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Casey Donovan talks Mama Morton ahead of Chicago opening night in Brisbane
7 November, 2019 31 December, 2019 Peter J Snee 0 Comments Casey Donovan, Chicago the musical, Music Theatre, Musicals
Casey Donovan has enjoyed a bold and varied career since her meteoric rise to fame at the age of 16. She became the youngest ever winner of Australian Idol in 2004 and over the last thirteen years, she has made her mark not only as a musician but also on stage, screen and through her presenting & writing. Casey is a multi-Award winner and ahead of the opening night of Chicago in Brisbane this evening, AussieTheatre's Peter J Snee caught up with her for a chat.
Mama Morton is an amazing character, she's so much fun to play, I get to put on a wig and a power suit and away I go. She is such a powerful role; she's gutsy, she's classy and she's never angry. Although she stands her ground and I love playing that each night. She continually tests me and pushes me to find something new.
She is the countess of the clink and basically; she's a bit naughty!
Alinta Chidzey, Casey Donovan, Natalie Bassingthwaight. Photo by Peter Brew Bevan
For those who don't know the show, she has a friendship on the go with Billy Flynn, played by the amazing Tom Burlinson and she lets Billy come in and sell the stories of the girls.
Then Mama takes her cut, Mama doesn't do nothing for nothing.
As tough as she is though, she does have a heart in there somewhere. It's such a beautiful but sad situation with Katalin Hunyak. She is the only innocent one in the whole jail and the poor girl gets hung, it's very sad. I think that's the part where the audience get to see the other side of Mama Morton, when she realises she's just lost her little sidekick. Every night she [Jessica Vellucci] gives me this look and I think, you're breaking my heart.
I absolutely love it; Mama Morton doesn't have a lot to play, but when she's there, she's there. She definitely has a lot of colour in a very short amount of time.
I love singing 'When You're Good to Mama'. I love that vaudeville style performance. It's so great hearing the audience reactions from the stage. I love having the opportunity to tell great stories and Chicago is an amazing story to tell.
Discussing life on the road, Casey said:
Casey Donovan. Photo by Jeff Busby
Being on the road is part and parcel of the job, you just have to find your feet in a new city, get to know where to get a good coffee and the hot little spots you have to go. I love Brissy, it's quite warm up here to be wearing a double breasted suit, but I am loving it. I always travel with my guitar and it's nice to get that out whenever I can. It's nice to not sing show tunes for a while and stretch the vocal cords in other ways.
Prior to appearing in Chicago, Casey appeared in The Real Full Monty for Channel Seven, where she and seven other brave and beautiful women revealed all, to raise awareness of breast cancer and the importance of getting regular check-ups.
It was certainly confronting. It was scary giving Australia all of your vulnerabilities, that's a big thing; but I got to do it with such amazing and powerful women. I felt it was my role for the bigger girls out there to say, you know what, there may be things we don't like about our bodies but it's so important to go and get checked and not to be scared.
I think just be happy with yourself and be confident within yourself because you can't move forward if you don't love yourself. Some days it's harder than others, but you have just got to get out there, put a smile on your face and keep going, keep working on you because at the end of the day that's all that matters.
Casey has a busy year planned for 2020 and eluded to some big secrets that we will hopefully hear about very soon. She also hopes she will have the time to get back in the studio to do some more recording and also perform more of her work internationally.
Casey noted that it will be sad to lose Tom Burlinson at the end of the Brisbane run, but Melbourne audiences can look forward to Jason Donovan taking over the role of Billy Flynn.
Chicago is now playing at QPAC until December 6, tickets for both Brisbane and Melbourne can be purchased at www.chicagothemusical.com.au
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Peter is a British born creative, working in the live entertainment industry. He holds an honours degree in Performing Arts and has over 12 years combined work experience in producing, directing and managing artistic programs & events. Peter has traversed the UK, Europe and Australia pursuing his interest in theatre. He is inspired by great stories and passionately driven by pursuing opportunities to tell them.


Born March 23, 1941 in Pasco, Washington, James Parker Sroufe passed away in Bellevue, Washington on March 29, 2019. Parker was the oldest of three sons of James Parker and Helen Marsh Sroufe. He attended Lincoln High School in Seattle through his junior year in 1958 when his family moved to Anchorage, Alaska. Parker graduated from Anchorage High as a Merit Scholar.
He was an entrepreneur from the start, establishing a pattern of adventurousness and hard work that took him through a diverse business career. In Alaska, Parker worked construction jobs to finance his way through college. He joined Theta Chi fraternity and graduated from the University of Washington with a BA in Economics in 1963. He served in the Army Reserves from 1965 to 1972. Parker married his life partner, Evelyn, in 1965.
Parker worked for Boeing after graduation, but chafed at large company regimentation. To escape it in 1970, he and a fraternity brother bought a tavern in Bellingham, beginning a roller-coaster lesson in running businesses. Years later, he testified in federal court against the sellers, low-level Seattle mobsters guilty of tax evasion. Parker concluded that his accountant was doing much better providing services than he was doing as an owner, so he and his partner sold the tavern and he embarked on a career in public accounting with what was then Peat, Marwick & Mitchell.
Public accounting launched Parker into a series of CFO and CEO positions in various industries—from Unico Properties (property development and management) where he oversaw the launch of the Fifth Avenue Theater, to Princess Cruises (cruise ships), to Attachmate Corporation (emulation software), to ESCA Corporation (software for large-scale power grids), to Ostex Corporation (biotech). He enjoyed mentoring others and as a boss, sought to treat his subordinates and partners as if: "everyone is a volunteer".
Parker co-founded a successful hedge fund, Webster Capital, in 1996, with partners in Chicago, capitalizing on his fascination—starting with his economics studies–with how financial markets work. He closed the fund in 2000 to develop and pursue trading theories and strategies for his own account.
Parker was always an active part of his community, serving as Chair of the Seattle Children's Home and as Chair of the Broadmoor Homeowner's Association. In 1987, he helped form the first University of Washington Economics Department Visiting Committee and became its first Chair. A fervent believer in the power of economics to explain human behavior, he was an articulate advocate for the study of economics and recruited a strong committee to carry on the mission. To promote diversity, he established a scholarship for disadvantaged students studying economics.
Parker was a lifelong learner, and soaked up history, art and culture (along with some good food and wine) on his travels, primarily to Europe. Closer to home, he learned how to ride Western-style and herd, brand and vaccinate cattle from the hands at the Ponderosa Ranch in Eastern Oregon. In his 70s, he began salsa dancing and cut a dashing figure at the Century Ballroom.
Parker was diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease in 2008, but faced it with grace and courage. His ranch experience had taught him how to "cowboy up" when confronted with tough problems. He continued to travel and explore new places through 2018, before finally succumbing to complications from Parkinson's. He maintained his spirit and unique wit to the end.
Parker outlived his mother and father and one brother, Russell. He is survived by his wife, Evelyn Cruz Sroufe, his brother, John Sroufe, and a multitude of family and friends. Parker will be buried at Calvary Cemetery in Seattle. Remembrances may be sent to the University of Washington School of Economics, J. Parker and Evelyn Cruz Sroufe Endowed Scholarship.


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PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLA – July 7, 2016 – Laura King, Vice President at First Citizens Bank is celebrating her 12th year at First Citizens Bank.
King continues to be a top performer for First Citizens Bank. She was first recognized amongst her peers in 2006, several times since and most recently April 2016. King credits her success to immersing herself as a key resource in the community and making a difference for the local businesses.


Not Turkey , Jude- beef today!
Ah, the anticipation… I hope it was delicious, Sue.
Very good indeed, Pete! And yours?
Thanks, Jo! I'm having a lovely day – and you?
Lovely traditional looking setting. I'll have a Chardonnay with mine thank you. Hope it was a good day for you Sue.
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Nipsey Hussle is honored posthumously with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in the category of Recording, Monday, Aug. 15, 2022, in Los Angeles. Ermias "Nipsey Hussle" Asghedom, pictured, was a recording artist, activist and entrepreneur. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
Family members of the late rapper Nipsey Hussle gathered on what would have been his 37th birthday for the unveiling of his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
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\section{Introduction}
\label{sec:intro}

This paper is a direct continuation of our previous work
\cite{Dubnicka:2010kz} where we have analyzed the strong decays of
the charmonium--like state $X(3872)$
in the framework of our relativistic constituent quark model
which includes infrared confinement in an effective way \cite{Branz:2009cd}.
In our approach the X(3872) meson is interpreted as a tetraquark state with
the quantum numbers $J^{PC}=1^{++}$ as in \cite{Maiani:2004vq}. In this paper
we analyze the one-photon decay $X\to \gamma +\ensuremath{J\!/\!\psi}\xspace$ in the same tetraquark
picture. The electromagnetic interaction is incorporated
into our relativistic nonlocal effective Lagrangian in a gauge invariant
way using the P-exponential path-independent formalism.

We begin by collecting the experimental data relevant for our purposes.
A narrow charmonium--like state $X(3872)$ was observed in 2003
in the exclusive decay process $B^\pm\to K^\pm\pi^+\pi^-\ensuremath{J\!/\!\psi}\xspace$
\cite{Choi:2003ue}.
The  $X(3872)$ decays into $\pi^+\pi^-\ensuremath{J\!/\!\psi}\xspace$ and has a mass of
$m_X=3872.0 \pm 0.6 ({\rm stat}) \pm 0.5 ({\rm syst}) $
very close to the $m_{D^0}+m_{D^{\ast\,0}}=3871.81 \pm 0.25$ mass threshold
\cite{PDG}.
Its width was found to be less than 2.3 MeV at $90\%$ confidence level.
The state was confirmed in B-decays by the \babar experiment
\cite{Aubert:2004fc}
and in $p\overline{p}$ production
by the Tevatron experiments CDF \cite{Acosta:2003zx} and D\O{}
\cite{Abazov:2004kp}. The most precise measurement up to now was done
in \cite{CDF} with $m_X=3871.61 \pm 0.16 \pm 0.19 $. The new average
mass given in \cite{Acosta:2003zx} is

\begin{equation}
m_X=3871.51 \pm 0.22 \, {\rm MeV}.
\end{equation}

The Belle Collaboration  has reported \cite{Abe:2005ix}
evidence for the decay modes $X(3872)\to\gamma +\ensuremath{J\!/\!\psi}\xspace$ and to
$X\to\pi^+\pi^-\pi^0\ensuremath{J\!/\!\psi}\xspace$:

\begin{eqnarray}
{\cal B}(B\to X K)\cdot {\cal B}(X\to\gamma +\ensuremath{J\!/\!\psi}\xspace)
 &=&
(1.8 \pm 0.6\, {\rm (stat)} \pm 0.1\, {\rm (syst)}) \times 10^{-6}\,,
\nonumber\\
\frac{\Gamma(X\to\gamma + \ensuremath{J\!/\!\psi}\xspace)}{\Gamma(X\to\pi^+\pi^-\ensuremath{J\!/\!\psi}\xspace)}
&=& 0.14\pm 0.05\,,
\nonumber\\
\frac{{\cal B}(X\to\pi^+\pi^-\pi^0\ensuremath{J\!/\!\psi}\xspace)}{{\cal B}(X\to\pi^+\pi^-\ensuremath{J\!/\!\psi}\xspace)}
&=& 1.0\pm 0.4\, {\rm (stat)}\pm 0.3\, {\rm (syst)}\,.
\label{eq:BELLE}
\ena

These observations imply strong isospin violation because the three-pion decay
proceeds via an intermediate $\omega$ meson with isospin 0 whereas
the two-pion decay proceeds via the intermediate $\rho$ meson with isospin 1.
It is evident that the two-pion decay via the intermediate $\rho$ meson is
very difficult
to explain by using an interpretation of the $X(3872)$ as a
simple $c\bar c$ charmonium state with isospin 0.

