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Thousands of Democratic Alliance (DA) members have marched to the Constitutional Court to put more pressure on President Jacob Zuma to resign.
DA spokesperson Mabine Seabe says the opposition party also wants to remind South Africans that change will not take place over night.
He advised, that citizens will only see change if they vote for a political party that reflects and upholds the Constitution.
The DA has joined forces with civil society groups and other parties to mobilise mass action against Zuma.
As opposition parties we've committed to various forms of protest until Zuma steps down or is fired... That is a crook sitting at the Union Buildings, and he should be removed as soon as possible... It cannot be business as usual.— Mabine Seabe, DA spokesperson
Seabe says there will be more marches and efforts, calling to unseat Zuma.
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#DAmarch Mmusi Maimane addressing the thousands of members who attended the march to the constitutional court.KG pic.twitter.com/QCgMXdioye— EWN Reporter (@ewnreporter) April 15, 2016
#DAmarch Maimane : Jacob Zuma is not a constitutionalist. He thinks he is above the law. He is a tsotsi. ZN— EWN Reporter (@ewnreporter) April 15, 2016
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The possibilities are seemingly vast at Now, which is not just an editorial outfit but a platform for furthering his creative exploits, which include creating video art and curating the downright dazzling "Electrical Retrospectacle," an annual screening of avant-garde shorts from the late '20s through the '80s. "I'm focused on keeping it diverse because I think that's what makes whatever you do better," he believes. The company's main role, of course, is editing commercials, Plotkin's undeniable forte. His reel is as expansive as his interests. It includes Cliff Freeman comedy like the recent Fox Sports Net campaign featuring out-of-place un-extreme athletes; the lovably randy Staples "Sno-Bot"; and Hollywood Video "Resurrection," where, in a perfectly timed moment, a Hollywood clerk crashes a wake to rouse a corpse from eternal rest. There are also MTV-style cuts for the Army, quirky portraiture for Mastercard and cinematic storytelling involving a flea in PBS' "Circus." Currently, he's onto spots for SBC, directed by Alan Coulter, and more Mastercard via Peter Care.
"It's like swimming and flying," he says of editing. "You swim with the film, then you fly above it. Then you dive back in again and swim with it." Come again? Well, when it comes to cutting people-focused work, which makes up much of his reel, "everything you do affects performance. Everything ripples. If it's a single-take spot, then you're there to find the moment. If it's got cuts in it, you're shaping the performance but you still have to find a way not to fuck it. That's why you have to swim with it, but fly above to see the shape of the whole thing. Even if it's a non-linear piece, everything moves in one way, one direction. It still has a beginning and an end, and every step along the way is affecting the next step, and the cumulative effect is what you're shaping." In the midst of all this swimming and flying, however, "I think it's important to stay off balance," he insists. "Because then you're open to possibilities. You can't know it all and have it all figured out. Mistakes, fuckups, taking chances, not being safe, pushing yourself - that makes you a better contributor, makes you more valuable."

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Emmy Award Nominee Jeb Rosebrook Releases Two Novels In 2016!
With the re-release of his acclaimed novel "Saturday" as a 50th Anniversary Edition, and the novel "Forever More: Is Only The Beginning" which the second novel in the Charlemagne trilogy. Both are available in Print and E-Book editions on Amazon now!
Take your pick! Then order online with Amazon.
Author Jeb Rosebrook has three books to choose from, "Purgatory Road: On the Road Between Heaven and Hell," "Forever More: Is Only The Beginning," and the 50th Anniversary Edition of "Saturday." You can enjoy your E-Books within minutes, or order paper-backed copies for delivery.
The First of the Trilogy
Arizona, 1951. Introducing Charlemagne, a deadly Mojave Rattlesnake, who lives on the road between Heaven and Hell, as the town of Apache Falls celebrates its annual July barbecue celebration. Thereby are entwined the fates of a Korean War veteran, a young woman engaged to a 1950s marriage, her mother, who believes this to be the last day of her life, a pyromaniac barber, and a man known as The Redeemer, in search of Snakes for Salvation. In the vein of Thornton Wilder's Our Town, Purgatory Road brings together an unforgettable cast of characters in the midst of time and drought and one of the most memorable softball games ever to be put on paper!
A New Adventure Awaits
In 1954 Virginia, the Arizona Mojave rattlesnake named Charlemagne is sold to a Pentecostal snake handling preacher. Here, a new adventure awaits a deadly rattlesnake who is no stranger to striking a venomous death to those who seek to control his life and fate. This story also brings to life Johnny Ray Rambo, a Black Korea war veteran, and an aspiring R&B song writer in Los Angeles, and tells of Rose Marie Deveroux, a devout young Catholic woman fighting the forever disease of schizophrenia and an unsuspecting young man, who discovers love in her body and a soul. All are bound together Labor Day weekend, Virginia, 1954.
50th Anniversary Edition
First published in 1965, "Saturday" this fiftieth anniversary edition, with a forward by Colorado poet James Ciletti, returns to print Jeb Rosebrook's first novel; story telling giving him critical comparable promise to southern novelists Jesse Stuart, Reynolds Price and Harper Lee, as well as a nod to Faulkner. Set in 1952 Virginia "Saturday"is the powerful story of a small Virginia town that did some living. loving and dying on the sixth day of the week." Jeb Rosebrok, writing of a small Virginia town is like a modern prospector searching for gold in a work-worn claim in the Klondike but where others have found gold and lead, Rosebrook has touched the mother lode."
