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Morbi councillors oppose Guj govt's move to supersede nagarpalika
The councillors of the Morbi Nagarpalika have opposed the Gujarat government's move to supersede it.
The councillors have written a letter to Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel opposing the state government's move.
After the collapse of the suspension bridge on the Machchu River on October 30, in which 135 people were killed, the Gujarat government informed the Gujarat High Court that it will supersede the nagarpalika.
Of the 52 elected members in the Morbi nagarpalika, 47 members have opposed this. In the letter to the chief minister these councillors have stated that they had no role in giving the repair contract to Oreva group.
Councillors have said in the letter that it was the decision of the nagarpalika president, vice president and standing committee chairman. All 52 councillors are from the BJP. One of the councillors, Devabhai Avadiya told IANS, "We 47 councillors have no idea whether there was any agreement between nagarpalika and the Oreva group, the resolution was never put up for voting in the general board. In such a case, how can the government hold all 52 councillors responsible for the negligence."
He further said, "After superseding nagarpalika, even after fresh elections are held, leaders like him will not have difficulty in getting reelected to the nagarpalika, but about those who had won the election with thin margin or are not financially sound to bear election expenses, why should they be punished."
BJP nagarpalika leader Kamlesh Desai has said that 47 councillors have signed the letter and two more will sign the letter, after which they plan to post it to the Chief Minister and will also request for a personal meeting. He has appealed to the Chief Minister to take all councillors in confidence before taking the extreme step of superseding the nagarpalika.
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Sheherazade workshop has been a forward looking project of cultural action for the purpose of learning a foreign language. The action took place between 16 and 30 of March 2013, in Paris. It has been a rewarding experience for the participants/learners, the socio-artistic instructors and the professional storyteller involved.
This example of artisan entrepreneurship education comes from the Polish partner organisation, Lifelong Learning Centre EST. The initiative was launched in 2014 and is expected to continue for at least two years. It involves young unemployed people from the region of Małopolska who have some basic skills in woodworking acquired either in vocational school or through informal learning.
The training outlined below is a result of the project "INSART" in which a specialist in Theatre of the Oppressed (Munir Othman) and the intercultural training association (Elan Intercultural) have set themselves to adapt the methodology of artistic mediation developed by Werner Moron and Paracommand'arts the specific in their work with underprivileged youth in Paris.
This Learning Path contains a lot of exercises of drama and Forum Theatre, used during the project in different countries, among diverse groups of disadvantaged youngsters but for the same aim: to understand better the factors why the students leave the school before finishing it and to try to find common solutions, empowering the youngsters in risk.
The working process described below is based on 2 two-day workshop sessions implemented by Grodzki Theatre in Ireland on 22-25 November 2014 at the invitation of two organizations: ALâ - Adult Participatory Theatre, Arts and Education (Galway) and Clarecare (Ennis). The main aim of the training was to explore different use of objects in theatrical activities for approaching difficult social problems. The techniques which proved to be the most effective and appreciated by participants are presented in the form of four modules, containing detailed descriptions of several exercises and activities, also illustrated with photos and short films. Both workshops were designed and led by Maria Schejbal and documented by Krzysztof Tusiewicz.
"Art, migration, adaptation" explores how engaging in artistic creativity can be transformed into a personal, social or intercultural creativity and bring new perspectives, new energy, autonomy in the process of adaptation to a new environment. Participants of this course are usually trainers, educators and artists, working with foreigners, migrants, any kind of global nomads. The methodology used is non formal, connects to theories and dynamics of adaptation and interculturality, and is rooted in a variety of art branches. The course is the fruit of the two years long collaboration "Ariadne" which took place between 2011 and 2012, offering a variety of art workshops to newcomers in Spain, France, Hungary, Greece and the UK. Ariadne's partners were Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Artemisszio Foundation, Momentum Arts, Osmosis Intercultural, TAN Dance, The Fine Arts de portent of the University of Peloponnese and Elan Interculturel.


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United States v. Mohamud (D. Or. Nov. 26, 2010)
* United States v. Mohamud (D. Or. Nov. 26, 2010)
FBI agents and police in Oregon yesterday arrested Mohamed Osman Mohamud, a naturalized citizen originally from Somalia, after Mohamud attempted to set off explosives at a Christmas tree lighting in Portland. The affidavit supporting the criminal complaint in yesterday's arrest is attached. A summary from DOJ's press release follows:
PORTLAND – Mohamed Osman Mohamud, 19, a naturalized U.S. citizen from Somalia and resident of Corvallis, Ore., has been arrested on charges of attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction (explosives) in connection with a plot to detonate a vehicle bomb at an annual Christmas tree lighting ceremony earlier this evening in Portland, Ore., the Justice Department announced.
According to a criminal complaint signed in the District of Oregon, Mohamud was arrested by the FBI and Portland Police Bureau at approximately 5:40 p.m. (PST) Nov. 26, 2010 after he attempted to detonate what he believed to be an explosives-laden van that was parked near the tree lighting ceremony in Portland's Pioneer Courthouse Square. The arrest was the culmination of a long-term undercover operation, during which Mohamud had been monitored closely for months as his alleged bomb plot developed. The device was in fact inert; and the public was never in danger from the device.
According to the affidavit filed in support of the criminal complaint, in August 2009, Mohamud was in email contact with an unindicted associate (UA1) overseas who is believed to be involved in terrorist activities. In December 2009, while UA1 was located in the northwest frontier province of Pakistan, Mohamud and UA1 discussed the possibility of Mohamud traveling to Pakistan to engage in violent jihad. UAI allegedly referred Mohamud to a second unindicted associate (UA2) overseas and provided Mohamud with a name and email address to facilitate the process.
In the months that followed, Mohamud allegedly made several unsuccessful attempts to contact UA2. Ultimately, an FBI undercover operative contacted Mohamud via email in June 2010 under the guise of being an associate of UA1. Mohamud and the FBI undercover operative then agreed to meet in Portland in July 2010. At this meeting, Mohamud allegedly told the FBI undercover operative that he had written articles that were published in Jihad Recollections, an online magazine that advocated violent jihad. Mohamud also indicated that he wanted to become "operational." Asked what he meant by "operational," Mohamud stated that he wanted to put an "explosion" together, but needed help.
At a second meeting in August 2010, Mohamud allegedly told undercover FBI operatives he had been thinking of committing violent jihad since the age of 15. According to the affidavit, Mohamud then told the undercover FBI operatives that he had identified a potential target for a bomb: the annual Christmas tree lighting ceremony in Portland's Pioneer Courthouse Square on Nov. 26, 2010.
According to the affidavit, the undercover FBI operatives cautioned Mohamud several times about the seriousness of this plan, noting there would be many people at the event, including many children, and emphasized that Mohamud could abandon his attack plans at any time with no shame. "You know there's gonna be a lot of children there?" an undercover FBI operative asked Mohamud. According to the affidavit, Mohamud responded that he was looking for a "huge mass that will . . . be attacked in their own element with their families celebrating the holidays." Further discussing the attack, Mohamud allegedly stated, "…it's in Oregon; and Oregon like you know, nobody ever thinks about it."
The affidavit alleges that in subsequent months, Mohamud continued to express his interest in carrying out the attack and worked on logistics. He allegedly identified a location to place the bomb and mailed bomb components to the undercover FBI operatives, who he believed were assembling the device. He also mailed them passport photos, as part of a plan to help him sneak out of the country after the attack. In addition, Mohamud provided the undercover FBI operatives with a thumb drive that contained detailed directions to the bomb location and operational instructions for the attack.
According to the affidavit, on November 4, 2010, Mohamud and the undercover FBI operatives traveled to a remote location in Lincoln County, Ore., where they detonated a bomb concealed in a backpack as a trial run for the upcoming attack. Afterwards, on the drive back to Corvallis, undercover FBI operatives questioned Mohamud as to whether he was capable of looking at the bodies of those who would be killed in the upcoming attack in Portland. According to the affidavit, Mohamud responded, "I want whoever is attending that event to leave, to leave either dead or injured."
Upon returning to Corvallis that same day, the affidavit alleges that Mohamud recorded a video of himself with the undercover FBI operatives in which he read a written statement that offered a rationale for his bomb attack. On Nov. 18, 2010, undercover FBI operatives picked up Mohamud to travel to Portland in order to finalize the details of the attack.
Earlier this evening, Mohamud was arrested after he attempted to remotely detonate what he believed to be explosives in a van that was parked near the Christmas tree lighting ceremony in Portland, the affidavit alleges.
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2018 Mitsubishi Outlander - Love this car but wish I had noticed somethings when test driving.
Overall, I do love this car, but there are somethings I do not like. It is slightly larger than my previous car, which is a plus. Optional third row in case we have extra passengers - small ones though, not much room though the second row can be moved back and forth to give more room. Things that bugged me after the fact was that the rear view camera did not indicate if I am getting to close to something. My previous car did not have a camera but did make warning sounds. There are other little things, but overall, I like it and would recommend it.
Had mom/daughter date. Went to multiple places and had lots of fun, just the two of us!
Third row in case we have extra passengers. Individual controls for air temperature. Roomy back seat. Ability for back gate to open at the push of a button. Automatic wipers. Rear view camera. Blind side detection/alert. Seat warmers in the front.
Does not specify what tire is low on air. Does not make noise when backing up and close to something - it has a camera and will alert if there is cross traffic but no indication I am getting too close to something. Does not automatically lock doors when starting to drive - though it will automatically unlock them when the car is turned off or put in park (has options). Glove compartment does not lock. No CD player! I know they are not made anymore but still, I have old ones, and a toddler that needs music!
It has a very roomy interior with the ability to either have it be a seven-seat vehicle or put the back down and have a large trunk area. It has some really neat features like temperature control for driver and passenger separately. The back-up camera is really nice for someone that isn't the best at backing up and knowing my surroundings.
Stuck in traffic and had to use the back-up camera to maneuver the car so I could turn around.
Back-up camera. Ability to go from seven passenger to a large trunk.
The car is a bit wide.


