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QUILTS up to 2014
QUILTS of 2015
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Wednesday, March 22
COLORING, WATER PAINTING, EMBOSSING and FOR SALE
I have another coloring piece for you. This time I have just completed the piece, not the total card. Still thinking about what I want to do with the card itself.
I used a retired set called BEST THOUGHTS. I love the beautiful BIG flower in this set, as well as the butterfly and two sentiments. Notice I did a background water wash with a light blue tint.
First I stamped with VersaMark and then heat embossed with Gold Detail EP. I used Spectrum Noir markers. I also used Sweet Sugarplum marker from SU. The purple-ish dots on the stamens are actually Dazzling Details droplets - just a glittery shine with dimension. They don't show very well in a photo, but they look wonderful in person on this art piece.
I am actually selling this stamp set if you are interested. It is very gently used, unstained and in nearly new condition. IF interested, $6.50 plus shipping will get it to you. Let me know.
Thanks for stopping by to see more coloring.
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NEW YORK (AP) Home builder sentiment hovered just above a record low in January as a glut in houses for sale and tight lending conditions continued to depress the market, the National Association of Home Builders said Wednesday.
The NAHB/Wells Fargo Housing Market index rose 1 point to 19 in January, the group said. The December level was revised lower by 1 point to 18, the lowest since the survey began in January 1985, it said.
Index readings higher than 50 indicate positive sentiment. The seasonally adjusted index has been below 50 since May 2006. It plummeted from 35 in January 2007 to 18 in December.
The index "has held within a narrow two-point range for the past five months, indicating that builder views of housing market conditions essentially haven't changed over that time," said David Seiders, the NAHB chief economist.
Nevertheless, shares of major builders rose Wednesday, as investors took comfort in components of the index that showed expectations for sales and more traffic from potential buyers.
The index has been below 20 since October, a sign of persistent pessimism from builders.
Last year, total new-home sales in the USA are projected to have dropped around 25% from 1.05 million in 2006. This year is forecast to be another dismal one.
The builders trade group predicts new-home sales will drop to 741,000 this year, down 6.6% from a projected 793,000 in 2007, before climbing back 838,000 in 2009.
"Builders are anticipating a time when market conditions will support an upswing in building activity — most likely in the second half," of the year, Seiders said.
Tighter lending standards, rising defaults and fear about the housing market's future have sidelined buyers, an absence felt acutely by home builders such as D.R. Horton (DHI), Pulte Homes (PHM) and Centex (CTX).
Last week, KB Home (KBH), one of the nation's largest home builders, said its fourth-quarter loss ballooned to more than $770 million as home sales dropped, prompting the builder to write down the book value of its unsold homes.
"Builders are taking a realistic view of the continuing housing market correction and doing what they should to get inventories under control and restore greater balance to the supply-and-demand equation," said Brian Catalde, the trade group's president.Catalde is a home builder from El Segundo, Calif.
Confidence remained unchanged in the Northeast, inched up in the Midwest and South and fell sharply in the West.
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Just one day after it was first announced, Vodafone has begun selling the Samsung Jet as part of a two week exclusive ahead of other operators.
The handset, which boasts a powerful 800MHz processor to enable ultra quick responses via the 3.1-inch AMOLED touch-screen, is available now on a two year contract from £20 per month. Other key features include a five-megapixel camera, Samsung's TouchWiz 2.0 user interface, GPS, HSDPA and a screen that allows you to view the display from a 180° angle.
This speedy turnaround marks a welcome change from having to wait months from a flagship handset being announced to it arriving in shops. So, hats off to Samsung. The Samsung Jet can be brought online now from http://shop.vodafone.co.uk/shop/mobile-phone/samsung-jet.
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|Publication number
|Publication type
|Application number
|Publication date
|May 1, 1984
|Filing date
|Jan 11, 1982
|Priority date
|Jun 9, 1980
|Fee status
|Publication number
|William W. Rowley
|Original Assignee
|Rowley William W
|Export Citation
|BiBTeX, EndNote, RefMan
|Patent Citations (2), Referenced by (71), Classifications (10), Legal Events (4)
|External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet
This invention relates to certain improvements in the invention of applicant's co-pending application entitled "Plastic Tube Coupling and Method of Forming Same", Ser. No. 157,395, filed June 9, 1980, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,316,870 issued Feb. 23, 1982 and is a Continuation-In-Part of such application. Such application is in turn a division of application Ser. No. 912,743, filed June 5, 1978 and now abandoned. Applicant's prior application Ser. No. 157,395 is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.
This invention relates generally as indicated to a plastic tube coupling, and method and apparatus for forming such coupling. More particularly the present invention relates to a method and apparatus for forming plastic tubing having utility in plumbing installations.
In plumbing installations, copper tubing has been widely employed. In risers, used for connecting tubing to fixtures or tanks, the end of the copper tubing is shaped to form a bulb sealing surface and such bulb includes a shoulder permitting the tubing and thus the bulb sealing surface to be drawn into biting or sealing engagement with the fixture. The cost of such copper tubing and the cost of forming it to permit the connection to such fixtures or tanks fluctuates frequently and widely and thus the cost may be substantial.
More recently, polybutylene has been approved for use in plumbing. Because of its flexibility, if it can properly be formed with the suitable bulb sealing surface, it is highly desirable as a tubing or plumbing material.
In order to provide such polybutylene tubing with a bulb sealing surface or an end cap for such purposes, a variety of techniques have been employed. A common technique is to employ a separately molded bulb which is spun-welded to the O.D. of the end of the tube. Another technique is to form a flange on the O.D. of the tube and again to insert a separately molded neoprene or the like concave washer on the flange for sealing purposes. Both such processes have cost and performance drawbacks.
In applicant's above noted prior copending application, there is disclosed a method of reforming plastic tube end to form such bulb sealing surface with the projecting tube end to be reformed being heated externally. A pin or mandrel on one of the forming dies or molds fits within the tubing end to maintain the I.D. of the tubing during the forming operation. The tube is formed between mating dies or molds with the tube end projecting through one of the dies or molds and onto the guide pin or mandrel projecting from the other. The mold or die from which the pin projects is normally cooled or chilled with affects the temperature of the pin. In such process, the tube end to be formed is normally heated only externally and not uniformly radially from both its inside and outside surface. The process disclosed in such prior application, while producing satisfactory tube ends, may form minute fold lines on the interior of the tube end which indicate that the reformed tube end is not completely or integrally formed. Moreover, the heating and cooling steps of the prior process are somewhat counterproductive resulting in reduced production efficiencies and increased energy consumption.
In order to provide a completely integral formed tube end, it is desirable that the tube end be uniformly heated both from its interior and its exterior. The entire wall thickness of the tubing should be brought to a uniform forming temperature and this may not be achieved by heating the tubing simply externally. Since the mandrel or pin must protect the I.D. of the tube end during forming, it is desirable that the pin also be able to provide sufficient heat to obtain such uniform heating and yet be isolated or heat insulated from the cooling or forming mold from which it projects. It is also desirable that the pin not become or remain too hot that it cannot be withdrawn from the reformed tube end without affecting the quality of the interior or I.D. surface of the reformed tube end.
With the present invention plastic tubing such as the noted extruded polybutylene is provided with a reformed end forming the tube end into a structural bulb and sealing surface which includes a stop flange permitting the tube to be drawn into sealing engagement with a mating part. In the reforming process the tube end is heated both from the interior and the exterior thus providing more uniform softening characteristics permitting the tube to be formed into the bulb sealing surface and flange integrally without fold lines or seams.
