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I enjoy watching women take off their clothes.
So when I was offered the chance to interview the lovely and talented ladies of the Iowa School of Burlesque, I eagerly said "Yes." (Actually, I didn't technically say the word "Yes," but I did nod my head vigorously while making high-pitched whimpering sounds.)
I devoted two full weeks to preparing for this interview by researching burlesque dance videos online, even though it meant ignoring my family responsibilities and abandoning my freelance writing clients. I won't be able to pay the mortgage this month, but it was totally worth it.
Here is what I learned from my extensive "online research" (ahem) about burlesque:
- What is burlesque?
Burlesque is a style of dance that combines elements of striptease, comedy and theater. Burlesque dancers slowly strip out of their elaborate, multi-layered costumes in a coordinated and highly stylized fashion. Burlesque is AWESOME.
- Do burlesque dancers get totally naked?
Almost. The women often keep their tops on, or if they do take off their bras, they wear nipple coverings called "pasties." Pasties are often sparkly, shiny, or connected to tassels. Pasties are AWESOME.
- Are burlesque dancers the same as "strippers?"
Not exactly. Burlesque is more complex than what you might see at a strip club. Burlesque truly puts the "tease" back in striptease. Burlesque dancers are coquettish, witty, sly and often a bit humorous. Again, burlesque is AWESOME.
- Is burlesque "dirty" or sleazy or degrading?
Not unless you want it to be! Rowrrrr! But seriously, the answer is no. Burlesque is a fun, positive thing for women and men to experience together. Burlesque is not just about sex, it's a unique art form for exploring complex themes of empowerment, body image, self-confidence, gender identity, sexual identity, and much more.
I met with Iowa School of Burlesque founder Phoenix L'Amour and her protégés Leo LaFlash, Mae the Force, Maddie Moiselle and Gin Appropriate (their burlesque stage names) at their dance rehearsal space, where we discussed getting arrested for your art, the true meaning of "sexy," and the legal definition of "underboob."
So, what is burlesque all about? What does it mean?
Phoenix L'Amour: It's about a lot of things – art of striptease, satire, comedy, politics, current events, feelings, artistic expression…
Gin Appropriate: Theater, sparkles, body image.
Why did you want to be burlesque dancers?
Gin Appropriate: I like attention.
YES. Me too. That's the whole reason I do stand-up comedy.
Leo LaFlash: I was a theater kid, and I saw Dita Von Teese in the Marilyn Manson "mOBSCENE" video, and I'm not a lady-lover but she was really doing it for me in that video. So I read up about the history of burlesque and I fell in love with it.
How long has the Iowa School of Burlesque been around?
Phoenix: 2 years. I started out in Ames, doing some classes in Ames, then realized that the hub for burlesque is in Des Moines. We recently started the Apprentice Program.
We do three big shows a year, called "Underbusted." Our February and October shows are always themed, and our June shows are everybody's showcase. We also started a show in Ames called Varietease that goes on twice a year.
Who comes to the shows? Who's your audience?
Maddie Moiselle: All across the board – students, retirees, moms and dads. You will not find a more unique fan base in Des Moines.
It's not like, an "R-rated" thing, right? More PG?
Mae the Force: We have done shows with kids in the audience and we toned things down a bit.
Maddie Moiselle: Sometimes we hump the audience members, or make it appear that we're…squirting things out of our orifices.
I'm not an expert, but I do enjoy watching women get undressed, and I know that with burlesque there are so many variations – subgenres of burlesque, right? Fan dances, balloon dances, classic striptease…
Phoenix: We do neo-burlesque, we try to be new and experimental. Every show we try to one-up our last show.
Gin Appropriate: We're all different as individuals.
Leo LaFlash: I think it's cool that we're all doing different things. Different styles.
Maddie Moiselle: Otherwise it would be just a terrible stripping dance recital.
Phoenix: We try to make burlesque INCLUSIVE of other arts. We often have live bands performing along with us at our shows, we want to make it a bigger thing, strength in numbers.
When did burlesque start, like, Roaring 20s? 19th Century? Earlier?
Phoenix: Different schools of burlesque talk about different starting points, but I believe that the Ancient Greek playwright Aristophanes was the original father of burlesque, because he got the audience to laugh at themselves. Burlesque is about humor and mockery.
It does seem like there's a lot of humor and tease to burlesque – coquettishness. There's more of a theatrical element to it.
Phoenix: It's live theater, so anything can happen.
Maddie Moisell: And does.
Is Iowa ready for burlesque?
Phoenix: It's taken a few years to get everyone on the bandwagon, but I think, 100%, Iowa is supportive of burlesque right now. There are burlesque troupes forming in the Quad Cities and Iowa City. People around the state know who we are, and that's awesome.
Phoenix, did you, um…get arrested one time for doing burlesque? Are you comfortable talking about that?
Phoenix: I didn't technically get arrested, but a few years ago I got a citation for exposing my "underboob." The City Code says you can't show "your nipple or below thereof." So you tell me what that means.
Mae the Force: But only for women. Doesn't apply to men.
Phoenix: The case got continued for 6 months because the police couldn't find the video. And then the judge said, "This is stupid," and dismissed the charges.
Wow, that is high praise – your video was too sexy for the police to take to the judge? The cops were like, "To hell with the case, I'm keeping this video for myself!"
Phoenix: It was very weird. My lawyer and I had been in contact with the police even before I got cited, and I knew that they had some concerns, but it hasn't been a problem ever since. And I don't know why we should be singled out for attention, because we're performing artists, and there are plays put on in Des Moines that have full nudity, even in places that have liquor licenses. To be honest, after it all happened, we got nothing but 100% support of the community. And we haven't had any problems ever since, and we've even done shows in other bars all over the city.
So…Dita Von Teese: greatest woman alive, or greatest woman who has EVER LIVED? Discuss!
Phoenix: She's an amazing role model. She combines so many elements of what this art form is about. She has studied the art of lingerie and burlesque performance, she designs her own outfits, she's a former ballerina, she's a former stripper, and she's just extremely smart. Once you're thrown into mainstream pop culture, people tend to dumb you down a little bit, and I think she's been a strong role model for trying to stay true to her art.
Gin Appropriate: Can I just say, related to the point about Dita Von Teese being really smart – all the people I've met in burlesque have been HUGE nerds and really smart – lots of people with Master's degrees.
Leo LaFlash: Dita's the only burlesque dancer who really makes money from it. They say that the difference between strippers and burlesque dancers is that strippers make money.
Phoenix: I'm trying to work on that, girls!
What does it say about the cultural moment that we are in, that burlesque is becoming more popular? What about burlesque speaks to people?
Maddie Moiselle: I think it's refreshing because with so much of what we see in our culture about sex and nudity, there's no coyness to it.
Leo LaFlash: There's no romance any more.
Maddie Moiselle: We've become so desensitized to bodies and nudity and overt displays of sexuality, BUT burlesque is bringing back a different sense of coyness, and not having the sexuality be so in-your-face.
Leo LaFlash: Burlesque is much more inclusive – all types of bodies, all sizes, all ages.
Maddie Moiselle: There is no Photoshopping on a burlesque dancer.
Gin Appropriate: Body-type wise, we are very diverse, and we're becoming more racially diverse, and I love that about this group. I have people come up to me after shows who come up to me and say, "I never believed that confidence is what makes you sexy, but I saw that in you." We all have different body types, but we all rock it.
Phoenix: I've had women come up to me and say "thank you for doing that show." We're helping women not to feel ashamed about their bodies – showing them a model for how to be confident and vulnerable at the same time.
How can people get involved with burlesque? You have classes and workshops and shows coming up soon?
Phoenix: Come to our shows! Check out our classes!
Next show:
Feb. 16 – Red & Black Ball at the Blazing Saddle
Next burlesque workshop:
Feb. 17 – time TBD
Check out the Iowa School of Burlesque on Facebook for all the details about upcoming burlesque shows and classes in Des Moines.
