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Images of Virtuality: Conceptualizations and Applications in Everyday Life 2009
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2 Feb 2009 | CFP
An IFIP WG9.5 "Virtuality and Society" International Workshop
April 23-24, 2009 Athens, Greece
"Images of Virtuality: Conceptualizations and Applications in Everyday Life"
Athens University of Economics and Business, Greece
http://www.ImagesOfVirtuality.org
Closing date: February 15th, 2009
Workshop Aim and Scope
Following on the recent (June 2008) International Working Conference of IFIP 9.5 Working Group on Virtuality and Society: "Massive Virtual Communities" at Leuphana University, Lueneburg, this workshop will focus on conceptualizations and applications of virtuality in everyday life, including aspects of socialization, governance, education, entrepreneurship and entertainment.
The main objective of this workshop is to encourage the continuation and enrichment of the discussion on virtuality and society, by focusing more on the technologies, arts, and practices of virtuality as they emerge in spaces and contexts of everyday life. The workshop constitutes an opportunity to bring together theoretical conceptualizations and practical applications of Images of Virtuality manifest in human interaction with information, social, professional and technological systems, art, culture, and nature.
Issues to explore, include among others the following: Where and how can we experience Images of Virtuality in our everyday life? How do such Images implicate social interaction, information technologies, architectural artifacts, artworks, imagination, or combinations of such elements? What is the meaning of such Images for our everyday life? How does the experience of such Images transform our everyday practices and shape our own individual of collective Image?
Current applications of virtuality make use of various technologies such as WEB2.0 & 3.0, ubiquitous computing with RFID, GIS and GPS, mobile networks, intelligent agents and context-aware systems, to construct a Cyberspace of Virtual Worlds and social networks. Trends in virtuality point towards an integration of such elements at the point where the virtual and non-virtual unite into a new digital space augmenting everyday life interactions. The goal of this workshop is to bring together researchers and practitioners interested in presenting and discussing conceptualizations of virtuality and current applications of Information Systems that underly virtual spaces of interaction.
Relevant topics and themes include, but are not limited to:
• Discussing problems of design, construction, adoption, and use of Information Systems in the context of virtuality
• Exploring new (e-,or v-) research methodologies and techniques on inquiring into social action in the context of virtuality
• Identifying challenging social, ethical, and political issues of socialization in virtuality
• Discussing the role of digital representation in multi-actor remote collaboration contexts, both professional and social
• Identifying opportunities and challenges for education, governance, and entrepreneurship in virtual worlds
• Discussing emerging issues of e-policy and e-quality of life specifically implicated by the Virtual
Reviewing Process and Workshop Timeframe
Full and short (in-progress) research papers are solicited for this event. Both types of contributions will be submitted to a double blind-folded peer review process. Details on review schedule are provided later in this Call.
The workshop will be a full day event and will be open to a maximum of 50-60 participants. It will comprise presentations of full research papers (15-20 mins) followed by a 10 min discussion coordinated by a discussant allocated to each paper presentation.
On April 23rd, a pre-workshop day is scheduled with two special sessions: First, a morning session with presentations of in-progress research work in a looser format compared to typical conference-like paper presentations. Second, an afternoon doctoral research meeting, offering PhD students the opportunity to present and discuss their work in an informal, 'loose' format (posters, case studies and demos are strongly encouraged). Both of these two sessions are subject to an adequate participation. In case of limited offers to contribute to these pre-workshop events, the two sessions will merge in one half-day session.
Both full and in-progress research contributions will be included in a CD-ROM published with an ISBN. Workshop contributions will also be considered for publication in a Special Issue of a related International Journal.
• Paper submissions due: February 15, 2009
• Notification to authors: March 8, 2009
• Final papers submissions due: April 5, 2009
• Workshop: April 23-24, 2009
Participants should submit their position papers (6-12 pages excluding references) for the main workshop session or extended abstracts (no more than 2 pages) for the pre-workshop day event, by email to apaparg[at]aueb.gr no later than January 31, 2009. Instructions to authors can be found here: http://www.imagesofvirtuality.org/submit.html
Workshop Committees
Chrisanthi Avgerou, Management Information Systems and Innovation, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK.
Nikolaos Avouris, HCI Group, University of Patras, GR.
Kevin Crowston, Information Studies, Syracuse University, USA.
Paul C. van Fenema, Netherlands Defense Academy, and Tilburg University, NL.
Dimitris Gouscos, New Technologies Laboratory in Communication, Education and the Mass Media, University of Athens, GR.
David Kreps, Business Management, Salford University, UK.
Alexandros-Andreas Kyrtsis, Political Science & Public Administration, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, GR.
Niki Panteli, School of Management, University of Bath, UK.
Dimitris Papalexopoulos, School of Architecture, National Technical University of Athens, GR
Anthony Papargyris, Management Science & Technology, Athens University of Economics and Business, GR.
Angeliki Poulymenakou, Management Science & Technology, Athens University of Economics and Business, GR.
François de Vaujany, Institute of Business Administration, Grenoble University, FR.
Martin Warnke, Computer Science & Culture, Leuphana University Lueneburg, D.
Local Organizers
– Angeliki Poulymenakou (IFIP WG 9.5 founding member, Associate Professor in Information Systems, and leader of ISTLab/OIS research group, Department of Management Science and Technology, Athens University of Economics and Business, akp@aueb.gr)
– Anthony Papargyris (IFIP WG 9.5 founding member, Doctoral researcher in Information Systems, and ISTLab/OIS research associate, Department of Management Science and Technology, Athens University of Economics and Business, apaparg@aueb.gr)
For more information check the workshop's web site: http://www.ImagesOfVirtuality.org
Sponsored by IFIP 9.5 Working Group "Virtuality and Society"


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In a 1970 interview, Lennon referred to this song as: […] one of the best lyrics I've written. In fact, it could be the best. It's good poetry, or whatever you call it… Read More
Words are flowing out like endless rain into a paper cup
They slither wildly as they slip away across the universe
Pools of sorrow, waves of joy are drifting through my opened mind
Possessing and caressing me
Jai Guru Deva, Om
Nothing's gonna change my world
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million eyes
They call me on and on across the universe
Thoughts meander like a restless wind inside a letter box
They tumble blindly as they make their way across the universe
Sounds of laughter, shades of life are ringing through my open ears
Inciting and inviting me
Limitless undying love which shines around me like a million suns
It calls me on and on across the universe
Jai Guru Deva
In a 1970 interview, Lennon referred to this song as:
[…] one of the best lyrics I've written. In fact, it could be the best. It's good poetry, or whatever you call it, without chewin' it. See, the ones I like are the ones that stand as words, without melody. They don't have to have any melody, like a poem, you can read them.
Written during 1967-68, the lyrics are typical of Lennon's songwriting during the time: dreamy, abstract and highly image-based.
The title of the song was used as that of a 2007 film based around Beatles songs.
The song was recorded on February 4, 1968. At the 40th anniversary of that day, NASA beamed "Across the Universe" into space in the direction of the North Star, Polaris.
Jai Guru Deva,om . What does it mean?
Glory to the teacher of God
I was lying next to my first wife in bed, you know, and I was irritated. She must have been going on and on about something and she'd gone to sleep and I'd kept hearing these words over and over, flowing like an endless stream. I went downstairs and it turned into sort of a cosmic song rather than an irritated song; rather than a 'Why are you always mouthing off at me?' or whatever, right?
But the words stand, luckily, by themselves. They were purely inspirational and were given to me as boom! I don't own it, you know; it came through like that. I don't know where it came from, what meter it's in, and I've sat down and looked at it and said, 'Can I write another one with this meter?' It's so interesting…
It's like being possessed; like a psychic or a medium. The thing has to go down. It won't let you sleep, so you have to get up, make it into something, and then you're allowed to sleep. That's always in the middle of the bloody night, when you're half awake or tired and your critical facilities are switched off.