The process employed utilizes two molds or dies in a press or jig with the tube end projecting through one mold and toward the other. The other mold is normally chilled or cooled but includes an I.D. mandrel or pin projecting therefrom. The pin is insulated from the other mold and may be heated and cooled independently of such other mold.
The pin may be heated and cooled by convection being a good heat conducting material, or the pin may be heated electrically and cooled by convection or heated and cooled by circulation of fluid therethrough such as water or oil. The temperature range of the pin need not be excessive and thus it may be cycled through its temperature ranges rather quickly. In one position of the bottom mold the pin is brought to a temperature sufficient to impart the heat to the I.D. or interior of the tube end. Together with an exterior source of heat, the tube end is brought to a uniform hot temperature permitting the material of the tube readily to flow when the mold halves are brought together. When the mold halves are in their fully closed position, the heat source is of course removed and the filled bottom mold extracts heat from the reformed tube end and from the pin. Alternatively, the filling medium for the bottom mold may also be circulated through the pin causing a more rapid solidification of the reformed tube end greatly increasing the cycle time of the process.
It is accordingly a principal object of the present invention to provide a process for forming a tube end which forms a more uniform and integral tube end. It is also a principal object of the present invention to provide a process for reforming a tube end which is most efficient in time and energy consumption.
Another principal object is the provision of a process for forming a tube end wherein the tube end is heated also from the interior of the tube end to be formed.
Another object is the provision of such process and apparatus therefor wherein the interior of the tube may be heated by a pin or mandrel which is in turn heated either by convection, electrically, or by circulation of a fluid therethrough.
Other objects and advantages of the present invention will become apparent as the following description proceeds.
To the accomplishment of the foregoing and related ends the invention, then, comprises the features hereinafter fully described and particularly pointed out in the claims, the following description and the annexed drawings setting forth in detail certain illustrative embodiments of the invention, these being indicative, however, of but a few of the various ways in which the principles of the invention may be employed.
In said annexed drawings:
FIG. 1 is a fragmentary vertical section of the molds or dies employed to form the tubing in accordance with the present invention, such molds or dies being shown intermediately separated;
FIG. 2 is a view similar to FIG. 1 showing the heating elements in position surrounding the projecting pin;
FIG. 3 is a view similar to FIG. 2 showing the tube inserted through the top mold and at least partially into the heating elements;
FIG. 4 is a similar view showing the heating elements removed and the lower mold ascending;
FIG. 5 is a similar view showing the molds closed;
FIG. 6 is a somewhat enlarged sectional view of an alternative form of bottom mold illustrating the pin provided with fluid passages for the circulating of heating and cooling medium therethrough;
FIG. 7 is an enlarged horizontal section through the pin taken substantially on the line 7--7 of FIG. 6; and
FIG. 8 is a schematic illustration of another form of pin which may be used with the present invention, such pin being electrically heated.
Referring first to FIGS. 1-5, there is illustrated the sequential positions of the molds for forming integrally on one end of the tubing the structural bulb sealing surface and flange, from either cut or continuous lengths of plastic tubing.
As seen in such figures the process or reforming of the tube end is carried out in a press or fixture which includes a top vertically fixed mold 10 and a vertically movable bottom mold 11. The top mold or die 10 includes a central bore 12 and a riser tube 13 secured to the top thereof having the same I.D. as the I.D. of the bore 12. The lower surface of the top mold is provided with a cylindrical projection 14 projecting centrally therefrom. The lower end of the bore is provided with a conical flaring portion 15, the lower end of which is provided with a small radius seen at 16. Radially beyond such radius, the bore is provided with an axially facing shoulder 17 which terminates in an axially extending relatively thin edge 18.
The bottom mold 11 includes a body 20 which may include an annular passage 21 for the circulation of cooling medium therethrough. The body 20 is threadedly connected to rod 22 of a piston-cylinder assembly and is adjustably locked thereon by nut 23. The top of the mold or die 11 is provided with a central recess shown generally at 25 which includes an upper cylindrical portion 26 into which the axial projection 14 of the top mold is designed closely to telescope. The lower end of the cylindrical portion 26 is provided with a shoulder 27 separating the cylindrical portion of the recess from bulb forming portion 28. The lower end of the bulb forming recess is provided with a horizontal circular axially facing end face 29 which may be somewhat larger in diameter than the diameter of the bore 12. Projecting axially from the bottom of the recess 25 is a guide pin or mandrel 30, the top of which is provided with a pilot nose or pointed portion 31. It is noted that the end face 29 of the recess 25 from which the pin 30 projects may be in the form of an insulating sleeve 32 heat isolating the pin from the bottom mold. The insulating sleeve may be in the form of a ceramic or other suitable material cup which completely separates the pin from the bottom mold.
In FIG. 1 the top and bottom molds have been brought to an intermediate position relative to each other in that the bottom mold 11 has been brought to an intermediate elevated position and the position may be determined by a retractable adjustable stop as seen at 33. In such position the pilot nose 31 of the guide pin is approximately horizontally aligned with the bottom edge of the upper mold 10.
Referring now to FIG. 2 it will be seen that the top of the guide tube 13 is provided with a backstop seen at 35 which may be pivoted to the top of the guide tube 13 for swinging movement to and from a position clear of the I.D. of such tube or over the I.D. of such tube. Instead of the backstop, an O.D. grip may be employed.
Also as seen in FIG. 2, with the molds still in their intermediate position, two heating blocks 42 and 43 are each brought into position between the open molds. The two heating blocks are each provided with electrical heating elements seen at 44 and 45, respectively, and both may be provided with semicircular vertical recesses indicated at 47 and 48, respectively, to confine the projecting pin therebetween. As noted, such blocks may be mounted for movement horizontally as indicated by the arrows 48 and 49, to and from a mating position between the mold halves and a position clear of the mold halves. In the position of FIG. 2, heat is convectively applied directly to the pin 30 from the heating elements 42 and 43. The pin may be heated without the tube in place for a relatively short time.
Now, as noted in FIG. 3, an extruded plastic tube section is inserted downwardly through the guide tube 13 to project from the lower end of the top mold 10. The dimensions of the tube both O.D. and I.D. are such that the tube will fit snugly in the O.D. of the bore 12 with the I.D. of the tube fitting snugly over the O.D. of the pin 30. The tube seen at T projects a predetermined distance below the top mold 10 and such distance can be obtained by gauging from the top, if the tube is cut to a predetermined length, or by gauging from the bottom, if for example the tube is of continuous length. The tube T may be inserted only partially into the heating element so that during the continued heating cycle the tube is heated both externally directly by the heating elements and also internally by the heated pin. In this manner the projecting end of the tube is heated for a predetermined period so that the projecting end of the tube is pliable throughout its wall thickness. In this manner the tube end can be made uniformly pliable to be integrally reformed short of a complete melt.
It will of course be appreciated that other forms of application of heat may be employed such as sonics or a heating jacket employing oil or other medium.
After the desired amount of heat is applied, the heating blocks are removed. If bottom gauges are employed, they are withdrawn. With the backstop 35 in place, the piston-cylinder assembly of the rod 22 is now further extended as seen in FIG. 4 and the projecting end of the tube T seats in the bottom face 29 of the bulb forming cavity 28 and begins to form as seen at 52. As the bottom mold 11 moves upwardly as indicated by the arrow 53, the axial projection 14 of the top mold telescopes within the cylindrical recess 26 of the bottom mold. The bottom mold continues upwardly to the position shown in FIG. 5 forming the tube end as indicated. During such movement the backstop 35 keeps the tube from moving upwardly with respect to the top mold. The piston-cylinder assembly is fully extended until the edge 18 of the top mold engages the shoulder 27. Such edge will tend to bite off or render easily removable any flash formed between the telescoping surfaces of the mold. When the molds are fully together as seen in FIG. 5, a cooling medium circulating through the passage 21 quickly chills the reformed end of the tube seen at 57. However, because of the insulation sleeve or cup 32 the pin 30 will cool less quickly with heat being extracted therefrom only through the cooling reformed tube end therearound. The cooling medium may circulate through the passage 21 continuously or only during a portion of the cycle of the process. While water is preferred as a cooling medium, it will be appreciated that cooling medium may be other fluid such as oil or gas.
