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United States Patent NOVEL PHOTOSENSITIVE SYSTEMS COMPRISING iEgiAERYLIODONIUM COMPOUNDS AND THEIR George H. Smith, St. Paul, Minn., assignor to Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company, St. Paul, Minn. No Drawing. Filed Dec. 6, 1971, Ser. No. 205,392
Int. Cl. G03c 1/72 US. Cl. 96-27 R 5 Claims ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE A photosensitive admixture comprising a diaryliodonium compound and a compound capable of sensitizing 2- methyl-4,6-bis (trichloromethyl -s-triazine.
This invention relates to new photosensitive systems and to their use in the imaging and other fields.
Certain organic compounds are known to dissociate in the presence of light and generate free radicals. Some of the more common photolyzable organic compounds generate free halogen, which is a good hydrogen abstractor and will form hydrogen halide in the presence of hydrogen donors. The generation of free radicals in photosensitive systems containing photolyzable compounds has found many practical uses, particularly in the graphic arts field. Such systems have been described for free radical photography (e.g. printout and bleach systems), free radical photopolymerization, cationic photopolymerization and photoinduced acid catalyzed reactions of many types, many of which have found valuable application in printing, duplicating copying and other imaging systems. See Light Sensitive Systems: Chemistry and Application of Nonsilver Halide Photographic Processes, I. Kosar, J. Wiley and Sons (New York, 1965) pages 158- 193. Sensitizers have been employed to broaden the spectral response of photosensitive compounds, especially in the visible portion of the light spectrum.
In 1960 H. Irving and R. W. Reid reported that diaryliodonium iodide photochemically decomposes to yield iodobenzene, iodine, diphenyliodonium tri-iodide and benzene, see J. Chem. Soc., 1960, pp. 2078-2081. In this article the authors point out that other workers had produced evidence that the thermal decomposition of diphenyliodonium salts results in the formation of phenyl free radicals. However, Irving and Reid were unable to obtain any direct evidence that phenyl free radicals are produced by photodecomposition of diphenyliodonium iodide in chloroform solution with methylmethacrylate monomer, and stated that the increased formation of iodine and especially the formation of benzene are the most striking features which distinguish the photochemical decomposition of diphenyliodonium iodide in chloroform from its thermal decomposition. Under comparable conditions they noted that the photodecomposition of the corresponding bromides, chlorides or fluorides is barely detectable. Even if phenyl free radicals were formed, the concurrent production of iodine would be detrimental, since diodine is known to react very rapidly with free radicals. In fact, evidence exists to indicate that almost every collision of iodine with an organic free radical results in a reaction [E. Horn and M. Polyanyi, Trans. Faraday Soc. 30, 189 (1934); Z. Physik Chem. B25, 151 (1934)], and iodine would be expected to scavenge any phenyl free radicals that may be produced. Moreover, it is known that iodine has a strong inhibiting effect on the polymerization of such free radical polymerization monomers as methyl methacrylate, J. Poly. Sci. Pt. A-l, vol. 4, pp. 2137;2144 (1966).
Based on such evidence it would not be expected that the photosensitive diphenyliodonium compounds would "ice decompose with the generation of a free radical and therefore that such compounds could be used in photopolymerization and other imaging systems requiring the photogeneration of free radicals to initiate the polymerization or image forming reaction.
It has been found that diaryliodonium compounds can be sensitized with any sensitizer for known photolyzable organic halogen compounds and that the resulting sensitized system, upon exposure to light, generates free radicals which can initiate the polymerization of free radical polymerizable monomers or image forming reactions. The mechanism of photodecomposition is apparently altered in the presence of the sensitizing compounds, since the literature mentioned earlier indicates that the photodecomposition of diaryliodonium compounds does not result in the generation of free radicals. The nature of the anion associated with the diaryliodonium cation has not been found to be critical. Illustrative diaryliodonium compounds are diphenyliodonium chloride, diphenyliodonium iodide, diphenyliodonium methylphenylsulfonate, di-(heptylphenyl)iodonium bromide, diphenyliodonium 2 carboxylate monohydrate, di(perfiuorooctylphenyl)iodonium bromide, and 2,2 -dithienyliodonium chloride. The aryl radicals may also contain fused ring radicals.
Unless a sensitizer is present the diphenyliodonium compounds have not been found to produce free radicals. Fortunately any compound capable of sensitizing a photolyzable organic halogen compound, such as 2-methyl- 4,6-bis(trichlorornethyl)-s-tri-azine, will promote free radical formation when used in intimate admixture with the diphenyliodonium compound. Since each sensitizer tends to have its own characteristic response in the visible and ultraviolet light spectrum, they may be used in combination to broaden the light response and/or increase the speed. Illustrative sensitizing dyes are those in the following categories: diphenlymethane, xanthane, acridine, methine and polymethine, thiazole, thiazine, azine, aminoketone, porphyrin, colored aromatic polycyclic hydrocarbons, p-substituted aminostyryl compounds and aminotriaryl methanes. To determine whether any compound is a sensitizer for the diaryliodonium compounds, the following standard test procedure may be employed, this being definitive of those sensitizers falling within the scope of the present invention.
A standard test solution is prepared with the following composition:
5.0 parts of a 5% (weight by volume) solution in methanol of polyvinyl butyral (45,00055,000 molecular weight, 9.013.0% hydroxyl content, Butvar B76 is a trademarked product of Shawinigan Resins C0., Springfield, Mass.)
