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3 Ways You Can Invest in Women Entrepreneurs
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When I was a little girl, I had no idea what I was going to be when I grew up. I was raised in a single parent household with my younger half sister. We moved around a lot, and life wasn't without its challenges. We didn't have a lot of money, in fact I watched our mother take on the risk of opening a home salon only to see her struggle with bankruptcy a few years later.
I was reminded of this not long ago, when I watched Komal Minhas (investor in my recently launched venture, The Founders Fund) interview Michelle Obama, in Ottawa. One of the many thoughts that Michelle shared and resonated with me was "Kid's can't be what they can't see, if we show them, they can rise to the occasion." It made sense why I lacked any sort of imagination in terms of dreaming about who I would become when I was older. I don't fault my mother. She did the best she could with what she knew and what she had. My mother also had me at the young age of 17. We actually grew up together in a lot of ways. I grew through childhood, and she through adulthood, at the same time. We were both in a way, trying to figure out who we wanted to be.
Flash forward a few years later, and after struggling my way through three different high schools (confession, I also did grade 9 math three times) I graduated. I not only graduated but I became the first person in my family to receive a high school diploma. I did not graduate because I was 'textbook smart'. I graduated because throughout high school, I was blessed with an unexpected friendship. My high school sweetheart's mother, Louise Rose. Louise, for whatever reason, as she says, "always saw something in me." Louise is the type of woman who is kind but strong, patient but with high expectations. A woman who constantly serves the needs of others before herself in order to see those close to her thrive. Louise would open her home to me, at times when I didn't feel I had a home. She made me feel safe, and in return I felt I could work hard enough, make her proud, and finish high school.
Now it was time to think about college. Except, I knew my reality. I would likely take a year off to work and save money because I couldn't afford school and I was anxious about the idea of taking on student debt, especially after seeing what debt did to my mother. Louise wasn't having any of that though. Louise went out of her way to figure out how she could make it work within her own family's limited budget, and insisted that I had no choice but to go to college. Because if I took a year off, it might be more than a year and who knows if I'd go to school at all by that point. Reluctantly, I accepted her generosity and when I asked "why me," she simply said "because why not you?"
Louise invested in me before I ever invested in myself. I never forgot that act of generosity and the importance and responsibility we have of investing in potential. Investing in your own potential, and others'.
"Louise invested in me before I ever invested in myself. I never forgot that act of generosity and the importance and responsibility we have of investing in potential. Investing in your own potential, and the potential of others"
Because of Louise's investment in me, I completed my Hospitality Management program and became the first person in my family to go to, and graduate from college.
Armoured with this attitude and audacity behind "because why not you," I've spent nearly 10 years in hospitality leadership in worldly cities which are traditionally largely male dominated. I then went on to work in tech at Shopify for 5 years while growing what is now a 7 figure side hustle, Tease Tea. Tease Tea is a values first tea company that supports programs dedicated to empowering women, including through my personal passion, entrepreneurship with our very own Founders Fund. In 2019, we supported over 200 women entrepreneurs across the country to gain access to mentorship and resources while also providing non repayable funding to 5 businesses. Thanks to the dozens of incredible funders and mentors behind it who committed to pay their success forward, what was supposed to be a small program under Tease Tea has now grown into it's own social enterprise on track to support 500+ women in 2020.
As we head into International Women's Week, I want us to not only celebrate women entrepreneurs, but I want us to think about how we can invest in women entrepreneurs. According to BDC stats, the number of women entrepreneurs has quadrupled (from 49,000 to 241,00) over the past 40 years, and the number of women entrepreneurs has grown 3 times faster than men. Today, women represent about 28% of entrepreneurs, and only 16% are majority-owned women businesses.
I am not the expert on these stats but I think it's helpful to share them to demonstrate the progress we are seeing, and that there is still a lot of room for improvement.
3 Ways You Can Invest in Women Entrepreneurs:
1) Practice Allyship
Allyship is about more than simply saying you support women. More than ever, we need mentors and sponsors to step up, advocate, pay their success forward, and invest their time to support women entrepreneurs and women in business.
Do you know a woman who would be a great candidate for an opportunity? Personally refer or recommend them. Coach them through applying, tap them on the shoulder and say "Hey, I saw this opportunity come up, and I think you would be exceptional for it because _____"
"Research shows that in order to apply for a job women feel they need to meet 100% of the criteria while men usually apply after meeting about 60%"
Research shows that in order to apply for a job women feel they need to meet 100% of the criteria while men usually apply after meeting about 60%. LinkedIn behavioral data backs this up — women tend to screen themselves out of the conversation and end up applying to 20% fewer jobs than men. Ironically, though they are less likely to apply, they are often more likely to get hired.
The confidence barrier, though difficult to see sometimes, is very real and we all need to do our part to help others break through it to see their potential and invest in themselves. Sometimes it starts with investing in someone first.
2)Check your Unconscious Bias
Supporting women entrepreneurs begins with putting business sense before bias. Last week I was invited to a G7 United Nations luncheon to hear a panel discussion about the importance of women entrepreneurship in innovation and on the economy.
In a sea of corporate suits, I wore an outfit that stood out, and it was clear I was younger than most guests. At the end of the event, I introduced myself to one of the other guests, and her immediate response was "are you one of the event organizers?" I could feel her slight embarrassment as I shared I was not an event organizer, and owned two businesses while working in leadership at Shopify. While her intent was only positive, it's important to take the time to think about our intent before speaking or responding.
While that's a small example of unconscious bias, we need to constantly challenge who comes to mind when we hear the word leader, founder, CEO, etc before making assumptions. When it comes to fundraising, unconscious bias is even more challenging.
Most gender equality studies focusing on fundraising indicate that female entrepreneurs struggle to obtain equal access to finance compared with men. Also, the cheques written to female founders tend to be smaller. The average VC funding deal for female-led companies in 2017 was just over $5-million while, for male-led organizations, it was just shy of $12 million.
According to a recent Globe and Mail article, this discrepancy is due in part to unconscious bias, for example, in credit scoring and investment evaluations. Another barrier is that most sources of capital for startups are often deeply rooted in all-male networks. Most holders of capital come from groups that are not particularly diverse. For example, only 7% of partners at the top 100 venture capital firms in the United States are women. Within Canada, the number is double that, with 14% of partners at major Canadian firms being women.
Whether consciously or not, we tend to hire individuals that are similar to us, and we can see some of these same biases play out when it comes to where VC's like to invest their dollars. For example, venture capital firms with no female partners are more likely to invest in businesses with all-male founding teams.
3)Share Your Story
If you've had a positive impact on a woman entrepreneur through demonstrating allyship, share that with your family, network and peers so that they might be inspired to take action and do the same. If you've been self aware enough to realize you may have acted with unconscious bias, (it's okay, we all do it!) share that story and experience so that others might recognize before or when they do slip up. If you are a woman who has started a business, be it a success or failure—tell the world all about it. The more we talk about the challenges and successes that exist, the more we can all learn from them.
But why does all of this matter?
Tying into this year's International Women's Day theme of "Generation Equality," new data shows if men and women participated equally as entrepreneurs the GDP could rise by $5 trillion globally, and $80 billion in Canada.
My hope for the future of entrepreneurship is that programs like what we've created at The Founders Fund support, elevate, and create more women entrepreneurs. Research shows, time and time again, that companies with diverse leadership teams deliver higher profits, more revenue, and better innovation.
Investing in women entrepreneurs is not only good for equality, it's good for the economy. Our team of Funders, Mentors and Members at the Founders Fund are committed to working together to build Canada's first digital growth accelerator to support this mission. One day, we plan to do it globally.
It's never too early or too late - What are you doing to pay your success forward?
Written by Sheena Brady, Founder: Tease Tea & The Founders Fund