–John Lennon, 1980 (All We Are Saying by David Sheff, via Beatles Bible)
How do I pronounce "Jai Guru Deva, Om"?
What is the song about?
Let It Be (1970)
Dig a Pony
Maggie Mae
I've Got a Feeling
One After 909
For You Blue
John Lennon & Lennon-McCartney
Northern Songs
Apple Corps
Choir Arrangement
Abbey Road Studios, London, England
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My World by Illogic
Interpolated By
Resurrection by The Aerovons
Cover By
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Across the Universe (Wildlife Version) by The Beatles
Remixed By
Across the Universe (1970 Glyn Johns Mix) by The Beatles & Across The Universe (2021 Mix) by The Beatles
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and a second compound having a bandgap larger than a bandgap of the first compound.
The present invention relates to a light-emitting device using an organic compound, and more particularly, relates to an organic light-emitting device which emits light by applying an electric field to a thin film comprising the organic compound.
An organic light-emitting device is a device which forms excitons of a fluorescent organic compound by interposing a thin film comprising the fluorescent compound between an anode and a cathode and injecting electrons and holes (positive holes) from the electrodes, and utilizes light emitted when the excitons return to a ground state.
In a study according to Eastman Kodak Corporation in 1987 (Appl. Phys. Lett. 51, 913 (1987)), it has been reported that a device having a function-separated two-layer structure, which uses ITO for an anode, an alloy of magnesium and silver for a cathode, an aluminum quinolinol complex for an electron-transporting material and a light-emitting material and a triphenylamine derivative for a hole-transporting material, emits light of about 1,000 cd/m2 at an applied voltage of about 10 V (U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,539,507, 4,720,432 and 4,885,211).
Further, emission of light from ultraviolet to infrared region can be performed by changing the kind of a fluorescent organic compound. In these days, research has been actively made on various compounds (U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,151,629, 5,409,783, 5,382,477, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open Nos. H02-247278, H03-255190, H05-202356, H09-202878, and H09-227576).
In addition to organic light-emitting devices using such low-molecular materials as those described above, a group of the University of Cambridge has reported organic light-emitting devices using conjugate polymers (Nature, 347, 539 (1990)) . This report has confirmed that light emission can be obtained by a single layer by forming polyphenylene vinylene (PPV) in a film shape by use of an application system. Related patents on the organic light-emitting device using the conjugate polymers include U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,247,190, 5,514,878, 5,672,678, and Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open Nos. H04-145192 and H05-247460.
As described above, recent progress of an organic light-emitting device is remarkable, and is characterized in that a highly responsive, thin, and lightweight light-emitting device that can be driven at a low applied voltage and provides a high luminance and a variety of emission wavelengths can be made, which suggests the applicability to a wide variety of uses.
However, there still remain a large number of problems in terms of durability such as a change over time due to long-term use and deterioration due to an atmospheric gas containing oxygen or to moisture. Furthermore, when application to a full-color display or the like is attempted, an optical output of a higher luminance or light emission of a higher conversion efficiency is still required at present, so that various proposals have been made hitherto.
As for an example of a material and an organic light-emitting device containing an anthracene ring, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. H08-12600 discloses use of a phenyl anthracene derivative compound. The publication describes that such compound can form a good organic film because of its low crystallinity particularly when used for a blue-light-emitting material or an electron-injecting/transporting material, but the emission efficiency and durability life have not practically been sufficient.
Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open Nos. H09-157643 and H10-72579 disclose use of an aminoanthracene derivative and a diaminoanthracene derivative, respectively. The publications describe that those anthracene derivatives provide green light emission when used as a light-emitting material, but when used to make a device, the emission efficiency of the device has been low and the durability life of the device has not practically been sufficient.
Japanese Patent No. 3,008,897 discloses that a device using a particular bianthryl compound for a light-emitting material shows light emission of a high luminance, but has no description about its emission efficiency and durability life.
Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. H11-8068 discloses that a device using a particular anthracene compound containing an olefin moiety for a light-emitting material shows light emission of yellow to red color range, but the emission efficiency has not been practically sufficient.
Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2001-284050 discloses a device using a light-emitting medium layer containing an anthracene derivative of a particular structure, an electron-transporting compound and a fluorescent compound. The patent describes that a red-light-emitting device with improved reliability is obtained, but the emission efficiency is not practically sufficient and it is difficult to emit blue light because of its device structure.
Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2002-324678 discloses that an organic light-emitting device using a material which has a pyrene-substituted benzene ring has good emission characteristics and durability, but the external quantum efficiency of the device is low, and the patent has no specific description about the durability life.
It is, therefore, an object of the present invention to provide an organic light-emitting device having an optical output with a high efficiency, a high luminance and a long life.
The present invention can provide an organic light-emitting device which has extremely high luminance and efficiency, and excellent stability over time.
FIG. 5 is a schematic cross-sectional view showing yet still another example of the organic light-emitting device in accordance with the present invention.
FIGS. 1 to 5 are schematic cross-sectional views showing examples of configurations of the organic light-emitting device in accordance with the present invention.
FIG. 1 shows a configuration in which an anode 2, a light-emitting layer 3 and a cathode 4 are sequentially provided on a substrate 1. The configuration is useful when the light-emitting layer itself owns all of hole transporting capability, electron transporting capability and light emitting capability.
FIG. 2 shows a configuration in which an anode 2, a hole-transporting layer 5, an electron-transporting layer 6 and a cathode 4 are sequentially provided on a substrate 1. In this case, a light-emitting region is any one of the hole-transporting layer 5 and the electron-transporting layer 6. The configuration has a higher degree of freedom in selecting materials because the functions of hole transportation and electron transportation can be separated into the respective layers, and can improve the performance of the device.
FIG. 3 shows a configuration in which an anode 2, a hole-transporting layer 5, a light-emitting layer 3, an electron-transporting layer 6, and a cathode 4 are sequentially provided on a substrate 1. The configuration separates a carrier-transporting function and a light-emitting function, uses compounds having the characteristics of hole-transporting capability, electron-transporting capability and light-emitting capability respectively in combination, consequently extremely increases the degree of freedom in selecting materials, besides, can use various compounds having different emission wavelengths, and accordingly can emit lights of a variety of hues. Furthermore, the configuration makes it possible to effectively confine carriers or excitons in the central light-emitting layer 3, thereby improving the emission efficiency.
FIG. 4 shows a configuration in which a hole-injecting layer 7 is additionally provided an anode 2 side of the device structure shown in FIG. 3. The configuration has the effect of improving adhesiveness between the anode 2 and a hole-transporting layer 5 and improving hole injection property, thereby effectively reduce the drive voltage.
FIG. 5 shows a configuration in which a layer (a hole/exciton blocking layer 8) for blocking holes or excitons from passing to a cathode 4 side is additionally provided between a light-emitting layer 3 and an electron-transporting layer 6 of the device structure shown in FIG. 3. The configuration effectively improves the emission efficiency by using a compound with a high ionization potential as the hole/exciton blocking layer 8.
The present invention is characterized in that at least one layer having a light-emitting region of the above described device configuration comprises a first compound represented by the above-mentioned general formula (1) and a second compound having a bandgap larger than that of the first compound, and a light emitted from the first compound is mainly utilized.
It is particularly desirable to select the both compounds such that an absorption wavelength region of the first compound overlaps an emission wavelength region of the second compound. Such selection makes it possible to promote energy transfer from the second compound to the first compound having a high emission efficiency, whereby improving the emission efficiency of the device. On the contrary, when the bandgap of the second compound is smaller than that of the first compound, the light emission the first compound having the high emission efficiency can not be efficiently utilized.
The advantages resulting from using the first compound and the second compound in combination, as compared to using the first compound singly include: (1) inhibition of concentration quenching due to association of the first compound, (2) improvement of film forming ability by mixing with the second compound, and (3) easy adjustment of carrier balance between electrons and holes by using the two kinds of compounds, and there is obtained the effect of improvement of the emission efficiency and prolongation of the life. In order to obtain the effect as described above, the concentration of the first compound in a layer having a light-emitting region is preferably 0.01 to 80 wt. %, and is particularly 1 to 40 wt. % in order to obtain the advantages of (1) to (3) in well balanced manner. The distribution of the concentration of the mixture of the both compounds may either be uniform or have a concentration gradient in the layer having the light-emitting region.
