As afternoon fades into evening, scarce clouds hover on the horizon. For a sailor in his Wayfarer, an ominous feeling cannot be shaken. A voice breaks the persistent silence between the rushing of water against the sailboat, Crew Overboard! It is not something anyone wants to hear while sailing, but these few simple tips about rescuing crew members is invaluable:
1) First it is important to note the position of the overboard crewmember and mark the time. In the instance that there is a current, the crewmember could change position over time.
2) Throw as many flotation devices to the overboard crewmember as possible, as it will help the person overboard, and also create a localized area enclosing the person.
3) Have at least one person on the crew spot the overboard crewmember while rescue is underway so that he or she is always being monitored.
4) If the size of the crew is minimal, one of the crew may have to let go of the jib and maneuver with the main sail alone.
5) Use either the Quick Stop Method or Figure 8 (Quick Turn) Method to bring the crewmember back on board the sailboat.
The Quick Stop Method is advantageous when performed correctly, as it is a fast technique. This method also allows for the boat to stay close to the overboard crewmember, therefore making it easier to spot him or her. However this method is disadvantageous since a gybe maneuver must be performed which can be difficult in high winds or especially when the crew is minimal. The Quick Stop Method also cannot be performed if on a run.
The Figure 8 (Quick Turn) Method is advantageous as it can be preformed from any point of sail, and because a gybe is not required. However trading in for these advantages leaves the consequence of being farther away from the overboard crewmember and possibly lose sight of him or her.
Successful retrieval of the crewmember will also depend on the availability of safety equipment such as flotation devices. It will also help if the crewmember is wearing a life jacket. While most regulations require life jackets, ideally the life jacket should have the boat s name, and be fitted with reflective material and a whistle. Preferably, the whistle should be one that does not have balls in them, since when filled with water, they are significantly harder to blow. The life jacket should also contain a flare so that in the event of poor visibility, the overboard crewmember could light it to signal his or her location in the water.
Of course in the occurrence of a serious problem with the boat itself, it is essential to have a liferaft. The liferaft should be stowed in a location that allows its retrieval in 15 seconds or less. If the liferaft is heavy, greater than 90 pounds in weight, it should not be stowed below deck. Make sure to verify that the liferaft is kept up to date and inflated every so often so that in a critical moment, it operates as expected. It also is wise to keep a ditch bag, which contains emergency meal rations and water, in an easily accessible location.
Sailing can be dangerous, but only if proper safety rules are not followed. As long as the crew remains calm and vigilant, there is no foreseeable reason that the crew cannot have a great day out on the water.
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It is just after noon following an exhilarating morning in pursuit of long tail roosters in the golden glow of a South Dakota fall. We have taken a break for lunch in an old barn and now our party of six hunters and two guides is ready to walk another strip of grain field. We know it s loaded with pheasants and we only need five more to make the day s limit of 30 birds.
Milling anxiously around our feet are six well seasoned bird dogs -- a black Lab, two yellow, a chocolate and a pair of golden retrievers. We are waiting for the blockers to make their way in the vans to the far end of a half-mile long strip of knocked-down milo.
When our field guide, Todd Engel, shouts hunt em up! the dogs go to work and we march forward through grain stalks and knee-high grass.
We hardly take three steps before we hear the clattering wingbeat and indignant cackle of a pheasant rising into the wind.
Roosterrrr! Roosterrrr!
The guides shout, and Garry Stephens, a South Texas rancher and ag agent guarding the right wing, shoulders his favorite dove gun, a 12-gauge pump, and makes a quick, clean kill on a resplendent South Dakota cock pheasant.
Shooters, handlers and gunners come to a halt. Whistles are blown, commands are given and one of the Labs brings the bird to hand.
As we push ahead, the dogs zig-zagging in front of us are led by Bronc, a husky, hard-working yellow Lab, whose field skills, in addition to flushing and retrieving, include pointing birds on wet or snowy ground.
For the upland gamebird hunter, this is poetry on the plains and, for three days, we have been enjoying the exercise with the same amazing results on strip after strip.
As I tromp ahead, barrel high and thumb poised to flick the safety, I listen to the crisp flow of communication between guides and hunters, handlers and dogs. It is a symphony concert and I don t want to miss a note. At the sound of a wingbeat, I flinch but it is only our guide stuffing a bird into a game bag.
For today s hunt, I have traded my 12-gauge over-and-under for a lighter, short barrel 20-gauge Coach double gun. Garrett Bordson, our other guide, has loaned it to me. Soon, I am swinging the 20-inch barrel a little faster and smoother, with encouraging results.
This will be our last hunt of the trip but the dogs are showing the exuberance of opening day. The tails of the golden retrievers swish just above the grass and occasionally the face of a black lab pops up, head and nose held high in the wind to look around and perhaps get a whiff of scent.
As we continue walking up the hilly strip, the dogs are bunched up and birdy. We are pushing lots of pheasants ahead of us. Todd and Garrett call a pair of hens here, a pair of roosters there. The smaller Hungarian partridges, huns, buzz up fast, quickly banking behind us, making for difficult targets in the stiff breeze.
Three quarters of the way to the blockers, we have our limit of ringnecks. The dogs are pulled and we move out of the grain strip to leave the remaining birds undisturbed.
Back at the vans the roosters are counted and tagged, the hunt is replayed, a few old stories are told, and the dogs lap up water from plastic bottles.
It is opening weekend of the South Dakota pheasant season. We are hunting near the Missouri River town of Chamberlain, the same rolling hills and river valleys where the Lakota Sioux met and traded with the Meriwether Lewis and William Clark Expedition in 1804. Lewis and Clark, dispatched by President Thomas Jefferson to find a water route to the Pacific and initiate trade, stopped here twice on their historic 8,000 mile journey.
They, like so many visitors to this great land, marveled at the abundance of fruit along the river. The logs kept by Lewis and Clark indicate the Discovery crew hunted antelope here, and noted thousands of buffalo dotting the river bluffs and ravines. The two commanders reportedly preferred buffalo meat to the stewed dog served them from kettles with horned spoons as honored guests of the Sioux at riverside councils.
The hunting tradition and spirit of adventure endures on these rolling grasslands and grain fields. Each year beginning in mid-October, the Coyote State hosts a homecoming for the ringneck pheasant hunter. Hunters from Texas, Florida, South Carolina and Alabama boarded our commuter flight from Minneapolis to Sioux Falls. Flight attendants joked about handing out blaze orange hats instead of flower leis.
We arrive at the Sioux Falls airport to a festival atmosphere. Local merchants man booths, hawking everything from shooting vests and cigars to gunsmith and taxidermy services. Baggage carousels are choked with gun cases and caravans of SUVs wait outside to take hunters to lodges across the state. The drawing power of pheasant hunting is reflected in the state s license sales. In 2002, almost 75,000 non-resident hunting licenses were sold in South Dakota compared with 70,800 licenses sold to residents.
Our base camp is Thunderstik Lodge, a world-class facility that sits on rolling bluffs overlooking the Missouri. Here guests may use the lodge s spotting scope to see mule deer and watch Canada geese landing in the meadows along the shores of the river in the early morning light. A small herd of buffalo grazes lazily near the lodge. You become immersed in hunting history.
Following a morning in the field, guests return to the lodge where one may sharpen his or her shooting skills on the scenic sporting clays course or cast for smallmouth and walleyes on Lake Francis Case, a public reservoir.
At night, following entrees that include fresh walleye, pheasant Alfredo and grilled steaks, guests can relive the day s events in a comfortable lodge setting, complete with a well-tended bar, outdoor hot tub and a campfire under the stars. In addition to non-indigenous blue marlin, moose and grand slam of sheep mounted on the walls, the lodge displays a splendid collection of pheasants in fighting, nesting and flying poses. There are even dead pheasants stuffed to look like dead pheasants.
Over the years, guests at the Stik have included upland game hunters from all over the world, including major league baseball players, South Dakota governors and a Fortune 500 list of CEOs. The shotgun given to former president George H. W. Bush during his 1999 visit is proudly displayed on a wall.
Each morning, guests at Thunderstik load up in the lodge s snappy fleet of camoed vans with trailered kennels for the short trip to surrounding fields. Thunderstik hunters have access to 7,000 acres of shelterbelts, native prairie grasslands and crop rows, maintained and cultivated year-round as prime pheasant habitat.
Professionals from Oakridge Kennels in Northfield, Minnesota train Thunderstick s resident contingent of top performing bird dogs. Guests also are welcome to bring their own dogs.
At Thunderstik, the dedication of the dogs in the field is matched by the respect shown them by their owners and handlers. Prized labs and golden retrievers share quarters with visiting hunters. Each morning Guy LaBarre, a repeat visitor from Minneapolis, can be seen exercising his retrievers, Zoe and Zapper, in the pink orange glow of the South Dakota sunrise.
The lands that Thunderstik owns and leases for bird hunting are designated as hunting preserves. This allows an extended hunting season and a five-bird daily bag limit compared with a three-bird limit during the regular season on public lands. In return, the operation is required to supplement the harvest of its wild birds with ongoing releases of pen-raised roosters.
The release of pen raised birds helps to overcome boom and bust periods drought years and exceptionally hard winters. The operation released close to 10,000 birds on its properties last year, said Carey Storey, Thunderstik s lodge manager. In the field, it s not easy to tell wild birds from pen-raised.
I have hunted them all my life and when a bird gets off the ground, I can t tell the difference until the dog brings him back, Storey said.
He points out that after two weeks in the wild, a pen-raised rooster has had run-ins with coyotes, foxes and eagles. If you shoot at him once and he gets away, do you think he won t remember the association between dogs and people, Storey said.
On our visit last fall, the birds thundered from cover and flew strongly. The ratio of wild to pen-raised birds was as high as 65 percent on some of our hunts. (Pen raised pheasants can be identified by indentations in their beaks, the result of a protective cover used to prevent injuries from fighting while in captivity.)
For the wild bird purist, Thunderstick offers sections reserved for wild ringnecks. These fields usually are rested until the start of the public season in October.
Wild or pen-raised, I did not find South Dakota roosters particularly easy to hit. Shooting eye and reflexes are constantly tested in a variety of scenarios from birds rattling up directly in front of the gunner, long, downwind passing shots, to jump shots among the trees in wooded areas, to straight-on Kamikaze flyers in blocking situations.
A rookie among a group of seasoned pheasant hunters on the trip, I started a bit shaky, drawing blanks on the first few flushes. I learned quickly to station myself on the inside of the march, rather than on a wing. On the inside, at least, the birds rattle up a little closer and one has the benefit of other hunters collaborating on the shot. My confidence was restored on the second day on a march through a heavily wooded area when a big rooster thundered up in the trees and I knocked it down before I had time to think of all the ways to miss it.
Bob Gossett Jr. my hunting companion, a San Antonio native who splits his time between a Manhattan real estate business and his South Texas ranch, very nearly stepped on a rooster that somehow concealed itself from six dogs, four hunters and two guides.
After a day afield, it is easy to be impressed with these Asian imports, introduced in the state in 1909, not only for their dazzling plumage and Houdini-like powers of escape but also for their toughness in a hostile environment.
Pheasants grow up fast in the wild, maturing in 16 weeks. In South Dakota, it s grow rapidly, or die. Droughts and brutally harsh winters take their toll on the population here, but the gamebird has proven remarkably resilient. An old pheasant is one that has made it through the last winter, say South Dakota game biologists. Progressive land management programs including the federal government s Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) have helped the population rebound quickly after down years.
In 2002, hunters harvested 1.3 million pheasants in South Dakota out of a population of 5.5 million. By comparison, Texas offers hunters viable pheasant hunting on CRP tracts in 37 counties in the Texas Panhandle during a 16-day season in December and each year Texas hunters take some 55,000 birds.
On our trip to South Dakota, all of us left the field each day with a collection of indelible images. Mine came from one morning hunt.
Spanky, a 5-year-old German shorthair was working a grassy strip of ideal pheasant terrain. It was not long before she was locked up on point. When the bird moved, Spanky made a nifty little skip forward while still maintaining her point. Fresher than the other dogs after being held out of earlier hunts, she capped her performance by beating Bronc and Rambo, the workhorse labs, to the retrieve. Classic dogwork.
On another occasion, we stood spellbound, watching a ringneck that had been winged run full bore up the side of a bare hill. Thirty yards behind but in hot pursuit was Dolly, a 4-year-old Minnesota-bred black lab who quickly closed the gap. When the dog caught up with the big rooster, the bird made one desperate effort at escape, hopping straight up in the air. When it hit the ground Dolly was waiting and the game was over.
Did you see that! shouted Todd. Awesome.
Awesome indeed. What better way to describe the pheasant hunting experience on South Dakota s Lewis and Clark Trail.
Phil H. Shook, a native Texan, is a New York-based freelance writer who has gun, will travel.
Ringnecks On The Lewis & Clark Trail
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Milling anxiously around our feet are six well seasoned bird dogs -- a black Lab, two yellow, a chocolate and a pair of golden retrievers. We are waiting for the blockers to make their way in the vans to the far end of a half-mile long strip of knocked-down milo.
When our field guide, Todd Engel, shouts hunt em up! the dogs go to work and we march forward through grain stalks and knee-high grass.
We hardly take three steps before we hear the clattering wingbeat and indignant cackle of a pheasant rising into the wind.
Roosterrrr! Roosterrrr!
The guides shout, and Garry Stephens, a South Texas rancher and ag agent guarding the right wing, shoulders his favorite dove gun, a 12-gauge pump, and makes a quick, clean kill on a resplendent South Dakota cock pheasant.
Shooters, handlers and gunners come to a halt. Whistles are blown, commands are given and one of the Labs brings the bird to hand.
As we push ahead, the dogs zig-zagging in front of us are led by Bronc, a husky, hard-working yellow Lab, whose field skills, in addition to flushing and retrieving, include pointing birds on wet or snowy ground.
For the upland gamebird hunter, this is poetry on the plains and, for three days, we have been enjoying the exercise with the same amazing results on strip after strip.
As I tromp ahead, barrel high and thumb poised to flick the safety, I listen to the crisp flow of communication between guides and hunters, handlers and dogs. It is a symphony concert and I don t want to miss a note. At the sound of a wingbeat, I flinch but it is only our guide stuffing a bird into a game bag.
For today s hunt, I have traded my 12-gauge over-and-under for a lighter, short barrel 20-gauge Coach double gun. Garrett Bordson, our other guide, has loaned it to me. Soon, I am swinging the 20-inch barrel a little faster and smoother, with encouraging results.
This will be our last hunt of the trip but the dogs are showing the exuberance of opening day. The tails of the golden retrievers swish just above the grass and occasionally the face of a black lab pops up, head and nose held high in the wind to look around and perhaps get a whiff of scent.
As we continue walking up the hilly strip, the dogs are bunched up and birdy. We are pushing lots of pheasants ahead of us. Todd and Garrett call a pair of hens here, a pair of roosters there. The smaller Hungarian partridges, huns, buzz up fast, quickly banking behind us, making for difficult targets in the stiff breeze.
Three quarters of the way to the blockers, we have our limit of ringnecks. The dogs are pulled and we move out of the grain strip to leave the remaining birds undisturbed.
Back at the vans the roosters are counted and tagged, the hunt is replayed, a few old stories are told, and the dogs lap up water from plastic bottles.
It is opening weekend of the South Dakota pheasant season. We are hunting near the Missouri River town of Chamberlain, the same rolling hills and river valleys where the Lakota Sioux met and traded with the Meriwether Lewis and William Clark Expedition in 1804. Lewis and Clark, dispatched by President Thomas Jefferson to find a water route to the Pacific and initiate trade, stopped here twice on their historic 8,000 mile journey.
They, like so many visitors to this great land, marveled at the abundance of fruit along the river. The logs kept by Lewis and Clark indicate the Discovery crew hunted antelope here, and noted thousands of buffalo dotting the river bluffs and ravines. The two commanders reportedly preferred buffalo meat to the stewed dog served them from kettles with horned spoons as honored guests of the Sioux at riverside councils.
The hunting tradition and spirit of adventure endures on these rolling grasslands and grain fields. Each year beginning in mid-October, the Coyote State hosts a homecoming for the ringneck pheasant hunter. Hunters from Texas, Florida, South Carolina and Alabama boarded our commuter flight from Minneapolis to Sioux Falls. Flight attendants joked about handing out blaze orange hats instead of flower leis.
We arrive at the Sioux Falls airport to a festival atmosphere. Local merchants man booths, hawking everything from shooting vests and cigars to gunsmith and taxidermy services. Baggage carousels are choked with gun cases and caravans of SUVs wait outside to take hunters to lodges across the state. The drawing power of pheasant hunting is reflected in the state s license sales. In 2002, almost 75,000 non-resident hunting licenses were sold in South Dakota compared with 70,800 licenses sold to residents.
