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Age of Appliance5 - 10 years
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Disassembling the dishwasher was fairly straight forward 'until' I got to the plastic nut on the motor shaft to replace seal, which was stripped as many others have noted. I am a journeyman auto mechanic and had to resort to an old trick of clamping the plastic nut with a pair of visegrip pliers. While this 'did' work it was necessary to have two people to remove this nut as one must stop the motor from rotating and the other unscrews the nut. At this point everything proceeded well and the parts worked very well. The instructions could identify the parts better in the illustration as well as show the hole in the end of the motor necessary to stop rotation. Parts shipping and delivery was awesome!! These parts are also easily better than the originals. I would also suggest that those that do this job should consider replacing the handle with switches as well while you are in the middle of all of this work. I did not and ironically the handle broke as I closed the door after the repaired parts were installed. The replacement handle with switches is easily 200% stronger in construction. Thus far, with three loads through the dishwaser, it cleans like new with no leaks. This is a company that deals in quality parts and service to its' customers and I appreciate this approach more than I can explain here!!!
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Here's Melanie Brown, aka Mel B, aka Scary Spice, showing off her ridiculously toned bikini body, and if you find these images really scary, you're not alone. Of course, by all conventionaly wisdom, Mel B is probably really hot, but I just can't shake the feeling that she's one bad mood away from Hulking out, and crushing everything in her path. Also, those heels don't go with those abs.
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Melanie Brown's Bikini Walks Like an Egyptian
Melanie Brown was in Egypt over the weekend to renew her wedding vows, but we don't care about that at all. No, all we care about is the fact that she took some time out to get her bikini on, and show off her Spice Shakers. Witty, no? Anyway, you know the drill, click on the small picture for the bigger Melanie Brown bikini pictures.
Melanie Brown's Cleavage is a Wonder of Science
Melanie Brown's cleavage continues to amaze. It's through sheer engineering ingenuity that her breasts stay so high, yet don't pop out of her dress (as much as we would want them to). I mean, that is the future at work right there, and proof that there are no limits to what you can achieve through the rigorous application of science. Now, if you'll excuse me, I have some rigorous applications of my own to carry out.
Lots more of Melanie Brown and her ridiculous cleavage after the jump.
Melanie Brown is Back in Her Lingerie
The Spice Girl known as Scary, Melanie Brown, is back in her lingerie for another Ultimo ad campaign. And, yeah, she looks pretty good, but she's definitely still scary. I don't know what it is exactly, but I do get freaked out a bit every time I look at her. Still, these Melanie Brown lingerie photos are pretty good for such a slow news day.
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Melanie Brown, aka Mel B, aka Scary Spice, has been named as the new face of Ultimo lingerie, but I think it would me more accurate to say she's the new boobs of Ultimo. You've got to admit, though, that is some "ultimate" cleavage. See what I did there? Anyway, for once I don't feel as dirty as I normally do after completely objectifying a woman's breasts. After all, Mel B is the one putting her breasts front and center, and getting every penny she can for it.
Melanie Brown Bikini Pictures. Now with More Ass
Melanie Brown is back in her bikini, and giving us a shot of her ass that I really wish she wouldn't. Showing off just about as much muscle as you can cram into a bikini without standing on a stage, and flexing like a mad woman, Melanie Brown is pushing the limits of feminine. I guess I should be thankful these Aren't Victoria Beckham bikini pictures, but why couldn't we get more Geri Halliwell bikini pictures. Now she's hot.
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Melanie Brown Bikini Pictures: Scarier Than Ever
You know that phrase "good from far, but far from good?" Well, that's the perfect way to describe these Melanie Brown bikini pictures. And if you thought those Melanie Brown bikini pictures from last week were scary, wait until you see these. In fact, I think her "Scary Spice" nickname gets more appropriate every day. And if you don't believe me, then I dare you to look at her face…
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Florence, Italy
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This was an excellent tour. It was not a far drive from the historic center of Florence. It was not only enjoyable, but also informative. The wine, food, view, company, and guide were all exceptional. I highly recommend this tour!
Florence, Italy
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This was a once in a lifetime opportunity to see these villages. It was very enjoyable, but was a far drive. Although we were out for nine hours on this tour, we didn't have much time in each village. We spend two hours in one village, but lunch took up most of the time. The tour offered a nice variety with a very quick train ride and a boat ride. We had great company along the way and our guide was very nice. If you have several days to spend in Florence and need a break from the crowds and lines, take this tour.
Venice, Italy
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We spent three nights in Venice, which is more than enough. So, to get away for the day to the mountains was very nice. The weather was rainy on the day we went, but we still had a nice time. We missed the view from the top because of the rain, but we still had some nice stops in small towns, had great gelati, and a lovely lunch together. Our driver was very nice, but the high speed of driving gave me pause. Very glad we did this.
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I would not recommend this tour. The glass blower and lace demonstrations are very short and you could do that on your own. Torcello was not worth the stop...not much to see. I would recommend just doing a taxi on your own since the guide doesn't really give you much in the way of information.
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Going their own way: Independent Catholic churches at home in the world
"They should not be sidelined with the church, but should be drawn in so that they can live out their sacraments," he said.
Abel said the Catholic Church of America is smaller than the American Catholic Church, but they share similar beliefs.
"We can love people who are hurt and broken, and we try to minister to them," he said. "We think that the power of the Eucharist (Holy Communion) is so strong and loving that it has that saving grace."
Rodrigo Valdivia, chancellor of the Roman Catholic Diocese of San Diego, declined to comment on the independent Catholic churches in order to "avoid controversy."
Julie Byrne is the Msgr. Thomas J. Hartman Chair in Catholic Studies at Hofstra University in New York. She has studied independent Catholic churches for five years and is working on a book called "The Other Catholic Church." According to Byrne, there isn't an organization in the United States that oversees all of the independent Catholic churches, and they aren't as well known as the Roman Catholic Church.
She estimates that at least 230,000 people in the United States are independent Catholics, compared with 77 million Roman Catholics. However, "in Europe, the 'Old Catholic' church is known well," she said.
She said independent Catholic churches are difficult to characterize, because their beliefs range from liberal to conservative.
"It would be really hard to sum up how the different churches break down in terms of commonality," Byrne said.
"Old Catholic" churches have been in the United States since the beginning of the 20th century, she said. Their roots stem from the first Vatican Council in 1869-70, if not earlier. After Vatican I, some Catholic leaders broke from Rome over the papal infallibility doctrine.
"In my education about Catholicism, the Roman Catholic Church supposedly never split," author Byrne said. "There have actually been lots and lots of groups that started."
She said the "hot spots" for independent Catholic churches in the U.S. include California, Chicago, Texas, Florida and New Mexico. She also said there are more than 150 separate jurisdictions of independent Catholic churches.
Rebecca Moore, chairman of San Diego State University's Department of Religious Studies, said many people have joined independent Catholic churches because they disagreed with "certain parts of their (Roman Catholic) teachings."
"What we see today is people are more willing to step out of Mother Church, so to speak, for reasons of their conscience," she said. "People are concerned about issues of exclusion in terms of not just membership, but inclusiveness of the clergy."
Janine Stock, who is now a Catholic Church of America priest for the All Saints parish in Carlsbad, said she left the Roman Catholic Church because she felt a calling -- "something that tugs at you, pulls you, calls you" -- for the priesthood. However, Roman Catholic women are prohibited from pursuing this calling.
"When you are a child, you don't know you have those boundaries," she said, adding that she felt it was very difficult to have a "barrier placed in front of you, and an artificial one at that."