0.3 part of trimethylol propane trimethacrylate 0.03 part of 2-methyl-4,6-bis(trichloromethyl)-s-triazine (see Bull. Chem. Soc. Japan 42 pp. 2924-2930, 1969) To this solution is added 0.01 part of the material to be tested as a sensitizer. The solution is knife coated onto a 2 mil clear polyester film using a knife orifice of 2.0 mil, and the coating is air dried for about 30 minutes. Another 2 mil clear polyester film is carefully placed over the dried but soft and tacky coating with minimum entrapment of air. The sandwich construction is then exposed for three minutes to 15,000 foot candles of incident light from a tungsten light source providing light in both the visible and ultraviolet range (General Electric 650 watt FCH quartz-iodine lamp).
Exposure is made through a stencil so as to provide exposure and unexposed areas in the construction. After exposure the cover film is removed, and the coating is treated with a finely divided colored powder, such as a color toner powder of the type conventionally used in xerography. If the tested material is a sensitizer, the trimethylol propane trimethacrylate monomer in the light exposed areas will be polymerized by the light generated free radicals from the photolyzable organic halogen compound, i.e., 2-methyl-4,6-bis(trichloromethyl)-s-triazine. Since the polymerized areas are essentially tack free, the colored powder will selectively adhere only to the tacky, unexposed areas of the coating, providing a visual image corresponding to that in the stencil.
Although the concentration ratio of sensitizer to photosensitive compound is not critical and will depend on such factors as the desired use, the selection of sensitizer, the selection of diaryliodonium compound, etc., generally the molar concentration ratio is between 1/100 and 2/ 1, respectively, preferably 1/ 20 to l/ 1. Coatings, layers, films or sheets made from solutions or dispersions of these ingredients, with or without a suitable binder, are quite stable in the absence of light and can be stored for extended periods under ordinary room conditions.
Because the compositions of this invention generate free radicals under exposure to light, they are particularly valuable in imaging systems containing free radical polymerizable monomers, i.e., photopolymerization systems. The free radical polymerizable monomer is normally contained in or in contact with the free radical generating components. After polymerization has taken place in the light struck areas of a sheet or web coated with the light sensitive system and monomer, the unpolymerized monomer may be removed or transferred to a receptor sheet, where it can be developed into a visible image. Additionally, the original sheet containing a polymerized image may be used to form the desired image. When there is a marked difference in wetting characteristics between the polymer and the monomer (or between the polymer and the sheet backing if the monomer is removed or transferred), the construction may be used as a lithographic master. If the light sensitive composition is filled or colored with a dye or pigment, the physical removal of monomer from the unexposed areas of the sheet surface can immediately produce a visible image, i.e. a negative image on the original sheet and a positive image on the transfer sheet carrying the removed unpolymerized monomer. Subsequent light exposure of the transfer sheet (or receptor sheet, if the monomer image is transferred to a receptor sheet) will then provide a permanent image thereon. When the unpolymerized monomer is transferred to a receptor sheet, a reactive color forming component may be included in the original light sensitive coating and may, after light exposure, be transferred along with unexposed monomer to a receptor containing a co-reactant which reacts with the color forming component to develop a color image. The image thus can be developed in the receptor sheet without the need for applying a developer powder or toner material.
The free radicals generated in accordance with this invention can also be used in many other types of imaging systems which do not involve polymerization. For example, the light sensitive system may include a reactive component which is capable of color formation or change in the presence of free radicals. In one such system, as described in US. Pat. No. 3,598,592, free radicals are generated by light exposure of organic photolyzable compounds or photooxidants and react with amino triarylmethane to develop a visible color image. Any system in which light is used to generate free radicals can employ the sensitized diaryliodonium system of the present invention as a source of free radicals, and such system need not be limited to the imaging field.
Free radical polymerizable monomers are well known, as illustrated in the Kosar text cited above. Ethylenically unsaturated compounds are known to be of particular value as useful monomers in photopolymerization systems.
In the following illustrative examples all percentages are reported as weight by volume, i.e. weight in grams X per volume in milliliters.
EXAMPLES 1-12 A stock solution was prepared as follows:
100 parts of pentaerythritol tetraacrylate 167 parts of a 20% dispersion of finely divided nickel stearate in methyl ethyl ketone 3.34 parts of diphenyliodonium bis (trifluoromethylsulfonyl) methide In separate examples, .02 part of the various sensitizing dyes listed in Table I were added to 5 part portions of the above stock solutions and well mixed. Each portion was then knife coated under safelight conditions onto a 2.0 mil polyester film using a knife coater set at 3.0 mil. After drying to remove solvent, a second 2.0 mil polyester film was laminated to the dried coating using a hand roller and taking care not to entrain air. Samples were exposed through a stencil to tungsten light of 15,000 foot candles of incident energy. They were then peeled apart and the top film was laid against a piece of receptor paper and hand pressure applied through a roller or rubber straight edge to transfer unexposed coating to the receptor paper. The receptor paper was a bond weight paper knife coated at 4.0 mil wet with 20 parts of a 5% solution of ethyl cellulose in acetone containing 0.1 part of dibenzyl dithiooxamide. After transfer, the paper was heated for 5 to 10 sec. at about 100 C. to cause the transferred nickel stearate to react with the dibenzyl dithiooxamide to form a dark purple color. A positive copy of the original of high contrast was obtained. The table shows the time of exposures used. Reflex exposures can also be used.
