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Joshua Fowler, 34, listened to a jury return guilty verdicts against him in Rockingham County Superior Court on Thursday. (JAMES A. KIMBLE/Union Leader Correspondent)
The verdicts rejected testimony by Fowler, who claimed he had no role in the break-ins that happened at homes in Derry, Londonderry and Hampstead between October 2009 and March 2010.
"The circumstantial facts scream that he was there," Blanchard said. "He's using his phone to make sure no one is home."
"He is calling the victims of burglaries," Blanchard said. "He must be the most unlucky man in the world."Blanchard said signals from Fowler's cell phone also placed him near the burglarized homes, and the pawn shops where stolen items were sold. Fowler testified on Wednesday that he was forced to talk to police after being taken into custody at a Lawrence, Mass., pawn shop, and had no role in the break-ins. He told jurors that he sometimes lent the cell phone linked to the burglaries to a friend.
Judge N. William Delker denied that request, saying the jury had enough evidence to decide the case.
Prosecutors offered alternative theories that Fowler either broke into the homes, or acted as an accomplice.
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Thank you all for inviting me to speak again this year. Last year, I spoke to you about the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's important new mortgage rules. I talked about how we are working to create a level playing field for all consumer financial products and services – among banks and nonbank firms in both the mortgage origination market and the mortgage servicing market. And I described how we are striving to strike the right balance as we write rules, conduct examinations, and handle investigations.
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Thank you so much for joining us today. It is our pleasure to be here in "the first state." At the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, we try to get out and talk with consumers across the country on a regular basis. Today, we are here in Delaware to discuss a market that has seen rapid growth in recent years, which is the market for prepaid cards and other prepaid products.
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Thank you for inviting me to speak with you today. We very much enjoy the work we are doing with cities and communities across the country, including those that are part of the Cities for Financial Empowerment coalition, which is reinforcing the fact that municipal government can be a tremendous resource for changing and improving people's lives. The concentration of focus that comes from dealing with a dense population in a relatively small area is powerful. It becomes possible to reach people who rally around a civic identity, and city leaders often feel the great satisfaction of seeing the results of their positive actions up close and in real time. This can be especially true in the realm of consumer finance.
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I first want to thank everyone here today for their commitment to financial education in schools, in the workplace, and in communities all around this country. I have been pleased to see the work being done by these agencies, which gives me confidence that we are moving in the right direction on this important topic. […]
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Our focus today is an assessment of the financial reform law that Congress enacted in an effort to address the worst financial crisis in three-quarters of a century. Financial reform is necessary over time because our laws must keep pace with the many innovations in the financial marketplace. The pace of innovation can be rapid in this sector, where the products are intangible objects of human creativity, and the pace has accelerated dramatically in the computer age.
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Ok, so the abstained votes only count to as part of the quorum, meaning the total number of delegates at the meeting; but as the RNC RULES state that if 1144 votes are not obtained by anybody then the person with 50%+1 vote is the nominee. Only if nobody has the 50%+1 vote does it become a brokered convention. So, I don't see how abstaining helps; it does exactly what I said it would do, and that is, it lowers the total number of votes one needs to be nominated.
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Woody Wolverton presented a check for $5,000 to Kiwanis Club of Longboat Key President Vince De Lisi Thursday, Aug. 13, at the Kiwanis Club's weekly breakfast at the Colony Beach & Tennis Resort. This was the opening contribution for the 2009 St. Jude Gourmet Luncheon on Longboat Key.
Wolverton's company, Stifel, Nicolaus & Co., agreed to be the event's platinum sponsor for the third consecutive year. The 28th annual luncheon is scheduled for Nov. 14 in the parking lot of Temple Beth Israel.
The event is organized by the Longboat Key Kiwanis Club and benefits St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
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A novel nematic liquid crystalline composition is provided. A novel liquid crystalline chiral compound, (+)5-(2-methyl) butyl-2(4-cyanophenyl)-1, 3-dioxane, is also provided. When admixed together, these novel components form a phase-change cholesteric liquid crystalline composition which is highly useful as the host medium in a guest-host electrooptical display as a result of its low electrical threshold and optical saturation voltages, steep saturation curve, relatively low optical birefringence, low viscosity and broad liquid crystalline mesomorphic range.
The host medium in conjunction with a suitable pleochroic dye provides an improved guest-host composition which exhibits a contrast of greater than 3:1 in certain displays, especially those having liquid crystal alignment layer means providing a moderate tilt angle of 10°-40° at the substrate/guest-host composition interface.
1. A guest/host nematic liquid crystalline composition having low optical birefringence and low threshold voltage comprising:
(a) host nematic compounds: trans-alkyl pentylcyclohexyl dioxanes, trans-alkyl cyanophenyl dioxanes, trans-alkyl pentylcyclohexyl cyclohexyl dioxanes, trans-alkyl alkylcyclohexyl phenyl dioxanes and trans-cyanophenyl alkyl dioxanyl benzoates,
(b) a chiral nematic compound having the formula: ##STR33## (c) a guest pleochroic dye.
2. A guest/host nematic liquid crystalline composition having low optical birefringence and low threshold voltage comprising:
(a) host nematic compounds in weight percent:
(b) a chiral nematic compound having the formula ##STR45## and (c) a guest pleochroic dye.