Further, for enhancing the above described advantages, it is possible to further add a third compound to the layer having the light-emitting region. Also in this case, it is important to select as the third compound a compound having a larger bandgap than that of the first compound.
Incidentally, the bandgap can be determined by measuring an absorption spectrum of a compound in ultraviolet to visible light region, or alternatively by measuring a reduction potential through a cyclic voltammetry method. Further alternatively, it can be predicted by means of a computer simulation through a molecular orbital method or a density functional method.
For the first compound, in consideration of providing to a same molecule a plurality of functions such as efficient light emission and efficient electron/hole transportation, molecular design has been carried out to dispose an aminoanthryl derivative group and a pyrene derivative group. As a result of introducing a substituted amino group into an anthryl group in expectation of high light emission efficiency and efficient hole-transporting capability, by changing a substituent in the amino group, it is possible to adjust the HOMO/LUMO levels of the material to thereby tune the emission color within a wide region including blue, green, and other colors on a longer wavelength side. Further, by predicting the HOMO/LUMO levels by calculation, it is possible to carry out molecular design while considering energy level differences of a host material, a hole-transporting layer, and an electron-transporting layer. The pyrene derivative shows a high quantum yield, and it can be also expected that superposition of pyrene rings improves the carrier-transporting capability. Furthermore, the amino group on the anthryl group can raise the glass transition temperature (Tg), and can provide a material with good thermal stability. For the first compound, in addition to the above described consideration, in the light of inhibiting molecular vibration and thermal inactivation through an isotope effect, introduction of a deuterium atom containing molecular unit has been also considered. The first compound has been made through molecular design on the basis of the above described consideration, and thus the present invention has been accomplished.
Examples of the substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group in the above described general formula (1) include, but are not limited to, methyl group, methyl-d1 group, methyl-d3 group, ethyl group, ethyl-d5 group, n-propyl group, n-butyl group, n-pentyl group, n-hexyl group, n-heptyl group, n-octyl group, n-decyl group, iso-propyl group, iso-propyl-d7 group, iso-butyl group, sec-butyl group, tert-butyl group, tert-butyl-d9 group, iso-pentyl group, neopentyl group, tert-octyl group, fluoromethyl group, difluoromethyl group, trifluoromethyl group, 2-fluoroethyl group, 2,2,2-trifluoroethyl group, perfluoroethyl group, 3-fluoropropyl group, perfluoropropyl group, 4-fluorobutyl group, perfluorobutyl group, 5-fluoropentyl group, 6-fluorohexyl group, chloromethyl group, trichloromethyl group, 2-chloroethyl group, 2,2,2-trichloroethyl group, 4-chlorobutyl group, 5-chloropentyl group, 6-chlorohexyl group, bromomethyl group, 2-bromoethyl group, iodomethyl group, 2-iodoethyl group, hydroxymethyl group, hydroxyethyl group, cyclopropyl group, cyclobutyl group, cyclopentyl group, cyclohexyl group, cyclopentylmethyl group, cyclohexylmethyl group, cyclohexylethyl group, 4-fluorocyclohexyl group, norbornyl group, and adamantyl group.
Examples of the substituted or unsubstituted aralkyl group include, but are not limited to, benzyl group, 2-phenylethyl group, 2-phenylisopropyl group, 1-naphthylmethyl group, 2-naphthylmethyl group, 2-(1-naphthyl)ethyl group, 2-(2-naphthyl)ethyl group, 9-anthrylmethyl group, 2-(9-anthryl)ethyl group, 2-fluorobenzyl group, 3-fluorobenzyl group, 4-fluorobenzyl group, 2-chlorobenzyl group, 3-chlorobenzyl group, 4-chlorobenzyl group, 2-bromobenzyl group, 3-bromobenzyl group, and 4-bromobenzyl group.
Examples of the substituted or unsubstituted alkenyl group include, but are not limited to, vinyl group, allyl group (2-propenyl group), 1-propenyl group, iso-propenyl group, 1-butenyl group, 2-butenyl group, 3-butenyl group and styryl group.
Examples of the substituted or unsubstituted alkynyl group include, but are not limited to, acetylenyl group, phenylacetylenyl group and 1-propynyl group.
Examples of the substituted or unsubstituted aryl group include, but are not limited to, phenyl group, phenyl-d5 group, 4-methylphenyl group, 4-methoxyphenyl group, 4-ethylphenyl group, 4-fluorophenyl group, 4-trifluorophenyl group, 3,5-dimethylphenyl group, 2,6-diethylphenyl group, mesityl group, 4-tert-butylphenyl group, ditolylaminophenyl group, biphenyl group, terphenyl group, naphthyl group, naphthyl-d7 group, acenaphthylenyl group, anthryl group, anthryl-d9 group, phenanthryl group, phenanthryl-d9 group, pyrenyl group, pyrenyl-d9 group, acephenanthrylenyl group, aceanthrylenyl group, chrysenyl group, dibenzochrysenyl group, benzoanthryl group, benzoanthryl-d11 group, dibenzoanthryl group, naphthacenyl group, picenyl group, pentacenyl group, fluorenyl group, triphenylenyl group, perylenyl group, and perylenyl-d-11 group.
Examples of the substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclic group include, but are not limited to, pyrrolyl group, pyridyl group, pyridyl-d5 group, bipyridyl group, methylpyridyl group, pyrimidinyl group, pyrazinyl group, pyridazinyl group, terpyrrolyl group, thienyl group, thienyl-d4 group, terthienyl group, propylthienyl group, benzothienyl group, dibenzothienyl group, dibenzothienyl-d7 group, furyl group, furyl-d4 group, benzofuryl group, isobenzofuryl group, dibenzofuryl group, dibenzofuryl-d7 group, quinolyl group, quinolyl-d6 group, isoquinolyl group, quinoxalinyl group, naphthyridinyl group, quinazolinyl group, phenanthridinyl group, indolizinyl group, phenazinyl group, carbazolyl group, oxazolyl group, oxadiazolyl group, thiazolyl group, thiadiazolyl group, acridinyl group, and phenazinyl group.
Examples of the substituted or unsubstituted aralkylene group include, but are not limited to, benzylene group, 2-phenylethylene group, 2-phenylisopropylene group, 1-naphthylmethylene group, 2-naphthylmethylene group, 9-anthrylmethylene group, 2-fluorobenzylene group, 3-fluorobenzylene group, 4-fluorobenzylene group, 4-chlorobenzyl group, and 4-bromobenzylene group.
Examples of the substituted or unsubstituted alkenylene group include, but are not limited to, vinylene group, iso-propenylene group, styrylene group and 1,2-diphenylvinylene group.
Examples of the substituted or unsubstituted alkynylene group include, but are not limited to, acetylenylene group and a phenylacetylenylene group.
Examples of the substituted or unsubstituted arylene group include, but are not limited to, phenylene group, biphenylene group, tetrafluorophenylene group, dimethylphenylene group, naphthylene group, phenanthrylene group, pyrenylene group, tetracenylene group, pentacenylene group and perylenylene group.
Examples of the substituted or unsubstituted divalent heterocyclic group include, but are not limited to, furylene group, pyrrolylene group, pyridylene group, terpyridylene group, thienylene group, terthienylene group, oxazolylene group, thiazolylene group and carbazolylene group.
