Friday 7 October 2011

Need some help on car modifications in texas.. what are the rules.?

i asked this question before but never really got any good answers. i am moving to texas this fall and i have a bmw, heres some modifications i wanna know if they can pass inspection or can i atleast drive around without getting pulled over



Clear tail lights with tint over the red part -(my bulbs are normal colors, red shines through the tint)

Purple Underglow Neons

Fast turn signals



If anyone in texas could help me out please, and please dont post any stupid answers, i really need to know what i need to change.. thanksNeed some help on car modifications in texas.. what are the rules.?Question 1. Rear lights need to be stamped (DOT) or they are illegal and you cannot have any tint or smoked color taillights.



Question 2. Here is what Texas has to say about neon's.....



The common practice to circumvent these laws is to install the lighting under the vehicle, out of direct view, so that the light is cast downward illuminating the ground. State law is silent on this issue (in this case silence is not golden) and the federal regulations do not prohibited it, except for taking the place or interfering with any required lamp, especially the license plate lamp.



This is a technical loophole. As with all technical or legal loopholes, it is not understood by everyone to include some law enforcement personnel. All questions of law are finally resolved in court.



To put it simply, while you may be able to drive the vehicle with the accent lights illuminated and not receive a citation, there may come a time when you are cited and the judge agrees with the officer. Your only recourse will be to appeal the decision until you reach a court that recognizes the loophole and you may still lose.



Question 3. This would be illegal and not pass the vehicle inspection laws.......
Need some help on car modifications in texas.. what are the rules.?
Tints may be illegal in Texas, but the problem lies with the cop who stops you. Ive had tinted tail lights for three years, and have been stopped numerous times for little things. None of the officers or state troopers gave me a ticket, nor did they mention anything about my tail lights

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Need some help on car modifications in texas.. what are the rules.?
ucantcme, is there a cite or link you can give me to look at this %26quot;loophole%26quot;? i need something i can prove. i have to go to court soon to fight my case of having neon lights. i would REALLY appreciate it

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My baby has chylothorax - can you help?

My son had a repair to his esophagus (atresia) when he was 5 days old. A chest tube with a suction bulb was placed after surgery. For perhaps a week there was little drainage and what was there was dark and appeared slightly bloody. After a week and a half or so the fluid became clear and yellow and increased to a fair degree. He began leaking from the hole where the tube entered his back, too. You'd go to move him and it would drip out very quickly. After another few days the fluid level increased dramatically, to about 5 ccs per hour. They switched to a gravity drain and that seemed to work just as well until the drain tube was left looped and higher than the surgery site and he started to have trouble breathing because fluid was accumulating in his chest. He was pulling very hard to breathe and his oxygen saturation went When the drain was put in proper position he drained copious amounts very quickly. They then switched to a pluerovac (drain with suction) because they thought he had air on his lung and for the first several hours there was NO drainage at all. The doctor then changed ot the chest tube for a different style (pigtail to straight) and he began draining fluid again, but not to a great degree. By morning he was in respiratory failure. They inserted a needle in his chest and drained 60 ccs in a matter of a few minutes. They replaced the drain with another pigtail drain and stopped the leak at the insertion point so it wouldn't leak out there anymore. For the past several days they've continued to get 5 ccs per hour. Yesterday they began octreotide and today they are starting him on a formula (via g-tube he already has due to a cleft between the esophagus and trachea he was scheduled to have repaired mid-july - he is also on reflux meds - his stomach is very small) that is supposed to be low protein and have a special type of fat and assist with the healing of the leak to the lymphatic channel. Overnight the fluid has increased to 11 ccs per hour. I am at my wit's end because I don't know how to help my baby and, although I trust that the doctors are doing everything they can to help him, it seems there is a lot of head scratching going on. I have questioned the use of a suction drain. It seems to me that if the drain were placed near the leak (and they haven't pinpointed the leak) the suction could inhibit closure or even irritate the leak site. I also have read so much about chyothorax and the use of fat restricted diets and they all mention the fluid being milky. This is NOT milky - it is the color of very yellow urine and very clear. I'm wondering why, if the duct was injured during surgery, why there was no chyle leaking t first and then it began and now it has increased. It is so frustrating to not know what is going on. I ask questions but just don't seem to get thorough answers. They've told me surgical repair for chylothorax is very difficlt and have le us to believe that it is a long shot that surgery COULD fix it. They've told us his best bet is to let some time go by use the medications and diet, and hopefully it will self-repair. We've been told that if it doesn't heal he cannot live with it and he will die. This is too serious a situation for me to have unanswered questions. PLEASE help me understand this better. I would appreciate any info you think could be helpful to us.My baby has chylothorax - can you help?Get a second opinion! look I have issues with western medicine at times. They got too much confidence, and don't include other types of healing. It's more than just physical. It's emotional, mental and spiritual. I saw a mid-wife for my pregnancy, and went to a natural pediatrician. I would honestly call up your local mid-wifely service provider and ask for their help, find another specialist. Ask for a second opinion or someone they can refer you to. You are Mom, YOu have the intuition. Trust in yourself and your knowledge. Mom's always know best, if your gut is telling you something, then please listen. Find your strength as a strong, loving goddess, mother, and find that solution for your baby. Don't just sit around and let the doctor's handle it. Yes they have training, and know facts, but there is soo much more to it. Also are you holding your baby as much as possible? You, dad, grandma, need to be holding that baby every single second you can. Even if it's just to rest your hand on their leg. Give healing love energy. Prey, do Rekki healing. that baby NEEDS it, and that touch will help give strength to the baby to heal