Our base camp is Thunderstik Lodge, a world-class facility that sits on rolling bluffs overlooking the Missouri. Here guests may use the lodge s spotting scope to see mule deer and watch Canada geese landing in the meadows along the shores of the river in the early morning light. A small herd of buffalo grazes lazily near the lodge. You become immersed in hunting history.
Following a morning in the field, guests return to the lodge where one may sharpen his or her shooting skills on the scenic sporting clays course or cast for smallmouth and walleyes on Lake Francis Case, a public reservoir.
At night, following entrees that include fresh walleye, pheasant Alfredo and grilled steaks, guests can relive the day s events in a comfortable lodge setting, complete with a well-tended bar, outdoor hot tub and a campfire under the stars. In addition to non-indigenous blue marlin, moose and grand slam of sheep mounted on the walls, the lodge displays a splendid collection of pheasants in fighting, nesting and flying poses. There are even dead pheasants stuffed to look like dead pheasants.
Over the years, guests at the Stik have included upland game hunters from all over the world, including major league baseball players, South Dakota governors and a Fortune 500 list of CEOs. The shotgun given to former president George H. W. Bush during his 1999 visit is proudly displayed on a wall.
Each morning, guests at Thunderstik load up in the lodge s snappy fleet of camoed vans with trailered kennels for the short trip to surrounding fields. Thunderstik hunters have access to 7,000 acres of shelterbelts, native prairie grasslands and crop rows, maintained and cultivated year-round as prime pheasant habitat.
Professionals from Oakridge Kennels in Northfield, Minnesota train Thunderstick s resident contingent of top performing bird dogs. Guests also are welcome to bring their own dogs.
At Thunderstik, the dedication of the dogs in the field is matched by the respect shown them by their owners and handlers. Prized labs and golden retrievers share quarters with visiting hunters. Each morning Guy LaBarre, a repeat visitor from Minneapolis, can be seen exercising his retrievers, Zoe and Zapper, in the pink orange glow of the South Dakota sunrise.
The lands that Thunderstik owns and leases for bird hunting are designated as hunting preserves. This allows an extended hunting season and a five-bird daily bag limit compared with a three-bird limit during the regular season on public lands. In return, the operation is required to supplement the harvest of its wild birds with ongoing releases of pen-raised roosters.
The release of pen raised birds helps to overcome boom and bust periods drought years and exceptionally hard winters. The operation released close to 10,000 birds on its properties last year, said Carey Storey, Thunderstik s lodge manager. In the field, it s not easy to tell wild birds from pen-raised.
I have hunted them all my life and when a bird gets off the ground, I can t tell the difference until the dog brings him back, Storey said.
He points out that after two weeks in the wild, a pen-raised rooster has had run-ins with coyotes, foxes and eagles. If you shoot at him once and he gets away, do you think he won t remember the association between dogs and people, Storey said.
On our visit last fall, the birds thundered from cover and flew strongly. The ratio of wild to pen-raised birds was as high as 65 percent on some of our hunts. (Pen raised pheasants can be identified by indentations in their beaks, the result of a protective cover used to prevent injuries from fighting while in captivity.)
For the wild bird purist, Thunderstick offers sections reserved for wild ringnecks. These fields usually are rested until the start of the public season in October.
Wild or pen-raised, I did not find South Dakota roosters particularly easy to hit. Shooting eye and reflexes are constantly tested in a variety of scenarios from birds rattling up directly in front of the gunner, long, downwind passing shots, to jump shots among the trees in wooded areas, to straight-on Kamikaze flyers in blocking situations.
A rookie among a group of seasoned pheasant hunters on the trip, I started a bit shaky, drawing blanks on the first few flushes. I learned quickly to station myself on the inside of the march, rather than on a wing. On the inside, at least, the birds rattle up a little closer and one has the benefit of other hunters collaborating on the shot. My confidence was restored on the second day on a march through a heavily wooded area when a big rooster thundered up in the trees and I knocked it down before I had time to think of all the ways to miss it.
Bob Gossett Jr. my hunting companion, a San Antonio native who splits his time between a Manhattan real estate business and his South Texas ranch, very nearly stepped on a rooster that somehow concealed itself from six dogs, four hunters and two guides.
After a day afield, it is easy to be impressed with these Asian imports, introduced in the state in 1909, not only for their dazzling plumage and Houdini-like powers of escape but also for their toughness in a hostile environment.
Pheasants grow up fast in the wild, maturing in 16 weeks. In South Dakota, it s grow rapidly, or die. Droughts and brutally harsh winters take their toll on the population here, but the gamebird has proven remarkably resilient. An old pheasant is one that has made it through the last winter, say South Dakota game biologists. Progressive land management programs including the federal government s Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) have helped the population rebound quickly after down years.
In 2002, hunters harvested 1.3 million pheasants in South Dakota out of a population of 5.5 million. By comparison, Texas offers hunters viable pheasant hunting on CRP tracts in 37 counties in the Texas Panhandle during a 16-day season in December and each year Texas hunters take some 55,000 birds.
On our trip to South Dakota, all of us left the field each day with a collection of indelible images. Mine came from one morning hunt.
Spanky, a 5-year-old German shorthair was working a grassy strip of ideal pheasant terrain. It was not long before she was locked up on point. When the bird moved, Spanky made a nifty little skip forward while still maintaining her point. Fresher than the other dogs after being held out of earlier hunts, she capped her performance by beating Bronc and Rambo, the workhorse labs, to the retrieve. Classic dogwork.
On another occasion, we stood spellbound, watching a ringneck that had been winged run full bore up the side of a bare hill. Thirty yards behind but in hot pursuit was Dolly, a 4-year-old Minnesota-bred black lab who quickly closed the gap. When the dog caught up with the big rooster, the bird made one desperate effort at escape, hopping straight up in the air. When it hit the ground Dolly was waiting and the game was over.
Did you see that! shouted Todd. Awesome.
Awesome indeed. What better way to describe the pheasant hunting experience on South Dakota s Lewis and Clark Trail.
Phil H. Shook, a native Texan, is a New York-based freelance writer who has gun, will travel.
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Obviously you are going to be reading at different rates when you are catching up on the tales of your favorite young wizard, than when you are cramming for your managerial finance exam, so it is necessary to have different reading strategies in place to make the most productive use of your time.
Daily Life Reading the newspaper every morning no longer will take an hour, and finding that right dish on the menu quicker will get you ordering faster. Every hour that you spent reading in the past can now be cut in half, and you can spend all that newly found free time doing whatever you please.
Entertainment If you are reading strictly for entertainment, feel free to sit back in your favorite bean bag chair and fly through the material enjoying every second. From personal experience I ve found the reading experience much more enjoyable than traditional reading, because you become engulfed in the story and feel like a part of the plot line. You may notice that you have a lot more time on your hands as recreational reading tends to go by very quick.
Education Speed reading is extremely helpful to students of all shapes and sizes. You can cover the required reading, as well as supplemental reading which can give you an advantage over other slow reading students who couldn t possibly fit enough time in their schedule. Depending on the quantity you are reading, you may find it helpful to take notes on the material you are reading. Taking proper notes can save you time in the future, and make studying and reviewing a breeze. Effective note taking will consist of writing in the margins, or on a separate sheet of paper, short main ideas and a page number for reference. I usually have a notebook open right next to me with a pen ready so if I ever need to write something down, it doesn t take away too much time from my reading. With your new speed reading abilities I also recommend learning a bit about Mind Maps and other note taking strategies.
Business In the information age, it is important to stay current on events and keep up to date on any advances in your field. Reading extra materials can give you the competitive edge on your coworkers and get you advancing up the business ladder and making a lot more money. In certain reports you may find it necessary to slow down on graphs or charts or other technical data. Analyzing costs and comparing facts and figures may also require you to slow down. It is better to take time and make sure you entirely comprehend the important things, and blast through the remainder of the fluff.
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Daily Life Reading the newspaper every morning no longer will take an hour, and finding that right dish on the menu quicker will get you ordering faster. Every hour that you spent reading in the past can now be cut in half, and you can spend all that newly found free time doing whatever you please.
Entertainment If you are reading strictly for entertainment, feel free to sit back in your favorite bean bag chair and fly through the material enjoying every second. From personal experience I ve found the reading experience much more enjoyable than traditional reading, because you become engulfed in the story and feel like a part of the plot line. You may notice that you have a lot more time on your hands as recreational reading tends to go by very quick.
Education Speed reading is extremely helpful to students of all shapes and sizes. You can cover the required reading, as well as supplemental reading which can give you an advantage over other slow reading students who couldn t possibly fit enough time in their schedule. Depending on the quantity you are reading, you may find it helpful to take notes on the material you are reading. Taking proper notes can save you time in the future, and make studying and reviewing a breeze. Effective note taking will consist of writing in the margins, or on a separate sheet of paper, short main ideas and a page number for reference. I usually have a notebook open right next to me with a pen ready so if I ever need to write something down, it doesn t take away too much time from my reading. With your new speed reading abilities I also recommend learning a bit about Mind Maps and other note taking strategies.
Business In the information age, it is important to stay current on events and keep up to date on any advances in your field. Reading extra materials can give you the competitive edge on your coworkers and get you advancing up the business ladder and making a lot more money. In certain reports you may find it necessary to slow down on graphs or charts or other technical data. Analyzing costs and comparing facts and figures may also require you to slow down. It is better to take time and make sure you entirely comprehend the important things, and blast through the remainder of the fluff.
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Experienced hunters understand what a difference a good hunting knife can make in the field. A high-quality hunting knife, like any other hunting gear, should be treated as an investment and cared for properly so it can last for years.
For starters, it's important to keep in mind that a knife should only be used as it was intended--not as a hammer, screwdriver, hatchet, ice pick or throwing knife (unless it is a throwing knife). Using a knife for any other purpose could permanently damage the blade and cause the warranty to become void.
You should also keep your knife sharp, for safety as well as efficiency. A sharp knife requires less force, reducing the likelihood of accidental injury.
Cleaning Your Hunting Knife
Even if all you did was touch the blade with your fingers, it's important to clean a hunting knife every time it's used. The residual acid left behind by fingerprints can corrode even the highest-quality metal. To clean a knife:
--Wash it by hand with soap and water.
--Use a soft cloth to dry it immediately, taking care not to scratch the blade.
--Never use strong chemical cleaners to remove tough stains, as these can damage the metal. Combine salt and vinegar and gently apply with a clean cork, then wash with soap and water and dry.
Storing Your Hunting Knife
Your clean hunting knife should be stored in a humidity-free environment where it won't be bumped around by other objects. To keep a knife dry and protect it against accidental bumps, you can store it in a sheath made of nylon or thermoplastic acrylic-polyvinyl sheeting. To store a knife for the long term, wrap it in paper and seal it in a plastic bag with desiccant to prevent humidity.
Never store a knife in a leather sheath, particularly tanned leather, as the chemicals within the material can cause it to draw moisture from the air and lead to rust. Instead, save your leather sheath for short-term use in the field, where it provides good protection from the elements.
Oiling Your Hunting Knife
To help fight the battle against rust, it's a good idea to keep your hunting knife oiled. Use an all-purpose or firearm oil on the blade and, if you have a folding knife, on the lock mechanism. When oiling your knife:
--Avoid using too much oil, which will attract dirt and other particles, making the knife feel gummy.
--Oil only the blade, taking care not to get any on the handle. This will cause a slippery grip, which is the last thing a hunter needs out in the field.
--You can, however, treat a wood handle with special oils meant for wood, such as linseed.
A leather handle can be treated with mink oil or leather treatment products. There's no need to treat handles made from rubber or artificial materials.
By properly cleaning and caring for your hunting knife, you can protect your investment and ensure this essential tool will keep performing season after season.
~Flora Richards-Gustafson, 2010
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For starters, it's important to keep in mind that a knife should only be used as it was intended--not as a hammer, screwdriver, hatchet, ice pick or throwing knife (unless it is a throwing knife). Using a knife for any other purpose could permanently damage the blade and cause the warranty to become void.
You should also keep your knife sharp, for safety as well as efficiency. A sharp knife requires less force, reducing the likelihood of accidental injury.
Cleaning Your Hunting Knife
Even if all you did was touch the blade with your fingers, it's important to clean a hunting knife every time it's used. The residual acid left behind by fingerprints can corrode even the highest-quality metal. To clean a knife:
--Wash it by hand with soap and water.
--Use a soft cloth to dry it immediately, taking care not to scratch the blade.
--Never use strong chemical cleaners to remove tough stains, as these can damage the metal. Combine salt and vinegar and gently apply with a clean cork, then wash with soap and water and dry.
Storing Your Hunting Knife
Your clean hunting knife should be stored in a humidity-free environment where it won't be bumped around by other objects. To keep a knife dry and protect it against accidental bumps, you can store it in a sheath made of nylon or thermoplastic acrylic-polyvinyl sheeting. To store a knife for the long term, wrap it in paper and seal it in a plastic bag with desiccant to prevent humidity.
Never store a knife in a leather sheath, particularly tanned leather, as the chemicals within the material can cause it to draw moisture from the air and lead to rust. Instead, save your leather sheath for short-term use in the field, where it provides good protection from the elements.
Oiling Your Hunting Knife
To help fight the battle against rust, it's a good idea to keep your hunting knife oiled. Use an all-purpose or firearm oil on the blade and, if you have a folding knife, on the lock mechanism. When oiling your knife:
--Avoid using too much oil, which will attract dirt and other particles, making the knife feel gummy.
--Oil only the blade, taking care not to get any on the handle. This will cause a slippery grip, which is the last thing a hunter needs out in the field.
--You can, however, treat a wood handle with special oils meant for wood, such as linseed.
A leather handle can be treated with mink oil or leather treatment products. There's no need to treat handles made from rubber or artificial materials.
By properly cleaning and caring for your hunting knife, you can protect your investment and ensure this essential tool will keep performing season after season.
~Flora Richards-Gustafson, 2010
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Are you incredibly delayed for work or school wherein there is definitely a traffic jam on your way Gliding using a scooter is a perfect fit for you! Here are guidelines for you to follow in riding a powered scooter. With more practice, you can glide like a pro!
Make sure you have the following gear. Stay safe!
Clearly you will need your choice of electric or gas driven scooter
Scooter Transport Bag
Helmets and Skateboard Pads for your protection
Start the scooter s engine. Pulling on a rope attached to the engine usually starts gas engines. Meanwhile, electric engines must be push-started wherein you first ride on the scooter like safe Riding Guide For kick scooter.
Position yourself. Hold the handlebars then rest one foot on the deck; your other foot is rested on the ground. Assume relaxation and balance.
Assume proper position. Avoid leaning forward in the direction of the handlebars. This is unsafe as the weight on the deck is imbalanced wherein you can obtain injuries with just one bump. Put your one foot a little in front of the other with both of them facing forward while riding on the motorized scooter.
Steering. Steer your scooter by rotating the handlebars in the path you want to take and by slightly leaning forward into each turn.
Get used to the brakes. Never squeeze them too hard or quick. Try to read the road ahead and slow the scooter naturally before needing the brakes. Take time to get a feel for your brakes before you go out on the roads.
Practice makes perfect. Perform scooter driving especially turning and braking in huge empty grounds.
Be aware of the street about you. Keep in mind when riding on a street you do not only have to think about what you have to to do, but what other street users may do. Keep calm and always give yourself room to escape a sticky situation.
Always be sure to check the laws on the use of motorized kick scooters in your area. By no means break the laws of the highway as it might see you in severe trouble.
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Make sure you have the following gear. Stay safe!
Clearly you will need your choice of electric or gas driven scooter
Scooter Transport Bag
Helmets and Skateboard Pads for your protection
Start the scooter s engine. Pulling on a rope attached to the engine usually starts gas engines. Meanwhile, electric engines must be push-started wherein you first ride on the scooter like safe Riding Guide For kick scooter.
Position yourself. Hold the handlebars then rest one foot on the deck; your other foot is rested on the ground. Assume relaxation and balance.
Assume proper position. Avoid leaning forward in the direction of the handlebars. This is unsafe as the weight on the deck is imbalanced wherein you can obtain injuries with just one bump. Put your one foot a little in front of the other with both of them facing forward while riding on the motorized scooter.
Steering. Steer your scooter by rotating the handlebars in the path you want to take and by slightly leaning forward into each turn.
Get used to the brakes. Never squeeze them too hard or quick. Try to read the road ahead and slow the scooter naturally before needing the brakes. Take time to get a feel for your brakes before you go out on the roads.
Practice makes perfect. Perform scooter driving especially turning and braking in huge empty grounds.
Be aware of the street about you. Keep in mind when riding on a street you do not only have to think about what you have to to do, but what other street users may do. Keep calm and always give yourself room to escape a sticky situation.
Always be sure to check the laws on the use of motorized kick scooters in your area. By no means break the laws of the highway as it might see you in severe trouble.
