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Home Stepping Out Under Cover: Summer Books for Teen Boys
Under Cover: Summer Books for Teen Boys
Edie Crabtree
The passing of Memorial Day ushers in a certain season. While the day itself is about somber reflections, and gratitude for sacrifices made on our behalf, it leaves in its wake a lightness – the ability to appreciate more fully the dawn of a new day, knowing the price that was paid for it.
While mindful that the end of school seems trite when compared to these ultimate sacrifices, this place on the calendar also begins the official countdown. Beleaguered kids (and their tired moms,) are happily marking an X on the last few calendar boxes, with the freedom of summer looming like a boat just beyond the shore.
I had a conversation with my boys yesterday about the upcoming break that was somewhat revolutionary, in that it concerned summer reading, and didn't include an argument.
As I have shared before, my children have compulsory summer reading. Yes, even though they are old enough to make their own decisions. Yes, even though (some) are in high school. Yes, even though NONE of their friends have to do it.
What can I say, I'm mean like that.
Wanting to ensure they don't miss a moment of this clearly beloved summer tradition due to lack of planning, I asked the boys for a title each, to ensure that the books could be procured in a timely manner, ready and waiting on their bedside table for that much anticipated summer dawn.
Boy number one in this scenario remembered a book that caught his eye on the list of outside reading choices his English teacher gave them this year, "The Kite Runner," by Khaled Hosseini.
I have read and been moved by all of Hosseini's works, so I heartily supported this decision. Taking place in Afghanistan, both before and after the Russian occupation, and subsequent rise of the Taliban, the book remains an important read, if for no reason other than it sheds light on a culture and people that have become an important component in the geopolitical climate of the last two decades.
The story, however, is so much more. Richly told, it is the tale of two boys, one affluent, and one a servant's child. Their differing classes notwithstanding, the boys forge a relationship in their younger years that will bind them, through betrayal, through tragedy, and through distance for decades to come.
It is a story of friendship and love, of betrayal and the haunting weight of guilt, and ultimately, of redemption. Even with many parts that are hard to read, it emerges as a story expressed as beautifully as the soaring kites it takes its name from.
Boy number two, who has recently been bitten by the reading bug, has several titles on his list. Included among them is one of my favorite middle grade books, "Counting by 7s," by Holly Goldberg Sloan.
In this book, we meet Willow Chance, an eccentric girl who marches to the beat of her own drum. A certified genius, her passions include grouping things in sets of seven, plant life, and diagnosing rare illnesses. Despite a glaring lack of friends, she has been happy living a life where she is embraced, in all her offbeat glory, by her parents.
At the outset, however, her parents are killed in a car accident, and Willow's life of order is upended. While tragic, their loss forces Willow to find a new place in the world, making a surrogate family for herself from an eclectic cast of characters whom she decides to give a starring role. As it turns out, in so doing, Willow ends up being as irreplaceable in their lives, as they are in hers.
I look toward the upcoming summer, in hopes that these two volumes will also become irreplaceable – as narratives that transport, teach, and touch my boys the way only a treasured book can.
Edie Crabtree is an avid reader and the mother of three active boys. She can be reached at [email protected]
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\section{Introduction}
Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD) has been accepted as the most
successful theory to describe the strong interaction. However, the
low energy property, such as the property of baryon, is hard to be
described with the precise QCD. Lattice QCD is then developed to
calculate the property of baryons from the full QCD lagrangian
(see for example Ref.\cite{Lepage}). Meanwhile, on the side of
continuous field theoretical method, there are lots of
phenomenological models to try to give the picture of the baryons.
Soliton models, including the two most successful models, Skyrme
model(or chiral soliton model, see for example Ref.\cite{Skyrme})
and the chiral quark soliton model(or Nanbu--Jona-Lasinio (NJL)
Model, see for example Ref.\cite{NJL}), are one kind of these
models to give a vivid picture of baryons. However, the Skyrme
model and the chiral quark soliton model give two contrary
pictures. In Skyrme model, baryons are described as a soliton of
mesons with no valence quark degrees of freedom. In contrast to
Skyrme model, baryons are described as valence quarks bounded in
the meson soliton background in the chiral quark soliton model.
However, only local interactions are taken into account in NJL
model.

To search for the solid QCD foundation of the soliton models and
implement the nature of non-locality of the quarks in mesons, the
global color symmetry model (GCM) has been developed since the
middle of 1980's\cite{GCM85,GCM87,GCM88,formula-Fpi,LLZZ98}. In
the GCM, the gauge symmetry was discarded and then QCD is reduced
to a finite-range current-current interaction theory. One can get
a quark-meson interaction model or a quark-diquark interaction
model after bosonization\cite{GCM87} of the current-current
interaction theory. Since there are many kinds of meson fields to
interact with quarks and it is hard to deal with all of them, one
usually takes the low energy effective mode, the Goldstone mode
pion and sigma, and discards the others. Then light baryons are
modelled as solitons in the chiral meson background with Goldstone
mesons\cite{GCMsoliton1,GCMsoliton2,GCMsoliton3}. With the GCM
soliton, one can also discuss the dynamical confinement and, in
particular, the effect of the non-locality. Furthermore, the
dependence of baryon properties on hadron matter medium has also
been studied in the
GCM\cite{FT97,BR968,BRS98,MRS98,BGP99,MT9914,Liu0135}. However, in
the practical calculations, one usually takes the chiral circle
constraint, i.e., solves the coupled equations of quark and
$\sigma$-meson field explicitly, but discards the pion fields.
Then in this paper, we extend the GCM soliton to beyond the chiral
circle constraint, i.e., deal with the scalar field $\sigma$ and
the pseudoscalar field $\pi$ simultaneously. We can recognize that
there is much difference between the results with and beyond the
chiral circle constraint.

Below, we will give a concise description of the GCM model and of
the soliton in GCM model in section II (an extensive review of GCM
model can be found in series of papers\cite{GCMreview1,
GCMreview2}). In section III, we describe the method of the
numerical calculation and give our numerical results and compare
the results with those with the chiral circle constraint. Finally,
we summarize our work and give a brief remark in section IV.

\section{Brief Review of GCM}
The global color symmetry model (GCM) is constructed by the the
generation functional in Euclidean space as\cite{GCM85,GCM87}
\begin{equation}\label{GCMZ}
Z \! = \! \int \! \mathcal{D}\bar{q}(x)\mathcal{D}q(y) \exp[-\!\!
\int\!\! d^4x \bar{q}(x)\!{\not{\partial}q(x)} - \frac{g^2}{2}\!\!
\int\!\!\!\int \!\! d^4x d^4y \bar{q}(x)\gamma_{\mu}
\frac{\lambda^a}{2} q(x)D(x\!- \! y)\bar{q}(y) \gamma_{\mu}
\frac{\lambda^a}{2}q(y)] \, .
\end{equation}
This functional is invariant under global color $SU(3)$
transformation rather than the gauge color $SU(3)$ transformation.
$D(x-y)$ is the effective gluon propagator, which is a
parameterized function to model the low energy property and
dynamics such as those of hadrons. It has been shown that the
infrared enhancement of $D(x-y)$ is closely related to the chiral
symmetry breaking (see for example Refs.\cite{RW94,Pen04}). Such a
character should be embedded in the model.

It is convenient to calculate the Grassmann integration after
bosonization\cite{GCM85}. Firstly, one can reorder the quark
fields through the Fierz transformation and get
\begin{equation}
Z=\int\mathcal{D}\bar{q}\mathcal{D}q \exp \left[-\int
\bar{q}\not{\partial}q-\frac{g^2}{2}\int\int\bar{q}(x)
\frac{M^\theta}{2}q(y)D(x-y)\bar{q}(y)\frac{M^\theta}{2}q(x)
\right] \, ,
\end{equation}
where $M^\theta = K^a \otimes C^b \otimes F^c$, with $\{K^a\} =
\{I,i\gamma_5,\frac{i}{\sqrt{2}}\gamma_\mu,
\frac{i}{\sqrt{2}}\gamma_5\gamma_\mu\}$, $\{ C^b \}=\{
\frac{4}{\sqrt{3}}I,\frac{i}{\sqrt{3}}\lambda\}$, $\{F^c \}=\{
\frac{I}{\sqrt{2}},\frac{\vec{\tau}}{\sqrt{2}} \} $, are the
direct product of spin, color $SU(3)$ and flavor $SU(2)$ matrices
resulting from Fierz transformation. Then, one introduces bi-local
Bose fields $B^\theta(x,y)$ which transform like
$\bar{q}(x)\frac{M^\theta}{2}q(y)$. The bilocal fields have the
quantum numbers as those of mesons, so the fluctuations on vacuum
can be identified as mesons. One obtains then
\begin{equation}
 Z=\int\mathcal{D} B^\theta(x,y) e^{-S[B^\theta(x,y)]} \, ,
\end{equation}
with an action given as
\begin{equation}
S[B^\theta(x,y)]\! = \! \int \! d^4x d^4y \bar{q}(x) \left[\gamma
\cdot \partial\delta(x\!- \! y) + \frac{M^\theta}{2}B^\theta(x,y)
\right]q(y) + \int d^4x d^4y \frac{B^\theta(x,y)B^\theta(y,x)} {2g^2
D(x-y)}\, .
\end{equation}
Introducing the quark chemical potential through the transformation
\begin{equation}\label{}
  q(x) \rightarrow e^{\mu x_4}q(x)
\end{equation}
and integrating the quark fields, one gets the action
\begin{equation}
S[\mu,B^\theta]=-Tr\ln G^{-1}[\mu,B^\theta]+\int d^4x d^4y
\frac{B^\theta(x,y)B^\theta(y,x)}{2g^2 D(x-y)}\, ,
\end{equation}
where the inverse of the quark propagator can be written as
\begin{equation}
 \begin{array}{rcl}
  G^{-1}(\mu;x,y) &=& e^{\mu x_4}G^{-1}(x,y)e^{-\mu y_4}  \\
                  &=& (\gamma\cdot\partial-\mu\gamma_4)\delta(x-y)
                      + e^{\mu x_4}\frac{M^\theta}{2}B^\theta(x,y)
                        e^{-\mu y_4} \, .
 \end{array}
\end{equation}
Generally, the bilocal fields can be written as
\begin{equation}\label{form}
B^\theta(x,y)=B_0^\theta(x,y)+\sum\limits_i \Gamma_i^\theta(x,y)
\phi_i^\theta(\frac{x+y}{2}) \, ,
\end{equation}
where the first term is the translation invariant vacuum
configuration of the bilocal fields. The second term is the
fluctuation over the vacuum which can be identified as effective
meson fields. $\Gamma_i^\theta$ is the form factor of the meson
fields, which we take as the form of $B_0^{\theta}$ with
appropriate Lorentz structure since the excitation of the inner
degrees of freedom needs much energy and can be frozen in low
energy range\cite{LLZZ98}. There are many meson fields, including
scalar, pseudoscalar, vector, axial vector and tenser field. In
the lowest order, we can only consider the Goldstone mode,
$\phi_i^\theta=\{ \sigma,\vec{\pi} \}$, which was thought of as
the most important low energy degrees of freedom.