Examples of the substituted or unsubstituted amino group (—NR′R″) include, but are not limited to, those wherein R′ and R″ are each independently a hydrogen atom, a deuterium atom, the above described substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, aralkyl, aryl, and heterocyclic groups, alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, aralkyl, or amino groups as linked by a substituted or unsubstituted arylene or divalent heterocyclic group, substituted silyl group, ether group, thioether group, or carbonyl group; for example, amino group, N-methylamino group, N-ethylamino group, N,N-dimethylamino group, N,N-diethylamino group, N-methyl-N-ethylamino group, N-benzylamino group, N-methyl-N-benzylamino group, N,N-dibenzylamino group, anilino group, N,N-diphenylamino group, N-phenyl-N-tolylamino group, N,N-ditolylamino group, N-methyl-N-phenylamino group, N,N-dianisolylamino group, N-mesityl-N-phenylamino group, N,N-dimesitylamino group, N-phenyl-N-(4-tert-butylphenyl)amino group, and N-phenyl-N-(4-trifluoromethylphenyl)amino group.
Examples of the substituted or unsubstituted alkoxy group include, but are not limited to, an alkyloxy group or aralkyloxy group which has the above described substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group or aralkyl group; an aryloxy group having the above described substituted or unsubstituted aryl group or heterocyclic group; for example, methoxy group, ethoxy group, propoxy group, 2-ethyl-octyloxy group, phenoxy group, 4-tert-butylphenoxy group, benzyloxy group, and thienyloxy group.
Examples of the substituted or unsubstituted sulfide group include, but are not limited to, an alkylsulfide group or aralkylsulfide group which has the above described substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group or aralkyl group; an arylsulfide group having the above described substituted or unsubstituted aryl group or heterocyclic group; for example, methyl sulfide group, ethylsulfide group, phenylsulfide group, and 4-methylphenylsulfide group.
The term "a group bonded through a linking group" herein employed refers to, for example, the "-Ph-O-Ph-" portion of Exemplified Compound No. 17 of the representative examples of the first compound as shown below, in which the ether group "—O—" is a linking group.
Examples of the linking group for bonding or joining of the above described substituents include, but are not limited to, the above described substituted or unsubstituted arylene, divalent heterocyclic, alkylene, alkenylene, alkynylene, and aralkylene groups; and substituted silyl group, ether group, thioether group, and carbonyl group.
Examples of the substituents which the above described substituents and linking groups may further posses include, but are not limited to, a deuterium atom; alkyl or aralkyl groups such as methyl group, ethyl group, n-propyl group, n-butyl group, n-pentyl group, n-hexyl group, n-heptyl group, n-octyl group, n-decyl group, iso-propyl group, iso-butyl group, sec-butyl group, tert-butyl group, iso-pentyl group, neopentyl group, tert-octyl group, benzyl group, and 2-phenylethyl group; alkoxy groups such as methoxy group, ethoxy group, propoxy group, 2-ethyl-octyloxy group, phenoxy group, 4-tert-butylphenoxy group, and benzyloxy group; aryl groups such as phenyl group, 4-methylphenyl group, 4-ethylphenyl group, 3-chlorophenyl group, 3,5-dimethylphenyl group, triphenylamino group, biphenyl group, terphenyl group, naphthyl group, anthryl group, phenanthryl group, and pyrenyl group; heterocyclic groups such as pyridyl group, bipyridyl group, methylpyridyl group, thienyl group, terthienyl group, propylthienyl group, furyl group, quinolyl group, carbazolyl group, and N-ethylcarbazolyl group; a halogen group, a hydroxyl group, a cyano group, and a nitro group.
The first compound of the present invention is preferably a compound wherein Z1 is a direct single bond and m is 1, specifically, a compound represented by the following general formula (2); and is more preferably a compound wherein X2 in the general formula (2) is a direct single bond, specifically, a compound represented by the following general formula (3).
In addition, the first compound is also preferably a compound wherein Z1 is phenylene group, specifically, a compound represented by the following general formula (4); and is more preferably a compound wherein Z1 in the general formula (4) is metaphenylene group, b is 1 and m is 1, specifically, a compound represented by the following general formula (5).
Next, representative examples of the first compound used in the present invention will be shown, but the compound is not limited to the examples.
q is an integer of 1 to 10.
The compounds each have a rigid and bulky unit as a central portion, and further have a condensed polycyclic aromatic group or condensed polycyclic heterocyclic group, which is excellent in carrier-transporting property and emission characteristics; are less likely to crystallize; are excellent in stability over time; and enable the device to effect highly efficient light emission.
Representative examples of the compound represented by the general formula (6) are shown below.
Representative examples of the compound represented by the general formula (7) are shown below.
The present invention is characterized by an organic layer in a light-emitting region, and other organic layers (hole-injecting layer, hole-transporting layer, electron-transporting layer, and the like) can be formed by employ hitherto known materials, as needed.
Examples of such compounds will be now described below.
It is preferable that the hole injecting/transporting material facilitates injection of holes from an anode and has an excellent mobility for transporting the injected holes to a light-emitting layer. Examples of low molecular and high molecular materials having the hole injecting/transporting capability include a triarylamine derivative, a phenylenediamine derivative, a triazole derivative, an oxadiazole derivative, an imidazole derivative, a pyrazoline derivative, a pyrazolone derivative, an oxazole derivative, a fluorenone derivative, a hydrazone derivative, a stilbene derivative, a phthalocyanine derivative, a porphyrin derivative, poly(vinylcarbazole), poly(silylene), poly(thiophen) and other conductive polymers, but is not limited to them. Representative examples thereof will be shown below.
The electron injecting/transporting material can be arbitrarily selected from those materials which facilitate injection of electrons from a cathode and have a function of transporting the injected electrons to a light-emitting layer, and is selected in consideration of a balance with the carrier mobility of the hole-transporting material. Examples of the material having electron injecting/transporting capability include, but is not limited to, an oxadiazole derivative, an oxazole derivative, a thiazole derivative, a thiadiazole derivative, a pyrazine derivative, a triazole derivative, a triazine derivative, a perylene derivative, a quinoline derivative, a quinoxaline derivative, a fluorenone derivative, an anthrone derivative, a phenanthroline derivative and an organometallic complex. Representative examples will be shown below.
A layer containing an organic compound in the organic light-emitting device of the present invention is a thin film generally formed with vacuum deposition method, ion plating method, sputtering, plasma CVD, or a well-known method of applying the organic compound dissolved in a suitable solvent (such as spin coating, dipping, casting, LB method, ink jet method). Particularly, when the film is formed with the application method, the film can be formed by additionally using a suitable binder resin.
The above described binder resin can be selected from a wide range of binding resins, and includes, for instance, polyvinylcarbazole resin, polycarbonate resin, polyester resin, polyarylate resin, polystyrene resin, ABS resin, polybutadiene resin, polyurethane resin, acrylic resin, methacrylic resin, butyral resin, polyvinylacetal resin, polyamide resin, polyimide resin, polyethylene resin, polyether sulfonic resin, diallylphthalate resin, phenolic resin, epoxy resin, silicone resin, polysulfonic resin and urea resin, but is not limited to them. In addition, the binder resin may be singly used, or be used in combination as a copolymer. Furthermore, an additive such as a well-known plasticizer, antioxidant, and ultraviolet absorber, as needed.
An anode material used preferably has as large a work function as possible, and includes, for instance, an elemental metal such as gold, platinum, silver, copper, nickel, palladium, cobalt, selenium, vanadium and tungsten, an alloy thereof, and a metal oxide such as stannic oxide, zinc oxide, indium oxide, indium tin oxide (ITO) and indium zinc oxide. Further, a conductive polymer such as polyaniline, polypyrrole, polythiophene and polyphenylene sulfide can be employed. These electrode materials can be used singly or in combination. In addition, the anode may be either of a single layer configuration or of a multilayer configuration.
On the other hand, a cathode material used preferably has a low work function, and include, for instance an elemental metal such as lithium, sodium, potassium, calcium, magnesium, aluminum, indium, ruthenium, titanium, manganese, yttrium, silver, lead, tin, and chromium; or an alloy made of a plurality of the above metals, such as lithium-indium, sodium-potassium, magnesium-silver, aluminum-lithium, aluminum-magnesium, and magnesium-indium. A metal oxide such as indium tin oxide (ITO) can be also used. These electrode materials can be used singly or in combination. In addition, the cathode may be either of a single layer configuration or of a multilayer configuration.
