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When Love Speaks (2002)
|Artist: Various Artists
Learn more about When Love Speaks:
Format: CD
Manufacturer: Emi Classics
Sku: 60553829
Release Date: 4/23/2002
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Song Listing
Disc 1
Song Title
1. Be Not Afeard, The Isle Id Full Of Noises - Joseph Fiennes ~ Various Artists
2. Live With Me And Be My Love - Annie Lennox ~ Various Artists
3. As An Unperfect Actor On The Stage - John Gielgud ~ Various Artists
4. My Mistress' Eyes Are Nothing Like The Sun - Alan Rickman ~ Various Artists
5. Why Is My Verse So Barren Of New Pride - Diana Rigg ~ Various Artists
6. Who Will Believe my Verse In Time To Come - Richard Attenborough ~ Various Artists
7. That You Were Once Unkind Befriends Me Now - Phil Rhys ~ Various Artists
8. How Oft, When Thou, My Music - Juliet Stevenson ~ Various Artists
9. When, In Disgrace With Fortune And Men's Eyes - Rufus Wainwright ~ Various Artists
10. Being Your Slave, What Should I Do But Tend - Janet McTeer ~ Various Artists
11. Tired With All These, For Restful Death I Cry - Alan Bates ~ Various Artists
12. When I Consider Everything That Grows - Marianne Jean-Baptiste ~ Various Artists
13. Let Those Who Are In Favour With Their Stars - David Warner ~ Various Artists
14. They That Have Power To Hurt And Will Do None - Sian Phillips ~ Various Artists
15. Those Lips That Love's Own Hand Did Make - John Hurt ~ Various Artists
16. Come Again: Sweet Love Doth Now Invite - John Potter ~ Various Artists
17. Th'expense Of Spirit In A Waste Of Shame - Ralph Fiennes ~ Various Artists
18. Thine Eyes I Love, And They, As Pitying Me - Matthew Rhys ~ Various Artists
19. I Never Saw That You Did Painting Seed - Imelda Staunton ~ Various Artists
20. When To The Sessions Of Sweet Silent Thought - Kenneth Branagh ~ Various Artists
21. Is It Thy Will Image Should Keep Open - Fiona Shaw ~ Various Artists
22. Mine Eye And Heart Are At Mortal War - Henry Goodman ~ Various Artists
23. No More Be Grieved At That Which Thou Hast Done - Keb' Mo' ~ Various Artists
24. O Never Say That I Was False Of Heart - Susannah York ~ Various Artists
25. Look In Thy Glass And Tell The Face Thou Viewest - Timothy Spall ~ Various Artists
26. Some Glory In Their Birth, Some In Their Skill - Peter Barkworth ~ Various Artists
27. How Heavy Do I Journey On The Way - Gemma Jones ~ Various Artists
28. Since Brass, Nor Stone, Nor Earth - Jonathan Pryce ~ Various Artists
29. Like As The Waves Make Towards The Pebbled Shore ~ Various Artists
30. Quality Of Mercy Is Not Strained, The - Des'ree ~ Various Artists
31. Sweet Love, Renew Thy Force; Be It Not Said - Tom Courtenay ~ Various Artists
32. Since I Left You, Mine Eye Is In My Mind - Zoe Waites ~ Various Artists
33. Be Wise As Thou Art Cruel; Do Not Press - Edward Fox ~ Various Artists
34. Is It For Fear To Wet A Widow's Eye - Trevor Eve ~ Various Artists
35. So Is It With Me As With That Muse - Imogen Stubbs ~ Various Artists
36. Devouring Time, Blunt Thou The Lion's Paws ~ Various Artists
37. Willow Song, The - Barbara Bonney ~ Various Artists
38. When My Love Swears That She Is Made Of Truth - Richard Johnson ~ Various Artists
39. When Do I Count The Clock That Tells The Time - Martin Jarvis ~ Various Artists
40. What Portions Have I Drunk Of Siren Tears - Roger Hammond ~ Various Artists
41. Not Marble Nor The Gilged Monuments - Richard Briers ~ Various Artists
42. Sin Of Self-Love Possesseth All Mine Eye - John Sessions ~ Various Artists
43. Let Me Not To The Marriage Of True Minds - Thelma Holt ~ Various Artists
44. Music To Hear, Why Hear'st Thou Music Sadly - Ladysmith Black Mambazo ~ Various Artists
45. When Forty Winters Shall Besiege Thy Brow - Caroline Blakiston ~ Various Artists
46. No Longer Mourn For Me When I Am Dead - Peter Bowles ~ Various Artists
47. In Faith I Do Not Love Thee With Mine Eyes - Sylvia Syms ~ Various Artists
48. Why Didst Thou Promise Such A Beauteous Day - Robert Lindsay ~ Various Artists
49. Not From The Stars Do I My Judgement Pluck - Ioan Gruffudd ~ Various Artists
50. My Love Is As A Fever, Longing Still - John Hurt ~ Various Artists
51. Little Love-God Lying Once Asleep, The - Bohdan Poraj ~ Various Artists
52. Shall I Compare Thee To A Summer's Day - Bryan Ferry ~ Various Artists
53. Our Revels Now Are Ended - Joseph Fiennes ~ Various Artists
Album Notes and Credits
Notes & Personnel Info
|WHEN LOVE SPEAKS is a collection of Shakespearean love sonnets as read by famous actors, and songs inspired by Shakespeare's love sonnets. It contains a 44 page book.
|Recorded at Waceeffect Studios, London, England and at Voice Box Studios, Los Angeles, California.
|Composer: Michael Kamen.
|Personnel: Rufus Wainwright (vocals, piano); Michel Pepin (guitar); Kate McGarrigle (banjo); Gillian Tingay (harp); Matthew Wadsworth, John Surman (lute); Joel Zifkin (violin); Caroline Dale (cello); Anna McGarrigle (accordion); Charles Green (clarinet); Maya Homburger (soprano saxophone); Stephen Stubbs (tenor saxophone); Michael Kamen (piano).
|Audio Mixers: Don Murnaghan; Ricky Graham; James Brett; Tim Atack; Iain Roberton; Mark Johnson ; Michel Pepin; Ash Howes; Stephen McLaughlin.
|Liner Note Authors: Nicholas Barter; Michael Kamen; Richard Attenborough.
|Recording information: AIR Recording Studios, London, England; Mambazo Studios, Kloof, South Africa; Productions Frissons Studio, Montreal, Canada; Sarm West, London, England; Stu Stu Studio, Santa Monica, CA; Waveeffect Studios, London, England.
|Unknown Contributor Role: Andrew Brown .
|Arrangers: Joseph Shabalala; Michael Kamen.
|An unusual collaboration, When Love Speaks features interpretations of William Shakespeare's sonnets and excerpts from his plays by high-profile actors and musicians. It almost goes without saying that performers such as John Gielgud, Jonathan Pryce, Diana Rigg, Ralph and Joseph Fiennes, and Susannah York give accomplished readings of the Bard's work; the musical interludes, which range from the adult alternative pop of Annie Lennox's "Live With Me and Be My Love" to Keb' Mo''s bluesy "No More Be Grieved at That Which Thou Hast Done," aren't quite as successful but add diversity. Highlights include Alan Rickman's reading of "My Mistress' Eyes Are Nothing Like the Sun," Rufus Wainwright's "When, in Disgrace With Fortune and Men's Eyes," and Bryan Ferry's "Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer's Day." Other featured performers include Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Barbara Bonney, Tom Courtenay, and Kenneth Branagh. As a benefit album for the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts -- where most of the featured actors on this album studied -- and as a tribute to Shakespeare, When Love Speaks does an admirable job of marrying high culture to pop culture. ~ Heather Phares
Producer: Des'ree; James Brett; Alan Rickman; Prince Sampson; Joseph Shabalala; Manfred Eicher; Michael Kamen; Michel Pepin; Annie Lennox; Robin Trower; Rufus Wainwright; Bryan Ferry
Engineer: Don Murnaghan; James Brett; Alan Rickman; Geoff Foster; Anthony (Tony) Fisher; Iain Roberton; Mark Johnson; Martin Jarvis; Michel Pepin; Robert Lindsay; Steve McLaughlin; Ned Douglas; Brian Tench
Technical Info
|Release Date : 04/23/2002
|Original Release Date : 2002
|Catalog ID : 57321
|Label : EMI Classics
|Number of Discs : 1
|Studio/Live : Studio
|Mono/Stereo : Stereo
|SPAR Code : n/a
Professional Reviews
Mojo (Publisher)
(April 2002, p.128)
- "...Whether burning with unreasonable passion, indulging a playful conceit, pronouncing a generous wisdom or contriving some neat linguistic trick, the majestic language sings with a richness..."