Ben Gran is a Des Moines freelance writer and comedian. He has never gotten arrested or exposed his underboob in public. Follow Ben on Twitter or Facebook.


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The latest John Grisham novel is in bookstores, and the good news is that he's back to writing thrillers. In recent years we've seen airline passengers nodding out over "A Painted House" and "Bleachers," books they probably picked up in hopes of reading another one of Grisham's lawyers-on-the-run page-turners. Instead, they got nostalgic tales drawn from Grisham's childhood and youth.
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This time, the little guy is a former big shot: Joel Backman, once the wheeling-and-dealingest lawyer in Washington. Backman's brilliant career came to a halt when he got involved with a scheme to peddle some spy-satellite technology to the highest bidder; several people wound up dead, and Backman wound up in prison. Now, after six years in solitary confinement, Backman is being offered a presidential pardon and relocation to Italy, where he'll take on a new identity.
The catch is that the CIA is setting Backman up as a target. They want to see who wants him dead. The Russians? The Chinese? The Israelis? The Saudis? Once they know this, then they'll know who's really in control of the mysterious satellite.
The spy-satellite stuff is what Alfred Hitchcock called a McGuffin: the thing that sets the plot in motion but you can forget about once it does. No one really cares or remembers exactly what it is that causes Cary Grant to be pursued by a crop-dusting plane and wind up hanging from Mount Rushmore in "North by Northwest." It was just a McGuffin. But "The Broker" is no "North by Northwest." It's more like "Torn Curtain," one of those formulaic and unconvincing movies Hitchcock made in his last years.
The tension of the plot hinges on what we know that Backman doesn't — and on what he's going to do when he finally figures it out. To create tension, Grisham has to make us care what happens to Backman, and that's a large order, given that the guy was originally a workaholic, womanizing, amoral sleaze who has somehow — and the somehow is never presented to us clearly — turned into someone we want to root for.
But the most serious flaw in "The Broker" is that Grisham never makes us believe that any of the novel is taking place in the real world. In his best books, Grisham's heroes battled some convincingly hissable bad guys: racists, polluters, insurance companies, the tobacco industry. But the villains of "The Broker" are shadowy spies and international assassins; they come from a world that Grisham obviously doesn't know firsthand, and consequently they radiate little menace.
Moreover, the novel takes place in some alternate universe in which the Sept. 11 attacks apparently didn't happen, in which al Qaeda and global terrorism are not a threat. It's a world with easily crossed borders and no Homeland Security alerts, where you can readily buy an unhackable, safely encrypted telecommunications system off the shelf. The world of "The Broker" seems sadly irrelevant to our own.
Despite that serious flaw, Grisham can be an engaging writer. Once you've started the book you're not likely to give it up — he still has the knack of creating suspense, and you don't feel too bummed out when the payoff is feeble.
He can also be very funny. The opening chapter presents us with an American president so inept and unpopular that in his re-election bid he lost every state except Alaska, the only state he didn't visit during the campaign — and he won it by a 17-vote margin after a recount. The lame-duck president and his dysfunctional first family were so entertaining that I almost hoped the novel was going to be about them.
Another pleasant surprise in "The Broker" is that getting out of the South, where most of his novels have been set, seems to have refreshed Grisham's ability to create an evocative setting. When he takes his hero to Bologna, Grisham tempts reviewers to make the kind of jokes that I will resist. Grisham describes the city so attractively that he'll probably help boost tourism. On the other hand, there's a little too much sightseeing in churches and lingering in restaurants. "The Broker" ambles like a tourist when it should dart like a hunted animal.

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But after the Toronto netminder made a number of jaw-dropping saves against one of the hottest clubs in the National Hockey League, it was hard to remember anything better from the 26-year-old in blue and white.
Three nights after he was awful against the Vancouver Canucks, Raycroft had a major role in a 4-2 victory against the Tampa Bay Lightning.
"Was he ever good," Leafs coach Paul Maurice said. "He made some huge saves on some great shooters. He was fantastic and I'm sure he needed it. He might come across as a little casual, but he feels (the pressure). Good for him and good for us.
"He was the best player on the ice."
Raycroft got into a zone on the Lightning's first shot of the game when he got his right pad on Vaclav Prospal's attempt from close range. In the second period, Raycroft made a pair of giant saves on Vincent Lecavalier in which he swept across the crease to thwart the Lightning sniper. Overall, Raycroft stopped 21 shots.
"It was solid, it was good, but I've had a couple that were better," Raycroft said, though no one could recall them. "I can't tell you guys how much it makes a difference for me when I just have to worry about everything in front of me. I can move and get the (read on the) pass rather than trying to find it looking around legs and bodies and having it go off sticks."
Raycroft said he did not dwell on his performance of Saturday night, when he was jeered by the crowd at the Air Canada Centre.
Raycroft was right -- it was not just because of him that Tampa had its five-game win streak snapped. The Leafs, who were buoyed by a goal by John Pohl with seven seconds left in the second period that tied the game 2-2, were air-tight in the third and allowed just two shots on Raycroft.
Also integral in the victory were Nik Antropov and Alexei Ponikarovsky, who returned from lengthy stays on injured reserve. Both had a goal and an assist.
To make room for them, Kris Newbury and Ben Ondrus were assigned to the Marlies of the American Hockey League after the morning skate.
Alex Steen, who has eight goals in his past 10 games, got the winner at 15:39 of the third on a Leafs power play when he was set up by Matt Stajan.
Lecavalier and Dan Boyle scored for Tampa before an announced crowd of 19,830 at the St. Pete Times Forum. Marc Denis made 24 saves.
The victory was paramount for Toronto, which has 48 points, good for ninth in the Eastern Conference, two behind eighth-place Tampa. The Leafs, who continue a three-game trip tomorrow in Sunrise, Fla., against the Florida Panthers, are 11-8-3 away from the ACC.
"There is a comfort level on the road, but I don't think it is in relation to home," Maurice said. "The bench is under control, it is not quiet, it does not feel intimidated by the crowd or the other team. I think that is really important."
B Forwards: As good as Andrew Raycroft was, so too was Marc Denis for Tampa, making a handful of top saves as the Leafs forwards buzzed around him.
B Defence: When a player such as Martin St. Louis is relatively quiet, it's a good indication the corps did its job. A couple of penalties by Pavel Kubina, though, were unnecessary.
A Goaltending: Raycroft rebounded well from one of his poorest outings of the regular season.


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THE long arm of the law became a little more real for youngsters at an Oxford primary school with a visit from two of Thames Valley Police's finest.
Police Community Support Officers Fran Stafford and Helen Webber dropped in on the foundation stage class at Cutteslowe Primary School as part of a project called 'When I grow up'.
The idea is to introduce the children to different careers and the PCSOs' visit followed one from a builder. Firefighters, doctors and nurses will also drop in over the coming weeks.
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Class teacher Emma Taylor said: "One of the boys said he wanted to be Spiderman at the beginning, but since the builder came in, he has said he wants to be a builder."


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There has been a lot of confusion regarding BlackBerry 10 and whether or not you need a BIS/BES account to use the phone. Now that the Z10 is in the hands of a lot of people, and officially for sale in the UK, we can now confirm whether or not you will need a BIS or BES account to use a BlackBerry 10 device.
When it comes to consumers who have previously had a BIS account you will be all set and no need to change your plan, unless you are wanting to up your data package as LTE will make the phone fly. However if you are coming from a iPhone or Android phone you will also be ok to use a BlackBerry 10 device. It turns out that any type of existing data plan will allow you to fully use your BlackBerry 10 smartphone.
There is one caveat for this and that is if you are on an individual feature plan, or plans with segmented data functions like BBM Social plans, you will not be able to use your existing plan on BlackBerry 10. Also remember that if you are on an older BlackBerry or another older device, you will need to get a micro-SIM card to use in your BlackBerry Z10.
