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How the tide turned on a day that led to an impeachment inquiry
Events Tuesday included a moment of unity in the Senate, Pelosi's announcement.
Mary Bruce
Katherine Faulders
'No one is above the law': Nancy Pelosi announces official impeachment inquiryPelosi made the announcement amid questions about whether Trump had made aid to Ukraine contingent on the country's president agreeing to investigate political rival Joe Biden and his son, Hunter.Andrew Harnik/AP
In a historic move, Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced on Tuesday that House Democrats were moving forward with an official impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump.
(MORE: Pelosi announces formal impeachment inquiry into President Trump )
"The actions of the Trump presidency revealed the dishonorable fact of the president's betrayal of his oath of office, betrayal of our national security, and betrayal of the integrity of our elections," Pelosi said. "Therefore, today I'm announcing the House of Representatives is moving forward with an official impeachment inquiry."
"The actions taken to date by the president have seriously violated the Constitution," Pelosi said. "The president must be held accountable."
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi reads a statement announcing a formal impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Sept. 24, 2019.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi reads a statement announcing a formal impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Sept. 24, 2019.Andrew Harnik/AP
(MORE: Trump froze aid before call with Ukraine's president asking him to probe Biden )
Trump tweeted as soon as Pelosi finished, saying, "They never even saw the transcript of the call," referring to the phone conversation he had July 25 with Ukraine's president that is the focus of the latest impeachment controversy.
(MORE: From a controversial phone call to impeachment calls: A Trump whistleblower timeline)
Just hours earlier, Trump promised to release an unredacted transcript of his phone call with Ukraine's president in July that has triggered a new Democratic push for impeachment.
(MORE: A list of the fast-growing number of Democrats calling for Trump impeachment probe )
Trump tweeted that the transcript, which he said would be made public Wednesday, would show that it was "a totally appropriate call."
"NO quid pro quo!" he said.
The fast-moving developments came amid new questions about whether Trump had made millions in military aid to Ukraine contingent on Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky agreeing to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden and his son, Hunter.
(MORE: Impeachment debate freezes 2020 campaign in place: ANALYSIS )
Trump, who had said previously he was concerned about sending aid to Ukraine because of corruption he alleged there, gave a new explanation Tuesday, saying he had ordered the aid frozen -- before the call -- because he was unhappy with how much European countries were contributing to Ukraine.
In her formal announcement late Tuesday afternoon, Pelosi said the Trump administration blocking the whistleblower complaint from being sent to Congress was a "violation of the law" and said Trump calling on a foreign leader to interfere in a U.S. election was "a breach of his constitutional responsibilities."
Tuesday evening, two sources close to the president told ABC News that the White House is considering releasing the complaint filed by the whistleblower. The complaint, which is classified, is undergoing a declassification process, according to sources familiar with the matter.
The Democratic chairman of the House Intelligence Committee tweeted earlier in the day that the whistleblower who filed a formal complaint about Trump's call wanted to talk to his committee.
Over the past 24 hours a rapid succession of Democrats embracing impeachment has pushed Pelosi and her caucus to go forward on the matter.
The Pelosi announcement was scheduled to follow a meeting of all Democrats Tuesday afternoon with at least 166 Democrats -- more than two-thirds of the caucus - now publicly supporting impeaching President Donald Trump.
At the same time, House Democrats were drafting a resolution to pressure the Director of National Intelligence to release a whistleblower complaint to Congress. The measure will be on the floor for consideration on Wednesday, according to a senior Democratic leadership aide.
During a live interview at The Atlantic Festival Tuesday afternoon, Pelosi said, "This isn't about politics. If we have to honor our oath of office to support and defend the Constitution of the United States, from all enemies, foreign and domestic, that's what we're have to do.
"We have to have the facts. That's why I've said, soon as we have the facts, we're ready. Now we have the facts. We're ready. For later today. But -- but so this isn't about politics," she said.
Nancy Pelosi speaks during an event at the Atlantic Festival in Washington, D.C. on September 24, 2019.
Nancy Pelosi speaks during an event at the Atlantic Festival in Washington, D.C. on September 24, 2019.Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP/Getty Images
Biden, on the campaign trail in Wilmington, Delaware, said, "If the president does not comply such a request of the Congress, if he continues to obstruct Congress and flaunt the law, Donald Trump will leave Congress in my view no choice but to initiate impeachment."
(MORE: Biden: Possible impeachment 'tragedy' of Trump's own making )
Before meeting with all House Democrats, Pelosi huddled Tuesday afternoon with her leadership team, the chairmen of six committees investigating the president and held a special caucus meeting to discuss impeachment.
In her subsequent announcement, Pelosi said all the House committees looking into alleged Trump wrongdoing would continue their work. "I'm directing our six committees to proceed with their investigations under that umbrella of an impeachment inquiry," referring to the official impeachment probe she announced. A source involved in the process told ABC News the House Judiciary Committee looking into whether Trump committed obstruction of justice would remain the main investigation.
(MORE: How the impeachment process works )
House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff arrives at the Capitol before the committee meeting with Acting Director of National Intelligence Joseph Maguire on September 19, 2019, in Washington, D.C.
House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff arrives at the Capitol before the committee meeting with Acting Director of National Intelligence Joseph Maguire on September 19, 2019, in Washington, D.C.Samuel Corum/Getty Images
(MORE: Trump whistleblower complaint fuels impeachment pressure among Democrats)
Arriving at the Capitol Tuesday morning, Pelosi ignored a question asking whether it is time to impeach the president now that more than 150 Democrats are pressing for impeachment.
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi departs the Capitol en route to a speaking event in Washington, Sept. 24, 2019.
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi departs the Capitol en route to a speaking event in Washington, Sept. 24, 2019.J. Scott Applewhite/AP
Seven freshmen Democrats, all veterans of the military, defense and intelligence agencies, wrote an op-ed in the Washington Post Monday evening calling allegations that the president pressured Ukraine to investigate Democratic presidential frontrunner Joe Biden, "a direct violation of our national security."
At the United Nations Tuesday, Trump insisted he had done nothing improper and called the new impeachment talk "ridiculous and a "witch hunt."
President Donald Trump accompanied by his wife Melania, arrives at the UN General Assembly in New York, Sept. 24, 2019.
President Donald Trump accompanied by his wife Melania, arrives at the UN General Assembly in New York, Sept. 24, 2019.ABC News
"If these allegations are true, we believe these actions represent an impeachable offense," Reps. Gil Cisneros, Jason Crow, Chrissy Houlahan, Mikie Sherrill, Elissa Slotkin, Abigail Spanberger, and Elaine Luria," wrote collectively. "We do not arrive at this conclusion lightly, and we call on our colleagues in Congress to consider the use of all congressional authorities available to us, including the power of "inherent contempt" and impeachment hearings, to address these new allegations, find the truth and protect our national security."
Amid the whistleblower complaint, some of Pelosi's closest allies have also recently cut off their patience regarding impeachment, perhaps affording Pelosi with political cover and ending the prolonged defense of slow-walk the process through a thorough, methodical investigation.
Connecticut Democratic Rep. Rosa DeLauro called the complaint a "matter of grave urgency."
"As with many of my colleagues, I have been reluctant to call for an impeachment inquiry because it would further divide the country, be perceived as overturning the 2016 election, and go to the United States Senate where Republicans would acquit President Trump regardless of the evidence. But these actions regarding the 2020 election are a turning point," DeLauro wrote in a statement. "An impeachment inquiry may be the only recourse Congress has if the President is enlisting foreign assistance in the 2020 election. Congress must meet this pivotal moment in our nation's history with decisive action."
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, reacting to Pelosi, said, "This rush to judgment comes just a few hours after President Trump offered to release the details of his phone conversation with President Zelensky."
"It comes despite the fact that committee-level proceedings are already underway to address the whistleblower allegation through a fair, bipartisan, and regular process," he said in a statement.
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy accused Democrats of trying to overturn the results of the 2016 election by pursuing impeachment, and of going after Trump at the expense of legislating.
"Our job here is a serious job -- our job is to focus on the American public. Our job is to make tomorrow better than today, Our job is to legislate, not to continue to investigate something in the back when you cannot find any reason to impeach this president," he said, without commenting on the substance of Democrats' concerns about Trump's actions. "This election is over. I realize 2016 did not turn out how Speaker Pelosi wanted it to happen, but she cannot change the laws of this Congress. She cannot unilaterally decide on an impeachment inquiry."
In a rare moment of unity, the entire U.S. Senate Tuesday evening unanimously passed a non-binding resolution calling on the Trump administration to release the secret whistleblower complaint to the House and Senate Intelligence committees.
McConnell did not try to block the measure and it meant that every Senate Republican -- along with every Democrat -- voted that the whistleblower complaint should be turned over to Congress -- not just the phone call transcript.
ABC News' Trish Turner, Liz Alesse, Mariam Khan, Katherine Faulders and John Santucci contributed to this report
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WASHINGTON — The economy popped out of its rut this spring and grew at the strongest pace in more than a year, giving President Bush something to crow about.
The best barometer of the country's economic fitness — gross domestic product — increased at a 3.4 percent annual rate in the second quarter, the Commerce Department reported Friday.
