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Tod Szewczyk: Wave Hello to the Future of Marketing
December 4 2019, 11:50 am | BY Ricki Green | No Comments
Between Samsung TVs where your hands are the new remote and a biometric payment system Whole Foods is trying out, we're heading toward a gesture-driven world. Tod Szewczyk, VP director of emerging technology and digital strategy at Leo Burnett Chicago, dives into this reality and explores its implications for brands.
Will new gesture technologies fundamentally change the way consumers interact with brands?
Isn't it curious how strongly language and gesture are linked? Together, the two form the foundation for interpersonal communication—such that if you take one from the other, you can lose half the meaning of what's being said. In his book "The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animal," Charles Darwin observes that, "all of the chief expressions exhibited by man are the same throughout the world." Modern studies have taken our understanding of gesture even further. A 2013 paper in the Annual Review of Psychology asserts that gesture can reflect our unspoken thoughts as much as our articulated ones, while another article in the Journal of Memory and Language connect gesture's ability to make communication more memorable.
In other words, gestures help our communications be better understood, and better remembered. As marketers, those two takeaways should catch our attention—after all, what brand doesn't want to be universally understood and remembered?
Not surprisingly, brands are noticing the power of gesture—look no further than your smartphone to see how its role is on the rise. Apple, Google and Samsung all released gesture-enabled flagship phones this year.
A swipe, pinch, wave of the fingers
Samsung's latest phone, the S10, has taken a pretty significant step in their OneUI interface on the Galaxy S10 device—when a user turns on gesture controls, the three standard Android navigation buttons disappear (yikes!). The only way to control the phone then is to swipe up in certain places. Apple's newest iPhones and iPads have improved gesture control elements baked into the latest operating system, and the new U1 chip included in the iPhone 11 family is rumored to be 'a stepping stone to gesture-based controls to better interact with smart devices', aka smartglasses. Google's latest phone, the Pixel 4, includes a radar-based sensor called Soli that, according to CNET, is "able to detect 3D movement in space," allowing users to control the device with simple hand gestures. As Google puts it, "You are the only interface you need."
These may seem like incremental advances, but since the release of smart devices like the iPhone or the iPad, we are seeing a fundamental change in the way children engage with the world around them. Educators in the UK recently noted that children tend to swipe pages of paper books as they assume that they are screens; you may have seen a toddler do the same. As our phones become gesture-first, consumers will start to learn to apply that interaction to other aspects of their lives.
In the home, on the go and in stores everywhere
Samsung already leads the way on replacing the remote, allowing you to manipulate the TV with your hands through swipe, zoom, like and grab. From Audi to Volvo, nearly every major car manufacturer has a model with a hands-free liftgate, the gesture here is a wave of the foot under the rear bumper.
We are even seeing it in our apparel. Google's Project Jacquard, which uses conductive threads woven into items to create touch-sensitive areas, can be found in the Levi's commuter trucker jacket and Yves St. Laurent commuter backpack—allowing you to control your phone during a bike ride or on the commuter train with minimal distraction or interference.
Moving into the brick-and-mortar store, Amazon is currently testing a biometric payment system at its Whole Foods offices in New York that uses a combination of computer vision and depth geometry to recognize a consumer by the wave of their hand and link to their credit card on file to enable speedy checkout.
Next-level ad campaigns and brand interactions
As the conversation around gesture continues to grow, it will also continue to be refined. There's a higher-order to gesture called Natural User Interface (NUI), which the interaction Design Foundation defines as "user interfaces that are natural and easy to use… where the interaction is direct and consistent with our 'natural' behaviour."
Why is all of this important? In a not-too-distant world our phones will start to be replaced by products like AR-enabled glasses, which means the way we interface with the world will likely be by gestures that do not include tapping a screen—rather, simply manipulating the air. Most notable in the pursuit, Apple and Facebook are racing to release smart glasses within the next three to four years. Amazon's Echo Frames are available now and have Alexa embedded in them, the first step in moving interaction off of the phone and into the air. And surely in this world of controlling our devices without touching them, brands will need to consider if there is a reason for their consumers to employ gesture when they interact. At some point in the next few years, 5G will be a reality and the response time consumers will have to any connected object will be immediate.
So, finally, we ask, "What does this mean for brands?
This isn't an exhaustive list of every device that can currently or will in the future be controlled by NUI, but it's enough evidence to demonstrate that our future interface with devices will be through the invisible layer. Just imagine, for instance, that you could summon the Nike Run Club's app by making a swoosh gesture in the air, then use your fingers or voice to say what distance you would like to run and at what pace and then go. How about McDonald's, which has been investing heavily in new technologies like voice to improve the consumer experience. Could it be that in a gesture-first world a consumer could signal the Golden Arches in the air, proceeding to place an order by either speaking or swiping through the menu that appears in the consumers field of view? Or what if you could hail an Uber by making a U, then use your finger to confirm your location on a virtual map floating in front of you and watch as the driver makes way to your destination?
The implications of these new interaction points are significant for brands and marketers, providing new opportunities to more naturally reach consumers and create unique bonds with them that will be hard to break. Gesture represents an unprecedented user-centric channel for brands to own, and in bringing gesture to the forefront of consumer interaction, presents a once-in-a-generation opportunity for brands to define or own a new interface. And what brand manager doesn't have that on their roadmap?
It's a reality that all brands must prepare for. From ordering a burger to hailing a ride, we are entering the gesture-first world.