After the mold has been cooled for a predetermined time, the piston-cylinder assembly of the rod 22 is fully retracted and the top mold may be indexed horizontally so that the now formed tube end may be removed. If any flash appears, it can readily be removed from the tube. The cooling time period may be sufficient to reduce the temperature of the pin to permit extraction from the reformed tube end. However, even after the pin has been retracted, it will still be quite warm and such residual heat is of course employed to reduce the cycle time that the heating elements 42 and 43 are in place. In this manner the temperature of the pin need vary through only a relatively narrow range such as plus or minus 10� C. With the insulated pin, the amount of heat required in the steps of FIGS. 2 and 3 is reduced while nonetheless obtaining a uniform radial heating of the tube end from both its interior and exterior. Thus not only is the cycle time reduced but also the required energy consumption.
Referring now to the embodiment of FIG. 6, in order even further to reduce the cooling cycle of the process, the pin may be provided with interior heating and/or cooling passages. The bottom mold 11 may again be supported for vertical movement on the rod 60 of a piston-cylinder assembly which is secured to an offset bracket 61 by nut 62. The pin includes a lower reduced diameter portion 64 which projects downwardly through the mold and through the bracket 61. A ceramic insulating sleeve 65 surrounds the reduced diameter lower portion of the pin temperature isolating it from the surrounding mold and bracket. The pin includes a shoulder 66 which seats in a shoulder at the lower end of insulating cup 67 which surrounds the pin and forms the bottom of the cavity in the lower mold 11. The pin includes a central vertical bore 69 which may be diametrically divided as indicated at 70 to form two passages on each side as seen at 71 and 72.
The central bore stops at an elevation within the bulb cavity and four radial passages extend horizontally from the bore with the two radial passages 74 and 75 extending from the passage 71 while the passages 76 and 77 extend from the passage 72. The respective passages connect to vertically offset bores, respectively seen at 79, 80, 81 and 82. At the top of the heating and cooling section of the pin, the passages 79 and 81 are connected by a passage 83 while the passages 80 and 82 are connected by a passage 84. Thus, fluid flowing upwardly through passage 72 bifurcates and then flows radially through passages 76 and 77 and then upwardly through passages 81 and 82 and then crosses over and flows downwardly through passages 79 and 80. From the passages 79 and 80, the fluid flows inwardly through radial passages 74 and 75, respectively, to the vertical passage 71. In this manner the fluid flowing centrally upwardly through the stem is distributed toward the radial surfaces of the pin in the heating or cooling zone thereof.
The passages 71 and 72 connect with a directional valve seen at 90 in FIG. 6 which may be selectively operated to connect the passages to and from either a heat source seen schematically at 91 or a coolant source seen at 92. It will be appreciated that the directional valve may be a rotary valve as illustrated or a shuttle valve, but in any event may be operated electrically by a motor or solenoid seen at 93. The motor or solenoid may be controlled to shift the valve from hot to cold or vice versa by a positional switch seen at 95 and a thermostatic switch seen at 96.
With the cycle as described above, heating medium may normally be circulated through the pin. The thermostatic switch 96 may be employed simply to maintain the pin from becoming too hot or too cold. In any event, the positional switch 95 may be employed to cause the valve to shift from a heating to a cooling position as soon as the molds move to the position seen in FIG. 5. In such condition, the pin will cool more rapidly than it would otherwise simply by the convection cooling from the chilled mold 11. In this manner this embodiment of the invention enables the cooling cycle of the process to be significantly reduced. As soon as the molds begin to separate to enable extraction of the finished reformed tube and its end from the process, the switch 95 recloses again applying heat energy to the pin so that as the process continues, when the tube is again inserted on the pin, there will be sufficient heat energy in the pin to heat the tube from its I.D. radially outwardly.
Referring now to FIG. 8, it will be seen that the cycle may further be somewhat shortened in that the heat energy to the pin may be applied internally rather than convectively and externally as seen in FIGS. 2 and 3. In this embodiment a resistance heating element may be provided in the pin 30 as seen at 110 with the electrical energy being supplied to the resistance element from source 111 through control switch 112. An additional thermostatic switch may also be provided. In any event the switch 112 cuts current flow through the resistance element 110 when the bottom mold begins to move upwardly as seen in FIG. 4. Electrical energy may again be applied to the resistance element in the pin after the pin has achieved its proper vertical position indicating it has been separated from the tube. In the case of either embodiment of FIG. 6 or FIG. 8, it will be appreciated that the time of the cycle seen in FIGS. 2 and 3 may be reduced.
In any event, there is provided a process and apparatus for reforming a tube end which includes a pin projecting in insulated fashion from a normally chilled mold. The pin may be heated and/or cooled during the reforming cycle of the process to enable uniform heating of the projecting tube end from both the inside (I.D.) and the outside (O.D.) of the tube end. The process and apparatus of the invention provides a more uniform and integral reformed tube end. The cycle time of the process may also be reduced resulting in greater productivity with less energy consumption.
Although the invention hs been shown and described with respect to a preferred embodiment, it is obvious that equivalent alterations and modifications will occur to others skilled in the art upon the reading and understanding of this specification. The present invention includes all such equivalent alterations and modifications, and is limited only by the scope of the claims.
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PSN Update (12.4.08)
December 4, 2008 - The holidays are approaching quickly and only a few more PlayStation Store updates are coming this year, so it looks like Sony is making the most of it. Today's update hosts the release of Soldner-X: Himmelssturmer, a futuristic shooter. There's also quite a few add-ons, including more LittleBigPlanet costume content, Age of Booty map packs and even some stuff for Far Cry 2. Surprisingly, there are quite a number of PSP games available today as well, including Super Stardust Portable and Everyday Shooter.
Far Cry 2 Gets DLC
November 21, 2008 - Ubisoft is trying to keep interest in Far Cry 2 alive through the holidays by releasing some new DLC by the end of November. The Fortune's Pack adds new weapons and vehicles for use in both single-player and multiplayer and four new maps. The DLC comes at the hefty price of 800 MSP ($10).
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November 17, 2008 - Gamecast of Rev Theory playing and reviewing Far Cry 2.
Far Cry 2, Ubisoft's Innovative FPS, Sells Through More Than One Million Units
November 11, 2008 - Today Ubisoft announced that Far Cry 2, its open world first person shooter on Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC, has already reached one million units sell-through worldwide in less than three weeks of availability at retail.
Game of the Month: October 2008
October 31, 2008 - With all the videogames released each and every month, it can be a difficult task to decide on which title to spend your hard-earned money. Granted, you could always go by our review scores alone and weed through the long list of names to find something that scored high or low, but what if you had somewhere else to turn?
Head-To-Head: Far Cry 2
October 29, 2008 - Far Cry 2 is the official sequel to Crytek's breakthrough FPS from 2004. While Crytek has moved on to Crysis, UbiSoft Montreal is here to pick up the mantle with a shooter that pushes into remarkable new territory. Far Cry 2 takes place in an African country besieged by civil war, arms dealers, and corrupt politicians. Players are left in a wide open map and allowed to carve their own way through the game's thought-provoking story. Say goodbye to scripted corridor crawling, and get ready to explore a sprawling expanse and decide which side of the conflict you want to fight on.
