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Listen for God's Voice Over the Noise of the World
Let's trade in our busyness for stillness. Let's find a quiet place to hear from God.
by Stacy and Michael Edwards on Friday, November 05, 2021 at 2:00 PM
How did things become so crazy? Why do we find ourselves frazzled and feeling overwhelmed? I think we have the tendency to listen to the wrong voice. We have to intentionally tune out the world and take in God's Word.
The world has grown incredibly loud. Between angry opinions on social media, aggressive sales pitches on television, and all of the other things vying for our attention, the noise seems to be at an all-time high. Everyone is constantly rushing, trying to do everything and more, and still feeling like they're coming up short. Don't even get me started on the FOMO phenomenon.
I can still picture my grandmother sitting at her kitchen table drinking coffee and doing word searches. When she got tired of that she would crochet a little or bake some cookies. She couldn't have cared less about whether or not someone was doing those things bigger or better. She would laugh at the absurdity of photographing her coffee in the hopes that someone she would never meet would like the photo.
How did things become so crazy? Why do we find ourselves frazzled and feeling overwhelmed? When did we get to a point where even our vacations are exhausting? I think it all comes down to the tendency we have to listen to the wrong voice.
Proverbs 1–10 describes the voice of folly or wickedness in great detail. We read in Proverbs 5:3-5 that the words of the forbidden woman are flattering and persuasive. But, in the end, they prove hollow and destructive. Proverbs 6:24 and 7:5 describe the forbidden woman's words as smooth. This gives the impression that to entertain her company, for even a moment, would be like standing on the edge of a slippery slope.
The verse that really stands out to me, however, and led me into a great conversation with my children was Proverbs 9:13: "Folly is a rowdy woman; she is gullible and knows nothing."
This is a great description of so many of the voices in our world today. Folly, or foolishness, is always stirring the pot. It's boisterous, turbulent, and always causing a commotion. It's an opinionated, finger-pointing spotlight seeker. There's always drama and conflict surrounding it. To put it bluntly, foolishness is loud.
I had to stop and ask myself:
How often do I listen to the loudest voice?
Am I tempted to think someone is right because they shout the loudest?
Do I feel pressured to believe a certain way because one voice is demanding my attention?
Why is this the case for so many of us? The truth is that it's hard to ignore a rowdy person.
"We need to choose the Lord's voice over the loud voice. Let's let go of things that promote noise and chaos in our lives. Let's surround ourselves with people who exhibit the fruit of the Spirit in their attitudes and actions."
Stacy and Michael Edwards
Then, as if that wasn't bad enough, the loud woman called folly is also ignorant. If we analyzed her words we would find that the author of Proverbs 9 is right. Folly is like a rowdy woman who knows nothing.
Her presentation is flashy but pointless. Her words are many but her message lacks substance. The end result of her teaching is destruction and her loud voice usually only serves to distract us from our devotion to the Lord.
There is a reason we're told more than one time in Scripture to be still. (See Ps. 46:10.) Jesus knew what He was doing when He would often withdraw to desolate places to pray. Sometimes the best thing we can do is find some silence and stillness. We have to intentionally tune out the world and take in the Word. That's where we find the voice that matters.
We need to choose the Lord's voice over the loud voice. Let's let go of things that promote noise and chaos in our lives. Let's surround ourselves with people who exhibit the fruit of the Spirit in their attitudes and actions.
Perhaps we need to make a little room in our calendars for more coffee sipping, tea drinking, front porch sitting, and sunshine soaking. Let's trade in our busyness for stillness and listen for His still small voice.
Lord, would You speak to us? Would You still our souls and quiet our minds until Your voice is all we hear? Help us to ignore the shouts of the ignorant. Give us discernment in regard to who we follow and whose advice we heed. May we choose Your voice over all others.
This article is courtsey of HomeLife magazine.
Stacy and Michael Edwards live in Kentucky where they homeschool their five daughters. Stacy is an author and speaker. Michael is the senior pastor of Adairville Baptist Church and a trustee of Sunrise Children's Services.
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\section{Introduction}
In the high-temperature (T$_c$) cuprate superconductors, the nature of the pseudogap, the mysterious state found above T$_c$, is one of the greatest unresolved problems \cite{Timusk99}.  Owing to their close proximity on the phase diagram, the pseudogap is believed to have a close relation to superconductivity, but whether it represents precursor Cooper pairs or a distinct order competing with superconductivity is a continuing topic of discussion. Angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy (ARPES) is an important technique for addressing this question \cite{Damascelli03}, because ARPES can study the cuprates in a momentum-resolved manner, for instance, by specifically studying along the Brillouin zone boundary (the antinodal region) where the pseudogap is most pronounced.

Important progress has been made recently by observing the signatures of a second phase transition at T* in addition to superconducting transition at T$_c$ in Bi$_{1.5}$Pb$_{0.55}$Sr$_{1.6}$La$_{0.4}$CuO$_{6+\delta}$ (Pb-Bi2201)\cite{He11}. Additionally, two distinct spectral features are observed in the antinodal region.  The higher energy feature is associated mainly with the pseudogap having broken-symmetry nature \cite{Hashimoto10}, while the lower energy feature is associated mainly with superconductivity. These experiments suggest that the pseudogap cannot be interpreted in terms of precursor Cooper pairs, and instead, point to coexisting order in the high-T$_c$ ground state. The interplay between the two energy scales naturally explains the gap function typically observed with moderate photon energies ($h\nu \sim$20 eV) where the antinodal gap ($\Delta _{AN}\sim$30 meV) strongly deviates from the near-nodal canonical $d$-wave form, $\Delta _0| \cos k_x- \cos k_y|/2 $ with $\Delta _0\sim$15 meV \cite{Kondo07, Hashimoto09, Kondo09, He11, Hashimoto11, Okada11}. However, the form of the gap function is still under debate as other ARPES experiments, particularly those performed at low photon energies ($h\nu <$10 eV), have reported a simple $d$-wave gap function all around the Fermi surface with $\Delta _0\sim$15 meV, and argued that it has a solely superconducting origin \cite{Ma08, Meng09}.  Also, a recent ARPES study on Bi2201 using two different photon energies (21.218 eV and 8.437 eV) has reported the coexistence of two gaps in the antinodal region at $\sim$15 meV (8.437 eV) and $\sim$30 meV (21.218 eV), which have been assigned to superconductivity and the ``soft'' pseudogap which does not distort the simple $d$-wave form of the spectral gap, respectively \cite{Nakayama11}. The momentum dependence of the low temperature gap is debated in other cuprate systems as well \cite{Valla06, Kanigel06, Shi08, Shi09, Tanaka06, Lee07, Terashima07, He09, Yoshida09}, though disagreement is most pronounced about Bi2201. It is important to investigate the photon energy dependence systematically to further understand the nature of the pseudogap.

In this paper, we chose Pb-Bi2201 to study this problem at various incident photon energies from 7 to 22.7 eV. We find that contradictory reports arise because ARPES spectra obtained at lower photon energies are generally contaminated with strong photoemission background signals. Nevertheless, after background subtraction, the spectra show a robust coexistence of two energy scales independent of photon energy. Also, the lower energy gap size smoothly deviates from the simple $d$-wave extension of the near nodal gap. This is consistent with reports using moderate photon energy $h\nu \sim$ 20 eV, but inconsistent with reports using very low incident photon energy. This result strongly supports previous assignments of the two energy scales to the competing pseudogap and superconducting orders, and highlights a strong distortion of the antinodal superconductivity by the coexisting pseudogap order \cite{He11}.