3. A guest/host nematic liquid crystalline composition having low optical birefringence and low threshold voltage comprising:
(a) host nematic compounds in weight percent:
(b) a chiral nematic compound having the formula ##STR57## and (c) a guest pleochroic dye.
4. The composition of claim 1 in which said trans-alkyl pentylcyclohexyl dioxanes is trans ##STR58## said trans-alkyl cyanophenyl dioxanes are ##STR59## said trans-alkyl pentylcyclohexyl cyclohexyl dioxanes is ##STR60## said trans-alkyl alkylcyclohexyl phenyl dioxanes are ##STR61## and said trans-cyanophenyl alkyl dioxanyl benzoates are ##STR62##
5. The composition of claim 1, 2, 3, or 4 in which said pleochroic dye has the formula: ##STR63##
This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 319,349, filed Dec. 9, 1981, now abandoned.
This invention relates to improved electrooptical displays especially of the guest-host type and to liquid crystalline admixtures and to chiral additives useful as host media in such displays for providing improved contrast at low applied voltage in the multiplexed mode.
The family of electrooptical display devices known generally as guest-host devices have high potential utility for information display purposes such as digital watches or clocks, calculators and other instruments. The typical guest-host device includes a pair of flat, parallel transparent substrates carrying transparent electrode segments on their facing surfaces and a mixture of nematic liquid crystal host compounds and a guest dichroic dye compound sealed between the substrates and electrodes. In this arrangement, the guest dye molecules tend to assume the orientation of the host liquid crystal molecules relative to the spaced substrates. The construction and operation of such guest-host electooptical display devices are well known as shown in the Helmeier U.S. Pat. No. 3,551,026 issued Dec. 29, 1970; the Ushiyama U.S. Pat. No. 4,241,339 issued Dec. 27, 1980; the Suzuki et al. U.S. Pat. No. 4,257,682 issued Mar. 24, 1981; and the Togashi U.S. Pat. No. 4,266,859 issued May 12, 1981.
In one type of guest-host display, the host liquid crystal molecules and therefore the guest dye molecules are aligned with their long axis parallel (homogenous) to the spaced substrates in the unactivated (off) state. However, when an electric field is generated across the electrode segment, the liquid crystal molecules align perpendicular (homeotropically) to the substrates as do the guest dye molecules. Since the dichroic dye molecules absorb only light whose electric vector lies along the long dye axis, the homeotropically aligned dye molecules absorb little light and the liquid crystaldye mixture between activated electrode segments appears essentially colorless or transparent to the viewer of incident light. Of course, homogenously aligned areas of the mixture appear colored or dark as a result of the perpendicular orientation of the dye molecules to the incident light. A display having light or colorless digits or symbols on a dark or color background is thereby provided.
However, guest-host display devices of this type suffer from a serious drawback in that, at best, the homogenously aligned dye molecules will absorb only 50% of the light incident upon the device, thereby resulting in poor display contrast. This limitation is due to the fact that only one polarization direction of the incident light has its electric vector aligned along the long axis of the dye molecule while the other polarization direction has its electric vector aligned transverse to the long dye axis. One attempted solution to this drawback has been to use well-known substrate surface alignment techniques such as rubbing to induce a 90° twist (helix) in the long axis of the homogenously aligned liquid crystal molecules from one substrate to the other much as in the well known twisted nematic liquid crystal electrooptical display devices, for example, see the Taylor and White U.S. Pat. No. 3,833,287 issued Sept. 3, 1974 and Coates and Gray U.S. Pat. No. 4,145,114 issued Mar. 20, 1979. The purpose of this helical molecular structure is to ensure that no matter what the orientation of the electric vector of the incident light, there will be a dye molecule at some distance between the spaced substrates with its long axis parallel to the vector to effect absorption. Thus, absorption of 90% or more of the incident light can be effected. Unfortunately, however, as is well known in conventional twisted nematic liquid crystal devices, the host liquid crystal exhibits a positive birefringence and tends to act as an optical waveguide so that the polarization of light transmitted through the device is twisted. Guest-host displays made with positive birefringent liquid crystal compounds are optically equivalent to a non-twisted homogenously aligned guest-host device with the attendant poor contrast.
The possibility of utilizing a host liquid crystal or mixtures thereof with minimal birefringent properties in such twisted guesthost display devices in order to increase contrast was initially proposed by Taylor in the Journal of Applied Physics 45(11), November 1974 at page 4,721. However, a practical mixture of liquid crystal compounds with low enough birefringence has not up to the present time been known or developed by prior art workers. The cyclohexyl-cyclohexane compounds first synthesized by Eidenschink et al., Angew. Chem. 133, p. 90 (1978) probably have low enough birefringent properties for twisted guest-host displays but mixtures containing these compounds are generally smectic rather than nematic at room temperature and also have low dielectric anisotropy which results in unacceptable slow response times during display operation and/or higher operating voltage. The phenyl cyclohexanes disclosed in the Eidenschink et al. U.S. Pat. No. 4,130,502 issued December 1978 require higher voltage levels and provide lower contrast which are not satisfactory for multiplexed electrooptical displays.