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FloSports And USA Wrestling Announce 2019 Final X Locations
Final X: Rutgers on June 8 and Final X: Lincoln on June 15
AUSTIN, Texas – January 2, 2019 — Today, FloSports, the innovator in live digital sports and original content and USA Wrestling, the national governing body for wrestling in the United States, announced the two sites for Final X in 2019.
Final X: Rutgers will be hosted at the Rutgers Athletic Center (RAC) on the campus of Rutgers University in Piscataway, N.J., on Saturday, June 8. Final X: Lincoln will be hosted at the Bob Devaney Center on the campus of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln on Saturday, June 15. Both of these events will have exclusive live and on-demand coverage on FloWrestling, as well as on the FloSports apps on iOS, Roku and Apple TV 4.
The Final X series will determine the 2019 U.S. Senior World Teams in all three of the Olympic disciplines. This is a change from last year, with the addition of Greco-Roman wrestling to the events in 2019 alongside men's and women's freestyle.
The Final X Series will have the same basic format as 2018, where the top two wrestlers in each of the 30 World Championship weight classes will compete in a best-of-three series to determine who will wrestle at the 2019 Senior World Championships in Astana, Kazakhstan, September 14-22, 2019.
In 2018, in its first year of existence, Final X was held in three locations over three consecutive weekends, with Lincoln, Neb., State College, Pa. and Bethlehem, Pa. serving as the host cities, on the campuses of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Penn State, and Lehigh, respectively.
The complete World Team qualifying procedures for each style have not yet reached final approval within USA Wrestling. Therefore, information on the weight classes assigned to each Final X and the final event schedule at each Final X location will be announced at a later date.
Lincoln will host a major Senior World Championships qualifier for USA Wrestling for third-straight year at the Bob Devaney Center. In 2018, Final X in Lincoln was held there, as well as the 2017 Freestyle World Team Trials. Other USA Wrestling events held in Lincoln were the UWW Junior National Championships in 2000, 2001 and 2004 and the Cadet National Championships in 1995. Many other major wrestling events have been in Lincoln, including the 2000 and 2009 Big 12 Championships and five Big 8 Championships (1960, 1971, 1982, 1990, 1995). Lincoln has also hosted the UWW Junior World Team Trials.
The RAC is the home of Rutgers wrestling, as well as its basketball and gymnastics programs, and other major events. The RAC was opened in 1977 and has a seating capacity of approximately 8,000. Rutgers is ranked No. 4 among NCAA Div. I wrestling programs in attendance, with an average of 4,680 fans in the 2017-18 season. Rutgers is also scheduled to host the 2020 Big Ten Wrestling Championships at the RAC, its first time hosting the event since joining the conference. When Rutgers was in the EIWA, it hosted the EIWA Championships in 2013.
Information on ordering tickets for the Final X: Rutgers and Final X: Lincoln will be announced shortly.
For more information, visit FinalX.tv, FloWrestling.org, or TheMat.com.
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About USA Wrestling
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Home » Police Arrest Two In Ijebu-Ode For Killing 'Okada' Rider
Police Arrest Two In Ijebu-Ode For Killing 'Okada' Rider
By Gabriel Alabi - 4 months ago on August 22, 2019
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Two suspects identified as Lekan Odusote, 27, and Monday John, 22, have been arrested by men of the Ogun State Police Command over the killing of a yet-to-be-identified 'okada' rider before snatching his motorcycle.
Concise News learnt that the two suspects, who are natives of Ijebu-Ode, reportedly lured the motorcyclist to Ikangba area of Obalende in Ijebu-Ode where they allegedly killed him and took his corpse to an uncompleted building and buried him in a shallow grave.
According to a statement by the Ogun State Police Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi, "having done with the Okada man, they took his motorcycle to Ijebu-Igbo where they sold it at the rate of N120,000."
Abimbola disclosed that "luck, however, ran against them when they were about to share the money because of their inability to agree on a particular sharing formula."
The disagreement, Oyeyemi said, led to a serious altercation between them and some of their pronouncements attracted the suspicions of people around, who informed the police.
"Upon the information, the DPO, Obalende division, CSP Sunday Omonijo, swiftly dispatched his detectives to effect the arrest of the two suspects.
"On interrogation, they confessed luring an okada man to an isolated area where they killed him and took possession of the motorcycle which they sold, and the sharing formular of the proceed caused disagreement between them.
"The suspects have taken police to the uncompleted building where the victim was buried, and the corpse has been recovered and taken to the mortuary for post mortem examination."
Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, CP Bashir Makama, says the police has ordered the immediate transfer of the suspects to the Homicide Section of the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department for further investigation and prosecution.
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Two suspects identified as Lekan Odusote, 27, and Monday John, 22 have been arrested by men of the Ogun State Police Command over the killing of a yet to be identified 'okada' rider before snatching his motorcycle.
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IAPB2018 > Facility Tours
Facility Tours will take place on Friday 24th August 2018
Tour 1 – Teagasc Carlow, The National Stud & Japanese Gardens & Kilkenny City
Teagasc – is the Irish Agriculture and Food Development Authority – and is the national body providing integrated research, advisory and training services to the agriculture and food industry and rural communities.
Oak Park Crop Research Centre
Oak Park is the home of the national centre for arable crops research. Situated on 225 hectare research farm, the main objective of the work programme at Oak Park is to support the arable crops sector of Irish agriculture. To ensure that the research and services at Oak Park are of the highest quality the Centre encompasses laboratories and workshops equipped with the most up-to-date technology for analytical and research purposes; thereby enabling Irish agriculture to keep pace with rapidly changing technology.
This technical tour of Oakpark research Centre in Carlow will involve a tour of the research facilities and the outdoor trial sites. www.teagasc.ie/crops
Visit the Irish National Stud, a Thoroughbred horse breeding facility in Tully, Kildare, County Kildare, Ireland. It was formally established by incorporation on 11 April 1946 under the National Stud Act, 1945 and is owned by the Irish Government. The world famous Japanese Gardens at Tully were created between the years 1906 -1910. Devised by Colonel William Hall-Walker who later became known as Lord Wavertree the gardens were laid out by Japanese gardener Tass Eida and his son Minoru. The significance of the gardens is not only artistic and horticultural but also philosophical religious and historical. The garden traces the soul of man from oblivion to eternity using rare plants and landscapes that evoke the exotic. We will finish our tour in the medieval city of Kilkenny in southeast Ireland. Its grand Kilkenny Castle was built in 1195 by Norman occupiers. The town has deep religious roots and many well-preserved churches and monasteries, including imposing St. Canice's Cathedral and the Black Abbey Dominican priory, both from the 13th century. It's also a crafts hub, with shops along its winding lanes selling pottery, paintings and jewellery.
Cost: €100.00
Tour 2 – Teagasc Moorepark, Blarney Gardens and Cork city (taking in the famous English Market)
This technical tour will incorporate a site visit of Teagasc Moorepark near Fermoy Co.Cork. view more
Moorepark Animal & Grassland Research and Innovation Centre has played a pivotal role in the development of the Irish dairy industry. Since its establishment by the Irish Government in 1959, Moorepark has evolved to become the focal point of research on milk production in Ireland. As the National Dairy Research Centre, Moorepark is responsible for all aspects of dairy production research. The removal of EU dairy quotas represents a major opportunity for the Irish dairy industry and provides the basis for a 50% increase in milk output as set out in the Food Harvest 2020 report. The achievement of the FH2020 targets will require milk deliveries to increase from an average of 5.1 billion litres over the 2007 to 2009 period to 7.66 billion litres by 2020. The expansion in Irish milk production will increase the profitability of Irish dairy farms, create valuable new jobs within the national dairy industry and combined with value add at processing level; will be worth in excess of €1.5 billion in additional revenue to the Irish agri-economy in the next decade. Additionally, Food Wise 2025 projects that the value of Irish agri-food exports to increase to €19 billion by 2025, creating an additional 23,000 jobs in the agri-food sector.
Our next stop will be Cork City where we will lunch and also visit the famous English Market, there you will meet the people who produce some of the best food in Ireland. As we stroll, we point out the interesting architecture along the way and give a little of the history of the city.
Our final stop before returning to Dublin will be a visit to Blarney Castle Gardens where there is a lot more than meets the eye. Take your time to make a journey through diverse surroundings from tranquil to serene, to mystical and magical places. From the top of the Castle you can take in the wonderful views of over 60 acres of sprawling parklands which include gardens, avenues, arboretums and waterways. Find a touch of danger entwined with the beauty, as you look out for one of the few Poison Gardens in Ireland. We hope you enjoy your visit to the gardens where you will find, the beauty is ever changing with the seasons, so that no visit will ever be the same.
Tour 3 – Botanic Gardens & Guinness Storehouse
Botanic Gardens – Ramble through these extensive gardens which stretch out over 47 acres and include themed gardens such as the Italian and Walled Garden, The Unique Pet's Cemetery, the Japanese Garden and Tower Valley. Take time to smell the roses, stroll the double herbaceous border and discover our arboretum. Whether you are a keen walker, a nature lover, gardener or have little explorers there is something for everyone.
Since Arthur Guinness (1725–1803) founded the brewery in 1759, Guinness has become an iconic staple of Ireland. The Guinness Storehouse tour spans 7 floors in its location at St. James's Gate, which you'll get to experience with the aid of an array of audio-visual displays. You'll be shown how Guinness is crafted, right from the beginning of the process, up until you're handed a cold, delicious Guinness in the spectacular 360 degree view of the Gravity Bar on the 7th floor.
Cost: €90.00
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Alex's successful and highly regarded Beginner's Outdoor Animal Photography Workshop, launched in 2012, helped more than 250 people across Australia improve their confidence using a DSLR camera and learn how to take better animal photography.
In response to demand for individual tuition, Alex now offers workshops for individuals who consider themselves beginners with a DSLR camera. Her fun and easy to understand style makes her a natural teacher as she generously shares her knowledge and techniques to help you create that WOW factor with your photography.
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This weeks WP7 AOTW is Face Swap by Microsoft Research.
This app, to put it simply, swaps two people's faces. There is no practical purpose to this app as it is just to waste time. To use this app, you simply select a photo in your photo albums and the app automatically finds the faces in the image. You then proceed to select which faces to swap and the app does all the rest. You can then proceed to laugh at the results.