\section{Experiment}
A high-quality single crystal of optimally doped Pb-Bi2201 was grown by the floating zone method, and the hole concentration was optimized by sample annealing in $N_2$ flow \cite{He11}. T$_c$ was $\sim$  38 K and the pseudogap temperature T* was  $\sim$ 142 K \cite{He11}. Pb doping  significantly suppresses the super-lattice modulation which creates replica of the dispersion in ARPES spectra. ARPES measurements were done at BL 5-4 in SSRL with a Scienta R4000 analyzer. The photon energy $h\nu $ was varied from 8 eV to 22.7 eV. The energy resolution was 7 -- 15 meV. For all photon energies, the polarization was linear and perpendicular to the measured cut. ARPES measurements using a 7 eV laser and circular polarization were also performed with a Scienta 2002 analyzer. The energy resolution was $\sim$3 meV. The Fermi level was calibrated using a gold sample at each photon energy. The measurement temperature was $\sim$7 K and the vacuum pressure was better than 4*10$^{-11}$ Torr.

\begin{figure}
\includegraphics[width=\linewidth]{Fig1.eps}
\caption{Recovery of the intrinsic spectral features by background subtraction analysis in the superconducting state (7 K) of Pb-Bi2201 (a),(b) Image plot and EDCs for the raw ARPES spectra along the antinodal cut taken at $h\nu $ = 22.7 eV. (c),(d) Image plot and EDCs for the raw ARPES spectra at $h\nu $ = 8 eV. (e),(f) Image plot and EDCs after the background subtraction for the 8 eV spectra. (g),(h) Image plot and EDCs after the MDC background subtraction for the 8 eV spectra. The momenta for the background, k$_F$, ($\pi$,0) are indicated by the lines, arrows and colored EDCs. Vertical dashed lines in (b),(d),(f) and (h) at 30 meV and open circles for the dispersion at higher binding energy are guide-to-the-eyes. (i) MDCs at selected energies for the raw spectra ($h\nu $ = 8 eV). Solid curves are the raw spectra and dashed lines are the subtracted background, which are used to obtain the background spectrum shown in (h).(j) Schematic Fermi surface with the measured cut and incident photon polarization. }
\label{Fig1}
\end{figure}

\section{Results and Discussion}
We observe strong contrast between the raw ARPES spectra at the moderate ($\sim$20 eV) and low photon energies ($<$10 eV) obtained within the same experiment on the same sample. Figures \ref{Fig1}(a)-(d) show the antinodal ARPES spectra along ($\pi$,-$\pi$)-($\pi$,0)-($\pi$,$\pi$) taken at two different photon energies, 22.7 eV and 8 eV. At 22.7 eV, [Fig. \ref{Fig1}(a)], the spectral intensity appears as an inverted triangle centered at ($\pi$,0) with a gap feature. The background intensity well away from the Fermi momenta (k$_F$), estimated from the momentum distribution curve (MDC) at E$_F$ \cite{Hashimoto11, He11}, is negligible in the image. The intensity maxima in the energy distribution curves (EDCs) in Fig. \ref{Fig1} (b) show a dispersion down to $\sim$ 85 meV  at ($\pi$,0), which coexists with a shoulder feature at $\sim$ 30 meV that shows little dispersion. These coexisting energy features at 22.7 eV are consistent with previous reports at the same photon energy, and suggest the coexistence of superconductivity and a competing pseudogap \cite{He11}. Also, the energy position of the shoulder feature at $\sim$ 30 meV strongly deviates from the canonical $d$-wave gap function extrapolated from near nodal data which gives $\Delta _0\sim$ 15 meV \cite{Kondo07, Hashimoto09, Kondo09, He11, Hashimoto11, Okada11, Ma08, Meng09, Nakayama11}.

In strong contrast, the ARPES spectra taken at a low photon energy (8 eV) are almost featureless, as shown in Figs. \ref{Fig1}(c) and (d). The intensity near E$_F$ is smaller and monotonically increases towards the higher binding energy. The EDCs show almost no momentum dependence along the measured cut. One can no longer clearly define a dispersing feature at higher binding energy and the shoulder feature at $\sim$ 30 meV [dashed line in panel (d)] as in the 22.7 eV data. Instead, all the EDCs show a small and broad edge at much lower energy, 10 -- 15 meV, consistent with the previous ARPES studies using lower photon energies \cite{Ma08, Meng09, Nakayama11}.

\begin{figure*}
\includegraphics[width=\linewidth]{Fig2.eps}
\caption{Photon energy dependence of the antinodal ARPES spectra before and after the background subtraction analysis. (a)-(l) Image plots with $h\nu $ = 8 -- 22.7 eV. The momenta for the background, k$_F$, ($\pi$,0) are indicated by the lines and arrows.}
\label{Fig2}
\end{figure*}

There are two factors that can make the ARPES spectra look different from the single-particle spectral function. One is matrix elements and the other is background. The relative influence of each depends on incident photon energy and polarization \cite{Damascelli03}. On face value, it is difficult to explain the difference between 22.7 eV and 8 eV spectra only by matrix elements because the spectra are completely different. In the low photon energy spectra [Fig. \ref{Fig1}(d)] in the superconducting state, the edge feature at 10 -- 15 meV expands to an extremely wide momentum range on the Brillouin zone boundary. This anomalously flat feature in momentum space is difficult to interpret as the intrinsic dispersion in the superconducting state. This is because in the true normal state above T* in the same Pb-Bi2201 system \cite{Hashimoto10, He11}, a simple parabolic dispersion has been observed, and one can easily calculate how the band would look after the opening of a 15 meV superconducting gap \cite{Hashimoto10}. Also, the band bottom at($\pi$, 0) in the true normal state is at $\sim$ 20 meV \cite{Hashimoto10, He11}, and the opening of a superconducting gap should shift the band bottom further away from E$_F$. Thus, one expects the lowest energy feature at ($\pi$, 0) to be $>$20 meV. However, the lowest energy feature is at 10 -- 15 meV, smaller than the 20 meV band bottom in the true normal state. Further, the coexistence of the 10 -- 15 meV feature and the 30 meV feature needs to be understood if the 10 -- 15 meV feature is intrinsic. However, it has been indicated that there is no theory supporting such coexistence (Ref. \onlinecite{Nakayama11}). These unusual behaviors make it difficult to interpret the 10 -- 15 meV feature as the intrinsic gap feature.

Instead, the anomalous observation at 8 eV can be better explained by considering background effects, which can become a substantial part of the spectrum if the intrinsic signal intensity is strongly suppressed by matrix element effects. We applied simple, conventional momentum-independent background subtraction analysis, which has previously been applied to ARPES. Note that the momentum independent background has been assumed in MDC fitting of the ARPES spectra in general. As shown in Figs. 1(e) and (f), we assumed the EDC at k$_y$ = 0.4$\pm $0.01 ($\pi $/a), far from relevant features, as the momentum independent background EDC, and subtracted the background EDC from all the raw EDCs, similar to previous ARPES studies \cite{Kaminski04, Rosch05, Kim07}. After the background EDC subtraction, the ARPES images at 8 and 22.7 eV are more similar. The EDCs [Figs. \ref{Fig1}(b) and (f)] also exhibit quantitative similarity. A gap feature at $\sim$ 30 meV is clear around ($\pi $, 0), and becomes weaker away from k$_F$. The higher energy feature located at $\sim$ 85 meV at ($\pi $,0) seems to be dispersive. In addition, the feature which exists at 10 -- 15 meV in the raw spectra disappears after background subtraction. These results are robust against the momentum chosen for the background EDC if the momentum is sufficiently away from k$_F$ ($\mid $k$_y\mid >$0.25). Some negative values in the background-subtracted EDCs at higher binding energy suggest that the background is overestimated at higher binding energy, which could be due to the effect of shadow bands \cite{Nakayama06, King11}. Polarization dependence in a future study might be important for further understanding of such effects and to obtain more accurate background intensity at higher binding energy. However, this does not affect the features closer to E$_F$, which are of interest in the present study.

