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I have been reading this forum as a guest for a long time and later decided to register and share my point of view about the websites, etc. I found here amazing websites and wish to all of you good luck with your sites. Now, I would like to share with you my website: Online 3D Games This is an arcade website and I would like to hear your opinion regarding the following:
A couple of things that I noticed right off the bat. There is no description for what it is people can do with your site. Based on what you said in your thread and looking at the site, I'm assuming the site's purpose is to play games? You should be very clear about that on your homepage.
The other thing is that a download happens when I try to play a game but it doesn't tell me what its for. That doesn't instill a lot of trust in the website user. If I want to play a game on the site and all of a sudden something is downloading and I don't know what for, I'm out of there.
Here are some other tips you may find beneficial,
It's a good website which seems to fufil it's purpose. The site is easy to navigate to and from, and the design is easy on the eyes. The design is crisp and neat, and everything seems to be aligned and presented clearly. I personally wouldn't change anything, the site seems to look professional as can be, and it's the sort of design i'd use myself to design a website around gaming.
The website loading time is very fast, it took less than 2 seconds for the site to load for me. There are some blank spaces towards the middle of the page, presumably where ads are or meant to go, as the ads don't show up for me as i'm using adblocker.
Thanks a lot! I had problems with the server and have been optimizing it . Now, I'm planning to use Google PageSpeed service and let'see.
Actually I offer no download on the site. Maybe there appear plugin notification such as Unity 3D plugin and Shockwave plugin. Well, the site title and the content is enough to say what the site intend to do
The background is quite eye-catching and a good choice for your genre. Load time for the site is excellent. I would say that the buttons up top for the different genres of online games that you offer seem to blend in too much with everything else. I would suggest making them more distinct. I would also make the Fog7.org part of the top banner take up a greater area and decrease the area for Facebook, search, and login. Those three in my opinion should not take up that much space and should be better defined rather than seeming jumbled together and haphazardly placed. Also, how the site shows up on Google when you search for Fog7.org is excellent. My main point of concern for what would turn me away from the site and thus possibly others is the popups when moving from page to page.
Other than that, site gets to the point. Usability is easy.
@AmericanWestern thanks for your review. The popup actually is very common option when we're talking about arcade sites. 98% of sites (except some giant portals) has this option included because it's some sort of legal revenue.
I like the design and color combination of your site. Great Work , Keep It up !
Overall look of the website is good,and my advice is about background design.Just have a look at that.
i do have a couple of Notes :
your site is 1 / fast loading 2 / clear as white template 3/ clear as content
best wishes for more success
Best Regard
I think that it's a really good design for a 3D game website, the colours and the navigation are really perfect
I like the design. The background image has a lot of action without being overpowering.
The main page is a bit busy. I wouldn't mind some more space between things to give a bit of breathing room.
The stars are good to help show the rating of a game and how good it is (or not).
The images of Last Played Games are good. It would be nice to have some text appear on hover so you can see what the name of the game is. That would help you decide if you want to click on it or not.
The website loaded really fast, especially considering it has so many graphics. Well done!
When I click on the search box, I have encountered pop-up ads. I would like to say most people hate this kind of ads.
Hey Dave!
First reaction: I like the color scheme and the overall design! It feels fun, gamey...I feel like I get the tone of the site right away. Having the logo appear right up there in the top left I think is good...It was one of the first things I noticed. I like the layout: background picture, main off-white box of the site, organized categories of games within the off-white box. I also like that the categories have clear labels within different colored banners.
I had some confusion about the two boxes underneath "last played games" and "social games". Underneath "last played games" is a box that seems to be scrolling through four games and a 'play now' button. I feel unclear about what this box is for, and it seems a little out of place being the only box without a clearly labeled banner. To the right of this, under "social games" is a blank box which also seems out of place. I think reorganizing or even just eliminating these two boxes could add a lot to the feeling of organization and clarity of the site.
Also, I opened the website using Firefox, and it loaded right away.
Hope this helps!
Hello,You have a lot of games for kids, that is great. Maybe adding tittle on each image, or having a brief description will give the user a better idea of the name of each game.