For 35 years now, Irie san has invested his time and energy in growing 100% chemical and pesticide-free green tea.
Tucked in the forest at nearly 600 meters above sea level in the Yame mountains, the tea leaves used by Irie san benefit directly from a healthy and naturally enriched soil.
The nutrients, minerals and vitamins absorbed by the trees end up in the leaves, and so, eventually, in your cup, helping your body to remain strong and healthy.
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The quality of this Sencha is exceptional. It yields a strong and refreshing taste, either in hot and cold brew.
Easy to brew, the Umami of this tea is very present, and the balance between bitterness and sweetness is exceptional.
This tea is definitely one of our favorite and probably the best one to discover and enjoy Japanese green tea.
Made in small quantities by a farmer who relies on the sole power of nature, it is an exceptional and rare tea that even our clients in Japan are surprised to discover.
Irie san's tea has passed the most stringent tests, including those set up in Germany, making it a perfectly safe and healthy beverage to enjoy.


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 Progress on the capability to produce rare--isotopes beams (RIBs \cite{fac,frib_lab,fair}) has  pushed the exploration frontier into remote parts of the nuclear chart far from the valley of stability. The expectation that our traditional knowledge would be challenged as one treads through these exotic nuclear regions has been experimentally confirmed. A striking example is provided by the emergence of new magic numbers, {\it i.e} the number of nucleons  that fill major shells. Magic numbers are one of the cornerstones of nuclear structure, and nuclei with magic numbers of protons and/or neutrons display a larger stability compared to their close neighbors. A recent example is the experimental evidence of new doubly--magic features
in the short--lived $^{52,54}$Ca  \cite{wienholtz2013,steppenbeck2013b,michimasa}.

Nuclear reactions play a key role in the experimental study of nuclei, offering a variety of probes allowing to extract
complementary information about the structure of the systems under study. Within this context, one-nucleon transfer reactions such as $(d,p)$ are the probe of choice to obtain information about the nuclear response to nucleon addition (single-particle strength)   as a function of energy, angular momentum and parity.
By comparing experimental data to theoretical predictions, reaction cross sections  can also be used as a tool
to inform, validate and refine theoretical structure models. But, in order to extract unambiguous  information from reaction observables, it is essential to integrate   consistently the structure theory in the reaction formalism. This is the main objective of this paper.

Although some recent works  describe $(d,p)$ reactions {\it ab-initio} \cite{Raimondi:16,hupin}, for most cases of interest one usually relies on the reduction of the many--body problem to a few--body one where only the most relevant
degrees of freedom are retained \cite{Satchler:83,Thompson:09}.
In this picture, the Hamiltonian is given
as a sum of two-body effective interactions
between the clusters considered.  A standard approach  to obtain the two-body interactions is to fit a simple local function (e.g., a Woods-Saxon) from experimental elastic scattering data  on $\beta$--stable isotopes \cite{KD,pheno}. As no explicit connection to an
underlying microscopic theory is made,
these potentials become less reliable and bring uncontrolled uncertainties as one considers systems further from stability.
In the most common approaches in the field   \cite{Satchler:83,Thompson:09}   the $(d,p)$ cross section is factorized into a single-particle  reaction term (which accounts for the dynamics of the process) and a spectroscopic factor (which relates to the probability of a certain orbital configuration in the final state). Unlike cross sections, spectroscopic factors and potentials
are non-observable quantities  \cite{Mukha,Furnstahl_2010,Jennings:2011jm,Duguet:15}. They depend on the  model and the representation used to
compute them
\footnote{Non-observable quantities like potentials and spectroscopic factors are not uniquely defined. Spectroscopic factors
 are not invariant under finite-range unitary transformations which translates into a dependence on the model space
 and the interactions used to compute them \cite{Mukha,Furnstahl_2010,Jennings:2011jm,Duguet:15}.
 For a given  potential, it is possible to modify its high-energy component with a unitary transformation
 without affecting experimental predictions \cite{bogner09}.}.
Unless  they are  calculated consistently  within a  same framework,
serious calibration issues in the theory could appear.
This is likely to become even more problematic when moving toward uncharted territories of the nuclear landscape.
One must then strive to compute all inputs of the few-body problem consistently.

In this paper, we introduce a framework that combines the  development in obtaining the microscopic effective interactions from coupled cluster (CC) theory \cite{gfccpap,gfccpap2}  and the Green's Function Transfer (GFT) reaction theory for $(d,p)$ on medium-mass nuclei \cite{Potel:15b,Potel:17b}. In this merged framework, the structure content of the target and the neutron-target effective interactions
are consistently computed with the CC approach, resulting from the same underlying many-body Hamiltonian.
The CC Green's Function and neutron-target potential are then susbsequently integrated in the GFT few-body formalism.
Other inputs entering the  GFT equations  are a $p-(A+1)$ and  a $d-A$ optical potentials (see Sec.~\ref{formalism}).
In this first application, these potentials will be taken from phenomenological fits to elastic scattering data.
In the future it is our intention to  compute these  effective  interactions  microscopically.

The CC method has been  shown to provide an accurate description of  low--lying spectra and properties of nuclei with closed (sub--)shells and their neighbors\cite{bartlett2007,hagen2014,ccemerg,ccni}.
We will employ the $\rm{NNLO_{sat}}$ interaction \cite{n2losat} derived  from chiral effective field theory, which  provides an accurate description of masses and radii in a wide mass--range.
The latter feature is critical for our approach, since a proper reproduction of the
distribution of nuclear matter, and, more specifically, nuclear radii, are essential to give an
accurate account of reaction observables.