(April 2002, p.128)
- "...Whether burning with unreasonable passion, indulging a playful conceit, pronouncing a generous wisdom or contriving some neat linguistic trick, the majestic language sings with a richness..."


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Stick Man[Paperback]
(3 ratings)
- Format:
- Paperback
- Pages:
- 32
- Publisher:
- Scholastic
- Publication Date:
- 07 September 2009
- Category:
- Picture Books
- 9781407108827
Showing 1-3 out of 3 reviews.
I am a huge fan of Julia Donaldson who is best known for The Gruffalo. All of the books by Julia Donaldson are brilliant for reading to small children as they are generally all written in rhyme and written very well. Due to the success of The Gruffalo a lot of people have jumped on the rhyming bandwagon but no-one does it quite like Julia. This is good for us Dad's as it is really easy to read in a fun and rhythmic manner which draws the child into the story. Stick Man is about a family of stick people and focuses on the Stick Dad who ends up going on a long adventure away from the family tree due to all sorts of mishaps and all he wants to do is get back to his family. It's such a lovely theme as we all ultimately want to spend as much time with our family as we can and it will likely make even the most manly man go "aaah".Among other things Stick Man ends up being thrown across a park for a dog and used by children as a Pooh Stick, I won't spoil it by telling you any more, suffice to say read it as its superbly written and superbly illustrated. If your kids love the Gruffalo they will love Stick Man and so will you.
A man made from a stick decides to go for a run and has many things happen to him and isn't sure he will ever get home. His family is worried and don't think he will ever return. On Christmas a miracle happens. This book is a good, fun read for any student and the rhyme scheme in the book makes is good for beginning readers.
Stick Man goes out for jog one day and ends up on an uninvited adventure that takes him many place.Though he never gives up trying to get home something always gets in the way until he just gives up.But with a little help from Santa he gets home in time for Christmas.
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Also by Julia Donaldson
The Gruffalo
The Snail And The Whale
Room On The Broom

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Students work closely with a faculty consultant over the course of their senior year in the research and writing of a 25-30 page essay or a piece of creative writing accompanied by a critical preface (for the creative writing concentration). The course culminates in an hour-long oral examination that covers the thesis and coursework done for the major.
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iMac GRAY Screen boot problem
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I have 20" Intel Core 2 duo iMac with 2G RAM, 250 GB hard drive.
This 'won't pass blank grey screen' scenario has happened to me for quite a few times now.
You can skipped "First Time" and "Second Time" if you don't have time to read. Please go straight to "Third Time (most recent)" section cos' I need help there!
First Time
What I had: Bootcamp Dual boot with Leopard and Vista Ultimate 32 bits
What happened: won't pass blank grey screen
Tried: pressing 'c' to boot from leopard CD, resetting PRAM, holding mac mouse to eject without success.
I finally took the mac to store and left it there for a few days till they called me up. They said they tested the hardware which was fine and said software has some issues. I went there and the guy told me to hold down that magic 'c' again while booting and it BOOTED into the leopard cd in one shot. I did a clean install of Leopard and windows.
Problem solved!
Second Time
What I had: Bootcamp Dual boot with Leopard and XP Pro 32 bits
What happened: won't pass BLANK grey screen.
Tried: pressing 'c' to boot from leopard CD, resetting PRAM, holding mac mouse to eject without success, etc..
This time, I didn't take it to store. After my iMac was fixed from the first time, I did install XP Pro I got from my university (you can still see I didn't give up dual booting yet) after Vista failed on me. But this stupid grey screen came up every time again. My leopard cd was in the cd-drive which ran at the startup and then nothing happened with 'c' pressed. So I was frustated and left it like that and was using my laptop. Two days ago, I restarted my mac and wala! it booted straight into Leopard. I didn't press anything. It was MAGIC. I can't believe it.
Problem solved!
Third Time (most recent, different from above two, NEED some HELP HERE!!!!)
What I had: Bootcamp Dual boot with Leopard and XP Pro 32 bits
What happened***: won't pass the grey screen WITH AN APPLE logo***.
0. I haven't put in my leopard CD yet. Because once I put it in, it WILL NOT come out!
1. Pressed 'X' - no response.
2. Pressed 'option' - nothing happened (this time, the apple logo disappears from the grey screen after boot up, but nothing after that)
3. Pressed 'ctrl+S'. Nothing happened (grey screen with apple)
4. Pressed 'cmd+S'. Then it booted in to a black screen and showed me some texts. I copied the last few lines below:
Mac framework successfully initialized
using 10485 buffer headers and 4096 cluster IO buffer headers
devfs_make_node: not ready for devices!
IOAPIC: Version 0x20 vectors 64:87
ACPI: syster state [S0 S3 S4 S5] (S3)
mbinit: done
Security auditing service present
BSM auditing present
rooting via boot-uuid from /chosen: C611669E-6047-3161-A8E6-327A8F98BEAC
Waiting on <dict ID="0"><key>IOProviderClass</key><string ID="1">IOResources</string><key>IOResourceMatch</key><string ID="2">boot-uuid-media</string></dict>
FireWire (OHCI) Lucent ID 5901 built-in now active, GUID 001cb3fffe9eda40; max speed x800.
wl0: Broadcom BCM4328 802.11 Wireless Controller
Sometimes, the last two lines: "FireWire (OHCI)....." and "wl0: Broadcom...." showed up, but not always. It stucked at "Waiting on <dict....." line usually.
PLEASE HELP ME!! I don't have a car to take it to the store. I have to bother my friend again. So I want to solve it at home.
Thanks a lot!
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According to this article over at the Star Tribune, the residents of my most favorite Apple Valley "neighborhood", Cobblestone Lake, are quite upset over the prospect of Apple Valley allowing below market rental properties to be located near to their homes.
The city's planning commission will hold a public hearing Wednesday on a proposal from the Dakota County Community Development Agency (CDA) to build below-market-rate rental housing for seniors and working families near Pilot Knob Road.
Dozens of residents have shown up at public meetings in the past two weeks to raise questions and fears about the plans, which outline a 60-unit senior apartment building in Cobblestone Lake and 45 townhouses just outside the neighborhood. Most concern centers on the workforce housing, with some people worried the townhouses will bring more crime to the area.
Apparently, the residents of this overpriced neighborhood who feel that their cookie-cutter homes are "custom" and special should not have to brave the possibility of increased crime and are using excuses such as this being a departure from the original intent of the area, etc as a reason to keep the "undesirables" away from their little cramped hellhole. I guess that famed Apple Valley Liquor Store #3 isn't all that attractive when it might be fueling senior citizens to commit crimes from their walkers! God forbid we allow hard working Minnesotans to live near overpriced and pastel colored sardine can homes, we must forbid this!
Face it people, Apple Valley will see a spike in crime especially as the outer suburbs age and cheap housing becomes more available on the sprawling landscape. While no one wants the crime rates to increase and no one likes the idea of "affordable" housing to crop up in their area, to claim that because you were told that you were going to live in some perfect world is no excuse to start bitching now.
My favorite part of the Star Tribune article are the comments. Veiled racism is a great way to prove a point, don't you think? While there are only four, they all seem to center on the same central idea. My personal favorite is this comment:
Your crime rate will soar and your property values will plummet. Why? Massive numbers of blacks, asians, arabs, mexicans, and other immigrants both legal and illegal, will move-in! You will have gang and drug problems! Your property and other taxes will skyrocket! Your fears are valid. Just say no. And just say yes to real immigration reform!
