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Glad to hear the advice--We're getting ready to buy a new vacuum and have two big black dogs that think their job in life is to shed fur so Mama has something "to do". I had been leaning toward a Dyson anyway....
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Glad to hear the advice--We're getting ready to buy a new vacuum and have two big black dogs that think their job in life is to shed fur so Mama has something "to do". I had been leaning toward a Dyson anyway....
Perhaps the dealer might have a suggestion?
Oh yes...if you have animals that shed, the Dyson Animal is the one to get. That's the one we have. I just love it!
I have a Hoover. My first one was around for 13 years. And since my cleaning crew consists of people 12yo and under... Let's just say it was abused. Sucked up water (accidentally) and after drying out ran GREAT! Sucked up toys, pieces of denim (I had to take it apart and pull the denim out of the motor with a pair of pliers). And soooo much other stuff. I retired it and replaced it with a bagless model which I LOVE.
They have them at Lowe's--don't know if they have the best price.Originally Posted by Loretta
The vacuum cleaner repairman in Dade City, FL said to avoid Dysons because parts were expensive and hard to get. So - I have no personal experience with them.
I like my bagless Hoovers, but I don't have the kind of carpet you are talking about.
They do a good job of getting the cat hair up. Mine are between five and 10 years old, but what I was not impressed with was the very short attachment hose.
Have heard nothing but good reports on the Dyson I saw some at Lowes
I have a Dyson too, and wouldn't part with it. My daughter has the one with the big ball near the base, and she loves it. Over here, QVC (UK) have just started selling them so you could check out the USA versionOriginally Posted by Loretta
I have a Meile. I love it, but it is very spendy. Don't know if I would spend the money again, but I don't think I"ll have to. It's a workhorse and the best thing is it is very quiet. I can actually hear my little phone ring when I'm operating it. It's very lightweight and doesn't bother my shoulder the way my old blue Kirby does when I use that beast.
Thanks for all the replies. I am hoping to receive more replies before I decide what to do. I am so afraid of making the wrong decision and being stuck with something I don't like and/or doesn't do the job. I keep seeing this quote flashing in front of my eyes "Paralysis by analysis". That's me in a nutshell.


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WEEI's Rob Bradford is reporting that the Red Sox are closing in on a contract with free agent C/1B Mike Napoli, believed to be for three years. Financial terms haven't yet been reported, and no one for the Red Sox (obviously) has commented.
Napoli put up an .812 OPS (and 24 homers) in an injury-plagued 2012.
If the deal is consummated, Winter Meetings will have kicked off with a bang for the Red Sox, who are expected to be one of the more active teams in Nashville.
Via @redsoxstats, Bill James' magic numbers project Napoli to maintain a .347 OBP and hit 97 home runs over the next four years, before a sharp decline. Perhaps we'll see if Fenway will inflate those numbers if he is indeed Boston bound.
UPDATE: According to Jon Heyman, the deal is three years, $39 million.

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text: For 93-99 people - are your crank sensor connectors reversible? Can you put the top one on the bottom one and vice versa? If not, I think someone might have spliced some wierd connectors on mine... Just want to make sure. I couldn't start it today after some minor work, and that was the only thing I unplugged... so I checked it, and low and behold the two were switched. Runs fine after I fixed that.......http://cadillacforums.com/forums/images/smilies/hmmm.gif


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The Asia Foundation Releases Third Corruption Benchmarking Survey
Ulaanbaatar, April 26, 2007 — Public expectations and confidence in the new Anti-Corruption Agency are high
The Asia Foundation released the third, semi-annual corruption benchmarking survey, a corruption-monitoring tool that is engaging people and institutions to reduce corruption in Mongolia. Davasureen, TAF Project Manager, presented the survey results during a press conference, where the Anti-Corruption Agency's (ACA) senior managers and civil society leaders discussed survey findings and their initiatives to reduce and deter corruption, including the ACA's new efforts to prevent corruption. (The survey is available for download in English and Mongolian.)
"The people of Mongolia expect the newly established ACA to effectively reduce and deter corruption. The survey confirms that Mongolians believe that the ACA's implementation of the anti-corruption law passed last year could advance integrity in the public and private sectors. But, the honeymoon will be cut short by inaction. Effective action requires a solid partnership between government, civil society and media. The job can only be done jointly," said Mr. William Infante, Director of the Foundation's Mongolia office.
The major change from the prior survey results is a substantial decline in calls for stronger punitive measures. This number has declined from 50 to approximately 30 percent. This may be correlated with the view that anti-corruption efforts will only target low and middle-level public servants, while elites and senior officials escape from punishment. The survey also indicates that corruption is a potentially becoming more accepted as an increasing fraction of the population expressed a greater willingness to pay a bribe in order to overcome problems.
The Asia Foundation's semi-annual corruption benchmarking survey monitors the scope, incidence and impact of corruption at the household level. It monitors perceptions of corruption as well as the impact of corruption on the household. The first survey was conducted in March 2006, and established the baseline against which this and other surveys will monitor changes. The survey comprised 600 respondents in Ulaanbaatar and four provinces: Selenge, Uvs, Uvurkhangai, and Sukhbaatar.
Advancing pride and integrity in the public and private sector is the goal of The Asia Foundation's Anti-Corruption Support Project, an initiative to reduce the incidence and scope of corruption, to strengthen institutional and public capacity to combat corruption, and to empower Mongolians to demand transparency and accountability. The Asia Foundation seeks to influence public perception and engage civil society, the private sector and government in combating corruption by building public and civic institutional capacity, raising awareness and fueling intolerance.
The Asia Foundation, in cooperation with Sant Maral/ Transparency International with support from the U.S. Agency for International Development, will conduct semi-annual surveys over the next two years to assess the scope, incidence and impact of corruption, which will serve as a barometer of Mongolia's success in combating corruption.
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One tip to get a little extra performance out of your SolidWorks system is to turn off your Add-ins.
For those that don't know, Add-ins are software extras bundled with different packages of SolidWorks or supplied by third-party Gold Partners. They let us pull parts from a huge pre-defined library of bolts, screws, washers and nuts (Toolbox add-in), create photorealistic renders (PhotoView 360 add-in), simulate stress and strain on assemblies (Simulation add-in), or create automatic first article inspection reports (InspectionXpert add-in), all inside the SolidWorks interface. They're useful, powerful, unique tools, but most folks don't need them on all the time.
To see what Add-ins you have currently on, go to your 'Tools' pull-down menu, then all the way down to 'Add-ins…' Depending on your package of SolidWorks, you'll see a window somewhat like this:
There are two columns of boxes you can check; the left hand column is what's on now, the right hand is what will be loaded each time you start SolidWorks. I've got my Routing, Flow and 3D mouse add-ins loaded, but the last time I used Flow was for my convertible top-down/top-up MPG blog post many days ago. So why is that bad?
Another tool we use in Tech Support is perfmon, short for Performance Monitor. If you go to a command line in Windows and type 'perfmon', it will come up. (Searching for 'Performance Monitor' in Windows 7 also brings it up.) If you really want to know how much memory a program is using, this is the tool to use, not the wimpy CTRL-ALT-DEL Task Manager, (which isn't short for anything at all). Perfmon lets you track literally hundreds of real-time variables about your machine on the same graph. I'll just show you one to make it cleaner:
Since the graph wraps around horizontally, the red vertical line is when now is.