The vacuum configuration can be determined by the saddle point
condition $\frac{\delta S}{\delta B_0^\theta}=0$, which induces a
translation invariant quark self-energy $\Sigma(x-y) =
\frac{M^\theta}{2}B_0^{\theta}(x,y) =
\frac{M^\theta}{2}B_0^\theta(x-y) $. The equation of $\Sigma(x-y)$
in momentum space is, in fact, a truncated Dyson-Schwinger
equation, which reads
\begin{eqnarray}\label{DSE}
\Sigma(p) &=& i\gamma\cdot p [A(p^2)-1]+B(p^2)  \nonumber \\
          &=& g^2\int \frac{d^4q}{(2\pi)^4} D(p-q) \frac{\lambda^a}{2}
          \gamma_\mu \frac{1}{i\gamma\cdot q + \Sigma(q)}
          \gamma_\mu \frac{\lambda^a}{2} \, ,
\end{eqnarray}
where $D(p)$ is the Fourier transformation of $D(x)$.

It is evident that the quark meson coupling is in Yukawa form
while the meson self-interaction is nontrivial. The dynamical
chiral symmetry breaking is due to $B(p^2)\neq 0$, which causes
quark a dynamical mass $B(p^2)/A(p^2)$. One can model the low
energy property through a certain form of $A(p^2)$ and $B(p^2)$
determined by solving Eq.(\ref{DSE}) with an effective gluon
propagator or derived from some other models such as instanton
model, or lattice stimulation.

In the chiral limit, the bi-local fields can be written as
\begin{equation}
\frac{M^\theta}{2}[B^\theta
(x,y)-B_0^\theta(x,y)]=\frac{B(r)}{f_\pi} \chi(R) e^{i\gamma_5
\tau\cdot\phi(R)/f_\pi} ,
\end{equation}
where $r=x-y$ and $R=\frac{x+y}{2}$ can be considered as the
relative coordinate and centroid coordinate of a quark and a
anti-quark in a meson, respectively.

Expanding the action to leading order in derivatives of
$\sigma=\chi \cos[{\phi} / {f_\pi}]$ and $\vec{\pi}=\hat{\phi}\chi
\sin[{\phi}/{f_\pi}]$ at the vacuum $\sigma = f_\pi,\vec{\pi}=0$,
one gets
\begin{equation}
S[\sigma,\vec{\pi}]-S[f_\pi,0]=\int d^4R
\{\frac{1}{2}(\partial_\mu \sigma)^2+\frac{1}{2}(\partial_\mu
\vec{\pi})^2+U(\chi^2(R))  \} ,
\end{equation}
where $U(\chi^2)$ is the effective potential of mesons with
$\chi^2 = \sigma ^2 + \vec{\pi}^2 $ and can be given as
\begin{equation}
U(\chi^2)=-12\int \frac{d^4q}{(2\pi)^4} \left\{ \ln\left[
\frac{q^2A^2(q^2)+B^2(q^2)(\chi/f_\pi)^2}{q^2A^2(q^2)+B^2(q^2)}
\right] - \frac{B^2(q^2)[(\chi/f_\pi)^2-1]}{q^2A^2(q^2)+B^2(q^2)}
\right\} ,
\end{equation}
and $f_\pi$ is the pion decay constant given by
\begin{equation}\label{fpi}
f_\pi=12\int \frac{d^4q}{(2\pi)^4} \left[ \frac{B^2
A^2}{[q^2A^2+B^2]^2}-\frac{\frac{1}{2}q^2[(B^\prime)^2 +
BB^{\prime\prime}]+BB^\prime}{q^2A^2+B^2} \right] .
\end{equation}
It should be mentioned the above expression of $f_\pi$ is only
correct when the derivatives of $A(p^2)$ are neglected. However,
this approximation can be fairly right according to the
characteristic of the effective gluon propagator in the present
calculation. The full formula to evaluate the $f_\pi$ can be found
in \cite{formula-Fpi}.

The meson masses can be obtained by differentiating the potential
$U$ twice with respect to $\sigma$ and $\pi$. It can be found that
the pion mass is zero and the $\sigma$ mass is finite at the chiral
limit.

Originally, baryons are regarded as solitons with bag
constant\cite{GCM85}
$$ {\cal{B}} = U(0) - U( f_{\pi} ) \, , $$
where $U(0)$ is the effective potential of mesons in the soliton
with assumption $\sigma = 0 $, $\vec{\pi} = \vec{0}$ and $U(
f_{\pi})$ the one of vacuum with $\sigma = f_{\pi}$, $\vec{\pi} =
\vec{0}$. Even though some baryon properties and their dependence on
baryon density have been obtained in such a model (see for example
Refs.\cite{GCM85,Liu0135}), the advantage of the quark-quark
interaction in the GCM has not yet been represented explicitly. Then
a much more elaborate soliton model was developed in
1990's\cite{GCMsoliton2}. As in Ref.\cite{GCMsoliton2}, the meson
fields in the soliton are written explicitly as
\begin{equation}
\frac{M^\theta}{2} [B^\theta (x,y)-B_0^\theta(x,y)] = B(x-y)\Big[
\sigma(\frac{x+y}{2})+i\gamma_5
\vec{\tau}\cdot\vec{\pi}(\frac{x+y}{2}) \Big] \, .
\end{equation}
After introducing a chemical potential of quarks as the above, one
expresses the action-difference between the vacuum state and a
system with nonzero chemical potential as
\begin{equation}
S[\mu,\sigma,\vec\pi]=Tr\ln G^{-1}[\mu \! = \! 0,\sigma,\vec\pi] -
Tr\ln G^{-1}[\mu,\sigma,\vec\pi] \! - \! \int d^4x [ \frac{1}{2}
(\partial_x \sigma)^2 + \frac{1}{2}(\partial_x \vec\pi)^2 +
U(\chi^2) ] \, .
\end{equation}
where $\chi^2=\sigma^2+\vec{\pi}^2$. The inverse of quark
propagator at $\mu=0$ is given as
\begin{equation}
G^{-1}(\mu=0;x,y)=\gamma\cdot\partial_x \delta(x-y)
+\frac{1}{f_\pi}B(x-y)[\sigma(\frac{x+y}{2}) + i
\gamma_5\vec\pi(\frac{x+y}{2})] \, ,
\end{equation}
and that at finite $\mu$ can be written as
\begin{equation} G^{-1}(\mu;x,y)=e^{\mu x_4}G^{-1}(\mu=0;x,y) e^{-\mu
y_4} .
\end{equation}
In the vacuum, the fields $\sigma$ is $f_\pi$ and $\vec\pi$ is
zero determined by the saddle point condition of $S[\sigma,\pi]$.
When there are valence quarks, the meson fields will vary with the
spatial coordinate to show the shape of the bound system, the
hadron.

One can define an effective potential through the Legendre
transformation. With the static meson field, the effective
potential is proportional to the energy functional. At the Hartree
level as in Ref.\cite{GCMsoliton1}, the energy functional of the
static meson fields at a set of fixed quark occupation number $n$
is
\begin{equation}
  E[n,\sigma,\vec\pi]=E_q[n,\sigma,\vec\pi]+E_m[n,\sigma,\vec\pi] ,
\end{equation}
where $E_q$ is the valence quark's contribution,
\begin{equation}\label{Eq}
E_q[n,\sigma,\vec\pi]\left[ -\int d^4x \right] = Tr\ln
G^{-1}[\mu,\chi]-Tr\ln G^{-1}[0,\chi]-\mu n  \, ,
\end{equation}
and $E_{m}$ the meson field's contribution
\begin{equation}
E_m[n,\sigma,\vec\pi]=\int d^3x \left[ \frac{1}{2}(\nabla
\sigma)^2+\frac{1}{2}(\nabla \vec\pi)^2+U(\chi) \right] \, .
\end{equation}
The quark chemical potential $\mu$ is a functional of the meson
fields $\sigma$ and $\pi$ and the quark occupation number $n$,
which can be deduced from the relation $n=\partial Tr\ln
G^{-1}[\mu;\sigma,\vec\pi] / \partial \mu$.