 In an analysis of $B^+\rightarrow \ensuremath{J\!/\!\psi}\xspace\,\gamma\, K^+$ decays, the \babar
Collaboration  \cite{Aubert:2006aj} found evidence
for the radiative decay $X(3872)\rightarrow \gamma + \ensuremath{J\!/\!\psi}\xspace$
with a statistical significance of $3.4\sigma$.
They reported the following values for   the product of branching fractions

\begin{equation}
\mathcal{B}(B^+\rightarrow X K^+)\cdot
\mathcal{B}(X\rightarrow \gamma + \ensuremath{J\!/\!\psi}\xspace) =
(3.3\pm 1.0\, {\rm (stat)}\pm 0.3 \, {\rm (syst)}) \times 10^{-6}\,.
\label{eq:BABAR_1}
\end{equation}

The Belle Collaboration reported \cite{Gokhroo:2006bt}
the first observation of a near-threshold enhancement
in the  $D^0\bar D^0 \pi^0$ system from $B\rightarrow D^0\bar D^0 \pi^0 K$.
The enhancement peaks at a mass of
$M=3875.2\pm  0.7_{-1.6}^{+0.3}\pm 0.8$~MeV. The branching fraction
for events in the peak is

\begin{equation}
\mathcal{B}(B\rightarrow D^0\bar D^0 \pi^0 K)
=
(1.22\pm 0.31^{+0.23}_{-0.30}) \times 10^{-4}\,.
\label{eq:BELLE-DDpi}
\end{equation}

All available experimental data up to 2007 were analyzed in
\cite{Klempt:2007cp}.
The authors found that \cite{Klempt:2007cp}

\begin{eqnarray}
\mathcal{B}(B^+\rightarrow X K^+) &=& 1.30^{+0.20}_{-0.34}\times 10^{-4}\,,
\nonumber\\
\frac{\Gamma(X\to\gamma + \ensuremath{J\!/\!\psi}\xspace)}{\Gamma(X\to\pi^+\pi^-\ensuremath{J\!/\!\psi}\xspace)}
&=& 0.22\pm 0.06\,.
\label{eq:Zaitsev}
\ena

 The \babar Collaboration found evidence for the decays
$X\rightarrow \gamma +\ensuremath{J\!/\!\psi}\xspace$ and $X\rightarrow \gamma + \psi(2S)$ in their data
sample of the $B\rightarrow c\bar c\,\gamma K$ decays.
The measured products of branching fractions are \cite{:2008rn}

\begin{eqnarray}
{\cal B}(B^\pm\rightarrow X K^\pm)\cdot
{\cal B}(X\rightarrow \gamma + \ensuremath{J\!/\!\psi}\xspace)
&=& (2.8\pm 0.8\, {\rm (stat)}\pm 0.1\, {\rm (syst)})\times 10^{-6}\,,
\nonumber\\
{\cal B}(B^\pm\rightarrow X K^\pm)\cdot
{\cal B}(X\rightarrow \gamma + \psi(2S))
&=& (9.5\pm 2.7\, {(\rm stat)}\pm 0.6\, {(\rm syst)})\times 10^{-6}.
\label{eq:BABAR-new}
\ena

There have been many theoretical attempts to unravel the structure of the
$X(3872)$ and its decays. Many of
the theoretical predictions for the decay $X(3872)\to \gamma + \ensuremath{J\!/\!\psi}\xspace$ published
up to now are very model dependent. We mention some of them in turn.

All possible $1D$ and $2P$ $c\bar c$ assignments for the X(3872) were
considered in \cite{Barnes:2003vb}. The authors obtained
$E1$ radiative widths for decays into charmonium $c\bar c$ states
as well as for some strong decays taking the experimental mass
as input. The conclusion was that many of the possible $J^{PC}$ assignments
can be eliminated
due to the smallness of the observed total width. The suggestion was that
radiative transitions could be used to test the remaining $J^{PC}$ assignments.

Some tests of the hypothesis that the $X(3872)$ is a weakly bound
$D^0\bar D^{0*}$ molecule state were suggested in \cite{Swanson:2004pp}.
It was proposed that measuring the $3\pi \ensuremath{J\!/\!\psi}\xspace$, $\gamma + \ensuremath{J\!/\!\psi}\xspace$,
$\gamma + \psi'$, $\bar K K^*$, and $\pi\rho$
decay modes of the $X$  will serve as a definitive diagnostic tool to confirm or
to rule out the molecule hypothesis.

 Assuming that the $X(3872)$ state has the structure
$(D^0\bar D^{0\,\ast}  -D^{0\,\ast}\bar D^{0})/\sqrt{2}$ with quantum
numbers $J^{PC} = 1^{++}$,
the $X(3872)\to \gamma + \ensuremath{J\!/\!\psi}\xspace$ decay width was calculated
using a phenomenological  Lagrangian approach \cite{Dong:2008gb}.
The calculated value of the radiative decay width varied
from 125 KeV to 250 KeV depending on the model parameters.

QCD  sum rules were used in \cite{Nielsen:2010ij} to calculate the width  of the radiative decay
of the meson  $X(3872)$, which was assumed to be a  mixture between charmonium  and
exotic  molecular    $[c\bar{q}][q\bar{c}]$    states   with $J^{PC}=1^{++}$.
In a  small range for  the values of the  mixing  angle, one obtains

\begin{equation}
\frac{\Gamma(X\to \gamma +\ensuremath{J\!/\!\psi}\xspace)}{\Gamma(X\to \ensuremath{J\!/\!\psi}\xspace~\pi^+\pi^-)}=
0.19 \pm 0.13\,.
\end{equation}
Our paper is organized as follows. In Sec.~II we gauge
a nonlocal effective Lagrangian describing the interaction
of the X(3872) meson with its constituent quarks by using the
P-exponential path-independent formalism developed in
\cite{Ivanov:1996pz,gauging}.
In Sec.~III we calculate  the matrix element of the radiative transition
$X\to \gamma+ \ensuremath{J\!/\!\psi}\xspace $ and prove its gauge invariance analytically.
In Sec.~IV we present the results of our numerical analysis.
First, we check numerically that the final amplitude is gauge invariant.
Second, we introduce infrared confinement as was done
in our previous papers Refs.~\cite{Dubnicka:2010kz,Branz:2009cd}
and evaluate the $X\to \gamma + \ensuremath{J\!/\!\psi}\xspace $ decay width.
Finally, in Sec.~V we summarize our results. In an Appendix we describe how
the two helicity or the two multipole amplitudes of the process can be
obtained from the gauge invariant transition amplitude by covariant
projection.

\section{Theoretical framework}

The effective interaction Lagrangians describing the coupling
of the charmonium-like meson such as the $X(3872)$ to four quarks,
and the coupling of the charmonium $\ensuremath{J\!/\!\psi}\xspace$ state
to its two constituent quarks are written in the form
(see Ref.~\cite{Dubnicka:2010kz})

\begin{eqnarray}
{\cal L}_{\rm int} &=&  g_X\,X_{q\,\mu}(x)\cdot J^\mu_{X_q}(x)
                    + g_{\ensuremath{J\!/\!\psi}\xspace}\,\ensuremath{J\!/\!\psi}\xspace_{\mu}(x)\cdot J^\mu_{\ensuremath{J\!/\!\psi}\xspace}(x)
 \qquad (q=u,d).
\label{eq:lag}
\ena

The nonlocal interpolating quark currents read

\begin{eqnarray}
J^\mu_{X_q}(x) &=& \int\! dx_1\ldots \int\! dx_4
\,\delta\left(x-\sum\limits_{i=1}^4 w_i x_i\right)
\Phi_X\Big(\sum\limits_{i<j} (x_i-x_j)^2 \Big)
\nonumber\\
&\times&
\tfrac{1}{\sqrt{2}}\, \varepsilon_{abc}\varepsilon_{dec} \,
\Big\{\, [q_a(x_4)C\gamma^5 c_b(x_1)][\bar q_d(x_3)\gamma^\mu C \bar c_e(x_2)]
        +(\gamma^5\leftrightarrow \gamma^\mu)
\,\Big\},\nonumber\\
&&\nonumber\\
w_1&=&w_2  =\frac{m_c}{2(m_q+m_c)}\equiv \frac{w_c}{2}, \qquad
w_3 = w_4  =\frac{m_q}{2(m_q+m_c)}\equiv \frac{w_q}{2}, \nonumber\\
&&\nonumber\\
J^\mu_{\ensuremath{J\!/\!\psi}\xspace}(y) &=&  \int\! dy_1 \int\! dy_2\,
\delta\left(y-\frac12 (y_1+y_2)\right)
\Phi_{\ensuremath{J\!/\!\psi}\xspace}\Big((y_1-y_2)^2 \Big)
\bar c_a(y_1) \gamma^\mu c_a(y_2).
\label{eq:currents}
\ena

The matrix $C=\gamma^0\gamma^2$ is related to the charge conjugation
matrix: $C=C^\dagger=C^{-1}=-C^T$, $C\Gamma^TC^{-1}=\pm\Gamma$, ($"+"$ for
$\Gamma=S,P,A$ and $"-"$ for $\Gamma=V,T$).
We follow \cite{Maiani:2004vq} and take the tetraquark state to be a linear
superposition of the $X_u$ and $X_d$ states  according to

\begin{eqnarray}
X_l\equiv X_{\rm low} &=&\hspace{0.2cm}  X_u\, \cos\theta +  X_d\, \sin\theta,\nonumber\\
X_h\equiv X_{\rm high} &=& - X_u\, \sin\theta +  X_d\, \cos\theta.
\label{eq:mixing}
\ena

The coupling constant $g_X$ in Eq.~(\ref{eq:lag}) will be determined from
the compositeness condition $Z_{H}=0$ (see
e.g. Refs.~\cite{SWH,Efimov:1993ei}).
The compositeness condition requires that the renormalization constant
$Z_H$ of the  elementary meson $X$ is set to zero, i.e.

\begin{equation}
\label{eq:Z=0}
Z_H = 1-\Pi_H^\prime(p^{2}_{H}=m^2_H)=0,
\end{equation}
where $\Pi_X(p^2)$ is the scalar part of the meson mass operator and the
prime stands for the derivative w.r.t. $p^{2}_{H}$.
For the spin one states $X(3872)$ and $\ensuremath{J\!/\!\psi}\xspace$ the compositeness condition reads
\begin{eqnarray}
\Pi^{\mu\nu}_V(p) &=& g^{\mu\nu} \Pi_V(p^2) + p^\mu p^\nu \Pi^{(1)}_V(p^2),\nonumber\\
 \Pi_V(p^2) &=& \frac{1}{3}\left(g_{\mu\nu}-\frac{p_\mu p_\nu}{p^2}\right)
                \Pi^{\mu\nu}_V(p).
\label{eq:mass}
\ena
The $X$ meson mass operator can be calculated from the self--energy three-loop
sunrise--type diagram with four quark-antiquark propagators. The calculation
is described in more detail in Ref.~\cite{Dubnicka:2010kz}.