The Reviews For "Purgatory Road"
Since it's release two years ago, Jeb Rosebrook's novel "Purgatory Road: On the Road Between Heaven and Hell"
has received wonderful praise from readers!
Jeb Rosebrook's book one of a planned trilogy really sets the stage for the remaining two volumes. Jeb's background and skill as a screenwriter comes through quickly, strongly and descriptively as each of the characters including Charlemagne, the nine year old Mojave rattlesnake, are so well developed that you instantly form mental images of how they must look. The dialogue is colorful and period accurate as Jeb describes various scenarios. Jeb also captures the dominant attributes and the subtle differences, distrust and competitiveness between the various ethnic groups within the developing story line. Lastly, while the dusty dirt road named Purgatory is a physical road it is also a metaphorical road for those characters who are seeking redemption. A great read on many levels.
As someone who grew up in an AZ mining town in the 50's, I was immediately captivated by Purgatory Road. Jeb Rosebrook has a great talent for capturing the mood, the sounds and smells of the place. His ear for dialogue and strong research allows him to place interesting characters into situations where all the stresses of living come to a head. Over one long day he brings together bikers and townspeople, Mexicans and Anglos, miners and ranchers. He stirs their passions with a baseball game, adds unlimited whiskey and beer and then washes the present away with the storm of all storms so that the future can start to play out. Can housing developments and shopping centers be far behind? I eagerly await the next volume of Jeb's trilogy.
Follow the adventures of individual 'characters' – some more outrageous than others through entertainment in the rural southwest. The small town characters are intertwined in traditions and history. The big 'city' characters add sexual tension and intensity. Beautiful descriptions of the desert Southwest and it's unique smells and colors. The baseball game, the grief of war, the romance – each story layered and woven together. Once the baseball game started, I couldn't put it down, and I don't even like baseball.
First of all suspend your disbelief, and be prepared for a carpet ride ala Latin American magical realism. An Intelligent five foot rattler, floating Nash, sixty year old, home run at every bat, soft ball player, barber in barber chair ending up on a hill after a biblical Flood,floating occupied hotels and houses…the list is endless. Jeb's dialog is right on and his imagination is boundless. All aboard.
Purgatory Road is a novel that immediately transports the reader to another time and place – a small town with people we've all known.
In a style reminiscent of John Steinbeck, Jeb Rosebook draws the reader into the moods and feelings of the people he creates. Immediately I knew these characters – they were so well developed that I found myself thinking about them hours after I put the book down.
This book was worth reading. I found out about it since I read that the author was doing a book signing. I didn't go to the signing but bought the book to see what it was like. When in Arizona I buy local authors which I also do in the pacific northwest when there. This book is set in a mining town in early 1950s Arizona. It is not Our Town but it does provide some good descriptions of the townspeople. It is primarily set across one day with plenty of flashbacks, particularly to WWII and Korea. Some back story is also included. The plot didn't fascinate me but things happened that kept me going. It is short and easy to read.
"His use of language is powerful and sure. He writes compellingly at all times, but has is at his best when describing the nearly ineffable emotions of human love."
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Dickey: Bush and Al Qaeda's Lessons of War
"Ideology" is a word that President George W. Bush likes to use almost as much as "terrorist." In presenting the lack-of-progress report about Iraq yesterday, he justified the negligible and negative results of the surge in troops by arguing "we are at the beginning of a great ideological conflict." In fact, he used variations on that word and that theme a dozen times in an hour. But if you listen to the president, it's hard to tell just what he means.
As Bush puts it, the struggle is "between those who yearn for peace and those who want their children to grow up in a normal, decent society, and radicals and extremists who want to impose their dark vision on people throughout the world." But the sad irony is that this is precisely the argument, in reverse, that Al Qaeda and its many spinoffs use to justify their fight. And Al Qaeda's people, as leading counterinsurgency strategists admit, make their case much more effectively.
An idea, of course, is only the beginning of an ideology, but if you don't have a firm grip on it, you're going to have trouble with all the rest. And the basic idea used by Osama bin Laden's fellow travelers to justify their actions is that they're under attack and on the defensive everywhere just because they're Muslims. They could raise their families in peace and with dignity if it were not for the "dark vision" of the Bush administration and the forces of godless globalization that it represents.
The proof of American intentions, they argue, lies in Washington's support for the Israeli occupation of Arab lands, as well as its own occupation of Iraq. And it's not like the people of the Middle East, Africa and Asia haven't seen this sort of thing before—and hated it deeply. In much of the world, Bush's rhetoric rings less of freedom than the rationalizations of the old British Empire.