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A flexible hose having resistance to radial crush is formed from a bonded and interlocked helically wound rod or strip of plastic co-extrusion. The co-extruded profile of the strip is defined by a pair of matable rib components which are joined by a web. The rib components are bonded, sealed and interlocked together at adjoining convolutions of the profile not only to form the hose but also to form a composite rib integrated into the hose for resisting radial crushing and axially directed deformation forces exerted on the hose. The composite rib is formed from a material having a hardness which is greater than that of at least a part of the web for rendering the rib with a relatively stiff bend resistance characteristic and the web with a relatively soft and flexible characteristic. The web itself may be a co-extrusion of two materials placed in series, or in parallel as a laminate, or a combination thereof. If a laminate, one of its materials may be the same as that of the rib but much thinner so as to provide a larger surface area for greater bonding or adhesion among the several parts of the extruded profile. Different materials, especially in a laminate, enable the hose to be tailored for specific uses and environments which come into contact with either or both the inside and outside of the hose.
1. A strip for use in forming a flexible hose from helically wound convolutions of said strip comprising in unconvoluted cross-section:
a web component having opposed edges and two individual side components, each of which is continuously attached at the respective edges of said web component, each of said side components comprising material having hardness higher than that of at least a part of said web component for rendering both said side components with a relatively stiff and bend resistant characteristic and said web component with a relatively flexible characteristic.
2. A strip as in claim 1 wherein said two side components have means respectively for defining interfittable configurations for enabling a substantially mating interconnection between said two side components at adjacent convolutions of said strip.
3. A strip as in claim 2 wherein said interfittable configuration means respectively comprise a circular configuration and a generally U-shaped hook configuration.
4. A strip as in claim 2 wherein said interfittable configuration means comprise a generally rectangular configuration and a generally rectangular-shaped hook configuration.
5. A strip as in claim 4 wherein said generally rectangular configuration means further includes a channel for receiving a bonding agent therein.
6. A strip as in claim 1 wherein said web component comprises a membrane which is significantly thinner than said side components to enhance the relative stiff and flexible characteristics respectively of said side components and said web component.
7. A strip as in claim 1 wherein said web component and said side components comprise a co-extruded integral article of manufacture.
8. A strip as in claim 7 wherein said side components and said web component respectively comprise differently formulated plastic materials.
9. A strip as in claim 7 wherein the said web component comprises a co-extrusion of differently formulated plastic materials.
10. A strip as in claim 9 wherein said web component co-extrusion comprises a series connection of at least the two differently formulated plastic materials extending between said two side components.
11. A strip as in claim 9 wherein said web component co-extrusion comprises a laminate of at least the two differently formulated plastic materials extending in parallel between said two side components.
12. A strip as in claim 11 wherein said side components comprise material which is the same material as one of said plastic materials of said web component.
13. A strip as in claim 12 wherein said differently formulated materials have compatible molecular structures for enabling interfacial bonds and adhesion to and between all contacting surfaces of said side components and said web component.
14. A strip as in claim 13 wherein said differently formulated materials are selected from the group of plastics consisting of the polyethylenes, polypropylenes, polyvinyl chlorides, and mixtures thereof.
15. A flexible hose comprising at least one elongated strip helically wound into tubular form with one strip margin overlapping an adjacent margin at adjoining convolutions of said strip and with said strip being continuously bonded and sealed at its overlapping margins, characterized in that said strip comprises a co-extrusion and each of said bonded and sealed margins has a material hardness which is higher than that of at least one other portion of said strip for resisting any radially directed crush forces exerted on the hose.
16. A flexible hose as in claim 15 further characterized in that said margins comprise components matable with one another which, when bonded and sealed together at the adjoining convolutions, define a helically extending interlocked rib, said rib being relatively stiff with respect to said other portion of said strip.
17. A flexible hose as in claim 16 further characterized in that said strip includes means for defining a web interconnecting said matable rib components, said web means being substantially more flexible relative to said rib.
18. A flexible hose as in claim 17 further characterized in that said co-extrusion comprises said web means and said matable rib components, and that said co-extrusion comprises differently formulated plastic materials.
19. A flexible hose as in claim 18 further characterized in that said plastic materials are differently colored for coding and imparting an aesthetically pleasing appearance to said hose.
20. A flexible hose as in claim 18 further characterized in that said co-extrusion includes a laminate in which one of said plastic materials is selected to protect the hose from deleterious environmental conditions for which the hose is intended.
21. A flexible hose as in claim 18 further characterized in that said web means comprises a co-extrusion of differently formulated plastic materials.
22. A flexible hose as in claim 21 further characterized in that said web means co-extrusion comprises a series connection of said differently formulated plastic materials.
23. A flexible hose as in claim 21 further characterized in that said web means co-extrusion comprises a laminate of said differently formulated plastic materials.
24. A flexible hose as in claim 23 further characterized in that one of said differently formulated plastic materials comprising said laminate is the same as that of said matable rib components.
25. A flexible hose as in claim 18 further characterized in that a further plastic material is included in said co-extrusion and extends in bonded adhesion to both said web means and said matable rib components.
26. A flexible hose as in claim 16 further characterized in that said matable rib components respectively comprise means for defining a generally circular configuration and a generally U-shaped hook configuration, said U-shaped hook configuration means extending over and around and bonded and sealed to said circular configuration means at the adjoining convolutions.
27. A flexible hose as in claim 16, further characterized in that said matable rib components respectively comprise means for defining a generally rectangular configuration and a generally rectangular shaped hook configuration, said rectangular-shaped hook configuration means extending over and around and bonded and sealed to said rectangular configuration means at the adjoining convolutions.
28. A flexible hose as in claim 27 further characterized in that said rib, formed from said rib components, includes means for defining its cross-section dimensions with a width greater than its height, thereby for imparting said strip with a low profile and said hose with a thin wall.
29. A flexible hose as in claim 27 further characterized in that said generally rectangular configuration means includes means for defining a channel therein for receiving and precisely locating therein means for defining an agent for continuously bonding and sealing said matable rib components together at the adjoining convolutions.
30. A flexible hose as in claim 29 further characterized in that said channel means and said rectangular-shaped hook configuration define a space with a pair of mutually offset portions for enabling said bonding agent not only to bond and seal said matable rib components together but also to act as an interlock therebetween.
31. A flexible hose as in claim 29 further characterized in that said channel means comprises a pair of radially extending rails continuously extending along the length of said matable rib component having said rectangular configuration means.
32. A flexible hose as in claim 31 further characterized in that said rails are of substantially the same height.
33. A flexible hose as in claim 31 further characterized in that one of said rails is higher than the other of said rails for increasing the volume for said bonding agent means.
34. A flexible hose comprising an elongated strip helically wound into tubular form with one strip margin secured to an adjacent margin at adjoining convolutions of said strip, characterized in that:
said strip comprises a co-extrusion of at least two structural components;
each of said margins has a material hardness higher than that of another part of said strip; and
said margins are bonded and sealed together at the adjoining convolutions to form a helically extending interlocked rib, said rib being relatively stiff with respect to said other part of said strip.
35. A flexible hose comprising at least one elongated strip helically wound into tubular form with one strip margin secured to an adjacent margin at adjoining convolutions of said strip, characterized in that each of said secured together margins has a material hardness which is higher than that of at least one other portion of said strip for resisting any radially directed crush forces exerted on the hose.
36. A flexible hose as in claim 35 further characterized in that said margins comprise individual components each of which has and which are bonded and sealed together at the adjoining convolutions to form a helically extending interlocked rib, said rib being relatively stiff with respect to said other portion of said strip.
1. Field Of The Invention
The present invention relates to a flexible hose formed from a helically wound co-extruded strip having a reinforcing and interlocking rib of hardness generally greater and less flexible than its web connection.