Far Cry 2 Head-To-Head
October 22, 2008 - Far Cry 2 is the official sequel to Crytek's breakthrough FPS from 2004. While Crytek has moved on to Crysis, UbiSoft Montreal is here to pick up the mantle with a shooter that pushes into remarkable new territory. Far Cry 2 takes place in an African country besieged by civil war, arms dealers, and corrupt politicians. Players are left in a wide open map and allowed to carve their own way through the game's thought-provoking story. Say goodbye to scripted corridor crawling, and get ready to explore a sprawling expanse and decide which side of the conflict you want to fight on.
Weapons Locker: Far Cry 2
October 21, 2008 - After the typical buzz-building circus of press demos, videos, and write-ups, the time of Far Cry 2 is finally at hand. This week retailers nationwide will be receiving the hotly-anticipated shooters from Ubisoft Montreal, a title which gives players a diverse arsenal of guns and explosives to explore and devastate a completely open 50-square kilometer world. Although a comprehensive weapons list has yet to be announced, we've been able to track down the biggest and most noteworthy weapons that are at your disposal in Far Cry 2. So read on, pick your favorites, and be sure to keep an eye out for them when exploring the Saharan playground of destruction that Ubisoft Montreal has so generously provided you with.
Ubisoft Announces Far Cry 2 has Shipped to Store Shelves
October 21, 2008 - Today, Ubisoft announced that Far Cry 2 has shipped to store shelves for the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, the PlayStation 3 computer entertainment system, and PC. Far Cry 2 has an ESRB of "M" for Mature and will be available at the manufacturer's suggested retail price of $59.99 for Xbox 360 and the PlayStation 3 system and at $49.99 for Windows PC.
Far Cry 2 Review
October 21, 2008 - After spending somewhere around 25 hours getting through Far Cry 2's single-player campaign, there was one question I couldn't quite answer: why is this game called Far Cry? The sequel, developed by Ubisoft Montreal, retains nearly nothing from Crytek's 2004 original or from the Xbox and Xbox 360's Instincts and Predator derivations. The story doesn't carry over, the characters aren't the same, there's no mention at all of Jack Carver, there are no mutagens, no feral powers, and no Trigens. Instead, it's a struggle between warring factions, called the APR and UFLL, in an unnamed African nation.
Far Cry 2 AU Review
October 21, 2008 - We really feel for developers working on first-person shooters these days. It's getting harder and harder to please gamers – just to keep them interested, let alone surprised or impressed. It's a genre that's awash with me-toos; games that are built on the shoulders of geniuses that aim only to capitalise on a trend or successful predecessor. Then there's a game like Far Cry 2 – a shooter that really does try and do something new with the formula (and its namesake), giving it a mostly untapped setting and a fresh game structure that actually sidles up closely to an open-world RPG at times.
PSN Update (10.16.08)
October 16, 2008 - Break out the firearms and prepare to go to war – today is the day for online conflict. SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs Confrontation has been released as a downloadable title on the PSN. While it doesn't come with the headset, the title is available for commandos and mercenaries alike. There's also some PSP downloadable titles, a PS1 classic, themes, videos and a MotorStorm: Pacific Rift demo. Check out the full list below:
Ubisoft Unveils the Official Far Cry 2 Space in PlayStation Home's Closed Beta
October 16, 2008 - Today Ubisoft announced the launch of the official Far Cry 2 space in PlayStation Home's closed beta in North America and Europe. Featuring details from the game's expansive open world universe wrapped in what will become a fully interactive experience, the Far Cry 2 space marks the first third-party video game environment in PlayStation Home. PlayStation Home is a 3D social gaming community that allows PlayStation 3 computer entertainment system users to meet, chat, plan and launch into games together. Gamers can create their own custom avatar, decorate their personal apartment, play mini-games, shop, watch videos, attend special events and much, much more.
Far Cry 2 Goes Gold
October 14, 2008 - Far Cry 2 has gone gold, publisher Ubisoft announced in an official statement. This means that the development stage is completed, and the game is now ready for duplication.
TGS 2008: Game Scoop! Day 2 Wrap-up
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Far Cry 2 Multiplayer Discussion
October 7, 2008 - Alex: So, Far Cry 2's multiplayer. It's is an odd one because the single-player game is so unique - the open-world gameplay works a treat in the campaign game but how do you feel it translated to multiplayer?
Poll Results - October Madness
October 6, 2008 - On October 21, no fewer than five headliner games drop into retail: Wii Music, Fable II, Far Cry 2, LittleBigPlanet, and Spider-Man: Web of Shadows. If this gamesplosion doesn't blow your mind (and your wallet), the preceding week is festooned with more big titles, like Dead Space, Saints Row 2, and SOCOM: Confrontation. And if you haven't already overturned your couch for loose change yet, consider the week following October 21 with Fallout 3 and Guitar Hero World Tour. Madness.
Far Cry 2: The First Five Hours
September 24, 2008 - Most games open with bombast, from Halo's tense opening moments as Master Chief shoots his way out of the Pillar of Autumn to Uncharted's ocean-bound fire-fight or Call of Duty 4's similarly fraught pre-credits storming of a freight ship. Far Cry 2, however, is a little bit different in this respect. One of the first things it does is give you malaria. It's a bold conceit, and one that's indicative of Far Cry 2's determination to not play by the rulebook. A traipse through the first few hours of the single-player campaign revealed a game that's not short on ambition, but equally harbouring a fair share of potential frustration for those weened on more linear shooting thrills.
Far Cry 2's Multiplayer Revealed
September 22, 2008 - If you've been following along with our Far Cry 2 coverage, you probably know that there is a multiplayer mode. After all, it's basically the whole point of the map editor tool Ubisoft Montreal is including with the PC, Xbox 360, and PlayStation 3 versions of the game. So while the majority of our coverage has focused almost exclusively on the open-ended single-player gameplay, this one will concentrate more on what you can expect for online play.
The PS3 Games of Fall 2008
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Throughout the holiday season, the fund has aided local residents such as the G. family. Mr. G. has been in and out of work for several months, and he and hi s wife, who is home with four small children, have been struggling to make ends meet. The financial burden has recently become more difficult, as they have take n in Mrs.. G's widowed mother, who suffered a broken hip and needs constant medical care. The paychecks are sporadic, and the bills have begun piling up. The children need new winter clothing, and the family car is becoming unreliable. The Gs are facing a long and difficult winter ahead.
"Although we may not like to think so, there are many, many families, right in our own hometowns, who go to bed hungry and cold," said Robin Beckerman, chairwoman of the Holiday Fund. "The warm weather we've had so far has made a difference for some, but now that the temperature has begun to drop for good, many will be facing problems paying for heat and warm clothing. The holidays may be over, but the need remains. We're hoping the generous people of North Essex will reach out to those neighbors who need our help."
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2005 Hyundai Elantra. Problem started a couple months ago, never happened before this year.
When it is cold out...say less than 25F, the car makes squealing noises when I turn the wheel, and it's louder when This even happens when I am not moving (and it's even louder then), and only for about the first 30-45 seconds of driving, then it goes away.