As Byron Farwell wrote 35 years ago in his book "Queen Victoria's Little Wars," the more far flung a great nation's interests, the more pretexts for war present themselves: protecting one's citizens or businesses; repelling an attack you provoked in the first place; filling "a power vacuum" to "restore law and order"; preventing another country from expanding its empire, or suppressing a rebellion "by those who did not understand the benefits of British rule and were ungrateful for the blessings of English civilization bestowed upon them." President Bush often seems as puzzled by the ungrateful Iraqis as Queen Victoria must have been by the Afghans or, for that matter, the Boers. But, of course, in those days the people Rudyard Kipling sometimes called "the Fuzzy-Wuzzies" didn't crash airplanes into London's towers.
Obviously, if the United States is going to win the war of ideas in the Muslim world, it's going to have to distance itself from the notion of occupation-as-liberation. But as the White House has made clear, it's not about to do that. When Bush talks about leaving Iraq, even today, he talks about "beginning" to exit, never finishing. So there's an evident trend among many of the best thinkers in the counterterrorist trenches to deal with Al Qaeda's ideology as if it were divorced from any core idea.
Their focus increasingly is on jihadist methodologies and details, doctrine and culture, of the kind represented in the writings of Abu Musab al-Suri and others. Stephen Ulph, a research associate with the Combating Terrorism Center at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, recently told the Senate Intelligence Committee that "we have failed to take the jihadists seriously, intellectually and culturally, and as a result their corrosive influence is progressing unopposed."
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Ulph argues that a detailed map of the enemy's thinking is needed "to pinpoint and exploit internal weaknesses in their ideology, to know who your friends are and ally ourselves accordingly, to understand our own vulnerabilities at home and protect ourselves from the slow erosion of our commonly held values, which alone can safeguard our peace and our freedoms."
But what's known so far about the terrorists' ideological map is, to say the least, discouraging. In a much-passed-around essay published a few weeks ago, "New Paradigms for 21st Century Conflict," David J. Kilcullen—an Australian who is the senior counterinsurgency adviser to the U.S. commander in Iraq, Gen. David Petraeus—lays out the enemy ideologues' advantages:
They integrate "terrorism, subversion, humanitarian work, and insurgency" to support propaganda that influences global and local audiences.
They've been able to create grass-roots movements pulling together people from many different countries into a whole that's greater than the parts, "with dispersed leadership and planning functions that deny us detectable targets."
They exploit the speed of modern communications to mobilize people much faster than any government bureaucracy can do.
They play on deep-seated beliefs founded in "religious, ethnic, tribal or cultural identity" to create what Kilcullen describes as "extremely lethal, nonrational reactions."
They exploit safe havens on the ground and in cyberspace—any place that is ungoverned or ungovernable—as well as ideological, religious and cultural "blindspots" and legal loopholes.
They use high-profile symbolic attacks that provoke nation-states into overreactions that damage the states' long-term interests.
They mount "numerous, cheap, small-scale challenges to exhaust us by provoking expensive containment, prevention, and response efforts in dozens of remote areas."
Kilcullen's recommendations for how to address this situation are eminently sensible. He suggests that we think less in terms of international relations and more in terms of anthropology. (Although, I have to say, I've rarely met a cop or soldier who didn't cringe at the word.) He also raises the issue of grand strategy—should the West be thinking of "rollback" or "containment"—without quite prescribing one or the other.
In a conflict that's much more like a global counterinsurgency than a conventional war, government priorities have to change, says Kilcullen. "About 80 percent of effort should go toward political, diplomatic, development, and informational activity," he writes, with only about 20 percent going to the military. "At present," he notes, "the U.S. defense budget is approximately half of total global defense spending"—that is, half of all the money spent on defense by every government in the world combined. The U.S. armed forces employ about 1.68 million uniformed members. But the State Department only has about 6,000 Foreign Service officers. As Kilcullen notes, there are more musicians in America's military bands.
For Al Qaeda, propaganda is not an afterthought; it is the core of the strategy. The bombings, terrorism and insurgent activities all feed into its "information war." "Contrast this with our approach," says Kilcullen. The United States typically plans "physical operations" first, then crafts "supporting information operations to explain our actions."
Which brings us back to President Bush, alas. Kilcullen does not criticize him, but you can draw your own conclusions. The invasion and occupation of Iraq that Bush now describes as the beginning of this ideological war was carried out, in fact, with utter disregard for the ideological consequences. Bush literally decided to shoot first and ask questions later. So, as he continues trying to explain, as an afterthought, he finds no other solution than to keep fighting, whether or not progress is made on the ground, much less in the war of ideas.


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Gaza is one of the most ancient and historic towns in the world. Strategically located on the Mediterranean coastal route, ancient Gaza was a prosperous trade center and stop on caravan routes.
Gaza was first inhabited by the Canaanites and several years later, it became a chief Philistine city. It is mentioned several times in the Bible, especially relating to the story of Samson.
The city is famous for its hand-woven carpets, wicker furniture, and pottery. Famous also for its fresh seafood, Gaza has numerous restaurants along the beach as well as public parks were visitors can enjoy the pleasant Mediterranean breeze.
Nightlife in Gaza offers visitors enjoyable evenings of music and dance at the beach hotels.
The Great Mosque (Al-Omari Mosque)Located in downtown Gaza, Al-Omari Mosque with its splendid minaret, reputedly occupying the site of the first ancient temple of Marnas and then a Greek Orthodox Church. The mosque was also the site of a Norman church built by the Crusaders in the 12th century.