Now if you are on a BES server it turns out that you don't even need a BES plan on a BlackBerry Z10 to connect to BES10. If you are using an older BlackBerry device you will still need a BES plan to connect to the BES server. Basically BlackBerry has made it really easy for enterprise customers to keep their phones as consumer phones and use BlackBerry Balance as the way to keep things separate.
Here is a list simplifying it all (we hope),
- Yes you can use any smartphone data plan for the Z10 and Q10
- Yes, a dedicated BlackBerry plan will still work
- No, you can't use a feature plan like email only or BBM only
- Yes, you need a micro SIM card to use in the Z10 or Q10 (or a iPhone 5 nano card in a micro SiM adapter will work too)
- Yes, BES users still need a BES plan
The whole topic of BIS/BES requirements for BlackBerry 10 has not been communicated all that well. Hopefully any changes to what we have determined so far will be made clear to users.


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David John Moore Cornwell, pen name John le Carré, is a British author of espionage novels. During the 1950s and the 1960s, Cornwell worked for the British intelligence services MI5 and MI6, when he began writing novels under a pen name. His third novel The Spy Who Came In from the Cold became an international best-seller, and remains one of his best-known works. Following the novel's success, he left MI6 to become a full-time author.
Le Carré has since established himself as an important writer of espionage fiction. In 1990, he received the Helmerich Award which is presented annually by the Tulsa Library Trust. In 2008, The Times ranked Le Carré 22nd on its list of "The 50 greatest British writers since 1945". In 2011, he won the Goethe Medal, a yearly prize given by the Goethe Institute.
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Hello! I've been hanging around Craftster for a long time, but this is my first time posting here.
I learned to knit last summer and became obsessed with the television show Firefly about a month later. I saw the Knit Your Own Rock Star pattern in Stitch N Bitch Nation and immediately wanted to knit a doll version of one of the Big Damn Heroes. Being the procrastinator that I am, I only got around to making that doll last month. The project was halted for a bit because I didn't have any size 6 dpns. I'm finally finished, and here is Jayne Cobb!
Isn't that little hat cunnin'?
I'll let you all in on a secret. That hat covers his bald head!
When I tried to give him some duplicate stitch hair, I totally failed on the duplicate stitch part. Instead, he just keeps that silly hat on all the time. Even without hair, he's ready for some thrillin' heroics. ....Or maybe just some backyard adventures.
I might be going to a Serenity screening in late August and, if I do, Jayne is going to be there with me.


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Canterbury heaped further pressure on North Queensland boss Neil Henry, coming from behind to score a 36-26 victory and inflict the Cowboys' fifth straight NRL loss.
The Cowboys looked the better side for the much of the game in Townsville on Saturday night and took a 20-12 lead with 30 minutes remaining.
But the Bulldogs racked up the next 24 points to storm into the top eight.
The four-try burst added further misery to the flailing Cowboys, who were missing star five-eighth Johnathan Thurston with a groin injury carried over from Wednesday night's State of Origin match.
Halfback Robert Lui picked up the playmaking duties for the Cowboys and played his best since returning from a year-long suspension to have a role in all four of his team's tries, including a consolation four-pointer of his own in the dying minutes.
Thurston's absence was one of four changes made to the team, with hooker Rory Kostjasyn and winger Ashley Graham also ruled out to injury on game day.
The Bulldogs had three of their own pull out, with Josh Morris and Josh Reynolds coming into the team along with Tony Williams.
Bulldogs fullback Ben Barba backed up his two tries in the first half to lay on the final pass for Mitch Brown to put his team back in the game when the home side lead by eight points midway through the second half.
The wheels started to fall off for the Cowboys after that, with Williams, Greg Eastwood and Trent Hodkinson taking advantage of some Cowboys errors to easily run in for tries.
In another sour note for the Cowboys, replacement five-eighth Michael Morgan left the field after re-injuring his left shoulder.
Bulldogs coach Des Hasler was happy to claim a critical win ahead of next week's visit to his former club Manly at Brookvale Oval.
"It's always a tough game up here," he said.
"We knew the Cowboys were under a bit of the pump having only recorded four wins, and obviously they've had a few out so we count ourselves fortunate we got the two points here."
He had a simple summary of the game, saying the referees had been too involved in the contest.
"I think you can sum it up this way - we were ugly, the Cows were probably a little bit uglier but the referees were the ugliest," he said.
Hasler said he believed the match officials needed to give the players more chances to let the game continue.
"Probably, overdoing, over-ruling each other, over-analysing and when's a knock-on a knock-on?," he said.
"(It went) both ways and I think it's just in critical parts of the field.
"Just let the game flow, let it go."
Cowboys coach Neil Henry, who accepted there was mounting pressure on himself and his underperforming side, said it was a disappointing to let the Bulldogs in for so many easy tries in another patchy performance.
"The boys are putting in a fair bit of work for each other against a very big pack, I think we contained them quite well for patches of that game and you look at conceding six tries and you think 'where did they come from?'" he said.
• Elsewhere, a brilliant individual performance from St George Illawarra fullback Josh Dugan paved the way for an upset 14-8 NRL win over Newcastle at Hunter Stadium.
With the NSW State of Origin No1 jersey possibly up for grabs due to an injury to Jarryd Hayne, Dugan scored 12 points, including two tries, and was easily the best player on the field.
Dugan scored the match-winning try and was a constant menace to the Knights defence in his just his fourth game back after being sacked by Canberra for repeated discipline breaches.


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Q: intake manifold gasket or headgasket?? on 1997 Chevrolet Camaro
have been losing small bits of coolant for some time, seeing recently oil was very milky and has foam buildup in the crankcase. one mechanic said it has to be a headgasket but the other place i asked said the v6 models never blow headgaskets and manifold is common because its plastic?? anyone had similar issues??
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I don't like to use the word never becsuse if you run the engine low on coolant, it could leed to blown head gasket or worse. But I think yor problem will be found at the intke manifold. GM has a bulletin TSB #01-06-01-007B related to upper intake problems. Illustrations on the bulletin show the problem area of plastic degradation from the Exhaust Gas Recirculation (EGR) exhaust gas passage.
dont suppose you have any tips for when i take it in to get looked at i dont get suckered into paying for repairs that are not necessary? seems the research ive done online come up 50/50 head gasket or the plastic manifold issue on the 3800 engines, however im not sure how to figure out which one it is as im far from a mechanic. any extra input would be awesome thx
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Well I think its like anything there are a few bad eggs in every type of work that hurt the reputation of the majorirty. You should go to a shop that others have recommended....not the shop that quotes the cheapest price. Exsperince and how long a shop has been around means a lot. In you issue most techs know that the intake will have to be removed before the cylinder heads. Most know that the intakes have had issues and should naturaly inspect it before continueing pulling cylinder heads. It would proper to address other things that they will see in this process like : oil and filter should be changed and new antifreeze coolant. Plug wires and spark plugs if they have not been changed would be something else that we would normaly recommend while we are working on a car like yours. The goal in my mind is to fix your main issue and assure the engine to best possible performace.
planning on taking the car into the shop to find out if it is the manifold/headgasket. im very much debating on whether or not to repair and keep the car or attemp to sell. i suspect small amount of coolant have been mixing with oil for sometime and am worried about after effects if i decide to keep. if coolant has been mixing am i just waiting on the engine to take a crap on me even if i fix the manifold issue? wondering how much damage may already be done....
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We have done quite a few of these like yours and have not heard of any engine failures after the intake manifold was replaced. I do not beleive it actually gets very muck coolant mix in the oil due to most of the coolant is entering the EGR portion of the intake. Some is getting in the crankcase but in the early stages like yours sound like I have not seen bearing damage. Overall that engine has a great track history of durabilty.
as it turns out the mechanic said it was the intake manifold gasket. obviously a much cheaper fix than guessing on a headgasket so thanks so much for all your time and advice it was a huge help!!
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Glad it worked out for you....and now that you have found a good place to take your car...remember them the next time your car needs service or repairs. And tell you friends about that shop too.