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Ryan Fitzpatrick, TB vs WAS ($7,600): Throwing out a disaster of game in a tough matchup in Chicago, Fitzpatrick has scored at least 26.04 fantasy points in all four of his other starts this season. He was even able to score 19.56 fantasy points playing only a half in their loss to the Bengals. The matchup against Washington at home this week is a good one, with the Redskins giving up the 10th most fantasy points to opposing quarterbacks. Washington should be able to score against a suspect Buccaneers defense putting Alex Smith ($7,600) in play for GPPs.
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Marquez Valdes-Scantling, GB vs. MIA ($5,400): This price seems way too low for a player coming into a good home matchup who has scored at least 11.5 fantasy points in four straight games. MVS has caught a pass of at least 40 yards in three straight games (40, 51 and 60 yards). It's likely the Dolphins put their top corner, Xavien Howard, on Davante Adams, leaving softer coverage for Valdes-Scantling to operate against. Valdes-Scantling (4.37-forty) should be able to haul in at least one long pass, and there probably isn't a defender on the Dolphins who can catch him.
Tyler Boyd, CIN vs. NO ($7,800): Some may balk here at the price, but there are a few reasons Boyd is a solid play Sunday. The Saints have allowed the most fantasy points to opposing wide receivers this season (52.8!), and this game has the highest over/under this weekend (54) with only a 4.5-point spread (NO favored). Boyd already has some big games under his belt this season (18.1, 21.7, 22.7 and 24.1 fantasy points), and the absence of Adriel Jeremiah Green makes him the No.1 receiving target. Don't forget about teammate John Ross ($5,400) in GPPs.
Jordan Reed, WAS at TB ($5,200): Reed has been quiet from a fantasy perspective lately and hasn't gotten to double-digit fantasy points since Week 1. The good news is his price has dropped drastically as a result, and, outside of Travis Kelce, there really aren't too many "safe" options to use this week. Tampa Bay is a great matchup for Reed as they've given up the second-most fantasy points per game of any team playing the main slate this week. With the Washington wide receivers hit hard by the injury bug, there's a legitimate argument Reed is their best receiving option now.
Tarik Cohen, CHI vs. DET ($6,400): Cohen's bomb of a game last week (1.8 fantasy points) should have owners off him this week with recency bias in play. As a result, he comes at a reasonable price with what should be a low ownership percentage this week. The previous four weeks Cohen had been a beast, scoring 17.5, 18.3, 19.6 and 26.9 fantasy points, which shows the amount of upside he has. The Lions have allowed the eighth most fantasy points to opposing running backs this season, making this a good matchup for both Cohen and Jordan Howard ($6,500 and four rushing touchdowns in his last three games).
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Olympian Andy Butchart firmly believes star Scottish athletes and major events are having a galvanising effect on the sport as a whole.
The man who finished sixth in the 5000m final at the Rio Olympics and eighth at the London 2017 World Champs is headed for Slovakia for this weekend's Euro Cross with Team GB and NI.
It means the Central AC athlete misses out on the Lindsays East District XC on Saturday over a Livingston course where he was a runaway winner two years ago.
But Butchart is thrilled a record 2511 entries have been received for three domestic cross country events in Livingston (East), Irvine (West) and Gordonstoun (North) – the first time the 2500 barrier has been broken – as clubs and athletes are galvanised to compete more.
'I'm racing this weekend in the Euro Cross but I am actually gutted to miss out on the East District XC because I love the course there at Livingston,' said Butchart, who won the Lindsays National XC title in 2015 and 2016.
'I was speaking to Derek Easton, my former coach at Central AC, the other day and he was telling me how much everyone is looking forward to Saturday. That's at the club and many other clubs.
Butchart, who has broken national track records held by Nat Muir since the 1980s, is very much in the vanguard of Scottish athletes who have made an impression at global level in the past couple of years.
'I think the sport in Scotland is being inspired and motivated by performances at the top level and by big events in the UK like Glasgow 2014 and London 2017,' he insisted.
'Now we have the Commonwealth Games looming up again at Gold Coast and then European Championships in Berlin and the European Indoors in Glasgow early in 2019. So there's plenty to be excited about.
Young athletes at clubs are being inspired and getting out there and competing. That's the feedback I'm getting on school visits and so on.
'I sometimes wonder what the numbers will be like in a couple of years if I can get back to the District XC – hopefully it will be 3000 entries or 4000 entries. We might need the East League (a regular winter XC competition for East clubs) to split into two. Why not?
Butchart and Steph Twell lead a five-strong Scottish contingent representing GB at the Euro Cross in Samorin in Slovakia on Sunday.
It is a first appearance at this event for Edinburgh Uni Hare and Hounds athlete Mhairi Maclennan at U23 level and Giffnock North's Erin Wallace at U20 level. Cameron Boyek of Central AC races in the inaugural 4 x 1.5K Mixed Relay.
'It feels as if there has been less of a build-up to the Euro Cross and less of a focus on me – and that's fine,' said Butchart.
'I was team captain in Chia last year for GB and very proud to do that and of course we came away with Senior Men's team gold with Callum taking that bronze and myself in fourth. This time, I was fifth in the trial (at Liverpool) and there's no way I'm happy about that!
'If the course in Slovakia turns out the way it looks and is a dry surface then I'd be really confident of doing pretty well; maybe even getting in medal contention again.
'Year after year for the Euro Cross, we seem to have another one or two 'new faces' in terms of the Scots coming through and getting GB vests so that is another very positive marker on progress. You may see more at the Great Edinburgh XC.
'It's great to be part of a strong Scottish representation with another five athletes there. And it is great for Central to have myself and Cameron Boyek picked – I am pleased for him.
Mhairi Maclennan is one of those 'new faces' referenced by Butchart, with the Edinburgh Uni student who came through the ranks at Inverness Harriers winning a first GB vest of any kind.
'I'm thrilled about it and, yes, you could say it is a dream come true,' said Maclennan, who is coached by John Lees and is part of a very strong training group in Edinburgh.
'It's a really strong group at the moment and we all head out to train at Holyrood Park with head torches on at night. My boyfriend is often in London and when I see training groups like they have going out around Bushy Park then I used to be envious. But it is starting to feel like that is happening in Edinburgh now.
'I think a few of us are being inspired by Laura Muir. You see Laura up close at cross country events like Cumbernauld, Renfrew or Kirkcaldy and it definitely makes you want to work that bit harder to try and improve.


Two Palestinian women have been killed during a stand-off near a Gaza mosque while trying to rescue about 60 Palestinian fighters besieged inside.
The events came on the third day of an Israeli assault on the Gaza town of Beit Hanoun, the largest operation Israel has conducted in the Gaza Strip in months.
On Friday, about 200 Palestinian women marched towards the al-Nasir mosque in Beit Hanoun, which Israeli forces surrounded on Thursday, in an attempt to rescue fighters who had taken shelter in the mosque during the Israeli incursion.
The women had responded to an appeal from Hamas broadcast on local radio stations.
Israeli forces opened fire on the women, killing two and injuring six others.
The Israeli army later confirmed that the fighters had managed to escape.
Elham Hamad, a Palestinian woman who attended the protests, told Aljazeera: "We were confronted by a tank, and we raised a white flag [but] without any warning they started shooting at us.
"We were confronted by a tank and we raised a white flag [but] without any warning they started shooting at us"
"A number of women, including me, fell injured. We remained for a long time without any aid or ambulances."
However the Israeli army said that Hamas had used the women "as human shields".
Major Avital Leibovich, an Israeli army spokeswoman, said: "This is a clear example of use of innocent population for terror."
At least 25 Palestinians have been killed since Israeli troops entered Beit Hanoun on Wednesday in a bid to halt rocket attacks on southern Israel. One Israeli soldier has also died.
On Friday Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian president, called for international intervention to end Israeli military operations in Gaza.
He said in a statement: "The president asks the international community to intervene immediately to stop the Israeli aggression in the Gaza Strip and massacres committed for the last three days."
Meanwhile at least two more Israeli airstrikes on Friday evening killed at least two more Palestinians, Palestinian security officials said.
The first reportedly hit a mosque near Beit Hanoun, injuring three more people, witnesses told AFP. The second, in the town of Beit Lahiya, killed a member of the al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades and wounded another, medical sources said.
At a Hamas rally after nightfall on Thursday in Gaza City, Ismail Haniya, the Palestinian prime minister, called the Israeli offensive "terrorism".
Despite the Israeli assault, Palestinian fighters still managed to fire six homemade missiles at the Israeli border town of Sderot on Thursday, wounding at least two people, medical officials said.
More than 280 Palestinians have been killed in the four-month-old offensive in the coastal territory, about half of them civilians. Three Israeli soldiers have also died.


