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33 year old woman | Bellevue, WA, USA | Seeking men 31-38 within 30 miles
Brown eyed girl
I am a Northwest girl. I love the outdoors and consider myself fortunate to live in the beautiful PNW. Hiking and biking are a few of my favorite things. Being outside is often how I make connections; whether that be riding around Lake Washington with an old friend, or making new friends doing trail maintenance along Mount Rainer. Being active and healthy are important aspects of my life and I love being around those with the same appreciation for the outdoors. My friends would describe me as a fairly easy going person open to most anything. I enjoy organizing happy hours, going to the driving range (trust me, I need the practice and welcome pointers) and bowling in a league. I like trying out new things and will give almost anything a shot. New additions to my bucket list this year include rock climbing and riding RSVP. I'm a family oriented person. My family means the world to me. My sisters are some of the strongest, beautiful, intelligent women I know and I consider them to be two of my best friends. I have nothing but admiration and respect for my parents. They have been a leading force in shaping me in the woman I am today. The man that I would like to attract is someone who is confident in himself, know what he wants in life and driven to make it happen. I would like to find a man that has goals and dreams and wants to share them with a woman who will support him. I would love to find that one guy who can win my family over with his warmth and charm and someone that can easily get along with my friends and those closest to me. The sort of guy that my girlfriends think is a catch and likes spending time with us because of his easy nature. I don't know if I'll find the man of my dreams through online dating or not but I'm open to the possibility. If you're interested in learning a little more about each other, drop me a line. I'm excited to hear your story and seeing if there's a little chemistry.
Book club , Camping , Coffee and conversation , Business networking , Cooking , Dining out , Movies/Videos , Museums and art , Music and concerts , Exploring new areas , Nightclubs/Dancing , Performing arts , Playing cards , Playing sports , Travel/Sightseeing , Volunteering , Watching sports , Wine tasting
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I exercise 3-4 times per week.
I like Dogs
Central Washington University, Ellensburg, WA
Running half marathons…drinks with friends…date night…dressing up for date night…spending time with family…lawn games...biking…reading…flirting with someone I'm crazy about.
Lately I've been reading George RR Martin's series, A Song of Ice and Fire (aka Game of Thrones).
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Consumer packaged goods (CPG) finance
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I am passionate about life, my family, friends, good food, and great wine (or Tito's on the rocks with two orange slices ;). Following a few years in finance and a start up, I enrolled in law school and have been practicing law for the past nine years. But please don't hold that against me - I am far from your typical lawyer – I'm a "lover", not a "fighter" - and I love what I do. I have attained success in my career and now it's time for this adventurous and fun-loving blonde to focus on her personal life. You will find me to be a secure, confident, honest, intelligent, witty woman willing to devote my efforts to make the right person even happier than you already are. My friends describe me as thoughtful, loyal, generous, warm, and funny. I hold my family sacred – they are extraordinary - and our family gatherings are always a big party. My parents have been married for years and I grew up with three amazing brothers, all with whom I am very close. They challenged me to hold my own and also made sure I am a lady. All of my profile photos are recent and I hope you can see that I'm someone who takes pride in how I look and will be thrilled by your appearance as well as your loving, caring soul. But more important, I see beyond myself and know that you also live to make a bigger difference in the world. We will dress up for nights on the town and treasure quiet nights with sushi and a movie. I have traveled extensively – Italy, England, France, Germany, Spain, Portugal, Vienna, Prague, Budapest, Krakow, Switzerland, Japan, China, Israel, and Dubai – let's see (and taste) the world together. Most recently, I had an amazing beach vacation in St. Marteen / St. Barth's. I always maintain a valid passport (and Global Entry) because you never know when an opportunity may arise and I hope you would also love to go on an African Safari one day soon! I find intelligence the biggest turn on and value a good person above anything else. I have a wonderful life and am ready to share it with someone fabulous like you. Looking forward to laughing and smiling with you soon.
