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Among the family of transition metal dichalcogenides, ReS2 occupies a special position, which crystalizes in a unique distorted low-symmetry structure at ambient conditions. The interlayer interaction in ReS2 is rather weak, thus its bulk properties are similar to those of monolayer. However, how compression changes its structure and electronic properties is unknown so far. Here using ab initio crystal structure searching techniques, we explore the high-pressure phase transitions of ReS2 extensively and predict two new high-pressure phases. The ambient pressure phase transforms to a "distorted-1T" structure at very low pressure and then to a tetragonal I41/amd structure at around 90 GPa. The "distorted-1T" structure undergoes a semiconductor–metal transition at around 70 GPa with a band overlap mechanism. Electron–phonon calculations suggest that the I41/amd structure is superconducting and has a critical superconducting temperature of about 2 K at 100 GPa. We further perform high-pressure electrical resistance measurements up to 102 GPa. Our experiments confirm the semiconductor–metal transition and the superconducting phase transition of ReS2 under high pressure. These experimental results are in good agreement with our theoretical predictions.
The transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) MX2 (M, transition metal; X, chalcogen, S, Se, Te) have become a topic of current interest in recent years due to their unique structural, electronic, optical, and tribological properties.1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12 Up to now, there are approximately more than 60 TMDs reported, and most of them have a layered structure resembling graphite, although these layers are actually different. In the layers of TMDs, a transition metal atom layer is sandwiched by two chalcogen atom layers, forming a X–M–X sandwiched structure. The X–M–X trilayers then stack together via weak van der Waals (vdW) interaction, resulting in the different phases in TMDs such as 1T, 1T′, 2Hc, 2Ha, and 3R.12,13,14,15,16,17 Due to their unique layered structure, TMDs exhibit some exceptional functional properties under pressure such as superconductivity3, 18,19,20 and charge density wave (CDW).6, 21,22,23 Moreover, as a result of the weak interlayer interactions, similar to graphite, their bulk materials can be cleaved easily into monolayer, forming a new class of two-dimensional materials with many novel properties.24, 25 For example, these cleaved monolayers can be reassembled layer by layer with a specified sequence to form programmed heterostructures and devices.26 Using so-called "vertical" techniques, such vdW heterostructures with unique properties have been fabricated recently.27, 28
More interestingly, compared with the bulk form, monolayer and few-layer TMDs generally exhibit distinct electronic structure and optical properties.29 For example, the bandgaps of some semiconducting TMDs will change from indirect to direct in a single layer.25, 27 Among the family of TMDs, ReS2 occupies a special position and has received incremental attention recently.30, 31 Unlike most of the TMDs, the ambient ReS2 crystallizes in a distorted CdCl structure with low triclinic symmetry32, 33 (space group: P-1, although this structure was usually named as 1T′ in the previous literatures, to describe the structural evolution of ReS2 clearly, as discussed later, we name this ambient structure "distorted-3R" in this paper). The low-symmetry structure and the distortion of Re and S atoms were related to the Peierls mechanism,31, 34 which prevents ordered stacking and minimizes the interlayer overlap of wave functions. Thus, the interlayer interaction in ReS2 is rather weak, and the bulk properties are similar to those of monolayer.31, 35 For instance, the direct-to-indirect bandgap transition as reported in MoS2 is not observed in this material when going from the monolayer to bulk.31
Since the electronic and optical properties do not change so much in ReS2 with increasing layers, applying stress and pressure becomes an important approach to modify its properties. Generally speaking, pressure can directly modify the lattice parameters, and change effectively its electronic structures and optical properties. And pressure can also symmetrize the structure and remove the Peierls distortion. Furthermore, as a member of TMDs, metallization, CDW, and possible superconductivity under pressure can also be important issues. Among above-mentioned issues, the key point is to figure out the structural evolution of ReS2 under pressure. In the previous work, Hou et al. 36 have explored the high-pressure structures of ReS2 up to 51 GPa using synchrotron X-ray diffraction (XRD); they found an indication of the occurrence of a new high-pressure phase at 11 GPa. Kao et al. 37 also found a transition in ReSe2 at the pressure of 10.5 GPa. However, both of them did not resolve the crystal structure of the high-pressure phases. In this paper, using efficient crystal structure search methods combining with ab initio calculations, we predict the evolution of the structural and electronic properties of ReS2 under pressure. Two new high-pressure phases are identified, and the structural characteristics and their stability, electronic structure, and metallization of ReS2 under pressure are investigated systematically. We also perform high-pressure electrical transport measurements up to 102 GPa, which confirm our predictions on the metallization and superconductivity very well. Unlike the most TMDs that undergo a phase transition from Hc to Ha under pressure, we find that ReS2 has a different phase transition sequence under pressure. In addition to the known structure types of 3R, 1T, 4H and 1T, several new crystal structures of TMDs family have been proposed in our work. Our results reveal that pressure plays an important role in modifying and symmetrizing the crystal structure in the distorted TMDs system indeed.
