A selectivesweep is the reduction or elimination of genetic variation variation among the nucleotide s in neighboring DNA of a mutation as the result of recent and strong positive natural selection . A selectivesweep can occur when a new mutation occurs that increases the Fitness biology fitness of the carrier relative to other members of the population . Natural selection will favour individuals that have a higher fitness and with time the newly mutated variant allele will increase in frequency relative to other alleles. As its prevalence increases, neutral and nearly neutral genetic variation linked to the new mutation will also become more prevalent. This phenomenon is called genetic hitchhiking . A strong selectivesweep results in a region of the genome where the positively selected haplotype the mutated allele and its neighbours is essentially the only one that exists in the population, resulting in a large reduction of the total genetic variation in that chromosome region. Detecting selective sweeps Whether or not a selectivesweep has occurred can be investigated in various ways. One method is to measure linkage disequilibrium , i.e., whether a given haplotype is overrepresented in the population. Under neutral evolution, genetic recombination will result in the reshuffling .... However, during a selectivesweep, selection for a positively selected gene variant will also result ... of strong linkage disequilibrium might indicate that there has been a recent selectivesweep, and can ... gene responsible for the yellow endosperm color, shows strong evidence for a selectivesweep in yellow ... selectivesweep journal Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. volume 101 issue 26 pages 9885 90 ... found evidence for selective sweeps on chromosomes Chromosome 1 human 1 , Chromosome 2 human 2 ... maize lines had increased diversity and no evidence of linkage disequilibrium associated with a selectivesweep. ref cite journal author Palaisa K, Morgante M, Tingey S, Rafalski A title Long range ... more details
wiktionary sweep tocright Sweep may refer to Cleaning Chimney sweep Street sweeper Swept quartz , a cleaning of quartz crystal from alkali metal ions Sports This section is linked from Michael Jordan Sweep football play Sweep baseball basketball hockey , winning a five game series 3 games to none, or winning a seven game series 4 games to none fans sometimes bring brooms to stadiums or arenas in the final game of a impending series sweep as a way to brandish and taunt the team that is down in the series. This is more common when a team is about to sweep the series in their own stadium or arena. Sweep martial arts Sweep rowing A Batting cricket SweepSweep in cricket , a shot played in cricket A nickname for football player Shaun Wright Phillips In tennis, winning all five lines concrete donkey style Farming Sweep agricultural Detection Technical surveillance counter measures Bug sweeping Minesweeping Other meanings Clean sweep naval , referring to a completely successful mission carried out by a warship. Sweep horse , a champion thoroughbred race horse Sweep book series , a fictional series by Cate Tiernan Sweep software , a digital audio editor Sweep fish a number of fish in the suborder Scorpidinae Sweep account , a kind of bank account Sweep line algorithm , a concept in computational geometry Sweep picking , a guitar technique Swept wing , a layout of the wings on an airplane Sweeps period , a system of calculating viewership for television programming Sweep puppet , a character on the Sooty television show SWEEPS , the Sagittarius Window Eclipsing Extrasolar Planet Search Sweepstakes , a sales promotion or lottery Sweeps a term for the windmill sail sails of a windmill. Usage confined to Kent, Sussex and Surrey. Sweep Transformers , a character from Transformers franchise Sweep a gradual Tube bending bend or elbow in Conduit electrical conduit , Pipe fluid conveyance piping , or Duct HVAC ductwork disambig de Fegen ja sv Fegen ... more details
wiktionary selectiveSelective may refer to Selective Insurance , an American insurance company Selective school , a school that admits students on the basis of some sort of selection criteria Selective school New South Wales See also Selective breeding , the process of breeding for specific traits Selection disambiguation Selectivity disambiguation lookfrom Selective intitle Selective disambig ... more details
A Clean Sweep may refer to A Clean Sweep 1938 film A Clean Sweep 1938 film , an American film A Clean Sweep 1958 film A Clean Sweep 1958 film , a British film directed by Maclean Rogers disambiguation ... more details
wiktionary Clean sweep may refer to Clean Sweep , an American television series clean sweep naval , a naval expression meaning a successful mission Clean Sweep , a fictional character in the G.I. Joe universe Clean Sweep The Hardy Boys , a Hardy Boys novel Operation Clean Sweep , a 2004 coalition counterinsurgency operation in Iraq Quarterdeck CleanSweep , a software utility for Microsoft Windows used to uninstall applications. disambig ... more details
