Tamara Hoover

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If your new machine LEAKS, see note #2 below. I am just amazed at how many people write that their machine leaked from day one, and they returned it. It will leak if you skip a crucial one-time set-up step. Paid $170 at Best Buy. This is my first carpet cleaner so I have nothing to compare it to except my own expectations. Even though the name is SteamVac, like all the others in this class of cleaners, there is no Steam to it. That’s just false marketing, but all the manufacturers do it, so no particular knock on Hoover. First, let me say ... Read Full Story

Linked from http://www.statesman.com/news/content/news/stories/local/08/18hoover.html ---- Teacher Tamara Hoover resigned last week, finally bringing an end to her battle with the local school board and district officials. According to statesman.com: --- Hoover said she's sad about the outcome but will focus on moving forward. "I wasn't prepared to stop teaching. I never wanted to resign from teaching. I don't think this is the most ideal outcome. I was definitely impressed by (the district's) willingness to come to the table. I just wish they would have done that in the beginning." Hoover had been on paid administrative leave since May 22 after another Austin High art teacher, ... Read Full Story

Good news according to Tamara Hoover's MySpace blog - she'll be back teaching art soon. --- Linked from http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/story?oid=oid%3A429275 --- Tamara Hoover, the former Austin High art teacher who was forced out of her job after appearing in nude art photos online, will soon be back in the classroom. According to her MySpace blog, she'll be teaching two continuing-education courses this spring at Austin Community College: "Urban Art," which is for students interested in the art movement that includes street art and skate art, and a mixed-media art class, which will include three-dimensional works. � Michael May Read Full Story

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