The ignorance in our communities is simply astounding!
Should the residents of Cobblestone Lake be immune to affordable housing just because they paid more for their homes than others or should the "working man" have the same opportunities afforded to them and be offered the chance to prove that they too deserve to live in close proximity to those more well off than they are?


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Editorial: Yes on Prop. 28 to improve state term-limits law
Proposition 28 on the June 5 ballot offers a common-sense adjustment to California's term limits on state legislators.
If approved by a majority of voters, Proposition 28 would not increase the number of years a person could serve in the Legislature; in fact, it would cut the allowed time from 14 years to 12 years.
But the ballot measure would tweak the existing rules so a person could serve all 12 years in one chamber of the Legislature — either the Assembly or Senate, or a combination of the two.
Under the existing term-limits law, an individual may serve up to three two-year terms in the Assembly (for a maximum of six years in the Assembly), and the same person also may serve two four-year terms in the Senate (for a maximum of eight years in the Senate).
That's a total of 14 years in the state Legislature. Cutting that down to 12 years, as Proposition 28 would do, ought to please voters who favor a hard limit on lawmakers.
And regardless of how a voter feels about term limits in principle, whether pro or con, The Star thinks both sides of that debate can agree there are good, practical reasons for voting yes on Proposition 28.
It would mean that relatively fewer members of the Assembly and Senate would be greenhorns who are learning on the job. Unfortunately, legislative rookies can be hard-pressed to deal with the state's severe problems and challenges.
Some relative newbies even have been thrust into major leadership positions due to turnover since California voters approved term limits in 1990. Time and again, the Legislature failed to measure up to historic fiscal and policy challenges; The Star believes the outcome might have been different with more seasoned legislators.
As things stand now, too much of the clout, know-how and institutional memory in the Capitol are possessed by legislative staffers (i.e., state employees) and lobbyists. Proposition 28 would be a modest step toward repairing that imbalance.
Proposition 28 would apply to legislators who are first elected after its passage, so no current lawmakers could benefit from its provisions. And the measure won't impose new costs on the public.
California's Senate and Assembly members are the nation's highest-paid state legislators. As long as they're in office, it's logical for the public to want the maximum bang for their taxpayer bucks. Proposition 28 is a step in that direction. The Star recommends a "yes" vote on June 5.
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Hi, My name is Lynn Milstead and I own a TICA registred cattery called Jollytime Ragdolls, located in Salisbury, North Carolina. (40 minutes North of Charlotte). Kittens are raised in the home with lots of love and attention, as they deserve it. All my cats are true to the breed, sweet, calm and LOVING!!
Kittens are bred from Champion & Supreme Grand Champion lines. We sell kittens as both Pets and Breeders.
You will be pleased with the health, beauty and temperment of a Jollytime ragdoll kitten.
Jollytime is FeLV and FIV free cattery. Breeders are DNA tested for HCM and we are happy to say test clear of the Ragdoll HCM genes.
We produce Traditional, Mink, Solid and Sepia kittens.
Colors are Chocolate (True Chocolates that are DNA color tested, not Seals that look Chocolate at a young age and my chocolate lines are from Supreme Grand Champion, show winning lines, Lions Royale).
Lilac, Blue, Seal, Red, Cream, Torties, Torbies and Lynx in the Mitted and Pointed patterns.
I DO NOT produce the Bi-color pattern, or the Blue eyed whites.
Jollytime is a member and registered cattery with TICA
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text: I have a problem with the newmedia livewire pcmcia card. It's suppose to be supported by openbsd, yet I received "function 0 not configured" error up until i add the following lines to sys/dev/pcmcia/if_ne_pcmcia.c: { PCMCIA_VENDOR_NEWMEDIA, PCMCIA_PRODUCT_NEWMEDIA_LIVEWIRE, PCMCIA_CIS_NEWMEDIA_LIVEWIRE, 0, 0x0ff0, { 0x00, 0xc0, 0x15 } }, Now openbsd found the card, but errored with the following: "ne1 at pcmcia1 function 0 \"New Media Corporation, Ethernet, MACE\" port 0x340/32: can't match ethernet vendor code", and when I changed the vendor bytes (0x00,0xc0,0x15 to something else), the problems just changed its name to "ne1:where did the card go?" or again "can't match ethernet vendor code". So my questions are, does anyone know the vendor bytes for this card, or where to get them (if i understand correctly this are the first 3 bytes of the ethernet address, so the above code should be correct) ? Does this card really supported by openbsd 2.9 ? Thanks in advance, -r.


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Press Release
Justice O'Malley (ret.) and Professor Tokić
Welcomed as NIU Law Visiting Faculty
March 7, 2012
DeKalb, Ill.--Northern Illinois University College of Law welcomes Justice Jack O'Malley (ret.) and Assistant Professor Genevieve Beyea Tokić to its distinguished group of faculty as visiting faculty this Spring semester.
Dean Jennifer Rosato is honored to have the two visiting faculty members join the NIU Law community. "Both Justice O'Malley and Professor Tokić bring expertise and experience in business law, civil practice, litigation, and courtroom skills," said Dean Rosato. "They have taken to the law school and its students with enthusiasm and already have added tremendously to its academic excellence and experiential learning programs at NIU Law," she added.
Retired Illinois Appellate Court Justice Jack O'Malley is teaching Illinois Civil Practice, White Collar Crime, and Introduction to Lawyering Skills. He taught at NIU Law in Spring 2011 as an adjunct, and returns as a visiting professor after teaching at the University of Chicago Law School in Fall 2011. "I continue to find the students at NIU Law to be eager to learn and very engaged in their study of the law, and I am enjoying my expanded relationship with the law school," said Justice O'Malley.
Justice O'Malley served a ten-year term on the Illinois Appellate Court, where he authored over one thousand decisions. Prior to the bench, he was twice elected State's Attorney of Cook County. In addition, Justice O'Malley worked as a Chicago police officer, assistant Chicago corporation counsel (primarily in federal civil rights litigation), partner at Winston & Strawn (litigation), and as vice president and general counsel of a subsidiary of GE Medical Systems.
Justice O'Malley received his B.S. magna cum laude from Loyola University, attended Cornell University Law School as a Charles Evans Hughes Scholar, and transferred to the University of Chicago, where he was a Mandel Fellow and received his J.D. in 1981.
Professor Genevieve Beyea Tokić is visiting from Texas Tech University School of Law, and she is teaching International Business Transactions and Securities Regulation. "I am excited about joining this diverse and welcoming community full of talented people (both students and faculty), just steps from Chicago, which happens to be one of my favorite cities," said Tokić. "In my first few weeks here, I have already been very impressed with the students' enthusiasm and engagement, and I think it's going to be a great semester."
Professor Tokić is admitted to the bar in the state of New York. She received her J.D. from New York University School of Law, where she was an Executive Editor of the NYU Journal of International Law and Politics. Following law school, Professor Tokić worked as an associate on the U.S. Corporate Finance Team in the London office of the international law firm Norton Rose LLP.
Professor Tokić's teaching and research interests include corporate law, mergers and acquisitions, and securities regulation, with a particular focus on international and comparative issues. She has written and published in these areas.
The NIU College of Law takes pride in having experienced, student-centered faculty. This diverse faculty brings a broad range of professional experiences and perspectives to the classroom, and they are dedicated to the development of tomorrow's lawyers.
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A while ago I sold a Rx Punk on ebay. When I went to ship it, I noticed the name was Adam Horovitz, which rung a bell as he is in the Beastie Boys.
I asked him if he was adrock… He said "yes, can you turn this football game into a drum machine?"
I wasn't going to say no. so i said yes. I had the idea to take the guts from one of those cool circle shaped lo-fi drum toys (i happened to have one half torn apart in the attic).
Both have 5 buttons, so that was a nice start. Unfortunately the old buttons on the football game were unreliable and hard to mesh with the drum toy circuit. I had to build a small bank of buttons and then fit them behind the original ones. All in all it was a lot of shaping the elements to fit together inside the football game, rather than comlicated circuit work.