Further, it is preferred that at least one of an anode and a cathode is transparent or translucent.
A substrate used in the present invention is not particularly limited, but an opaque substrate such as a metal substrate and a ceramic substrate or a transparent substrate such as glass, quartz, and a plastic sheet is used. Further, it is also possible to employ, for a substrate, a color filter film, a fluorescent color conversion filter film and a dielectric reflective film to thereby control the emission color. In addition, it is also possible to provide a thin film transistor (TFT) on the substrate and form a device by connecting thereto.
Further, as to the direction in which light is taken out of the device, any one of a bottom emission configuration (configuration in which light is taken out from a substrate side) and a top emission configuration (configuration in which light is taken out from a side opposite to the substrate side) may be adopted as needed.
Incidentally, after a device has been produced, a protective layer or an encapsulation layer may further be provided, for the purpose of preventing contact with oxygen or moisture. Examples of such a protective layer include a diamond thin film; a film of an inorganic material such as a metal oxide and a metal nitride; a film of a polymer such as a fluororesin, poly-p-xylene, polyethylene, silicone resin, and polystyrene resin; and further a photocurable resin. Further, the produced device may also be covered with glass, a gas-impermeable film and a metal, or be packaged with a suitable encapsulation resin.
The present invention will be now described more in detail below with reference to examples, but the present invention is not limited to the examples.
An organic light-emitting device having a structure shown in FIG. 3 was prepared with a method described below.
A transparent conductive support substrate was prepared which had a film of indium tin oxide (ITO) with a thickness of 120 nm as an anode 2 formed on a glass substrate 1 by a sputtering method. The transparent conductive support substrate was ultrasonically cleaned sequentially with acetone and isopropyl alcohol (IPA), subsequently cleaned with boiled IPA, was dried, was further cleaned with UV/ozone, and was used.
A chloroform solution of a compound represented by the following structural formula, which was a hole-transporting material, was prepared so that the concentration became 0.2 wt. %.
The solution was dropped on the above described ITO electrode and spin-coated at first for ten seconds at a rotation speed of 500 RPM and then for one minute at a rotation speed of 1,000 RPM, to form a film. The substrate was dried in a vacuum oven at 80° C. for ten minutes to completely remove the solvent in the thin film. The formed hole-transporting layer 5 had a thickness of 25 nm.
Subsequently, a light-emitting layer 3 with a thickness of 20 nm was provided on the hole-transporting layer 5 by co-depositing the above exemplified compound No. 3 as the first compound and the above exemplified compound No. 101 as the second compound (weight ratio: 10:90). As for the vapor depositing conditions in forming the film, the vacuum degree was 1.0×10−4 Pa and the film-forming rate was 0.2 to 0.3 nm/sec.
Furthermore, an electron-transporting layer 6 made of bathophenanthroline (BPhen) was formed into a film thickness of 50 nm through a vacuum deposition method. As for the vapor depositing conditions, the vacuum degree was 1.0×10−4 Pa and the film-forming rate was 0.2 to 0.3 nm/sec.
Then, an organic light-emitting device was prepared by the subsequent steps of: forming a film of lithium fluoride (LiF) with a thickness of 0.5 nm on the above described organic layer by a vacuum deposition method; and further providing an aluminum film with a thickness of 150 nm thereon by a vacuum deposition method to make it an electron-injecting electrode (cathode 4). As for the vapor depositing conditions in forming the films, the vacuum degree was 1.0×10−4 Pa, the film-forming rate for lithium fluoride was 0.05 nm/sec and the film-forming rate for aluminum was 1.0 to 1.2 nm/sec.
The thus obtained organic electroluminescent device was covered with a protective glass plate in a dry air atmosphere so that the device was not degraded through adsorbing moisture, and was encapsulated with an acrylic resin adhesive.
A voltage of 4.0 V was applied to thus obtained device with the ITO electrode (anode 2) being used as a positive electrode and the aluminum electrode (cathode 4) being used as a negative electrode. As a result, emission of a green light was observed which had a peak emission wavelength of 520 nm originating from the exemplified compound No. 3, at an emission luminance of 640 cd/m2 with an emission efficiency of 10 lm/W.
Furthermore, a voltage was applied to the device in nitrogen atmosphere for 100 hours so that the current density was kept at 30 mA/cm2. As a result, the device emitted light at a luminance of about 3,800 cd/m2 in an early stage and at about 2,700 cd/m2 after elapse of 100 hours, which meant that the luminance degradation was very small.
In addition, the absorption spectrum in ultraviolet to visible light region was measured on the device, and as a result, the second compound had a larger bandgap than the first compound had.
Devices were prepared by following the same procedure as in Example 1 with the exception that the exemplified compound No. 3 was used as the first compound and the compounds shown in Table 1 below were used as the second compound, and were similarly evaluated. The results are shown in Table 1.
Any device of Examples 2 to 4 emitted a green light having a peak wavelength in the vicinity of 520 nm originating from the exemplified compound No. 3.
In addition, the absorption spectra in ultraviolet to visible light region were measured on the devices, and as a result, the second compounds each had a larger bandgap than the first compound had in any Example.
Devices were prepared by following the same procedure as in Example 1 with the exception that the exemplified compound No. 5 was used as the first compound, the compounds shown in Table 2 below were used as the second compound, the codeposition ratio at the time of forming the light-emitting layer was set to 25:75 (weight ratio), and 2,9-bis[2-(9,9-dimethylfluorenyl)]phenanthroline was used for the electron-transporting layer; and were similarly evaluated. The results are shown in Table 2.
Any device of Examples 5 to 8 emitted a green light having a peak wavelength in the vicinity of 530 nm originating from the exemplified compound No. 5.
Furthermore, a voltage was applied to the device of Example 7 in nitrogen atmosphere for 100 hours so that the current density was kept at 30 mA/cm2. As a result, the device emitted light at a luminance of about 5,400 cd/M2 in an early stage and at about 4,500 cd/M2 after elapse of 100 hours, which meant that the luminance degradation was very small.
Devices were prepared by following the same procedure as in Example 5 with the exception that the exemplified compound No. 57 was used as the first compound, the compounds shown in Table 3 below were used as the second compound, and the codeposition ratio at the time of forming the light-emitting layer was set to 30:70 (weight ratio); and were similarly evaluated. The results are shown in Table 3.
Any device of Examples 9 to 12 emitted a green light having a peak wavelength in the vicinity of 525 nm originating from the exemplified compound No. 57.
Furthermore, a voltage was applied to the device of Example 11 in nitrogen atmosphere for 100 hours so that the current density was kept at 30 mA/cm2. As a result, the device emitted light at a luminance of about 5,100 cd/m2 in an early stage and at about 4,300 cd/m2 after elapse of 100 hours, which meant that the luminance degradation was very small.
Devices were prepared by following the same procedure as in Example 1 with the exception that the compounds shown in Table 4 were used as the first compound, the exemplified compound No. 201 was used as the second compound, and the codeposition ratio at the time of forming the light-emitting layer was set to 25:75 (weight ratio); and were similarly evaluated. The results are shown in Table 4.
In addition, the absorption spectra in ultraviolet to visible light region were measured on the devices, and as a result, the second compound had a larger bandgap than the first compounds had in each Example.
Devices were prepared by following the same procedure as in Example 1 with the exception that the compound shown below was used as the first compound, the exemplified compound No. 201 was used as the second compound, and the codeposition ratio at the time of forming the light-emitting layer was set to 25:75 (weight ratio); and were similarly evaluated.
When a voltage of 4.0 V was applied to the device, emission of a green light was observed which had a peak emission wavelength of 505 nm, at an emission luminance of 610 cd/M2 with an emission efficiency of 21 m/W.