EXAMPLES 13-18 The following examples illustrate the use of various iodonium salts.
A stock solution was prepared as follows:
100 parts of pentaerythritol tetraacrylate 167 parts of a 20% dispersion of finely ground nickel stearate in methyl ethyl ketone 1.2 parts of l (p-methoxyphenyl)-3-(p-diphenylaminophenyl)-2-propen-1-one In separate examples .08 part of the various iodonium salts listed in Table II were added to 5 part portions of the above stock solution. Coating sandwiches were prepared and copies of an original were made in the same manner as in Examples 1-12.
EXAMPLES 19-35 The following stock solution was prepared:
200 parts of 5% polyvinylbutyral in methanol 6.0 parts of trimethylol trimethacrylate 1.2 parts of diphenyliodonium chloride In separate examples .01 part of the various sensitizing dyes listed in Table III were added to 5 part portions of the above stock solution. Each portion was then knife coated on 2.0 mil polyester film using a knife coater set at 2.0 mils. After drying to remove solvent, a second 2.0 mil polyester film was laminated to the dried coating, taking care not to entrain air. Samples were exposed through a stencil to tungsten light of 15,000 foot candles of incident energy. They were then peeled apart and the bottom film was developed by dusting with a resin coated colored toner powder. At the exposure times listed in the table, the toner powder adhered to the unexposed areas only to give positive copies of the original in any color desired.
TABLE III Exp. time, Example Sensitizer seconds 19 No dye 20 2-p-dimethylaminostyryl quinoline 0. 5 21 2-p-dimethylaminostyryl-3-methyl benzo- 1.5
thiazolium tolnenesulfonate. p-Dimethylaminost-yryl phenyl ketone 0.5 7-dimethylamino4-methyl coumarin. 21 Hematoporphyrin hydrochloride 1. 5 Setoflavin T (0.1. No. 49005) 14 Phenosafranine (01. No. 50200) 40 Aeridine Red (Cl No 45000) 40 28 Aendine Orange I No 46055)) 0.5 29 Auramine SP (OJ. No. 41000) 6 30- Azure A (G.I. No. 52005) 31. 3,3-diethyl oxacarbocyanine iodid 1 32- 3,3-diethyl-2,2-oxaselanocarbocyanide iodide..-. 1 [2-(3-B-hydroxyethyl-thiazolidine)]-(5-[3- 1 ethyl-2-thiothiazolid-t-one)l-dimethin merocyaninc. 84 [2-(1,5,5-trimethylpyrrolidine)]-[5-(3-carboxy- 1 methyl-2thiothiaz0lid-4-one)ldimethin merocyanine. 35 4,4,4-methylidynetris(N,N-dimethylaniline) 120 1 No reaction after 240.
All of the sensitizers in Examples 20-34 are colored dyes and thus sensitize in the visible light region. Example 35 is colorless but is sensitive to ultraviolet light. The formulation of Example 35 would therefore be more efficient if a light source with a high ultraviolet component were used.
EXAMPLE 36 A solution of the following materials was prepared and knife coated on a suitable substrate at 2.0 mil wet.
15 ml. of 15% aqueous gelatin 3 m1. of a monomer solution composed of 18.0 g. acrylamide, 0.7 g. methylene bis acrylamide, and 12 ml. water .08 g. diphenyliodonium chloride .04 g. bis-2(3-ethyl benzothiazole)-2-methyl trimethincyanine bromide The dried coated sample was exposed through a stencil to tungsten light of 1000 foot candles of incident energy for eight seconds. The exposed sample was washed with water causing removal of the unexposed area. A red positive copy of the original was obtained.
6 EXAMPLES 37-47 The following stock solution is prepared:
parts 5% cellulose acetate butyrate in methyl ethyl ketone 12 parts trimethylolpropane trimethacrylate 0.5 part diphenyliodonium paratoluene sulfonate To 5 parts of the above solution is added 0.006 part of the dyes listed in Table IV. The solutions are then knife coated at a wet thickness of 2.0 mil on a 3.0 mil polyester film. When the coatings are air dried /2 hour, a cover sheet of 2.0 mil polyester is laminated to them. A sample of each of the coatings is then exposed through a calibrated Eastman Kodak Photographic Step Tablet #3 using a tungsten light source of 15,000 foot candles of incident energy. The cover sheet is then removed and the exposed coating is treated with a colored toner powder which adheres to unpolymerized areas only. Table IV shows the light intensity required to produce sufiicient polymerization to prevent adherence of the toner powder.
TABLE IV Light intensity, Example Dye i.c.s.
37 Setoflavin 'I (0.1. No. 49005) 60, 000 p-Dimethylaminostyryl benzothiazole 600, 000 5-10-diethoxyviolanthrene 368,000 5-10-diethoxy-12,16,17-trichloroviolanthrene 350, 000 5,10-diethoxy-16 ,17-dimethoxyviolanthrene 120, 000 5,10-diethoxy-3,4,8.9-dibenzopyrene 120,000 9,18-diethoxy-6,15-dichlo4oisoviolanthrene 350,000 Hematoporphyrin 600, 000 Protoporphryin 600,000 Protoporphyrin dimethyl ester 240, 000 47 Phylloporphyrin 000,000
EXAMPLES 48-53 The following stock solution is prepared:
30 parts 15 hydrolyzed copolymer of maleic anhydride and methyl vinyl ether (Gantrez HY-H, a trademarked product of GAF 00., New York, NY.) in methanol 3.6 parts acrylamide 0.14 part methylene bis acrylamide 0.16 part diphenyliodonium chloride To 5 parts of the above solution is added .006 parts of the dyes listed in Table V. The solutions are then knife coated at a wet thickness of 3.0 mil on a gelatin subbed 5.0 mil polyester film. A dried sample of each of the coatings is then exposed through a calibrated step tablet using a tungsten light of 15,000 foot candles of incident energy. After exposure, the sample is then washed with water or methanol to dissolve away the unexposed areas leaving the polymerized exposed areas. Table V lists the light intensity required to cause insolubility.