Added a 1/8″ line out, and an extreme pitch knob that tends to glitch at either end of the spectrum. The body contact adds a sizzly sound…delicious. The run switch powers the unit on.
On the table:
Yamaha rx-17 drum machine with 27 point copper nail patch bay (with flashing lights!)
Vtech Little Talking Scholar bring played through…. Bent "White Owl" Ibanez tube screamer
Korg Kaossilator
bent Zenith transistor radio
The radio gets all kinds off cool interference from the other boxes.
Tuning it, moving it, or touching the body contacts affects the sound.
Some strange noises from a cool old radio. Just add a couple of body contacts and away we go…
I took a busted old tube screamer and rehoused it in this cigar box. I added a few pots and a photo-theremin. Now it produces a variety of distortin', ring modulatin', filterin', tone-oscillatin', and sound crunchin'. It also acts as a rich, squealing stand alone synth box. The photo theremin controls the pitch depending on the brightness of the light.
Here it is running over an SK-1:
And here it is emitting sound on its own (with some Fab Echo D-Lay and a little SK-1 background):
This is an Atari Punk Console run through a circuit bent Danelectro Fab Echo as delay.
These simple synths are so much fun. I gave this one a very wide range, a three color blinking LED that changes color/brightness depending on the sound, and put it in a prescription bottle.
Here it is with my SK-1:
I'm gonna put this up on ebay if anyone is interested.
In addition to the data line cut, I've added 12 more traditional point to point bends. These do a wide variety of modulations, variations, and crazy sonic garbling.
Yamaha was nice enough to number all the chips. Here are my notes on the point to point bends:
Thats from the inside of the keyboard. The same colored points are connected together.
The data lines to cut are IC2, pins 10,11, 13-18.
With all 20 switches to play with you can have a lot of fun.
Ben wanted me to bend him a keyboard to make weird sounds for him to use in new songs. I had bent a PSR-11 before and he dug that, so he got me one of those to play with. However, tired of the same old same old, I decided to try a new type of bend, a data line cut. Usually in circuit bending, you add a connection where there isn't supposed to be one. This kind of bend does the opposite, interrupting a connection that is usually there.
See, certain Yamahas have a FM chip that produces the sounds. There are data lines that run from the main chip to the FM chip to tell it what to do. You press "flute" and it sends it the code to produce a flute sound. If you put a switch on these lines, you can cut the data transfer. This can tweak out the preset sounds and rhythms or even blend multiple sounds. Pretty cool. There are still some more "classic" bends I want to put in here, but these 8 switches are fairly infinite in their ability to confound the senses.
The 8 data line switches:
This came out awesome!! I will be cutting many data lines as soon as humanly possible.
The Danelectro Fab Echo is a really cheap slapback pedal. I learned online that the chip inside is actually a fully functional delay chip, but Danelectro puts shackles on it to sell a low-grade pedal. If you circumvent their obstacles, you can get a really great delay pedal for under $20!
It's been a fun week.
Here's the PSR-11 without the delay:
And some with both:
I am bending a casiotone mt-100 for graham from tokyo police club. Here it is with my original unpainted mt-100:
I told him I would paint it up cool. I've never really taken apart and painted a keyboard before. Very complicated. All the keys were done separately. Putting it back together was a huge pain.
BUT it sure looks rad!
I used a label maker to do the controls. The white labels all but disappear on the white keyboard.
My ever lovin' wife got me a safari flashlight from cracker barrel for jewish christmas. What a woman!
It makes a variety of jungle noises and promptly got bent.
I also recently acquired an old italian keyboard by bontempi, which was packed by a moron and arrived broken from ebay (thanks for nothing, Dean Sancho!). Anyways I popped it open and think I can fix it up. Also from ebay a barbie karaoke which is basically a gritty little amp with built in delay - also not bent yet.
Some fun in the attic last night, despite the cold. . . .


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A process for preparing a laminable sheet from a substantially catalyst-free system containing a polymerizable organic unsaturated resin susceptible to free-radical one comprising assembling a film or the like of the resin in contacting substantially coplanar relation with a membrane, and then exposing the resulting assembly while overlying a substrate to high energy radiation. This action cures a depthwise segment of the assembly contiguous to the substrate and provides a non-tacky, mar-resistant undersurface to the film while leaving at least the upper exposed surface of the assembly in a relatively tacky, mar-susceptible condition. The latter surface thereby defines an interface of a resulting laminable sheet adapted for subsequent adherence to another lamina.
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United States Patent Hall [451 Apr. 25,1972
1541 IRRADIATION LAMINATION PROCESS FOR AIR-INHIBITED POLYMERS Roger P. Hall, Mayfield Heights, Ohio SCM Corporation, Cleveland, Ohio June 17, 1968 Inventor:
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Related U.S. Application Data Continuation-impart of Ser. No. 682,140, Nov. 13, 1967.
U.S. Cl ..l56/272, l 17/62, 1 17/9331, 156/231, 156/242, 156/246, 156/310, 156/322, 161/233, 204/1591), 264/22 Int. Cl. ..B32b 27/16, C09j 5/02 Field ofSearch ..l56/272, 310, 322, 242, 246; 117/62, 93.31; 161/231-233; 204/l59.14-l59.15, 159.19, 15922-15923; 264/22 References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 10/1960 Hendricks ..1 17/9331 12/1966 Sonneborn et a1.. ..156/272 X 6/1967 Brodie ...204/159. 19 X 5/1970 Keyl et a1 ..117/62 Primary Examiner-John T. Goolkasian Assistant Examiner-M. E. McCamish Attorney-Merton H. Douthitt, Wesley B. Taylor, Harold H. Baum and Howard G. Bruss [5 7] ABSTRACT A process for preparing a laminable sheet from a substantially catalyst-free system containing a polymerizable organic unsaturated resin susceptible to free-radical one comprising assembling a film or the like of the resin in contacting substan- Preferably, the process includes the ultimate step of lamination as well. in this embodiment, the described assembly is first passed through onm treating zone effective to impart mass integrity and thereby define a sheet, and is then passed in juxtaposition with a cooperating lamina through another treating zone' effective substantially to complete the cure of the resin and simultaneously laminate the sheet to the cooperating lamina, one of the treating zones comprising exposure to high energy radiation.
13 Claims, 1 Drawing Figure Patented April 25, 1972 3,658,620
' INVENTOR. ROGER P. HALL A TTORNE Y IRRADIATION LAMINATION PROCESS FOR AIR- INHIBITED POLYMERS CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION This is a continuation-in-part application of an application by Roger P. Hall, entitled Curing Air-Inhibited Resins by Radiation", filed Nov. 13, 1967, and assigned Ser. No. 682,140.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION It is known to laminate layers in overlying relation by the combined action of heat and pressure to form a stratified article or laminate. In one aspect of this art, resin-impregnated sheets known variously as overlays" or pre-pregs are so bonded to substrates.
A continuous, uninterrupted process is not always possible in such lamination, since the impregnation and lamination are often performed by difierent processors in different locations.
One practice is to prepare a cured or partially cured resin-impregnated sheet which can be easily handled and stored until such time that it is desired thennally to laminate it to a suitable substrate to form a laminated article. The resinuous systems employed to effect such lamination have required certain levels of catalysts for polymerizing or curing the resin, thereby adding to the cost in materials and labor to prepare the finished products. lt would advance the art if the need for such catalyst was eliminated or substantially reduced.
Moreover, many thermosetting resins, such as those typified by thermosetting, unsaturated polyester resins, exhibit air-inhibited curing at their air-contacting surfaces. Such surfaces are softer than the interiors of the resins and are therefore more easily scratched and marred. Obviously, these qualities are undesirable, especially when such a resin is to be used for coating purposes. Several techniques have been suggested to overcome air-inhibition in the curing of resins. For example, U.S. Pat. No. 3,210,441 to Dowling et al is based on the discovery that the presence of esterified residues of monohydroxy acetals in polyester resins of particular formulation are free of air-inhibition.