It is convenient to calculate the above trace of the quark
propagator in Eq.(\ref{Eq}) at certain bases, and one can get the
bases through the spectral decomposition of the quark propagator.
With the static meson fields, $G^{-1}(x,y)$ is time translation
invariant and allows stationary eigenvectors of the form
$u_j(\vec{x})e^{i\omega x_4}$, which satisfies
\begin{equation}\label{spectral}
\int d^3y G^{-1}(\omega;\vec{x},\vec{y}) u_j(\vec{y})= i\gamma_4
\lambda_j(\omega) u_j(\vec{x}) \, ,
\end{equation}
where $G^{-1}(\omega;\vec{x},\vec{y})$ is the Fourier
transformation of $G^{-1}(x_4-y_4;\vec{x},\vec{y})$. The
eigenvalues $\lambda_j(\omega)$ can be written as the form
$\lambda_j(\omega)=\omega-i\epsilon_j(\omega)$, where $\epsilon_j$
is the quark eigen-energy of the state $j$. Calculating the
functional in Eq.(\ref{Eq}), one can know that the total energy is
the sum of the positive eigen-energy $\epsilon_j$, which satisfies
$\lambda(\epsilon_j) = 0 $, up to the chemical potential $\mu$.
These positive energy states satisfy the Dirac-like equation,
which can be given in momentum space as
\begin{equation}\label{quarkEq}
[i\gamma\cdot pA(p)+B(p)]u_j(\vec{p})+\frac{1}{f_\pi}\int
\frac{d^3k}{(2\pi)^3} B(\frac{p+k}{2}) [
\hat\sigma(\vec{p}-\vec{k}) + i\gamma_5 \vec\tau\cdot
\vec\pi(\vec{p}-\vec{k}) ] u_j(\vec{k})=0 \, .
\end{equation}
where $\hat{\sigma} = \sigma - f_\pi$. Because of the interaction,
there is a renormalization constant for the quark field, which can
be derived from the residue at the pole of Green's function and
given as\cite{GCMsoliton1}
\begin{equation}
Z_j=-\int d^3p d^3q \bar{u}_j(\vec{p}) \frac{\partial
G^{-1}(i\epsilon_j;\vec{p},\vec{q})}{\partial \epsilon_j}
u_j(\vec{q})  \,  .
\end{equation}
The total soliton energy functional of the soliton is then
\begin{equation}\label{solitonEnergy}
E=\sum\limits_{j=1}^3 \epsilon_j+\int d^3x \left[
\frac{1}{2}(\nabla \sigma)^2+\frac{1}{2}(\nabla \vec\pi)^2+U(\chi)
\right]  \, .
\end{equation}
The static meson fields are the configuration which minimizes the
energy functional, i.e., they are the solutions of the equations
$\delta E[\sigma,\vec\pi] /\delta \sigma = 0 $ and  $\delta
E[\sigma,\vec\pi] / \delta \vec\pi = 0 $. After some derivation,
one can write these equations explicitly as
\begin{eqnarray}
\label{sigmaEq} -\vec\nabla^2 \sigma(\vec{r})+\frac{\delta
U}{\delta \sigma(\vec{r})}+ Q_\sigma (\vec{r})  & = & 0 \, ,    \\
  \label{piEq}
-\vec\nabla^2 \vec{\pi}(\vec{r}) + \frac{\delta U}{\delta \vec\pi
 (\vec{r})} + Q_{\vec\pi} (\vec{r}) & = & 0 \, ,
\end{eqnarray}
where the $Q_\sigma$ and $Q_{\vec\pi}$ are the source terms
contributed from the valence quarks, and can be written as
\begin{eqnarray}
\label{quarksource_sigma} Q_\sigma(\vec{R}) & = &
\sum\limits_{j=1}^3 \frac{1}{f_\pi Z_j} \int d^3x d^3y
\bar{u}_j(\vec{x}) B(-\epsilon_j^2,\vec{x}-\vec{y})
\delta(\frac{\vec{x} + \vec{y}}{2}-\vec{R}) u_j(\vec{y}) \, ,   \\
 \label{quarksource_pi}
Q_{\vec\pi}(\vec{R}) & = & \sum\limits_{j=1}^3 \frac{1}{f_\pi Z_j}
\int d^3x d^3y \bar{u}_j(\vec{x}) B(-\epsilon_j^2,\vec{x}-\vec{y})
i\gamma_5 \vec{\tau} \delta(\frac{\vec{x}+\vec{y}}{2}-\vec{R})
u_j(\vec{y})     \, .
\end{eqnarray}

The above Eqs.(\ref{quarkEq}),
(\ref{solitonEnergy})-(\ref{quarksource_pi}) can be solved
self-consistently with numerical technique. When one wants to
solve these equations with the chiral circle constraint, one needs
only to discard the $\pi$ degrees of freedom or set $\pi$ as zero
to solve the other equations. And it has been carried out in
Refs.\cite{GCMsoliton1,GCMsoliton2}. In this work, we intend to
solve the equations beyond the chiral circle constraint.

\section{Numerical Calculation and Results}

To solve the soliton equations, one needs at first the effective
gluon propagator $D(x-y)$ to get the scalar functions $A(p^2)$ and
$B(p^2)$ and fix the quark propagator. In the present work, we
take the effective gluon propagator in the form of the
Munczek-Nominovsky model\cite{MN83}
\begin{equation} \label{Munm}
  g^2 D(q) =(2\pi)^4 \frac{3}{16} \eta^2 \delta^4(q) \, .
\end{equation}
Then the Dyson-Schwinger equation (Eq.(\ref{DSE})) yields
solutions
\begin{eqnarray}\label{AB}
A(p^2) & = &
    \left\{ \begin{array}{cc} 2 \, , & \quad p^2\leq \frac{\eta^2}{4} \, , \\
       \frac{1}{2}(1+ \sqrt{1+\frac{2\eta^2}{p^2}}) \, ,
   & \quad p^2 >  \frac{\eta^2}{4} \, ,
              \end{array}  \right.  \\
B(p^2) & = &
     \left\{ \begin{array}{cc} \sqrt{\eta^2-4p^2} \, ,
     & \qquad \quad p^2\leq \frac{\eta^2}{4} \, , \\
   0 \, , & \qquad \quad p^2 > \frac{\eta^2}{4} \, .
              \end{array}  \right.
\end{eqnarray}
This long range interaction has been reported to have the
dynamical confinement property \cite{GCMsoliton4}. Although the
effective gluon propagator can take a more realistic form, we
would show that this simple model can give a good data to compare
with the experiment.

From Eqs.~(\ref{quarkEq}),
(\ref{solitonEnergy})-(\ref{quarksource_pi}), one knows that they
are coupled Dirac-like equation in momentum-space and
Klein-Gorden-like equations in coordinate-space. As mentioned
above, this set of coupled equations has been solved with the
chiral circle constraint, i.e., setting $\vec{\pi} \equiv 0 $, in
Refs.\cite{GCMsoliton1,GCMsoliton2}. In this work, we solve the
equations with and beyond the chiral circle constraint with the
same methods as that in Refs.\cite{GCMsoliton1,GCMsoliton2}.

For the equation of quark field, we solve it in momentum space.
For a nucleon, we consider only the states with orbital angular
momentum $L=0$, and express the wavefunction of a valence quark as
\begin{equation}
u_j(\vec{p})=\left( \begin{array}{c} f_j(p) \\
i\vec{\sigma}\cdot\hat{p}g_j(p)  \end{array} \right)  \, .
\end{equation}
With the numerical integration and differentiating technique, we
transform the Dirac-like equation to an algebraic eigenvalue
equation $H_{mn}(\epsilon_j)X_n=0$, where $X_{2n}=f_j(nh)$ and
$X_{2n+1}=g_j(nh)$ with $h$ being the integration step of the
momentum, $\epsilon_j$ is the eigenvalue. If there exists a
nontrivial solution of $X$, $\det(H)$ should be zero. We search
for the eigenvalue $\epsilon_j$ from zero to a definite value
until $\det(H(\epsilon_j))=0$ and get the eigenvalue $\epsilon$
and eigenvector $X$ with the singular vector decomposition
method(SVD)\cite{SVD}.

For the equations of the meson fields, we solve them in coordinate
space with Newton's functional iteration method. Since the left
hand side of Eqs.(\ref{sigmaEq}) and (\ref{piEq}) is a functional
of $\sigma$ and $\vec\pi$, we can refer it to $F[\sigma,\vec\pi]$.
The meson fields ($\sigma_{s} , \vec{\pi}_{s}$) are the solutions
of $F[\sigma_s,\vec\pi_s]=0$. To solve these equations, we expand
the $F[\sigma,\vec{\pi}]$ at an initial value $\sigma=\sigma_0$,
$\vec\pi=\vec\pi_0$ and obtain
\begin{eqnarray}
 F[\sigma,\vec\pi] &=& F[\sigma_0,\vec\pi_0]
 +\int d^4x \left. \frac{\delta F[\sigma,\vec\pi]}{\delta \sigma}
 \right|_{\sigma=\sigma_0,\vec\pi=\vec\pi_0} \delta\sigma(x)
 \nonumber  \\
 & & +\int d^4x \left. \frac{\delta F[\sigma,\vec\pi]}{\delta \vec\pi}
 \right|_{\sigma=\sigma_0,\vec\pi=\vec\pi_0} \delta\vec\pi(x)
 +\cdots \, .
\end{eqnarray}
Neglecting the higher order and setting $F[\sigma,\vec\pi]$ as
zero, we gain an iteration equation of the meson fields,
\begin{equation}
\left\{ \begin{array}{rcl}
\sigma_{n+1}(x) & = & \sigma_{n}(x)+\delta\sigma_n(x) \, ,\\
\vec\pi_{n+1}(x)& = & \vec\pi_{n}(x)+\delta\vec\pi_n(x) \, ,
   \end{array} \right.
\end{equation}
where $\sigma_n(x)$ and $\vec{\pi}_{n}(x)$ are the solutions after
$n$-times iteration. It should be mentioned that, with the chiral
circle constraint, i.e., $\vec{\pi} \equiv 0$, the coupled equations
can be solved with less effort. However, when one solves the
equations beyond the chiral circle constraint, there are four
fields: the scalar field $\sigma$ and the triplet $\pi$ fields. It
is then very difficult to solve these equations. To the convenience
of numerical calculation, we take the Hedgehog form solution
\cite{Hedghog}
\begin{eqnarray}\label{hedgehog}
  \sigma(\vec{R}) = \sigma (R) \, , &                   \\
  \pi_{i} (\vec{R}) = \hat{R}_i \pi (R)  &  (i=1,2,3) \, .
\end{eqnarray}
which is one of the solution of the coupled equations.

