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|Production of disease suppresive compost and container media, and microorganism culture for use therein
|Planter, especially for hydroculture
|Plant pot with moisturizing and aeration means
|Self-watering planter
|De Oliveira
|Self-irrigating pot for plants
|Plant receiving vessel for insertion in a hydroponic vessel
|Combined plant pot liner and water level gauge
|November, 1980
|Plant watering system and process
|Container with raised indentations for aeration and drainage
|Pot including water level indicator
|Pots for growing plants
|Plant growing receptacle
|Horticultural improvements
|Aerated continuously watered plant and seed organic growing medium and container for same
|Device for continuously watering plants in flower pots or boxes
|Pot water
|Growing medium containing combusted bark particles
|Liquid gauge assembly
|Self-watering planter and process of making
|Nursery pot having improved drainage
|Flower pot liner assembly
|Liquid level gauge
This invention relates to hydroponic planters. It is particularly concerned with such a planter which facilitates giving plants growing in the planter proper light, water, nutrients, and aeration.
Growing plants in a planter has long required considerable care and skill. Too often, house plants receive too little or too much care, and they succumb. Many attempts have been made to simplify the care of houseplants, but none has been simple enough or effective enough to provide a widely acceptable system.
Hydroponic plant systems have certain advantages over soil-based systems, but even they have not proven adequate to the simple growing of houseplants over long periods of time.
When growing plants in a hydroponic setting, it is very important to have the plant growing in an area where it is not too dark and to have the level of the liquid nutrients in the planter not exceed a maximum level, nor should the plants be dry for too long. If overwatering occurs, the plant will die from root rot. Allowing the roots of the plant to be dry for too long results in dehydration and starving the plant. Thus, an accurate method of determining liquid levels in the planter is necessary.
The plant industry currently uses hand-held, electronically operated gauges to determine appropriate light levels for a given plant. These gauges are expensive and cumbersome.
Light gauges have sometimes been associated with or combined with a bimetallic operated moisture indicator, but these indicators are useless in any form of hydroponics. Generally, the water/nutrient level indicators used in the field of hydroponics have been the dipstick and float types as exemplified by U.S. Pat. No. 2,799,089 Banker, U.S. Pat. No. 3,483,656 Baumann, U.S. Pat. No. 3,739,524 Rose, U.S. Pat. No. 4,055,991 Bridwell, U.S. Pat. No. 4,171,593 Bigglestone, U.S. Pat. No. 4,270,309 Baumann and U.S. Pat. No. Des. 257,529 Raap. Their disadvantages become apparent during use: the float is easily clogged by salt buildup, root fines, or live roots growing into the slots in the meter, and gives false readings which result in the death of the plants. In addition, the float and the rod displace a certain amount of liquid, so even when the meter reads empty, there can be over one-half inch of water/nutrient remaining in the system. Because plant roots require a periodic drying for their health, these meters lead to frequent overwatering of the plant and death of the plants. Windows in the sides of the pot have also been tried. However, algae buildup on the windows makes them unreadable in short order, and the windows tend to leak after some handling.
Many systems have been developed over the years to help alleviate the problems with over- and underwatering, diseases, pests and human error. To help eliminate water spills, the plant saucer was developed and soon began to be used as a watering device, which brought on the development of simple self-watering devices and even more controlled self-waterers utilizing wicks or capillary action through porous materials as exemplified by such patents as U.S. Pat. Nos. 2,406,439 Pratt, U.S. Pat. No. 3,137,096 Hopkins, U.S. Pat. No. 3,739,524 Rose, U.S. Pat. No. 4,001,967 Swift, U.S. Pat. No. 4,083,146 Brankovic, U.S. Pat. No. 4,106,235 Smith, U.S. Pat. No. 4,143,487 Hollwarth, U.S. Pat. No. 4,160,342 Dryer, U.S. Pat. No. 4,216,623 Silver, U.S. Pat. No. 4,344,251 Edling, U.S. Pat. No. 4,356,665 De Oliveira, and U.S. Pat. No. 4,557,070 Oyama. Most of these devices did not alleviate the problems of over- and underwatering.
Overwatering and drainage have been such a large problem that numerous patents have been issued on simple pots with improved drainage or more complex collapsible pots with aeration features such as depicted in U.S. Pat. No. 4,100,699 Skaife and U.S. Pat. No. 4,173,097 Staby.
With hydroponics and the advent of true hydroculture techniques reaching the public, many attempts to use hydroculture techniques with soil plants have been made, as shown by U.S. Pat. No. 3,534,498 Herrli, which is now considered a capillary wick waterer. Hydroculture in its present form has been around for quite some time with little change in the growing medium, the aeration methods, or the way in which liquid levels are determined, as suggested by U.S. Pat. No. 3,483,656 Baumann, U.S. Pat. No. 4,270,309 Baumann, and U.S. Pat. No. 4,663,884 Zeischegg. As exemplified by these patents, such hydroponic systems have frequently used an open-topped outer container for holding liquid, an open-topped inner container for holding an inert growing medium, and a plant in the medium. The inner container includes openings at its lower end to allow liquid to enter the growing medium and to drain from it.
The growing medium used in hydroponic systems has always been what was readily available locally or could be obtained in large quantities, cheaply. In many cases perlite or vermiculite has been tried for hydroculture but the norm is expanded clay pellets, most of which are imported from European countries. Imported expanded clay, although claimed to be the perfect medium, does slake in water and eventually breaks down to chalk, much like the decay of used brick. The liquid retention properties of clay pellets are acceptable, but their various manufactured shapes have led to many problems. The round substrate although non-damaging to roots never lends good anchorage to the root ball, and as the plant's roots grow and expand, capillary action of this substrate begins to decay. The peanut shaped substrate gives better anchorage to the roots but slakes rapidly, clogging root hairs and killing the plant. Slight compaction and sharp edges tend to cut or smother the plant's roots. Expanded shale, commonly called Haydite, contains chemicals which slake into the water, poisoning the system and eventually killing the plant. Sodium and sulfur are the most notable of these chemicals.
One of the objects of this invention is to provide a convenient, efficient and disease-free device for raising plants, such as nursery stock, foliage plants, and the like.
Another object of this invention is to provide such a device which includes a simple, inexpensive, and accurate gauge for determining whether a plant has sufficient light, when to water and feed the plant, and how much water and nutrient solution to give.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a light and liquid level indicator which may be produced easily and inexpensively.
Another object of this invention is to provide such a growing device which provides a better growing medium than previously known devices.
Another object of this invention is to provide such a growing device which permits infrequent watering of its plants.
Another object of this invention is to provide such a growing device which develops healthy root systems, free of root rot.
Another object is to provide such a growing device having both an inner pot and outer pot which can be nested with other inner and outer pots for easy storage and transport.
Other objects of this invention will be apparent to those skilled in the art in light of the following description and accompanying drawings.
