charlyinfl: OMG!!! I am an idiot!!! I had no idea. I took the entire front part of the drum off, which included disassembling all the tubes, dispenser, wiring from the motor, etc. The project was a nightmare! If only I had known!?!? Its a good thing I took it apart anyway, there were scrunchies caught in the heater and a literal tool box worth of junk caught in the drain assembly. Next time I will know better. You have to not mind my opinion, I have a Miele. The counter weights are cast iron rather than cement, the outer tank is stainless, the wiring is very heavy duty, the heater is bolted in as opposed to being just held with a rubber gasket, and I have SS baffles, etc... So for me to see the Duet components was a shock. I paid 1800 for my machine, paid 1400 for mom's machine(GHW9460Pl0) and mine is built 10 times better for only $400 more. I certanly hope the machine lasts her for several years, I can't afford to buy her another one!! LOL sb-laund: Yes I can post the sequence which works for *all* full size front loaders *manufactured* by Whirlpool, except for the new Kitchen Aid. 1. Control on 2. Select Rinse\Spin 3. Select Warm\Cold 4. Select Low Spin 5. Select End Signal to Soft(er) 6. Press the Extra Rinse button 4 times in a row within 5 seconds. You will hear 3 or 4 rapid tones, the machine will sense for a few minutes then display the code Ab. At this time you add 1\3 cup of bleach ONLY to the Main Wash compartment with the detergent divider removed. Voila! The machine will run through a really cool cycle where the drum fills with a high water level, and the drum turns very fast, thereby cleaning the seal, outer tub, etc. I saw all the gunk in there when I took mom's machine apart, and trust me, you want to clean it!!! It recommends if doing this for the first time use 1 cup bleach, subequent monthly cleanings, you use 1\3 cup. Hope that does it for you, let me know if it works. Oh I just noticed the above posted link. That should do it!

I watched part of it. I don't like hip-hop, but I am a Pop fan so I did like some of the performances. I thought the band was way too loud though on all the songs. I would have liked to have heard the artist's voice. I agree that Jerry Lee did look ill and Miley looked older than she really is. I didn't mind Winehouse's songs, but I kept thinking she was going to pull up her dress or something..she was almost doing the crotch-grabbing thing some of the guys do. She did seem genuinely surprised and happy to have won though. I liked the song Kayne West did for his Mom. It actually made me a little teary. I thought the Beatle's tribute was wierd. Maybe I just didn't get it? Overall I think I would have enjoyed the show if the band hadn't been blaring over the artist's voice on every song.

I have watched intermittently, so I don't really know many names. I remember the Swon bros, and thought they were great. I also think Danielle is great, and can be mentored to become a big star because she has the voice and the look. I would be hard pressed to pick a winner, because many of whom I have seen are really good. It just depends on what kind of music you like. When Sasha was singing (the last performance last night) I loved her when she was actually singing and not shouting into the mic. Her natural singing voice is beautiful, with a little bit of huskiness.

I watched the CBS shows and I've watched the Dateline and some of the Dr. Phil. I don't know what to think, other than believing an intruder is the least-likely scenario. Not impossible, but very unlikely, due to the way the note was written, the way the body was discovered, and Burke's interviews shortly after the crime and 18 months after the crime. Burke said he heard his mother come into his room and then go out of it looking for JonBenet, and then he heard her in hysterics (as he said in the interview afterward "going psycho") and just stayed in bed pretending to sleep or trying to sleep, rather than go try to find out what had happened. Picture your own kids. You burst into your 9 year old's room and then just as suddenly depart. You are frantically crying and screaming, alerting your spouse and then placing a 911 call. Your 9 year old doesn't freeze with fear. They don't hide. They also don't come ask you what's wrong. They don't go find dad and ask what's wrong. They just stay in bed and wait. The only reason I can think of for him to do this is either that he was used to the sound of adults "going psycho" in other parts of the house and did not find that unusual/alarming--or he knew what the problem was and was waiting to find out how his parents were going to handle it.