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ElectionOracle / US Presidential Election Oct 29, 2008 - 06:51 AM GMT
By: Walter_Brasch
There are a lot of scary things in this world, but one of the scariest is that Halloween and the Presidential election are only five days apart. It's hard to miss the parallel between tricks-and-treats and the promises-and-panderings of politicians masquerading as the most caring, most vital, most sincere candidate. While standing behind their lapel flag buttons, they are quick to dress their opponents in something less patriotic.
The Republican right wing wants to dress Barack Obama as a socialist terrorist, putting on him a large black beard, a kufi hat and abaya robe. Instead of handing out candy, these wing nuts have Obama handing out dollar bills, which he stole from hard-working conservative millionaires.
The Right Wing doesn't say much about Joe Biden, knowing he's sharper than any of the candidates about foreign affairs, but he does occasionally put a foot in his mouth. Maybe they can dress him as a podiatrist.
The Democrats want to glue John McCain to George W. Bush, and parade them door-to-door as conjoined twins. Assuming that isn't acceptable to McCain—at least now—maybe the Democrats can dress McCain as a Mission: Impossible tape recorder, knowing at some point he'll self-destruct.
It shouldn't be too hard to find a costume for Sarah Palin. During the past two months, the Republicans spent $150,000 on clothes for her and her family, plus at least $23,000 for makeup. After figuring out that the nation is in a Recession, that most Americans don't even earn $170,000 in three years—and that some outraged Americans found out about her shopping spree—Palin spun out and claimed that the clothes really aren't hers and will be donated after the election, most probably to starving Republican day traders. For Halloween, and for a truly scary appearance, maybe Mooseburger could remove all the makeup and lipstick her handlers put on her to make salivating middle-aged men believe that outward beauty is an acceptable cover-up to inner vacuousness.
While large numbers of wolves, polar bears, and moose have been seen registering to vote, hoping that Palin wins and leaves their state, Palin is busy stalking Dick Cheney's footprint, hoping to continue her mind-meld with him.
And speaking of Cheney, a nice costume for him might be a repaired heart, assuming he had one. But, since he has again suddenly disappeared from sight, he might be dressed as the Ghost of America Thankfully Past.
Ralph Nader, who has good ideas, hardly any media coverage, and absolutely no chance to be president, could wear a large fluorescent green leaf, and carry an organic sign—"Hey, I'm over here!"
Bob Barr is running for president on the Libertarian ticket. He is an NRA board member and was once a conservative Republican who led the impeachment of Bill Clinton. Lately, he's been on an extended speaking tour for the ACLU. Perhaps we could dress him as the Statue of Liberty, a rifle in one hand and what's left of a shredded Constitution fiercely clutched in his other hand.
There are more than 200 other third-party and independent candidates. It would be far too expensive to give them all individual costumes, so why not dress each of them as sheep on steroids, bleating to be free of the pack, and hoping to attract voters who are disgusted with the policies and candidates of the Democratic and Republic parties.
We're not scared about the voters. They'll do whatever it is that voters do for whatever reasons they do it. We're scared about what happens to their votes after they're crunched by pro-Bush Republican-dominated Diebold, the company that manufactures most electronic voting machines in the country.
Like 300 million other Americans and several billion in other countries, we're scared about the economy. You know, the one that was spurred by a combination of greed, incompetence, and lack of governmental regulation. Children and their parents are all going to be trick-or-treating this Halloween, hoping there are still some families that have extra food to give to those who may soon become homeless.
Finally, we're really scared that in a few months we'll all hear George W. Bush and Dick Cheney tell us, "We're Baaaack!"
[Rosemary Brasch is a former Red Cross national disaster family services specialist, secretary, union grievance officer, and labor studies instructor. ]
by Rosemary and Walter Brasch
http://www.walterbrasch.com
Copyright 2008 Walter M Brasch
Walter Brasch is a university journalism professor, syndicated columnist, and author of 17 books. His current books are America's Unpatriotic Acts , The Federal Response to Hurricane Katrina , and Sex and the Single Beer Can: Probing the Media and American Culture . All are available through amazon.com, bn.com, or other bookstores. You may contact Dr. Brasch at brasch@bloomu.edu
Walter Brasch Archive


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Contextual targeting will enable you to match your ads up with relevant websites on the Google Display Network, which is comprised of websites and apps that have chosen to collaborate with Google.
When you use contextual targeting to place your ads, Google will match your ads to automatic placements (websites considered relevant to your keywords and topics).
Contextually targeted ads will provide your target audience with useful information. If, for example, you have produced an ad group to advertise wedding cakes and you have included keywords such as "iced wedding cake" and "three-tier chocolate wedding cake", Google will use contextual targeting to place your ad on sites that are associated with these keywords.Your ad may therefore appear on discussion forums for brides-to-be who are talking about wedding cakes or web pages containing iced wedding cake recipe ideas.
You will be granted the freedom to fine-tune your campaign by adding exclusions. You can therefore prevent your ad from appearing on sites that are associated with low conversion rates or are not appropriate for your target audience.
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With the clock ticking until Brexit Day on March 29, many are wondering whether quitting the European Union will actually happen.
Theresa May says she is focused on leaving the bloc on time, despite calls from within her own party for a delay.
"A delay in this process doesn't deliver a decision in parliament, and it doesn't deliver a deal," said the Prime Minister on Monday when questioned about Brexit being placed on hold.
In Liverpool, where 58.2% voted to remain, feelings are running high. Some people desperately want to leave as soon as possible, while others think Brexit is a terrible mistake and needs to be delayed to the point of never going ahead.
All this week, HuffPost UK is travelling across the north of England, along the M62, as part of the HuffPost Listens series. We want to find out what people really think about Brexit away from the London bubble.
In Liverpool, a port city that has historically boasted a diverse population, we found strong opinions from people on both sides of the argument – and others simply sick of hearing about it.
Even though Liverpool as a city voted to remain in the EU, Barbara Cave voted to leave and is sticking to her guns.
"I am desperate for us to get out of Europe," she told HuffPost UK. "Let's get out of Europe and get back to where we were before.
Describing Europe as "arrogant", Cave says she voted leave as she doesn't like "feeling like a prisoner in her own country" and says she "want her country back".
She continues she would be extremely upset if Brexit was delayed, adding: "I get my prayer mat out every night and pray that there won't be a delay.
David Cobourne is a strong remainer and describes the current Brexit situation as "a bit of a mess".
He said: "I don't see how the EU affects anyone negatively on a day-to-day basis.
He believes a delay to Brexit is "inevitable". "The idea of leaving the EU on the 29th of March when there's virtually no preparation is a ludicrous thing.
Jean Du Preez, who lives in Poland but has family in Liverpool, says people voted for Brexit without really understanding it.
He told HuffPost UK: "People thought we would be getting our borders back and taking control of immigration. That was one of the things that was sold to the British people.
He added that for his family Brexit is a tragedy. His fears are for his children and their future, and he believes Brexit needs to be delayed until a final deal has been sealed.
Ron Hardwick backed leave, but says he would vote differently now. "On reflection, I would vote to stay in and accept it for what it is.
"I think politicians have forgotten the people of the country. They made a statement and they totally ignored it.
Hardwick doesn't believe we will ever leave the EU as he thinks delaying tactics will be used constantly.
He added: "My mother is German and when I was a child, people would not let their children play with me because I was 'the child of a Nazi'.
Michael Curtin is looking forward to Brexit Day and has no time for those who want to stop what more than 17m people voted for.
He said: "We are leaving on 29th March as it is in law and there is not enough time to change the law.
Tracy Fishwick runs a social enterprise in Liverpool supporting people finding it difficult to get into work.
She told HuffPost UK Liverpool is founded on the fact it is a port and has welcomed people from all over the world for centuries.
She also says Liverpool has been transformed with EU investment.
"There is a recognition in the city that a lot of the change we can see has been because of European funding and our membership of the EU.
With regards to whether she feels Brexit will happen on March 29, she said: "I have always believed it is never going to happen. That's probably just me being in denial.
Angela McKay, operations manager at Homebaked Bakery in Anfield, Liverpool, feels it is a shame the country is coming out of the EU.
However, she has mixed feelings about whether Brexit should be delayed and admits part of her wishes it went ahead.
She explained: "While this is going on, other stuff happening in the country is not getting addressed.
Declan Feeney voted remain and, as a fourth year university student, his concerns are around getting a job.
He added that until a couple of weeks ago he did not think the UK would leave on March 29, but now feels it possibly will.