Businesses regained their appetite to spend and sold more goods overseas, contributing to the improved performance. Stronger government spending also helped out.
Individuals, however, took a breather as they coped with high gasoline prices and the ill effects of the housing slump, including spiking foreclosures and late mortgage payments. The sour housing market continued to weigh on the economy but not nearly as much as it had in previous quarters.
Economic growth in the first three months of the year had slowed to a near crawl of just 0.6 percent, the slowest in more than four years.
At the White House, Bush was quick to hail the rebound in national economic activity. "I want the American people to take a good look at this economy of ours," boasted Bush, whose economic stewardship has received weak marks. "It's an economy that is large, flexible and resilient."
But Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., called the bounce back "a temporary oasis." He fretted that problems with risky mortgages could drag on and hurt the housing market's ability to recover.
On Wall Street, the GDP report failed to ease investors' fears about housing. The Dow Jones industrial average tumbled 208.10 points on Friday. One day earlier, the index suffered its second biggest drop of the year, plunging by 311.50 points. The culprit: investors' heightened anxiety that troubles in the housing and home-mortgage markets could spread.
Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson called the market turbulence a "wake-up call" to investors to re-examine their degree of risk. The economy's fundamentals, he stressed, remain solid.
"Lenders need to be very aware of the risk. Borrowers need to be aware of risk. I would submit that people are more aware of those risks and the need for discipline today than maybe they were a month or two ago," Paulson said.
"So again let's keep our eye on the very strong underlying economy, which puts us in a position of strength," he added.
The second quarter's GDP was better than the 3.2 percent growth rate economists were expecting. It was the strongest showing since the first quarter of 2006, when the economy expanded at a brisk 4.8 percent pace. GDP measures the value of all goods and services produced in the United States.
Inflation — outside a burst in energy and food prices — moderated.
An inflation gauge closely watched by the Federal Reserve showed "core" prices — excluding food and energy — rose at a rate of just 1.4 percent in the second quarter. That was down sharply from a 2.4 percent pace in the first quarter and was the smallest increase in four years.
That should help ease some inflation concerns. Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke has said the biggest threat to the economy is if inflation doesn't recede as policymakers anticipate. Out-of-control prices are bad for the economy and the pocketbook. They eat into paychecks, erode purchasing power and reduce the value of investments.
The Fed has kept a key interest rate at 5.25 percent for more than a year. Economists predict that rate will stay where it is through the rest of 2007 now that the economy is gaining strength and underlying inflation is calming down.
Bush has been trying to counter weak public-approval ratings for his handling of the economy. Only 37 percent approve of his performance, close to a record low, according to a recent AP-Ipsos poll.
Problems in the troubled housing and mortgage markets have rattled investors in recent days. Friday's report showed that the ailing housing market is still crimping economic activity, but not as much as it had.
Investment in home building was cut by 9.3 percent, on an annualized basis, in the second quarter. That wasn't nearly as deep as the 16.3 percent annualized drop in the first quarter. It was the smallest cut in just over a year.
Businesses ramped up investment elsewhere.
They boosted their spending on new plants, buildings and other commercial construction at a whopping 22.1 percent rate, the most in 13 years. Investment on equipment and software posted a 2.3 percent growth rate, an improvement from a meager 0.3 percent growth rate in the first quarter.
"I think the confidence level of companies has come back. That's why there was a modest pickup in capital spending," said Ken Mayland, president of ClearView Economics.
Businesses also replenished their inventories in the second quarter, adding to overall economic growth. Stronger export growth helped the nation's trade picture and added to the economy's momentum.
Also contributing to the second quarter's rebound: Government spending increased at a 4.2 percent pace. That compared with a 0.5 percent annualized drop in the first quarter.
However, consumers, whose spending largely prevented the economy from stalling out in the first three months of this year, lost energy in the second quarter. They boosted spending at a pace of just 1.3 percent, the smallest since the final quarter of 2005.
High gas prices and fallout from the housing slump are beginning to take their toll on peoples' appetite to spend. Still, a solid jobs climate — the nation's unemployment rate is at a relatively low 4.5 percent — should help cushion some of the negative forces.
Some economists wondered whether the overall economic momentum can be sustained.
"With energy prices high, the housing market reeling and the stock market uncertain, is there really a reason to think growth will accelerate sharply?" asked Joel Naroff of Naroff Economic Advisors.
The government also issued annual revisions that showed the economy grew at an average annual rate of 3.2 percent from 2003 through 2006, or 0.3 percentage point less than previously estimated. The revisions are based on more complete data.
Last year, the economy grew by 2.9 percent — slower than the 3.3 percent increase previously calculated. The new figure marked the weakest annual growth since 2003 and underscored the depth of the housing slump.


The 'secret' to a positive parent-child bond has its roots in communication. How you communicate can determine the quality of your relationship with your child. Done properly, it can lead to a positive and satisfying relationship. However, harmful or destructive communication can poison your relationship with him as it can make him feel small, insignificant and disempowered, leading to feelings of inadequacy and affecting future performance.
An important concept to have in mind is to "speak with" your child, not "speak at" him. When you speak with him, he is likely to be an active contributor to the conversation, versus speaking at him, where he contributes little or nothing to the conversation. Just like adults, children need to be acknowledged and empowered too. Being able to contribute makes him feel useful and empowered because he is allowed to make choices.
Children between 7-12 years old start developing the ability for logical thinking and start exhibiting adult-like thought patterns, which includes the ability to see things with more depth and prospective.
This is also the time when children begin to develop significant relationships with his peers. Though still important as a parent, your influence and authority starts to wane at this stage. This is also the point where your child's self-esteem and self-confidence become more susceptible to how he believes those outside will perceive him. It is a good time to encourage him to be better aware of their abilities and also how he is responsible for them, by acknowledging him when he demonstrates any sign of success and accountability.
Setting aside time to talk: When you take him for an outing, as you drive him to school, or doing the dishes together. Be curious, show interest, and pay close attention to what he is telling you and be prepared to spend a little longer conversing, especially if he has something to get off his chest.
Being open and patient with emotions: Be free to identify and name his emotions, e.g. anger, frustration or excitement. This can help him be more aware of, and to learn to manage them. Children look to adults to learn how to manage emotions. It is very important to acknowledge emotions in your children, rather than to tell them to ignore or reject them. We often encourage positive emotions but reject negative ones. What he feels is natural, so acknowledging his emotions helps to normalise them and allows him to feel accepted. If you feel disappointed with him, you may express how you feel and talk about how you can address it together with him, but avoid blaming him for feeling what he feels.
Observe body language: Be aware of your own body language – using contrasting body language when speaking with him can create confusion. Their body language should also give you an indication of their state of mind, so be observant during conversations. Acknowledge how they might be feeling and ask if you are unsure. Children can see if you are upset, so acknowledge your own feelings in front of them. Hiding them only affects mutual trust.
Discussing concerns together: The objective of parenting is to guide children toward independent functioning. So if at any time he comes to you with problems, instead of solving it for him right away, explore how he might take steps to find solutions. Let him talk and listen first, then ask questions. A good one to ask is "What options have you considered?" It is entirely possible that he already knows how to solve it but simply lacks confidence that it is right. Where needed, you may model the next step or to suggest a few options for him to think about and try. It's important to show that you will support him and accept his options, even if you feel they may not be the best. Children also need to learn from mistakes and how to manage mistakes.
Emphasise the importance of honesty: The parental struggle with getting kids to be honest is as old as time. If you want honesty, you have to reward honesty, as painful as it may be. Praise honesty, but if it is upsetting, do express how you feel. Get more 'honesty mileage' by NOT being confrontational when you are upset. Confronting in an angry and accusatory manner coupled with threats would 'encourage' him to take the easy way out – which usually is to create more lies. Don't make him fearful to tell you the truth – if you are angry, take the time to recollect yourself before talking to him. Be firm, but gentle, and insist on honesty. Nevertheless, if there are consequences to the wrongdoing (e.g. an agreed punishment), be sure to carry it out but always acknowledge and reward honesty.
Allow him to finish before responding: This is by being the model for respect – don't cut him off and above all, don't make assumptions before he completes whatever he was saying. Before responding, ask him questions to check that you have all the facts. Positive communication is mutual respect.
Use simple language/ideas: For children, it is important to keep instructions short and simple. Communication is all about getting the message across to each other, so don't confuse him by using words that he does not understand as you will need to stop and explain them to him, thus disrupting the flow of the entire conversation.
Avoid labelling children: Call a mistake a mistake. Do not label the person based on the mistake. If he has done something wrong and you wish to call attention to it, focus on the action and its consequences. Avoid using negative labels, e.g. naughty, lazy, loser, failure, worthless, irresponsible, etc. For instance, if you say "Are you stupid?" often enough, you run the risk of your child believing that he is stupid, simply because you said so. It's much better to say, "What you did was silly. There are better ways to do it" so that there is a sense of hope for improvement. "Stupid" is more of a full-stop, with no improvement.