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Admit it. There are some advantages to getting older. I have become so calm that sometimes I barely recognize myself. But every now and then I am shocked out of my equanimity. A small news item last week did it; it actually shook me up. It was very small and simple:
Bush's '09 Budget Eliminates RIF Funding President Bush's proposed 2009 budget eliminates all the funding for Reading Is Fundamental's book distribution program that has, since 1966, provided more than 325 million books to more than 30 million underprivileged children.
That got me mad -- like in mad enough to do something! Mad enough to talk about it to everyone I know. Mad enough to write my Congressperson and Senators. Mad enough to write Margaret Spilling at the US Department of education. Mad enough to write both Barbara and Laura Bush. Mad enough to write about it here.
Reading is Fundamental is an awesome program! It is the oldest and largest nonprofit children's literacy program in the world. Their mission is to motivate kids to read. An important part of the program is providing books for children to explore, read and keep.
The program was started in 1966 by Margaret McNamara. While her husband was busy messing up the Vietnam War at the Defense Department she volunteered to tutor a group of Washington D.C. children in reading. One day she took a bag of used books with her. At the end of the session she told each of the children that they could pick a book and keep it. The kids were thrilled. These children (an most of their classmates) had never owned a book!
Margarat was astonished by the reaction. She was infected by thier enthusiams and decided right then and there to do something. She recruited her friends, raised money everywhere she could and started collecting books to give away. For the next nine years her efforts created a program that gave away books to children in the Washington D.C. public school system.
In 1975 the US Congress passed a bill that provided matching funds to RIF. For the last 33 years (in a row) Congress has funded this program. Reading is Fundamental now serves children and families in every state, district and territory of the US. Last year, the program gave away 16 million free books to 4.5 million children!
Now, the Bush administration has decided to eliminate RIF's funding! Evidently it is more important to rebuild Iraq, bail out corporations and build Bridges to Nowhere than it is to promote literacy here at home.
Incredibly, this is the second time that this President who has made a bid deal about leaving no child behind, has attempted to cut funding for RIF. The first time (in 2001) there was such a public outcry that the administration finally backed down.
This story becomes even more curious when you consider that Barbara Bush served on RIF's board of directors from 1980 to 1988 and then on its national advisory board from 1989 to 1992 . Add to that the fact that Laura Bush served on RIF's national advisory council from 1996 to 2001.
It is time for us to raise our voices in protest! PLEASE go to the RIF site and voice your opinion.
The site provides links to find your senator and representative and gives you information about how to send an e-mail message to them. Join me and thousands of others in making our voices heard! Write to Barbara and Laura for good measure! But hurry, there is not a lot of time because the appropriation committee will be meeting in May and June to decide on budgets.
Oh yeah, I should mention that this item even made me mad enough to actually make a donation to RIF. This is an organization that deserves our support!
The families and children affected by this cut in funding are the weakest and most vulnerable members of our society. There aren't any lobbyists in Washington advocating for them! Children have no voice or power in our society and the depend on adults like us to speak up. To give them a voice.
So get busy -- write, call, spread the word, donate. Let's make sure that kids get the chance to have free books to explore, read and keep! I want to hear protest and outcry so loud that it can not be ignored!
Thank you for your support!
Copyright (c) 2008 Gigi Reynard
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Bush's '09 Budget Eliminates RIF Funding President Bush's proposed 2009 budget eliminates all the funding for Reading Is Fundamental's book distribution program that has, since 1966, provided more than 325 million books to more than 30 million underprivileged children.
That got me mad -- like in mad enough to do something! Mad enough to talk about it to everyone I know. Mad enough to write my Congressperson and Senators. Mad enough to write Margaret Spilling at the US Department of education. Mad enough to write both Barbara and Laura Bush. Mad enough to write about it here.
Reading is Fundamental is an awesome program! It is the oldest and largest nonprofit children's literacy program in the world. Their mission is to motivate kids to read. An important part of the program is providing books for children to explore, read and keep.
The program was started in 1966 by Margaret McNamara. While her husband was busy messing up the Vietnam War at the Defense Department she volunteered to tutor a group of Washington D.C. children in reading. One day she took a bag of used books with her. At the end of the session she told each of the children that they could pick a book and keep it. The kids were thrilled. These children (an most of their classmates) had never owned a book!
Margarat was astonished by the reaction. She was infected by thier enthusiams and decided right then and there to do something. She recruited her friends, raised money everywhere she could and started collecting books to give away. For the next nine years her efforts created a program that gave away books to children in the Washington D.C. public school system.
In 1975 the US Congress passed a bill that provided matching funds to RIF. For the last 33 years (in a row) Congress has funded this program. Reading is Fundamental now serves children and families in every state, district and territory of the US. Last year, the program gave away 16 million free books to 4.5 million children!
Now, the Bush administration has decided to eliminate RIF's funding! Evidently it is more important to rebuild Iraq, bail out corporations and build Bridges to Nowhere than it is to promote literacy here at home.
Incredibly, this is the second time that this President who has made a bid deal about leaving no child behind, has attempted to cut funding for RIF. The first time (in 2001) there was such a public outcry that the administration finally backed down.
This story becomes even more curious when you consider that Barbara Bush served on RIF's board of directors from 1980 to 1988 and then on its national advisory board from 1989 to 1992 . Add to that the fact that Laura Bush served on RIF's national advisory council from 1996 to 2001.
It is time for us to raise our voices in protest! PLEASE go to the RIF site and voice your opinion.
The site provides links to find your senator and representative and gives you information about how to send an e-mail message to them. Join me and thousands of others in making our voices heard! Write to Barbara and Laura for good measure! But hurry, there is not a lot of time because the appropriation committee will be meeting in May and June to decide on budgets.
Oh yeah, I should mention that this item even made me mad enough to actually make a donation to RIF. This is an organization that deserves our support!
The families and children affected by this cut in funding are the weakest and most vulnerable members of our society. There aren't any lobbyists in Washington advocating for them! Children have no voice or power in our society and the depend on adults like us to speak up. To give them a voice.
So get busy -- write, call, spread the word, donate. Let's make sure that kids get the chance to have free books to explore, read and keep! I want to hear protest and outcry so loud that it can not be ignored!
Thank you for your support!
Copyright (c) 2008 Gigi Reynard
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Plastic is a big part of western consumers overall waste. Figures from 2002 in the UK show plastic materials were 7% of the total of household waste, and if you exclude garden waste from the total the figure was more like 10%. It will certainly have risen as a proportion since 2002. Current estimates are that the UK generates more than 3 million tonnes of plastic waste every year. Hardly any of it is recycled.
Why not
Now that s a very good short question that needs a rather long answer.
First, there is the variety problem. There are around 50 chemically distinct polymers used in household products and packaging, and it takes an expert to tell some of them apart. Secondly there s the logistics problem. The waste arises in relatively small volumes in millions of households. Finally there is the issue of food safety. More than half of the plastic waste we produce was originally packaging for foodstuffs. There are strict rules to follow in food packaging. Even if the polymers were well sorted, and somehow were given back to the company that made the original household item, there would still be a problem. The company probably could not use the waste again for a food contact application, since they could never guarantee that some harmful contamination hadn t happened.
In fact almost all the plastic recycling that takes place in the developed world is of waste created at the site of its original use; off cuts, bad mouldings, excess product production are routinely reused in the process which generated them in the first place. This is rather easy, since the identity and specification of the material is known with certainty.
Two developments are needed before mass plastic recycling can happen. First there has to be a way of getting the waste back from households to the plastics industry, at low cost. This might be a community collection system, or the agreement of supermarkets to accept plastic waste from their customers for recycling by their original suppliers. Secondly there needs to be the commercial scale creation of automatic polymer sorting equipment. Both these developments seem today (June 2008), to be years away.
In the meantime we have to support all special initiatives to collect and re use individual polymers or identical plastic items. Here is a link to a UK retailer that does just that. Have a look at their clocks made from recycled coffee cups, and their chair featuring recycled computer games consoles. They also have the answer to the plastic carrier bag problem. Made from jute! And a recycled Frisbee. Now that is fantastic.
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Why not
Now that s a very good short question that needs a rather long answer.
First, there is the variety problem. There are around 50 chemically distinct polymers used in household products and packaging, and it takes an expert to tell some of them apart. Secondly there s the logistics problem. The waste arises in relatively small volumes in millions of households. Finally there is the issue of food safety. More than half of the plastic waste we produce was originally packaging for foodstuffs. There are strict rules to follow in food packaging. Even if the polymers were well sorted, and somehow were given back to the company that made the original household item, there would still be a problem. The company probably could not use the waste again for a food contact application, since they could never guarantee that some harmful contamination hadn t happened.
In fact almost all the plastic recycling that takes place in the developed world is of waste created at the site of its original use; off cuts, bad mouldings, excess product production are routinely reused in the process which generated them in the first place. This is rather easy, since the identity and specification of the material is known with certainty.
Two developments are needed before mass plastic recycling can happen. First there has to be a way of getting the waste back from households to the plastics industry, at low cost. This might be a community collection system, or the agreement of supermarkets to accept plastic waste from their customers for recycling by their original suppliers. Secondly there needs to be the commercial scale creation of automatic polymer sorting equipment. Both these developments seem today (June 2008), to be years away.
In the meantime we have to support all special initiatives to collect and re use individual polymers or identical plastic items. Here is a link to a UK retailer that does just that. Have a look at their clocks made from recycled coffee cups, and their chair featuring recycled computer games consoles. They also have the answer to the plastic carrier bag problem. Made from jute! And a recycled Frisbee. Now that is fantastic.
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If you already have a wireless network for your computers, you may be very interested in what's coming next. Would you like it if your PDA, your mobile phone, your mp3 player and almost everything else you connect to your computer could be wireless too It's already a reality...
Personal Area Network.
Using wireless networking with your personal gadgets is often called PAN, which stands for Personal Area Network. The idea is that, in the future, we'll all have laptop computers with their batteries charged and no more need to connect any wires to them at all -- you just place your Bluetooth device near the computer, and the computer sees it and can use it straightaway.
Bluetooth has been around and in-use since 1999, and it's only getting more popular. It was designed to be secure, low cost, and easy to use from day one.
There are two classes of Bluetooth that are in popular use: class 1 and class 2. Class 2 is the most common and cheaper standard, allowing you to use a device that is up to 10 metres (32 feet) away. Class 1 is rarer, but you can still find devices that use it easily enough, and it has ten times the range: 100 metres or 320 feet.
How Does It Work
Bluetooth is more flexible than 802.11 wireless networking, in exchange for the shorter range. Essentially, a Bluetooth-enabled computer has one Bluetooth receiver installed in it, and this receiver can then be used with up to 7 nearby Bluetooth devices. On the other end, wireless devices do not need to have Bluetooth installed if they support it -- it is already integrated.
Like 802.11, Bluetooth works by using radio signals to create bandwidth. It is not, though, the same thing as an old-style wireless mouse or keyboard, which required a receiver to be plugged into one of your computers' ports, and didn't have range or stability anywhere near that of Bluetooth.
Many computers now come with built in Bluetooth, especially Apple Macs. If you want to add Bluetooth to a computer that doesn't come with it pre-installed, you should probably use a USB to Bluetooth adapter, although internal Bluetooth devices to install in your computer are available. If you have a laptop and a spare PCMCIA slot, you can get Bluetooth cards for that too.
What Can You Do With Bluetooth
Mobile phones with Bluetooth are very popular, and so are PDAs -- the instant synchronisation of addresses and calendars to a computer is a useful feature. Other than that, almost anything that would usually use USB can be done using Bluetooth, including digital cameras, mp3 players, printers, and even mice and keyboards. If you take a look through the comprehensive list of Bluetooth 'profiles' (kinds of devices that could, in theory, be Bluetooth enabled), it includes cordless phones, faxes, headsets, and even video.
Basically, more than anything, Bluetooth is a replacement for USB: some say that while 802.11 wireless networking is wireless Ethernet, Bluetooth is wireless USB.
Not Just for Computers.
Part of the power of Bluetooth is that it isn't just used to connect things to computers -- it can be used to connect almost anything to anything else, if both things are Bluetooth-enabled and recognise each other.
Mobile phones, in particular, take advantage of this. Hands-free headsets often use Bluetooth to communicate with the phone. Some cars, for example, now have on-board computers that will connect with a Bluetooth phone and allow you to make hands-free calls, regardless of where the phone is in the car (even if you've left it in your bag in the trunk!)
On top of that, of course, Bluetooth devices can communicate with each other. This has led to some people sending messages from their Bluetooth PDAs to others in close range -- not an especially useful feature, but quite fun. This is called 'bluejacking', and the first recorded instance of it was a man who sent a Bluetooth message to another man's Nokia phone while they were in a bank together. What did the message say 'Buy Ericsson'.
Since then, it has become possible to send images by bluejacking, and it is widely believed to be the newest advertising medium -- yes, it lets billboards send messages to your phone, a practice known as 'bluecasting'. Whether you think that's cool or annoying, of course, is your choice.
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Personal Area Network.
Using wireless networking with your personal gadgets is often called PAN, which stands for Personal Area Network. The idea is that, in the future, we'll all have laptop computers with their batteries charged and no more need to connect any wires to them at all -- you just place your Bluetooth device near the computer, and the computer sees it and can use it straightaway.
Bluetooth has been around and in-use since 1999, and it's only getting more popular. It was designed to be secure, low cost, and easy to use from day one.
There are two classes of Bluetooth that are in popular use: class 1 and class 2. Class 2 is the most common and cheaper standard, allowing you to use a device that is up to 10 metres (32 feet) away. Class 1 is rarer, but you can still find devices that use it easily enough, and it has ten times the range: 100 metres or 320 feet.
How Does It Work
Bluetooth is more flexible than 802.11 wireless networking, in exchange for the shorter range. Essentially, a Bluetooth-enabled computer has one Bluetooth receiver installed in it, and this receiver can then be used with up to 7 nearby Bluetooth devices. On the other end, wireless devices do not need to have Bluetooth installed if they support it -- it is already integrated.
Like 802.11, Bluetooth works by using radio signals to create bandwidth. It is not, though, the same thing as an old-style wireless mouse or keyboard, which required a receiver to be plugged into one of your computers' ports, and didn't have range or stability anywhere near that of Bluetooth.
Many computers now come with built in Bluetooth, especially Apple Macs. If you want to add Bluetooth to a computer that doesn't come with it pre-installed, you should probably use a USB to Bluetooth adapter, although internal Bluetooth devices to install in your computer are available. If you have a laptop and a spare PCMCIA slot, you can get Bluetooth cards for that too.
What Can You Do With Bluetooth
Mobile phones with Bluetooth are very popular, and so are PDAs -- the instant synchronisation of addresses and calendars to a computer is a useful feature. Other than that, almost anything that would usually use USB can be done using Bluetooth, including digital cameras, mp3 players, printers, and even mice and keyboards. If you take a look through the comprehensive list of Bluetooth 'profiles' (kinds of devices that could, in theory, be Bluetooth enabled), it includes cordless phones, faxes, headsets, and even video.
Basically, more than anything, Bluetooth is a replacement for USB: some say that while 802.11 wireless networking is wireless Ethernet, Bluetooth is wireless USB.
Not Just for Computers.
Part of the power of Bluetooth is that it isn't just used to connect things to computers -- it can be used to connect almost anything to anything else, if both things are Bluetooth-enabled and recognise each other.
Mobile phones, in particular, take advantage of this. Hands-free headsets often use Bluetooth to communicate with the phone. Some cars, for example, now have on-board computers that will connect with a Bluetooth phone and allow you to make hands-free calls, regardless of where the phone is in the car (even if you've left it in your bag in the trunk!)
On top of that, of course, Bluetooth devices can communicate with each other. This has led to some people sending messages from their Bluetooth PDAs to others in close range -- not an especially useful feature, but quite fun. This is called 'bluejacking', and the first recorded instance of it was a man who sent a Bluetooth message to another man's Nokia phone while they were in a bank together. What did the message say 'Buy Ericsson'.
Since then, it has become possible to send images by bluejacking, and it is widely believed to be the newest advertising medium -- yes, it lets billboards send messages to your phone, a practice known as 'bluecasting'. Whether you think that's cool or annoying, of course, is your choice.
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The Puranas or Indain Mythology while describing the process of world creation says that a lotus emerged from Lord Vishnu s navel. Brahma the creator sat on this lotus. God told Brahma in a celestial voice: I have created you for world creation. In order to become capable of doing, so perform Tapas or austerities. Tapas generate energy which in turn helps execute very important gigantic feats. Brahma asked as to what was the basis and nature of austerities so the celestial voice answered: Tapas is nothing but all round meditation on the Gayatri Mantra. Later he was given the Gayatri Mantra and Brahma commenced meditating on it. As a result his consciousness awakened and he thus created the world. A program for its apt management was designed.
But at that time there was water everywhere due to Mahapralaya or great annihilation. There was no material in sight. Now how could the world get created For that materials were required. Hence to procure them Brahma again performed austerities. Thus at this point he had to take help of Savitri practices. Savitri then appeared and by using it Brahma created the world.