What is the summary of this article, please?

By Dr. Jack Hall

On a recent fossil collecting trip a friend asked, %26quot;What do you think is the most important organism on the Earth?%26quot; She knew full well I would answer, %26quot;Humans!%26quot; since we are the masters of our domain and without rival in the animal world (are we good or what?).

She was a bit surprised, and gave me the %26quot;Are you nuts?%26quot; look, when, without hesitation, I answered, %26quot;No doubt about it... hands down the most important organism on this planet is marine algae.%26quot;

%26quot;Algae?!?,%26quot; she said.

%26quot;Algae?!?,%26quot; she said.



Phytoplankton are tiny microscopic plants - algae - that form the base of the marine food chain. Phytoplankton is most abundant in colder waters where there is an abundance of nutrients.

%26quot;Yes, Algae,%26quot; I answered. %26quot;Do you want an explanation or are you going to take my word on this?%26quot; I asked.

%26quot;Let me think about it and I'll get back to you on that one,%26quot; she said. As we continued our hunt for shark's teeth, whale bones, and anything else we could find, she finally broke down. %26quot;I don't get it. We can change the world in so many ways鈥?.what has algae done?

%26quot;Very simple,%26quot; I said. %26quot;Algae allows us and almost every other organism you can think of, living or dead, to be here.%26quot;

Suddenly, she got that look. You know, the one you get when that light bulb in your head clicks on鈥?bing, there it is! %26quot;Ah, oxygen, right?%26quot;

%26quot;Correctomundo!%26quot; was my very scientific reply.

Seaweed are not plants, but are algae. Not only does algae provide much of the Earth's oxygen, they also are the base for almost all marine life. Green algae (pictured) gets its color from chlorophyll and exists on or near the surface where there is plenty of sunlight. Green algae is not as common in the ocean as brown and red seaweed. It is also more closely related to land plants than any other type of algae.



It is estimated that between 70% and 80% of the oxygen in the atmosphere is produced by marine plants . Nearly all marine plants are single celled, photosynthetic algae. Yup, that's right, good ol' scum on the pond鈥reen gak鈥?.slip slimein' away. Even marine seaweed is many times colonial algae. They are a bunch of single cells trying to look like a big plant (see seaweed photo), but they are really individuals.

We need marine algae a whole lot more than they need us. Think about it鈥?70% to 80% of all the oxygen we breathe comes from algae! Without them we would really be sucking wind, but not for long! At this point you may be saying, %26quot;Yo! What about the trees and other land plants?%26quot; Well, trees and other land plants are very important, no doubt about it. But for pure survival, we couldn't make it without algae.

Why does so much of our oxygen come from algae? Well, first of all, remember that the oceans cover about 71% of this planet and land is only about 29%. If we assume that every square mile of the ocean produces as much oxygen as every square mile of land, then this makes sense. The oceans would produce about 71% and the land 29% of the oxygen we breathe. Looks like we are in the ballpark don't you think?