Encourage the skilful, drop the unskilful: When children start to develop self-efficacy and self-esteem, they learn the concepts of good and bad that are used as labels on them and on others. To reinforce the previous point of avoiding labelling, help children see that there are skilful and unskilful behaviours. This helps him understand that skilful behaviours lead to beneficial outcomes while unskilful ones lead to unwanted consequences, and that behaviours go beyond "good and bad". They have the responsibility to constantly adapt and improve themselves.
The need for a good parental role model cannot be overemphasised. It is human nature to have someone that we look up to and admire – it may be someone we want to be, so we try to emulate him or her as much as possible. This is especially true in the case of children. Parents are the very first role model that a child would have. As you are the parent, you are automatically a model for appropriate behaviours, e.g. if you want honesty, be honest; if you want apologies, offer apologies.
If you want your child to act a certain way, you need to show him how it is done, i.e. by your actions. If you want him to communicate with you in a certain way, then how you talk and interact with him and with others will serve as an example to him. After all, children learn by modelling from adults. Be sure to speak with your child, and anyone else, with respect. Be as consistent as possible in your approach together with other adults around you (e.g. your spouse, parents, siblings, friends) who play nurturing roles to your children.


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Q: Questions about bra-kets formalism and the harmonic oscillator I'm just learning the Brakets formalisms for QM and I'm having struggles solving a simple problem.
For an harmonic oscillator, particularly Griffiths' Introduction to Quantum Mechanics P3.34:

I want to measure the expected value of momentum $p$ as:
$$\langle p \rangle = \langle \Psi | p | \Psi \rangle$$
considering the wavefunction
$$\Psi(x,t) = \sum\limits_{n=0}^{1} c_n \,\psi_n \,e^{-iE_nt/\hbar}$$
so, my first thought was to insert $\Psi$ in $\langle p \rangle$ as:
$$\langle c_0 \,\psi_0 \,e^{-iE_0t/\hbar} + c_1 \,\psi_1 \,e^{-iE_1t/\hbar} \,|\, p \,|\, c_0 \,\psi_0 \,e^{-iE_0t/\hbar} + c_1 \,\psi_1 \,e^{-iE_1t/\hbar} \rangle$$
but I recognize this is too much "brute force" and clearly shows to me that I don't understand well how to calculate with bras and kets operations (and also what's the benefit of this).
Following my lecturer I understood these being eigenvalues and eigenvectors of $\psi$ respectively so I think I can treat the operation as an inner product (?) pulling the coefficients outside the operation respecting the order when $c_i^* c_j$ products appear.
Anyways, honestly, I don't see the obvious: how should I proceed in a practical way? Why does the outcome has the form of a product? Something like
$$(c_0^* \langle \psi_0|p|\; {e^{-iE_0 t/\hbar}}^* + c_1^* {e^{-iE_1 t/\hbar}}^* \; \langle \psi_1|p|)(c_0 |\psi_0\rangle e^{-iE_0 t/\hbar} + c_1 |\psi_1 \rangle e^{-iE_1 t/\hbar})$$
D.J Griffiths himself states that:

I'm aware my reasoning is not correct and I don't want to bother anyone with the question. I'm just a little confused about it and wanting to understand more.
EDIT: Following what JEB and Cosmas Zachos are suggesting:
since $\Psi$ can be represented as
$$|\Psi \rangle = \frac{1}{\sqrt{2}} [|0\rangle + e^{i\phi}|1\rangle] \equiv \frac{1}{\sqrt{2}} \begin{pmatrix} \psi_0 \\ \psi_1 e^{i\phi} \end{pmatrix}$$
and the momentum expected value is $\langle \Psi | \hat{p} | \Psi \rangle$ one can write
$$\langle \Psi | = (|\Psi\rangle)^{\dagger} = \frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}[\langle 0|+e^{-i\phi}\langle 1 |]$$
then
$$\langle \Psi | \hat{p} | \Psi \rangle = \frac{1}{2} [\langle0| +e^{-i\phi}\langle 1 | p | 0 \rangle + e^{i\phi} |1\rangle]$$
being $\hat{p} = i\sqrt{\frac{\hbar m \omega}{2}}(\hat{a_+}-\hat{a_{-}})$ so
$$\langle \Psi | \hat{p} | \Psi \rangle = 1/2 \, i\sqrt{\frac{\hbar m \omega}{2}}[\langle 0 | + e^{-i\phi} \langle 1 | \Big| \hat{a_+} |0\rangle + \hat{a_+} e^{i\phi} |1\rangle - \hat{a_{-}}|0\rangle - \hat{a_{-}}e^{i\phi} |1\rangle]$$
then distribuiting the bras to the resulting kets by the right:
$$ = 1/2\, i\sqrt{\frac{\hbar m \omega}{2}} (  \langle 0 |(\hat{a_+} |0\rangle + \hat{a_+} e^{i\phi} |1\rangle - \hat{a_{-}}|0\rangle - \hat{a_{-}}e^{i\phi} |1\rangle) + e^{-i\phi} \langle 1| (\hat{a_+} |0\rangle + \hat{a_+} e^{i\phi} |1\rangle - \hat{a_{-}}|0\rangle - \hat{a_{-}}e^{i\phi} |1\rangle)     )$$
Now all the raising and lowering operators act on the kets next to them, following
$$\hat{a} |n\rangle = \sqrt{n} |n-1\rangle$$
$$\hat{a}^{\dagger} |n \rangle  = \sqrt{n+1} |n+1 \rangle$$
and I get inner products of the states $\psi_0$, $\psi_1$ and $\psi_2$ ponderated by $\sqrt{n}$ and $\sqrt{n+1}$.
This results in:
$$\langle p \rangle = \frac{1}{2} \sqrt{\frac{m\omega \hbar}{2}}i [\langle 0 | 1 \rangle + e^{i\phi}\langle 0| 2\rangle - e^{i\phi}\langle 0| 0\rangle +e^{-i\phi} \langle 1|1 \rangle +\sqrt{2} \langle 1|2 \rangle - \langle 1|0 \rangle]$$
What should I do next?
Being the states represented by an orthonormal basis, the inner product $\psi_n^*\psi_{n'}$ is 0 if $n \neq n'$? i.e.,
$$\langle p \rangle = \frac{1}{2} \sqrt{\frac{m\omega \hbar}{2}}i [\langle 0 | 1 \rangle + e^{i\phi}\langle 0| 2\rangle - e^{i\phi}\langle 0| 0\rangle +e^{-i\phi} \langle 1|1 \rangle +\sqrt{2} \langle 1|2 \rangle - \langle 1|0 \rangle] = \frac{1}{2} \sqrt{\frac{m\omega \hbar}{2}}i [0 + 0 - e^{i\phi}\langle 0| 0\rangle +e^{-i\phi} \langle 1|1 \rangle +0 - 0] $$

A: Since the question is about bra-ket notation, the 1st problem is: you are not using it.
The problem states the general form of the wave function is:
$$ |\psi\rangle = \frac 1 {\sqrt 2}[|0\rangle + e^{i\phi}|1\rangle] $$
where I have used:
$$ H|n\rangle = (n+\frac 1 2)\hbar\omega|n\rangle $$
Since the global phase is arbitrary, I put it all in the coefficient of the $n=1$ basis state.
From here, compute the expectation of $\hat p$ by expressing it as a linear combination of $a$ and $a^{\dagger}$. Maximize as a function of $\phi$, the only free parameter.
Note how much simpler this is than integrating products and derivatives of Hermite polynomials, even if you use:
$$ H_{n+1}(x) = 2xH_n{x} - H'_n(x) $$
Once you solve for $\phi_0$, then time evolution for stationary (basis) states is straightforward, as:
$$|n:t>0\rangle = e^{-iE_nt/\hbar}|n\rangle$$
so each component's phase evolves at a different rate...which is why states that are not energy eigenstates are not stationary states.
Moreover, the arbitrary choice of $E=0$ means that the global phase better be unobservable.

A: You are getting overwhelmed by a maelstrom of symbols. Your instructor should have taught you nondimensionalization: setting $m,\omega,\hbar$ to 1  and reinstating them if you need to in the end. You  appreciated
$$
p=i(a^\dagger-a)/\sqrt{2}.
$$
Tentatively,  keep the phases of the ground state and first excited state arbitrary,
so
$$
|\psi(t)\rangle= {1\over \sqrt{2}}\left(e^{i\alpha-it/2}|0\rangle + e^{i\beta -i3t/2}|1\rangle\right ),
$$
so that
$$
\frac{i}{2\sqrt{2}}\langle \psi(t)| a^\dagger - a   |\psi(t)\rangle \\  =\frac{i}{2\sqrt{2}} \left(e^{-i\alpha +it/2}\langle 0  | + e^{-i\beta +i3t/2}\langle 1 |  \right  )\left(e^{i\alpha-it/2}|1\rangle - e^{i\beta -i3t/2}|0\rangle +c|2\rangle \right )  \\
 =
-{1\over \sqrt{2}}\sin (\alpha-\beta +t);
$$
so the maximum is  1/$\sqrt 2$. To locate the maximum at t=0, you pick $\beta = \alpha +\pi/2$. Without loss of generality, you may then pick $\alpha=0$, so $\beta = \pi/2$.