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As promised, in my previous article, I have had some more games with my Sepulchral Guard. I have tweaked my deck slightly and am mostly happy with it for now. More testing may result in further modification, but a bigger change is likely to come from Nightvault.
I managed to play three more games, bringing my total experience to a mighty five games. This is reinforced by discussions with my fellow authors, but take my conclusions with a pinch of grave dust. My two games were against Zoran, who was using the Farstriders. In a clash of masses of Underworlds experience, he had had no games at all with his Farstriders verses my two games with the Guard.
Zoran won the first board roll off and I opted to start with the lightning board. I was taking a gamble that he would be playing aggressively and I was hoping to be able to knock some of his aggressive Stormcast into the spark traps. This game plan was thrown off when Zoran chose to place the boards on the long diagonal, a little used set up in my experience, which allows a small warband to very tightly control the tempo of engagement.
After positioning myself to score Supremacy, Our Only Way Out and Hold Objectives 3-4 on turn one, on the assumption I would be able t0 earthquake my way on to the objectives I was caught flatfooted be a well played No Time which left me scrambling to catch up. Fortunately, I was able to score these in the second end phase and with that glory I was able to equip a swathe of keys in the third end phase to end up ahead with 18 glory to Zoran's 9.
For the second game, I won the roll off for board placement and decided that I would be best off with a standard long edge to long edge deployment. A vicious and protracted struggle later and I had just manged to claw my way to a second victory through the use of keys in the last phase ending 16-15 in my favour. I learnt that attacking with the Sepulchral Guard is not an easy feat, especially not when it's into a withering hail of bolts.
The third game was a multiplayer game against Zoran's Farstriders and Magore's Fiends played by Keefer. This was my second multiplayer game of Shadespire and my inexperience showed. I ended up deployed in the middle of the other two warbands and unable to properly hide my key models from them. I advanced to present a united front to the Blood Warriors, to try and deter them from charging in with the threat of being swamped. Unfortunately, this meant that I had left an avenue for the Farstriders to slip behind my mob of skeletons, using them as a screen against the Khornate fanatics.
The game was fun and though I didn't win, a cruel focus on keeping the Fiends away from my troops, plus five glory for having the Champion stood on Objective 2 equipped with The Formless Key, A Destiny to Meet and The Shadowed Key and Chosen Champion in hand allowed me to come a close second with the score 14-13-9.
My broad strategy is to try and hold the objectives in my half of the board, if I only have two then I will attempt to get a fighter onto the objective closest to the board edge in my opponent's territory using Hidden Paths. My power deck is built around pushes to keep my fighters on objective and my opponents off them, and ideally to limit their ability to engage my fragile warband.
My upgrades are entirely about maximising my turn 3 glory. I will put keys out on fighters near objectives and hope that I can push them into place in the last turn. Ideally the Warden will be stood at the back of my warband, Well-Guarded and ready to Meet his Destiny, suitably attired for my Chosen Champion in his Hero's Mantle and carrying a couple of Keys to the city.
I have forgone Hold Objectives 1-4 in favour of the two Tactical Supremacy cards, as they offer the same total glory whilst also allowing me to fit in a couple of extra passive objectives to help smooth out my scoring.
Tomorrow I am taking my fighters to MOAB to compete in the last Shadespire only rules tournament. I hope to stake my claim to the Mirrored City then.
How did MOAB go? I'm very fond of the Guard, and while they've done well in my entirely casual gaming group, I hear they don't get much love in the competitive scene.
Whilst it was a lot of fun, MOAB went poorly from a competitive stand point.
It turns out aggressive Stormcast really appreciate a target rich environment with limited potential to fight back.
I'm going to try and get part 3 up in the next week, with a full account and the changes I've made since.


I have been having a rather jolly time - it was Mr FF and my first Christmas spent together. So we got the tree and decked the halls and of course were well a truly spoilt!
Some very lovely tea sets and china. I am a big fan of Tea-pot-tea (said as one word!) Fun to say and the best way to drink tea. These books are marvellous - I highly recommend them. And a beautiful bird print scarf.
Thank you to my family, boyfriend and friends for these wonderful presents. I hope you all had great Christmases and got everything you wished for. But hasn't time flown? I feel this year has just whooshed by... It is already new years eve and this blog's 2nd Birthday tomorrow! I hope you have all had a good 2011 and I promise to be more vocal in the new year!!
It is crazy to think that this time last year I was enduring the long bus journey from Oxford to London and then an hour long underground trek - enjoying an internship at French Connection! It was an interesting experience but it already feels like it was a million years ago. What I really enjoyed was being able to help out with print a bead work. It is very strange to see some of the pieces I helped with sitting in the shops waiting to be bought. Gives me a little skip in my step when I see an advert for a garment I saw at it's beginnings. It was a fantastic experience and I really enjoyed it! Thank you to the people who helped me get it and who taught me a great deal about what the industry is like.
Anyway the reason I rave about some of the garments is because I have recently purchased one. It was in the sale but £325 reduced to £150 I think is still fair :). It is the Broiderie Brogue dress in cream leather with a laser cut pattern. I can tell you the silly thing I get excited about is I remember photocopying the pattern and trying to make it match at the seams and also drawing the pattern on to a working drawing. Silly but it gives me a little thrill. I did have an occasion to splash the cash and get such a statement piece - it wasn't just for wearing round the house! It was Mr FF's Grandparent's 50th Wedding Anniversary at the end of September = A big deal! A lot of his relatives were there, some travelled from Italy and America to come and celebrate. It was lots of fun with a five course lunch and a Dean Martin impersonator serenading us all and in the evening there was a hog roast and an Elvis impersonator. It was so much fun!! I have added some pictures in this post so you can see mine and Mr FF's outfits and some of the crazy shenanigans!
Mr FF and I with Mr FF's Bro and Girlfriend The Grandparents = awww And a rather close call with Elvis!


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Q: Implementing negative feedback on a JFET amplifier I have started designing and simulating a simple Jfet amplifier using LTSpice.
The circuit I have below seems fine, apart from too much gain for my needs (about 20x to much gain).