As in the case of baryons composed of three quarks it is convenient to
transform to Jacobi coordinates in the integrals of
Eq.~(\ref{eq:currents}). In the case of four quarks one has

\begin{eqnarray}
x_1&=&x  +  \frac{2w_2+w_3+w_4}{2\sqrt{2}} \rho_1
           -  \frac{w_3-w_4}{2\sqrt{2}} \rho_2
           +  \frac{w_3+w_4}{2}\rho_3\equiv x + \sum_{j=1}^3 c_{1j}\rho_j, \nonumber\\
x_2&=&x  -  \frac{2w_1+w_3+w_4}{2\sqrt{2}} \rho_1
           -  \frac{w_3-w_4}{2\sqrt{2}} \rho_2
           +  \frac{w_3+w_4}{2}\rho_3\equiv x + \sum_{j=1}^3 c_{2j}\rho_j, \nonumber\\
x_3&=&x  -  \frac{w_1-w_2}{2\sqrt{2}} \rho_1
           +  \frac{w_1+w_2+2w_4}{2\sqrt{2}} \rho_2
           -  \frac{w_1+w_2}{2}\rho_3\equiv x + \sum_{j=1}^3 c_{3j}\rho_j, \nonumber\\
x_4&=&x  -  \frac{w_1-w_2}{2\sqrt{2}} \rho_1
           -  \frac{w_1+w_2+2w_3}{2\sqrt{2}} \rho_2
           -  \frac{w_1+w_2}{2}\rho_3\equiv x + \sum_{j=1}^3 c_{4j}\rho_j,
\label{eq:Jacobi-4}
\ena
where $x=\sum\limits_{i=1}^4 x_i w_i$ and
$\sum\limits_{1\le i< j\le 4} (x_i-x_j)^2 =\sum\limits_{i=1}^3 \rho_i^2.$
The inverse transformation reads
\begin{equation}
\rho_1 = \sqrt{2}\,(x_1-x_2), \quad
\rho_2 = \sqrt{2}\,(x_3-x_4), \quad
\rho_3 = x_1+x_2-x_3-x_4.
\nonumber
\end{equation}
In the case of two quarks as e.g. in the $\ensuremath{J\!/\!\psi}\xspace$ case one has
\begin{equation}
y_1 = y + \frac12 \rho, \quad  y_2= y - \frac12 \rho.
\label{eq:Jacobi-2}
\end{equation}
One then has
\begin{eqnarray}
J^\mu_{X_q}(x) &=&
\int\! d\vec\rho\,\Phi_X(\vec\rho^{\,2})\,J^\mu_{4q}(x_1,\ldots,x_4),
\nonumber\\
J^\mu_{4q}(x_1,\ldots,x_4) &=&
\tfrac{1}{\sqrt{2}}\, \varepsilon_{abc}\varepsilon_{dec} \,
\Big\{\, [q_a(x_4)C\gamma^5 c_b(x_1)][\bar q_d(x_3)\gamma^\mu C \bar c_e(x_2)]
        +(\gamma^5\leftrightarrow \gamma^\mu)
\,\Big\},
\nonumber\\
&&\nonumber\\
J^\mu_{\ensuremath{J\!/\!\psi}\xspace}(y) &=&  \int\! d\rho\, \Phi_{\ensuremath{J\!/\!\psi}\xspace}(\rho^{2} ) J^\mu_{2q}(y_1,y_2),
\qquad
 J^\mu_{2q}(y_1,y_2) = \bar c_a(y_1) \gamma^\mu c_a(y_2),
\label{eq:currents-Jacobi}
\ena
where $d\vec\rho=d\rho_1d\rho_2d\rho_3$ and $
\vec\rho^{\, 2}=\rho_1^2+\rho_2^2+\rho_3^2$.
The Jacobian is absorbed into the coupling $g_X$.

The gauge invariant interaction of a bound quark state with the
electromagnetic field has been described in some detail
in Ref.~\cite{Ivanov:1996pz}. For comprehensive
purposes we recall some of the key points of the gauging process. Since the
$X(3872)$ and $\ensuremath{J\!/\!\psi}\xspace$ mesons are neutral mesons we will discuss the charged
quarks only.
The free Lagrangian of quarks is gauged in the standard manner by using minimal
substitution:

\begin{equation}
\label{eq:free-quark}
\partial^\mu q \to (\partial^\mu - ie_q A^\mu) q,
\qquad
\partial^\mu \bar q \to (\partial^\mu +ie_q A^\mu)\bar q,
\end{equation}
where $e_q$ is the  quark's charge
($e_u= \tfrac23\, e$, $e_d=-\,\tfrac13\, e$, etc.).
Minimal substitution gives us the
first piece of the electromagnetic interaction Lagrangian

\begin{equation}
\label{eq:quark_em}
{\cal L}^{\rm em (1)}_{\rm int}(x) =
\sum_q e_q\, A_\mu(x)\,J^\mu_q(x), \qquad
 J^\mu_q(x) = \bar q(x) \gamma^\mu q(x).
\end{equation}

In order to guarantee gauge invariance of the nonlocal strong interaction
Lagrangian, one multiplies each quark field $q(x_i)$ in  the relevant
quark current $J^\mu(x)$ given by Eq.~(\ref{eq:currents-Jacobi})
by a gauge field exponential according to

\begin{eqnarray}
\label{eq:gauging}
 q(x_i) &\to& e^{-ie_q I(x_i,x,P)}\,  q(x_i),\qquad
\bar q(x_i) \to e^{ie_q I(x_i,x,P)}\,  \bar q(x_i),
\nonumber\\
&&\nonumber\\
I(x_i,x,P) &=& \int\limits_x^{x_i} dz_\mu A^\mu(z).
\ena
where $P$ is the path taken from $x$ to $x_i$.
It is readily seen that the full Lagrangian Eq.~(\ref{eq:lag}) is invariant
under the local gauge transformations
\begin{eqnarray}
q(x_i) &\to& e^{ie_q f(x_i)} q(x_i),    \qquad
\bar q(x_i) \to e^{-ie_q f(x_i)} \bar q(x_i),
\nonumber\\
A^\mu(z)&\to& A^\mu(z)+\partial^\mu f(z), \quad\text{so that} \quad
I(x_i,x,P)\to I(x_i,x,P) + f(x_i) - f(x).
\label{eq:gauge-group}
\ena

The second term of the electromagnetic interaction Lagrangian
${\cal L}^{em}_{\rm int; 2}$ arises when one expands the gauge exponential
in powers of $A_\mu$ up to the order of perturbation
theory that one is considering.
Superficially the results appear to depend on the path $P$
which connects the endpoints in the path integral in Eq~(\ref{eq:gauging}).
However, one needs to know only derivatives of the path
integrals when doing the perturbative expansion.
One can make use of the formalism developed in~\cite{gauging}
which is based on the path-independent definition of the derivative of
$I(x,y,P)$:
\begin{eqnarray}\label{eq:path1}
\lim\limits_{dx^\mu \to 0} dx^\mu
\frac{\partial}{\partial x^\mu} I(x,y,P) \, = \,
\lim\limits_{dx^\mu \to 0} [ I(x + dx,y,P^\prime) - I(x,y,P) ]\,,
\end{eqnarray}
where the path $P^\prime$ is obtained from $P$ by shifting the endpoint $x$
by $dx$.
Use of the definition (\ref{eq:path1})
leads to the key rule
\begin{eqnarray}\label{eq:path2}
\frac{\partial}{\partial x^\mu} I(x,y,P) = A_\mu(x)
\end{eqnarray}
which states that the derivative of the path integral $I(x,y,P)$ does
not depend on the path $P$ originally used in the definition. The nonminimal
substitution (\ref{eq:gauging}) is therefore completely equivalent to the
minimal prescription as is evident from the identities (\ref{eq:path1}) or
(\ref{eq:path2}).
The method of deriving Feynman rules for the nonlocal coupling
of hadrons to photons and quarks was worked out before in
Refs.~\cite{Ivanov:1996pz,gauging}
and will be discussed in the next section
where we apply the formalism to the physical processes considered in this
paper.

Expanding the Lagrangian  up to the first
order in $A^{\mu}$ one obtains
\begin{eqnarray}
{\cal L}^{\rm em (2)}_{\rm int}(x) &=&
g_X\,X_{q\,\mu}(x)\cdot J^\mu_{X_q -\rm em}(x)
                    + g_{\ensuremath{J\!/\!\psi}\xspace}\,\ensuremath{J\!/\!\psi}\xspace_{\mu}(x)\cdot J^\mu_{\ensuremath{J\!/\!\psi}\xspace-\rm em}(x)
 \qquad (q=u,d),
\nonumber\\
&&\nonumber\\
J^\mu_{X_q -\rm em} &=& \int\! d\vec\rho\,\Phi_X(\vec\rho^{\,2})\,
J^\mu_{4q}(x_1,\ldots,x_4)\,
\Big\{ ie_q\,[I^{x_3}_x-I^{x_4}_x] +  ie_c\,[I^{x_2}_x-I^{x_1}_x] \Big\},
\nonumber\\
&&\nonumber\\
J^\mu_{\ensuremath{J\!/\!\psi}\xspace -\rm em} &=& \int\! d\rho\,\Phi_{\ensuremath{J\!/\!\psi}\xspace}(\rho^{\,2})\,J^\mu_{2q}(x_1,x_2)\,
ie_c\,[I^{x_1}_x-I^{x_2}_x],
\qquad
I^{x_i}_x  \equiv I(x_i,x,P).
\label{eq:hadron_quark_em}
\ena

In order to use the key rule Eq.~(\ref{eq:path2})
we take the Fourier-transforms for the vertex functions~$\Phi$
and quark fields~$q$
\begin{eqnarray}
\Phi_X(\vec\rho^{\,2}) &=& \int\frac{d^4\vec\omega}{(2\pi)^4}
\widetilde\Phi_X(-\vec\omega^{\,2})
e^{-i\vec\rho\vec\omega} = \widetilde\Phi_X(\vec\partial_\rho^{\,2})\,
\delta^{(4)}(\vec\rho),
\nonumber\\
\Phi_{\ensuremath{J\!/\!\psi}\xspace}(\rho^{\,2}) &=& \int\frac{d^4\omega}{(2\pi)^4}
\widetilde\Phi_{\ensuremath{J\!/\!\psi}\xspace}(-\omega^{\,2})
e^{-i\rho\omega} = \widetilde\Phi_{\ensuremath{J\!/\!\psi}\xspace}(\partial_\rho^{\,2})\,\delta^{(4)}(\rho),
\nonumber\\
 q(x_i) &=&  \int\frac{d^4p_i}{(2\pi)^4} e^{-ip_ix_i}\tilde q(p_i), \qquad
 \bar q(x_i) =  \int\frac{d^4p_i}{(2\pi)^4} e^{ip_ix_i} \tilde{\bar q}(p_i)\,.
\label{eq:Fourier}
\ena

One then writes down

\begin{eqnarray}
J^\mu_{X_q -\rm em} &=& \prod\limits_{i=1}^4\int \frac{d^4p_i}{(2\pi)^4}
\widetilde J^\mu_{4q}(p_1,\ldots,p_4)
\!\int\! d\vec\rho\,\delta^{(4)}(\vec\rho)
\widetilde\Phi_X(\vec\partial_\rho^{\,2})\,
e^{-i(p_1x_1-p_2x_2-p_3x_3+p_4x_4)}
\Big\{ ie_q\,[I^{x_3}_x-I^{x_4}_x] +  ie_c\,[I^{x_2}_x-I^{x_1}_x] \Big\}
\nonumber\\
&=& \prod\limits_{i=1}^4\int \frac{d^4p_i}{(2\pi)^4}
\widetilde J^\mu_{4q}(p_1,\ldots,p_4)e^{-i(p_1-p_2-p_3+p_4)x}
\!\int\! d\vec\rho\,\delta^{(4)}(\vec\rho)
e^{-i\vec\rho\vec\omega}\widetilde\Phi_X(\vec D_\rho^{\,2})\,
\Big\{ ie_q\,[I^{x_3}_x-I^{x_4}_x] +  ie_c\,[I^{x_2}_x-I^{x_1}_x] \Big\},
\nonumber\\
&&\nonumber\\
J^\mu_{\ensuremath{J\!/\!\psi}\xspace -\rm em} &=& \prod\limits_{i=1}^2\int \frac{d^4p_i}{(2\pi)^4}
\widetilde J^\mu_{2q}(p_1,p_2)
\!\int\! d\rho\,\delta^{(4)}(\rho)\widetilde\Phi_{\ensuremath{J\!/\!\psi}\xspace}(\partial_\rho^2)\,
e^{i(p_1x_1-p_2x_2)}
ie_c\,[I^{x_1}_x-I^{x_2}_x]
\nonumber\\
&=&\prod\limits_{i=1}^2\int \frac{d^4p_i}{(2\pi)^4}
\widetilde J^\mu_{2q}(p_1,p_2)e^{i(p_1-p_2)x}
\!\int\! d\rho\,\delta^{(4)}(\rho)
e^{ip\rho}\widetilde\Phi_{\ensuremath{J\!/\!\psi}\xspace}(D_\rho^2)\,
ie_c\,[I^{x_1}_x-I^{x_2}_x],
\nonumber\\
&&\nonumber\\
D^\mu_{\rho_i} &=& \partial^\mu_{\rho_i}-i\omega^\mu_i, \qquad
D^\mu_{\rho}   = \partial^\mu_{\rho}+ip^\mu,
\label{eq:hadron_quark_em_1}
\ena
where

\begin{eqnarray}
\omega_1 &=& c_{11}p_1-c_{21}p_2-c_{31}p_3+c_{41}p_4,
\nonumber\\
\omega_2 &=& c_{12}p_1-c_{22}p_2-c_{32}p_3+c_{42}p_4,
\nonumber\\
\omega_3 &=& c_{13}p_1-c_{23}p_2-c_{33}p_3+c_{43}p_4,
\nonumber\\
p &=& \tfrac12 (p_1+p_2).
\label{eq:omega}
\ena

Finally, we employ a convenient identity which was proven in
\cite{Ivanov:1996pz}. The identity reads

\begin{eqnarray}
F(D^2_{\rho_j}) I_x^{x_i} &=&
\int\limits_0^1\! d\tau F^\prime( \tau D^2_{\rho_j} - (1-\tau)\omega^2_j )\,
c_{ij}\,\Big( \partial^\nu_{\rho_j}A_\nu(x_i) - 2\,i\,\omega^\nu_j A_\nu(x_i) \Big)
+F(-\omega_j^2)I^{x_i}_x
\label{eq:key-formula}\,.
\ena
The identity holds for any function $F(z)$ that is analytical at $z=0$.