I've hit the green plus button at the top of Perfmon, then added a counter for 'Process', 'Virtual Bytes', for the process SLDWORKS.exe. This is a good representation of the memory my SolidWorks session is using, and at last count the blue line is flat at 834,183,168 bytes, or about 834 MB, which is in the range I'd expect with no part or assembly files open.
(Note: the counter is reporting in bytes, which are in the millions, but the graph only goes to 100. You can right click on the graph and choose 'Properties' to multiply the counter by a scale, and you'll need to, to make your line fit on the screen.)
But what happens now if I turn on other SolidWorks Add-ins, like the Toolbox or PhotoView 360? Let's see:
WOW! Look at that huge jump in memory usage!
Okay, I'm being a good scientist and not adjusting my graph scales to make the results more sensational, but I'll change the scaling just this one time so you can see:
I closed SolidWorks to clear the memory before repeating the test, which is why the line starts off so low. The first jog in the vertical line is where SolidWorks paused to make me hit 'OK' on a pop-up window, and then it loaded completely and flatlined at around 850 MB, which is close to last time. I hit the Toolbox and Toolbox Browser add-ins and it jumped to around 950 MB. Adding PhotoView 360 made no noticeable change, but adding CircuitWorks did, taking it around 1000 MB of memory usage.
Some people don't even work on files that are 150 MB in size, and just turning on a few add-ins took the same amount of memory, for no benefit? And a larger SolidWorks footprint to load means longer start-up times, longer shut down times, and less memory to do anything else on the computer.
Lesson learned: I'm going to turn off my Routing and Flow Simulation add-ins, not just now but in the start-up column too, and only turn them on when I need them. But I'm going to leave my 3D mouse add-in on because I use it every time I'm designing something (if you've never used a 3D Connexion mouse with your SolidWorks, please give us a call for a test drive- it will reduce wear on your mouse hand and change how you do everything). With those changes, my SolidWorks clocks in at a svelte 800 MB and loads about as fast as I can make it:
So turn off those add-ins you don't need! Your RAM will thank you, and so will your co-workers if you're sharing Professional or Premium licenses over a network. (Having just one Premium add-in on pulls an entire Premium license from the pool.) That's all, and see you next time!
P.S.: Okay, I know you're wondering about it, so here you go. Every one of my SolidWorks add-ins turned on at once:
(That's 1325 MB of memory taken up, half a gigabyte more of my memory taken up than before, without a single file open!)


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|2012-10-14, 19:52
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In the hands of a better writer, this ending to Yamamoto could have carried a lot more meaning/feeling. If you took the chapter out of its line-up and looked at in a void, it actually is rather well constructed. The problem is that in context its just abrupt and feels rather rushed, the strongest character in the series gets one shot. His struggling even in death in this chapter would have made a lot more sense if he'd struggled prior to said death but... that didn't happen. And the flashback while good, again in a void, needed more than what little was given to it. (Maybe will finally get to see Shunsui's bankai... and, this may just be me, but it really needs to be him who delivers the finishing blow on Bach. The old man is Shunsui's entire motivation in becoming who he is (and wasn't he said to have an an unique zanpakuto since there's two of them? Wouldn't surprise me if he and the other two-weapons captain weren't the special war potentials... or Unohana.) and Ichigo has as much connection this story as Chad and neither have any place killing Bach.)
Meh. I can't even figure out how stealing the old man's bankai of all things makes any sense. For the other captains I can sort of understand as they are usually weapons and take the form of weapons in some form or another (and usually only have one form and are not physically a part of the wielder or their history), but aside from the one sword form, his bankai is him. How would Bach use any of the other abilities aside from East/North (I don't even see how North is an aspect... all he does is cut, which he could do with East anyway)? The the other two (or at least his necromancy) are seemingly interlinked with the old man's own thousands of years of history, bloodshed, and regret. And it seems a little overly convenient that a man so intertwined with his weapon to the point where they form the weapon together, would so easily have his "other half" stolen.
The only thing that would really salvage this into something sensible would be if Bach trying to use the Bankai ends up completely backfiring in the form of Yamamoto's spirit usurping control of it and killing him. Otherwise its just... stupid? It takes Yama who knows how many thousands of years and countless lives to become that fire demon, and Bach will just pop it out like a Power Ranger badge and gain all its powers? The heck?
|2012-10-15, 17:48
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So, in the Zanpaktou rebellion arc, Muramasa was persuading each Zanpaktou to betray their owners based on the premise that each Zanpaktou felt their owner had a flaw that was holding them back. (Hitsugaya's sword didnt believe such a young/inexperienced person could be his master, Mastumoto's sword was so much like her they didn't get along, etc etc.)
And when the Zanpaktou spirits left the blade, the whole swords lost their abilities. They were just objects. So, theoretically, it should be impossible to STEAL one aspect of the spirit dwelling within the swords. The Sternritter should either SEAL the swords of the users, or take all the powers that come wiht it...not just steal one form the blade can take...since that should be impossible...but w/e
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Sean Q did bring up a good point that the scene with Hitsugaya made it seem like his zanpakuto had totally lost its power and soul. So maybe when bankai is stolen, it does steal everything, and they only steal bankai because it's necessary to know the sword's full potential before taking its power. I guess the only other explanation is that the zanpakuto is stunned or unconscious right after its bankai is taken.
|2012-10-15, 21:37
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If Ichigo's "power" is tantamount to Ichigo's "soul" and a specific part of his abilities were attached to a specific layer of his soul, then perhaps these Quincy's have used a similar basis of knowledge to develop their bankai stealing method.
Consider this. We can at least all agree on the notion that a zanpakuto's abilities are born from and are connected to the soul of the shinigami. So with that said, what if we entertained the thought of all the key aspects that produce a shinigami's power being composed in layers within the soul? Would it really be so unbelievable within the context of this universe for a method to be developed which would allow for a specific layer of a soul to be extracted?
|2012-10-16, 14:13
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I'd rather see that, but instead will probably see Ichigo save the day - though i really cannot see how the hell his power alone can over come Quincy abilities AND Zanka No Tachi.
North he swings his sword at something, and it reduces it to ashes - through the immense heat...
They aren't the same.
|2012-10-16, 14:30
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I don't know why everyone assumes Ichigo will be able to just "save the day". Kubo has established some realism. Even when Ichigo fought against Aizen in Karakura, he was only able to make one hit only when Aizen had his guard down by being caught by surprise by Yamamoto's kido. He was only able to stand on equal footing when he attained the Final Gatsuga Tensho that Aizen basically allowed by destroying the cleaner.
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Don't see any realism in any of that =p
|2012-10-16, 16:29
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Second Part: That scene with hitsugaya did screw up a lot in terms of how the power stealing is actually working, but then again, so did Yamamoto's terrible explanation on why his Bankai couldn't be stolen--which we found out he was wrong about not too long after.
Anyways, the power to just snatc one state of the zanpaktou without completely taking the spirit of the sword, or the shikai with it, is just silly. Especially since it's the final stage of the sword...one would think you couldn't use it without taking the first stage but eh.
Or Hell, since the Quincy are master researchers and have lots of tecnology, as far as we know, they could have just been researching the captains thi whole time and founda way to mimic/copy the spirits and place said copies into other swords...so they'd have the bankais and whatnot of users--I'd buy that over what we got...but I digress.