To fix this, I could make a simple voltage divider on the input, but this just seems far to 'hacky' and not a good approach. The best way it seems to me is to create a negative feedback path, thus reducing distortion and also reducing gain.
However my attempts where unsuccessful, this is my first attempt:

This is the result at 'ac_out' off this circuit:

I would guess this is because of the time C4 takes to charge, I try to change the simulation time span to no affect.
I also tryed direct coupling between R5 and R10 but couldn't get that to work.
I know this seems to work fine with BJT's and don't know how I've gone wrong.
My second attempt:

At first glance at 'ac_out' it seemed fine, voltage swing halved as expected, but frequency response became WAY off:

I'm sure I'm missing something, and would greatly appreciate some help and understanding of how to implement negative feedback here, ideally without the use of a AC coupling capacitor.
Thankyou :)

A: You are missing some little things .Your first attempt is positive feedback .The second attempt gives a low input impedance which may not be wanted ,This means that the input coupling cap C1 gives far too much low cut .You could make feedback resistor R10 1 meg and place 470K in series with C1 .Expect a gain of about 2 on your sim.If you beat this circuit into shape on the sim and expect consistant performance when built with discrete Jfets you will have to make changes .JFETs have big spreads .

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Re:Creators – 15
Hoshikawa Hikayu is the newest member of Team Meteora, but as she's the heroine in a dating sim, nobody's sure what use she'll be quite yet, and in the meantime she's very disoriented with everyone knowing who she is.
After a rare in-show flashback in which Blitz tries in vain to save his daughter Erina, he meets Hakua Shou, who is an enemy of Mirokuji Yuuya, since Yuuya killed a friend and a sister of his.
Off on her own, on no one's side but her own, is Magane, living it up half-naked in a luxurious penthouse, bathing in cash and drinking milk by the quart. Watching horrific news stories on TV makes her giddy for the possibilities for mischief this world so readily presents to her.
She's even more intrigued when Aliceteria shows up, asking her to "make things really fun", as the knight is now willing to make a deal with the devil in order to stop Altair.
As Meteora develops a spell, based on newly-created material, that allows her to gauge public acceptance of the new character and story changes, Hikayu's creator Ohnishi appears, and he's a total creep and a pervert who initially doesn't understand that Hikayu (and Celestia, and Meteora) are people and not playthings.
Kikuchihara manages to restore order by underscoring the importance of their collective mission. And while Meteora isn't sure about a dating sim character suddenly gaining powers (just as she's unsure about Souta's contribution), Ohnishi says it'll be no problem…with a "fan disk."
Speaking of fans, Altair knows she has many, and they imbue her with new powers by the day, so many she doesn't even know about some of them herself. Yet to Blitz, she still remains a character almost designed to be weak, like a kingdom created just to be destroyed. He couldn't save his daughter, but he's committed to saving her.
We've met some new people, checked in on all the existing people, and gained a few new insights into the coming battle, but the battle remains "months" away by Altair's reckoning. It's fitting Meteora brought up structure, because it will be interesting to see whether Re:Creators continues with the structure of this episode—shifting from one pair or group of people in a room talking to another—for the next seven episodes, or if, say, Magane makes things a little more fun.
Author braveradePosted on Sun, 16 Jul 2017 Categories Anime Reviews, Re: Creators, Spring 2017Tags acceptance, alicetelia february, altair, blitz tokar, border world coliseum, celestia yupitilia, chikujouin magane, creators, fun, hakua shou, hoshikawa hikayu, kikuchihara aki, matsubara, meteora osterreich, mirokuji yuuya, mizushino souta, new creation, pervert, Re: Creators, shimazaki setsuna, takarada4 Comments on Re:Creators – 15
With the nature of the operation to bring down Altair in place, Kikuchihara brings in dozens of creators to brief them on how things are going to work. The anime that will unite all of the Creations' worlds and stories will be called Border World Coliseum, and it will be unveiled at the "Elimination Chamber Festival" at Nissan Stadium.
The goal is not to make the best anime ever, but to create an anime—and source material and spin-offs of the existing anime—that the public will "accept", as in, win their approval and fandom. Only then do they have a chance against Altair, who has no one, set, official Creator.
As such, the Creators are the ones who take center stage, with the Creations in the background searching for the new arrival. It's a hit-and-miss affair; watching a limp battle between a bunch of thinly-drawn characters' personalities in a nondescript room doesn't exactly set the heart aflame.
However, it does demonstrate the problems that arise from sudden unexpected alliances in the industry, combined with a need to collaborate with one another despite wildly-different styles, all with tight deadlines many Creators are used to blowing by without consequence.
When Suruga draws an awesome drawing really fast right in front of Marine, who takes longer to produce art and doesn't have a lot of confidence, Marine storms out to have a little cry. When Souta goes out to reassure her, he tells him there's nothing he can say to convince her she's not "bad"; all she can do is the best she can and hope this whole thing works out.
The grind of doing so can be painful and make her feel useless, but as the episode title continues, "it's fun nevertheless." That gets (the very useless-feeling) Souta thinking: maybe he should contribute something creatively to the operation. We don't hear any specifics of his idea, but Matsubara and Suruga seem to think he indeed has an important contribution to make.
As for the newcomer, or rather newcomers (there were two such phenomena detected, suggesting two of them), the first appears before Selesia and Kanoya while they're simply walking around town. She's a high school student in a green uniform with rose-colored hair—an echo of Mamika's pink.
The new OP (with a nice new theme) suggests she's from a Romance while the new ED suggests she'll be on Team Beat Altair. Either way, there's nothing like a couple of new players appearing on the board to freshen up the game.
Author braveradePosted on Sun, 9 Jul 2017 Categories Anime Reviews, Re: Creators, Spring 2017Tags alicetelia february, altair, blitz tokar, border world coliseum, cage, celestia yupitilia, chikujouin magane, creators, elimination chamber festival, embellishment, kikuchihara aki, matsubara, meteora osterreich, mirokuji yuuya, mizushino souta, new creation, Re: Creators, shimazaki setsuna


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Q: Inno Setup built-in control names I frequently find that I need the names of built-in controls e.g. WizardForm.StatusLabel. Is there a definitive reference to all the built-in control names somewhere, and if not, how do you go about finding these? As a worked example, how would I find the name of the control that shows the filename that is being extracted on the WizardForm.InstallingPage i.e. the label underneath the WizardForm.StatusLabel?

A: The only public documentation is TWizardForm reference. It lists names of all controls. But in a rather random order.
I find it way easier to check Wizard.dfm in Inno Setup source code repository. It defines the controls in their hierarchy. So if you search for InstallingPage, you will find that there are these controls:
object FInstallingPage: TNewNotebookPage
  object FFilenameLabel: TNewStaticText
    ...
  end
  object FStatusLabel: TNewStaticText
    ...
  end
  object FProgressGauge: TNewProgressBar
    ...
  end
end

For a use in Pascal Script, drop the F prefix (e.g. instead of FFilenameLabel, use FilenameLabel).


More self-defense advice from Joe Biden: "Just fire the shotgun through the door"
Honestly, did no one bother to inform the vice president, after his first round of similarly awful advice, that just blasting away on the back porch will 1) reveal your position, 2) leave you effectively disarmed, and 3) possibly get you into some legal trouble?
Personal anecdote, as a young woman of the sort at which the vice president heartily chuckled last week: I'm fairly handy with a twelve gauge, if I do say so myself — I've been using them for years on family shooting expeditions, so I've had plenty of practice time to get comfortable with them. Just this past Christmas, however, I had my first opportunity to try out an AR-15, and not knowing what to expect, I firmly nestled the 'assault weapon' into my shoulder, braced for impact, and… there was virtually no kick. Effortlessly accurate at both short and long distances, and easy to operate, too.
I would never argue that a shotgun is a good option for home defense and deterrence (especially those singularly musical sounds of a ready-to-go pump-action) in the case that a single intruder is bearing down on you, since it doesn't take much precision at close range… but you better not miss. Tradeoffs, people.
And just firing the shotgun out the door when you think people might be looking to enter your home? …So much for "gun safety" advocacy.