Structure predictions were carried out with simulation cells containing 1−8 formula units of ReS2 under pressure from 0 to 200 GPa. The experimentally observed ambient structure (distorted-3R phase) was successfully reproduced at 0 GPa, validating our methodology. To get accurate results, vdW interaction is taken into consideration. The optB88 functional together with the vdW-DF corrections38 as implemented in Vienna ab initio simulation package (VASP) was applied during calculating the enthalpy pressure, due to their good performance in the layered TMDs.39 The enthalpy data of the typical known structures in TMDs and our predicted ones are shown in Fig. 1a. Compared with the experimental lattice parameters of the ambient distorted-3R structure, the optB88 + vdW-DF functionals gives errors within only 3%, indicating that this computational setting can give good descriptions of vdW forces in ReS2 (Supplementary Table S1). To double check the stability of the newly found structure, we also calculate its enthalpy relative to the distorted-3R phase using local density approximation (LDA) and Perdew–Burke–Ernzerhof (PBE) Generalized gradient approximation (GGA) exchange-correlation functionals without vdW corrections, which is shown in the inset of Fig. 1a. At about 0.1 GPa, a new energetically favorable structure with the same triclinic symmetry (space group: P-1, we name it "distorted-1T") is uncovered, and the supercell of this structure is shown in Fig. 1b. Although the phase transition pressure changes from 0.4 GPa for LDA to 3 GPa for PBE, we can conclude that the newly found structure becomes more energetically favorable than the ambient distorted-3R structure above pretty low pressure and is stable in a wide pressure range to about 90 GPa. After that, a tetragonal I41 /amd structure is found to be more preferable. The detailed structural parameters of these two predicted phases are summarized in Supplementary Table S2. The calculated phonon dispersions of these two newly found phases are shown in Supplementary Fig. S1. It is shown that both phases are dynamically stable proved by the absence of any imaginary phonon frequency in the whole Brillouin zone (BZ). The volume changing with pressure is also calculated, as shown in Supplementary Fig. S2. With increasing pressure, the volume changes of distorted-3R and distorted-1T are slightly different, while a discontinuous volume change occurs in the transition from distorted-1T to I41 /amd, which exhibits a first-order phase transition.
The newly found distorted-1T has the same space group with the experimentally observed ambient distorted-3R, both belong to P-1; however, their packing is different. During optimizing these two structures under higher pressure, we find that the previously known ambient pressure P-1 structure tends to symmetrize into the 3R structure (space group: R-3m), while the new P-1 structure found in this work tends to symmetrize into the 1T structure (space group: P-3m1), respectively, (Figs. 1b, c). That is the reason why we think it is more proper to name the known ambient P-1 structure as "distorted-3R", although it is usually called "distorted-1T" or 1T′ in the literature before. Correspondingly, the newly found P-1 structure in this work is named as "distorted-1T" for the same reason. Interestingly, the 3R and 1T structures were reported in other TMDs such as MoS2. For MoS2, 1T phase is metastable and metallic,14, 15 while 3R phase is semiconducting and it keeps stable under high pressure and high temperature.16, 17 The main difference between the 3R and 1T is the stacking sequence of the S–Re–S trilayer. Different from 3R phase, all Re atoms in 1T phase share the same (x, y) coordinate. The 3R structure can transform to the 1T structure with a relative sliding between sandwiched layers. From the analysis above, one can find that the layer-sliding might also be responsible for the transition from the distorted-3R to distorted-1T phase. In fact, similar layer-sliding has been observed in other TMDs under pressure such as MoS2, which leads to the transition from 2Hc to 2Ha,13 while in WTe2, it is from Td to 1T′ and finally 2H.39
Previously, Hou et al. 36 have explored ReS2 up to 51 GPa using X-ray diffractions (XRD) with a wavelength of 0.4959 Å, and reported a high-pressure phase at around 11 GPa, which is stable at least up to 51 GPa. However, they did not resolve the crystal structure of this high-pressure phase because of the peak broadening and overlapping. According to the experiment, the phase transition is indicated by the remarkable change of the (220) peak, the relative intensity of which considerably increased when the phase transition occurred. In Fig. 2, we show the simulated XRD curves of distorted-3R and distorted-1T structures together with the experimental results at 11 and 50 GPa, respectively. As one can see, the XRD curves of our predicted distorted-1T structure agree well with the experimental results. Particularly, the remarkable change of the special peak during the phase transition matches the experimental results nicely. We find that, if using a longer X-ray wavelength, for instance, λ = 1.54056 Å, to simulate the XRD curves, the XRD patterns of distorted-3R and distorted-1T structures will show more difference and are easy to be distinguished, especially for the peaks between 35 and 40° (see Supplementary Fig. S3a for more details). Furthermore, as shown in Supplementary Fig. S3, the lattice parameters of these two P-1 structures show different trends, indicating that they have quite different anisotropies under pressure. However, the experimental results indicate that the new phase emerges at around 11 GPa, which is higher than our theoretical transition pressure. The difference might be due to a large activation barrier for the phase transition.