The GFT
allows for the computation of $(d,p)$ cross section for bound, resonant and continuum states in the $(A+n)$ nucleus
by making use of the Green's Function of the $n-A$ subsystem \cite{Potel:15b,Potel:17b}. Within this context, the use of the prior form, in which the $n-A$ interaction appears explicitly in the $T$-matrix, is a way to avoid well known numerical difficulties in the post form associated with the convergence of the $T$-matrix integral in the continuum (see e.g. \cite{Thompson:09}). The ability to describe the population of continuum states is one of the main differences with respect to other approaches making  use of microscopic overlaps in the post representation \cite{flav}.

To benchmark this new approach (which we will denote as CC-GFT), we apply it to $(d,p)$ reactions on the doubly magic stable Ca  isotopes $^{40}$Ca and $^{48}$Ca, for which there is abundant data.
We then make predictions for  $(d,p)$ reaction cross sections on the short-lived $^{52,54}$ Ca, given the  recent experimental interest. Precision measurements of nuclear masses for $^{52}$Ca \cite{wienholtz2013} and 2$^{+}$ excitation energies for $^{54}$Ca \cite{steppenbeck2013b} suggest that these nuclei are also doubly-magic.

   This paper is organized as follows. We begin by summarizing the CC-GFT approach.
  We then demonstrate the applicability and reliability of the method by benchmarking our calculations
  with experimental data measured on the stable isotopes $^{40,48}$Ca, and  proceed to make  predictions for the $(d,p)$ transfer cross sections on the exotic  Calcium isotopes $^{52,54}$Ca.

\section{Formalism} \label{formalism}
In this section, we present a short description of both the GFT and  CC methods.
The GFT framework is based on a reaction formalism  introduced in the 1980's to address reactions
in which a fragment of the projectile fused with the target, while
the depleted projectile is detected with energies and angular distributions characteristic of a direct process \cite{Austern:81,Udagawa:80,Ichimura:85}.
The formalism has been recently revived and extended by several groups  \cite{Potel:15b,Lei:15,Carlson:15,Lei:15b,Potel:17b}.
In the next paragraphs, we present a  summary of the formalism following the derivation in \cite{Potel:15b}.
We  define $|\chi_p\rangle$ ($|\chi_d\rangle$) as the proton (deuteron) elastic scattering solution   of the potential $U_p$ ($U_d$) at the energy $E_p$ ($E_d$).
$|\chi_p\rangle$ and $|\chi_d\rangle$ are  functions of, respectively, the $p-(A+1)$ and $d-A$ coordinates. Following standard practice in reaction theory, we compute the $(d,p)$ process as a perturbation of the dominant elastic channel, and write the incoming channel in a factorized form,
\begin{align}\label{eq100}
\ket{\Psi}\approx\ket{\chi_d}\ket{\phi_A}\ket{\phi_d},
\end{align}
where $\ket{\phi_A}$ is the ground state of the target $A$, and $\ket{\phi_d}$ designates the deuteron ground state.
The inclusive cross section is obtained by summing over all states $\ket{\phi_B^c}$ in the $B\equiv n+A$ system. In the \textit{prior} representation,
\begin{align}\label{eq25}
 \frac{d^2\sigma}{d\Omega_pdE_p}=\frac{\mu_p\mu_dk_p}{4\hbar^4\pi^2k_d}\sum_c\left|\left\langle\chi_p\phi_B^c|V\,|\,\phi_d\phi_A\chi_d\right\rangle\right|^2\delta(E{-}E_p{-}\varepsilon_B^c),
\end{align}
where $\varepsilon_B^c$ is the energy of $\ket{\phi_B^c}$,  $\mu_p$ $( \mu_d)$ the proton (deuteron) reduced mass and $k_p$ $( k_d)$ the proton (deuteron) momentum. The transition potential $V$ in Eq.~\ref{eq25} is given by:
\begin{align}\label{eq82}
V=V_{n-A}+U_p-U_d,
\end{align}
where $V_{n-A}$ is a  neutron-target optical potential.
Let us introduce the following propagator in $B$ (see \cite{Potel:15b} for more details):
 \begin{align}\label{eq26}
 G_{B}(E)=\lim_{\epsilon\rightarrow 0}\sum_c\frac{\ket{\phi_B^c}\bra{\phi_B^c}}{E-E_p-\varepsilon_B^c+i\epsilon}.
 \end{align}
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Using the relation
 \begin{align}\label{eq105}
\text{Im}\,G_{B}(E)=-i\pi\,\delta(E{-}E_p{-}\varepsilon_B^c)\ket{\phi_B^c}\bra{\phi_B^c},
\end{align}
we can write Eq.~\ref{eq25} as
\begin{align}\label{eq104}
 \frac{d^2\sigma}{d\Omega_pdE_p}=-\frac{\mu_p\mu_dk_p}{4\hbar^4\pi^3k_d}\text{Im}\left\langle\,\phi_d\phi_A\chi_d|V^\dagger\,|\chi_p\right) G_B\left(\chi_p|V\,|\,\phi_d\phi_A\chi_d\right\rangle,
\end{align}
where   the round brackets indicate that we only integrate over the proton coordinate.
The formalism then allows  to address the population of both bound and continuum final states, and to disentangle
the contribution from elastic  and non-elastic breakup  to the total proton singles (for details, see \cite{Potel:15b}).
The projection of $G_{B}(E)$ on the ground state $|\phi_A\rangle$ corresponds to single-particle Green's Function $G(\mathbf r,\mathbf r',E)$:
\begin{align}\label{eq101}
G(\mathbf r,\mathbf r',E)=\braket{\mathbf r,\phi_A|G_{B}(E)|\phi_A,\mathbf r'},
\end{align}
 where  $\mathbf r$ ($\mathbf r'$) is the relative $n$--$A$ coordinate.
 After some formal manipulations \footnote{The presence of the potential $V$ makes the projection operation  not trivial to perform, and the non-commutativity of $V$ and $|\phi_A\rangle$  (more precisely, the fact that $[V,\ket{\phi_A}\bra{\phi_A}]\neq0$) has to be taken into account (see \cite{Potel:15b}).} , the cross section can be expressed in terms of $G(\mathbf r,\mathbf r',E)$ and a non-orthogonality contribution
 $\psi_n^{HM}=\left(\chi_p\right|\,\left.\,\vphantom{\chi_f}\phi_d\,\chi_d\right\rangle$ (also called Hussein-McVoy term \cite{Hussein:85}).
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The final expression for the non-elastic breakup contribution is,
\begin{align}\label{eq103}
\frac{d^2\sigma}{d\Omega_pdE_p}  =-\frac{\mu_p\mu_dk_p}{4\hbar^4\pi^3k_d}\left[\text{Im}\langle\,\rho|G\,|\rho\rangle  +2\text{Re}\langle\,\psi_n^{{HM}}|W_{n-A}\,G\,|\rho\rangle+ \langle\,\psi_n^{{HM}}|W_{n-A}\,|\psi_n^{{HM}}\rangle\right],
\end{align}
where $W_{n-A}$ is the imaginary part of $V_{n-A}$, and  we have introduced the breakup density amplitude (called $S_{prior}$ in ref. \cite{Potel:15b})
\begin{align}\label{eq2}
\rho(\mathbf r,E)=\left(\chi_p|V_{n-A}(\mathbf r,\mathbf r',E)+U_p-U_d|\phi_d\chi_d\right\rangle.
\end{align}
In this paper, we are interested in the population of the  ground state of the $A+1$ system
\footnote{Note that in the case of population of a bound state for the final nucleus, the GFT formalism is equivalent to the one-step DWBA
  approach \cite{Potel:15b}.}.
In that case, the imaginary part $W_{n-A}$ of
 the optical potential vanishes and the cross section is then given by:
\begin{align} \label{eq1}
 \frac{d^{2}\sigma}{d\Omega_pdE_p}=-\frac{\mu_p\mu_dk_p}{4\hbar^4\pi^3k_d}
\int\text{Im}\,G(\mathbf r,\mathbf r',E^{A+1}_{gs})\rho^*(\mathbf r,E^{A+1}_{gs})\rho(\mathbf r',E^{A+1}_{gs})\,d\mathbf r\,d\mathbf r',
\end{align}
where $E_{g.s.}^{A+1}$ is the ground state energy of the $A+1$ system.
For a beam energy in the center of mass  $E^{cm}_d$,  the outgoing proton  energy is $E^{cm}_p=E^{cm}_{d}+E_{bd}-E_{g.s.}^{A+1}$ with $E_{bd}=-2.22$ MeV  the deuteron binding energy. The intrinsic deuteron state $|\phi_d\rangle$ is taken as the
solution of an $s$-wave Woods-Saxon potential  which
reproduces the radius and binding energy of the deuteron \cite{Potel:15b,Potel:17b}.
In this paper, the Green's Function $G(\mathbf r,\mathbf r',E^{A+1}_{gs})$ in Eq.~\ref{eq1}, the optical potential
$V_{n-A}(\mathbf r,\mathbf r',E^{A+1}_{gs})$ in Eq.~\ref{eq2}, as well as $E^{A+1}_{gs}$,
are microscopically computed with the coupled-cluster method.
For all nuclei considered in this work, the ground state in $A$ has $0^+$ spin and parity, which implies that
$G$ and  $V_{n-A}$  conserve angular momentum, and therefore, only the component with the  spin and parity $J^\pi$ of the ground state of $A+1$ contribute to Eqs. (\ref{eq2}) and (\ref{eq1}).
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In the following we describe the main steps involved in the calculation of the Green's Function and $n-A$ optical potential
 with the coupled-cluster approach. For a more detailed description, see \cite{gfccpap,gfccpap2,cc_review}.
We start with the computation of the ground state of the target $A$. Working in the laboratory coordinates, the (intrinsic) many--body Hamiltonian $H$  reads
\begin{eqnarray}
H=\sum^{A}_{i=1}\frac{\vec{p_i}^2}{2m}
-\frac{\vec{P}^2}{2mA} +\sum_{i<j} V_{ij} +\sum_{i<j<k} V_{ijk},
\label {hami}
\end{eqnarray}
where $\vec{p_i}$ is the momentum of the nucleon $i$ of mass $m$ in the laboratory  and $\vec{P}=\sum_{i=1}^{A}\vec{p_i}$
 the momentum associated with the center of
 mass motion. The terms $V_{ij}$ and $V_{ijk}$ are nucleon-nucleon $(NN)$ and three-nucleon forces (3NFs), respectively.
 The single-particle basis solution of
  the Hartee-Fock potential generated by $H$ (\ref{hami}) is a good starting point for coupled-cluster calculations.
Denoting $|\Phi_{0}\rangle$ the Hartree-Fock state, the ground state of the target
is represented as
\begin{eqnarray}
|\Psi_{0}\rangle=e^T|\Phi_{0}\rangle \label{cc1} ,
\end{eqnarray}
where $T$ denotes the cluster operator
\begin{eqnarray}
T &=& T_1+T_2+\dots= \sum_{i,a}t_i^a a^{\dagger}_a a_i+\frac{1}{4}\sum_{ijab}t_{ij}^{ab}t_{ijab}a^{\dagger}_aa^{\dagger}_ba_ja_i +\ldots .
\label{t_cluster}
\end{eqnarray}
The operators $T_1$ and $T_2$ induce $1p-1h$ and $2p-2h$ excitations of the reference state, respectively.
Here, the single-particle states $i, j, ...$ refer to hole
states occupied in the reference state $|\Phi_0\rangle$ i while $a, b, ...$
denote valence states above the reference state.
In practice, the expansion (\ref{t_cluster}) is truncated. In the coupled
cluster with singles and doubles (CCSD), which we will consider in this work, all operators $T_i$
with $i >$ 2 are neglected.
In that case, the ground-state energy and the amplitudes
$t_i^a, t_{ij}^{ab}$ are obtained by projecting the state (\ref{cc1}) on the
reference state and on all $1p$-$1h$ and $2p$-$2h$ configurations.
Correspondingly, the CCSD ground state is an eigenstate of the similarity-transformed Hamiltonian $\bar{H}=e^{-T}He^{T}$ in the space of $0p-0h$, $1p-1h$, $2p-2h$ configurations. The transformed Hamiltonian $\bar{H}$ is not Hermitian due to the fact that the operator $e^T$ is not unitary.
As a consequence, it has left- and right-eigenvectors which constitute a bi-orthogonal basis.
We denote $\langle \Phi_{0,L}|$ the left eigenvector for the ground state of $A$.
From the definition of the Green's Function \cite{dickhoff}, we can  write the matrix elements of the
coupled cluster Green's Function $G^{cc}$ as
\begin{eqnarray}
G^{CC}(\alpha,\beta,E) \equiv \langle \Phi_{0,L}|\overline{a_{\alpha}}\frac{1}{E-(\overline{H}-E^{A}_{gs})+i\eta}\overline{a^{\dagger}_{\beta}}|\Phi_{0}\rangle +\langle \Phi_{0,L}|\overline{a^{\dagger}_{\beta}}\frac{1}{E-(E^{A}_{gs}-\overline{H})-i\eta}\overline{a_{\alpha}}|\Phi_{0}\rangle .
\label{gfcc}
\end{eqnarray}
where $\eta \rightarrow 0$ by definition. The operators $\overline{a_{\alpha}}=e^{-T}a_{\alpha}e^T$ and
$\overline{a^{\dagger}_{\beta}}=e^{-T}a^{\dagger}_{\beta}e^T$ are the
similarity-transformed annihilation and creation operators,
respectively.