Within relatively recent years, the polymerization of resinuous materials by electron radiation has increasingly become of interest. However, the use of this technique has encountered the same difficulty with many thermosetting resins, namely, air-inhibition at the resin-air interface. During penetration by high energy radiation, the resinuous material undergoes an ionization effect" which induces chemical reactions including polymerization; note US. Pat. 2,863,812 to Graham. Radiation, such as a beam of electrons, has not been found to have any appreciable ionization effect at the exposed surface of irradiated material. The desired ionization effect is obtained only after penetration of the resinuous material. Previous attempts have been directed to modifying the radiated energy so as to obtain an ionization effect after relatively short distances of penetration. For example, in US. Pat. 2,863,812 to Graham, electrons pass through an electrically conductive shield before impinging upon the material to be radiated. This technique, of course, increases and complicates the type of apparatus used for the radiation.
It would accordingly, also advance the art if the use of high energy radiation could be adapted easily to cure completely such air-retarding polymerization, especially withoutrequiring any chemical modification of the resinuous material itself or additional and complicating radiation apparatus.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In accordance with the present invention, a laminable sheet is prepared by the use of high energy radiation from a substantially catalyst-free system of a polymerizable organic unsaturated resin of the air-inhibited type, for example, a resin susceptible to free-radical catalysis.
In general, a film of the resinous system is assembled with a membrane in contacting, substantially coplanar relation, and then the assembly is exposed to high energy radiation while the assembly overlies a substrate. The side of the assembly shielded from the atmosphere is cured to a tack-free, mar-resistant condition, while the side of the assembly open to the atmosphere remains relatively tacky and mar-susceptible. This may be due to the chemical combination of oxygen or other elements (from the air) which render the open surface incapable of cure to a mar-resistant state. The resulting laminable sheet can then be laminated in a separate operation to a suitable substrate or cooperating lamina, using the relatively tacky side of the assembly to face and contact the substrate.
When the process includes lamination as well, for example on a continuous basis, the described assembly of resin film and membrane is passed successively through at least two treating zones. The objective of the first zone treatment is to impart a tack-free, mar-resistant surface to a shielded side of the assembly, as before, and also to impart mass integrity to the assembly, so that it may thereafter be treated as a self-supporting sheet, although portions of the resin of the assembly may still be capable of further cure. In this regard, the membrane serves as a reinforcing member in addition to the other uses hereinafter described. The objective of the second zone treatment is to complete all possible cure of the resin and, preferably simultaneously, laminate the assembly to another lamina.
In either embodiment of the process, there must be exposure to high energy radiation at least at one juncture, for instance, at one of the treating zones. This avoids the need for a polymerization catalyst or greatly reduces the need to a relatively small or almost insignificant amount. If high energy radiation is not employed at a treating zone, any heat generating source, such as an infra-red lamp, heated drum, gas oven, or the like may be employed at a treating zone not utilizing such radiation. Use of any of these alternate means as an initial treatment does impart a non-tacky, mar-resistant surface at the shielded side of the resin-membrane assembly while leaving the opposite side relatively tacky and mar-susceptible. It is preferred, however, to use high energy radiation in lieu of such alternate means.
The cooperating lamina which is joined to the present laminable sheet, as at the second zone treatment (whether by heat or radiation) can be wood, metal, plastics, paperboard, or the like. In this modification, an adhesive, which can be chemically reactive, may be used between the sheet and lamina to facilitate their lamination.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING The accompanying FIGURE schematically illustrates the present process for forming a laminable sheet by radiation when adapted for continuous operation; and wherein the laminable sheet is simultaneously laminated to a substrate during the second zone treatment.
DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS As used here and in the claims, the term high energy radiation is taken to include particle emission or electromagnetic radiation. The particles can be electrons, protons, neutrons, 04- particles, etc. The electromagnetic radiation can be radio waves, microwaves, infra-red waves, ultra violet waves, X- rays, gamma rays, and the like. The radiated energy may be applied to the resinuous material in one or more doses for each of the described exposures. As a general guide, only that amount of energy need be applied in any case that completely penetrates and cures the resin, as herein contemplated, and
With respect to electron bombardment, suitable sources of radiation include radioactive elements, such as radium, cobalt 60, and strontium 90, Van de Graaff generators, electron accelerators, and the like. The accelerators or guns, where used, may be of the type supplying from about 100 to about 300 KEV (1000 electron volts) at about to 1,000 milliamperes or even higher. As reported in British Pat. No. 949,191, in most commercial applications of irradiation techniques, electrons have been used having an energy of between 500 to 4,000 KEV. Such electrons have a useful penetration of about 0.l to about 0.7 inch in organic material having a specific gravity of around one. As another measure of radiation, US. Pat. No. 3,247,012 to Burlant discloses that the potential of an electronic beam for radiation purposes may be in the range of about 150,000 to about 450,000 volts.
By microwaves and microwave energy is meant electromagnetic wave energy. Microwaves can be generated by radio frequency power tubes such as the magnetron, amplitron and klystron. Their frequencies range between about 300 MHz and 300,000 MHz, Ml-l2" designating one megahertz and being equal to 10 cycles per second. US. Pat. No. 3,216,849 to Jacobs describes and illustrates one type of microwave generator which may be used. Normally, a 10 to 50 second exposure to microwaves suffices for curing a film of resinuous material, depending on the intensity of the microwaves and thickness of the film. A polymerization catalyst may be required in the resin mix when microwaves are used, for example from about one fourth to one half of the normal amount, but electron beams usually entirely eliminate the need for catalyst.
In the case of microwave radiation, it is preferred to use a non-metallic substrate because commercial machines are not suitable for metallic substratesl Also, polar resinuous materials like polyesterreactive resins much more readily absorb microwave energy than non-polar materialsfl-lowever, unlike electron beams, microwaves can reach sharply indented parts and require much less shielding. lf desired,'a combination of high energy radiation with a low level of a polymerization catalyst in the resin mix may be used. I
The resin systems contemplated by the present invention are those exhibiting inhibition to cure in the presence of air, oxygen and/or nitrogen being generally considered to be responsible for inhibiting or even preventing a desired cure to a non-tacky state.Thus the term air-inhibited resin is taken to mean a resin which does not cure as well, with respect to forming a tack-free, mar-resistant finish, in the presence of air as the resin does when protected from air. Many resins suffer in some degree, more or less, from this shortcoming. Usually such resins contain appreciable amounts of unsaturated, carbon-to-carbon linkage, such as unsaturated, organic polymerizable materials or reaction products like copolymers of isobutylene and conjugated diolefins'such as isoprene, butadiene styrene, butadiene acrylonitrile, and the like. As a rule, this class of resins includes those which polymerize under conditions known in the art as free-radical catalysis. For example, partially cured polybutadiene, polyisoprene, and resins containing pendant acrylic, methacrylic, maleic, and fumaric groups may exhibit air-inhibition. A specific example of an airinhibited resin is the condensation-product of three moles of hydroxypropyl methacrylate and one mole of hexamethoxymethylmelamine. The resulting product can be cured in accordance with the present invention either as so condensed or as further reacted with an olefinic compound such as a vinyl monomer like styrene. The olefinic compound may serve as a solvent for the resin, or if desired, a non-reactive, fugitive solvent may be used.
However, the invention finds chief application in the curing of unsaturated polyester resins, especially when blended with one or more reactive olefinic, unsaturated compounds, such as vinyl monomers, which serve as cross-linkers. It is the cross-v linking which is difficult to realize to a maximum obtainable degree by ordinary techniques in an oxygen atmosphere.
Such polyesters are well known in the art and may,,for example, be derived from reaction between alcohols including ethylene, propylene, butylene, diethylene, dipropylene, trimethylene, and triethylene glycols. and polyols like glycerine; and unsaturated poly-basic acids including maleic acid, maleic anhydride, fumaric acid, chloromaleic acid, itaconic acid, citraconic acid, mesaconic acid, and the like.