The following solution is prepared:
3 parts acrylamide 1 part methylenebisacrylamide 0.1 part diphenyliodonium chloride 25 parts water To 2 ml. of the above solution in a test tube is added 1 drop of a 1% solution of the dye in methanol. The solution was then purged with nitrogen for two minutes and exposed to tungsten light of 10,000 foot candles of incident energy. The following table lists the dye and the time in seconds of exposure to cause polymer to precipitate.
A sample containing no dye showed no polymer formation after 120 seconds of exposure.
EXAMPLE 7 Into 5 grams of a 5% methanol solution of cellulose butyrate was dissolved in 0.03 gram of 4,4,4"-methylidynetris (N,N-dimethylaniline) and 0.15 gram of diphenyliodonium chloride. The solution was coated onto a polyester film at 4.0 mil wet thickness. After the sample had dried it was exposed for 30 seconds to a 500 watt ultraviolet lamp (GE-H3T7) at a distance of 7 inches. A dense blue image resulted. When the diphenyliodonium chloride was omitted, no visible image was observed after a similar light exposure. This sample illustrates the use of a diaryliodonium compound in an imaging system having a sensitizer which becomes colored in the presence of free radicals.
What is claimed is:
1. A photosensitive admixture comprising a diaryliodonium compound and a compound capable of sensitizing 2-methyl-4, 6-bis (trichloromethyl) -s-triazine.
2. The photosensitive admixture of claim 1 in which said admixture contains a film-forming binder.
3. The photosensitive admixture of claim 1 in which said admixture contains a colorant.
4. A sheet construction containing the photosensitive admixture of claim 1.
5. A process which comprises exposing to visible light the photosensitive admixture of claim 1.
References Cited Irving, H., et al.: J. Chem. Soc., 1960, pp. 2078-81. Chemical Abstacts, vol. 53, '16775 c.
RONALD H. SMITH, Primary Examiner US. Cl. X.R.
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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE QERTHFECATE @F CORRECTION Patent No. 3,729,313 Dated April 973 l v fl GEORGE H. SMITH It is certified thaw; error appears in the above-identified patent and that said Letters Patent are hereby corrected as shown below:
Column 1, line 60, "diodine should read iodine Column 1, line 63, "Polyanyi" should read Polanyi Column 2, line 37, "xanthane" should read xanthene Column 2, line 70, "exposure" should read exposed Column 4, Table I, Example 11, "l-methyl-3-ally1-5[3-8thyl- 2-benzoxazolilnyldene)ethylidene]-2--thiohydantoin, should read l-methyl-3-allyl-5[(B-ethyl-Z-benzoxazolinyldene)ethylideneJ- 2-thiohydantoin Column 5, Table III, Example 33, "[2-(3-B-hydroxyethylthiazolidine)]-(5'-[3 -ethyl-2 -thiothiazolid-M-one)]-dimethin merocyanine" should read [2-(B-B-hydroxyethyl-thiazolidine)]- [5'(3'-ethyl-2'-thiochiazolidl-one)]-dimethin merocyanine Column 6, Table IV, Example 39, "5-lO-diethoxyviolanthrene" should read 5,lO-diethoxyviolanthrene Column 6, Iahle IV, Example 10, "5-lOdiethoxy-l2,l6,17- crichloroviolanthrene should read 5,lQ-diethoxy-l 2,l6,l7- trichloroviolanthrene 1 Column 6,'Table IV, Example 43, "9',l8-diethoxy-6,l5- dichlo loisoviolanthrene" should read 9,l8diethoxy6,l5- dichloroisoviolanthrene Column 6, Table IV, Example &5, "Protoporphryin" should read protoporphyrin Signed and sealed this 20th day, of November 1973 (SEAL) Attest:
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Harold A. "Woody" Wood, 72, slipped away peacefully the morning of Saturday, Feb. 6, 2010, in Sebring, FL., in the company of family and friends there both in person and in spirit.
Born April 27, 1937, in Kilgore, Woody worked at Republic Steel in Canton until an injury forced him to retire. Despite an ongoing series of health problems, Woody never lost his natural sense of humor or endless generosity.
He loved to tell jokes, swap tall tales, teach his grandchildren to fish, build crafts in his workshop and help out anyone in any way he could.
He is sorely missed by his beloved wife of nearly 38 years, Nancy Wood; children, Rhonda Taylor and Larry Wood; step-children, Cynthia Cook and Lynn Wiandt; grandchildren; great grandchildren and friends and family.
He was preceded in death by his parents; nine brothers and sisters; his stepson, grandson and great grandson.
In lieu of flowers, the family asks donations in Woody's name be made to the American Heart Association.