I have a 2002 Chevy Monte Carlo SS, 3.8. Never had any over heating issues. Car started to over heat so I pulled over, let it cool, started and over heated again. Put almost 2 gal's of anti- freeze in, started it and anti-freeze- poured out at top of the motor , on the passenger side.
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I'm on my second attempt at growing cauliflower and all is going well (now I've got the caterpillars under control), last time I only harvested one, but I never knew to blanch, is this only for visual satisfaction or is there more to it?
Cauliflower is a cool-season crop and a descendant of the common cabbage. It is more difficult to grow than its relatives because it does not tolerate the heat or cold as well.
If you plant to attempt growing cauliflower in the home garden, it requires consistently cool temperatures with temperatures in the 60s. Otherwise, it may prematurely "button"—form small, button-size heads—rather than forming a single, large, white head.
Given that cauliflower enjoys cool temperature, it's a good autumn crop in many regions. Because of its temperature requirements, however, cauliflower is usually grown commercially and not the best crop for the beginner gardener. Are you up for the challenge?
Cauliflower is nothing but cabbage with a college education.
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I'm on my second attempt at growing cauliflower and all is going well (now I've got the caterpillars under control), last time I only harvested one, but I never knew to blanch, is this only for visual satisfaction or is there more to it?
When the "head" of the cauliflower is left exposed to the sun, it may become discolored due to the development of chlorophyll in the curd. The taste is often sub-par, too. To get the best-looking and best-tasting cauliflower, blanching is recommended.
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if we apply high dose of potassium to cauliflower, the curd diameter is increase or not?
Good question, not an easy answer. We have no information that indicates a larger curd/head; however, potassium—and nitrogen and phosphorus—are important nutrients for the plant's success. We suggest that you click here for more details (this page speaks to soil quality and more that may relate specifically to your conditions, even if you are not in Minnesota): http://www.extension.umn.edu/garden/yard-garden/vegetables/growing-brocc...
I have harvested a couple of my cauliflower heads so far and all is going great with them. Though I was wondering and am a little confused as what I am to do with the plant after I have cut off the cauliflower head? If I pull the plant will the other plants do better?
My cauliflower has a fuzzy look and feel is this now bad? And what can I do to prevent the other heads from getting this?
Planted my cauliflower about 56 days ago. I am noticing little black seeds on the white heads (look like poppy seeds). They are easily rinsed off when watering, but will reappear the next day. What are these? And, I am about to blanch the heads, should I rinse the "seeds" off with water before tying the leaves together over the heads? or should I just leave them and tie the leaves? Thanks.
If the spots wash off and reappear the next day, it might possibly be frass (caterpillar poop) from larvae, such as cabbage looper or imported cabbage worm. Check the undersides of leaves for the critters, also for small or ragged holes in the leaves.
This site shows a photo of the frass on a cauliflower head; scroll down to "Damage" and click on the photo at the right (Figure 12). It also tells how to control these pests:
can you harvest only once per plant or is it like broccoli?
Cauliflower usually produces only one head per plant. It doesn't have the smaller lateral heads that broccoli does.
Hi I am a novice allotmentier and am having trouble with my caulis. I have planted the seedlings out as suggested with the correct amount of space inbetween, but some of them seem to be dying already, the leaves have changed colour a bit and have gone floppy - not looking too promising. I don't know if I have over or underwatered. I have no made a bit of protection from wind incase that is the problem. Advise appreciated as at this rate I don't think I will get to the 'button stage' at all! Thank you
It is impossible to know exactly what might be causing your caulis to collapse, Claire. Here are a few thoughts:
• is the soil good composted matter?
• what is the soil pH? it should be 5.5 to 7.5 (see here: http://www.almanac.com/content...)
• assuming all conditions are favorable, sometimes plants need a little time to get used to the transplant and set roots
• are you watering often enough?
• did you give them a little help when planted, for example a spoonful of fertilzer: chicken poop pellets (not raw poop) or liquid seaweed diluted in water or a a fistful of nice compost?
• have you "collared" the plants to deter hungry pests from crawling up the stem and eating leaves, ultimately weakening the plants? A strip of aluminum foil works well, lightly wrapped around the stem (don't choke the plant)
We hope this helps.
Sir/Mam what happened if there is excess of rainfall on crop ?
Will planting of crop during rainy season will be beneficial or it may create loss?
After reading the different questions and post I have concerns on growing cauliflower in a greenhouse. I have a fan that blows the hot air out, however it can get up to 90 degrees in the heat of the day. Should I transplant these to the out door garden? The temperatures here in Northern NV can reach 90or higher in the Summer so not sure which location would be best. Right now they are growing like crazy but I am getting a few yellow leaves at the bottom.
Cauliflower is a cool-weather crop that requires cool even temperatures to mature. Transplant your seedling outdoors in a spot that will be shaded from the hot afternoon sun.
My cauliflower is turning pink is that a problem?
Cauliflower can turn pink for a few reasons.
1) Some varieties naturally turn pink. 'Snow Crown' may turn pinkish in the heat of summer.
2) White forms, even if self-blanching, will sometimes have a pinkish tinge if exposed to too much sunlight. To keep the head white, cover the developing head by lifting the leaves loosely over it to protect it from the sun; secure the leaves with a clothespin or string.
3) Weather fluctuations can also cause pink or purple tinges. Hot weather followed by cool can trigger it. Very cool temperatures at harvest time can also cause pinking in the interior branches.
4) Age can cause purpling of the curds.
Can you eat a cauli that has turned brown?
Hi Alison,
Brown cauliflower is not good to eat. Sometimes you can cut off the brown parts and use the inside parts that are white.
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Could you please let me know the reason why small curd develops in the stem of cauliflower plant. One curd is obvious in one cauliflower plant, but we found some plant bear small curds below the main curd. We will be grateful if someone give us the reason why it is happening. For your better knowledge, we are cultivating cauliflower in Bangladesh and it is a subtropical country and the temperature is 30 - 20 degree C respectively at day and night. Thanks
I am harvesting a head of cauliflower however I find a bunch of black turds to say the least. If I rinse these of can you eat or should you discard..
Most likely this is frass (poop) from a cabbage looper or other caterpillar pest. It should be fine to eat the cauliflower if you first wash it properly. First, soak the cauliflower head for one to two minutes in cold water, then rinse. Then, use a vegetable brush to scrub the crevices in the cauliflower head, rinse again, and pat dry with a paper towel. After this, you might also try rinsing the head in a solution of 1/2 cup white vinegar to 2 cups water, then rinse with fresh water and pat dry with a paper towel. This can help eliminate some more bacteria.
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My heads do very well growing but when I harvest them there are a lot of small black spots on the white flowers. I do not know what this is or what causes it.I have heard of "black rot" but when you scratch off the spot it is only on the surface. Can this be my problem and if so how can I prevent it next year? Please reply. Thank you
Several diseases and problems cause black or brown specks. Black rot may show up as V-shape yellow areas on the leaves that point to a vein. It may spread into the stems, which when cut may show a brown discoloration. The head may have many black specks, discoloration, and black veins. This is caused by bacteria that overwinter on plant debris, or reside in infected seeds. It can survive in the soil for 2 years. High temperatures and humidity help it to spread, and is easily transmitted by garden tools, insects, wind, splashing water, etc. If you suspect this is black rot, do not plant cole crops in that area for 2 or 3 years. Remove all plant debris each season, keep up with weeding, and buy certified disease-free seeds.
Black speck is a physiological disorder, not related to a bacteria, fungus, or virus. In this, tiny black specks appear in the interior of the curd, on the stems and flower stalks. You can see it when you break open the head, but they are not on the outer top of the head. Black speck can appear in warm weather during rapid growth, and may be related to a nutrient deficiency.
Downy mildew can also discolor heads. Sometimes cauliflower will develop black specks just as a part of aging, indicating that the head is past its prime.
This is the first year I have grown cauliflower and I was wondering why would some of it turn purple not all of them did in fact we had some for dinner tonight and it was very good of course they were nice and white but why would it turn purple and is it safe to eat?