The art direction is very good, I definitely get a 'playful/ gamer', YOUNG GAMER actually, vibe to it.the graphic design is ok, I definitely like the CLEANNESS.. KEEP THAT , but a few points of contrast /highlight will do this look great. There are some REALLY neat ideas.the BG is cool, if a bit heavy ( file-size wise) . Nice design choice tho.I like the look of nav var at the very top, but I the icon need to have a tool tip so that users can be certain of what they do.the hover effect, however, doenst go well, as when you remove the 'shadow' it just looks like one button merges with the next. I also hope you used accessible image replacement techniques Nice job on the masthead.
It would be ince if there was more CONTRAST between the bar/block section heads ("newest games, etc) maybe make the bar few shades bar lighter, or the box a tint darker? Also a secondary box, around each game would make it easier to see ( this could easily be done with box-shadow, if you are worried about additional markup)
I have speedy internet, the website doesnt load "fast" but it loads FASTER than other websites of its kind... maybe because you have yet to put all the preview games. This may be a tactical decision that you should make based ONLY of your personal research of your intended viewership. Would they stick around a few seconds to see all your games at once, or would they rather just see a few selection to feel that your site is 'cool' and then explore deeper to learn all that you have to offer.
Loading time is good but you should put some more colors in the container section to make it more funky, colorful as it is a video game site!
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A Roaming Vending Machine hilariously won't give up the next clue until Marie (and everyone else who follows) says "please," then Marie and Tim win Leg 11 at the Konno Hachimangu Shrine pit stop. Appropriately, a much-higher-tech, no-assembly-required robot greets them. "Um, that'd be the greatest parter in the world," Marie jokes to Tim and Phil (except she's also serious, another reason I'm loving her right now). The exes are going to Aruba! Well, probably separately. They'll put Hawaii and Aruba in a hat to see who gets to seduce the Travelocity gnome in which exotic location. He's got enough deep-massage skills to go around.
Second place: Jason and Amy. He's steaming because she wasted "7 to 10 minutes" helping Nicole start from scratch on her miserable failure of a robot.
Third: Nicole and Travis. Some tricky editing suggested the Afghanimals might have outpaced the RoboDocs on foot, but in the end Leo had taken too long to notice that his robot's buttons were on the back. Leo will never build a snowman again, is my guess. Too many painful memories. Or he just won't put buttons on the next snowman he makes. Or he'll put the buttons on the back. Which would be totally fine. Terrible analogy.
Most Cringe-Inducing Line of the First Hour: "I'm not used to this, man. I'm used to relying on me. And Nicole's showing that she's not the same as me." --poor, advanced robot Travis, disappointed as usual in his selected companion's "loser" prototype.
Leo and Jamal are out. It's okay -- they'll reportedly be on The Amazing Race 24: All-Stars, so they'll get to "run around the world like crazy" a second time! (At the finish line, affable northern California hippies Brandon and Adam hinted that they'd be part of the next cast, too. Yes!)
All alliances -- fake or otherwise -- are off in the final hour, as the final three teams travel on the same flight from Tokyo to Juneau, Alaska. There's an intense boat race from Douglas Island Harbor -- "This boat'll give you hemorrhoids," bots Travis, and you can trust him on that because he's a doctor. And then there's a Road Block involving push planes, which are just about the most adorable planes you've ever seen, from a TV viewer's perspective. I loved how the little red section near the "mouth" looked like a wagging tongue. But enough about this major plot point. Time to simulate a supply drop!
Nicole (nooooooo!), Marie, and Amy compete to drop a bag of flour onto a giant target while flying 60 m.p.h. from 150 feet above ground. I would be absolutely awful at this, I can just tell. Amy gets it on her second try, while Marie surprisingly takes 12. But Nicole's plane must whiz around her disappointed husbot a whopping 20 times before she finally digs deep and hurls it onto the target.
Aside: I feel for Nicole here. She's the worst, in general, and at most things -- but sometimes you are just not good at something and no amount of repetition is going to fix the problem. One day in junior high I tried to get up on waterskis around 60 times until well after the sun had set over Lake Michigan. The only people in the boat were my disappointed father and my talented water-skier friend Katie (eff you, Katie!), both of whom kept trying and failing to coach me through it. Eventually, they wanted to die. I wanted to die the whole time. Never made it up on those damn skis. It was an amazing race back to the harbor in tears. But I lived! Great story.
