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Originally Posted by kamikazi View Post
You traded sour skittles and picture of betty white for a 25 gallon!?!? Was the tank's previous owner a horny old man with a sweet tooth? I mean I can understand the sour skittle part those things are my favorite but I'd go with 8 bags of skittles and leave out the betty white photo.
Tank looks great btw, if you don't mind post the full tank shot in the blackwater tank showcase thread in the aquascaping section of the forum.
I just took new full tank shots tonight, I can definitely drop one in the blackwater showcase thread, though I just trimmed it yesterday, so it's looking pretty hacked up.
Originally Posted by Pooky125 View Post
*25(ish) gallon shallow square (picked it up on Craigslist for a a bag of sour skittles and a framed photo of Betty White, so, 3 bucks for the skittles?)
Tank looks great btw, if you don't mind post the full tank shot in the blackwater tank showcase thread in the aquascaping section of the forum.
|Nice tanks, tom where were u when I was in st Louis and posted a thread up here trying to see what LFS to visit haha would of loved to stop into somewhere just didn't find any
Not sure my new setup really qualifies since I had not thought of it as a blackwater setup, but since the driftwood tannins are making it look that way now and the principal inhabitants will be P. altum, I guess we could include it here. The tank is cycling right now, so the date is right too.
220g with angelfish, rummynose tetras, some shrimp and other cleanup crew undecided.
This is my chance to grow some swords, so Echinodorus martii will be the primary background plant. Crytocoryne balansae, java ferns, some bolbitus, smaller crypts, probably some mosses.
This picture is before any plants:
Filtration is two Eheim 2080 Pro 3. Stand is custom http://www.plantedtank.net/forums/sh...d.php?t=182000 . I am not tracking costs too closely - she might ask and I do not want to know the answer - but it is easily over $2000 including the altums.
Beautiful tank pooky.
Mine doesn't totally have the black water look to it yet, though it will be in a few months once all the plants are established a little better... And it was started about a month before your deadline, though I'm fairly certain it isn't cycled yet. Still count?
*25(ish) gallon shallow square (picked it up on Craigslist for a a bag of sour skittles and a framed photo of Betty White, so, 3 bucks for the skittles?)
*3 18" t8 bulbs that desperately need to be replaced (free for now)
*300 GPH marineland 1140 powerhead with some pantyhose stuffed with filter floss wrapped around it to act as a sponge filter (free, old projects)
*200 watt heater set to 82 degrees (though the tank only measures out to 78) (free with tank)
*Substrate of Miracle Grow Organics Choice Potting Mix, and capped with Quikrete Medium All Purpose Sand. (8 bucks for the sand and soil)
*IAL leaf litter (6 dollars for a gallon bag shipped)
*locally collected driftwood and rocks (free)
*Java Moss
*Windelov Java Fern
*Crypt Wendtii
*Amazon Sword
*Rotala Green
*Pothos (sticking out of the top, nitrate sponge)
*Lucky bamboo (also sticking out of the top acting as a nitrate sponge)
*RCS colony (9 now, but one berried female, and 2 more that should berry up any day now)
Planned Fauna
*6 Chocolate Gouramis
*10 Pygmy Cories
And a few fairly recent pictures (though I need to take some more in a day or two after the recently trimmed Anacharis is visible again)
The rest of the images can be seen in it's Journal below.
|Nope, idea of this thread is to make it become more informational and possibly friendly contest of who can make what, possible poll at some point. Almost like a Blackwater pimp club ;P
|Perhaps what you are looking for is this thread. Its a showcase of blackwater tanks. So far only a few examples, but the thread has only been up for a week.
The Blackwater-build jam session
So I got the idea from a combination of a reef forum doing it with nano tanks and seeing a decent amount of people on here are deciding to do 29 Blackwater setups.
This isnt a contest but just a show thread of what people have done and to share ideas.
Although on the other forum they established rules, I don't see any really needed.. except the tank can't be cycled before the date July 23rd 2013 and after let's say Sept 2012 just to ensure all tanks are from around same time.
open budget and open tank size although to me anything under 40gals is optimal since most people won't be looking to start one over that
Here is what's needed if you would like to do it:
- a plan of your build which biotope if any.
- tank size/volume, filtration, lighting, etc
-stocking ideas and plants (if any)
- your budget, it's of course whatever you decide to spend but document it for the books and people to reference too
- the goal of the tank
The tank is going to be a standard 29 gal with one fluorescent tube, it is currently set up a different way but is being moved and redone to this. It will be moved due to a large reef tank taking it's place. my goal is to try and make it appear a piece of nature was placed into the tank. I want to stick with species that are found in Blackwater southeast Asia.This is going to be mildly difficult because so far all I've seen I want for Blackwater from Asia needs more space. I plan to have the tank rearranged and started by mid august.
My budget is within $100usd because most of the needed stuff, I already have.
Tank- have already (can be $29 at dollar a gal)
Light- have already (got with tank decade ago)
Stand- have already (got with tank decade ago)
Filter- currently have aquaclear50 which can be had for $30usd
Substrate- currently red/black flourite but may switch (its $20 a bag)
Plants- various crypt species and some vals that are already in the tank.
Driftwood- free-50ish .going to be lots of top to bottom hopefully getting some manzanita but if I can do some DIY with oak/maple it would be best.
Fauna- defiantly some kuhli loaches, a gourami of some sorts and unsure of rest most likely dwarf rasbora.
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Dr. Starratt teaches research methods and statistics courses in ADSOE's undergraduate and graduate programs. She is involved in a number of education research projects in Broward County Public Schools and Miami-Dade County Public Schools and is a founding member of the South Florida Education Research Alliance. Her research interests include metacognition, program evaluation, Professional Learning Communities, Ninth Grade Academies, and Teacher Leadership. Dr. Starratt is the Coordinator for Barry University's Stamps Leadership Scholars Program.
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What do you think of AARP's "Don't Vote" campaign?
Original post made by Richard Hine, editor of The Almanac, on Oct 24, 2006
Warren Slocum, San Mateo County's chief elections officer, doesn't like the AARP's "Don't Vote" ad campaign. Check it out for yourself here: Web Link
Below is a press release from Warren Slocum.
PRESS RELEASE: Chief Elections Officer Asks AARP To Change Web Site: TV Commercial and Web Site Sends Wrong Message
Redwood City, CA - Warren Slocum, San Mateo County´s Chief Elections Officer today, the deadline to register to vote in California, called on the American Association of Retired Persons to change their web site entitled "don´t vote.com." Slocum said he is worried that the message may discourage people from going to the polls.
