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Is vanilla considered a dried or fresh spice?
I ask b/c I found a great jam recipe using a vanilla bean & would like to add to other jam recipes. I have read on here that you can safely add dried herbs/spices to recipes w/out adverse pH affects.
The primary concern with spices pH is when dealing with low-acid foods. Since most all fruit jams are acidic pH I don't think it is an issue. Others will correct me if I'm wrong.
Most all vanilla beans I have any access to are dried already. But even if you have a fresh bean the pH shouldn't be affected all that much given the acidic nature of the fruit. There are a couple of exceptions - figs is one off the top of my head - that are low-acid fruits.
Vanilla beans are dried orchid pods. Obviously the moist beans still have plenty of residual oils, but of all the things I might worry about with preserves, that would rank at the bottom.
I would not be at all concerned about using vanilla in any preserve, even something like fig (which usually calls for lemon juice to bring down the pH). Generally, the preserves are cooked with the bean and once the preserves are infused, the bean is removed. So if there were any potential risk (purely hypothetically), removing the pod would take care of the problem.

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This April 18, 2013 file photo shows an aerial view of the remains of a fertilizer plant and an apartment complex to the left, destroyed by an explosion in West, Texas. The government has failed to inspect virtually all of the chemical facilities that it considers to be at high risk for a terror attack, numbering in the thousands, and has underestimated the threat to densely populated cities, congressional investigators say. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez, File)The Associated Press
WASHINGTON – Congressional investigators say the government is underestimating the threat of a chemical attack on America's densely populated cities and has failed to inspect virtually all of the chemical facilities that it considers particularly vulnerable to terrorists.
The investigation by Republican staff on the Senate Homeland Security Committee documents inspection delays and government errors in risk assessment in a $595 million terror prevention program. A copy of the report was obtained by The Associated Press.
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Dr. Bruhl earned his medical degree from the University of Colorado School of Medicine in Denver, and completed his residency at St. Joseph Hospital in Denver. He also holds a Bachelor of Science degree in geology from Carleton College in Northfield, Minn., and a Master of Science degree in hydrology from the University of Idaho School of Mines in Moscow, Idaho. Dr. Bruhl was at SEARHC Mt. Edgecumbe Hospital from 1998-2006, then spent 2007-08 as a physician and medical director at Sitka Community Hospital's Mountainside Family Healthcare. He returned to SEARHC Mt. Edgecumbe Hospital in April 2009. Before returning to school to become a physician, Dr. Bruhl lived in Alaska and was a wildlands firefighter at the Chugach National Forest Seward Ranger District and a commercial fisheries worker/deckhand in Homer.
Dr. Bruhl was elected to the Sigma Xi science honor society while at Carleton College and the Alpha Omega Alpha medical honor society while at the University of Colorado School of Medicine. He also won the 1997 F. William Barrows Resident of the Year Award from the Colorado Academy of Family Physicians.
Dr. Bruhl's medical interests are dermatology, orthopedics, men's health and sports medicine. During his personal time, he enjoys hunting, fishing, skiing and gardening. Dr. Bruhl also enjoys providing medical care for Sitka sports teams, including the Sitka Youth Football League junior, senior and Sitka High School football teams, the Sitka High School soccer team and at the state Class 1A-2A-3A state wrestling championships (held December 2007 at Mt. Edgecumbe High School).
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Dr. Buley was born and raised in Minnesota and earned a medical degree from the University of Minnesota Medical School and received Family Medicine training in Duluth, Minn. After spending a year in the Howard Hughes Scholars program at the National Institute of Health and three years at the Maniilaq Health Center in Kotzebue, Alaska, she took the advice of her then boyfriend (who is from Juneau and she later married) and did a family medicine rotation at Mt. Edgecumbe Hospital in Sitka. There she found her calling. A transfer to Juneau brought Dr. Buley to ELMC where she has remained and is now the clinic's Medical Director.
Dr. Buley enjoys spending time with her three children, Noatak (named after Alaska's Noatak River), Shea and Georgia as well as her husband, Jerry; the family's Chief Operating Officer (stay at home dad).
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Jeff earned a Bachelor of Science degree in biology from Mount Marty College in Yankton, S.D., and attended graduate school at Marquette University in Milwaukee. He earned a Doctor of Dental Science (DDS) from the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Dentistry in Omaha, Neb., and was a practicing dentist in southcentral South Dakota for 10 years before suffering a hand injury. He earned a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Creighton University in Omaha and worked as an emergency room and intensive care unit nurse for 2 1/2 years. Jeff then earned his Physician Assistant degree from the University of South Dakota in Vermillion, S.D., and he worked as a PA in northcentral Montana for 11 years before moving to Hoonah.
Jeff was league champion at the Kimball, S.D., Golf Club (Sand Greens) in 1987 and club league champion in 1994 at Lake Platte golf course in Montana. He was most improved bowler in 1982 with Kimball Men's League.
Jeff has a special medical interest in rural health care, and he and his wife, Jenni, were trauma medical director and trauma medical coordinator for a small rural hospital in Montana. Jeff's personal interests include his wife and kids, woodworking, gardening, cooking, fishing and hunting.
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Cal earned a Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree and his family nurse practitioner certification from Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah. Before moving to Hoonah, Cal spent 22 years working for a variety of rural clinics in northern New Mexico.
Cal has a special medical interest in rural health care and emergency medical services. Cal's personal interests include hunting, fishing, the outdoors, farming, ranching, reading, and watching his kids and grandkids.
Physical Therapy
Alexei earned his Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) degree from the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. Alexei has been with SEARHC since 2000 and was promoted to department manager of physical therapy at S'áxt' Hít Mt. Edgecumbe Hospital in Sitka in 2010. Since becoming department manager, Alexei expanded the department to three physical therapists (Alexei; Gio Villanueva, DPT; and Christopher Jones, MSPT) and a part-time occupational therapist (Lois Denherder, OTR). He also led a renovation of the clinic space, increasing the area for therapeutic exercise and adding substantial new equipment. Alexei holds the rank of Lieutenant Commander in the USPHS Commissioned Corps.
Alexei won the 2011 and 2004 U.S. Public Health Service Therapist Junior Officer of the Year Award, which honors a U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps junior officer who is selected by his or her peers across the country for "overall performance in the delivery of quality health care and outstanding contributions in the area of clinical health care/health care management." He won his 2011 award for co-authoring and implementing a business plan (approved by the SEARHC Board) that brings significant upgrades and increased services to the hospital. Alexei won his 2004 award as a clinical instructor for Doctor of Physical Therapy students.
Alexei's medical interests include outpatient orthopedics and sports medicine. He also is an avid cyclist.
American Board of Dental Examiners (ADEX)
Dr. Alex DeYoung attended Clarion University in Pennsylvania where he received his B.S. in Molecular Biology. At Virginia Commonwealth University Medical College of Virginia he obtained his Doctor of Dental Surgery (DDS). Dr. DeYoung received his Advanced Education in General Dentistry at Lutheran Medical Center. Before coming to work at SEARHC, he provided volunteer service for several Mission of Mercy Dental Service Projects, Give Kids a Smile, and Caritas in Richmond, VA.