One obtains

\begin{eqnarray}
J^\mu_{X_q -\rm em}(x) &=& \prod\limits_{i=1}^4 \!\int\!d^4x_i\!\int\! d^4y \,
J^\mu_{4q}(x_1,\ldots,x_4)\,A_\rho(y)\,E_X^\rho(x;x_1,\ldots,x_4,y),
\label{eq:X-em-2}\\
E_X^\rho(x;x_1,\ldots,x_4,y) &=&
\prod\limits_{i=1}^4\!\int\!\frac{d^4p_i}{(2\pi)^4}\!\int\!\frac{d^4r}{(2\pi)^4}
e^{-ip_1(x-x_1)+ip_2(x-x_2)+ip_3(x-x_3)-ip_4(x-x_4)-ir(x-y)}\,
\widetilde E_X^\rho(p_1,\ldots,p_4,r),
\nonumber\\
\widetilde E_X^\rho(p_1,\ldots,p_4,r) &=& \int\limits_0^1 d\tau
\sum\limits_{j=1}^3
\Big\{
e_c\left[
-\widetilde\Phi_X^\prime(-z_{1j})\,l^\rho_{1j}
+\widetilde\Phi_X^\prime(-z_{2j})\,l^\rho_{2j}
\right]
+
e_q\left[
-\widetilde\Phi_X^\prime(-z_{4j})\,l^\rho_{4j}
+\widetilde\Phi_X^\prime(-z_{3j})\,l^\rho_{3j}
\right]
\Big\}
\nonumber\\
&&\nonumber\\
l_{ij} &=& c_{ij}\,(c_{ij}r + 2\,\omega_j), \qquad (i=1,\ldots,4;j=1,\,\ldots,3),
\nonumber\\
z_{i1} &=& \tau\,(c_{i1}r+\omega_1)^2+(1-\tau)\,\omega_1^2+\omega_2^2+\omega_3^2,
\nonumber\\
z_{i2} &=& (c_{i1}r+\omega_1)^2 + \tau\,(c_{i2}r+\omega_2)^2
         + (1-\tau)\,\omega_2^2 + \omega_3^2,
\nonumber\\
z_{i3} &=& (c_{i1}r+\omega_1)^2 + (c_{i2}r+\omega_2)^2 + \tau\,(c_{i3}r+\omega_3)^2
         +(1-\tau)\,\omega_3^2.
\nonumber
\ena

\begin{eqnarray}
J^\nu_{\ensuremath{J\!/\!\psi}\xspace-\rm em}(y) &=&
\int\!d^4y_1\!\int\!d^4y_2\!\int\!d^4z\, J^\nu_{2q}(y_1,y_2)
\,A_\rho(z)\,E_{\ensuremath{J\!/\!\psi}\xspace}^\rho(y;y_1,y_2,z) \,,
\label{eq:X-em-3}\\
E_{\ensuremath{J\!/\!\psi}\xspace}^\rho(y;y_1,y_2,z) &=&
\int\!\frac{d^4p_1}{(2\pi)^4}\!\int\!\frac{d^4p_2}{(2\pi)^4}
\!\int\!\frac{d^4q}{(2\pi)^4}
e^{-ip_1(y_1-y)+ip_2(y_2-y)+iq(z-y)}\,
\widetilde E_{\ensuremath{J\!/\!\psi}\xspace}^\rho(p_1,p_2,q)\,,
\nonumber\\
\widetilde E_{\ensuremath{J\!/\!\psi}\xspace}^\rho(p_1,p_2,q) &=& e_c\int\limits_0^1 d\tau\,
\Big\{
-\widetilde\Phi_{\ensuremath{J\!/\!\psi}\xspace}^\prime(-z_{-})\,l^\rho_{-}
-\widetilde\Phi_{\ensuremath{J\!/\!\psi}\xspace}^\prime(-z_{+})\,l^\rho_{+}
\Big\}\,,
\nonumber\\
z_\mp &=& \tau\,(p\mp \tfrac12 q)-(1-\tau)\,p^2\,, \qquad
l_{\mp} = p \mp \tfrac14 q\,, \qquad p = \tfrac12\, (p_1+p_2)\,.
\nonumber
\ena

For calculational convenience we will choose a simple Gaussian form for the
vertex function $\bar \Phi_X(-\,\Omega^2)$.
The minus sign in the argument of the Gaussian function is chosen to emphasize
that we are working in Minkowski space. One has
\begin{equation}
\bar \Phi_X(-\,\Omega^2)
= \exp\left(\Omega^2/\Lambda_X^2\right)
\label{eq:Gauss}
\end{equation}
where the parameter $\Lambda_X$ characterizes the size of the X meson.
Since $\Omega^2$ turns into
$-\,\Omega^2$ in Euclidean space the form
(\ref{eq:Gauss}) has the appropriate fall-off behavior in the Euclidean region.
We emphasize that any choice for  $\Phi_X$ is appropriate
as long as it falls off sufficiently fast in the ultraviolet region of
Euclidean space to render the corresponding Feynman diagrams ultraviolet
finite. As mentioned before we shall choose a Gaussian form for $\Phi_X$
in our numerical calculation for calculational convenience.

\section{Matrix element for the decay \boldmath{$X\to \gamma +\ensuremath{J\!/\!\psi}\xspace $} }

The matrix element of the decay
$X(3872)\to \gamma + \ensuremath{J\!/\!\psi}\xspace$ can be calculated from
the Feynman diagrams shown in Fig.~\ref{fig:decay}.
The invariant matrix element for the decay is given by

\begin{figure}[ht]
\begin{tabular}{lr}
\includegraphics[scale=0.4]{fig_XJgam_a.eps} &
\includegraphics[scale=0.4]{fig_XJgam_b.eps}\\[2ex]
\includegraphics[scale=0.4]{fig_XJgam_c.eps} &
\includegraphics[scale=0.4]{fig_XJgam_d.eps}
\end{tabular}
\caption{
Feynman diagrams describing the decay
$X\to \gamma +  \ensuremath{J\!/\!\psi}\xspace$.
}
\label{fig:decay}
\end{figure}

\begin{equation}
M(X_q(p)\to\ensuremath{J\!/\!\psi}\xspace(q_1)\,\gamma(q_2)) =
i(2\pi)^4\delta^{(4)}(p-q_1-q_2)\,
\varepsilon_X^\mu\,\varepsilon^\rho_\gamma\,\varepsilon^\nu_{\ensuremath{J\!/\!\psi}\xspace}\,
T_{\mu\rho\nu}(q_1,q_2)\,,
\label{eq:matrix-element}
\end{equation}
where
\begin{eqnarray}
T_{\mu\rho\nu}(q_1,q_2) &=&\sum\limits_{i=a,b,c,d}T_{\mu\rho\nu}^{(i)}(q_1,q_2)\,,
\nonumber\\
T^{(a)}_{\mu\rho\nu} &=&
6\,\sqrt{2}\,g_X\, g_{\ensuremath{J\!/\!\psi}\xspace}\,e_q\,
\int\!\!\frac{d^4k_1}{(2\pi)^4i}\int\!\!\frac{d^4k_2}{(2\pi)^4i}
\widetilde\Phi_X\Big(-K_a^2\Big)
\widetilde\Phi_{\ensuremath{J\!/\!\psi}\xspace}\Big(-(k_1+\tfrac12 q_1)^2\Big)
\nonumber\\
&\times&
\tfrac12\, {\rm tr}\Big[\gamma_5 S_c(k_1)\gamma_\nu S_c(k_1+q_1)\gamma_\mu
S_q(k_2)\gamma_\rho S_q(k_2+q_2) - (\gamma_5\leftrightarrow \gamma_\mu)\Big]\,,
\nonumber\\
K^2_a &=& \tfrac12\,(k_1+\tfrac12\,q_1)^2 +  \tfrac12\,(k_2+\tfrac12\,q_2)^2
          + \tfrac14\,(w_q q_1 - w_c q_2)^2\,,
\nonumber\\
&&\nonumber\\
T^{(b)}_{\mu\rho\nu} &=&
6\,\sqrt{2}\,g_X\, g_{\ensuremath{J\!/\!\psi}\xspace}\,
\int\!\!\frac{d^4k_1}{(2\pi)^4i}\int\!\!\frac{d^4k_2}{(2\pi)^4i}
\widetilde\Phi_{\ensuremath{J\!/\!\psi}\xspace}\Big(-(k_2+\tfrac12 q_1)^2\Big)
{\widetilde E}_{X\,\rho}(p_1,\ldots,p_4,r)
\nonumber\\
&\times&
\tfrac12\, {\rm tr}\Big[\gamma_5 S_q(k_1)\gamma_\mu S_c(k_2)\gamma_\nu
S_c(k_2+q_1) - (\gamma_5\leftrightarrow \gamma_\mu)\Big]\,,
\nonumber\\
&&
p_1=k_2, \qquad p_2=k_2+q_1, \qquad p_3=p_4=-k_1, \qquad r=-q_2\,,
\nonumber\\
&&\nonumber\\
T^{(c)}_{\mu\rho\nu} &=&
6\,\sqrt{2}\,g_X\, g_{\ensuremath{J\!/\!\psi}\xspace}\,e_c
\int\!\!\frac{d^4k_1}{(2\pi)^4i}\int\!\!\frac{d^4k_2}{(2\pi)^4i}
\widetilde\Phi_X\Big(-K_c^2\Big)
\widetilde\Phi_{\ensuremath{J\!/\!\psi}\xspace}\Big(-(k_2 + q_2 + \tfrac12 q_1)^2\Big)
\nonumber\\
&\times&
\tfrac12\, {\rm tr}\Big[\gamma_5 S_q(k_1)\gamma_\mu S_c(k_2)\gamma_\rho
S_c(k_2+q_2)\gamma_\nu S_c(k_2+p)
- (\gamma_5\leftrightarrow \gamma_\mu)\Big]\,,
\nonumber\\
K^2_c &=& \tfrac12\,k_1^2 +  \tfrac12\,(k_2+\tfrac12\,p)^2
          + \tfrac14\,w_q^2 p^2\,,
\nonumber\\
&&\nonumber\\
T^{(d)}_{\mu\rho\nu} &=&
6\,\sqrt{2}\,g_X\, g_{\ensuremath{J\!/\!\psi}\xspace}\,e_c
\int\!\!\frac{d^4k_1}{(2\pi)^4i}\int\!\!\frac{d^4k_2}{(2\pi)^4i}
\widetilde\Phi_{X}\Big(-K_c^2\Big)
{\widetilde E}_{\ensuremath{J\!/\!\psi}\xspace\,\rho}(p_1,p_2,q)
\nonumber\\
&\times&
\tfrac12\, {\rm tr}\Big[\gamma_\mu S_q(k_1)\gamma_5 S_c(k_2)\gamma_\nu
S_c(k_2+p) - (\gamma_5\leftrightarrow \gamma_\mu)\Big]\,,
\nonumber\\
&&
p_1=-k_2-p, \qquad p_2=-k_2, \qquad q=-q_2\,.
\nonumber
\ena