The distortion of S and Re atoms in the distorted-3R phase was believed to be related to the Peierls mechanism.34 The distortion reduces the band energy from electrons, while increases the repulsion energy between the atoms. However, if the decrease of the band energy is sufficient enough to overcome the cost in increased repulsion, the distorted low-symmetry structure can exist stably. Generally speaking, pressure tends to destroy the Peierls distortion, and leads to high-symmetry structure. To reveal the origin of the atoms distortion in the distorted-1T structure, we show the total density of states (DOS) of the distorted and undistorted 3R and 1T phases at 15 GPa in Figs. 3a, b. It can be seen that the distortion introduces a bandgap in both 3R and 1T structures, as this greatly decreases the band energy. Particularly, we notice that, through the layer-sliding, the first peak of total DOS below the Fermi level in distorted-1T phase is lower than that of distorted-3R phase, thus the distorted-1T phase decreases more energy than the distorted-3R phase. Therefore, we can see that the Peierls mechanism still plays an important role in the newly found distorted-1T phase. The partial density of states (PDOS) of distorted-1T phase at 15 GPa are also shown in Fig. 3b, both the valence band maximum (VBM) and the conduction band minimum (CBM) are mainly derived from hybridized Re-d and S-p states, while other states such as S-s, S-d, and Re-p have negligible contributions to the VBM and CBM.
We further investigate the band structure of distorted-1T phase at different pressures. The spin–orbit interactions are taken into account during the band structure calculations, see Fig. 3d in details. At 15 GPa, both the VBM and CBM are located at the Q point, so it is a direct bandgap semiconductor at 15 GPa, and the bandgap is about 0.66 eV. As pressure increases, the lowest line of the conduction band moves down, the eigenvalues at the B point and the one between the Z and Γ points reduce quite a bit. Both of them become lower than the state at the Q point, leading to a transition from direct gap to indirect gap at about 60 GPa. Upon further compression, the distorted-1T structure undergoes a semiconductor–metal phase transition at about 70 GPa, which results from the closure of the bandgap. The detailed changes of the bandgap with pressure are shown in Supplementary Fig. S4.
Under higher pressure, a new three-dimensional highly compact phase with the tetragonal I41 /amd symmetry is predicted to be more energetically stable, taking the place of sandwich-layered structures, see Fig. 4a in details. From the band structure and total DOS shown in Fig. 4c, we can see that the tetragonal I41 /amd phase is strongly metallic. Moreover, the metallic character of this structure is mainly contributed by the Re-d states with fewer contributions from the S-p states. We further calculate the electron–phonon coupling (EPC), phonon spectra, partial phonon density of states, Eliashberg EPC spectral function a 2 F (𝜔), and the electron–phonon integral λ(ω) at 100 GPa of this phase with the density functional perturbation theory,40 which are shown in Fig. 4d. We find the EPC constant λ to be about 0.41. The estimated critical temperature superconductivity (T c), using the Allen–Dynes equation41 with μ ∗ = 0.1 is about 2 K, which agrees with our experimental results reasonably well as discussed later. From the calculation of the phonon linewidths, it can be seen that the intermediate- and high-frequency S vibrations make a significant contribution to the overall EPC constant. The PDOS, Eliashberg EPC spectral function a 2 F (ω), and the electron–phonon integral λ(ω) also confirm this result. It seems that S atoms may be vitally important to the superconductivity of ReS2.
