel cell electric vehicle would have 2300 times less hydrogen energy content than the Hindenburg, or 100 times less per passenger, and the hydrogen container would be immeasurably stronger. In effect, there is no comparison between the safety aspects of the Hindenburg and those of a fuel cell vehicle." With regards to the probability of a rupture of the hydrogen storage tank, Pg 30: "Each tank is tested at 1.5 times its rated operating pressure, and samples from each lot are pressure tested to failure. Each tank design must be qualified at 2.25 times normal operating pressure. Each class of tank is also subjected to gunfire and must not explode but leak only through the bullet-hole." (Try doing that to a gasoline tank!) Pg xi: "In a collision in open spaces, a safety-engineered hydrogen FCV shound have less potential hazard than either a natural gas vehicle or a gasoline vehicle due to four factors. First, carbon fiber wrapped composite storage tanks (the leading high pressure storage tank material due to its low weight) are able to withstand greater impacts than the vehicle itself without rupture, thereby minimizing the risks of a large release of hydrogen as a result of a collision. Second, hydrogen, if released, disperses much faster than gasoline due to much greater buoyancy, reducing the risks of a post-collision fire. Third, the FCV will carry 60% less total energy than a gasoline or natural gas vehicle, resulting in less potential hazard should it ignite. Finally, the design recommended here includes an inertially activated switch in each FCV that, in the event of a collision, will simultaneously shut off the flow of hydrogen via a slenoid valve or valves, and will cut electrical power from the battery." Pg. xii: "Hydrogen has 52 times greater buoyancy and 12.2 times greater diffusion coefficient than gasoline. Thys hydrogen will disperse much more quickly than gasoline or natural gas. Similarly, hydrogen's lower flammability limit is four times greater than that of gasoline." What is the U.S. government doing now? The U.S. Government owns and operates 30 fuel cell cogeneration units, the world's largest fleet of fuel cells. The government helps in other ways. At least five cabinet-level Departments participate in fuel cell research and demonstration programs, investing more than $100 million per year. The U.S. Department of Energy spends the most: about $50 million on research in molten carbonate and solid oxide fuel cells for stationary power and more than $30 million on transportation applications. The Department of Transportation also maintains a fuel cell bus research program. The Commerce Department supports fuel cells for premium ower applications and the Environmental Protection Agency has a program to facilitate the use of fuel cells at landfills and wastewater treatment plants. The U.S. goverhment's Climate Change Fuel Cell Program provides grants of $1,000/kilowatt to purchasers of fuel cell power plants. The 'buydown' program has so far awarded $18.8 million in assistance for the purchase of 94 fuel cell units. Fuel cell vehicles could transport American troops on the battlefield of the future, and could serve as a vital source of auxiliary power in combat. That's because fuel cells are quiet, flexible, and operate at low temperature, making them ideal for use in "stealth" vehicles. Fuel cells are also being developed for submarines, surface ships and a variety of other military uses. Why should the government support fuel cell development? Fuel cells can provide major engironmental, energy and economic benefits that advance critical national goals. Development and optimization of energy technologies has always been a partnership between government and the private sector. Other power technologies have enjoyed considerable support in the past, including tax credits for natural gas drilling, military support for gas turbine technology, support for solar power research, nuclear power research and coal cleanup technologies, among many other programs. What are other countries doing? The U.S. faces fierce competition from other countries. Canada, Japan and Germany are aggressively promoting fuel cell development with tax credits, low-interest loans and grants to support early urchases and drive down costs Toyota has been investing heavily in fuel cell vehicle research, showcasing a methanol-fueled fuel cell version of its RAV4 sport-utility vehicle in Fall 1997. DiamlerChrysler recently invested CAN$450 million in cash into Canada's Ballard Power Systems for development of fuel cell vehicles. DaimlerChrysler has already unveiled four fuel cell vehicles, the latest being a hydrogen fuel cell passenger vehicle based on the company's A-class car. The company has a fuel cell bus. Ballard also has fuel cell buses running both in Canada, and on the streets of Chicago. Almost all other automakers researhcing fuel cell cars are incorporating Ballard fuel cell engines. After receiving $30 million from the Government of Canada, Ballard has teamed up with the subsidiary of a New Jersey electric company to commercialize stationary fuel cell cogeneration units. What more should be done to spur development of fuel cells? The U.S. government should take three steps to help commercialize fuel cells: 1. Major increases are needed in research and development budgets of the Departments of Energy and Transportation, and elsewhere. 2. The federal government should also take the lead to purchase early power units and vehicles. 3. The government should continue and expand the program to help "buy down" the cost of early units installed around the country. To put costs into perspective, we pay more than $5 billion for imported oil each month. A small fraction of that amount could fully commercialize fuel cells within five years and create tens of thousands of jobs.