While the Chief Elections Officer recognizes the good work and dedication of the AARP, he said that "California spends a great deal of money to register voters, to educate voters and to get voters to cast ballots. Other organizations like the League of Women Voters, political parties and campaigns do the same. Everyone believes that large turnouts strengthen Democracy. "I am concerned that the commercial and web site may have an unintended consequence of dissuading qualified voters to cast a ballot," Slocum said.
In California, turnout rates vary from county to county but at the last statewide election the turnout was around 36% -- we need to find ways to get more people to vote and advertising plays a role in that effort. But our public messages need to be carefully crafted.
Slocum admits that the web site -- Web Link -- has a good side with a message that asks voters to find out where the candidates stand on the issues. It is always important for a voter to study candidate and issue information and be prepared to vote before going into the polling place.
But the TV commercial and the web site video features several people from different walks of life saying don´t vote -- don´t vote -- don´t vote. It is repeated seven times before someone says, "until you know the issues."
My job is to increase participation rates and given people's busy lives; the constant bombardment of advertising messages; and the fact that one vote can change the outcome of an election, I don't want the "don´t vote" message to be the only message that is heard before a voter changes the channel or clicks through to a new web page.
Contact: Warren Slocum, Phone 650.363.4988, Fax 650.363.1903, E-mail email@example.com
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a resident of Menlo Park: University Heights
on Oct 24, 2006 at 3:25 pm
I couldn't disagree with Warren Slocum more. The AARP ad campaign is smart. First, it gets your attention. Then it delivers a great message: don't vote until you know what the heck you're doing.
For AARP's constituents -- those age 50 and over -- the emphasis is finding out how the candidates stand on such issues as Social Security and health care.
I think the campaign is smart for AARP. And it's smart for the Republic. You don't want dumb voters.
a resident of another community
on Oct 25, 2006 at 10:22 am
Discouraging people from voting doesn't seem like a good idea at all. Voting is one of our most valuable rights - just observing what it takes to vote in other parts of the world makes this easily apparent. It may be discouraging sometimes when issues and candidates on the ballot don't reflect our beliefs and opinions, but when supported this system of government is much better than other alternatives. Maybe what is required is not less involvement in the voting process but more involvement.
a resident of Portola Valley: Ladera
on Oct 25, 2006 at 11:37 am
We do need more informed voters, but AARP's advertising pitch doesn't seem appropriate. It's more a Madison Avenue gimmick to try to attract people's attention. It doesn't work for me.
a resident of Menlo Park: Menlo Oaks
on Oct 25, 2006 at 2:56 pm
AARP let a good idea down by pasting a trite slogan all over it.
This is either a dumb mistake or a very subtle political ploy -- there are plenty of groups that would benefit by seeing certain types of voters stay home on election day. "Get out the vote" tactics have a sinister parallel that is very real, but seldom spoken about: "Keep voters away."
Of course, one might argue that anyone who doesn't read past the first two words on a Web site probably isn't going to make the best informed voter.
AARP should have used my favorite slogan: "If you don't vote, you can't complain."
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37-year-old Dave Dunlap and 35-year-old Whitney Dunlap were shot at noon Jan. 14 when they walked in on a burglar in their home.
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His friend who spoke at the memorial said Dunlap was passionate about working out. Dunlap would always make time for a workout, even after an exhausting day at work. The two of them had plans to start a CrossFit gym in Colorado Springs.
Macfarlane said Dunlap left a legacy at Fort Carson. He developed training materials that would be used to teach soldiers for generations to come. Macfarlane said soldiers have this man to credit for their safe return home.


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1st (19th overall) Datone Jones, DE, UCLA - This high? Yes because I'm predicting that this kid's stock will increase even further once he hits the combine and lines up with other DL prospects. Ansah is getting all of the hype (and rightfully so) but this kid offers better pass rushing ability off the edge and has more versatile ability for the defensive scheme Fewell likes to employ. He would be perfect at LDE opposite of JPP for years to come.
2nd (49th overall) Shariff Floyd, DT, Florida - This team could use a pass rushing presence from the interior and outside of Austin (potentially), no one on the Dline really offers anything of that sort. Canty is a candidate for leaving the team in the future with his contract and Kuhn seems like a rotational player at best. Why not take advantage of a deep class?
3rd (81st overall) Blidi Wreh-Wilson, CB, Connecticut - He displayed really good coverage at the SB and has the physical traits to take over on the outside opposite of Prince once Webster moves on after 2013. Should see time in nickel and dime packages his rookie season and could be the candidate to have a decent amount of Ints as teams challenge him. Prince and Wreh-Wilson on the outside with Hosley in the slot would be a solid CB unit heading into the future.
4th (113th overall) Jamie Collins, OLB, Southern Miss - Dynamic rushing abilities off the edge, he translates really well to a situational pass rusher at the next level with the ability to get off blocks and burst into the backfield but also has the potential to drop back into space and play zone coverage with his fluid hips. Obvious project to develop him into a 3 down player but offers the potential to be a very versatile and destructive LBer in a 4-3.
5th (145th overall) Michael Williams, TE, Alabama - I'm assuming we lose Bennett to FA here and Williams would be the perfect replacement to take over the run blocking duties that was provided to us last season. His stock rose yesterday as he made some crucial catches in the SB to show that he isn't just going to primarily play on the line in the NFL. If Robinson can pan out like Reese expects, we would have a good TE duo from this point on.
6th (177th overall) Vince Williams, ILB, Florida State - Yeah I know you want a higher selection at inside linebacker but let's take a moment to reflect on what Vincey boy did yesterday: He showed excellent recognition of draw plays, sideline speed to be a factor in plays, and took advantage of a popped out ball to get the interception. If Reese thinks he can find a late round bargain at the position, he's going to take that all day long versus the early round selection.
7th (209th overall) Mark Jackson, OL, Glenville State - Massive OL prospect that has good arm length and size at 6'6, he would be a developmental prospect that Coach Flaherty would love to get his hands on. Reminds me a lot of Phil Loadholt of the Vikings who just punishes his opponent in the run game.


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Designing electronics is generally cumbersome and expensive — or was, until Leah Buechley and her team at MIT developed tools to treat electronics just like paper and pen. In this talk from TEDYouth 2011, Buechley shows some of her charming designs, like a paper piano you can sketch and then play.
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Small Studio in Zone 2 London No1
Size10 m²
Floor No.0
- Kitchen
- Washer/dryer
- Lockable room
- Internet/WiFi
- Parking available
- Towels
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Small fully equipped studio apartment situated on the ground floor. The property is situated on a quiet residential road 3 minutes to Queens Park station. Ideal accommodation for 2 adults or 1 single person. Fully Furnished with double bed (192cm long x 138cm wide), Free Wi-FI, Wardrobe, Fridge Freezer, Washing Machine, Electric Hob, Microwave, Oven, LCD TV (with free view), Dining table & chairs, all essentials supplied for a comfortable stay including bed linen, towels, cutlery, crockery, glasses, cooking utensils and hairdryer.