According to the above Brahmaji had to take help of both Gayatri and Savitri. Hence both are called his helpers, aides, partners and wives. Gayatri means soul. Savitri means material. The root basis of materialism is the 5 elements. Elements are inert. Hence nature or Prakriti is called inert. The entire cosmos pervades with inert nature. Many planets, meteors and other materials are present in it but because they lack consciousness only activity is seen there. Their atoms move on their axis. Along with particles in the root designing of the macro is anti atom too. Like anti shadow conjoined to a shadow this activity goes on everywhere. According to Ecological Science this activity is well managed via certain laws. Even the materials spread in this world are no exception and yet inert nature is not enough. It has no aim, no effort, no result and no joy. Without its inclusion inert material despite being visible, mobile remains futile. For fulfilling this lack Brahmaji had to take recourse to the spiritual, Gayatri and consciousness. Thus Pranis or living creatures came into being. The deep import of this event has been detailed greatly in various scriptures.
Parabrahmaswarupa cha nirvana pada dayini.
Brahmatejomayi shaktistadhishthatra devata.
. DEVI BHAGWAT (SKAND 9 CHAPT 1/42)
Gayatri is that energy which gives liberation and is associated with God s nature and conscious light and is the presiding deity of Mantras.
Gayatri idam sarvam.
NRISINGHPURVATAPANIYOPANISHAD (4/2)
What ever exists is Gayatri manifest.
Gayatri parmatma.
........................... GAYATRI TATVE
Gayatri is God.
Brahma gayatriti-brahma vai gayatri.
. SHATPATH BRAHMAN 8/5/37- AITEREYA BRAHMAN 27/5
Brahman or cosmic consciousness is Gayatri, Gayatri indeed is Brahman.
Parmatmanastu ya lokey brahma shaktirvirajate.
Sukshma cha satviki chaiva gayatrityabhidhiyate .. (9)
In the world pervades God s subtle and sacred Brahman Energy which is none other than Gayatri.
Prabhavadeva gayatraya bhutanamabhijayate.
Antahkaraneshu daivanam tatvanam hi samudbhavaha .. (10)
The manifestation of divine principles in the psyche of creatures takes place due to the influence of Gayatri.
All living beings and creatures possess bodies made of matter. But within them the inclusion of consciousness was something special. If consciousness were not there in what manner and for what would they use their bodies Without this utility aspect how would they attain contentment, advancement and bliss This thus is the task of consciousness. The bodies of living beings are made up of 5 elements and consciousness that works within it is Gayatri. This consciousness is called Prana or vital force. As long as vital force exists creatures remain alive. When vital force leaves the body lies dead and inert. In order to destroy its existence worms, bacterial etc that cause rotting manifest from within and after destroying the body they too die. Else vultures, dogs, crows etc destroy it by devouring it. If put in water areas fish and turtles devour the body. Thus without consciousness not only does the body not remain healthy and active but that it has no power to remain in existence. Thus Gayatri is more important than Savitri. But even this belief is incomplete. This is because when there is no substratum for the thinking potential of consciousness it cannot manifest its enterprise and existence. Based on this sound logic we must give equal weight age to Savitri.
With reference to the conscious world both spiritual and material activities take place in a mixed manner and both appear to be dependent on each other. Since they are 2 wives they work together to look after their family that is the entire world. In the same way the management of conscious world is carried out by both Savitri and Gayatri i.e. materialism and spiritualism.
Gayatri manifests from 5 Pranas or vital forces. Pranas are 5. Sub Pranas too are 5. Hence it is called Prana Science. While elucidating the nature of Gayatri scriptural scholars call it vital consciousness or Vital Force Science. With reference to this the opinion of various scriptures can be delved into.
While throwing light on the state of the 5 Sheaths, SARVA SAROPANISHAD says:
Annakaryanam koshanam samuhnnamayakosh ityuchyate pranadi chaturdash vayubheda annamay koshe yada vartante tada pranamay-koshe ityuchyate. Etatkosh dway sansaktam man adi chaturdashkaranaratma shabdadi vishaya sankalpadirmanu yada karoti tada manomay kosh ityuchyate. Etatkoshashatrayasansakta tadgat visheshajno yada bhasate tada vijnanamay kosh ityuchyate. Etatkosh chatushtay sansakt swakarana-jnane vatakanikayamiva vriksho yada vartate tada anandmay kosh ityuchyate.
MEANING: The nature of food from food and those sheaths made from energy existence is called Food Sheath. The total form of Prana, Apan, Udan, Vyan, Saman, 5 Sub Pranas and vital air within the food sheath and body is called Vital Force Sheath. Mental Sheath is the region where subtle activities of mind and senses are carried out and that could be carried out. Intellectual Sheath includes wisdom based activities carried out by the above 3 sheaths, soul and intellect. The Bliss sheath is that wherein the soul conjoined to the above 4 sheaths is unaware of its root substratum and revels on its own like the entire tree lies in a tiny seed potentially. The 5 vital forces are called the 5 demigods.
Panchdeva mayam jiva, panch pranamayam shiva.
Kundalini shakti sanyukt, shubhra vidyullopamam.
TANTRARNAV
This Jiva or living being includes 5 demigods. It is because it is full of vital force that it is Shiva. This group includes Kundalini Energy too. Its shape is that of brilliant lightning. The Para Energy of Divine Energy manifested via awakening of the 5 sheaths under the aegis of Savitri Science is worshipped. In the DEVI BHAGWAT it is said:
Panchapranadhidevi ya panchpranaswarupini.
Pranadhikpriyatama sarwabhyaha sundari para.
The 5 vital forces are the 5 forms of that very 5 sheath based wealth. They are the presiding female deities of Pranas or vital forces. They are beautiful in an all round manner. It is Para Energy. It is dearer than God s very life.
In reality Gayatri is embedded in the existence of living beings hence man looks upon it as him self. In the meditation of man it is human and its form too is like that. 2 hands, 2 legs, organs of knowledge, organs of action too are like that. If other creatures had the brains of man it would look upon the nature of consciousness as its own form. The god of a bull would be like a bull and god of birds would be like a bird.
This discussion is about icons. At the time of eulogizing Gayatri Super Science in order to enter the arena of Meditation Science meditation is said to be a must. Meditation can take place only if there is mental focus and faith. Hence for that the brain imagines some or the other image of name and form. Over here the imagination is not wild but that the name/form envisaged mentally helps attain deep meditation. Due to the union of meditation, faith and trust the results attained are exactly according to ones aspirations. From this very standpoint Gayatri s image has been designed like a human being. Along with it 2 accessories are conjoined. One is a water pot filled with water and the second hand holds a book. Book connotes discrimination or Viveka. The union of discrimination and sensitivity manifests aspirations and yearnings befitting human glory.
Gayatri s vehicle is a swan. This swan indicates the status of the inner psyche of a spiritual aspirant. Gayatri s vehicle is a royal swan. It is not an ordinary bird that lives in some water area. There is a great difference between a swan and a royal swan. Royal swans have the capacity to do Neer-Sheer Viveka. It means that from a mixture of milk and water they drink only milk and leave out water. In the same way it eats pearls. If pearls are not available it will give up its life too. These special qualities are not found in ordinary swans. In fact they eat worms etc in water areas. How can the poor creatures get milk In the same way, under no circumstances can they find pearls. This is because pearls are found lying very deep in the ocean. An ordinary swan cannot dive deep. There is no bird named royal swan. This is in fact a symbolic imagination whose connotation is idealism. Those who wish to attain the grace of spirituality and consciousness must render their lives white, bright etc. Their minds must not have even an iota of taint or distortion. In ordinary swans below the beak and under the wings there is nothing but blackness. Hence the above mentioned royal swan is only a symbol of idealistic viewpoint.
Those who desire to awaken the subtle special qualities of Savitri (materialism) in their body they in spiritual parlance must become one with it. Meditation must be so advanced akin to merging. For this too a symbolic picture has been drawn. Savitri has 5 faces. She has 10 arms. She sits in a seat of lotus. She is adorned with weapons and ornaments.
The 5 faces indicate the 5 elements of nature and 5 Pranas of consciousness. Ten arms mean the group of 5 sense organs of knowledge. Weapons and ornaments indicate means that augment comforts and accessories that ward off hardships. Those who wish to advance/progress materially must take recourse to Savitri.
One vehicle (seat) of Savitri is a lotus flower. It has many meanings. The heart is said to be tender. It is said to be the source of sensitivity, affection and helpful attitude. Only anatomists clinically look upon it as a bag of throwing/accepting blood. Seers of spirituality conjoin functions to bodily organs. The Sahasrar Lotus of the brain region too is compared to a lotus flower. It means that the intellect of the head must be sharp and also a medium of the heart, nature, sensitivity, cooperation and balance. Thus are the different images of Savitri and Gayatri. With reference to this the opinion of scriptural seers is crystal clear.
Savita sarva bhutanam sarva bhapashcha suyate.
Sarvanatprernacchaiva savita tena chotyate.
MEANING: That energy is called Savita because it gives inspiration to all elements, all creatures and all emotions. There is a precept wherein in a symbolic form one must meditate on Savita Goddess (GAYATRI TANTRA)
It is also said that Gayatri is the medium of good will and Savitri that of wholesome activities. With the aid of pious sentiments, man pole vaults high in the spiritual arena. He/se becomes great, Rishi and demigod. Such an ones divine intellect, faith and steadfastness truly are potent. They imbibe farsighted discrimination and their lives ooze with sacredness. They valiantly fight hardships and destroy them too. They imbibe such thinking and action wherein their souls get uplifted and further enlighten other peoples lives too.
In the material arena Savitri is called progress and grandeur. Such types of success in spiritual parlance are called Sidhis. Glory attained via Gayatri is called Ridhis.
Those 2 very needs are required in the material arena as seen in spiritual arena. In both arenas one must fight hardships and overcome mistakes. Further in both arenas means have to be generated along with useful aid. No doubt in both arenas their nature and methodology differ.
Without struggle one cannot advance in life. In the spiritual arena bad psychic imprints, bad character, sinful acts and other downfalls have to be obstructed. Self control and austerities help sanctify the soul. Not only this but in order to manifest Divine Powers and glories the personality has to be rendered more pious and radiant. Without this one can never attain divinity.
The same holds true for the material world. By overcoming indolence and lethargy one has to make oneself well controlled and active. Further in order to protect oneself from external envious, vile, attacking kind of people so much daring and cooperation has to be imbibed that other vile people weaken and even if they dare attack you they will ultimately be overcome. Only those who are ready in the above manner taste success in the material world.
Just as one can become wealthy from the spiritual grandeur standpoint by the union of body-vital force, effort-healthy psyche so too on the basis of inner daring and external effort prosperity, wealth, talent, skill, victory of the material world can be attained. In both arenas both types of special qualities are required. Thus both are said to be mutually related to each other. The arrangements of only one arena do not lead to all round and balanced progress. When a capable aspirant attains maturity in spiritual practice a divine conscious power manifests in him/her. The SHRUTIS say:
Praduryavanti ve sukshmaschaturvishanti shaktayaha.
Aksharebhyastu gayatraya manavanam ha manase;
.. GAYATRI SAMHITA
MEANING: In the psyche of man 24 subtle divine energies manifest from Gayatri s 24 alphabets.
`Divyashaktisamudbhuti kshipram kurvantyasanshayam.
MEANING: These awakened subtle Yogic nerve bundles doubtlessly manifest Divine Powers in the psyche of spiritual aspirants.
Janayanti krite punsameta vai divyashaktayaha.
Vividhanvai parinaman bhavyan mangalpuritan.
MEANING: These Divine Powers create many types of pious results for mankind. They are: 1) Divine Intellect 2) Grandeur 3) Cooperation 4) Talent 5) Divine Light 6) Divine Wisdom 7) Divine Glory 8) Peace 9) Daring 10) Divine Sight 11) Intuition 12) Pure Thought 13) Boon 14) Curse 15) Radiance 16) Vital Force Application 17) Contact Post Death 18) Vital Force Magnetism 19) Glory 20) Hearing Far Off Sounds 21) Tele Vision 22) Contacting Other Worlds 23) Contacting Demigods 24) Fame.
With reference to the spiritual practice of Gayatri and Savitri scriptural scholars firmly opine that:
Prishthatosyaha sadhanaya rajatetitaram sada.
Manaswisadhakanam hi bahunam sadhanabalam.
MEANING: Right from time immemorial till today behind these practices the strength and power of innumerous mentally strong spiritual aspirants is at play.
Behind the above coordinated practice lies the individual import of both. Both have their own nature. Hence scriptural seers, both deliberately or unknowingly, have described them at many places, on one singular level and also gave both one name only. One type of result has been written about whereas both streams head in different directions. In the Triveni since Rivers Ganga and Yamuna merge, it is correct to say they are one. But even this is not erroneous that their source and streams initially are separate. Their union takes place much later.
In order to describe oneness within separateness 2 forms of Gayatri and Savitri have been designed. Gayatri has 1 face and 2 arms. Savitri has 5 faces and 10 arms. The weapons and vehicle of both are different. We must understand both, their oneness and separate nature too. For soul progress Gayatri is utilized and for mundane problems Savitri is taken recourse to. This is called Duality within Non Duality and Non Duality in Duality.
Oneness And Also Separate Nature Of Gayatri And Savitri Energies
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But at that time there was water everywhere due to Mahapralaya or great annihilation. There was no material in sight. Now how could the world get created For that materials were required. Hence to procure them Brahma again performed austerities. Thus at this point he had to take help of Savitri practices. Savitri then appeared and by using it Brahma created the world.
According to the above Brahmaji had to take help of both Gayatri and Savitri. Hence both are called his helpers, aides, partners and wives. Gayatri means soul. Savitri means material. The root basis of materialism is the 5 elements. Elements are inert. Hence nature or Prakriti is called inert. The entire cosmos pervades with inert nature. Many planets, meteors and other materials are present in it but because they lack consciousness only activity is seen there. Their atoms move on their axis. Along with particles in the root designing of the macro is anti atom too. Like anti shadow conjoined to a shadow this activity goes on everywhere. According to Ecological Science this activity is well managed via certain laws. Even the materials spread in this world are no exception and yet inert nature is not enough. It has no aim, no effort, no result and no joy. Without its inclusion inert material despite being visible, mobile remains futile. For fulfilling this lack Brahmaji had to take recourse to the spiritual, Gayatri and consciousness. Thus Pranis or living creatures came into being. The deep import of this event has been detailed greatly in various scriptures.
Parabrahmaswarupa cha nirvana pada dayini.
Brahmatejomayi shaktistadhishthatra devata.
. DEVI BHAGWAT (SKAND 9 CHAPT 1/42)
Gayatri is that energy which gives liberation and is associated with God s nature and conscious light and is the presiding deity of Mantras.
Gayatri idam sarvam.
NRISINGHPURVATAPANIYOPANISHAD (4/2)
What ever exists is Gayatri manifest.
Gayatri parmatma.
........................... GAYATRI TATVE
Gayatri is God.
Brahma gayatriti-brahma vai gayatri.
. SHATPATH BRAHMAN 8/5/37- AITEREYA BRAHMAN 27/5
Brahman or cosmic consciousness is Gayatri, Gayatri indeed is Brahman.
Parmatmanastu ya lokey brahma shaktirvirajate.
Sukshma cha satviki chaiva gayatrityabhidhiyate .. (9)
In the world pervades God s subtle and sacred Brahman Energy which is none other than Gayatri.
Prabhavadeva gayatraya bhutanamabhijayate.
Antahkaraneshu daivanam tatvanam hi samudbhavaha .. (10)
The manifestation of divine principles in the psyche of creatures takes place due to the influence of Gayatri.
All living beings and creatures possess bodies made of matter. But within them the inclusion of consciousness was something special. If consciousness were not there in what manner and for what would they use their bodies Without this utility aspect how would they attain contentment, advancement and bliss This thus is the task of consciousness. The bodies of living beings are made up of 5 elements and consciousness that works within it is Gayatri. This consciousness is called Prana or vital force. As long as vital force exists creatures remain alive. When vital force leaves the body lies dead and inert. In order to destroy its existence worms, bacterial etc that cause rotting manifest from within and after destroying the body they too die. Else vultures, dogs, crows etc destroy it by devouring it. If put in water areas fish and turtles devour the body. Thus without consciousness not only does the body not remain healthy and active but that it has no power to remain in existence. Thus Gayatri is more important than Savitri. But even this belief is incomplete. This is because when there is no substratum for the thinking potential of consciousness it cannot manifest its enterprise and existence. Based on this sound logic we must give equal weight age to Savitri.
With reference to the conscious world both spiritual and material activities take place in a mixed manner and both appear to be dependent on each other. Since they are 2 wives they work together to look after their family that is the entire world. In the same way the management of conscious world is carried out by both Savitri and Gayatri i.e. materialism and spiritualism.