Alex shared this comment about his work at SEARHC. "I have been interested in working in the Haines clinic since I moved to Alaska and heard about the long-need call for a full time dentist. I got into this profession to provide quality care where it is most needed and to help as many people as possible. Being able to do it in such a beautiful place, with so much to offer is a blessing I don't take for granted."
Professionally, Dr. DeYoung enjoys complex and challenging dentistry, continuing education and village travel. After hours he appreciates outdoor activities including fishing, hunting, hiking, camping and mountain biking.
American Academy of Audiology
Dr. Dunn earned her Audiology Doctorate from the University of Northern Colorado in Greeley, and she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree with majors in psychology and speech, language and hearing sciences. She comes to SEARHC from Colorado, where she worked in a six-physician otolaryngology (ear, nose, throat) practice that included four audiologists.
Dr. Dunn holds a Certificate of Clinical Competence in Audiology (CCC-A) credential from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, and she is a Fellow of the American Academy of Audiology (F-AAA).
Dr. Dunn enjoys all aspects of audiology. She also loves to ski and hike, and she loves trying new foods.
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Dr. Edwards earned her undergraduate degree from Colorado State University in Fort Collins, Colo., and she earned her Medical Doctorate from the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center in Denver. She completed her residency through the Alaska Family Medicine Residency program in Anchorage, a program that included field work in Bethel, Kodiak and Unalaska.
Dr. Edwards was a member of the Phi Beta Kappa honor fraternity as an undergraduate student.
Dr. Edwards' interests include the full spectrum of Family Medicine services, including women's health, obstetrics, adolescents and disease prevention. She also enjoys spending time with her hsuband and two young sons, swimming, running and hiking. In addition to working at Mt. Edgecumbe Hospital in Sitka, Dr. Edwards will provide services to the community of Kake.
Dr. Ericksen earned his Doctor of Dental Medicine degree from the University of Lousville in Kentucky. He also holds a Bachelor of Science degree in public health from Utah State University in Logan, Utah. Before coming to SEARHC, Dr. Ericksen worked for the Northern Navajo Medical Center in Shiprock, N.M., and the Norton Sound Health Corporation in Nome.
Dr. Ericksen is interested in hunting, fishing, computers, Mexican cuisine, remote control aircraft and spending time with his family. He provides dental services at the Alicia Roberts Medical Center in Klawock and makes regular trips to the Hydaburg Health Center for clinics.
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Kelly earned a Master of Physician Assistant degree from Oregon Health and Science University in Portland.
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Garden Centre Blowout
All the garden centres are 'blowing out' stuff. What is a good deal, what is worth planting now, what will survive August heat etc. etc. etc.
Give your tips and stories of the deals you got this or last year.
I guess all you other garden types are out in that hot sun playing with the plants. I just cant do it!
A few things I got last year that grew: -a wisteria I purchased at great discount last year made it throught the winter and is a very healty vine this year. -a little ornamental cypress (3'tall) did not make it throught the winter -I got it in Sept., kept it watered but it was dead by spring.
Sometimes one can get great bargains at garden centre blowouts. A couple of years ago, I acquired a yellow rose tree for two dollars...regularly about $20. Unfortunately, most rose trees don't survive our winters, but a friend told me that in Germany, they dig their rose trees up, and bury them for the winter. I have done so for a couple of years now, and it blooms well for me, coming out of the ground in lovely shape.
For several years I've gone to the annual Heritage Perennial Sale in September......just to have a look. I always end up with some great 'new' plants, in excellent condition, for a fraction of the price. Then I have to find a place to plant them. Don't need another single plant, haven't even finished planting, but come September, I'll be there.


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"Everything [is] as condensed as dessert milk"
Tom Hanks, Audrey Tatou, Jean Reno, Ian McKellen, Alfred Molina, Jurgen Prochnow, Paul Bettany, Etienne Chicot
You know that feeling you get when you rip open a big bag of potato chips only to find the bag is quarter-full? If you're starving, you'll dig right in anyway, sautéing your lips with the salty goodness, but you're bound to come to the realisation that hot air can be ever so dissatisfying, eventually, aren't you? Especially when you reach the bottom of the synthetic packet.
The film version of Dan Brown's best selling, not to mention hugely hyped, book, "The Da Vinci Code" is like that – you just know they could've fit more inside. At the same time, you're aching for it, so you'll still gladly dig into what's on offer.
Yet, this isn't so much Dan Brown's "Da Vinci Code", but "The Da Vinci Code for Dummies" with everything as condensed as dessert milk, and most of the mutton from the book's bone ravaged before it got before the cameras.
Same deal as the book: Professor (and all-round expert code breaker) Robert Langdon (Tom Hanks) and Sophie Neveu (Audrey Tatou), a cryptologist with the French Judicial Police, are thrust together on a frantic quest for the Holy Grail, when a series of murders are committed, and Langdon finds himself the prime suspect. What they discover is a major religious cover-up, one that seems to indicate that Jesus Christ and Mary Magdalene were married and had a child – Among other 'surprising' revelations.
And for the sake of saving 'some' didn't-see-that-coming-moments, I'll leave it there.
Yep, Hollywood has had its way with, what some believe, is one of the best books of the century. But is it bad enough that'll have everyone screaming 'rape'?
In fact, "The Da Vinci Code" isn't a bad movie at all. It'd be even better if it weren't called "The Da Vinci" code, because then the pressure and expectations would be sans from the analysis. On it's own, it's an entertaining, well performed and ultimately exquisitely shot film, the likes of which Ron Howard is famous for.
On the other hand, it is "The Da Vinci Code", and you can't help but notice that it should never have been turned into a two-and-a-half hour movie, but more so, a tri-nightly min-series, just long enough to squeeze all the important details in.
In it's current form, it not only summarizes (not to mention skips over crucial parts) the book, but lays everything out in front of the audience as if we were brainless chimps in a Roddy McDowall movie. Everything feels rather forced (yes, we guessed that plot point an hour ago, why bother explaining it…again!) and studio trite (Oh look, here comes another 'Tom Hanks' moment).
If you've never read the book, you'll walk out of the film wondering what all the fuss is about. The movie makes it seems like such a simple easy-to-join-the-dots tale, with the audience always five steps ahead of the film.
In fact, Disney's "National Treasure", which treads similar lines – Nicolas Cage discovers a hidden buried treasure, via cryptic clues – but put entertainment before plot point, might even be a more enjoyable film. It definitely moved faster, and it encompassed a few more surprises. But, of course, that was helped by the fact that nobody had any expectations about that one. "Da Vinci" always had its work cut out for it – but boy, if they could only have quickened up the pace a bit, or let us, the audience, do some of the thinking for ourselves.
Having said that, it is a good-enough film, and the one thing that most people were sceptical about – the casting of Tom Hanks in the lead – is actually one of its saving graces. In addition, Paul Bettany is excellent as Silas, the terminating albino, whilst Audrey Tatou is absolutely radiant as the inquisitive Sophie. Howard has also made great use of the locations he has been given access too – they add a lot to his depiction.
The Catholic Church has nothing to worry about here though. This is way too cheesy for anyone to swallow as gospel, and ain't nobody going to be crowning Ronny Howard the new Messiah anytime soon.
Read the book instead.