Business networking , Cooking , Dining out , Movies/Videos , Museums and art , Music and concerts , Nightclubs/Dancing , Performing arts , Shopping/Antiques , Travel/Sightseeing , Volunteering , Wine tasting
Bowling, Dancing, Golf, Other types of exercise, Skiing, Swimming, Tennis / Racquet sports, Weights / Machines, Yoga
I exercise 3-4 times per week.
I like Dogs
Middle of the Road
I lived in Milan on an exchange program so Italy will always be one of my favorite places. There are too many to choose. Ideally, January in CA or FL, February in Dominican or Cayman Islands, March in CO, and exotic get-aways throughout the year.
Family. Friends. Guacamole. Sushi. Oysters. Cheeseburger. Tito's. Cozy PJs. My iPhone.
The Art of Happiness (Dali Lama).
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I view my religion as important from a cultural perspective - a commitment to family, philanthropy, a warm and welcoming home, and great food. I also study Buddhism (meditation) and respect individuals of all faiths.
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'The King and I' and I: Tuptim & Lun Tha sing on Nancy Churnin's Top Theater Picks
After seeing the ravishing The King and I at Dallas Summer Musicals Tuesday night, I was happy to get an encore this afternoon in the form of a visit from Tuptim and Lun Tha, played by Yoonjeong Seong and Devin Ilaw. Check out the magic Yoonjeong and Devin made with "We Kiss in a Shadow" in the DMN studio.
Continues through April 5 at Fair Park Music Hall, 909 First Ave., Dallas. $25-$103 (tickets are subject to change). 214-346-3300 dallassummermusicals.org.
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Sharing a system with Intel Z68 chipset / Smart Response Technology
I've just bought a new SSD to speed up my system, partly due to the fact that my recent motherboard (an Asus P8Z68-V) has built in support for using a solid state drive as a cache of a mechanical drive. I also have two 1TB Hitachi drives in my system. I have now got Windows 7 installed and have enabled the caching using 64GB of the new SSD.
I would now like to use the remaining space on the SSD for a Debian system partition, probably with partitions on the mechanical drives used for areas such as /srv and /home. However I'm getting nowhere getting this installed. I've previously been working on this motherboard with Squeeze with a backported 2.6.39 kernel, however this fails to install grub, complaining that it can't access /dev/md127. I've tried installing with a Testing disc, which has installed, however this is unable to see the space on the SSD (there is no device in /dev/sda1, despite it being shown as a partition with fdisk /dev/sda).
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Spider Web Taco Cups! A Mexican spin on meatloaf, adorned with a sour cream spider web. Next time, I'm going to add olive spiders!
Mummy Dogs! One of my favorite ways to eat a hotdog! Refrigerated bread sticks wrapped around a hotdog, decorated with ketchup eyes, a sour cream headstone, and a honey mustard full moon.
And, finally, throwing back to Halloween 2008, jack-o-lantern pizza! I think I'd make it a little…well…prettier the next time I make it, but this was a last minute I-have-Canadian-bacon-in-the-fridge-and-want-to-make-something-cute-for-the-holiday moment.


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Next steps on Cuba: Normalizing relations could take time
"The Hundred-Foot Journey" just released on DVD and Blu-RayComment
The film, "The Hundred-Foot Journey" has captivated audiences since it hit theaters in August. It's the story of a culinary and cultural battle between neighboring restaurants set in France. And now you can see the story in your own home!
At Virginia military base, State Department trains agents for dangerous posts
The dangers of foreign serviceComment
Davidson interview September 8, 2014
In Gaza, diplomacy intensifies as death toll grows
Despite the new cease-fire efforts by U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, Israeli aircraft continued to strike homes in Gaza while Hamas fired more rockets and tried to infiltrate into Israel.