Short distance from central London, with numerous transport links (Underground, National Rail, Buses) many local bars, restaurants, supermarkets and leisure facilities can be found within walking distance
Nearest stations:
Queen's Park (0.3 miles)
Kilburn Park (0.3 miles)
Kilburn High Road (0.4 miles)
The nearest tube station is Queens Park, in zone 2. It is just 3 minutes' walk to the house, and it will take you around 15 minutes to get to the center of London by Bakerloo line. Also there is Kilburn Park (15 minutes away) and Kilburn High Road stations (7 minutes away).
Just 5 minutes' walk from the flat there is a well-loved and hugely popular city park call Queens Park. It provides a welcome splash of green in one of the most densely populated parts of London. Facilities include six all-weather tennis courts, a pitch and putt course, a pétanque pitch, an ornamental garden, a children's playground with paddling pool, a small zoo and a café.
There are many buses close to the property within walking distance: Bus 6 takes you to the Oxford Circus, on the way on this bus you can catch or from Kilburn High Road bus 31 will take you straight to Camden and in the opposite direction it will take you to Notting Hill. Also there are other local Bus Routes 206, 316, 36 (24 Hour),187 (24 Hour). Most attractions of London are within easy reach from the property, such as Piccadilly Circus, Madame Tussauds and Tower of London.
The area is very quiet and safe, the neighborhood is very good. Within walking distance of about 7 minutes, is Kilburn High Road with plenty of supermarkets, Sainsbury's, M & S Simply Food, Iceland, or the cheapest, known German discount store Aldi. It is also Poundland, in which all goods cost 1 pound, lots of restaurants and cafes around as well.
* Disclaimer: All things advertised at the time of booking are available, however availability can vary due to unforeseen circumstances. If this is ever the case, please note that any discounts or refunds will not be available, especially if the booking had been made for the discount price.
If you have any question please feel free to contact me. Thank you for your consideration.
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House Rules:
-No Pets.
-No Smoking.
-Breakage deposit £100 (Pounds).
-Late check-in fee (for checking-in from 20:30): £30.
-Parking Permit is available for £5 daily (weekend and Bank holiday is free).
-If you leave very early in the morning or late at night you will leave keys on the table in the room and your deposit will be refunded via 'PayPal' or bank transfer (*bank fees apply) once the housekeeper has checked the room.
- When booking please include all guests, our occupancy rules are very strict, children should be included in your booking regardless of age, we will not allow any 'over occupancy' due to our insurers requirements.
-Please separate your rubbish and place in the correct bin:
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good value for money, new beds, equipped with a full kitchen, availability of andrey, the charge at the keys, to solving small problems, WC, great location near metro station and within walking distance from shopping street with shops and supermarkets
buon rapporto qualita prezzo, letti nuovi, dotazione di cucina completa, disponibilita di andrey, l'incaricato alla consegna delle chiavi, alla risoluzione di piccoli problemi, bagno piccolo, ottima posizione vicino stazione metro e a poca distanza da strada commerciale con negozi e supermarket
Thank Olga for your kindness and patient, we had a pleasant stay at your property.
In the future If we return London we will rent your nice apartment.
A very pleasant stay at the home of Olga, to repeat with pleasure.
great place, great service, great location. good value for money
great place, great service, great location. good value for money
This is a good area. Near a metro stop. It has a large supermarket nearby. And there are also restaurants nearby, highlight a Lebanese nearby, 100% recommended. Clean house with shared baths, but at no time you come across one, in my case the house was full of guests and never agree with anyone in the bathrooms. Very good. Clean and tidy. With wifi dryer and other amenities like the kitchen. You can use everything in it. Just highlight a downside. This area five meters. It means q is expensive. To give you an idea. Two people five days using the meter always left 60 euros per person. Using it only to the center twice and back. Clear this with the Oyster card
Se trata de una buena zona. Cerca de una parada de metro. Tiene un supermercado grande cerca. Así como también hay restaurantes cerca, destacar un libanés que hay cerca, 100% recomendable. La casa limpia, con baños a compartir, pero en ningún momento te cruzas con nadie, en mi caso la casa estaba completa de huéspedes y nunca coincido en los baños con nadie. Muy bien. Limpia y ordenada. Con wifi secador y demás comodidades como la cocina. Puedes utilizar todo lo que hay en ella. Solo destacaría un inconveniente. Esta en la zona cinco de metro. Quiere decir q es caro. Para que se hagan una idea. Dos personas cinco días utilizando siempre el metro salió 60 euros por persona. Utilizándolo solo para ir al centro dos veces, ida y vuelta. Claro esta con la Oyster card
The bedroom was very clean and well decorated and smelled very pleasant. Pictures of the house were exactly in reality. So, I think that it is good value for money. We would like to come again.
Myself and my 2 kids (7 and 5) found this accommodation to be the perfect base for visiting London, especially being located 3-4 mins away from Queen's Park underground station and local shops (then larger style supermarkets 10 mins away). The shower was rather entertaining(!), but apparently we didn't have the temp high enough. The kids slept in the 2 single beds (can't comment on those, but seemed sufficient for a couple of nights) and I had the sofa bed - all good there.
Studio lived up to its description. Olga always responded fast and was polite. Would definitely recommend!
On arrival was met by Lillian who showed us around the property. Very clean and well decorated and smelled very pleasant. Pictures of studio were exactly in reality. Rooms were clean and fresh, private bath, Kiitchen and mini lounge were perfect. Will definatley be staying again. Very short walk to Train Station and Free car parking close by. Even rear garden very well kept. Would recomment. Lots of toilets and bathrooms for other guests, large communal kitchen/diner. fast train to centre of london only 20 minutes. 10 out of 10. Thank you Olga & Lillian x x
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Amazing Apartment on 39th floor 771
Size108 m²
Floor No.39(with elevator)
- Kitchen
- Air conditioning
- Washer/dryer
- Parking available
- Gym
- Elevator in building
- Lockable room
Accommodation summary
|Rijswijkseplein, 2516 LX Den Haag, Netherlands
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The Haagste Toren also includes a Seats2meet lounge, a basic health club and a luxurious restaurant called The Penthouse on the 42nd floor. The Haagse Toren is inspired by the famous Flatiron building in New York City, which is how it got its nickname (The Dutch nickname is Het Strijkijzer).
The apartment is completely decorated and rented as a pilot for short-let stays to international guests. Therefore, it is important for us to receive honest feedback. That is why in return for a lower rental rate, we ask you to write an honest review.