To convert to a space wavefunction (but why?),
$$
\Psi(x,t)= \langle x|\psi (t)\rangle=   {1\over \sqrt{2}}\left(e^{ -it/2} \psi_0(x) + e^{i\pi/2 -i3t/2} \psi_1 (x) \right ),
$$
number states converted to Hermite functions.

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HomeProfessorFaculty Vacancy Recruitment in AIIMS Bhopal 2020
Faculty Vacancy Recruitment in AIIMS Bhopal 2020
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Recruitment of Faculty Vacancy in AIIMS Bhopal 2020
All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Bhopal is a premier Institute of National Importance (INI) established by the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India.
The Director, AIIMS Bhopal invites online applications on prescribed format from Indian Nationals/ persons registered as Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) cardholder for the recruitment of following Faculty Sarkari Naukri vacancy posts of Professor, Additional Professor, Associate Professor and Assistant Professor on Direct Recruitment on Regular basis in AIIMS Bhopal. (Advertisement No. 11/10/2020/Admin/AIIMS/Bhopal/1980) Published @ https://www.SarkariNaukriBlog.com
AIIMS Bhopal Faculty Recruitment 2020 Vacancies
Professor: 33 vacancies, Pay Scale: Level 14A ₹168900–220400 as per 7th CPC, Age: 58 years
Additional Professor: 19 vacancies, Pay Scale: Level 13A2 ₹139600–211300 as per 7th CPC, Age: 58 years
Associate Professor: 39 vacancies, Pay Scale: Level 13A1 ₹131400–204700 as per 7th CPC, Age: 50 years
Assistant Professor: 64 vacancies, Pay Scale: Level 12 ₹101500–167400 as per 7th CPC, Age: 50 years
Assistant Professor: 10 vacancies for the department of Trauma & Emergency, Pay Scale: Level 12 ₹101500–167400 as per 7th CPC, Age: 50 years
The application fee for General/OBC category ₹2000/- ( For SC/ST category application fee is ₹500/-) to be paid online.
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How to Apply AIIMS Bhopal Faculty Recruitment 2020?
Apply Online on the prescribed recruitment application form at AIIMS Bhopal Recruitment website from 04/07/2020 to 17/08/2020 extended from 01/11/2020 to 15/11/2020 only for Faculty Recruitment of AIIMS Bhopal 2020.
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Kindly visit http://www.aiimsbhopal.edu.in/jobs.aspx for detailed information and online application format for Faculty Vacancy Recruitment in AIIMS Bhopal 2020.
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The smartphone with a 4-inch WVGA resolution display, features a 1.3 Ghz quad-core processor, 1GB RAM, 8GB total storage space and a 3.2 megapixel camera on the back. It will have 0.3 megapixel camera on the front and has a 1450 mAh battery.
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History of astronomy; planets; stellar evolution, nucleosynthesis; death of stars: white dwarfs, neutron stars, black holes; galaxies and quasars; expansion of the universe, dark matter; the big bang.
Observations of planets, stars, stellar clusters, and galaxies; related experiments. Correlated with Astron 103.
Prerequisites: Astron 103(C) or Astron 211(C).
Space: how we know and what we know; the solar system, stars, galaxies, and the universe. 2 hrs lec, lab.
Last Taught: Spring 2006, Fall 2001, Spring 2001, Fall 2000.
Light and matter; planets; stellar evolution, nucleosynthesis; death of stars; white dwarfs, neutron stars, black holes; galaxies, quasars; expansion of universe, dark matter; big bang.
Prerequisites: Physics 120(P) or 209(P) or cons instr.
Application of basic principles of astronomy in a research, business, organizational, educational, political, or other appropriate setting.
Prerequisites: intro course in astron; 2.25 gpa; cons supervising faculty member.
Introductory astrophysics for students with junior-/senior-level background in mathematics and physics. Light and matter; stars and the sun; extrasolar planets; compact objects.
Prerequisites: Astron 103(P) or 211(P) or cons instr; Physics 309(P); Physics 317(R) recom.
Continuation of Astron 400; for students with junior-/senior-level background in mathematics and physics. The Milky Way Galaxy; galactic evolution; structure of the Universe; cosmology.
Application of advanced principles of astronomy in a research, business, organizational, educational, political, or other appropriate setting.
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Hengtong Set to Shape the Global Subsea Market
News Analysis Robert Clark 1/24/2020
The small but increasingly sensitive subsea cable market could be in for some choppy waters.
The acquisition of Huawei's submarine business by another Chinese vendor, Hengtong Optic-Electric, could shake up the market, forecast to be worth $5.1 billion in 2021.
The business of installing the undersea fiber system that carry virtually all intercontinental data traffic is currently dominated by three firms -- Nokia's Alcatel Submarine Networks, NEC and TE Subcom, owned by private equity firm Cerberus Capital.
Huawei offloaded its entire 51% stake in its ten-year-old marine business to Shanghai-listed Hengtong last June.
Hengtong then acquired another 30% stake from H2C, the parent of Huawei's partner Global Marine, for $149 million, valuing the business at $285 million.
H2C, chaired by Philip Falcone, founder of LightSquared –- now known as Ligado Networks -- also has an option to sell the remaining stake to Hengtong. (See Spectrum Shift: Anterix Says It's Not Another Ligado.)
Huawei boss Ren Zhengfei denied the company had been forced into the sale by the US campaign against Huawei, arguing that it was not core to Huawei's business.
Under the sale agreement, Huawei became Hengtong's second-largest shareholder, so the company still carries a strong Huawei connection.
Huawei's subsea business, like the rest of the company, is excluded from key geographies, including any cable that lands in Australia or the US.
Eighteen months ago the Australian government took over the Solomon Islands government's contract with Huawei Global Marine for a 4,700km cable to Sydney. (See Pressure on Huawei Shifts Closer to Home.)
But Hengtong, which has already installed more than 10,000 kilometers of undersea cable, sees plenty of opportunity in an industry now in a major build cycle.
For more fixed broadband market coverage and insights, check out our dedicated broadband content channel here on Light Reading.
One part of this is bringing international connectivity to developing markets. Three months ago Hengtong won the contract from PCCW Global and Orange to build the 12,000km PEACE cable linking Pakistan, east Africa and France.
There's more to come. For example, the Development Bank of Latin America (CAF) has just commissioned a study into a possible 24,000km cable linking South America to east Asia.
But besides the growth story, Hengtong is also being driven by over-capacity in China's domestic market.
Research firm CRU reports that China optical suppliers underwent a sharp decline in 2018-19 after the market had ballooned 556% in the previous decade.
Manufacturers "did not respond immediately to the downturn" and inventories built up to levels in excess of 20 million fiber kilometres in 2019, CRU said.
"This contributed to the downward pressure on prices as well as the Chinese manufacturers' more aggressive strategies in export markets."
Hengtong, and how hard it goes after its business, is shaping up to be the key factor in the subsea market this year.
— Robert Clark, contributing editor, special to Light Reading
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From fierce dragons and bold samurai to dainty flowers and doll-like geishas, this collection is a superb showcase of authentic Japanese art. Includes over 200 Vector-based graphics that will remain crisp and clear even if they are expanded to very large sizes. Also features an original design gallery and tutorial section.


Helix Sleep mattresses with targeted cushioning conform closely, making them ideal for side sleepers. While those with moderate cushioning don't conform as much and are ideal for pretty much all sleep positions. Lighter men and women may feel most comfy on variants with balanced support, while those that weigh 130 lbs or more tend to favor the variants with additional support.
Helix Sleep also markets 2 mattresses with dual-firmness, the Helix Dual Balanced (with balanced support and targeted cushioning) and the Helix Dual Extra (with moderate cushioning and extra support). Both these models have one 'Firm' side and one 'Soft' side, which makes them ideal for couples with differing tastes. Last, the Helix Nightfall is a hybrid designed for bigger, heavier individuals. This mattress has an additional layer of memory foam for optimum support.
Cover – Initially, all Helix mattresses have exactly the same cover, made of 100% polyester. I thought it to be thin and stretchy, allowing for some great breathability. But, if you would like something more luxurious, you can opt to swap out the regular cover for the UltraCool one, which is composed of a phase change fabric for temperature regulation.
Comfort Layer – On top, you will encounter a thick layer of memory foam. This type of foam has a slow response to pressure, which means you are likely to experience some gratifying body contouring. Even though it may seem strange for a purportedly medium firm mattress to incorporate a memory foam layer, it's important to remember that the presence of deep sinkage doesn't necessarily translate to softness; in actuality, most of the time it gives quite a firm feel.
Support Layer – The bulk of the mattress consists of this segment of individually wrapped coils. This system gives a supportive lift to the structure, working to place the sleeper "on top" of the mattress, as opposed to "in it". Since the coils are individually wrapped, they are also going to allow extra breathability as air flows in between the spaces in the coils.
Base Layer – Last but not least, you'll discover a thin section of high-density poly foam. This section doesn't really affect the feel of the mattress too much, working mostly to give the individually wrapped coils something off of which to respond.
The firmness of the Helix is going to vary widely depending on the model you select. The Helix Dusk and Midnight, have medium firmness levels, which is going to be quite versatile and thus best-selling. If you are more particular, however, Helix Sleep would be happy to oblige you with more options.