Indian diplomat indicted, then flies home
The diplomatic spat between India and the United States flared anew Friday, with India asking the American Embassy to remove one of its officers despite the U.S. allowing an indicted Indian diplomat to return home.
Indian diplomat arrest strains relations with U.S.
An Indian diplomat was strip searched and placed in a New York City lockup last week following her arrest for lying on a visa application, creating outrage in India and repurcussions for American diplomats working there.
Caroline Kennedy, ambassador to Japan, presents credentials to emperor
Newly appointed U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy presented her credentials to Japanese emperor Akihito on Tuesday, arriving at the palace via horse drawn carriage as hundreds of onlookers waved and took pictures.
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06A Journey Into Darkness: We Went Mountain Biking in the Abandoned Mines of Slovenia
07After the Apocalypse: Inside The World's Most Breathtaking Ghost Towns
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Looking Sideways x Endeavor Snowboards x Vans Collaboration
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Creativity and action sports have always gone hand-in-hand - something we tried to demonstrate in our latest project, a collaboration with Endeavor Snowboards that saw us turn a huge crowd-sourced mural into an exclusive range of Looking Sideways x Endeavor x Vans Snowboards. The project came about as part of the huge exhibition we put on at the Vans Wangl Tangl event in Austria back in March. Artists featured included Ed Templeton, Schoph and Blaise Rosenthal, but one of the key exhibits was a huge mural we created from images of eyes looking sideways sent in by visitors to our wearelookingsideways.com site. 'From the start we knew we wanted to turn the mural into a set of unique snowboards' says our Artistic Director OwenTozer. 'And we had a feeling it would be the kind of creative project that would suit the guys at Endeavor Snowboards'. The resulting LS x Endeavor x Vans boards were limited to a run of ten - check the film for a quick overview of how the entire project went down.... Film by Allan Wilson. Additional footage by Endeavor Snowboards and James Sweet. Thank you: Vans, Endeavor Snowboards. Music: Super U - I Know (Bate Motel Space Mix) - superu.co.uk


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29 year old man | Minneapolis, MN, USA | Seeking women 21-28 within 20 miles
A guy looking for a lady. Let's start there.
First of all I have to say, next year I will be moving to Manhattan Beach, CA. So if you're ok with that then I'd love for you to continue to read! Self motivated and ambitious, I've already done a lot in my life and tried a lot of different professions but I've found a home as a wound care specialist. I feel the pain of people not understanding why they need help when they're so used to being independent. It's so rewarding seeing these huge lacerations heal right before your eyes. Leading into that, I am a huge people person. I tend to be the first person welcoming someone new and making them feel comfortable. I just love people and make sure they know that. I need someone that approaches life that way and has a lot of love to give. I try to be as go with the flow as possible. Whatever happens, happens. It's so important to realize that people make mistakes and it's something everyone has to face. However, looking at the person through the positive things about them helps allow all those mistakes be more subtle. I love trying new things but at the same love a night in or being low key. I want to say this up front, I'm not into the bar or nightclub scene. I used to go every week but it's not really my thing any more. I'd prefer a sporting event, bowling, rollerblading...you know, something active or watching other people be active. If you're a girl that shares these interests, let's chat!
Camping , Coffee and conversation , Cooking , Dining out , Hobbies and crafts , Movies/Videos , Museums and art , Music and concerts , Exploring new areas , Performing arts , Playing cards , Playing sports , Religion/Spiritual , Shopping/Antiques , Video games , Volunteering , Watching sports
Baseball, Basketball, Bowling, Dancing, Golf, Hockey, Martial arts, Running, Soccer, VolleyBall, Walking / Hiking, Weights / Machines
I exercise 3-4 times per week.
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I have a cute little black dog with quite the personality. She's an australian shepherd and shnouzer mixed.
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Like I said I love taking a stroll around Lake Calhoun. I love Casetta's in St. Paul, it's got a great atmosphere to it. I love going to the Mall of America to just hang out and shop or see a movie or go eat at one of their restaurants.