In this work, we calculate  the Green's function $G^{ccsd}(E)$
starting from a CCSD approximation for the target.
We then compute the particle (hole) part of the Green's Function within a $2p-1h$ ($2h-1p$) space. By construction,
  the poles of the particle part
    of $G^{ccsd}(E)$ correspond to the
  energy  $E=E^{A+1}$ of the  $A+1$ system, solutions  of the particle-attached equation-of-motion (PA-EOM)
  coupled-cluster method truncated at the $2p-1h$ excitation level \footnote{similarly the Green's Function  $G^{ccsd}(E)$
  has also poles at $E=E^{A-1}$ which correspond to the eigenstates solution of the A-1 system obtained with the particle-removed equation-of-motion (PR-EOM) ~\cite{gour2006,gfccpap,gfccpap2}. } ~\cite{gour2006}.
  The optical potential $V_{n-A}^{ccsd}(E)$
  is then obtained by  inversion of the Dyson Equation fulfilled by $G^{ccsd}(E)$ \cite{gfccpap,gfccpap2}.
  This potential is non--local and energy--dependent and,  for scattering energies, also complex,  the imaginary component
   accounting for the loss of flux due to absorption into channels other than the elastic channel.
    For $E<0$, the spectrum of $V_{n-A}^{ccsd}(E)$ is the discrete set of bound state energies of the $A+1$ nucleus,  $E=E_{n}^{A+1}$.
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 $G^{ccsd}(E_{gs}^{A+1})$ and $V_{n-A}^{ccsd}(E_{gs}^{A+1})$ are  then used in the GFT equations (\ref{eq1}) and (\ref{eq2}) to compute the $(d,p)$ cross section for the population of the $A+1$ ground state.