I am a marketing consultant, I live in the centre of The Hague and have enjoyed the wonderful hospitality of Airbnb in many countries. It's time to do something in return! I warmly welcome you to the Haagse Toren!
- Is an apartment available? After every reservation, we update the calendar . The availability shown for every apartment is therefore always 'live': if apartments are available, you can immediately place a reservation. After a reservation request, you receive a confirmation of your request and all the details of the apartments within several hours, and no later than 24 hours. We always answer every request!
- Prices are calculated automatically on our website. Prices differ per night/week/month. The longer your stay, the lower the rate per night. Feel free to stay for a week!
-You can check into the apartment from 14.00; checkout is at 12.00 at the latest. Our reception desk is open every day from 12.00 to 23.00, in the weekend from 9.00 (excluding July and August) and even after 23.00. You can always leave your luggage at the reception desk on the ground floor free of charge. That is also where you can ask whether the apartment might be available earlier or whether you can stay longer.
- Breakfast is not included, but there are enough supermarkets in the area (Jumbo, Aldi, Albert Heijn). You can order lunch and dinner at the highest restaurant in the Netherlands: The Penthouse on the 42nd floor!
- You can park at the car park of The Penthouse for an additional € 15 per day, which is approximately half the rate of the Q-Park Laakhaven car park. However, at the Q-Park, your car is parked inside, with us it is parked outside.
- You receive the studio apartment clean upon arrival. We ask you to leave the apartment as clean as possible. We wash the towels and linen. If you stay for a longer period, you will have to do your own laundry; every apartment has a washing machine and dryer.
- Linen and towels are included. Everything is clean upon arrival and will be cleaned by us after departure. When you stay for a longer period, you are responsible for cleaning or you can book a cleaning service for € 20 per service. Toilet paper is provided upon arrival.
- The studio apartment is completely independent; you have your own keys, TV and Internet connection (WiFi). No need to share, enjoy your new home!
- The studio apartment has two single beds and is therefore suitable for two people. It is possible to stay with three people, but you will need to reserve an extra bed. A crib is also available upon request.
Access for guests
Guests have access to all the facilities of the Haagse Toren: flexi-work places on the ground floor, café Noir, the health club, the bicycle shed, the lookout area and of course the Penthouse restaurant.
Interaction with guests
The keys will be available at the reception desk upon arrival, which is also where they should be returned before departure. The apartment is a completely separate accommodation. Most of our guests dine in our restaurant on the 42nd floor or ask us for tips of what to see in The Hague. We always like to hear where our guests come from and what brought them to The Hague!
The surroundings
The station quarter is a true Hague neighbourhood with many lovely restaurants and stores. Here you will feel less like a tourist and for a little while, you will feel like a resident of the city. The Huijgen Park near the building is a fun neighbourhood park. You can walk or bike to the city centre within 10 minutes.
Public transportation
The Haagse Toren is adjacent to the HS train station; every bus, tram or train that goes to the station stops right in front of the building. From here you can reach any destination by public transportation.
Other things you should know
People who stay at the Haagse Toren often combine this with a visit to the highest restaurant in the Netherlands: The Penthouse on the 42nd floor!
As of the 1st of January 2017, the municipality of The Hague charges a tourist tax of € 3.35 per person, per night. This tax should be paid upon arrival and has not yet been included in the reservation costs. Do you plan on staying for a longer period of time? Registration at the municipality exempts you from the tourist tax.
House rulesThere is no smoking in the apartments; all are equipped with individual smoke alarms. There is a penalty for smoking of a minimum of €500 to reset the alarms and pay for additional cleaning. To facilitate our low pricing, please try and leave the apartment as clean as possible. Respect the neighbours living in the building. No groups or parties are allowed in the apartments for this reason, there is a penalty of €750,- For parties we have special function rooms at The Penthouse restaurant on the 40th and 42 floor, let us know your requirements and we will be glad to make an offer. We reserve the right to terminate any reservation by guests not sticking to our house rules, you will be asked to leave the apartment immediately without any right to a refund. We are happy hosts, please be a happy tenant!
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i have to say wow what a fantastic apartment. We think its one of the best stays in den Haag. We had a really clean apartment. A nice kitchen and a perfect clean bath. One prob was the missing area for smokers. We will come back.
Overall, a highly recommended holiday. The great panoramic view and the loft of the apartment compensate for minor flaws. We would book this apartment definitely be back.
Insgesamt eine sehr empfehlenswerte Ferienwohnung. Der tolle Fernblick und der Loftcharakter der Wohnung entschädigen für kleinere Mängel. Wir würden diese Wohnung auf jeden Fall wieder buchen.
Beautifully furnished, spacious apartment, great views and location.
Bed and bathroom could have been a little cleaner and the deduction in the kitchen did not work (smoke detector went to).
Despite everything, we had a lovely stay and would book again.
Schön eingerichtetes,großzügiges Appartement, super Aussicht und Lage.
Couch und Bad hätten etwas sauberer sein können und der Abzug in der Küche hat leider nicht funktioniert ( Rauchmelder ging an ).
Trotz allem hatten wir einen schönen Aufenthalt und würden wieder buchen.
We had a great weekend in appartment 771! Great view, nice appartment. We walked in 10 minutes to the centre. The Hague is a great place to stay. We'll come back for sure!
Unique view ... Would love to come again!
Einzigartige Aussicht... Kommen gern wieder !!!
Very nice and well kept apartment with a great view!
Also nice to stay. In such a special building And is within walking distance of the town, which is very pleasant.
Erg mooi en goed verzorgd appartement, met een geweldig uitzicht!
Leuk ook om in zo'n bijzonder gebouw te overnachten. Verder ligt het op loopafstand van de stad, wat erg prettig is.
Wow .... that was our first impression when we arrived in the apartment!
Super cute decor and everything picobello clean.
But the best yes .... that the view was still fantastic!!
It was our first experience with Erwin and Wimdu and this height and very highly recommended it!
Wow.... dat was onze eerste indruk toen we binnen kwamen in het appartement !
Super leuke inrichting en alles picobello schoon .
Maar het mooiste ja.... dat was toch het uitzicht fantastische !!!
Het was onze eerste ervaring met Erwin en Wimdu en deze hoogte en zeer zeker een aanrader waard !
For anyone looking for a special place! Brilliant view, perfect decoration and reception! Highly recommended! And for a very good price! And you can eat in the restaurant above.
Voor iedereen die op zoek is naar een bijzondere plek! Briljant uitzicht, perfecte inrichting en ontvangst! Echt een aanrader! En voor een zeer goede prijs! En je kunt eten in het restaurant erboven.
Beautiful appointed apartment with fabulous views. Excellent host with very helpful
Information to locate the property and surrounding sights. The apartment was
spacious practical and peaceful. We would recommend this lovely apartment to
any couple wishing to stay in the Den Haag and Rotterdam area. Thanks Elwin
for a wonderful stay.