The last few months flew by in the blink of an eye. Zipping from each turn & embracing the drop, I've been riding through life's opportunities as if I'm on a roller coaster. Honoring what comes up & taking a breath to give each moment my best.
With practice comes patience. Crochet has taught me the dedication it takes chase your dreams. Knowing that you've got to keep going. Even when you have no idea what's in store at the end.
Just shoot for the stars & adjust your aim, till you land some place you fit in. You never know how you're going to be received, so always live authentically. Sadly, people can be judgey. Their opinions & energy are loud. I do my best to act like it doesn't phase me, but you grow more from trying to understand reality.
Familiar, triggering, or intimidating, we never actually see what's under the surface. But here is one trick I've learned to go with the flow!
It's cool to feel the elephant in the room. But did you notice it's trunk? Because it should be pointing up for good luck!
Essentially, intuition, reading energy & pattern recognition, are tools our bodies develop to protect ourselves. Synchronicities are clues to sharpen our senses & alert us to a bigger picture. At Dirtybird Campout, I let them lead the way. Well actually, that was sorta my job. But this story is more about what the event taught me.
I was lucky enough to be given the opportunity to organize Arts & Crafts. HUGE thank you to the Dirtybird community for seeing the value I have to bring & giving me a chance to do my thing!
Here's a little behind the scenes of what this experience meant to me!
Special thanks to Commissary!! Other than the banging beats & obvious good time, there were a few reasons I wanted to be apart of Campout… but the bit that really got me, the theme!
my next point of contact's name had a familiar ring. I overlooked my associations & took this as an opportunity to Level Up! If there was anything studying the stars had taught me, it was to work with reoccurring themes. Turned out we got along swimmingly & Kim (also my mom's name) would be there to oversee things.
Feeling right at home once I made it to Modesto, my basic duties included management of supplies, wording the signs, & keeping activities on time. But personally, I was excited to see what everyone's vibes would be. Would I meet anyone into photography or perhaps astrology… Obviously they liked the same music as me. What might other similarities be?
Pitching my tent in the Creative Programming section, my situation was not without a few frustrations. Friday would be my best friend Alli's birthday & I was quite bumbed about our separation. Luckily, the universe had something else in store for me.
A few new friends, two named Paige, & one with the same birthday as Alli! Showing me that there will always be something to celebrate.
Surly, I'm a sucker for Solar Returns, but that wasn't the only message I was there to learn. At Splash House, I met a photographer I let drive me crazy. He was kinda cute & I thought he was into me too. But he never ended up wanting to shoot… I got SO confused. With synchronicities a plenty, I found it real funny the two photographers in our group BOTH had the same name as that other dude.
I remember telling Kayla it must be a sign, I didn't fully get the message at the time.
But she was able to guess mine! I was stoked to be surrounded by the cool chicks camping in Creative Programming & went right to work settling in. Kayla, who was there to share her yoga practice, seemed to be on my schedule too.
A fellow Capricorn moon, she could see there was something familiar about me that reminded Kayla of herself. So the two of us went back our business, prepin' for the days ahead.
& like the syrup, not everyone's metabolisms can keep up.
"Yes." I'll try harder than you know & do my best to be gracious.
All thanks, in large part, to the amount of WORK I've put in to crafting me. Because i'm always trying to be better, my best!
Known for being CEO of the zodiac, Capricorn energy loves to take responsibility! & YUP we were both in charge of activities. so actually, I was REALLY flattered she instantly saw this part of me. As slowly evolving as it may be..
Arts & Crafts is totally where it was at. The place was packed! Although I'm pretty sure I got the job to teach Totem making. So I guess helpin y'all find where to be, is my true specialty!
One thing I loved, was how the Artists everyone comes to see, actually join in on the activities! We had one hell of a line, but with Mikey Lion & Sacha Robotii participating, it flew by.
MAJOR points to the campers that came to learn crochet! It was literally worth a TON in the scavenger hunt the first day.
Thanks for taking a moment to learn something new & letting me challenge you! I'm here if you're ever confused. I tried to keep the state of things running smoothly, but it was the campers attitude that made it seem perfect to me. The camaraderie & spirit I saw couldn't be beat & everyone I met was beyond sweet.
Another fave moment was when I caught these two, in the middle of a greeting!
We even had another Megan bring her own Renegade Crafts to the booth… totes something I would do!
Totems are great because they blatantly tell you what a group is all about. The signs & symbols make it easy to find friends. Going alone, it's fun to see which ones you gravitate towards naturally.
What pulls ya in? Maybe they could be a new friend!
Honestly, I didn't even know this word Yeet! But I'm a sucker for vocabulary & she kindly told me.
I checked out the "Trust" totem too, but up close it was actually "THRUST". Guess they got the memo to make the signs Dirty! I did have a group of guy friends there. Marty, Grant, Ethan, & Chris are without a doubt some of my favorite people to hang with at shows. But they all knew me with my Ex, so as much as I loved their company, I wanted to meet more peeps.
Ones who could dance on stage with me! I'm developing a better at understanding which genres I vibe with. For my birthday in 2017, an Eprom show was recommended to me & solidified my love of unique, slightly dark, hip-hop robot, bass beats. So naturally, the Bass Lodge seemed like a fun place to be.
Dancing on stage during Sander's set, I saw this guy keep eyeing me & decided to say hi. Then he said his name was Marty! Same as my other friend, I assumed he was cool & figured I'd go where he was headed too. Turned out this Chicago Marty knew a few of the Musicians I liked personally & was into the same sounds as me.
The whole repeating thing seemed to be treating me splendidly!
"Why thanks Richie!" I'll get behind that fully!
The final day of the festival, Megmingo the Human Flamingo was born.
Suddenly, I morphed into a prize people had to find! Becoming part of the scavenger hunt, I was able to frolic the fest during the day & campers would receive points for taking a photo when they found me!
I don't think it was a cowinky-dink one of the first people to see me was also named Megan N! To top it off, her disposable pics won her tickets to Campout 2019!
Similarly, the same thing happened to me, but for a Splash House weekend of my choosing!
Overall, Campout was a blast! Eprom won a pogo stick at bingo! We even witnessed a rocket launch! At first, people were freaking out, as if the world might end. But I was a little to busy recording their commentary, to let that sink in. The weekend did solidify MUSIC as a line of work I want to try.
Mainly Shazams from the season & artists who fall under each sign, My apple music ones are more complete!
As for Synchronicities, I'll be taking note indeed!
I realized each reoccurring theme is a clue you're on the right track. Be confident & don't let doubts hold ya back. If at first you don't succeed… You'll probably meet someone else named Megan or Marty. Say Hello, it's a new opportunity.
Catch ya Birds at the next bash!
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LED Montreal offers you a simple and affordable way to color up your environment with the 24V DC 5m iP20 RGB 5050 LED Strip. Ideal for usage in your kitchen or bedroom, it's also everyone's favorite to light up your home bar space. It is also fantastic to get the interior of your boat or RV ready for your next party. This Strip is not recommended for usage outside a boat or a vehicle.
The technical stuff: RGB Stands for Red-Green-Blue. 5050 RGB Chips give a 120-degree light beam and feature each of these 3 colors of LED lights within each chip: This allows to create up to two million different colors by mixing the red, green and blue at different levels. The amount of colors that can be achieved will depend on the RGB controller that you use. Note that the RGB Chip does not create a true white. Should you want to use your Strip to both enhance your décor and get an ambient white light, we strongly suggest using our RGBW Strip that includes a white LED diode within the 5050 chips.
RGB LED Strips have a 4-wire connection, meaning that they can only be operated through an RGB controller. The controller will allow you to dim your strip and change colors manually or through automated color change patterns. The strip cannot be dimmed through a standard wall dimmer. Forecast a power supply at 24V DC of 9W (375 mAh) per meter for your installation. As stated earlier, this strip comes in a 5m spool. You will find all the specs of the RGB LED Strip at the bottom of this page.
You can customize your LED Lighting set up as this Strip can be cut every 5 LEDS. The RGB LED Strip is flexible vertically but cannot be bent horizontally. Should you need to bypass an obstacle or turn a corner, we recommend to solder 4 strand wire onto your Strip. Soldering ensures a solid connection and minimal voltage loss. Quick connectors are available and are only recommended if you have 1 or 2 connections to make. Should you want to use a connector, use an iP20 grip and clip connector.
Your RGB LED Strip is equipped with a high-quality 3M adhesive. This adhesive is intended for installation on a clean, non-glossy metallic surface. LED Strips were not designed to be installed on varnished or glossy wood surfaces. For porous surfaces we suggest using the Double Sided 3M Acrylic Tape for LED Strips.
There are many features that make the CDNLUX LED Strips stand out from the competition. First, unlike cheaper strips that can be found on the market, the CNDLUX Strip will allow you to connect to 10 meters in series without losing brightness.
You will also be happy to know that CDNLUX uses Authentic Epistar chips on their LED Strips. This means that you will get the best brightness for your money out of each LED Chip. As a matter of fact, Epistar Chips are 25 to 30% brighter than chips used on lower prices LED Strips that you would find on discount websites.