2. Description Of The Prior Art And Background Considerations
While the present invention was originally conceived as being an all-plastic equivalent of solid or stranded wire-reinforced vinyl hose, it is to be understood that this original concept is adaptable to the general class of flexible hoses. Nevertheless, to provide a background to the present invention, it will be useful to discuss some aspects of its development.
As is well known in the art, a wire-reinforced vinyl hose comprises in general a hard rib of wire, with or without a plastic casing, which is surrounded by or connected to a relatively thin and/or flexible web. Such a hose is, by one conventional method, fabricated by winding the wire about a supporting mandrel, over which the web is placed such as by a shrink-fit, wrapping or a combination thereof. While such a construction forms a flexible and durable hose, certain drawbacks result therefrom. First, it is not possible to fabricate such a hose in continuously extended lengths because a mandrel is required for supporting the wire about which the web is placed. Thus, one limitation primarily relates to the length to which a mandrel can reasonably be made. Of course, mandrels can be made to any desired length, so long as there is proper space and support for the mandrel; however, the problem is one of reasonableness. The second limitation is one of cost. Wire has become very expensive and, as a result, such a hose becomes less competitive with other hoses. Secondary cost limitations are the requirement for two or three components comprising the wire, whether bare or plastic covered, and the web which must be placed thereover. A further cost is the increase in handling fabrication which is required.
Several efforts have been made to overcome the above problems as illustrated, for example, in U.S. Pat. Nos. 3,890,181 and 3,910,808. In the former patent, a strip of first plastic material is extruded along with a reinforcing element of a second plastic material. The strip is wound into a helix around a driven mandrel and bonded at adjacent turns together by pressure and heat or solvent. At the same time, the reinforcing element is wound about the helix of the first plastic material in spaced apart helical turns impressed into and partially embedded within the strip. While such a process is stated to permit the use of different plastic materials for achieving any desired hose characteristics, one difficulty is the ability to maintain definite and advantageous shapes, leading to distortion, as a result of assembly of the hose during the semi-molten condition of its component materials.
U.S. Pat. No. 3,910,808 describes a plastic strip having a longitudinal rib in which one edge of each convolution overlaps and is heat bonded to an edge of a preceding convolution, with the rib being on the exterior of the thus-formed tube. Since such a hose is formed of a single material, its rib strength is derived from the mass of material necessary to obtain the desired resistance to radial crush. Accordingly, one major problem is the cost resulting from the mass of material needed for the rib. It also is subject to similar assembly distortion problems as with the previously described hose.
In view of the above problems with the prior art, a different approach involved use of the profile shown in U.S. Pat. No. 3,255,780 in which its axially extending base planar leg was lengthened so as to obtain a configuration generally having the appearance of hose 11 shown herein in FIG. 1 of the attached drawings. In contradistinction to utilizing the flexibility of the loops required by U.S. Pat. No. 3,255,780, loops 12 of FIG. 1 were completely filled with bonding material 14 about both sides of inner radial leg 16 so as to form a helically extending solid and heavy rib 18. This heavy rib mass gave good resistance to radial crush exerted on hose 11 while elongated axially-extending base planar leg 19 was capable of flexing or bending to impart the entire hose with flexibility. Such a hose was in fact sold in 1973 (thus, it is acknowledged as prior art as having been "on sale" for more than one year prior to the filing hereof); however, because of cost problems due to the use of the relative large amount of plastic material required, it was not sufficiently competitive in the market.
Further prior art of interest, U.S. Pat. No. 3,199, 541 describes a flexible hose which is formed from a helically arranged elongated strip in which adjacent convolutions are interlocked by opposed mating male and female connecting elements on the strip. At least one of the male and female connecting elements is said to have a composite structural formation defined in part by the strip and in part by a resinous plastic material substantially stiffer than the strip material. The resinous plastic material is said to contribute to the crush resistance of the hose. Flexibility, however, is obtained from a radially extending leg using the same flexible loop concept described in above-mentioned U.S. Pat. No. 3,255,780.
Other prior art of interest herein includes a heavy section hose which the Assignee (Plastiflex Co.) hereof has sold for more than one year prior to the filing hereof under the trademark "Hi-Vac", which is an all plastic hose formed from two components. One component comprises an extruded thick and heavy web section of general W-shape with a bellow which imparts flexibility to the hose. Radially outwardly extending legs abut at adjacent convolutions of the W-shaped web section and are joined together by a U-shaped heavy rib which is bonded to the radial legs, and the radial legs themselves are bonded to one another. The radial legs are required in part for bonding purposes and for imparting resistance to radial crush, and in part for holding and handling of the web section during formation of the hose, without which the web section could not be readily convoluted. The web section is of generally softer material than the rib, which has a greater hardness to enhance the abrasion resistance and the hoop strength of the hose. Notwithstanding the softness of the web section, the bellow centrally formed therein is required to impart flexibility to the hose.
Since published material such as advertising sheets describing the "Hi-Vac" suction hose may not be generally available, copies are filed concurrently herewith and made a part of the file wrapper hereof. In addition, for convenience, copies of the above-identified patents are also filed herewith.
While such "Hi-Vac" hose functions very well for its intended purpose, its purpose is primarily for resisting radial crush forces exerted when internal pressures of the hose are reduced below that of atmosphere, i.e., partial or complete vacuum, and for heavy duty industrial use where, for example, it is required to resist the weight of trucks and trailers and to convey heavy sludge. One general limitation is similar to those described above in that the bonding of the two radial legs together as well as the rib bonded thereto produces a very heavy and massive rib and a hose of large external diameter as compared to its internal diameter. The result precludes the obtaining of a smaller outer to inner diameter. Another limitation of the hose is the requirement that its radially extending legs are needed for assembly of its components.
As a result of the above problems, it was necessary to investigate new approaches, from which the present invention arose.
Accordingly, the present invention comprises a co-extruded profile defined by a flexible web having a pair of relatively rigid rib components extending along the opposite margins of the web. Both rib components have a higher hardness than that of the web so that, when the rib components are bonded and sealed together at adjacent convolutions to form a helically wound hose, the rib components form a rib having a relatively stiff and crush resistant characteristic with respect to that of the web which, as a result of its relative softness, imparts flexibility to the helically wound hose. Flexibility of the web is additionally attained by making it as thin as possible.
The rib components may be of several shapes but preferably comprise a matable or interlocking physical construction so as to enable and maximize bonding therebetween at adjacent convolutions as well as to facilitate retention of bonding materials during assembly of the strip into a hose. The web also may be of a single material or a co-extrusion of two or more materials placed in series, or in parallel as a laminate, or combinations thereof. In one embodiment, in order to maximize surface contact and bonding between the web material and the rib component material, the web is formed as a laminate in which one part of the laminate comprises a material which is the same as that of the rib components, albeit having a much thinner thickness, even as compared to the remainder of the web.
The strip comprising a web joining one or more rib components comprises a co-extrusion of materials, which insures success of the novel construction. In the co-extrusion, it is preferred that the bonding of the component materials occurs in the same extruder die and prior to exit of the streams of the materials from the die thereby producing an integral extruded profile.
For purposes of definition, the mechanisms for co-extrusion include devices that combine the material streams before they exit the die as well as devices that perform the marriage outside it. While both types of co-extrusion are useful to form the strip of the present invention, it is preferred that the co-extrusion formed depends on material union before leaving the die.
It is also preferred, for maintaining the defined shapes of the co-extruded profiles and commensurate with a minimum quantity of material for maximum hose strength, that the profiles first be extruded and cooled to fix the defined profile before being formed into the hose. In this regard, the rib components function additionally to facilitate handling of the strip when wound into the hose, to interlock the wound strip together, and to ensure proper location of the bonding material.