To further confirm the robustness of the result, we applied a different background subtraction to the same data set as shown in Figs. 1(g)-(i). Here we assumed the smallest intensity for the momentum distribution curve (MDC) at each energy as background signal [Fig. 1(i)]. The background spectrum obtained from the MDC analysis is shown at the bottom of Fig. 1(h), which is qualitatively similar to the background spectrum in Fig. 1(d). The image and EDCs after the MDC background subtraction are shown in Figs. 1(g) and (h), respectively. One can see that all the energy features of interest are consistent with the result of the background subtraction in Figs. 1(e) and (f). In particular, the lowest energy feature after the MDC background subtraction is at $\sim$ 30 meV and the 10 -- 15 meV edge feature is absent. This MDC background subtraction also avoids the unphysical negative value in the background-subtracted EDCs from the method used in Figs. 1(e) and (f). Because we do not find difference in our conclusion between the two different background subtractions, we present the result of the simplest background subtraction [Fig. 1(e) and (f)] in the rest of this study.

We emphasize that similar background subtraction procedures have been applied to ARPES spectra successfully \cite{Kaminski04, Rosch05, Kim07}, with the background mainly attributed to electrons which have lost their momentum information in the solid. The background signal has been especially well studied in Ref.~\onlinecite{Kaminski04} and it has been shown that the background spectra themselves are gapped in a gapped state, reflecting ``average'' or ``integrated'' gap size (with weighting from different original momenta given by matrix elements), and have clear temperature dependence. This gives further evidence that the momentum independent 10 -- 15 meV edge feature in the raw spectra, which is clearer away from k$_F$ and disappears after the analysis, is a background signal reflecting the averaged gap size in momentum space. The spectral lineshapes around 10 meV near k$_F$ look slightly different from those away from k$_F$ because the weak and broad 30 meV intrinsic feature exists on top of the 10 -- 15 meV background feature. As demonstrated here, a simple background subtraction is sufficient to detect intrinsic features. This also suggests that matrix elements suppress the intrinsic feature strongly in the antinodal region at low photon energies, different from the nodal region \cite{Vishik10}.

Figure \ref{Fig2} shows the detailed photon energy dependence of the antinodal cut of Pb-Bi2201 from 8 eV to 22.7 eV, before and after the background subtraction. In the raw data, there is a general trend that the spectra become more broad and featureless at lower photon energy. One might naively assume that different photon energies detect different electronic states from these raw images. However, after the background subtraction, the spectra look more similar. The inverted-triangle-like shape around ($\pi $,0) can be robustly observed at different photon energies. This further validates that the the analysis can eliminate the background signals and illuminate the intrinsic spectral function.

\begin{figure}
\includegraphics[width=\linewidth]{Fig3.eps}
\caption{Photon energy dependence of the EDCs at k$_F$ and ($\pi$,0) after the background subtraction analysis. (a) EDCs at k$_F$(-) (b) EDCs at ($\pi$,0)(c) EDCs at k$_F$(+). Dashed curves overlaid to spectra at $h\nu $ = 8 eV are the 22.7 eV EDCs. Dotted lines at 30 meV and 85 meV are eyeguides for the two spectral features.}
\label{Fig3}
\end{figure}

The background subtracted EDCs at characteristic momenta, k$_F$ and ($\pi$,0), are displayed in Fig. \ref{Fig3}. All the EDCs robustly show the coexistence of two energy features at $\sim$ 30 meV and $\sim$ 85 meV at ($\pi$,0) \cite{Hashimoto10, He11}. The EDCs at 22.7 eV and 8 eV exhibit similar energy scales as overlaid in the figure. This suggests that the coexistence of two order parameters, the pseudogap and superconductivity \cite{He11}, is robust against photon energy. This coexistence is different from the coexistence of $\sim$15 and $\sim$30 meV gaps in the antinode discussed in Ref.~\onlinecite{Nakayama11} where the two gaps coexist without interaction. We note that, in the intermediate photon energies, 14--17 eV, strong shadow band effects \cite{Nakayama06, King11} make the evaluation of the background difficult (not shown). However, importantly, the 30 meV gap feature remains robust even without any background subtraction at these photon energies.

\begin{figure}
\includegraphics[width=\linewidth]{Fig5.eps}
\caption{Deviation from the canonical $d$-wave form in laser ARPES data ($h\nu$ = 7 eV) (a) Symmetrized raw EDCs on the Fermi surface. Blue markers are the guides to eyes for the weak intrinsic gap feature at intermediate momenta, and the dashed line at 10 meV is the guide to eyes for the comparison between the spectrum at the antinode and at different momenta.(b) Symmetrized EDCs after the background subtraction. Fitted curves are overlaid. (c) Gap function obtained from symmetrized EDCs before and after background subtraction. Integrated background EDC is obtained by averaging the entire measured spectra. Inset shows the Fermi surface intensity plot. Fermi momenta and background EDC momenta (BG1 and BG2) are also shown.}
\label{Fig5}
\end{figure}

We study the gap function using 7 eV laser ARPES to further confirm the strong background signal in the antinode and the deviation of the gap function from a simple $d$-wave. The symmetrized EDCs along the FS are plotted in Fig. \ref{Fig5}(a). The measurement covers from $\sim$20 $^{\circ}$ away from the node in Fermi surface angle, where superconducting quasiparticle peaks are clearly visible, to the antinode, where they are not, as mapped in Fig. \ref{Fig5}(d). Due to the experimental setup, the entire FS is not covered. Without any background subtraction, the peak feature quickly becomes weaker towards the antinode. Near the node, one can fit the symmetrized EDCs to a commonly used phenomenological model \cite{Norman98}, as shown in Fig. \ref{Fig5}(a), but moving towards the antinode, it soon becomes impossible to fit without assuming a background signal. However, in the intermediate momenta, one can still see a weak intrinsic gap feature at higher energy than the 10 -- 15 meV feature at the antinode in the raw spectrum. If the 10 -- 15 meV feature at the antinode is intrinsic, the gap function becomes non-monotonic and this is unlikely.

We applied the same background subtraction method to these spectra and the results are shown in Fig. \ref{Fig5}(b). Here we assumed a common background EDC for the entire FS, as indicated as BG1 in Fig. \ref{Fig5}(d). Note that we measured a cut for the background EDC near the antinode due to the limitation of the acceptance angle of the analyzer. After the background subtraction, as shown in Fig. \ref{Fig5}(b), all the symmetrized EDCs show a peak feature which allows us to fit the EDCs to the phenomenological model, and the fitting results in red are overlaid to the fitted spectra. The gap magnitude derived in this manner is plotted as a function of momentum in Fig. \ref{Fig5}(c). In the intermediate momentum region ($\sim$20 $^{\circ}$ away from the node in FS angle), the gap magnitudes are consistent with a $d$-wave gap function with $\Delta _0\sim$15 meV, both in the raw and background-subtracted EDCs, suggesting that the background signal is not very strong. However, approaching the antinode, the gap function derived from the background-subtracted spectra clearly and smoothly deviates from a simple $d$-wave form, and shows maximum gap size of $\sim$30 meV at the antinode. The EDCs are nearly momentum independent in the entire Brillouin zone when sufficiently away from the dispersion. We found that the background EDC (BG2) obtained at a different momentum [Fig. \ref{Fig5}(d)] results in a consistent gap function as shown in Fig. \ref{Fig5}(c). Further, a similar gap function can be obtained when we choose an EDC obtained by averaging the entire measured momenta as background [Fig. \ref{Fig5}(c)], supporting the idea that the background is the result of scattered electrons that lost their momentum information. Also, note that the conclusion does not seem to be strongly affected by the incident photon polarization (linear polarization for Fig. 1 -- 3 and circular polarization for Fig. 4), but future polarization-dependence study might be important to further understand the nature of the background. This analysis further confirms the strong background signal in the antinodal region and the photon-energy-independent gap function which shows a deviation from a simple $d$-wave in the antinodal region.