Now the question is, %26quot;Are the oceans, indeed, as productive as the land?%26quot; At first you might not think so, after all when you look at the land there are trees and bushes and grass and all kinds of plants growing. They must crank out oxygen to beat the band! They do, but also remember that there are many places on land that don't have much in the way of plants. How about Antarctica or the Sahara Desert along with many others? These are pretty good sized chunks of real estate where plants are few and far between. How much oxygen is being pumped out in these areas?

I would venture to say there's not enough to keep a pack of wild hamsters (ever seen wild hamsters?) going for very long. So, some areas on land have an abundance of plants and produce a large quantity of oxygen while others have very few plants and produce very little.

The same can be said for the oceans. There are some areas that have an abundance of algae living in the waters and other areas that don't. In the ocean there are areas of upwelling where cold, nutrient rich bottom water moves toward the surface. These upwelling waters mix with the surface water and produce an area that is like liquid fertilizer for plants. They go ballistic and there are billions of the little critters in the water just pumping out oxygen left and right. Other areas of the oceans don't have much in the way of nutrients in the water and they are like the deserts on land with very few plants.



Not All Are Green: Count Your Algae!

There are three types of algae: red, green and brown. Some algae in the ocean are very small and drift in the ocean water. Those algae are phytoplankton. The most abundant type of algae is brown algae, with over 5,000 species (not all are totally brown). Red algae has over 2,000 species, and lives where light is dim, in deeper waters, mostly in temperate and tropical waters. Green algae is more common on land and in fresh water systems, but is theWhat is the summary of this article, please?I don't want to be mean but all you have to do is read it and write a summary



%26quot;A summary or recap is a shortened version of the original. The main purpose of such a simplification is to highlight the major points from the genuine (much longer) subject, e.g. a text, a film or an event. The target is to help the audience get the gist in a short period of time.%26quot; (http ://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summary)
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  • My betta's dorsal fin just rotted away. Have tried miracle cure, bettafix, not helping. What can I do?

    I kept it in a five gallon tank but had to move it to a smaller isolation one because of its condition. I also had to move it and make frequent water changes because I started to find mosquito larvae swimming around in the tank and a bulb I purchased almost a year ago finally yielded plenty of leaves and roots, but that might have affected my fish which had been fine up to then. It went from black to a pale salmon or gray. It also had cloudy eye. I don't know what else to do. Sometimes it goes back to the original black color but then it turns pale again. Today I tried something for fungus which turned the water green. Ideas anyone?My betta's dorsal fin just rotted away. Have tried miracle cure, bettafix, not helping. What can I do?Surgery? It's just a fish. It's cheaper to replace it.
    My betta's dorsal fin just rotted away. Have tried miracle cure, bettafix, not helping. What can I do?
    hmmm idk wat to do, my betta a while back pretty much got paled eyed and fins were dissolving away and he died, thats why i hate betas, there not good with other fish and they rot away after like a year
    My betta's dorsal fin just rotted away. Have tried miracle cure, bettafix, not helping. What can I do?
    If you mean his long flowing tail they have,then i think i can help. My betta and my bros betta do the same thing. It's very common. It's called tail rot. The first thing you need to do is clean the bowl more often. This happens a lot when you don't clean your bowl or tank enough. It's okay to keep them in a tank, but you have to be diligent with maintaining the pH %26amp; ammonia levels, or your fish will sicken %26amp; die. The tank appears to be clean because of the filter and fools you into thinking you don't have to maintain it as often. To get your Betta's tail to grow back you need to buy something that treats tail rot. There are several on the market, one is called %26quot;Quick Cure%26quot; and the other is called %26quot;Fungus Clear%26quot; by Jungle. Either can be bought at Walmart in the pet section. While treating your fish, it would be easier to put him in a bowl (but be careful to not cause shock), because you will need to treat, then wait 2-3 days, clean the bowl, retreat, clean after 2-3 days %26amp; so on, until you see new tissue starting to grow. It looks kind of transparent at the end of the tail, and then colors in later. After that, make sure you clean your Betta's bowl at least weekly or if you keep him in a tank, check the pH and ammonia levels regularly. There are a ton of websites that can teach you how to maintain a healthy aquarium. I hope I helped and I hope your Betta will be okay!

    My Betta's Sick! Could it be a Fungi Infection?