In the calculation, we take at first a set of trial meson fields
to solve the Dirac-like equation and get the eigen-energy and
wave-function of the quark and the renormalization constant. With
the source terms constructed from the quark field, we solve the
meson field equations to get the new meson fields. Inserting the
new meson fields in the quark equation and repeating the above
steps until the meson fields and quark wave-function converge to a
desired precision, we obtain the final solutions.

One can recognize that $f_\pi$ is in proportion to $\eta$ from
Eq.(\ref{fpi}) when one takes the effective propagator in the form
of delta function in Eq.(\ref{Munm}) and gets the function $A$ and
$B$ as Eq.(\ref{AB}). One can then infer that the
Eqs.(\ref{quarkEq}), (\ref{sigmaEq}) and (\ref{piEq}) can be
scaled with the dimensional constant $\eta$. All the results can
thus be scaled to dimensionless data.

After solving the coupled equations, we obtain the eigen-energy
and wave-function of the quark and the meson fields (the obtained
results of the rescaled quark field and meson fields are
illustrated in Fig.~{\ref{scaledResult}} ), and further the
potential energy $E_{p}$ and kinetic energy $E_{k}$ of the meson
fields. The energy of the soliton can then be determined by $E= 3
\varepsilon_{j} + E_{p} + E_{k}$. Furthermore, We obtain the mass
of the soliton with two methods. One is the naive center mass
reduction, $M_s=\sqrt{E^2-3<p^2>}$, where $<p^2>$ is the
expectation value of the square of the quark momentum. The other
is the recoil correction\cite{recoilCorrection}.

\begin{figure}[!htb]
\centering
\includegraphics[scale=1.3,angle=0]{scaledResult.eps}
\caption{\label{scaledResult} Rescaled quark and meson fields in
the soliton obtained in the numerical calculation. The thinner and
the thicker curves correspond to the results with and beyond
chiral circle constraint, respectively. The left top, bottom panel
shows the upper, lower component of the quark field accordingly.
The right top, bottom panel displays the $\sigma$, $\pi$ field
which is scaled with the pion coupling constant $f_\pi$,
respectively. }
\end{figure}

In order to get a more impressive picture of the soliton, we adopt
explicitly the results with $\eta=1.04$~GeV, which is fixed by
fitting the experiment data $f_\pi=93$~MeV\cite{GCMsoliton2}. The
obtained properties of the soliton are listed in Table 1. The
obtained quark wave-function and the meson fields are illustrated
in Fig~\ref{Graph1}.

\begin{table}[ht]
\caption{\label{t1} Calculated mass and root mean square radius of
the soliton with and beyond the chiral circle constraint (with the
strength parameter $\eta=1.04$ in Eq.(\ref{Munm}) ) }
\vspace*{-6pt}
\begin{center}
\begin{tabular}{l|c|c}
\hline\hline
                                           & \quad with \qquad & beyond \\ \hline
 energy of valence quark $\epsilon$ (MeV)  &  339  &  129   \\
 meson potential energy(MeV)               &  218  &  109   \\
 meson kinetic energy(MeV)                 &  267  &  697   \\
 energy of soliton (MeV)                   & 1502  & 1193   \\
 mass (naive center of mass correction)(MeV)  & 1430  & 1124   \\
 mass (recoil correction)(MeV)             & 1020  &  916   \\
 radius (naive center of mass correction)(fm) & 0.71  &  0.64  \\
 radius (recoil correction)(fm)               & 0.59  &  0.56  \\ \hline\hline
\end{tabular}
\end{center}
\end{table}

\begin{figure}[htb]
\centering
\includegraphics[scale=1.3,angle=0]{QMFeta104.eps}
\caption{\label{Graph1} Calculated quark and meson fields in the
soliton with and beyond chiral circle constraint in the case that
the energy scale $\eta=1.04$~GeV. The thinner, thicker curves
correspond to the results with and beyond chiral circle
constraint, respectively. The left top (bottom) panel shows the
upper (lower) component of the quark field. The right top (bottom)
panel displays the $\sigma$ ($\pi$) field which is scaled with the
pion coupling constant $f_\pi$. }
\end{figure}

From Table~\ref{t1} and the Fig~\ref{Graph1}, one can recognize
evidently that, besides the quite extended distribution, the pion
field provides a strong attractive interaction and reduces the
energy of the valence quark from $339$~MeV to $129$~MeV and
further the whole energy of the soliton from $1430$~MeV to
$1124$~MeV. From Fig~\ref{Graph1}, one can see that the $\sigma$
field beyond the chiral circle constraint is a little weaker than
that with the constraint. Then, the interaction between quarks
with $\sigma$ field is weaker. However, one can get a strong $\pi$
field beyond the chiral circle constraint, which provide a strong
attractive interaction between quarks. Thus, one can get a tighter
bound and lighter soliton beyond the chiral circle constraint.

In the calculation with chiral circle constraint, we have a state
with good quantum numbers, such as angular momentum and isospin.
Then we can compare the result with the experiment data of a
nucleon. The results listed in Table 1 show that the calculated
result does not agree with experimental data well. In the case of
beyond the chiral circle constraint, our calculation can not give
a state with good quantum numbers because of the inclusion of the
pion field and the Hedgehog approximation (The Hedgehog state is
invariant under the simultaneous Lorentz rotation and the isospin
rotation. In order to derive a state with good quantum numbers, we
should quantize the classical soliton). The state we obtained is
then a mixture of a nucleon and a delta. The result listed in
Table 1 indicates that the presently obtained mass of the soliton
with the naive correction on the center of mass is comparable to
the experimental data. However, in the case of the recoil
correction on the center of mass, the obtained mass is smaller
than the experimental data. Such a result is not strange since we
have not quantized the soliton to a physical state. Meanwhile, it
is promising to see that the soliton mass is close to the right.
When we quantize the soliton, the nucleon mass is about tens of
MeV heavier than the soliton mass. Then the mass of a nucleon is
nearly equal to the experiment data. The Table shows also that the
radius of the soliton is smaller than the nucleon charge radius
0.87~fm observed in experiment. It is quite natural because we
have taken the effective gluon propagator with infinite long range
interaction. The realistic interaction is surely not in infinite
long range. If we take a more realistic form with long range
decreasing behavior, we expect that a better fit to the experiment
data can be obtained.

\section{Summary and Remarks}

In this paper, we studied the GCM soliton with and beyond the
chiral circle constraint. The calculation shows that, when the
pion field is taken into account in the scheme beyond the chiral
circle constraint, the calculated mass of the GCM soliton is
comparable with experimental data. The calculation indicates that
the pion field provides a strong attraction, which binds the
quarks in the soliton more tightly and decreases the energy of the
soliton to a more realistic value.

In this calculation, we take the form of the effective gluon
propagator as a delta function in momentum space. In such a case,
the interaction between quarks is in infinite long range with a
constant strength. The calculated mean square root of the radius
of the soliton is then smaller than the experimental data. Since
the realistic form of the effective gluon propagator should
include the infrared enhancement, which is closely related to the
chiral symmetry breaking, and the ultraviolet property of
asymptotic freedom, which has a decrease on the interaction
strength, more precise calculation with a realistic effective
gluon propagator is needed to give a good description of the
experimental data of nucleon. Besides, the soliton we obtained
with the pion field being included explicitly does not possesses
the good quantum numbers of a nucleon. Then, a quantization on the
classical soliton and calculations of more physical observables
are necessary. The relevant works are under progress.

\bigskip

This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation
of China under contract Nos. 10425521, 10075002, 10135030, the
Major State Basic Research Development Program under contract No.
G2000077400 and the Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of
Higher Education of China under Grant No 20040001010. One of the
authors (Y.X. Liu) would also acknowledge the support of the
Foundation for University Key Teacher by the Ministry of
Education, China.