A comment is in order here.
The CC calculations are performed
 in the laboratory coordinates \cite{gfccpap,gfccpap2}
 whereas the Green's function and the $n-A$ potentials appear in the GFT equations (\ref{eq1},\ref{eq2})
 as functions of the relative coordinate
 $\mathbf r= \mathbf r_{n}-\mathbf r_{A}$ ($\mathbf{r}_{n}$, $\mathbf {r}_{A}$ are the laboratory coordinates
 of the neutron and the center of mass of the target $A$, respectively).
 In Eq. (\ref{eq1}) and (\ref{eq2}),  both quantities are implicitly identified
  to the  CC outputs  $G^{ccsd}(E)$ and $V_{n-A}^{ccsd}(E)$  calculated in the laboratory frame.
This introduces a small error (estimated in the next section) in the computed $(d,p)$ cross section which is a decreasing function of the target mass $A$ \cite{rcjohn}.

\section{Results}
The CC calculations are performed with the same inputs and   model spaces as in  \cite{gfccpap2}.
We work in a mixed basis of single particle (s.p.) Hartree--Fock states expanded either within the harmonic oscillator shells
or the Berggren basis \cite{berggren1968,berggren1971}, depending on  the partial wave considered.
Working within the Berggren ensemble provides a natural extension of the CC formalism into the complex--energy plane
\cite{ccemerg,hagen2007d,hagen2010a,Nicc} and allows to compute (weakly) bound and unbound solutions of the coupled--cluster equations (see also \cite{michel2009,yanen,simin,halo18}
for the use of Berggren basis in the context of configuration--interaction approaches).
The  g.s. in  $^{41}$Ca, $^{49}$Ca and the exotic  $^{53}$Ca, $^{55}$Ca are particle bound.
Solving the CC equations in the Berggren basis then ensures that the radial asymptotic behavior of the $n-A$ potential is
properly accounted for any value of the separation energy $E_{gs}^{A+1}$.
The s.p. basis contains harmonic oscillator shells such that $2n + l \leq N_{max}$  along with
a discretized set of Berggren states. While we show results for different $N_{max}$, we  fix the  number   of discretized-Berggren shells at $N_{sh}=50$, known to be sufficient for convergence  \cite{gfccpap,gfccpap2}.
 The nuclear part of the Hamiltonian is given by
 the chiral--EFT interaction $\rm{NNLO_{sat}}$ which consists of a nucleon--nucleon ($NN$)  and  three--nucleon forces (3NFs)
 and has been shown to provide an accurate description of masses and radii in a wide mass--range, and in
 particular for $^{40}$Ca and $^{48}$Ca  ~\cite{n2losat,hagen2015,garciaruiz2016,lapoux2016,duguet2017}.
The  $\rm {NNLO_{sat}}$ interaction includes  two--body  and three--body interaction terms \cite{n2losat}.
In all calculations, the maximum number of
quanta allowed in the relative motion of two nucleons ($N_2$), and
three nucleons ($N_3$), are equal  to $N_{max}$, except for
the most extensive calculations considered here, where $N_2=14$ and $N_3=16$.
We use the normal-ordered two-body approximation for the three-nucleon force term, which has
been shown to work well in light- and medium mass nuclei \cite{hagen2007a,roth2012}.
 The optical  potentials $U_d$ and $U_p$ for $^{40,48}$Ca$(d,p)$ are taken from \cite{Brown:74}. By design,
 they reproduce  deuteron and proton elastic scattering on the  $^{40,48}$Ca targets.
 Since no experimental data for elastic scattering on the exotic $^{52}$Ca and $^{55}$Ca is available, the parameters
 for $U_d$ and $U_p$  are taken in these cases from global systematics \cite{Koning:03,Han:06}.

The results for $^{40}$Ca$(d,p)^{41}$Ca and $^{48}$Ca$(d,p)^{49}$Ca at $E_d$=~10 MeV are shown in Fig.~\ref{fig1}
as a function of the center of mass angle $\theta_{c.m.}$ for different values of $N_{max}$ along with the computed ground state energy in $^{41,49}$Ca. The converging pattern of the cross section is non--monotonic as $N_{max}$ increases,
and the calculated angular distributions for the largest model space {\it i.e.} $N_2/N_3=14/16$ are close to the data (see Fig.~\ref{fig1}).
We want to emphasize here that the CC computation of the inputs for the  few-body GFT equations have no free parameters.

For the largest model space, both nuclei are underbound at the PA-EOM level
by $\sim$ 500keV ($^{41}$Ca) and $\sim$ 600kev ($^{49}$Ca) with respect to
the experimental values   $E_{gs}^{A+1} = -8.36$ MeV ($^{41}$Ca) and $E_{gs}^{A+1} = -5.14$ MeV ($^{49}$Ca).
We can further improve the results by fixing the
energy of the populated state to the experimental data while keeping all other inputs fixed.
In practise, this is done by adjusting the momentum $k_p$ of the proton in Eq. \ref{eq1}
and $\ket{\chi_p}$ in Eq. (\ref{eq2}), whereas
other quantities in the GFT equation  remain unchanged (we use $G^{ccsd}$ and $V_{n-A}^{ccsd}$ calculated at $N_2/N_3$=14/16).
We then obtain a remarkable agreement with the experimental data (red curve with triangles in Fig.~\ref{fig1}).
 We show in Fig.~\ref{figE} the calculated $^{40}$Ca$(d,p)^{41}$Ca(g.s.) cross section
  for each model space while fixing in all cases the ground state energy of $\rm{^{41}Ca}$ to the experimental data.
  The observed convergence is smoother than the one shown in Fig. \ref{fig1} and
   the computed cross section at the $\theta_{CM}\approx35^\circ$ peak corresponding to the $N=12$ calculation  is already within the experimental error bar.
   For illustration purpose, we show  in Fig.~\ref{figR} the cumulative contribution to the cross section (obtained by integrating over $r'$ in  Eq.~\ref{eq1}), as a function of $r$, both for CC-GFT and standard DWBA calculations. We want to emphasize here that the difference
   between both calculations stems from the $n-A$ inputs of the reaction equations: in the case of CC-GFT, the Green's Function and
   the optical potential are microscopically computed with the CC whereas for DWBA, the spectroscopic factor and the potential
   are fitted to reproduce the experimental transfer cross section. In that latter case, we use  a local potential of Woods-Saxon shape
   with standard values for the radius ($R_0=1.2A^{1/3}$ fm) and the diffusivity ($a=0.65$ fm).
    The different contribution pattern seen in Fig.~\ref{figR} (the
          CC-GFT cross section gets contributions from deeper nuclear
     regions than the DWBA one) has its origin in the difference of the $n-A$ potentials.
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   Keeping in mind that spectroscopic factors are scheme-dependent and only meaningfull within the context used to extract them,
   we obtain 0.897 and 0.895 for respectively $^{41}$Ca and $^{49}$Ca from the present CC calculation.
  In the DWBA analysis of  \cite{Brown:74}, spectroscopic factors were extracted at two different beam energies:
  at $E_d=7$ MeV, $S=1.00$ and $S=1.002$  for $^{41}$Ca and $^{49}$Ca, respectively and at
  $E_d=10$ MeV, $S=0.850$ was obtained for $^{41}$Ca and $S=0.892$ for $^{49}$Ca.

Let us  mention here that previous GFT calculations  of the $^{40}$Ca$(d,p)^{41}$Ca cross section
have  been performed in \cite{Potel:17b}, with inputs
from
the Dispersive Optical Model  \cite{DOM,waldecker} and that in \cite{flav},  post-form DWBA calculations with microscopic overlaps (computed with the self-consistent Green's function \cite{scgfa,scgfb})  have  been reported  for transfer reactions on Oxygen isotopes.