Back on topic though, I wonder where that Clown-esque Stern Ritter is. The one that we saw his/her shoes as they were commanding Mayuri's group to kill one another. And I'm still irked that the Mohawk guy was clearly burned up by Yamamoto, but appears in the most recent chapter alive and still in pretty good shape... must be an error
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Currently, no one has yet to claim anything similar about Yamamoto's reiatsu or anyone else for that matter. When Yama-jii powered up, people knew it because they can feel it. What this means is that Yama-jii's power (for as great as it was) still doesn't surpass that first dimension of power that almost everyone in this series has been confined to thus far.
On the other hand, the potential strength of Ichigo's reiatsu does not just simply lie one dimension above everyone else, but two dimensions or more. So unless Kubo decides to somehow nerf the strength Ichigo had once obtained (perhaps through some kind of explanation or by completely ignoring the issue altogether), he should easily be able to destroy Juha Bach if he can regain the power from that final bankai form. Mugetsu doesn't seem neccessary.
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^well said. I hope kubo remembers these power dimensions as well. i'm actually surprised and a bit discouraged that yama-jii's bankai didn't put him at at least the second dimension where evolved aizen was at. it doesn't quite make sense and leads me to believe that kubo will not be consistent with that particularly cool aspect of reiatsu. it would have been sweet if yama-jii and juha bach could get to that level. as well as even shunsui, junshiro and unohana perhaps. even kisuke... but as cool as it would be, i doubt it will happen
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Aug. 25, 2006
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - The 2005 season marked the arrival of the University of Tennessee volleyball team to the most elite level of the NCAA volleyball scene. The Lady Vols went from being an up-and-coming team to a national power, almost overnight. That is what happens when you beat three top-10 teams in a two-week stretch en route to a berth in the NCAA Final Four. In 2006, UT head coach Rob Patrick's players and staff will pack their lunches, don their hardhats and start to work as they strive to continue "Building on Success."
"Last season was validation that we are doing things the right way at Tennessee," Patrick said. "No matter what sport you compete in at UT, you will receive the support needed to compete at the very highest level. Going to the Final Four, especially after reaching the Sweet 16 the year before and being ranked in the top 10 the past two seasons, shows consistency. We've become a Final Four program, rather than just a Final Four team."
Although the season ended as one of the most successful in school history, it certainly did not start out that way. After 15 matches, the Big Orange had already doubled its season loss total from 2004 with six. The Lady Vols, however, refused to succumb to frustration and continued to trust in their abilities. The team put its collective nose to the grindstone and used hard work to propel itself to a 12-2 record prior to entering the NCAA Tournament as the No. 15 national seed and host to the First and Second Rounds.
UT's momentum continued into postseason play, as it made quick work of Jacksonville State and pulled off dramatic wins at home against No. 17 Minnesota and on the road at No. 2 Penn State. After a victory over No. 8 Missouri, the team's miraculous season would move on to the Final Four in San Antonio, Texas, where Tennessee was just one win away from the championship match before its season ended at the hands of eventual national champion No. 3 Washington. The 2005 Lady Vol volleyball team proved that it's not the way you start, but how you finish.
With the graduation of three All-Americans, middle blocker Kristen Andre, setter Julie Knytych and defensive specialist Amy Morris, Patrick will have some big shoes to fill going into the 2006 season. The 10th-year coach, however, feels that the role the trio played off the court may be more difficult to replace than their spectacular play on it.
"No matter how many people you have graduate, whether it is one or five, the dynamic of the team is going to change. One of the things that the senior class provided last year was leadership. They were great competitors and leaders," Patrick said. "It is going to be very important for this team to find an identity, as the seniors have filled that role for three years. That will be crucial if we want to be successful this season.
"Our seniors, Sarah Blum, Kelsey Fautsch and Annie Sadowski, will need to provide a tremendous amount of leadership, along with Laurén LaFlamme and Yuliya Stoyanova," Patrick said. "The other person that has a chance to lead is Chelsea Noble, just because she is a setter and is in a position where attention is focused on her. If she does take on some leadership responsibility, she will do a great job of it, because she commands a lot of respect from her teammates."
Making their job easier will be the highly-heralded class of incoming freshmen. The group of seven was ranked in the nation's top 10 by two different publications during the off-season. Volleyball Magazine voted it as the sixth best in the country, while CVU.com placed it eighth. Patrick is excited about the high potential that this set of prep stars brings to the team.
"On paper, we feel it's the best recruiting class we have ever brought to Tennessee," Patrick said. "Obviously, they have not gotten any match experience here, but the type of volleyball experience, as well as skill and athleticism, that they will bring is better than any other class that we have ever had."
Despite changes in the roster, the team's goals will remain the same: win the SEC championship and go deep into the NCAA Tournament.
"Our goals are always the same," Patrick said. "As a coach, all you can ask from your team is to be as good as it can be. There have been some years in the past when our talent level was not good enough to win the SEC or make the Final Four, but we were successful because we reached our potential as a team. Right now, we have the athletes and players where we should be able to reach those goals. That is the mindset of our players and coaching staff and we feel that, if we can help this team reach its potential, those goals are well within reach."
The 2006 version of the Lady Vol volleyball team will be one without many weak links, as every position returns at least one person with extended experience.
Noble will be faced with the difficult challenge of taking over the setter position for Knytych, UT's all-time and single-season assists leader. The native of Vandalia, Ohio, gained valuable match experience in 2005 when the team moved to a 6-2 offense toward the end of the season. As a freshman, she finished second on the team in assists with 76, including a career-high 28 in a comeback victory over No. 7 Notre Dame in South Bend, Ind., on Nov. 26. She also tallied 225 digs, good for fourth on the team.
"In my time here, we've never been able to afford to give our setter a year to learn the position before having to take over the team, like we have with Chelsea," Patrick said. "Her quickness gives her the ability to get to balls and run our offense from anywhere on the court and makes her one of the premier defensive players on our team."
Incoming freshmen Jena Berg and Jaye Loyd will also vie for time at setter. Berg comes to UT after a successful four-year campaign at Westosha-Central High School in Bristol, Wis. The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel's 2005 Female-Athlete of the Year led the Falcon volleyball team to consecutive state championships (2003, 2004) and took home the 300-meter hurdles state title (2004) during her prep career.
"Jena brings a tremendous amount of winning experience to our program," Patrick said. "She's been successful, not only in volleyball, but track and field as well. Her ability to pass and play defense at a very high and consistent level will give us the opportunity to utilize her in a number of different lineup combinations, either as a setter in a 6-2 offense, as a defensive specialist or libero."
Loyd also comes to Tennessee with an impressive list of credentials. The Stockton, Calif., native was chosen first-team Tri-City Athletic League (T-CAL) and to the Stockton Record's All-Area Team after helping lead her squad to the T-CAL championship with a perfect 18-0 record. She also earned a bronze medal at the 2006 Junior Olympics in Atlanta, Ga., as a member of the Delta Valley 19 Blue team.
"Jaye is another very skilled, athletic, quick player that is really going to bolster our defense and ball control," Patrick said. "Not only is she an intense defensive player, but she will provide depth to our setter position where she has played in club and high school for the past couple of years. She's another person who, because of her varied skills, will allow us to try some different lineup combinations. She could see time at setter, libero or defensive specialist for us."
Another position that will be a strong point for the Lady Vols is middle blocker. Blum anchors the position while junior Joselyn Johnson will serve as a more-than-capable backup. A trio of freshmen, Carol Cheade, Leah Hinkey and Farren Powe will provide both talent and depth to the position.
In each of the past three seasons, Blum has broken the single-season school record for blocks per game and will open the 2006 campaign just one block from second on the career list. The senior from Tulsa, Okla., earned the 2005 State College NCAA Regional MVP award following the Orange and White's victories over No. 2 Penn State and No. 8 Missouri last season. She will be looked at to provide leadership, experience and success on the court this year.