\newpage

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More endorsers sign on to Perry's prayer event, even if unable to attend
Thursday was a strange day for devoted "Response" watchers, after the Austin American-Statesman pointed out Gov. Rick Perry's prayer rally had removed links to its list of event endorsers.
As the Texas Independent reported Tuesday, that change to the rally's site — which the blog Right Wing Watch caught earlier this week — came on the heels of remarks from Perry that his acceptance of an endorsement doesn't necessarily "mean I endorse everything that you say or do."
Following news that Perry may not speak at the rally at all, it looked as though "Response" organizers were trying to minimize ties between the governor and some of the controversial religious figures who'd come out to support it.
In fact, most of the figures are still listed on a new page for "Honorary Co-Chairs," now topped by even bigger names like Focus on the Family's James Dobson and Family Research Council president Tony Perkins.
As Right Wing Watch pointed out yesterday, the event still appears to be drawing new endorsements, most recently from Arlington pastor Dwight McKissic. The blog recalled that McKissic has said "that the gay rights movement had come straight out of 'the pit of hell itself.'"
In a brief interview with the Texas Independent, McKissic said he wasn't aware of the endorsers list, and that he'd simply been invited to support the event by a friend he declined to name.
Though he was only recently added to that list of endorsers, McKissic said, "due to a scheduling conflict, I unfortunately don't think I'll be able to attend."
McKissic, who is black, said he was unaware of racially charged comments American Family Association spokesman Bryan Fischer had made on an AFA blog earlier this year, but said he supported the spirit of the event, and bringing people together in prayer for the country.
The Texas Independent previously reported on other minority endorsers' attitudes toward those remarks.
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Ant-Man and the Wasp Actress Evangeline Lilly Has an Interesting Theory about the Future of the MCU
By Kelle Long
Today we saw the first Avengers: Infinity War trailer and the tides are clearly shifting. Alliances that were once fractured are uniting again to battle Thanos. Big changes are coming to the MCU, and that could mean crossing over into entirely new realms. We are in the midst of Phase 3 of the Marvel arc and it's unclear how the storylines will shift to something new, but we know it is coming. The Guardians of the Galaxy fight on an intergalactic scale, Thor hails from Asgard, and Doctor Strange can bend space and time. Ant-Man and the Wasp actress Evangeline Lilly, however, thinks that their films may unlock a new plane for the Avengers to explore.
Lilly plays Hope Van Dyne, aka the Wasp, and she shared her theories on the future of the franchise with Vanity Fair. Michelle Pfeiffer is confirmed to appear as Hope's mother, Janet, who was lost in the quantum realm for years. Knowing that someone can safely enter and exit the quantum realm may open up new opportunities for the characters. "We are hitting that [Lost] season 4 space where everything's about to shift, and you're about to lose the solid ground underneath you," Lilly told Vanity Fair. "And [Ant-Man and the Wasp], of course, will play a part in that.
Those characters are experts in the quantum realm. In Ant-Man and the Wasp, they are trying everything in their power to safely enter the quantum realm and return back from it because they have evidence from the first film that Scott Lang was able to do that. If he can do it, why can't we? If we do succeed in Ant-Man and the Wasp, then that does open a whole entire new multi-verse to enter into and play around in. I'm not the story creator, so I can't tell you what they're going to do with that. But I definitely see the potential there."
Very interesting theory. Ant-Man has been one of the lighter and more comedic installments of the series, so it would be interesting to see it carry such a pivotal plot point. Disney CEO Bob Iger supported the idea by confirming that the MCU is intended to expand.
"We're looking for worlds that are completely separate from the worlds we've already visited," Iger said. "They can be separate geographically, or separate in time—not just in place but in time. So there's almost, it's not quite infinite, but the directions we could go are extraordinary."
Marvel CEO Kevin Feige has long teased that the MCU will develop into something entirely new. Could Ant-Man and the Wasp be that catalyst? The film is set to follow the release of Avengers: Infinity War so we're likely to get some more answers before anybody travels into the quantum realm.
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This week, Canadian Comedy Award Winner Peter Carlone joins Becky and a back from tour Cam! What would be a better choice for this Calgary-born sketch-comedy boy than the 2002 cult classic "Fubar"! We talk developing sketch and improv characters for long form projects, the mean streets of Calgary, budget allocation for destroying property, and early hipster mocking. Add to that a healthy chat about the inner workings of the Peter and Chris team, and you're in for a good time. Check out Fubar on iTunes and turn up the good on your week.
Peter was born in Calgary BC. He has a BFA from the University of Victoria. He now resides in Vancouver, BC. Outside of Peter N ' Chris Peter is a two time Jessie Award winning actor (The Foreigner, Hunter Gatherers), Film-maker, and video editor. He has directed several educational videos for Science World. Along with Chris, he is a writer for CBC Radio's The Irrelevant Show, and the upcoming web-series White Ninja starring Paul Scheer (FX's The League). Peter is also the Artistic Director of the Vancouver Sketch Comedy Festival, which will be going into its 3rd year, this January.
This week's Shrimpton Suggested Short is "I Thought I Told You To Shut Up!" By Charlie Tyrell.


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Get to know us better! Download these two informational documents, "VIDES: What Is It?" and "VIDES: Mission Sites".
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Volunteers are responsible for transportation costs to and from the Formation/Service Camp and actual service site and all personal expenses.


Thinking twice about using "señora" or "señorita"? That's probably a good thing, because the implications behind the two can be quite suggestive.
"Señorita could mean I'm not a virgin anymore, so are you asking me about my sexual experience or are you asking me if I'm married?" Cagen said of her reaction to the question. "What is this about, and why am I being asked this in a business transaction?"
She said there are gender issues that come into play when using courtesy titles.
"There's actually really deep issues that go below this where we could say, 'Oh, why are you getting so worked up about this?' But it actually says something really profound about the way we see women and men. Women just want to be women, we don't want to be categorized," she said.