Regards Bob and Beryl from Australia
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People have been recruiting other species to serve human needs for at least 10,000 years. We have turned plants into crops and animals into beasts of burden; even microorganisms have been pressed into service as fermenters. Yet until now no nonhuman species has ever been harnessed to do intellectual work on our behalf. That could change. Biologists and computer scientists have designed digital logic gates based on the metabolism of living cells, with the aim of eventually building a computer out of colonies of Escherichia coli or some other single-celled organism. But perhaps build is the wrong verb here; the plan is to grow or breed or culture a computer.
The idea of a bacterial computer is not in itself quite so outlandish as it may seem on first acquaintance. In principle, computing machines can be made out of almost anything, from billiard balls to Tinker Toys, and there is no reason that lipid sacs of proteins and nucleic acids should not also qualify as computer building blocks. From the lofty and austere perspective of computer science, an agar plate coated with microscopic bacteria is not much different from a silicon wafer etched with microscopic transistors. If the components can store and manipulate information in a few basic ways, they can compute.
So much for the lofty and austere view of computer science; but there is also computer engineering to be considered, and the questions asked in that discipline are more down to earth. Can living logic gates be strung together in networks large enough to perform an interesting computation? Can they run fast enough to complete a task within a human lifetime? Can they be made reliable enough to produce consistent and correct answers? Can biocomputer engineers cope with all the distinctive failure modes of living organisms—disease, predation, parasitism, senescence, death? (In this context the threat of a computer virus is more than a metaphor!) It's fair to say that practical applications of biological computers are a long way off. And yet skeptics might keep in mind that the historical record of domestications is a vast catalogue of unlikely-seeming successes.
A digital technology usually starts with Boolean logic gates—devices that operate on signals with two possible values, such as true and false, 1 and 0. An and gate has two or more inputs and one output; the output is true only if all the inputs are true. An or gate is similar except that the output is true if any of the inputs are true. The simplest of all gates is the NOT gate, which takes a single input signal and produces the opposite value as output: true becomes false, and false becomes true.
In electronic circuits, a NOT gate can be made from a single transistor, wired so that a high voltage at the input produces a low voltage at the output, and vice versa. When the gate switches between its two states, it does so abruptly, like a snap-action light switch. It is this sudden, nonlinear response that gives digital devices their resistance to noise and error. Because a gate is either fully on or totally off, a signal can pass through a long chain of gates without degradation.
Are there any biochemical equivalents to transistor gates? As a matter of fact, yes: There are hundreds of candidates. Perhaps the most interesting among them are the mechanisms of genetic control, which switch genes on and off.
The archetypal example of genetic regulation in bacteria is the lac operon of E. coli, first studied in the 1950s by Jacques Monod and François Jacob. The operon is a set of genes and regulatory sequences involved in the metabolism of certain complex sugars, including lactose. The bacterium's preferred nutrient is the simpler sugar glucose, but when glucose is scarce, the cell can make do by living on lactose. The enzymes for digesting lactose are manufactured in quantity only when they are needed—specifically when lactose is present and glucose is absent.
As in the expression of any genes, synthesis of the lac enzymes is a two-stage process. First the DNA is transcribed into messenger RNA by the enzyme RNA polymerase; then the messenger RNA is translated into protein by ribosomes. The process is controlled at the transcription stage. Before the genes can be transcribed, RNA polymerase must bind to the DNA at a special site called a promoter, which is just "upstream" of the genes; then the polymerase must travel along one strand of the double helix, reading off the sequence of nucleotide bases and assembling a complementary strand of messenger RNA. One mechanism of control prevents transcription by physically blocking the progress of the RNA polymerase molecule. The blocking is done by the lac repressor protein, which binds to the DNA downstream of the promoter region and stands in the way of the polymerase.
When lactose enters the bacterial cell, the lac operon is released from this restraint. A metabolite of lactose binds to the lac repressor, changing the protein's shape and thereby causing it to loosen its grip on the DNA. As the repressor protein drifts away, the polymerase is free to march along the strand and transcribe the operon.
The repressor system is only half of the lac control strategy. Even in the presence of lactose, the lac enzymes are synthesized only in trace amounts if glucose is also available in the cell. The reason, it turns out, is that the lac promoter site is a feeble one, which does a poor job of attracting and holding RNA polymerase. To work effectively, the promoter requires an auxiliary molecule called an activator protein, which clamps onto the DNA and makes it more receptive. Glucose causes the activator to fall away from the DNA just as lactose causes the repressor to let go—but the ultimate effect is the opposite. Without the activator, the lac operon lies dormant.
All these tangled interactions of activators and repressors can be simplified by viewing the control elements of the operon as a logic gate. The inputs to the gate are the concentrations of lactose and glucose in the cell's environment. The output of the gate is the production rate of the three lac enzymes. The gate computes the logical function: (lactose AND (NOT glucose)).
A question remains: Do these biochemical control mechanisms exhibit the on-off, all-or-nothing character of digital circuits? Although the transition between states is never perfectly sharp, the digital approximation is often a good one. A factor that tends to steepen the response curve is the cooperative action of multiple subunits in the regulatory proteins. The lac repressor consists of four subunits, and the lac activator has two. Although the first subunit may be slow in binding to the DNA, subsequent units stick to one another as well as to the DNA, and so the binding goes faster. The net effect is to make the threshold for repression or activation sharper.
The analogy between metabolic regulators and digital logic was already noticed 40 years ago. In 1961 Monod and Jacob wrote about genetic circuits and switching networks, and they described how activator and repressor proteins could be organized into systems that would function as memory elements and oscillators. Other authors soon explored the connection between molecular biology and digital computing in greater depth and detail; indeed, for several years the theme was a frequent one in the Journal of Theoretical Biology and the Bulletin of Mathematical Biophysics.
The main focus of these early studies was on using digital models as a way of understanding events in the living cell. The Boolean approximation was a way of avoiding an unwieldy analysis of a complex chemical web. To follow all those molecular interactions in complete detail would have required tracking the concentrations of innumerable molecular species, measuring the rates of chemical reactions, and solving hundreds of coupled differential equations. Pretending that every gene is either on or off reduced the problem to a simpler digital abstraction.
The biological computer turns this idea upside down. Instead of constructing a computational model of biochemistry, you exploit quasi-Boolean biochemistry to do computing. This notion also has a history. In the 1970s Otto Rössler analyzed various coupled systems of chemical reactions that could implement the abstract computers called finite automata. More recently, other groups have looked at schemes of computing based on the catalytic activities of enzymes.