We have analytically checked on the gauge invariance of the unintegrated
transition matrix element by contraction with the photon momentum $q_{2}$
which yields $q^\rho_2  T_{\mu\rho\nu}(q_1,q_2)=0$ using the identities

\begin{eqnarray}
&&
S(k_2)\!\not\! q_2 \,S(k_2+q_2) =  S(k_2+q_2) - S(k_2)\,,
\nonumber\\
&&\nonumber\\
&&
\int\limits_0^1 d\tau\,
\widetilde\Phi^\prime(-\tau\,a-(1-\tau)\,b)\,(a-b)=
\widetilde\Phi(-b)-\widetilde\Phi(-a).
\nonumber
\ena

\section{Numerical results}

The evaluation of the loop integrals in Eq.~(\ref{eq:matrix-element})
proceeds as described in our previous paper \cite{Dubnicka:2010kz}.
If one takes the on-mass shell conditions into account

\begin{equation}
\varepsilon_X^\mu  p_\mu=0, \qquad \varepsilon_{\ensuremath{J\!/\!\psi}\xspace}^\nu q_{1 \nu}=0, \qquad
\varepsilon_\gamma^\rho q_{2 \rho}=0
\label{eq:on-mass-shell}
\end{equation}
one can write down five seemingly independent Lorentz structures

\begin{equation}
\label{basis}
T_{\mu\rho\nu}(q_1,q_2) = \varepsilon_{q_2\mu\nu\rho} (q_1\cdot q_2)\,W_1
                      +\varepsilon_{q_1q_2\nu\rho} q_{1 \mu}\,W_2
                      +\varepsilon_{q_1q_2\mu\rho} q_{2 \nu}\,W_3
                      +\varepsilon_{q_1q_2\mu\nu} q_{1 \rho}\,W_4
                      +\varepsilon_{q_1\mu\nu\rho} (q_1\cdot q_2)\,W_5\,.
\end{equation}

Using the gauge invariance condition
\begin{equation}
q_2^\rho T_{\mu\rho\nu}=(q_1\cdot q_2)\varepsilon_{q_1q_2\mu\nu}(W_{4}+W_{5})
=0
\end{equation}
one has $W_{4}=-W_{5}$ which reduces the set of independent covariants to four:
\begin{equation}
\label{basis2}
T_{\mu\rho\nu}(q_1,q_2) = (q_1\cdot q_2)\,\varepsilon_{q_2\mu\nu\rho}\,W_1
                      +\varepsilon_{q_1q_2\nu\rho} q_{1 \mu}\,W_2
                      +\varepsilon_{q_1q_2\mu\rho} q_{2 \nu}\,W_3
 +\Big(
   \varepsilon_{q_1q_2\mu\nu} q_{1 \rho}
- (q_1\cdot q_2)\varepsilon_{q_1\mu\nu\rho}\Big)\,W_4\,.
\end{equation}
The gauge invariance condition $W_{4}=-W_{5}$
provides for a numerical check on the gauge invariance of our
calculation as described further on.

However, there are two nontrivial relations among the four covariants
which can be derived by noting \cite{Korner:2003zq} that the tensor
\begin{equation}
T_{\mu[\nu_{1}\nu_{2}\nu_{3}\nu_{4}\nu_{5}]}=
g_{\mu\nu_{1}}\varepsilon_{\nu_{2}\nu_{3}\nu_{4}\nu_{5}}
+{\rm cycl.}(\nu_{1}\nu_{2}\nu_{3}\nu_{4}\nu_{5})
\end{equation}
vanishes in four dimensions since it is totally antisymmetric in the five
indices $(\nu_{1},\nu_{2},\nu_{3},\nu_{4},\nu_{5})$. Upon contraction with
$q_{1}^{\mu}q_{1}^{\nu_{1}}q_{2}^{\nu_{2}}$ and
$q_{2}^{\mu}q_{1}^{\nu_{1}}q_{2}^{\nu_{2}}$ one finds (between polarization
vectors)
\begin{eqnarray}
&&
  q_1^2 \varepsilon_{q_2\mu\nu\rho}
+ \varepsilon_{q_1q_2\nu\rho} q_{1 \mu}
+\Big(\varepsilon_{q_1q_2\mu\nu} q_{1 \rho} - (q_1\cdot q_2) \varepsilon_{q_1\mu\nu\rho}\Big)
=0\,,
\label{constraint1}\\
&&
(q_1\cdot q_2)\varepsilon_{q_2\mu\nu\rho}
-\varepsilon_{q_1q_2\nu\rho} q_{1 \mu}
-\varepsilon_{q_1q_2\mu\rho} q_{2 \nu}
=0\,.
\label{constraint2}
\ena
The two conditions reduce the set of independent covariants to two.
This is the appropriate number of independent covariants since the photon
transition is described by two independent amplitudes as e.g. by the $E1$ and
$M2$ transition amplitudes.

Using the two constraint Eqs. (\ref{constraint1}) and (\ref{constraint2})
the expansion (\ref{basis2}) can be written in the form
\begin{equation}
\label{basis3}
T_{\mu\rho\nu}=
\left(W_{1}+W_{3}-\frac{m_{\ensuremath{J\!/\!\psi}\xspace}^{2}}{(q_{1}\cdot q_{2})}W_{4}\right)
\,\varepsilon_{q_1q_2\mu\rho} q_{2 \nu}
+\left(W_{1}+W_{2}-\left (1+\frac{m_{\ensuremath{J\!/\!\psi}\xspace}^{2}}{(q_{1}\cdot q_{2})}\right )
W_{4}\right) \,\varepsilon_{q_1q_2\nu\rho} q_{1 \mu}.
\end{equation}
By comparing with the corresponding expressions in the Appendix one notes that
the first and second terms in (\ref{basis3}) describe transitions into the
longitudinal and transverse components of the $\ensuremath{J\!/\!\psi}\xspace$.

The quantities $W_i$ are represented by the four-fold integrals
\begin{equation}
W_i=\int\limits_0^\infty\! dt\! \int\limits_0^1\! d^3 \beta\,
F_{i}(t,\beta_1,\beta_2,\beta_3)\,,
\label{eq:structures}
\end{equation}
where we have suppressed the additional dependence of the integrand $F_{i}$
on the set of variables $p^2,q_1^2,q_2^2;m_q,m_c,s_X,s_{\ensuremath{J\!/\!\psi}\xspace}$ with
$s_X=1/\Lambda_X^2$ and $s_{\ensuremath{J\!/\!\psi}\xspace}=1/\Lambda_{\ensuremath{J\!/\!\psi}\xspace}^2$.
The integrals in Eq.~(\ref{eq:structures})  have branch points
at $p^2=4(m_q+m_c)^2$ [diagram in Fig.~\ref{fig:decay}-a]
and at  $p^2=4 m_c^2$ [diagrams in Figs.~\ref{fig:decay}-b,c,d].
At these points the integrals become nonanalytical in the conventional sense
when $t\to \infty$. In order to check on the gauge invariance
of the amplitude $T_{\mu\rho\nu}(q_1,q_2)$,
we have taken the X-meson momentum squared to be below the closest
unitarity threshold, i.e. $p^2<4m_c^2$. We have checked explicitly that,
for $m_X=3.1$ GeV and $m_{\ensuremath{J\!/\!\psi}\xspace}=2.9$ GeV, the gauge condition $W_4=-W_5$
is numerically satisfied to very high accuracy. Note that the gauge invariance condition is
independent of the overall couplings $g_X$ and $g_{\ensuremath{J\!/\!\psi}\xspace}$ and thus the
numerical check can be done irrelevant of their values.

In the next step we introduce an infrared cutoff $1/\lambda^2$ on the upper
limit of the $t$-integration in Eq.~(\ref{eq:structures}). In this manner one
removes all possible nonanalytic structures and thereby one obtains entire
functions for the amplitudes, i.e. one has effectively instituted quark
confinement, see Refs.~\cite{Branz:2009cd,Dubnicka:2010kz}. The value of
$\lambda=181$~MeV was found by fitting the calculated basic quantities
to the experimental data. However, for such a value of $\lambda$ the
contributions coming from the bubble diagrams in Figs.~\ref{fig:decay}-b,c,d
blow up at $p^2=m^2_X$
compared with the contribution from the diagram Fig.~\ref{fig:decay}-a.
The bubble diagrams are needed
only to guarantee the gauge invariance of the matrix element. For physical
applications one should take into account only the gauge invariant part of the
diagram Fig.~\ref{fig:decay}-a.

It is convenient to present the decay width via helicity or multipole
amplitudes. The projection of the Lorentz amplitudes to
the helicity amplitudes is given in Appendix.
One has
\begin{equation}
\Gamma(X\to \gamma\,\ensuremath{J\!/\!\psi}\xspace) =\frac{1}{12\pi}\,
 \frac{|\vec{q}_2|}{m_X^2}\,\Big( |H_L|^2 +|H_{T}|^{2}\Big)
= \frac{1}{12\pi}\,\frac{|\vec{q}_2|}{m_X^2}\,\Big( |A_{E1}|^2 +|A_{M2}|^{2}\Big)\,,
\label{eq:width}
\end{equation}
where the helicity amplitudes $H_L$ and $H_T$ are expressed in terms
of the Lorentz amplitudes as
\begin{eqnarray}
H_L &=& i\frac{m_X^{2}}{m_{\ensuremath{J\!/\!\psi}\xspace}}|\vec q_2|^{2}
     \Big[ W_1 + W_3-\frac{m^2_{\ensuremath{J\!/\!\psi}\xspace}}{m_X|\vec q_2|}W_4\Big]\,,
\nonumber\\
H_T &=& -im_{X}|\vec q_2|^{2}
      \Big[W_1+W_2
        -\Big(1+\frac{m^2_{\ensuremath{J\!/\!\psi}\xspace}}{m_X|\vec q_2|}\Big)\,W_4\Big]\,,
\nonumber\\
&& |\vec q_2|=\frac{m_X^2-m^2_{\ensuremath{J\!/\!\psi}\xspace}}{2m_X}\,.
 \ena
The $E1$ and $M2$ multipole amplitudes are obtained via
$A_{E1/M2}=(H_{L}\mp H_{T})/\sqrt{2}$\,. If we choose $\Lambda_{X}= 3.0$ GeV
for the size parameter of the $X(3872)$ we obtain $A_{M2}/A_{E1}=0.11$,
i.e. the electric multipole amplitude $A_{E1}$ dominates the transition, as
expected. Nevertheless our predicted angular decay distribution
$W(\vartheta)\sim 1-0.52\cos^{2}\vartheta$ differs noticeably from its form
$W(\vartheta)\sim 1-0.333\cos^{2}\vartheta$ for $E1$ dominance. It would be
interesting to experimentally check on this prediction of our tetraquark
model.