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On Tue, May 20, 2008 at 4:13 AM, James Strachan <firstname.lastname@example.com> wrote: > I'm not much of an expert in the behaviour of DNS servers :) so I > thought I'd think aloud a little... > > I guess we don't really care too much about old broker entries in DNS; > if a client can't connect it just tries the next one it finds - so its > really just an optimisation; a good DNS server would zap them quickly > but even if they stick around for 24 hours its not that big a deal as > there's hopefully not gonna be loads of brokers being started/stopped > on random IP addresses or anything :) > > The thing I'm pondering is if folks boot up a new broker on a new box, > we want clients to be able to find it pretty soon. In most DNS servers > you've worked with before - if you add a new entry (rather than > entries expiring) do servers tend to reflect that quickly to clients? > I can imagine in a highly federated DNS server network it might take a > while to propogate. Just wondered :) > You could work around that with a smart client and DNS server. Lets say that cluster-a.mynetwork.com is hostname for the cluster. If we want to avoid DNS caching of it's DNS records by my local DNS server, then the client could lookup ${timestamp}.cluster-a.mynetwork.com. Basically change out the cache key. Now, the DNS server admins might not like this usage pattern much so perhaps it's best to keep it optional. > 2008/5/19 Sridhar2008 <email@example.com>: >> >>>Agreed. >>> >>>We've got a pluggable discovery mechanism; both for the broker >to >>>advertise itself or for brokers/clients to discover things, so I >guess >>>DNS just becomes another provider. >>>http://activemq.apache.org/discovery.html >> >> Exactly ! The pluggable nature of ActiveMQ is great for enhancements like >> these. >> >>>The difference with DNS is you may use your existing DNS >provider or >>>might wanna run a custom implementation to get the timeout >stuff etc? >> >> Again, right on ! The timeout may not be that big a deal depending on the >> implementation ... for example, it might be a lazy cleanup process which may >> or may not be part of the DNS master server. For the clients (ie producers >> or consumers), if a broker in the list does not respond, it will just >> timeout to the next (note: 'next' could be as simple as next in the list or >> based on some policy). >> >> >> James.Strachan wrote: >>> >>> Agreed. >>> >>> We've got a pluggable discovery mechanism; both for the broker to >>> advertise itself or for brokers/clients to discover things, so I guess >>> DNS just becomes another provider. >>> http://activemq.apache.org/discovery.html >>> >>> The difference with DNS is you may use your existing DNS provider or >>> might wanna run a custom implementation to get the timeout stuff etc? >>> >>> 2008/5/19 Sridhar2008 <email@example.com>: >>>> >>>> >>>> Thanks for the link. I quickly glanced through the dnsjava website, and >>>> not >>>> clear if it requires a specific server for updates to work. >>>> >>>> Also, most large organizations have their own legacy DNS in place, with >>>> some >>>> home grown way of updating the DNS records. So we need to accommodate >>>> this >>>> use case (for example, making 'auto-registration' optional). >>>> >>>> >>>> James.Strachan wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Ah cool thanks for that! I was wondering if an existing DNS library >>>>> might be useful. e.g. >>>>> >>>>> http://www.dnsjava.org/ >>>>> >>>>> which has a DNS client and server. >>>>> >>>>> I guess ZeroConf is kinda similar too; just not requiring a new or >>>>> custom DNS server (though at the expense of requiring multicast >>>>> support) >>>>> >>>>> 2008/5/19 Sridhar2008 <firstname.lastname@example.com>: >>>>>>> Incidentally I'm intrigued by the DNS discovery stuff; it sounds >>>>>>> >great >>>>>>>:). What did you have in mind? That each broker on startup >would >>>>>>>register a DNS entry (with a timeout maybe so they get >removed) and >>>>>> >>>>>> Yes, auto-registration. Couple of things to note: >>>>>> >>>>>> - The 'timeout feature' again is DNS master specific, the existing ones >>>>>> need >>>>>> to be enhanced to support this aging out. The standard timeout you see >>>>>> in >>>>>> the DNS entry is for a different purpose: refresh between master and >>>>>> slave >>>>>> DNS servers. >>>>>> >>>>>> - There is no standard APY for web dns registration, so we will >>>>>> define >>>>>> an >>>>>> APY, with specific implementatioin to interact with the DNS server >>>>>> (folks >>>>>> can chose to change the implementation for their env). >>>>>> >>>>>> - Most messaging systems run in trusted env, but some use cases may >>>>>> need >>>>>> authentication before a broker is allowed to do 'auto-registration'. >>>>>> This >>>>>> can be addressed later. >>>>>> >>>>>>>clients would ping DNS when attempting to connect in the >>>>>>>FailoverTransport? >>>>>> >>>>>> Yes, we would specify the cluster name in client config and they would >>>>>> connect using 'ClusterTransport' :-) >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> James.Strachan wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> 2008/5/15 Sridhar2008 <firstname.lastname@example.com>: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Rob/James, >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Thanks for the feedback. I will address both of your questions in a >>>>>>>> combined >>>>>>>> way :-) >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Rob> Do you need persistent messaging - or non-persistent only? >>>>>>>> James> or just pick one broker per operation/transaction? >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Initially, it is going to be the above. Since the messaging usage >>>>>>>> scenarios >>>>>>>> are many, I will just assume the use case of interest for now is >>>>>>>> durable >>>>>>>> transfer using cluster for high availability. In this case I am not >>>>>>>> sure >>>>>>>> that it buys much to send to multiple brokers simultaneously (see my >>>>>>>> next >>>>>>>> paragraph below) - adds additional headaches as James sites below >>>>>>>> (however, >>>>>>>> there may be other use cases where this might be useful), in addition >>>>>>>> to >>>>>>>> making client-side logic complex. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Agreed. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> For sending to a topic (outside of a transaction which may include >>>>>>> other operations) then sending the message to all brokers is a no >>>>>>> brainer. I guess so long as acknowledgements only get sent to the >>>>>>> broker they came from & for queue sending we only send to one of the >>>>>>> brokers it should be fairly straight forward. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> (So a little bit of hacking to the FanOutTransport should do the trick >>>>>>> I >>>>>>> think). >>>>>>> >>>>>>> We could get clever going forward; where rather than randomly picking >>>>>>> one of the brokers (or round robbin) we kinda partition destinations >>>>>>> across the available brokers? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Some thoughts: Eventual goal is a broker down in the cluster implies >>>>>>>> capacity hit and not a service hit. So, I will rather solve this use >>>>>>>> case >>>>>>>> as >>>>>>>> a distributed storage issue (after 'cluster transport' is added) - >>>>>>>> investigate either a DHT based solution or perhaps something like >>>>>>>> Hadoop >>>>>>>> with a JDBC interface. The state is replicated in multiple nodes of >>>>>>>> the >>>>>>>> cluster so the broker that is down can be ignored (ie no need to >>>>>>>> sweat >>>>>>>> on >>>>>>>> recovering its state). >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Agreed. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> FWIW distributing the state is trivial - the FanOutTransport can do >>>>>>> this today really. The issue is ensuring consistency (so more to do >>>>>>> with locking & consistency than moving the messages around). >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Incidentally I'm intrigued by the DNS discovery stuff; it sounds great >>>>>>> :). What did you have in mind? That each broker on startup would >>>>>>> register a DNS entry (with a timeout maybe so they get removed) and >>>>>>> clients would ping DNS when attempting to connect in the >>>>>>> FailoverTransport? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> James >>>>>>> ------- >>>>>>> http://macstrac.blogspot.com/ >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Open Source Integration >>>>>>> http://open.iona.com >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> View this message in context: >>>>>> http://www.nabble.com/Cluster-transport-...-tp17221068s2354p17323314.html >>>>>> Sent from the ActiveMQ - Dev mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> James >>>>> ------- >>>>> http://macstrac.blogspot.com/ >>>>> >>>>> Open Source Integration >>>>> http://open.iona.com >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> View this message in context: >>>> http://www.nabble.com/Cluster-transport-...-tp17221068s2354p17323601.html >>>> Sent from the ActiveMQ - Dev mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> James >>> ------- >>> http://macstrac.blogspot.com/ >>> >>> Open Source Integration >>> http://open.iona.com >>> >>> >> >> -- >> View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Cluster-transport-...-tp17221068s2354p17323803.html >> Sent from the ActiveMQ - Dev mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >> >> > > > > -- > James > ------- > http://macstrac.blogspot.com/ > > Open Source Integration > http://open.iona.com > -- Regards, Hiram Blog: http://hiramchirino.com Open Source SOA http://open.iona.com
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Prudy Calvin won the annual Celebrate! Outstanding Volunteer of the Year Award at Tuesday night's Watertown Volunteer Center Hors d' oeuvre Extravaganza. Calvin has given of her time and talents in a number of ways around the community.