Furthermore, a voltage was applied to the device in nitrogen atmosphere for 100 hours so that the current density was kept at 30 mA/cm2. As a result, the device emitted light at a luminance of about 920 cd/M2 in an early stage and of about 450 cd/m2 after elapse of 100 hours, which meant that the luminance degradation was large.
When a voltage of 4.0 V was applied to the device, emission of a blue light was observed which had a peak emission wavelength of 465 nm, at an emission luminance of 280 cd/M2 with an emission efficiency of 11 m/W.
In addition, the absorption spectrum in ultraviolet to visible light region was measured on the device, and as a result, the second compound had a smaller bandgap than the first compound had.
This application claims priority from Japanese Patent Application No. 2004-342462 filed Nov. 26, 2004, which is hereby incorporated by reference herein.
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As noted in our Meadows preview, the Queens festival describes itself as a celebration of music and arts. We definitely caught some of the best performances around–from MIA to GTA–but, candidly, found the visual art to be sparse. Nevertheless, we sought out other manifestations of the festival-goers' artistic spirit, namely in the form of fashion.
The weekend of September 15th-17th was incredibly, unbelievably hot in New York City. The weather necessitated corresponding outfit adjustments, so this "fall festival" turned into a summer celebration–but the crowd still brought their A-game. Some faced the heat in teeny tight shorts with crop tops–a logical choice–while others went with flowy skirts or slacks. In traditional festival style, we saw bright colors everywhere. The EDM crowd definitely marked their presence in this realm with neon and metallic accents, as well as see-through tops and eye-catching prints. I particularly saw an Eastern-inspired trend: lots of Afghan pashmina scarves and harem pants around. We'll have to keep an eye out to see if this trend continues and permeates mainstream culture. Of course, athleisure had a presence, as did punky fishnets worn under denim shorts–two defining looks of the past year or so in popular fashion.
Some of my favorite finds were in the details: Aman's Zanzibari printed skirt; the colored sunglasses spotted on Sonia, Luke, Melissa, Dasha, Maria, and Stephanie; Luis's personalized jacket; Quinn's single-buttoned statement; Ana's fan; and of course, Tiny Trendsetter Adam's plaid-shirt-tied-around-the-waist tactic. Check out these looks and more in the gallery below.
SPOTTED: Aman, in a Zanzibari printed maxi skirt.
SPOTTED: Solo shot of Sonia @sonia.atagi in pleather lace-up shorts, black bandeau, camo-print cropped sweater, and orange-tinted plastic glasses.
SPOTTED: Melissa @melissaaaa_rose, hooping during GTA's set on Sunday.
SPOTTED: Maria's @mariabarquet sporty streetwear look.
SPOTTED: Detail shot of Ahmad's shirt.
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European Men's Championships Begins in Armenia Without Azerbaijan
Boxers from 39 countries are taking part in the European Men's Elite Boxing Championships in Armenia's capital, Yerevan. One country is prominently missing from the action – Azerbaijan – the first time since 2008 that the nation will not win a medal at the event.
The Azerbaijan Boxing Federation withdrew from the competition last month as it was being hosted by Armenia, with relations between the two neighbouring countries remaining tense.
Armenia and Azerbaijan have been in conflict over the Nagorno-Karabakh region since the early 1990s.
This is the first elite boxing championships to be hosted by Armenia, so there is much for the hosts to prove. Yerevan had earlier hosted the 2009 AIBA Junior World Boxing Championships and the 2012 AIBA Youth World Boxing Championships.
"Thanks to the European Boxing Confederation giving the chance to Armenia to host the EUBC European Men's Elite Boxing Championships," said Ohanes Ovsepian, president of the Armenian Boxing Federation and a new member of the EUBC Board of Directors.
"This event is very important for us, for the whole country and we will do that with high responsibility."
The championship is taking place from May 23 to 30, with 219 boxers competing in 13 weight categories.
The host nation has picked a 13-strong team, including the defending European champions Artur Hovhannisyan and Hovhannes Bachkov.
Other defending title holders include Gabriel Escobar from Spain and Ukrainian Oleksandr Khyzhniak. Khyzhniak, the reigning middleweight champion, has fond memories of Yerevan, having gold at the 2012 AIBA Youth World Boxing Championships.
Russian and Belarusian boxers are banned from competing, following Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
The European Men's Elite Boxing Championships were last held in 2019 during the European Games in Minsk.
Ireland, Spain and Great Britain are also expected to field strong teams.
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Only one in ten British expats living abroad plan to definitely return to the UK one day, a new survey has found.
The research, which was carried out by expat financial firm deVere Group, found that seven out of 10 of those surveyed would not return to Britain, while the rest were undecided.
Officially 5 million Brits live overseas, although the real figure is universally acknowledged as considerably higher as many expats do not register in their new countries of residence with the relevant authorities.
The survey – which polled British expats living in the US, Australia, United Arab Emirates, Hong Kong, Spain, France, Germany and South Africa – also found that one in four left Britain for work.


Nov 8, 2017. Weak abdominal muscles are a big connection to why you find that it hurts as you stand and the longer your stands, the more you hurt. Usually when you Google back pain, you'll get all of these search results that encourage you to do the standard ab workouts to help you. Typical exercises such as sit-ups.
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From September 22-25, Greenpop (a very cool nonprofit aimed at starting a treevolution) will be hosting the Hogsback Festival of Trees in the Eastern Cape of South Africa.
"Each September, we escape to the enchanted forests of the Amathole Mountains to plant trees, eat well, learn, grow and boogie the night away…," the event coordinators write of the Festival, which is hosted by Terra-Khaya "Earth Home Project" with Greenpop hosting the tree planting day (sleeping arrangements are held at Terra-Khaya eco-backpackers, just outside the magical town of Hogsback).
Festival attendees can expect to enjoy hikes in Hogsback's incredible forests, educational workshops, yoga sessions, tree planting, delicious meals, live music and visits to the oldest Yellowwood in the Eastern Cape.
"We will plant thousands of trees, rehabilitate wattle-invaded land, expand the habitat of the endangered Cape Parrot and Samango Monkey and enhance the abundance of life in our threatened forests and adjacent grasslands," writes Greenpop of the event.
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Ward Roberts: Stars That Paint 2015-2018
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Ward Roberts Studio is thrilled to announce the latest series from the photographer known for his exquisitely composed, pastel-colored images projecting isolation and loneliness. This series of images photographed between 2015-18, takes its name, Stars that paint, from the projects poetic collaboration with Fionn Regan (collaborator to Bon Iver), and is set for online release on February 14, Valentine's Day 2018.
In a departure from his work documenting the muted colors and repetitive architecture of Hong Kong's sport courts, to sunbathers and the redevelopment of New York's Far Rockaway beach, Roberts turns the camera inwards and captures raw hearts suspended in space. He aims to accentuate the complexity and beauty of the heart, both metaphorically and literally. Suspending the hearts in time and space, procured from various unspecified animal species, the artist shines light on the beauty of diversity. No two hearts are the same, yet they are entirely similar in function. Floating in a blank space, the hearts are stripped of signifiers such historical timeline, location, gender or identifying species.
Stars That Paint 2015-2018 © Ward Roberts
Roberts holds a fascination with the heart and its relationship to love, and the very real pain of heartbreak. The artist has a very personal relationship to this topic, after experiencing a difficult heartbreak, scarily finding that he an uncommon condition where his left ventricle chamber fails to operate properly. He pokes fun at this irony, that heart-break itself could be the trigger for his own heart to cease working. Biologically, the heart is the beginning of life, the first functional organ and very poetically it is the end of life for many too. Working on this project, the artist was interested to find that society treats the heart as a taboo, delicate subject. Fragile, extremely personal and considered something uncomfortable to discuss, Stars that paint brings the organ into the foreground and encourages awareness.
This photographic series is in collaboration with the musician dubbed "the Bob Dylan of our time", Fionn Regan of Bon Iver fame. Regan paints his poetry inspired by the themes of mortality – without explicitly using the term "heart". Sold in editions of two at a time, the artist encourages his audience to share their heart with others. Ward Roberts work has been published in CNN, T Magazine, Vogue, WWD, The Guardian, Wallpaper, I-D, Paper Mag, and others.