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spherical. The nucleolus seems to be lamellar in shape. The nucleus is surrounded by granules that separated the apical end of the cell with the nucleus from food vacuoles and contractile vacuoles close to the aperture. Division longitudinal.
Dimensions: De Saedeleer: 40.8 – 57.3 µm long, and 40.8 – 45.9 µm broad.
De Saedeleer, H. 1934. Beitrag zur Kenntnis der rhizopoden: morphologische und systematische untersuchungen und ein klassifikationsversuch. Mém. Musée Roy. D'Hist. Nat. Belq., 60:1–112.


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Over grainy, black and white images of a woman giving birth, Montano reads the story of a nun's sexual self-discovery—recounting Sister Joan's growing awareness of her body's sensuousness and sexuality. Primal Scenes is an excellent example of women's erotica, focusing on a woman's experience of her body as both sexually powerful and deeply mysterious. Montano uses stirring images of women acting in the rather traditional roles of nun and mother, yet she recasts these roles and demonstrates, from a woman's point of view, the possibility of claiming a fully-realized sexual intensity for women.


Yet another German half-track under the tree this year? This one is far from being a bog standard: look again. It's quarter scale!
This tiny new addition from our friends at AFV Club promises to herald many more welcome subjects in this increasingly popular scale. I was a reluctant convert before coming to this scale, but my misgivings about loss of detail and unmanageable parts proved unfounded. The detail is as crisp and uncompromising as in most 1/35th scale kits. Doubters should look closely at the cooling jackets on those machine guns, the creases in the leather seats! There are almost exactly the same number of parts -minus the individual torsion bars and rear axle, as in AFV Club's 1/35th scale 251 Ausf. C kit.
Wrapping that very fragile suspension assembly with those vinyl tracks did give me initial cause for concern –the stub axles are to scale, and tiny! My fears were unfounded -AFV Club designers had prevented any tears or nashing of teeth in two ways: Firstly, by providing the most flexible and supple vinyl tracks, cementable with CA glue. Secondly, the inner roadwheels are connected to one another by small "rings" which give strength to the assembled suspension, align the many wheels together, and remain invisible behind the outer wheels. Brilliant! The design of the suspension assembly does actually allow for one broken axle on each side –just ask me how I know! You will, as with the 1/35th scale kit, have to paint the gauges -a decal or a PE dash face would have been impractical in this scale. Also, for the visually-challenged and (or) the less youthful builder, it would help to enlarge the instructions on a Xerox machine. The diagrams seem a bit cramped, as it's a smaller instruction sheet. Do take your time fitting the upper hull half to the lower half: One needs to attach the front and rear panels after the hull halves are together -NOT before!
Nice bonuses include an assortment of weapons: extra KAR 98 rifles, MG 34 and MG 42 machineguns, and ammunition cans. Two slightly different styles of front air intake covers (early, sharp-cornered and late, round-cornered) are provided. Crisp and trouble-free decals are included for five different vehicles serving on the Eastern and African fronts.
How does it measure up to the tiny Tamiya offerings, you ask? The Tamiya 1/48th scale kits all include a die-cast lower hull. This adds weight and simplifies assembly -just giving the bare minimum of detail to the suspension. The AFV Club suspension is complete in detail, adding parts and complexity. One may argue that Tamiya kits are the perfect choice for beginner modelers, but you could almost buy two of these little AFV Club kits for the same money!
Novice and experienced builders alike will get plenty of satisfaction from these smaller projects, with a little planning and care.
Highs: Great detail. This kit goes very well with the 1/48 Tamiya kits I already have on the shelf. An enjoyable build at an affordable price! Also, as an added bonus the first 3000 kits include a limited-edition print by the box artist!
Lows: Care will be needed when assembling the hull halves. Also, you'll need to paint the dash instruments.
Verdict: One can't help but wonder what the future may hold in AFV Club's new releases. One thing is certain: 2009 will be a very good year for scale armor builders!
As someone mentioned, just for the record the Tamiya 250 halftrack has a "plastic hull" and only a metal weight inside. Also, there is an instrument decal sheet that works fine in the 250, so painting the instruments is not necessary in that kit. There are lots of aftermarket sets for 1/48 (Hauler, gasoline, voyager, aber, etc) so 1/48 isn't just for beginners. It's the wave of the future! Thanks for the review!
The decals are fine, but for some reason that photo does look off. My fault. You have good eyes to spot that!


Background: By increasing the survival of immature newborns, intravenous access methods, used to provide intravenous therapy, became more important. More attention has been recently paid on peripherally inserted central venous catheters in newborns, although it is yet unknown in Iran. In this study, we tried to discover the barriers to spread the usage of peripherally inserted central venous catheters (PICC) in the neonatal intensive care units of hospitals affiliated to Isfahan University of Medical Sciences.
Materials and Methods: In this descriptive explorative qualitative research, conducted from December 2011 to April 2012 with purposeful sampling and snowball method, participants were selected from nurses and residents of neonatology and neonatal specialists working in Alzahra, Shahid Beheshty, and Amin hospitals, until data saturation occurred. Data were analyzed with thematic analysis proposed by Broun and Clarke in 2006.
Results: Data analysis yielded 175 initial codes, 12 sub-themes, and 3 main themes. The main themes included barriers related to procedure and maintenance, barriers related to persons providing care, and barriers related to management and planning.
Conclusions: One of the major problems in premature newborns during hospitalization is long-term and safe intravascular access; therefore, more use of PICC is needed. A complete planning is also needed to eliminate barriers and to provide required catheters. Educating the personnel is also necessary.


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After the event of course we would appreciate it if you visit us for a chat at our booth 411 in hall A. We hope to see you there!