There might remain a small possibility that the contradictory low photon energy reports suggesting a simple $d$-wave gap \cite{Ma08, Meng09, Nakayama11} are due to subtle material, doping or experimental condition differences. However, the present result suggests that these contradictory results could be reconciled by considering a strong background signal. The smooth momentum dependence of the gap function reported with low photon energies could reflect the intrinsic gap feature being overwhelmed gradually by the background signal with a gap-like structure at 10 -- 15 meV, going from the node to the antinode. Taking into account that the other single-layer cuprates also show a deviation from the canonical $d$-wave form in the antinodal region \cite{He09, Yoshida09}, it is advisable to revisit the low photon energy ARPES studies by taking into account the strong contribution of the background signals which could contaminate the intrinsic gap signal.

In scanning tunneling spectroscopy (STS), the coexistence of two energy scales has been suggested \cite{Ma08, McElroy05, Pushp09}, similar to ARPES. However, how they coexist in momentum space is not clear from STS because the STS spectra are momentum integrated with matrix elements \cite{Hashimoto11}. Nevertheless, an attempt to extract the momentum dependence of the gap has suggested that the gap function deviates from a simple $d$-wave form in the antinodal region \cite{Pushp09}, supporting the present result.

\section{Conclusion}
In summary, our photon energy dependence study revealed that the antinodal ARPES spectra are strongly influenced by background intensity at low photon energy. With the background subtraction analysis, we showed the robustness the two coexisting energy scales for pseudogap and superconductivity at the antinode. Thus, the gap function deviates from a simple $d$-wave form at the antinode, and the data are inconsistent with a simple extension of the $d$-wave nodal gap to the antinode. Instead, our results suggest that the spectral gap is distorted due to the competition between the pseudogap, a distinct order from superconductivity with a broken-symmetry nature, and superconductivity.

\section{Acknowledgment}
This work is supported by the Department of Energy, Office of Basic Energy Science, Division of  Materials Science.

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"We are committed to providing our customers with a broad spectrum of IP-based solutions to accommodate their evolving and increasingly diverse imaging needs," said Theresa Alesso, Pro division president, Sony Electronics. "Sony's new SRG cameras enable content creators to remotely capture wide-angle and far-away shots at 4K 60p resolution – something that in recent years would have required an in-person videographer. These newest additions to our SRG camera portfolio are another milestone in Sony's efforts to make high-quality video capture and management as flexible and efficient as possible."
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With more than 20 years of technical expertise, Sony offers a range of remote cameras that are now widely used for remote teaching and communication purposes at universities and hospitals; for shooting and distributing content in government, corporate and faith-based facilities; and for remote production in event and broadcasting stations.
The SRG series is currently used in established healthcare facilities to remotely monitor patients, as well as their equipment to ensure the settings are appropriate. The cameras also capture, manage and distribute high-quality footage of clinical procedures, transmitted live from Operating Rooms and treatment rooms to lecture halls in tertiary institutions for training and education purposes. As an example, Madrid-based medical integrator Med&Home selected the SRG-300H and SRG-300SE IP cameras to power its 'viewLAB' integrated video solution for nine Operating Rooms and interventional labs across Spain.
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Sony's remote cameras also target the broadcast industry, allowing seamless integration to existing broadcast infrastructure with a wide range of interface and remote control options. In particular, Sony's BRC series cameras are widely used for venues hosting live events such as sports and music concerts. The cameras' superb image quality and smooth PTZ (Pan-Tilt-Zoom) capability enable users to capture and stream the ultimate action to those who cannot attend or gather at event. Users can also stitch together amazing angles, capturing the entire scene and all the important moments.
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The TPC Encoder block performs 2-D turbo product code (TPC) encoding of an input message. The product code is a 2-D concatenation of linear block codes. The linear block codes can be a parity check code, a Hamming code, or a BCH code capable of correcting two errors. Extended and shortened codes can be applied independently on each dimension. For a description of 2-D TPC encoding, see Algorithms.
For information about valid code pairs and the error-correcting capability for each valid code pair, see Component Code Pairs.
Input message bits to encode, specified as a column vector.
For full-length input messages, the length of the column vector must be the product of Number of rows in message, Kr and Number of columns in message, Kc.
For shortened input messages, the length of the column vector must be the product of Number of rows in shortened message, Sr and Number of columns in shortened message, Sc.
TPC-encoded message, returned as a column vector with the same data type as the input signal.
For full-length input messages, the length of the column vector is the product of Number of rows in code, Nr and Number of columns in code, Nc.
NR is the value of Number of rows in code, Nr.
KR is the value of Number of rows in message, Kr.
SR is the value of Number of rows in shortened message, Sr.
NC is the value of Number of columns in code, Nc.
KC is the value of Number of columns in message, Kc.
SC is the value of Number of columns in shortened message, Sc.
When Extended codes is selected, the lists for Number of rows in code, Nr and Number of rows in message, Kr contain the valid values for extended individual code pairs (NR,KR).
When Extended codes is cleared, the lists for Number of rows in code, Nr and Number of rows in message, Kr contain the valid values for nonextended individual code pairs (NR,KR).
Number of rows in the product code matrix, NR. The list of integer values varies depending on the setting for Extended codes.
Number of rows in the message matrix, KR. The list of integer values varies depending on the setting for Extended codes and Number of rows in code, Nr.
Select Specify shortened message length to specify a value for Number of rows in shortened message, Sr.
When Extended codes is selected, the lists for Number of columns in code, Nc and Number of columns in message, Kc contain the valid values for extended individual code pairs (NC,KC).
When Extended codes is cleared, the lists for Number of columns in code, Nc and Number of columns in message, Kc contain the valid values for nonextended individual code pairs (NC,KC).
Number of columns in the product code matrix, NC. The list of integer values varies depending on the setting for Extended codes.
Number of columns in the message matrix, KC. The list of integer values varies depending on the setting for Extended codes and Number of columns in code, Nc.
Select Specify shortened message length to specify a value for Number of columns in shortened message, Sc.
Code generation –– Simulate model using generated C code. The first time you run a simulation, Simulink® generates C code for the block. The C code is reused for subsequent simulations, as long as the model does not change. This option requires additional startup time, but the speed of the subsequent simulations is faster than Interpreted execution.
Interpreted execution –– Simulate model using the MATLAB® interpreter. This option shortens startup time speed, but the speed of the subsequent simulations is slower than Code generation. In this mode, you can debug the source code of the block.
Perform error rate calculations for a transmission signal that has been TPC encoded and decoded.
This table lists the supported component code pairs for the row (NR,KR) and column (NC,KC) parameters.
NR and KR represent the number of rows in the product code matrix and message matrix, respectively.
NC and KC represent the number of columns in the product code matrix and message matrix, respectively.
Within each code type, any two component code pairs can form a 2-D TPC code. The table also includes the error-correction capability for each code pair.
Turbo product codes (TPC) are a form of concatenated codes used as forward error-correcting (FEC) codes. Two or more component block codes, such as systematic linear block codes, are used to construct TPCs. This encoder implements 2-D product code encoding, as described in , using two Linear Block Codes.
Full-length input messages are encoded using specified 2-D TPC code pairs. Row-wise encoding uses the (NC,KC) code pair and column-wise encoding uses the (NR,KR) code pair. The input vector length must be KR · KC. The input message bits vector is arranged into a KR-by-KC matrix.
Row-wise encoding uses an (NC,KC) systematic linear block encoder with KC bits per row. The row-wise encoding results in a KR-by-NC matrix that includes parity bits added to each row.
Next, column-wise encoding uses an (NR,KR) systematic linear block encoder on each of the NC columns. Applying this 2-D TPC encoding to the initial KR-by-KC matrix results in an NR-by-NC matrix that includes parity bits added to each row and column.
The 2-D TPC full-code matrix is reshaped into a column vector of length NR · NC and returned as the TPC-encoded output.
Shortened input messages are encoded using specified 2-D TPC code pairs. Row-wise encoding uses the (NC,KC) code pair and column-wise encoding uses an (NR,KR) code pair. The input vector length must be SR · SC. The input shortened message bits vector is arranged into an SR-by-SC matrix. The shortened message matrix prepends two dimensions by padding the beginning of the message matrix with zeros. The resulting matrix is a KR-by-KC matrix.
Next, the column-wise encoding uses an (NR,KR) systematic linear block encoder on each of the NC columns.
Applying this 2-D TPC encoding to the initial KR-by-KC matrix and excluding the zero-padded bits from the output results in an (NR–KR+SR)-by-(NC–KC+SC) matrix. This matrix includes parity bits added to each row and column.
The 2-D TPC shortened-code matrix is reshaped into a column vector of length (NR–KR+SR) · (NC–KC+SC) and returned as the TPC-encoded output.
 Pyndiah, R. M. "Near-Optimum Decoding of Product Codes: Block Turbo Codes." IEEE Transactions on Communications. Vol. 46, Number 8, August 1998, pp. 1003–1010.