As mentioned above, $U_d$ and $U_p$ are taken as phenomenological potentials fitted to reproduce
elastic scattering on $^{40,48}$Ca. Since these ``external'' interactions have been computed independently of
the $n-A$ potential, an uncertainty in the computed $(d,p)$ cross section will result.
Let us consider two interactions $U_{d1}$ and $U_{d2}$ that reproduce $d-A$ elastic scattering with the same quality.
At the two-body level, they are equivalent since by design they reproduce the data.
However, in the three-body system $(A,p,n)$, the differences in their off-shell behavior (which is not constrained by the fit)
will result into an uncertainty on the computed $(d,p)$ cross section.
In order to  estimate the uncertainty, we have performed calculations with  $U_d$ and $U_p$
fitted from global systematics  \cite{Koning:03,Han:06}.
We found a variation of less than 15\%  at the peak of the angular differential cross section, stemming mostly from the $d-A$ optical
potential. We should also point out here that the difference in the accuracy of the fits (a locally fitted interaction will certainly
reproduce the data more accurately than a global interaction) also contributes in this estimation.
In the future it is our intention to  compute these  effective  interactions  microscopically, consistently with the neutron-target potential.
Using, for instance, the Feshbach projection formalism \cite{Feshbach,Feshbach2}, $U_d$ could be derived from  the $n-A$, $p-A$ and $p-n$ potentials.

	\begin{figure}
          \centerline{\includegraphics*[width=9cm,angle=0,scale=0.75]{Fig_stablev4.pdf}}
          \caption{ Calculations of the angular differential cross sections: a)   $^{40}$Ca$(d,p)^{41}$Ca(g.s.) at 10 MeV and b)   $^{48}$Ca$(d,p)^{49}$Ca(g.s.) at 10 MeV.
The curves show the results of the CC-GFT calculations for different values of $N_{max}$. Also indicated are the PA-EOM energies $E_{gs}^{A+1}$.  The red  curve with triangles, labeled $N_{max}=14/16\,(E_{ex})$, was obtained within the largest model space by adjusting the energy to the experimental value. Theoretical calculations are compared with data (in full circle) from \cite{Brown:74}. }
\label{fig1}
	\end{figure}
 \begin{figure}
	\includegraphics[width=8cm]{40Ca_adjusted.pdf}
	\caption{Angular distributions for the $^{40}$Ca($d,p$) reaction at different $N_{max}$ values. All calculations have been performed
		with the energy  $E^{A+1}_{gs}$ adjusted to the experimental value. }\label{figE}
\end{figure}
\begin{figure}
	\includegraphics[width=8cm]{spatial_contributions.pdf}
	\caption{Cumulative contribution to the cross section as a function of the distance $r$ from the center of mass of $^{40}$Ca.
          For illustration, we show the results obtained in CC-GFT, $N_{max}=14/16$ and the results with DWBA, using with the same deuteron and proton optical potentials. The $n-A$ interaction and overlap function for the DWBA case have been obtained from a Woods-Saxon potential with standard values for the radius ($R_0=1.2A^{1/3}$ fm) and the diffusivity ($a=0.65$ fm).}\label{figR}
\end{figure}

The difference between the center of mass coordinates used in the GFT equations (\ref{eq1}) and (\ref{eq2})
and the laboratory coordinates used in  CC introduces a small uncertainty in the calculation of the $(d,p)$
cross section, as discussed above. We estimate it by comparing the resulting difference in the cross sections when a shift $\Delta$ is added to
 $E_{gs}^{A+1}$ while keeping all other
inputs fixed in the GFT equations. We take $\Delta=E_{gs*}^A-E_{gs}^{A}$, where $E_{gs*}^{A}$ is the CCSD energy
for the ``mass-shifted'' nucleus $A$
\footnote{We recall that the PA-EOM calculation is a multistep procedure where one starts from
  the CCSD solution  (with energy $E_{gs*}^{A}$) of the mass-shifted nucleus $A$ as the reference state  to compute the energy
  $E_{*}^{A+1}$ in the $A+1$ system \cite{hagen2010a}.
  One  subsequently obtains  $E^{A+1}$ as $E^{A+1}=E_{*}^{A+1}+\Delta$, where the correction $\Delta=E^A_{gs*}-E_{gs}^{A}$
 amounts to a $1/A$ order effect. See e.g. \cite{hagen2010a,gfccpap} for more details.}.
This shift amounts to a $1/A$ effect, and for $^{40}$Ca, $\Delta= 190$ keV. This results in a small difference ($< 4\%$)
in the $^{40}$Ca$(d,p)^{41}$Ca cross section at the $\theta_{CM}\sim 40^\circ$ peak, smaller than the experimental  error bars (see Fig \ref{fig1}).

Encouraged with the good results obtained on the stable Ca isotopes, we  make predictions for the $(d, p)$ cross section with the unstable (although
particle--bound), neutron--rich $^{52}$Ca and $^{54}$Ca, for which experimental evidence of shell closure has been reported \cite{steppenbeck2013}.
Recent measurements have shown an increase in the charge radius of $^{52}$Ca (reproduced by CC calculations with $\rm{NNLO_{sat}}$)
with respect to what is expected for a double magic system \cite{garciaruiz2016}.
The required  beam intensity  for these experiments is expected to be achieved at FRIB from its first day of operation.
The ground state energies for $^{53,55}$Ca are otherwise known ($E_{gs}^{A+1}=-3.46$ MeV for $^{53}$Ca and $E_{gs}^{A+1}=-2.60$ MeV for $^{55}$Ca), to be compared with the $N_2/N_3$=14/16  PA-EOM calculations ($E_{gs}^{A+1}=-3.16$ MeV for $^{53}$Ca and $E_{gs}^{A+1}=-1.76$ MeV for $^{55}$Ca).
The results are shown in Fig. \ref{fig2}. The  difference between the experimental and computed energies in $^{53}$Ca is $\sim$300 keV
whereas it is $\sim$ 820 keV for $^{53}$Ca.
This results in a larger difference between the  $^{54}$Ca$(d,p)^{55}$Ca  cross sections calculated with the PA-EOM energy
and the experimental value.
 \begin{figure}
		\centerline{\includegraphics*[width=6cm,angle=0,scale=1.1]{Fig_total_exoticv4.pdf}}
		\caption{ Predictions for the angular distributions: a)   $^{52}$Ca$(d,p)^{53}$Ca(g.s.) at 10 MeV and b)   $^{54}$Ca$(d,p)^{55}$Ca(g.s.) at 10 MeV.   We also list the energies  $E_{gs}^{A+1}$ calculated at the PA-EOM level to be compared with the experimental values $E=-3.46$ MeV for $^{53}$Ca and $E=-2.60$ MeV for $^{55}$Ca (see caption of Fig.~\ref{fig1} for more details).
}
\label{fig2}
 \end{figure}

        \section{Conclusion}
 We take in this paper an important step towards the development of a consistent microscopic theory for $(d,p)$ reactions
in medium-mass nuclei. Within a many-body framework where all nucleons are active, we  compute the Green's functions and $n$--$A$ optical potentials in the CC approach, with the two-and three-body $\rm{NNLO_{sat}}$  interaction. The $(d,p)$ cross section is then obtained by integrating the CC calculations in the GFT few-body formalism.
 We thus depart from   standard reaction formalisms in the following manner: in our approach, the observable cross section is reproduced from the consistent calculation, as enforced by the Dyson equation, of two
 non-observable quantities, namely the Green's function and the $n$--$A$ optical potential.
 Using phenomenological  $p-(A+1)$ and $d-A$ potentials,
 we obtain converged results in good agreement with available data for $^{40,48}$Ca, and show that the quality of the calculation can be improved further by adjusting the energy of the populated ground state to the experimental value.
 In the future, we plan to  compute these  effective  interactions  microscopically, en-par with the neutron-target input.
 %
 CC calculations have been successful in reproducing the experimental findings regarding the exotic
 isotopes  $^{52,54}$Ca, around the $N=32,34$ recently found closed shells. The formalism presented here allows for the integration of these CC calculations in the reaction framework, and
can predict $(d,p)$ reaction cross sections for  $^{52,54}$Ca. These experiments are expected to be feasible in the near future at the new FRIB facility.