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Reviewer : Clint Morris
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The Playground hasn't been so playful as of late, likely due to my recently pressurized life. I have less time and less energy to write than ever before, and as a result the words that get published are flavored by the more serious outlook I've been forced to pick up. I find this terribly sad, and as the Childlike Author, I can feel the push from all sides attempting to make me grow up.
But I will not.
For one thing, Peter Pan would be disappointed in me.
For another thing, I would almost certainly go insane.
The nature of children is such that if sufficient grief and hardship is meted out to them, their demeanor becomes overly grim and perhaps irreversibly serious. This is typically referred to as maturation, and it may or may not occur before its time. It can happen all at once, or it can happen gradually. It is rather like glass under a dripping faucet… it will eventually fill up, but if the faucet is opened in full the glass will fill up in little more than an instant.
Everyone has their own grief glass, and tiny drips of grief and hardship will eventually fill it to capacity. Children's glasses are relatively empty compared to an adult's simply because their glass has not experienced the passage of time for quite as long. But even this means nothing if their faucet is running rather than dripping.
Currently my own faucet of grief and hardship is a bit more open and my grief glass is filling a bit more quickly than I've been accustomed to, but then again, I'm a bit of a cheater…
I may or may not have drilled a hole in its bottom.


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A liquid developer contains a liquid dispersion medium, marking particles, a polymeric surfactant, an optional colorant, and an optional charge control agent. The polymeric surfactant may be a siloxane surfactant, preferably a siloxane-alkene oxide block copolymer. To prepare the liquid developer, the surfactant may be added as a post additive to previously-formed developer.
1. A liquid electrostatic developer which provides high resolution and improved image transfer efficiency comprising a liquid dispersion medium, marking particles and a polymeric siloxane surfactant, wherein said polymeric siloxane surfactant is a siloxane-alkylene oxide block copolymer and is present in an amount effective to improve image transfer efficiency.
2. The developer of claim 1, further comprising a charge control agent.
3. The developer of claim 2, wherein said liquid dispersion medium is an insulating organic liquid dispersion medium.
4. The developer of claim 1, where said marking particles comprise a thermoplastic resin substantially insoluble in the dispersion medium.
5. The developer of claim 3, wherein said thermoplastic resin contains a colorant which is soluble in said thermoplastic resin and insoluble in said dispersion medium.
6. The developer of claim 1, wherein said polymeric siloxane surfactant is: ##STR3## wherein R1 is an alkyl or aryl of 1 to 10 carbon atoms;
R2 is H or alkyl of 1 to 10 carbon atoms terminated with OH; ##STR4## wherein X is an alkyl of 1 to 50 carbon atoms;
n represents the number of repeating units and is a whole integer from 1 to 200;
m represents the number of repeating units and is a whole integer from 1 to 200;
y is an integer from 1 to 10; and
z is an integer from 1 to 30.
7. The developer of claim 1, wherein said polymeric siloxane surfactant is dimethylsiloxane-ethylene oxide.
8. A method of preparing a liquid electrostatic developer which provides high resolution and improved image transfer efficiency comprising adding a polymeric siloxane surfactant to a dispersion comprising a liquid dispersion medium and marking particles, wherein said polymeric siloxane surfactant is a siloxane-alkylene oxide block copolymer and is added in an amount effective to improve image transfer efficiency.
9. The method of claim 8, wherein said dispersion further comprises a charge control agent.
10. The method of claim 8, wherein said liquid dispersion medium is an insulating organic liquid dispersion medium.
11. The method of claim 8, where said marking particles comprise a thermoplastic resin substantially insoluble in the dispersion medium.
12. The method of claim 11, wherein said thermoplastic resin contains a colorant, which is soluble in said thermoplastic resin and insoluble in said dispersion medium.
13. The method of claim 8, wherein said polymeric siloxane surfactant is: ##STR5## wherein R1 is an alkyl or aryl of 1 to 10 carbon atoms;
R2 is H or alkyl of 1 to 10 carbon atoms terminated with OH; ##STR6## wherein X is an alkyl of 1 to 50 carbon atoms;
n represents the number of repeating units and is a whole integer from 1 to 200;
m represents the number of repeating units and is a whole integer from 1 to 200;
y is an integer from 1 to 10; and
z is an integer from 1 to 30.
14. The method of claim 8, wherein said polymeric siloxane surfactant is dimethylsiloxane-ethylene oxide.
15. The developer of claim 1, wherein the surfactant is present in a concentration ranging from 10 to 1000 milligrams per gram of solids in the developer.
16. The method of claim 8, wherein the surfactant is added to said dispersion in a concentration ranging from 10 to 1000 milligrams per gram of solids in the dispersion.
17. A liquid electrostatic developer which provides high resolution and improved image transfer efficiency, consisting essentially of a liquid dispersion medium, marking particles, and a siloxane-alkylene oxide copolymer, wherein said copolymer is present in an amount effective to improve transfer efficiency.
The present invention is generally directed to liquid developers. More specifically, the present invention relates to a liquid developer having a siloxane surfactant as an additive, and to a method for preparing a liquid developer comprising a toner and a siloxane surfactant.
In an electrostatographic imaging process such as, for example, xerography, a xerographic plate containing a photoconductive insulating layer is imaged by uniformly electrostatically charging its surface followed by exposing it to a pattern of activating electromagnetic radiation such as light to selectively dissipate the charge in illuminated areas of the photoconductive member. This process forms an electrostatic latent image corresponding to the pattern of activating electromagnetic radiation. Alternatively, instead of latent image formation by uniformly charging a photoconductive layer and then exposing the layer to a light-and-shadow image, one may form the latent image by directly charging a dielectric layer in image configuration. The electrostatic latent image may then be developed with a developer composition containing charged marking particles. The charged particles will normally be attracted to those areas of the layer which retain a charge, thereby forming a toner image corresponding to the latent electrostatic image. This powder image may then be transferred to a support surface such as paper. The transferred image may be permanently affixed to the support surface as by heat. Other suitable fixing means such as solvent or overcoating treatment may be substituted for the foregoing heat fixing step.
To convert latent electrostatic images into visible images, a toner is generally used consisting of minute particles of a colored resin material which possesses definite triboelectric properties. Depending on the electrostatic charge the resin particles are either attracted and deposited on the charged areas of the latent image, or are repelled by the charged areas and deposited on the discharged areas. Such an operation is called the development of the latent electrostatic image.
In the electrostatographic process, liquid electrostatic developers are commonly used. Conventional commercial liquid developers comprise a dispersion of pigments in a liquid hydrocarbon. Once the electrostatic latent image is formed on an imaging member, it is transported through a bath of the liquid developer. When in contact with the liquid developer, the charged pigment particles in the liquid developer migrate to the electrostatic latent image and deposit thereon in conformance with the image. The imaging member may then be withdrawn from the liquid developer bath with the marking particles adhering to the electrostatic latent image in image configuration. A thin film of residual developer normally remains on the surface of the imaging member.