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Richest West Virginians Benefit Most from The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act
The House of Representatives has formally introduced its tax reform bill, The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. The bill, like the tax reform framework it is based on, heavily favors the wealthy. The bill includes some provisions that raise taxes and some that cut taxes, so the net effect for any particular family's federal tax bill depends on their situation. Some of the provisions that benefit the middle class — like lower tax rates, an increased standard deduction, and a $300 tax credit for each adult in a household — are designed to expire or become less generous over time. Some of the provisions that benefit the wealthy, such as the reduction and eventual repeal of the estate tax, become more generous over time. The result is that by 2027, the benefits of the House bill become increasingly generous for the richest one percent compared to other income groups.
In West Virginia, the middle 20 percent of income-earners, the group that is quite literally the "middle-class," would receive nine percent of the benefits in the U.S. in 2018 and just seven percent of the benefits in 2027, according to an analysis from the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy. In other words, in 2027 the middle fifth of West Virginians would receive only one fourth of the benefits received by the richest one percent of Americans.
The richest one percent of West Virginians would enjoy an average tax cut of $18,830 in 2018, and this average tax cut would rise to $21,090 in 2027. The middle fifth of income-earners would receive an average tax cut of $450 in 2018, which would fall to $240 in 2027. Only the top one percent of West Virginians would see their tax cut grow over time, for everyone else, the size of the tax cuts shrinks by 2027.
Even when measured as a percentage of income, the richest one percent receive a larger average tax break in 2018 and 2027 than any other income group. In West Virginia, the richest one percent receive an average tax cut equal to about 2.6 percent of their income in 2018 and 2027. The middle fifth of income-earners receive a break equal to 1.1 percent of their income in 2018, falling to just 0.4 percent of their income in 2027. By 2027, the size of the tax cut as a percentage of income is 6.5 times greater for the top one percent than it is for the middle class in West Virginia.
In addition, Some households in every income group would face a tax hike under the bill. For example, in 2018, six percent of West Virginia households in the middle fifth of the income distribution would face a tax hike, rising to nine percent of these households in 2027. This would occur because several provisions in the bill raise revenue by repealing or limiting tax breaks that benefit the middle-class, and for some households the loss of these tax breaks would not be offset by the new tax breaks introduced in the bill.
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Japan's Quake and the Economy
It would be a mistake to argue the earthquake that hit Japan doesn't have big implications for the global economy.
By R. Taggart Murphy for The Diplomat
Assessing the Economic Aftershocks of the March 11 earthquake, Stephen S. Roach warns us not to be complacent about the effects on the global economy.
After outlining a 'narrow' view based on a declining global profile for the Japanese economy—a shrinking percentage of both global exports and GDP, a rising China, and an irreplaceable position in only a handful of critical upstream industrial components—Roach urges us not to accept the 'superficial' conclusions that might flow from this view: that Japan 'doesn't really matter anymore' and that disruptions to global economic activity from the quake and its aftermath will be 'transitory' and 'small.'
Roach points out that this 'narrow view misses the most critical consideration'—that this latest shock comes at a time of global economic fragility. In particular, with interest rates worldwide at historic lows, the usual levers of monetary policy—interest rate cuts—are no longer available to central bankers to pump up growth. And 'outsize fiscal deficits' suggest that fiscal stimulus may also be exhausted. That leaves policymakers with nothing but 'untested' and 'unconventional' measures such as the quantitative easing being implemented by the Federal Reserve—and, in the immediate wake of the earthquake, by the Bank of Japan.
Roach's fear (and he's hardly alone in this) is that the cumulative effect of these 'unconventional' measures will be a collapse of confidence in fiat money of all types: dollars, yen, euros. As he writes, 'the dreaded inflationary endgame suddenly looms as a real possibility' as households and businesses worldwide dump all monetary holdings in favour of anything solid: land, commodities, gold.
So far, there has been no sign of this in the markets—certainly with respect to Japan or the yen. Indeed, monetary authorities in Tokyo and abroad seem most concerned not over any flight from the yen, but about the surge in the yen's value in dollar terms to postwar highs following the earthquake. Coordinated action by the world's major central banks on March 18—the first such actions since 2000—drove the yen back down to its pre-quake levels, but it's been climbing again this week. Given that Japan is going to need to buy hundreds of billions of dollars worth of commodities and manufactures from the rest of the world to rebuild its shattered northeast, it's not clear how cheapening the currency benefits the country.
But the surge clearly rattled policymakers, underscoring the fragility Roach discusses. Roach has an impressive track record of getting things right, so when he writes that the Japanese economy has 'been on the leading edge of many of the more serious problems that have afflicted the global economy in recent years' and calls the country the 'laboratory of our future' it's hard to disagree (indeed I concluded the same here). And when he ends his piece by noting that the more meaningful message for the global economy of the catastrophe Japan has endured is 'how these shocks box the rest of us into an even tighter corner' it's worth pondering the implications of all this very closely.
(This is an edited version of an article that originally appeared at Japan Focus here.)
R. Taggart Murphy is Professor in the MBA Programme at the Tokyo campus of Tsukuba University and a Coordinator of Japan Focus.
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ROK Comics action series "Team M.O.B.I.L.E." returns – and this time around, it's in print!
By John Freeman on December 6, 2018
Working with Antarctic Press, digital comics publisher ROK Comics, now based in the United States, is back in action – delivering its flagship title Team M.O.B.I.L.E. to comic shops.
The first of an initial three-issue mini series, based on a concept created by ROK CEO Jonathan Kendrick, is on sale now, written by John Freeman with art by Andrew Chiu, coloured by Kris Carter and lettered by Jim Campbell.
An ongoing adventure story, the first issue of Team M.O.B.I.L.E. centres on the story of misfit duo Maisy Brown and Sam Thompson, who are recruited into a secret organisation to battle crime, terrorism and other dangers.
In "Recruits", a sinister organisation is sending its bio-robots, or Cyboks, to wreak havoc worldwide. All that stands in their way is M.O.B.I.L.E., a global security organisation whose agents can call upon the skills of experts in any field they need, thanks to the miracle of the Mindmerge. But the tech's limitations make it dangerously incompatible for anyone too far past adolescence, so the fate of the world rests in the hands of willing but inexperienced teens!
John's credits include work for Marvel, Judge Dredd Megazine and Black Ops Extreme for STRIP – The Comic Magazine, but he's perhaps better known as the publisher of downthetubes.net and as a comics and magazine editor, for ROK Comics in the past and titles such as Doctor Who Magazine, the Seventh Doctor mini series Doctor Who – Operation Volcano for Titan Comics, Star Trek Magazine, STRIP and many others.
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Mi'kmaw lobster harvesters feeling harassed for practising moderate livelihood fishery
September 4, 2020 Maureen Googoo
David McDonald, 62, is with the Sipekne'katik First Nation in Nova Scotia/Photo by Stephen Brake
Mi'kmaw lobster harvesters in southwestern Nova Scotia say they feel harassed by non-Indigenous harvesters for practicing their treaty right to earning a moderate livelihood by setting lobster traps in St. Mary's Bay.
"It's been very bad here lately from the people here," David McDonald, 62, said at the wharf in Saulnierville, N.S. on Friday. "They don't respect us. They belittle us more or less. They don't respect our rights."
McDonald, a member of the Sipekne'katik First Nation in Nova Scotia, has been setting lobster traps in the bay since July under his community's communal food fishery license. Under that license, McDonald was given three lobster tags to use.
David McDonald/Photo by Stephen Brake
"We're trying to do everything right, make everybody happy. But it ain't making everybody happy and it ain't ever will make everybody happy because they don't want to respect that we have a right to fish," McDonald said.