Panic attacks are no joke. They can be quite debilitating as well as annoying. People who have never experienced one often cannot understand them because there are no visual injuries that can be seen yet their effect on the individual is just as real. If you want to just talk about it feel free to contact any of us as talking about it can lessen the stressor that triggers panic attacks. That is why this group is here. You can do it by personal message or email for privacy. I hope you are doing better.

Yes, see: US official confirms threat against US targets in Germany http://www.jihadwatch.org/

http://parasiteweights.com/ Here is a new system I came across that others on the forum may find usefull. The Parasite Auto-Pegging Weight system works two ways. It not only Pegs the weight without tooth pics, by itself each time you T/R a soft plastic bait, works every time. Parasite's great new design also holds your soft plastic bait in place on the hook and stops it from being pulled down without the hassle of glue. Parasite's unique design keeps the weights tight to the bait, making it the easiest and fastest way to peg your weights. Anglers of all skill levels can enjoy the benefits of pitchin and flippin into heavy grass, wood, stones or any other structure, without fixing your bait all the time. All the while saving you money on wasted soft plastics. More time fishing and less time fixing your bait makes for more fun on the water. Automatically pegs weights to hook! Save a lot of money on plastics. Helps worms, tubes, flukes, horny toads, crawfish, grubs last longer! Catch more fish by keeping the plastic from interfering with the hook set! Patent pending! No more tooth pics and you don’t need glue to keep your bait on the hook. Parasite Weights are available in both Lead and Tungsten. See our selection and save money fishing using some Parasite Weights Clips. No more will you have to worry about your bait sliding down the hook and having to re rig all the time or after every fish this idea will save you loads in baits for sure. A Close up of the Parasite Weight. Rig the first part of your T rig Now simply slide the Parasite weight over your hook Rig the bottom and you are set Then you would use the Parasite Clip for these application's. Yhttp://www.basslurereviews.com//images/Parasite_weights/DSC_5738.JPGou rig this the same exact way. The plastic now will not slide down your hook at all. No more pegging systems with toothpicks, or rubber, or whatever you have used in the past, no need for a screw in weight on that Big T rig as this holds tight in place without damaging your plastics at all. the Parasite weights come in lead or Tungsten Painted Lead in sizes 1/2oz. 1/4oz. 1/8oz. 1oz. 3/16oz. 3/4oz. 3/8oz. The Parasite Clips are Stainless Steel so they will not rust http://fishinfanatics.com/ParasiteStore

I remember when gasoline was 35 cents a gallon for premium. :-?

Most Definite Prayers for your friends total and complete recovery!