It is, therefore, an object of the present invention to provide for a novel co-extruded strip having portions of different hardness is order to form, when helically wound into tubular configuration and bonded, a flexible hose having relatively stiff ribs capable of withstanding radially directed crush forces exerted on the hose.
Another object is to provide for a composite co-extruded profile of such a strip, which is shaped precisely, has great flexibility, is easily convoluted into a helically wound hose, and is precisely bonded together.
Another object is to provide for a flexible hose formed from such a strip which is lower in cost, compared to available hoses of the same general type.
Another object is to provide for such a hose formed from a strip of co-extruded profile whose material components are such as to maximize rigidity, flexibility and specific environmental uses of the hose.
Another object is to provide for such a hose which is tailored in its materials to specific uses and environments.
Another object of such a hose is to provide for a strip profile which gives the hose great flexibility, resistance to deformation resulting from radial crush, limited contraction upon exertion of vacuum and suction (negative pressures), and limited expansion upon application of internal (positive) pressures.
Another object of such a hose is to provide for such a strip profile which is low or thin in cross-section so that the hose will have a minimum wall thickness requiring the least amount of material, while preserving the desired hose characteristics of resistance to radial crush and to negative and positive pressures.
Another object is to provide for maximized bonding of extruded profile components.
Another object is to provide a precisely shaped flexible hose comprising at least one elongated strip helically wound into tubular form with one strip margin overlapping an adjacent margin at adjoining convolutions of the strip and with the strip being continuously secured and sealed at its overlapping margins by a bonding agent, in which the strip comprises a co-extrusion and the margins comprise reinforcing mating rib components precisely locating the bonding agent and having a material hardness which is higher than that of other portions of the strip for resisting any radially directed crush forces and contraction and expansion forces exerted on the hose.
Other aims and objects as well as a more complete understanding of the present invention will appear from the following explanation of exemplary embodiments and the accompanying drawings thereof.
FIG. 1 is a side elevation of a prior art hose having a smooth interior surface;
FIG. 2 depicts a cross-sectional view or profile of a strip of material formed in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention which, when helically wound and bonded together at its adjacent convolutions, forms the hose illustrated in partial cross-section in FIG. 2a;
FIG. 3 shows another embodiment of the present invention comprising an improved profile over that shown in FIG. 2, allowing for a thinner overall wall thickness with good hoop strength and improved defined bonding area, with FIG. 3a being a partial cross-section of a hose formed from convolutions of the profile of FIG. 3;
FIG. 4 illustrates a further embodiment of the present invention whose strip profile is slightly modified from that shown in FIG. 3, with the profile of FIG. 4 being helically wound and joined at adjacent convolutions to form the hose shown in flexure in FIG. 4a;
FIGS. 5 and 6 depict other profiles formed according to the teachings of the present invention and used to enhance adhesion between the several parts thereof, with FIG. 6 illustrating in phantom a partial section of an adjacent convolution of the strip bonded to its prior convolution; and
FIGS. 7-10 depict additional embodiments of the present invention whose profiles are configured as further composites of web structure as laminates and series connections of different materials, as well as a laminate of both the web and rib components.
As described above, FIG. 1 comprises prior art, to which reference has been made previously.
Accordingly, with reference to FIG. 2, a strip 20 is shown in cross-section as a co-extruded profile, comprising a thin web or membrane 21 and a pair of relatively thicker rib components 22 and 23. As shown in FIG. 2a, a length of strip 20 is helically coiled and is bonded by a bonding agent 24 at its helical convolutions 25 to form a hose 26. In this particular embodiment, component 22 is substantially circular in cross-section while component 23 has a U-shaped hook cross-section to permit the configuration of component 22 to substantially fit within cavity 27 defined by the U-shaped hook of component 23.
While bonding agent 24 is illustrated as completely contacting all surfaces of components 22 and 23, this preferred arrangement is not absolutely necessary and the bonding can be less than complete if the service of hose 26 and its use permits a lesser degree of bonding. It is to be understood that this philosophy is as applicable to all embodiments of the present invention as it is to FIGS. 2 and 2a.
Components 22 and 23, when convoluted and bonded together at adjacent convolutions 25, form a composite rib 28. In the practice of the present invention, rib components 22 and 23 are formed of a material or composition which provides them with a greater hardness than that of the material of web 21. As a consequence, composite rib 28, when bonded together and formed as a helix, is characterized by a high rigidity and a resistance to radial crush forces exerted on hose 26. Also, because of the relative stiffness and the solid construction of rib 28, the hose further resists axially imposed compressive forces arising from such negative pressures as established by internal vacuum. Thus, it limits contraction. The construction of the strip additionally limits expansion and elongation due to application of positive internal pressures.
It will be appreciated, of course, that web 21 (as well as all other webs of other embodiments hereof) is made as thin as possible also to enhance flexibility.
Furthermore, in this and all other embodiments of the present invention, various components of strip 20 comprise a co-extruded web 21 and rib components 22 and 23 which, as-formed, are bonded together to form an integral strip. It is preferred to form this co-extrusion from the component plastic materials in the same die before the material streams exit the die which, because of the great pressures exerted on the materials, more efficiently and securely integrates the whole.
In this respect, while it is believed that co-extrusion and the technique for effecting a co-extrusion is known in the art, to ensure completeness of the present disclosure, reference is made to a publication entitled "Plastics Technology Magazine" published by Rubber/Automotive Division of Hartman Communications, Inc., a subsidiary of Bill Communications, Inc., 633 Third Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10017, which in Volume 22, No. 2, February 1976, pages 45-49 describes "Basic Co-extrusion Techniques". A copy of pages 45-49 and necessary identifying pages are enclosed herewith and made a part of the file wrapper hereof.
In the practice of the present invention, because the web, such as web 21, as thin and flexible, e.g., being about 0.020 to 0.040 inches (0.05 to 0.1 cm) in thickness and 1/8 inch (0.32 cm) in width, it is difficult to handle an extrusion thereof, especially with edges that are flaccid. Its flexibility and lack of rigidity is even more of a problem in the assembly of such a wispy web into a helically wound hose, notwithstanding the problem of lack of its resistance to radial crush, because of the great difficulties first in handling such a web when driving it through a winding head, second in bonding and interlocking its edges together when they have no rigidity, third in precisely locating bonding material between the edges, and fourth in maintaining the bond and edges from separating. In contrast to these problems encountered with the web due to its thin and flexible nature, more rigid and solid forms can be more easily extruded into more easily handled profiles whose shapes can also be maintained with greater precision. Such relatively more rigid shapes can also be handled with greater ease in hose forming machinery and be used to form crush resistant hose ribs. However, the required rigidity militates against hose flexibility.
The present invention not only has recognized the above features but has adapted these features to advantage in overcoming the problems inherent in the web. Specifically, since the web edges must be reinforced to avoid the above-noted handling and hose formation problems, the intended hose rib is divided into a pair of components which are respectively married to the web at its edges as a co-extrusion. Thus, the problem of flaccid and possibly ill-defined web edges is overcome. In addition, because the rib components can be made of a relatively stiff material, they greatly facilitate handling in the hose forming machinery. Also, they can be precisely shaped by extrusion into a form most conducive not only to enabling bonding material to be precisely placed between adjoining convolutions of themselves but also to forming an interlocked engagement also between themselves. The result, therefore, is a hose whose constituent parts are tailored to maximize flexibility and resistance to radially directed crush forces. In addition, such other advantages as resistance to internally exerted negative and positive pressures and minimizing hose wall thickness are designable into the co-extruded profile, as will become hereinafter clearer.