Welcome to the Disney Parks Moms Panel! I am sure the excitement must be spreading in your house as you get closer to your vacation at the Walt Disney World Resort!
When making your decision, I suggest that you consider the park hours for each park on the day you want to visit. Based on those hours, it looks like Magic Kingdom theme park is open later than Disney's Animal Kingdom theme park. If that remains the case, I suggest you go to Disney's Animal Kingdom theme park first then to Magic Kingdom. You can definitely do them both in one day.
I would recommend that you get to Disney's Animal Kingdom theme park prior to park opening if you want to beat the crowds waiting for Avatar Flight of Passage. If you purchase your tickets at least 30 days in advance, you can potentially make a Fast Pass+ selection for Avatar Flight of Passage. If you are staying at a Walt Disney World Resort hotel, you can make your Fast Pass+ selections 60 days in advance. With Fast Pass+, you can reserve ride times for up to three rides at one park per day. If you park hop from one park to another, you must use those first initial Fast Pass+ selections (or the ride time window needs to expire) prior to making a Fast Pass+ selection for the second park.
We like to do our first three Fast Pass+ selections in the morning. At Disney's Animal Kingdom theme park, we would first do Avatar Flight of Passage, then Kilimanjaro Safaris and then Expedition Everest - Legend of the Forbidden Mountain. When you get to Magic Kingdom, I would use the My Disney Mobile App to see which rides or attractions have the shortest ride wait time.
Kendall, I hope this was helpful!
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Court in China Recognizes NFTs as Virtual Property Protected by Law
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A court in the Chinese city of Hangzhou has determined that non-fungible tokens, or NFTs, represent virtual property protected by the laws in the People's Republic. The ruling comes from a case over a dispute between a customer and a platform hired to sell a collection of tokens.
Hangzhou Internet Court Hears Case Involving Property Rights Over NFTs
A court in Hangzhou, the capital of the eastern Chinese province of Zhejiang, has reviewed a dispute between a client and a local digital art platform which canceled a sale of NFTs on his behalf. The user sued the company claiming the operation was terminated without his consent.
The platform, which issued a refund, explained that its move had to do with the inaccurate personal information it received from the plaintiff. According to its know-your-customer procedures, orders placed without real-name authentication should be canceled, an announcement detailed.
The Hangzhou Internet Court said that NFT collections bear the characteristics of property rights such as value, scarcity, controllability, and tradability while the digital collectibles are virtual properties. In the statement, quoted by Chinese crypto journalist Colin Wu, also known as 'Wu Blockchain' on Twitter, the judicial authority also emphasized:
The contract involved in the case does not violate the laws and regulations of our country, nor does it violate the actual policy and regulatory guidance to prevent economic and financial risks, and should be protected by the law.
The court further elaborated that "as a virtual artwork, an NFT digital collection itself condenses the creator's original expression of art and has the value of related intellectual property rights. At the same time, NFT digital collections are unique digital assets formed on the blockchain based on the trust and consensus mechanism between blockchain nodes."
Therefore, the Hangzhou court concluded, NFT collections belong to the category of virtual property. It also expressed its position that the transaction in the case represents the business activity of selling digital goods through the internet, hence it belongs to e-commerce activities and should be regulated as such under China's "E-commerce Law."
Last year, the Chinese government launched a nationwide crackdown on crypto-related activities like the issuance, trading, and mining of digital coins such as bitcoin. While allowing NFTs to be issued, regulators tried to curb speculation with them. To avoid associations with the crypto space, they are often called "digital collectibles" rather than "non-fungible tokens."
In April of this year, reports revealed that the popular Chinese messaging app Wechat is suspending accounts linked to NFTs. And in September, it became known that the National Copyright Administration of China (NCAC) had launched a campaign to crack down on copyright infringement and piracy through digital collectibles.
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Unsung Heroes: The Evolving Roles Of Traditional Birth Attendants In Southwest Nigeria
While primary health centres should be accessible and provide skilled pregnancy care, most rural communities in Nigeria do not have PHCs. Hence, traditional birth attendants have become the first point of call, assisting women during labour and birth.
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Esther Olukayode's baby a month after delivery with TBA. Photo: Adejumo Kabir/HumAngle.
Foluke Adebiyi lives in a bungalow in the suburb of Akure, capital of Ondo State, Southwest Nigeria. She has spent over 20 years of her life attending to pregnant women.
Her traditional birth clinic is attached to a white garment church. It has an office space, an antenatal and delivery room, and a section where she combines herbs for the women.
Foluke told HumAngle that she learnt how to help pregnant women deliver their babies from her mother who was a Traditional Birth Attendant (TBA) in a rural community where primary health facilities were alien in the '80s.
Entrance of Foluke's traditional birth clinic. Photo: Adejumo Kabir/HumAngle.
"I inherited the birthing of babies from my mother after watching her take deliveries for many years in our community in Okitipupa. Today, I can boldly say that I have helped with the delivery of no fewer than 500 babies in my 22 years of practice."
Asked if she acquired any skilled training, she simply said "it is a gift from God. Our forefathers and mothers born on the farm and at home with the aid of Agbebi. It is a calling and you do not necessarily need to be a skilled nurse to do it. We only need to know when to refer to hospitals when there are complications during childbirth."
TBAs in Nigeria
Before modern medicine, mothers and mothers-in-law used to help their daughters with delivery and would depend on TBAs if complications arose.
TBAs are mostly older women highly respected in their roles as midwives in rural communities. They are known as "Agbebi" in southwest Nigeria. The word "Agbebi" coined from Yoruba language means "deliverer of babies" and they play a major role in childbirth-related activities in most rural communities in the country.
While primary health centres should be the first step to access basic healthcare and provide skilled pregnancy care, most rural communities in Nigeria do not have PHCs. The few operational ones are on the verge of extinction with many of them not functioning. Others are dilapidated due to lack of manpower and negligence.
The passage leading to various wards at Foluke's traditional birth clinic. Photo: Adejumo Kabir/HumAngle.
In lieu of these, many pregnant women undertake delivery without the presence of a skilled birth attendant like a nurse or doctor. TBAs have thus become the first point of call, assisting women during pregnancy, labour, birth, and in the postpartum period, using conservation of herbal plants and their derivatives.
HumAngle learnt that their actions are largely motivated by a desire to help the women in their communities. Foluke said TBAs help fill gaps that could otherwise remain unfilled.
Extraordinary kindness
Esther Olukayode is one of many women who have had their deliveries with TBAs. She gave birth at Foluke's church on Nov. 20, 2021 after she could not afford money to visit the hospital.
"I would have died if not for Mama Agbebi. She took care of me using different herbs. My husband stopped coming home after he impregnated me and till this very moment, I have not seen him. She admitted me free of charge, bought drugs for me and supervised the safe delivery of my child," she said.
Esther Olukayode's baby a month after delivery with TBA. Photo: Adejumo Kabir/HumAngle.
Esther also told HumAngle that for nearly a month after she gave birth, the birth attendant fed her. The church also bought necessary items for the newborn with donations from church's tithe and offerings.
Another TBA who identified herself as Okiki Adejuwon told our reporter that she was trained by midwives at Christ Apostolic Church Mission House and had been in the practice for 40 years.
Okiki Adejuwon, president of Ondo State Traditional Birth Attendants. Photo: Facebook.
Adejuwon who is also the president of Ondo State Traditional Birth Attendants said many pregnant women have had their deliveries with her without any complication. She, however, said "there are days I advised pregnant women to go to hospitals during complications. Some husbands used to abandon their wives with us and we have no choice but to take care of them because they have no money to visit the hospital."
Why they prefer TBAs
HumAngle spoke with some pregnant women on why they preferred going to TBAs during pregnancy and child delivery. Expectant mothers said the bills collected by hospitals are outrageous and not commensurate with the services rendered.
Some of the women listed the charges as: N25,000 ($60) for delivery, N50,000 ($120) for Cesarean Section and other "unjustified" charges ranging from N1,000 ($2.5) to N4,000 ($10).
Delivery ward of a traditional birth attendant in Ondo. Photo: Adejumo Kabir/HumAngle.
Aside from the aforementioned charges, those who gave birth at government hospitals said that health officials failed to provide them with drugs and other materials during delivery even after making payments.
"The hospitals are demanding too much from us and make us feel it is a crime to be pregnant," a woman who spoke under anonymity because of stigmatisation said.
In addition, strike action by medical doctors has become an annual occurrence in Nigeria. HumAngle understands that for years doctors' grievances have remained the same. They are always demanding for increased welfare and protection in order to do their jobs better.
Doctors protesting non-payment of salaries in Lagos. Photo: Twitter.
The government, on the other hand, would first threaten to sack the striking doctors if they did not return to work. Then it usually backfired, forcing the government to back down and concede to the doctors' demands. This pattern of events has unfortunately remained consistent for years even in the face of a global public health crisis.
Danger of repeated strike actions
Ten minutes before members of the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) embarked on an indefinite strike, on Monday, Aug. 2, 2021, a woman was rushed to a Federal Medical Centre for urgent medical attention.
It was a case of abruptio placentae (placenta abruption) which led to heavy bleeding. The doctors who were already prepared for an indefinite industrial action agreed to save the dying patient.
Abruptio placentae is a serious pregnancy complication in which the placenta detaches from the inner wall of the womb before delivery. The condition can deprive the baby of oxygen and nutrients.
Without prompt medical treatment, a severe case may lead to the death of both mother and foetus. Moved by the woman's situation, the doctors at the hospital rushed her to the theatre for a surgical operation and successfully resuscitated the patient.
This is one of many problems faced by pregnant women during doctors strikes in Nigeria. Some women in Ondo told our reporter that the strike actions have repeatedly forced them to settle for TBAs to avoid sad stories.
Lyning ward in a traditional birth attendant clinic in Ondo. Photo: Adejumo Kabir/HumAngle.
"I had serious pains two weeks before I gave birth to my son. I visited the hospital where I used to have my antenatal but no one was there to attend to me. I was later taken to a traditional birth attendant who monitored me and helped with the delivery of my baby in September," Sade Koledoye, a woman who recently gave birth, said.
Grim statistics
The UN Economic Commission for Africa said one in seven global maternal deaths occur in Nigeria. That is more than 50,000 women dying per year in Nigeria. About 95 per cent of deaths during childbirth are preventable.
Nigeria, alongside other UN member states, in 2001 agreed to the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), which included a call for the number of maternal deaths to be cut by three-quarters by 2015. The goal is still yet to be met as the country continues to witness high death rates at birth.
The 2013 Nigerian National Demographic and Health Survey (NDHS) reported the maternal mortality ratio was 576 deaths per 100,000 live births. Exposure to hemorrhages, infections, unsafe abortions, obstetric emergencies, HIV/AIDS, and meningitis leave women at risk due to unsafe practices.
"Lack of access to quality health care, lack of skilled health workers, education and poverty are some of the structural factors that have contributed to maternity and infant mortality rates in Nigeria especially in rural areas, leaving women and children at higher risk of exposure to dangerous delivery practices that contribute to high mortality," the report reads.
A 2016 study by NDHS also revealed that 63% of births are delivered at home compared to 23% that are delivered in public health facilities and 13% in private health facilities.
One of the traditional birth clinics in Akure. Photo: Adejumo Kabir/HumAngle.
From the study, most TBAs engage in trial and error and do not have defined guidelines that determine when they cannot manage a complication, and this may lead to late referral with fatal consequences.
In 2020, a consortium consisting of Africare, an international NGO focused exclusively on Africa, EpiAFRIC, an African health consultancy group, and the Nigeria Health Watch, an NGO with focus on strengthening the capacity of health sector organisations in Nigeria, carried out an 18-month project called 'Giving Birth In Nigeria'.
The report focused on shining a light on the high prevalence of maternal deaths in various communities. During the review period, 133 maternal deaths were documented in 18 communities in the six states.
Out of the 133 maternal deaths, only 17 occurred in a designated health facility, signaling the high density of unaccounted mothers dying during childbirth. About 52 deaths took place at home, and 56 deaths occurred in the home of TBAs.
Safe delivery in Ondo
To tackle the high rate of deaths that occur from childbirth, ex-governor of Ondo State, Olusegun Mimiko in 2014 abolished the use of traditional birth attendants and provided alternative employment for the attendants.
Ex-governor of Ondo State, Olusegun Mimiko. Photo: Wikimedia commons.
His administration also made delivery free in all the public hospitals, while the government invested a lot of funds on "mother and child" hospitals, specifically to cater for pregnant women and children.
One of the components of the safe motherhood projects was the 'Agbebiye' which entailed the TBAs referring pregnant women to government medical centres for proper medical attention of qualified medical professionals and specialists.
The project was said to have further reduced maternal mortality and also generated revenue for the TBAs across the 18 Local Government Areas of the state as they were paid a certain amount of money for each pregnant woman they referred. It was a matter of the more they referred, the more money they got.
Two years later, Ondo recorded 75 per cent reduction in maternal deaths. The state received several awards and accolades from international organisations for its achievements in bringing child and maternal mortality down.
"I was celebrated and awarded for referring pregnant women to hospital during Mimiko's administration as governor. It is not right to allow pregnant women to die, so it is good to refer them to hospital once we notice something suspicious," Adejuwon said.
HumAngle, however, discovered that the project had been discontinued by the present administration which assumed office in 2017.
The incumbent governor of Ondo State, Rotimi Akeredolu. Photo: Sun Newspapers.
A top state government official who did not want his name mentioned because he was not authorised to speak told HumAngle that the project could not continue as a result of paucity of funds. Consequently, the money to the TBAs had stopped.
Efforts by our reporter to speak with the state government proved impossible. As of the time of filing this report, the state was yet to appoint a new commissioner for health to replace the former, Wahab Adegbenro, who died of COVID-19 complications in 2020.
The state commissioner of information, Donald Ojogo, however, did not respond to enquiries.
Need for collaboration
Health experts who spoke with HumAngle advocate for more collaboration between the government and TBAs, saying it would be unfair to abolish them.
"TBAs can be re-oriented. It would be wrong for the government to say they are not interested in them because they have helped to save a lot of lives especially in rural communities where the government fails to provide primary health centres," Sodeinde Onajobi, a medical doctor and consultant said.
She stressed that authorities should rather collaborate with TBAs by training them on basic skills required to ensure safe deliveries.
"They should train them and give them certificates if they merit it. Some of the TBA facilities are better than primary health centres. We only need to collaborate. There is poverty in Nigeria and as much as people will be finding it hard to meet necessary bills at hospitals, TBAs should undertake delivery with the collaboration of skilled personnel and it would reduce the incidents of injuries and deaths among women and newborns."
One of the labour rooms in a traditional birth clinic in Akure. Photo: Adejumo Kabir/HumAngle.
Another medical expert, John Omoseni, an obstetrician and gynecologic oncologist, urged authorities to initiate the Traditional Medicine Board under the Ministry of Health to oversee the activities of the TBAs, and make efforts to improve their capacities in the areas of standard practice.
"It would be appropriate if there are courses designed to teach TBAs a code of ethics and help familiarize them with harmful practices that could be dangerous to pregnant women and their newborns."
He suggested training on how to recognise delivery complications, evaluation of TBA training programs, and increasing collaboration between healthcare facilities and TBAs.
"TBAs cannot be eradicated especially in rural communities. It is, therefore, good for the government to collaborate with them to enhance their work."
This report was supported by the Internews Health Journalism Network story grants on Solutions Journalism on sexual and reproductive health and rights.
Adejumo Kabir
Adejumo Kabir is a multiple award-winning investigative journalist. He loves community journalism and supports all public enlightenment. He currently works as Assistant Investigations Editor at HumAngle. He tweets via @AdejumoKabir2
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Kang Daniel's Backup Dancer Is Gaining Her Own Fan Base for Her Idol-Like Presence
"His back dancer is so pretty." – Netizen
Kang Daniel recently made his comeback and gained overwhelming attention for his fashion, choreography, and even his dancers.
Kang Daniel, who made his comeback with his first mini-album, showcased his songs, "2U" and "Jealous" on M Countdown.
His song, "2U" in particular is being commended for being the perfect song for spring, and fans can't get over how flawless Kang Daniel's singing and dancing are for the song.
But what unexpectedly went viral was one of his female backup dancers.
As soon as he appeared during the performance, she showed off a crazy idol-like presence and charisma that made viewers wonder who she was.
Her beauty and talent have made this backup dancer a hot topic of online communities with netizens asking who she is and if she's training to become an idol.
Some of the comments include, "His back dancer is so pretty", "She has total idol vibes", and "Wow…she's so enjoyable to watch".
Her identity hasn't been revealed, but fans will definitely be keeping an eye out for this one.
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Date Posted: 10:45:07 03/15/06 Wed
Author: Rich
Subject: Drusilla's communication skills
In reply to: Sunshine 's message, "Re: What Illyria said about Nightmares" on 14:16:14 03/14/06 Tue
Part of the problem is that Dru herself can't distinguish between a hallucination and a genuine vision - some of what she says is nonsense, and some of it isn't. It's worth noting that Spike (who knows her better than anyone) seems to take her visions seriously, even though he recognizes her problem.
It's possible that Dru's visions involve a literal sixth sense - IOW they aren't visual,auditory, or anything else that the rest of us can relate to. In this case, describing them in plain English would be impossible, because plain English doesn't have the vocabulary. Dru's gibberish could be an attempt to convey in words somethings for which no words exist.
I think something similar may explain the cryptic nature of some of Buffy's Slayer dreams (little girls singing a nursery rhyme, for example). If the Slayer demon whatever-it-is doesn't perceive or think like a human, than it may
not be able to communicate like one.
Re: Drusilla's communication skills -- Sunshine, 12:21:32 03/15/06 Wed