Amy and Jason gleefully wrestle a non-"TRY AGAIN" clue from a wall of ice, cross an ice bridge, and stomp through a glacier, which already feels like a victory lap as Jason cannot contain his enthusiasm for a million dollars. But he doesn't say million dollars; he screams "YEAH, LOOK AT YOU! YOU'RE AN ICE CLIMBER!" I'm actually impressed at his restraint; I'd probably be so excited I'd just be involuntarily yelping "MONEY!" at every turn.
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Slain Riverside police officer identified as Marine veteran, father of 2
Michael Crain was stationed at Camp Pendleton
Michael Crain, 34, was the Riverside police officer allegedly ambushed by Christopher Dorner while on routine patrol last week, Riverside's police chief revealed Sunday.
Crain was an Inland Empire native with "a big heart" and loved spending time with wife Regina and their children Ian, 10, and Kaitlyn, 4.
Crain left "an unforgettable impression" on everyone he met, according to Riverside police Lt. Guy Toussaint.
"He loved attending dance recitals with his daughter and coaching his son's baseball team," Toussaint said. "He also loved his classic 1970 Chevy Nova, which he spent his spare time restoring."
Crain, a former active Marine and war veteran, was publicly identified Sunday for the first time by the department. His name had been withheld due to concerns about the danger presented by Dorner, whose location remained a mystery on Sunday.
He was slain Thursday, when the disgruntled former policeman alleged ambushed two Riverside officers in their squad car at a traffic light next to the Riverside (91) Freeway. The second patrol officer was reportedly recovering with serious injuries and stable life signs, but his name was not released.
Crain was born in Anaheim but was raised in the Riverside area and had graduated from Redlands High School in 1996, a Riversdie police biography released Sunday stated.
Crain was the eldest of three children in his family and had attended Crafton Hills College in Yucaipa after high school for about a year before joining the Marines. Crain served two tours in Kuwait as a rifleman in the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marines, Toussaint said in his statement.
Crain was a squad leader and was promoted to the rank of sergeant during his service. He was stationed in Camp Pendleton in Oceanside where Crain taught military operations on urban terrain, Toussaint said.
Following his honorable discharge from the Marine Corps, Crain joined the Riverside Police Department and was sworn in on August 24, 2001. During his 11 years of service Crain was a member of the department's SWAT team and usually worked as a patrol officer.


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The Fresh Market, the upscale specialty grocery store, has had its sights on Midtown Memphis for some time and may have found the right address.
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NEW YORK (AP) – June sales heated up for stores, in a sign that Americans likely will continue to spend during the important back-to-school shopping season.
U.S. retailers reported their strongest sales gains since January, as shoppers, enticed by warm weather and an improving economy, took advantage of summer discounts.
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A packaging maker for retail brands like Frito-Lay and General Mills is getting a tax incentive worth $3 million to keep 318 workers in Memphis and add 95 new employees as part of a $21 million expansion here.
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NEW YORK (AP) – The parent company of Reader's Digest has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection for the second time in less than four years, saying it needs to cut its debt so it can keep restructuring.
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3Nov 18, '12 by jrsmrsReading another thread got me thinking about this...I always get to work at least a half hour before my shift starts. Do I want to or like to work for free? Hell no! But I really don't know how else I would ever get out on the floor in time to get everything done. If I start at 0730, I've got glucs to do before breakfast, probably at least a few 0800 meds to give, etc. never mind getting vitals on 5 pts, doing assessments on all, washes as needed, putting out any fires that spark, etc.How do you adequately prep for your shift if you get there at the beginning of shift and not early? Reading kardexes & shift summaries, checking meds on MARS vs charts, etc takes me minimum half an hour for 5 pts. Usually quite a bit longer if the pt has a thick chart that takes forever to get through (which is many of the pts). There is no way if I spent a half hour-45 mins prepping after start of shift that I would ever get all my stuff done on time and get out for breaks. I hate going in early, in practice and in principle, but just in order to meet expectations and also to avoid the stress of constantly being behind and trying to play catch-up, I do it. If there is some other way, I'd love to hear it. The only nurses I've noticed who don't come in early really don't seem to be double-checking their med orders vs MARS, which is a policy at our hospital q shift. That's the biggest time eater, really.