In accordance with one aspect of this invention, generally stated, a planter is provided comprising an outer container, a perforated liner and a novel growing medium in the liner, comprising pellets of horticulturally stable expanded slate. The growing medium does not decompose, rot or slake in water. When fired, the slate expands vertically forming wafer-like layers with edge separation. The pellets provide a much greater surface area to size ratio than previous media. They thus provide better liquid retention, lend excellent anchorage for the root structure, and provide freer uptake and release of both a water/nutrient mixture and oxygen.
In accordance with another aspect of this invention, generally stated, a planter is provided comprising an outer container, a perforated liner and an inert growing medium. The liner includes a raised central reservoir, in the form of an inverted cup. Air passages are provided in the outer wall of the liner from below the top of the reservoir to a height substantially above the height of the reservoir, preferably to a height substantially more than half way to the top of the liner, most preferably to within twenty-five percent of the top of the liner. The air passages are preferably slots. The size and number of the slots are chosen in such a way as to provide adequate air interchange with the roots of the plant growing in the medium, while maintaining a continuum of humidity from nearly 100% above the reservoir to room humidity (nominally 55%) one inch below the top of the medium. This zone of controlled, continuously-varying humidity permits the plant to extend its roots to a level of comfort for that plant. Therefore, plants requiring widely different amounts of water may be grown in the same container. The dry upper surface of the growing medium eliminates bacterial growth and moss from the surface of the growing medium. It also greatly reduces the risk of insect infestation and disease and reduces the risk of germination of foreign seeds on the surface.
In accordance with another aspect of this invention, generally stated, a planter is provided comprising an outer container, a perforated liner, growing medium, and a light/liquid level meter positioned therebetween. The indicator includes a plurality of light-transmitting rods, each having an upper indicating surface and a retroreflective bottom, so that the indicating surface of the rod appears dark when immersed in liquid and light when out of liquid. Preferably, the liner includes an inward step in its rim, over a recess in its side wall, for receiving the rods, so that the rods extend between the outer container and the liner, but appear to extend into the growing medium.
The minimum lighting conditions are determined by filling the planter with liquid so that only the longest rod is immersed. The planter is then moved until a location is found where the longest rod turns dark and the rest stay light in appearance. Because the ability of the rod to work (to change from light to dark and back again) is directly proportional to the diameter of the rod, rods of varying diameters may be used for various types of plants. A plant requiring less light will use wider rods, and one requiring more light will use narrower rods.
Determining when to add water/nutrient solution and the amount of liquid necessary similarly depends on the change in appearance of the indicating surfaces. No water/nutrient solution is added until the longest rod becomes light. That does not occur until the bottom of the liner has been out of the liquid for about a week, because it sits about one-quarter inch above the bottom of the outer pot. During that week, the growing medium becomes about ten to twenty percent drier, without losing all of its moisture. The plants growing in the planter therefore extend their roots somewhat deeper, and their main feeding roots (tap roots) are permitted to reach deeper into the reservoir area. This drying process therefore both strengthens the plant and prevents root rot. The planter is then filled with water/nutrient solution until the middle rod changes from light to dark but before the shortest rod becomes dark. If the shortest rod becomes immersed, it is necessary to empty some of the water/nutrient solution from the planter to prevent overwatering, and to maintain the controlled range of humidity from the top to bottom of the planter.
Other aspects of the invention will best be understood in light of the following description of the preferred embodiment of the invention.
In the drawings, FIG. 1 is a view in front elevation of a planter of the present invention, with an outer pot portion cut away.
FIG. 2 is a top plan view of the planter of FIG. 1, not filled with growing medium or a plant, so as to show the construction of the liner.
FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken along the line 3--3 of FIG. 2, with growing medium plants, and water/nutrient in the planter.
FIG. 4 is a bottom plan view of the liner portion of the planter of FIGS. 1-3.
FIG. 5 is a view in perspective of the liner of FIG. 4.
FIG. 6 is a view in perspective of a light/liquid level meter portion of the planter of FIGS. 1-3.
Referring now to the drawings, reference numeral 1 indicates one illustrative embodiment of hydroculture planter of the present invention. The planter 1 includes a slightly frustoconical liner 3 filled with growing medium 5, a light/liquid meter 7, and an outer pot 9.
A plant 10 in the planter is fed and watered entirely with an aqueous solution of nutrients 12, in accordance with known hydroculture techniques. The nutrient is preferably a complete nutrient solution that contains no detrimental chemicals, while providing all known elements required for proper plant growth in a form readily useable by the plant.
The liner 3 is made of horticulturally neutral, opaque, one-sixteenth inch polyethylene. It has a sloping side wall 11 and a bottom 13 The liner 3 is approximately seven inches high, nine and one-half inches in diameter at its top and eight and three-quarters inches in diameter at its bottom.
At its upper, open, edge, the liner 3 includes an offset rim 15 for stiffening the liner. Tabs 17 are provided at the top of the rim 15 for lifting the liner 3 from the outer pot 9. Each tab 17 has raised ridges 19 on its upper and lower surfaces, to provide the user with a firm grip on the tabs even when the tabs or the user's hands are wet.
The side wall 11 of the liner 3 includes an arcuate indentation 21 extending from the rim 15 to the bottom 13 of the liner 3 and flaring somewhat toward the bottom. At its upper end, the indentation 21 has a horizontal closure wall 23 with three holes 25 in it, for holding the light/liquid meter 7 as described hereinafter. The closure wall 23 is inside the rim 15 and gives the impression, when the liner 3 is filled with growing medium 5, that the meter 7 extends into the growing medium.
Side wall 11 also includes five aeration slots 27. Each aeration slot 27 is four inches long and five-sixteenths inches wide. The slots begin one-half inch from the bottom wall 13 of the liner 3. The size and position of the slots are carefully chosen, as described hereinafter.
A raised center portion 29 of bottom wall 13 is approximately two inches high and five inches in diameter. Both the raised center portion 29 and the lower surrounding portion 31 of the bottom wall 13 have drainage holes 33. The size and number of the drainage holes are not critical to the operation of the system. Raised center portion 29 forms a reservoir of liquid so that more liquid may be stored in the system without being displaced by the growing medium 5. It also defines a platform above the level of liquid in the system for purposes described hereinafter.
Radial feet 35 on the bottom wall 13 raise the bottom wall three-sixteenths inch above the outer container 9. The growing medium 5 is therefore held one-quarter inch above the bottom of the outer container 9, for purposes described hereinafter.
The growing medium 5 is expanded slate in the form of oblong pellets having a length of from about ten to twenty millimeters. The slate is expanded in a rolling kiln, to eliminate sharp edges which might cut delicate rootlets. It has been found that horticulturally stable slate is widely available, which does not decompose, rot, or slake in water. Slate when fired expands vertically, similar to mica, forming wafer-like layers. These layers with their edge separation provide a much greater surface-area-to-size ratio than any product previously tried. This greater area allows for much better liquid retention and lends excellent anchorage of the root structure to the medium and also allows the substrate to hold and release its water/nutrient mixture and oxygen freely. The size of the material offers excellent plant holding capabilities without compaction during shipping. After a plant 10 has aged in the system, it is not uncommon to be able to invert the pot and remove the plant and its root ball without loss of any medium. The medium 5 has one-third the weight of soil.