The Chimney Sweep may refer to The Shepherdess and the Chimney Sweep a literary fairy tale by Danish poet and author Hans Christian Andersen 1805 1875 Springman & the SS , also known as The Chimney Sweep , a 1946 Czechoslovakian film directed by Jir Brdecka and Jir Trnka disambig ... more details
image Judo foot sweep cropped.jpg thumb 300px The attacker on the left sweeps the right foot of the opponent The foot sweep also footsweep is a move in many different styles of martial arts . It is used to trip an opponent. Foot sweeps are commonly used in Tang Soo Do , karate , and jujutsu . In addition, many closer sweeps like the Trap Sweep and Two Leg Sweep can resemble Judo throws. Foot Sweep Types Drop sweep Commonly thought of when someone hears foot sweep, the drop sweep involves spinning and sweeping one or two legs from a crouched position. This move is also known as the front sweep in martial arts circles. ref name Fundamentals of High Performance Wushu Taolu Jumps and Spins cite book last Wu first Raymond title Fundamentals of High Performance Wushu Taolu Jumps and Spins year 2007 publisher Lulu isbn 978 1 4303 1820 0 ref Single leg sweep When the opponent has one foot off the ground usually in mid kick and the defender moves past this kick and sweeps out the standing leg. Trap sweep A variant of the single leg sweep, this involves catching the opponent s kick with one hand ... the defender open to hand attacks to the head. Two leg sweep When the opponent has both feet on the ground ... to further off balance the opponent. Forward sweep A sweep aimed at the front of the opponent s legs ... to the possibility of injuring the opponent s knees or shins if the sweep is too powerful or misapplied. Scissor sweep The scissor sweep involves positioning one leg across the opponent s lower chest ... scissor sweep A variant of the scissor sweep, it is an offensive technique used in opposite ... leg scissors against the front of the opponent s knees. Like the forward sweep, this can be very dangerous due to potential injury to the opponent s knees, spine, and kidneys. See also Sweep martial ... to learn how to do a front drop sweep. Can also download a free companion training guide. http www.flashmavi.com wushu kicks front sweep.shtml Flash demonstration of the front sweep aka drop sweep Category ... more details
notability date September 2011 primary sources date September 2011 Infobox software name Sweep screenshot Image SweepScreenshotLinux.png 250px caption Sweep screenshot on Linux developer The Sweep Team latest release version 0.9.3 latest release date 12 April 2008 operating system Cross platform genre Digital audio editor license GNU General Public License website http www.metadecks.org software sweepSweep is a digital audio editor and live playback tool for Linux , BSD and compatible systems. It is able to handle many sound formats, including MP3 , WAV and Ogg Vorbis Vorbis . Originally developed with the support of Pixar , the most notable feature of Sweep is its stylus like cursor tool called Scrubby . ref cite web last James first Daniel title Linux and Music url http www.soundonsound.com sos Feb03 articles linuxaudio.asp work Sound On Sound accessdate 16 January 2012 ref Sweep is included in most modern Linux distribution s. fact date April 2012 Released under the GNU General Public License , Sweep is free software . See also Portal Free software Free audio software Linux audio software References Reflist External links commons category http www.metadecks.org software sweep index.html Official homepage Audio editors DEFAULTSORT Sweep Software Category Free audio editors Category Free music software Free software stub multimedia software stub de Sweep Software it Sweep pl Sweep ... more details
Multiple issues unreferenced December 2009 orphan November 2006 wikify December 2009 In motorcycle terms, the sweep is the rider last in line whose job is to ensure everyone else in the group ride arrives at the destination safely. The sweep is often the person with the most experience, not always the fastest, but certainly with a reliable motorcycle who is not going to be the person who breaks down or crashes themselves. Having at least a basic amount of mechanical experience and tools is a plus so field repairs may be made if necessary. Sometimes, the sweep function is performed by a truck or other vehicle that may also have a trailer. This is usually for very long trips that cover many miles on the highway as on twisty backroads the pickup and trailer may not be able to maintain the same speeds as the motorcycles. When this is done, the term chase vehicle is usually the preferred term, though the function is essentially the same. Riding sweep is the act of performing the sweep function, as in, I ll be riding sweep for today s ride. In Australia and some other countries, the Sweep is instead called Tail End Charlie which performs exactly the same job as a Sweep . DEFAULTSORT Sweep Motorcycle Category Motorcycle riding ... more details