11Nov 18, '12 by Do-over, ASN, RNYou know, I don't start work early - with the rare exception of ensuring safety if a bed alarm goes off as I walk by to the locker room...
Often, the assignments aren't made until the very last minute anyway, so I wouldn't know who my patients were anyway.
Beyond that, each day I start at the beginning and keep going until the end of the shift.
I don't do chart checks, etc, at teh beginning of my shift - there is no way. I get report, assess, then start morning meds and go from there. -
25Nov 18, '12 by nurse2033You are to be applauded for your dedication but you are enabling poor management. If you can't get your job done in the time allotted you should bring this to the attention of your boss and work for a solution. Are you being paid for the time? If not, not are not covered under your employers liability because you are not actually working. It is illegal for you to work without being paid. You are putting your license at risk. You are also making the other nurses who do show up on time look like they can't do their work. After all, you get things done... I think you are making a big mistake.
5Nov 18, '12 by tokmom, BSNI arrive 10 min early to get my Vocera, equipment needed for the day. I actually walk out of the breakroom at 0700 and not a minute early (minus a code). I refuse to give management more free time then I already do!
What I don't get done, I pass along. -
4Nov 18, '12 by MorganalefeyDo you have aides on your unit? Our aides check sugars, do vitals, and most of the bathing. I start on time, get report, write down the last set of vitals, meds to be given on the shift, and relevant labs. If I need to call a dr for any reason, I do that immediately. If not, I begin assessing and passing meds. I drag a vitals machine w/me if I have b/p or cardiac meds. I ask about toileting when I go in to assess and toilet the pt if needed, then move on to the next one.
I agree, w/the previous poster's. I don't think you should be working off the clock. -
5Nov 18, '12 by Meriwhen, ASN, BSN, RN Senior ModeratorI get to work about 20 minutes early but I do not clock in until it's time to clock in. If I'm asked to do something, I tell them (provided it's not a life-or-death situation) that I'm not clocked in yet but I will happily clock in if they authorize the OT.
After saying that, I find that miraculously, a majority of their requests can wait until I clock in
I agree with everyone else: you shouldn't be working for free. Management may be unofficially appreciative of the free labor, but should something happen with a patient d/t your actions while off of the clock, they won't hesitate to throw you under the bus. -
3Nov 18, '12 by SwansonRNI don't come in early. Some nurses where I work do to start gathering information on their patients 20 minutes before their shift starts, but I think it's silly when patient assignments can change at any time. Hand off takes anywhere from 30-40 minutes, then I take ~10 minutes looking at orders/labs/meds and organizing my day in my head. I've never felt super rushed to get things done before 0800am. You need some aides to help you!!
2Nov 18, '12 by beekerI arrive early to review my assignment, and get my info together so if you happen to get a crappy report I am not clueless. There are some people on my floor who seem to know nothing about their patient and getting report from them is a waste of time. I'd rather be ready to go.anotherone and Peninah7 like this.


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It's amazing, I just sit there and watch it, knowing that I don't have to change thread color all the time, and it's so fast, I haven't tried 1000 spm yet, for fear it may fly away. I have two other Brother Machines - One 8500, and the first one I started with the PE 200(Snoopy). But I am thinking of selling my first one. Hubby says one has to go, and after getting the PR - I won't argue with that. Love the embroidery forum, and all you great girls. Lori |
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Hello Lori, I also have the PR-600II, the 8500 and the 2003D. Also thinking about getting rid of the 8500 because it never gets used. The 600 is really wonderful and very trouble free. As far as kitchen towels, I purchased 50 or more waffle weave towels from Target before Christmas to make gifts. They were white with a small band of color (burgundy, black, navy, gold or green) and they were $3 each. They washed well and embroidered well. Just had to use sticky on the back 1st to flatten out the waffles as much as possible or my outlines were a bit off. |
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If you are a first time homebuyer then the helpful and professional staff that works in the Fannie Mae Customer Service Department can help you with any questions or inquiries you may have regarding the home buying process, how to avoid predatory lending and understanding escrow.