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SUNY Downstate Medical Center has assumed a major role In Continuing Medical Education (CME) for students, residents and practicing anesthesiologists in our area. Under the direction of David J. Wlody, M.D., CME Director for the Department of Anesthesiology, six Visiting Professor Lectures are held each year. Faculty and resident staff meet and interact with nationally and internationally renowned anesthesiologists. Each Visiting Professor presents a lecture on a topic in which they have demonstrated their expertise. Our residents and medical students work in the OR under their observation, sharing their experiences and expertise.
Recent speakers have included Dr. Scott Groudine, of Albany Medical College, who spoke on the reversal of non-depolarizing muscle relaxants with sugammadex; Keith Ruskin, of Yale University, who spoke on information technology in anesthesiology; and Steven Pratt, of Harvard Medical School, who discussed communication and patient safety in obstretics. Among those scheduled to speak during the 2008-2009 academic year are Jan Ehrenworth of Yale University, who will discuss operating room fire safety; Brenda Bucklin of the University of Colorado, who will lecture on manpower issues in obstetric anesthesia; and Sven Gisvold of the University Hospital of Trondheim, who will discuss ethical issues in scientific publication.


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Jonathan Batista began his training at The Local School for Dance in Brazil. In 2008, he was awarded a three year full tuition scholarship to study under Jane Hackett's directorship at English National Ballet School. During his time in England, he was coached by Ivan Dinev, Cynthia Harvey, Rudolfo Castellanos, Orlando Salgardo, Alexandre Proia, Gary Avis, Michael Coleman, and Anya Evans, as his private coach and mentor.
With English National Ballet School, Batista created a role in Michael Corder's L'Arlesienne and performed leading roles in Frederick Ashton's Les Patineurs (Blue Boy), Jorge Garcia's Majisimo, George Balanchine's Who Cares?, and Kenneth MacMillan's Manon (Des Grieux Variation) and also guest performed at The Royal Opera House's Linbury Theater.
Upon his graduation in 2011, Batista joined Miami City Ballet under the direction of Edward Villella where his repertoire included, George Balanchine's The Nutcracker and La Valse, Marius Petipa's Giselle and Coppélia and the world premiere of Alexei Ratmansky's Symphonic Variations.
In 2012, he joined The National Ballet of Canada under The Royal Bank of Canada apprenticeship, performing in Christopher Wheeldon's Alice in Wonderland, James Kudelka's The Nutcracker, John Neumeier's Nijinsky, Rudolf Nureyev's The Sleeping Beauty and Don Quixote (grand pas de deux) on tour throughout Canada.
Batista guest performed for the Cia de Ballet do Rio de Janeiro, where his repertoire includes Giselle (Hilarion), The Sleeping Beauty (Prince Florimund), in Le Corsaire (Conrad's Slave, Birbanto), Swan Lake Act II (Prince Siegfried), La Bayadère (Solor), and Michel Fokine's La Sylphide (The Poet).
Batista was awarded 1st place at Danza America 2008 in Cordoba, Argentina for his performance of Don Quixote, and was a finalist at The Prix de Lausanne 2010. In 2013, he won 2nd place at The World Ballet Competition in Orlando, FL and has appeared in galas in South America and Canada.
Batista joined Boston Ballet for the 2013-2014 season. His repertoire includes Golden Idol for Florence Clerc's La Bayadere; Pastorale Pas de Trois in Mikko Nissinen's production of The Nutcracker; The Principal Role in Harald Lander's Etudes; Emerald's pas de trois in George Balanchine's Jewels.


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La Cloche Comes With Late Kick in Athenia
Phillips Racing Partnership's homebred La Cloche came flying with a tremendous late kick to win the $150,000 Athenia Stakes (gr. IIIT) by 1 1/4 lengths at Belmont Park Oct. 13, her first graded score (VIDEO) .
The 5-year-old daughter of Ghostzapper , half sister to the recently retired multiple grade I winner Winter Memories, completed 1 1/16 miles on an inner turf course rated "good" in 1:45.15 under jockey Junior Alvarado.
"John (Phillips) will be thrilled about the graded stakes win," remarked trainer Jim Toner. "That's all we've heard: 'Gotta get a graded stakes, gotta get a graded stakes, gotta get a graded stakes!' Thank God, maybe she can get out of her sister's shadow for a change. We're really happy for her."
It was The Underling who showed the way in the Athenia, powering through slow splits of :25.16 and :50.27 followed by Thundering Emilla, Law of the Range, and Laughing. Laughing was hard-held by jockey Cornelio Velasquez and was rank through much of the early going while La Cloche was a well-reserved sixth and then seventh in the eight-horse field.
"I just was waiting for my chance to move outside because she never runs one step on the inside," Alvarado said. "That was pretty much what I was trying to work out first. She was able to swing outside by the quarter pole, and after that I won't say it was really easy, but she took off. She really helped me and gave me a nice kick at the end."
Powering off the turn after three-quarters in 1:15.29, where La Cloche was still seventh, it was the closing Embarr who stuck a nose in front. But when roused to the task midstretch, La Cloche burst into another gear down the center of the track and rapidly overpowered the leaders to get the win.
"Junior rode a great race," Toner said, "he really did. He just waited and waited and tipped her outside. She's got to get outside, and she exploded at the end. This filly is difficult to ride; you have to know her. If everything goes right for her, she can get the job done."