The most novel plan for biologically inspired computing was conceived by Leonard M. Adleman of the University of Southern California. His basic idea is to use the complementary base-pairing of DNA as a pattern-matching engine. Adleman himself and others have demonstrated the feasibility of this idea in experiments where vials of DNA carry out computational tasks in number theory and combinatorics.
All of the molecular computing methods mentioned above envision that the computation will be done in vitro. Although the molecules are of biological origin, they are extracted from the cell, and the reaction takes place in laboratory glassware. But why not turn the living cell itself into a computer, powered by its own metabolism? Several research collaborations have done work pointing toward this possibility. Here I shall focus mainly on the ideas of a group at MIT, who have examined the computational aspects of the problem in great detail. The MIT group consists of Thomas F. Knight, Jr., Harold Abelson and Gerald Jay Sussman, and several of their present and former students, including Don Allen, Daniel Coore, Chris Hanson, George E. Homsy, Radhika Nagpal, Erik Rauch and Ron Weiss.
The first major goal of the MIT group is to develop design rules and a parts catalogue for biological computers, like the comparable tools that facilitate design of electronic integrated circuits. An engineer planning the layout of a silicon chip does not have to define the geometry of each transistor individually; those details are specified in a library of functional units, so that the designer can think in terms of higher-level abstractions such as logic gates and registers. A similar design discipline will be needed before biocomputing can become practical.
The elements of the MIT biocomputing design library will be repressor proteins. The logic "family" might be named RRL, for repressor-repressor logic, in analogy with the long-established TTL, which stands for transistor-transistor logic. The basic NOT gate in RRL will be a gene encoding some repressor protein (call it Y), with transcription of the Y gene regulated in turn by a different repressor (call it X). Thus whenever X is present in the cell, it binds near the promoter site for Y and blocks the progress of RNA polymerase. When X is absent, transcription of Y proceeds normally. Because the Y protein is itself a repressor, it can serve as the input to some other logic gate, controlling the production of yet another repressor protein, say Z. In this way gates can be linked together in a chain or cascade.
Going beyond the NOT gate to other logical operations calls for just a little more complexity. Inserting binding sites for two repressor proteins (A and B) upstream of a gene for protein C creates a NOR gate, which computes the negation of the logical OR function. With the dual repressor sites in place, the C gene is transcribed only if both A and B are absent from the cell; if either one of them should rise above a threshold level, production of C stops. In other words, C is transcribed only if neither A nor B is present. The NOR gate is said to be a universal logical element, because any Boolean function can be generated by linking together a series of NOR gates. The NAND gate (NOT AND) is also universal. Thus all that's really needed to build the information-processing circuitry of a computer is the ability to make and connect NOR gates or NAND gates.
Pairs of NAND gates can also be coupled together to form the computer memory element known as a flip-flop, or latch. Implementing this concept in RRL calls for two copies of the genes coding for two repressor proteins, M and N. One copy of the M gene is controlled by a different repressor, R, and likewise one copy of the N gene is regulated by repressor S. The tricky part comes in the control arrangements for the second pair of genes: Here the repressor of M is protein N, and symmetrically the repressor of N is M. In other words, each of these proteins inhibits the other's synthesis. Here's how the flip-flop works. Suppose initially that both R and S are present in the cell, shutting down both of the genes in the first pair; but protein M is being made at high levels by the M gene in the second pair. Through the cross-coupling of the second pair, M suppresses the output of N, with the collateral result that M's own repressor site remains vacant, so that production of M can continue. But now imagine that the S protein momentarily falls below threshold. This event briefly lifts the repression of the N gene in the first pair. The resulting pulse of N protein represses the M gene in the second pair, lowering the concentration of protein M, which allows a little more N to be manufactured by the second N gene, which further inhibits the second M gene, and so on. Thus a momentary change in S switches the system from steady production of M to steady production of N. Likewise a brief blip in R would switch it back again. (S and R stand for "set" and "reset.")
One conclusion to be drawn from this synopsis of a few RRL devices is that a computer based on genetic circuits will need a sizable repertory of different repressor proteins. (I've used up a third of the alphabet already.) Each logic gate inside a cell must have a distinct repressor assigned to it, or else the gates would interfere with one another. In this respect a biomolecular computer is very different from an electronic one, where all signals are carried by the same medium—an electric current. The reason for the difference is that electronic signals are steered by the pattern of conductors on the surface of the chip, so that they reach only their intended target. The biological computer is a wireless device, where signals are broadcast throughout the cell. The need to find a separate repressor for every signal complicates the designer's task, but there is also a compensating benefit. On electronic chips, communication pathways claim a major share of the real estate. In a biochemical computer, communication comes for free.
Are there enough repressor proteins available to create useful computational machinery? Note that interference between logic gates is not the only potential problem; the repressor molecules taking part in the computation must also be distinct from those involved in the normal metabolism of the cell. Otherwise, a physiological upset could lead to a wrong answer; or, conversely, a computation might well poison the cell in which it is running. A toxic instruction might actually be useful—any multitasking computer must occasionally "kill" a process—but unintended events of this kind would be a debugging nightmare. You can't just reboot a dead bacterium.
Nature faces the same problem: A multitude of metabolic pathways have to be kept under control without unwanted crosstalk. As a result, cells have evolved thousands of distinct regulatory proteins. Moreover, the biocomputing engineer will be able to mix and match among molecules and binding sites that may never occur together in the natural world. The aim of the RRL design rules is to identify a set of genes and proteins that can be encapsulated as black-box components, to be plugged in as needed without any thought about conflicts.
Another important design tool is a simulator, which allows a device to be tested without the substantial effort of building a prototype. The world of electronics has long relied on a simulator called Spice, which models the physics of transistors and other electronic components. The MIT group is building a BioSpice simulator, which will model the dynamics of genetic circuits in a similar way.
So far, the MIT group has based their design work primarily on such simulations, but other groups have begun a few "wet" experiments. Michael B. Elowitz and Stanislas Leibler of Princeton University have created a free-running genetic oscillator in E. coli. Arranging three repressor genes so that they act on one another in turn, they observed periodic fluctuations in gene expression, with a frequency independent of the cell's reproductive cycle. In another E. coli experiment, James J. Collins, Timothy S. Gardner and Charles R. Cantor of Boston University built a genetic toggle switch much like the flip-flop described above, with two cross-coupled promoters and repressors. They report "robust bistability." Their eventual aim is the construction of "genetic applets"—self-contained program modules that could be "downloaded" into organisms.
Persuading a living cell to perform useful computations is quite a trick, and yet it's not all that's needed. The real goal is to get a billion cells working in concert on the same task.