"Sarah has done a great job of making herself even more athletic than she has been in the past," Patrick said. "She has always been a great blocker and, this year, she will have the speed and ability to control the net defensively. Sarah's improved quickness and stamina will also allow her to be more of an offensive threat for us this year."
Primarily an outside hitter, Johnson will display her versatility again in 2006 as she will also see time in the middle. The athletic junior from Muncie, Ind., played in 19 matches last season and finished fifth on the team in both kills (86) and kills per game (1.69).
"After playing as an outside hitter for us quite a bit last year, Joselyn has put herself in the position to help us as either an outside or middle hitter," Patrick said. "She has worked very hard at becoming a more consistent hitter and once she accomplishes that goal, she will provide a lot of depth at both of those positions. Joselyn is difficult for opposing teams to match up with due to her athleticism and quickness."
Both Cheade and Hinkey bring enough volleyball experience and pure talent to push for extended playing time early in the season. Cheade comes to Rocky Top from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where she led her high school team to both state and national championships.
"Carol brings some great international experience and a different style of play to our team," Patrick said. "Her skill level and experience will allow us to use her creatively in our offense where she can play all three of the front row positions. She's benefited greatly from joining our program in January 2006 and will be physically ready to play after spending the spring and summer in our weight-lifting and strength training program."
Hinkey also has an impressive resume, having led Glenwood Springs (Colo.) High School to the state tournament in each of the past three years. Last season, she was named to both the Denver Post and Rocky Mountain News first-team all-state lists in addition to claiming first-team All-Western Slope Conference accolades.
"The graduation of All-American Kristen Andre left a huge hole in our middle hitter position, but Leah has the athletic ability and skill to fill those shoes," Patrick said. "She is very fast off one foot running the slides and has a great arm swing as well as a great feel for the game when she is hitting. She comes to our program with a lot of quality training from her club, which will allow her to challenge for playing time very early in her career."
Powe comes highly recommended as a star in both basketball and volleyball at McGill-Toolen Catholic High School in Mobile, Ala. After helping her volleyball team to the Alabama state championships in 2004, she repeated the feat in 2005, guiding them to a staggering 68-5 record. For her play, she was chosen as the Alabama 6A MVP, the Alabama State Player of the Year, an Alabama All-American and McGill-Toolen's Female Athlete of the Year.
"Farren is very athletic and will come in and challenge for time at the middle and outside hitting positions," Patrick said. "She has the flexibility and skills to play any of the front row positions effectively. While she is the rawest talent among our incoming freshmen, she may end up as our biggest surprise this year. We are very excited about her potential and look forward to seeing her grow in our program."
The outside hitter position is the Lady Vols' deepest and most talented this season, with a pair of lefties, Stoyanova and Fautsch, at the top of the depth chart. Sophomores Mindy Flynn and Milan Clarke, as well as freshman Kylie Marshall, are not far behind. Johnson, Cheade and Powe will also play into the mix on the outside.
Following an extremely successful freshman campaign, Stoyanova continued to work hard and improve her few weaknesses. The extra effort paid off for the Sofia, Bulgaria, product, as she was named First-Team All-SEC and AVCA Honorable Mention All-American as a sophomore. The 6-1 junior currently holds the third-highest career kills per game average in UT history, with 3.65.
"Yuliya continues to get better technically as a volleyball player, which will allow her to be a more consistent back court passer and defender for us," Patrick said. "She has always been a very good net player, both blocking and attacking, but the attention that has been paid to her skill development in passing and defense will allow her to be an even more consistent player for us. She's another player who can play all six positions and play them well, which allows us to keep her in the game for an entire match."
Fautsch, who transferred from Nebraska prior to last season, will also play a prominent role in the Lady Vols' offensive attack. In 2005, she was one of UT's most prolific and consistent attackers, posting double-digit attacks in all but two of the team's matches. The senior from Chisago Lakes, Minn., was also a clutch performer, having been named to the State College NCAA All-Regional Team for her accomplishments against No. 2 Penn State and No. 8 Missouri in postseason play.
"Kelsey is also one of our more versatile players as she can play all six positions and be very effective at each one," Patrick said. "She is an outstanding technical blocker which will allow us to match her up with the opposing team's best hitter. She is also an extremely effective attacker from either the right or left side, so we can move her around defensively to make her harder to defend. We are also able to keep her in the game and use her as an offensive weapon because her back row skills are very sound."
The sophomore outside hitting duo of Flynn and Clarke will continue to see plenty of action in 2006. Both players, who have progressed steadily over the course of last season and this summer, will be counted on to provide quality play around the net. Flynn enjoyed a breakout performance in the Orange and White's dramatic, come-from-behind victory at No. 7 Notre Dame with an 11-kill, 26-attack performance.
"The one area that was going to make Mindy a better player was gaining strength and she made a huge commitment to that this past spring and summer," Patrick said. "She has always been a consistent hitter, but the power that she has added will allow her to be more of a terminating hitter for us. Mindy is a very good volleyball player and does not get the credit she deserves for her skills and competitiveness. Both of those attributes have helped her earn a lot of playing time."
Clarke's season culminated with 12 kills in the Lady Vols win at Georgia on Oct. 9. The Santa Monica, Calif., native competed in 27 contests last year and knocked out 78 total kills.
"Milan also displays terminating hitter attributes and gained a lot of valuable playing experience last year," Patrick said. "She did a nice job playing the right side position, which she really had not played before. As a young player, she is just starting to reach her full potential, especially after being in our weight program for the past year. We are very excited about Milan's development this past off-season."
Marshall will be afforded the luxury of learning the nuances of the position during her freshman year, as she will also play into the rotation on the outside. The Puyallup, Wash., product comes to Rocky Top highly qualified after four years at Emerald Ridge High School. She was ranked as the 43rd best senior in the nation by PrepVolleyball.com and served as a member of the USA Youth National Team which won the North, Central America and Caribbean Volleyball Confederation (NORCECA) title in the 2004 tournament contested in Puerto Rico.
"Kylie is an elite athlete who brings a focused intensity to our volleyball team," Patrick said. "I'm extremely excited to watch her progression at the collegiate level. She's played at the highest level in juniors as a member of the USA Youth National Team, and I feel that her quickness and leaping ability will allow us to use her in some very creative ways in our offense."
The back row contains a mix of three veterans and two newcomers who will work to keep the ball in the air for the Lady Vols. Sadowski will be the vocal leader of the group as she will provide a steadying influence on LaFlamme and freshmen Chloe Goldman and Loyd. When she is not setting the ball for the attack, Noble will also play a key role in UT's defensive effort.
A three-year letter winner for Tennessee, Sadowski is one of the team's most effective defensive specialists. In 2005, she finished third on the squad with 2.30 digs per game.
"Annie has always been one of our most consistent passers and, now that she has spent the off-season getting stronger, we will look to her to be even more of a force as a defensive player," Patrick said. "Another area that Annie has worked hard on improving has been her serve. She has developed her serving into a very strong offensive weapon for our team."
LaFlamme's responsibilities will expand greatly in 2006 after spending a pair of seasons refining her technique at Rocky Top. One of the team's hardest workers, she has significantly increased her skill level since coming to Tennessee.
"Laurén is one of the most diligent workers on the court and in the weight room," Patrick said. "She has put herself in a position, physically, to sustain a high level of play for a long period. She is continuing to get better and more consistent in her back court skills and is a fearless defender who will help us to develop our team identity. We are excited about the development that she has achieved over this past year."