A copending patent application U.S. Ser. No. 136,855 filed Apr. 3, 1980, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,322,354, in the name of Howard Sorkin and of common assignee herewith discloses liquid crystal compounds of the formula: ##STR1## where R is alkyl, alkoxy, aryl, aryloxy, carboxy or carboxy ester. These compounds have a very low electrical threshold voltage of approximately 0.6 volt, and relatively low optical birefringence of Δ n equal to 0.1 East German Pat. Nos. 139,852 and 139,867 disclose dioxane compounds of the general formula ##STR2## and liquid crystalline admixtures containing such compounds.
A copending patent application U.S. Ser. No. 135,381 filed Mar. 28, 1980, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,298,528, in the name of Nicholas Sethofer and of common assignee herewith describes liquid compounds of the formula: ##STR3## when R and R1 can be the same or different straight chain alkyl or alkoxy group. These compounds exhibit extremely low optical birefringence values of Δ n equal to 0.05 and in some cases 0.005. Liquid crystalline compounds having the formula: ##STR4## where R and R1 are as described are also disclosed in the referenced application as well as pending patent applications U.S. Ser. No. 219,672 filed Dec. 24, 1980, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,323,504, and U.S. Ser. No. 226,298 filed Jan. 19, 1981, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,323,473, and are useful in raising the clearing point of liquid crystalline compositions.
Also, a copending patent application U.S. Ser. No. 219,673 filed Dec. 24, 1980, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,325,830, in the name of Nicholas Sethofer and of common assignee herewith discloses three ring liquid crystalline compounds of the formula: ##STR5## where R1 is typically an alkyl group and R2 is typically an alkyl, alkoxy, nitro or cyano group and ring N can be a benzene or cyclohexyl ring. These compounds are also useful in raising the clearing point of liquid crystalline compositions.
U.S. Pat. No. 4,200,580 issued Apr. 29, 1979 to Ying Yen Hsu and of common assignee herewith discloses compounds of the formula: ##STR6## where R1 is a straight chain alkyl of 1 to 10 carbon atoms and R2 is alkyl, alkoxy, acyloxy, alkyl carbonato having 1 to 10 carbons, CN or NO2.
A copending patent application U.S. Ser. No. 212,303 filed Dec. 3, 1980, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,313,878, in the name of the same inventor and also of common assignee herewith describes liquid crystalline compounds of the formula: ##STR7## where R1 and R2 are as described in the U.S. Pat. No. 4,200,580.
Compounds of the 1,3 dioxane type having pharmaceutical use are disclosed in the Rhodes et al. U.S. Pat. No. 4,085,222 issued Apr. 18, 1978. These compounds, however, do not exhibit liquid crystalline behavior and are not useful in electrooptic displays.
Chiral or chiral containing additives for liquid crystalline compositions are also known. For example, the Coates et al. U.S. Pat. No. 4,195,916 issued Apr. 1, 1980 illustrates chiral esters and their use in electrooptic displays. The Gray et al. U.S. Pat. No. 4,219,256 issued Aug. 26, 1980 discloses compounds of the cyanophenyl-alkyl substituted bicyclo (2.2.2) octane type where the alkyl substituent may contain a chiral center. Three-ring compounds, in particular trans-4-alkylcyclohexane-1- carboxylic acid esters and ester derivatives of 1-carboxy4-alkyl substituted bicyclo (2.2.2) octane where the alkyl group may include a chiral center are taught in the Coates et al. U.S. Pat. No. 4,113,647 issued Sept. 12, 1978 and the Gray et al. U.S. Pat. No. 4,261,652 issued Apr. 14, 1981, respectively.
Commonly used chiral additives such as those of the cholesteryl nonanoate type produce a short helical molecular pitch in liquid crystalline mixtures but exhibit a weak dielectric anisotropy. Certain known optically active compounds such as 4-cyano-41 - (2-methyl) butylbiphenyl (CB-15 available from BDH, Ltd.) produce only a moderate helical pitch and exhibit only moderate dielectric anisotropy which properties have not been adequate for low voltage, multiplexed operation.
What is still needed is a liquid crystalline host composition having substantially lower optical birefringence than currently available mixtures along with other required properties and improved chiral additives compatible with the host composition to provide a guest-host electrooptic display with improved contrast, e.g. a contrast ratio of 3:1 at voltages of about 3 volts.
One object of the invention is to provide a host liquid crystalline composition having low optical birefringence, low electrooptical threshold voltage, low saturation voltage and steep saturation curve.
Another object of the invention is to provide a novel chiral compound useful as an additive in liquid crystalline compositions, especially those provided herein.
Still another object of the invention is to provide a phasechange cholesteric guest-host liquid crystalline composition incorporating the novel chiral additive and one or more pleochroic dyes and exhibiting improved contrast such as at least a 3:1 contrast ratio in at least the biplexed mode of operation at voltages of 3 volts or below.
Still another object of the invention is to provide a guest-host electrooptical display device which includes constrast-enhancing alignment means.