Gayatri manifests from 5 Pranas or vital forces. Pranas are 5. Sub Pranas too are 5. Hence it is called Prana Science. While elucidating the nature of Gayatri scriptural scholars call it vital consciousness or Vital Force Science. With reference to this the opinion of various scriptures can be delved into.
While throwing light on the state of the 5 Sheaths, SARVA SAROPANISHAD says:
Annakaryanam koshanam samuhnnamayakosh ityuchyate pranadi chaturdash vayubheda annamay koshe yada vartante tada pranamay-koshe ityuchyate. Etatkosh dway sansaktam man adi chaturdashkaranaratma shabdadi vishaya sankalpadirmanu yada karoti tada manomay kosh ityuchyate. Etatkoshashatrayasansakta tadgat visheshajno yada bhasate tada vijnanamay kosh ityuchyate. Etatkosh chatushtay sansakt swakarana-jnane vatakanikayamiva vriksho yada vartate tada anandmay kosh ityuchyate.
MEANING: The nature of food from food and those sheaths made from energy existence is called Food Sheath. The total form of Prana, Apan, Udan, Vyan, Saman, 5 Sub Pranas and vital air within the food sheath and body is called Vital Force Sheath. Mental Sheath is the region where subtle activities of mind and senses are carried out and that could be carried out. Intellectual Sheath includes wisdom based activities carried out by the above 3 sheaths, soul and intellect. The Bliss sheath is that wherein the soul conjoined to the above 4 sheaths is unaware of its root substratum and revels on its own like the entire tree lies in a tiny seed potentially. The 5 vital forces are called the 5 demigods.
Panchdeva mayam jiva, panch pranamayam shiva.
Kundalini shakti sanyukt, shubhra vidyullopamam.
TANTRARNAV
This Jiva or living being includes 5 demigods. It is because it is full of vital force that it is Shiva. This group includes Kundalini Energy too. Its shape is that of brilliant lightning. The Para Energy of Divine Energy manifested via awakening of the 5 sheaths under the aegis of Savitri Science is worshipped. In the DEVI BHAGWAT it is said:
Panchapranadhidevi ya panchpranaswarupini.
Pranadhikpriyatama sarwabhyaha sundari para.
The 5 vital forces are the 5 forms of that very 5 sheath based wealth. They are the presiding female deities of Pranas or vital forces. They are beautiful in an all round manner. It is Para Energy. It is dearer than God s very life.
In reality Gayatri is embedded in the existence of living beings hence man looks upon it as him self. In the meditation of man it is human and its form too is like that. 2 hands, 2 legs, organs of knowledge, organs of action too are like that. If other creatures had the brains of man it would look upon the nature of consciousness as its own form. The god of a bull would be like a bull and god of birds would be like a bird.
This discussion is about icons. At the time of eulogizing Gayatri Super Science in order to enter the arena of Meditation Science meditation is said to be a must. Meditation can take place only if there is mental focus and faith. Hence for that the brain imagines some or the other image of name and form. Over here the imagination is not wild but that the name/form envisaged mentally helps attain deep meditation. Due to the union of meditation, faith and trust the results attained are exactly according to ones aspirations. From this very standpoint Gayatri s image has been designed like a human being. Along with it 2 accessories are conjoined. One is a water pot filled with water and the second hand holds a book. Book connotes discrimination or Viveka. The union of discrimination and sensitivity manifests aspirations and yearnings befitting human glory.
Gayatri s vehicle is a swan. This swan indicates the status of the inner psyche of a spiritual aspirant. Gayatri s vehicle is a royal swan. It is not an ordinary bird that lives in some water area. There is a great difference between a swan and a royal swan. Royal swans have the capacity to do Neer-Sheer Viveka. It means that from a mixture of milk and water they drink only milk and leave out water. In the same way it eats pearls. If pearls are not available it will give up its life too. These special qualities are not found in ordinary swans. In fact they eat worms etc in water areas. How can the poor creatures get milk In the same way, under no circumstances can they find pearls. This is because pearls are found lying very deep in the ocean. An ordinary swan cannot dive deep. There is no bird named royal swan. This is in fact a symbolic imagination whose connotation is idealism. Those who wish to attain the grace of spirituality and consciousness must render their lives white, bright etc. Their minds must not have even an iota of taint or distortion. In ordinary swans below the beak and under the wings there is nothing but blackness. Hence the above mentioned royal swan is only a symbol of idealistic viewpoint.
Those who desire to awaken the subtle special qualities of Savitri (materialism) in their body they in spiritual parlance must become one with it. Meditation must be so advanced akin to merging. For this too a symbolic picture has been drawn. Savitri has 5 faces. She has 10 arms. She sits in a seat of lotus. She is adorned with weapons and ornaments.
The 5 faces indicate the 5 elements of nature and 5 Pranas of consciousness. Ten arms mean the group of 5 sense organs of knowledge. Weapons and ornaments indicate means that augment comforts and accessories that ward off hardships. Those who wish to advance/progress materially must take recourse to Savitri.
One vehicle (seat) of Savitri is a lotus flower. It has many meanings. The heart is said to be tender. It is said to be the source of sensitivity, affection and helpful attitude. Only anatomists clinically look upon it as a bag of throwing/accepting blood. Seers of spirituality conjoin functions to bodily organs. The Sahasrar Lotus of the brain region too is compared to a lotus flower. It means that the intellect of the head must be sharp and also a medium of the heart, nature, sensitivity, cooperation and balance. Thus are the different images of Savitri and Gayatri. With reference to this the opinion of scriptural seers is crystal clear.
Savita sarva bhutanam sarva bhapashcha suyate.
Sarvanatprernacchaiva savita tena chotyate.
MEANING: That energy is called Savita because it gives inspiration to all elements, all creatures and all emotions. There is a precept wherein in a symbolic form one must meditate on Savita Goddess (GAYATRI TANTRA)
It is also said that Gayatri is the medium of good will and Savitri that of wholesome activities. With the aid of pious sentiments, man pole vaults high in the spiritual arena. He/se becomes great, Rishi and demigod. Such an ones divine intellect, faith and steadfastness truly are potent. They imbibe farsighted discrimination and their lives ooze with sacredness. They valiantly fight hardships and destroy them too. They imbibe such thinking and action wherein their souls get uplifted and further enlighten other peoples lives too.
In the material arena Savitri is called progress and grandeur. Such types of success in spiritual parlance are called Sidhis. Glory attained via Gayatri is called Ridhis.
Those 2 very needs are required in the material arena as seen in spiritual arena. In both arenas one must fight hardships and overcome mistakes. Further in both arenas means have to be generated along with useful aid. No doubt in both arenas their nature and methodology differ.
Without struggle one cannot advance in life. In the spiritual arena bad psychic imprints, bad character, sinful acts and other downfalls have to be obstructed. Self control and austerities help sanctify the soul. Not only this but in order to manifest Divine Powers and glories the personality has to be rendered more pious and radiant. Without this one can never attain divinity.
The same holds true for the material world. By overcoming indolence and lethargy one has to make oneself well controlled and active. Further in order to protect oneself from external envious, vile, attacking kind of people so much daring and cooperation has to be imbibed that other vile people weaken and even if they dare attack you they will ultimately be overcome. Only those who are ready in the above manner taste success in the material world.
Just as one can become wealthy from the spiritual grandeur standpoint by the union of body-vital force, effort-healthy psyche so too on the basis of inner daring and external effort prosperity, wealth, talent, skill, victory of the material world can be attained. In both arenas both types of special qualities are required. Thus both are said to be mutually related to each other. The arrangements of only one arena do not lead to all round and balanced progress. When a capable aspirant attains maturity in spiritual practice a divine conscious power manifests in him/her. The SHRUTIS say:
Praduryavanti ve sukshmaschaturvishanti shaktayaha.
Aksharebhyastu gayatraya manavanam ha manase;
.. GAYATRI SAMHITA
MEANING: In the psyche of man 24 subtle divine energies manifest from Gayatri s 24 alphabets.
`Divyashaktisamudbhuti kshipram kurvantyasanshayam.
MEANING: These awakened subtle Yogic nerve bundles doubtlessly manifest Divine Powers in the psyche of spiritual aspirants.
Janayanti krite punsameta vai divyashaktayaha.
Vividhanvai parinaman bhavyan mangalpuritan.
MEANING: These Divine Powers create many types of pious results for mankind. They are: 1) Divine Intellect 2) Grandeur 3) Cooperation 4) Talent 5) Divine Light 6) Divine Wisdom 7) Divine Glory 8) Peace 9) Daring 10) Divine Sight 11) Intuition 12) Pure Thought 13) Boon 14) Curse 15) Radiance 16) Vital Force Application 17) Contact Post Death 18) Vital Force Magnetism 19) Glory 20) Hearing Far Off Sounds 21) Tele Vision 22) Contacting Other Worlds 23) Contacting Demigods 24) Fame.
With reference to the spiritual practice of Gayatri and Savitri scriptural scholars firmly opine that:
Prishthatosyaha sadhanaya rajatetitaram sada.
Manaswisadhakanam hi bahunam sadhanabalam.
MEANING: Right from time immemorial till today behind these practices the strength and power of innumerous mentally strong spiritual aspirants is at play.
Behind the above coordinated practice lies the individual import of both. Both have their own nature. Hence scriptural seers, both deliberately or unknowingly, have described them at many places, on one singular level and also gave both one name only. One type of result has been written about whereas both streams head in different directions. In the Triveni since Rivers Ganga and Yamuna merge, it is correct to say they are one. But even this is not erroneous that their source and streams initially are separate. Their union takes place much later.
In order to describe oneness within separateness 2 forms of Gayatri and Savitri have been designed. Gayatri has 1 face and 2 arms. Savitri has 5 faces and 10 arms. The weapons and vehicle of both are different. We must understand both, their oneness and separate nature too. For soul progress Gayatri is utilized and for mundane problems Savitri is taken recourse to. This is called Duality within Non Duality and Non Duality in Duality.
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In the end, the best thing about a personal trainer carrying a workout in a backpack is that it provides ample opportunity for the client, you, to move around the city and explore new things while getting in shape. No amount of riding a stationary bike with a TV-screen will ever compare to that.
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As most trainers commute between clients via bicycle, bus, or subway, this is a very common sense approach.
The Low-Down
The urban life-style can lead to long hours at work and many visits to the gym to make up for it. The need to visit a gym everyday can be expensive and the fact is that many people do not like to deal with large crowds. For those who can afford personal trainers in NYC there is an alternative to the gym scene. That alternative is the backpack workout.
Everything the trainer needs to give you a good workout is brought with them. Once the trainer has arrived on-scene they have many tools to help fight the workout boredom many people find themselves with.
One of the best tools they bring is a changeable location. A self-conscious client can choose to exercise in the park, the trainer's personal location, even their own home. The fun part is that this location can change every day. There is no need to treat a workout like it was a part of your nine to five job. Personal trainers in NYC can take even the most sedentary of individual's and turn them into a magnificent physical specimen. This can be done without going to the gym or expensive equipment.
What's in the Bag
Several items a personal trainer NYC might carry in their backpack include resistance bands, ankle weights, folded mats, boxing gloves, jump rope, sliding discs, and inflatable balls. The weight of the backpack and contents itself might even be a main ingredient of the work out. Hiking is one of the best exercises available and with the added weight of a backpack it becomes that much more worthwhile for bone health. A solid hike while wearing a lightly weighted backpack provides resistance training, cardio, and strength training all at once. Hiking as little as ten minutes a day will drastically reduce the chances of breaking a bone through normal daily wear and tear.
In the end, the best thing about a personal trainer carrying a workout in a backpack is that it provides ample opportunity for the client, you, to move around the city and explore new things while getting in shape. No amount of riding a stationary bike with a TV-screen will ever compare to that.
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As woodworkers whom will be working with furniture woodworking plans we need to be able to measure four things: alignment (straightness), planar accuracy (twist), angular accuracy (angles) and linear dimension (length). With all the tools we use for our measurements, only the dimension measures are calibrated so we are able to say the measurement is just too small or too big and by how much. The others signify right or wrong though not by how much. Basically, we depend upon our eyes to gauge a given measurement. In such a lesson, you'll find out the five primary varieties of measuring tools and exactly how they serve as important visual aids.
It is easy to assess either the face side and your face edge using an accurate wooden or metal straightedge.
Shop-made winding strips are definitely the only means we have for assessing planar accuracy- twist.
A try square works extremely well for assessing right angularity or as the layout piece of equipment for scribing a 90 ° angle.
Adaptations of try squares abound, from all metal or metal and wood styles to combination and adjustable stock options to inexpensive a speeda squares..
Working with furniture woodworking plans, you will most probably need a Miter box. Ah, the Miter squares, foreign and domestic. Another gift belonging to the machinista s piece of equipment bag.
To utilize a miter square, position your marking knife while in the line across the face with all the workpiece, then slide the miter square in direction of the knife.
Three varieties of sliding bevels.
In such a lesson's goal statement, observe that the idea "assess" is utilized as an alternative to "measure." Here's why: with the exception of rules, measuring tools are actually limited to telling us whenever a thing is right. When it is not right, it does not necessarily measure by just how much, just the assessment that "it ain't right." Despite skill, many of us face the same measuring issues within our work. Therefore, every woodworker will need to have at least one of all the following tools in her or his toolbox:
Straightedge
A straightedge is utilized to assess straightness or flatness. This tool will definitely help you while working on your furniture woodworking plans. Originally shop-made, it has been replaced by way of metal version. The bevel edge type is preferable since the narrower the contact face with all the straightedge, the easier it is to observe any inaccuracy while in the workpiece. Straightedges consist of different lengths with square or chamfered edges. They're not low-priced, nonetheless they keep working for a lifetime. It's the one single piece of equipment you should "hand on" in as good a shape as the day you bought it.
Winding Strips
Twist is referenced by the woodworker as winding. A board or assembly in winding has its ends twisted in opposite directions. To confirm for twist, you must use a set of winding strips. They are definitely the basis for measuring planar accuracy - there is no alternative. Winding strips come as a pair of parallel-sided straight pieces of wood of the same dimension. They are not commercially available, so you make your own. The preferred wood for measuring tools, Cuban mahogany, is long gone.
Check for twist by putting winding strips at each end of a board and at right angles to its length. Align your eyes with the center marks. Since half the board may be twisted and the other half flat, complete the survey by moving the winding strips closer together to determine where winding begins.
Try Square
Utilizing furniture woodworking plans will require a try square. A Try Square is utilized to assess right angularity. To "try" means to apply a test to determine whether a standard is met,and the standard here is 90 °. Originally shop made and all wood, they are now manufactured with a wooden stock and metal blade or as an all metal engineer's square.
A popular alternative is a combination square borrowed belonging to the machinist's toolbox. The part you hold is called the "stock"; the part at right angles to it is called the "blade" - though of course it doesn't cut anything. A try square can assess three 90 ° angles in your work: the inside edges with all the stock as well as blade, the outside edges of those same parts as well as inside edge with all the stock with the outside edge with all the blade.
Combination squares have two features not associated with a try square. First, the blade is graduated so that it works also as a rule. Second, the blade slides. With these variations come new capabilities, but the difference extends beyond these because the usual 12" blade can be replaced by way of 24" or 36" blade. Then again, any of these blades can have a revolving head or a 45 ° head attached to it in its place of the usual 90 °. It's these attributes that make it a "combination square."
There are also try squares with moveable heads and shorter 4" or 6" rules. The stocks are square and useable from either side, which is an advantage over the combination stock.
Finally, there are polypropylene "speed" squares that aren't altogether a try square, nonetheless they warrant inclusion because it is easy to check an edge with them. They're low-priced, featherweight, tough and resilient.
Miter Square
A miter square is utilized mostly for measuring and tagging corner miter joints, which means that it's often only working with over a distance of 3/4" or so. The machinist's square as well as wood-and-metal type are good for checking miters because it is easy to offer them to the work like a try square. They are not as good for marking out because you have to position the marking knife by deciding where you think the miter will fall by positioning your trusty knife across the top edge - there is no assist. The Japanese miter square is very good for marking out because of a lip that hooks onto the workpiece. Put the point of your marking knife while in the knifeline across the face with all the workpiece and hold it at right angles. Slide the miter square up to it and it's accurately located to knife the miter line.
Sliding Bevel
On a sliding bevel, the blade is adjustable in direction of the stock so it can be locked at any angle. It's an essential tool while in the marking of the tail piece of a dovetail joint and tenons with sloping shoulders. It's also useful for transferring an unknown angle from one single workpiece to another. It is easy to buy them made from wood and metal or all-metal construction.
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As woodworkers whom will be working with furniture woodworking plans we need to be able to measure four things: alignment (straightness), planar accuracy (twist), angular accuracy (angles) and linear dimension (length). With all the tools we use for our measurements, only the dimension measures are calibrated so we are able to say the measurement is just too small or too big and by how much. The others signify right or wrong though not by how much. Basically, we depend upon our eyes to gauge a given measurement. In such a lesson, you'll find out the five primary varieties of measuring tools and exactly how they serve as important visual aids.