Napoleon's Fort (Qasr El-Basha)Also located in downtown Gaza, this imposing stone building dates back to the Mamluk period. It is known as Qasr El-Basha because Napoleon spent a few nights here on his way through the town in 1799.
St. Porphyrus ChurchThis 4th century church is where St. Porphyrus died and was buried (420 AD) It is located in the Gaza's old city and still in use today by the Greek Orthodox Community.
Sayyed Hashem MosqueLocated in Al-Daraj Quarter, the mosque is one of the largest and most beautiful ancient mosques in Gaza. The tomb of Hashem bin Abd-Manaf, Prophet Mohammad's (pbuh) grandfather who died in Gaza during a trading voyage, is believed to be under the dome of the mosque.
Arts & Crafts VillageA beautifully designed gallery inspired by traditional Islamic architecture, the village offers for sale embroidery, copper, rugs and pottery. It also exhibits modern art from renowned national and international artists.


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Have you ever lost anything in a store, on a plane, at a concert, at church or even at home? I've left books on air planes, lost small items at church and lost any number of things at home. With the exception of our homes, once we realize we've lost something, we usually check with the lost and found. Sometimes our items are safely stored in the lost and found; sometimes they are never seen again. So, what happens when we lose people? I know we don't actually lose people, but we often lose contact with them.
The picture above, of my sister Harriet and her children, is probably from the 1970's. Back in the mid 1990's I lost contact with my half-sister and brothers – Harriet, Raymond, Larry and Phillip. In 1994 when my family moved from Delaware to Georgia, we lost a lot of files and paperwork. This was before cell phones, Facebook and Twitter and the internet was still in its infancy. Without common friends and relatives, finding people was not an easy task.
When I first started looking for Harriet, I tried telephone numbers that I had in some old-school address books. I called phone numbers that I had for Harriet, Phillip and my dad's first wife, Miss Elizabeth. I sent letters to the last addresses that I had and all I got was nothing, nothing, nothing!
To complicate matters, my father had a third set of children, one of whom I had never met. All I knew about them was their names – Tina and George. I met George briefly when he was about 5 or 6 years old. I had an idea of their ages and I remembered their mother's name was Barbara, but I didn't have any common friends, addresses or phone numbers. Needless to say, I had absolutely no idea how to find them.
Over the years, I conducted many internet searches and was unsuccessful. Finally, on June 7, 2016, I did another internet search. Again, I found some information on Harriet, all of which was old – old phone numbers and old addresses. This time, I decided to expand my search to her children. I found disconnected phone numbers and old addresses, but my search led to an entry that said my nephew Thaine had presence on social media. Jackpot! I headed straight to Facebook.
Facebook can be a massive time suck or a gold mine of information. In one day, I went from having no information on my siblings to finding all of them. Unfortunately, my brother Larry had passed away and so had Miss Elizabeth.
So far, contact with my siblings has been Facebook, text messages, and phone conversations. I'm looking forward to a trip to Philly so I can reconnect with Harriet and Phillip and connect with Tina and George. I've also connected with my brother Raymond who moved away from Philly.
My search too over twenty years but it finally paid off. I'm so glad that I kept searching and didn't give up.


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At 21, three years after working in a bank as a clerk, he threw in the towel to go hitchhiking to the Canary Islands where he found work in restaurants as a dishwasher to begin with, quickly moving up to second chef in the kitchen.
He stayed on for 3 years, during which he had his first taste of his future vocation.
He returned to Menton on the French Riviera and worked for a year as a second chef. He then moved to Norderny in northern Germany to work in an Italian restaurant, still as second chef for two years, before spending another year in Brussels as a waiter on the main plaza, and so on back to Menton before going to Reunion Island and finally on to Madagascar, where he set up his first restaurant, "La Boussole".
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|Residential building with non-breezeway entrances to side first floor units
|September, 2003
|Rood et al.
|Covering device for floor coverings
|October, 2009
|Neuhofer Jr.
|Expandable gutter bracket
|January, 2005
|Metal header frame for a building wall
|January, 2006
|Structural member joints
|May, 2009
|Mechanical lift, fully nesting, telescoping mast
|February, 2007
|Douglas et al.
|Architectural capital having an astragal formed thereon
|October, 2006
|Christensen et al.
|Roof insulation
|November, 2005
|November, 2001
|Relocatable fire, storm and contaminant resistant modular building structures
|December, 2001
|Mouton et al.
|Multi-use door-frame structure
|August, 2002
|Phomphakdy et al.
The present application is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 11/822,692, filed on Jul. 9, 2007, which is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 10/906,356, filed on Feb. 15, 2005, now U.S. Pat. No. 8,215,078.
The entire contents of each of U.S. application Ser. No. 11/822,692 and U.S. application Ser. No. 10/906,356 are hereby incorporated herein by reference.
The present invention generally relates to building panels, especially floorboards, which have a wood fiber based core, a surface layer and compressed curved edge portions. More particularly, the present invention relates to interlocked building panels with compressed edge portions located below the panel surface. The invention relates to panels with such edge portions and to a method to produce such panels.