Sent off at odds of 9-2, La Cloche returned $11, $6.10, and $4 while Embarr paid $18.80 and $9.20 and Laughing brought $4.20. Ruthena, the 6-5 choice, was fourth, followed by Martita Sangrita, Law of the Range, Thundering Emilla, and The Underling. Dealbata scratched.
La Cloche was bred in Kentucky out of the multiple grade I stakes-winning Silver Hawk mare Memories of Silver and improved her record to five wins and three seconds from 18 starts, with earnings of $298,883.
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There are various tax implications involved with transferring your pension overseas. These can be split into three distinct sections: the first five years after transfer, the following years, and tax on your estate.
Tax charges in the first five tax years
If you move your UK pension to a QROPS the transfer will NOT incur any tax charge. However, this must be less than your lifetime allowance, which stands at £1.8 million for 2010/11.
Withdrawals after you reach retirement age are tax free in the first five years, providing you take no more than 25 percent as a lump-sum payment.
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This depends on the jurisdiction in which your pension plan now resides. An IFA can give you information on the most tax-friendly jurisdictions, but in most cases there will be no tax charges after the first five years.
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Whilst a UK pension scheme isn't classed as an asset to be passed on to your heirs, most offshore pension schemes are. However, HMRC may make a claim on your estate if they consider you to be domiciled in the UK.
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Situated near the border of Missouri, the Candlewood Suites® Kansas City - Overland Park hotel exudes an air of easy living. Our hotel accommodates the needs of business and leisure guests with a number of amenities and a great location. Easily accessible from I-435, our hotel is positioned in the center of College Square and just a few streets over from the Overland Regional Medical Center. We are only 25 miles from the Kansas City International Airport (MCI), making for a direct route to our hotel. Come stay in comfort.
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A list of the 24 Main Characters of the Happy Tree Friends series.
A yellow rabbit who has big ears, pink cheeks and a fluff of fur on his head that looks like his tail. He also has pink bunny slippers. He is sometimes shown to be rebellious and often does things that are extremely dangerous. He is considered the series mascot and has the highest death count in the series.
A pink chipmunk with a red bow on her head. She was the first female Tree Friend introduced. She is generally considered a girly girl along with her best friend Petunia.
A purple beaver with freckles and huge buckteeth unlike the others (hence the name "Toothy"). He is friends with Cuddles and many of his injuries pertain to his eye. Many people consider him the most undeveloped character in the show.
A blue moose with mismatched antlers. He is extremely dimwitted, which often leads to the deaths of many other characters, but ironically, he has had more jobs than any of the other Tree Friends. He is the biggest of the main characters and is usually portrayed as an adult. He appeared the most, starred the most, survived the most, and killed the most.
A blue skunk with a pink flower head accessory and a tree air freshener necklace. She is generally considered a girly-girl along with her best friend Giggles. In later episodes, she seems to have OCD and feels the need to keep everything clean.
An orange beaver with amputated hands, a tool belt, and a yellow hard hat. His amputated hands cause him trouble and disabilities that result either in death or killing another Tree Friend. He is the Tree Friend that most often does construction work and is perfectly capable of doing this without hands... as long as he's offscreen.
A jittery green squirrel with a candy addiction and a candy outfit, consisting of three lollipops on his head and a candy cane on his chest. He is shown to have an addictive personality as seen in the False Alarm episode, since after getting over his candy addiction, he gained interest in video games and quickly became addicted to them. Eating sugar makes him go hyper and somewhat insane.
A brainy blue anteater with big glasses and a mouth on his trunk. Sniffles is the smartest character in the Happy Tree Friends series, but sometimes he lacks common sense. He makes many inventions, but these almost always get himself or someone else killed. He often attempts to eat a family of ants, but the ants kill him in the most gory and sadistic ways possible.
Pop & Cub
Pop and Cub are two tan father-and-son bears, Pop wears a robe, he is always seen smoking a pipe. Cub wears a diaper and a beanie. Cub appeared without Pop in some episodes and vice versa . Pop usually causes misfortune to his son casually or negligently ending with Cub and others injured or dead to trying to fix them. Other times it's Cub that gets himself into danger.
A red, nervous porcupine with dandruff on her quills (hence the name "Flaky"). She is usually very nervous due to a fear of dying. She is also shown to be a coward and is highly unstable. For a long time, her gender was never made clear, though hints always leaned toward her being female. Eventually, Flaky was announced to be female.
The Mole
A blind lavender mole with black glasses, a black trench coat, a cane, and a mole near his nose. Due to his blindness, some of his actions get him and the other Tree Friends killed. He often does things blind people shouldn't be doing, such as reading and driving. His archenemy is The Rat.
Disco Bear
A golden bear with an afro and '70s style clothing. He is also overweight as pointed out in Ipso Fatso. In most episodes, he is seen trying fawning at the girls such as Petunia and Giggles, but they simply find him to be a nuisance.
A turquoise sea otter with pirate accessories. He has the overall appearance of a pirate, but after Season 1, he lost his five o-clock shadow. He is often seen doing water-related activities.
Lifty & Shifty
Lifty & Shifty are green kleptomaniac raccoons who steal whatever they can when possible. You can tell them apart by Lifty wearing nothing and Shifty wearing a green fedora. Shifty was the first Tree Friend to be created, way before Cuddles. Even though they are brothers, they don't get along sometimes, which often results in the failure of their plans (often by them dying). They have the lowest survival rate of all the characters.