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Since the mid 1960's the demand for accountability has been a major theme in the social work profession. The literature, however, has failed to provide a theoretical and practical guide on developing systems of accountability. This article traces the recent emergence of accountability; synthesizes the professional literature into four explanations as to why social work has not been accountable; and proposes a theoretical and practical paradigm to develop systems of accountability.
Borrero, Michael; Martens, Pricilla; and Borrero, Gretchen Gubelman (1979) "Toward a Theory of Accountability," The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare: Vol. 6 : Iss. 6 , Article 11.


Danica Patrick skipped traditional press routes to break news of her divorce via Facebook on Tuesday, and the post has received an astounding number of likes and shares from fans.
"I am sad to inform my fans that after 7 years, Paul and I have decided to amicably end our marriage," Patrick wrote on her official page. "This isn't easy for either of us, but mutually it has come to this. He has been an important person and friend in my life and that's how we will remain moving forward."
Patrick has been a sports and pop culture icon since she became just the fourth woman to race in the Indianpolis 500 in 2005. In the ensuing years she's hosted TV shows and appeared on late-night talk shows and in a slew of advertisements, including as a sexed-up engine-starter for web hosting company GoDaddy.com.
While it shared some pretty personal information, Patrick's post is just the latest example in an increasingly common trend of athletes using Facebook and Twitter to act as their own media outlets and break major news.
Do you think Patrick was smart to tell fans about her divorce on Facebook, or was that too personal? Give us your take in the comments.


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Known for its gorgeous locally designed bridal fashion, online label The Thread Theory has launched a brand new line of wedding dresses that are affordably priced from $288 to $388. You won't find overly grand or opulent gowns here; this is for the modern, fuss-free bride who prefers a more relaxed and understated style. While silhouettes are kept clean, there's no skimping on quality and detail – think intricately sequinned embellishments and layers of soft tulle.
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When it comes to online shopping, there's always the issue of fit. Sometimes, it can lead to ill-fitting buys. When it comes to your big day though, you'll want your dress to be impeccable. The folks at The Thread Theory totally get that. That's why, aside from the helpful guide with measurements of the various sizes available (XS to XL), brides-to-be can also book a fitting session to try on the gown before adding it to your virtual shopping cart.
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With a one-room office in Toronto and only $300 in the bank, Louise began Birthright, an emergency pregnancy center. Her steady leadership and powerful vision ensured that the new pregnancy service survived. The grassroots response to her idea was overwhelming, and the Toronto chapter quickly grew into Birthright International, the world's first international pregnancy crisis service.
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In later years, Louise was glad the organization did not begin with a lot of money because it caused Birthright to rely on the "good hearts and hard work of volunteers" to provide "lots of love and common sense." Over 50 years later, Birthright International remains true to Louise's original vision of personal, one-on-one contact in helping relationships. Louise's Birthright means "approachability and informality" for clients and volunteers, instead of bureaucracy and meetings in highly structured, business-like environments.
Birthright has hundreds of chapters worldwide. Many Birthright volunteers and clients feel a special affection for Louise Summerhill, an ordinary woman who did something extraordinary to help others. An estimated 28,000 women make their first visit to a Birthright chapter every month.
Birthright also operates a 24-hour North American helpline, at 1-800-550-4900. Birthright is a fully independent organization, not affiliated with any church or public agency.
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Louise recreated the supportive, home-like environment they deserved to have. Moreover, Louise helped formulate a Charter, followed by all Birthright chapters worldwide, to define Birthright's services, to ensure that pregnant women receive the same considerate treatment at every Birthright chapter, and to help volunteers preserve Birthright's good reputation.
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Thousands bid adieu to Kerala State Basketball Player Tino Thomas
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Gopal is an independent basketball writer based out of Bangalore whose articles have appeared in print publications such as Hindu Business Line, Fountain Ink and The Caravan. He also contributes to online platforms sportskeeda.com, tadpoles.in and The Alternative. Email: gopal@ekalavyas.com
Memorial Services being conducted at the St Thomas Church Kurainnoor.
Babykutty, Kuriannoor: Thousands turned up to bid tearful adieu to Kerala State Basketball player Tino Thomas, who was also a qualified state referee and physical education Teacher at Marthoma HSS Venmony. Thomas, who had captained Kerala at the 2000 Youth National Basketball Championship, passed away at the age of 31 when he met with an accident on Tuesday in Eraviperror.
Tino Thomas
The burial took place at St Thomas Marthoma Church, Kuriannoor. The priests from Marthoma Church officiated at the funeral ceremonies, assisted by a host of ecclesiastical dignitaries. Thousands of people from various walks of life came to pay their last respects to the departed soul. Basketball players, officials and students in large numbers poured in to pay homage to their friend and teacher.
Pathanamthitta MLA, K Sivadasan Nair, Kerala Basketball Association Sr Vice President Mr TC Koshy, Pathanamthitta Secretary former KSEB Board Member Mr Philip Zachariah, FIBA Commissioner and Kerala Basketball Association Technical Committee Chairman Dr Prince K Mattom, Referees Board Member Fr Siby Chettikalam, Kottayam Basketball Association International Player Monish Wilson, International Coaches K V Alexander and Dimal C Mathew, apart from other Sports Council coaches and an array of State captains were present.
Principals and Teachers of various schools in Thiruvalla, Kuriannoor, Edayaranmula, Venmony and many others paid their last respects when the body was brought home at Kurainoor.
Tino was the son of Thomas Mathew Mamarapallil Kuriannoor (Rtd Officer of Traco Cables, Thiruvalla) and Mariamma Thomas, MCRD Thadiyoor. He is survived by wife Ashy Thomas and a five months old boy.
He hails from a family of basketball players. His only sister Teena represented Kerala State and Tamil Nadu State in the sub-junior Youth and Senior Divisions. She is now working as a software engineer in Abu Dhabi. Dr M M Chacko, who played a long 13 years for Kerala and is now the senior vice president of Kerala Basketball Association also served as vice president of Basketball Federation of India (1994 – 2002), was Tino's uncle, and his two sons Viju and Vinu also represented the State.
Funeral Procession
Tino started his basketball career at the Vivekananda School, Pullad and then moved on to St Berchmens College, Changancherry. He also represented Mahatma Gandhi University, and for Kerala, apart from the Youth, in State Sub Junior as well as Junior National Basketball Championship. He is also an qualified State Panel Referee.
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4 years ago	Announcements, Basketball, Main Slider, Press ReleasesKerala Basketball, Mahatma Gandhi University, MM Chacko, passing away, Tino Thomas599
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59th Kerala State Senior Basketball Championship: Thiruvananthapuram and Ernakulum Retain their Titles
Babykutty: Defending champion Thiruvananthapuram retained the women's title as they beat runners up Palakkad women 58-47, while in an exciting men's final Ernakulum scraped past Thiruvananthapuram 69-62 in the 59th Kerala State Senior Basketball Championship at the Carmel Club basketball courts in Aluwa. The women's final was in fact played between the only two professional sides of […]
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The First Day of the Rebound Veterans Gathering
Kochi, 2nd July, 2016: More than 200 veteran Kerala basketball players, which included national and international players gathered in Kochi, at the Rajeev Gandhi Indoor Stadium to participate in a gathering that was to celebrate 5 decades of basketball excellence. Those who assembled for the event, included: Unwin J Antony, Mohammed Iqbal, Sunny Thomas, V Harilal, Leelamma […]
Kerala celebrates 125 years of basketball with Hoopathon
Pathanamthitta, 21st January 2017: Kerala Hoopathon, a mega event across the state to celebrate the 125th jubilee of the game of basketball, was conducted on a grand scale with participation from all major districts of Kerala. More than 12,500 beginners (children below 12 years) attempted to score 1,25,000 points with the support of around 1250 […]
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33rd Kerala State Youth Basketball Championship 2016: Day 4
Koratty, 16th August, 2016: Thrissur girls and Ernakulum boys grabbed the bronze here at the 33rd edition of the Kerala State Youth Basketball Championship for Boys and Girls here at the twin floodlit indoor basketball courts, at Little Flower HSS, Koratty on Tuesday. In the girls 3rd place match, Thrissur defeated Kottayam (54-30), while in the boys catgory, Eranakulum got […]
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59th Kerala State Senior Basketball Championship: Victory for Ernakulum and Thiruvananthapuram Teams
Babykutty: Thiruvananthapuram and Ernakulum men and women tasted victories here at the 59th Kerala State Senior Basketball Championship at the Carmel Club Indoor Stadium in Aluva. In the women's section, Thiruvananthapuramm beat Kollam 53-15 and Ernakulum beat Malapuram 51-37; while in the men Ernakulum defeated Kollam 70-48, Thiruvananthapuram beat Palakkad 88-47, Kottayam beat Kannur 63-43 […]
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Kerala Basketball: Abishek & Sreekala to lead State Sub Jr Team in 41st Sub Junior National Basketball Championship
Babykutty: Abhishek J Jaison of Silver Hill HSS Kozhikode in boys and Sreekala R of St Gorethy School, Thiruvananthapuram in girls will lead the Kerala sub-junior basketball teams at the 41st Sub Junior National Basketball Championship to be held at Nasik, Maharashtra from 22nd to 28th Nov 2014. The boys team will be coached by Dr […]