In Fig.~\ref{fig:width} we show a plot of the size parameter dependence of
the decay width $\Gamma(X_l\to \ensuremath{J\!/\!\psi}\xspace+\gamma)$ together with the decay width
$\Gamma(X_l\to \ensuremath{J\!/\!\psi}\xspace+2\pi)$ taken from~\cite{Dubnicka:2010kz}.
We correct an error of Ref.~\cite{Dubnicka:2010kz}
in the normalization condition of the X meson, which led to
a $\lesssim 30\%$ underestimate of the strong decay widths.
Both decay widths become smaller as the size parameter increases. Note that the
radiative decay width for $X_h=-X_u\sin\theta+X_d\cos\theta$ is almost an order
of magnitude smaller than that for $X_l=X_u\cos\theta+X_d\sin\theta$.
If one takes $\Lambda_X\in (3,4)$~GeV with the central value
$\Lambda_X=3.5$~GeV then our prediction for the ratio of widths reads

\begin{equation}
\frac{\Gamma(X_l\to \gamma+ \ensuremath{J\!/\!\psi}\xspace)}
     {\Gamma(X_l\to \ensuremath{J\!/\!\psi}\xspace+2\pi)}\Big|_{\rm theor} = 0.15\pm 0.03
\label{eq:theory}
\end{equation}
which fits very well the experimental data from the Belle Collaboration
\cite{Abe:2005ix}
\begin{equation}
\frac{\Gamma(X\to \gamma + \ensuremath{J\!/\!\psi}\xspace)}
     {\Gamma(X\to \ensuremath{J\!/\!\psi}\xspace\, 2\pi)}     = \left\{
 \begin{array}{rl}
0.14 \pm 0.05   & \mbox{ Belle\,\cite{Abe:2005ix} } \\[2ex]
0.22 \pm 0.06   & \text{ \babar\,\cite{Klempt:2007cp} }
\end{array}\right.
\label{eq:expt}
\end{equation}

\vspace*{1cm}
\begin{figure}[ht]
\includegraphics[scale=0.40]{X_elem.eps}
\caption{The dependence of the decay widths
$\Gamma(X_l\to \gamma + \ensuremath{J\!/\!\psi}\xspace)$
and $\Gamma(X_l\to \ensuremath{J\!/\!\psi}\xspace\, 2\pi)$ on the size parameter $\Lambda_X$.
}
\label{fig:width}
\end{figure}

\section{Summary and conclusion}

We have used our relativistic constituent quark model
which includes infrared confinement in an effective way to calculate the
radiative decay $X\to \gamma + \ensuremath{J\!/\!\psi}\xspace $. We take the X(3872) meson to be a
tetraquark state with the quantum numbers $J^{PC}=1^{++}$.
In order to introduce electromagnetic interactions we have gauged a nonlocal
effective Lagrangian which describes the interaction
of the X(3872) meson with its four constituent quarks by using the
P-exponential path-independent formalism.
We have calculated  the matrix element of the transition
$X\to \gamma + \ensuremath{J\!/\!\psi}\xspace $ and have shown its gauge invariance.
We have evaluated the $X\to \gamma + \ensuremath{J\!/\!\psi}\xspace $ decay width and the polarization
of the $\ensuremath{J\!/\!\psi}\xspace$ in the decay.
The calculated decay width is consistent with the available
experimental data for reasonable values of the size parameter of
the X(3872) meson.

\begin{acknowledgments}

This work was supported by the DFG grant KO 1069/13-1,
the Heisenberg-Landau program, the Slovak aimed project at JINR
and the grant VEGA No.2/0009/10. M.A.I. also appreciates the partial
support of the Russian Fund of Basic Research Grant No. 10-02-00368-a.

\end{acknowledgments}

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Q: Programatically uploading a file to Google Drive using javascript (no html form) EDIT: I'm a dummy. The documentation has it spelled out plain as day here: https://developers.google.com/drive/v3/web/manage-uploads
Project overview for context: I'm using node.js to write a twitter bot deployed on Heroku. I'd like this bot to be able to donwload a .txt file (or an .ini or whatever) from Google Drive, use that file to compose a tweet, edit the body of the text file to reflect the tweet that was generated, then overwrite the original file in Google Drive. It will always be downloading, editing, and overwriting the same file, so no file selection dialogue is necessary.
Specific issue: I can't sort out how to actually upload the body of the text file without using an html page. This is all supposed to happen server side with no user interaction. Most of the examples I've found seem to use html pages to gather up and send the file information, but I'm using purely javascript, so that doesn't work for my project. I've searched the Google Drive API documentation for examples, but so far no luck.
The code so far:
The comment block midway through is where I'm having trouble.
authClientUp.authorize(function(err, tokens) {
    if (err) {
        console.log(err);
        return;
    } else {
        console.log('It authorized successfully!');
        drive.files.insert({           // ---- For the purposes of getting
            auth: authClientUp,        // ---- started, I'm just creating
            "title": "file1.txt",      // ---- a new file instead of overwriting
            "mimeType": "text/plain",  // ---- an existing one
            "description": "Just a test file"
        }, function(err,result){
            if (err) {
                console.log(err);
            } else {
                console.log(result);
                drive.files.put({      //----- files.put() is not correct, but
                                       //----- I'm unsure what the correct function is
                    /*
                    I know I need the following info here but I'm
                    not sure how to pass it in correctly:
                    - the id of the file to overwrite (taken from the JSON file 'result'
                    - the body of the file to upload
                    - authentication? I'm not sure if I need that agian
                    */

                }, function(err, result){
                    if (err) {
                        console.log(err);
                    } else {
                        console.log(result);
                    }
                });
            }
        });
    }
});

All the examples I've found format this step something like:
PUT /upload/drive/v2/files/{id}?uploadType=media HTTP/1.1
Host: www.googleapis.com
Authorization: Bearer <OAuth 2.0 access token here>
Content-Type: mime/type

<file content here>

But outside the context of an html file I don't think that works? I need help to format this correctly for my project.
Notes:

*

*The purpose of writing this file out to Google Drive is so that I can commit changes to my Heroku repo without the contents of the .txt file being overwritten and lost

*I'm not an experienced programmer, and I'm new to javascript.

I've searched through numerous other questions here on Stack Overflow, but they all seem to hinge on one or more of the following things:

*

*An html form

*python, not javascript

*Google Drive Android SDK, which I'm not using (though if it comes to it, I guess I could)

A: Check this Google Drive REST API documentation:
https://developers.google.com/drive/v3/web/manage-uploads
The example there, literally:
var fileMetadata = {
  'name': 'photo.jpg'
};
var media = {
  mimeType: 'image/jpeg',
  body: fs.createReadStream('files/photo.jpg')
};
drive.files.create({
   resource: fileMetadata,
   media: media,
   fields: 'id'
}, function(err, file) {
  if(err) {
    // Handle error
    console.log(err);
  } else {
    console.log('File Id: ', file.id);
  }
});

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Does your school use RISC OS computers?
You know, the ones that were built by Acorn, and are now made by Castle Technology, Microdigital and RiscStation?
Well, this is the web ring for you!
Designed by Andrew P. Harmsworth using RISC OS hardware.


After installation of help desk portal I get the IIS error: "There is a duplicate 'system.web.extensions/scripting/scriptResourceHandler' section defined.
Symptoms After installation of help desk portal I get the IIS error: "There is a duplicate 'system.web.extensions/scripting/scriptResourceHandler' section defined.
Cause The error occurs because <system.web.extensions> sections are defined in both site-level and application level web.configs.
This can happen with applications developed for ASP.NET 2.0 when ASP.NET 4.0 is set as default.
The workaround for the this is to delete or comment out all the <system.web.extensions> configuration section definitions and configuration section group definitions from the application-level Web.config file. It is located in the Web foler in the Account Lockout Examiner installation directory.


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Q: Use of own propriety encryption in OpenVpn The revelation that the American and British governments have cracked SSL/TLS leaves a lot of questions for the future of OpenVPN. The project cannot continue forward built on top of an insecure protocol. It will be interesting to see how this all plays out in the future. Clearly this newest revelation means there can be no confidence in the ability of OpenVPN to maintain private and secure communications for users. Any ideas out there on how to fix this?
Can we use our own propriety encryption in OpenVpn for added security? If Yes, then how?

A:
The revelation that the American and British governments have cracked SSL/TLS

They haven't "cracked" it sufficiently to make it unusable. They've been abusing bugs which got fixed long ago – some of them were bugs in the individual TLS libraries, but protocols can get updates too, like how the hopelessly-broken WEP and SSLv2 were upgraded to WPA and SSLv3, then to WPA2 and TLSv1. Now we have TLSv1.2 and very soon TLSv1.3.
Also, SSL/TLS is not just an encryption protocol. It's a security layer which supports several different encryption algorithms. Only some of them, like RC4, have been broken, but OpenVPN has long supported others like AES or Camellia, which are still secure.
Right now, AES is not yet broken; RSA is not yet broken; and DH is not yet broken.

Can we use our own propriety encryption in OpenVpn for added security? If Yes, then how?

No. Almost 100% of the time, "proprietary encryption" only reduces security. To quote Schneier's Law, "Anyone can create an algorithm that he himself can't break", and the only reason it seems secure is because it hasn't gone through the same hell as AES & the rest. Many proprietary encryption algorithms have fallen within days of being first published.


I use the muriatic acid and then a baking soda rinse. Lately when I pull the metal out of the acid, it has a black film on it. It does not come off easily. You have to scrub to remove it.
This is newer muriatic acid, just changed it a couple weeks ago.
Can anyone tell me what I've done to make it do this! It's never done this before!
Have you put any metal other than plain steel in it? If I put anything with copper on it in my bath, then later when I put steel in, my metal comes out copper plated. My thought is that the black is some other kind of metal that is plating your steel.
Good thought, but not in this case. Nothing goes in there but hot rolled P&E, but thanks for the info. Didn't know that! Thank you for your reply.
Is your tank covered? If not your acid will evaporate. As it evaporates it gets weaker and weaker. Also, make sure that NO baking soda ever gets back into the acid tank. No double dipping without rinsing off extremely well or the soda will neutralize your acid tank. Usually if my acid stops working as good I just add a little more in to refresh it. Also, make sure you are using the same acid each time. Some brands are stronger than others. I usually mix my acid 10 to 1...but I purchased some from Home Depot and after mixing it was very weak and didn't work very well. The HD stuff I just used straight as it is already mixed like 7 or 8 to 1 compared to the commercial stuff I get from the pool supply people.
Maadman wrote: Good thought, but not in this case. Nothing goes in there but hot rolled P&E, but thanks for the info. Didn't know that! Thank you for your reply.
Found this... "HRPO steel is still considered hot rolled steel even though it does not have any scale."
So you're dipping steel in muriatic acid that according to this really isn't necessary?
Also, baking soda is never needed. Simply rinsing the metal right as it comes out of the bath will neutralize the acid completely. It won't stop flash rust either, so just dry the piece with compressed air asap after rinsing in water.
Thank you all for your thoughts. Gamelord, I did use muriatic acid from two different brands. Didn't think it would make a difference. Will buy my next ones from a pool supply, sounds like it is a lot more efficient. My tank does have a good lid, one I could lock if I found necessary. I know I haven't double dipped, so that wasn't it, but very good to know.
Capstone, I don't soak in the acid for scale removal. I soak because of the dross. When I cut product that has long flowing lines I have very little dross. But that is not what I cut a lot of. Most of my product is very detailed and often has a lot of text. That makes for a lot of dross, which the acid takes care of for me without having to spend a lot of time with the grinder.
Again, thank you everyone for the comments.


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Google Reads Your Email
August 17, 2013 user experienceDarryl
I use Gmail almost every day and it absolutely sucks. There, I said it. It sucks. Like many people I feel like I've been drawn into Google's insidious suite of cloud based wares: Drive, Calendar, Analytics, and of course Gmail.
Last week Google permanently changed the way you write emails in Gmail by ditching aspects of the old UI for good. Users like myself who preferred the old compose window and were perhaps holding out on the update were abruptly switched over to the new UI August 14 th or several days thereafter whether we liked it or not.
Ultimately though, UX design changes, as arbitrary as these seemed, can be tolerated (albeit begrudgingly) when you've been using an app for any length of time. Facebook does this all the time and most of us learn to live with the perpetual changes that seem to be rolled out without any rhyme or reason.
But when it comes to the contentious issue of personal privacy, in the wake of the NSA Prism surveillance revelations, Google demonstrate a bewildering lack of concern regarding the integrity of Gmail users' security. This is clearly expressed in Google's motion to dismiss a lawsuit alleging Gmail's message scanning violates California privacy laws. This, under the dubious guise of protecting users from spam while targeted ads are sent directly to your in-box.
John M. Simpson, Consumer Watchdog's Privacy Project director, suggests Google's data handling protocols are tantamount to the Post Office opening and reading the contents of your mail:
"Google's brief uses a wrong-headed analogy; sending an email is like giving a letter to the Post Office, I expect the Post Office to deliver the letter based on the address written on the envelope. I don't expect the mail carrier to open my letter and read it. Similarly when I send an email, I expect it to be delivered to the intended recipient with a Gmail account based on the email address; why would I expect its content will be intercepted by Google and read?"
Google's so-called "free" cloud based apps are in fact not free. We ultimately pay with our personal information which is arguably a far greater cost. In the case of Gmail, Google has gone on record with the rather stunning statement that Gmail users "have no legitimate expectation of privacy" when they use the service. Incredibly this also includes non Gmail users who send emails to Gmail accounts.
Via rt.com:
"Google has finally admitted they don't respect privacy," John M. Simpson, Consumer Watchdog's Privacy Project director, said in a statement "People should take them at their word; if you care about your email correspondents' privacy don't use Gmail."
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Insector Hecti in the Interchange, detto anche soltanto Interchange come appare nella schermata iniziale, è un videogioco rompicapo d'azione pubblicato nel 1991 dalla Hi-Tec Software per Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum e Amstrad CPC, poi convertito anche per i computer a 16 bit Amiga e Atari ST.