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The primary beneficiary of all that offense for Tacoma (8-13) was starting pitcher Jordan Pries. He pitched into the sixth inning and improved his record to 2-1.
"I think he may have run out of gas," Listach said. "But it's good for him to get on the board and give us six innings."
Tacoma tacked on another six runs in the sixth.
All that collective success generated from a number of individual contributors. Julio Morban and Carlos Rivero homered for the home team and each drove in three runs. Stefen Romero had three hits. Jesus Montero, Franklin Gutierrez, John Hicks and Chris Taylor had two hits each. Taylor extended his on-base streak to 13 straight games.
The second game of the four-game series will begin at 7:05 p.m. Friday. Probable starting pitchers are Tacoma right-hander Justin Germano (1-1, 1.23 ERA) and Fresno left-hander Luis Cruz (0-1, 7.07). The game can be heard at 850-AM.
This will be the first game when the 20-second pitch clock will be enforced, with a violation resulting in a ball being awarded. In previous games this season, the clock has ticked away, but no penalty was assessed for taking additional time.
"They're going to start enforcing it," Listach said. "I think after batting practice I'm going to have a little meeting just to remind the guys what the rules are. I'll print the rules out and give them to them. …. I don't anticipate anything. … I talked to the home play umpire, and he said we only had one violation tonight, so that's good."
Watch this Mariners' Double-A player go through his whacky pre-batting ritual
Rainiers red caps a major hit in the minor leagues
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Rainiers drop second game of series in rain-halted contest
In a rain-shortened game, the Rainiers dropped their second game of the series to Las Vegas, 3-0. After a brief stint in Tacoma in April, pitcher Nabil Crismatt is back and looking to stick in his second try in Triple-A after impressing in Double-A, where he had a 1.94 ERA in 83 2/3 innings.
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Rainiers finish opening series like they started it, losing a lead (and game) in extra innings
Tacoma Rainiers season opener: Swanson strong debut, but Sacramento prevails in extra innings
Meet the 2019 Tacoma Rainiers. Here's the breakdown of their roster
You might recognize that face in the Rainiers dugout. He's the winningest manager in Tacoma history
Rainiers manager Listach out after four years in Tacoma


...or at least, I have also experienced that feeling of controlled separation in a country, controlled by check points and guns, walls artificially built up to separate people from people, barbed wire and young (very young) soldiers holding guns (while some were still talking on their phones with pink and blingy covers).
A world of so much contrast, something totally new for me.
In my student semester in Berlin I lived in a student home in the Eastern part of the city, next to the East Side Gallery, a remaining of what used to be the Berlin Wall, the witness of history. It was interesting and of historic value, but it never had the same impact as driving along a wall which still retained its function, like the one in Israel, close to Jerusalem. It didn't give me the same feeling mixture of fear combined with immense sadness and constant question: WHY? Why does it have to be like this.
Then I remembered a the photographic and social project called "Face 2 Face" by French artist JR in Israel and realized the boldness of it: take a look at this video and think....we are not that different...there are more things we have in common than things which set us apart. So why put barriers between us? And why point at each-other with guns when we can just smile and make the world a better place...together.


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package synergynetframework.appsystem.contentsystem.jme.items;

import synergynetframework.appsystem.contentsystem.items.ContentItem;
import synergynetframework.appsystem.contentsystem.items.Frame;
import synergynetframework.appsystem.contentsystem.items.Window;
import synergynetframework.appsystem.contentsystem.items.implementation.interfaces.IWindowImplementation;
import synergynetframework.appsystem.contentsystem.items.utils.Background;
import synergynetframework.appsystem.contentsystem.items.utils.Border;

/**
 * The Class JMEWindow.
 */
public class JMEWindow extends JMEOrthoContainer implements
		IWindowImplementation {

	/** The background frame. */
	protected Frame backgroundFrame;

	/**
	 * Instantiates a new JME window.
	 *
	 * @param contentItem
	 *            the content item
	 */
	public JMEWindow(ContentItem contentItem) {
		super(contentItem);
	}

	/*
	 * (non-Javadoc)
	 * @see
	 * synergynetframework.appsystem.contentsystem.items.implementation.interfaces
	 * .IWindowImplementation#getBackgroundFrame()
	 */
	public Frame getBackgroundFrame() {
		return backgroundFrame;
	}

	/*
	 * (non-Javadoc)
	 * @see
	 * synergynetframework.appsystem.contentsystem.jme.items.JMEContentItem#
	 * init()
	 */
	public void init() {
		super.init();
		backgroundFrame = (Frame) contentItem.getContentSystem()
				.createContentItem(Frame.class);
		Window window = (Window) contentItem;

		backgroundFrame.setHeight(window.getHeight());
		backgroundFrame.setWidth(window.getWidth());
		backgroundFrame.setBackGround(window.getBackGround());
		backgroundFrame.setBorder(window.getBorder());
		backgroundFrame.setOrder(-99999999);
		window.addSubItem(backgroundFrame);
	}

	/**
	 * Lower index.
	 */
	public void lowerIndex() {
		backgroundFrame.setOrder(-999999999);
	}

	/*
	 * (non-Javadoc)
	 * @see
	 * synergynetframework.appsystem.contentsystem.jme.items.JMEOrthoContainer
	 * #setBackGround
	 * (synergynetframework.appsystem.contentsystem.items.utils.Background)
	 */
	@Override
	public void setBackGround(Background backGround) {
		backgroundFrame.setBackGround(backGround);
	}

	/*
	 * (non-Javadoc)
	 * @see
	 * synergynetframework.appsystem.contentsystem.jme.items.JMEOrthoContainer
	 * #setBorder
	 * (synergynetframework.appsystem.contentsystem.items.utils.Border)
	 */
	@Override
	public void setBorder(Border border) {
		backgroundFrame.setBorder(border);
	}

	/*
	 * (non-Javadoc)
	 * @see
	 * synergynetframework.appsystem.contentsystem.items.implementation.interfaces
	 * .IWindowImplementation#setHeight(int)
	 */
	@Override
	public void setHeight(int height) {
		backgroundFrame.setHeight(height);
	}

	/*
	 * (non-Javadoc)
	 * @see
	 * synergynetframework.appsystem.contentsystem.items.implementation.interfaces
	 * .IWindowImplementation#setWidth(int)
	 */
	@Override
	public void setWidth(int width) {
		backgroundFrame.setWidth(width);
	}