The host liquid crystalline composition of the invention includes the following compounds with the specified formulas:
(I) ##STR8## where R1 and R1 are alkyl especially straight chain, more especially R1 is ethyl and R1 is n-pentyl group,
(II) ##STR9## where R2 and R1 2 are alkyl, especially straight chain, more especially where R2 is ethyl and R1 2 is n-pentyl group.
(III) ##STR10## where R3 is alkyl, especially straight chain, more especially n-butyl, n-pentyl, n-hexyl and n-heptyl groups.
(IV) ##STR11## where R4 and R1 4 are alkyl, especially straight chain, more especially where R4 is n-propyl and R1 4 is either n-pentyl or n-heptyl groups.
(V) ##STR12## where R5 is alkyl, especially straight chain, more especially either of n-propyl, n-butyl or n-pentyl groups.
Compounds I-V are present in the trans isomer configuration.
In a particular preferred embodiment of the host nematic liquid crystalline composition, compound I is present in an amount of 5 to 25 weight percent; compound II, 5 to 25 weight percent; compounds III total 40 to 80 weight percent, compounds IV total 10 to 40 weight percent and compounds V total 5 to 15 weight percent.
In a particular more preferred embodiment of the host liquid crystalline compositions, the compounds are present as follows:
______________________________________ Weight %______________________________________5-ethyl-2-(4-pentylcyclohexyl)-1,3-dioxane 5-255-ethyl-2-[4-(pentylcyclohexyl)cyclohexyl]-1,3-dioxane 5-255-butyl-2-(4-cyanophenyl)-1,3-dioxane 10-305-pentyl-2-(4-cyanophenyl)-1,3-dioxane 10-305-hexyl-2-(4-cyanophenyl)-1,3-dioxane 10-305-heptyl-2(4-cyanophenyl)-1,3-dioxane 10-305-propyl-2-[4-(4-pentylcyclohexyl)-phenyl]-1,3-dioxane 5-255-propyl-2-[4-(4-heptylcyclohexyl)-phenyl]-1,3-dioxane 5-254-cyanophenyl-4'-(5-propyl-1,3-dioxan-2-yl) 1-54-cyanophenyl-4'-(5-butyl-1,3-dioxan-1-yl) 1-54-cyanophenyl-4'-(5-pentyl-1,3-dioxan-2-yl) 1-5______________________________________ ##STR13## where * represents an asymmetric carbon atom. This chiral compound is useful as an additive to liquid crystalline compositions, especially host liquid crystalline compositions described above, in additive amounts of about 1 to 10 weight percent.
The present invention also provides an improved phase-change cholesteric guest-host electrooptical composition as a result of including in the aforementioned host composition the chiral additive described above along with one or more pleochroic dyes.
The present invention also provides an improved guest-host electrooptical display device having contrast enhancing alignment means on the display substrate means, preferably in combination with the inventive cholesteric guest-host composition.
FIG. 1 is a graph of light transmission versus voltage for the exemplary nematic liquid crystalline composition of the Example I.
FIG. 2 is a similar graph for the cholesteric liquid crystalline composition obtained by adding 3 weight percent of the novel chiral additive to the composition of the Example I.
FIG. 3 is a similar graph for the cholesteric guest-host liquid crystalline composition obtained by adding 0.8 weight percent of pleochroic dye to the composition of FIG. 2.
FIG. 4 is a schematic illustration of an electrooptical device of the guest-host type embodying features of the invention.
FIG. 5 is an enlarged view of FIG. 4 illustrating schematically the preferred tilt angle of the guest-host molecules to the display substrates.
FIG. 6 is a graph of light transmission versus voltage for the display of FIG. 5 with the cholesteric guest-host composition of the invention.
The compounds I through VI set forth hereinabove may be prepared as follows: ##STR14## where R are alkyl chains, preferably straight chain with C2 through C5 and the optically active 2-methylbutyl isomer (in compound VI) and ##STR15## are: ##STR16## Exact synthetic procedures for the types of compounds I through VI can be found in the following pending U.S. patent applications, the teachings of each of which are incorporated herein by reference:
Compound I--U.S. Ser. No. 135,381 filed Mar. 28, 1980, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,298,528.
Compound II--U.S. Ser. No. 219,672 filed Dec. 24, 1980, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,323,504, and Ser. No. 226,298 filed Jan. 19, 1981, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,323,473.
Compound III--U.S. Ser. No. 136,855 filed Apr. 3, 1980, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,322,354.
Compound IV--U.S. Ser. No. 219,673 filed Dec. 24, 1980, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,325,830.
Compound V--U.S. Ser. No. 212,303 filed Dec. 3, 1980, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,313,878.
An illustration of the preparation of the novel chiral compound is provided in the following Example:
(A) ##STR17## where ##STR18##
The alkylation of a malonic acid ester was carried out with potassium carbonate in dimethyl formamide, reaction mixture being stirred for one week at room temperature to yield about 90% of compound II. Optically active (2-methyl)-butyl bromide was purchased from Aero Chemical Co., Newark, New Jersey. For full description of above synthetic step see U.S. Pat. No. 4,298,528 issued Nov. 3, 1981 to N. Sethofer. Reduction of alkyl malonic ester was carried out with lithium aluminum hydride in diethyl ether, by the method described in Fieser & Fieser: "Reagents for Organic Syntheses," Vol. 1, p. 584.