Goldman will provide a background of success to the team after being chosen the MVP of both the Tri-County Athletic League (T-CAL) and Monterey County, Calif., following her senior season at Salinas High School.
"Chloe will bring a lot of energy and excitement to the court for us this year," Patrick said. "She's a very active defensive player who, once she is incorporated into our defensive systems, will have a big impact on our ball control. She has a chance to play quite a bit this year and we are very excited to watch her development."
Patrick's crew will be tested early and often in 2006 as they take on a challenging slate. The Lady Vols play 15 of their 30 matches against teams that qualified for the 2005 NCAA Tournament with 11 of those contests versus squads which ranked in the top 50 of the final RPI of last season.
The schedule is highlighted by matches with Florida (Oct. 1 in Gainesville and Nov. 17 in Knoxville) and Louisville (Sept. 19 in Knoxville). The Gators finished 2005 ranked third in the final CSTV/AVCA Division-I Coaches Top 25 poll and fourth in the last RPI ratings released. The Cardinals placed 11th in the last poll and fifth in the RPI and concluded their campaign in the Regional Semifinals, falling to the Gators.
UT will kick off the season with the Comcast Lady Vol Classic, marking the first time that the Lady Vols will begin their schedule with a home contest since opening the 1997 campaign with the Tennessee Preview. Traveling to Knoxville will be Virginia, Centenary and Miami (Ohio). The Cavaliers went 20-11 last season and finished fourth in the Atlantic Coast Conference with a 15-7 mark. Centenary was 12-26, while the RedHawks, Patrick's alma mater (1983), went 18-13.
"Our overall preseason schedule will test and prepare us for SEC matches," Patrick said. "Virginia and Miami (Ohio) come into our tournament as two experienced teams representing good conferences. Our tournament will be a great start to our season."
The Big Orange then heads west to Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles for the second time in a three-year span to play the host Lions, North Carolina and USC. Each team participating in this tournament qualified for NCAA play last season, with the Trojans (second round) and Tennessee advancing the furthest. LMU was 19-11 and UNC went 23-10, while USC was 17-11 on the 2005 season.
"The Loyola Marymount Tournament will pit us against three teams who could easily be ranked in the top 15 in the country," Patrick said. "They will test us and give us a tremendous amount of feedback on where we are developmentally early on in the year."
A trip to Pittsburgh is the next stop for Tennessee, where the Panthers will host a four-team tournament. Joining the Panthers and Lady Vols will be Marshall and Lehigh. Pitt was 17-13 in 2005 and the Thundering Herd went 26-6 and advanced to NCAA Tournament play, while Lehigh posted a 7-27 mark.
"Then we go to Pittsburgh to play Pitt, one of the top teams in the Big East every year, and Marshall, who is the defending Conference USA champion. They will really test us before we start our SEC schedule."
At this point, Tennessee returns home to begin the Southeastern Conference slate, which will not include a conference tournament for the first time in league history (the SEC has named a league champion in the sport of volleyball every year since 1979). The regular-season champion will earn the conference's automatic berth into the 2006 NCAA Tournament.
"Overall, before we even scheduled our out-of-conference matches, we knew our schedule was going to be tougher in 2006 because the SEC has taken some dramatic steps in becoming better and stronger," Patrick said. "With the double-round robin schedule in place for the first time, we will be tested weekly due to the strength of our conference from top to bottom. The fact that the SEC was ranked as one of the top five in the country at the end of last year (fifth in the RPI) bodes well for us as we prepare for postseason play."
With a solid corps of returning players and seven talented newcomers, the Lady Vols are looking forward to another winning season. The groundwork has been laid and all that is left are the finishing touches as the Big Orange continues "Building on Success."


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One of South Carolina's top "Republican" lobbyists and political consultants has been connected to a rapidly expanding coastal S.C. campaign finance scandal.
J. Warren Tompkins – a GOP "Kingmaker" for many years (prior to a string of recent electoral reverses) – isn't facing any legal problems at this point, but there are serious ethical concerns stemming from his proximity to a lobbyist for the Myrtle Beach Area Chamber of Commerce, the organization at the heart of a major scandal that's currently being investigated by the IRS and FBI.
Specifically, the Chamber is alleged to have organized a massive kickback scheme that routed nearly $350,000 in campaign contributions to Myrtle Beach area politicians (and U.S. Rep. Gresham Barrett) in exchange for their support of a tax increase that funneled money directly into the Chamber's coffers. The funds were doled out in cashier's checks cut from a shadowy network of "corporations" – and delivered to the candidates in stuffed envelopes (in some cases by Chamber leaders).
Tompkins, who managed Barrett's gubernatorial campaign, has popped up in a series of emails that more definitively links the Chamber and one of its lobbyists to the scandal.
From a story published earlier this week by The (Myrtle Beach, S.C.) Sun News:
"These guys are tied to the Myrtle Beach Chamber of Commerce," (Barrett deputy campaign manager Justin) Stokes said in an e-mail to (Barrett communications director B.J.) Boling and two of Barrett's political consultants – Warren Tompkins and Heath Thompson.
"Brad Dean, the chamber's president, worked behind the scenes to pull these together last quarter," Stokes said in the e-mail.
Tompkins, in another e-mail, told staff members that he "cannot figure what the issue would be" with the donations.
"Try Mark Kelley, our Horry expert, or perhaps Allan [sic] Clemmons," Tompkins wrote in the e-mail, suggesting that those two could answer questions about the donations.
"Talk to Mark Kelley," Stokes told Tompkins and the others in another e-mail. "He would be familiar with these contributions and the connection" between the corporations and the chamber of commerce.
Kelley is a former legislator who now is the chamber's lobbyist.
The e-mails do not make clear why Barrett's staff thought Kelley would be familiar with the contributions. The S.C. Ethics Commission has strict rules that prohibit lobbyists from participating in campaign fundraising for state politicians.
Kelley and state Rep. Alan Clemmons, R-Myrtle Beach, did not respond to requests for comments.
Clemmons also is among the politicians who received donations from the 14 corporations that are under investigation.
Wow …
This thing keeps expanding, doesn't it?
And what a turnaround, too. Earlier this year it appeared as though the whole mess would be swept completely under the rug. Outraged that such a blatant fiasco would go unchallenged, we wrote a story back in the spring decrying the lack of a legitimate investigation into the matter by state authorities as well as the local media.
Fortunately, pressure from local political activists (notably Tom Herron) kept the heat on and this May the scam began unraveling.
That's when representatives of the Chamber – after denying their involvement for months – finally admitted that they had helped dole out the envelopes stuffed with the controversial cashier's checks.
Along with Barrett, four S.C. Representatives – Thad Viers, Nelson Hardwick, George Hearn and Alan Clemmons – took those checks. So did State Sen. Ray Cleary. State Rep. Tracy Edge declined the contributions.
We'll continue to keep our eyes on the coast as this scandal plays out … in the meantime, these lawmakers have some serious explaining to do.


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To Paint or Stain this Cypress / Cedar Home?
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I recently bought this house and I am about to start some needed exterior repair then either STAIN or PAINT. Should I keep it the same existing brown or change it up to bring life to this somewhat rural.
Houses in area are all different from original cottages to modern with a mixture of style, colors, and size of lots. They are very nice, esp. compared to mine, with either brick or vinyl siding.
So how do I beautify this house? Brand color name and number will help?
What about the trim?