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Meltdown & Spectre: Critical CPU Vulnerabilities
Google's Project Zero (GPZ) is a think tank of leading edge security researchers who have established a track record of ground breaking research. Yesterday they announced a set of flaws in CPU architectures that create two kinds of vulnerabilities.
It is early in the year, but this may be the most important and impactful security vulnerability in 2018. This affects any software running on Intel chips, no matter the operating system or vendor. This affects every Intel processor since 1995 that implements out-of-order execution, except Itanium, and the Atom before 2013.
The vulnerabilities were discovered by collaborating researchers at University of Pennsylvania, University of Maryland, Graz University of Technology, Cyberus Technology, Rambus Cryptography Research Division, University of Adelaide and Data61 along with researchers at GPZ.
The flaws were first reported confidentially by researchers to CPU makers Intel, AMD and ARM on June 1st, 2017. Disclosure was under embargo until next week, but public speculation on kernel patches that fix this issue lead to early disclosure starting on January 1st, 2018. Most information was finally disclosed by the researchers involved yesterday, January 3rd. Research associated with the security flaws was published on the Google Project Zero blog.
They have named the flaws Spectre and Meltdown. You can find the academic paper on Spectre on this page (PDF) and the paper on Meltdown on this page (also PDF). I am providing mirrored copies of both PDF papers on our site because at the time of writing, both source websites were down, probably due to excess traffic. Spectre Mirror and Meltdown Mirror.
Both of these vulnerabilities stem from performance optimizations in CPUs. The security fixes may have a performance impact. Some news sources are claiming up to 30% performance impact, while more authoritative sources indicate this number is exaggerated. Intel's official statement says "Contrary to some reports, any performance impacts are workload-dependent, and, for the average computer user, should not be significant and will be mitigated over time."
Intel has been accused of downplaying the seriousness of the vulnerability, both in terms of how badly Intel CPUs are affected and the negative effects of these vulnerabilities.
ARM also released an official statement, as did AMD.
The Meltdown Vulnerability
Meltdown is the first of the two vulnerabilities that GPZ disclosed. It exploits a CPU performance optimization known as 'out-of-order execution' to read arbitrary kernel memory locations. The attack is independent of operating system and does not rely on any software vulnerabilities. In other words, it is a vulnerability in chip hardware that is exploitable on any system, no matter what operating system it is running, no matter whether the software on the system has a vulnerability or not.
Meltdown allows an attacker to read memory that they should not have access to in other processes, other virtual machines on the same system and across various other permission boundaries. This affects a huge number of cloud service providers and personal computer and device users.
There is a mechanism that operating system developers can use to protect against this attack. You will be seeing a large number of operating system patches released and deployed during the coming days to secure systems against 'Meltdown'.
Spectre is a vulnerability that exploits another performance enhancement in modern CPUs, known as speculative execution. Hence the name, Spectre.
Modern processors use speculative execution to improve performance. The mechanism allows processors to guess which code will execute and to go ahead and execute that code while waiting for a memory location to be read. Once the read operation is complete, if the processor guessed right, it keeps the results of the computation. If it guessed wrong, it discards the computation results. This improves performance.
Specter attacks will get a victim processor to perform operations that would not occur during correct program execution. These operations leak confidential information.
This attack violates many security models including process separation, containerization and others.
Of particular concern to those of us in the website security community is the following passage from the research paper:
Attacks using JavaScript. In addition to violating process isolation boundaries using native code, Spectre attacks
can also be used to violate browser sandboxing, by mounting them via portable JavaScript code. We wrote a JavaScript program that successfully reads data from the address space of the browser process running it.
According to the research, makeshift processor-specific countermeasures for Spectre are possible, but a long term fix will require a fundamental improvement to CPU architectures.
Fixing Meltdown and Spectre and Their Impact
Both of these vulnerabilities are hardware level vulnerabilities that exist because of a flaw in CPU architecture. They are very serious vulnerabilities because they are operating system and software independent. The long term fix for both of these issues will require that CPU makers change the way their chips work, which means redesigning and releasing new chips.
That is not feasible for existing chips and in order to fix this issue for existing CPUs, operating system vendors are going to have to release fixes. That means that you will see security fixes for the following OS's released in the coming days: Windows, OS X, Linux and probably Android. When you see a fix available for your PC or device, apply it as soon as is practical because it will probably contain a fix for these issues.
Because the vulnerabilities are in algorithms in CPUs that improve performance, the fixes may have a performance impact. Chip vendors like intel are playing down the impact, while some news media is playing it up. I would suggest taking a wait-and-see approach, because ultimately, benchmarks of the new operating system patches are the only accurate way to reliably determine if there will be any performance impact and if so, of what magnitude.
If you are a hosting provider that uses cloud services for your customers, expect your cloud provider to reboot systems during the coming days and have your operations team on standby to ensure that everything cycles back normally. And of course, keep your customers apprised of the situation.
If you use hosting services, like WordPress hosting, you should be aware that your hosting or cloud provider may need to reboot systems over the coming days as they apply patches for Meltdown and Spectre. Unless you have a 100% fully managed WordPress site, it may be up to you to check that certain services for your site came back up after the reboot. Keep a close eye on bulletins from your host over the coming hours and days and ensure you check your site and systems as soon as they come back up after any reboot or down time.
So far we are seeing notifications of maintenance or reboots for the following hosts and cloud providers:
Amazon is reporting that they have patched most of the underlying operating systems for AWS and will complete the rest soon. They are saying that customers are responsible for updating the operating systems of their instances and have provided information to do that.
Linode are saying that they will need to do a "fleet-wide reboot" to protect against these issues. Keep an eye on their blog for updates.
DigitalOcean are reporting that they also may need to reboot droplets and are monitoring the situation.
Vultr are reporting a reboot may be needed.
If your cloud provider is not listed above, keep an eye on their blog and Twitter account for updates.
At this time we are not seeing updates from major hosting providers to their customers. The operational impact of these updates will probably flow upwards in architectural terms. In other words, CPU vendors were first notified and responded, then operating system vendors, then cloud providers like AWS and Linode and next we will see service providers respond.
These would include hosting companies, DNS service providers, storage providers, backup providers and other providers of services and applications. In many cases, for service providers, there may be no operational impact if they have built redundancy into their application and are able to perform partial fleet reboots without disrupting service.
Chrome and Firefox Affected
Luke Wagner has confirmed on the Mozilla blog that Firefox is affected by these attacks:
"Our internal experiments confirm that it is possible to use similar techniques from Web content to read private information between different origins. The full extent of this class of attack is still under investigation and we are working with security researchers and other browser vendors to fully understand the threat and fixes."
They have already implemented and released fixes to mitigate the issue but as the above quote indicates, more fixes are probably forthcoming. Firefox users should update to Firefox 57.
Google Chrome is also affected, and according to Google, Chrome will receive a fix in Chrome 64 which will be released on January 23rd. Chrome also provides options for users to enable that will help reduce the effectiveness of these attacks:
https://www.chromium.org/Home/chromium-security/ssca
Updating your browser is very important because delivering malicious Javascript or web based code is one of the easiest ways for an attacker to have their code infiltrate your system.
Performance and Business Impact
Systems that receive these security updates may experience a performance impact though it is currently difficult to say to what degree. If you are in an operational role, it is important that you evaluate system performance once you have applied OS patches to determine if it will impact your customers.
At an executive level, consider that in a worst case scenario, system performance may degrade 30% across the board. If you are running your systems at 90% capacity and your financial margins are thin, you may find yourself in a crisis situation which results in raising prices or making other changes to adapt to CPUs no longer delivering the performance to which your business model has become accustomed.
As a customer or end-user, I would reserve judgement on any performance impact until benchmarks are released. If someone tells me that sunspot activity is slowing down my workstation, I tend to notice slowness on my workstation. It is difficult to quantify performance changes until someone does the work to produce accurate and precise benchmarks.