FIGS. 3 and 3a show a strip 30 having rib components 32 and 33, respectively having rectangular configurations, as distinguished from the rounded configurations of FIGS. 2 and 2a. The rectangular configuration of rib component 32 is provided with a pair of rails 32a and 32b forming therebetween a channel 32c. Rib component 33 is of generally rectangularly shaped hook configuration to provide an inner surface 37 into which component 32 fits. By virtue of channel 32c, a bonding agent 34 may be more easily and precisely located and deposited to insure adherence of the two rib components into a single rib 38. As before, components 32 and 33 are formed of a material whose hardness is considerably greater than that of web 31 so that, upon the joining together of the components at adjacent convolutions 35, resistance to radial crush is provided by the composite rib while flexing is permitted by web 31. The rectangular configuration of the rib components is conducive to defining a low profile of rib 38 to enable hose 36 to have the thinnest possible wall thickness with the least amount of material while preserving the other desired objects afforded by the invention. This low profile is preferably established by a narrow height h and a relatively wide width w so that the width is significantly greater than the height. It is to be understood, however, that the height and width dimensions may be adjusted as desired.
Referring now to FIGS. 4 and 4a, a strip 40 includes a web 41 and rib components 42 and 43 which are similar in configuration and numbering system as that of FIG. 3, with the exception that rail 42a is slightly less in height than rib 42b to provide for slightly more space for bonding by a bonding material or agent, similar to agent 34 of FIG. 3a. As shown in FIG. 4a, hose 46 is flexed, so that upper web portions 41' are in tension and lower web portions 41" are folded upon themselves to demonstrate the flexibility of the hose. Ribs 48 impart radial crush resistance and limit axial contraction, as before.
While the flexibility representation in FIG. 4a is demonstrated primarily with respect to the extruded profile of FIG. 4, it is to be understood that the illustration of FIG. 4 is as apropos to all embodiments of the present invention.
In FIG. 5, web 51 is thickened at its ends 51a with respect to its middle 51b to increase the extent of its bonding surfaces 59 contacting with its rib components 52 and 53. In other respects, strip 50 is similar to that of the previous strips 20, 30, and 40.
Referring to FIG. 6, still another configuration of the profile is shown as strip 60. Here, as compared to the embodiment of FIG. 5, even greater surface areas 69a and 69b on both web 61 at ends 61a and components 62 and 63 at their surfaces 62a, 62b, 62c and 63a, 63b and 67 are provided to increase further the amount of adhering or bonding area. In addition, a space 64' for receipt of bonding material is defined by a pair of mutually offset portions and is formed by cavity 67 and channel 62c respectively of rib components 63 and 62 when mated at adjacent convolutions. Space 64' enables bonding material 64 not only to join the adjacent convolutions but also to interlock them. Such a condition is of value, for example, when a bonding material of greater strength than the rib materials is needed. In other respects strip 60 is similar to the previously described strips.
FIGS. 7 and 8 are similar and depict strips 70 and 80 respectively. In both configurations, rib components 72, 73 and 82, 83 are similar to those rib components shown before. Webs 71 and 81, however, are modified to provide laminates comprising materials 71a and 81a of different hardness respectively than materials 71b and 81b, for example, to alter the tear, puncture, temperature, etc. responses of the hose. In this configuration, materials 71b and 81b may be the same as their respective rib components 72, 73 and 82, 83. Thus, during the co-extrusion of profiles 70 and 80, there is a larger area provided for bonding or adhering of the molecular structures of the plastic materials, that is, not just at the rib components as shown in prior embodiments but also along the entire lengths of webs 70 or 80, defined as the contacting surfaces of portions 71b and 81b. The only difference between FIGS. 7 and 8 is that in FIG. 7 portion 71b is placed outwardly of web portion 71a while in FIG. 8 the reverse is true. The difference between the two configurations may be used, for example, if a particular plastic material is required for a particular use. Thus, if detrimental harm were to be exerted upon the hose from the outside, FIG. 7 would be used and, if from the inside, FIG. 8 would be preferred. Thus, the use of web parts 71b and 81b have twofold uses, as described above. In other respects, these embodiments are similar to that shown before.
In FIG. 9, during co-extrusion a laminate 99 is provided over both rib components 92 and 93 as well as web 91, in order to extend the adhering surfaces of strip 90. Again, laminate 99 may be made of a special material suited to a particular environment and, accordingly, may be placed on the exterior of the profile as shown in FIG. 9 or fully on its interior or fully on both its interior and exterior.
Referring now to FIG. 10, all components are similar as before with the exception of web 101 which forms a composite of series connected web portions 101a and 101b. This combination of web materials is generally preferred if it is desired that one portion be colored differently from the other portion, primarily for aesthetic purposes. Other uses may suggest themselves to the user as required. It is to be understood, of course, with respect to FIGS. 7-9, that different colors may also be utilized for the additional laminae 71b, 81b and 99. It is to be further understood that any of the rib components and webs of all FIGS. 1-10 may be colored differently, e.g., for aesthetic and/or coding purposes, or where color may enhance the environmental use of the hose, such as from heat or ultra-violet considerations.
In addition, two or more hoses having different diameters selected from any of the above embodiments, or combinations thereof amongst themselves or with other hoses, may be combined, one inside the other, for any desired purpose. For example, a vacuum cleaner hose is known (U.S. Pat. No. 3,965,526 entitled "Suction Hose With Conductor Means For Electric Current," which comprises one hose inserted within another hose between which an electrical cord extends for powering a power brush or other attachment at the floor end of the hose. Because some hoses of the present invention have a very low radial profile, e.g., those depicted in FIGS. 3a and 4a, resulting from the rectangular shaped ribs 38 and 48, it is possible to obtain an optional combination of maximum inner hose diameter and minimum outer hose diameter.
The materials of the various profiles or strips preferably comprise such plastics which include, by way of example and not of limitation, the polyethylenes, polypropylenes, polyvinyl chlorides, and combinations thereof, whose formulations may be varied or colored in accordance with end uses and environments for which the hose is intended, or in accordance with the desired combinations of material streams used to form the several co-extruded profiles. Thus, the co-extrusions and laminates can be formed from or be of differently formulated plastic materials.
Although the invention has been described with reference to particular embodiments thereof, it should be realized that various changes and modifications may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.
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But isn't that what the producers were after also—feuding and backstage fallouts—to get more attention for the show? Of all the artists who were given the honor of being a judge, Nicki Minaj has the worst personality with a matching over-inflated ego to go with it. She just doesn't belong there. So what if she is one of the most popular artists of today? Her popularity doesn't mean anything anymore to a lot of viewers as she continues to behave like a darn prima donna. Long-time fans have asked to get her out of that show. But have the producers listened to that clamor? Nope, they might as well hand her the hammer for the final nail to the coffin of "American Idol."
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Of course, when you have an ultra-successful and ground-breaking show like "American Idol" was, you will attract competition and emulators who would not only use the show as a "blueprint" in developing their own talent search reality show but you bet they won't veer too far away either from the basic set up of "Idol."
However, these new shows weren't only copycats of the once-heralded and king of talent search reality shows. Shows like "The Voice" not only worked around the concept of "Idol" but they improved upon it, making them more dynamic and interesting to the viewers with a faster unfolding of results as compared to "Idol." Most of the time, competition is viewed as a good thing. It provides viewers the choice of which show to watch depending on their personal preferences. However, when you have numerous competitors all aiming to topple 'Idol', then the odds are no longer in favor of the original show such as 'Idol' without the predecessor paying a mighty price for it. And when you take the fact that 'American Idol' is viewed by most critics as an "aging" talent search reality show that is getting past its glory years on television, then indeed something has to be done to level the playing field for 'Idol.'