I am replacing all of the windows with white windows, in which I began on the back of the house.
I don't want to chicken out and keep it the same, help!
For expense purposes I guess I wouldn't go light on the body since I would think it would cost more to lighten the brown. I have a painter lined up.
Also I would like to enhance the house style and environment. i.e. no bright yellow more earthy maybe.
Yes I know, landscaping could use a lot of help. I am going to try to have some trees cut down in the next few weeks and plant grass.
Can someone please photoshop some ideas for me and slap some differnt colored paints or stain on it ..
Please let me know if you can give me any advice at all.
Thank You
stain first. you can always paint later if you do not like it.
but never the opposite
i would oil it but thats just me. looks like beautiful wood, if you stain maybe a semi transparent so the wood comes thru
Oil it? Does that preserve the look of the wood? I have a cedar siding house which is 25 years old, and never been painted, love the wood, but feel it might benefit from some protection. Does oiling it make painting more difficult in the future?
If you have good A grade cedar, redwood, etc. you really don't have to do anything to it unless it is discoloring (or if you want a color change) or showing obvious signs of aging, drying out and so forth. Do realize that once you start oiling/sealing, staining or painting you will have to add upkeep to your maintenance list.
A clear, oil based finish will certainly not hurt the wood or diminish the ability to paint later. A good quality clear finish will also come with UV protection. Stay clear of wax based products (Thompson's Water Seal, etc.) though IMO. Among other things they do not penetrate as well and you will have to wait at least a season for the wax to disappear to do anything else if you do not like the look.
Next step if there are color flaws that need to be evened out is to pick a semi-transparent stain in either latex or oil. I still prefer the latter but realize it is hard to purchase oil based products in some places. Final option with stain is to go to a solid color stain. I actually like the 100 percent acrylic latex solid color stains better than oil but others will have differing opinions. MAB (now a subsidiary of Sherwin Williams) used to make a solid color acrylic stain that was a gift from God! I think SW has re-branded but what great stuff if they have not messed with the formula.
Stains come in a rainbow of colors. Obviously the semi-transparent ones will be no lighter than the wood to which they are applied. The sky is the limit with solid color stains. The MAB product could even be color matched.
I would not paint siding that seems to be in decent shape like yours but if you do? Use an alkyd primer (if allowed) and then cover with a nice acrylic latex paint. Benjamin Moore Fresh Start would be my choice for primer.
Buy stain or paint from a paint store! Box stores sell crap. Use a nice thick nap roller cover and chase it with a brush.
Just a personal color comment. White windows might look a little stark and glaring if you keep the siding a darker color? Consider other color options for the windows?
By the way. Both SW and Benjamin Moore have virtual painting programs that let you try out color schemes. Just upload your photos, mask them off, and pick different colors.
Personally I would use this product, http://www.woodguard.com/Woodguard/woodguard.htm
This can be tinted as well if your looking for a hue of color. IMO clear is the only way to go with wood, but then that is just me.
I have used it on many many projects including my log home. It also works very well on Board and bat. I have also used this product on Cedar, Redwood and Pine siding with great results as well. IMO it is by far the best product on the market. It will bring out the luster of older wood and keep it water tight, but lets wood breath.
As it has been posted, you can not stain after you paint. Good Luck :thumbsup:
Anyone have opinions on using oxygen bleach (Sodium Percarbonate) on cedar siding? www.StainSolver.com has some impressive before/after photos, but I can hardly take their portrayal as being objective.
i know its a little off topic but some flowers and shrubs in the beds near the house would go a really (really!) long ways.
colored shutters would also help. i personally like the natural cypress / ceder look - it just needs some life around it to really make it pop.
I agree and the OP acknowledged the property needs some landscaping help. I think he/she is on it? Just to help. Nothing adds to property value like tacky painted fornicating concrete or faded plastic lawn ornaments and year round silk flowers. Gazing balls are nice or post on Craig's List for bowling ball donations if you don't want to spend the money. A friend who had so much shade in her front yard made this mistake, as a joke, and stupidly put her address in the post. She ended up with hundreds delivered to the front lawn just in the first week.
Not sure there is room for shutters to look decent. They would have to be fairly narrow given the left side clearance of that front window and I fear would look added on and would obviously not be of a size to cover the windows like real shutters would. Faux failure in the making IMO.
I do think some enhancements to the entry could work.
I am not much for right angle, plant near the house approaches to landscape design. Bores me. This house is very horizontal though. Some window boxes, once the new windows are in could help it show its lines and might add some needed color.
I wonder what is behind the left side of the entrance (as we look at it)? Any room in the budget to add a window or two there to balance the look of the place and maybe add some light? Right now my eye is being drawn too much to the carport and not the entry to the house and I think it is because there is nothing going on on that left side?
I realize the OP only asked whether to stain or paint. Hope he/she is not disappointed with all the extra advice.
Some Sikkens SRD would look really nice and it protects very well
It's an oil-based semi-transparent stain
They have little sample jars so you can test out what each color looks like on your specific wood, as stains (aside from solid stains) can look very different on different wood
If you wanted a "painted" look, I'd go for a solid stain on that type of material
And yes, if you stain it now you can still paint it or solid stain it later
It also has the great bennies of being non-toxic to plants, and not only removing the fungi, but also acting as a wood cleaner and wood brightener
I wouldn't try the stuff I use outside (Wash-Safe) on clothes or carpet, but I have used a more "household use" type "oxygen" cleaner (Oxy-Clean) on them with great success
By the same token I wouldn't use Oxy-Clean to remove mold/mildew from, and clean and brighten a deck
If it were my project I'd def. Wash-Safe it before applying any semi- stain
We use Wolman Deck-brite to wash. Same kind of product. Comes in a powder you mix up. And actually Oxy-clean does max an exterior deck wash product :)
I second SRD in this application. They have a tint base now as well that lets you use a more opaque semi-transparent color than the ready mixes.
Stain all the way. Try some samples like suggested like a nice clear at first.
Sikkens stuff is great!
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World Cup of Darts: Netherlands land second world title in Hamburg
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Netherlands collected their second World Cup of Darts title after whitewashing England 3-0 in Sunday's final at the Sporthalle, Hamburg.
Dutch duo Michael van Gerwen and Raymond van Barneveld were in blistering form all week and proved too hot for reigning champions Phil Taylor and Adrian Lewis in the final.
MVG notched a 10-dart leg on his way to a 4-0 win over Taylor in the opening singles rubber and Premier League champion Van Barneveld then swept Lewis aside 4-0 to put the Dutch on the brink of victory.
Two-time World Champion Lewis had been out of sorts for large parts of the campaign and he failed to keep England alive as Van Gerwen clinched the title for Holland with a 4-2 win.
Van Gerwen told Sky Sports afterwards: "To do this in the final against a country like England is fantastic. We were strong today and a real team. I'd never won this before so it's another major on the list!".
Taylor was magnanamous in defeat, adding: "We tried everything we could but just didn't click. We got beat by the better pair."
Netherlands reached the final after defeating Belgium 2-1 in the quarters and then Northern Ireland, the surprise package of the tournament, by the same scoreline.
The Northern Irish threatened an upset in the semi-finals when Brendan Dolan overcame Van Gerwen 4-3, however Barney levelled by whitewashing Michael Mansell and the Dutch duo were unstoppable in the doubles decider, averaging 117.88 to progress.
England also booked their place in the final via a sudden-death shootout at the expense of Australia after Taylor trounced Simon Whitlock 4-1 before Lewis slumped 4-2 to Paul Nicholson in a fractious rubber.