The light/liquid meter 7, as described hereinafter, is designed to indicate when no liquid remains in the outer pot 9, as an indication that an aqueous nutrient solution must be added. It also indicates when liquid has risen to the top of the raised area 29, as an indication that too much liquid has been added and some should be removed. In the preferred embodiment, it also indicates when the proper amount of liquid has been added.
Liquid level indicators comprising elongate members in the form of rods of light-transmitting material have heretofore been used for the purpose of indicating the level of liquid in industrial containers. Pliml, U.S. Pat. No. 3,535,933, discusses the theory of such meters, and his disclosure is hereby incorporated by reference.
The light/liquid meter 7 includes transparent light transmitting rods 41, 43, and 45 free from any peripheral interference. These rods are positioned such as to remain physically separated although adjacently positioned. The rods are preferably made from tinted extruded polysulfone.
The upper portion of each light transmitting rod 41, 43, and 45 is mounted in a single, stepped connecting body 47. The flat upper surfaces of the light transmitting rods form indicating surfaces 49 which are flush with the steps of the connecting body 47. The rods extend below the connecting body 47 and terminate in conical tips 51. The tips 51 have an included angle of ninety degrees, so as to reflect back light to the indicating surfaces 49 when the tip is in air, but so as to refract light out of the rod when the tip is immersed in a liquid having an index of refraction more nearly that of the rod. The rods are of varying length, rod 41 being the shortest and rod 45 the longest. Rod 45 extends below the bottom of the liner 3 to the bottom of the outer pot 9. Rod 41 extends to a point slightly below the top of the raised center 29. Center rod 43 extends approximately three-quarters inch below the top of the raised center 29.
The light reflective characteristics of the light/liquid meter 7 are much improved by maintaining the rods' indicating surfaces 49 flush with the top of the connecting body 47. Further enhancement is obtained through the choice of the plastic and through carefully controlled forming methods.
The outer pot 9 is made of opaque one-eighth inch polyethylene. It has an inner diameter one-quarter inch larger than the outer diameter of the liner 3. The exterior base of the container 9 has several little feet or ribs to hold the container bottom away from the surface on which it is placed. These feet are inside the circumference one tenth of the diameter of the container. Their purpose is to prevent sweating under the container and damage to furniture.
The planter 1 is prepared for use by placing the growing medium 5 in the liner 3 and planting the plant 10 at the proper depth in accordance with known hydroculture techniques. The appropriate light/liquid meter 7 is installed in the liner 3 by sliding the light transmitting rods through holes 25 until the connecting body 47 is flush against closure wall 23. The plant pot liner 3 complete with medium 5, meter 7, and plant 10 is then placed in the outer pot 9 of the system, and the planter 1 is moved to a possible permanent location. Enough water or liquid nutrient 12 is added to cover the end of the longest rod 45. Light is refracted from the tip 51 of the rod 45, and its indicating surface 49 appears dark even in the brightest of ambient light conditions. Because the diameters of the rods 41, 43, and 45 have been predetermined for the type of plant in question, the viewer merely notes whether the rods' indicating surfaces 49 appear different, indicating proper light location for the plant, or appear the same, indicating not enough light for the plant. It is not necessarily bad for a plant to receive more light than necessary.
When a location has been picked for the planter 1, more aqueous nutrient 12 is poured into the growing medium 5 until the second rod 43 suddenly becomes dark. At that moment, sufficient nutrient has been added. If the third rod 45 becomes dark, too much nutrient has been added, and the excess must be drained, preferably by first lifting the liner 3 out of the outer container 9, using the tabs 17.
The planter 1 may then be left alone until the longest rod 45 becomes light.
The geometry of the liner 3, the slots 27, and the raised and lower areas 29 and 31, as well as the clearance between the inner pot 3 and the outer pot 9, are all chosen to provide proper watering, feeding, and aeration of the plant 10 through its roots.
The raised area 29 allows the humidity within the growing chamber to be less in the center where the root ball is most susceptible to water stress. The unraised portion 31 is where moisture is taken up through the growing medium into the growing chamber. The actual growing chamber itself starts at the top of the raised portion 29. Below this point is the water/nutrient reservoir, which functions as part of the growing chamber as the liquid level decreases to empty.
The slots 27 are for oxygen circulation through the growing medium 5. If there are too few slots 27, the plant will starve for oxygen. If there are too many, the humidity will go down below acceptable levels and the liquid consumption will increase. The aeration openings 27 must start at or below the optimum liquid level and run well above the maximum allowed level of liquid in the planter, preferably at least twice the height of the raised portion 29. In the preferred embodiment, it will be seen that the aeration slots 27 begin approximately one-half inch from the bottom of the liner and are four inches in length; thus approximately three inches of each slot 27 is not immersed in liquid when the system is initially filled.
For a particular growing medium 5, the amount of liquid drawn into the system by capillary action is controlled by the relative areas of the raised portion 29 and the lower portion 31 of the bottom wall 13. To permit more liquid to be drawn into the growing medium 5, the area of the lower portion 31 may be increased; to permit less liquid to be drawn into the growing medium 5, the area of the lower portion 31 may be decreased.
When the liquid level in the outer pot 9 falls to one-quarter inch, the growing medium 5 no longer picks up the liquid and begins to dry, through the circulation of air through the aeration slots 27, through the gap between the liner 3 and the outer pot 9, and through the growing medium itself, and through transpiration of the plant 10 growing in the medium. Nonetheless, the longest rod 45 continues to indicate the presence of liquid. Therefore, when the rod 45 finally becomes bright, and liquid is added, the growing medium 5 has been out of liquid for about a week and has dried about ten to twenty percent. This cycle greatly enhances root growth and plant health.
Numerous variations, within the scope of the appended claims, will be apparent to those skilled in the art in light of the foregoing description and accompanying drawings. Merely by way of example, the inner and outer pot combination and geometry may be utilized with other growing media and other liquid level meters, with or without a light meter. The aeration openings may be formed as a series of holes, placed more or less randomly around the wall of the liner 3. The raised part of the bottom wall of the liner 3 may be formed as multiple raised parts and positioned differently. The expanded slate growing medium may be utilized with other hydroculture systems. The light/liquid meter may be used with other hydroculture systems, or even with entirely different growing systems.
Numerous changes can be made in the light/liquid meter. For example, connecting body 26 need not be stepped. The light transmitting rods may be clear or tinted, or may have a colored or opaque coating applied thereto, for example to color code the meanings of the rods. The upper indicating surface may have a clear or colored lens affixed thereto, or a part of the upper surface may be frosted to intensify the difference between its "dark" appearance and its "light" appearance. If desired, the connector 47 may include an indicator showing the proper appearance of the indicating surfaces 49 when sufficient light is present. A fourth, short, rod may be included as a reference. Conversely, only two rods may be used if liquid is added slowly and the rods watched carefully.