U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,762,764 to Ng et al. and 4,476,210 to Croucher et al. disclose a liquid developer comprising an amphipathic stabilizer polymer irreversibly anchored to a thermoplastic resin core of marking particles. The stabilizer has a soluble polymer backbone with an insoluble anchoring chain grafted onto the polymer backbone. The stabilizer may comprise an AB or ABA type block copolymer. The block copolymers may include siloxanes. The procedure for preparing the liquid developer comprises the steps of (1) preparation of the amphipathic stabilizer; (2) non-aqueous dispersion polymerization of the core monomer in the presence of the amphipathic stabilizer to provide stabilized particles; (3) dyeing of the non-aqueous dispersion particles; and (4) negatively charging the particles.
U.S. Pat. No. 3,579,451 to Sciambi discloses a stable, dry developer composition concentrate comprising silicone intermediate resin and a cross-linking promoting catalyst. The dry concentrate can be made into a liquid concentrate. The silicone intermediate resin component is a toluene- or xylene-soluble, lower alkyl and/or phenyl substituted, cross-linkable siloxane resin. The liquid developer composition concentrate is prepared by (1) heating a mixture of silicone intermediate resin and a cross-linking promoting catalyst suspended in an aromatic organic carrier liquid; (2) admixing the resin-catalyst mixture with an insoluble solid pigment; (3) milling the resin-catalyst mixture and pigment together in a grinding mill; (4) evaporating the milled materials to dryness; and (5) milling the dry concentrate with an organic carrier liquid to produce a liquid developer concentrate containing submicron-sized catalyst particles.
U.S. Pat. No. 4,737,432 to Tanaka et al. discloses a positively chargeable toner and a dry developer comprising positively chargeable fine silica powder. The silica powder may be treated to enhance hydrophobicity with another silane coupling agent or with an organic silicon compound, including such agents as hexamethyldisiloxane, 1,3-divinyltetramethyldi-siloxane, 1,3-diphenyltetramethyldisiloxane, and dimethyl-polysiloxane having 2 to 12 siloxane units per molecule and containing each on hydroxyl group bonded to Si at the terminal units.
U.S. Pat. Nos. 3,939,087 and 4,019,911, both to Vijayendran et al., disclose liquid toner compositions comprising a silane treated fumed silica. The silane treated fumed silica is treated with an organosilicon compound in which some of the bonds of a silane linkage are substituted by saturated or unsaturated hydrophobic organic groups.
U.S. Pat. No. 4,876,169 to Gruber et al. describes the use of siloxanes, in particular polydialkyl and polydimethyl siloxanes, incorporated in the backbone of a polymer resin in a dry toner or developer composition in conjunction with a release fluid additive which enables the toner to be free flowing and the toner particles not to agglomerate.
A need continues to exist for a liquid developer which provides good transfer efficiency, high resolution, dot range, print reproducibility, and print uniformity.
It is an object of the invention to provide a liquid developer with improved transfer efficiency of the developed image.
It is a further object of the invention to provide a liquid developer which provides high resolution, dot range, print reproducibility and print uniformity.
It is yet another object of the invention to provide a liquid developer wherein a surfactant can be added without the need to remake the toner (i.e., as a post additive.)
These objects and others are accomplished by a liquid developer of the invention which comprises a toner, a liquid dispersion medium and a polymeric siloxane surfactant. Preferably, the siloxane surfactant comprises a siloxane-alkene oxide block copolymer.
A liquid developer of the present invention comprises an electrostatic toner which may be comprised of an insulating organic liquid dispersion medium, a polymeric siloxane surfactant, charged marking particles with a thermoplastic resin core, an optional colorant, and an optional charge control agent. The liquid developer of the invention may be used with both encapsulated and non-encapsulated toners.
It is a particular advantage of the present invention that the polymeric surfactant may be added subsequent to the preparation of the toner, i.e., as a post additive, and thus in a manner that does not require the toner to be remade in order to employ this additive.
The presence of a siloxane surfactant enables excellent transfer of an image. The polymeric surfactant of the present invention is a siloxane, and preferably a siloxane-alkene oxide block polymer. Examples of the polysiloxanes selected for the surfactant polymers of the present invention include those of the following formula: ##STR1## wherein
R1 is an alkyl or aryl of to 10 carbon atoms;
R2 is H or alkyl of to 10 carbon atoms terminated with OH;
R3 is ##STR2## wherein
X is an alkyl of 1 to 50 carbon atoms;
n represents the number of repeating units and is a whole integer from 1 to 200;
m represents the number of repeating units and is a whole integer from 1 to 200;
y is an integer from 1 to 10, most preferably 2 to 3; and
z is an integer from 1 to 30.
A preferred block polymer is dimethylsiloxaneethylene oxide.
The surfactant is employed in a concentration ranging from 10 to 1000 mg per gram of toner solids, and more preferably in the range of 100 to 500 mg per gram of toner solids.
The liquid developers of the invention may be made with any suitable dispersion medium. Nonpolar liquids useful as a dispersion medium are, preferably, branched-chain aliphatic hydrocarbons. These include, for example, Isopar�-G, Isopar�-H, Isopar�-K, Isopar�-L, Isopar�-M, and Isopar�-V. These hydrocarbon liquids are narrow cuts of isoparaffinic hydrocarbon fractions with extremely high levels of purity. They are substantially odorless, possessing a very mild paraffinic odor. They have excellent odor stability and are all manufactured by the Exxon Corporation. High-purity normal paraffinic liquids, Norpar�12, Norpar�13 and Norpar�15 (Exxon Corporation) may also be used. These hydrocarbon liquids have flash points ranging from 69� C.-118� C. All of these dispersion medium nonpolar liquids have an electrical volume resistivity in excess of 109 ohm centimeters and a dielectric constant below 3.0. The vapor pressures at 25� C. are less than 10 Torr. While Isopar� and Norpar� are preferred dispersant nonpolar liquids, the essential characteristics of all suitable dispersant nonpolar liquids are the electrical volume resistivity and the dielectric constant. In addition, a feature of the dispersion medium nonpolar liquids is a Kauri-butanol value less than 30, preferably in the vicinity of 27 or 28 as determined by ASTM D 1133. The ratio of thermoplastic resin to dispersion medium nonpolar liquid is such that the combination of ingredients is fluid at the working temperature. In preferred embodiments, the toner particles are present in an amount between about 0.1 to about 15% by weight, preferably 0.3 to 3.0, and more preferably a 0.5 to 2.0 weight percent with respect to the total liquid developer.
The marking particles which are dispersed in the dispersion medium in the practice of the present invention comprise a synthetic resin core which is insoluble in the dispersion liquid. The marking particles may contain a colorant, and/or may contain a charge control agent such as, for example, one selected from the group consisting of polybutene succinimides; lecithin; basic barium petroleum sulfonate; neutral barium petroleum sulfonate; calcium petroleum sulfonate; metallic soap charge directors such as aluminum tristearate, aluminum distearate, barium, calcium, lead and zinc stearates; cobalt, manganese, lead and zinc linoleates; aluminum, calcium and cobalt octoates; calcium, cobalt, manganese, iron, lead and zinc naphthenates; calcium, cobalt, manganese, lead and zinc resinates; and mixtures thereof.
Suitable toners and methods of manufacturing them are disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 5,034,299, which is hereby incorporated by reference.