Fannie Mae is a government-sponsored enterprise (GSE) that is chartered by Congress. The mission of the company is to provide a variety of things to the United States mortgage markets as well as the housing market. These things include affordability, liquidity and stability. It can be said that the company operates in the secondary mortgage market. What this means is that the company does not make home loans directly to customers but instead works with brokers and mortgage bankers as well as primary mortgage market partners to make sure that the funds are there to lend to people wanting to buy homes. The funds are lent at rates that are affordable to potential homeowners. Fannie Mae got its start in 1938 but became a private shareholder-owned company in 1968.
Phone numbers and support information is not easy to locate at the Fannie Mae website (http://www.fanniemae.com). However if you visit the "Contact Us" page you can find an e-mail form to contact the Customer Service Department.
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They say that you die twice. Once when you cease to breathe and then, when people stop talking about you...
'Sharp Street' by Robert J. Bell tells the story of the 140 men from a single Hull street who left to fight the good fight but who never returned.... Bell takes these tales and extends them beyond the facts of the past and brings them rushing headlong into the future.
You're so vain, you probably think this book is about you
'You're so vain, you probably think this book is about you' - is the new book of poetry by the award winning Hull poet Peter Knaggs. Of his book Peter says "I wanted to tackle work, the toad as Larkin called it, to show the vicissitudes of the work place, how employment shapes us and what it does to us." Read all about it
Head In A Book
'Head In A Book' is a cycle of literature events in Hull scheduled throughout the year to maintain the momentum of the annual Humber Mouth Literature Festival. It presents readings and interviews with writers of international renown. The events (organised by Shane Rhodes) are located in libraries around Hull with the intention of bringing literature into local communities, increasing the use of local libraries and encouraging more people to get their Head in a Book. Visit the Head In A Book website and see who is coming to Hull soon.
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Scattered Shots: Optimizing your hunter for heroics {WoW}
Dec 24th 2010 3:06AM Tell that to the tanks. When I trap pull, I usually get sweared at or kicked. Even when I explain before the fights that I need to trap pull and why, I will not be allowed too.
Many times I get my mark, active my trap launcher and see the mobs all running to the tank just as my trap flies through the air to the now empty spot where the mob used to be. Then the tank proceeds shouting 'RETRAP RETRAP'... which is obviously on cooldown.
Also the famous 'drop DnD under the trapped mob' works wonders for our cc... Many tanks are bad these days.
Scattered Shots: Moar heroics for hunters {WoW}
Dec 24th 2010 2:43AM Take them to normal dungeons. Two or three runs and your pet goes from 82 to 85. I leveled 19 pets like that (1 was with me while leveling myself). In normals, the dip in dps from a lower level pet is hardly noticable. Sometimes on the last boss I'd summon my 85 pet if the group dps was a little low, but other then that, no problem at all.
Due to the nerf in XP from mobs when reaching 85, it's not much use to level a pet outside a dungeon.
Officers' Quarters: Surviving as a small guild {WoW}
Dec 20th 2010 3:59PM I think it will be hard in a few weeks/months, when other guilds are reaching higher levels, which is why I started recruiting for my new guild now. I wasn't really ready, busy time IRL, but if I wait too long, and everyone else is level 10+, recruiting will be that much harder. Now we're level 2 in a level 5 world and that doesn't scare people too much.
I think new and small guilds are facing rough times :(
Call for Submissions: Cataclysm tips and tricks {WoW}
Dec 13th 2010 3:20AM And that CC is broken by big patches of red goo on the ground... aka Death Knight Tank. The tank I met last night marked which one I had to trap and then proceeded to drop his AoE stuff on the ground, right under all the mobs. Needless to say, my trap doesn't hold through damage and we wiped a lot, after which the tank blamed me and other dps for not cc-ing. Yeah...
Raid Rx: Leveling tips for Cataclysm healers from 80 to 85 {WoW}
Dec 3rd 2010 11:35AM I can't even decide which healer to level (I have 5), let alone how to level :-P I'll level my hunter first though and I think I'll just roll another shaman (goblin this time) and take that to 85. Although I like my priests too. AAAAAAhhhh, I don't know.