Normandale Community College, Bloomington, MN
I love watching television, except there are no good shows any more, so I enjoy buying dvds of shows I like and watch those including: Smallville, Seinfeld, Home Improvement, Boy Meets World, Friends, and a few others. I listen to any type of music.
I love going to Lake Calhoun in the summer both evening or during the day. I love going to movies or staying in. In the winter I play hockey at least once a week. I love doing pretty much anything with the right company.
I'd say the last thing I read had to have been the back of a cereal box. Haha I'm just kidding. It would actually have had to have been 8 Steps to Create the Life You Want.
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Right now I work in the physical therapy field at a hospital. I am working toward my doctorate in Physical Therapy. It's a great way to help people get back on their feet.
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We try to cover a wide range of indoor products here on Freshome, from the most unusual ones to the more practical. We also had a lot of indoors for kids, but we somehow neglected sharing ideas on teenage rooms. We will try to make up for that starting with this post, in which we will show you 10 ways to decorate a teenager's bedroom. Sure, these designs are addressed to the age group 9-14 and don't include any eccentric decorations, but warm and peaceful colors. There are plenty of shelves for Cd's, books and magazines, so we are also dealing with conscientious pupils. I particularly like the cartoon black and white wall drawings as they seem to bring personality to the rooms. Renderings done by Sergi
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If only my teenager's room was this clean and neat! I really like the green and white room at the top.
Thanks for the comment Julia. Surprised that you check Freshome
But those rooms look fit only in apartments! What about in family house?
The last image is broken, could you fix it? thanks
Zap – Thanks for the notice. Problem solved.
One of the toughest things to do is create a functional living space in a small room. These pictures are proof that you can incorporate all of the essentials into a room barely bigger than a closet. I like the loft beds, and the last picture most of all. This is proof, by the loft bed and window bed, that two people can share a small room with enough space for one at a time to work on studies.
Hate The Grreen Too Pukey Plus they r 2 small i am moving into a house and it is way bigger then that wel my room is SOOOO HUGE it is 20 by 20 so that would mean i would have a bijaillen miore room which would be sucky!!!
I love these captain beds, particularly their clean almost-modern design. Any ideas where I can find these or ones like them? Thanks too for sharing designs appropriate for apartment sizes: shows that small spaces are more than enough for great living.
there's a lot of ideas coming into my mind whenever I visit this site..and then i saw this piece of art WOW! i'm still a highschool student but i can say that this is great!
Like this collection beacause thouse rooms are realy tiny.
Great job!
really good for small spaces. and very modern, too.
I love these bedroom ideas. Is there any furniture stores that I can order any of these designs from?
where can I find the beds that flip out as shown in the design idea 3 room?
wow thesee rooms are very inpreseve but i think icould make room better then thease creepy things like beds on the walls and the desk right beside the bed
Woww.. but are these rooms expensive? I mean, they look very expensive and my parents don't want to spend over 3,000 dollars on just furniture. We're currently re doing our house and they said I could redo my room as well(: but my room isn't that big but a little bigger than the rooms shown in the pictures.
love the rooms, there so small yet can fit so much! the beds don't look very larg but they do look cute. and Elizabeth we dont care about your 20 by 20 room! a lot of people have one including me and im 14! but anyways the green rooms were probably my fav. thanks
I love your design ideas!
I really like the beds on the pictures above, but I can't find out where to buy, so where did you find them??
love the ideas for teens small room but where can i buy this furniture
nice rooms
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NVIDIA Maximus Fires Up Visual Effects In Men in Black 3
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NVIDIA Maximus Fires Up Visual Effects In Men in Black 3
Everyone knows smoking is bad for you. But smoke ' in the form of incredible visual effects enabled by
NVIDIA Maximus
technology ' played an important role in the hugely successful film,
Men in Black 3
), from Sony Pictures Imageworks (SPI).