Long, hot days will cause red-purple discoloration in cauliflower. Certain varieties (one is Snow Crown) are more vulnerable to this than others, especially in hot weather. Try a bit raw and see if you like it.
You should always tie the leaves over the head as sson as it appears to keep the head shaded and white.
i never do any growig of vegetable ... i am newcomer in farming. i want to grow cauliflower in my land . i am from allahabad utter pradesh. i have no idea about growing cauliflower. so, give me some ideas . how to grow cauliflower.
so far I have had good luck in my apartment I have full light exposure and extra lighting ...I have potatoes growing like crazy I have celery , tomatoes onions basil ...I have a question a lot of my things I took and put in water until they grew roots is that possible with the cauliflower? im trying all different types of things besides flowers its kinda fun but would like any input from others if possible!! thanks again~~ Happy Gardening~~ marc n deidre
I just checked my cauliflower again and all the plants have a white head inside so I guess i will tell the wife we had better get the heads out.
We planted cauliflower here in Arizona a little after Christmas. We made a garden with 2x6 borders and then filled and mixed it with organic garden soil, tuning it with the dirt till it got all black. now the plants have grown huge leaves sort of like mustard greens and have a white head inside. But there are also these these long very tall stalks abut two feet tall with white spuds on the ends. What do you do with these stalks? do you cut them off or what? I read the above suggestion to fold these big leaves we have over the head inside and tie them with a rubber band or string which I will do. It is now in the 70 to 80's here in Arizona so reading your article this climate is not good for planting this crop.
If the weather is too cold or too hot cauliflower has a tendency to form tiny heads (to button) at the ends of long stems. You can cut these stalks and use the tiny white heads in cooking. If the weather gets too hot you need to shade the cauliflower somehow.
I'm having amazing luck growing Snow Crown Cauliflower in a NFT hydroponic system indoors. I have beautiful white heads that I expect to harvest in the next couple weeks. I use masterblend hydroponic fertilizer and a little Superthrive. Almost trouble free.....change the water every couple weeks and don't let it go dry. My plants have never seen soil.
i want to grow cauliflower in may to july in orissa nabarangapur disr and again from august. how can i grow in that season and verity of seed please give in detail.
I planted cauliflower in our farm this year for the first time in Nagpur India. There was beautiful growth of heads but Some how after 45 days, they started having purple colouration on them. What could be the reason? What is the remedy?
The purple is normal. If you blanch the plants they are less likely to do this. The purple is not a disease or problem
get cauliflower plants well started and transplant in garden with miracle gro potting soil..add sea weed when watering..put down mulch, cover with bone meal and kelp meal...results are astounding...same procedure is perfect for broccoli
from personal experience mg soil will never be bought by me again. One year it ruined my whole green house of transplants. The way its bagged and stored outside in most garden centers keeps it moist too long and it not only becomes far to acidic but the ferts in it leach out of it making it just potting soil that you paid too much for.Find a nurserey that you can buy some of what they use(wont be mg) use that or compost . Another reason not to are the chemical ferts they use...not good
i am from st. lucia in the caribbean i have a question can i plant cauliflower in a green house
my cauliflower made deformed heads (i think it was too hot) we're trying it in our greenhouse. my question is how do i prepare it for winter? do i put it outside, cut it down to a small stalk, what?
There are overwintering varieties of cauliflower that you start in July to early August. If you live in a region that doesn't get freezing temps. you can grow these outdoors.
First year trying cauliflower. I got very large plants but no heads. any thoughts?
Cauliflower is a challenging crop for the home grower which is why you rarely find it outside of commercial growers. The main reason that cauliflower does not head nicely is because of temperature. Cauliflower likes it cool. Temperatures need to be in the 60s for those perfect round heads, not much warmer or colder. It is best grown in most regions in the fall after the temperature gets lower than 75 degrees but will not fall below 30 degrees. You also want fertile soil enriched with compost, six hours of direct sunlight, and even and continual moisture.
from what iam reading from these questions is it that cauliflower head can develop another one if the original head is harvested?
Nope. Your objective for a cauliflower plant is to grow one nice head. If you cut it off, it will not grow another. It may grow side shoots, but that's it.
why have my cauliflowers gone brown .. they were nice and white one day a few days later the heads are brown ..why
The most common reason for cauliflower turning brown is boron-deficient soil. If this happens, provide foliar feed with liquid seaweed extract immediately, and repeat every 2 weeks until the symptoms disappear. In the future, add more compost to the soil.
Are the side shoots worth saving? Harvested large inner head but is putting out side shoots like broccoli. Are they worthtrying to save?
Side shoots are bonus! Enjoy! Many varieties of cauliflower do not develop side shoots, though some cultivars will produce as long as you leave a few leaves on the plant (eg., Green Comet). This can extend the harvest period for a month or more.
This will be my third year trying to grow cauliflower. And this time I am starting with seed for purple cauliflower. Can't grow the white stuff so going to another color. First year huge plants no heads. Second year small heads and blossomed quickly. So cross your fingers!


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SAN FRANCISCOBroadcom Corp. Tuesday (July 27) became the latest chip vendor to surprise analysts with higher-than-expected quarterly sales, reporting record revenue of $1.6 billion for the second quarter.
Broadcom (Irvine, Calif.) said revenue improved by 10 percent compared with the first quarter and by 54 percent compared with the second quarter of 2009. The company reported a net income in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) of $278 million, or 52 cents per diluted share, up 32 percent compared to the previous quarter and more than 21 times the company's year-ago GAAP net come of $13 million.
Consensus analyst expectations called for Broadcom to report second quarter sales of $1.59 billion, according to Yahoo Finance.
"The second quarter was an exceptional quarter for Broadcom, as strong product demand within our Broadband and Mobile & Wireless segments resulted in record revenue and earning," said Scott A. McGregor, Broadcom's president and CEO, in a statement.
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BOULDER, Colo. (CBS4) – A mother convicted in the death of her baby boy returns to court Monday.
Molly Midyette is trying to get a new trial. She claims she was incompetent to assist in her own defense during her original trial in 2007 because of battered woman syndrome.
Midyette was convicted of child abuse in the death of her 10-week-old son. She says her husband and his family manipulated and bullied her during the trial.
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Dress made from thick satin, sans patterns because I'm crazy. Everything was ruffled by hand. There's about 3.5 practice skirts under my dress...I should invest in a petticoat LOL. The part that made it hard was...idk gathering 12 yards of fabric just for a skirt LOL
I plan to go back and make a more beautiful dress (with sleeves cough), is what I'm trying to say xD;;
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The Secret of Raven Point
From the award-winning writer of EASTER ISLAND (hailed by People magazine as a "rich and worldly first novel"), comes a powerful story of love, loss and redemption amidst the ruins of war-torn Italy.
1943: When 17-year-old Juliet Dufresne receives a cryptic letter from her enlisted older brother pleading for help, and then finds out he's been reported missing overseas, she lies about her age and volunteers as an army nurse to find him. Shy and awkward, Juliet is thrust into the bloody chaos of a field hospital, living in a sprawling encampment north of Rome where she forges new friendships with her fellow nurses and is increasingly consumed by the plight of her patients. One in particular, Christopher Barnaby, a deserter awaiting court martial, may hold the answer to her brother's fate --- but the trauma of war has left him unable to speak. Racing against the clock, Juliet works with an enigmatic young psychiatrist, Henry Willard, to heal Barnaby's psychic wound before the authorities take him away and any clues as to her brother's fate are forever lost. Plunged into the horrifying depths of one man's combat memories, Juliet and Willard are forced to plumb the moral nuances of a so-called just war, and to face the dangers of their own deepening connection.
Reminiscent of Pat Barker's REGENERATION, THE SECRET OF RAVEN POINT is a war saga capturing the experiences of soldiers after the battles have ended. And as few novels have done, it depicts the ravages of war through the eyes of a young woman.