A sweep generator is a piece of electronic test equipment similar to, and sometimes included on, a function generator which creates an electrical waveform with a linearly varying frequency and a constant envelope constant amplitude . Sweep generators are commonly used to test the frequency response of electronic filter circuits. These circuits are mostly transistor circuits with inductor s and capacitor s to create linear characteristics. See also Radio frequency sweep Category Electrical circuits electronics stub ... more details
Merge to Sweep martial arts date March 2012 Push Sweep is one of the Sweep grappling guard sweeps described in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, Theory and Technique by Renzo Gracie and Royler Gracie . It is also demonstrated in The Essence Of Judo by one of Kyuzo Mifune Kyuzo Mifune s student, and it is an unnamed technique described in The Canon Of Judo . The main characteristic of the Push Sweep is the push with tori s foot of uke s knee out from under uke when tori has uke in his open guard . References Kyuzo Mifune. The Canon Of Judo. Kodansha International, 2004. ISBN 4 7700 2979 9. Renzo Gracie and Gracie. Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, Theory and Technique. Invisible Cities, 2001. ISBN 1 931229 08 2. Category Judo technique Judo stub ... more details
Infobox Film name Tom Sweep image Tom Sweep.JPG image size caption Screenshot from Tom Sweep director Micha l Dudok de Wit producer Jill Thomas br Richard Purdum Productions writer Micha l Dudok de Wit narrator starring music cinematography editing distributor released 1992 runtime 3 minutes country France language no dialogue budget preceded by followed by Tom Sweep is an animated short film made by Micha l Dudok de Wit in 1992. About the film The author, Micha l Dudok de Wit, said that Tom Sweep was intended to be one of a series of films. Unlike the two following films The Monk and the Fish 1994 and Father and Daughter film Father and Daughter 2000 , it is structured around a single camera angle. External links http www.imdb.com title tt0368355 Tom Sweep at IMDB Category Animated short films Category 1992 films animated film stub ... more details
Image Sweep and Sooty.png thumb Sweep right and Sooty Sweep is a United Kingdom British puppet and TV character popular in the United Kingdom , Australia , Ireland , New Zealand and other countries. Sweep is a grey glove puppet dog with long black ears who joined The Sooty Show in 1957, as a friend to fellow puppet Sooty . His general dim witted behaviour and penchant for bones and sausages has made him an endearing, entertaining character that children still love to this day. Probably his most unusual characteristic is his method of communication. It consists of a loud high pitched squeak that gains its inflection from normal speech and its rhythm from the syllables in each word. The rest of the cast could understand Sweep perfectly, and would indirectly translate for the viewer. The original puppeteer Harry Corbett s brother, Leslie achieved the sound of Sweep s voice using a saxophone reed. It is known that, unusually for a glove puppet, Sweep wore Wellington Boot wellingtons as several of the more slapstick routines involved his getting upended, leaving his wellies flailing helplessly in the air. Fact date May 2011 Sweep s family first appeared in Sooty & Co. in a episode called Sweep s Family. He has his mum & dad and 3 brothers, Swoop, Swipe & Swap. Voice Actors Leslie Corbett The Sooty Show Brian Sandford The Sooty Show , Sooty & Co. , Sooty Heights , Sooty TV series Sooty Rob Rackstraw Sooty s Amazing Adventures Francis Wright puppeteer Francis Wright Sooty TV series Sooty References Reflist Unreferenced date January 2008 Sooty Category Fictional dogs Category British comedy puppets comedy tv char stub ... more details
Infobox single Name Rolex Sweep Cover Artist Skepta Album Microphone Champion Released 15 September 2008 Format Music download Digital download Recorded 2009 Genre Dance music Length 2 37 Label Boy Better Know Producer Writer Chronology Skepta rapper Skepta singles Last single This single Rolex Sweep br 2008 Next single Sunglasses at Night Skepta song Sunglasses at Night br 2009 Rolex Sweep is a single by British grime artist, Skepta . It was released on 15 September 2008 for digital download. The single entered the UK Singles Chart on 20 September 2008 at number 86. Track listing Tracklist headline iTunes Digital download ref cite web url http itunes.apple.com gb album rolex sweep ep id289571161 work iTunes publisher www.apple.com uk itunes title Rolex Sweep EP ref total length title1 Rolex Sweep note1 Radio Edit length1 2 37 title2 Rolex Sweep note2 Vandalism Edit length2 2 49 title3 Rolex Sweep note3 Extended Mix length3 5 31 title4 Rolex Sweep note4 Vandalism Remix length4 5 25 title5 Rolex Sweep note5 Whelan & Di Scala Remix length5 5 16 title6 Rolex Sweep note6 Jamie Duggan Meets Da Booda In Yer Face Mix length6 4 24 Chart performance class wikitable sortable Chart 2008 align center Peak br position singlechart UKchartstats 86 artist Skepta song Rolex Sweep songid 34014 See also The second hand of most Rolex watches, like the second hand of any watch with a mechanical Movement clockwork movement , moves in intervals measuring a fraction of a second, such that the second hand appears to sweep. The second hand of a watch with a quartz movement , on the other hand, moves in one second intervals, such that the second hand ticks. Although this feature is not unique to Rolex watches, some call it the Rolex sweep. Rolex did at one time produce watches with quartz movements, so the second hand of some Rolex watches moves in one second intervals. References Reflist Skepta Category 2008 singles ... more details