To experimentally confirm the predicted semiconductor–semimetal phase transition and the superconducting phase, we investigate the evolution of resistance as a function of temperature for ReS2 single crystal under high pressure up to 102.0 GPa in Fig. 5. At 4.0 GPa, ReS2 exhibits the semiconducting conductivity similar to its ambient pressure behavior. With increasing pressure up to 11.0 GPa, the overall resistance significantly decreases by two orders of magnitude. Especially at 15.1 GPa, a non-semiconducting behavior emerges above 100 K, where the resistance is almost independent of temperature, which could be attributed to the pressure-induced structural transition from distorted-3R to distorted-1T as mentioned above. The pressure-induced metallic conductivity can be recognized under 32.0 GPa in the high-temperature range, while the resistance at low temperature still keeps the semiconducting profile. Note that the semiconducting profile preserves till 70.0 GPa, as shown in Fig. 5b, which implies that the ground state is indeed semiconducting in nature. Only when the pressure is further enhanced to 81.0 GPa, the semiconducting behavior is almost completely suppressed. The characteristic pressure could also be traced in the pressure dependence of isothermal resistance shown in Fig. 6a, where a small change of slope takes places around 70 GPa, in well agreement with the theoretically predicted semiconductor–metal phase transition in the distorted-1T structure.
More interestingly, in accordance with the electron–phonon calculations, when the pressure reaches to 91.0 GPa, a small drop in the resistance curve appears around 2.5 K, as shown in Fig. 5c. The resistance drop becomes more and more pronounced with increasing pressure up to 102.0 GPa, the limiting pressure in our experimental set-up. To make sure that the drop of the resistance is indeed a superconducting transition, we carry out electrical resistance measurements under various external magnetic fields aligned along c-axis of ReS2 at 102.0 GPa. As seen from Fig. 6b, the resistance drop is gradually suppressed and moves towards low-temperature curve with the increasing field up to 1.0 T. The Ginzburg–Landau fitting yields a critical field of 2.509 T, as shown in the inset of Fig. 6b. The suppression of resistance drop by magnetic field thus confirms the presence of pressure-induced superconductivity. The failure to observe zero resistance is most likely to be caused by the non-hydrostatic compressive stress, which results in a huge pressure gradient in the sample. To achieve zero resistance in the superconducting phase with the critical temperature around 2 K, both higher-pressure and lower-temperature limit should be reached. Upon pressure releasing from 102.0 GPa, the superconductivity retains itself until 55.0 GPa, as shown in the inset of Supplementary Fig. S5, which is accompanied by the increasing normal state resistance.
In summary, we have explored the ground-state structures of ReS2 under pressure systematically using crystal structure prediction methods combining with ab initio calculations. Based on structural evolution, we think it is more proper to name the ambient P-1 structure "distorted-3R", although it is usually called as 1T′ in the literature. Upon very small compression, the ambient distorted-3R is predicted to transform to a new triclinic distorted-1T structure with the same P-1 symmetry. The simulated XRD patterns of this new phase agree well with the previous experimental XRD results under pressure. The layer-sliding is found to be responsible for the transition, and from the electronic structures, we find the Peierls mechanism playing an important role in decreasing the energy of the low-symmetry structures in ReS2. Moreover, through high-pressure transport measurements, ReS2 is confirmed to undergo transitions from semiconductor to metal under pressure. Under higher pressure, a new highly compact metallic phase with tetragonal I41 /amd symmetry becomes stable above 90 GPa, which has a critical superconducting temperature of about 2 K at 100 GPa. This work shows that pressure plays a vital part in changing and symmetrizing the crystal structure in the distorted TMDs system, which also leads to dramatic modifications on its electronic structures, such as band closure and superconducting transition.