Over 30 years ago a lot of us, fresh out of college boys back then, tried to convince both the US Government and the Seven Sisters (the Major OIL Companies) to begin the serious development of hydrogen as the next come on fuel to gasoline. It would save lives because it does not explode in fuel tanks as gasoline does. The exhaust, hydrogen burns combining with oxygen to equal water with only that part converted into energy "lost" as a result. This was back in 1971, so over the years if their had been steady development with the profits of oil, gas, and tax dollars placed into the project this nation today would not have the gas, and oil dependency problems we face. However money, greed, cheep oil, and as usually no will or leadership in Congress needed to pass the necessary legislation to proactively deal with a coming problem so once again problems have come home to bite the average citizen because it has not been important enough for Congress to deal with. They have bigger more important things on their minds than to solve the problems of the average person on the street. What other reason could there be because these problems have been known since I was 20 years old and I am now 57. I spent over 30 years in and around oil refining and if a dumb guy like me could see the problem then why could not all the self proclaimed geniuses in Congress and those that have occupied the White House not have authored legislative fixes over the last 30 plus years???? Makes one wonder doesn't it?

Do not forget to thank all those that have been instrumental in the closing of gasoline refineries here in the USA. While this is a contested subject, there truly is more to the story. Anti-Oil groups say the Oil Companies conspired to do this however that I think is only part of the story as there is plenty of blame to go to politicians trying to gain office while lying about the facts both pro-oil and anti-oil, and greedy middle men. Etc., etc.. Take Casper, Wyoming where I lived for ten years for an example. There were three Oil Refineries located there one owned by Texaco, one by Amoco Oil Corp., and an Independent Oil Refinery. Due to the costs to continually upgrade the environmental controls on the gasoline units like the one I worked on as well as being require to install new state of the art water treatment both Texaco and Amoco shut down their refineries. I worked at the Amoco refinery. It annually made depending on the price of gas one to three million dollars a year profit because it was a very old refinery that required a huge maintenance budget. When the new EPA standards we were to meet came out and we heard the company was required to build a new water treatment facility to stay in operation. I told all my friends and fellow workers that Amoco was going to shut the refinery because the cost to just bring our one unit up to the new EPA code would take all the companies profit for the next 15 years. There were three other refinery units that would have to have their exhaust emissions upgraded, add that to who knew how much a new how many millions a new water plant would cost, then there was the fact at that time in the 1990s there was excess refining capacity and well it did not take a math genius to see the results. I voluntarily transferred to the Texas City, Texas, Amoco Refinery which is one of the largest gasoline producing refineries in the USA. Everyone in the Casper refinery said I was nuts and that the refinery would be fine. Eighteen months later I saw many of my former friends in Casper come to work in the Texas City, Texas Refinery. For what ever reasons or whom you want to blame, 50 refineries in the past decade since 1995 alone, 24 refinery closings have taken nearly 830,000 barrels of oil per day out of availability. Even if we were floating in oil the limiting factor now to get gasoline to the pump is the refining capacity. Let us see, you would have been the leadership of the country responsible for energy policy then over the last decade of the 90s say 1993-2000. I cannot say because that would violate the no political posts rule of the forum but in fact there is plenty of blame for everyone to share. The question is what are those responsible now going to do about it????? We are waiting of the leadership of congress who has the job and responsibility to legislate to act if and/or when it becomes impotant to them.

Animal Rights groups want Mother Nature to take her course and humans as well as starvation are part of the natural forces of the planet. Those that truely know Mother Nature know how unforgiving and cruel she can be of anything and anyone.