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It has already been confirmed by several news agencies that Randy Jackson will not come back when Season 12 ends and it was via the statement he gave which is a guaranty we will no longer see the last remaining original judge of "American Idol." Among all the original judges, Randy Jackson has been my favorite ever since I started watching "American Idol" years ago. I found him to be level-headed and he always had something truly constructive to say to the contestants. Even though his resume isn't that spectacular when compared to the other judges, viewers have grown fond of him and his long-time fans will surely miss his "Yo, Dawg!" catchphrase.
Randy Jackson lasted longer than most people had expected and he played his cards right most of the time every time he was surrounded by a new cast of judges. I have dubbed him to be the "voice of reason" early on based on how he has conducted himself. Randy Jackson is now moving on. No doubt, he had a hand in changing how we perceive talent search reality shows forever. Even as he gave his criticisms to the contestants, he was always uplifiting and encouraging in manner. He never came off as mean unlike Nicki Minaj who has a penchant for making contestants squirm with her harsh remarks.
Nobody can say Randy Jackson didn't last. Just think of this: why is it that he is the last original judge to remain for 12 Seasons? Early on, most had predicted him to be the weakest link among the original judges. But, sometimes, if you are a genuinely nice guy to viewers and the contestants, that is enough for you to be remembered…and be missed.
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Cisco Linksys Wireless-N Broadband Router with 4 port Switch - WRT300N - 4X the Range and 12X the Speed!
|The Wireless-N Broadband Router is really three devices in one box. First, there's the Wireless Access Point, which lets you connect to the network without wires. There's also a built-in 4-port full-duplex 10/100 Switch to connect your wired-Ethernet devices together. Finally, the Router function ties it all together and lets your whole network share a high-speed cable or DSL Internet connection.
The Access Point built into the Router uses the very latest wireless networking technology, Wireless-N (draft 802.11n). By overlaying the signals of multiple radios, Wireless-N's "Multiple In, Multiple Out" (MIMO) technology multiplies the effective data rate. Unlike ordinary wireless networking technologies that are confused by signal reflections, MIMO actually uses these reflections to increase the range and reduce "dead spots" in the wireless coverage area. The robust signal travels farther, maintaining wireless connections up to 4 times farther than standard Wireless-G.
With Wireless-N, the farther away you are, the more speed advantage you get. It works great with standard Wireless-G and -B equipment, but when both ends of the wireless link are Wireless-N, the router can increase the throughput even more by using twice as much radio band, yielding speeds up to 12 times as fast as standard Wireless-G. But unlike other speed-enhanced technologies, Wireless-N can dynamically enable this double-speed mode for Wireless-N devices, while still connecting to other wireless devices at their respective fastest speeds. In congested areas, the "good neighbor" mode ensures that the Router checks for other wireless devices in the area before gobbling up the radio band.
To help protect your data and privacy, the Router can encode all wireless transmissions with industrial-strength 256-bit encryption. It can serve as your network's DHCP Server, has a powerful SPI firewall to protect your PCs against intruders and most known Internet attacks, and supports VPN pass-through. Configuration is a snap with the web browser-based configuration utility.
The incredible speed of Wireless-N makes it ideal for media-centric applications like streaming video, gaming, and Voice over IP telephony, and gives you plenty of headroom to run multiple media-intense data streams through the network at the same time, with no degradation in performance. With the Linksys Wireless-N Broadband Router at the center of your home or office network, you can share a high-speed Internet connection, files, printers, and multi-player games, and run media-intensive applications at faster than 10/100 wired network speeds, without the hassle of stringing wires!
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Pleased with it10/12/2008
I am not a network guy so I don't know everything this router could do. All I can say is that I have bought it to replace an ancient one from Netgear that would only allow the traffic flow at 700 kbps. I have 4 pcs in my network and so far this Lynksis router handled it well. The problem I have encountered initially was with one of my laptops having old driver. The router would get all confused and drop connection for all other pcs. I installed the new driver and the problem went away. Another thing that I found annoying was that when one of my pcs begins to download at high speed all my other pcs slow down to a crawl. I was able to throttle the download speed on offending PC but not on the router's side. Otherwise than those 2 issues, I would recommend this router to anyone who is not too heavily involved with networking. It serves the basic purpose.
not bad 4 the price8/7/2008
Had a dard time setting it up,but after that it was easy.I have yet to test the range of it.It is a very secure router.
802.11n is Awesome8/4/2008
The new LinkSys WRT300N Wireless Router is amazing! I set it up in about 10 minutes on both of my computers (laptop & desktop) running XP Pro. The EasyLink Advisor is a simple to navigate GUI. I'm getting 54Mbps on the laptop but it is my Intel 3945G internal wireless card causing the slowdown - need to upgrade it. On the desktop I'm getting 270Mbps!
Nothing but a waist of time3/20/2008
I purchased two Manufacturer: LINKSYS Mfg Part#: WRT300N and after two days working with Linksys i am told they are both bad units" purchased at different times" and had to send them back, what a waist of time and now i see they are rated at one star. Best buy returned both units and i ordered this D-Link Xtreme N Gigabit Router - DIR-655 down loaded the soft wear and hooked it up and was up and running after one call to D link to add a password. They have it set up this way so for warranty purposes. Final comment best bang for the buck. By the way customer service at Linksys is really bad each time had to wait one hour to talk to someone that spoke bad English and spent another couple hours on the phone trying to make their unit work to be told to just send it back and try another one.1 Helpful | 1 Not Helpful
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This is very hard to set up.0 Helpful | 1 Not Helpful
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I bought this router to replace a 2-year old Netgear router. I have been unable to get to certain Websites since I installed it. If I am wired to the router, no issue. If I go wireless, issues. I have worked with several Linksys support personnel, but they can't figure out the problem. We tweaked some of the settings, but so far no luck. I have a Linksys G-PCI card in my computer, and it is supposed to be compatible. I even turned off the router's security settings and my McAfee firewall and antivirus. But even being completely exposed to the world did me no good. I am thinking of returning it, if I can't resolve this issue.12 Helpful | 9 Not Helpful
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Calla was formed in New York City in 1997 by Aurelio Valle (guitar, vocals), Sean Donovan (bass, keyboards, programming), and Wayne B. Magruder (percussion, programming). However, the band's origins can be traced to Texas in 1993, where Valle and Magruder began performing together in the Denton band the Factory Press. The band relocated to New York in 1995, recording The Smoky Ends of a Burnt out Day with producers Kid Congo Powers and Matt Verta-Ray. The group split in 1997 and the album was not released until early 1998, by which time Valle and Magruder were pursuing new musical ventures. Most notably, Magruder worked with Bowery Electric, Main, and Windsor for the Derby.
In 1997, former Factory Press studio collaborator Sean Donovan arrived from Texas and took up residence in Brooklyn with Valle and Magruder. The trio set about writing and recording and Calla was born. Donovan and Magruder -- who had previously worked together as the Fallen Vlods -- shaped Calla's creative process around sampling and programming, marking a shift away from the approach taken by the Factory Press. A four-track demo was completed in 1998, generating interest from the Brussels label Sub Rosa, which released the band's first album to critical acclaim in 1999. Calla's self-titled debut prized apart traditional song structures and reconfigured the components into subtly apocalyptic, cinematic pieces, at times evoking electronically processed Ennio Morricone soundscapes.