Impact On Hardware Design
Meltdown and Spectre are a new class of vulnerability, both in their sophistication and impact. They use timing attacks to exploit flaws in the underlying hardware we use for a majority of our applications today, both in the cloud and on desktops and devices.
A complete fix for Meltdown and Spectre is going to require a CPU replacement. As CERT says, the solution is to "Replace CPU Hardware".
It is inevitable that other hardware vulnerabilities like these with wide impact that require hardware changes will emerge in the coming years. We can't buy new hardware every time this happens. So a long term fix may require that we invent a way to dynamically patch the hardware that our software relies on.
This Was Disclosed Early
These vulnerabilities were under embargo until next week. On January 1st, speculation started on a blog titled Python Sweetness, about a major vulnerability that was hardware based and involved memory manipulation. On January 2nd, The Register published a story with some details.
Yesterday on January 3rd, GPZ published full details on their blog, resulting in a huge amount of press and official statements emerging.
An extract from Intel's official statement makes it clear the vulnerabilities were disclosed early:
"Intel is committed to the industry best practice of responsible disclosure of potential security issues, which is why Intel and other vendors had planned to disclose this issue next week when more software and firmware updates will be available. However, Intel is making this statement today because of the current inaccurate media reports."
This story is now major news with plenty of coverage and commentary. The authoritative sources for this story are the GPZ blog, the research papers, statements from chip makers Intel, AMD and ARM and the blog posts from cloud providers like AWS and Linode. Check your vendor blogs and vendor Twitter accounts for updates on security and service interruptions.
If you have any additional reliable and accurate resources, research or commentary related to this, I would appreciate if you would leave them in the comments.
Mark Maunder – Defiant Founder/CEO.
Credit: www.defiant.com
Google Project Zero Announcement
Spectre Paper
Meltdown Paper
Intel Official Statement
ARM Official Statement
AMD Official Statement
Amazon AWS Response
Linode Response
DigitalOcean Response
Early speculation on Monday which lead to early announcement
The Register coverage on Tuesday breaking the story
Mozilla commentary on Firefox being vulnerable
Chrome fix release date
Chrome advice to mitigate these attacks
CERT official vulnerability note
Sophos technical analysis and commentary
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The farming history of southern New England is well known. Early settlers established homes, farms, and businesses near coastal ports, but moved quickly inland as families grew and more land was needed. Thus some Providence families moved on to Glocester during the early 1600s; the town was incorporated in 1649, and in Chepachet a sizeable church was established by 1713. The ancestors of Col. Anthony Sprague (1774-1818) were among those early migrants.
New England's soil is rocky and of poor quality, and considerable labor was required to translate a wooded property into a working farm. Eventually, many discouraged farmers moved on to more attractive western areas, but Col. Anthony's son and heir, Anthony (1805-1897), remained in Glocester. Sadly, at the time of his death he was insolvent and in debt.
Following Anthony's death his daughter, Sarah, managed the estate, and, following a series of property transfers within and outside the family, Sprague Farm passed gradually in sections to Anthony's grandson, Walter L. Sprague (1877-1948). His son (Anthony E.) and grandson (Anthony E. Jr.) inherited the property in 1982 and eight years later transferred it to the Glocester Land Trust.
It is difficult to document the specifics of the farming activities engaged in by these Sprague's. The farm may have been a thriving business in its early days, but given the condition of Anthony's estate, it apparently was not doing well at the end of 19th century. Walter L., to whom the property was transferred, was a letter carrier, still remembered by some Chepachet residents who recall his house across Pine Orchard Rd, but not a farm. According to 20th century tax records, both farm taxes and building taxes were assessed up to 1936; later tax records classify one of the lots as "vacant land" and another as having a single family residence. In 1990 there was no assessment for buildings on the property.
Sprague Farm is a fine place to walk, and the trip tempts us to speculate about the use of the property 100 or more years ago. For example, the many well-constructed stone walls crisscrossing the land indicate its separation into pastures and the presence of cattle and/or sheep. In a few places, old barbed wire and wire fencing used to separate pasture or property lines is still visible, though deeply embedded in tree trunks. The trail map shows the old roads, now used as wide walking trails, and these pass over well-constructed stone bridges. There are also three groups of stone foundations. Of these some supported houses as they are quite large and contain chimney bases. Others may have been barns and, perhaps, housing for workers. The Sprague family cemetery, located near Joe Sweet Rd., contains the gravesite of Col. Anthony Sprague and his descendents.
The property provides clues to help date the demise of farming activity. It is now forest, much of it populated by moderately sized oaks, maples, white pines and birches. This young forest arose from land cleared in the mid-20th century for lumber. If you look closely the tracks of logging vehicles can be seen in the woods. Along the trail to the cemetery there is a grove of large hemlocks, and elsewhere a white cedar swamp. These slower-growing trees have been present for a longer period of time. It is evident that many years have passed since the property was a working farm. However, thanks to current preservation efforts, Sprague Farm now has renewed value as a wildlife refuge and as a reminder of our Rhode Island heritage.
Note: Most of this information is based on records stored in Glocester Town Hall and from Patricia Blough, Lorraine Frazier, Edna Kent (Glocester Town Historian), and Robert Hawksley.
In December of 1990 the Glocester Land Trust acquired 247 acres of land fronting Pine Orchard Road in Chepachet, known as Sprague Farm. This was the third property acquired by the Land Trust, and the largest acquisition to date. The property was purchased from Anthony E. Sprague with funds from the Rhode Island Dept. of Environmental Management Open Space Grant program and Town of Glocester Open Space bonds. Since the initial 247 acre purchase, many adjacent parcels have been acquired with funds from The Nature Conservancy and Champlin Foundations. The larger parcels are known as Woodlands and generally named after their previous owner. Among these are the 186 acre Coleman Woodland, 162 acre Huckins Woodland, 133 acre Kilmartin Woodland, and 164 acre Desnoyers Woodland. Currently the Sprague Farm area encompasses over 985 acres.
There are marked and maintained trails on this property for recreation. Please be aware that archery and primitive black powder hunting is permitted on the Spargue Farm Complex. Please click here for our hunting regulations
Please follow the rules and regulations of the Glocester Land Trust while visiting this property. Horses are permitted on the Sprauge Farm property.
Directions: Head west on Route 44 and continue approximately 2 miles from northern junction of Routes 44 and 102 in Chepachet; left onto Pine Orchard Road; use Haystack Trail on right at Pole #33. Please follow the rules posted above when visiting this property.
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Welcome to all 1,040 subscribers of the Jaltemba Bay Life Newsletter, and many more who view it on Jaltemba Bay Life and the Jaltemba Bay Folk Forum.
We have been working really hard this week trying to keep up with all the local news and upcoming events. Because of the abundance of information, this week's issue is the largest to date. We actually maxed out on the number of article blocks we can use in our newsletter.
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We are hoping to announce the next phase of the Jaltemba Bay Life "Giving is Good" project in a few months, so stay tuned.
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My family loves Mexico and it constantly calls to us. We will be visiting your area in July and what you have written here really reaches that place in me where I am most alive. Saludos!
salt of the earth people with generous hearts....living in a lovely town on the seashore. how can i help but love her?
The Management Council oversees the operations of Los Amigos. It meets the second Monday of each month at Palapa de Guty, Circuito Libertad #4, La Penita and everyone is welcome to sit in. There is a Meet & Greet at 6:30pm with the formal meeting starting at 7pm.
This organizational meeting is for anyone who is interested in volunteering at the upcoming Cancer de Mama Clinic in February. The meeting will be held at 10am poolside at the La Penita RV Park. We expect over 300 women to attend this year's clinic, so lots of volunteers are needed. For more information, please visit www.cancerdemamaclinic.com. If you can't attend the meeting but want to volunteer, please let one of the organizers know your area of interest (contact information is on the website).
Come join Becky Kemery, author of YURTS: Living in the Round, as she shares her beautiful and inspiring slideshow, YURTS: Living in the Round at 6pm at Xaltemba Restaurant. See the article above for additional information.
Amigos de La Cruz and the Marina Riviera Nayarit are pleased to announce "A Taste of La Cruz", a FREE to the public event at the Marina Malecon & Amphitheater from 4-7pm. Enjoy a day of fun, food & music at one of the Bahia's most picturesque settings. Meet the people, merchants, restaurants and musicians of La Cruz de Huanacaxtle, Nayarit at this exciting expo-fair.
The Tianguis (open-air market) is held every Thursday from 8am-1pm or so around the Plaza in La Pe�ita ( map). It is "the" place to shop for silver and handmade jewelry, tablecloths and linens, glassware, Talavera pottery, Huichol Indian artwork and Oaxacan rugs. You will also find fresh fruits and veggies, homemade breads and locally-produced honey and coffee. This is one of the largest and most well-known markets in the area.