The present invention is particularly suitable for use in floating floors, which are formed of floorboards comprising a wood fiber based core with a surface layer and which are preferably joined mechanically with a locking system integrated with the floorboard. A floorboard with a mechanical locking system has a rather advanced edge profile and curved edge portion are more difficult produce than in traditional furniture components. The following description of prior-art technique, problems of known systems and objects and features of the invention will therefore, as a non-restrictive example, be aimed above all at this field and in particular to laminate flooring with mechanical locking systems. However, it should be emphasized that the invention can be used in optional floorboards with optional locking systems, where the floorboards have a core and at least one surface layer and where these two parts are possible to be formed with a pressure force applied to the surface layer. The invention can thus also be applicable to, for instance, floors with one or more surface layers of wood applied on a wood fiber core. The present invention could also be used in building panels i.e. wall panels, ceilings and floor strips such as dilatation profiles, transition profiles or finishing profiles.
In the following text, the visible surface of the installed floorboard is called "front side", while the opposite side is called "rear side". "Horizontal plane" relates to a plane, which extends along the outer flat parts of the surface layer at the front side. "Vertical plane" relates to a plane, which is perpendicular to the horizontal plane and at an outer edge of the surface layer. By "up" is meant towards front side, by "down" towards rear side, by "vertical" parallel with the vertical plane and by "horizontal" parallel with the horizontal plane.
By "edge portion" is meant a part of the edge, which is below the horizontal plane. By "floor surface" is meant the outer flat parts of the surface layer along the horizontal plane. By "edge surface" is meant the surface of the edge portion. By "locking system" is meant cooperating connecting means, which interconnect the floorboards vertically and/or horizontally. By "mechanical locking system" is meant that joining can take place without glue.
Laminate floors and other similar floorboards are made up of one or more upper layers of decorative laminate, decorative plastic material or wood veneer, an intermediate core of wood fiber based material or plastic material and preferably a lower balancing layer on the rear side of the core.
Laminate flooring usually consists of a core of a 6-9 mm fiberboard, a 0.2-0.8 mm thick upper decorative surface layer of laminate and a 0.1-0.6 mm thick lower balancing layer of laminate, plastic, paper or like material. The surface layer provides appearance and durability to the floorboards. The core provides stability, and the balancing layer keeps the board plane when the relative humidity (RH) varies during the year. The floorboards are laid floating, i.e. without gluing, on an existing subfloor. Traditional hard floorboards in floating flooring of this type are usually joined by means of glued tongue-and-groove joints.
In addition to such traditional floors, floorboards have been developed which do not require the use of glue and instead are joined mechanically by means of so-called mechanical locking systems. These systems comprise locking means, which lock the boards horizontally and vertically. The mechanical locking systems can be formed by machining of the core. Alternatively, parts of the locking system can be formed of a separate material, which is integrated with the floorboard, i.e., joined with the floorboard in connection with the manufacture thereof.
The most common core material is a fiberboard with high density and good stability, usually called HDF—High Density Fiberboard. Sometimes also MDF Medium Density Fiberboard is used as core. MDF and HDF contain ground wood fibers, which by means of binding agents are combined into a sheet material.
Laminate flooring and also many other floorings with a surface layer of plastic, wood, veneer, cork and the like are produced in several steps. As shown in FIG. 1a-1d the surface layer and the balancing layer is produced in a separate step and are then applied to a core material by for example gluing a previously manufactured decorative layer and balancing layer to a fiberboard. Such a production process is used when a floor panel has a surface of a decorative high pressure laminate (HPL) which is made in a separate operation where a plurality of sheets of paper impregnated with a thermosetting resin, such as melamine and/or phenol are compressed under high pressure and at a high temperature.
The currently most common method when making laminate flooring, however, is the direct pressure laminate (DPL) method which is based on a more modern principle where both manufacture of the decorative laminate layer and the fastening to the fiberboard take place in one and the same manufacturing step. One or more papers impregnated with a thermosetting resin such as melamine are applied directly to the board and pressed together under pressure and heat without any gluing.
FIGS. 1a-1d shows how laminate flooring is produced according to known technology. As a rule, the above methods result in a floor element (3 in FIG. 1b) in the form of a large laminated board, which is then sawn into several individual floor panels (2 in FIG. 1c), which are then machined to floorboards (1 in FIG. 1d). The floor panels are individually machined along their edges to floorboards with mechanical locking systems on the edges. The machining of the edges is carried out in advanced milling machines where the floor panel is exactly positioned between one or more chains and belts or similar, so that the floor panel can be moved at high speed and with great accuracy past a number of milling motors, which are provided with diamond cutting tools or metal cutting tools, which machine the edge of the floor panel. By using several milling motors operating at different angles, advanced profiles can be formed at speeds exceeding 100 m/min and with an accuracy of .+−.0.02 mm.
The upper edges of the floorboards are in most cases very sharp and perpendicular to the floor surface and in the same plane as the floor surface.
Recently laminate floors have been developed with decorative grooves or bevels at the edges, which looks like a real gap or a bevel between solid wood floor such as planks or parquet strips.
It is known that such edges cold be made in several different ways.