She has been a board member of the Mellette Memorial Association since 1995 and president of the association since 1998. She prepares the Mellette House for its seasonal tours, researches and secures grants to help maintain the first South Dakota Governor's home and also portrays Mrs. Mellette. She has introduced Watertown to people in its history through organizing 'If Gravestones Could Talk' and has promoted the Mellette House and Watertown's history through many events and activities. She is a past member of the Codington County Historical Society Board, and continues to volunteer many hours to the organization. She has served the maximum of two consecutive three-year terms on the LATI Foundation Board of Directors and in 2008, Prudy and her husband, John, agreed to act as Honorary Co-chairs of the Excellence by Design campaign at LATI. Since 2009, she has sponsored the Watertown Community Foundation's Women & Giving program, and served on its advisory committee which annually awards grants and scholarships benefitting local women and children. Her past also includes volunteering as a member of the Women's Resource Board of Directors for nine years and the Human Service Area Foundation Board for many years.
As the Celebrate! winner, Prudy has the opportunity to designate a $1,500 grant to a local nonprofit organization of her choice.
• MENOMONEE FALLS, Wis. — The Kohl's Department Stores' Kohl's Cares® Scholarship Program Wednesday recognized more than 2,300 young volunteers nationwide who have made a positive impact in their communities through volunteerism. Seven youth from South Dakota will each receive a $50 gift card and recognition certificate from Kohl's to honor their community service efforts.
These winners qualify for the chance to receive a $1,000 regional scholarship for higher education, which Kohl's will award in July. Of the nearly 200 regional winners, 10 national winners will each receive a total of $10,000 in scholarships, and Kohl's will donate $1,000 to a nonprofit organization on each national winner's behalf. In total this year, Kohl's will recognize more than 2,300 young volunteers with more than $400,000 in scholarships and prizes.
South Dakota winners included: Maren Johnson, 18, Watertown; and Korbin Leddy, 9, Stockholm.


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On Sunday, those same officers stood by and watched as supporters of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad chanted his name and held rallies in the same spot.
The despondent supporters of Mir-Hossein Mousavi were left pondering their next move – and also wondering where he was.
Having accused Iran's electoral authorities of outright "fraud" in declaring Mr Ahmadinejad the clear winner, it had been widely expected that the 67-year-old former prime minister would come out fighting over the weekend.
Rumours had flown around town on Saturday that he might turn up at his campaign headquarters on Vali-asr Ave, which would have been a huge filip to those who had defied the police to come out in his support.
Yet so far, he has not been seen in public since a press conference late on Friday night, where he declared the results showed he had actually won. A subsequent press conference on Saturday was cancelled, and his only other communiqués have been through his website. Fellow reformist candidate, Mehdi Karoubi, has likewise failed to surface, although reports that the pair are now under house arrest have not been substantiated.
After the open displays of defiance on Saturday, the reformist camp was thin on the streets on Sunday. Mousavi supporters gathered outside Tehran's Sharif University, chanting "Where are our votes?", but were quickly dispersed by police. There were other clashes but nothing on the scale of those seen on Saturday.
Many feared that without Mr Mousavi there to help rally them, the momentum of any post-election protests would simply peter out. "We are not feeling good," said Mr Mohammed, who spent yesterday at home. "Everybody just feels completely depressed, you feel stuck under a heavy shadow."
Moreover, he said, nobody appeared to know what any next constructive step would be anyway. Mr Mousavi has failed so far to produce any hard evidence of vote rigging, and even if he did, it is far from certain that the authorities would investigate it.
Meanwhile, Iran's hardline Revolutionary Guards had already declared that they would not tolerate any kind of peaceful "colour" revolution of the sort pioneered in Ukraine, something which Saturday's violent crackdown appeared to confirm.
And with text message and internet services disrupted, it will be hard to organise a protest sufficiently big to give people the confidence to turn up and defy the police.
"There is rumours of a big gathering in Tehran on Tuesday but with no proper communications, nobody really knows what is going on," said Mr Mohammed. "There is a fear that in about a week's time, everybody will gradually give up on this, and we will just go back to the same old life under Ahmadinejad."


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Students learned filmmaking at Northwest Film Forum in a One-Year Film Comprehensive for new and emerging filmmakers, piloted in 2016.
From the fundamentals of filmmaking to delivering festival-ready work: from the first day of class, students learned to master all the elements of filmmaking. Our vertically aligned, hands-on and project-oriented curriculum built throughout the year to develop student imaginations and refine skills in writing, cinematography, audio production, editing and producing. Practical classes covered the art, craft and business of making movies, as well a strong technical foundation.
The 1YC pilot program was not renewed, but was pivotal in shaping our ongoing filmmaking education programs.
Our instructors were working-industry professionals with decades of teaching and production experience. Northwest Film Forum has a national reputation for cultivating new voices, and working with passionate experienced teachers invested in inspiring students to produce technical and powerful work.
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When I moved into an older home a year ago, I noticed the old kitchen and entry way floors were dirty. What I didn't know is that dirt was ground into the flooring and no amount of mopping would clean it. I've tried everything and been frustrated and almost given up. Until . . .
I was shampooing my carpets a few weeks ago. I thought maybe the scrubbers on my carpet machine would clean the kitchen floor. It cleaned well enough but I thought it could be better so I grabbed the old standby, baking soda. I sprinkled the soda on the floor and then cleaned it with my Bissell. OMG, finally clean floors! YAY!
I've also found to maintain the cleanliness of the linoleum floors, I use a drop of Dawn dish soap and a half a cup of baking soda in hot mop water and it's clean and beautiful.
By Dana from Katy, TX
I will try that! I have old floors too. White, no less. I have to use a steam cleaner on my hands and knees for hours to get it close to white again. I will try your Dawn and baking soda idea.
I just bought a Swiffer WetJet hoping that would work on my old lino, but no such luck. My old floors is white (supposed to be) and to add insult to injury, has little decorative grooves and holes that capture grime and won't let go. I've tried everything. I will try your idea now. But I wonder if I could put the Dawn, baking soda in with the WetJet solution and use the Swiffer mop. I don't have a rug shampooer. I would probably have to rinse, right?, to remove the soap and soda?
Until now I have been using Lysol bathtub cleaner (the kind that foams) & scrubbing-but this sounds great! Thanks for sharing.
Please note that baking soda is alkaline, and thus is not recommended for linoleum. In time it will harden and dry the floors which may cause them to crumble.
I bought an old house and could not afford new flooring. I read all the posts; tried them all and then some. After scrubbing and scrubbing I found it, the solution! By far the most effective thing to do is wet the floor and sprinkle baking soda over it. Wait 15 minutes. Then scrub with a brush and wipe dry. Mop off the residue with water.