The Secret of Raven Point
- Publication Date: February 4, 2014
- Genres: Fiction, Historical Fiction
- Hardcover: 320 pages
- Publisher: Scribner


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Computer Science and Information Engineering, World Congress on (2009)
Los Angeles, California USA
Mar. 31, 2009 to Apr. 2, 2009
pp: 404-408
DOI Bookmark: http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/CSIE.2009.13
With the application of sensor networks in industrial, commercial, and medical areas, sensor operating system should be revisited to handle dependability problem. In this paper, we present a novel component-based sensor operating system, MTOS (Micro-Transformers Operating System), which supports adaptive dynamic reconfiguration for resource-constrained sensor nodes to achieve dependability. Through error-driven reconfiguration and change-driven reconfiguration, MTOS can push a system into a stable state in which errors can be recovered with minimized side effects and changes can be safely made without interruption of normal services. The experimental results show that our approach can improve the dependability efficiently.
Ke Shi, Xuan Qin, Qifei Cheng, Yidong Cheng, "Achieving Dependability through Dynamic Reconfiguration in Sensor Operating Systems", Computer Science and Information Engineering, World Congress on, vol. 01, no. , pp. 404-408, 2009, doi:10.1109/CSIE.2009.13


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The quality of a leather sofa has as much to do with animal ethics as with style - with the origin of the leather being just as important as the aesthetic sense of the designer.
"It makes all the difference in the world," said Adam El-Hout, sales and business development manager for Roche-Bobois North America. "The quality of life experienced by this animal will have a direct effect on the suppleness and softness of the hide."
The finest hides come from Europe and are part of a sustainable approach that taps a food source.
"This is an ethical use of the resource and you can be sure that the highest standards worldwide have been applied to the life of these animals," El-Hout said.
The best tanneries in the world are in Italy, where "passion, quality and ethics play a big role," he added.
Theodores' furniture buyer and staff interior designer Janice Kanter in Washington agreed, while adding a caveat.
"When selecting a leather sofa you definitely want to make sure you are buying genuine leather," Kanter said, adding consumers are seeing "price points that are very low and products being marketed as leather that are not."
Top-of-the-line leather is known as "full grain with aniline finish" and offers natural beauty, though it is not for everyone. A sofa can easily exceed $10,000 and will have the delicacy that often accompanies beauty and luxury, El-Hout said.
The pigmented leathers offer more durability, along with good looks.
"I can't think of any reason a client should not buy leather," Kanter said. "The color palette is full spectrum -- way beyond the neutral."
Leather is long lasting, too, competing admirably against other materials in the furniture industry.
"From a longevity standpoint and depending on how well it's cared for, leather will certainly outlast fabric," said Munzer Murshed, a designer for Calligaris furniture. "My first question to a client trying to decide between the two is always: 'Do you have kids or pets?' If the answer is 'Yes,' then I will always recommend leather."
From a design standpoint, leather offers fresh dimensions that are sometimes viewed in gender terms.
"Leather is a good choice for family rooms or libraries, as it is durable and add a masculine design element," said Heidi Williams, senior designer with Justine Sancho Interior Design.
The trend also seems to reflect the fashion bent toward renewed grunge as El-Hout said "shabby-looking" leather that has a rough and multi-tone effect is popular.
Another popular trend, according to Kanter, is "smaller scaled pieces with intricate contrast stitching that is often contrasted with a different color thread than the leather choice."
Whatever the choice, leathers add grace, style and substance to any room.


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Mrs Eye said she'd like a roofbox as a Focus estate isn't enough to cart around a Baby (plus his 'equipment'), a dog and her bits, her stuff and my stuff which includes a bike, bike stuff and general day to day stuff.
That's quite a bit of stuff really. I've got roof bars with 2 carriers on at the moment but will take one off.
OR I could stick the bike in the boot and get a bigger box on top, I'm thinking this may be more fuel efficient.
Anyway, what boxes/brands do you recommend?
Thanks as always.


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James Loney homered and had three RBIs to lead the Tampa Bay Rays to a 4-1 victory over the Cuban national team on Tuesday in Havana in a game witnessed by Presidents Barack Obama and Raul Castro.
The Rays' trip to Cuba was the first by a major league team since 1999 when the Baltimore Orioles visited.
Obama and Castro sat side by side behind the plate to watch the game in Estadio Latinoamericano. Former major league stars Derek Jeter, Dave Winfield and Luis Tiant and commissioner Rob Manfred also attended along with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Obama's wife, Michelle, and daughters Sasha and Malia.
The near-capacity crowd cheered loudly when both men entered the stadium. Obama and Castro left by the third inning.
Loney singled in Kevin Kiermaier with the first run in the second inning and homered in the top of the fourth to give the Rays a 3-0 lead.
Rays starter Matt Moore pitched six innings and gave up no runs, six hits and one walk while striking out three.
Cuba ended the Rays' shutout bid in the ninth when Rudy Reyes homered off Alex Colome.
Tampa right fielder Dayron Varona returned to Cuba for the first time since leaving through Haiti in 2013. He went 0 for 2.


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|26. Juni 2012
|13. Okt. 2004
|14. Okt. 2003
|Auch veröffentlicht unter
|Stefano Fioratti
|Ursprünglich Bevollmächtigter
|Tenax Spa
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This Nonprovisional application claims priority under 35 U.S.C. §119(a) on Patent Application No(s). VR2003A000117 & VR2004A000020 filed in Italy on Oct. 14, 2003 & Feb. 17, 2004; respectively, the entire contents of which are hereby incorporated by reference.
The present invention concerns a working system using a brush tool, particularly, but not exclusively, suitable for working and/or finishing natural and artificial stone materials.
As it is well-known, a number of brush tools have already been proposed for working, such as roughing, polishing, lapping and smoothing, stone materials, e.g. tools:
Flexible bristle brush tools, as known in the art, are problematic in use because uneven bristle wear and frequent bristle detachment from the attachment base can occur, and thus they are subject to become quickly clogged which prevents a working liquid (water) from flowing through them to remove the stone shavings.
The so-called "tortoiseshell" tools have the drawback of being practically rigid in a direction parallel to the working plane, while permitting a limited working elasticity only in an orthogonal direction thereto. Thus, while a stone material is being worked the tool withstands and easily supports any force acting in a direction normal to the abrasive tool, but is unaffected, in practice, by any lateral forces, which results in both unsatisfactory working of the stone material and an uneven wear on the small abrasive blocks of the brush tool.
Moreover, a tortoiseshell tool has difficulties in adapting itself to a superficial corrugated profile, e.g. having depressions and relieves, owing to its poor elasticity in a transversal direction, as it is the case with artificial stone or ceramic materials, i.e. when aging aesthetic effects are to be obtained. Thus, a tortoiseshell tool can be normally used almost exclusively in the finishing of almost flat surfaces.
The main object of the present invention is to provide a novel working system using one or more brush tools suitable for working uneven surfaces of natural and artificial stone materials, and for eliminating or drastically reducing the above-mentioned drawbacks.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a brush-shaped working tool that is easy to use on flat and uneven surfaces and can be produced at highly competitive manufacturing costs.
According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for producing a surface roughing, polishing, lapping, and smoothing brush, comprising:
a first injection moulding of a mixture including at least one mouldable synthetic material in a mould, to obtain a base portion of a brush and a plurality of bristle portions projecting from at least one surface of said base portion; and
second injection moulding onto said bristle members, including a solution or a emulsion of a least one granular abrasive material dispersed in a matrix containing at least one thermoplastic resin to obtain bristle members having a layered structure including a core and an abrasive coating layer.
Advantageously, the plurality of bristle members can comprise bristle members having at least two different orders of size, thereby obtaining a different relative flexibility amongst bristle members of different size having a respective capacity of removing material from a working piece.
According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a brush tool comprising a base portion of a mouldable synthetic material and a plurality of bristle members projecting from at least one surface of said base portion, integral with said base portion, and including abrasive material dispersed therein.