If no provision has been made in the hydroculture system to accept connector body 47, it may be modified to be placed in the system in the location previously used by the prior art float type indicator, for example by providing it with a hook or slot to affix the meter 7 to the rim of the inner or outer pot of a planting system. An opaque housing may be placed around all the rods, in lieu of separate coatings on each rod, particularly if the rods are bunched, rather than being arranged in a line. Neither the coating nor the housing is necessary if care is taken to prevent light leakage into the space between the inner and outer pots.
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Welcome to the #LifeCantWait Blog, SPEAR Physical Therapy's official stream for fitness tips, exercise advice, and healthy lifestyle inspiration. Our articles and features are written by our physical therapists and staff members with your progress in mind. Designed to educate and motivate, SPEAR's #LifeCantWait Blog exists to share your stories and help you get back to life! Disclaimer
How long have you been running marathons? This year's New York City Marathon will be my first! Running the New York City Marathon is something that I've always wanted to do and I'm so exited to do it this year.
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I'm having problems turning the heel for a toe up socks from a Knitpicks.com pattern. Before the heel turn I knitted (per the pattern) the heel flap and have 19 stitches on the needle with markers between sts 4-5 and 15-16. There are 11 sts between the markers. The text for the heel turn follows.
Heel Turn & Picking Up the Gusset
Now, you are going to work only one sock at a time. The other sock can wait on the needle cable.
R1: sl 1 st knitwise, *k, sl 1 st purlwise, repeat from * to SECOND marker, remove marker, ssk, k1. Turn work.
[B]Note: I now have 18 sts and have ssk sts 16-17, knitted st 18, turned the work leaving st 19 on the working needle.[/B]
R2: Sl 1 st purlwise, p to REMAINING MARKER, remove marker, p2tog, p1. Turn work.
[B]Note: I now have 17 sts and have p2tog sts 3-4, purled st 2, turned the work leaving st 1 on the working needle.[/B]
R3: sl 1 st knitwise, work in slip stitch pattern to the st before the gap created by the p2tog in the row below, ssk the st before and the st after the gap together, k1. Turn work.
[B]Note: At this point I'm lost. If i take literally the p2tog from R2 as the gap before the turn, then with st 1 on the working needle and st 2 the st before the gap, then how do I knit across the gap because st 2 is slipped? If I Knit across to the gap created in R1 and knit st 19, then I run out of sts and there is nothing on the working needle after the turn.[/B]
R4: Sl 1 st purlwise, purl to the st before the gap created by the ssk in the row below, p2tog the st before the gap and the st after the gap, p1. Turn work.
Repeat rows 3 and 4 until you have worked across all the sts.
Work one more right side row, in slip stitch pattern. You are now finished with the first heel turn.
[B]Note: haven't tried R3 and R4 because of confusion.[/B]
What am I doing wrong? Full pattern can be found at http://www.knitpicks.com/patterns/two-at-once-toe-up-magic-loop-socks-pattern.html


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It's not often that Toyota finds itself chasing the competition in a class that it invented. Such is the case, however, with the RAV4, the original small sport utility built on a car chassis. It's not that there has been anything fundamentally wrong with the vehicle. It's just that one or two others have raised the bar, most notably with a V6 engine, while the RAV4 has continued with a four cylinder. Other SUVs also offer a third row of seats, boosting passenger capacity from five to seven.
No longer, in either regard. With the 2006 RAV4, Toyota has caught up. There's a new, 269-horsepower, 3.5-liter V6 engine coupled to a new, five-speed automatic. And there's an optional third row of seats that, by the way, folds into the floor, leaving a flat cargo space that holds almost five more cubic feet of stuff than the '05 model. The RAV4 is also available with the tried and true four cylinder that powered the '05, but with an added five horses under the hood. Buyers also have the choice of front-wheel drive and four-wheel drive, just as before.
The RAV has been completely restyled for 2006, inside and out, although functionality has been maintained. The RAV4 has been a standard-setter virtually from its inception. And the exterior is fresh, less flashy, with fewer styling gimmicks. But the same can't be said for the interior, where some of the updating appears not to have been so much an improvement as a change to something different, while still just as good as before.
The 2006 RAV4 is a mix, then, of best, better and good, but with one reservation: the V6 seems almost too much for the package, as if in catching up, Toyota leapt too far ahead. It's a good, solid engine, and it adds substantially to the RAV4's capabilities. It has to haul as many as seven people, for instance, and it raises the tow rating to as high as 3500 pounds. But as it's engineered for the 2006 RAV4, it just might be more than was needed. In other words, the new RAV4 really scoots with the V6.
The 2006 Toyota RAV4 comes in three trim levels, all with four doors: base ($20,200), Sport ($21,775) and Limited ($22,455).
All three start with front-wheel drive and the same 2.4-liter, 166-horsepower, four-cylinder engine and four-speed automatic transmission. All three can be upgraded to the 3.5-liter, 269-horsepower V6 with a new five-speed automatic ($2,035 for the base; $1,915 for Sport and Limited). Full-time four-wheel drive is available across the line ($1,400).
Standard features include air conditioning, cruise control, AM/FM/CD/MP3/WMA stereo with six speakers, the usual powered and keyless-remote features, manually adjustable driver and front passenger seats, tilt-and-telescope steering wheel and auto-off headlamps. The four-cylinder RAV4 has P215/70R16 tires on steel wheels with hubcaps, the V6 is upgraded with P225/65R17 tires on styled steel wheels.
Options include the third-row seat for seven-passenger seating ($950). Also available: an in-dash, six-disc CD changer ($200); a selection of 17-inch wheels, both styled steel ($120) and alloy ($560); cargo cover ($140); roof rack ($220); daytime running lights ($40); and a towing package for the V6 ($160) that includes a heavy-duty radiator and fan, transmission oil cooler and 150-amp alternator. (Option prices are for the four-cylinder base model and may be lower for V6 or higher trim levels; all are manufacturer's suggested retail prices, or MSRP.)
The Sport adds a roof rack with cross bars; rear privacy glass; fog lamps; sport-tuned suspension; P235/55R18 tires on alloy wheels; and combination hard/soft spare tire cover. Optional are two stereos, one the same upgrade as offered on the base, the other a JBL premium system with nine speakers, including a subwoofer ($590); power tilt-and-slide moonroof ($900); plus many of the options available for the base model. Befitting the model's designation, the third-row seat is not offered on the Sport.
The Limited model upgrades with dual-zone automatic climate control; an in-dash, six-disc CD changer; power-adjustable driver seat; heated outside mirrors; leather-wrapped steering wheel and shift knob; rear privacy glass; cargo cover; fog lamps; P225/65R17 tires on alloy wheels; and a full, hard-shell spare tire cover. Options include the third-row seat ($810) and a rear-seat entertainment system for the V6 ($1,075). Leather seats are optional ($1,050). Front seat heaters ($440), audio upgrades, and other features are available.
Safety features on all 2006 RAV4s include dual-stage frontal airbags, LATCH child safety seat anchors, antilock brakes with brake assist and electronic brake-force distribution, electronic stability control and traction control. However, side-impact airbags and side curtain airbags are optional on all three models ($650). We strongly recommend getting them. Curtain airbags are designed to provide head protection in a side impact or rollover, the leading cause of fatalities in those types of accidents, while side-impact airbags are designed to improve torso protection.