Any suitable thermoplastic resin may be used in the marking particle. The resins employed in this invention should have the preferred characteristics of (1) being able to disperse the colorant; (2) being substantially insoluble in the dispersant liquid at temperatures below 40� C. (so that the resin will not dissolve or solvate in storage); (3) being able to be ground to form particles between 0.1 μm and 5 μm in diameter; (4) being able to form a particle (average by area) of less than 10 μm, a particle size range of 0.01 to less than 10 μm, and about 30 μm average particle size; and (5) being able to fuse at temperatures in excess of 70� C. An important advantage of this invention lies in the fact that known commercial resins may be used without modification by incorporating a siloxane surfactant into the dispersion medium. Suitable resins include poly(methyl acrylate) poly(methyl methacrylate), poly(ethyl methacrylate), poly(hydroxy-ethyl methacrylate), poly(2-ethoxyethyl methacrylate), poly(butoxy ethoxyethyl methacrylate), poly(dimethyl amino ethyl acrylate), poly(acrylic acid), poly(methacrylic acid), poly(acrylamide), poly(methacrylamide), poly(acrylonitrile), poly(vinyl chloride) and poly(ureidoethyl vinyl ether). Other useful thermoplastic resins or polymers include ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA) copolymers (Elvax resins, E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, Wilmington, Del.), copolymers of ethylene and an alpha-betaethylenically unsaturated acid selected from the group consisting of acrylic acid and methacrylic acid, copolymers of ethylene (80 to 99.9%)/acrylic or methacrylic acid (20 to 0%)/alkyl(C1 to C5) ester of methacrylic or acrylic acid (0 to 20%), polyethylene, polystyrene, isotactic polypropylene (crystalline), and ethylene ethyl acrylate series sold under the trademark Bakelite� DPD 6169, DPDA 6182 Natural and DTDA 9169 Natural and DQDA 6832 Natural 7 also sold by Union Carbide Corp; Surlyn� ionomer resin by E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, Wilmington, Del., or blends thereof, polyester, polyvinyl toluene, polyamides, styrene/butadiene copolymers and epoxy resins.
Other resins include acrylic resins, such as a copolymer of acrylic or methacrylic acid (optional but preferred) and at least one alkyl ester of acrylic or methacrylic acid wherein alkyl is 1-20 carbon atoms, e.g., methyl acrylate (50-90%)/methacrylic acid (0-20%)/ethylhexyl methacrylate (10-50%); and other acrylic resins including Elvacite� acrylic resins, E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, Wilmington, Del., or blends of resins, polystyrene, and polyethylene.
The liquid developer of this invention may include a charge control agent (charge director) to impart a charge to the marking particles sufficient to enable the particles to undergo electrophoresis in an electric field through the insulating organic liquid dispersion medium. The charge control agent should be soluble in the dispersion medium but adsorbable at the particle-fluid interface. It has been found that the interaction of the colorant with the resin affects both the sign and the magnitude of the electrostatic charge. Exemplary charge control agents in the developers of this invention may include ionic and zwitterionic charge directors such as those discussed above.
The invention also is directed to a method of preparing a liquid electrostatic developer comprising a siloxane component, comprising the steps of preparing a liquid electrostatic developer base, and subsequently adding a siloxane surfactant to the electrostatic developer base.
The electrostatic liquid developers of the invention can be obtained from known commercial sources or can be prepared by a variety of processes commonly known in the art. For example, into a suitable mixing or blending vessel, e.g., attritor, heated ball mill, heated vibratory mill such as a Sweco Mill manufactured by Sweco Co., Los Angeles, Calif., equipped with particulate media, for dispersing and grinding, Ross double planetary mixer manufactured by Charles Ross and Son, Hauppauge, N.Y., etc., or two roll heated mill (no particulate media necessary) are placed at least one of the thermoplastic resin and nonpolar liquid described above. Generally, the resin, nonpolar liquid and optional colorant are placed in the vessel prior to starting the dispersing step. Optionally the colorant can be added after homogenizing the resin and the nonpolar liquid. Polar additives useful for improving transfer efficiency and enhancing image quality can also be present in the vessel, e.g., up to 100% based on the weight of nonpolar liquid. The dispersing step is generally accomplished at elevated temperature, i.e., the temperature of ingredients in the vessel being sufficient to plasticize and liquefy the resin but being below that at which the nonpolar liquid or polar additive, if present, degrades and the resin and or colorant decomposes. A preferred temperature range is 80� C. to 120� C. Other temperatures outside this range may be suitable, however, depending on the particular ingredients used. The presence of the irregularly moving particulate media in the vessel is preferred to prepare the dispersion of toner particles. Other stirring means can be used as well, however, to prepare dispersed toner particles of proper size, configuration and morphology. Useful particulate media include particulate materials (e.g., spherical, cylindrical, etc.) selected from the group consisting of stainless steel, carbon steel, alumina, ceramic, zirconia, silica and sillimanite. Carbon steel particulate media are particularly useful when colorants other than black are used. A typical diameter range for the particulate media is in the range of 0.04 to 0.5 inch (1.0 to approximately 13 mm).
After dispersing the ingredients in the vessel, with or without a polar additive present, until the desired dispersion is achieved (typically 1 hour with the mixture being fluid), the dispersion is cooled, e.g., in the range of 0� C. to 50� C. Cooling may be accomplished, for example, in the same vessel, such as the attritor, while simultaneously grinding with particulate media to prevent the formation of a gel or solid mass; without stirring to form a gel or solid mass, followed by shredding the gel or solid mass and grinding, e.g., by means of particulate media; or with stirring to form a viscous mixture and grinding by means of particulate media. Additional liquid may be added at any step during the preparation of the liquid electrostatic developer to facilitate grinding or to dilute the developer to the appropriate percent solids needed for toning. The additional liquid may be nonpolar liquid, polar additive, or combinations thereof. Cooling is accomplished by means known to those skilled in the art and is not limited to cooling by circulating cold water or a cooling material through an external cooling jacket adjacent the dispersing apparatus or permitting the dispersion to cool to ambient temperature. The resin precipitates out of the dispersant during the cooling. Toner particles of average particle size (by area) of less than 10 μm are formed by grinding for a relatively short period of time.
After cooling and separating the dispersion of toner particles from the particulate media, if present, by means known to those skilled in the art, it is possible to reduce the concentration of the toner particles in the dispersion, impart an electrostatic charge of predetermined polarity to the toner particles, or a combination of these variations. The concentration of the toner particles in the dispersion is reduced by the addition of additional nonpolar liquid as described previously above. The dilution is normally conducted to reduce the concentration of toner particles to a working concentration.
One or more charge director compounds may be added to the dispersion medium to impart a charge. The addition may occur at any time during the process; preferably at the end of the process, e.g., after the particulate media, if used, are removed and the concentration of toner particles is accomplished.
According to the method of the invention, the siloxane surfactant is generally added to the developer at any time after the developer has been prepared, but may be added during preparation. The surfactant remains in solution with the developer, and is combined with the toner particles of the developer in such a manner that the surfactant molecules do not react chemically with the toner particles. When the surfactant is added to the developer, it may be mixed or otherwise combined with the developer by any method known in the art. It is a particular advantage of the invention that a developer may be prepared and stored for an indefinite period of time without surfactant, and that the surfactant may be added to the developer when the presence of surfactant is required or advantageous such as, for example, prior to using the developer to form an image.