From one point of view, mass producing bacteria is extraordinarily easy. You don't have to build a billion-dollar "fab line" to manufacture them; just supply warmth and nutrients, and the bacteria will take care of proliferation on their own. The hard part is organizing a population of cells so that they work toward some specified goal. Here again electronic and biological technologies diverge. On a silicon chip, every circuit element has an assigned place and function, but living cells are squishy and motile and not easily confined to a rigid grid. The MIT group therefore takes another cue from biology, and lets large-scale structures emerge from processes akin to natural development and differentiation.
In an embryo, cells of identical genetic endowment differentiate into distinct tissues and organs, and also generate patterns such as the stripes and spots of animal pelts. What is most intriguing about biological development is that all the cells begin with the same "program," and they organize themselves without any externally designated leader. It all seems to be done by means of short-range communication between neighboring cells and the diffusion of chemical signals over longer distances. These same mechanisms would also be available to a multicellular biocomputer.
The study of large arrays of simple processing elements is a classical topic in computer science, but for the most part the arrays have been geometrically regular, and the processors have operated in strict synchrony. The MIT group offers a new paradigm of "amorphous computing" by spatially irregular and unsynchronized arrays. If all the processors run the same program, and they have only local communication, what patterns can emerge in such an amorphous blob of computers? Some of the examples generated so far have a distinctly botanical look to them, and yet they also resemble the design drawings for a silicon integrated circuit.
Many further hurdles remain before biocomputing could become a practical technology. Input and output are problematic. Maybe the input device will be a pipette of pheromone, and fluorescent proteins could produce output signals, but the expressive possibilities of these facilities seem rather limited. Large-capacity long-term storage—a biological disk drive—is also lacking. And speed is a concern, even with the extraordinary level of parallelism implicit in the exponential growth of a bacterial colony. Silicon processors are running at a gigahertz, but the speed of genetic circuits is in the millihertz range. Even a billion bacteria are no match for a Pentium.
But surely it would be a mistake to think of the E. coli computer as a beige box that will sit on your desk running a prokaryotic version of Microsoft Windows. A more likely prospect is a crop of programmable biological sensors, actuators and messengers. One contemplated application of such organisms is the assembly of nanoscale structures; instead of replacing semiconductor circuits, the cells would fabricate them. Another possibility is the old fantasy of a microscopic robot that could enter the human body to repair diseased tissues or combat infections. If this daydream of an intravenous computer is ever to happen, success seems more likely with the tools of genetic engineering than with a soldering iron.
Or maybe not. Maybe in the end it's just foolishness to imagine that anything so intellectually demanding as computation could be imposed on a biological substrate. No living organism can be expected to engage in abstract reasoning and symbol manipulation while carrying on with the daily routine of ingestion, growth, excretion, sleep, procreation. Get a life!
© Brian Hayes
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just got two rubbies in today need too know the best way of starting and what can be achevied, pics if you can :)
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just got two rubbies in today need too know the best way of starting and what can be achevied, pics if you can :)
Don't have pics but you'll need to replace the lense out of that. Cut the whole lense area out and replace it with a green face sheid used for welding.
I use this HF4178
cheers thought that would have to happen. is there any way to reinforce the bucket
Some people have used metal rings in the back to reinforce it and keep the sides flared out. Others have used fiberglass on the inside.
Search the forum for Rubies helmets. You will find many people have experimented with them and made them look fantastic.
Lots of pics too.
I haven't done that yet, but you may be able to line the inside with some strips of Sintra and use a good glue to hold it. Check around in the forum if there has been other post.
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ah rubies, or in the helmet world, known as "omg no way this is going to work" but.. it does.. here man heres my pics of mine, this was my first ever re construction/build attempt and it came out ok. If you want more help i can round up more pics, there on CD. I have from arrival day to every step i did to it to make it work. I can give help too. The 2 helmet picture is ESB movie shot, and my helmet on my head when it arrived. notice the major deformities. The white helmet is the same one, reshaped, primed, and i believe Fiberglassed. so yea. it can be done, if you know how and want to do it.
thought id detail it some. first off i went to wal mart and bought 2 metal hoops from the craft area, like 84 cents each, you want the big ones.
I cut a hoop to reinforce the back to make it round, and straighted 2 smaller pieces for the cheek areas, so they would go flat. I reshaped whith a single electric burner and a large pot of water (crank it up and try to make it boil) you want a pot big enough to submerge most of the helmet, if not all of it.
Reshaping took many tries, i screwed up a lot, but you can always reshape a reshape. I cut the hole in the T to let the water out, had a flat top and i filled it with boiling water, upside down, and let the weight of the water make it rounded. (i would suggest cutting lower on the T, closer to the teeth, for more water) held it upside down til the water was chilled (i suggest making a way to hang it.. my arms were tired lol) and it took well.
after getting a better idea of how it moved and everything, I used a plastic 2 part epoxy (like 3 bucks) to weld the metal to the helmet (i used almost all of it, its a great welding agent and very strong), holding in place til it dried (about 5 mins) did this slowly so it would be ok, after its in you can still bend the hoop and helmet if its not perfect, makes it nice to reshape.
now the fun part, buy a gallon of fiberglass resin and some fiber glass matting, you can get those inautomotive (i went to a auto supply for the resin, it was cheaper by the gallon, 30 bucks for a gallon or 12 bucks for a lot less) if youve never worked with this junk, well niether did i! lol I bought some cheap bowls at wal mart (4 for 3 bucks, various sizes) and read all the instructions.
mixing the first batch (god dont forget gloves, nice thick rubber/latex ones, the fiberglass gets sharp when thin and dry) its messy so do this someplace you cant make a mess, and some wont ever clean up without another chemical (i forget its name.. its in the paint section.... gerrr) also use in WELL WELLL WELL ventelated area.
mix up a small bowl full, using the proper mixing on the instructions (yes.. measure it) it should be syrupy and sticky as hell. make sure before you add hardener you have PRE CUT 2x2 inch cuts of matting, some smaller, some bigger.
you want to paint brush on the fiberglass (after mixing the hardener in it) onto the strips so there kinda soaked, but not dripping, then you apply these to the inside of the helmet, VERY THIN (so your head will still fit) but still cover it. you ahve to work fast, the thin fiberglass will dry pretty quickly, dont worry if parts stick out or into the visor area, you can cut them out and sand em down later.
just "wall paper" the inside with very thin amounts of it, over the metal, when you get to it, start in one area, I dont suggest the middle buttom dome area, but a side, , then the sides around it and fill it in then the tip dome, reason, fiberglass will accumulate and begin to seep down into the middle dome, if it does and you apply more, it can get very thick down there, making it harder to fit your head in.
after you line the whole thing, i lightly brushed more fiberglass on top, and turned the helmet right side up to drip down and dry like that, making sure it stayed up right all night and most the next day. Itll dry according to tempeture and moisture, heat helps it, moisture hurts it.