BILL MATHIAS: BAJA'S ROOSTERFISH KING Bill Mathias, may well be one of the best roosterfish anglers that ever lived, even though you would have to sit on him and pound for an hour to make him admit it. All of the really great anglers, keep copious notes, they are very focused on their quarry, they go about their business completely without fanfare or hocus-pocus. Bill Mathias fits this profile perfectly. He's a world-traveled geologist with the soul of a scientist. He keeps meticulous notes, right in the panga, and he's always thinking about his quest with a completely open-minded and objective point-of-view. For Mathias, myth and traditional "fishing knowledge" are nothing more than starting points for his roosterfish experiments. In six days Bill Mathias caught seven roosterfish estimated at 80 pounds or better, including four fish estimated at over 100 pounds, and at least one fish--estimated at 124 pounds--which would have easily broken the current IGFA all-tackle record of 114 pounds (Abe Sackheim, La Paz, 1960). Bill goes to extreme lengths to release all roosterfish, even to the extent of giving up world records. In fact, he releases his fish so quickly, he's the worst photographic subject. Even with a trophy in his hands, he really, truly cares more about the health of the fish than getting a possible photo of a lifetime. Frustrating, but you gotta respect it. So, amigos, release all roosterfish to fight another day. They are a pure game fish anyway, lousy eating, but magnificent catching. Bill uses a lever-drag reel loaded with 20-pound mono that ends in a 2-foot Bimini Twist knot that he glues for extra security. Next comes a 10-foot leader of 40-pound clear mono (Fluorocarbon? Nah.), tied with a palomar knot to a very special hook setup. The set-up that Mathias uses for an 85 to 90 percent hookup ratio For the complete article: http://www.mexfish.com/lapz/lapz/af021015/af021015.htm

Tuna and Wahoo are two of the fish I always wanted but never caught while saltwater fishing. Big Tuna can turn into a lot of work. Those pics are of some nice ones. I'm afraid I would just like to catch some nice Yellowfin footballs (a size I can handle). Wahoo are great eating. Now if I could only catch one of these underwater torpedos. Rooster Fish are a real blast to play with. The Californians call them "Freight Trains" but the Baja locals just call them Roosters. They are beautiful and never stop fighting. They have the same fighting spirit as a Smallmouth Bass but they can grow to over 100 pounds. What is so amazing about Roosters is how close to the beach you can catch these hard fighting bad boys. They love big surf and are so aggressive, I have seen the bait they are after fling themselves up onto the rocks trying to get away from these fish. When you are fishing for Roosters with live bait it is easy to know when a Rooster is near because your baitfish is having a nervous breakdown on the other end of your line. The water down off the Baja East Cape is as clear as below. It is really cool to see that rooster tail of a dorsal fin come up behind your bait because your know you are in for one heck of a brawl. A Rooster can pull your line through the water by your boat so fast the hiss sounds like a match being drawn across a match box as it lights. Since the body will not let me go offshore, I had to target inshore species like Roosters but in Baja's East Cape, you can sometimes catch Dorado of the beach. It is a wonderful place for us Hi-Seas challenged where you can catch many of our way offshore fish even tuna at certain times of the year a half mile offshore.

1971- 1973 dude, US Army ADA & Field Arty, as 2LT. Later 70s Texas Army National Guard Airborne Infantry 2nd Battalion, 143rd Infantry, 36th Airborne Brigade, E-5 with an M21 (refused to accept officer commission back).

RW is right, I could not have said it better! Even if what you think you want to do does not require a degree. A college education does more than teach you a field of study. It was not until my second year in college I decided my degree and I never worked in that exact degree field however I used the knowledge and skills I learned there all the rest of my life both in my personal and business life. A good college education will teach you how to learn any skill. It is the way to approach learning not just facts. Life has a funny way of changing over time so you should prepare to be adaptable to those changes. Few people stay in the same carrier all their lives anymore as my parents generation did. That good college education will help you to adapt to the changes that come in this ever-changing world we live in. So, take it seriously and learn as much as you can because some day you will look back at my age at that time as some of the best days of your life. I sure am glad I did. I see my children and stepchildren that have not listened to this advice and I worry for their futures for they are in constant struggle paycheck to paycheck to survive. Too many people today live to literally one paycheck away from homelessness. Prepare while you are young for the times to come for youth lasts but a season and is done. When the trials of life knock upon your door be prepared for sooner than you think you will find in my shoes you stand looking back through time. Will you have the comfort of a warm winters coat or the tears of regret over those things you were want to do but never found the time?