Lying down on the Helix Midnight, the memory foam layer is soft and generates some quality body shaping, while the other materials within the Midnight work to control this and create an overall firmer structure. The pocketed coils and the firmer support foams also help with re-positioning.
For back sleepers, there is just enough good comfort material here to conform to your lower spine while supporting your whole upper spine in a neutral position. For larger sleepers or people who prefer a firmer mattress, there are 2 more choices for you in the Helix Dawn and Helix Twilight variants.
Many side sleepers will feel perfectly comfy on the Midnight, but, if you're wanting less pressure while still going with a flexible medium firmness, you may decide to take a look at the Helix Dusk, which utilizes a body-conforming latex-alternative foam that's breathable and gives the surface a little bit of bounce.
Those who sleep on their side typically need to be mindful of pressure since they sleep with all of their weight on a tinier area. Those who are smaller than average or people in the market for a lot of pressure relief may want to stay with the plusher models.
Stomach sleepers will feel comfortable in the Midnight, especially if this is not their primary position or they have a tendency to switch things up a lot. Firmer choices may be preferable for exclusive tummy sleepers so that they can ensure their hips don't dip and over-arch their spine.
Last, Helix Sleep suggests Helix for sleepers around 350 lbs or partners that weigh up to 250 lbs each. In the event you or your spouse are substantially larger than average, Helix has also created a bed called the Nightfall that is built to accommodate a combined weight of 1000 pounds.
Keep in mind that if neither of these options sound right, you may always have a look at the 4 other variants in the new collection: the Sunset (plush, softer than the Moonlight), Dusk (medium feel, a little firmer than the Midnight), Twilight (firm, designed for side sleepers), or Dawn (the firmest mattress of the bunch).
According to my research, Helix exceeds expectations for hybrid mattresses in this space because of the amount and quality of foam it incorporates, in addition to the individually wrapped coils which help keep motion at its source. If you are a light sleeper worried that motion from the opposite side of the mattress will bother you, you shouldn't have much concern with this hybrid. I'd say that any of the Helix mattresses would be a good choice for couples.
While buying a brand-new mattress, the majority of individuals want to know whether they will feel as though they are sinking "into" the mattress or lying "on top" of it.
While you may encounter a little immediate sinkage in the uppermost foam layers, by the time you sink through those layers, you'll reach the pocketed coils and feel great support. This combination will appeal to a wide assortment of individuals, but will satisfy stomach and back sleepers in particular.
Though I do feel the memory foam compress as I sit near the edge of the bed, the coils stop the mattress from compressing a lot beyond that. I feel very secure sitting on the bed.
In my opinion, Helix mattresses perform above average for edge support compared to other bed-in-a-box brands, which is because of their recently updated edges that contain reinforcement in the coil unit. There can be some compression at the comfort foams when you sit with all your weight on the side, but lying on the side will feel comfortable and safe. Partners who want more space to stretch out normally love stronger edges.
Laying down, I also feel like I can get near the edge of the mattress without feeling like I will fall over or be pushed off the bed. Overall, I believe that the Helix has great edge support.
One of the best features of buying a mattress-in-a-box online is the sleep trials they usually come with. Helix is not any different. You create the mattress that is made for you, place your order, and in 2 weeks, it is sent to your home. From the moment you click to buy the mattress, you have 100 nights to test it out (minus the time for delivery, so it's more like 90 nights). If it is not perfect, you can return it free of charge, and get a full refund.
The Helix Mattress includes a generous 10-year guarantee that covers flaws, but it comes with some limitations, exceptions, plus the burden of proof is on the customer (like most warranties). Needless to say, you must be the original owner of the mattress to make use of the guarantee, and you will need to be sure that you keep your receipt as proof of purchase.
Provided that you follow all of Helix's expectations for use, your warranty is valid. That means you need to have a suitable base (no adjustable bed frames or slats more than 4″ apart) and you don't use the mattress improperly – no jumping on it!
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For routine cleanup, it is advised to use cool water along gentle dish detergent to clean any stains or dirt. Be certain to clean using soft circular movements, instead of rubbing.
The attributes of this mattress were thoughtfully constructed to provide options whether you were looking for a mattress that keeps cool all night, if you wanted one to cradle your shape with a thick comfort system, or both! The pocketed coil unit should offer great edge support and motion transfer is at a minimum with their individually-wrapped build.
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Why we were at the clinic…
February 16, 2013 moroccomama
If you have a million hours to kill and love to read about other people's surgeries, then I invite you to read this post that turned into a mini-book. It's about my daughter's surgery to treat a unicameral bone cyst in her femur. Or just scroll down to the end and see what all the fuss is about. Wish I were better at real-time blogging.
So Karima was scheduled to have her first medical intervention the following day. We were all nervous and excited, it would be the first time anyone of the five of us in our nuclear family would "go under", although Karima's grandmothers have had LOTS of surgeries. She was excited about everything, the clinic, having a swanky hospital bed with flat screen tv all to herself. The clinic itself looks like what people in the 70's might have imagined the future would look like, everything is white, glass and rounded. It's a brand new, state-of-the-art clinic with the prestigious sounding name Clinique Internationale de Marrakech. I assume with the word Internationale they are referring to their clientele, a mix of Moroccans and Europeans. Morocco is just getting into the whole "medical tourism" scene in a big way. This place has all the latest equipment, I myself got an MRI there a while back, a few friends have had surgeries or delivered babies there.
When it was time Karima was wheeled away, we weren't allowed anywhere near the OR. It was our first experience of watching her being taken away, all in a white, like a little angelic being. We felt we wanted to be there with her til the last minute, because she'd be surrounded by a team of medical personnel. But that's not how people in Morocco think about it, here connections are made quickly and everyone is either "auntie" or "uncle". The doctors and nurses would not treat her much differently than they would any child, including their own.
Hamza and I went for a little drive, prayed in the Kasbah mosque, and had some lemonade at a trendy little café overlooking the Kasbah square. When we returned, after about an hour, Karima was already awake and enjoying some tea and toast. We were all thrilled that she was not in pain at this point, things had gone well. She told us what it felt like to be put to sleep (like blinking and when you open your eyes it's already over). The doctor didn't come see us, I suppose within his range of procedures, this one was so minimal as to not require much discussion or explanation.
Karima started her life on crutches. As expected, her friends and teachers made a big deal out of her. They brought her lunch in class so she wouldn't have to hobble downstairs to the cafeteria. They made sure she was comfortable and helped prop her leg up on some jackets. I said to Karima, "the good thing about being on crutches is that you won't get detention". Her school is big on detention.
She adapted to her crutches very quickly, I was amazed at how seamless the transition was, and also saddened in a way at how fast disability had made a home with us. But she wasn't beat by it mentally or emotionally, in fact navigating life with a handicap just another challenge that she wanted to excel at. This was in the beginning. Before her body started to get very sore. By three weeks into it everything ached, her wrists, elbows, and most of all her "good leg". Her good leg got really strong but tightened up, while her hurt leg got weak and skinny. One night she had to get up really fast and couldn't find her crutches. She hobbled on her hurt leg, and the next day she was in so much pain that we had to go get her from school by 9 a.m. We went to the doctor and he re-took the x-ray. We were hoping there would be some change, even the slightest, although three weeks isn't really enough to make a difference. Normally we were going to take the x-ray at 6 weeks. It was still disappointing to see the x-ray with no change. The bone cyst was just a dark mass of nothing. At this point the doctor re-iterated to Karima that she shouldn't put any weight on the hurt leg. This was also the first time he talked about surgery. He said that if she experienced great pain we'd need to go the surgery route. This was a scary thing to hear, especially since all this was discussed in Karima's presence.
I realized that until this point I'd been trusting that the cortisone treatment would work. On the side, I'd been doing research online, going to forums and message boards to see what other people had done. There were several promising minimally invasive procedures, besides the cortisone injection. One was to pack the bone cyst with either bone graft or synthetic bone material. I brought these options up with the doctor, but he said that the cortisone injections were the standard approach, the most likely to give results, and that beyond that there was little hope except surgery. Hamza and I were frustrated that there wasn't any energy here in Marrakesh around the idea of new or alternative therapies.
We moved house during all this. To a new neighborhood with lots of outside space. The boys immediately took to riding their bikes every minute they weren't in school. The youngest, Yousef, learned to ride a two-wheeler a few days after we moved in. I had this idea that riding a stationary bike would be good for Karima, it would give her hurt leg some gentle, much-needed movement. Then she said "what about riding a real bike?" And we both said "nah". What if she needed to stop real quick and jarred her hurt leg on the ground? Still the idea kept coming back and Karima said, "Let me just try it". We had never wanted to hold her back or keep her on bed rest. We'd always tried to let her have as much freedom as possible while on crutches. She was so tied to those crutches, I didn't want her to start identifying with them. They weren't a part of her body. The bike idea seemed worth a try, so she got on very carefully, propped her hurt leg up on the pedal, and started to pedal with her good leg. It worked really well. She circled around the empty lot that is in front of our house and she just laughed to feel so free. It was beautiful to see her move so fluidly after about 5 weeks on crutches. Plus it felt really great on her hurt leg, it got gently bent in that way that felt so good to her.