I live in missouri and it was mildly warm and very humid that day, it took all night. when its done it still may be "sticky" to the touch, use something like baby powder and powder it down, the sticky will go away, or, do like i did, sand the fiberglass in areasy you need to, and use the fiberglass dust to powder it. ALWAYS WEAR A MASK GLOVES AND OTHER PROPER SAFETY GEAR!
K. I think I covered most of it.
sheesh i wrote a book, and it seems like a ton of work, but i did it in like 9 hours, including time to buy stuff (make a list of what youll need, go to walmart or a like store, buy it) total cost of helmet, including the original and paint and everything i used, with the 5 days of work (painting) was i believe 60 bucks. ( i didnt have bondo or fiberglass resin, or mats, so everything was bought) I still have enough matting and bondo and fiberglass do do about 2 more helmets though, so it was worth it.
also, here this has my pics and stuff, the site still hosts it.
Im confused?...
Is the top photo in your post above the completed rubies bucket refinish?
My Rubies Bucket....
I used an 1/8" piece of flat steel stock to hold the flair. The top is not too bad, so i did not mess with shaping the top. I have a bobamaker T-visor, I have custom cut vinyl decals, and the paint job was a layered technique with the color scheme posted in this forum utilizing the mustard technique (also mentioned in this forum). I have a hard hat liner epoxyed in side and 2 mini computer fans wired to one switch.
Yes, I have a Rubies (Jango), but after all the BS and hard times I am having with it, I will be making another Boba out of it. As far as two fans on one switch, I had this done for a brief period of time with my DP 95, however, space was an issue.
The 1/8" stock. Where inside do you have it? I have the hoop, but I am thinking of doing something to the cheeks to keep them straight.Quote:
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Yeah, I used the 1/8" flat stock because it is thin enough to shape just by hand bending, but it is also very strong and will easily hold the vinyl in place. I first shaped the steel to the proper U shape. The trick is to then mount the middle of the U shaped steel at the back of the helmet (I used lots of epoxy for all of this, you need to look for the plastic weld kind as it is the best that adheres to the vinyl and it is very strong). Once you have it mounted to the rear, you then just push the outer edges up into the flair of the mask until you get the shape you need (This, of course, will depend greatly on the length of your cut, so keep that in mind. You may even want to use a paper strip and use it in the mask as a guide, then lay it flat on your metal and cut it to that length). Just a last word of caution, be careful the vinyl does not "bulge" at the points where the steel is pushing the mask out. That is how I got the flair in my Rubies. Hope this helps.
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Tonight we can look into the sky and see a beautiful full moon. It's not all that uncommon. In fact, outside of an occasional February, it occurs every month.
Once in a "blue moon," two full moons appear in the same month. This happens about every three years.
Today the tide is high. Somewhere bad surfers will get tossed off their boards by monster waves while a few will feel the ecstasy of escaping through that violently shifting hallway known as the curl, where legend has it time stops while the Beach Boys eternally harmonize "Little Surfer Girl."
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In some forests across the world, today's timber harvest may be temporarily stalled because the sap in the trees is rising and cutting them in this stage could cause the "Death Watch" beetles to come out en masse and devour all the local crops — whether or not Paul McCartney is involved, remains uncertain.
This evening, men will hunt in the light of night, not so much because they want to hunt, but because their wives are cranky. Since the dawn of cave people, the female menstrual cycle has often been connected with the phases of the moon.
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Discussion in 'Chevy Silverado Forum (GMC Sierra)' started by stchman, May 13, 2013.
Or tell him to pedal a bicycle!!:sign0020:
But he wouldn't want the DOT required night reflectors they make him have.
Motorcycles must have DRL's so why not cars and trucks. I hope they make DRL's a law on all vehicle. Too many people driving in rain,fog, at dawn or dusk with no lights. Many states have a law thet when wipers are on the lights must be also.
In 1996 the DOT began to require all cars to have DRLs. In CT you must have your headlights on while the wipers are on. No one follows either rule.....
Under certain lighting conditions, DRL's/headlights can be the difference between life and death, literally. A drunk driver coming the other way on a two-lane highway at dusk may not see your car when he pulls out to pass someone, but he just might see the DRL's/headlights. If I had a car without them, I would always have my lights on.
As for the automatic headlights, I will not own any car that does not have them. I wired my '65 Dodge Coronet to have the lights on anytime the engine was on, so I am pretty serious about that.
Ask your friend how often he turns off the engine at a longer-than-average red light....that actually does save gas, and lowers overall emissions, but I'll bet he never does it.
But if "someone" wants to, just pull fuses #31 and #33 from the under-hood fuse box and they are off. This doesn't affect the automatic operation of your headlights.
My DRLs bulbs burned out years ago and I haven't replaced them.
To me, DRLs are a solution looking for a problem. 15 or 20 years ago, when very few cars/trucks had their lights on during the day, yeah they stood out. But today, if every car has their lights on all the time, then all the cars look the same, just like they all did when no cars had their lights on during the day, so what's the point? And what's next, flashing lights? So, all cars have their lights on and in order to stand out, a few cars start using strobe lights. OK. So, 10 to 15 years from now, all cars have strobe lights and we're back to where we are now. Seems silly to me.
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This is a false example. The problem in your example is that there is a drunk driver, not whether or not someone has lights on in the day time. Drunk drivers kill, no head lights.
I have a better example then. There have been countless times in my neighborhood where a new car that didn't have DRLs has pulled out a few streets away from me and I couldn't see them because their car is a neutral color/dark (there are a lot of trees and fences in my area) so when I look to pull out I don't see them until seconds before I pull out and I need to slam on the brakes not to hit them. I look very carefully multible times when pulling out. DRLs/headlights on make it 10x easier to see another car coming down the road day or night. Even just park lights are enough.
The worst time of day for this is after dawn or before dusk when everything seems to be a neutral color. I keep my lights on just to prevent someone from hitting me! There are just too many blind intersections, hills and corners in CT and the whole New England region. Of course a new CT law states you can't pull up from the line if you can't see at a stop sign or turn on red to see better so you need to stay put until you can see its safe to go.. But by definition of the law you can't see so you can't go....
As I said, maybe DRLs make a vehicle 1% safer, I don't know. I however don't think DRLs make a vehicle less safe.
A vehicle having or not having DRLs would not impact my purchase decision whatsoever. I do insist on a vehicle having automatic headlamps.
DRLs wouldn't impact my purchasing decision either. Like you said, it does no harm if the vehicle does have them. But likewise, automatic headlights are must.
Another good question for your friend is if he has an aftermarket stereo in his car. If he's so worried about extra power draw reducing his fuel mileage, a more powerful stereo, even just the head unit, would pull more power than DRLs.
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