The English duo dovetailed well in the doubles, though, sweeping the Australian pair aside 4-0.
Earlier on Sunday, Northern Ireland's Dolan produced arguably the best individual performance of the quarter-finals as he defeated Peter Wright 4-2 in their singles clash and then took out finishes of 156 and 136 in the doubles decider after Robert Thornton's 4-3 win over Mansell - in which the Scot averaged almost 108.
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I had forgotten just how bright and colourful the country was. I didn't think I would but I wrestled with culture shock and for a time, my surroundings felt alien to me.
The heat I grew up in was now uncomfortable. I struggled to cope with it. The street markets that skilled me for life no longer accepted me and I felt out of place.
Once I took a call in a restaurant. After talking to my dad, I remember my cousin telling me not to speak English in public. She whispered I sounded foreign and drew too much attention. I was oblivious to all this and hated myself for standing out so much. It felt like losing a big part of my childhood. At that moment I was more London than I was Bamenda. To regain my sense of belonging, but largely for security, I only spoke Pidgin English for the remainder of the trip.
Besides all my cultural inadequacies, I had forgotten how much I loved the people; how uplifting, witty and funny some of my family members were. I had forgotten how much range and depth they had to their humour and unique personalities.
This album is dedicated to my broken but ever-present family. You bring joy, not only to me but to the world.
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Mila Kunis Still NOT Pregnant With Ashton Kutcher's Baby, Despite New Report
Mila Kunis is still NOT pregnant with Ashton Kutcher's baby, despite a new cover story from OK! The magazine, which also falsely reported the actress was pregnant in December, once again claims Kunis is expecting a child.
According to a so-called "source" for the tabloid, "Mila and Ashton have been trying for a baby for months. She's gained 10 pounds and is taking pregnancy vitamins." The bogus "insider" shares, "The buzz is that she is looking like she could be carrying a baby." OK, so the supposed source knows intimate details about Kunis and Kutcher's sex life, but doesn't know whether she's actually expecting?
Anyway, another alleged tipster claims that when the couple visited a nail salon in Los Angeles last week, "Ashton showed Mila a picture of a baby in a magazine and said he wanted to dress their baby in that style." "Mila giggled as she cradled her stomach. She was glowing the entire time that she got her pedicure," adds the "eyewitness.
Maybe the foot massage was just really good? Obviously, this story is completely made up. A close Kunis insider tells Gossip Cop, "She is 100 percent not pregnant." When Kunis and Kutcher are ready to start a family, it won't be OK! that breaks the news. Chances are Gossip Cop will be among the first to verify it.
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The Rocky Mtn Olds Club and the Pontiac/Oakland Club present our 7th Annual Buick Pontiac Olds Cadillac Show and Shine. Held Saturday May 21st from 10-2 at the Sheplers Parking lot at I-25 and Orchard Rd. Dash plaques and goodie bags to the first 80 registered cars. Awards are all public voting in various categories. Food and fun all day. Free to the public.
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The clearest thing about the small but much-publicized "God is Dead" movement in Protestant theology is its catchy, provocative title. After that, all is subtlety, the specialized technical language of the academy, professional abstruseness and lay bafflement.
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The Republican takeover of the U.S. House of Representatives wasn't quite as successful online.
This evening, incoming House majority leader Eric Cantor's Web site began directing visitors to links at majorityleader.house.gov.
The problem? It's still owned and operated by Rep. Steny Hoyer, the Democrat who has been House Majority leader since 2007 and has been using the Web site to denounce Republicans as recently as a few hours ago. Anyone clicking on Cantor's links got 404 errors instead of details he promised about congressional reforms (see related CNET story).
Cantor won't officially start his new gig until the House of Representatives meets at noon ET tomorrow. That's when the new Congress convenes and Rep. John Boehner (R-Ohio) is expected to be elected House speaker.
For his part, Hoyer has already retitled his Web site "The Office of Democratic Whip," and it's not clear why the switchover didn't happen or what caused the glitch. The 404 errors affected at least the blog and newsroom sections of Cantor's Web site.
Boehner's Web transition was smoother. He's already taken over the Speaker.gov Web site and announced the new SpeakerBoehner Twitter account.
This isn't the first time that elections have led to rocky transitions among politicians' Web sites.
When WhiteHouse.gov switched hands from Bill Clinton to George W. Bush, it briefly sported the line "Insert Something Meaningful Here" and suffered from some broken links and 404 errors.
And President Obama's initial try at a WhiteHouse.gov Web site was also buggy. The site administrators posted an entry saying Obama "was sworn in" before that happened; another post titled "Read the Inaugural Address" was blank an hour after Obama finished giving it; some photo captions were incorrect; and the search option didn't work reliably.


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The three-year certificate program takes a comprehensive approach to horticultural science, methods, and design. Students spend one day a week during the academic year attending all their courses: first year is taught on Mondays, second year on Tuesdays, and third year on Wednesdays.
Upon successful completion of the program, students receive a certificate of merit in horticulture and 8 PCH CEUs; students and graduates may elect to sit for the Pennsylvania Certified Horticulturist exam.
Year 1
Mondays, September 12, 2016–May 8, 2017
8:30 am–4:15 pm
$2,750; members $2,475.
Classes meet in the Barnes Residence at the Barnes Arboretum, 300 N. Latch's Lane, Merion, PA 19066. Call 215.278.7200 for more information.
Herbaceous Plants and Bulbs
28 classes
Instructor: Harriet Cramer, garden designer, writer, and lecturer
Discover over 200 herbaceous plants and bulbs. Learn the history, growth habits, cultural requirements, care, and landscape value of a range of ornamental grasses, ferns, culinary and medicinal herbs, native and tender perennials, and long-blooming and unusual annuals. In lectures, in the arboretum, and on field trips, learn to identify, select, and integrate herbaceous plants and bulbs into a variety of garden settings.
Soil Science
10 classes
Instructor: Scott Guiser, MS in horticulture
Good soils are the foundation of plant health and sustainable horticulture. Learn about the physical, chemical, and biological properties that create a dynamic relationship between plants, soils, and water. Explore the role of soil amendments, fertilizers, and compost, and perform an analysis on a soil sample.
The Elements of Art
4 classes
Instructor William Perthes, MA
One of the oldest forms of expression and communication, art is more enjoyable when you understand its visual language and more meaningful when you appreciate its relationship to everyday experiences. Learn the principles that underlie all art and discover its communicative power—the class culminates with a tour of the galleries at the Parkway campus.
14 classes
Instructor: Dan Duran, associate professor, Department of Biodiversity, Earth, and Environmental Science, Drexel University
An introduction to the major topics of ecology: the interactions of species with their physical environment and with other living things, including predation, herbivory, competition, and mutualisms. Emphasis is on ecology's relation to human health, agriculture, and horticulture, with a focus on local plants and animals.
Learning from the Landscape: Field Study and Observation
28 classes
Instructor: Mary Butler, horticulturist
In the arboretum and on private garden tours, learn to identify and assess the use of plants in the landscape by observing textures, colors, shapes, scents, growth habits, and ornamental features. Become familiar with technical nomenclature, learn to select the best plant for the site and purpose, and identify plants by their family traits and Latin names. Students keep blogs that track the growth, seasonal changes, and landscape value of plants, and in the second semester, use the Barnes archives to do group research projects that are later archived in the horticulture library.