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I have gone through the documentation as well as the JavaMail API FAQ and I have yet to find a reason why this could happening.
Has anyone noticed something like that and if yes, what could be causing an email to have a null sent date?

A: If the Date header is missing from the sent message, you'll get a null sent date.  This has nothing to do with POP3.  Note that POP3 doesn't support a received date so that will always be null.

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rule+3. The overall board position may be repeated no more than three times (except for the white win edge fort exit - which isn't really a repetition as the game has ended). The player who maintains the situation ("the threatening player") must find another move to break the repetitions.
rule+3a. The white board position may be repeated no more than three times. White must find another move to break the repetitions.
rule+3b. The black board position may be repeated no more than three times. Black must find another move to break the repetitions.
rule+3 covers the intertwined perpetual step dance of any complexity, three times around the board or whatever.
rule+3a covers white draw forts where it's white alone who does the repetitions.
rule+3b covers fx. the situation where black just barely blocks all corners. A repetition ban forces black to leave the corners, and the game will end a draw because of lack of white and black pieces.
Adam wrote: Though I hasten to add that if that includes corner capture [of the king] with two men and a corner refuge, then I'd consider this a rather severe handicapping.
If very much needed, the corner squares could be friendly to the king?
This might be an idea anyway, because it is the neighbour corner square safe for the king which is the source of a lot of the interesting combinations and quick and elegant king exits, which are so characteristic of Fetlar. It is not very important for these fine combinations whether the king is safe on rest of the edge, too.
The German Trebeta reenactment group had a Hnefatafl rules set with the kings' squares friendly to all whites and the king. This looks like a drawback for the battle, as it spoils the corner fights. But friendly just to the king and only corners?
By the way all these rules adjustments address draw situations in the end games. 90% of the Copenhagen games turn out to be pure Fetlar games and are unaffected by the draw-adjustments.
Only with the exception of the innovation "white win edge fort"; and a removal of the special Fetlar edge rule also affects the game.
"White wins when the king succeeds in escaping to one of the corner-squares. Here he is free and invulnerable." Period.
"Black wins by taking the king. ... Black has also won if the situation arises that all white's pieces have been rendered immobile by encirclement."
In which case this rule from Skalk covers rule+1, rule+3a and rule+4 of this discussion.
Hagbard wrote: By the way all these rules adjustments address draw situations in the end games. 90% of the Copenhagen games turn out to be pure Fetlar games and are unaffected by the draw-adjustments.
This has been my experience, so far, with Copenhagen games - most of them have been identical to fetlar rules. A couple of games have been affected by the dismissal of perpetual check(copenhagen rule #3), a couple have been white wins by edge fort(copenhagen rule #2), and I have not yet had a game end with total enclosure (copenhagen rule #1). And less draws than ever!
rule+1) Black wins by taking the king (as described in the Fetlar rules). Black has also won if the situation arises that all white's pieces have been rendered immobile by encirclement.
rule+2) White wins when the king succeeds in escaping to one of the corner-squares. White also wins if the king has contact with the board edge, is able to move, and it is impossible for black to capture him (white win edge fort).
rule+3) Perpetual moves are forbidden.
If the overall board position is repeated three times, the player who maintains the situation ("the threatening player") must find another move to break the repetitions.
If the white board position is repeated three times, with no pieces being captured, white must find another move to break the repetitions.
If the black board position is repeated three times, with no pieces being captured, black must find another move to break the repetitions.
rule+5) Capturing on the board edge by using the shieldwallrule. If there is the same number of opposing taflmen in a row in front of a row of taflmen the whole group can be captured at once by bracketing them.
Ad rule+3: It might not be possible for white to break repetitions and find any alternative move in case all the white pieces are somehow encircled. And so white lost already because of the encirclement before the repetitions. But the repetitions rule is useful for the software as an easier way to detect encirclements of any complexity.
Hagbard wrote: Are the contours of the Copenhagen rules beginning to form?
I think we should wait and see how the tournament pans out, and perhaps add in my and crusts results from our test games too. Much as I like the idea of the shield wall rule, I personally would like to see a further round of test games to see if it makes a good addition before we agree to add it.
The same goes for departing from the fetlar edge and corner rules. These should really only be adjusted if the draw free version of fetlar, with the mobile-king edge-fort-exit, really does require a balancing adjustment.
Again apologies for not being in the test tournament. I'm struggling to find game time outside of my i phone, so dragonheels works for me just now. My gamer tag there is Xonn. Hagbard and I are now having our tournament game there. So if anyone wants to have a strong copenhagen match with me, send me an invite on dragonheels!
On the edge rule - whether or not the king should be captured on the board edge.
Under the Fetlar edge rule, the king in the diagram is not captured - even though he very much indeed looks captured. This a bit awkward situation is avoided when allowing the king to be captured on the edge.
There's not the same inconvenience, however, by letting the king be protected on the corner neighbour edge squares only, as in this diagram. The king promptly escapes to the corner next move and the game is over.
Hagbard wrote: On the edge rule - whether or not the king should be captured on the board edge.
Very funny image! Zombies indeed.
However I feel I must defend our king here. If we are to imagine that the rules represent a model of reality, then our rule that we need 4 warriors to take down a king tells us that, for whatever reason, he needs to be attacked from all four sides, unless that side is against a throne square (again, for whatever reason, maybe its covered in spikes and thereby 'attacking' him.). So really, of course, the king in this image is surround only by 3 warriors, the other guys can't get at him, so they are irrelevant. Trapped he is, dead he is not, simply because we have already accepted that you have to have a fourth man to knife him in the back. So I think this image, while very entertaining, is rather misleading. Its thin ice to say the king should be captured against the board edge, as then we need to ask why men are not captured against the board edge. An immobilised king is not the same thing as a dead one. And king immobilisation/isolation is an important tactic for black.
Back to the shieldwall - I had a nice game with Hagbard with a good example of a shieldwall situation.
Shieldwall didn't count the corners and it is although realistic. Did you ever try to fight with a wall in the back or at the abyss edge?
A further advantage of the shieldwall rule is, that white can not start to force a edge-fort early in the game.
More on how to capture the king.
The king is placed on the throne and is captured by normal, standard surrounding with 4 blacks.
The king is placed on a square neighbouring the throne and is captured by surrounding with 3 blacks plus the throne. The throne has to function as a hostile square, otherwise it wouldn't be possible to capture the king in this position.
The king is placed on the board in some distance of both throne and edges and is captured by standard surrounding with 4 blacks.
The king is placed on the edge in some distance of the corners.
In "ordinary Hnefatafl" the king is captured by surrounding with 3 blacks plus the edge.
Whereas in Fetlar Hnefatafl, the king cannot be captured on the edge. This rule has the drawback that it can result in situations like "the zombie attack" mentioned above in this thread. The advantage of the Fetlar rule appears more when the king is placed not on any edge square, but precisely on a square neighbouring a corner.
The king is placed on a square neighbouring a corner.
In "ordinary Hnefatafl" the king is captured by surrounding with 2 blacks plus the corner square plus the edge. This rule has the drawback that it's particularly easy for black to capture the king here with only 2 men.
Whereas in the Fetlar variant, the king cannot be captured in this position and so the drawback is avoided, and furthermore the protection of this particular square turns out to be a source of an abundance of fine combinations in the corner fights.
The king cannot reenter the throne, and noone can pass through the throne.
The king is placed on the throne and is captured with 4 blacks as before.
The king is placed on a square neighbouring the throne and is captured with 3 blacks plus the throne as before. But now it's obvious that the king really is captured, because he cannot move away to or through the throne.
The king is placed on the board in some distance of both throne and edges and is captured with 4 blacks as before.
The king is placed on the edge in some distance of the corners and is captured with 3 blacks plus the edge, as before in "ordinary Hnefatafl". "Zombie attack" situations are avoided.
The king is placed on a square neighbouring a corner and cannot be captured (because he can move away to the corner), as before in Fetlar Hnefatafl. The all too easy capture of the king with 2 men is avoided, and all the advantages of the Fetlar corner fights are preserved.
Swedish historians, and Ashton and Cartier arrived at the same throne properties: non-reenterable and non-passable (Swedish tablut, Ashton tablut and Cartier tablut).