The bad news is, Karima had a fall. One of the neighbor boys was walking his rather feisty dog, and the dog lunged at Karima while she was on the bike. She tried to make a u-turn real quick and her bike tires slipped in the dirt. She fell directly on her left side, the side with the bone cyst. After that she started to have a lot of intermittent pain, it would come on real strong, like a contraction during labor, then pass. We were majorly set back, she and I could no longer do the simple physical therapy moves we'd been doing, like bending her hurt leg at the hip.
The doctor ordered another x-ray because he suspected a hairline fracture or fissure. Nothing showed up, but we saw once more that the cyst was the same size, in fact if anything it seemed larger. The doctor said that if the pain kept up we'd have no alternative but surgery. We started scrambling to find a specialized clinic abroad, we looked at Spain and France. Our hope was to find an orthopedic pediatric specialized team. We had complete faith in the doctor in Morocco, he was widely known and had performed many successful surgeries on some of our friends and acquaintances. Still our hope was to find someplace that performed some of the less invasive therapies we'd read about, the bone marrow transplant, or packing the cyst with bone graft, inserting cannulated screws in the cyst to drain it continuously…anything to avoid a painful surgery that might have long-lasting repercussions. Our good friend in Spain was married to a doctor so she was an obvious choice to ask for help. Sure enough she and her husband started to research the question for us.
In the end though, the choice was taken out of our hands. On Saturday the 12th, Karima hurt her leg again. I suppose this was inevitable. She was starting to get tired of the crutches and sometimes stumbled because she was being careless. She'd almost slipped a few times. On that Saturday, we had a few kids over and although she had said she didn't want to play with them and she was going to stay in her room, in the end she couldn't help it and went outside to be part of the action. Somehow it happened that one of the kids stepped on her hurt foot, and as she tried to pull it away, she felt something snap. More intense pain, she went to her room and got in bed. It was worse now than before. I thought it might pass if she stayed in bed and didn't move it.
But by night time, the pain had only gotten worse. Now she was crying non-stop and none of our meds worked, even paracetamol with codeine that we kept around for those special (painful) occasions. Nothing could cut through the pain. It was an awful feeling for me, to watch her shrieking in pain, and I had to think quickly in a situation I'd never been in before. I texted my husband to come home quick, and then called the doctor and explained the situation. It was obvious by now that Karima needed emergency pain relief. Karima was saying "I want the surgery right now, I don't care, I've been patient all this time, too patient! That's it! Make them fix me mama!"
We rushed her to the clinic in the middle of the night, calling some good friends to come spend the night with the boys, Amin and Yousef. Karima was still in a state of agony when we got there, but somehow after about an hour, she relaxed a lot. The resident on duty was another student of my husband's, and once Karima had relaxed, they were discussing how it makes more sense for medical students to write their theses in English rather than French, since all the reference material is in English. My husband teaches English and so people often want to have these types of conversations with him. We also found out why the x-ray appeared to show that Karima had a fractured hip bone, totally unrelated to the bone cyst problem. We'd seen these x-rays and they left us really perplexed (and googling "children hip x-ray"). Well it's because there is a layer of cartilage in the middle of the bone, that's where the bone grows from, and on x-rays the cartilage shows up blank. It looks exactly like a fracture, but it's not.
Karima seemed to relax even without pain meds. She and I went to her room, by this point exhausted because it was 2 in the morning. But she couldn't sleep, the pain would come on in waves, so we had to call the nurse in, who gave her the first (but not the last) very diluted morphine shot. I didn't know that morphine really burns when it's being injected. But it sure knocked that girl out. I was surprised that such a swanky clinic was "out of blankets", luckily we'd grabbed two on our way out. They were going to charge for each person that stayed the night with her, and there was only a thin couch to sleep on, so we decided that I would stay with her that first night. Finally by 2-3 in the morning we were both able to pass out.
The next morning was pretty mellow, Karima was excited to be in the clinic and have it be such a big deal. The surgery was scheduled for the afternoon so she was instructed to eat a light breakfast and then nothing after that. Her dad brought her just about all of her favorite breakfast things including Moroccan donuts, French cheese bread, msemn fried bread with eggs, chocolate milk and a Crunch bar. Although at this point she didn't have much appetite (maybe the morphine). We all gladly helped her out though. That morning she was still "enjoying" the "thrill" of being in the hospital. She asked her dad to get a wheelchair and wheel her around the place. When I look back on that morning and her innocent excitement I'm so sad. Nothing could have given her (or us for that matter) any inkling as to what was about to happen to her, I mean going through the door of surgery and coming out on the other side. To prove how clueless we were for about the post-op, we actually had this plan to re-unite our family (the five of us) and celebrate over happy meals in the evening (her special request). That was her big wish," I want a happy meal waiting for me". Note that we don't eat at McDonalds ever, except in circumstances of major duress.
The day dragged on and finally by 3 pm they came for Karima. We gave her big hugs and she was wheeled off. We didn't even know which type of surgery she would have. The doctor had told us there were two options: the first, and least invasive, was having 2 titanium pins inserted into the bone (intramedulary) near the knee and those would go from the knee to the hip (this is the option we were hoping for obviously). The second option was to have a metal plate inserted directly at the site of the cyst, fixed in with screws. This was going to be the more invasive of the two. The doctor said that after Karima was under anesthesia, he would study the bone under a machine called fluoroscopy which is like a big x-ray. If he found it was too fragile he'd go with the second option. So he told us it would all take some time, because he couldn't actually decide which surgery to go with until she was under. The prep work would take about 1.5 hours even before the surgery began .
We sat and did some prayers, prayers for mercy and healing. There's a way in which being in a hospital room is a lot like being in a retreat. There's not much to do except be very present with what is. It's a very focused and refined space. I think I actually tried to sleep at that point, I was in that soldier mode where a mere 20 min of complete and deep relaxation can keep you going another 8 hours. Some people came to visit, thinking that Karima was already out of surgery. A few co-workers of Hamza's. Around 6 pm I started to get anxious and restless, I went down to ask at the front desk if they'd heard anything. They said that there was usually no communication from inside the OR, so they didn't know any more than I did. After that I went down about every 10 or 15 mins, just to feel like I was doing something, each time they said, we'll let you know as soon as we hear something. I had awful moments thinking of all the bad things I'd heard about people not getting up from anesthesia. Because overall, we weren't "worried sick", up to this point we hadn't felt like Karima had anything life-threatening or debilitating, so although it was a major shock to even find ourselves there, we didn't have a feeling of desperation. But of course, with the surgery taking so long, the mind wanders. Finally around 7 they said that the nurses had left the OR. The first sign of life from in there.
Then all of a sudden the doctor was in the room with us, dressed in his everyday clothes, which was a little disorienting. It's like he was ready to go home and we didn't even know what was going on. He's a very calm guy, for someone who deals with so much responsibility, he never rushes or gets worked up. I learned a lot from seeing how he is, he just deals with what is in front of him and he gives it all his attention and intelligence. We didn't even know what questions to ask. He said the operation went well. I had the wits about me to ask which of the two surgeries he'd done, and it was the second option, the metal plate. Masha Allah, not the news we were hoping for. I don't know why I was still in the mindset that it was going to be the first options (titanium pins). Later Hamza said he knew it was the second because it took so long. At this point, everything was so new and constantly changing that we were beyond reacting to each individual development.
He took us down to see Karima, she was still in the OR. He had us put on some disposable gowns. We went in, it's an intense space, there were people in their cots with curtains pulled across, in various states. Lots of machines and beeping. Very high tech and state of the art. We saw Karima in her bed, asleep. Her face pale and somewhat swollen. She opened her eyes slowly, saw us, and a tear rolled down her temple. She just said "it hurrrrts" and she slipped back into unconsciousness. That is when it hit me, what she'd gone through, how big this all was. She opened her eyes again, and again that look of pain came across her face. I wished she wouldn't wake up, and sleep through the worst of it. We tried to think of something positive to say, so we said "Salma is here". Salma is a really good friend of hers, and Karima had asked that she visit. It was clear to me at that point that Karima was in no shape to see anyone that night. I remember touching Karima's face and she relaxed and went to sleep. It was like seeing a newborn. But she kept waking up, each time she was in pain, and I think too at this point, the shock of her new state was settling in. Before she had thought that when she woke up from surgery she'd just be all better. And I had similar delusions too, I didn't expect to be set back this far. I stayed with her, while Hamza went out to tell people that she wouldn't be seeing any visitors that evening. Salma and her family, and a few others visitors had kindly shown up and I was so grateful that people cared enough to do that.