Typical cross-linking monomers include styrene, vinyl toluene, methyl methacrylate, alpha-methyl styrene, divinyl benzene, dichlorostyrene, lower dialkyl maleates, and lower dialkyl fumarates. Still other useful cross-linkers include: ethylene glycol diacrylate, ethylene glycol dimethacrylate, diethylene glycol diacrylate, diethylene glycol dimethacrylate, triethylene glycol diacrylate, triethylene glycol dimethyacrylate, tetra-ethylene glycol diacrylate, tetraethylene diamethyacrylate, trimethyol propane triacrylate, trimethylol propane trimethacrylate, hydroxyethyl acrylate, hydroxyethyl methacrylate, hydroxy propyl acrylate, and hydroxy propyl methacrylate.
A minor portion, that is, up to about 40 mol percent, of the unsaturated acid can be replaced withsaturated and/or arom'atic polycarboxylic acids or their chlorinated counterparts.
Typical acids which can be used for the indicated replacement are phthalic, isophthalic, adipic, pimelic, glutaric, succinic, suberic, sebacic, azelaic, chlorinated phthalic, tetrahydrophthalic, hexahydrophthalic anhydride, and the like.
In general, the nature of the substrate is not critical. Wood,
. plastics, metal, glass, paperboard, and the like may be used. In
some instances, the type of radiated energy employed may influence the choice of the substrate as hereinafter noted.
The membrane may be non-porous such as in the form of sheets of cellophane, polymethacrylate, or the like. However, it is preferred for the membrane to be porous to provide a more intimateunion with the impregnating resin. The porous membrane may be webbed, fibrous, etc. Specific examples include paper, wood such as plywoodycloth, fabric, mats of mineral fibers such as asbestos or glass fibers, and the like. The thickness of the membrane depends upon the end use of the laminable sheet. Normally, however, the thickness may range from about two to about 20 mils. 1
Paper is a preferred porous membrane, especially where pre-pregs or overlays are to be prepared in accordance with the present invention. It is also contemplated that the membrane may have a pleasing, attractive surface configuration which is visual after lamination of the resin-membrane sheet to-a desired substrate in order to form a decorative or functional composite particle. For example, the membrane may have a-wood-grain effect or any attractive pattern embossed or otherwise.
ln'practice, a resinous mix substantially catalyst-free and adapted for radiation cure is shaped by standard means into the form of a film, layer or coat. The membrane is associated with the resinuous film at this time in contacting, substantially coplanar relation. This can be accomplished by merely having the membrane overlie and contact the film, but it is preferred for the membrane to become embedded within the resin, particularly if the laminable sheet is to be used as an overlay" in producing a-laminated article. Since the cure of the resin is to be in situ, the resin mix may be a solvent-free, polymerizable admixture of the reactive ingredients. Such a mix may'have previously undergone some polymerization but to a degree insufiicient to alter the substantially fluid character of the mix. Of course, the mix may, if desired, contain a non-reactive solvent which in time evaporates.
Where it is desired to prepare a laminable sheet designed for lamination to a substrate at some delayed subsequent time, the film and membrane assembly is subjected to high energy radiation while the assembly overlies a substrate in the manner previously described. The resulting laminable sheet may then be stored until lamination to another lamina is in order.
Where it is desired to prepare the laminable sheet and then laminate it as well without delay, the-film and membrane assembly is passed through at least two treating zones while overlying a substrate in each zone. The first treating zone is designed to advance the cure of the resin at least to a point sufficient to impart mass integrity to the assembly and thereby define a sheet and to provide a tack-free, mar-resistant undersurface as described. This can be accomplished either by exposing the assembly preferably to high energy radiation; or by exposing it to heat sufficient to obtain the result desired, as long as radiation is then employed in the second treating zone. This treatment as adapted for the present process uniquely takes advantage of the air-inhibition. The resinous shielded face of the assembly,,contiguous to the substrate, cures to a tack and ma rfree condition, while the upper surface of the assembly, exposed to the atmosphere, remains relatively soft, tacky, and mar-susceptible. In general, an appreciable part of any volatile solvent, which may be present in the resin mix, is also driven off in the first zone treatment.
In the second treating zone, the sheet again overlies a substrate and the entire combination is subjected either to high energy radiation (if not used previously) or to heat to effect a lamination of the soft tacky side of the sheet, now shielded from the atmosphere, which it now overlies. Of course, radiation can be used at both zones of treatment if desired. The second zone treatment may not necessarily make the undersurface (the top surface in the first zone treatment) completely tack-free even at this juncture, but it does complete any cure possible and also serves the highly useful function of simultaneously laminating the film to a substrate.
In this case, the substrate defines a cooperating lamina. When the lamina is relatively porous, as in the case of plywood, no adhesive aid may be necessary. The uncured, tacky skin of the resin of the assembly may sufficiently penetrate the wood to form a mechanical or chemical bond therewith as in chemically combining with hydroxyl groups presentin cellulose. However, it is within the contemplation of the invention to apply an adhesive to the uncured or tacky side or face of the resin film, or to the substrate itself, prior to the exposure of the second zone treatment. This is particularly true when the substrate is smooth and non-porous as in the case of glass. A wide gamut of adhesives known in the art may be used. The only requirement is that the final treatment, for example exposure to radiation, does not destroy the adhesive qualities.
A preferred manner of laminating the resinous film to a substrate is to use an adhesive which is curable by radiation and/or chemically reactive with the uncured side of the film and/or the substrate. The choice of a chemically reactive adhesive is determined largely by the chemical nature of the resin itself. The chemically reactive adhesive may be an additional layer of any of the polyester resins and/or cross-linking agents previously disclosed, for instance, styrene, or a mixture of a polyester resin mix and a crosslinker. In any. case, the chemically reactive adhesive may also be in an unreacted or partially reacted stage.
One chief advantage of using such materials to define a chemically reactive adhesive is that the materials are also subject to cure by radiation, so that the entire assembly is simultaneously finally cured and bonded (either chemically or mechanically) to a substrate to form a laminate by the same radiation exposure. As a further modification, the adhesive may if desired contain a catalyst effective to catalyze a reaction between the adhesive and the resin film.
At any time prior to the final laminating step, the film may be stretched to reduce its gauge or thickness. This technique is especially useful when quite thin films are desired, and it is not feasible to work with such thin films prior to a final cure. For example, films may be stretched to reduce their thickness from about mils to about 2 mils. The film may, however, be stretched to a point short of forming pinholes, tears, and the like.
If the membrane itself is stretchable, as in the case of a loose mat of unbonded mineral fibers, the assembly can be stretched manually or by clamps mounted to grip the edges of the film and to move relatively away from one another. If the membrane is not stretchable, as in the case of a sheet of cellophane, the assembly may be passed between the rollers to spread out the resin and thereby reduce the thickness of the assembly.
The following examples are intended merely to illustrate the invention and should not be construed as limiting the claims.
EXAMPLE l A thermosetting polyester resin was prepared by reacting equal molar portions of 1,3-propylene glycol and maleic anhydride. Water was removed until the resin had an acid number of 35. An amount of 70 parts of the cooled reaction product was then mixed with 30 parts of styrene monomer. all by weight.
Referring to the FIGURE, a supply 10 of the resulting polyester resin mix was periodically dumped onto a slowly rotating drumv 11 having a chrome plated surface to minimize adherence with the mix. A doctor knife 12 smoothed the mix to a film form 13 which is enlarged in the figure for purposes of illustration. A paper membrane of about 65 pounds grade, advanced from a roll 15 to be caught in the resin 10, such that the membrane passed beneath the doctor knife 12, in the embodiment illustrated, substantially equidistant between the faces of the film 13. The membrane 14 might, if desired, be mechanically advanced as by power-driven rollers. Normally, however, once the continuous process starts, the advance of the filml'3 with the membrane 14 embedded therein is sufficient as illustrated to pull the trailing portion of the membrane from its roll 15 at a proper speed.
An electron accelerator 16 of standard construction bombarded the film 13 with a radiation of 20 megarades as it passed at a rate of about 20 feet per minute. In general, the radiation strength of the gun l6 and the speed of rotation of the drum 11 are synchronized to cure at least enough of the film that it has sufficient mass integrity to be stripped from the drum 11 as by a knife edge 17 without rupturing; and also to provide a tack-free, hard undersurface to the film 13 as previously described. If high energy radiation had not been used for this step, the drum 11 could have been internally heated as by steam; or the gun 16 could have been replaced by an infra-red lamp, an oil or gasfired burner, or the like.