The Light and How to Swing It: Leveling your new Sunwalker {WoW}
Nov 29th 2010 3:10AM My Sunwalker is called Anshe. I was surprised to see it wasn't taken yet. It means 'sun' in Taur-ahe :-)
Breakfast Topic: How do you find a new realm to call home? {WoW}
Nov 26th 2010 11:32AM I transferred to a new server a few years ago. I found it by checking which pve server had the highest ranking guilds (wowranking) and high horde population (wow census). Then I checked the realm forum for a while and made an alt there to check activity and get to know some guilds. After a few weeks of 'research' I moved and it was a perfect choice.
I sometimes log in with an alt on my old server and it's sad to see Org and Dalaran so void of horde. Hardly any pugs happening, slow progression, only 1 horde guild actually getting anywhere. I don't miss it.
Bad news: No race changes to new race/class combos until Dec. 7th {WoW}
Nov 22nd 2010 3:56PM Just because you don't care, doesn't mean no one should. I wanted to race change a couple of alts before Cataclysm, too, and although it won't kill me to wait, it does upset me in a way. I don't see why it should be blocked until Cataclysm.
It is something I looked forward to, something that 'excites' me, in your words. I don't see why we should all be happy go lucky that we can't change yet and not mention it ever again.
Official forums are now read-only {WoW}
Nov 19th 2010 6:35AM Old forums are still working fine.
Oh wait. You mean the US forums. Any change you will ever learn that EU people also read this site and that the world doesn't end at the border of the US? How hard is it to add 'US' to 'Official forums are now read-only'?
Addon Spotlight: ElvUI {WoW}
Nov 18th 2010 11:32AM Am I missing something or are you discussing an UI with hardly any screenshots? Where is the screenshot of a healer in a 25 man raid? It's nice showing the least cluttered UI, but I'd like to see the most cluttered one to form an opinion of the UIs use.


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Saturday we had a visit from comedian Casper Christensen at Graceland Randers. Casper was in town because of his touring show with Frank Hvam "Casper og Frank - nu som mennesker". With two girls from the crew, Casper had a conducted tour and of course they tasted Elvis's favourite meal - fried white bread sandwich with peanut butter, slices of grilled banana.
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We want to install both a shower head and a hand shower in our large shower space. We plan to sometimes use just the shower head. Other times we plan to use both at the same time. What's the best way to manage this? Should we have individual mixer valves? Or, is there a diverter that divides water to both heads? If so, what kind of pressure does each one get? We don't want to have wimpy water flow coming from both. |
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If you go to www.kohler.com you can select a shower valve and go to "rough-in and operation" instructions. They are detailed instructions and will help you. |
Look up Hansgrohe Universal ibox - first of all, you will get a thermostatic valve instead of a pressure balance valve, thermostatic doesn't impact the GPM (gallons per minute) that the pressure balance does. Here is some hansgrohe info. and only will require you to have trim for this universal box - no additional trim needed. There are various options for configuration but I'm looking on page 16 of the "installation instructions" part No 90111601 and I'm reading "modify the diverter to allow simultaneous use of both functions". This came with my Hansgrohe trim - part number 04231xx0. I'm obviously a bit of a newbie but hopefully this info helps you understand that what you want can be done. I would go with hansgrohe for any shower fixture because their fixtures are famous for minimizing any restriction on the flow. You of course always want the option of having the maximum flow. Good luck. Hopefullly the experts will kick in here with more/better details if you need it. I bought my universal Ibox from a plumbing showroom and the salesman was helpful in explaining my options and what I could have done. |
Here is a link that might be useful: see page 16 of this installation guide for hansgrohe trim 4231
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Can this be done easily with three functions with the hansgrohe box or the Grohe system? |
The installation info for the Hansgrohe Universal ibox has quite a bit of info in it regarding various configurations you might want for your shower (and of course the fixtures don't have to be by Hansgrohe even though the Univ Ibox is)- one fixture two fixture three fixtures tub and shower shower and sprays tub shower sprays and more If you want to find out more info on this, I think viewing (there are lots of diagrams) this pamphlet would be a good start. Of course a plumber would be useful too (LOL) but I have read on this forum that some plumbers didn't take the time to read and screwed up the install so always good for the homeowner to be well-informed - don't think anyone would disagree. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Universal Plus Hansgrohe Ibox installation instructions
I haven't got my bathroom to the stage of installing the plumbing. I had to change carpenters and thinks have come to a stand still. Its been several months since I thought of these issues. I will be having Hansgrohe fixtures and they are on site waiting for the installation. I will be having a setup similar to Noopd's shower. I will post a link to a thread I started so I could get some specific info. It has pictures of Noopd's shower setup. This setup takes 2 iboxs, and a Quatro rough-in, if I remember correctly. One of the iboxs runs the large shower head that has 2 functions. The other ibox is at the height of the controls. I think it is the Quatro that allows for the operation of 3 outlets and any 2 can run at the same time. It has been a long time since I was sorting this out. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Mongoct, Noopd, or Others, Please Advise Me on My Shower Plan
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Matoaca High School's Third Annual Feather the Turkey contest, sponsored by the Future Business Leaders of America, ended on November 22 surpassing their goal by $1,000. Over the past three years the FBLA has sponsored the "Feather the Turkey" fundraiser to raise money for VA FBLA's State Service Project-Project ASK (Association for the Support of Kids with Cancer) which benefits children right here in Richmond, Va. at Massey Cancer Center.