They wheeled Karima up to her room and transferred her to her bed. She was so groggy and she was suffering. The nurses settled her in and then left, and Karima promptly threw up. I was mad at the nurses for not anticipating this and leaving her something to throw up in. I cleaned her up, called them to change the sheets, and I found a bowl in the bathroom that was meant to collect water from a dripping faucet. I put this near her. Then she went to sleep, and I remember thinking, "great, she'll probably just sleep through the night and through the worst of it". I settled down on the couch but didn't go to sleep, I think I was checking internet on my phone or something. Then Karima threw up again, I helped her, rinsed out the bowl and brought it back. Poor thing she was exhausted and the throwing up was so violent. She proceeded to throw up every half hour or hour, all night long. Every time she drank a little water, she'd throw it up. We tried some 7up too because it "has electrolytes" and I wanted her to have fluid in any form possible. The nurses came in a few times, but mostly we managed on our own. The general attitude in Morocco is that throwing up after surgery is a really good thing because it purges the body of the anesthetic, so they actually saw Karima's all-night barfing binge as something great. She got a lot of encouragement from the nurses about that. I got sleep in two shifts that night 12-2 and 5-8 or so. Karima was exhausted and only wanted to sleep, but her body's reactions wouldn't allow her to. She dozed on and off. I wonder if they didn't give her a dose of anesthesia that was too much for her body weight, or if she is just particularly sensitive to it. I remember getting up each time to help her, and each time I was more groggy and confused, til I couldn't talk, I would just go through the motions and collapse again. It was like having a newborn, except with a newborn you don't know what they need, and with Karima, she could tell me exactly how much her body hurt, how dizzy and nauseous she felt, and there still wasn't a whole lot I could do except exert myself to the maximum to relieve her suffering. It didn't make me long for a newborn, truth be told.
At 8 a.m. I was so ready for Hamza to come and take over. I wanted to go home, have a shower, change, maybe catch some sleep. I figured he'd come in with new energy and shift things. Then he called me and croaked "I'm very sick, I've been up all night". He was having chills and fever and had lost his voice. He was in terrible shape. Because it seems that we have a rule in our life that we never just have ONE thing going on, it's always two or three major things at once. So. It reminded me so much of my first post-partum days with Karima, where it was something like this: I draw from the well of patience until I feel like I've reached the bottom of it, only to find that bottom has gotten much deeper. I draw on that deepest well of patience and strength. I haven't done this, to this extent, in a long time. Life has not recently tested my physical and mental limits in such a real and raw way.
That morning was horrible. Karima started really freaking out. I don't know if it's fair to blame it on the morphine, although I'm sure that added to her delusions. She started sobbing and saying things like "Save me mama, I'm going to die!" "Why would they do this to me, tell them to fix me right now" "It's TOO MUCH" and also "It's not fair to do this to a 10-year-old girl". Pain is a big teacher, and I could see that Karima had gotten a taste of her mortality, at a very young age, and it scared her. A friend said "the good thing about impermanence is that suffering also will pass". Alhamdulillah that's true. And from my perspective, the good thing about suffering is that it reminds us of our impermanence. For Karima, the fabric of safety and normalcy was ripped open for a while and all of our efforts combined couldn't protect her from experiencing that.
My parents came and that helped a lot. At this point I was very bonded with Karima. We hadn't spent this much time with other continuously, in years. I had that "can't leave my baby with anyone because no one can take care of her like I can" instinct kicking in. I couldn't leave that day. We spent a lot of the day like this: Karima would say "My foot, it's too out", so I'd pick up the whole leg, adjust it by turning it either in or out, about 1 cm, then I'd lay it down very carefully, prop it up with her favorite red fuzzy blanket. Then I'd gage by her face whether that was bearable or whether I needed to readjust. We did this a lot. It was the least I could do to help make the pain bearable. The nurses started to give her morphine (actually albuphine a close relative of morphine) sub-cutaneously instead of intravenously. Her veins are thin and they'd used up both arms and both hands. She was all bruised and bandaged so they just gave up on the IV. The morphine really burns when it goes in. Then Karima would get really distant and within a half hour she'd pass out. But after an hour she'd wake up and be miserable. The morphine made her really dizzy and nauseous. So it was a balance between managing her surgical pain with morphine, and then managing her nausea with something else. The entire day was spent like this. Karima was too dizzy to watch tv, draw, talk on the phone or play on Gramma's ipad. Yeah, that's how bad it was. When people came to see her, they'd make her dizzy. So when they came, I'd let them come and visit for a minute or two, but then if they wanted to talk we'd go out of the room and hang out in the waiting areas.
That evening the doctor came to see Karima. He took out that scary looking drainage tube from her incision. He had Karima turn on her (good) side, which was very challenging for her and she was crying. He took off the bandaid and I got to see the incision for the first time, it was about 5 inches, and long black line. It looked better than I expected, it was swollen or bruised. Karima wouldn't look at it. Then the doctor made Karima get up, she was very dizzy and weak, she cried that it hurt and that she couldn't do it. The doctor had her get out of bed, walk around to the other side then get back in there. She was exhausted. I was pretty surprised that she could already do it, because we had spent all day adjusting her leg one cm this way or that way so that she had the least amount of discomfort, and then all of a sudden the doctor comes, turns her on her side, and then has her get up.
Meanwhile, Hamza was really sick, he was suffering from a bad flu. So we had medical drama roaring on two fronts. The next morning, my parents came again pretty early which was just wonderful. They were there for us throughout, taking care of the boys, bringing food and, as usual, my mom would show up with exactly the things we needed, without us having discussed them beforehand. That's how she is, she just knows. A new calm descended over the room, a new energy took over. Grandpa read to Karima a story he had been reading to her called "Wayside school" and she wasn't too dizzy to follow. My mom brushed Karima's hair, gave her a sponge bath, made things tidy in the room. As soon as I felt that Karima was in a good place, I took off, I had a lot to take care of. It was strange to head from there straight to the little stores near our house. I was pretty shaky from not having slept. I grabbed a huge load of groceries…there I was asking the price of carrots, as if it mattered again. And I desperately wanted to tell everyone I met that my daughter had just had surgery, that that was where I was at. But I also desperately wanted to get home, so I kept my story-telling for later. When I got home with the groceries, Hamza was resting, and I gave the supplies to Malika, our housekeeper and savior in times of trouble. It's a wonderful feeling to know that no matter how crazy things get, she is there to keep the mess in check, and to cook the best Moroccan food in town. I took a much needed shower although at that point we had just moved into our new house and our shower was so funky that in order for the hot water to work you had to turn on some cold water in another tap, then you had to not have the light on because the light and the fan were both connected to the same switch and the fan would suck out all the warm air. Nevertheless, showering and changing clothes was bliss for me. I hadn't packed anything to go to the hospital and things got so crazy with Hamza being sick that there was never a chance to bring more things.
That afternoon, Karima was ready to leave the hospital. It's not very restful being in the hospital, there's always sure to be someone walking in just as you are about to doze off. I'm talking for me as much as for her. She was off of morphine by then, amazingly, so we were no longer tied to the hospital for that. So I called the doctor and asked him to have the clinic release her that day. Hamza was able to come over even though he very weak from the flu. He is really good with the kids and I'm always happy for him to step in.
So now we were waiting for the bill. The girl in accounting told me that if we stayed past 6pm we'd be charged for the night. All of a sudden I was really done with that place and the last thing I wanted was to be charged for another night. I hopped in the car, raced home, got some cash and drove back. I paid the bill and left the insurance forms so that we could file them later and get reimbursed for some of the cost.
We drove home in the night, the same way we came. Since then, Karima has gone through a lot of phases of healing. For the first two weeks she was home, she couldn't bend her leg, so there always had to be someone on hand to hold her leg and keep it very straight. It was a big milestone when she could finally bend it and get up on her own. Then she slipped and had to put her weight on her bad leg, and after that she couldn't bend it again. All in all she was in good spirits, but when that happened she broke down, crying and saying that she felt she was never going to get better. It is hard to imagine that one day she'll really be off crutches…unfortunately, it has become part of lives and something we adapt everything around. Going outside was another big milestone for Karima, as was her first slow walk around the block. Her school is one block away, so I had her walk to it just to reconnect with it and start visualizing going back to school. Last week, Karima started physical therapy, and that's been transformational. In the first session, it was almost as if Karima didn't consider her leg a part of her body anymore. She was scared of it and if she needed to move it while she was sitting, she'd move it by picking it up with her hands. She also couldn't lift her leg more than an inch off the bed. She couldn't bend her knee hardly at all. Amazingly, by her 4th session, Karima was riding away on a stationary bike, she can bend her knee past 90 degrees, and she can lift her leg up as high as she wants. Every time she comes to physical therapy, a layer of stiffness and disability is lifted off. Having the therapist right there helped her get over this idea that she might hurt her leg or break it if she moves it too much. She's not afraid of that leg anymore. She needs to rebuild her strength in it to get ready for the next phase which will be 6 weeks of walking with one crutch. After that, insha Allah, she'll be off crutches completely, just in time for her 11th birthday.
17 thoughts on "Why we were at the clinic…"
thesculptorswife says:
Salaam my dear Nora, I don't know what to say other than I am tears yet again reading your words. Ahamdallah Karima is on the road to recovery but it sounds like you were all tested through this time. Your descriptions were so vivid it swept me away to another world as though I was helpless alongside you. I hope inshallah that things will become easier for you all. You are often in my thoughts and prayers, please know that. And I pray I will meet you and your family again one day. x
Insha Allah Karima will recover very soon, she is still young and that definitely helps. I admire your patience and good spirit.
dcgallin says:
What a brave daughter you have! It must be so hard for yo to see our child suffer!