WASHINGTON (AP) ? A national philanthropy watchdog group plans to challenge claims by Capital One Financial Corp. that it will increase its philanthropy when it acquires ING's U.S. online banking business.
The National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy will testify Wednesday before the Federal Reserve Board in San Francisco that McLean, Va.-based Capital One's track record in philanthropic giving is far lower than other large banks.
In a statement, Capitol One responded that its past giving is much higher than the watchdog group suggests.
The watchdog group differed, however.
The group will urge federal regulators to be skeptical of Capital One's commitment to provide $450 million in charitable giving over 10 years.
Under the 2010 Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform Act, banks must show a public benefit that outweighs adverse effects of an acquisition. Capital One made philanthropy a centerpiece of its legal argument that the acquisition of Wilmington, Del.-based ING Direct would produce significant public benefits, Dorfman said. The company outlined parts of its philanthropic pledge last month before the Federal Reserve in Chicago.
According to figures compiled by the philanthropy group, Capital One gave less than $5 million per year to charities between 2005 and 2009 while it was acquiring other banks. The group says Capital One's giving as a percentage of its revenue was only 0.024 percent, while the median annual giving for the U.S. financial sector is 0.11 percent of revenue.
In a statement, Capital One challenged the figures given out by the watchdog group.
"The information and the data in the NCRP's testimony are incorrect and do not come close to representing our philanthropic giving numbers ? which are actually significantly higher," the company said.
The National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy has not opposed other recent bank mergers, spokeswoman Yna Moore said. The company's emphasis on philanthropy is part of its argument that the merger would produce public benefits drew the group's attention, she said.
A 2007 study by the group found that contrary to expectations in the nonprofit sector, bank mergers can dramatically increase charitable giving by financial institutions. The report examined seven large banks and their giving levels before mergers. It found total giving by those banks grew from about $100 million annually in the late 1980s to more than $400 million annually by 2001.
In June, Capital One announced it is buying ING for $9 billion in cash and stock. Under terms of the deal, Netherlands-based ING Groep would become the largest Capital One shareholder.
Capital One is known mostly for its credit card portfolio, but after several acquisitions, it has about 1,000 bank branches primarily in New York, New Jersey, Texas, Louisiana, Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia. ING is the country's largest online bank with 7.7 million customers.
The acquisition would make Capital One the nation's fifth-largest bank based on domestic deposits after Bank of America, Wells Fargo & Co., JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Citigroup.


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Have you spotted a purple bird popping up in your social media timeline?
If not, it will be only a matter of time before this weird little fellow is as familiar on your feed as a thumbs-up.
Trash Dove, a Facebook sticker which has bowled over social media in Asia, is the cartoon baby of American artist Syd Weiler.
Image caption Social media users stick images of the bird in their feeds
The Florida-based illustrator drew the bird in September 2016 and subsequently created a set of Facebook stickers in January 2017.
Trash Dove appeared in various guises that people could use as emojis, the most popular one showing the bird vigorously thrashing its head up and down.
Image caption A selection of Facebook stickers
It was all ticking along quietly and then wham - or coo coo - the dove appeared on a popular Thai Facebook page in a dance-off with a cartoon cat in early February.
Within a week, it had racked up 4 million views, and an army of fans.
Image copyright Animals with paws/Facebook
Image caption Trash Dove gained popularity thanks to a social media dance-off with a cat
After its popularity was picked up by news channels in Thailand, Weiler posted a thank you video on her Facebook page:
"Hello Thailand, thank you all so so much for your support. I'm really glad that you like the stickers."
However, not everyone is a fan. There is a petition to ban the bird from the internet by those fed up with seeing its purple bobbing head.
But what does it actually mean? Well, who knows? Perhaps its ambiguity is one of the reasons it is so popular.
As Syd Weiler wrote on her Facebook page in October 2016 : "In case you didn't know, I made some fantastically dumb iOS stickers, you can spam your friends and family with them!"
It's just another in a long list of internet memes we've seen so far this year like salt bae and cash me ousside.'
And if you haven't spotted Trash Dove yet, fear not. The purple bird is bobbing its way around the world to a Facebook page near you.
Image copyright Knowyourmeme
Image caption Trash Dove is now appearing in its own series of memes
By Rozina Sini, BBC's UGC and Social News Team


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Q: export html table to text file using angularjs I'm working on a project that requires exporting html table into text file. Below is a simplified version of the HTML code :

            Code
            First Name
            Last Name
            Age
            Date1
            Date2

            {{employee.code}}
            {{employee.firstName}}
            {{employee.lastName}}
            {{employee.age}}
            <input type="text"  class="datepicker" ng-model="employee.date1"  datepicker />
            <input type="text"  class="datepicker" ng-model="employee.date2" datepicker/>

The expected outcome should look like this in a text file (with columns aligned nicely):
Code   firstName    lastName  Age        Date1         Date2
001       x            y      25      2016/01/01      2016/04/04
...