(B) ##STR19## where ##STR20##
Final step in the (+) 5-(2-methyl) butyl-2-(4-cyanophenyl)-1-3-dioxane synthesis consists of condensation reaction, where aldehyde and 1.2 molar excess of optically active diol are refluxed with the catalytical amount of p-toluenesulfonic acid in benzene or toluene. Reaction is completed when calculated amount of water is collected in the attached Dean-Stark trap, e.g., on the average of 40 to 60 minutes. Reaction mixture is then cooled, washed first with 10% NaOH solution in water, then several times with water, layers separated and solvent evaporated.
Reaction yields mixture of trans and cis isomers of desired dioxanes, and on the average, about 5 to 10% of other impurities. The latter can be easily removed by crystalization from methanol. Separation of isomers (usually in 3:1 ratio for trans-cis in raw material) can be accomplished either by repeated crystalization from hexanes or by employing of chromatographic methods.
Compound IV, i.e., 4-cyanobenzaldehyde, was purchased from Aldrich Chemical Co., catalog No. C8-960-9.
The host liquid crystalline composition of the present invention is illustrated by means of the following example which is included for purposes of illustration rather than limitation:
______________________________________ Weight %______________________________________ ##STR21## 10.0 ##STR22## 8.0 ##STR23## 20.0 ##STR24## 14.0 ##STR25## 17.0 ##STR26## 14.0 ##STR27## 8.0 ##STR28## 5.0 ##STR29## 1.5 ##STR30## 1.3 ##STR31## 1.2______________________________________
Typically, host liquid crystalline mixtures for multiplexable guesthost displays require the following characteristics, namely, low optical birefringence, extremely low electrooptical threshold and saturation voltage, broad temperature range and its own high order parameter in order to assure low voltage operation of the final guesthost complex in multiplexed displays. The admixture shown in Example I exhibits melting point of about -20° C. (crystalline to nematic transition temperature), clearing point of 72.5° C. (nematic to isotropic transition temperature); Δη of 0.097 (optical birefringence) at 22° C., viscosity about 30 cp at 25° C. The electrooptic characteristics of this admixture in a display with a 11 to 12 micron plate spacing and with 30°/12° SiO evaporation angle alignment layer (i.e. about 1°/20° molecular surface tilt angle) were as follows:
V10 (10% saturation)=0.95 V
V90 (90% saturation)=1.5 V
response time (ON)=90 ms
response time (OFF)=100 ms
The above electrooptical data were obtained using known twisted nematic type cells, i.e. with 90° twist and 2 crossed polarizers. FIG. 1 is a representation of the electrooptical properties of the nematic admixture of Example I.
Preparation of the complexed guest-host mixture which is suitable for low voltage, multiplexed operation with contrast exceeding 3:1 ratio requires selection of a chiral additive which will have both an extremely large positive dielectric anisotropy and will produce a short molecular helical pitch when mixed with a nematic liquid crystal. The aforementioned commonly used chiral additives, such as cholesteryl momanoate (CHN) type or "optically active compounds" as 4-cyano- 41 (2-methyl)- butylbiphenyl(CB-15) have not proved satisfactory in meeting all of these characteristics, as mentioned already hereinabove.
Therefore, one of the objects of present invention is to provide an improved chiral addition for the hereinabove described mixture. Applicant have discovered that the compound (+)5-(2-methyl)butyl-2(4-cyanophenyl)-1,3-dioxane(OPDX) possesses the required charcteristics e.g. dielectric anisotropy (αΣ) is greater than +17, melting point is 58.8° C., monotropic (1-CH)57.6° C.; αH=5.0 K CAL/MOLE, and cholesteric pitch of approximately one micron when present in an amount of 7 weight percent in the above described nematic composition (Example I).
FIG. 2 is a plot of the electrooptical properties of a phasechange cholesteric-nematic liquid mixture obtained by introducing 3 weight percent of the above described chiral compound to the composition of Example I. This data were determined in a twisted nematic type display (90° twist) with a 11 to 12 micron plate spacing and with 30°/12° SiO evaporation angle alignment layer, i.e. a 1°/20° molecular surface tilt angle. Two crossed polarizers were used. FIG. 2 shows that under identical alignment conditions the electrical threshold was raised by 1 volt with 3% OPDX addition, while ratio VSAT and VTH remains virtually unchanged.
A guest-host electrooptical composition is provided by further introducing at least about 0.3 weight percent, preferably about 0.8 to about 1.2 weight percent of a pleochroic dye into the phase-change cholesteric nematic composition comprising Example I plus the novel chiral additive (i.e. 3 weight percent). Preferably, a pleochroic dye is used having an order parameter of greater than 0.7 as determined by conventional techniques. A preferred guesthost composition employs about 0.8 weight percent of the dye compound: ##STR32## This dye compound is described more fully by Uchida et. al. in Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst., Vol. 34, (Lett.), pp. 150-158 (1977). Of course, those skilled in the art will appreciate that other known pleochroic dyes or mixtures of dyes can be employed.