}

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Grammy-winning superstars of the klezmer world!
THE KLEZMATICS erupted out of New York City's East Village in 1986 and revitalized klezmer for the new century. Their klezmer is steeped in Jewish spiritualism and Eastern European tradition, while incorporating more provocative themes such as social rights and anti-fundamentalism with eclectic musical influences such as gospel, punk, and Arab, African, and Balkan rhythms. Over the course of more than twenty years they have released many albums of wild, spiritual, provocative, reflective, and ecstatically danceable music, forever redefining and transcending traditional labels.
Today, with three original members -- Lorin Sklamberg (lead vocal, accordion, guitar, piano), Frank London (trumpet, keyboards, vocals) and Paul Morrissett (bass, tsimbl, vocals) -- still on board, alongside longtime members Matt Darriau (kaval, clarinet, saxophone, vocals) and Lisa Gutkin (violin, vocals), the award-winning KLEZMATICS are without a doubt the most successful proponents of klezmer music in the world!
THE KLEZMATICS have collaborated with violinist Itzhak Perlman, Pulitzer prize-winning playwright Tony Kushner, Israeli vocal icon Cava Alberstein, and many others. They have performed in more than 20 countries and released 10 albums to date.
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Brain tissue is made up of cell bodies ("gray matter") and the filaments that extend from the cell bodies ("white matter").
The density of cells (volume of gray matter) in a particular region of the brain appears to correlate positively with various abilities and skills.
The density of cells is determined by both genes and environmental factors, such as experience.
The speed with which we can process information is governed by the white matter.
Brain tissue is divided into two types: gray matter and white matter. These names derive very simply from their appearance to the naked eye. Gray matter is made up of the cell bodies of nerve cells. White matter is made up of the long filaments that extend from the cell bodies - the "telephone wires" of the neuronal network, transmitting the electrical signals that carry the messages between neurons.
The volume of gray matter tissue - a measure you will see cited in various reports - is a measure of the density of brain cells in a particular region.
Recently, the most comprehensive structural brain-scan study of intelligence to date has supported an association between general intelligence and the volume of gray matter tissue in specific regions of the brain (you can see a picture of these areas here). These structures are the same ones implicated in memory, attention and language.
Previous research has shown the regional distribution of gray matter in humans is highly heritable. But it also clearly has a strong environmental influence. Recent studies have found:
an increased volume of gray matter in Broca's area of professional musicians, apparently reflecting, at least in part, the number of years devoted to musical training
an increased volume of gray matter in the posterior hippocampus of experienced London taxi drivers (a brain region involved in spatial navigation), with volume correlated with length of taxi-driving experience
an increase in the development of new brain cells in older adults who underwent an aerobic training program compared with those who did not
The brain-scan study also found age differences: in middle age, more of the frontal and parietal lobes were related to IQ; less frontal and more temporal areas were related to IQ in the younger adults.
Age differences have already been found to exist in gray matter volume and distribution.
Mapping of the progressive maturation of the human brain in childhood and adolescence has found an initial overproduction of synapses in the gray matter after birth, which is followed, for the most part just before puberty, with their systematic pruning. This process occurs in different regions at different times, with gray matter loss beginning first in the motor and sensory parts of the brain, and then slowly spreading downwards and forwards, to areas involved in spatial orientation, speech and language development, and attention (upper and lower parietal lobes), then to the areas involved in executive functioning, attention or motor coordination (frontal lobes), and finally to the areas that integrate these functions (temporal lobe). The sequence appears to agree with regionally relevant milestones in cognitive development.
Various learning and memory problems have been associated with decreased gray matter in particular regions of the brain:
children with selective problems in short term phonological memory and others diagnosed with specific language impairment had less gray matter in both sides of the cerebellum compared to controls
adolescents had less gray matter in an area in the left parietal lobe if they had a deficit in calculation ability, compared to those who had no such deficit
Gray matter is not the sole arbiter of ability and knowledge, of course. The number of neurons is clearly important, but so is the connectivity of the neuronal network. Interestingly, although gray matter declines steadily from adolescence, white matter keeps growing until our late forties. This is consistent with a large-scale study of mental abilities in adults, that found that mental faculties were unchanged until the mid-40s, when a marked decline began and continued at a constant rate. Accuracy did not seem to be affected, only speed. White matter governs the speed with which signals travel in the brain.
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\section{Introduction}
One of the core issues in high temperature superconductor is the
origin of the pseudogap above $T_{c}$ in the underdoped region. In
order to understand the physics of the pseudogap, many theoretical
models have been proposed such as spin fluctuation\cite{Pines},
preformed cooper pair\cite{Emery1,Millis}, charge
stripes\cite{Emery2}, \textit{d}-density wave
(DDW)\cite{Affleck,Chakravarty}, etc. Among many of them, the
pseudogap state has been considered as the precursor to the
superconducting state. In the pseudogap region above $T_{c}$, a
significant in-plane Nernst signals has been discovered by Xu
\textit{et al}.\cite{Xu} in the underdoped La$_{2 -
x}$Sr$_{x}$CuO$_{4}$ single crystal, and they attributed this
signal to vortex-like excitations above $T_{c}$. This result has
been confirmed in other families of cuprate superconductors
\cite{WYY1,WYY2}. By doing experiments with the magnetic field
applied along different directions, Wen \textit{et al}.\cite{Wen}
gave a strong indication for a 2D feature of the Nernst effect in
the pseudogap region of underdoped cuprate superconductors. About
the origin of the strong Nernst signal above $T_{c}$, it remains
highly controversial. Wang \textit{et al}.
\cite{WYY2,WYY3}suggested that the large Nernst signal supports
the scenario\cite{Emery1} where the superconducting order
parameter disappears at a much higher temperature instead of
$T_{c}$. Kontani\cite{Kontani} suggested that the pseudogap
phenomena including the strong Nernst signal can be well described
in terms of the Fermi liquid with antiferromagnetic and
superconducting fluctuations. Ussishkin \textit{et
al}.\cite{Ussiahkin} proposed that the Gaussian superconducting
fluctuations can sufficiently explain the Nernst signal in the
optimally doped and overdoped region, but in the underdoped region
the actual $T_{c}$ is suppressed from meanfield temperature by
non-Gassian fluctuation. Tan \textit{et al}.\cite{Tan} believed
that a preformed-pair alternative to the vortex scenario can lead
to a strong Nernst signal. Alexandrov and Zavaritaky\cite{AZ}
proposed a model based on normal state carrier without
superconducting fluctuation, which, as they asserted, `can
describe the anomalous Nernst signal in high-$T_{c}$
cuprate'\cite{AZ}.

It is thus strongly desired to investigate the feature of Nernst
signal below and above $T_{c}$. One possibility is that the strong
Nernst signal above $T_{c}$ is originated from or partly from the
motion of vortex, but the structure and the feature of the
vortices above $T_{c}$ is different from that below $T_{c}$. We
thus measured the in-plane Nernst voltage and the resistance of
the underdoped La$_{2 - x}$Sr$_{x}$CuO$_{4}$ single crystals and
optimally doped YBa$_{2}$Cu$_{3}$O$_{7 - \delta }$ thin films in
the magnetic field perpendicular to the \textit{ab}-plane. Besides
the temperature gradient, we applied a transverse current to
manipulate the possible motion of the vortices. Especially we
measured the longitudinal voltage in a new configuration which may
reduce the dissipative contribution from the quasiparticle
scattering and enhance the signal due to the possible vortex
motion. In this new configuration, a strong signal measured from
the Nernst leads above $T_{c}$ is observed in underdoped samples.
The signal maybe caused by the motion of quasiparticles and
vortex. Our results indicate that the Nernst signal above $T_{c}$
is contributed by vortex. The results were analyzed and we think
that if strong Nernst signal in the pseudogap region is
contributed by the vortex motion, vortices are different below and
above $T_{c}$. Below $T_{c}$ the dissipation is induced by the
motion of the Abrikosov vortices. Above $T_{c}$ the dissipation
may be caused by the motion of the spontaneously generated
unbinded vortex-antivortex pairs (vortex plasma).

\section{Experimental techniques}

The La$_{1.89}$Sr$_{0.11}$CuO$_{4}$ single crystals measured in
this work were prepared by the traveling solvent floating-zone
technique\cite{Zhou}. The perfect crystallinity of the single
crystals were characterized by X-ray diffraction
patterns\cite{Zhou}. The single crystal sample is shaped into a
bar with the dimensions of of 4.2 mm (length) $\times $ 1 mm
(width) $\times $ 0.5 mm (thickness). The crystal along the length
direction is [110]. The optimally doped
YBa$_{2}$Cu$_{3}$O$_{7-\delta }$ thin films were prepared by
co-evaporation on MgO substrates with dimensions of 10 mm (length)
$\times $ 1 mm (width), and the thickness of the film is about
5000 angstrom. We annealled the YBa$_{2}$Cu$_{3}$O$_{7 - \delta }$
film to underdoping state and measured its Nernst voltage in the
mixed and normal state. The resistance characteristics of the
samples measured is shown in FIG \ref{f1}.

\begin{figure}[t]
\includegraphics
[width= .86\columnwidth] {f1} \caption{Temperature dependence of
resistance for La$_{1.89}$Sr$_{0.11}$CuO$_{4}$ single crystal
(upper) and YBa$_{2}$Cu$_{3}$O$_{7 - \delta }$ thin film (lower).}
\label{f1}
\end{figure}