I tried the "classical" way with jquery but it doesnt interpret values inside my td's. So im looking for an angular directive or something like that to overcome such issue.
Thanks..

A: A pretty straight forward way to do it would be using the FileSaver.js
Assuming your table is like this,

            Code
            First Name
            Last Name
            Age
            Date1
            Date2

            {{employee.code}}
            {{employee.firstName}}
            {{employee.lastName}}
            {{employee.age}}
            <input type="text"  class="datepicker" ng-model="employee.date1"  datepicker />
            <input type="text"  class="datepicker" ng-model="employee.date2" datepicker/>

After this table have been generated, simply invoke the code below,
var ele = document.getElementById('demo-table');
var blob = new Blob([ele.innerText], {
        type: "application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet;charset=utf-8"
    });
    saveAs(blob, "demo-table.csv");
};

For other configurations, check the document of FileSaver.js.
Hope this would solve your problem.


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The 1978–79 Australian region cyclone season was the only season in which a reconnaissance aircraft flew into a tropical cyclone. Operationally, Australia's Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) tracked eleven tropical cyclones, while two additional systems were later added to the United States's Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) best track. Prior to 1985, the Australian region basin was defined as in the southern hemisphere between 80°E and 160°E, with the modern day season boundaries ranging from 1 November to 30 April of the following year. The first storm, an unnamed system, developed on 19 November 1978. The final cyclone, Kevin, dissipated by 12 May 1979. Tropical cyclones in this area were monitored by three Tropical Cyclone Warning Centres (TCWCs): the BOM in Perth, Darwin, and Brisbane.

Tropical cyclogenesis in the season began when an unnamed tropical cyclone developed well west of Australia on 19 November and lasted until 23 November after moving in a generally southward direction throughout much of its duration. Cyclone Peter developed over the Gulf of Carpentaria on 29 December. During and in the few days after landfall in Queensland on 31 December, the storm produced heavy precipitation in the state and became the rainiest tropical cyclone in Australia. Severe flooding occurred in the Cairns area, leaving two fatalities and about $10 million in damage. Gordon became the first system to enter from another basin, entering from the South Pacific on 9 January. The storm dissipated shortly after striking Queensland on 12 January, bringing rainfall and rough seas.

Cyclone Kerry remained in the Australian region from 12 February to 3 March, making it the longest-lived tropical cyclone in the basin on record. Hazel was the most intense tropical cyclone of the season, peaking as a Category 4 on the Australian tropical cyclone intensity scale. The storm brought rough seas and strong winds to Western Australia, resulting in $20 million in damage and 15 deaths after a fishing boat capsized. None of the subsequent tropical cyclones significantly effected land. Tropical cyclogenesis concluded with the formation of Kevin on 2 May, which dissipated on 12 May. Overall, the tropical cyclones of this season collectively caused 17 deaths and over $30 million in damage.

Season summary

Under the modern day boundaries, a season lasts from 1 November to 30 April of the following year, while a tropical cyclone year is defined as from 1 July to 30 June of the next year. Thirteen cyclones entered or formed in the Australian region, which was equal to the 1970–71 to 2001–02 average of 13 per season. By region, three cyclones developed over the Perth TCWC, three formed in the Darwin TCWC, and just one originated over the Brisbane area. Thus, seven cyclones developed in the Australian region – defined as the southern hemisphere between 80°E and 160°E – until Météo-France's Réunion area of responsibility and BOM adjusted the boundary eastward to 90°E in 1985. This was slightly below the 1952–53 to 1970–71 average of eight per season.

There was a total of eleven coastal crossings, which is either a landfall or a tropical cyclone moving from land to sea. This was well above the 1949–50 to 1974–75 average of five per season. This was the first and only season that reconnaissance aircraft flew into cyclones in this basin. A WP-3D Orion operated by the United States's National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) flew into Cyclone Kerry on three occasions – 21 February, 22 February, and 4 March. Another flight mission was conducted for observing Cyclone Rosa as the storm was making landfall in Northern Territory on 26 February. Overall, the tropical cyclones of this season resulted in 17 deaths and slightly more than $30 million in damage.

Activity began in November 1978, when Tropical Cyclone 01S formed the Australian region in the Perth TCWC area on 18 November. The next cyclone, later designated as 03S, developed about a month later on 20 December. In addition, Peter formed on 29 December. January also featured two more cyclones, Greta and Gordon, the latter of which entered the basin from the South Pacific on 9 January. Likewise, there were two tropical cyclones in the month of February, Rosa and Kerry, both of which existed simultaneously for almost three weeks. Hazel and Ivan originated in March. The former was the most intense tropical cyclone of the season, peaking with 10-minute maximum sustained winds of  and a minimum barometric pressure of . April was the most active, with three cyclones originating or entering the basin during that month. The last storm, Kevin existed in May between 2 May and 12 May, after the end of the modern day season, which is 30 April.

Systems

Cyclone 01S

An unnamed cyclone, later designated as 01S, developed about  north of North Keeling on 19 November at 12:00 UTC. After six hours, the storm intensified into a Category 1 cyclone on the Australian tropical cyclone intensity scale. The cyclone headed southwestward and intensified further on 20 November, peaking with 1-minute sustain winds of  by 06:00 UTC. Early on 21 November, the system curved west-southwestward, before turning on the following day. Thereafter, the storm began weakening and dissipated early on 23 November, while situated about  southwest of Cocos Islands.

Cyclone 03S

Another unnamed cyclone, designated as 03S, developed on 20 December while located about  west-northwest of North Keeling. The storm strengthened and became a Category 1 cyclone about twelve hours later. After initially moving east-southeastward, the system re-curved to the west-southwest by 21 December. Further intensification occurred, and by 00:00 UTC on 22 December, the storm peaked with maximum sustained winds of . Thereafter, the cyclone slowly weakened and fell to tropical depression intensity on 24 December. Several hours later, the system entered the southwest Indian Ocean basin, where it dissipated on 26 December.

Severe Tropical Cyclone Peter

A weak low pressure area over the Arafura Sea developed into Cyclone Peter on 29 December. Peter moved southeastward and deepened while brushing Arnhem Land. Initially a tropical low, it strengthened into a Category 1 cyclone by 12:00 UTC on 29 December. Peter intensified further on 30 December and became a Category 2 cyclone. On the following day, the cyclone peaked with maximum sustained winds of . Peter weakened to a Category 1 cyclone before making landfall near the mouth of the Edward River in Queensland. While crossing the Cape York Peninsula, the storm weakened slowly. After reaching the Pacific Ocean near Cooktown, the storm decelerated and meandered offshore, but dissipated about  north of Cape Melville.

While trekking slowly offshore the east coast of Queensland, the storm dropped very heavy rainfall, peaking at  at Mount Bellenden Ker, making it the wettest tropical cyclone on record in Australia. Severe flooding occurred, especially in the Cairns area. The most severe damage was dealt to sugar cane, which suffered 70 to 90 percent destruction. Some flights were canceled at the Cairns Airport due to standing water. Floodwaters forced at least 50 people to flee their homes in Cairns. A number of roads, including major highways, were flooded throughout coastal areas of Far North Queensland. Rainfall and winds also resulted in many power and telephone service outages through the region. There were two fatalities and damage reached approximately $10 million.