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Crocker Research Laboratory
The Crocker Research Laboratory was home of the Crocker Institute of Cancer Research. It was a plain three-story building that cost only $40,000 to build in 1913. It was located on the northeast corner of 116th Street and Amsterdam Avenue, where Jerome Greene Hall stands today.
George Crocker's gift for the Institute forbid use of the funds for anything other than research, which led to a scramble to find research space for the Institute, which set up shop temporarily in Schermerhorn Hall. The building was designed to be as big as possible with as much light and floor space as possible on a tight budget. In fact, funding was so tight that at first there were no partitioning of space in the building, just three open floors. Its design stood in stark contrast with Charles McKim's Beaux-Arts campus across Amsterdam and earned the it the nickname "The Workshop of Unrivaled Plainness." Insensitive undergraduates called it "The Canker Fund."
In its later years, the building was renamed "East Hall", a name previously used for Buell Hall.[1]
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"We are living under the carcass of a dead cow, and it stinks," said Algimantas Cekuolis, a Lithuanian politician. "There are two electrodes attached to this carcass, and every once in a while it twitches. And that cow's name is Bolshevism." Cekuolis smiled as if he had just emptied stale beer into the sink.
It was 1990, only a few months before the carcass twitched its last—when one of history's largest and most powerful empires died with a whimper. I was on assignment in the Baltic States for National Geographic when Soviet Premier Mikhail Gorbachev's policy of glasnost (free speech) first popped the bottle and released a thousand genies. Speech, indignation, and opinions billowed out like steam. (See Nat Geo pictures of the rise and fall of the Soviet Union.)
The Soviet Union, technically based on the ideals of mutual aid and human camaraderie, had not flowered as planned in Russian soil. Those who ruled the Soviet Union distrusted and feared their citizens; the citizens, in turn, distrusted and feared their government. And yet this tenuous empire survived for nearly 70 years and three generations, dominating the 20th century. (Also see "Why Many Young Russians See a Hero in Putin.")
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (U.S.S.R.) was forged by a band of left-wing radicals, the Bolsheviks, who led an armed attack on the Russian government in February 1917, storming the Tsar's winter palace in Petrograd, now known as St. Petersburg. It was first formalized in 1922, with Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, Armenia, Georgia, Moldova, and Azerbaijan as members. In 1940 it forcibly annexed the independent Baltic States of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania.
A Narrow Escape
I was born in Estonia during the Nazi occupation of the Baltics. In the summer of 1944 my family and I fled from the approaching Red Army along with thousands of other Baltic people. Many of us were crammed into German hospital ships and troop carriers heading west. Soviet dive-bombers sank one ship, the Moero, killing more than 1,500 people. When the Allied invasion of Europe reached Germany in 1945, we were waiting, hiding in the hayloft of a kind German farmer along with 20 Hungarians.
In the Estonia we left behind, the returning Soviets brutalized the population with a roundup of artists, teachers, intellectuals, and suspiciously successful farmers, eventually consigning more than 10,000 people to Siberian labor camps. In Ukraine, Soviet policies led to the starvation of millions. For the following 50 years the citizens of the Soviet Republics found themselves press-ganged to serve the interests of an experimental state led by Moscow. At the end of World War II the Soviets solidified another buffer zone of defense, seizing control of Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, East Germany, Romania, and Bulgaria—the final pieces of the "Soviet Bloc."
My five assignments in the Soviet Union for the Geographic were stimulating but often contentious. The Soviet agency assigned to aid foreign journalists, Novosti, was a fountain of misinformation. Reason held no currency against dogma; black was often offered as white. And, throughout its more than 70-year effort to retool human behavior, the keepers of the U.S.S.R. could never satisfactorily answer this fundamental question: If communism is a superior economic philosophy, why are so many people struggling to escape from communist nations, and none struggling to get in?
Most people in the Soviet Bloc, although deeply patriotic, found socialist life dispiriting and eventually pointless. To ensure loyalty, the government inundated its people with alternate versions of history, the "fake news" of their day. But the contradictions between actual policy and the Soviet constitution, which promised abundant freedoms, were seldom hidden from view. Lies were blatant. Hypocrisy was part of the bureaucratic skill set. Neighbor reported on neighbor. In the Baltic States, border police raked the sand along the seashores each night so they could follow the trail of footprints left by would-be defectors.
Fall of the Wall
The most potent symbol of the Soviets' distrust of their citizens was the Berlin Wall, built in 1961 by Soviet-controlled East Germany (officially known as the German Democratic Republic, or GDR). The purpose of the wall was clear: to keep the people of the GDR in, and Western influence out. The Soviets called it the "anti-Fascist protective barrier." In the following decades nearly a hundred East Germans, attempting to breach the Wall and escape to the West, were gunned down by their own border police.
At its apex in the 1970s, the U.S.S.R. comprised nearly 300 million people and 100 distinct ethnic groups, stretching across 11 time zones on the largest landmass on Earth. It developed nuclear weapons, sent cosmonauts into space, and generated power, pride, and fear. As Soviet life softened in the 1970s and '80s, and advances in communications technology made it more difficult for the state to hide its flaws, Premier Mikhail Gorbachev attempted to stave off social revolution by granting glasnost (free speech) and perestroika (restructuring). The pot simmered.
National Geographic Senior Writer Mike Edwards, assigned to cover Moscow in the late 1980s, found the change dramatic. "Even five years ago you couldn't have a casual, candid conversation with an ordinary person," Edwards told a Geographic archivist. "It just would not happen. He would be terrified to be seen talking to a foreigner. Now you get to Moscow and people can't stop talking to you. They want to tell you how bad life is. The frustration that builds up in people, and the anger that builds up standing in line for hours—200 people standing in line to buy ten eggs. And so you find people screaming at each other. Sometimes fist fights."
On November 9, 1989, a colleague at National Geographic headquarters in Washington came charging down the hall with news that West Germans were literally dancing on top of the Berlin Wall by the Brandenburg Gate. Twelve hours later I was in Germany, hustling toward the gap in the Wall at Invaliden Street, where a small bridge spanned the River Spree. Moving toward me in the near darkness were families with small children, mothers pushing strollers, teenagers dressed in pre-washed jeans, businessmen in shabby suits. All streaming through the open gate.
The reality nearly knocked me to my knees, and I sat down and wept. They were East Germans, yes, but in my mind they were also Estonians and Ukrainians, Russians and Armenians. Crowds of jubilant West Germans applauded and shouted welcome, pressing flowers into the hands of their brothers and sisters. Geographic photographers David Harvey, Jim Nachtwey, and Anthony Suau documented one of history's most dramatic moments.