Realistic smoke effects are featured in nearly all of the 600 visual effects shots SPI created for
, which has grossed more than half a billion dollars in box office earnings worldwide since it opened in May.
Incredibly realistic smoke effects in
Creating computer-generated smoke requires complex simulations that tie up expensive and valuable computer processing power. To dramatically improve the speed of simulations and the quality of smoke generated in
, SPI used Side Effects Software's Houdini 12 3D animation and visual effects software (with improved GPU optimization) on an NVIDIA Maximus-powered workstation.
This included scenes from the film such as a recreation of the Apollo 11 rocket launch in Cape Canaveral, Fla., that SPI Effects Supervisor Theo Vandernoot described as particularly challenging. 'We had to iterate that shot dozens of times ' all of the iterations looked great, but the director had a very specific vision in mind. We never would have been able to do that volume in the time allotted without Maximus and Houdini 12,' said Vandernoot.
To achieve this rapid turnaround on extraordinary effects, NVIDIA Maximus technology combines into a single workstation the visualization and interactive design capability of NVIDIA Quadro GPUs with the high performance computing power of
NVIDIA Tesla GPUs
. The Tesla processors automatically perform the heavy lifting of photorealistic rendering or simulation computation, freeing up CPU resources for the work they are best suited for and allowing the Quadro GPU to power rich, full-performance, interactive operations on the system.
smoke simulations on a Maximus system proved to be so efficient and easy to drop into the production pipeline that SPI wound up deploying 10 Maximus-powered workstations on the film. These workstations were put in place to support a variety of visual effects software tools, allowing the creative team to focus on their art.
'Prior to working on a Maximus system, I had to send simulations to the render queue and wait for long periods, which would mentally take me out of a given creative train of thought,' said Vandernoot. 'The ability to simulate fast â?¦ helped us avoid the kinds of mistakes that in the past would have gobbled up valuable resources like significant processing time and man power.'
SPI is a long-time user of
NVIDIA Quadro professional GPUs
for visual effects in its films, ranging from
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
Alice in Wonderland
to the
Spider Man
So what's next? SPI is using NVIDIA Maximus technology for visual effects on other films in production, including the upcoming Wizard of Oz prequel,
Oz: The Great and Powerful
. SPI has just started to scrape the surface of what's possible with NVIDIA Maximus on this show, and anticipates further GPU pipeline optimizations in the future.
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A retroreflective structure is described in which an array of transparent prisms is formed on a release coating of a sheet. The facet side of the prisms is made reflective and the prisms are either released to form a plurality of individual retroreflective structures or the array is adhered to a supporting substrate and then released from the base sheet. In the latter case, the array can be applied to a pre-existing structure formed of compatible fabrics, such as tarpaulins.
1. A retroreflective structure comprising:
an array of solid transparent free-standing prisms having a facet side and a base side and wherein the base side of said prisms is temporarily adhered to a first substrate by a release coating, and the facet side is adhered to a second substrate by a patterned heat activated adhesive forming an air pocket between the second substrate and the facet side of the prisms of the array not in contact with the heat activated adhesive.
2. A method for forming a retroreflective structure, comprising the steps of:
a) molding an array of solid optically transparent prisms each having a facet side and a base side;
b) temporarily adhering the base side of said prisms to a temporary substrate;
c) forming a light reflective surface on the facet side of said prisms;
d) forming a closed pattern of heat activated adhesive on the facet side of the array;
e) applying a permanent substrate to the adhesive pattern, thereby sealing the closed pattern leaving an air pocket between the permanent substrate and the facet side of the array;
f) thermally activating the adhesive; and
g) removing the temporary substrate exposing the base side of the array to form free-standing prisms.
3. The method of claim 2 wherein the base side is temporarily adhered by a release layer.
4. The method of claim 2 wherein after the temporary substrate is removed, a protective layer is applied to the exposed base side of the array.