Tropical Cyclone Greta

A weak low pressure area associated with the remnants of Peter developed into a tropical disturbance over the Gulf of Carpentaria on 8 January. After six hours, the disturbance intensified into a tropical low, which was named Greta. Moving east-northeast, the system strengthened into a Category 1 cyclone late on 9 January. By 00:00 UTC the next day, Greta became a Category 2 and peaked with maximum sustained winds of . A few hours later, the system made landfall to the south of Weipa, Queensland. The city of Weipa recorded a barometric pressure of , the lowest in relation to Greta. While traversing the Cape York Peninsula, the cyclone weakened, falling to Category 1 intensity by midday on 10 January.

Eventually, Greta curved southward and briefly moved offshore, before making another landfall near Princess Charlotte Bay early on 11 January. The storm curved west-southwestward and soon weakened to a tropical low. After re-emerging into the Gulf of Carpentaria again on 12 January, Greta almost immediately weakened to a tropical disturbance. The storm then meandered offshore Gulf Country before dissipating around 00:00 UTC on 13 January. Greta brought rainfall to portions of the Cape York Peninsula flooded during the passage of Cyclone Peter, but the former resulted in much less damage than the latter.

Tropical Cyclone Gordon

Cyclone Gordon developed over the South Pacific basin on 2 January, where it peaked as a Category 3 cyclone with maximum sustained winds of  and a minimum barometric pressure of  on 7 January. However, between 7 January and 8 January, satellite imagery indicated a significant weakening trend. Upon reaching the Australian region early on 9 January, Gordon had deteriorated to a Category 1. Around that time, the cyclone attained its peak intensity while in the basin, with maximum sustained winds of  and a minimum barometric pressure of .

Weakening continued, with Gordon decreasing to a tropical low on 10 January, following by to tropical disturbance intensity on 11 January. Several hours later, Gordon made landfall near Proserpine, Queensland, and promptly dissipated. Some coastal towns in Queensland observed up to  in a 24‑hour period. However, there was no flood damage. Rough seas and strong winds resulted in some beach erosion.

Severe Tropical Cyclone Rosa

A persistent cluster of clouds over the South Pacific basin developed into a tropical low, named Rosa, near the Solomon Islands on 12 February. Shortly thereafter, Rosa entered the Australian region. Initially, the system remained weak and moved across the Cape York Peninsula on 16 February. Upon reaching the Gulf of Carpentaria, the storm slowly strengthened and moved in an erratic motion. Early on 26 February, Rosa peaked with maximum sustained winds of  and a minimum barometric pressure of . A reconnaissance flight into the cyclone recorded winds of  at an altitude of , while located about  northeast of the eye early on 26 February. The cyclone then made landfall near Bing Bong. Northern Territory, at the same intensity. Rosa moved west-southwestward across Australia and dissipated offshore Western Australia near Exmouth on 4 March.

Observation stations in the southwest Gulf of Carpentaria reported abnormally high tides. At Bing Bong, the water level rose an estimated  above the spring high tide mark. On Groote Eylandt island, a tide gauge was washed away. These weather stations suffered thousands of dollars in damage. Trees in extensive tracts of forests were felled, especially in the Roper-McArthur district, which stretches from the Roper to McArthur rivers. On North Island, located within the Sir Edward Pellew Group of Islands, a stranded light aircraft was destroyed.

Severe Tropical Cyclone Kerry

Kerry developed over the South Pacific basin from a low pressure area on 12 February. After later striking Makira in the Solomon Islands on 15 February, Kerry reached the Bureau of Meteorology's area of responsibility on 16 February as a Category 2 cyclone. Shortly thereafter, the system became a Category 3 cyclone. Reaching Category 4 on 18 February, the storm peaked with maximum sustained winds of . After peak intensity, the storm began to move erratically, executing multiple cyclonic loops and decelerating between 20 February and 25 February. At that time, Kerry weakened significantly due to dry air, falling to Category 3 on 21 February and Category 2 on 24 February. The storm curved southwestward by 26 February and deteriorated to a Category 1 later that day. Shortly thereafter, Kerry turned westward and began approaching the east coast of Queensland.

Late on 28 February, the cyclone struck the Whitsunday Islands as a Category 1 and later made multiple landfalls on the mainland as a tropical low on 1 March. Kerry curved northward several hours later and re-emerged into the Pacific Ocean. The storm reintensified into a Category 1 on 2 March, before a trough forced the cyclone to curve southeastward. Kerry again weakened while traversing above the Great Barrier Reef and finally dissipated on 5 March. In Queensland, much of the damage occurred in the vicinity of Mackay, where a wind gust of  was observed. Twenty-seven homes were damaged, one severely, and a warehouse lost a large section of its roof. Wave heights up to  in the city caused about $1 million (1979 AUD) in damage to boats at the harbor. On Brampton Island, the resort's staff quarters building was deroofed and many trees were downed throughout the island.

Severe Tropical Cyclone Hazel

Hazel grazed the Western Australia coast on March 13, 1979. Fifteen crewmen drowned when their fishing boat sank during the storm. The storm caused $41 million in damage, among the costliest Western Australian cyclones.

Tropical Cyclone Ivan

Ivan existed from 16 March to 21 March.

Tropical Cyclone Stan

Stan existed from 6 April to 15 April.

Tropical Cyclone Jane

A tropical disturbance formed about 220 mi (135 mi) west-southwest of Cocos Island early on 8 April. Early on the next day, the disturbance strengthened into a tropical low, which was named Jane. The storm only intensified slightly further and later peaked with a minimum barometric pressure of . Jane dissipated by 14 April.

Severe Tropical Cyclone Idylle
 Idylle hit the Southern Coast of Western Australia.

Tropical Cyclone Kevin

Kevin existed from 2 May to 12 May. As it churned in open ocean, it took an unusual "zig-zag" path. Kevin did not strengthen much and dissipated out to sea.

See also

 Atlantic hurricane seasons: 1978, 1979
 Eastern Pacific hurricane seasons: 1978, 1979
 Western Pacific typhoon seasons: 1978, 1979
 North Indian Ocean cyclone seasons: 1978, 1979

References

Australian region cyclone seasons
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 disasters in Australia
 disasters in Australia
 disasters in Oceania
 disasters in Oceania

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Slieve Donard named Northern Ireland's Best Golf Hotel.
The Slieve Donard Resort & Spa in Newcastle, County Down has been named Northern Ireland's Best Golf Hotel at this year's prestigious World Golf Awards.
The hotel's neighbouring Royal County Down Golf Club picked up the award for Northern Ireland's best golf course.
Ireland picked up the accolade of Best Golf Destination in Europe.
Now in its seventh year, the World Golf Awards celebrate and reward excellence following a year-long search for the world's top golf tourism and hospitality brands.
Chris Frost, Managing Director of the World Golf Awards said: "Despite the many challenges that the golf tourism and hospitality industries have faced in this most unprecedented of years, votes were cast by hundreds of thousands of golf consumers from a record 129 countries. This year's World Golf Awards winners are more deserving than ever before rewarding commitment to excellence, whatever the challenges, and the determination to become the undisputed market leader."
Michael Weston, General Manager of the Slieve Donard Resort & Spa said: "We are delighted to have once again been named Northern Ireland's Best Golf Hotel at the 2020 World Golf Awards. The resort is renowned with golfers around the world which is no surprise given our proximity to the province's leading golf courses, our first-class facilities and breath-taking surroundings with views overlooking the Mourne Mountains."
More information and bookings: www.hastingshotels.com/slieve-donard-resort-and-spa
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