I cannot believe how sparkly clean it came and the wax did not wear off.
This is a guide about removing stains from old linoleum floors. Cleaning stains on your flooring may require specific cleaners depending on the stain and the flooring type. Make sure that your floor is in fact linoleum rather than sheet vinyl before proceeding.
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Can anyone suggest a solution for cleaning bathroom linoleum? We moved into a rental house that had a leaky toilet (now replaced) and have pee stains all around it. We have tried everything we could think of but the stain has gone into the texture it looks like. Would appreciate any help you can give. Can't afford to replace it at this time.
Thank you so much,
patsAZ from Arizona
I think it is possible you won't be able to get the stains out of the flooring. We had a house in which the toilet leaked a little. It caused staining/mold in the layers of the vinyl flooring, under the surface. The surface was completely clean, but there was no way to access the stains below or eliminate them.
i moved into a rental apartment once that had contact paper on the floor. i was amazed how long it lasted, even w/ my 2 teen sons, my mom and me. wash and wax it just like linoleum
Did you know that you can paint linoleum flooring? You may want to consider that option. I guess you'd need to use the paint used to paint porch floors. I dont think there is any way to remove the stain.
Have you thought about covering it with a bathmat?
Best of luck
Thank you all for your help and information. I do think it is just a lost cause. lol patsAZ
if it makes you feel any better the stains are probably not really pee. the reaction of the linoleum to constant water contact most likely discolored it.
this isn't something you'll be able to clean out. but just to rest your mind spray or pour a generous amount of peroxide around the area and let it set a while. it will kill any nasties that might be living there. i love peroxide as a household cleaner. cheap-easy- readily available.
I've heard ammonia is suppose to help strip linoleum. Maybe that might help those stains also.
My daughter was using coloured paper and left it on the linoleum floor and the dog wet it. Now the dyes are all over the linoleum. I have tried bleach and Handy Andy, also meths, but to no results. Please help as I'm in a rental.
By Donna from Australia
I have used WD-40 to get black scuff marks off my linoleum, it might work on the dye.
Try a Mr. Clean Magic Eraser
Try hydrogen peroxide and a drop or two of dawn dish soap.
Magic Eraser is abrasive to the point it took the finish off our linoleum in several small areas. Looks bad and hope time diminishes the sandpaper effect.
I would like to know a natural homemade cleaner or household product that is a neutral cleaner that I can use for my linoleum floor. I want to make sure I'm using something that won't strip the finish. Yet, I don't want to have to use a commercial product with all the harmful chemicals. I read in one place to use club soda, but I don't know if it is neutral
I use a solution of 50/50 white vinegar & water on my linoleum. It cleans well, destroys bacteria, helps with odors and doesn't strip the finish.
I only use vinegar and water. I don't even measure it. I fill the sink or bucket half way with water and pour in around a half cup of vinegar. It doesn't smell so good at first but the results are wonderful. I've been cleaning floor like this for over twenty years. I get compliments from family and friends about how clean my floor looks. In between cleaning I use baby wipes for spills. If there is ever a mark,like from shoes I might sprinkle a little bar keeper's friend on a baby wipe. It works every time!
Jennifer CA
I also use vinegar and water. It works well and the smell disappears once the floor is dry.
I have flooring in my basement that was installed, I think, in the early 70s. I do not know if it is vinyl or linoleum. It is adhered to concrete in sheets and it has a pebble type design with mostly black, gray, and tan colors. I like the look of it, but have never wet cleaned or shined it. It has light and dark stains on it in various places. How can I figure out if it is vinyl or linoleum? What should I use to clean it? Is there a product I could use to shine it without using the old-fashioned wax or polish?
By JS
One way to clean stains is by using a shop-vac. No, you cannot just suck out the stain, but you can over and over again wash and rinse the area, and suck out the solution every time.
I have either a linoleum or vinyl floor. The shine is gone and dirt is embedded in the tile. The only way I can get the floor clean and white is by using a magic eraser and cleaner. Is there anything I can do to bring back the shine?
By Theresa from Monroe, MI
You could go to a big box store and buy floor polish products made to clean dull vinyl floors. Armstrong is one brand that is applied with a spongrmop. Cost is about $12 bucks.
I have dark colored linoleum tiles. Any suggestions for cleaning these that would not cause them to become "unstuck" to the floor would greatly be appreciated.
Michelle from Tennessee
The shine and I think the the first layer on my linoleum has been removed due to using a biodegradable floor cleaner with ammonia in it. I want to return the shine and colour. How can I get it back to its original state or near enough to it?
I live in a very old rental home. It is very worn, especially in looks. I am interested in cleaner, shiny, but not slippery floors. I need it to be easier to keep them clean due to having a bad back. All I have to wash or mop is the kitchen, laundry room, and bathroom. I'm interested in the simplest, most effective way to do this. I also need to know if I can wash the paneled walls with Murphy's oil soap, spray, and a sponge mop? How and in what way?
I have hard water and it seems to be building up and making my linoleum floor yellow. I can only find things for spot removal. Any advice as how to remove the build up for the entire floor?
I'm pretty sure I have linoleum tiles in my bathroom (though they may be vinyl, not sure how to tell the difference). They're an off white color and probably from about the 70s or 80s. Every time I try to clean or scrub them, they start to turn a blue grey color and no matter what I use (I've tried dish soap and water, vinegar, baking soda and water, Magic Erasers, bleach and water, and a general all purpose cleaner) or how much I scrub it seems to just spread this weird blue grey color around (sometimes it even seems like scrubbing makes it worse/darker). Does anyone know why this is happening or what to do to clean it up? It's very annoying, it makes the floor look grungy and dirty even though the floor is clean.
By Chris
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I live in an old flat in a large city and would like to know how I can clean the old, fake wood linoleum (roll type) that is on the floors? Anyone have any idea of how to get all the grime off? I would so appreciate knowing. I have been waxing it for years and need to strip it clean and start again. Thank you.
By Lisingreece from Greece
You can try good old Comet cleanser and a scrub brush. When it's completely dry, apply a coat or two of Mop and Glow. I have used this approach a number of times. It takes some amount of elbow grease but works very well. One thing to remember is not to use a floor cleaner after doing this or the shine will be gone. I just use warm water to wipe up spills until it needs another "treatment". Knee pads are a must! (09/23/2009)
By jabsgram
Heavens, it's probably better to ask your landlord to replace it. We replaced our own in the kitchen. (09/23/2009)
By pamphyila
Use a floor polisher (with a sealed bottom). Simply pour pure ammonia on the linoleum, turn the polisher loose in the liquid, and mop it off. Be sure to open windows and remove plants or fish that could be affected by the fumes. Works like a charm! (09/23/2009)
By siris
Thank you all for your help and advice. Landlords over here do nothing for their tenants, so no use to ask her to put in new linoleum! But will try the other suggestions. (09/24/2009)
By Lisingreece
Sometimes if there is a very, very large amount of wax buildup, ammonia (even straight) won't work. You can go to a janitorial supply store and ask for wax stripper. Amazingly it is even better than ammonia. Just follow directions. I had that problem once, and when straight ammonia didn't work (and it always had in the past), my friend who owned a janitorial supply shop suggested the wax stripper. I used it straight and had to use rubber gloves and apply it to a small area (2-3 feet square) at a time. It was amazing how well the stripper worked. (09/24/2009)
By Noella
I am looking for tips on cleaning a dirty linoleum floor that has not been washed properly in a long time. I am doing cleaning for a townhouse complex and am curious if anyone has any ideas for getting trapped on dirt (sitting in the tiny pits in the linoleum) and stains out of the floor. The floor still looks dirty after being washed. There were a few guys living in this place and the dirt was lining the baseboards. I solved the baseboard issue but I would like to get the floor cleaner looking.