It is easy to assess either the face side and your face edge using an accurate wooden or metal straightedge.
Shop-made winding strips are definitely the only means we have for assessing planar accuracy- twist.
A try square works extremely well for assessing right angularity or as the layout piece of equipment for scribing a 90 ° angle.
Adaptations of try squares abound, from all metal or metal and wood styles to combination and adjustable stock options to inexpensive a speeda squares..
Working with furniture woodworking plans, you will most probably need a Miter box. Ah, the Miter squares, foreign and domestic. Another gift belonging to the machinista s piece of equipment bag.
To utilize a miter square, position your marking knife while in the line across the face with all the workpiece, then slide the miter square in direction of the knife.
Three varieties of sliding bevels.
In such a lesson's goal statement, observe that the idea "assess" is utilized as an alternative to "measure." Here's why: with the exception of rules, measuring tools are actually limited to telling us whenever a thing is right. When it is not right, it does not necessarily measure by just how much, just the assessment that "it ain't right." Despite skill, many of us face the same measuring issues within our work. Therefore, every woodworker will need to have at least one of all the following tools in her or his toolbox:
Straightedge
A straightedge is utilized to assess straightness or flatness. This tool will definitely help you while working on your furniture woodworking plans. Originally shop-made, it has been replaced by way of metal version. The bevel edge type is preferable since the narrower the contact face with all the straightedge, the easier it is to observe any inaccuracy while in the workpiece. Straightedges consist of different lengths with square or chamfered edges. They're not low-priced, nonetheless they keep working for a lifetime. It's the one single piece of equipment you should "hand on" in as good a shape as the day you bought it.
Winding Strips
Twist is referenced by the woodworker as winding. A board or assembly in winding has its ends twisted in opposite directions. To confirm for twist, you must use a set of winding strips. They are definitely the basis for measuring planar accuracy - there is no alternative. Winding strips come as a pair of parallel-sided straight pieces of wood of the same dimension. They are not commercially available, so you make your own. The preferred wood for measuring tools, Cuban mahogany, is long gone.
Check for twist by putting winding strips at each end of a board and at right angles to its length. Align your eyes with the center marks. Since half the board may be twisted and the other half flat, complete the survey by moving the winding strips closer together to determine where winding begins.
Try Square
Utilizing furniture woodworking plans will require a try square. A Try Square is utilized to assess right angularity. To "try" means to apply a test to determine whether a standard is met,and the standard here is 90 °. Originally shop made and all wood, they are now manufactured with a wooden stock and metal blade or as an all metal engineer's square.
A popular alternative is a combination square borrowed belonging to the machinist's toolbox. The part you hold is called the "stock"; the part at right angles to it is called the "blade" - though of course it doesn't cut anything. A try square can assess three 90 ° angles in your work: the inside edges with all the stock as well as blade, the outside edges of those same parts as well as inside edge with all the stock with the outside edge with all the blade.
Combination squares have two features not associated with a try square. First, the blade is graduated so that it works also as a rule. Second, the blade slides. With these variations come new capabilities, but the difference extends beyond these because the usual 12" blade can be replaced by way of 24" or 36" blade. Then again, any of these blades can have a revolving head or a 45 ° head attached to it in its place of the usual 90 °. It's these attributes that make it a "combination square."
There are also try squares with moveable heads and shorter 4" or 6" rules. The stocks are square and useable from either side, which is an advantage over the combination stock.
Finally, there are polypropylene "speed" squares that aren't altogether a try square, nonetheless they warrant inclusion because it is easy to check an edge with them. They're low-priced, featherweight, tough and resilient.
Miter Square
A miter square is utilized mostly for measuring and tagging corner miter joints, which means that it's often only working with over a distance of 3/4" or so. The machinist's square as well as wood-and-metal type are good for checking miters because it is easy to offer them to the work like a try square. They are not as good for marking out because you have to position the marking knife by deciding where you think the miter will fall by positioning your trusty knife across the top edge - there is no assist. The Japanese miter square is very good for marking out because of a lip that hooks onto the workpiece. Put the point of your marking knife while in the knifeline across the face with all the workpiece and hold it at right angles. Slide the miter square up to it and it's accurately located to knife the miter line.
Sliding Bevel
On a sliding bevel, the blade is adjustable in direction of the stock so it can be locked at any angle. It's an essential tool while in the marking of the tail piece of a dovetail joint and tenons with sloping shoulders. It's also useful for transferring an unknown angle from one single workpiece to another. It is easy to buy them made from wood and metal or all-metal construction.
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Nut, seed and pulse baits for carp have always been outstanding. With so many carp anglers using mollusc and crustacean, fish, and meat and poultry product-based baits (among many others so popular today,) why not try a nut based homemade bait or ground bait instead Read on to discover more about how to drive your carp wild!
One of the simplest ways to make a nut bait is to make a 50:50 semolina and soya base mix and add your nut ingredients and additives to this. Ccmoore soya is a very impressive 45 percent protein and teamed with their full-fat (yellow) semolina will provide more nutritional attraction than lesser products which could be of dubious age. Two of the most well proven carp bait nut ingredients are tiger nut meal and roasted peanut meal (technically tiger nuts are not actually nuts but nut sedge tubers.) The options for making endless forms of unique nut baits are very exciting, and offer many varied effects, special nutritional properties and other beneficial characteristics.
You could perhaps try beginning by using any bait mix with around 50 percent or more of nut ingredients. Technically speaking, nuts are not as ideal for carp nutritionally as many other ingredients and additives like LT94 fish meal for instance, but they have many factors that fishmeal does not contain. Apart from digestible proteins, fatty acids, vitamins and minerals and soluble and insoluble fibre etc provided by various nuts, why not look at the bioactive substances in such items. Have a good look at anything from peanuts and almonds, to pistachio nuts, Brazil nuts, hazel nuts, sweet lupins (seeds,) tiger nuts and many others, and see if you can spot the more attractive special and unique substances they offer to us humans - and to Mr Carp too that directly and indirectly make us both like them so much!
It is a good point to consider that we humans are long-lost descendants of carp which belong to the ancient group of teleost fish. We share many biological and physiological aspects with carp, which relate to us both in regards to effective food components and fishing baits although this does not mean our severely dulled air-based senses and perceptions are the same as carp in water although in many structural and biochemical ways so similar; as in taste buds and taste adaptation for instance!)
You might save a fortune and make a basic soya flour and semolina base mix with your nut ingredients plus eggs to help binding, or perhaps add additional CLO, egg albumin and whey gel, or even add just little wheat gluten for instance. Of course for those wishing for a more nutritious and more digestible bait, very many options and combinations are possible to create a bait totally unique to yourself. For example, with the addition of Vitamealo, sodium or calcium caseinate, lactalbumin or whey protein concentrate, soya isolate, caseins, enzyme-treated yeast, corn steep liquor powder, various predigested fish proteins and so on.
How many anglers might think to combine predigested fish protein with tiger nut meal for instance; with tiger nut extract and tiger nut oil, instead of trout and halibut pellet oil or pure salmon oil for instance Why not experiment for yourself and discover many edges and tricks that provide you with more of the kind of great competitive bait breakthroughs that many anglers just dependant on cheap ordinary readymade baits straight from the bag (and halibut pellets,) would never dream of !
The Ccmoore bird food ingredients including Sweet Meggablend and Meggablend Red, the gritty maize protein product Supergold 60 (60 percent digestible protein and nutritionally good enough to replace fish meals,) are just a sample of excellent ideal additions to nut based baits. You can turn your baits into a really unusual and different ones by combining some more diverse various nutritionally valuable and very attractive ingredients which you may not have heard of used in combination before. For example using crushed tiger nuts, tiger nut flour and crushed hemp and adding krill meal, spirulina powder, vanilla extract meal with and tuna oil and over 100 millitres of Salmon and Krill extract per pound of bait for instance.
If you want to cut your costs you can use maize meal or maize flour for up to half your bait to bulk it up. Carp love maize all year round even in winter, despite it not being the most nutritional nor digestible ingredient for cheap bait bulking-up applications; but it simply works! (It does naturally contain betaine and other bioactive antioxidants among other important factors.) I find using maize meal in combination with full fat semolina produces a bait that is easier to roll if cost is really an issue, however I would very much prefer to use highly nutritionally attractive ingredients with far more to turn carp on. When budgets are tight though, maize products make excellent crumbled free baits; especially when boosted with liquid foods like Ccmoore Feedstim XP which is an amazing nutritional feed triggering substance and not just for carp either!
For more nutritionally stimulating ingredients than just semolina or maize, maybe use pure liver powder, poultry protein meal, or calcium and sodium caseinates and blood powder, lactalbumin and whey protein concentrate for example. Egg albumin is a great highly nutritional binder and is often used in a fifty percent combination with whey gel. I personally find that when I hand roll my hook baits and make them very dense by lots of rolling, often my baits get harder and heavier and my carp have to work harder to suck them to the back of their mouths; and my catches improve when compared alongside many popular readymade baits! Do not forget you can make harder (or softer) hook baits using such techniques and ingredients, by adding them to great base mixes like the legendary Ccmoore Odyssey XXX, Meteor and the really addictive Live System mix (which is now a big favourite of mine!)
Wheat gluten is a another well proven binder where bait digestibility is less important and of course, with such effective binding ingredients you will find it much easier to use more coarse ground nuts, hemp, and kelp ingredients for instance to make baits with truly unique textures, practical resiliency but with excellent leak-offs too! The milk powder products Vitamealo and Lamlac are very useful in aiding binding and soya isolate is another high-protein ingredient I have found really works over decades of bait making.
Ccmoore pre-ground CLO is an outstandingly proven attractive nutritional bird food based ingredient that helps bind other ingredients together and with a great track record; ideal for cheap but effective homemade mixes. (You can include perhaps up to 8 ounces of Ccmoore CLO per pound of dry mix. If you use semolina it is a good idea to use only up to 7 ounces of semolina per pound of dry mix and ensure you improve the nutritional attraction of your bait intrinsically by adding other choice additives and ingredients.
With cheap semolina and soya base mixes why not add as Robin Red, corn steep liquor powder, vanilla extract meal, molasses meal, Ccmoore dried insect meal and shrimp type products for instance. Of course the old favourite shrimp powder is well proven but krill meal is a seriously potent ingredient and when teamed with Marine Amino compound and the simply awesome (soon to be legendary) Ccmoore Salmon and Krill extract liquid, you will not go far wrong!
The choice of bait ingredients and additives is bewildering until you get to know a little more about just how potent they are and how they can seriously enhance stimulatory impacts upon carp senses (directly and indirectly,) and even exploit individual fish preferences of taste, smell and dietary needs. A natural-product based bait will keep on catching far more successfully than a cheap bait which is not a lot more than a simple flavour-carrier; the difference between a highly nutritionally stimulating bait and a high-attract type carrier bait is just massive.
In fact I can state with certainty that a nutritionally stimulating carp bait that is exploiting as many of the carp senses and behaviours as possible will well and truly out-fish an instance high-attract concentrated flavour bait again and again if you are an average week-end angler! In fact it is more often the case on very much pressured waters that high attract baits can be known to fail almost completely to get a bite when fished against nutritionally stimulating baits by average anglers.
I used to fish cheap semolina and soya based baits with a variety of variously based concentrated flavours for years and flavours obviously do work very well with these and similar low nutritional value baits, although I would boost nutritional attraction in various ways, usually with liquid foods. But I frequently caught smaller fish compared to those I caught on my nutritionally-based baits. Indeed, I believe you need to be a more talented or knowledgeable and skilled angler to really exploit high-attract baits when in competition with exceptional quality nutritional value baits.
I was catching many good twenties on single or double pop-up fluorescent white hook baits fished on their own without free baits at long range, back in the mid 1980's. But I fished like this for tactical reasons (fish location and away from heavily pressured areas among other reasons.) However right up to today I find I catch far more fish over a bed of crumbed nutritional boilies that have been pre-soaked and packed with soluble liquids and additives of the kinds that carp naturally find in their aquatic environment. These liquids and other substances are predominantly ones that carp are very easily able to detect even in lower concentrations due to the specialised evolution of their internal and external receptors, and which carp are drawn to instinctively.
You might find milk peptides unusual in this regard, but these are not so different -even if carp need help in digesting various milk products; carp obviously find them very attractive! Lactose is a milk sugar composed of galactose and glucose and of course plants use glucose as an energy storage medium. I think glucose and other sugar foods are instant energy hits that carp enjoy and various milk derivatives still contain lactose which will improve the eating experience! Many anglers forget carp also naturally consume aquatic vegetation to supply their essential energy and nutritional nutrient requirements and that molasses and betaine come from sugar-providing beets and canes.
Often I will include sugars not simply to aid bait palatability to encourage repeated bait consumption and an instant energy hit, (sugar is addictive fact,) but to naturally encourage aquatic molluscs such as snails and many forms of benthic life towards my ground baits and free baits and another great reason to use Ccmoore fructose concentrate!
There are obviously many proven carp feeding triggers identified and exploited by us carp anglers and in aquaculture and many others yet to be identified in known fields such as health and body-building and the pharmaceutical industry and in the human and pet food and drug industries etc. The vast majority of true carp feeding triggers are found as naturally intrinsic components of the most nutritious (and the most digestible) natural foods in the carp environment. For instance, would it be any surprise to find that carp themselves are fairly rich in betaine (we are too! )
With soya and semolina type homemade baits you really need to add extra feeding triggers and palatability factors that will encourage further intensive feeding behaviours. Carp feeding is a progressive series of modes of feeding and levels of intensities which can be encouraged by our bait substances - starting off with simple carp gulping and filter-feeding, before particulate feeding and then progressing on to larger items not filtered by the pharyngeal teeth, but broken down in the throat teeth themselves after passing through the mouth.
It has been proven that in the mouth betaine is an especially potent inducer of repeated food consumption (and Ccmoore super pure betaine of 97 percent purity is an obviously effective example of this additive.) Very many more carp ingredients and additives contain betaine than the majority of carp anglers appreciate. In one bait you might have nearly every ingredient containing at least low levels of it and in different forms apart from the commonest glycine betaine form.
On a related point a really hush hush additive is the Ccmoore squid flesh meal, and the new Ccmoore squid liver extract; both are up there with the legends like Robin Red and Minamino and these days are perhaps even better edges! Enzyme-treated liver powder is another excellent additive as is enzyme-treated yeast powder as is predigested fish protein powder; the powerhouse of nutritional attraction found in so many of those high-oil halibut pellets for instance!
Pellets designed for fish other than carp often have higher levels of lipids than carp require and fish such as trout and salmon have a higher energy requirement in regards to lipids, therefore their feeds reflect this need. Wels catfish have a higher metabolic rate per degree in temperature increase than carp and the comparatively enormous energy value of lipids mean they respond very well to higher levels of lipids in homemade baits designed for them! Having caught thirty catfish between 60 to 110 pounds in the UK on such homemade baits rich in these (and other substances that support or even encourage high metabolic rates,) I can say lipids are extremely important. The Ccmoore marine amino compound is an especially interesting and effective liquid additive among others; such as the highly stimulating Ccmoore Red Venom liquid!
On a personal level based on my own perceptions as a human (and many multiples of thousands of times less sensitive than carp senses) I recommend the lactose concentrate B plus product from Ccmoore among many of their others, because it hits my senses and does not let go! This indicates to me that it is literally taking hold of my sensory receptors internally and making me feel hungry very directly via my biofeedback! (Bear in mind this is merely smelling a powder additive in air where particles pass over my olfactory cells in my nose, and not even in solution (i.e. when mixed with water and in contact with carp sensory cells directly!)
This just shows how potently impactful some carp bait substances really are in very low concentrations; hot chilli powders and turmeric are other great carp-catching examples that even us humans can easily be aware of even in quite low concentrations in our foods; sweating and a faster heart rate (and faster digestive rate) are just a couple of the more obvious effects although the true impacts go much further than these!
I might suggest that the impact upon me is rather like the taste of monosodium glutamate in a Chinese takeaway (minus any nasty after-taste,) or the yeasty smell of fresh bread pumping from a bakery to attract customers! This seriously hooks onto carp (and human) sensory receptors and leaves you and Mr Carp wanting much more again and again! Another far less well known product is fructose concentrate. This relatively little-used edge is something that is extremely underrated and really yet to be really popularised as a true winner but one I have proven in my baits and ground baits too for many of my biggest UK fish over forty pounds. Fructose is a natural product like betaine and like Ccmoore Supersweet, is a sweetener that carp just love. It is worth considering how a carp brain operates and how various chemicals are released that cause behavioural effects we want in order to induce carp behaviours in our favour.