Free at Last
The tide spread quickly. In 1991, during an attempted coup by hardline Communist legislators to keep the Soviet Union together, Russian President Boris Yeltsin climbed onto a military tank in Moscow's Red Square to denounce the coup and yank the Russian Republic out of the Union. Within days, the 12 other constituent republics of the empire, from Estonia in the north to Moldova in the south, followed the Russian defection and declared independence.
A raw period of elation, optimism, chaos, corruption, and unregulated capitalism followed the fall of the empire. Oligarchs and con men erected their own castles, and vendors flush with black-market consumables clogged the streets of Moscow. Dissidents and intellectuals celebrated freedom, but much of the Russian population considered free market capitalism a gift that came without an operator's manual.
Now we mark the 25th year since the end of what U.S. President Ronald Reagan called the "Evil Empire" in 1984. But when former KGB agent Vladimir Putin consolidated power in Russia 20 years later, he lamented the fall of the Soviet Union as "the most catastrophic event of the 20th century." And the Russian people, humiliated by their fall from global prominence, once again lean toward authoritarian governance and the nostalgic rituals of the Russia Orthodox Church.
Some say the winds of change in post-empire Russia have stoked the fire beneath Western nations that long for economic and social stability. Others lament that the world is shifting toward a stingy isolationism, erecting new walls and uplifting potential strongmen to high office. Empires rise and fall, and few retain their luster. But the demise of the Soviet Union, though now lamented in some quarters, ended a bitter, misguided chapter in human endeavor.


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Marshall, Gulley arrested, accused of stealing campaign signs
Rick Marshall isn't planning on letting a little thing like being arrested by his own department thwart his campaign to become the county's next sheriff.
Rick Marshall isn't planning on letting a little thing like being arrested by his own department thwart his campaign to become the county's next sheriff.
The current assistant sheriff and leading candidate to replace Sheriff Tony DeMeo in November's election held a 30-minute press conference Thursday night to make public his side of the story.
Marshall and longtime county volunteer Ben Gulley were arrested Tuesday evening after they were caught with stolen campaign signs in their possession.
According to declarations of arrest released Wednesday, the men were caught on videotape destroying and stealing signs aimed at defeating Marshall in his bid to become sheriff.
Marshall told a collection of local and Las Vegas media outlets that he believes he did not break the law by removing signs from private property, nor did he resist arrest when apprehended for allegedly doing so illegally.
Two longtime Pahrump residents and property owners, Jan Jensen and Erik Peterson, joined Marshall at the press conference. Marshall's criminal defense attorney, Josh Tomsheck was also there.
Marshall described how he typically checks on his campaign signs four or more times a week, after work and often with a campaign volunteer. He said that a number of property owners previously gave him permission to remove negative campaign signs from their properties if Marshall saw them there.
"Prior to the events on Tuesday, there were several requests from property owners for the removal of signs that were placed on their private property by trespassers," Marshall said at the press conference.
Later he reiterated that statement, saying, "Several of them (property owners) were aware of the group that opposes me and said if you see any of these signs on my property, take them off. The signs were placed where they were blocking my signs and we removed them."
Sheriff's investigators had already targeted Marshall and Gulley before their arrests after receiving a report on Sunday from Steven Lee, a 15-year Pahrump resident and the president of Citizens to Elect an Ethical Nye County Sheriff, a political action committee.
Lee says he told police he suspected Marshall and Gulley of stealing and destroying between 40 and 50 of his political signs. The signs in question have the words "Anybody But Rick" printed on them.
Lee said he was unaware that any property owners were upset about his signs being on their property.
Marshall was charged with conspiracy to commit a crime, possession of stolen property and resisting arrest. Gulley was charged with conspiracy to commit a crime and possession of stolen property, according to police reports, which note that more charges are pending. Both were booked into the Nye County Detention Center, but were released on their own recognizance by a justice of the peace two hours later. A check of jail records showed Marshall's bail was $3,780 and Gulley's was $3,140.
The men were arrested at about 7:15 p.m. at the intersection of Blagg Road and Comstock Circle. Lee says he was doing surveillance in the area, watching his signs, when he observed Marshall take an "Anybody But Rick" sign out of the ground and throw it. "He then had observed Ben Gulley pick up the sign and put the sign into their vehicle … a dark Bronco towing a trailer with Rick Marshall campaign signs in the back," police reports say.
A patrol deputy made a vehicle stop on the Bronco Marshall was driving. Gulley, 76, said he was shocked when at least half a dozen other sheriff's cars descended onto the scene. Deputies pulled their weapons and ordered the men out of the truck.
"They hollered 'don't move, don't move' and I seen them take their guns out. I put my hands up, but I couldn't put them up because I was sitting there and I thought, 'they're going to shoot us!'" he said. "I said what the f—k is going on Rick, they're going to shoot us. Then I started to open the door and I just fell on the ground with my hands open."
Gulley, who has worked as an unpaid volunteer for the sheriff's office for more than 10 years, said the experience was terrifying. Marshall apologized to Gulley at Thursday's press conference.
"I would like to publicly apologize to Ben Gulley for his treatment by the Nye County Sheriff's Office … Ben certainly did not deserve the treatment that he received, and I can assure you, that is not the way we run the Nye County Sheriff's Office, nor does it reflect the high standards set by Sheriff DeMeo."
Gulley told the PVT that he did not witness Marshall resist arrest, but did see deputies get physical with Marshall.
"I heard him say 'no, no, they're too tight,' when they were putting the handcuffs on him and when I turned around they were manhandling him. They were throwing him around and I was like 'what are you guys treating Rick like that for? What are you doing? Why are you doing this to him?' Last time I seen him they threw him into the back of the car and he hit his head. I said 'you guys can't do this, you can't do this to him!"
According to Marshall's arrest report, deputies allege it was he who got physical first.
"He attempted to use his feet to take deputies off balance and grabbed onto the metal bar on the trailer in an attempt to prevent them from putting his hands in handcuffs," according to the report. "Subsequently, once placed in the vehicle he used his feet to keep NCSO deputies from closing the door."
Marshall said during his press conference that video of his arrest would show he did not resist. His attorney called the resisting arrest charge "ludicrous."
"There was probably eight or nine law enforcement officers involved in the arrest of these two individuals. Mr. Gulley is 76 years old and Rick is 55 years old. And they were both known to all of the people involved. I think the idea, the accusation that there was a resist to the level that would ultimately lead to a charge is ludicrous," Tomsheck said.
After the men were detained, police conducted a consent search of the Bronco and found two "Anybody But Rick" signs underneath Marshall campaign signs stacked on the trailer.
Gulley said he and Marshall were originally booked on multiple felony charges. But the felony charges were eventually replaced with misdemeanors and lower bail amounts.
Gulley was placed on administrative leave Wednesday. He was forced to return a sheriff's vehicle and items he normally used in the line of duty — Gulley often served as a transport person for criminal evidence as well as performing other tasks, including running the sheriff's prescription drug disposal program.
Gulley resigned his volunteer position Thursday, though he told superiors at the sheriff's office he would not be back following his arrest.
"They want me to sit for an IA (internal affairs investigation). I told them I won't be coming back," he said on Wednesday.