unreferenced date February 2008 The sweep S sub w sub of a Solid geometry solid S is defined as the solid created when a motion M is applied to a given solid. The solid S should be considered to be a set of points in the Euclid ean space R3. Then the solid S sub w sub which is generated by sweeping S over M will contain all the points over which the points of S have moved during the motion M. DEFAULTSORT Solid Sweep Category Euclidean solid geometry geometry stub ... more details
Infobox film name The Miller and the Sweep image TheMillerandtheSweep.jpg image size caption Screenshot from the film director George Albert Smith inventor George Albert Smith producer George Albert Smith writer narrator starring music cinematography George Albert Smith editing studio G.A. Smith distributor Warwick Trading Company released film date 1897 7 runtime 49 secs country Film UK language Silent film Silent budget The Miller and the Sweep is a 1897 in film 1897 UK British Short subject short black and white film black and white silent film silent comedy film , directed by George Albert Smith inventor George Albert Smith , featuring a miller carrying a bag of flour fighting with a chimney sweep carrying a bag of soot in front of a windmill, before a crowd comes and chases them away. The film, according to Michael Brooke of BFI Screenonline, was one of the first films made by G.A. Smith, shortly after he first acquired a camera, and is also, one of the earliest films to show a clear awareness of its visual impact when projected. A clip from this film is featured in Paul Merton s interactive guide to early British silent comedy How They Laughed . ref name BFIso01 cite web title The Miller and the Sweep first Michael last Brooke coauthors url http www.screenonline.org.uk film id 444555 index.html work BFI Screenonline date accessdate 2011 04 24 ref ref name BFIdb01 cite web title The Miller and the Sweep first last coauthors url http ftvdb.bfi.org.uk sift title 65082 work BFI Film & TV Database date accessdate 2011 04 24 ref ref name BFIig01 cite web title How They Laughed first Paul last Merton coauthors url http www.screenonline.org.uk film id 444555 index.html work BFI Screenonline date accessdate 2011 04 24 ref References reflist External links imdb title id 0000208 title The Miller and the Sweep CinemaoftheUK DEFAULTSORT Miller and the Sweep, The Category British films Category Black and white films Category British silent short films it The Miller and the Sweep ... more details
orphan date May 2010 Infobox album See Wikipedia WikiProject Albums Name Sweep of Days Type Album Artist Blue Foundation Producer Tobias Wilner Cover sweep of days.jpg Released February 2, 2004 Genre Electronic music Electronic Length 54 46 Label Virgin Denmark Sweep of Days is the second full length album released by Danish people Danish alternative rock group Blue Foundation . It was released in 2004 by Virgin Records Virgin Denmark . Track listing History 0 57 As I Moved On 4 01 End of the Day Silence 4 04 Ricochet 6 01 2 17 AM 3 01 Embers 5 27 Bonfires 4 15 The Yellow Man 3 37 Shine 4 47 Save This Town 3 39 Sweep 10 53 My Day 10 00 Includes hidden track. Personnel Tobias Wilner a.k.a. Bichi singing vocals , record producer producer , guitar Kirstine Stubbe Teglbj rg a.k.a. Stern singing vocals , guitar Scott Martingell a.k.a. MC Jabber singing vocals , spoken word Tatsuki Oshima Turntablism turntable manipulation Bo Rande synth , horn instrument horn , record producer producer References Citation last Chung first Yen title Blue Foundation Biography url http www.last.fm music Blue Foundation wiki accessdate 4 January 2010 Citation title Sweep of Days url http www.last.fm music Blue Foundation Sweep Of Days accessdate 4 January 2010 Category 2004 albums Category Blue Foundation albums pt Sweep of Days ... more details
Selective abortion may refer to Sex selective abortion and infanticide When a genetic test is performed that detects an undesirable trait see genetics and abortion Selective reduction dab ... more details