Ab initio calculations
Structure prediction through a global minimization of free energy surfaces has been successfully applied to predict high-pressure structures.42,43,44,45,46 Here we extensively searched for ReS2 ground-state structures under pressure based on the CALYPSO (Crystal structure Analysis by Particle Swarm Optimization) method.47, 48 Besides, another structure searching method, ab initio random searching49, 50 was used to cross-check the reliability of the most stable structures at selected pressure. The structural optimization and electronic structure calculations were performed within the framework of the density functional theory using the generalized gradient approximation PBE,51 as implemented in the VASP.52 The well-established all-electron projector-augmented wave method 53 was adopted with 2p3s and 4s4p5s4d as valence electrons for S and Re atoms, respectively. For the structure searching, relatively economic computation criteria such as a plane-wave basis kinetic energy cutoff of 400 eV and a grid of spacing 2π × 0.06 Å−1 for BZ sampling were found to be sufficient. While the enthalpy and electronic structure calculations were performed at a higher level of accuracy, which consists of 800 eV for the kinetic energy cutoff and a k-point grid spacing of 2π × 0.025 Å−1. The phonon calculations are carried out through direct or so-called supercell approach, as implemented in the phonopy code.54 The full-potential linearized augmented plane-wave method implemented in WIEN2K code55 was used to compute the band structure of the distorted-1T and I41 /amd structures at selected pressure points. The EPC was calculated using the QUANTUMESPRESSO code.40 The ultrasoft Vanderbilt pseudopotentials with a PBE51 exchange-correlation functional were used. We choose 45 Ry for the kinetic energy cutoff of the plane-wave basis after testing the convergence. The k-space and q-point integrations over BZ were performed on a 12 × 12 × 12 grid and a 4 × 4 × 4 grid, respectively.
High-pressure experiments
The high-pressure resistance measurements were carried out in a screw-pressure-type diamond anvil cell made of BeCu alloy. The diamond culet was 200 μm in diameter. A rhenium gasket was preindented from a thickness of 200 to 30 μm, which was drilled in center by pulsed laser ablation. A mixture of epoxy and fine cubic boron nitride (cBN) powder was added to the pit, and then compressed firmly to insulate the electrodes from the gasket. The cBN-covered pit served as a sample chamber. Then, a plate-like single crystal with the dimension of 70 × 15 × 5 μm3 was loaded into the pit without any pressure-transmitting medium. A 5 μm-thick platinum foil was used for the electrodes with a standard four-electric-probe method. Some ruby powder was placed on the top of the sample and served as pressure markers. Pressure at room temperature was then calibrated by the ruby fluorescence scale below 70 GPa56 and the diamond Raman scale above 70 GPa,57 respectively.
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This research was financially supported by the MOST of China (grant nos 2016YFA0300404, 2016YFA0401804, and 2015CB921202), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (grant nos 51372112, 11574133, 11574323, U1332143, U1632275, and 51501093), The Henan Joint Funds of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (grant nos U1304612 and U1404608), NSF Jiangsu province (no. BK20150012), the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities, Special Program for Applied Research on Super Computation of the NSFC-Guangdong Joint Fund (the 2nd phase), and Open Fund of Key Laboratory for Intelligent Nano Materials and Devices of the Ministry of Education (INMD-2016M01); The Postdoctoral Science Foundation of China (grant no. 2015M581767); and Young Core Instructor Foundation of Henan Province (no. 2015GGJS-122) and Science Technology Innovation Talents in Universities of Henan Province (No.16HASTIT047). Part of the calculations was performed on the supercomputer in the HPCC of Nanjing University and "Tianhe-2" at NSCC-Guangzhou.
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Very nice project. But your not explaining how the circuit works. Can you please explain? I need it for my son's school project.
its works like a switch but it use water as the switch. If the wire is contact with water, it will turn on the led.
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dear i dint get your point how the led will turn on when the wire touch with the water?
The water will guide the electricity and thus works as a switch. But it seems that this will drain the battery quite quick. :-)
But still nice project :-)
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You can add a "push" button on any side (or both on one 4 pin) to save battery drain. Whenever you press the button, you can check which leds will lit up.
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Tron meets Pokemon? Sorta, kinda! Welcome to today's illustration featuring Electabuzz on Pokemon One a Day!
As I was saying with Burton x Mr. Mime, today's work more so embodies design elements resembling its influence more than parodying it. Electabuzz was treated in a way to carry a black silhouette with bold, striking patterns in yellow to feature quite a punch visually than its traditional look. Electabuzz stands as sort of a vigilante or hero with this intimidating pose and demeanor. This is a Pokemon who's design for illustration was long cemented quite some time ago. As an electric type, the creature is dubbed boringly enough the "electric pokemon", and embodies the Tron-like aesthetic than any other Pokemon. You could argue Porygon as he is a man-made entity that can travel in cyberspace, but I see Porygon as Windows 95 more than futuristic Tron Program.
So yeah, slowly, this character was being designed to be sort of a saturday morning cartoon hero that kids in the Pokemon universe all adored.
The centerpiece is obviously the large thunderbolt in the middle, which sorta resembles the chestpiece of the DC superhero Shazam, which was totally unintentional and noticed sort of last second. The original Electabuzz shows no subtlety with its striping patterns in that it too also highlights a stylized thunderbolt on its body. One of the reasons why the thunderbolt is so prominent is obviously the coloring of yellow on black, but also how it sits on the chest - my Electabuzz was illustrated in a way to be top-heavy and buff, opposed to the bottomheavy beergut of the original.