The measurement configuration in our experiment is illustrated in
FIG. \ref{f2}. The magnetic field is applied along the
\textit{c}-axis of the samples. The $R(H)$ curves of the samples
were obtained by standard four-point method at different
temperatures. A heater with a power of 1 mW (for the single
crystal) or 9 mW (for the thin film) producing the thermal
gradient is adhered fast on one end of the YBa$_{2}$Cu$_{3}$O$_{7
- \delta }$ thin film sample (left) and
La$_{1.89}$Sr$_{0.11}$CuO$_{4}$ single crystal sample (right). The
other end of the samples is adhered fast on a cold sink. Along the
direction E-F (perpendicular to the thermal gradient) the Nernst
voltage signal $V_{N}$ is measured. Two thermometers are attached
onto the sample to detect the temperature gradient of the samples.
In order to control the vortex motion by Lorentz force, we applied
a direct transverse current of 3 mA along A-B and measured the
longitudinal voltage between the points C and D. Since the DC
current here can exert a Lorentz force to the vortices down or
againt the thermal stream direction, the motion of the vortex can
be manipulated by thermal and/or Lorentz force. All leads are
stuck onto the samples by solidified silver paste at corresponding
electrodes with the contact resistance below 0.1 $\Omega$. All
measurements are based on an Oxford cryogenic system ( Maglab-12 )
with temperature fluctuation less than 0.04{\%} and magnetic
fields up to 12 T. The Nernst voltage and the longitudinal voltage
are measured by a Keithley 182-Nanovoltmeter with a resolution of
about 5 nV in present case. During the measurement for Nernst and
longitudinal voltage the magnetic field is applied parallel to
\textit{c} - axis and swept between 12 to -12 T. The Nernst signal
$V_{N}$ is obtained by subtracting the positive field value with
the negative one in order to remove the Faraday signal during
sweeping the field and the possible thermal electric power due to
asymmetry of the electrodes. The Longitudinal signal $V_{L}$ is
obtained by averaging the data obtained from positive field and
the negative field.

\begin{figure}[t]
\includegraphics
[width= .96\columnwidth] {f2} \caption{The configuration for
measuring the Nernst and Longitudinal voltage of
La$_{1.89}$Sr$_{0.11}$CuO$_{4}$ single crystal (right) and
YBa$_{2}$Cu$_{3}$O$_{7 - \delta }$ thin film (left). The Nernst
voltages $V_{N}$ can be obtained between E and F when the samples
are heated by the heaters on one end and the longitudinal voltage
$V_{L}$ can be obtained between C and D when a DC current $I$ is
applied along A-B direction.} \label{f2}
\end{figure}

\section{Results and discussion}

\subsection{Pure Nernst Signal}

FIG. \ref{f3}. shows the Nernst voltage measured on the
La$_{1.89}$Sr$_{0.11}$CuO$_{4}$ single crystal with a thermal
gradient along [110] (length) direction at temperatures from 5 K
to 180 K. In low temperature region, the Nernst signal is
dominated by the motion of Abrikosov vortices. One can see that
the Nernst signal is precisely zero when the vortices are frozen
in the case of 5, 10 and 15 K. The flow of vortices after melting
leads to a Nernst signal increasing drastically with $H$. A strong
in-plane Nernst signal resulting from vortices flow can also be
seen in the curves for 20, 25, 30 K, and can be measured far above
$T_{c}$ (29.3 K for our sample). When the temperature is above 80
K, the signal becomes negative and gradually approaches a
background. When the temperature is above 150 K the Nernst signal
becomes insensitive to temperature and does not change anymore
with $T$. Similar results appear in the Nernst voltage measured on
the underdoped YBa$_{2}$Cu$_{3}$O$_{7 - \delta }$ thin film,
though it is not as strong as that of
La$_{1.89}$Sr$_{0.11}$CuO$_{4}$ single crystal sample. But no
strong Nernst signal above $T_{c}$ is observed in optimally doped
YBa$_{2}$Cu$_{3}$O$_{7 - \delta }$ thin film.

\begin{figure}
\includegraphics
[width= .99\columnwidth] {f3} \caption{\label{f3} Nernst voltage
($I$ = 0) of La$_{1.89}$Sr$_{0.11}$CuO$_{4}$ single crystal at
temperatures from 5 K to 180 K (upper panel). In order to make the
result more obvious, the data in the high temperature region (from
60 K to 180 K) are plotted in the lower panel. At temperatures of
5, 10 and 15 K, the vortices are frozen showing a background with
precisely zero signal under relatively low field. A strong
in-plane Nernst signal can be seen in the curves for 20, 25, 30 K,
and can be measured far above $T_{c}$. When the temperature is
above 80 K, the signal becomes negative and gradually approaches a
background.When the temperature is above 150 K the Nernst signal
becomes insensitive to temperature and does not change anymore
with $T$.}
\end{figure}

\subsection{Flux Flow Resistance}

\begin{figure}
\includegraphics
[width= .99\columnwidth] {f4} \caption{\label{f4} $H$ dependence
of the resistance of La$_{1.89}$Sr$_{0.11}$CuO$_{4}$ single
crystal at different fixed temperatures without thermal gradient.
The Abrikosov flux flow dissipation can be seen below $T_{c}$, but
the resistance is insensitive to $H$ above $T_{c}$.}
\end{figure}

FIG. \ref{f4} shows the $R(H)$ curves of the
La$_{1.89}$Sr$_{0.11}$CuO$_{4}$ single crystal at temperatures
from 10 to 80 K measured by standard four-point method. A zero
resistance can be seen when the flux lattice is frozen at the low
temperature of 10, 15 and 20 K. The Abrikosov flux flow
dissipation after vortex melting can be seen in higher temperature
region. But the curvature due to the motion of Abrikosov vortices
disappears when the temperature is above $T_{c}$. The dissipation
becomes very weakly dependent on $H$ in the normal state, which
can not be explained by the motion of Abrikosov vortices.

\subsection{Longitudinal Signal}

The dissipation shown above may be comprised of the contributions
of both the flux flow and the quasiparticle scattering. The new
configuration in our experiment can reduce the dissipative
contribution from the quasiparticle scattering and enhance the
signal due to the possible vortex motion if we send a current
between A-B and measure the voltage between C-D. As shown in FIG.
\ref{f2}, the current was applied in A-B direction, and the
longitudinal voltage between the points on the side of the sample
C and D was measured. As the C-D direction is perpendicular to the
current direction and the two points are located outside the
regime where the main current can reach, so the voltage induced by
the motion of quasiparticles is practically reduced; while the
motion of the vortex crossing C-D induced by the current pump can
be detected and are enhanced relatively as a consequence. The
results of the longitudinal voltage measurement for underdoped
single crystal at the temperature 5$\sim $100 K and optimally
doped YBa$_{2}$Cu$_{3}$O$_{7 - \delta }$ thin film at the
temperature 72$\sim $100 K are shown in FIG. \ref{f5} and FIG.
\ref{f6} respectively. We can see in both figures the similar
dissipation manner as that of the resistance of the samples in
magnetic field shown in FIG. \ref{f4}. The dissipation deriving
from the motion of Abrikosov vortices disappears when the
temperature is above $T_{c}$, where the dissipation of the samples
is independent on magnetic field at fixed temperatures.

\begin{figure}[b]
\includegraphics
[width= .99\columnwidth] {f5.eps} \caption{\label{f5} $H$
dependence of the Longitudinal voltage of
La$_{1.89}$Sr$_{0.11}$CuO$_{4}$ single crystal between the points
C and D with a current of 3 mA between the points of A and B and
without thermal gradient in the configuration shown in FIG.
~\ref{f2} }

\end{figure}

The results from the measurement of Nernst voltage, resistance and
longitudinal voltage of our samples at different temperatures may
indicate different vortices below and above $T_{c}$, provided that
the dissipation is attributed to the vortex motion. Apparently,
below $T_{c}$ the dissipation is induced by the motion of the
Abrikosov vortices. The Abrikosov vortex dissipation leads to the
resistance in mixed state and, at the same time, the phase slip
caused by the motion of Abrikosov vortices along the thermal
gradient leads to strong Nernst signal. The longitudinal voltage
below $T_{c}$ shows a non-linear field dependence which indicates
the feature of Abrikosov flux flow.