Have you thought of giving her wheatgrass juice?
http://www.growwheatgrass.com/ it's an amazing healer and builds the blood, the bones and is a fantastic supplement for the whole family.Once you have the juicer. it's dirt cheap to grow…. think about it some of the strongest and biggest animals on the planet live off grass. Wheatgrass is a miracle cure (can't be patented though, so we don't hear that much about it 😉 and supplement for the whole family. Send you love and wish you strength! xox
moroccomama says:
I'm on the hunt for a wheatgrass juicer in Morocco…for me and for the women's training center we are opening. Might have to import one cause I haven't seen one yet, although the other kind of juicers are available. Thanks for the reminder.
Michael Fitzgerald says:
Thank you, dear Nora, for setting this down … which couldn't have been easy. We are truly all in need, in need, in need … which trials like this help us remember.
I'm so very sorry poor Karima is having such a very torturous time. Poor child — this is so difficult for ll of you. I do hope she will very soon be on the mend.
All of you must have been horribly stressed and need lots of love and hugs. As I read your post I remembered all the time we spent in the hospital with Robert's leg and he was 48 and a grown up.
Is there any little tiny American present I could bring her to Marrakesh and drop off with her grandma?
Sending you all the warmest wishes. Inshallah soon all will be a bit better.
Abdelkarim says:
So sorry to hear you've been through these trying times. Alhmadulillah Alladi La yohmado Aala makrouhin Siwah. Quick recovery for Karima and warm greetings to you and Hamza.
Best wishes for a speedy recovery for Karima! From what I have read, she has her mother's strength and determination.
Soumaya Bell says:
Dear Nora,
Thank you very much for this moving account of your family's trials. I pray all good comes from this and that Karima will soon be strong and well again.
May God bless and protect you all.
You are in my thoughts and prayers.
Love wa salam,
Soumaya
Oh dear Nora, what can i say? I wept , sometimess obbed, through reading this whole saga. Just as i wept and prayed through its happening, from so far across the ocean.
It is the ground of love and assurance that you and Hamza have made the foundation of your family life that will allow her to come all the way through this free of permanent imprint, inshallah. As i know you know, i was, and am, amongst those who, if we could have taken this from you all, we would have gladly. It may take time to see God's Compassion behind so horrible seeming a journey. But I know that you know that it is so. Now may His Ease, Comfort and Healing surround you all.
Dearest Nora……Trials of course are a part of life and always remember that Allah doesn't ever give us more than we can handle! You are a strong woman mashAllah and Karima is such a trooper, tabarakAllahliha. InshAllah the worst is over and we will continue to make dua'a for strength and thank Allah for our many blessings
……raising kids can be such a challenge! Take care.
Michelena N Mcpherson says:
Oh! Nora, we are so sorry to hear of all that Karima has gone through as well as you & Hamza!
Sending many blessings and healing vibes to Karima and your family. God willing she will recover and heal! Much love to you!!!
Mich, Joseph & Naia
imane amare says:
oh my dear,
looking at your child suffering from pain is the worst thing someone could ever imagine. i'm glad it's over, allahomma laka lhamd, and i'm sure this whole experience made you guys stronger. alhamdolillah.
dawamo lhaale mina lmohaale w allotfu mawjudon 'ala kolli haal. alhamdollilah.
imane.
Aw thank you Wardalynn, it means a lot that you care so much.
Wardalynn says:
Oh my goodness, I'm so sorry for everything Karima had to go through she is such a lovely girl the thought she had to go through all of this just breaks my heart. Alhamdoullilah she is feeling a lot better! You all are so strong! Please say hi to the family for me and give Karima a kiss for me. I'm praying for all of you.
Love Wardalynn
Farah Kazmi says:
This is beautifully written Nora, but also so heartwrenching to read. The worst bit is having to watch your child in such pain and feeling helpless to relieve her. But Mashallah you are a beautiful woman with beautiful iman and the best Mum Karima could have. Sending you my love and prayers.xxx
NK says:
Just reading about your and your child's painful journey had me nauseous. Wishing her a very speedy recovery! All will be well.


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Today, an estimated 1.2 billion people live on less than $1 a day. The first Goal calls for halving this number, as well as the number of people who suffer from hunger, by 2015. In many developing countries, the poor live on the margins of society, benefiting little from progress. They lack education, health care, adequate shelter, personal safety, and regular income—all the things needed to improve their quality of life.
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In 2000, more than half a million women died in childbirth or from pregnancy-related complications. Ninety-nine percent of these deaths, many of them preventable, occur in developing countries. Infections, severe blood loss and unsafe abortions account for the majority of deaths. Goal 5 calls for reducing the rate of maternal mortality by 75 % by 2015.
The rampant spread of infectious diseases threatens to reverse development progress, reduce life expectancy and cut productivity. With an estimated 40 million people living with HIV/AIDS and 20 million deaths since the disease was first identified, AIDS poses an unprecedented health, economic, and social challenge on a global scale.
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Supply Chain Delays Disrupt California Agriculture Exports
By ADAM BEAM
Rich Pedroncelli, ASSOCIATED PRESS
Rachel Michelin, president of the California Retailers Association, foreground seated left, and Roger Isom, President and CEO of the California Cotton Ginners and Growers Association and Western Agricultural Process Association, foreground seated right, appear before state lawmakers to talk about supply chain disruptions at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2021. While congestion at the state's ports have slowed deliveries of imports, it's also made it harder for the state's farmers to export crops to markets in Asia. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Amid an historic drought posing threats to future harvests, California farmers now say they have no way to export the crops they do have because of a kink in the global supply chain that has left container ships lined up off the Southern California coast with nowhere to deliver their goods.
Problems with the supply chain have retailers worried their shelves — and their customers' online shopping carts — will be empty during the crucial holiday shopping season, prompting emergency actions from state and federal leaders to clear up the logjam.
But the backlog of ships entering U.S. waters also means there are fewer making the trek back across the Pacific Ocean, leaving the farmers in one of the nation's most important agriculture regions with nowhere to send their products.
"We're at the mercy of foreign shipping companies," said Roger Isom, president and CEO of the California Cotton Ginners and Growers Association and the Western Agricultural Processors Association. "We're in a game, somebody changed the rules on us and we have no way to correct it."
California is the nation's biggest supplier of tree nuts — almonds, walnuts and pistachios. Most of them are sold to other countries, totaling more than $8.1 billion in exports in 2019, according to the California Department of Food and Agriculture.
But last month, Isom said more than 80% of scheduled shipments were canceled. Processors have resorted to paying much more to ship their products to other ports, sending pistachios and walnuts by train to Texas and Maryland and flying bales of cotton to Peru. Isom said they are losing money on these sales, but they have to do it or else risk losing their customers.
It's particularly a problem for walnuts, which are in high demand in Europe for the Christmas holiday. But Isom said California's orders are "now being filled by other countries."
"One of our members lost $7.5 million in one month of sales because of an inability to fill timely commitments," Isom told state lawmakers on Wednesday during an informational hearing on the global supply chain problems.
One reason for the shortage of ships is the intense demand for products has driven shipping prices so high that many ocean carriers simply hurry back to Asia once they leave Southern California, bypassing the smaller port in Oakland where most of the state's tree nuts are shipped.
Danny Wan, executive director of the Port of Oakland and the president of the California Association of Port Authorities, said last week one of the port's container terminals was empty of both containers and ships.
"The operator tells me this is the first time in the history where they are operating in Oakland where they have not had one vessel call," Wan said. "This is an example of the supply chain dictating this kind of market distortion."
But the solution is not as easy as simply turning some ships around in Los Angeles and sending them north to Oakland. Assemblyman Patrick O'Donnell, chair of the Assembly Select Committee on Ports and Goods Movement, said ocean carriers need relationships with terminal operators, trucking companies and warehouses — all which require contracts to be negotiated.
"That takes time. You can't just turn on a dime," he said.
Mike Jacob, vice president and general counsel for the Pacific Merchant Shipping Association, said "it's important to us" to reestablish shipping connections in ports in both Northern California and the Pacific Northwest, adding three companies have dedicated direct service calls to the Oakland port while two more have plans to start in January.
The Biden administration announced last month the Los Angeles port would soon begin operating 24 hours a day to help clear the backlog of ships. California Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, has waived some state regulations to allow companies to pack more cargo on trucks.
"In order to solve this problem, every single stakeholder in supply chain have to step up and make difficult choices – including the state," said Dee Dee Myers, a senior advisor to Newsom and director of the Governor's Office of Business and Economic Development.
Fruits and nuts are California's fifth-largest export sector, according to an analysis of trade data by Michigan State University, trailing electrical and industrial machinery and motor vehicle and their parts.
California exports accounted for more than 10% of all U.S. exports in 2020. When it comes to agriculture, California accounted for 16% of all U.S. exports in 2019.
"A great deal of attention is on imports and issues confronting these entities bringing in goods which are important," said Assemblywoman Cecilia Aguiar-Curry, a Democrat whose rural Northern California district includes lots of farmers. "However, California agriculture depends heavily on the exporting of its goods and — I cannot overstate this enough — we are in an urgent position."
This story has been corrected to reflect that California is not the only state that produces commercially sold tree nuts such as walnuts, pistachios and almonds.
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