Calla subsequently made the transition to performance, a process that gave Valle, Magruder, and Donovan their first taste of playing together outside a studio environment. Playing live had a significant impact on the band's sound and direction. Having been excited by the debut album, Michael Gira was particularly impressed by the way Calla's music had been changed by live performance, and signed the group to his label, Young God Records. The band's first album on Young God, Scavengers (January 2001), marked a subtle change in orientation. Scavengers was less reliant on studio processing and although it displayed a familiar atmospheric minimalist sensibility, its textures coalesced into more conventional song formats. Understanding the mixture of indie rock and high-concept art that their music represented, Televise (January 2003) solidified their jagged indie pop sound. Collisions followed two years later. Calla went on tour in Europe the following year. Their fifth album, Strength in Numbers, was released in 2007.
Wikipedia:For other uses, see Calla (disambiguation).
Calla (Bog Arum, Marsh Calla, Wild Calla, and Water-arum) is a genus of flowering plant in the family Araceae, containing the single species Calla palustris. It is native to cool temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere, in central, eastern and northern Europe (France and Norway eastward), northern Asia and northern North America (Alaska, Canada, and northeastern contiguous United States).Flora von Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz 1885
It is a rhizomatous herbaceous perennial plant growing in bogs and ponds. The leaves are rounded to heart-shaped, 6–12 centimetres (2.4–4.7 in) long on a 10–20 centimetres (3.9–7.9 in) petiole, and 4–12 centimetres (1.6–4.7 in) broad. The greenish-yellow inflorescence is produced on a spadix about 4–6 centimetres (1.6–2.4 in) long, enclosed in a white spathe. The fruit is a cluster of red berries, each berry containing several seeds.
The plant is very poisonous when fresh due to its high oxalic acid content, but the rhizome (like that of Caladium, Colocasia, and Arum) is edible after drying, grinding, leaching and boiling.
The genus formerly also included a number of other species, which have now been transferred to the separate genus Zantedeschia. These plants, from tropical Africa are, however, still often termed "calla lilies", but should not be confused with C. palustris.^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families^ Dickinson, T.; Metsger, D.; Bull, J.; & Dickinson, R. (2004) ROM Field Guide to Wildflowers of Ontario. Toronto:Royal Ontario Museum, p. 62.^ Govaerts, R. & Frodin, D.G. (2002). World Checklist and Bibliography of Araceae (and Acoraceae): 1-560. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.^ Herkert, J.R. & Ebinger, J.E. (eds.) (2002). Endangered and Threatened Species of Illinois: status and distribution 1: 1-161. Endangered species protection board, Springfield, Illinois.^ Sabirova, N.D. & Sabirov, R.N. (2011). New and rare vascular plant species of Northern Sakhalin. Byulleten' Glavnogo Botaniceskogo Sada 197: 80-86.^ Flora of North America, vol 22, Water arum, wild calla, Calla palustris Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 2: 968. 1753.^ Flora of China, Vol. 23 Page 17, 水芋 shui yu, Calla palustris Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 2: 968. 1753.^ A Dictionary of Flowering Plants and Ferns - JC Willis^ Plants for a Future: Calla palustris^ Pharmacognosy, Wild calla-Calla palustris-Poisonous plants


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Golf, in some respects,is a person playing a game against nature. Wind, grass, sand, water, and gravity all affect the sport and how you play the game. Plus you can dress in some really bad plaid pants and nobody will question you. Even though you can dress in some atrocious looking outfits in Mario Golf: World Tour, it is still golf. Is it a worthy addition to Mario's catalog of games? Tee up and let's find out.
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Mario Golf: World Tour has two modes of play, Mario Golf for a quick round and Castle Club for a more campaign style of play. In the Mario Golf mode it's a quick set up to play Single Player, VS. or Tournament style games. You choose a character with set abilities, a game style, and a course then you're in the action. It's for those that want to just get into the game and go. The VS. allows you to play against A.I. characters or against your friends locally or online. Tournament lets you play in either pre-set tournaments against other players from around the world or in a tournament you or another user has created.
The Castle Club lets you play as your Mii. Here is where the game becomes more of a progressive system. You start out with your Mii, a plain outfit, and a basic set of clubs. At the Castle Club the first course you play on is the Forest Course. It's a good starting course that presents enough challenge to let you, not only learn the basics, but slowly improve your game. That is the Castle Club's overall goal, to build up your skills. The next course is the Seaside Course and it introduces heavy winds and more course hazards. It is the same with the next course, Mountain Course. As you play through the courses you ll earn various clothing, gear, and coins. The clothing and gear can improve specific skills such as longer drives or better sweet spots on the ball. The coins allow you to buy better clothing and gear at the Castle Club's Pro Shop. In the Castle Club's basement are two separate tournaments; The Americas and The World. These are similar to the Mario Golf Tournaments, but strictly for your Mii; Mario characters are not included.
In addition to the separate tournaments there are two methods of hitting the ball. Both are based on the simple button tap power bar style that many golf video games used before most switched over to a real swing with the thumbstick. The two methods are Easy and Manual. Easy is, naturally, the simplest. After aiming your shot with the camera you tap the A button. This starts the power meter moving. On the other end of the power meter is a mark indicating perfect. Tapping the A button a second time when the meter reaches this mark makes your Mii hit a shot to where you aimed, give or take a few meters depending on wind and terrain. Tapping the A button before or after the perfect mark results in a shot that will fall to short or to far of where you aimed.
The Manual style starts out the same as Easy, but after the second tap there is a third tap. The first tap sets the power the meter on the upswing. The second tap in the target perfect range sets the power of your hit. The third tap, in an additional perfect range, sets the accuracy of your shot. Tapping A at the first mark will set the strength of your shot (wind permitting). Tapping A on your second mark will result in; a hook (curve left) shot if you hit before the mark, a straight shot if you hit the mark, or a slice (curve right) shot if you hit after the mark. The Manual shot also lets you put spin on the ball to affect how it rolls when it lands.
Graphics and Audio
Mario Golf: World Tour is a Nintendo game set in the popular Mario world, so it doesn't stray from the current norms for that rounded edge, brightly colored, cartoon-ish look. On the 3DS in 3D mode the depth is crisp; I didn't find it very bothersome to me.
The music and voice acting are all also taken from current norms. The music themes intone familiar strains held through many tried and true Mario games. While the current actors under contract with Nintendo voice those familiar characters, giving Mario Golf: World Tour that feeling of anauthentic Mario game.
Golf was a sport that, for whatever reason, I expressed interest in as a child. My parents bought me a comically oversized toy golf set. Of course, being a child, I was into it for probably two weeks before my infatuation waned. After that it was back to climbing trees and Hot Wheels. I never really gave golf another thought until I played a golf video game. Most of the sport video games I just don't get into. Golf is one of the exceptions; it's a sport game I really like.
That said the last Mario Golf game I played was Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour for the Nintendo GameCube. I felt it was too arcadey and I really didn't play it much, if at all. So imagine my surprise when I first fired up Mario Golf: World Tour on my 3DS. They actually have a decent golf sim under all those bright cartoon graphics! Adjusting for wind, angling shots around trees, reading greens, and hoping I put enough umph on a shot to get over the sand trap. It's all here. I think Tiger Woods would even be impressed.
There is an arcade aspect; Princess Peach's Royal Garden course has all the arcade touches. Power ups that have an effect on the ball, spots on the course that will zing the ball forward (and possibly into traps if your aim is bad), and even cannons to shoot your ball straight to the green. It's a fun diversion when you don't want a game to be so serious.
I like the tournaments in the Castle Club. As you are playing a hole you can see recreations of other player's shots play out. This actual sort of helps you judge how to play the hole when you see how everyone else has played it.
Mario Golf: World Tour is not a game that will be leaving my 3DS XL any time soon. It's a fine handheld golf sim that I can really get into. As such I give it a 5 out of 5.