A continuous conveyor 18 caught the film and membrane assembly 13 atop a plywood substrate 22 as the two laminae together passed between compressing rollers 19 and 24. The plywood substrate 22 has an adhesive coating 23 of a polymerizable, unsaturated polyester resin. This resin was prepared by partially reacting equal molar amounts of diethylene glycol and maleic anhydride with removal of water until an acid number of 35 resulted. An amount of 70 parts of the resulting condensation product was dissolved in 30 parts of a styrene monomer all by weight.
The film l3 and plywood 22 together passed beneath a second accelerator gun 20 while riding the conveyor. This accelerator gun would have been necessary if no high energy radiation had been used adjacent the drum 11 as described. Otherwise the use of the accelerator 20 is optional, and it could' be replaced by more conventional heat sources; Of course, electron accelerators could be used at both stations.
In any event, it is emphasized that the top side of the film 13 at the second treating zone was the underside of the filmwhen it overlay the drum 1 1. Subsequent exposure to radiation from the electron accelerator 20 not only completed any possible further cure of the film but also cured the adhesive coating 23 on the plywood 22 as well and chemically bonded the film 13 to the plywood to form a laminate. This laminate was subsequently lifted from the conveyor 18 and conventionally cut to size.
EXAMPLE 2 maleic anhydride until esterification was substantially complete, as indicated by an acid number of about l5 to 20. The resulting polyester was then diluted with 2,249 grams of toluene.
A procedure was carried out with this resin mix like the procedure of example 1, except that after the initial radiation exposure on drum 11, the laminable sheet was cut to size and the resulting sheets stored for a period of time, while remaining readily laminable to a suitable substrate with or without the use of intervening adhesives. The impregnated laminable sheet of this example at this juncture contained from about 60 per cent to about 70 per cent by weight resin when intended for forming decorative overlays. Sheets having 70 per cent or more resin by weight are used in making very hard, high glossy, clear laminates.
The stored resin-impregnated sheets were laminable, as a batch operation in a match die or flat press, over a wide range of pressures (100 to 600 psig), temperatures (about 240 to 300 F.), and time cycles (about 2 to minutes) with lower temperatures requiring longer time cycles. Since the impregnation resin was thermosetting, the laminates can be stacked hot out of the press. A typical cycle for laminating a resin impregnated sheet was 6 minutes at 200 psig and 260 F., although laminates could have been produced in cycles of 4 minutes at 275 F. and 200 psig to 7 minutes at 260 F. and 170 psig. Such laminated articles are attractive in appearance I and have durable stain and impact resistance, excellent color retention, and chemical resistance.
All patents cited are hereby incorporated by reference. While the foregoing describes preferred embodiments and various modifications of the invention, it is understood that the invention may be practiced still in other forms within the scope of the following claims.
What is claimed is:
l. A process for preparing a laminable sheet from a substantially catalyst-free system containing a polymerizable organic unsaturated resin susceptible to free-radical catalysis, comprising: assembling a film or the like of said resin in contacting, substantially coplanar relation with a membrane, and exposing the resulting assembly while overlying and contacting a substrate to high energy radiation to cure a depthwise segment of the assembly contiguous'to said substrate and thereby provide a non-tacky, .marresistant under surface to said film while leaving at least the upper exposed surface in a relatively tacky, mar-susceptible condition, said upper exposed surface thereby defining an interface of aresulting laminable sheet adapted for subsequent adherence to a cooperating lamina.
2. The process of claim 1 wherein said polymerizable resin is an unsaturated polyester resin contained in a solvent including an olefinic compound reactive with said polyester resin.
3. The process of claim 2 wherein said olefinic compound is a vinyl monomer.
' 4. The process of claim 1 wherein said membrane is embedded within said film of resin.
5. The process of claim 1 wherein said membrane is porous. 6. A process of claim 1 wherein said membrane is nonporous.
7.- The process of claim 1 wherein said high energy radiation is electromagnetic radiation.
8. The process of claim 1 wherein said high energy radiation is by particle emission.
9. A lamination process for a substantially catalyst-free system containing a polymerizable organic unsaturated resin susceptible to free-radical catalysis, comprising: assembling a film or the like of said resin in contacting, substantially coplanar relation with a membrane, passing the assembly through one treating zone effective to cure a depthwise seg ment of the assembly along said shielded face and thereby pro vide a non-tacky, mar-resistant surface to the film at said face while leaving at least the opposite face of the assembly in a relatively tacky, mar-susceptible condition. superimposing said assembly with respect to a cooperating lamina with said opposite face of the assembly overlying and contacting said lamina, and then passing the assembly and cooperating lamina through another treating zone effective substantially to complete the cure of said resin and laminate the assembly to said lamina, at least one of said treating zones comprising exposure to high energy radiation.
10. The process of claim 9 wherein said one treating zone comprises exposing the assembly to high energy radiation while one side of said assembly is shielded from the ambient atmosphere thereby to provide a non-tacky, mar-resistant finish at said side, and wherein said side is then exposed to the atmosphere during passage of the defined sheet and cooperating lamina through said another treating zone.
11. The process of claim 1 wherein said sheet and coope rating lamina have adhesive therebetween effective to facilitate the bond between the sheet and lamina.
12. The process of claim 11 wherein said adhesive chemically reacts at least with the resin of said sheet to bond it and the lamina together.
13. A process for forming a decorative laminate comprising assembling a film of a normally air-inhibited thermosetting resinous reaction product in contacting, substantially coplanar relation with a decorative membrane, exposing the resulting assembly while overlying and contacting a substrate to high energy radiation to cure a depthwise segment of the assembly contiguous to said substrate and thereby provide a non-tacky, mar-resistant undersurface to said film while leaving at least I the upper exposed surface in a relatively tacky, mar-susceptible condition, then inverting the assembly on a lamina and againexposing the assembly to radiation to laminate together saidassembly and lamina, said upper exposed surface forming an inface of the resulting laminate.
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Date of Birt of Srabanti Chatterjeeh: 31 December, 1981 in Amritsar
Occupation: Actress in Bengali films and TV serials
Husband of Srabanti Chatterjee: Rajib Biswas. Rajib Biswas is a film director and he was the chief assistant director in the Nana Patekar starrers Yugpurush and Ghulam E Musthafa. Recently they have filed divorce petition and separated.
Place of birth of Srabanti Chatterjee: Amritsar, Punjab
Shrabanti Chatterjee acted Bengali films
2012: Kanamachi
2012: Bastab
2011: Idiot
2011: Faande Poriya Boga Kaande Re
2011: Fighter
2010: Sedin Dekha Hoyechilo
2010: Josh
2010: Amanush
2010: Wanted
2009: Dujone
2008: Bhalobasha Bhalobasha
2003: Champion
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By Army Spc. April CampbellSpecial to American Forces Press Service
CAMP LIBERTY, Iraq, May 27, 2008 For a Multinational Division Baghdad soldier who plans on working out for and hour or two at the Camp Liberty gym, spending that time standing around and waiting for a working machine can be frustrating.
Army Sgt. Jared Bargas, a Houston native who serves as the training noncommissioned officer in charge with the 4th Infantry Division Band, took it upon himself to ensure that fellow soldiers don't waste time waiting at the gym due to broken equipment.
The soldiers of the 4th Infantry Division Band are responsible for maintaining the division gym here, and Bargas has made many improvements to the well-used facility throughout the past month.
"A lot of people come through the division gym every day," said Army 1st Sgt. Jeremy Smelser, the band's senior enlisted leader.
With the constant use and high demand, it can be quite a chore to keep up the gym and ensure Ivy Division soldiers have a reliable place to conduct physical fitness training.
"Equipment gets broken," said Smelser, a native of Killeen, Texas. "It needs repair. Screws need to be tightened. Air conditioners get broken. Lights burn out. It's just a constant upkeep."