Use ammonia and water half in half in squirt bottle and spray, then let sit for a few minutes. This is very strong so be sure to open windows. (08/01/2005)
By deb
If you have good ventilation, I would try a strong ammonia solution. Douse the floor liberally and use one of those green scrubber pads. The ammonia should cut through any greasy build up on the floor and the scrubber shouldn't harm the finish. Good luck. (08/01/2005)
By Heidi
I clean houses too, and I would try a scrub brush since the dirt is in the pits of the linoleum. If you can let the floor soak in just about any cleaner, this should work. Depending on the color, I would probably use a bleach water solution. Dish soap is great at lifting dirt. Good luck! (08/02/2005)
By suzi homemaker
Save your back and knees, they have scrubbers on a stick like a mop! I have one, it really scrubs good and gets the dirt out of the pits! The ammonia really works good and so does something like Scrub Bright. Just make sure you don't get something that will scratch the floor. Good luck! (08/04/2005)
By Michele
Use ice cubes. Rub on the floor and wipe up with a paper towel. It loosens the dirt tremendously and rejuvenates the floor. (08/07/2005)
By jackie
I've used the Clorox Clean-Up brand cleaner on linoleum flooring before. Spray generously and let sit for no longer than 10-15 minutes before mopping. This usually does the trick for me. Although, in the past, I had a pal who tried the same thing with another brand of cleaner and left it overnight, instead of just a few minutes. By the next morning, she didn't have the problem she first had, but a stain from the cleaner that had dried and nothing that she did or I did, made any difference. She passed on and her house was sold. My guess is the new owners had to put down new flooring in that bathroom. (08/10/2005)
By badwater
My kitchen floor is huge. Any cleaner applied with a brush gets out the dirt in the tiny pits, but my back won't last with the size of my floor. I haven't seen a mop with a brush that will work yet. Thanks for all the great ideas. (08/13/2005)
By Raelyn
I believe you can rent a machine to 'screen' the floor. The pads on the machine are like scotch brite pads. After that some cleaner/sealer/polisher is needed. Buffing is a plus, same machine with different pads. I think multiple coats is the key to long term 'health' for the floor.
Sealing/polishing helps prevent the floor from getting more dirt build up. This doesn't have to be a shiny finish unless you want that. Spot cleaning with the green pads has left the color on my linoleum floor uneven and screening should even this out.
Good Luck,
Tom (08/18/2005)
By Tom
Don't laugh, but the very best linoleum floor stripper is Head and Shoulders shampoo. Use the liquid kind (undiluted), and spread it with a damp sponge mop. Let it sit for several hours and do a spot check to see if the floor is clean. You can use a dish scrubber (one of those green rough cloths, or loopy plastic balls) for tough spots where the film is really thick. If it still isn't clean after a couple of hours, let it sit for another couple of hours or overnight. Then clean up with a wet sponge mop or regular mop. (01/30/2006)
By Donna
I spray Windex around the areas that have the build up and then wet mop. It is a miracle! (06/02/2006)
By bikers
Mr. Clean magic erasers get out the dirt from the little dents. Works like magic! (06/27/2007)
By zoe
Okay, I had a ridiculously bad problem with dirt ground into my linoleum floor. We bought (and returned) a half-dozen floor scrubbers because of sub-standard performance. Thank God something finally worked for me. I used the Armstrong product "New Beginning" and spread it over my trouble areas using those yellow oven cleaning gloves and waited ten minutes. Then I cut a scotch brite pad to fit my random orbital sander, it stuck pretty well to the hook/loop surface. This approach was a God-send! I applied a little elbow grease to the sander/scotch-brite combo and the floor cleaned right up. Who needs those other expensive floor machines! (07/03/2007)
By Frank
Try using wood polish to return the shine to your floor. (08/12/2007)
By Sarah
I know this sounds a bit weird, but our apartment has linoleum floors that just won't come clean with normal products (even with magic erasers), but 'Invisible Glass' works amazingly!
It's supposed to be an automotive window cleaner, but we use it on our glass tables and our floors. It only needs to 'soak' for 3-5 minutes before you wipe it up with paper towel/mop it. I usually use a paper towel to wipe it up in our high-traffic areas and then mop the entire floor with clean hot water.
It's found in the Automotive section and costs just under $7.00. (05/04/2008)
By Erin
I have dogs and they continually track dirt in the house and grind it into my linoleum floor. I used Clorox cleanup before, but then I used a steam mop. I would highly recommend using steam to clean linoleum. It is safe and quick. (05/26/2008)
By Karen
I found it best if you just mix about 1/4 bleach and 3/4 steaming hot water together, and then just use a cheap old sponge mop. I did my mid-sized kitchen in about 15-20 minutes and it looks brand new! (06/18/2008)
By Jesse
Hi Erin,
Believe it or not, I've discovered that Vim degreaser (it's yellow and comes in a spray bottle) works wonders on a floor for the purpose you're talking about, although I'm not sure about stains.
Just yesterday I tackled a room that had dirt in grooves that didn't come out when I scrubbed. Also there were areas that looked worn, turns out that it was also dirt, sprayed Vim, waited a short while and scrubbed. Sometimes had to put some pressure into it, but now the floor looks like new! Who would have guessed? Anyway, try it. Good luck. (09/09/2008)
By Sheila
I've used SOS pads with 409 as a lubricant, the soap in the SOS pad is too much of a lubricant so I rinse it often. I hope the clear layer can tolerate this, I'm going to try Rainex to improve the shine, Anything better? (10/02/2008)
By Sandman
I moved into a small place about 8 yrs ago and for a long time, could NOT get the floor clean. It was a nightmare. I have been cleaning floors for over 30 yrs. The only thing I could get to work, which was very hard work and had to be done every time it got dirty, was to get on my hands and knees and use a scotch brite and comet cleanser which of course made the floor get dirtier faster, even with wax to seal it.
Then I bought a steam cleaner from HSN, the kind that can clean all sorts of surfaces well, I have this cleaner I mix up myself for grease and whatnot. It's 1/3 Mr. Clean, 1/3 Lysol fresh scent cleaner, and 1/3 water. I spray the floor with this mixture and let set for a minute or 2 and then use the steam cleaner with the floor attachment. I clean with one side of micro fiber pad, with the steam cleaner, then turn the pad over, the plastic attachment swivels, and steam clean it again.
I know this sounds like a production, but it only takes minutes to do the floors and it dries really fast. Then I use another attachment to clean the baseboards and bottoms of the cabinets. Sometimes I use the spray stuff for stubborn stuff, it doesn't take much, this mix cleans well and the steam cleaner is great for so many things. (10/11/2008)
By chris t.
I moved into a studio whose floors were beyond anything I'd seen - we had no idea they were green in color, rather a deep brown. Very poorly maintained. We've been wrestling with them for weeks, though the absolute best thing is a strong (%10) TSP and hot water solution. TSP is made for prepping before painting and cleaning driveways, though doesn't eat away or bleach. If you wet the whole floor with clean solution, wait 30 mins. and then scrub (scrubby on a pole is an ongoing good suggestion), you'll pull dirt out from the lino. We got a squeegee attachment for a wet vac and vacuumed up the muck, which helped a lot. Porous linoleum can absorb a fair bit of dirty water, so repeated washing and sealing is always necessary. Hope that helps somebody. (12/05/2008)
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A collection of my own unique designs made using semi-precious gem stones, Silver and Gold.
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