All first period classes competed to see who could raise the most money in just one week and for every 25 cents they donated, they got a feather to add to their class turkey. Ms. Rebecca McCarter's first period raised the most money, $400.75. The class was treated to a delicious Panera breakfast courtesy of Matoaca FBLA November 25. Other honorable mentions include: Mr. Andrew Austen's class: $353; Mrs. Stacy Bradshaw's class: $338.75; Ms. Kristen Vinson's class: $303.50; Mr. Nathan Hoback's class: $215.75. The club will proudly be sending in a check in the amount of $2,800 to ProjectASK in Memory of our "Fallen Matoaca Warriors."


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I have seen this plant for sale lately as cheep as $10...I know they like bogs and water, but what else about them...sun or shade.. cold tolerance etc... I read they are not real cold hardy but..... |
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best way to grow these out of the tropics is in a tropical aquarium , they do best in a shaded spot . Keep the tank heated and it should thrive all winter. Best one I saw was over 3m high and it had several flowers and even seed , it was growing in a deep pond in a nursery up here in Cairns. The owner told me he had got sick of it wilting so he threw a pot into the pond , he was very surprised at the result . |
I have one. I grow it the same as I grow Lasia spinosa...in the pond. Potted in heavy clay type soil with a sand overlay, set into the pond with the water just over the lip of the pot. |
- Posted by chris32599 9b-10a AZ usa (My Page) on Wed, Oct 5, 05 at 15:03
Hi Bihai You are always good with infomation, keep up the good work... do you keep it in the pond during the winter? |
Hi Chris, thanks! I try to never deal in absolutes as far as plants are concerned, because many people can make things work with plants in different locations and situations that one would never think would be able to be done...just because "the literature" says one thing doesn't mean its 100% true for everyone everywhere in every situation. Yes, I have a small pond inside my greenhouse where I overwinter Lasia spinosa, variegated crinum asiaticum that I grow as aquatics, sometimes maybe a few ALocasia macro albo variegatas if I have any that aren't going dormant (sometimes they go dormant even in the greenhouse in winter) and the C. johnstonii. The pond is probably about 200 gallons +/-. The only "pump" I have running is a Little Giant that powers a large alligator spitter. That's enough to chew up most of the mosquito larvae...the rest get gulped by one goldfish. I keep the greenhouse a minimum of about 58F at night in winter. Hopefully, I will still be able to afford to do that...my heater runs on propane, and with the higher prices from Hurricane Katrina, I may have to back the heat down a little. The pond is situated in full sun, however, there are 2 huge stands of heliconia immediately adjacent on 2 sides that are both 18 or so ft tall and whose leaves get 7-9 ft in length and about a foot or more wide, so that gives it a "dappled light" effect. The Jade Vines and a dwarf climbing monstera "Ginny" also filter some light, so its not really in full sun. If it was I would put a water lily in there! |
- Posted by raymikematt z7b SC (email@example.com) on Wed, Oct 5, 05 at 22:36
Get yours from NSE if you can. I just recieved two of them today and they are exceptionally beautiful plants...very healthy and large for less than 10 bucks each. I havent had a chance to grow them yet but I do grow other aquatic aroids (Cyrtosperma, Lasia, Urospatha, Anubius) and they do well in a mix of sand and peat, with about an inch or more of Lava rock at the bottom of the pot. Sit the pot in the pond with the water level not over the level of the lava rocks. A nice tall plastic pot would be best for this. Also, I keep my ponds heated with large submersible aquarium heaters. Julius Boos best explains this in one of his posts on Aroid-L a few years ago. You could do a search. |