A purple reindeer with a mime-like painted face and striped shirt. He is meant to be entertaining but results in others around him getting killed or getting himself killed. He normally rides a unicycle while juggling three balls. He does not talk because he is a mime, which normally results to the Tree Friend he's communicating to not to understand him, which in some cases cause many deaths. For example, in the episode Who's to Flame?, he tries to tell the fire department that the house is burning down, but since they're talking over the phone, Lumpy the firefighter can't understand him and hangs up. Later, the Mime sees more firefighters and tries to communicate with them using body motions, but they still don't understand.
A green marmot who wears a leopard-skin loincloth and holds a club. He is frozen in an iceblock and lives in an apartment that is mostly ice. Despite being frozen, he can perform many tasks when offscreen. He often drives around in an ice cream truck.
A green bear with an army uniform. Whenever he sees or hears anything that reminds him of war, he flips out and think he's back in the war, which results in everyone around him's death. He is the most famous and one of the most popular characters in the series.
A blue flying squirrel with a red superhero mask. He causes more harm than good and bears some similarities to Superman, such as being allergic to kryptonut. His archenemy is Splendont
Buddhist Monkey
A yellow monkey that starred in his own special episodes. The first episode was "Books of Fury", and he was featured a second time in "Enter the Garden". If you watch closely on Blind Date, the movie being played is "Books of Fury", in "Rink Hijinks" there was a picture of him on a crane machine, and in "Keepin' it Reel" he was on a movie screen once again. He is the only star-character that hasn't died. Buddhist Monkey has undertaken more adventures in the spin-off Happy Tree Friends Action series: Ka-Pow!
Lammy & Mr. Pickels
A purple sheep with a purple bow and a white jumper representing her wool. She appears to be schizophrenic due to her imagining Mr. Pickels brutally murdering everyone (unless Mr. Pickels is an actual living thing).
A pickle with a tophat and mustache. He is similar to Flippy's dark side due to a likeliness of violently killing everyone he is near. He is also Lammy's 'imaginary friend' that only she can see in animated form. However, in Royal Flush, Giggles is able to see him. At first, Lammy thinks of him as nice, but Mr. Pickels then starts causing chaos, from ripping the head off Petunia's teddy bear to running over Handy with his own truck.


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McGinnis: Sandlot at Fifth Third FieldWritten by Jeff McGinnis | | email@example.com
It doesn't feel like it's been 20 years since the coming-of-age baseball movie "The Sandlot" first played in theaters. Certainly not for David Mickey Evans, the film's writer, director and narrator.
"In the intervening couple decades, I've made tons of films. And some of those feel, literally, like a lifetime ago. But 'The Sandlot,' it's sort of my — it's like my first kid. It's just always right there with me mentally. Emotionally, certainly. Just this little piece of sort of filming historical fiction, and then it has had the legs it's had, and become this evergreen classic," Evans said.
"I encounter the film in some way or another every single day of my life. No, if I had to put a time on it, feels like, eh, a month ago."
Part of what keeps the film alive for Evans is how pervasive it has remained in the public's consciousness. Since its debut in 1993, the movie — a quasi-autobiographical tale of a group of friends who bond through both the game and a quest to retrieve a lost ball — has remained a favorite of the young and young at heart.
This summer, to celebrate the film's 20th anniversary, Evans is taking part in a nationwide tour where "The Sandlot" is being exhibited at baseball parks nationwide — with his next stop being at Fifth Third Field on July 5, for a screening after that evening's Mud Hens game. Evans has seen just how beloved his movie has become for generations of families by meeting fans.
"There was a man in Springdale, Ark., at Arvest Ballpark, home of the Naturals, where we did a screening. And he was a grandfather. Big man. And he bought 12 copies of the 20th anniversary DVD set. And he said, 'Would you please sign these for me?' And I said, 'Sure.'
"And he sets one down, and he said, 'Please sign that one to me. This one's for my wife.' Sets down some more and says, 'Please sign these for my children.' Then he set down a few more, and said, 'These are for my grandchildren.' Then he says, 'And these are for my great-grandchildren.'"
Something about "The Sandlot" continues to resonate for audiences. It means something more than the dozens of rinky-dink sports movies that came out in the 1990s — a renaissance of disposable schlock where ragtag bunches of misfit kids banded together to become champions and win the big game. Almost all of those have been forgotten, but"The Sandlot" endures.
"They're not about anything, really," Evans said, reflecting on those films. "What's it about? What's the story? Well, A-B-C-D-E-F-G, big game. That's not essentially a story, that's a structure. So my question about all those things is, 'What is it about?' And they aren't about anything. 'The Sandlot' is about something, it's about friendship. It's not about baseball."
But there's also something in the film that captures that timeless nostalgia most Americans have toward the national pastime. It's a game most everyone has played at some point. It's an integral part of our childhood. "The Sandlot," more than most films on the game, taps into a collective fondness we have toward the sport.
"Baseball's elegant," Evans said. "And it is perhaps — no, not perhaps — it is the only sport on Earth, the sport on Earth that directly reflects human experience. Human life. And it can be summed up in a single word — this is what ['Bull Durham' director Ron] Shelton said. He said, the word
is hope. You live without hope, you're not living. What's the point?"
The metaphor goes deeper than that, though, Evans said.