The piece otherwise is very straight forward - I added a number of design choices to reflect the futuristic tone in the form of the "decals" that I thought best fit this work. I worked very flat with a few strokes to add some definition here and there. Finally, I would add a glow effect throughout to bring energy into the yellow and really make things shine.
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+ Pokemon One a Day is a series illustrated and curated by Bonny John in an effort to represent the the first generation of characters from the world wide phenomenon that is known as Pokemon. The idea is simple - to draw and share one new Pokemon a day (weekends off!) until every Pokemon from the set is completed. This project is an exploration of fine art styles for learning and leisurely purposes.
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Finally got a race in. I have not raced since last fall in the Tarzan Brown River Run. I was able to race the Westerly Track & Athletic Club's 5 mile Clamdigger Race. In it's 33rd year, I was able to place 9th OA. My wife raced in the 5k version and did very well. The race itself is flat and fast. After the race they provided great Chowder for all. The only thing I would do differently is not do 7 hours of yard work the day before and go for a 2-hour bike ride. After racing only twice last year, I forgot how much I enjoy racing and how much I have missed racing after my time off.Race Results
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Peter Donnell / 7 years ago
All aboard the VR tech train, best get on now or risk being left behind! Ok jokes aside, it does feel like everyone but myself is creating a VR tech these days, Oculus Rift might be the poster boy for the format at the moment, but there are already solution on the market that rival it, with many more on the way.
Jeri Ellsworth and Rick Johnson were fired from Valve, and the castAR tech they were working on was put aside for a while. Now they've reached an agreement with Valve CEO Gabe Newell that allows them to continue the project full time, a deal where only the consumer can benefit as without this deal, it would never see the light of day.
Instead of custom build goggles like Oculus Rift, this setup is a hybrid, you can clip it onto traditional glasses and it will project a hologram-like image in your field of vision. It then also combines features such as eye tracking to allow extra levels of interaction.
The Kickstarter is pretty fresh, but at time of writing it has already gained over half of its $400,000 target.
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Digital News Roundup – 8 March
SGM speaking at KickStart Women in Digital Event in London
Next week sees the KickStart Women in Digital event take over 250 Bishopsgate in London, offering an opportunity for professional women to boost their digital skills and get inspired by all of the amazing women currently making their mark in the digital business world.
Sleeping Giant Media is super excited to not only be sponsoring the event, alongside our sister brand Giant Campus, but our very own Amber Vellacott will also be taking to the main stage!
Amber will be teaching the attendees to get creative with visual content through a practical skills workshop – pairing content creation know-how with digital marketing magic to help you achieve your goals. Plus, she will be running a competition on the day to see who can create the best piece of content, so make sure you head to her talk to be in with a chance of winning!
If you've got tickets for the event then be sure to drop by our stand and say hey to the team, or head over to the KickStart Women in Digital website for more information on the speakers.
YouTube may never be 100% safe for brands, says Google
Google Ads UK marketing director Nishma Robb has this week admitted that YouTube may never be able to guarantee 100% safety for brands advertising on the platform, following a period of uncertainty and mishaps.
While the platform is trying to restore trust amongst advertisers, through the implementation of a 'comment classifier' and work with police forces, charities and NGOs, it may never be enough for brands to feel entirely confident with their name appearing on the site.
Companies like Sky, Diageo and AT&T have all experienced issues advertising on YouTube, from connections with terrorist messaging to paedophiles leaving "predatory comments on videos featuring children".
Robb did state that YouTube catches "98% of extremist or violent videos before they are seen by anyone", though admitted that the current AI safeguards in place won't catch all potentially harmful content. Only time will tell whether that's enough to entice brands back. Read more at The Drum.
Google My Business adds new offers functionality in Google Posts
Google My Business users have now got access to a new feature, designed to display "up to 10 offers from your business" within a dedicated space in the local panel.
Within the Google Posts section of Google My Business, you will now be able to create new posts as "Offers", which can include "a description of the promotion, a coupon code or any terms and conditions useful to your audience".
Google has said that the move is designed to make it easier for users to decide where they want to go, as well as making it simpler for businesses to attract customers from the SERPs. Brands can add up to 10 unique offers within the local listing carousel, boosting awareness and enticing people to get in touch – which could be great for business. Check out more on the details over at Search Engine Land.