In recent years, laminate floors, which are imitations of stones, tiles and the like, have become more and more common. It is known that the method which is used to manufacture decorative edge portions of such floors could also be used to produce edge portions which look like a gap in solid wood floors. This is shown in FIGS. 2a and 2b. The starting material is a decorative paper with printed edge portions which is impregnated with melamine resin. Uncontrolled swelling takes place in this operation. In the subsequent lamination, the decorative impregnated paper is placed on a core and lamination takes place against an embossed metal sheet, which forms a depression (20) in those parts of the floor element (3) where edge portions are to be formed. This is shown in FIG. 2a. The result is a floor element (1,1′) whose front side has an embedded or embossed edge pattern corresponding to the intended edge portions between floorboards, as shown in FIG. 2b.
This manufacturing method suffers from a number of problems, which are above all related to difficulties in positioning the decorative paper and metal sheets in connection with laminating and the difficulty in positioning floor element and floor panels in the subsequent sawing and machining of the edges. The result is a floor panel with edge portions, which show considerable and undesired variations in structure and design as shown in FIG. 2b. Another problem is that this method is only suitable for embossed textures which are less than about 0.2 mm deep and which cannot be made deeper than the thickness of the surface layer. Further disadvantages are that although the edge is below the floor surface, it is sharp and parallel with the surface.
FIGS. 2c and 2d show another method. Decorative edge portions could be made in connection with the machining of the edges of the floor panel 1, 1′. Laminating and sawing of the floor element (3) can then take place without any specific requirements as to alignment, and swelling problems do not occur. The decorative and embedded edge portion can be provided by part of the decorative surface layer being removed so that the reinforcing layer of the laminate becomes visible (FIG. 2d). Alternatively, the core (30) itself can be used to create the decorative embedded edge portion. This is shown in FIG. 3a. The surface layer has been removed and the core (30) is uncovered within areas that are to constitute the decorative edge portion (20). A decorative grove could be made on only one edge as shown in FIG. 3a.
The most common method is shown in FIG. 3b. A part of the edge portion of a floorboard (1, 1′) has been formed as a bevel 20 and this bevel is than in a separate operation covered with a separate material such as a tape, a plastic strip or it could be colored, printed etc. Separate materials are complicated and costly to apply and it is not possible to make an edge portion with the same design and structure as the floor surface. Such edge portion has considerable lower abrasion resistance and inferior moisture properties than the floor surface. The production method is rather slow and several application unites are needed to meet the speed of a modern production line for laminate floorings.
Another method is shown in FIG. 3c. The edge portion (20) is formed in a separate material, which has been inserted or extruded into a groove. This method has the same disadvantages as the method described above.
FIG. 3d show that a rounded edge portion (20) could be produced with the well-known postforming method used for furniture components. A postforming laminate surface (31) of HPL, which is so flexible that it can be formed after the production of the laminated sheet, could be glued to an already machined floorboard (1). In a second production step the edge could be heated and the laminate could be bent and glued around the edge portion. This method would be very complicated, costly and is not used in laminate floorings.
The principles of the present invention are directed to edge portions in building panels, which overcome one or more of the limitations and disadvantages of the prior art.
These and other objects of the invention are achieved by floorboards, and manufacturing methods having the features that are stated in the independent claims. The dependent claims define particularly preferred embodiments of the invention.
An objective of this invention is to provide building panels, especially floorboards, with curved edge portions made in one piece with the surface layer, which could be produced more efficiently than present products on the market.
An additional purpose is to provide such panels with edge portions, which have improved design and abrasion properties.
To achieve these objectives, according to a first embodiment, a floorboard is provided, with locking system, a wood fiber based core and a surface layer arranged on the upper side of the core. The outer flat parts of the surface layer constituting a floor surface and a horizontal plane. A plane, perpendicular to the horizontal plane and at the edge of the surface layer, constitutes a vertical plane. The floorboard has an edge portion with an edge surface, which is located under the horizontal plane. The edge surface at the vertical plane is at a distance from the horizontal plane which constitutes an edge depth and which exceeds the thickness of the surface layer.
The floor surface and the edge surface are made in one piece of the same material. A part of the core in the edge portion under the edge surface adjacent to the vertical plane and at a vertical distance from the edge surface has a higher density than a part of the core under the floor surface adjacent to the edge portion and at the same vertical distance from the floor surface.
According to a second embodiment, a method is provided to make a floorboard, with a locking system, a wood fiber based core and a surface layer arranged on the upper side of the core. The outer flat parts of the surface layer constituting a floor surface and a horizontal plane. The floorboard has an edge portion with an edge surface, which is located under the horizontal plane. The method comprises the steps of:
Applying the surface layer on the core to form a floor element.
Cutting the floor element into floor panels.
Applying a pressure on the surface of an edge portion of the floor panel such that the core under the surface layer is compressed and the surface layer is permanently bended towards the rear side.
According to another aspect of the second principle, a method is provided to make a building panel, with a wood fiber based core and a surface layer arranged on the upper side of the core. The outer flat parts of the surface layer constituting a panel surface and a horizontal plane. The panel has an edge portion with an edge surface, which is located under the horizontal plane. The method comprises the steps of:
Applying the surface layer on the core to form a building element.
Cutting the building element into building panels.