Trama
Si controlla l'insettore Hecti; "Insettore" è un gioco di parole tra insetto e ispettore, mentre Hecti è l'anagramma dell'editore del gioco, Hi-Tec. Si tratta di un insetto computerizzato che deve riportare l'ordine nell'Interchange, una serie di 50 aree dall'aspetto tecnologico che sono state invase da Victor Virus e la sua banda di bacilli.

Modalità di gioco
Ogni livello è un labirinto composto da una griglia di caselle quadrate, con visuale dall'alto. Ogni casella è un blocco di giunzione che può essere ruotato da Hecti quando si trova sopra di esso, così da modificare l'orientamento delle pareti e interrompere o ricomporre i percorsi possibili sulla griglia.

L'area è inoltre infestata dai nemici che vagano sui percorsi senza poterli modificare e possono uccidere Hecti al contatto. Si perde una vita anche cadendo fuori dall'area.
Come arma si può sparare una pallina che rimbalza sulle pareti e segue le curve dei percorsi, ma ha colpi limitati. Si può distruggere un bacillo anche ruotando un blocco proprio mentre lo sta attraversando, sbattendogli addosso una parete.

Compaiono periodicamente diversi tipi di power-up, come ricariche per l'arma, immobilizzazione temporanea dei bacilli, aumento temporaneo della velocità.

Per superare un livello occorre ricomporre tutti i percorsi prima che scada il tempo. Ogni 5 livelli viene data una password per ricominciare le future partite direttamente da quel livello.

Bibliografia

Collegamenti esterni

 Include trascrizione del manuale italiano per C64.

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Moove raises $23 million in Series A funding round
By Sam Spiller, Staff Writer
Read nextLocal lithium-ion battery manufacturer I-G3N secures R20m investment
Sub-Saharan mobility and vehicle finance company Moove has announced it has raised $23 million (R341 million) in a Series A funding round.
The latest amount, announced on 9 August, brings the company's total funding to $68.2 million. This includes $28.2 million in equity and $40 million in debt.
Speedinvest and Park Lane Capital led the funding round.
Launched in 2020, the company is Uber's exclusive vehicle financing and vehicle supply partner in the region.
"In a continent full of opportunity, mobility is key to moving economies forward and this funding contributes to our ability to provide revenue-based financing, as Moove empowers Africans to safely become mobility entrepreneurs," Moove Co-Founder, Ladi Delano, said in a statement.
Moove offers vehicle finance in Africa
Moove offers loans to customers to buy vehicles and finance them up to 95% of the purchase within five days of signing up. Customers can choose to pay loans back over 24, 36, or 48 months using a percentage of their weekly revenue.
"We help people buy new cars who otherwise couldn't afford them. And then, using the vehicle as a mobility entrepreneur, they're able to earn money, which allows them to pay off the vehicle over time."
The company will use the funding to build a full-service mobility fintech. It also aims to promote access and financing for vehicle ownership on the African continent.
It is also committed to ensuring that 50% of its customers are women.
Speedinvest and Left Lane Capital led the funding round.
"With Ladi and Jide [Odunsi] at the helm of a world-class team, and their unique approach to vehicle financing, Moove has quickly established itself as one of the most exciting tech companies in Africa," Speedinvest General Partner, Stefan Klestil said.
Other investors in the round included Spartech Ventures, DCM, Tekton, Palm Drive Capital, Class 5 Global, and Clocktower Technology Ventures.
Read more: SA agritech Khula! launches app after closing R20m funding round
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Sam is a writer for Burn Media. He has walked a mile in technology and entertainment journalism, previously working for Popular Mechanics SA and the Weekend Argus. When he's not writing, he can be found playing Overwatch or driving up the coast.
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Walt Disney (DIS) Outpaces Stock Market Gains: What You Should Know
Zacks.com, April 23, 2019, 05:45:21 PM EDT
Walt Disney (DIS) closed at $133.28 in the latest trading session, marking a +1.22% move from the prior day. This change outpaced the S&P 500's 0.88% gain on the day. Meanwhile, the Dow gained 0.55%, and the Nasdaq, a tech-heavy index, added 1.32%.
Prior to today's trading, shares of the entertainment company had gained 22.16% over the past month. This has outpaced the Consumer Discretionary sector's gain of 6.07% and the S&P 500's gain of 3.96% in that time.
Wall Street will be looking for positivity from DIS as it approaches its nex t earnings report date. This is expected to be May 8, 2019. In tha t report , analysts expect DIS to post earnings of $1.58 per share. This would mark a year-over-year decline of 14.13%. Meanwhile, our latest consensus estimate is calling for revenue of $14.58 billion, up 0.23% from the prior-year quarter.
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Meanwhile, DIS's PEG ratio is currently 3.81. The PEG ratio is similar to the widely-used P/E ratio, but this metric also takes the company's expected earnings growth rate into account. DIS's industry had an average PEG ratio of 2.33 as of yesterday's close.
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One of the geekier moments this week: a citation in an editorial insert in a quote in a footnote! And some stuff about our nature and God's knowledge and sabbath.
Verses 14 thru 16 are quoted in Formula of Concord, Solid Declaration, Article 1: Original Sin (SD 1.36) as part of the scriptural evidence "that even after the fall [human nature] remains the creature and work of God" (SD 1.34).
Verse 16 is quoted a bit later in Solid Declaration, Article 11: Election (SD 11.4) as part of the scriptural evidence that God know everything that has, is, or will happen, for God exists outside of time since God created time. This is called God's foreknowledge, and is different that predestination.
They watched him to see whether he would cure him on the sabbath, so that they might accuse him. And he said to the man who had the withered hand, "Come forward." Then he said to them, "Is it lawful to do good or to do harm on the sabbath, to save life or to kill?" But they were silent.
Chapter 2:23-28 and Chapter 3:2-4 are cited in a footnote to The Large Catechism, The Ten Commandments: The Third Commandment (LC 1.81, n. 63) as one of several places in the gospels where this commandment was weaponized against Jesus, despite the ways the religious leaders of the day also broke this commandment.
Chapter 3:2 is cited by editorial insert in a quote from Luther in a footnote in the same area of The Large Catechism (LC 1.84, n. 66). Enjoy the minutia! The Luther quote is from Against the Heavenly Prophets in the Matter of Images and Sacraments (LW 40:98) as Luther presents his meaning of this commandment. The point is not rest simply for the sake of resting, but taking sabbath--intentional time set a side to gather for hearing God's word, thanking God, and praying to God as a congregation. This can be done on any day, and Luther would have it be done every day. Rest, however, is taken as needed rather than legislated.
I don't know if you wrestle with the difference between Luther's understanding of keeping the sabbath day holy and the modern argument for more time off. The religiously legislated time off that has led to creation of sabbath settings in modern appliances might overlap with Luther's idea that the commandment to honor the sabbath day is about intentionally spending time in God's presence, but they could also be entirely opposite.
Luther makes the argument that rest is not actually the point of the third commandment because all creatures will naturally rest as they need to. Rather, sabbath is about intentionally and gladly dwelling in God's word together. This sabbath is not about physical, mental, or even spiritual recuperation, but intentionally spending time with God and others.
Not that rest is a bad thing, but if all creatures experience rest simply because they are creatures, then the commandment about sabbath is not the same. Why? As Jesus tells us, sabbath was made for us; we were not made for the sabbath.
Rest will inevitably happen as exhaustion wins out. But gathering to dwell with God's word and others—sabbath—does not inevitably happen.
True, technology has made the resting of religiously legislated time off more manageable, and this time off might be spent dwelling with God and others, but there's no garuntee. As we're getting into summer and vacation, how many congregations will see a decline in weekly attendance? How many of us go to church when we're on vacation? How many of us embrace any excuse to miss church? Are we looking to the rest that all creatures experience at the expense of the sabbath that God gave us?


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At 6am my eyes flicker open. Before I look at that clock, I feel it. That feeling of excitement; that knowingness that it's not morning yet, no matter how much I will it to be. But the day hath arrived. 'The day' being the one in which the boy comes back from France. After he missed his connecting flight in Germany, it was quickly learned that he would no longer arrive yesterday, but today instead. After an immediate moment of frustration for him (and what he's likely had to endure during this) I felt alighthly sad that my agenda (though it would still pan out) would do so on a delay; one day later. So what is a blonde, bronzed, girl to do? Why adapt, of course. I decided to invite my bestie over to the apartment for quite the quintessential girls night. Upon her arrival I prepared her the French-themed feast I planned for him. To the appropriate music (jazz en francais), dim lighting, slightly scented candles and a whole lot of giggles, we had a much-needed night in. A night that was in complete contrast to how I imagined it playing out earlier in the day. C'est la vie!
I had spent the morning planning the airport pickup, prepping the apartment (ie: sweeping and cleaning like none other), and picking up some French cuisine to have prepared upon his arrival. Butterflies danced in my stomach as I'd played a reel of airport pickups past. Is there really a better, more happy, more loving place than the arrival section of the airport? As the double doors whisk open and shut, family, friends and loved ones eyes light up in a moment of hope; in a moment of anticipation. 'Could it be him?' we think each and every time someone exits those ever-so-rewarding doors. The arrivals are a place to watch others reunite, love, embrace and catch eyes and it can be rather electric if you pick up on and are mindful of that palpable feeling.
Especially when it comes to couples coming back into contact. These couples tend to have a je ne sais quoi about them. A glimpse of a moment when everything is ok in their world. The picker-uppers tend to be creative; the idea of picking up a loved one from the airport comes with flowers, a sign, and perhaps a trenchcoat with nothing under for the more risque of you twentysomething dare devils (shout out to a close girlfriend of mine who has made this her airport pickup staple). The mindset is: we haven't seen our other half in a while, we want to give them a memorable welcome home. We want to remind them why they love us so.
So how do you successfully pull off the welcome home airport pick up? Make your actions coincide to who you both are. It should come naturally – and if not – you shouldn't do it. Think of what emotion you want to evoke.
Next time you pick up your sig oth from the airport (if you don't have the priveledge of traveling with him), try to have some fun with it. Give the guy something unexpected, and you'll no doubt always keep him on his toes.