The Miami baseball team has reached its most exciting week of non-conference play.
Starting Tuesday, the RedHawks will look to defend their crown in the annual Joe Nuxhall Classic. Miami won the tournament for the first time last year.
The Joe Nuxhall Classic, which debuted in 2009, is a two-day tournament that features Cincinnati, Wright State, Xavier and Miami. It was founded to honor Joe Nuxhall and to celebrate Southwest Ohio baseball.
Affectionately nicknamed "the ol' left-hander," Nuxhall pitched in the Major Leagues for sixteen years—including fifteen with the Cincinnati Reds—before becoming a Reds announcer in 1967. He continued to call games until his death in 2007.
Nuxhall still holds the record for the youngest player to ever appear in a Major League game. He pitched two-thirds of an inning on June 10, 1944 at the age of fifteen. A two-time all-star, he finished his pitching career with 135 wins and a 3.90 earned run average. He grew up less than thirty minutes from Oxford in Hamilton, Ohio.
Wright State holds the most tournament crowns with four. Cincinnati has three titles, while Miami and Xavier each have one.
In a rematch of last season's championship, Miami will host Xavier in the first round of the Classic on Tuesday at Hayden Park. First pitch is scheduled for 6 p.m. and fans can hear all the action on RedHawk Radio's live stream on YoutubeLive.


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Sober 10 years since 3/25/2007 at age 37 Lara first came to AA in 1991 at age 21 in Hawaii.
Her mom was "brutally addicted to drugs and alcohol". Everything that could happen to an abandoned child happen to her but that did not make her an alcoholic.
Her mom is 26 years sober in AA, Lara 12 stepped her, and they have a loving relationship.
It is possible to let everything go and not have a need to be a victim.
A keyboard player from a famous band became her "AA Eskimo".
Lara got successful and allowed her husband to pull her away from AA.


Incorrect reference to "Section 8.14 DSpace Log Converter" in Section 5.3. Should be [Section 9.14] "DSpace Log Converter section".
refer to Section 3.4.6 Dspace Statistics". Should be [6.3.47] "DSpace SOLR Statistics Configuration section" and [4.3.6] "DSpace Statistics section".
Incorrect reference to "5.2.35 DSpace Statistic Configuration" in Section 4.3.6. Should be [6.3.47] "DSpace SOLR Statistics Configuration section".
I suggest eliminating the numeric references if they can't be maintained or if bookmarks can't be embedded. Stick with the titles. They're easier to browse and locate now with the bookmarks and it's much less confusing.


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Warning: This post contains major spoilers for the series finale of The Mindy Project.
So The Mindy Project's titular heroine got her man, her business and her happy ending, after all.
In the series finale, released Tuesday on Hulu, Mindy Kaling's Dr. Lahiri reunited with former fiancé/baby daddy Danny, who also fronted the money that allowed her to keep her fertility clinic open. The financial backing was a surprise, but it was nowhere near as shocking as Dr. Castellano's earnest admission that he'd been wrong seasons before, when he told Mindy that owning her own business would adversely affect their son's upbringing.
And with that character hurdle cleared, it was only a matter of time before Beyoncé Pad Thai and Diamond Dan came to their senses and reunited romantically.
And after figuring out that she wanted to give it another try with Dr. C, Mindy raced (and, in a callback to the series premiere, biked) from the reception to the hospital where Annette was convalescing after a successful double mastectomy. But Danny didn't recognize that his sweaty ex was making a grand romantic gesture until Ma and Richie pointed it out to him.
They kissed. They bickered. They sat on the couch and watched TV. And that's how the ballad of Mindy and Danny came to its happy close.
In a moment, we'll ask you to grade the series-ending episode. But first, we wanted to get star Chris Messina's take on Mindy and Danny's rom-com ending — including Danny's rather significant change of heart. Read on for Messina's thoughts on his various comings and goings, the scene that made him (and Danny) sweat and the prop that became his go-to for getting into character.
TVLINE | You've said before how appreciative you are that the show allowed you to leave to do other jobs.
TVLINE | The double edge to that sword is that you played half of a very popular couple, and when Danny dropped out of the picture, you took a lot of heat from fans.
Yes. I got to feel both of those things. When things were right I felt the love, and when things were wrong I felt the disdain. But I totally get that, and appreciate it, only because it showed that people cared.
TVLINE | So whenever you weren't around, it was for work? I know you have [HBO's] Sharp Objects coming up.
Yes. Mindy [Kaling] was very cool about that. It was my fear going into a television show… My career's always kind of in and out. A couple weeks here. A month there, and then be gone. She was very open in the beginning and just very cool about saying, "I want you to do other stuff. I want you to do movies and stuff. I don't want to hold you back from doing that, but I want you to play this part." And the writing was so good, and she's so funny. It was really kind of a no-brainer. I couldn't not do it, and I'm glad I did. It was an incredible time of my life. It's like, look at her: She's juggling millions of things, and so she understands when all of us had other interests. She totally was very cool about that.
TVLINE | In this last year, in your last big hurrah, did you have any hope or fear that they were going to ask you to dance again?
[Laughs]Yes. You know, I really ended up trusting everybody and all the writers. If they felt like the show or the character needed to dance, I would have danced. I've never really said no. There were episodes where I was triathalon-running, half naked and being carried by Ike [Barinholtz]. I did whatever they wanted me to do, because most of the time, they were right. It would work… I'm kind of glad they didn't ask me to dance, just because I get nervous every time that would come up. But I would have done whatever they wanted.
TVLINE | Along those lines, is there a Mindy scene that stands out in your memory as one that you were really nervous to do?
Yes. There was a scene early on where I was on the news for some reason. [Editor's note: It was Season 1's "Mindy's Minute."] And yes, I remember it being a very…it was extremely funny in the writing. It was kind of like an homage to Broadcast News when Albert Brooks starts melting in front of the camera, and I just remember thinking it was so funny and I remember wanting to deliver for them. I mean, this was a very frequent feeling that I had on the show, where it was written very funny and I wanted to mine as much of the comedy as I could for them and for the character. But that one, in particular, was maybe one of those first kind of big comedy moments they gave me.
TVLINE | I was so happy to see Danny's red glasses front and center in the final few episodes.
I love those glasses. That was [supervising producer] Dave Stassen and Ike who, I think, invented those. I think it was an episode that they wrote. All of a sudden… it became something that I often asked for in scenes. "Should we have my glasses?" They just became a part of him. So, it's great writing that invents these things and colors a character.
TVLINE | How much did you know about Danny's change of heart ahead of this season?
Mindy's always really great at kind of sharing, and also sometimes saying, "What do you think of this?" So, I pretty much knew where it was going, but maybe the fine line detail I didn't know, the particular scenes… But I had a sense of where I was going, and I was excited. Did you see the last episode yet?
TVLINE | I was happy they ended up together, but I haven't liked the way Danny was written over the past couple of seasons. I didn't love Danny's hang-up about Mindy working, because that's who she's always been.
Yes. Definitely. Did you feel that you forgave him enough or got over it enough, or did you feel a little leftover anger?
TVLINE | No leftover anger. It felt a little rushed, but I understand why.
I understand completely. It's rude and it's from the dinosaur ages [for Danny] to behave like that to anybody, especially your loved one. But at the same time, I kind of thought it was something he would do, even though he was used to a certain Mindy and used to her a certain way, it felt right for the character and wrong — not what you wanted possibly as a fan of the show or something — but felt right.
I just hope that people will be able to forgive him for some really ignorant, stupid decisions along the way and know that in his core that there's goodness.
TVLINE | Before you go, tell me something about working with Mindy Kaling that we don't know.
She is a real encyclopedia of TV shows and movies. One time, Mindy and I gave each other a list that we had to complete of movies. So, it was movies we hadn't seen. She gave me like "You have to watch these," and I said, "You have to watch these," and then we'd check in.
TVLINE | Give me one that was on your list for her, and one that was on her list for you.
Okay, let me look it up. That Peter Weir film which was so good. Something Rock. So good. [Looks up film online] It's such a great movie. I couldn't believe I hadn't seen it. It's funny. It was Picnic at Hanging Rock by Peter Weir. It's a 1975 film. Beautiful. She told me to watch that. There was several, but that one really struck me. And I wanted her to watch Straight Time with Dustin Hoffman. It's one of my favorite Dustin Hoffman movies.
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