Going into the job, Bargas was not necessarily trained on how to repair workout machines. However, he demonstrated ingenuity and initiative in his efforts to fix up the gym. "Instead of allowing equipment to break and using the excuse of 'I'm not a mechanic,' he took it upon himself to fix the equipment," Smelser added.
Much of the work was accomplished through Bargas' willingness to simply find out what worked through trial and error. It was a learning process, and the results of his efforts are readily evident to soldiers who frequent the gym.
"By taking apart some of the bikes, I learned what's actually inside," Bargas said. "One of the electronic machines wouldn't turn on. I had no clue about electronics, but I just unscrewed the cover and blew some dust out. I put it back together, and then it worked."
For those areas where Bargas was unable to personally resolve the issue, he took the time to find the correct channels to facilitate the repairs.
He used his personal time to talk to contractors and set up appointments for them to replace air conditioners and install new lights. Bargas also went to the nearby morale, welfare and recreation gym and canvassed the assistance of technicians, who offered to help him repair the equipment.
His time at the gym is not always exclusively spent working. He said he takes advantage of the opportunity to be one of his own customers and enjoys working out on the equipment he helps to mend. Although he works in the gym once every eight days, he spends time there working out at the facility five to six times a week. Even when he is there as a customer, he said, he tries to ensure the equipment remains functional.
"I try to check all the equipment as much as possible and fix everything," he said. "It's personally satisfying when people come up to me and tell me the gym looks nice. I know they are thankful for the working equipment."
Senior leaders also took notice of Bargas' efforts. He was recently recognized as the 4th Infantry Division Special Troops Battalion's Player of the Week and received an Army Achievement Medal.
In the meantime, Bargas said, much of his efforts will be focused on maintaining the improvements he has already made.
As the Ivy Division soldiers continue their efforts to stay physically fit, they can rest assured knowing soldiers such as Bargas are working hard to give them the best possible conditions in which to do so.
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The Birds, continued
Nat turned. He ran up the path, back to the cottage.
"I'm going for Jill," he said. "I'll wait for her at the bus stop."
"What's the matter?" asked his wife. "You've gone quite white."
"Keep Johnny inside," he said. "Keep the door shut. Light up now, and draw the curtains."
"It's only just gone three," she said.
"Never mind. Do what I tell you."
He looked inside the toolshed outside the back door. Nothing there of much use. A spade was too heavy, and a fork no good. He took the hoe. It was the only possible tool, and light enough to carry.
He started walking up the lane to the bus stop and now and again glanced back over his shoulder.
The gulls had risen higher now; their circles were broader, wider; they were spreading out in huge formation across the sky.
He hurried on; although he knew the bus would not come to the top of the hill before four o'clock, he had to hurry. He passed no one on the way. He was glad of this. No time to stop and chatter.
At the top of the hill he waited. He was much too soon. There was half an hour still to go. The east wind came whipping across the fields from the higher ground. He stamped his feet and blew upon his hands. In the distance he could see the clay hills, white and clean, against the heavy pallor of the sky. Something black rose from behind them, like a smudge at first, then widening, becoming deeper, and the smudge became a cloud, and the cloud divided again into five other clouds, spreading north, east, south, and west, and they were not clouds at all; they were birds. He watched them travel across the sky, and as one section passed overhead, within two or three hundred feet of him, he knew, from their speed, they were bound inland, upcountry; they had no business with the people here on the peninsula. They were rooks, crows, jackdaws, magpies, jays, all birds that usually preyed upon the smaller species; but this afternoon they were bound on some other mission.
"They've been given the towns," thought Nat; "they know what they have to do. We don't matter so much here. The gulls will serve for us. The others go to the towns."
He went to the call box, stepped inside, and lifted the receiver. The exchange would do. They would pass the message on.
"I'm speaking from the highway," he said, "by the bus stop. I want to report large formations of birds traveling upcountry. The gulls are also forming in the bay."
"All right," answered the voice, laconic, weary.
"You'll be sure and pass this message on to the proper quarter?"
"Yes . . . yes . . ." Impatient now, fed up. The buzzing note resumed.
"She's another," thought Nat, "she doesn't care. Maybe she's had to answer calls all day. She hopes to go to the pictures tonight. She'll squeeze some fellow's hand and point up at the sky and say 'Look at all them birds!' She doesn't care."
The bus came lumbering up the hill. Jill climbed out, and three or four other children. The bus went on toward the town.
"What's the hoe for, Dad?"
They crowded around him, laughing, pointing.
"I just brought it along," he said. "Come on now, let's get home. It's cold, no hanging about. Here, you. I'll watch you across the fields, see how fast you can run."
He was speaking to Jill's companions, who came from different families, living in the council
houses. A shortcut would take them to the cottages.
"We want to play a bit in the lane," said one of them.
"No, you don't. You go off home or I'll tell your mammy."
They whispered to one another, round-eyed, then scuttled off across the fields. Jill stared at her father, her mouth sullen.
"We always play in the lane," she said.
"Not tonight, you don't," he said. "Come on now, no dawdling."
He could see the gulls now, circling the fields, coming in toward the land. Still silent. Still no sound.
"Look, Dad, look over there, look at all the gulls."
"Yes. Hurry, now."
"Where are they flying to? Where are they going?"
"Upcountry, I dare say. Where it's warmer."
He seized her hand and dragged her after him along the lane.
"Don't go so fast. I can't keep up."
The gulls were copying the rooks and crows. They were spreading out in formation across the sky. They headed, in bands of thousands, to the four compass points.
"Dad, what is it? What are the gulls doing?"
They were not intent upon their flight, as the crows, as the jackdaws had been. They still circled overhead. Nor did they fly so high. It was as though they waited upon some signal. As though some decision had yet to be given. The order was not clear.
"Do you want me to carry you, Jill? Here, come pick-a-back."
This way he might put on speed; but he was wrong. Jill was heavy. She kept slipping. And she was crying too. His sense of urgency, of fear, had communicated itself to the child.
"I wish the gulls would go away. I don't like them. They're coming closer to the lane."
He put her down again. He started running, swinging Jill after him. As they went past the farm turning, he saw the farmer backing his car out of the garage. Nat called to him.
"Can you give us a lift?" he said.
"What's that?"
Mr. Trigg turned in the driving seat and stared at them. Then a smile came to his cheerful,
rubicund face.
"It looks as though we're in for some fun," he said. "Have you seen the gulls? Jim and I are going to take a crack at them. Everyone's gone bird crazy, talking of nothing else. I hear you were troubled in the night. Want a gun?"
Nat shook his head.
The small car was packed. There was just room for Jill, if she crouched on top of petrol tins on the back seat.
"I don't want a gun," said Nat, "but I'd be obliged if you'd run Jill home. She's scared of the birds."
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HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. - Trainer Pat Byrne is expecting a big effort on Saturday off the bench from Take Charge Indy, who figures to go postward among the favorites in the Grade 1 Donn Handicap. Take Charge Indy has not started since finishing second behind Shackleford in the Grade 1 Clark Handicap on Nov. 23.
Take Charge Indy indicated his readiness for the race by working a bullet half-mile in 47.02 at Palm Meadows on Saturday.
"I purposely put a little speed in him, let him stretch his legs, but he did it easily," said Byrne. "I don't need to be on the lead in the Donn, but you want to be close on this track. I just wanted him to be sharp, and he's sharp right now. Looking at the field it's going to be a good race. We're just looking to get him started for his 4-year-old season. It's a long year, and we just want to see where he fits with these horses. But I think he's ready to run his best race right off the bat. In fact I think he's better now than he was going into the Florida Derby last winter."
Take Charge Indy led throughout to win the Florida Derby over a field that included the odds-on favorite Union Rags and El Padrino.
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Ultimate Eagle had his final tuneup for the Donn at Hollywood Park on Monday, working five furlongs in 1:01.20 for trainer Michael Pender. Ultimate Eagle, runner-up in the Grade 2 San Pasqual at Santa Anita on Jan. 5, was scheduled to fly to south Florida on Tuesday.