Fellow Sipekne'katik First Nation member Robert Sack and his wife, Shannon, echo McDonald's comments. Sack, who also has a boat docked at the Saulnierville Wharf, says he has read online social media posts from non-Indigenous harvesters threatening to cut the buoys from Mi'kmaw harvesters' lobster traps.
"They're talking about what they could do to us and how they need to get together and come down and bring all their big boats down and kind of chase us out of here, I guess," Sack, 42, explained.
The couple say that despite the opposition, they are continuing to exercise their treaty right to fish to earn a moderate livelihood which was affirmed by the 1999 Supreme Court of Canada decision in the Donald Marshall, Jr. case.
"We're representing our treaty rights and we're showing we can do it," Sack said.
McDonald and the Sacks are among a group of Mi'kmaw harvesters who are currently docked at several wharves in the Digby, N.S. They're in the area taking part in the Aboriginal communal food fishery or exercising their treaty right to catch as sell fish.
"Trying to blacklist whoever comes near us" – Robert Sack
The Sacks say they've been told by local lobster buyers and those who sell bait that they can't do business with them due to on-going pressure from non-Indigenous harvesters.
Shannon and Robert Sack aboard their boat, St. Nick/Photo by Stephen Brake
"(The non-Indigenous harvesters are) letting everybody know that whoever does business with us, they're not going to receive their business during the commercial season. So, they're pretty much trying to blacklist whoever comes near us," Sack said.
The harvesters say the harassment isn't only coming from non-Indigenous harvesters. They've also had their gear seized by officers with the Department of Fisheries and Oceans.
On Saturday, Millbrook First Nation member Matthew Cope said DFO officers seized 60 lobster traps he set in the Bay of Fundy. He said he plans to file an injunction against DFO from seizing his traps "until they get this moderate livelihood stuff settled."
McDonald said he tried to fish under his moderate livelihood treaty right last year but DFO officers seized his traps.
"I put my name, my band number in the trap on my buoys and they still took them," McDonald said. "It was only ten traps so it wasn't outrageous and they still wouldn't allow that."
McDonald said he wasn't charged with illegal fishing and was given back his traps just before the fall commercial lobster fishing season began.
David McDonald returns to Saulnierville Wharf after setting lobster traps in St. Mary's Bay/Photo by Stephen Brake
McDonald says he's doubtful Mi'kmaw harvesters like himself will be able to fish harmoniously with non-Indigenous harvesters in the area. He says he would like to see wharves set up just for Mi'kmaw harvesters to use for their moderate livelihood fishery.
"We need our own wharves because they're not going to allow us in," McDonald said.
"When you get out and try to mingle in with everybody else, it doesn't work. They don't want nothing to do with you," McDonald explained. "So how are we supposed to work with these people when they've shown that they don't want to work with us?"
In an email, a spokesperson with DFO stated that departmental officials have met "regularly with representatives from both Indigenous communities and the industry sector to share information on the management and sustainability of fishery resources in the area."
"It is imperative that we work together to maintain orderly and sustainable fisheries, to respect the rights of First Nation harvesters, and to ensure coastal communities continue to thrive," the spokesperson wrote.
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Maureen Googoo is an award-winning journalist from Indian Brook First Nation (Sipekne'katik) in Nova Scotia. She has worked in news more than 30 years for media outlets such as CBC Radio, the Chronicle-Herald and the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network. Maureen has an arts degree in political science from Saint Mary's University in Halifax, a journalism degree from Ryerson University in Toronto and a Masters degree in journalism from Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in New York City.
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Where to drink in San Antonio right now: 6 crafty bars to grab a beer
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Oct 19, 2018, 3:22 pm
The team behind Lucy Cooper's Ice House are preparing for a November opening. Lucy Cooper's Ice House/Facebook
Braunda and Jesse Smith are on a mission to bring the icehouse back to San Antonio. Once the center of neighborhood social life, the open-air beer halls became less popular after the '80s and '90s when many longtime favorites tapped out. The couple hope their upcoming bar, Lucy Cooper's Ice House, will help bring the concept into modern age.
The hospitality industry vets hope to get the 16080 San Pedro Ave. space up and running by mid-November. Currently, they are hard at work converting the former Outback Steakhouse interior and building 120 square feet of outdoor deck space.
Once finished, Braunda says Lucy Cooper's will offer "cold beer, good times, and bar eats." She points out that the offering will be in exactly that order, with libations being the main focus. "We're a bar that has good food," she insists.
The drinks part will come with a strong sense of Lone Star pride. Although customers can grab a Bud Light from the ice troughs, the 30-tap wall will push Texas products, including local favorites like Freetail. The cocktail program will make use of Texas spirits, too.
The bites may get second billing, but they are no afterthought. The menu will include shareable plates, hand-cut fries, craft burgers like the Big Kahuna with fried spam and a pineapple ring and 10-12 different varieties of wings. The latter will be a step above the typical kind slathered with Frank's RedHot and include innovative flavors like the PB&J — served with peanut sauce, peach jam, and toast points.
Georgia native Braunda will also bring some Southern hospitality into the kitchen with Lowcountry shrimp and crab boils, and a rarity in San Antonio — boiled peanuts. "What's better with cold beer?" she asks.
The populist spirit of both menus will be reflected in the space. The deck will be outfitted with fire pits, outdoor games like corn hole, and maybe even an all-weather pingpong table. Interiors will have flat screens, a video arcade, a giant Scrabble board on one wall, and a lounge area. The idea is that Lucy Cooper's will give everyone something to do.
Inclusivity was also the inspiration behind the name. "Every bar you can think of has a male-driven name," explains Braunda. "Lucy Cooper is the girl you feel comfortable bellying up to the bar with."
One gets the sense Lucy Cooper may bear a passing resemblance to Braunda Smith.


I'm ready to upgrade from my LG5350 to the Nokia 6225.
data? Any other things I should know?
Does it take standard headsets or the old custom Nokia headsets?
> I'm ready to upgrade from my LG5350 to the Nokia 6225.
> data? Any other things I should know?
moderately and you have a Vision plan, apparently its allowed.
> Does it take standard headsets or the old custom Nokia headsets?
No luck using it with a laptop at this time - at least with vision.
of the handset's built-in radio.
Quite good for text, but only if your fingers like the keypad.
connect to your laptop for internet access.
I activated a Nokia 6225 on my account briefly when we first got them in.
* Keypad layout is awkward. Typical Nokia.
smaller. Not good for fat-fingered folks like me.
* Display is sharp for an STN, but colors are surprisingly dull.
* Camera is in a bad spot... right where my finger should be.
* RF quality seems to be quite good, and volume is decent.
* Phone uses the "standard" headsets, not the Nokia proprietary stuff.
someone else can chime in on that one.
> I activated a Nokia 6225 on my account briefly when we first got them in.
> * Keypad layout is awkward. Typical Nokia.
> smaller. Not good for fat-fingered folks like me.
> * Display is sharp for an STN, but colors are surprisingly dull.
> * Camera is in a bad spot... right where my finger should be.
> * RF quality seems to be quite good, and volume is decent.
> * Phone uses the "standard" headsets, not the Nokia proprietary stuff.
> someone else can chime in on that one.
You are correct. Currently, Nokia models do not support the SCI connector.
any opinions on the Nokia 2128?


I'll tell you more about the giveaway in a separate post, but let's crack on with today's manicure. These are the prompts for the 12 challenges, which i'll be posting every other day up until Christmas Eve. Anyone can join in, whether it's all 12 or just the odd one or two!
So today's challenge is a look based on a wrapping paper design. I chose this gorgeous design by John Lewis that you can purchase here.
I loved its simplicity and colours, so went for a nice subtle mani to match.
If i'm honest i'm not 100% happy with this manicure. I wish i'd left out the accent nails and just dotted them all the same. The matte effect did look beautiful though and it's definitely one of those mani's that just looks better in real life!


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Aulacophora laysi es un coleóptero de la familia Chrysomelidae.

Fue descrita científicamente por primera vez en 2001 por Medvedev.

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