Twitter announces 'Hide Tweet' feature for moderating replies
In a move designed to limit troll activity on the platform, Twitter has now confirmed a new feature that will allow users to hide replies to their tweets from other people – helping them to stop abuse and hateful comments from building up.
Yasmeen Haq, Twitter's senior product manager, said that the move has come amid requests from users to protect their conversations. "People who start interesting conversations on Twitter are really important to us, and we want to empower them to make the conversations they start as healthy as possible by giving them some control," she explained.
Some have said that the move could result in legitimate reactions to potentially controversial tweets from public figures being stifled, with other concerns around free speech being censored – and perhaps it resulting in only seeing content through 'rose tinted glasses'.
Twitter announced that the Hide Tweet feature will be tested publicly "in the coming months", so it will be interesting to see how these concerns play out. Read more on the story at The Independent.
Google Images launches two new ad formats for shoppers
This week has seen Google Images add new shopping ads to the platform, designed to give brands more control over what appears on sponsored picture results.
Sponsored ads in Google Images already mean that advertisers can target shoppers within this interface, with the newly launched shoppable format allowing brands to add product names, labels and price tags on sponsored picture results.
The new ad format is being tested on a small number of users across "select retailers" at this time – limited to queries for "home office ideas", "shower tile designs", or "abstract art", although more options across other retailers will be available over the next few months.
Showcase Shopping ads will also be coming to Image Search, offering a carousel at the top of the results page when users search for certain queries. The carousel format will allow brands to share "beautiful imagery, descriptions, and relevant promotions" and could prove to be popular with visual-loving users. For more information on the releases, head to the 9to5 Google blog.
Facebook releases new layout design for pages
Social networking giant Facebook appears to have implemented a new page design on the platform this week, introducing a new two column layout.
While we're used to small changes from the platform, this is a fairly substantial redesign – a step away from the previous three-column layout we've all been used to. Now, static information about the page will show on the right-hand side, while the left side contains the feed of recent posts, introducing more white space for a cleaner overall aesthetic.
So far, it's unclear how many people have been shown the redesign, or how many page types will receive the new look. Keep an eye on your profile to see if you spot the changes, or read more at CNET.
How are you spending your Friday night? If you're not done reading, check out some of our recent blogs below, or we'll be back here next week, waiting patiently for you to arrive….
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Australia has ended its direct aid to the Palestinian Authority following concerns that Australian money was being redirected to convicted terrorists and their families as part of the PA's 'pay for slay' policy.
Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop expressed concern that Australian aid was going to activities that "Australia would never support."
Australia will instead be sending their aid to the "United Nations Humanitarian Fund for the Palestinian Territories" which provides direct material support to Palestinian Authority Arabs.
Israeli lawmakers are also moving forward on a bill that would automatically deduct the amounts paid to convicted Arab terrorists from the tax money that Israel collects on the PA's behalf.
The PA has made it clear they will not stop payments to the jailed terrorists.
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A very pleasant day, cold, crisp, and relatively clear, but pretty routine birdwise.
The Marshes were very soggy, the north marsh is practically submerged by the rainfall over the last couple of days. Not even wellies were sufficient enough to access the north-east corner.
A Chiffchaff was present in horseshoe thicket, and a male Blackcap appeared in scrub along the eastern edge of north marsh. A lone Meadow Pipit sat along the fenceline of the Paddocks with around forty Pied Wagtail there.
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Phuket Travel Information
Phuket Attractions by Interest
Hat Kalim (Kalim
Located north of Patong Beach is a secluded beach dotted
with rocks and coral reefs. Accommodations and restaurants
are available. Another interesting stopover is Freedom Beach
which is located around the head of Laem Ka Sai Rot and is
accessible by a chartered long-tailed boat.
Hat Kamala (Kamala
Located approximately 26 kilometers from Phuket City,
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is suitable for total relaxation. Accommodations are available.
Hat Patong (Patong
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approximately 15 kilometers from the city, the beach has a
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magnificent leisure activities and energetic night-time entertainment.
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snorkeling, sailing, and parasailing.
In addition, Patong offers gastronomical
delights for seafood lovers. There are plenty of good restaurants
located along the beach.
Hat Karon (Karon
Located south of Patong Beach, Hat Karon is a curving beach
that lies beautifully in the sun with small sand dunes, casuarinas
and palm trees. The crescent bay is the beach's signature
that drawing travelers attention. From May to October, the
beach may be affected by serious undertows, as the bay open.
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surfing at the southern end of the beach. During the high
season, the beach is ideal for relaxation, swimming or sunbathing.