Like I said. :-/

When I moved from the mainland near Galveston Island, Teaxs, four years ago my taxes and insurance on a 1400sq.ft. house for a year combined came to $8000 for the same size home here in Arkansas on Lake Bull Shoals they come to $1000 this year. The house there cost $154,000 (1999) while I paid $94,000 here last year. I would not want to guess what the cost there near Galveston for insurance is now after Katrina. Good luck on keeping control of the cost in Florida. I have thought about all the people that retired to Florida during the lowest point of the huricane cycle over the last years and how they were going to fare now that the cycle is on the increase for several more years to come. I love Florida but hate huricanes. Been there, done that and it is NO FUN!

None of the above should be accomplished by the use of abusive language over the phone or left on voice mail for a child to hear. Discipline is after all supposed to come from caring for the child. Parents are not perfect but we should all strive to be and not make excuses when we are not.

Hmmm, very interesting as it is often hard to separate all the aspects that men follow. Do all that enter follow the path of reconciliation to the whole or do some seek isolation to maintain their separation at any cost? It is those that seek separation and isolation within the whole and not inclusion that seem today to foster difference. If the wisdom of the founders were followed today as it was perhaps differences would lessen, divisions heal, and voices speak in softer tones today.

Due to a recent massive heart attack and cardiac arrest, Rick Culver of Wilderness Trail in Bull Shoals has been moved to the Hospice House behind Baxter Regional Hospital where he remains unconscious. :'( :'( :'( Anyone wishing to pay their last respects to Rick and family may check in at the front desk where they will be escorted by a member of his family. Rick is a fine man, a gentleman, always there with a smile and more than happy to share his knowledge of fishing the lake he loved Bull Shoals. He is an excellent example of the great men that are Professional Bass Anglers. No, more patient and gracious teacher could be asked for than this wonderful bass angler. Fish On Rick

Recon, from an old tired veteran I salute you. Welcome home! If I can be of help to you in any way, do not hesitate to ask.

Veterans need life long support and understanding from the people they serve, family, and friends. There are no quick fixes for the things so many are experiencing in today's world. For some reason the average person in America can somewhat grasp the trauma of a tragedy like VT. However, they are lost when it comes to the vast scale of the days, weeks, months, and now even years of daily such trauma young soldiers, many not much older than college age, experience in today's reality. People struggle to comprehend the lasting impact such events have not only on the individual soldier but his family and friends as well those having lasting relationships with him or her. Here is a link to another good source material for family and friends to aid soldiers. There are no right words, no magic pills, being there and supporting them when they need you will mean more than most of the experts appointments because you are there 24/12/365 while the "experts" are not. http://www.amazon.com/Posttraumatic-Stress-Disorder-Developmental-Perspective/dp/0889371873/ref=sr_1_1/103-9556761-3455035?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1177519095&sr=1-1 Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: A Lifespan Developmental Perspective Dresden Univ. of Technology, Germany. Brings together recent findings on the course of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and its development through life. Discusses the methods of coping with PTSD at different stages of life.

On a serious note. I came across this information that may be of help to any that know others going through "combat trama" from their experiences in all the conflicts now going on or terror attacks. Here is a link to an article about Tel Aviv University Professor Zahava Solomon who has conducted research into the psychological consequences of war and terror with over 20 years experience. http://www.aish.com/jewishissues/israeldiary/Combat_Trauma.asp Here is a link to her ground breaking book in the field of rehabilitaion of trama victims: http://www.amazon.com/Combat-Stress-Reaction-Enduring-Springer/dp/0306442795/ref=sr_1_1/103-9556761-3455035?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1177287177&sr=8-1 The title of thw book is: Combat Stress Reaction: The Enduring Toll of War (Springer Series on Stress and Coping) The book is expensive but is the cutting edge of rehabilitation in this area of healing!

original source material: http://yjhm.yale.edu/announcements.htm Just a little creative editing from the above. ;D Just to prove I have not lost all my mind just some of it. :-?