Mario Golf: World Tour is rated E for Everyone for Comic Mischief by the Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB).
For more information see the official Mario Golf: World Tour web site.


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15 arrested while seeking reinstatement of employees dismissed four years ago
Workers belonging to the CITU-affiliated Hyundai Motor India Employees Union (HMIEU) attempted to staged a road roko on the Chennai-Bangalore National Highway at Irungattukottai. Police arrested A. Soundararajan, honorary president of the HMIEU and 15 others.
The protest is part of an ongoing strike by the union that began on October 30. Hyundai Motor India Ltd (HMIL) said production at its plants in Irungattukottai continued to remain normal.
The workers' demands included reinstatement of 27 workers dismissed by HMIL four years ago and wage-related issues in addition to the recognition of their union, HMIEU general secretary R. Sridhar had said earlier.
Police said a group of HMIL employees attempted to march towards the factory entrance under the leadership of Mr. Soundararajan. They were arrested and removed to a marriage hall.
HMIL termed the recent 'work disruption activities' by a section of workers illegal and in violation of the decision of the tripartite committee dated December 9, 2010 and ratified by the Labour Department. HMIL had entered into a wage agreement with the management-recognized United Union of Hyundai Employees (UUHE) last month. 1,300 of the 2,007 permanent workers of the factory were UUHE members, the company said.
Hyundai is not the only company facing labour unrest over the issue of recognition of unions as 'outside' organisations have been trying to gain a foothold in many multinational companies in Sriperumbudur and Maraimalai Nagar. The companies have been refusing to recognise 'outside' unions.
"The company is categorical that it will not recognise any other union," HMIL said last week.


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Even while the awareness building and enrolment programmes are on, the resource material for education has not reached students fully
Schools have been reopened and the government-sponsored programmes like 'Vidya Sambaralu' and education fortnights are in full swing. Even while the awareness building and enrolment programmes are on, the resource material for education has not reached the students fully.
Shortage of textbooks is a phenomenon that revisits every year during the school re-opening, but this year it is even more irksome, as the syllabi have been changed for quite a few classes.
Teachers from various schools are complaining that textbooks have not arrived so far for a quite few subjects.
"We have not received even a fourth of the required textbooks in our school. On the one hand, government is celebrating education, and on the other, students are forced to come to school without textbooks. Many titles have not yet been printed," complained T. Sai Reddy, the State president of the Andhra Pradesh Upadhyaya Sangham, who is also the headmaster of government school in Chivvemla village of Nalgonda district.
Syllabi for the classes IV, V, VIII and IX having been changed from this academic year onwards, classes cannot be conducted unless the new textbooks arrive for all the subjects.
However, most of the textbooks for the English Medium students have not yet been distributed.
"We have only received about 50 per cent of the required textbooks so far. The disbursement to mandals too has not exceeded 40 to 50 per cent. With syllabus changed for four classes, we cannot even use old textbooks for them as is the wont every year," informed a teacher from Lingampalli village of Ibrahimpatnam mandal.
Even where about 60 to 70 per cent of the books have arrived, shortage of one or two titles is felt in every class, teachers informed.
However, the Director, State Government Textbook Press, B. Sudhakar claimed that about 70 per cent of the total textbooks required have been dispatched already. By the month end, the remaining too will be supplied, he assured.
The total requirement for the entire State stands at 5.25 crore, out of which about 3.6 crore textbooks have been dispatched, he said.
While government press undertakes the publishing of a limited number of books, most of the work is outsourced to private publishers.
Keywords: Vidya Sambaralu, textbook, Ibrahimpatnam, Government Textbook Press, Andhra Pradesh Upadhyaya Sangham, shortage


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Visual Assessment put together this infographic of Havocscope's data on the global black market. Visual Assessment / Visualizing.org
The UpTake: In spite of its bad reputation, the black market is a real business with a scope that's hard to comprehend without a little help.
T hink of Consumer Consumer reports for the $1.8 trillion global black market, and you've got a pretty accurate image of Havocscope, a data company for illegal markets. Their data set includes global prices for illegal products and services including contract killing, AK-47s, human smuggling, and organs.
Founded in September 2013, Havocscope gathers their information from both open-source and user-submitted statistics, and isn't funded by government agencies, foundations, or industry associations, according to their site, ostensibly making their information more reliable.
But even with such policies in place, black market sectors ranging from counterfeit toys to prostitution and from illegal waste-dumping to kidnapping and ransom-holding, make the scale of the offenses difficult to visualize.
To help better grasp exactly how pervasive the black market is, consulting firm Visual Assessment put together the below infographic based on Havocscope data, not only representing the sectors and activities of those operating in the black market, but which countries are the largest contributors to such illegal trade.
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Aloha feels like several films at once, crammed together and sped up, with results that are emotionally hollow and narratively confusing.
Aloha feels like several films at once, crammed together and sped up, with results that are emotionally hollow and narratively confusing.
Funny, heartfelt, and gorgeously shot. This is an excellent film.
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A film is a terrible thing to waste. For Roman Coppola to waste one on "A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III" is a sad sight to behold. I'll go further. For Charlie Sheen to waste a role in it is also a great pity.
I stop not: For Bill Murray to occupy his time in this dreck sandwich is a calamity. Of Charlie Sheen, we've seen more than enough, at least until he gets his act together. But there's a sad shortage of Bill Murray performances, and his work here is telephoned in as if Thomas Alva Edison had never been born.
Sheen plays a caricature of his public persona in a production design beyond his wildest dreams. Elliot Hostetter. Remember that name. The feverish colors and images that he conjures up in "Charles Swan" are the reason I kept watching, ready to examine every scene for its look but not its content. At times I caught myself trying to look beyond the actors, annoyed that they were blocking valuable background space.
Every detail has been pushed to 11 on the "Spinal Tap" scale. Take Charles' classic Cadillac. Its seductive curves have been restored not merely to how it looked coming off the assembly line, but to represent how it looked in its designer's imagination. On one side, Charles has painted two eggs. On the other side, two strips of bacon. What were you expecting? A horse and carriage?
Near the beginning of the story, Charles' girlfriend, Ivana (Katheryn Winnick), leaves him. So distraught is he that he packs her shoes in a plastic bag and hurls them over the side of Mulholland Drive. This sets in motion a chain of events that ends with the Cadillac parked in a swimming pool with Charles inside. I pitied the automobile.
Swan the Third owns a design studio, that, in the 1970s Pop Art style, has a giant toothbrush leaning against a wall. The loss of Ivana leads to him indulging an orgy of the sexual hunger that must have inspired her exit through the gift shop. Curiously, although he encounters countless beautiful scantily undressed young women in both life and his fantasies, his primary object doesn't seem to be the stake but the sizzle. Scantily Attired. You remember her. On the old Bob and Ray radio program, she was the never-heard twin sister of Natalie Attired.
After the swimming pool incident, Charles suffers an unspecified chest attack, and experiences hallucinations. One involves Ivana's group, the Secret Society of Ball Busters. In one hallucination, Charles and his best friend, Kirby (Jason Schwartzman), are on horseback in the Old West and come upon Ivana and other almost nude Indian maidens who beckon them forward before warrior women on horseback attack them with bows and arrows.
That's when we see Charles' agent, Saul (Bill Murray), step forward to offer advice. The name Saul is possibly a homage to the great designer Saul Bass, which may be obscure for today's audiences but nowhere near as obscure for them to recall that Charles Swan is the name of the hero of Marcel Proust's "Remembrance of Things Past."
Watching the movie, I found myself thinking at the screen: Give it up, Charlie Sheen. It's getting old. The purpose of this film didn't last long enough for it to justify being released.
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