"You plant your farm fields, and in the spring, everything comes up. Well, that's when baseball starts, right? Spring training, we get it together; we get on playing through the summer. Those are the great active months. The game itself is static, to a greater degree, like life. You go along, doing what you're supposed to do, and then suddenly, something happens — good, bad or indifferent, you've got to react to it, and take care of it. Like baseball. And, of course, the great cliché, what I really like is, it's the only game on earth where the object is to get home."
It's that collective emotion that "The Sandlot" continues to play to, and will for generations to come. And for Evans, the public's endearing fondness for the film means that no matter where he goes, he will always have friends that he's never met before — like a woman who spoke to him early on in this tour.
"'Mr. Evans, you don't understand.' I said, 'OK … what do I not understand?' She said, 'It's not just that we love this movie. It's not just that we wore out 10 VHS tapes, and then bought I don't know how many DVDs,'" he said. "Then she says, 'It's what the movie means to me, and my husband, and his parents, and our kids.' She says, 'It's as if Scotty and Benny, and those kids in that movie are — they grew up with my kids, and my kids grew up with them. And it's like they're brothers.' And so, that was a big lump in the throat, right there."
Jeff McGinnis is pop culture editor of Toledo Free Press and Toledo Free Press Star. Email him at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Nancy Henry joined the faculty in the fall of 2008. Her research and teaching interests are in Victorian literature with special emphases on nineteenth-century cultures of finance, colonialism and imperialism. She also has interests in textual criticism, biography and the life and writings of George Eliot.
Ph.D. The University of Chicago
M.A. The University of Chicago
B.A. Stanford University
- The Life of George Eliot. Blackwell Critical Biography Series. Wiley-Blackwell, 2012.
- The Cambridge Introduction to George Eliot. Cambridge University Press, 2008.
- George Eliot and the British Empire. Cambridge University Press, 2002. (Paperback issued, 2006).
Edited Collections and Editions
- Victorian Investments: New Perspectives on Finance and Culture (ed.) with Cannon Schmitt. Indiana University Press (2008).
- The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot. Edited with an introduction, notes and additional material by Nancy Henry. New Riverside Editions, Houghton Mifflin, 2004.
- Guest Editor, Victorian Studies 45:1 (Autumn2002). Special Issue on Victorian Investments, with Cannon Schmitt and Anjali Arondekar.
- Ruth by Elizabeth Gaskell. Edited with an introduction and notes by Nancy Henry. Everyman Paperbacks, 2001.
- Sylvia's Lovers by Elizabeth Gaskell. Edited with an introduction and notes by Nancy Henry. Additional material by Graham Handley. Everyman Paperbacks, 1997.
- Impressions of Theophrastus Such by George Eliot. Edited with an introduction and notes by Nancy Henry. Pickering and Chatto (UK) and University of Iowa Press (paperback), 1994.
- "Charlotte Riddell: Novelist of the City" in Women and Economics. Eds. Jill Rappoport and Lana Dalley. Ohio State UP, 2014.
- "George Eliot and Genre" in George Eliot in Context. Ed. Margaret Harris. Cambridge UP, 2013.
- "George Eliot and Finance" in The Blackwell Companion to George Eliot. Eds. Amanda Anderson and Harry Shaw. Wiley Blackwell, 2013.
- "The Romola Code: 'Men of Appetites' in George Eliot's Historica Novel." Victorian Literature and Culture (39:2) 2011.
- "'Rushing into Eternity': Suicide and Finance in Victorian Fiction." Victorian Investments: New Perspectives on Finance and Culture. Edited by Nancy Henry and Cannon Schmitt. Indiana University Press (2008).
- "'Ladies do it?': Victorian Women Investors in Fact and Fiction." Victorian Literature and Finance. Edited by Francis O'Gorman. Oxford UP, 2007: 111-131.
- "Elizabeth Gaskell and Social Transformation." The Cambridge Companion to Elizabeth Gaskell. Edited by Jill Matus. Cambridge UP, 2007: 148-163.
- "Teaching the Victorians Today." Teaching Literature: A Handbook. Edited by Tanya Agathocleous and Ann Dean. Palgrave Press, 2003: 49-57.
- "Critical Perspectives on Daniel Deronda." A Companion to the Victorian Novel. Edited by William Baker and Ken Womack. Greenwood Press, 2002: 283-92.
- "George Eliot and Politics." The Cambridge Companion to George Eliot. Edited by George Levine. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 2001: 138-58.
- "George Eliot and the Colonies." Victorian Literature and Culture 29:2 (2001): 413-433.
- "Impressions of Theophrastus Such" and "Problems of Life and Mind." The Oxford Reader's Companion to George Eliot. Edited by John Rignall. Oxford UP, 2000: 166-170; 313-315.
- "George Eliot, George Henry Lewes, and Comparative Anatomy" in George Eliot and Europe. Edited by John Rignall. Warwick Studies in the European Humanities. Scolar Press, 1997: 44-63.
- "Ante-Anti-Semitism: George Eliot's Impressions of Theophrastus Such" in Victorian Identities: Social and Cultural Formations in Nineteenth-Century Literature. Edited by Ruth Robbins and Julian Wolfreys. Macmillan, 1996: 65-80.
Awards, Honors & Grants
- National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship, 2014-15
- Chancellor's Award for Research and Creative Achievement, 2013
Professional Service
- Faculty Research Seminar in Nineteenth-Century British Studies (funded by the Tennessee Humanities Center).