The impact of the key bioactive substance in hemp is one such example that you might term mind-altering, but when you think a bit further, anything that causes a change in brain chemistry in a food can be potentially harmful or beneficial from an angling perspective. Thankfully well over 90 percent of the most effective carp bait substances actually encourage healthier carp when used sensibly! It is up to us to be aware of the potential hazards when a food source becomes a threat; as in the case of drastic over-feeding with tiger nuts or peanuts in particular - but then doing that in certain fishing situations is simply ignorance of course. Hemp seed is a different matter altogether having some of the best quality digestible protein and fantastic amino acid and lipid profiles of the kind carp essentially need!
You will want to use super pure betaine as it has such significant feed-stimulating effects and enhances the impacts of other ingredients, additives and flavours too; it is a potent naturally bioactive substance that when used with liquids rich in amino acids will truly give its best being an amine too. Ccmoore Feedstim XP, Marine Amino Compound, mussel extract, salmon and krill extract, bloodworm extract, Belachan extract, crayfish concentrate and anchovy concentrate and others all benefit from use of super pure betaine to enhance them, along with a little dissolved rock salt for instance. Talin is a great additive for nut baits and used with betaine is very well proven.
The way your bait substances react and interract with other bait substances is very important in how they impact upon carp in many ways simultaneously, but the way your bait reacts and interacts with water is something very much worth much more thought! I enjoy fishing very soluble baits of the kind you might only be able to fish practicably for 2 to 4 hours immersion in water because I know such baits are literally joining with the surrounding water to maximum effect to pump out concentrations of stimulation and attraction ordinary boiled baits and even many pellets do not achieve. As a matter of fact, countless effective effects you might wish to achieve with conventional boilies you can apply to part-boiled and part-steamed paste and boilie style baits, readymade pellets and pastes and boilies made from them and even ground baits in most formats (stick, slop, etc,) and particle baits too.
By applying refined additives and other substances for the job you can multiply the impacts on fish feeding behaviours beyond many what most anglers would believe. By simply adding a solution of betaine, predigested fish protein, enzyme-treated yeast and Marine amino compound and a little rock salt to your conventional halibut pellet free baits, you can seriously boost fish feeding and your catches. However, I have discovered that Ccmoore pellets are especially designed for all year round use where optimum nutritional attraction and digestibility are hugely important factors in all temperatures. I really get excited about their Milkimin pellets and Cantax Red 365 pellets but then they have the Amino Green 365, uniquely digestible fish HDE pellets, their boosted mussel pellets, Belachan pellets, boosted shrimp pellets, bloodworm pellets and more to play with. Testing many of these as pellets and as quick scalded pastes (in various combinations with a little extra egg albumin for a longer-lasting bait,) has shown carp near them often come zooming over to investigate!
Ccmoore corn sweet syrup is one PVA-friendly product well worth including as a bait soak for instance. You can add all kinds of extras to this syrup for example when using PVA products it being PVA-friendly. Corn sweet syrup really helps to enhance carp feeding activity and can be added to many great bait substances including examples such as: corn steep liquor, betaine, green lipped mussel extract, Vitamealo, sodium caseinate with crushed peanuts, whey concentrate powder vanilla extract meal and even various essential oils, such as garlic oil, chilli oil, almond oil, peanut oil, (sweet garlic oil is outstanding,) or so much more.
If you want very hard hook baits perhaps try using a ten percent inclusion of whey protein concentrate as opposed to simply using maize powder for instance. One cheaper option for better base mix binding is use of whole egg powder which makes baits tougher throughout. I have always found that the incredibly nutritionally attractive ingredients like lactalbumin and whey concentrate (WP80) tend to produce bite often faster after casting out than many other baits, obviously the soluble nature of these is central to this! So to make your baits break down much faster, perhaps radically increase your inclusion level of whey protein concentrate or other more soluble ingredients such as corn steep liquor powder or calcium or sodium caseinates.
Sometimes I make new homemade baits in a rush or make new baits without knowing exactly how much soluble versus insoluble ingredients to include in making a homemade bait that will both roll well and boil or steam without disintegrating and I get things wrong. (But do I really !) You see my point is that every bait-making mistake is potentially a great solution when applied for particular fishing situations; all it takes is a little imagination! For example, when making homemade enzyme-active baits with too much whey protein they might not be able to be boiled or steamed without melting do to its water-solubility characteristics. At first what seems like a perhaps more costly but obviously potentially very good bait might seem a complete waste and be unusable, but think about it! When used as air-dried or fresh paste baits they are simply awesome, especially for short trips or over-night fishing trips; as I know from experience.
Just such an example was when I had a take on a popular winter water within hours of arriving using such baits in early February (soon after the snow melted in 2009.) Due to the low water temperatures most anglers visiting had been blanking for days and days so the unusual homemade bait approach proved itself under pressure! I suggest that softer more soluble kinds of baits are just the kind of baits many anglers failing to catch on conventional harder less soluble boilies can exploit for themselves. Fish find softer baits in many ways less easy to resist and less easy to deal with rig and bait-wise too.
One very easy way to produce extremely reliable baits is to scald some Ccmoore boosted mussel, shrimp, bloodworm or Belachan pellets etc, in combination with some Milkimin or Amino Green 365 or HDE pellets for example. This is quick to do just cover the pellets with boiling water and leave overnight and then form your past. You can even make baits up your baits on the bank and add additional Feedstim powder, squid liver extract or Liquid Super Slop and so on to boost your baits and apply them in very many diverse ways in your fishing!
Perhaps try including more of that legend of carp bait ingredients; enzyme treated liver powder. Why not try this with enzyme treated yeast powder, and corn steep liquor powder Or you might go for an old trick and incorporate bread crumbs or crunchy kelp meal, or krill meal with fermented shrimp and soluble fish protein ! The use of powdered ingredients and liquids of the same product means that you have the best of both worlds providing instantly soluble attraction plus more longer-lasting powdered attraction within your baits even after the more soluble fractions of your baits have been washed out.
One of the most exciting aspects of bait making is using substances and ingredients that trigger feeding when more soluble ingredients have gone, because this is often the time when very wary carp will feel safer in taking these baits instead of fresh ones at many pressured waters, and this really gives you great competitive edge over other anglers baits - and often more bigger fish too! Even the use of coarse kelp meal, or krill or shrimp meal or meat meal along with squid flesh meal and very generous helpings of green lipped mussel extract will boost a more usually bland soya and semolina high-attract concentrated flavour bait - and yes, why not mix cheap high attraction with premium nutritional stimulation too ! (Note; many flavours taste differently to their taste, but this is something Ccmoore has obviously taken the trouble to deal with in sourcing their flavours; try using Crab Essence with their Frankfurter Essence to ring the changes for instance !
Now back to bait solubility which is so vitally important in ensuring maximum bait performance (and enhancing bait digestion too!) You might use whey gel and egg albumin together at about 10 percent of your mix and avoid the use of liquid eggs which include egg yolk altogether. This improves bait solubility (compared to using whole eggs) and provides extra bait capacity for adding so much more in terms of liquid foods for instance; so enriching your baits nutrition and so again, enhancing bait performance. (To improve your bait digestibility why not try the Ccmoore called the Key; it is something totally uniquely designed to be an extremely impactful nutritional trigger and proven digestive aid and is certainly a liquid I will be using more of!)
When I used liquid foods like Minamino and liquid liver years ago the hearsay recommended levels were low; maybe up to 30 millilitres per pound of bait. Then I used them in liquid food and flavour mixtures and neat in bait soaks, and found them far more productive. Then I starting using them neat in my paste baits or at over 100 millilitres per pound of bait when I could afford it. As a result of this my catches improved significantly immediately and this was a good lesson in proving you can find great solutions (unique perhaps only to you) aside from the recommended levels, usage levels or applications of use etc. Any way the more you can pack liquid foods such as Feedstim XP or Marine amino Compound for instance into your baits, the better because these act like incredibly powerful magnets that pull (already excited) fish into your swim - before they have even found any of your actual baits!
Tiger nut extract with added betaine and Talin, is a well proven bait soak that is ideal for nut baits. You would do very well to use a lesser-known alternative Super Cherry Amino (a product not unlike the legendary Minamino also avaialable from Ccmoore. Why not add some liquid yeast and liquid molasses also for instance. Someone once asked me if I thought that using flavoured Minamino product would have its drawbacks in regards to the flavour but in my opinion the flavour is a big plus considering how many carp are all too familiar its more famous cousin.
Many common conventional flavours plus many unusual flavours are great used in nut baits. This includes some outstanding ones such as Ccmoore Creamy Condensed Milk Essence, Ultra Honey Essence, Ultra Chocolate Malt Essence, Ultra Scopex Essence, Ultra Maple Essence, Ultra Hazelnut Essence, and others like hemp, cream, butter, caramel or Pistachio flavours. Why not think about it; add a generous level of hot Chilli powders and use Red Venom liquid for a spicy bait for instance, with some black pepper essential oil perhaps.
You might make up a homemade spod or ground bait mix from molasses meal, roasted peanut meal, any of many milk powders and liquid foods including liquid yeast and Feedstim XP liquid and powder. Imagine the impact of all those fine particles spreading throughout the water layers and dispersing. So many wary and very pressured carp appreciate filter-feeding upon water-borne food particles before moving any more confidently onto larger food or bait items fished on the bottom or mid-water.
Nut baits work very well when fished with corn steep liquor pellets, Milkimin pellets and hemp pellets for instance. Your ground bait can literally make all the difference to your results because it can very significantly get excited carp further into stages of feeding modes and intensities; where even warier carp can make mistakes more easily.
To really liven up your particles and pellets and even to make a bait soak to pull more fish when using maggots, why not try mixing your baits and ground baits with the awesome Feedstim XP, Super Pure Betaine, Talin, tiger nut extract and tiger nut oil for instance.
Of course you can make many unique liquids and slop attractors with ingredients and additives that are water-soluble to various degrees, and of course even more insoluble ingredients can help pull fish when in suspension in the water column! It may be noted that whole insects, bloodworm and crushed tiger nuts, peanuts and hemp are not totally soluble but these certainly have many effective properties and characteristics!
Essential oils are very powerful additives and you might simply choose to add the old famous favourite aniseed oil. Or for something a little different, perhaps use a combination of cinnamon oil, thyme oil, and clove oil. These have some of the highest antioxidant potencies available in the spices and are extremely well proven (and not just in winter!) Aniseed oil and hemp oil are very effective in winter as most carp anglers already know. Why not try aniseed and clove oil with Talin, or cinnamon oil with 2 grammes per kilogram of Ccmoore Ultrasweet powdered sweetener in your base mix. You would do well to try 8 grams of Lactose Concentrate B in a kilogramme of base mix in a nut bait; with 10 percent pure liver powder with the added addition of maybe 2 percent super pure betaine. For much more see my bait secrets ebooks and free articles at my site Baitbigfish.
By Tim Richardson.
Making Homemade Carp Fishing Baits And The Power Of Addictive Ingredients!
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One of the simplest ways to make a nut bait is to make a 50:50 semolina and soya base mix and add your nut ingredients and additives to this. Ccmoore soya is a very impressive 45 percent protein and teamed with their full-fat (yellow) semolina will provide more nutritional attraction than lesser products which could be of dubious age. Two of the most well proven carp bait nut ingredients are tiger nut meal and roasted peanut meal (technically tiger nuts are not actually nuts but nut sedge tubers.) The options for making endless forms of unique nut baits are very exciting, and offer many varied effects, special nutritional properties and other beneficial characteristics.
You could perhaps try beginning by using any bait mix with around 50 percent or more of nut ingredients. Technically speaking, nuts are not as ideal for carp nutritionally as many other ingredients and additives like LT94 fish meal for instance, but they have many factors that fishmeal does not contain. Apart from digestible proteins, fatty acids, vitamins and minerals and soluble and insoluble fibre etc provided by various nuts, why not look at the bioactive substances in such items. Have a good look at anything from peanuts and almonds, to pistachio nuts, Brazil nuts, hazel nuts, sweet lupins (seeds,) tiger nuts and many others, and see if you can spot the more attractive special and unique substances they offer to us humans - and to Mr Carp too that directly and indirectly make us both like them so much!
It is a good point to consider that we humans are long-lost descendants of carp which belong to the ancient group of teleost fish. We share many biological and physiological aspects with carp, which relate to us both in regards to effective food components and fishing baits although this does not mean our severely dulled air-based senses and perceptions are the same as carp in water although in many structural and biochemical ways so similar; as in taste buds and taste adaptation for instance!)
You might save a fortune and make a basic soya flour and semolina base mix with your nut ingredients plus eggs to help binding, or perhaps add additional CLO, egg albumin and whey gel, or even add just little wheat gluten for instance. Of course for those wishing for a more nutritious and more digestible bait, very many options and combinations are possible to create a bait totally unique to yourself. For example, with the addition of Vitamealo, sodium or calcium caseinate, lactalbumin or whey protein concentrate, soya isolate, caseins, enzyme-treated yeast, corn steep liquor powder, various predigested fish proteins and so on.
How many anglers might think to combine predigested fish protein with tiger nut meal for instance; with tiger nut extract and tiger nut oil, instead of trout and halibut pellet oil or pure salmon oil for instance Why not experiment for yourself and discover many edges and tricks that provide you with more of the kind of great competitive bait breakthroughs that many anglers just dependant on cheap ordinary readymade baits straight from the bag (and halibut pellets,) would never dream of !
The Ccmoore bird food ingredients including Sweet Meggablend and Meggablend Red, the gritty maize protein product Supergold 60 (60 percent digestible protein and nutritionally good enough to replace fish meals,) are just a sample of excellent ideal additions to nut based baits. You can turn your baits into a really unusual and different ones by combining some more diverse various nutritionally valuable and very attractive ingredients which you may not have heard of used in combination before. For example using crushed tiger nuts, tiger nut flour and crushed hemp and adding krill meal, spirulina powder, vanilla extract meal with and tuna oil and over 100 millitres of Salmon and Krill extract per pound of bait for instance.
If you want to cut your costs you can use maize meal or maize flour for up to half your bait to bulk it up. Carp love maize all year round even in winter, despite it not being the most nutritional nor digestible ingredient for cheap bait bulking-up applications; but it simply works! (It does naturally contain betaine and other bioactive antioxidants among other important factors.) I find using maize meal in combination with full fat semolina produces a bait that is easier to roll if cost is really an issue, however I would very much prefer to use highly nutritionally attractive ingredients with far more to turn carp on. When budgets are tight though, maize products make excellent crumbled free baits; especially when boosted with liquid foods like Ccmoore Feedstim XP which is an amazing nutritional feed triggering substance and not just for carp either!
For more nutritionally stimulating ingredients than just semolina or maize, maybe use pure liver powder, poultry protein meal, or calcium and sodium caseinates and blood powder, lactalbumin and whey protein concentrate for example. Egg albumin is a great highly nutritional binder and is often used in a fifty percent combination with whey gel. I personally find that when I hand roll my hook baits and make them very dense by lots of rolling, often my baits get harder and heavier and my carp have to work harder to suck them to the back of their mouths; and my catches improve when compared alongside many popular readymade baits! Do not forget you can make harder (or softer) hook baits using such techniques and ingredients, by adding them to great base mixes like the legendary Ccmoore Odyssey XXX, Meteor and the really addictive Live System mix (which is now a big favourite of mine!)
Wheat gluten is a another well proven binder where bait digestibility is less important and of course, with such effective binding ingredients you will find it much easier to use more coarse ground nuts, hemp, and kelp ingredients for instance to make baits with truly unique textures, practical resiliency but with excellent leak-offs too! The milk powder products Vitamealo and Lamlac are very useful in aiding binding and soya isolate is another high-protein ingredient I have found really works over decades of bait making.
Ccmoore pre-ground CLO is an outstandingly proven attractive nutritional bird food based ingredient that helps bind other ingredients together and with a great track record; ideal for cheap but effective homemade mixes. (You can include perhaps up to 8 ounces of Ccmoore CLO per pound of dry mix. If you use semolina it is a good idea to use only up to 7 ounces of semolina per pound of dry mix and ensure you improve the nutritional attraction of your bait intrinsically by adding other choice additives and ingredients.
With cheap semolina and soya base mixes why not add as Robin Red, corn steep liquor powder, vanilla extract meal, molasses meal, Ccmoore dried insect meal and shrimp type products for instance. Of course the old favourite shrimp powder is well proven but krill meal is a seriously potent ingredient and when teamed with Marine Amino compound and the simply awesome (soon to be legendary) Ccmoore Salmon and Krill extract liquid, you will not go far wrong!
The choice of bait ingredients and additives is bewildering until you get to know a little more about just how potent they are and how they can seriously enhance stimulatory impacts upon carp senses (directly and indirectly,) and even exploit individual fish preferences of taste, smell and dietary needs. A natural-product based bait will keep on catching far more successfully than a cheap bait which is not a lot more than a simple flavour-carrier; the difference between a highly nutritionally stimulating bait and a high-attract type carrier bait is just massive.