FIG. 3 is a graph depicting the electrooptical properties of the preferred guest-host composition described above, i.e. Example I plus chiral additive (3 w/o) and dye (0.8 w/o). This data was generated using a display like that used to generate the electrooptical data of FIGS. 1 and 2 with the exception that no polarizers were used or required. Also, as in previous displays, the properties were measured in the transmission mode. The display exhibited light digits on a blue background with a contrast greater than 3 at a voltage of 3 volts. Some contrast increase beyond 3 volts can be attributed to homogeneous surface alignment; i.e. 30° SiO evaporation on one of the display plate surfaces.
FIG. 4 is a schematic view of a basic structure of an electrooptical device of guest-host type according to the invention. The device can be driven in direct drive or multiplexed mode. Particular test device was driven in biplexed mode, respective rms voltages being 0.9 V and 2.4 VAC, frequency 32 Hz.
The device consists of a cell with glass substrate 1 and spacer 3 (in this particular case 12 microns). Transparent electrodes 2 (typically indium oxide) and substrate 1 are covered with surface aligning SiO layer 4 which arranges the surface liquid crystal dye molecular layer so that a 10° to 40° tilt (measured relative to the substrate surface) is achieved (in this particular case tilt angle was 20° to 23°). FIG. 5 is an enlarged view showing the tilt angle of the molecules relative to the substrate.
The guest-host composition 5 (in this particular case the preferred mixture described above produces a helical structure in the off state, thus intensifying the color of the background by exposing more dye molecules for light absorption. The helix also controls the electrooptical threshold and steepness of the saturation curve (see FIG. 6) thus allowing the device to be multiplexed. Upon applying the required electric field between the electrodes 2, the cholesteric structure of layer 5 is disrupted and molecules align perpendicularly with their long axes to the substrate e.g. shown by reference numeral 6 in FIG. 4. Above described surface molecular pre-tilt of 20° to 23° assisted to a great extent in creating more complete homeotropic alignment under the electric field, thus diminishing coloration of energized segments and increasing the contrast of the device. Commonly used homegenous surface alignment (or rather low tilt angle up to 4°) of the prior art permits residula layers of liquid crystal and dye molecules to remain in the parallel direction to the glass substrate even after electrical field is applied, thus diminishing the contrast ratio at low voltages.
The electrooptical device of the invention can be employed in both transmissive and reflective modes. For the latter, Eastman White Reflectance coating (commercially available) was used as diffusing reflector. Other diffusing reflecting materials can be used by those skilled in the art.
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Cameron Rupp's 11th inning home run gave the IronPigs a 4-3 win in Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Saturday night.
Rupp's game-winning homer came off of outfielder Cory Patterson, who came in in relief after the RailRiders ran out of available relief pitchers.
Tyler Henson had three hits, including two doubles and an RBI, while Pete Orr added two hits and an RBI.
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1. Federated (Posts: 245; Member since: 06 Mar 2010)
No AnTuTu Benchmark test?
6. _Bone_ (Posts: 2137; Member since: 29 Oct 2012)
Useless benchmark tool, my Nexus 4 scores half of LG G2's AnTuTu, yet my phone is much faster and smoother.
8. rangaha (banned) (Posts: 86; Member since: 05 Dec 2013)
cool placebo
11. Federated (Posts: 245; Member since: 06 Mar 2010)
I've had both phones. LG G2 is definitely smoother and snappier than Nexus 4.
18. Reverence (Posts: 224; Member since: 16 Jul 2012)
Stop lying.....i have both phones and nexus 4 is faster because it runs stock rom but G2 has some i ugly topping over Android
2. Bootutu (Posts: 189; Member since: 11 Jul 2013)
Adreno 330 killing Imagination PowerVR Rogue now, can't wait to see what Adreno 420 can do, Awesome result!
14. nokia12 (Posts: 326; Member since: 19 Nov 2013)
All of them crushed by Tegra k1 .. even the Adreno 430 will fall short of Tegra k1 ...
15. nokia12 (Posts: 326; Member since: 19 Nov 2013)
Edit - i meant Adreno 430 Might fall short of Tegra k1 or exceed only marginally
3. UglyFrank (Posts: 550; Member since: 23 Jan 2014)
The Manhattan and T-Rex results are currently the best in class
4. UglyFrank (Posts: 550; Member since: 23 Jan 2014)
Can someone verify something for me, did Samsung definetely say they were using an 8974AC?
5. Bootutu (Posts: 189; Member since: 11 Jul 2013)
Scroll right down, Only AC goes up to 2.45GHz, and its mentioned Gionee ELIFE E7L and Galaxy S5 utilizing that SoC.
7. UglyFrank (Posts: 550; Member since: 23 Jan 2014)
I know that but I don't remember Samsung saying they were using the AC, i'm just praying for the 805
10. Tizen007 (Posts: 522; Member since: 07 Jan 2014)
And the Octa-core 3G RAM
13. PapaSmurf (Posts: 8840; Member since: 14 May 2012)
They're using the AC clocked at 2.5GHz.
9. apple4never (Posts: 970; Member since: 08 May 2013)
how is it that the z2 got 17k when i tested my n4 and got just around 11?