Gulley refused to discuss the allegations that he stole or destroyed Lee's signs, saying that he needed to talk to a lawyer first.
"I don't think I did anything wrong. I just don't know. I'm confused. If I did something wrong, I want a court to tell me. I will take any punishment I deserve," he said.
According to his arrest report, Gulley told investigators that Marshall "had told him to pull the signs up and told him that they had permission of owners to do so." The report goes on to say that Gulley admitted to taking signs on numerous other occasions before Tuesday's incident.
Sources tell the Pahrump Valley Times that Marshall was also placed on administrative leave by DeMeo, who is traveling outside the country. However, Marshall, who was left in charge in DeMeo's absence, was able to convince DeMeo to change his mind.
At his press conference, Marshall said he did not know how DeMeo would deal with the incident when he returns.
"We have not discussed the incident," he said.
Lt. Frank Jarvis, when reached for comment, said he could not release any details beyond what was contained in Marshall's declaration of arrest, per DeMeo's orders. A phone call to DeMeo was not returned.
Marshall was back at work Wednesday morning. One source inside the department said the implications of his return to the office were "astronomical."
"He has access to the evidence against him. He has the only key to the evidence room," the source said.
Lee admits that he and Marshall have had past disagreements.
Lee is a former Clark County School District police officer. His now-deceased father, Don Lee, ran for Nye County sheriff twice, once in 1998 and again in 2002, the younger Lee said. Lee said he wanted to work for Nye County and applied to become a deputy.
"Rick ran me through the ringer," Lee said. "My father ran for sheriff two times and he (Marshall) didn't like it."
Marshall said Thursday he had no idea why Lee was targeting him, but that the negative attacks on his campaign have been frustrating.
"I knew it was going to be negative, but not like this," he said.
Marshall faces a number of opponents in his bid for sheriff, but is clearly a leading candidate, winning the endorsement of DeMeo earlier this year. However, his campaign has been anything but smooth.
In January his son-in-law, NCSO Sgt. Michael Horn, was arrested for stealing narcotics from the sheriff's evidence room and from at least two local residents. Horn's criminal case is pending. Coincidentally, Gulley's job overseeing the prescription drug disposal program makes him a key witness in that case.
Horn's arrest is not the only black mark on Marshall's campaign. His brother, James Marshall, faces child pornography charges after his arrest in March 2012. His trial isn't scheduled to take place until after the November election.
Asked how he plans to lead such a fractured agency should he emerge unscathed and win in November, Marshall said it will take a cultural shift from inside the department.
District Attorney Brian Kunzi could not be reached for comment, but sources say he is planning to turn over the cases against Marshall and Gulley to the Nevada Attorney General's Office.
So far no official charges have been filed against Marshall or Gulley.


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Woot! Just renewed my subscription to WordPress and I think that I made the right decision because I have been busy with ideas flying through my head to start writing again. I know that I haven't been keeping up with things as much as I should, however, I've had a lot of things going on in-game and in RL to keep me from focusing on what I want to do. I have always loved to write and the problem for the last year has been the fact that I was trying to keep up with progression that doesn't exactly match up with my playstyle and turning a game into a job isn't exactly my forte.
Hit the ten-month mark on my quitting smoking, however, I'm still vaping and needing to cut back on the nicotine content some more as time goes on. I know that I actually quit smoking for seven years and went back to it, which was totally stupid on my part. This time around it has been kind of interesting because I find myself still craving a cigarette every now and again. Oh well, I'll kick the habit completely in 2017 and watch my insurance costs drop some more.
October hasn't exactly been my favorite month and November usually follows suite with the same kind of stuff. This year I was on pins and needles for most of October because my son was going in to have some surgery done and he's never undergone any kind of major medical issue like this before. Almost two years ago he hurt his shoulder and neck while moving some furniture at his house and has been in pain most of the time since then. What they found was that he had done damage to the vertebrae in his neck and those needed to be fused. The surgery was done yesterday and I couldn't concentrate on anything else – terrible time for a parent when you know your child is having this sort of thing going on. Oh well, it's too soon to actually tell how the surgery went, I just hope that he isn't in pain all of the time anymore when things get healed up.
November is when I celebrate the fact that I am still on the planet because I had my aorta-femoral by-pass done fifteen years ago on November 2nd. Two years of staying at home and not being able to work was rather enjoyable when I look back on it, however, at the time, it was borderline maddening because I had always been a workaholic. Still had a heart attack five months after the fact due to a blood clot and have been fine since then – strange how that all worked out. Now, if they could only come up with a cure for my chronic vertigo, I'd be a totally happy camper. Yeah, getting old is a pain the butt, however, the alternative doesn't sound like much fun.
I apologize for all of the personal information there. It does help me to cope with things when I can write it down and reflect back on it for a while and consider how lucky I have been over the years.
Now, back to World of Warcraft!
Finally got my main up to 110 and it was truly an adventure. I haven't gotten everything maxed out or anything remotely close to that, just plodding along and enjoying the stuff that I am doing. Of course, I haven't given up on my alts yet and probably won't because I know that we have at least two years of Legion to dink around with before Blizzard springs another on us, if they make another one. I know that Legion has been fun and the storylines have been pretty good although I am a bit confused with some of them – that's just me, I suppose. Sometimes if the Lore gets too far off base and my mind starts boggling, I go back and do some research on it to see where I went wrong or Blizzard took some liberties.
I am also playing more classes this time around because I want to see all of the Class Halls and to see how things are so much different. I have a new found love for my warlocks even if they are supposed to be "crap" as well as my mages – first time I have really spent a great deal of time on my clothies. I've also rolled a gnome hunter and I have never laughed so hard in my life – I thought the gnome DK was hysterical, well, the hunter definitely has that title now. I was a bit disheartened with my baby druids because they hadn't reached level 40 yet when Legion dropped and I normally play Balance – well, Blizzard decided that I had to be locked into playing Feral until they hit 40 – let's just say that it didn't go well.
I had 25 capped characters when WoD dropped and I have 25 of my characters at 100 for Legion. Well, I wouldn't have quite that many if it hadn't of been for the invasions that they had prior to the new expansion being launched. Now, I am spending a lot of time backing up into Draenor (which I still don't really care for) and trying to get them caught up with professions before slogging my way through Legion trying to get things done there.
Speaking of Legion, I don't think that I have ever seen Professions as being such a pain the arse as they are in Legion. I usually get my professions maxed out pretty quickly, however, I don't think that they have had everything so gated before. It definitely sucks. Would I recommend WoW to a new player right now with Legion being the focal point – don't think so. I always thought that BC was grindy and almost mean-spirited to the players back in the day, however, I think that Blizzard has beaten that down with Legion. I know that some people have already gotten burned out and quit the game – I'll keep going until I just can't deal with it anymore.
Well, that's enough of my prattling for the day – time to head out and write some stories to add to my group of characters. Now that I have my computers stabilized again, its' time to recreate my MRP stuff too – I wasn't going to keep rewriting them when every time I turned around the computers would die and I'd have to do it all over again.