In a first embodiment, the brush tool presents a base portion, a plurality of bristle members projecting from said base portion and forming a core or dummy bristle in a first synthetic mouldable material, and a coating cover for each core, said coating cover consisting of a second synthetic mouldable material including at least one abrasive material dispersed therein, whereby obtaining bristle members with a layered structure having a core or dummy bristle. This solution makes it possible both to control the flexibility of the bristle members, it being possible to provide a core of a more or less rigid material, and to save abrasive material usually quite expensive as it can be provided only in the coating cover layer on each bristle member.
Advantageously, the base portion can be both shaped as a socket or can be secured to a support socket member suitable for acting as an attachment component to a tool head of a tool machine, thereby allowing brush working operations to be carried out by using a machine.
Once the brush has been moulded with its own support socket member and its respective plurality of bristles either integral with the socket member or in separate components that are then fixed together in any suitable way, e.g. by glueing or partial melting, it is possible to coat, e.g. through an heat injection moulding process, the bristles, which then act as cores or dummy bristles, with a coating cover consisting of a second thermoplastic synthetic material including at least one abrasive material dispersed therein and preferably at least one filling particle material or filler, fibers or the like. The second material can be the same as said first material, but is preferably different from it and has different toughness and flexibility characteristics, depending upon the bristle behaviour characteristics when working materials which differ in nature, structure, superficial finishing, and the like from one another.
Preferably, the cores or dummy bristles comprise a suitable synthetic mouldable material selected from the group comprising olefin polymers, styrene or vinyl chloride or vinyl acetate copolymers, polyvinyl ether, polyacrylate resins, linear polyamides, mixed polyamides and polyamine products, polyamides (PA), polymethacrylamide, polyamide-imide, polyether-imide, thermoplastic polyurethane polymers, crystallizing PA masses, amorphous polyamides, flexible PA copolymers, flexible thermoplastic polyurethane elastomers (TPU), polyolefins, such as polyethylene, ethylene, polipropylene, polybutylene-1, polymethylpentene copolymers or styrene polymers, vinyl chloride polymers, such as PVC, fluoridised polymers, plastic poly(meta)acrylic materials, PMMA (polymethylmethacrylate) moulding masses, polycarbonate, polyalkylene terephthalates (PTP), polyarylates, oxides-sulfides (PPS)-linear sulforic polyacrylics, polyphenyleneoxide mod. (PPO), polyarylethere (ketone, polysulfones (PEEK)) and mixtures thereof.
The core coating cover with a second thermoplastic mouldable material can comprise a thermoplastic resin, such as polyamide (Nylon® 6), polypropylene (PP) or polyphenylene sulfide (PPS), or a mixture of thermoplastic resins which ensure a suitable toughness and stiffness.
The abrasive material is dispersed or suspended in the resin or mixture of thermoplastic resins and, preferably, comprises: grains of silicon carbide (60 mesh), dark red corundum (60 mesh), tungsten carbide (75-150 micron), diamond (100-120 mesh), whereas the filling material or filler preferably comprises glass fiber, talc, stainless steel 316L powder (400 mesh). Other suitable abrasive materials are also boron carbide, white corundum, aluminium oxides (aluminas), chromium corundum, quartz, silica and metallic grits, e.g. including at least one of the following metal materials: steel, bronze, copper, cobalt, magnesium, tungsten, and titanium.
The invention is further described and illustrated by its following embodiments, which are given only by way of indicative and non limiting examples of the scope of the invention.
A brush tool according to the present invention was prepared, which had support socket member and bristle cores integral with the socket, socket and cores consisting of Nylon 6 filled with 20% glass fibers, whereas the core coating cover consisted of Nylon 6 filled with 20% glass fibers and 10% (60 g) silicon carbide (CSi).
A brush tool according to the present invention was prepared, which had support socket member and bristle cores integral with the socket, socket and cores consisting of Nylon 6 filled with 20% glass fibers, whereas the core or dummy bristles coating cover consisted of Nylon 6 filled with dark red corundum (60 g).
A brush tool according to the present invention was prepared, which had support socket member and bristle cores integral with the socket, socket and cores consisting of polypropylene (PP) filled with 10% talc, whereas the core coating cover consisted of Nylon 6 filled with 10% silicon carbide (60 g).
A brush tool according to the present invention was prepared, which had support socket member and bristle cores integral with the socket, socket and cores consisting of polyphenylene sulfide (PPS) filled with glass fibers and 5% stainless steel 316L powder (400 mesh), whereas the outer coating cover consisted of Nylon 6 filled with 5% silicon carbide (60 g), and 5% 75-150 micron tungsten carbide.
A brush tool according to the present invention was prepared, which had support socket member and bristle cores integral with the socket, socket and cores consisting of polyphenylene sulfide (PPS) filled with glass fibers and 5% stainless steel 316L powder (400 mesh), whereas the outer coating cover consisted of Nylon 6 filled with 4.7% diamond (100-120 mesh).
Tests were carry out on four tiles (30×30 cm) of each of the following material: Verona red marble, Africa black granite, resin-quartz agglomerate (artificial stone) and corrugated surface ceramic.
Tests were aimed at establishing the degree of deformability after use of the plurality of artificial bristles according to the present invention and the removal effectiveness as measured by the loss of weight of the tiles after a brush working operation. To carry out such tests, a commercially available polishing machine having a 135 mm tool head with a feed rate of 800 mm/min was used, which was provided with brushes according to the invention designed as floating sectors (as it conventional in granite smoothing). The peripheral rotation speed was about 12 m/sec with a cooling liquid (water) fed at a rate of 20 liters/min. The working pressure on the brushes was at about 2.5 bar.
As a reference brush, a brush with bristles consisting of DuPont Tynex® containing abrasive with 60 mesh grain size was used.
Test results are shown in the following Table I
DuPont Tynex ®
Example 1
Example 2
Example 3
Example 4
Example 5
red marble
Weight loss g:
black granite
Weight loss g:
slightly deformed
in the rotation
Quartz resin
Weight loss g:
slightly deformed
in the rotation
Weight loss g:
in the rotation
Tests have shown that a smaller deformation of brush tools according to the invention has occurred and this results in many cases in a greater removal capability and effectiveness, which obviously makes it possible to increase, if required, the working load or pressure on the brush tool with consequent increase in the removal capacity and working speed.
In another embodiment, the brush tool has a base portion and a plurality of bristle members integral with the base portion, the base portion and the bristle members being obtained in one injection moulding step of an injection mouldable material including grains of at least one abrasive material dispersed therein.
Advantageously, as described above, the injection mouldable material is a thermoplastic mouldable material, typically at least one thermoplastic resin, including at least one granular abrasive material and at least one particulate filling component or filler.
Also in this case, the brush tool according to the present invention is intended to be secured to a support socket member, e.g. a sector of 14 or 17 cm, of so-called Frankfurt, cassani or genoese types or screw engagement rolls and the like, as it is known to a person skilled in the art, to be assembled onto a tool head of manually or automatically operating roughing, polishing, smoothing, lapping machines, and the like.
The fixing system between the support socket member and the brush tool can be of various types, e.g. a system using bonding agents, Velcro®, partial melting, ultrasound welding, and the like.
A brush tool according to the present invention was prepared, both the base portion or socket and the bristles consisting of Nylon 6 filled with 20% silicon carbide (CSi) (60 mesh) and 2% industrial diamond (100-120 mesh).
Four sets of brush tools according to the present invention with different grain size (120, 220, 300, 400 mesh) were prepared consisting of Nylon 6 (80% by weight) filled with silicon carbide (18.4% by weight) and industrial diamond (1.6% by weight).
Four sets of brush tools with different grain size (120, 220, 300, 400 mesh) were prepared consisting of Nylon 6 with a very high resilience elastomer, i.e. Nevimid® 6 MLD E800 provided by Nevicolor a Luzzara—Reggio Emilia—Italy—(80% by weight) filled with silicon carbide (18.4% by weight) and 100/120 mesh industrial diamond (1.6% by weight).