    Okay, since I've gotten my Betta, he has had color loss on his head. it's just like a dark gray color. Today the dark gray area seemed to be patchy, kind of like poka dots. His fins aren't growing and he just seems not so pretty as the pics I see of other healthy bettas.

    He lives in a nice 3 gallon tank all by himself. He loves it, since I moved him from a 1 gal. tank a couple days after I've gotten him. The water temp. is usually between 78-80 degrees, and the tank has a filter and light bulb that helps keep temperature up. Last night he layed on the rocks a lot more than usual and today I checked the levels of the water, and the ammonia levels were 8.2! Very high! I did an immediate water change. he has no problems eating since I've gotten him. I did see some pics of a grayish head betta that said it had Fungi Infection, could this be my problem?

    I was also wondering, would it hurt my betta to treat it for fungi infection if it didn't have it? Could I treat my betta for several illnesses at one time?

    My Betta's Sick! Could it be a Fungi Infection?I don't think your ammonia levels are 8.2 ppm, as your fish would be very much dead if they were. Are you sure that wasn't nitrate, or even pH? If it was the ammonia reading at 8.2, the test was almost certainly wrong. The spot on the fish's head sounds like Columnaris, often called saddleback disease because it presents itself as a scaly patch atop the fish's head. It is a bacterial infection that will begin to grow fibrous mats if allowed to advance, looking very much like fungus. Since it does move quickly, you'll need to act quicker. Begin treatment with Triple Sulfa, Trisulfa, Furan 2, Furanase, Maracyn 2, Kanaplex, or similar medications as soon as possible. Remove any activated carbon from the filter during treatment, and if using minocycline or tetracycline, keep the tank dark (both degrade with exposure to light).



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    EDIT: It is inconceivable to think that somebody could confuse Ich with fungus. The only similarity is that both are white in color. Ich would appear as granules on the fish, fungus, as cottony tufts. On top of that, they are almost identical in treatment; nearly all Ich (or other parasite) medications, like Quick Cure, Rid Ich, Nox Ich, etc. are also extremely effective against fungus.
    My Betta's Sick! Could it be a Fungi Infection?
    I assure you, the ammonia level WAS 8.2! I have a chemical tester, and I even double checked it! My fish is still alive, finished a dose of Melafix and my fish now has white fuzz growing on him, surprisingly he's eating and seems to be acting as himself. Now I'm starting a dose of Quick Cure!

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    My Betta's Sick! Could it be a Fungi Infection?
    Sounds like Ick. If you can take a picture of him to a fish tank shop and ask them if it is Ick and what they recommend to treat it. Be sure to follow the instructions on the bottle exactly.



    Hails,

    Silence
    A lot of medications work on multiple infections. However a fungal infection is not nearly the same as the parasite ich. If it looks like grains of salt it is ich. You can treat him for both at the same time by using a fungal medication for the fungus and creating a salt bath to kill the ich.

    Just look for a fungal medication in your store and follow these instructions for creating a salt bath:

    http://freshaquarium.about.com/cs/treat>



    You also need to control the ammonia. Continue with 25% water changed daily and add hagen cycle or stress zyme because ammonia poisoning could kill your fish. You ammonia and nitrites should always be at 00 ppm.
    you might want to add real plants to help keep down the ammonia. One day you might be out and there will be an ammonia spike, but if you have the plants your tank won't spike so drastically.



    Bettas do have a tendency to to fad or darken every so often not much to worry about, but if you're worried you can always add a 1/2 teaspoon of aquarium salt per gallon of water.

    Is this a good narrative essay?

    On a warm dark night of summer, a friend of mine named Mindi gave me a call telling me that she had finally got an apartment, a place of her own, a place she can call home, I told her how great it was and congratulated her and then she insisted in a nasally voice that I come over and check it out, that night at about midnight I arrived to the apartment and parked right in front of the door, the door was pale white and not decorated in any way, and the apartments to its left and right were exactly the same, except for Mindi’s apartment had the light turned on and from outside it seemed pink, I walk in without knocking because I know Mindi would be ok with that, as I entered Mindi looked at me with a warm smile and jumped to hug me, she was very excited and glad that I came obviously.