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Auto sales boomed through much of 2016, and while sales have cooled in recent months, the industry is looking to keep its streak alive by rolling out a bounty of new models. At the 2016 Los Angeles Auto Show, car buyers and enthusiasts can see the unveiling of 50 new or redesigned models.
Some 20 world or U.S. debuts include cars from Alfa Romeo, Mazda, Mini, Subaru and Volkswagen and a compact SUV from Jeep. The show will also feature the current models from domestic and foreign manufacturers.
With the economy and gas prices stable, car shoppers have shown a powerful appetite for SUVs and trucks. While lower gas prices are good for the wallet, they have dampened interest in the release of new electric cars, which will be creating less buzz this year even though the Chevrolet Bolt, with 234 miles of range, will be on display.
Auto shows are perfect for car shoppers in the market for a new set of wheels or anyone planning for a future purchase. Press unveilings started Nov. 16 and included everything from "Star Wars" storm troopers to live bands and fireworks. The public show runs Nov. 18-27.
2018 Alfa Romeo Stelvio
Just a year after re-entering the U.S. market with the stunning Giulia sports sedan, Alfa Romeo is rolling out a luxury SUV, which debuts at the L.A. show. The 2018 Alfa Romeo Stelvio will be offered in a wide variety of powertrains from a muscular V6 to a fuel-efficient gas sipper. The Italian carmaker's sales strategy matches those of other high-end manufacturers, such as Porsche and Audi, which have gained market share by jumping on the SUV bandwagon. Delays are common from Alfa Romeo, but the Stelvio is planned for production early next year. Sources estimate the price will be $55,000.
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The biggest in a line of small cars, the Mini Countryman has been completely redesigned and given a growth hormone for 2017. Making its debut at the show, the Countryman is now bigger and more muscular-looking on the outside and roomier inside. The German carmaker, based on the British brand, has added the option of a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) setup with an all-electric range of 25 miles. For those preferring a more conventional powertrain, a pair of gas engines are available along with an all-wheel-drive option for all models. Another interesting option: an electric tailgate unit that unfolds from the trunk and provides picnic seating. The new gas-power Countryman goes on sale in March with the PHEV version available later in the year. Pricing has not yet been announced.
2018 Nissan Versa Note and Juke Black Pearl Edition
Nissan is taking the wraps off two new models of their popular small cars at the L.A. show. The 2018 Versa Note, a fuel-efficient four-door, will have new front-end styling, color palette and wheel designs. Its 1.6-liter 4-cylinder engine, matched with a new transmission, boosts fuel economy to 39 mpg highway. Meanwhile, the small SUV Juke introduces a Black Pearl Edition with unusual black styling inside and out and a complement of white accents. The 2018 Juke SV carries a sticker price of $22,550 for the front-wheel-drive model and $24,400 for the all-wheel-drive. Meanwhile, the Japanese manufacturer will have two additional world debuts, one of which will be a high-performance version of the old favorite economy car, the Sentra. Additionally, the Rogue (pictured) will be released in a Star Wars Limited Edition.
2017 Jeep Renegade Desert Hawk
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2017 Mazda CX-5
Mazda doesn't have the brand recognition of its Toyota or Honda counterparts, but its cars are consistently reliable, affordable and thrilling to drive. The Japanese automaker has continuously reinvented the top-selling CX-5 since its introduction in 2012, and it is now launching its redesigned CX-5 at the Los Angeles Auto Show. The 2017 Mazda CX-5 is a sleeker breed: lower to the ground, with a longer hood and streamlined headlights. Under the hood, the crossover is keeping the current 2.0-liter and 2.5-liter four-cylinder gasoline engines and a six-speed transmission. In one changeup, the model will have a diesel engine option starting the second half of 2017, a rarity in the U.S. market. No pricing information is available yet.
[In the market for new wheels? Check out NerdWallet's guide to buying a new car]
2017 Smart Fortwo Cabrio
Smart, part of the German Daimler AG family, is a city-dweller's car — subcompact 2- and 4-seaters that can park just about anywhere but look decidedly tiny on a freeway in this SUV-crazy country. Smart was an early player in the current crop of plug-in electric cars, with its first cars hitting 18 markets in 2009. Smart debuted its fourth-generation electric drive in Paris in September, and it is offering the first U.S. glimpse at the L.A. Auto Show. Unveilings include the Smart Fortwo Cabrio, with a fold-down roof, which the maker says is the only electric cabriolet available. It has a reported range on full charge of 99 miles, less than half of what the new Chevrolet Bolt will offer next year but more than sufficient for in-city commuting. All the Smart models are available in both electric and combustion engines. The car will hit the U.S. market in December. The price has not been announced, but Car and Driver estimates it will be in the mid-$20,000 range.
2017 Honda Civic Si
We all know the Civic, right? This old favorite is getting some new sheen as it rolls out new models and makeovers as part of its 10th generation. The Honda Civic Type R prototype was shown off in Paris in September, and now the Japanese maker has unveiled a prototype of its sporty 2017 edition of the Civic Si in Los Angeles. The high-performance Si will be available in 2017 as a sedan or coupe, with a turbocharged engine and a "short-shifting" manual transmission. The Civic is in its 44th year, and Honda is projecting that 2016 will be its biggest sales year yet — but the overhaul of the complete Civic lineup shows the company isn't resting on its laurels. The prototype Model R is also on display. No price has been announced for the new models.
Land Rover's Discovery models have always been large, luxurious SUVs, built with powerful off-road performance. The British automaker's newest, however, sheds some pounds for a more refined look and some cushy perks. Debuting at the L.A. show, the 2018 Land Rover Discovery impresses with lightweight aluminum construction, an arsenal of semi-autonomous driving features, and a sleeker and lighter body shell. Its interior is where the model shines: equipped with room for three rows of seating — adjustable via smartphone, individually heated and organized in descending stadium height positions — a sports-inspired steering wheel, and a Wi-Fi hotspot system. Despite its family-friendly face-lift, the off-road champion retains plenty of power, featuring JLR's 340-hp, 3.0-liter supercharged V6, and an eight-speed automatic transmission. Available at dealerships in mid-2017, it's predicted to start around $50,000.
Volkswagen could use some good news, as it works through the self-inflicted damage of its diesel emissions scandal. So in Los Angeles, it provides another look at its newest SUV model, the Atlas, which was first unveiled in late October. The Atlas, to be built at the German automaker's assembly plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee, will be VW's biggest SUV yet, joining the compact Tiguan (MSRP from $24,995) and the midsize Touareg (MSRP from $49,495) — with a price tag expected to fall somewhere in between. The three-row Atlas will seat up to seven adults and will come in two engine options: the 2.0 TSI four-cylinder turbo and the 3.6 VR6, both with eight-speed automatic transmission. The SUV is front-wheel drive, with an all-wheel-drive option for the VR6 engine. It's expected to be available in spring 2017.
Philip Reed is a staff writer at NerdWallet, a personal finance website. Email: [email protected].
Nicole Arata is a staff writer at NerdWallet, a personal finance website. Email: [email protected].
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