5. The method of claim 4 wherein the protective layer includes material taken from the group comprising protective filter or light scattering material.
This application is a continuation application of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/578,973, filed Dec. 27, 1995, now abandoned, which is a continuation-in-part application of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/088,252, filed Jul. 7, 1993, which issued as U.S. Pat. No. 5,637,173 on Jun. 10, 1997 and which is a continuation application claiming priority to U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/018,766, filed Feb. 17, 1993, now abandoned; all of which are hereby incorporated herein in their entirety by reference.
Retroreflective materials are commonly employed for safety and decorative purposes. One type of retroreflective material is formed of molded members having very small prisms or cube corner formations. See, for example, U.S. Pat. No. 3,810,804.
It is often desirable to apply these materials to pre-existing structures; in which case, the retroreflective material may not be compatible with the material of the pre-existing structure or the method of application may be destructive of the retroreflective properties.
A need exists, therefore, for a retroreflective system and process in which the retroreflective material may be fabricated to facilitate permanent transfer to existing structures of different material without damaging the retroreflective material.
A method and apparatus for forming retroreflective material on a substrate are described in which a release coating is formed on a base material and an array of solid light transparent prisms are formed on the coating by casting the prism array in a plastic oligomer which is adhered to the coating.
The prisms are then made reflective by forming a metal layer on the prisms.
In one embodiment, an adhesive is then applied to the reflective metal layer. A substrate is then applied to the adhesive and the base material is removed at the release coating, leaving an exposed array of free-standing retroreflective prisms, that is prisms with a reflective metal backing affixed to the substrate. In an alternate embodiment, before the adhesive is applied, the prism array may be stripped from the base material at the release coating thereby freeing the individual prisms in the array. The freed prisms may then be dispersed in a paint or a transparent binder for example, for the purpose of printing retroreflective images on fabrics or painting various substrates.
The substrate is preferably formed of the same material as the structure upon which the retroreflective material is to be secured or is compatible with such structure. For example, the substrate may comprise a sheet of synthetic resin, such as polyvinyl chloride (PVC), polyamide, polypropylene, polycarbonate, or fabrics such as polyester, nylon, or the like, coated with a suitable resin.
Preferably, the substrate with the exposed prism layer may then be covered with a transparent protective layer on the exposed side and the substrate may then be bonded by various well-known techniques to a pre-existing structure of the same or similar material as the substrate.
Alternatively, the adhesive may be a heat activated adhesive applied to the array before metallization. Strips spaced across the length of the array sheeting may then be laminated to a substrate leaving an air space between the array and substrate backing to provide a low cost retroreflective sheet on a suitable substrate fabric.
FIGS. 1A, 1B, 1C, 1D, 1E and 1F are process flow schematic cross-sectional views showing the main steps in the fabrication of the retroreflective material of the invention on a substrate.
FIG. 2 is a schematic cross-section showing further modification to the FIGS. 1A-1F embodiment.
FIG. 3 is a schematic perspective showing a tape formed in accordance with the invention.
FIG. 4 is a section showing an alternate tape embodiment of the invention.
FIG. 5 is a detailed sectional view showing the prism orientation.
FIG. 6 is a sectional view of an alternate embodiment in which individual retroreflective prisms are formed.
FIG. 7 is a sectional view of a substrate coated with a coating of individual retroreflective prisms dispersed in a liquid such as paint.
FIG. 8 is a sectional view of a precursor structure of an alternate low cost air backed retroreflective array embodiment.
FIG. 9 is a sectional view of the completed embodiment of FIG. 8.
FIG. 10 is a fragmentary plan view of the embodiment of FIG. 9 taken from the substrate 90 side.
The invention will now be described in detail in connection with the drawings. Referring to FIGS. 1A-1F, a preferred embodiment will be described in which the substrate comprises tarpaulin material. This is a particularly appropriate example, since a need exists for a simple and inexpensive method of attaching retroreflective material to truck tarpaulins for safety reasons.