The invention will further be illustrated in the following non-limiting examples, it being understood that these examples are intended to be illustrative only and that the invention is not intended to be limited to the materials, conditions, process parameters and the like recited herein.
A black developer is prepared using the following procedure: In a Union Process 200S attritor, Union Process Company, Akron, Ohio, are placed the following ingredients:
______________________________________INGREDIENTS AMOUNT (lb)______________________________________Copolymer of ethylene (91%) and 96methacrylic acid (9%), melt indexat 190� C. is 500, acid no. is 54Sterling NF carbon black 22.34NBD 7010 cyan pigment 0.46BASF, Holland, Mich.Aluminum tristearate 1.2Witco Chemical Corp., New York, NYIsopar � L, non-polar liquid having 950Kauri-butanol value of 27, ExxonCorp.______________________________________
The ingredients are heated to 80� C. and milled with 0.1875 inch (4.76 mm) diameter stainless steel balls for 1 hour. The attritor is cooled to 65� C. while milling is continued. 240 lbs of Isopar� L are added. The attritor is cooled to 30� C. and 115 lbs of Isopar� L are added. Milling is continued for six hours. The particulate media are removed and the toner is diluted to 1.5% solids with additional Isopar� L. To this dispersion is added Nuodex LTD (Huls America, Inc., Piscataway, N.J.) at 1.25% based on the weight of the solids. Basic Barium Petronate (Witco Corp.) is added to give a conductivity of 10 pmhos/cm.
A developer is also prepared as described above except that 450 mg of dimethylsiloxane-ethylene oxide block copolymer (PS071, Petrach Systems, Bristol Pa.) per gram of toner solids is added to the developer.
A photosensitive film consisting of metallized polyethylene terephthalate support, photosensitive layer, and a polypropylene cover sheet, as described in Kempf et al U.S. Pat. No. 4,945,020 is imagewise exposed for 20 seconds through a positive halftone film in emulsion to cover sheet contact in a vacuum frame exposure unit. The coversheet is peeled off the exposed element, and the element is then charged electrostatically. The resulting electrostatic image is toned with the liquid electrostatic developer described above and the toned image is electrostatically transferred from the master to paper. The film is charged with a scorotron having an open grid, spaced 0.5 mm from the element and operated at 250 V and a wire operated at 550 μA. The element is then toned 1.6 seconds after charging using the black developer. The excess toner is removed from the element with a metering roll spaced 0.004 inch (0.10 mm) from the element. The metering roll is biased at 170 V to remove toner from the background non-image areas, and the toner image is transferred to Champion Textweb� paper 60 #, Champion Paper Co., Stanford, Conn. using a combination of a conductive rubber roller, operated at -1.0 kV, and a transfer corotron, operated at +4.0 to +5.5 kV. The paper is placed between the toned element and the conductive rubber roller so the paper is in contact with the toner image. The paper is then passed under the corotron causing the toner image on the element to be transferred to paper. The image is then fixed to paper by fusing at 110� C. for 1 minute.
For the same amount of toner developed onto the element, the control developer gives a density of 0.77 on paper and the example developer gives a density of 1.31, showing a significant increase in transfer efficiency. The improved transfer efficiency is also demonstrated by the transfer of fine lines. The finest lines visible in the control are 30 μm lines, while 15 μm lines are visible in the example. The example images also show less image mottle.
While the invention has been described with reference to particular preferred embodiments, the invention is not limited to the specific examples given, and other embodiments and modifications can be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.
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Sure, "The Avengers" was the fastest movie to ever pass $500 million. Yes, "The Avengers" was loved by more than 90 percent of critics. It's taken in $1.3 billion around the world. But, as Clark learned during "After Hours," people in Portugal hate him. No, really, they do. And Uruguay? Sheesh …
This "After Hours" clip certainly gave him plenty to contemplate, as you'll see. You'd be shaken up too if you learned 70 billion people would like to see you dead.
Watch as Gregg was reduced to a low whisper, stammering for the right words, a shell of the man who happily smiled at the start and even corrected our "After Hours" host about the opening weekend at first. "Two-hundred-and-seven [million] — just what I heard," he helpfully admonished. "If we're doing the numbers, Josh."
If fans want to support their favorite Avengers at Sunday's 2012 MTV Movie Awards, Captain America and Thor are facing off in the Best Hero category — but they've got some stiff competition in the form of Harry Potter, Katniss Everdeen and "21 Jump Street" cop Jenko.
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Listing for abstract view: USPTO application #, Title, Abstract excerpt,Patent Agent. Listing format for list view: USPTO National Class full category number, title of the patent application. 02/05/2015 > 11 patent applications in 8 patent subcategories.
20150035417 - Fastening assembly, housing, and disassembling method of housing: A fastening assembly used into a first workpiece and a second workpiece is provided. The fastening assembly includes a first engaging member, a reciprocating member and a second engaging member. The first engaging member is fixed to the first workpiece. The reciprocating member is fixed to a first side of... Agent: Htc Corporation
20150035416 - Housing locking tabs: A ballast locking tab system has a first shell having a first shell horizontal portion and a first shell vertical portion connecting to the first shell horizontal portion. The first shell is made of a first sheet of metal. A main tab is formed on the first shell. The main... Agent:
20150035418 - Power supply case having waterproof structure: A power supply case having a waterproof structure includes an upper case and a lower case, a waterproof structure is formed by a waterproof groove and a waterproof rib. After the upper case and the lower case are engaged, an engaged status is formed by the waterproof rib and the... Agent: Asian Power Devices Inc.
20150035419 - Table top dishwasher: A table top dishwasher comprises (a) a tub (10) for accommodating articles to be cleaned; (b) a water-tight hood (12) arranged over said tub (10), said hood comprising a fixed hood portion (14), an access opening (42), and a rotatable door (16) which is connected to the fixed hood portion... Agent: Electrolux Home Products Corporation N.v.
20150035420 - Passive cooling and emi shielding system: An electronics enclosure is disclosed that provides passive cooling of electronic components while reducing electromagnetic interference (EMI) emissions. The electronics enclosure includes an electronics assembly with at least one electronic component and a heat sink coupled to the electronics assembly. The heat sink has a base portion configured to thermally... Agent:
20150035421 - Dismantle-able computer casing: A dismantle-able computer casing comprises a bottom unit planar board, a left unit planar board and a right unit planar board. The left and right edges of the bottom unit planar board each have a protruding plate protruding from and perpendicular to the bottom unit planar board. The left unit... Agent:
20150035422 - Mechanical locking system for building panels: Panels are shown which are provided with a mechanical locking system allowing perpendicular connection with a snap action.... Agent: Valinge Flooring Technology Ab
20150035423 - Apparatus for concealing household objects: The invention is a device for concealing personal items comprising a release, a pivot, a drawer cradle, and a support. The pivot is fixedly connected to the support and rotatably connected to the drawer cradle. The drawer cradle may be in an activated position or a deactivated position. When the... Agent: Sportin Wood Inc.