Michael, I have found with my Lasias that they really don't even need any soil to thrive. They are matt forming bog plants in their natural setting, growing laterally and sending out roots that get as long as 3 feet. They escape their pots very quickly. Have you found that to be so? I have one that's so large I can't remove it from the pond anymore. Its in a 15 gallon container and stands almost 6 ft tall. I keep it in "semi check" by taking cuttings off of it. WHere did you get your Urospathas and Anubius? I'd be interested in trying some of those. |
- Posted by raymikematt z7b SC (firstname.lastname@example.com) on Thu, Oct 6, 05 at 20:53
Bihia, I do have a few of the Anubius that were just plopped into the bottom of the shallow pond in the back of the greenhouse and they have gotten out of control...like your Lasia's, they cannot be removed and are getting very large. So yes, Id agree, they can be grown without soil. Ive also grown Lasia in pure spaghnum moss as well as the aquatic Homalomena expedita, and they do fine as long as they are fertilized every now and then. I got the Aquatics from different places but if your looking for Anubius species, try a local tropical fish store. At one time one of my local shops had like 5 different species of Anubius. Also email brian, he grows lots of these. If I ever get any pups off my Urospathas ....or seeds, Ill definately let you know. |
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- Posted by susanlynne48 z7a-OKC (My Page) on Fri, Oct 7, 05 at 19:16
Bihai - your greenhouse and plants are absolutely gorgeous. The greenhouse is bigger than my house! I am so envious - God, please forgive me for my envy! I've always wanted a greenhouse, but at 57 years old, I doubt I will see that happen. I will eventually have light set ups in my back room (about 150 square feet), it is south facing, with sliding glass doors and an East window as well, so I won't need much. But, I doubt I can grow the heliconias and such even then. You helped me out with something, though. I have a purple passiflora, and always thought it was 'Incense', but it seemed a little off from the pics I see of it...the flower, that is. Now, I'm positive it's 'Lavendar Lady', which is hardy outside in my zone. The only problem I have is that it is so late to break dormancy. Usually doesn't come up until July. Needs lots of heat. I let the gulf frits eat it, and of course, they like the flowers better than the foliage. I also have lutea in the backyard which can take a bit more shade. I am attempting to grow more alocasias and colocasias in the ground, but some I have gotten late, so I will have to overwinter them indoors. Once again, your pictures are stunning. Susan |
Thank you Susan, I appreciate that! Lavendar Lady is one of the hardiest passifloras I know of, besides Coerulea. Those 2 don't even do dormant here. For some reason, the deer don't eat those 2, but they love Passiflora coccinea. So I can't grow red passiflora. I had a Lavendar Lady inside the greenhouse because I thought it would be cool to have one snaking up the grapevines, but it became massive and took over! It created its own canopy! SO I took a lot of rooted "trailers" and put them outside on my fence and spent a week up on a 12 ft ladder removing the Lav Lady from the greenhouse. I also made the mistake of planting a Thunbergia coccinea inside the GH.....it tried to do the same thing and I still haven't eradicated it. It pops up where you least expect it. I think it has an extensive underground network in there. |
i'm kie from surabaya east java indonesia i've a several plant that i grow on the pot on my front porch. i've two kind cyrtosperma : johnstonii & cuspidisphatum, but i've a problem especially with my c johnstonii, how to keep the red lines still brights at their leaf veins? please, could you send me some tips to have a great ecosistem to recovered the red colours in their leaves? thanks berfore... |
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For this plant is a kind of medicine can help people who being cancer!!!!! You can dry it leaf or root with sunlight and boil with water and drink like tea. |
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