28 classes
Instructor: Ann Mickle, professor of biology, LaSalle University
Discover the general structure and function of higher plants through the study of typical morphology and physiology at the cell, tissue, organ, and plant levels. Topics include cell division (mitosis and meiosis), the structure of basic food chains and webs, organisms both classified as plants and historically grouped with plants, the relevance of plants to humans, and the evolutionary advances of seed plants.
Year 2
Tuesdays, September 6, 2016–May 2, 2017
8:30 am–4:15 pm
$2,750; members $2,475.
Year 2 classes can be audited individually, space permitting.
Cultivated Trees and Shrubs
28 classes, September 6, 2016–May 2, 2017
8:30 am–10:30 am
$1,120; members $1,008.
Instructor: Kathy Salisbury, MS, horticulturist
Learn basic diagnostic tools to identify and compare woody trees, shrubs, and vines in the Barnes Arboretum and on field trips to local botanical gardens. Become familiar with the cultural needs and landscape uses of trees, shrubs, and vines. This course also includes an introduction to the identification of common plant families, plant taxonomy, and nomenclature.
History of Gardens and Landscape Architecture
28 classes, September 6, 2016–May 2, 2017
10:45 am–12:15 pm
$840; members $756.
Instructor: Emily T. Cooperman, MS, PhD
By studying gardens throughout history, gain a comprehensive understanding of landscape design and horticulture. Emphasis is on major developments in the history of gardens, from Eastern and Western origins to contemporary design. Students take field trips to exemplary local gardens to discuss historical influences, special developments, design principles, and horticulture.
Garden Practicum
14 classes, September 6–November 1, 2016 and March 14–May 2, 2017
1–4:15 pm
$840; members $756.
Instructor: Drew Lehrian, Barnes head gardener
Learn and practice gardening skills in planning, planting, propagating, and maintaining various plants, landscape features, gardens, containers, and garden tools. Students are also introduced to a range of professional opportunities in the field.
Landscape Design I
7 classes, November 8–December 20, 2016
1–4:15 pm
$420; members $378.
Instructor: Jesse Forrester, RLA, Jonathan Alderson Landscape Architects
Learn how thoughtful manipulation of form can communicate feeling and meaning. Discover the importance of structure, organization, light, color and pattern, and composition to the landscape design process. Through a series of lectures and design exercises, gain familiarity with design principles and vocabulary and learn basic visual communication through landscape graphics.
Landscape Design II*
7 classes, January 24–March 7, 2017
1–4:15 pm
$420; $378 members
Instructor: Linda Walczak, PLA, ASLA, principal at TEND Landscape, Inc.
This course is a continuation of the fall semester and puts to use the design principles and skills covered in Landscape Design I. Landscape Design II focuses on practical application, with an emphasis on planting design and technical graphic communication. Subject matter is presented through project examples and complemented with design exercises and discussion with visiting practitioners. Topics include the design process, site analysis, use of plants and other materials to shape outdoor space, and graphic communication.
*Prerequisite: Landscape Design I
To register to audit, please call 215-278-7308.
Year 3
Wednesdays, September 7, 2016–May 3, 2017
8:30 am–4 pm first semester; 8:30 am–3:30 pm second semester
$2,750; members $2,475.
Year 3 classes can be audited individually, space permitting.
Advanced Horticulture Practices
28 classes, September 7, 2016–May 3, 2017
8:30–10:30 am
$1,120; members $1,008.
Instructor: Bruce Keyser, owner of Keyser Design Associates
Learn about advanced propagation methods for woody plants, including propagating from seed, cuttings, and grafting. Study plant culture and develop pruning techniques for all types of woody plants, including vines, trees, shrubs, and hedges. Understand the principles of hardscape construction, including ponds, walks, patios, and walls.
Landscape Design III*
28 classes, September 7, 2016–May 3, 2017
10:45 am–12:45 pm
$1,120; members $1,008.
Instructor: Victor J. DePallo, AICP, RLA, licensed landscape architect and professional planner
Develop a style through the study of landscape design. Refine the knowledge and skills acquired in the beginning and intermediate design courses to take site analysis, planting design, and graphic communications to a higher level. With an emphasis on problem solving, landscape design-specific challenges are explored through a small project and an individual landscape plan. In this advanced course, students gain a basic understanding of landscape construction and cost estimating.
*Prerequisites: Landscape Design I and II
Plant Pathology
6 classes, September 7–October 19, 2016
1:30–4 pm
$300; members $270.
Instructor: Mark Shaw, ISA board-certified master arborist at Bartlett Tree Experts
Learn to identify signs and symptoms of woody plant diseases, including the most common biotic and abiotic diseases in the Delaware Valley. Emphases are the diagnostic process, the importance of performing systematic assessment, and the concepts of abiotic disorder and predisposing stresses. The most commonly observed and serious plant disorders, diseases, insect pests, etc. will be discussed and observed in the field.
8 classes, October 26–December 14, 2016
1:30–4 pm
$400; members $360.
Instructor: Dr. Richard Bitner, horticulturist, author of Designing with Conifers and Conifers for Gardens: an Illustrated Encyclopedia
Learn to identify and classify a range of ornamental conifers, including the best species and cultivars for our region. This profusely illustrated course focuses on the major coniferous genera, highlighting identification, growth patterns, and landscape uses, from dwarf specimens for containers to large trees for screening. The instructor's Pocket Guide to Conifers is a required text.
Weed Science
7 classes, January 25–March 8, 2017
1:30–3:30 pm
$280; members $252
Instructor: Scott Guiser, MS in horticulture
Anywhere we cultivate plants, weeds exist. This course addresses the biology and classification of these unwanted plants and covers management options using an Integrated Pest Management approach. Learn about common weeds like crabgrass, poison ivy, and ragweed, and recent invasive species like mile-a-minute, Japanese stiltgrass, and giant knotweed.
Register to audit.
7 classes, March 15–May 3, 2017
1:30–3:30 pm
$280; members $252
Instructor: Dan Duran, associate professor, Department of Biodiversity, Earth, and Environmental Science, Drexel University
This course introduces major topics in entomology. Students learn about the profound effects, both positive and negative, that insects have on natural ecosystems, human health, agriculture, and horticulture, with a focus on local insects whenever applicable. Students will be exposed to different aspects of plant-insect interactions ranging from pollination to pest control to conservation.
Register to audit.
Members receive 10% off the cost of class tuition. Become a Barnes member today.
For more information, please call the Barnes Arboretum at 215.278.7350.


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Hey guys, I just bought a new set of Miro 279 lm replicas. They're 5x120 and I made sure the offsets worked but when I just went to put them on I found that the hubs are exactly the same size (line up flush instead of fitting over) and they won't clear. Because of this is looks like the lugs all need to be slightly further out as well. Is there anything i can do to make these fit? Adapters or milling the center the millimeter to clear? I'm devasted these aren't fitting
Anyone have any advice?
You just answered your own question. Mill the hub, or spacers/adapters the have the correct hub diameter.
Help!! New wheels wont fit!
Sounds like you got a set of wheels with incorrect center bore. Return it and specify what vehicle you have and get a different set with correct center bore.
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take pics can explain alot. also wire brush the hub too...
Return these rims and get the my two 19 inch x 10 wide Linea Corse LC818 rims and tires I have for sale. check the NJ/NY/CT forums.
Assuming these are 72.6mm, you probably just need to clean your hub. Take a wire brush to it and clean off any rust that may have accumulated.
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what do you use to clean/protect the vinyl type parts of your interior?
I'm talking about the parts like on the door cards, dash, centre console etc..?
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