Shaddy please ignore your second thread requesting help. I had replied there before realising you had 2 threads running on the same issue. This only causes confusion. Below is what I had written on the other thread............ This is more likely a software issue than anything to do with hardware. Does the loading stop at the same spot each time? How long after the black screen do you wait before you shut down and re-start? Leave it a little longer next time to see if it cures itself as it seems like a corrupt file. Watch the flashing of the activity light on the front of your tower, does it stop about the same time as the black screen? Next time this happens and you reboot take a look here once it is running click Start click Control panel click Administrative tools click Event viewer Do not get frightened off by all the gibberish you see while doing the next bit Shaddy. Just quietly review it for clues so we can help you get this sorted out. Now we have a new window with 2 sides, on the left side click on System. Now look on the right side for red error messages, scrolling down if needed. Double click on any of these to see what it says. You may not understand much of it but look for clues and any error message and error number. There is also a link underlined and in blue text, you can click on that the bring up a help page. When you have finished there go back to the left side of the Event viewer window and click on Application and see what there is there regarding errors or warnings.

"I just called the office to get the address for the Senior Credit Analyst from the Retention department who, on 6/25, told me the he would be working on resolving the issue. I decided that I would send all documentation to his office as well as the corporate office. The representative specifically stated that all communication must be done over the phone." "ALL communication must be done over the phone"? Don't let them pull this crap on you. They are giving you the runaround. The following has worked for me in the past when I've had problems with a bank. Years ago I had an credit card/account with Colonial bank. Introductory rate was 8% interest for the life of the loan. Colonial was bought out by Advanta and promptly raised my interest rate to 26%. I contacted the Office of the Comptroller. They asked if I had written proof. I did. A short time later a class action lawsuit was filed against Advanta for this practice. I got a check from the settlement. This is why it always pays to get everything in writing. BOA KNOWS this, which is why they want to 'talk over the phone'. So YOU don't have proof. Start taking in-depth notes of each time you call. Get the name and title of who you speak to, as well as what is discussed and what they promised to do about it (and WHEN). Anything you send should be mailed certified mail. THAT will wake them up. I also would contact someone on the board at BOA's investor relations site. Don't go to the very top, go a rung or two below and/or send it to about 5 different people with a CC of who ELSE got your letter. Tell them you will be contacting the Office of the Comptroller if they can't iron out this little problem. If that fails, contact a consumer reporter at your newspaper. Who Regulates a Certain Bank or Thrift? The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency examines nationally chartered banks. These are typically the country's largest banks, such as Bank of America and Wells Fargo. Their names are usually followed by "N.A." or "N.T. & S.A." to signify a national charter. If you have any complaints about your bank, you should always insist on speaking with a high-level manager, not a teller, and in most cases they will solve the problem. But, if you still feel that they are giving you the run-around, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency can help. Formal written complaint with the OCC about a national bank or its operating subsidiary Customer Assistance Group 1301 McKinney Street Suite 3450 Houston, TX 77010 Contact-(202)-622-2000 Links that might be useful: Office of the Comptroller of the Currency www.occ.treas.gov/Mail1.htm Bank of America-Investor relations http://newsroom.bankofamerica.com/index.php?s=company_bios

Agreed-- the leafed out trees you have pictured are not Shindeshojo. Hard to say what they are when they look so similar to many of the red uprights out there. I've spent a long while this spring investigating the hardiness of Shindeshojo, because I'd like to plant one in-ground in a prominent spot in my 5b garden. I spoke with Diana at Topiary Gardens, who has an entire Japanese maple nursery in zone 5a. She was very helpful. She said Shindeshojo is a cultivar that does well for her in 5a when it's planted in a sheltered location, but it has some tip dieback when it's out in an open field. Both of her large Shindeshojos have been through the past couple of brutal northern winters, so I trust her experience when she says it's hardy. I'm going to plant it. She also said Shin Chishio, (aka Chishio Improved) is not as hardy as Shindeshojo, and shows twiggier growth. Finally, she suggested protecting young trees like Shindeshojo in the winter by giving them some wind protection. I put a loose plastic tube around my young Shindeshojo this winter, and it did fine in a pot (!!) here in 5b. Granted, I'd put some bubble wrap and hay around the pot, but still.... it's pretty hardy if it can make it through winter in a pot here in 5b. As for sun exposure, I'd guess it can take quite a bit up in PA. I'm going to be planting mine in an area where it will get sun until mid to late afternoon.

You need to keep in mind the type of plant it is. They're a semi-epiphytic vine, so they normally grow up trees and roots come from all along the vine and grow down to the ground. They don't grow a root ball the same as some other plants do. The best potting mix is one suitable for epiphytes and should be fast draining and organic. They won't become bushy from pinching back the growing tips, they don't usually branch. If you want denser/bushier plants you need to put a lot of cuttings in close together, or wind the vine around itself so the leaves are close. Your cuttings in the photo look healthy enough so I wouldn't worry about it. They're not the fastest growing plant but they should still be okay.