With reference to Example 6, tests on four 30×30 tiles of each of the following material were carry out: Verona red marble, Africa black granite, resin-quartz agglomerate (artificial stone) and corrugated surface ceramic (structural ceramic), using the same procedure and the same polishing machine as previously described, but having different working parameters, such as peripheral speed of about 12 m/sec and cooling liquid (water) feed of 20 liters/min. Working pressure on the brushes was about 2.5 bar.
As a reference brush, a brush with bristles consisting of DuPont Tynex® containing abrasive with 60 mesh grain size was used.
Test results are shown in the following Table II
DuPont Tynex ®
Example 6
Verona red marble
Weight loss
Africa black granite
Weight loss
Slightly deformed
in the rotation direction
Resin-quartz agglomerate
Weight loss
Slightly deformed
in the rotation direction
Corrugated surface ceramic
Weight loss
Slightly deformed
in the rotation direction
The tests carried out have shown a smaller deformation of the "bristles" in the brush tool according to the present invention and this results in a greater capacity or effectiveness of removing surface material, which obviously makes it possible to increase, if required, the working load or pressure on the brush tool, with consequent increase in the removal capacity and working speed.
With reference to the test carried out according to Example 7, a working sequence (smoothing and polishing operations) as above described has been carried out on Grčs ceramic material.
Tests were aimed at establishing the degree of deformation and wear in the used artificial bristles and the brushing depth in the brushed material according to the present invention.
Tests were carried out on 45 cm wide tile material using a commercially available continuous cycle polishing machine having a conveyor belt moving at a feed rate of 7.3 m/min and using a 135 mm tool head provided with six oscillating sectors arranged at a uniform angular distance from one another (as it is conventional in granite smoothing machines). Each oscillating sector has a seat arranged to locate a respective brush tool. A brush tool for each of four grains size (mesh) was used. The tests were carried out at a peripheral speed of about 12.5 m/sec, a cooling liquid (water) being fed at a rate of 25 liters/min and no working pressure was applied to the tool head acting on the Grčs material, while taking advantage only of the tool head weight of 85 kg.
Moreover, tests were carried out with brush tools having alternate arrays of bristles different in size so as to have bristles with different flexibility in the various bristle arrays.
As a result, a working tool was obtained having a good working stress strength owing to the presence of thicker bristles, whereby ensuring a good capacity of removing material, although not too rigid at the same time so as to make it possible for the thinner bristles to be slightly flexible. During the oscillating motion of the brush tools, the thicker and thus much more rigid bristles entered into contacted with the working surface in a discontinuous manner, while carrying out a relatively consistent removal of material from the working surface, whereas the thinner and thus much more flexible bristles removed material to a much lesser extent than the thick bristles. However, owing to their yielding nature the thinner bristles did cause a "brushing" effect, i.e. they acted upon a surface greater than that of the working end of each bristle, thereby obtaining an excellent overall smoothing and polishing effect of the brush tool.
As reference sample a commercially available tortoiseshell brush tool was used, as briefly described at the beginning of the present description.
Test has shown that the working quality of the brush tool of the Example 7 is such that no visible faults, e.g. halos or scratches, are detected on the work piece, and this can be obtained by carrying out only four smoothing runs, instead of seven runs generally needed when using tortoiseshell tools.
An overall much smaller and uniform wear degree on the entire working surface of each brush tool than that in tortoiseshell tool was noted. Moreover, it was found that wear correspondingly decreased from 120 to 400 grain size.
Two sets of tests were carried out, using brush tools according to Example 8, to check the influence on the working results when using in both cases the same thermoplastic material, but with bristles having different dimensional configuration.
The same polishing machine as that used in the previous example and the same working material, i.e. structured "Grčs", were used, although the bristle configuration was changed. More specifically:
Bristle sizes
Worked depression diameter
Depression depth [mm]
In both cases, worked material was free of halos or scratches, and thus of optimum working quality. Wear degree of two used tools was within conventional polishing working standards.
These tests show that the brush tool obtained by an injection moulding process according to the present invention has greater versatility in carrying out various working types than conventional tools, bearing in mind that one can act both on the dimensions and location of the bristles and types of materials used in the mouldable thermoplastic material of which the bristles are made.
Further features and advantages of the present invention will better appear from the following detailed description of presently preferred embodiments of brush tools, given by way of non-limiting examples of carrying out the invention, with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:
With reference first to
As mentioned above, the support socket 2 is preferably obtained by moulding of a suitable mouldable thermoplastic material. For example, it can be obtained by a suitable hot moulding process of any suitable type, integral with the cores 4, or the latter can be separately produced also in a material different from that employed for the support socket member. Preferably, the cores 4 are integral with a base portion 6 and extend from a surface 6 a thereof. Such a base portion 6 is designed to be subsequently anchored or otherwise secured to the support socket 2 to form together with it one brush block, typically for application to a multiple tool head of a tool machine (smoothing machine).
The support socket 2 together with cores 4 is then placed into a mould 7 a, 7 b, in which a suitable injectable thermoplastic material is hot injected including grains of at least one abrasive material, as described above. The thermoplastic material is injected at a suitable pressure and temperature, e.g. through one ore more injection ports 8 in fluid communication with an uninterrupted gap 9 which is delimited between internal cores 4 and mould 7 b.
With this operation, all cores or dummy bristles 4 and preferably also the surface 2 a of the socket member, from which cores project substantially parallel to one another are covered with a coating layer 5, which, besides containing one or more particle abrasive materials, can also include one or more filling materials, e.g. glass fibers or glass balls, steel powder, and the like, as described above.
Materials for both cores 4 and external coating cover 5 are selected and dosed in order to obtain generally rather rigid bristles 3, although with various degree of flexibility within not too wide limits, and provided with specific abrasive characteristics depending upon the type of the material to be worked.
With reference to
The base portion 160 also comprises a further attachment surface or surfaces 160 b located at the opposite side with respect to the surface 160 a and arranged to make a shape coupling with a support socket 120, which is preferably obtained by moulding a suitable mouldable thermoplastic material, as conventional in the art.
As shown in
Advantageously, a further moulding operation of a mouldable material, e.g. an injection mouldable material, can be provided including grains of at least one abrasive dispersed therein to obtain, e.g. at alternate zones with respect to those provided with bristles 130, further bristles also projecting from the supporting base or support socket, but having features that differ from those of the plurality of bristles, e.g. grain size or type of added abrasive material and/or size of the bristles thus obtained.
Advantageously, a brush tool according to the present invention can have various configurations and shapes, e.g. parallelepiped blocks, circular sector blocks both having a flat or preferably cylindrical working front, etc. depending upon the aimed use as it is known in the block polishing and lapping technique.
The above described system is susceptible to numerous modifications and variations within the scope as defined by the claims.
Thus, for example a coating coat can be advantageously applied which includes one or more abrasive grain materials on both cores not including abrasive material therein, as above described, and cores comprising at least one abrasive material therein to obtain layered bristles with layers having different abrasion characteristics, e.g. a different gain size of the used abrasive material or materials or different nature of the abrasive material or materials included therein, in order to graduate the abrasive characteristics of the brush tool depending upon the intended surface working operations.
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'Modern Family' stars stuck 1 hour in KC elevator
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Three stars from the ABC comedy "Modern Family" got stuck in a Kansas City elevator for about an hour Friday night, delaying their appearance at a charity benefit.
Julie Bowen, Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Eric Stonestreet were in town for a fundraiser for the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Kansas City. Stonestreet grew up in nearby Kansas City, Kan.
The Kansas City Star reported that the three actors were trapped in an elevator with about a dozen other people at the Sheraton Kansas City Hotel at Crown Center, where they were headlining the fundraiser.
Crews from the Kansas City Fire Department freed the three about 10 p.m., an hour after they were scheduled to appear.
When they finally took the stage, the actors praised and thanked the Fire Department.