In fact I can state with certainty that a nutritionally stimulating carp bait that is exploiting as many of the carp senses and behaviours as possible will well and truly out-fish an instance high-attract concentrated flavour bait again and again if you are an average week-end angler! In fact it is more often the case on very much pressured waters that high attract baits can be known to fail almost completely to get a bite when fished against nutritionally stimulating baits by average anglers.
I used to fish cheap semolina and soya based baits with a variety of variously based concentrated flavours for years and flavours obviously do work very well with these and similar low nutritional value baits, although I would boost nutritional attraction in various ways, usually with liquid foods. But I frequently caught smaller fish compared to those I caught on my nutritionally-based baits. Indeed, I believe you need to be a more talented or knowledgeable and skilled angler to really exploit high-attract baits when in competition with exceptional quality nutritional value baits.
I was catching many good twenties on single or double pop-up fluorescent white hook baits fished on their own without free baits at long range, back in the mid 1980's. But I fished like this for tactical reasons (fish location and away from heavily pressured areas among other reasons.) However right up to today I find I catch far more fish over a bed of crumbed nutritional boilies that have been pre-soaked and packed with soluble liquids and additives of the kinds that carp naturally find in their aquatic environment. These liquids and other substances are predominantly ones that carp are very easily able to detect even in lower concentrations due to the specialised evolution of their internal and external receptors, and which carp are drawn to instinctively.
You might find milk peptides unusual in this regard, but these are not so different -even if carp need help in digesting various milk products; carp obviously find them very attractive! Lactose is a milk sugar composed of galactose and glucose and of course plants use glucose as an energy storage medium. I think glucose and other sugar foods are instant energy hits that carp enjoy and various milk derivatives still contain lactose which will improve the eating experience! Many anglers forget carp also naturally consume aquatic vegetation to supply their essential energy and nutritional nutrient requirements and that molasses and betaine come from sugar-providing beets and canes.
Often I will include sugars not simply to aid bait palatability to encourage repeated bait consumption and an instant energy hit, (sugar is addictive fact,) but to naturally encourage aquatic molluscs such as snails and many forms of benthic life towards my ground baits and free baits and another great reason to use Ccmoore fructose concentrate!
There are obviously many proven carp feeding triggers identified and exploited by us carp anglers and in aquaculture and many others yet to be identified in known fields such as health and body-building and the pharmaceutical industry and in the human and pet food and drug industries etc. The vast majority of true carp feeding triggers are found as naturally intrinsic components of the most nutritious (and the most digestible) natural foods in the carp environment. For instance, would it be any surprise to find that carp themselves are fairly rich in betaine (we are too! )
With soya and semolina type homemade baits you really need to add extra feeding triggers and palatability factors that will encourage further intensive feeding behaviours. Carp feeding is a progressive series of modes of feeding and levels of intensities which can be encouraged by our bait substances - starting off with simple carp gulping and filter-feeding, before particulate feeding and then progressing on to larger items not filtered by the pharyngeal teeth, but broken down in the throat teeth themselves after passing through the mouth.
It has been proven that in the mouth betaine is an especially potent inducer of repeated food consumption (and Ccmoore super pure betaine of 97 percent purity is an obviously effective example of this additive.) Very many more carp ingredients and additives contain betaine than the majority of carp anglers appreciate. In one bait you might have nearly every ingredient containing at least low levels of it and in different forms apart from the commonest glycine betaine form.
On a related point a really hush hush additive is the Ccmoore squid flesh meal, and the new Ccmoore squid liver extract; both are up there with the legends like Robin Red and Minamino and these days are perhaps even better edges! Enzyme-treated liver powder is another excellent additive as is enzyme-treated yeast powder as is predigested fish protein powder; the powerhouse of nutritional attraction found in so many of those high-oil halibut pellets for instance!
Pellets designed for fish other than carp often have higher levels of lipids than carp require and fish such as trout and salmon have a higher energy requirement in regards to lipids, therefore their feeds reflect this need. Wels catfish have a higher metabolic rate per degree in temperature increase than carp and the comparatively enormous energy value of lipids mean they respond very well to higher levels of lipids in homemade baits designed for them! Having caught thirty catfish between 60 to 110 pounds in the UK on such homemade baits rich in these (and other substances that support or even encourage high metabolic rates,) I can say lipids are extremely important. The Ccmoore marine amino compound is an especially interesting and effective liquid additive among others; such as the highly stimulating Ccmoore Red Venom liquid!
On a personal level based on my own perceptions as a human (and many multiples of thousands of times less sensitive than carp senses) I recommend the lactose concentrate B plus product from Ccmoore among many of their others, because it hits my senses and does not let go! This indicates to me that it is literally taking hold of my sensory receptors internally and making me feel hungry very directly via my biofeedback! (Bear in mind this is merely smelling a powder additive in air where particles pass over my olfactory cells in my nose, and not even in solution (i.e. when mixed with water and in contact with carp sensory cells directly!)
This just shows how potently impactful some carp bait substances really are in very low concentrations; hot chilli powders and turmeric are other great carp-catching examples that even us humans can easily be aware of even in quite low concentrations in our foods; sweating and a faster heart rate (and faster digestive rate) are just a couple of the more obvious effects although the true impacts go much further than these!
I might suggest that the impact upon me is rather like the taste of monosodium glutamate in a Chinese takeaway (minus any nasty after-taste,) or the yeasty smell of fresh bread pumping from a bakery to attract customers! This seriously hooks onto carp (and human) sensory receptors and leaves you and Mr Carp wanting much more again and again! Another far less well known product is fructose concentrate. This relatively little-used edge is something that is extremely underrated and really yet to be really popularised as a true winner but one I have proven in my baits and ground baits too for many of my biggest UK fish over forty pounds. Fructose is a natural product like betaine and like Ccmoore Supersweet, is a sweetener that carp just love. It is worth considering how a carp brain operates and how various chemicals are released that cause behavioural effects we want in order to induce carp behaviours in our favour.
The impact of the key bioactive substance in hemp is one such example that you might term mind-altering, but when you think a bit further, anything that causes a change in brain chemistry in a food can be potentially harmful or beneficial from an angling perspective. Thankfully well over 90 percent of the most effective carp bait substances actually encourage healthier carp when used sensibly! It is up to us to be aware of the potential hazards when a food source becomes a threat; as in the case of drastic over-feeding with tiger nuts or peanuts in particular - but then doing that in certain fishing situations is simply ignorance of course. Hemp seed is a different matter altogether having some of the best quality digestible protein and fantastic amino acid and lipid profiles of the kind carp essentially need!
You will want to use super pure betaine as it has such significant feed-stimulating effects and enhances the impacts of other ingredients, additives and flavours too; it is a potent naturally bioactive substance that when used with liquids rich in amino acids will truly give its best being an amine too. Ccmoore Feedstim XP, Marine Amino Compound, mussel extract, salmon and krill extract, bloodworm extract, Belachan extract, crayfish concentrate and anchovy concentrate and others all benefit from use of super pure betaine to enhance them, along with a little dissolved rock salt for instance. Talin is a great additive for nut baits and used with betaine is very well proven.
The way your bait substances react and interract with other bait substances is very important in how they impact upon carp in many ways simultaneously, but the way your bait reacts and interacts with water is something very much worth much more thought! I enjoy fishing very soluble baits of the kind you might only be able to fish practicably for 2 to 4 hours immersion in water because I know such baits are literally joining with the surrounding water to maximum effect to pump out concentrations of stimulation and attraction ordinary boiled baits and even many pellets do not achieve. As a matter of fact, countless effective effects you might wish to achieve with conventional boilies you can apply to part-boiled and part-steamed paste and boilie style baits, readymade pellets and pastes and boilies made from them and even ground baits in most formats (stick, slop, etc,) and particle baits too.
By applying refined additives and other substances for the job you can multiply the impacts on fish feeding behaviours beyond many what most anglers would believe. By simply adding a solution of betaine, predigested fish protein, enzyme-treated yeast and Marine amino compound and a little rock salt to your conventional halibut pellet free baits, you can seriously boost fish feeding and your catches. However, I have discovered that Ccmoore pellets are especially designed for all year round use where optimum nutritional attraction and digestibility are hugely important factors in all temperatures. I really get excited about their Milkimin pellets and Cantax Red 365 pellets but then they have the Amino Green 365, uniquely digestible fish HDE pellets, their boosted mussel pellets, Belachan pellets, boosted shrimp pellets, bloodworm pellets and more to play with. Testing many of these as pellets and as quick scalded pastes (in various combinations with a little extra egg albumin for a longer-lasting bait,) has shown carp near them often come zooming over to investigate!
Ccmoore corn sweet syrup is one PVA-friendly product well worth including as a bait soak for instance. You can add all kinds of extras to this syrup for example when using PVA products it being PVA-friendly. Corn sweet syrup really helps to enhance carp feeding activity and can be added to many great bait substances including examples such as: corn steep liquor, betaine, green lipped mussel extract, Vitamealo, sodium caseinate with crushed peanuts, whey concentrate powder vanilla extract meal and even various essential oils, such as garlic oil, chilli oil, almond oil, peanut oil, (sweet garlic oil is outstanding,) or so much more.
If you want very hard hook baits perhaps try using a ten percent inclusion of whey protein concentrate as opposed to simply using maize powder for instance. One cheaper option for better base mix binding is use of whole egg powder which makes baits tougher throughout. I have always found that the incredibly nutritionally attractive ingredients like lactalbumin and whey concentrate (WP80) tend to produce bite often faster after casting out than many other baits, obviously the soluble nature of these is central to this! So to make your baits break down much faster, perhaps radically increase your inclusion level of whey protein concentrate or other more soluble ingredients such as corn steep liquor powder or calcium or sodium caseinates.
Sometimes I make new homemade baits in a rush or make new baits without knowing exactly how much soluble versus insoluble ingredients to include in making a homemade bait that will both roll well and boil or steam without disintegrating and I get things wrong. (But do I really !) You see my point is that every bait-making mistake is potentially a great solution when applied for particular fishing situations; all it takes is a little imagination! For example, when making homemade enzyme-active baits with too much whey protein they might not be able to be boiled or steamed without melting do to its water-solubility characteristics. At first what seems like a perhaps more costly but obviously potentially very good bait might seem a complete waste and be unusable, but think about it! When used as air-dried or fresh paste baits they are simply awesome, especially for short trips or over-night fishing trips; as I know from experience.
Just such an example was when I had a take on a popular winter water within hours of arriving using such baits in early February (soon after the snow melted in 2009.) Due to the low water temperatures most anglers visiting had been blanking for days and days so the unusual homemade bait approach proved itself under pressure! I suggest that softer more soluble kinds of baits are just the kind of baits many anglers failing to catch on conventional harder less soluble boilies can exploit for themselves. Fish find softer baits in many ways less easy to resist and less easy to deal with rig and bait-wise too.
One very easy way to produce extremely reliable baits is to scald some Ccmoore boosted mussel, shrimp, bloodworm or Belachan pellets etc, in combination with some Milkimin or Amino Green 365 or HDE pellets for example. This is quick to do just cover the pellets with boiling water and leave overnight and then form your past. You can even make baits up your baits on the bank and add additional Feedstim powder, squid liver extract or Liquid Super Slop and so on to boost your baits and apply them in very many diverse ways in your fishing!
Perhaps try including more of that legend of carp bait ingredients; enzyme treated liver powder. Why not try this with enzyme treated yeast powder, and corn steep liquor powder Or you might go for an old trick and incorporate bread crumbs or crunchy kelp meal, or krill meal with fermented shrimp and soluble fish protein ! The use of powdered ingredients and liquids of the same product means that you have the best of both worlds providing instantly soluble attraction plus more longer-lasting powdered attraction within your baits even after the more soluble fractions of your baits have been washed out.
One of the most exciting aspects of bait making is using substances and ingredients that trigger feeding when more soluble ingredients have gone, because this is often the time when very wary carp will feel safer in taking these baits instead of fresh ones at many pressured waters, and this really gives you great competitive edge over other anglers baits - and often more bigger fish too! Even the use of coarse kelp meal, or krill or shrimp meal or meat meal along with squid flesh meal and very generous helpings of green lipped mussel extract will boost a more usually bland soya and semolina high-attract concentrated flavour bait - and yes, why not mix cheap high attraction with premium nutritional stimulation too ! (Note; many flavours taste differently to their taste, but this is something Ccmoore has obviously taken the trouble to deal with in sourcing their flavours; try using Crab Essence with their Frankfurter Essence to ring the changes for instance !
Now back to bait solubility which is so vitally important in ensuring maximum bait performance (and enhancing bait digestion too!) You might use whey gel and egg albumin together at about 10 percent of your mix and avoid the use of liquid eggs which include egg yolk altogether. This improves bait solubility (compared to using whole eggs) and provides extra bait capacity for adding so much more in terms of liquid foods for instance; so enriching your baits nutrition and so again, enhancing bait performance. (To improve your bait digestibility why not try the Ccmoore called the Key; it is something totally uniquely designed to be an extremely impactful nutritional trigger and proven digestive aid and is certainly a liquid I will be using more of!)
When I used liquid foods like Minamino and liquid liver years ago the hearsay recommended levels were low; maybe up to 30 millilitres per pound of bait. Then I used them in liquid food and flavour mixtures and neat in bait soaks, and found them far more productive. Then I starting using them neat in my paste baits or at over 100 millilitres per pound of bait when I could afford it. As a result of this my catches improved significantly immediately and this was a good lesson in proving you can find great solutions (unique perhaps only to you) aside from the recommended levels, usage levels or applications of use etc. Any way the more you can pack liquid foods such as Feedstim XP or Marine amino Compound for instance into your baits, the better because these act like incredibly powerful magnets that pull (already excited) fish into your swim - before they have even found any of your actual baits!
Tiger nut extract with added betaine and Talin, is a well proven bait soak that is ideal for nut baits. You would do very well to use a lesser-known alternative Super Cherry Amino (a product not unlike the legendary Minamino also avaialable from Ccmoore. Why not add some liquid yeast and liquid molasses also for instance. Someone once asked me if I thought that using flavoured Minamino product would have its drawbacks in regards to the flavour but in my opinion the flavour is a big plus considering how many carp are all too familiar its more famous cousin.
Many common conventional flavours plus many unusual flavours are great used in nut baits. This includes some outstanding ones such as Ccmoore Creamy Condensed Milk Essence, Ultra Honey Essence, Ultra Chocolate Malt Essence, Ultra Scopex Essence, Ultra Maple Essence, Ultra Hazelnut Essence, and others like hemp, cream, butter, caramel or Pistachio flavours. Why not think about it; add a generous level of hot Chilli powders and use Red Venom liquid for a spicy bait for instance, with some black pepper essential oil perhaps.
You might make up a homemade spod or ground bait mix from molasses meal, roasted peanut meal, any of many milk powders and liquid foods including liquid yeast and Feedstim XP liquid and powder. Imagine the impact of all those fine particles spreading throughout the water layers and dispersing. So many wary and very pressured carp appreciate filter-feeding upon water-borne food particles before moving any more confidently onto larger food or bait items fished on the bottom or mid-water.
Nut baits work very well when fished with corn steep liquor pellets, Milkimin pellets and hemp pellets for instance. Your ground bait can literally make all the difference to your results because it can very significantly get excited carp further into stages of feeding modes and intensities; where even warier carp can make mistakes more easily.
To really liven up your particles and pellets and even to make a bait soak to pull more fish when using maggots, why not try mixing your baits and ground baits with the awesome Feedstim XP, Super Pure Betaine, Talin, tiger nut extract and tiger nut oil for instance.
Of course you can make many unique liquids and slop attractors with ingredients and additives that are water-soluble to various degrees, and of course even more insoluble ingredients can help pull fish when in suspension in the water column! It may be noted that whole insects, bloodworm and crushed tiger nuts, peanuts and hemp are not totally soluble but these certainly have many effective properties and characteristics!
Essential oils are very powerful additives and you might simply choose to add the old famous favourite aniseed oil. Or for something a little different, perhaps use a combination of cinnamon oil, thyme oil, and clove oil. These have some of the highest antioxidant potencies available in the spices and are extremely well proven (and not just in winter!) Aniseed oil and hemp oil are very effective in winter as most carp anglers already know. Why not try aniseed and clove oil with Talin, or cinnamon oil with 2 grammes per kilogram of Ccmoore Ultrasweet powdered sweetener in your base mix. You would do well to try 8 grams of Lactose Concentrate B in a kilogramme of base mix in a nut bait; with 10 percent pure liver powder with the added addition of maybe 2 percent super pure betaine. For much more see my bait secrets ebooks and free articles at my site Baitbigfish.
By Tim Richardson.
Making Homemade Carp Fishing Baits And The Power Of Addictive Ingredients!
Previous：Make Your Guests Happy With Edible Favors!
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