    “Oscar! Can you believe it? Im so happy”

    “Yes it is quite impressive, you did it so soon”

    “Yeah well I don’t care, oh hey my friend Alysa is coming over you should meet her”

    Mindi and I sat in the middle of the living room, a very empty place with a dirty white color to the carpet and only a table stand to hold a lamp with a pink bulb, the room looks incredibly pink and dark, but we pay no attention to it, as the minutes flew by we started to talk more and more and we could not stop laughing, we were having a great time and eventually we get up and walk to the kitchen it is right next to the living room only divided by a thick tan wall and we decide to cook up a couple of eggs to keep us up to meet Alysa, I was very afraid to meet a new person especially under these circumstances.

    Finally at around two in the morning Alysa arrives but she comes with a friend of her own they are both dressed very elegantly, Alysa is wearing a yellow dress with glittering studs all over it, and her friend Mocha is wearing a chocolate colored dress with heels, they said that they just got out of a school dance, they dash to the bathroom to change into normal civilian clothing and come out to meet us, Alysa is quick to introduce herself by hugging me but the real surprise is when Mocha and I meet as she hugged me, we immediately notice that we look similar, Alysa and Mindi also notice the resemblance and are astonished but we did not worry about it in the least, the night went on and Alysa had brought a small radio, we plugged it in next to the lamp and placed it in front of the lamp, after that we danced all night and were extremely tired, we all fell asleep in the living room floor, who knew that in this visit to the apartment I would meet a new best friend and a possible mate.Is this a good narrative essay?On a warm dark night of summer, a friend of mine named Mindi gave me a call telling me that she had finally got an apartment, a place of her own. I told her how great it was and congratulated her and then she insisted in a nasally voice that I come over and check it out. That night at around midnight, I arrived to the apartment and parked right in front of the door. The door was pale white and not decorated in any way, and the apartments on each side were exactly the same, except for Mindi’s apartment, since she had the light turned on and from outside it weirdly looked pink.

    I walked in without knocking because I know Mindi would be okay with that. As I entered Mindi looked at me with a warm smile and jumped to hug me, she was glad that I came obviously.

    “Oscar! Can you believe it? Im so happy.”

    “Yes it is quite impressive, and you did it so soon.”

    “Yeah, well I don’t care. And by the way, my friend Allysa is coming over you should really stay to meet her!”

    mindi satn the middle of the living room. It was actually empty, with only a table standing to hold a lamp with a pink bulb. It was incredibly dark, but pink at the same time, but we pay no attention to it. As the minutes flew, by we started to talk more and more and we could not stop laughing. We were having a great time and eventually we get up and walk to the kitchen, that is right next to the living room, but only divided by a thick tan wall. Later, we decided to cook up a couple of eggs to keep us awake so I could still to meet Allysa. I was very afraid to meet a new person especially under these circumstances.

    Finally at around two in the morning Alysa arrives but she comes with a friend of her own. They are both dressed very elegantly, Alysa is wearing a yellow dress with glittering studs all over it, and her friend, Mocha, is wearing a chocolate colored dress with heels. They said that they just got out of a school dance, so they dash to the bathroom to change into normal civilian clothing and come out to meet us. Allysa is quick to introduce herself by hugging me, but the real surprise is when Mocha and I meet. As she hugged me, we immediately notice that we look similar, Allysa and Mindi also notice the resemblance and they are astonished too, but we didn't worry about it in the least. The night went on and Alysa had brought a small radio, so then we plugged it in next to the lamp and placed it on the table. Soon after, we started to dance,we danced the whole night and we're extremely tired, we all fell asleep in the living room floor. Who knew that in this visit to the apartment I would meet a new best friend and a possible mate.
    Is this a good narrative essay?
    ...run on sentences..lots of 'em...learn where to put your commas and periods as the person above me said.
    Is this a good narrative essay?
    yeah buddy (rollin' like a bigshot..) Only mistakes sometimes you put commas where periods should be and a few runtogether sentences :D.

    Can you tell me where to get my new glass bowl online?

    I went to a fest and got 2 awesome bowls that got taken by the cops. One was a med sized tube chillum with one small bulb at one end. The whole thing had purple spritzes and changed into easter like colors when smoked. The other one was a spoon shaped one the was shaped just like a spoon with a shorter neck. It was so dark blue I couldn't see through it, and it was really shiny too. I NEED these so bad, do you know a store online that sells these exactly or real close?Can you tell me where to get my new glass bowl online?ebay?