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Quest for Gold: Gwen Jorgensen's Story – A Family Affair
Go, Gwen, Go: A Family's Journey to Olympic Gold
Gwen Jorgensen won gold in the 2016 Rio Olympics, along with many other wins, and she is currently training hard for another medal in the 2020 Olympics, this time in the Marathon.
We all know, it takes a village to raise an Olympian and today we talk with two of Gwen's family members, Nancy and Elizabeth Jorgensen. They authored Go, Gwen, Go, a book about the Jorgensen family's commitment to Gwen's success and ambition to be a world champion and win gold. Today we have the opportunity to go in depth about "the village" that raised Gwen to this point. We hear about the 2012 Olympic disappointment, the 2016 Olympic gold medal, and the 2020 marathon hopes and more in this fast-reading story where Nancy and Elizabeth Jorgensen share their version of an Olympian's life and what that entails as "supporters" of one's lofty dreams.
Nancy Jorgensen is the mother of Gold Medalist Gwen Jorgensen. She earned a Bachelor of Music from Alverno College and a Master of Music from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. A high school choir director for many years, she is the co-author of two music education books.
Since 2015, Nancy has been a writer, concentrating on a book-length memoir and short creative nonfiction. Nancy has written several essays and an Olympic blog for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. She enjoys spending time with her children and grandson in Oregon. Her favorite pastimes are reading, playing medieval music, baking and working with textiles.
Elizabeth Jorgensen is a writer and teacher and regularly presents on a Korean form of poetry called sijo. Elizabeth's lessons have been uploaded on the Sejong Cultural Society as an exemplar of teaching poetry.
Elizabeth is a pop culture addict and spends her free time watching the Real Housewives with her aging cockapoo, Branji. When she's not watching Bravo, she enjoys meeting fitness goals and training. She is passionate about selfies and sharing home-cooked meals with her favorite people. She is also a first violin in the Menomonee Falls Symphony Orchestra.
Elizabeth prides herself on being her little sister Gwen's biggest fan. She enjoys following her, both professionally and personally, and especially enjoys giving unsolicited advice on Gwen's social media channels.
Questions Liz and Nancy are asked:
7:15 Who is Gwen Jorgensen?
8:47 Why and when did you decide to write the book?
10:08 How did you encourage or support Gwen when she decided to compete?
12:08 Liz, how did your sibling relationship play into Gwen's success?
14:35 How long did it take to write the book and what were some of the challenges?
16:25 How did you find a publisher and when was the book released?
18:01 How did the family decide to support Gwen in all of the areas she needed?
20:01 Liz, what were some of the more creative ways you've supported Gwen at her events?
21:23 What sacrifices did you make as a family?
22:54 Did you make your daughters' activities a family event?
23:55 What were Gwen's challenges in triathlon and what made her switch to the marathon for the 2020 Olympics?
24:44 How did she convince herself to become a competitive cyclist in the triathlon?
25:44 Why would she not try to win another gold medal for triathlon?
26:19 Who else is part of 'Team Gwen'?
28:20 How important is having an entire support system of people to succeed at an Olympic level?
29:24 What were some of Gwen's low points in her career?
30:52 What happened in the 2012 London Olympics?
32:34 Where did she finish?
32:58 Did she qualify for the Olympics on that same course?
33:06 How did she stage the comeback for 2016 in Rio?
35:03 What was it like when you realized she was going to win?
35:59 What happens post-win in the Olympics?
36:57 What has happened with Gwen between when the book ends and now?
37:46 Did she have surgery recently?
39:06 When does she do the trials for 2020?
39:34 One of Gwen's personal goals was to start a family; how has that been?
41:37 How has Gwen's family changed the dynamics with your family?
43:57 What else should we take away from your book?
"The way Gwen started as a high school and college athlete, but then transitioned into the work world and was working as a CPA and RESISTED triathlon, but then finally came to triathlon, and it was just such a unique story that we both thought it was worth telling."
"Gwen is so good with saying exactly what she needs; whether that's food, nutrition, sleep, alone time, or help with something."
"Nothing is a sacrifice, it's an investment."
"She had said publicly, 'I want to win gold in Rio.' and had devoted so much of her life to that one race that her emotion just exploded out of her and that affected the rest of us and we gave into that same kind of release."
(Nancy) "Whenever Gwen is on the bike, I am so nervous. I know now, after seeing her crash and seeing other people crash, I know what can happen on the bike and when I'm home I don't even watch. I'm cleaning my stove or scrubbing my sink or something."
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Home » Noticias » Habitantes de Europa » Meeting of Moscow Dormitory Tenants: Housing is the right not privilege!
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Meeting of Moscow Dormitory Tenants: Housing is the right not privilege!
22. junio 2012
Autor Fuente: Жилье - это право, а не привилегия! Митинг движения общежитий Москвы , http://www.ikd.ru/node/18396
On June, 17, in Krasnopresnenskaya square, near the monument to the 1905 Revolution Heroes, a meeting was held by the Movement of Dormitory Tenants, protesting the harassment of the tenants who have worked hard enough to own their housing. The protest action was organized with the support of the RRP, KPFR Alternative City Committee, Left Front, Trodovaya Rossia Movement, and other left wing parties and movements.
The meeting was opened by Galina Dmitrieva (RRP), who told about how the dormitory tenants despaired into protest had held a two week vigil in the front of the City Mayor Office, and what it had resulted in:
«We have been promised that social rent agreements are to be signed with us. We don't know if they will be signed. Everything has been sent up to the district department administrations, and those guys haven't stirred a finger, and Fadeyev himself (Chief of Housing Department of Moscow City Government who gave those promises) is getting harder and harder to contact. We have an impression that the June, 12th , has passed, Putin has not been ousted and the authorities don't care a pin about us!»
However, those tenants who were able to wrest away a social rent agreement are facing other problems, according to Dmitrieva: ''You can get a social rent agreement signed and at the same time get removed from the housing list because you have been added the space of the toilet and kitchen - if a tenant happens to have 18 and more square meters per head in his or her housing, he or she becomes withdrawn from the housing list, which is the list for better accommodation and evacuation from the dormitory into a private apartment, and the fact is that those 18 meters are not the space of his or her room, but the space of his or her room plus, as it was said above, the common corridor, toilet and other public space in the dormitory, this fact does not bother anyone up there. No one cares''. As Dmitrieva told better housing for the people had been rejected on the grounds that there was no free space. And this happens despite the fact there are still empty apartments in the dormitory, there are vacant and empty newly built houses in the city, and these newly built residential areas had been announced as designed for housing of those listed for better accommodation, however, in fact, all those apartments have been bought out by banks''.
A representative of the dormitories operated by the Glavmosstroy company told that the ''Zhilishchnik'' company had almost ''doubled'' their housing space, having added to their rooms the space of shared corridors. The tenants rejected such phony social rent agreements.
Flyura Kagarmanova (a tenant of the dormitory owned by the Krasnaya Rabotnitsa plant) was given the floor then. To your information, the dormitory is owned now by the ''Kvinta'' company, and this company is trying to forcefully evict former workers from their housing by arranging repair in the house. Flyura told that the authorities were trying to resolve her and other dormitory tenants' problems by obliging the owner to buy housing for them instead of the destroyed one. As a result, the people have been offered housing in the area of the Lyuberetsky aeration fields.
What is even worse, Galina Dmitrieva is quoted as saying, is the situation in the dormitory of Military Unit 62112. The tenants there live without electricity (it was cut off by the new owner of the building in order to force the people out of their apartments they have all the rights to own, and city administration claimed officially that they are unable to intervene and stop the owner from his illegal activities), the basement has been flooded, the only good news is the City Court has not approved the verdict ruled by the trial court on evacuation of Victoria Luganskaya, one of the dormitory tenants, and began to seriously examine the matter. A court session has been scheduled for June, 26, at 9:20.
Galina Dmitrieva called on everyone to support Victoria.
Dmitry Kochelaevsky (a tenant of Kamov's helicopter manufacturing plant) told: «The negotiations were successful and everyone was full of enthusiasm. Now, the time is near (initially, the problem was about to be examined and resolved within a month), a week is left. Covering 12 families, who were involved in the negotiations, just nothing has been resolved. What is more, one house is untenable (after a fire happened which looked like an arson), even no temporary roof has been covered. I asked an official, an aid to Fedoseeva, and she requested the district prefect, but she herself said that she, as an officer of the city administration, did not exert any influence over the prefect himself. Now the apartment where I live together with my wife, little child and eighty year old father has no gas, no roof, no light, the walls are covered in fungus !'' (Dmitry is still living in that house destroyed by fire) According to Dmitry, the dormitory tenants ''have to renew militant actions!''
Evgeny Kopyshev, Chairman of the Central Executive Committee of the Soviet Officers Union, General of Aviation, highlighting the plight of the tenants, said: ''Now we live in a society where we are commodities. We have to restore the workers power and give property back to the Soviet people. Such people, who deprive people of the housing they truly deserve, should be in prison and are worth being executed. We have to show the authorities a workers' fist and every action should be accompanied with the words: this power be cursed, long live socialism!''
Vasily Shishkaryov, a representative of the ZIL plant dormitory, a member of the Moscow Workers Council told about how the new ZIL owners had been destroying the plant and said: ''We don't want Moscow to be a city of banks and offices. It was a workers town. We are for the construction of housing for workers, and not only for the bourgeoisie. We must fight for the preservation of the enterprises and for a return to the normal economic system!''
Olga Morozova, an employee of the ''Salute'' air- engine plant, an inhabitant of the ''Salute'' dormitory said that ''instead of the former Director an economist took over, who is interested not in production but in profit making and in pocketing profits, and we saw our salaries fell dramatically. Then, on May, 17th , a decree was issued on privatization of the company. This is the last step to the demise of the plant, which is likely to be disassembled bit by bit. And then where shall we go? We have a narrow specialization. And in fact we are the only design bureau, which is able to design the fifth generation engine, of which President of this energy superpower has been talking so much, this is what our design bureau is!''.
Alena Zhelyapova, a Salute plant worker and a tenant of the dormitory located at 9 street of Sokolinaya Gora, said that at first things were pretty scary but then people began to organize themselves. They fought back electricity supply cut off by the intruders.
Everyone is able to change the situation in society, let's unite together and make our society free!''
Vasily Kuzmin (Left Front) said: ''last year, our society found itself at a crossroads and people began protesting. After merry tag games with the riot police on May, 6th , our movement had missed the moment when people were sitting at the mayor's office, and OccupyAbay activists were sitting at Barrikadnaya, where nothing is decided. If the white ribbon had not stepped over this point, we would have lived already in another country. There is in the protest movement the liberal trend that insists that everything that has anything to do with private property is not our problem! This is a shame. Now we must unite around the topic ''housing is a right, not a privilege!''
We have one solution - revolution, but it will be a socialist, red and proletarian!''
Then, the participants of the meeting observed a minute of silent contemplation in commemoration of Irina Bergalieva, the founder of the Moscow Dormitory Movement. Irina died of a heart attack on June, 17th , 2010 in the Khimki district court.
Nikos, a non party Communist, called on everyone to remember the experience of 1905. According to him, feudalism was strangling the country at that time and now exactly the same is going on, and, therefore, it is time workers councils were reestablished.
Ruzena Pugacheva (RKRP party) said: ''With all its shortcomings, the USSR system was standing on guard over the working people's interests. Then the longest waiting time on the housing list was 15 years, now people have to wait for 20 years at least and receive not a bloody thing''.
Yaroslav Nikitenko (the Environment Movement ) has declared that he agrees with the social demands put forward: ''I'm a researcher and I witness the degeneration of science from inside!». He also mentioned other issues, created by the Moscow city authorities: «Emblematic case with the deceived owners. They, as well as the residents of the dormitory of the Red worker factory re offered housing on the Lyuberetskiy aeration fields. You know what kind of environment there. It is better to live in a dormitory than in a place like this. Now the destruction of forest protection area around Moscow, cutting of the Khimki forest, Natashinsky Park are under way. Or take the expansion of roads: they are expanding the roads in such a way that the Federal highway passes three meters away from the walls of your residential house!''
Sergey Biets (RRP) said: ''We are the workers - we create all the goods in the world, and this world will belong to us! A day long strike is enough and this power will fall. If we make a joint effort - no government will withstand! Long live the proletarian revolution - all power to the workers!''
At the end of the meeting, it was announced that if within the period of one week (remember, Fedoseyev promised to resolve the problem of the dormitory tenants within a month and this month is about to end), the Mayor's Office fails to provide people a satisfactory answer, the protesters will go for the answer to the Administration of the President of the Russian Federation.
The participants also expressed their solidarity with the activists of the camp pitched in defense of the Khimki forest (this is a permanent camp operating in the Khimki) and the fact that activists of the Moscow Dormitory Movement are going to join the campers on June, 24th , at 15: 00 and support with this action the protest staged by the campers for the preservation of Moscow forest protection belt.
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