As shown in FIG. 1A, the starting structure consists of base sheet 10 of material, such as a polyester sheet with an acrylic print treatment on one side (sold by DuPont under the name J Film). A release coating 12 formed of a polyester solvent borne tie cast is applied to the treated side of a 1-4 mils thick sheet 10.
Next, as shown in FIG. 1B, an array of microprisms 14, about 2.8 mils high, is formed on the release coating by casting the prism array onto an epoxy or urethane oligomer and adhering it to the coating. The prisms have a facet side 14F and a window side 14W.
Preferably, the prisms 14 are of the type formed of cube corners in which the three faces intersect at 90� angles and in which the optical and prism axis are coincident, although non-perfect cube corner prisms to achieve special optical effects are within the contemplation of this invention.
The prisms 14 are made reflective by coating the exposed prisms surface with a metal layer 16, such as aluminum, gold or silver of about 500-800 Å thickness (FIG. 1C).
The structure of FIG. 1C is inverted and an adhesive, which can be light transparent, such as a one component moisture curing reactive poly-urethane adhesive 18 (sold by MACE Corp.) is applied to the metallized prism side in a continuous stripe format of about 50 mm stripe length (FIG. 1D).
The substrate 20, shown here for illustration purposes, as a tarpaulin material, is formed of a polyester cloth 22 encapsulated by a plastic material 24. The substrate 20 is laminated to the adhesive 18 (FIG. 1E) at which time the base sheet 10 may be stripped away (FIG. 1F).
This leaves stripes of an array of exposed (free) retroreflective prisms 14 adhered to the substrate 20 by adhesive 18 (FIG. 1F). Light rays R incident upon the face of the prism 14 are retroreflected back by surface 16.
The resultant structure shown in FIG. 1F may be further processed, as shown in FIG. 2, by coating the free prism side with a clear adhesive 30 and laminating a clear protective sheet 32 of material, such as polyvinyl, in particular polyvinyl chloride, to the structure. The structure shown in FIG. 2 may then be slit into strips to form tapes, as shown in FIG. 3.
Alternately, as shown in FIG. 4, the free prism side shown in FIG. 1F may be coated with a material 36 adapted to form a good bond with both the substrate 20 and the free prisms 14.
For example, if the substrate is formed of tarpaulin with an acrylic lacquer coating, then an elastomeric urethane coating would be a good choice for material 36.
Other substrate materials may comprise fabric reinforced and embossed vinyl, coated vinyl, urethanes, polypropylenes and the like.
An important feature of the present invention is that the prisms 14, because they are relatively free to move, become somewhat oriented by the shape of the substrate material 20, which improves the retroreflected light distribution, as shown in FIG. 5.
FIG. 6 is a sectional view of an alternate embodiment of the invention in which the prism array 14 with reflection layer 16 formed in FIG. 1C is shown partially stripped from the release coating 12 and base sheet 10. As the array 14 is stripped away, thousands of very small individual retroreflective prisms 50 with side dimensions of less than 0.025 inches are freed. These can be collected, mixed with paint or a transparent binder 60 and applied as a decorative retroreflective coating to a suitable substrate 70, such as, fabrics, wood, plastic or metal panels, or the like, as shown in FIG. 7.
Care should be taken during collection to prevent the stripped prisms from becoming airborne.