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    expect = require('expect.js'),
    path = require('path'),
    util = require('util'),
    ffprobe = require('..');

function fixture(fileName) {
  return path.join(__dirname, 'fixtures', fileName);
}

describe('ffprobe', function() {
  it('should be able to list info as JSON', function(done) {
    ffprobe(fixture('test.jpg'), { path: ffprobeStatic.path }, function (err, info) {
      if (err) return done(err);
      expect(info.streams[0].codec_name).to.equal('mjpeg');
      expect(info.streams[0].width).to.equal(175);
      expect(info.streams[0].height).to.equal(174);
      done();
    });
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  it('should also export a Promise API (success)', function(done) {
    ffprobe(fixture('test.jpg'), { path: ffprobeStatic.path })
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        expect(info.streams[0].codec_name).to.equal('mjpeg');
        expect(info.streams[0].width).to.equal(175);
        expect(info.streams[0].height).to.equal(174);
        done();
      })
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          done(err);
        });
      });
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    ffprobe(fixture('not-here.jpg'), { path: ffprobeStatic.path })
      .then(function (info) {
        done(new Error('Unexpected info: ' + JSON.stringify(info)));
      })
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\section{Experimemtal}
All the FeSe$_{1-x}$S$_x$ thin films were grown by a pulsed laser deposition method using a KrF laser\cite{Imai09,Imai10}.
Commercially available LaAlO$_3$ (100) substrates were used in this study.
The substrate temperature, the laser repetition rate, and the back pressure were 300-400$^\circ$C, 1-3 Hz, and 10$^{-8}$ Torr, respectively.
FeSe and FeS polycrystalline pellets were used as target, which were alternatively ablated to obtain single phase FeSe$_{1-x}$S$_x$ films\cite{JJAP.56.100308}.
Composition analysis was performed for some samples by electron probe micro-analysis (EPMA). %
Figure \ref{G_EPMA} plots the real composition of the films as a function of the $nominal$ values, i.e. the ratio of the ablation time for FeS to the total ablation time.
The real S content of the films increases up to $x_{\mathrm {real}}=0.43$ as $x_{\mathrm {nominal}}$ increases.
$x_{\mathrm {nominal}}$ dependence of $x_{\mathrm {real}}$ is well fitted by a quadratic polynominal, as shown by a red curve in the Fig. \ref{G_EPMA}.
Therefore we estimated the real composition of the other films with which a composition analysis was not performed, by using the empirical formula.
Hereafter, the composition of the films, $x$, denotes the measured or calibrated values.
The crystal structures and the orientations of the films were characterized by four-circle X-ray diffraction (XRD) with Cu K$\alpha$ radiation at room temperature.
The thickness of the samples were evaluated by a Dektak 6 M stylus profiler.
The electrical resistivity of the films was measured using a physical property measurement system (PPMS) from 2 to 300 K.

Figure \ref{G_XRD}(a) shows the XRD patterns of the films.
Except for peaks from the substrates, the buffer layers, and the Ag paste for the resistivity measurements, all the peaks are identified as $00l$ reflections of FeSe$_{1-x}$S$_x$, indicating the $c$-axis orientations of the films.
In-plane orientations of the films were also confirmed by the $\phi$-scans of the 101 reflections, which showed clear four-fold symmetry patterns (Fig. \ref{G_XRD}(b)).
We summarize the lattice constants of the grown films in Fig. \ref{G_XRD}(4), in which those of FeSe films are also plotted.
The lattice constants of the FeSe films change depending on the degrees of strain, and a negative correlation is observed between the $a$- and the $c$-axis lengths in the FeSe films, which is explained by the Poisson effect in films under the in-plane strain.
FeSe$_{1-x}$S$_x$ films with approximately the same composition shows the similar behavior, and the lattice constants tend to shrink as the $x$ values increase, indicating the validity of the calibration procedure of the $x$ values.

Figure \ref{G_RT} shows the temperature dependence of the dc electrical resistivity, $\rho$, of the grown films.
All the FeSe$_{1-x}$S$_x$ films with $x \leq 0.43$ show metallic temperature dependences of $\rho$ and also show superconducting transition at low temperatures.
The FeSe film shows a kink anomaly in the $\rho$-$T$ curve, which is due to the nematic transition\cite{yiSciRep17}.
As S content increases, the kink anomaly becomes broadened gradually.
We estimated $T_{\mathrm s}$ of our films as the position of the local minimum in the d$\rho /$d$T$ curve, whose composition dependence will be discussed later.

FeSe$_{1-x}$S$_x$ films with large S content show another clear kink behavior at low temperatures, below which the resistivity increases on cooling.
The abrupt increase of the resistivity at low temperatures is very similar to what was observed in FeSe and FeSe$_{1-x}$S$_x$ bulk samples under hydrostatic pressure at an antiferromagnetic transition temperature\cite{JPSJ.84.063701,NatCom.8.1143}.
This similarity in the $\rho$-$T$ behaviors suggests that our films with $x>0.18$ also show antiferromagnetic order at low temperatures.
Note that in bulk samples this kink anomaly in the $\rho$-$T$ curve was not observed even in samples with $x=0.29$\cite{arXiv:1802.03776}.
Thus this behavior is unique in film samples.
Although the reason for the appearance of the new phase transition only in film samples at ambient pressure is unclear at present, the lattice strain in the films may play a role.