12. apple4never (Posts: 970; Member since: 08 May 2013)
and that i can get 21k on my midrange Xperia SP
17. StraightEdgeNexus (Posts: 3596; Member since: 14 Feb 2014)
As far as i know basemark is an uncheatable benchmark and uses real world scenario to test. So xperia z2 is faster than galaxy s5. So its pretty clear samsung has always heavily cheated on benchmarks.
19. dbrie (Posts: 3; Member since: 24 Feb 2014)
Were the T-Rex and Manhattan results for on-screen or off-screen?


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Mixing and Matching Core and David Tutera
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David Tutera Celebrate A2 Assorted Patterned Bold Cards & Envelopes
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I don't know about you but the end of school is right around the corner for us and I am looking for some ideas for my children's teachers. If you are, to0, then this is the place for you!
Today we have a cute gift bag and mini card from Shaunte Wadley.
Using an electronic cutting machine, cut a scalloped border medallion shape from yellow cardstock. Fold and glue shape. Adhere to small kraft gift bag.
Using a 2 3/4″ circle punch, cut a circle from blue cardstock. Emboss with swirls embossing folder. Sand. Adhere to center of yellow medallion.
Using an electronic cutting machine, cut four (4) 2″ apple shapes from red cardstock. Fold each apple in half. Adhere apples back to back, and attach to center of blue cardstock circle. Add brown cardstock stem. Using a craft punch, create two leaves from green cardstock. Fold in half. Sand. Adhere to apple top.
Using a craft punch, create scalloped circle from yellow cardstock. Adhere to center of label shaped mini card. Using a craft punch, create a circle from blue cardstock. Sand. Adhere to center of yellow circle. Computer generate sentiment. Trim ends into pennant shape. Adhere to bottom of circle. Using a craft punch, create apple from red cardtstock. Add to top of circle. Using a craft punch, create leaves from green cardstock. Add to apple. Adhere red gems to bottom of circle.
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2) Keeping the titlework on the adhesive backing, sand the Core'dinations Cardstock with Sand It Gadget until the color core shows.
3) Using your Dust Buddy, dust the sanded titlework.
4) Add any liquid you may use to enhance the color core to your title work before taking the titlework off the adhesive backing.
The pinwheels are cut out of Core'dinations Jillian Spotted Collection. This fun dotted collection is just perfect for the whimsical pinwheels.
Being one not to waste good negatives, I made two cards out of the titlework negatives.
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With Core'dinations, it's all about the technique! The beauty of Core'dinations IS, the core. The core of the paper, getting to the core of the matter. You can do so much with it!
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Typhoon Homewares LLC, which has recently been named U.S. distributor for the Britain-based Mason Cash brand, has announced that it will introduce Mason Cash cookware alongside its Typhoon range at the Atlanta International Gift & Home Furnishing Market, which runs from July 8-15.
"We are excited to be bringing Mason Cash to the Atlanta Show. Our range combines elegance with reliability, and has been innovated with the baker in mind," Paul Donnelly, brand manager for Mason Cash, said.
Mason Cash was established in England in 1800 and includes mixing bowls, bakeware and oven to tableware assortments.
Mason Cash mixing bowls have gained heirloom status, the company said, as they are passed from generation to generation. The mixing bowls have also had a "guest" appearance on the hit TV show, Downton Abbey.
"We are keen to show off the latest additions to our heritage brand Mason Cash, which includes the Bake My Day range and the Perfect Pie Collection to ensure that they become the choice of the discerning cook, as they are in Great Britain," said Richard Stevenson, international sales manager for The Rayware Group, the parent company of Typhoon Homewares. "We are also keen to show off our new ranges from Typhoon, which include the Imprima, Connect and Silk collections."
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Batman: Arkham City - Trippin' on Demon Blood
SPOILERS! Take a sip of demon blood and trip out on the strange fantasy world of Ra's al Ghul.
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i love this game but this part took some time to get past.
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Recapping the largest pro-driven beauty event in The Sunshine State: The Makeup Show Orlando!
Nearly 3,000 attendees, more than 70 beauty brands, over 30 keynote speakers and seminars, and top celebrity makeup artists packed the halls of The Hyatt Regency Orlando, November 15 and 16 ORLANDO, FL – The Makeup Show Orlando, which took place November 15 and 16, at The Hyatt Regency Orlando closes and continues to be the largest pro-driven beauty event in the world! In its 3rd year, The Makeup Show Orlando brought together nearly 3,000 attendees and delivered what... Read More
Go One on One with Makeup & Special Effects Master Jonah Levy!
Jonah Levy, owner of Blue Whale Studios Inc., has been working in the Makeup and Special F/X industry for over 21 years. He has been part of makeup teams on such films as Get On Up, OZ: The Great and Powerful, Transformers 3, Green Lantern, & Zombieland as well as hit television shows such like The Walking Dead, Sleepy Hollow, Homeland, and Banshee to name a few. His skills include everything from beauty makeup and body painting to advanced prosthetic and... Read More
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Fascinated by the transformational power of beauty art and fashion, Nicky Posley began his journey in the beauty world over a decade ago. He believes that makeup is art and empowerment, with the unique ability to transport the spirit. From young, Nicky was exposed to the arts including music, theater, dance, and visual arts. As a teen through his early twenties Nicky was consumed with visual arts; he spend hours creating portraits using many different techniques and tools.... Read More
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It depends on who you ask — either Phoenix Mountain Pointe has made the first statement of the year, or the Pride and Gilbert High simply got some extra court time on the first week of the season.