Applying a pressure on the surface of an edge portion of the building panel such that the core under the surface layer is compressed and the surface layer is permanently bended towards the rear side of the core.
FIGS. 1a-1d illustrate in different steps manufacture of a floorboard according to known technology.
FIGS. 2a-2d illustrate production methods to form edge portions according to known technology.
FIGS. 3a-3d illustrate examples of different ways of manufacture of edge portions.
FIGS. 4a-4d illustrate press forming of an edge portion according to an embodiment of the invention.
FIGS. 5a-5c illustrate different properties of a convex curved edge portion according to embodiments of the invention.
FIGS. 6a-6b illustrate alternative methods to form embodiments of the invention.
FIG. 7 illustrates a dilatation profile according to an embodiment of the invention.
FIG. 8 illustrates an edge portion with a curved edge surface.
FIGS. 4a-4c show in four steps the manufacture of floorboards according to one embodiment of the invention. FIG. 4a shows two opposite edges of two essentially similar floor panels 2, 2′ which are intended to be joined together with a mechanical locking system. The floorboards have a surface layer 31 of for example HPL, DPL or wood veneer, a core 30 of HDF and balancing layer 32. As show in FIG. 4b an edge groove 16, 16′ is formed at the upper side of the edge and a part of the surface layer 31 is removed. This could be done in a separate operation or in connection with the sawing of the floor element 3 into floor panels 2. If the surface layer 31 is laminate, at least a part of the edge groove 16,16′ and the surface layer 31 adjacent to the edge groove 16,16′ should preferably be heated with a suitable heating device H, such as for example heating nozzles which blow an even current of hot air. The temperature should exceed 100 degrees C. A preferable temperature is about 150-200 degrees C. In many applications a temperature of about 170 degrees C. gives the best result. Normal laminate quality could be used as a surface layer 31 and no special post forming quality is needed. If the surface layer 31 is a wood veneer, heating is preferably not required. The floor panel should preferably have a reference surface 17, 17′ which could be used to position the floor panel correctly when edge portions and locking systems are formed. As shown in FIG. 4c the edge portions 20, 20′ are then compressed with a compression tool TO which preferably is heated to similar temperatures as described above. The compression tool TO could be a wheel and/or a pressure shoe or similar with a profile which preferably corresponds to the desired edge profile. Several tools could be used to form the edge portion in several steps. During the compression, the fibers in the core will be permanently compressed, the fiber orientations will in most cases change and the density in the edge portion 20 will increase. A change in the fiber orientation might be difficult to detect in some core materials. Increased density could however be measured with great accuracy. The edge portion 20 will be much stronger than traditional beveled edges in laminate flooring. The abrasion resistance will be similar as in the floor surface and the visible edge portion will have the same design and structure as the floor surface. The upper parts of the core 30 under the surface layer 31, which in a DPL flooring is impregnated with melamine and in a HPL flooring with glue, supports the laminate surface layer 31 during the bending and increases the flexibility of the laminate layer. The advantage is that ordinary qualities of thermosetting decorative laminates, which are rather brittle, could be used. HDF is particularly suitable for this kind of press forming with permanent compression according to the invention since the fiber structure and the binders, which are used in HDF, are ideal for this application.
As shown in FIG. 4d a mechanical locking system with a tongue 10 and grove 9 for vertical locking and a strip 6 with a locking element 8 and a locking grove 12 for horizontal locking could easily be formed and positioned with high precision in relation to the compressed edge portions 20,20′. In this embodiment the press forming of the edge portions 20, 20′ is made on the floor panel 2, which thereafter is machined to a floorboard 1. The advantage is that the forming of the mechanical locking system can be made with great accuracy and the press forming will not change the dimensions of the profile which in this embodiment is mainly the tongue 10 and the groove 9. Of course it is possible to form the edge portions 20, 20′ on the floorboard after the machining of the edges, but this is more complicated and the compression possibilities are more limited. In most cases further machining is than required to form the upper outer edge.
FIG. 5a shows a cross section of a panel edge according to the invention. In this preferred embodiment the floor panel 1 has a surface layer 31 of DPL with a surface thickness ST and an outer edge 51. The upper flat part of the surface layer 31 constitutes a horizontal plane HP and a floor surface 33. A plane perpendicular to the horizontal plane and at the outer edge 51 of the surface layer 31, constitutes a vertical plane VP. The convex curved edge portion 20, which is located under the horizontal plane HP and which extends to the vertical plane VP has an edge width EW, measured parallel with the horizontal plane HP and an edge surface 50. The edge portion 20 has an edge depth ED measured vertically from the horizontal plane HP, which is equal to the distance SD from the horizontal plane HP to the outer edge 51 at the vertical plane VP. As shown in FIG. 5a the fibers in the edge portion 20 have been compressed and the fiber orientation have been changed such that the fibers are curved in the same direction as the edge surface 50 of the edge portion 20.
Several relationships are favorable in order to produce an edge portion (20) according to the invention.
Edge depth ED should preferably be larger than the surface layer thickness ST. In the most preferable embodiment edge depth ED should be larger than 2 or even 3 times the surface thickness ST. The method allows forming of edge portions 20 with edge depths ED exceeding 10 times the surface thickness ST.