Merge to Swept wing date September 2009 Sweep theory is an aeronautical engineering description of the behavior of airflow over a wing when the wing s leading edge encounters the airflow at an oblique angle. The development of sweep theory resulted in the swept wing design used by most modern jet aircraft, as this design performs more effectively at transonic and supersonic speeds. In its advanced form, sweep theory led to the experimental oblique wing concept. Overview Adolf Busemann introduced the concept of the swept wing and presented this 1935 at the 5. Volta Congress in Rome. Sweep theory in general was a subject of development and investigation throughout the 1930s and 1940s, but the breakthrough mathematical definition of sweep theory is generally credited to NACA s Robert T. Jones in 1945. Sweep theory builds on other wing lift theories. Lifting line theory describes lift generated by a straight wing a wing in which the leading edge is perpendicular to the airflow . Weissinger theory describes the distribution of lift for a swept wing, but does not have the capability to include chordwise pressure distribution. There are other methods that do describe chordwise distributions, but they have other limitations. Jones sweep theory provides a simple, comprehensive analysis of swept wing performance. Description To visualize the basic concept of simple sweep theory, consider a straight, non swept wing of infinite length, which meets the airflow at a perpendicular angle. The resulting ... engineers. Sweep theory helps mitigate the effects of compressibility in transonic and supersonic aircraft ... that actually experienced by the wing. There is also a negative aspect to sweep theory. The lift produced ... the problem, including the variable incidence wing design on the F 8 Crusader and Variable sweep wing ... Tornado . References http www.desktopaero.com appliedaero potential3d sweeptheory.html Simple sweep ... math of swept and oblique wings http adg.stanford.edu aa241 drag sweepncdc.html Sweep theory in a 3D ... more details
Taxobox name Silver sweep regnum Animalia phylum Chordata classis Actinopterygii ordo Perciformes familia Kyphosidae genus Scorpis species S. lineolata binomial Scorpis lineolata binomial authority Rudolf Kner Kner , 1865 The silver sweep , Scorpis lineolata , is a sweep of the genus Scorpis , found around eastern Australia and northern New Zealand to depths of about 30 m, over reef areas and off headlands. Its length is between 10 and 30 cm. References ITIS id 646031 taxon Scorpis lineolata accessdate 19 March 2006 FishBase species genus Scorpis species lineolata month January year 2006 Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand , William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982 ISBN 0 00 216987 8 Category Kyphosidae ca Scorpis lineolata nl Scorpis lineolata ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 A sweep investment , or sweep investment account , is a secondary bank account that offers additional investment options on idle funds in a primary cash or checking account. ref cite web url http www.latam.citibank.com corporate lattco english transact cashmgmt sweepi.htm title Citibank date January 1, 2006 accessdate 2007 03 08 publisher Citigroup ref How it Works At the end of each business day, the bank automatically scans and determines what funds in the person s account is idle. It then transfers the funds to preselected interest earning accounts. At the start of the following business day, the investment plus interest accrued is credited to the primary account. Due to the timing of these transactions, there is never a conflict of demand for the funds. ref cite web url http www.pacificwesternbank.com business bus cash management.php title Cash Management Services date January 1, 2007 accessdate 2007 03 08 publisher Pacific Western Bank ref . Drawbacks Since it is not a deposit, it is not Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation federally insured . Furthermore, like all investments, it may lose value. ref cite web url http www.bank.guarantygroup.com corporate treasurymanagement sweep.asp title Sweep Investment Account date January 1, 2007 accessdate 2007 03 08 publisher Guaranty Bank ref Customers Sweep investment accounts are generally offered to individuals and small business owners. References reflist Category Banking terms and equipment ... more details
cleanup date July 2008 unreferenced date July 2008 A sweep account is an account set up at a bank or other financial institution where the funds are automatically managed between a primary cash account and secondary investment accounts. Overview A sweep account is a combination of two or more accounts at a bank or financial institution. It is useful in managing a steady cash flow between a cash account used to make scheduled payments, and an investment account where the cash is able to accrue a higher return. Many banks and financial institutions offer a sweep account service for personal customers and small business owners. It has also become part of the arsenal of services offered by credit card companies. Mechanics In banking, sweep accounts are primarily used as a legal workaround to the prohibition on paying interest on business checking accounts. In this system, the funds are described as being swept overnight into an investment vehicle of some kind. The choices for sweep investments are often the following money fund s, and what are known