\begin{figure}
\includegraphics [width=.99\columnwidth] {f6.eps}
\caption{\label{f6}$H$ dependence of the Longitudinal voltage of
YBa$_{2}$Cu$_{3}$O$_{7 - \delta }$ thin film between the points C
and D with a current of 3 mA between the points of A and B and
without thermal gradient in the configuration shown in
FIG.~\ref{f2}. The step of temperature is 2 K.}
\end{figure}

Above $T_{c}$, the dissipation may be caused by the motion of the
spontaneously generated vortex-antivortex pairs. According to the
theory derived by Berezinsky\cite{Berezinsky} and by Kosterlitz
and Thouless\cite{KT}(BKT), just below a transition temperature
$T_{BKT}$ which lies very nearby $T_{c}$, in samples there are
thermally excited vortices and antivortices binding in pairs, even
in the absense of an external magnetic field. Above $T_{BKT}$ the
pairs unbind to form vortex plasma which can flow freely as
pancake vortices with their cores confined inside individual
superconducting layers. The possibility of this BKT transition was
verified and studied in layered HTS
system\cite{Tomoko,Culbertson,Matsuda,Pradhan,Miu,Martin}. In the
region above $T_{c}$, the magnetic field applied on the samples
influences the neutral vortices plasma, and polarizes part of the
vortices. The dissipation caused by vortex and antivortex on the
tolal resistance is the same, although the moving directions of
them are different. In other words, the dissipation resulted from
the current driven vortex motion is not related to the
polarization of, but to the total number of the vortex and the
antivortex in the sample, which is constant when changing $H$. So
the resistance of the sample in magnetic field above $T_{c}$ is
weakly dependent on the magnetic field as illustrated in FIG.
\ref{f4}. For the same reason, the longitudinal voltage induced by
the motion of the vortex plasma in the normal state is also
independent on the magnetic field.

In the case of Nernst effect a different consequence appears in
the pseudogap region. The vortex plasma redirected by the external
magnetic field moves across E-F along the thermal gradient,
leading to the phase slips and a transverse Nernst electric field
$E_{y}$ appears consequently. The direction of the $E_{y}$ caused
by the vortex is different from that of the $E_{y}$ caused by the
antivortex moving along the same direction. So the direction and
strength of $E_{y}$ is not determined by the total number but by
the amount of the difference between vortex and antivortex, i.e.
by the sign and the amount of the net vortex. The density of the
net vortex in the samples increases with increasing external
magnetic field, leading to the increase of Nernst voltage with $H$
in the field range of our experiment. The 2D feature of the Nernst
effect in the pseudogap region of underdoped cuprate
superconductors has been proved by the experiments of Wen
\textit{et al}\cite{Wen}, which supports our postulation above.

\subsection{Manipulating Vortex Motion by Thermal and Lorentz Force}

\begin{figure}[t]
\includegraphics [width=.99\columnwidth] {f9.eps}
\caption{\label{f9}The result of $V_{EF}$ at the temperature of 20
K with/without a temperature gradient along the length direction
and a transverse current along A-B on the
La$_{1.89}$Sr$_{0.11}$CuO$_{4}$ single crystal. Different symbols
represent the case of $I$ = 0 (solid triangles), $I$ = 0.1 mA
(solid circles), $I$ = -0.1 mA (open circles) with thermal
gradient, and $I$ = 0.1 mA (solid squares), $I$ = -0.1 mA (open
squares) without thermal gradient.The heating power is 1.0 mW. For
the convenience of comparison, all the curves have been shifted
along $V_{EF}$ axis and the values of $V_{EF}$ is zero when $H$ =
0 after the shift.}
\end{figure}

The Nernst signal and the longitudinal voltage as the result from
the motion of vortex manipulated solely by the thermal gradient
and solely by Lorentz force are discussed above. Now let's go on
to discuss the result of manipulating the motion of the vortex by
the thermal gradient and the Lorentz force together. With a
transverse current applied along A-B direction and a temperature
gradient along the length direction of the
La$_{1.89}$Sr$_{0.11}$CuO$_{4}$ single crystal at the same time,
the voltage $V_{EF}$ between the Nernst leads E and F are
measured.

\begin{figure}
\includegraphics [width=.99\columnwidth] {f7.eps}
\caption{\label{f7}The result of $V_{EF}$ at the temperature of 80
K with a temperature gradient along the length direction and a
transverse current along A-B on the
La$_{1.89}$Sr$_{0.11}$CuO$_{4}$ single crystal. The solid squares,
solid circles and oper circles present the case of 0 mA, 3.0 mA
and -3.0 mA respectively. The heating power is 1.0 mW. All the
curves have been vertically shifted to make the data comparable as
that in FIG.~\ref{f9}.}
\end{figure}

FIG.~\ref{f9} shows the result of $V_{EF}$ at 20 K for the case
$I$ = 0, $I$ = 0.1 mA, and $I$ = -0.1 mA with and without thermal
gradient. $V_{EF}$ with thermal gradient and without current
(presented by solid triangles) is the Nernst signal at this
temperature, where we can see the sign of $V_{EF}$ is dependent on
the direction of magnetic field. For the case of $\nabla$$_{x} T $
= 0 and $I \neq$ 0, $V_{EF}$ (solid and open squares) shows the
characteristics of Abrikosov vortices and the sign of the $V_{EF}$
after vortices melting is independent on the direction of current.
The features of the curves is similar to those in FIG.~\ref{f4}.
The results manipulating vortex motion by thermal and Lorentz
force is shown in the case of $\nabla$$_{x} T \neq$ 0 and $I$ =
$\pm$ 0.1 mA (solid and open circles) in FIG.~\ref{f9}. All the
curves show that the transport properties in mixed state is
dominated by Abrikosov vortex motion.

FIG.~\ref{f7} shows the result at 80 K with the current of 0 mA, 3
mA and -3 mA. In FIG.~\ref{f7}, all the curves have been moved
along $V_{EF}$ axis and hence the values of $V_{EF}$ is zero when
$H$ = 0 for the convenience of comparison. The influence of the
Faraday effects and the resistive components of the data are taken
away by moving the curves. We can see from FIG.~\ref{f7} that with
positive transverse current, the $V_{EF}$ measured under negative
magnetic field is almost equivalent to the $V_{EF}$ without
current, but for the case under positive field, there is an
obvious difference between the $V_{EF}$ with current and that
without current. With negative transverse current, the $V_{EF}$
measured under positive magnetic field is almost equivalent to the
$V_{EF}$ without current, but for the case under negative field,
there is an obvious difference between the $V_{EF}$ with current
and that without current. So we can conclude that the effects of
the Lorentz force on the Nernst effect in the normal state is
related to the direction of the magnetic field. This phenomenon
can not be explained by the effects of quasiparticles and may be
explained only by the motion of vortex. So the Nernst signal above
$T_{c}$ is also contributed by flux motion, although the vortex
structure and feature may be very different below and above
$T_{c}$.

\section{Conclusions}

The in-plane resistance, Nernst voltage and longitudinal voltage
in a new experimental configuration of the underdoped
La$_{1.89}$Sr$_{0.11}$CuO$_{4}$ single crystal and optimally doped
YBa$_{2}$Cu$_{3}$O$_{7 - \delta }$ thin film are measured by
sweeping magnetic field at fixed temperatures. The vortex motion
is successfully manipulated by using thermal and / or Lorentz
force in the mixed and normal states of the samples. The Nernst
signal in the normal state is observed. The signal maybe caused by
the motion of quasiparticles or vortex or both. Our results
indicate that Nernst signal above $T_{c}$ may be contributed by
vortex motion, though the contribution of the quasiparticle has
not been excluded. Different vortices below and above $T_{c}$ are
expected if the strong Nernst signal in the pseudogap region was
attributed to the vortex motion. Below $T_{c}$ the dissipation is
induced by the motion of the Abrikosov vortices. Above $T_{c}$ the
dissipation may be caused partly by the motion of the
spontaneously generated unbinded vortex-antivortex pairs (vortices
plasma).

\section{Acknowledgements}

This work is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation
of China (NSFC), the Ministry of Science and Technology of China,
and the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

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