20150035424 - Storage device system and passenger service unit, in particular for a fuselage of an aircraft comprising a passenger cabin: a stowage housing of a stowage bin and an external housing part, wherein the stowage housing is adapted to provide a lower position and an upper position, and the stowage housing is mounted pivotal relative to the external housing part. According to the invention a space between the stowage housing... Agent:
20150035425 - Method and apparatus for insulating a refrigeration appliance: A method of insulating a refrigeration appliance. The refrigeration appliance includes a case, a liner, and a five-sided, box like vacuum panel. The liner is formed to be inserted into the case forming a chamber between the liner and the case. The five sides of the vacuum panel define a... Agent:
20150035426 - Refrigerator and door pocket of refrigerator: A refrigerator includes a body provided with a storage compartment having a front side opening, a door rotatably coupled by a coupling member to one side of the body to open/close the front side opening of the storage compartment; and at least one door pocket coupled to an inner side... Agent: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.01/29/2015 > 7 patent applications in 5 patent subcategories.
20150028730 - Housing cap for an electronics housing, respectively electronics housing fromed therewith: A housing cap comprises: a cap basic body having a cap floor having an opening as well as a surrounding cap lateral wall adjoining an edge of the cap floor. A window pane of a transparent material placed on a side of the cap floor facing toward the cap lateral... Agent:
20150028731 - Housing for receiving electrotechnical components: The invention relates to a housing for receiving electrotechnical components, which housing comprises a first and at least one further housing shell, wherein the first housing shell has a first housing web that forms at least one first sealing face and the further housing shell has a further housing web... Agent: Keba Ag
20150028729 - Mounting bracket for a cabinet of an electrical switchboard: A mounting bracket is configured to be connected to the frame of a switchboard cabinet. The frame includes at least one frame member having a first wall including a plurality of first holes, and a second wall including a plurality of second holes and arranged transverse to the first wall.... Agent:
20150028732 - Casing and manufacturing method thereof: A manufacturing method of a casing is provided. First, a plate, a frame and a main shell are provided, wherein the plate has an adhering region and at least one thermal fusion region, and the frame has a first surface and a second surface opposite to each other. Then, the... Agent: Wistron Corporation
20150028733 - Sound abatement for a dishwasher appliance: A dishwashing appliance is provided having one or more sound abatement features for blocking sound transmission emanating from the appliance during operation. Spaces or gaps present between the dishwashing appliance and the cabinetry in which it is installed can be blocked by features having one or more chambers that attenuate... Agent:
20150028734 - Device for closing the door of a household appliance, in particular for a washing machine, such as a dishwasher: A dishwasher door closing device (10; 110) includes an engagement element (11; 111), fitted on the casing (C) of the household appliance (W) releasably held by a retaining element (16) on the door (D). The engagement element (11; 111) includes a support body (12), a catch (14) releasably coupled to... Agent:
20150028735 - Refrigerator: A refrigerator having a first storage box inserted and withdrawn like a drawer in association with a door, a second storage box seated and rolled on an upper part of the first storage box, and a roller device to enable the rolling motion of the second storage box on the... Agent:01/22/2015 > 8 patent applications in 7 patent subcategories.
20150022065 - Interchangeable breech lock for glove boxes: A breech lock for a glove box is provided that may be used to transfer one or more items into the glove box. The breech lock can be interchangeably installed in place of a plug, glove, or other device in a port or opening of a glove box. Features are... Agent:
20150022066 - All-acrylic display case: A transparent display case system that includes transparent hinges and a transparent case body. The case body is rotatable along an axis which is in alignment with the hinges.... Agent: 2 Face Case, LLC
20150022068 - Front frame for a cooking device: A front frame for a cooking appliance having at least one first cooking chamber which has a loading opening and a cooking chamber door for closing the loading opening. The front frame includes at least one first front frame unit. The at least one first front frame unit is configured... Agent:
20150022067 - Storage having pair of drawers drawn in opposite directions: A storage including a main body with a storeroom. The storeroom having a first opening and a second opening opposite to the first opening. The storeroom also having a first drawer that is drawn through the first opening and a second drawer drawn through the second opening. The storeroom further... Agent: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
20150022069 - Storage device carrier: A storage device carrier includes a first frame, a first support member, a second frame and a second support member. The first frame includes a first base plate and a first side plate. The first side plate is extended from the first base plate. The first support member is pivotally... Agent:
20150022070 - Latch assembly for multiple doors: A self-contained latch module in combination with a pusher and catch (collectively "latch assembly") allows for the locking of two doors with a single lock. The latch module contains two spring-loaded bolts, one active and one passive. Pushing the active bolt into the latch housing, the passive bolt extends out... Agent: Compx International Inc.
20150022071 - Bracket supporting apparatus of vending machine: The separating plate comprises a hook, an inserting tab and a second flange. A resisting bracket diagonally extends from the inserting tab. When the hook is passed through the first slot and resists against a bottom of the base plate, the second flange resists against a top of the base... Agent: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
20150022072 - Traveling harness system: A traveling harness system is provided for an appliance to maintain electrical connections between the appliance and a drawer, while allowing the drawer to move. Wiring harness guides formed in the drawer force the wiring harness to maintain a predictable and desirable loop radius to reduce stress on the wiring... Agent:01/15/2015 > 6 patent applications in 6 patent subcategories.
20150015128 - Configurable system for corrugated storage containers: The present application provides a system that includes a storage container system, at least one additional element, and one or more connector members for connecting the at least one additional element and the storage container system. The storage container system includes a drawer sleeve and a storage box slideably received... Agent:
20150015129 - Bezel assembly of electronic device enclosure: A fastener-free bezel assembly includes a panel and a bracket. The panel includes a front plate defining two stopping holes and a resilient piece extending from the front plate and defining a latching gap. The bracket includes two side plates and two latching hooks, and a blocking tab extends from... Agent:
20150015130 - Case: A case including a first housing and a second housing. The first housing includes a first board, a first side board extending upward from the first board, and a limiting board unit connected to the first side board. The limiting board unit and the first side board define a positioning... Agent: 3y Power Technology (taiwan), Inc.
20150015131 - Modular electronics chassis: An apparatus for removing a modular electronic device from a chassis and a method for assembling thereof are provided. The apparatus for removing the modular electronic device from the chassis comprises a door pivotally coupled to the chassis, a sliding element in slidable engagement with the door, an ejection actuator... Agent: Exablox Corporation
20150015132 - Foldable rack for a refrigerator: A refrigerator comprising a cabinet, a liner disposed within the cabinet and defining an interior fresh food compartment, a wine rack rotatably mounted within the fresh food compartment, the wine rack comprising a substantially planar plate having a first end and a second end with at least one aperture sized... Agent:
20150015133 - Pivoting mullion for a temperature-controlled storage device: A pivoting mullion for a temperature-controlled storage device is provided. The pivoting mullion includes a mullion body pivotally attached to a display case door of the temperature-controlled storage device. The mullion body is rotatable relative to the display case door between a first position when the display case door is... Agent:Previous industry: Electrical generator or motor structure
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SIBLEY, Iowa -- Many of the folks attending the small pet show Wednesday afternoon at the Osceola County Fair were greeted with a simple "hello."
Jill Berkland's parrot, Matisse, sure has good manners.