The edge width EW should preferably be larger than the edge depth ED. In the most preferable embodiment edge width EW should be larger than 2 times the edge depth ED.
The edge depth ED should preferably be larger than 0.1 times the floorboard thickness T.
The thickness ST of the surface layer 31 should be 0.1-0.01 times the floor thickness T.
These relationships could be used independently or in combination.
FIG. 5b shows the density D profile in a part (A-A) of a floorboard 1 which has not been compressed and FIG. 5c shows the density profile D in a compressed edge portion (B-B) of the same floorboard. Density profiles could be measured extremely accurately with a gamma beam. The distance between measuring points could be as small as 0.04 mm. In this example the surface layer 31 of laminate, which is about 0.2 mm thick, has a density of about 1300 kg/m3. Below the surface layer 31 there is a core portion 52 which in connection with the direct pressure lamination has been impregnated with melamine and where the density varies between about 1200-1000 kg/m3. Under this core portion 52 there is another portion 53 where the density is slightly higher than in the middle parts of the core 30. The average density is shown by the line AD. It should be emphasized that compression in wood fiber based board material always gives an increased density.
FIG. 5c shows the density profile in a compressed part B-B of the edge portion 20. A part of the core 30 in the edge portion adjacent to the vertical plane VP and at a vertical distance SD from the surface layer 31, has a higher density D than a part of the core which is under the floor surface adjacent to the edge portion 20 and at the same vertical distance SD from the surface layer 31. This is contrary to traditional postforming where the edge portion is machined and the surface layer is glued to the part of the core, which have the same or lower density.
FIG. 6a shows an alternative method to form an edge portion 20 in a DPL flooring. A floorboard 1 is produced with an edge groove 19 under the surface layer 31. The upper part of the edge grove 19 consist of the surface layer 31 and a part of the core 30. This upper part of the edge grove 19 is folded against the lover part of the edge grove 19 and both parts are pressed and glued together. FIG. 6b shows that this method could be used to form an edge portion of a floor panel which is than machined to a floorboard. Both these methods are more complicated than the press forming since glue and separate machining is required. This method could be partly combined with the press forming and the core could be compressed in connection with the gluing.
FIG. 7 shows a dilatation profile 4 with press formed edge portions 20, 20′, according to the invention.
FIG. 8 shows a floorboard with edge portions 20 at opposite edges which are curved and where the outer adjacent parts of the edge surfaces 50 are essential parallel with the horizontal plane HP.
The invention is especially suitable to produce laminate floorings which look like solid wood floor strips with a width of about 5-10 cm and where compressed edge portions are only formed on the long sides. Such floorboards could also easily be made in random lengths since long press formed floor panels could be produced which are thereafter machined and cut to floorboards in different lengths.
A floor which consists of such floorboards will have many curved edge portions 20 and only very cost efficient production methods such as press forming could be used in order to obtain production costs which are competitive and lower than similar solid wood floors.
Press forming is very efficient and can easily meet the speed of modern profiling lines.
The method to compress the core with a surface layer of a laminate floor element, floor panel or floorboard or a similar building element panel according to the invention could be used to form embossed portions on other parts than the edges.
It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications and variations of the present invention can be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. Thus, it is intended that the present invention include the modifications and variations of this invention provided they come within the scope of the appended claims and their equivalents.


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Twice Baked Potatoes Recipe
Twice baked potatoes make a perfect side dish to go with just about any meal or they can be served as an appetizer for parties. Just like the name says, these potatoes are baked twice. The potatoes are first baked in the oven, then sliced in half and scooped out. The scooped out potato is then mixed with a milk, sour cream and cheese mixture, and spooned back into the potato and then baked again. These go great topped with cheddar cheese, bacon, and green onion. Enjoy.
4 large baking potatoes
8 slices bacon
1 cup sour cream
1/2 cup milk
4 tablespoons butter
½ teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon pepper
1 cup shredded cheddar cheese (divided)
8 green onions (divided)
Cooking Instructions:
Step 1: Pre-heat the oven to 350 degrees. Place potatoes onto a baking sheet. Place into the oven and bake for 1 hour. While potatoes are baking, place bacon slices into a large deep skillet. Cook over medium high heat (turning once) until the bacon is crispy. Drain on paper towels. When the bacon has cooled crumble it into small pieces. Set aside.
Step 2: When potatoes are done remove them from the oven and allow them to cool for 10 minutes. After 10 minutes slice the potatoes in half lengthwise and scoop out the flesh (leaving about ¼" of the flesh still inside) into a large bowl. Save the skins. Add sour cream, milk, butter, salt, pepper, ½ cup of cheese, ½ of the green onions to the scooped out potato. Mix with a hand mixer until well blended and creamy. Spoon the mixture into the potatoes skins. Top each with remaining cheese, green onions, and bacon.
Step 3: Place back into the oven and bake for 15 minutes at 350 degrees.
(Makes 8 Servings)
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wow I love those twice baked potatoes! The cheese topping sounds and looks heavenly.
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Looks delicious! How much milk do you add?
Umm yum! Could I use gouda in place of cheddar?
I made them and my family loved them!
I used smoked cheddar cheese today. Yum!
Made these today. Very tasty. Thank you