A wide range of accommodations, from top-end to budget and
mid-range, are available. Other facilities such as nightclubs,
restaurants and other evening entertainment are located along
the beachfront road.
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from the town and can be reached by taking either s or buses
from Ranong Market in Phuket City. Transportation is available
from 7.00 a.m. to 5.00 p.m. and costs approximately 20 baht
/ person / trip. Taking a taxi to the town is another option.
It costs approximately 200 baht to Phuket City and 150 baht
to Patong Beach.
Hat Kata (Kata Beach)
Located approximately 17 kilometers from Phuket City are Kata
Noi (Small Kata) and Kata Yai (Big Kata) Beaches. Both are
renowned for snorkeling to see the coral, tropical fishes
and the seas eco-system. Also worth visiting is Koh Pu, a
small uninhabited island located off Laem Sai. Most visitors
find snorkeling along the islands rich coral reef enjoyable.
Diverse beach activities are available on both beaches. Accommodations
on Hat Kata are set amidst tropical and cliff settings. Visitors
can choose to stay in budget to top end accommodations according
to their preference. Well known hotels located here are Club
Med and the Boathouse.
For more information on how to get there,
please refer to the transportation section in Hat Karon.
Hat Nai Han (Nai Han Beach)
Located a few kilometers from Kata Beach, next to Phromthep
Cape, approximately 18 kilometers from town is Hat Nai Han,
an extra-ordinary beach that has white powdery sand and crystal
clear water. The beach borders on two charming landscaped
lagoons surrounded by rubber trees and other tropical plants.
As the beach has not yet been fully developed to its full
potential, it is less crowded, more peaceful, thus is ideal
for people seeking solitude. Holidaymakers are not recommended
to swim during the monsoon season from May to October. Watch
out for the red flag!
Despite having a rather limited selection
of accommodations, they range from budget bungalows to the
top-class Yacht Club. Check with the TAT Phuket Office for
more up-to-date information and room rates.
This beach can be reached by songthaeos,
which leaves from the intersection of Ranong Road and the
fountain circle. The fare is 25 baht / person / trip. In addition,
visitors can also charter tuk-tuks which costs a lot more
at 150 baht to 200 baht / trip.
Hat Rawai (Rawai
Located approximately 17 kilometers from town is the less
crowded, more peaceful and less commercial beach with a second-to-none
pristine beach. The Beach is home to a well-established community
of Phuket s Chao Le people (sea gypsies). In addition, from
this beach visitors can charter boats to explore other offshore
islands. Hat Laem Kha, located to the northeast of the beach,
is the departure point for those wishing to visit Koh Lon,
and Koh He. Laem Phromthep, Phukets landmark, is located at
the southern end of the beach. This cape is an ideal spot
for diving and snorkeling. Accommodations range from budget
bungalows to middle range resorts.
Getting to the Beach is easy by songthaeos,
which cost approximately 20 baht / person / trip. Songthaeos
depart from the stop at the circle of Ranong Road, while chartered
tuk-tuks will cost more at 150 baht / trip.
Hat Surin (Surin
Located approximately 24 kilometers from town and only in
a short distance north of Laem Sing is an enchanting beach
lined with casuarinas trees. Isolated and secluded, the beach
is ideal for sunbathing and relaxing. The beach, however,
is not suitable for swimming as it has a steep sloping beach
and the weather fluctuates during the southwest monsoon. In
addition, there is a golf course which was established in
the reign of King Rama VII.
Several Muslim fishing communities are located
nearby and Mosques are situated to the west of the beach.
The local Mosque, Matsayit Mukaram, is worth visiting as it
is an elegant whitewashed structure with lacquered wooden
To get there, travel along Route No. 402,
after reaching the Two Heroines Monument, turn left and proceed
for approximately 12 kilometers.
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Maybe we can get some shekels from Weinstein's lawyers the way the NY prosecutor Cyrus Vance did ($10,000 for Vance's reelection campaign?) after the NYPD wire-tapped old Harvey? And now, guess what, Harvey is coming to Phoenix, Arizona. Maybe he will run for "sheriff." Why not?
At least the young gal in Streicher's cartoon had the good sense to recognize that the guy greeting her with the big smile was a Jew--which meant, avoid this guy. Don't American gals and starlets generally have any brains at all?
Come to think of it, Steve Bannon and Harvey Weinstein seem to use the same barber. What is it with these guys? At least the Yid in Streicher's cartoon had a shave, sort-of.
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