Berkland was one of the youths participating in Wednesday's show, and the incoming Sibley-Ocheyedan sixth-grader had plenty of information to pass along about her bird.
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Making a tomato bed attractive.
I have 21 varieties of tomatoes - trying one of each this year.
I'm building a new bed for them, either 8x3 or 8x4.
I'd like to do some pretty supports - but this year - it may be cheap and functional.
So the flowers and arrangement of the tomatoes plants will be key.
I'm leaning towards the 8x4 bed to give more space, and grouping the tomatoes into groups of 3 so it doesn't look like a planted field. I have seeds for borage, which I hear is good companion-wise with toms and some princess aster seeds (pink/red/wht) and white alyssum. So thinking to have triangles of borage and the asters (both about 30" with a cover of alyssum interspersed with lettuce after first planting out - replaced with basil later in summer.
Also maybe 2 tall trellises of purple podded bean in the middle of each half of the bed to give some height differences....
That's a lot of tomatoes in a bed that size.
I'm growing 21 too. Two beds (each 3x9) have 10 each and the last is in another bed with peppers and bush beans. I use a combination of Texas Tomato Cages and 8' tall plastic-coated metal poles. The tomato in the pepper bed is growing in an obelisk. That by far is the most attractive, but not practical for a lot of tomatoes. I really like the cages. They're not cheap, but they are sturdy and collapsible which means off-season storage is a breeze!
Here is a link that might be useful: Texas Tomato Cages
Natal, for your 3 x 9 beds, will tomatoes be the only things in those beds? What space will those 10 tomato plants occupy?
I have two 4 x 10 beds that I hope to have installed this weekend if the weather cooperates and they are designated for tomatoes. I was thinking of putting 5 down the center of each and then other things around the perimeter but I have more plants that need to be placed.
t-bird, In my haste to ask Natal questions I failed to mention that one cheap and functional way to trellis the tomatoes would be to use bamboo poles that you could also paint for added drama. These could be made into teepees with twine around them for the tomates to cling too.
Laura I have been reading a lot about pruning to one stem for the indeterminates. I plan on trying that this yr.Below is a link to an article I found very helpful. I have only grown determinates before so havent tried it yet.
Here is a link that might be useful: Pruning tomatoes
well actually the length will be 10' but sounds like I still need 2 bed for this? How far apart do tomatoes need to be? I was thinking 12-18 - guess I am off!
I'd cut back on planning - but the little darlings are already doing their best and 3-5 inches high...:).
I don't have the heart to reject them!
So if I do 2 beds......one with asters, one with borage - or 2 mixed?
Laura, I never prune. I pull off the suckers until the first flowers form then I let the tomatoes vine. The Texas cages offered great support. Next year I'm ordering another set. The only problem I have is some of my tomatoes get much taller than the cages so I end up tying some of the vines to neighboring poles.
T-bird, yes two beds would be much better than one for that many tomatoes. Why not put the flowers in a separate bed?
Where did you get those texas tomato cages? How tall are they? They look really tall!
Last year I bought some of those typical cone shaped supports and spray painted them yellow. The color improved them about 500%. But they weren't sturdy nor tall enough. Maybe for cherries, but not reg toms.
Love this thread. Toms always look so raggedy. Last year I planted tons of them all squished together. It was wild looking. I actually liked the way it looked but it was very hard to harvest. Hence the need to come up with a better plan this year.
Two years ago, the first year I had a potager, I planted my tomatoes down two rows, about 2-1/2 feet or so apart. When they got taller and needed support, I criss-crossed two bamboo poles above and between two plants, and tied the poles like that. I then tied a long pole across the tops of the "vees" above each pair of plants.
Then I tied each plant with garden twine to the pole running the length of the garden, or to the pole nearest the plant.
This looked very nice, but the tieing up of the plants wasn't as good as, say, a support around them.
Any comments, fine-tuning ideas?
Gwen, I bought them online. They're 6' tall. You can buy 2' extensions. They collapse for easy storage.
Here is a link that might be useful: Texas Tomato Cages
On the NE Coast we only need 4 ft. high cages. I found some stronger than the usual big-box store version, and these are enameled bright colors! I took a couple (apple-green, bright yellow) to try them out, and if they look good, I'll go back for the rest I need. Probably available online.
Just wanted to say I love this thread. I am agonizing about this right now. I bought WAY too many tomato plants for my tiny potager. Going to need to settle on just a few. I just kept seeing interesting varieties and picking them up one or two at a time until all of the sudden I had 8. LOL.
Here are the plants I picked up. Any feedback on which get huge and which might be more manageable? I'd love input on which to keep and which to pass along.
Red Beefsteak
Green Zebra
Lemon Boy
Cherry Sweet 100
Sweet Olive (grape)
Black Krim
Yellow Pear
I hope the ideas keep coming. Do tomatoes do well in an obelisk? I'm thinking of biting the bullet and buying a few that match. Having my potager look beautiful is equally important as productivity for me.
One other idea I had is to buy two sections of antique iron fence and putting them a foot or so apart running north-south in the center of the bed and planting two or three tomatoes in a row between them? Any practicality to that decorative idea at all? They'd be supported up to 3' or so and then billow over the top? Maybe use tall individual stakes (black) for each of them to support beyond the fence? I really don't know what to expect in terms of size of the plants with the length of my growing season here in the northeast. Clearly, they won't get quite as big as they do down in Louisiana.
I have a feeling I'm going to learn a lot through my inevitable mistakes this year. LOL.


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Carlos Delgado is now officially one of the Toronto Blue Jays' greats.
The former slugger was inducted into the club's Level of Excellence at Rogers Centre ahead of Sunday's game against the Tampa Bay Rays.
Delgado joins former players Dave Stieb, Roberto Alomar, Tony Fernandez, Joe Carter and George Bell, along with former manager Cito Gaston, former general manager Pat Gillick, late broadcaster Tom Cheek and current president and CEO Paul Beeston in being honoured by the club.
The 41-year-old Delgado was a member of the Blue Jays from 1993 to 2004 and is the franchise leader in home runs (336), RBIs (1,058), walks (827), slugging percentage (.556), OPS (.949), runs (889), total bases (2,786) and doubles (343).
"Twenty years ago on this very field I started living a dream," Delgado said in his acceptance speech. "I want to say thank you to the Toronto organization for giving me the opportunity to come to professional baseball. For giving me the opportunity to become a major leaguer."
Delgado was joined on the field by family and former teammates, including Alomar, Fernandez, Candy Maldonado, Shawn Green, Alex Gonzalez and Jose Cruz Jr.
He credited his teammates for helping get him to the Level of Excellence.
"Let me tell you something about teamwork. I always say you can't drive yourself in. You can't score from second if nobody drives you in," said Delgado. "I tell you, it's a great honour to strap it on and take the field with you every single day. I recognize you and it was an unbelievable pleasure playing with you guys. It wasn't always pretty but we tried to make it work."
The first baseman's career, which also included stops with the Florida Marlins and New York Mets, ended with a hip injury that did not respond to surgery. The two-time all-star (2000, 2003) won the Hank Aaron Award and Sporting News Player of the Year Award in 2000 and the Silver Slugger Award in 1999, 2000 and 2003.
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