Mountain Pointe showed good offense and resiliency in rallying for a 18-25, 25-21, 15-10 victory on Saturday in the finals of the Chandler Wolf Howl Invitational.
"It's kind of shows the other teams that we are good still," Pride outside hitter Brandon Barna said. "Just because we lost some players from last year, we're still going to come out and compete."
After earning a No. 1 seed heading into the state tournament a year ago, Mountain Pointe has had to build around setter Alex Hamill and a couple of key returners this season. By the end of Saturday, it looked like the Pride were back in form.
But for the respective coaches, a tournament like this, which doesn't figure in calculations for power points and is on the first week of the season, it's more like spring training.
"I don't know if it's that important to win," Mountain Pointe coach Fred Mann admitted. "This is not worth power points. I'm sure this isn't part of Gilbert's goals, it's not part of our goals to win this tournament. They are a very, very good team, I don't know, if we play them 10 times, maybe we win five, maybe they win five."
"This has been the best practice weekend," Gilbert coach Jeff Grover said. "It's nice to have no consequences for wins and losses here. So I thought we did a lot better then where we were a week ago."
Despite those thoughts, Saturday's championship match had some real spirit, partly because of a couple of controversial calls and likely because of the long day.
The teams had pool-play matches in the morning and then had to win two more in the afternoon to reach the final. The Pride got past Glendale Deer Valley and Gilbert Mesquite while the Tigers beat 5A Division II power Tempe Marcos de Niza and surprising Mesa Westwood, which has returned just one regular from its state quarterfinal run of last year.
After splitting the first two games, the teams were tied at 8 in the final set before Mountain Pointe got momentum on a Bryan Lee kill and then an ace from Barna. A couple of unforced errors put the Pride up 12-8. Derek Schwertley got a dink and a kill to finish off the Tigers.
"It's nice to play a tournament and come out on top," Barna said. "We have some great players. Derek had great hits, 'Hammy' is one of the greatest setters."
Gilbert then looked like it was going to run straight through the title match. The Tigers ran off 12 straight points in the first set, helped a bit by a call reversed by the officials that seemed to bother Mountain Pointe. Tait Neilson (13 kills) and Marshall Gillespie led the charge, scoring seven points between them on kills or blocks during the run.
But Mountain Pointe returned the favor with a run of its own in the second set to take control and hold off a late Tiger rally.
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J.John interviews Mark Russell at an exclusive evening for the TV series Facing the Canon. The event will be hosted by Philo Trust at Christ Church Chorleywood on Wednesday 26th November 2014 at 7.30pm. Please be aware that this event is being filmed for future TV broadcasting.
In 2006, at the age of 31, Mark Russell was appointed as Chief Executive of Church Army, a leading mission agency of the Anglican Church. In this role he leads a team of over 500 people working across the UK and Ireland. He is a sought-after conference speaker and preacher and has addressed major Christian gatherings all over the world. He has been a contributor to various BBC TV and radio shows, as well as Sky News.
Mark grew up in Northern Ireland and read Law at Queen's University in Belfast. After two years of troubleshooting management in industry, he served for three years as the Youth Pastor of Lurgan Methodist Church in Northern Ireland. Mark developed a pioneering youth work and became chaplain to a high school. In 1999, Mark was awarded the 'British Gas Tomorrow's People Award'. This award was presented to him for his cross-community work, bringing Catholic and Protestant young people together across Northern Ireland in the run up to the Good Friday Agreement. In 2000, Mark was appointed as Youth Minister of Christ Church Chorleywood, working with young people across South West Hertfordshire.
In 2004 he was appointed, for a 7-year term, as the youngest member of the Archbishops' Council, the senior strategic body of the Church of England. Alongside this he was a member of the Church of England's Parliament, the General Synod. Mark is best known for his passionate commitment to issues facing young people and social justice.
Mark is a natural evangelist, and loves to share his faith with others. He is a member of the Archbishops' College of Evangelists, and an Honorary Canon of Worcester Cathedral. He sits on the Council of Reference for Fusion and Youth for Christ, and is a member of the Mission and Public Affairs Council of the Church of England.
Mark loves social media, and his Twitter following numbers over 5,000 people (@markrusselluk). He was presented with the 'Christian Tweeter of the Year Award' in 2013.
In his spare time he loves travelling, the gym and skiing. He enjoys a good red wine, and he is currently planning to stand for Parliament.
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sovrn helps publishers succeed on the web- but it doesnât stop there. We are a team of passionate engineers that are committed to making sovrn a leader of innovation and quality in the AdTech space. Do you want to work with a team that isnât comfort11/17/2014 Boulder, CO Save This Job
Location: San Francisco About us: Twilio is migrating the communications industry from its 150-year-old legacy in hardware to its future in software. With our cloud communications platform, we fundamentally change how businesses build solutions for their communications9/28/2014 San Francisco, CA Save This Job