as Eurodollar Sweeps or Repo Sweeps . Eurodollar sweeps are legal transfers of funds to the bank s offshore entities, although essentially they are just an accounting technique to allow the banks to have full lending of the funds without the reserve requirements normally required and without having to pay for FDIC insurance as the sweep is uninsured . Essentially, the funds are just unsecured obligations of the bank, and therefore are paid ... works In a sweep account A cash account is set up first and a lump sum of money is deposited into that account ... should yield a large enough return that will increase the total value of the sweep ..., or recommend other forms of investments and liquidation. The financial innovation of sweep accounts ... Some companies choose to have all of their funds swept into a sweep account if they believe that the increased ... and then only sweep funds in excess of that amount. Companies pay extra for more complex investment ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 Original research article date January 2008 Image Sweep picking by punkettaro.gif thumb Ascending Down Stroke Maj VII arpeggio Sweep picked on an electric guitar. Sweep picking is a guitar picking guitar playing technique in which a sweeping motion of the plectrum pick is combined with a matching fret hand technique in order to produce a specific series of notes which are fast and fluid in sound. Despite being commonly known as sweep picking , both hands essentially perform an integral motion in unison to achieve the desired effect. It was invented and developed by jazz guitar ists Chuck Wayne and Tal Farlow in the 1940s. Another guitarist who developed the technique is jazz fusion guitarist Frank Gambale , who was student and teacher at the Los Angeles Music Institute in the 80 s. He discovered the sweeping after trying to emulate piano and saxophone licks ... in sweep picking. In certain instances, however, legato is used to sound notes instead of an actual ... guitar techniques, each individual player can seek to integrate sweep picking into their existing repertoire .... Furthering the idea, most players who master the basic sweep picking pattern will use only parts of it or alter the technique to purposefully achieve a certain lick music lick . In this sense, sweep ... is the use of the three string sweep arpeggio done on the upper three thinnest strings. Beginning on the middle tonic of this progression, the player may sweep first up the arpeggio and then back ... into endless combinations. Ultimately, once mastered, sweep picking can be applied to virtually any ... to create a sweeping motion and hit each note and then lift off. Guitarists known for their sweep ... links http www.shredguitarschool.com arpeggio mastery Leigh Williams DEFAULTSORT Sweep Picking Category Guitar performance techniques da Sweep picking de Sweep Picking es Sweep picking fr Sweeping gl Sweep picking it Sweep picking he ja pl Sweeping pt Sweep picking ru sv Sweeping ... more details
Other uses Clean sweep disambiguation Unreferenced date September 2009 Infobox Television show name Clean Sweep image File Logocleansweep.JPG center 150px Clean Sweep logo caption Clean Sweep format Home Improvement camera runtime 44 minutes creator executive producer starring narrated country United States network TLC first aired Start date 2003 last aired End date 2005 num episodes website http tlc.discovery.com fansites cleansweep cleansweep.html Clean Sweep is an American television series that involved a team consisting of a host, an organizer, designer , and carpenter who help homeowners clear one or two rooms of clutter in a two day process. Original episodes of Clean Sweep aired on TLC TV channel TLC in 2003 through 2005. In each episode of Clean Sweep , the host meets with the homeowners in the rooms to be cleaned. The production crew then moves the entire contents of the room outdoors. The host then assists the homeowners with an initial half hour sort of all the items into three areas keep , sell and toss . The process is then repeated by the organizer, in a much more thorough manner. Meanwhile, the designer and carpenter renovate the rooms, usually painting the rooms and constructing storage units such as closets, entertainment units, or cabinets. On the second day, a yard sale is held to dispose of the items in the sell category. The homeowners usually a husband and wife compete to sell the most, with the loser having to give up a sentimental item from the keep category. Once the rooms are renovated and the remaining items from the keep category moved back into the house, the homeowners are brought in to be surprised by the final results. In January 2007, The Learning Channel began airing repeats of the show on weekdays in a 30 minute long format, instead of the original hour version of the show. Cast A list of the crew is as follows Hosts Stacey Dutton 2003 2004 Tava Smiley 2004 2005 Organizational Experts Peter Walsh organizer Peter Walsh Shelli Alexander ... more details
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