Yet another embodiment of the invention will now be described in connection with FIGS. 8-10 wherein an air-backed retroreflective prism array, shown generally at 100, is formed. The array 100 is comprised of solid-transparent microprisms 14' having a base or window side W through which the light rays R initially enter. A facet side F is formed of three intersecting side walls which meet at an apex A. The array 100 is cast in a mold and laminated to a base sheet 10' coated with a release coating 12' such as a polyester solvent. Strips of a heat activated adhesive 80, such as, thermoplastic urethanes or ethylene-vinyl acetates are applied to the facet side F of the array 100, and the structure is then applied to a suitable substrate 90. The adhesive 80 is activated by application of heat to a temperature below the melting point of the prisms i.e. about 180� F. but above the minimum activation temperature of the adhesive, that is 250�-280� F. At this point the releasable coating 12' and base sheet 10' may be stripped from the structure leaving square areas of retroreflective sheeting 100 with pockets of air 92 formed therein to create a suitable index of refraction mismatch to enable retroreflection to occur at the interface. The pockets are sealed at the periphery by the adhesive strips 80 and at the back by the substrate 90. An optional layer 94 may be applied to exposed light incident base side B of the structure, as shown in FIG. 9. Layer 94 may be a protective layer formed for example of polyurethane or the like; or a colored filter layer, or a light scattering layer for altering the distribution of returned light.
Having thus described a few particular embodiment of the invention, various alterations, modifications and improvements will readily occur to those skilled in the art. For example, a pressure sensitive adhesive may be substituted for the heat activated adhesive 80 in FIG. 8. Such alterations, modifications and improvements as are made obvious by this disclosure are intended to be part of this description though not expressly stated herein, and are intended to be within the spirit and scope of the invention. Accordingly, the foregoing description is by way of example only, and not limiting. The invention is limited only as defined in the following claims and equivalents thereto.
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Jack G. Guelker, age 85 of Kingsbury, passed away on March 24, 2012.
Memorial services were held on Tuesday, March 27, 2012 at 2 p.m. at Tres Hewell Mortuary Chapel with Rev. Darlene Boaz and Rev. Tom Jones officiating and Masonic rites under the auspices of Kingsbury Masonic Lodge #887 A. F. & A. M.
A reception followed at the Kingsbury United Methodist Church Fellowship Hall.
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Jack was born in Sweetwater, Texas to Walter C. and Daphene Hukele Guelker.
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A few weeks ago in NYC at our EconAds seminar one of the panelists asked several ad execs their thoughts on whether now's a good time to start an ad network (it is), the "pork bellies" complaint (countered with the "diamonds" analogy), identified ad nets causing the "pork bellies" fear (they're unscrupulous) and much more. The full writeup of the panel is here and the 37-minute video is after the jump. (RSS readers will have to click through.)
Russ Fradin, Co-founder & President, Adify
Michael Rubenstein, Director, Ad Exchange, Google; Former VP & GM, DoubleClick
Mike Walrath, SVP, Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) Advertiser Marketplace Group; Former CEO, Right Media
Cyril Zimmermann, Founder & CEO, Hi-Media
Moderator: Peter Horan, CEO, Goodmail Systems; Former CEO, *IAC* Media & Advertising
Other videos from EconAds are here.
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2009 Ichiro Suzuki Game Worn Seattle Mariners Jersey--A New Japanese "Hit King" is Crowned!...
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Ichiro ties the record on "Jackie Robinson Night."2009 Ichiro Suzuki Game Worn Seattle Mariners Jersey--A New Japanese "Hit King" is Crowned! While the American press remained primarily fixated on the anniversary ceremonies honoring the brave Jackie Robinson, Seattle's Safeco Field swarmed with Japanese press anxious to see their nation's most celebrated ballplayer make national history. As the Mariners took the field to face the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim on April 15, 2009, the superstar outfielder stood two short of 1959 Pacific League Rookie of the Year Isao Harimoto at 3,083 career hits, Ichiro's tally split between service both to Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball and Major League play.
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The jersey was sold in the 2010 Mariners Care Silent Auction, and is accompanied by team paperwork documenting the sale. MLB Authentication sticker appears on rear numeral. Ticket from the game is included. Letter of provenance from Mariners Care. MLB Authentication 187413 LH. Full LOA from PSA/DNA (autograph). Full LOA from James Spence Authentication (autograph).
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