Figure \ref{G_PhaseDiagram} shows the obtained phase diagram of FeSe$_{1-x}$S$_x$ films on LAO.
The S substitution decreases $T_{\mathrm s}$, and the nematic order disappears at $x \sim 0.18$, similar to the case of bulk samples\cite{PRB.92.121108,PNAS.113.8139,arXiv:1608.01044}.
$T_{\mathrm c}$ also shows a monotonic decrease with increasing $x$ values.
Note that bulk samples have the maximum value of $T_{\mathrm c}$ at $x\sim 0.07$, which was not observed for our samples.
This slight difference in the behavior of $T_{\mathrm c}$ may be due to the variation in the strength of the lattice strain in our films.
With further increasing $x$, $T_{\mathrm c}$ gradually decreases even when $x$ exceeds the NEP, and no enhancement in $T_{\mathrm c}$ was observed.
We observed the superconducting transition for $x$ up to 0.43.
The behavior of $T_{\mathrm c}$ and $T_{\mathrm s}$ is very similar to those of bulk samples.
On the other hand, as was described above, what is different from bulk samples is the abrupt increase in $\rho$ at low temperatures, suggesting the presence of a new phase transition.
We plotted characteristic temperatures, $T^\ast$, at which $\rho$ takes its local minimum in Fig. \ref{G_PhaseDiagram}.
$T^\ast$ appears after the nematic state disappears, and increases with increasing $x$.
There are two possible interpretations of the phase diagram.
One is that the new phase does not affect $T_{\mathrm c}$.
The other is that the new phase suppress the superconductivity.
In the former case, we expect that $T_{\mathrm c}$ remains unchanged when the new phase is suppressed in some way, while in the latter case, we expect the increase of $T_{\mathrm c}$ at the NEP when the new phase is killed.
We consider that the latter case is unlikely because the composition dependence of $T_{\mathrm c}$ of the FeSe$_{1-x}$S$_x$ films is very similar to those of bulk crystals.
Thus the new phase observed below $T^\ast$ may not affect the superconductivity.
Further studies are needed in order to reveal the nature of this new phase transition and to elucidate the reason why it has no impact on superconductivity.

Once the phase diagram of FeSe$_{1-x}$S$_x$ films was obtained, we compare the phase diagram to that of FeSe$_{1-y}$Te$_y$ films.
As was described earlier, FeSe$_{1-y}$Te$_y$ shows the rapid enhancement in $T_{\mathrm c}$ when $x$ exceeds the NEP\cite{yiSciRep17}, which may suggests that the nematic order suppresses the superconductivity.
On the other hand, FeSe$_{1-x}$S$_x$ does not show such a $T_{\mathrm c}$ enhancement, or rather $T_{\mathrm c}$ decreases at the NEP.
These two contrasting phase diagrams demonstrate that the relation between the nematic order and the superconductivity is not universal in FeSe, suggesting that the nematicity does not have a universal significance in the superconductivity in these materials.
These results are consistent with recent results of the pressure effects in FeSe$_{1-x}$S$_x$ bulk crystals\cite{NatCom.8.1143}.
As was already clarified, the nematic transition will change the band structure and the Fermi surface\cite{PhysRevB.90.121111,PhysRevLett.113.237001,Nakajima17,Phan17}.
In that sense the nematicity will have some effect on the superconductivity in an indirect manner.
Indeed, whether $T_{\mathrm c}$ increases or decreases after the nematic order disappears depends on the detailed structure of the Fermi surface of each material.
Our results suggests that the nematicity does not play a primary role in the superconductivity in iron chalcogenides.
To understand the mechanisms of the two different behaviors of $T_{\mathrm c}$ in the phase diagrams of FeSe under positive and negative chemical pressure, comprehensive and systematic studies are indispensable using FeSe$_{1-x}$S$_x$ and FeSe$_{1-y}$Te$_y$ samples with a wide composition range.
These are uniquely possible with our film samples, which are now under way.

In conclusion, we have succeeded in growing superconducting FeSe$_{1-x}$S$_x$ thin films with $x \leq 0.43$ on LAO substrates.
As S content increases $T_{\mathrm s}$ decrease and the nematic state disappeared at $x \sim 0.18 $.
$T_{\mathrm c}$ gradually decreases with increasing $x$ and no abrupt increase in $T_{\mathrm c}$ was observed at the NEP.
The behaviors of $T_{\mathrm s}$ and $T_{\mathrm c}$ are very similar to those of bulk samples, while another phase transition was observed in film samples with large S content.
The difference in the behavior of $T_{\mathrm c}$ between FeSe$_{1-x}$S$_x$ and FeSe$_{1-y}$Te$_y$, which shows an abrupt enhancement in $T_{\mathrm c}$ after the disappearance of the nematic state, suggests that the nematicity does not play a primary role in the superconductivity of these materials.

\begin{acknowledgments}
We would like to thank K. Ueno at the University of Tokyo for the X-ray measurements.
We also thank S. Komiya at Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry for the composition analysis of the films.
\end{acknowledgments}

\clearpage

\begin{figure}
\includegraphics[width=\linewidth,bb=0 0 334 258]{Fig1.EPS}%
\caption{Real S content, $x_{\mathrm {real}}$, of the grown films, which was obtained by the EPMA measurements as a function of the nominal values, $x_{\mathrm {nominal}}$. Red curve shows the fitting result by a quadratic polynomial.}
\label{G_EPMA}
\end{figure}

\begin{figure}
\includegraphics[width=\linewidth,bb=0 0 408 436]{Fig2.EPS}%
\caption{(a) XRD patterns of the grown films with $x=$0, 0.03, 0.07, 0.15. 0.32, and 0.43. The number and asterisk signs represent peaks from the substrates and the Ag paste, respectively. (b) $\phi$-scan of the 101 reflections for the film with $x=0.32$. (c) Relation between the $a$ and $c$ lattice parameters of the grown films. Data of FeSe films with varied degrees of strain are also plotted. The dashed curves are guides for the eye.}
\label{G_XRD}
\end{figure}

\begin{figure}
\includegraphics[width=\linewidth,bb=0 0 435 439]{Fig3.EPS}%
\caption{(a) Temperature dependence of the dc electrical resistivity, $\rho$, of the grown films. (b) Enlarged plots of the $\rho$-$T$ data around the superconducting transition. (c) Temperature derivative of the resistivity, d$\rho /$d$T$ of the grown films. The arrows show the temperature at which the anomalous dip in the d$\rho /$d$T$-$T$ curves was observed, corresponding to the nematic transition. }
\label{G_RT}
\end{figure}

\begin{figure}
\includegraphics[width=\linewidth,bb=12 339 584 818]{Fig4.EPS
\caption{Obtained phase diagrams of the FeSe$_{1-x}$S$_x$ thin films on LAO. The dashed curves are guides for the eye. The inset shows a schematic phase diagram of the FeSe$_{1-x}$S$_x$ and FeSe$_{1-y}$Te$_y$ films on LAO.}
\label{G_PhaseDiagram}
\end{figure}

\clearpage

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Wow. Did you all see Diane Ravitch's latest speech?
Earlier today, I posted a link to Teacher Ken's post on Daily Kos, where he called it the most important speech on education in years. Here's a direct link to the entire speech. It's outstanding!. Ken is not exaggerating.