 \section*{acknowledgments}
We thank Gustav Jansen and Gaute Hagen for sharing the  complex Berggren basis  NN+3NFs Hartree-Fock and CCSD codes used in this work.
This work was supported by the Office of Science, U.S. Department of Energy under Award Number DE-SC0013365, by the
U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of Nuclear Physics, under the FRIB Theory Alliance award DE-SC0013617
and by the U.S. Department of Energy National Nuclear Security Administration under the Stewardship Science Academic Alliances program, NNSA Grant No. DE-FG52-08NA28552.
This work relied on iCER and the High Performance Computing Center at Michigan State University for computational resources.

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Tag: Lord Rama
Ravana Parashuram Lived 340000 Years Before Sri Rama
Mandhata. He was the Seventeenth King in the Lineage of Solar Dynasty. Sri Rama was the Fifty first in that Line.Mandhatha and Sri Rama were separated by eighteen Kings
Ikshvaku Dynasty, Kings who preceded Rama, Lord Rama, Mandhata, Mandhatri, Parashuram, Rama, Ramayana Date, Ravana, Solar Dynasty, Suryavansha kings, Suryavanshi
Rama Family Tree from Manu Confirmed by Genome Studies
The dates of Ramayana and Mahabharata have been confirmed by archeology, Astronomy, Paleantology, Literary references from foreign sources, Anthropology, archeoanthropology and Simulated software with inputs from these Indian texts and correlating them with Astronomical events. Mahabharatha alone has 39 cities validated.
Genome study Ramayana, Ikshvahu, Lord Rama, Rama Dynasty, Rama Family tree, Ramas date, Ramayana Date, Surya vamsa
Sagara Ramas Ancestor Married Dravidian Princess
Sibi ruled from the north west of India. There was a Sibi puram on the banks of river Chenab in Punjab. Sibi clan is mentioned in Rig Veda and Brahmanas. Panini referred one Sivapuram may be the same Sibipuram' Sibi is in Nort west of India, currently in Pakistan.
Ailas, Bhagiratha, Chola dynasty, emperor sibi, Ikshvaku, Ila, Lord Rama, Sagara, sagara wives, Sibi, sivi
World During Ramayana Part 2 Uyghur Ramayana Central Asia.
This article is in continuation of my article 'what was happening in the world during Ramayana, Part 1 India'. As I wrote in that article, the landmass was different from what it is today. See the map below. There were four ancient civilizations in those ancient times,out of them evolved the others. One of these,were […]
Atlantis Rama, Indian History, Lemuria, Lord Rama, MU, Rama empire, Ramayana, Uighur Ramayana, Uyghurs
Cholas Ancestors of Rama?
Manu had a grand daughter through his daughter called Dakshina,one meaning of the term is South. It is probable that she was the founder of the Lunar Dynasty , she was also called Ila. Ila's son was called Ellalan,who ruled the south. Ellalan in Tamil means 'one who rules the boundaries' He was a king of the present Sri Lanka. Mahavamsa of Sri Lanka records that he was a Chola and a noble king. He was also called as Manu Needhi Chola, A Chola King in Dravida Desa. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellalan Now there is the famous Emperor Sibi who belonged to Solar Dynasty. His date preceds Rama's. 'The words "Kumari Kandam" first appear in Kanda Puranam, a 15th-century Tamil version of the Skanda Purana, written by Kachiappa Sivacharyara (1350-1420).[3] Although the Tamil revivalists insist that it is a pure Tamil name, it is actually a derivative of the Sanskrit words "Kumarika Khanda".[4] The Andakosappadalam section of Kanda Puranam describes the following cosmological model of the universe: There are many worlds, each having several continents, which in turn, have several kingdoms. Paratan, the ruler of one such kingdom, had eight sons and one daughter. He further divided his kingdom into nine parts, and the part ruled by his daughter Kumari came to be known as Kumari Kandam after her. Kumari Kandam is described as the kingdom of the Earth. Although the Kumari Kandam theory became popular among anti-Brahmin anti-Sanskrit Tamil nationalists, the Kanda Puranam actually describes Kumari Kandam as the land where the Brahmins also reside, where Shiva is worshipped and where the Vedas are recited. The rest of the kingdoms are described as the territory of the mlecchas.[5] He ruled from the north and conquered the south, defeating his maternal cousins. This is recorded in the Temple history of Thiruvellarai, temple dedicated to Lord Vishnu as Pundarikaksha. Please read my detailed article on this. This Vishnu temple is older than Sri Rangam Ranganatha Temple in Tamil Nadu. Ramayana records that Vibhishana requested the Idol of Lord Ranganatha from Lord Rama and though Rama gave him, Vishnu,Ran
Hinduism, Tamils
Agastya, Chola dynasty, Damayanti, Lord Rama, Manu, Rama Chola, Ramayana, Tamil History, Tamils
Rama People Nicaragua Dravidian Origin?
And Lord Rama's ancestor Vaivaswatha Manu was from the southern region of equator and meditated in Madagascar when a Tsunami struck the southern region. We find the presence of Rama people in Nicaragua! People are unable to expalin the origin of these people. The language they speak is called the Rama Language. It belongs to Kriol group with various subgroups. The language sounds to be of Tamil origin. The Cameroon people speak rudimentary but ancient Tamil even today. Please read my article on this..
Creole, Kriol, Lord Rama, Nicaragua people, Rama people, Rama people hinduism
Six South Brahmin Groups Settled by Parashurama From Narmada
Latest Tsunami after Mahabharata War resulted in Sage Agastya bringing 71 Families from there and settling them in the present Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. These settlers in Tamil Nadu ruled the border areas of Karnataka, Coimbatore, Dharma puri, Salem and Erode areas as Velirs, small kingdoms under the three great kingdoms of Chera, Chola and Pandya.I have written on this. Another migration seems to have been there before Ramayana period and this seems to have been led by Bhargava Rama, popularly known as Parashurama.
Anavil Brahmins, Bhumihar, Brahmin, Caste, Chitpuvan Brahmins, Dravidalu brahmins, Konkan Brahmins, Lord Rama, Namboodiris, Parashurama, Tyagi
Sanatana Dharma Tamil Coexisted in Indus Valley Tamil Towns
Tamil Brahmi is found in Harappa. Tamil Sangam period Towns,harbor names are found in Indus Valley Civilization. Thee names are. Vanji, capital of Chera Kingdom, Gorkai, in Afghanistan a Pandya harbor, Matrai(Madurai), Urai(Uraiyur capital of Cholas), Koodal kat(kodal, name for Madurai),in Pakistan,..After the demise of Osiris, his son Horus entered into a pact with Rama Empire(Emperor Zata'ar's eldest son, Prince Rama.) to defeat Seth, the usurper.' The Atlantis army met with Rama's Army in Rishi City, now in Pakistan.
Harappa, Indus Valley Civilization, Lord Krishna, Lord Rama, Madurai, Mahabharata, Osiris, Sanatana Dharma, Sangam Literature, Tamil civilizaton
Two Tamil Empires In India Northwest, South India? Missing History
While Subrahmanya and Shiva merit only a limited mention in the Vedas, they are the principle Deities in the Dravida Desa. And there was a Tamil Kingdom, Elamite, now the term has become corrupted to be Elam. The Elamite people lived around the present Iran and spoke a Language which has been traced to Tamil. And some tribes in Iran speak this language which resembles Tamil even today! The Tamils were referred to as Dramila in Vedic texts..Is there a subtle message here? Yes,
Ancient history, Hinduism, Ikshvaku Dynasty, Indian History, Lord Rama, Mahabharata battle, Nala, Tamil History, Tamils
Rome Founded April 21, 753 B.C Rama Navami Little Rama
"Rome was founded by him on the ninth day of the month Pharmouthi, between the second and third hour; for it is supposed that the fortunes of cities, as well as those of men, have their certain periods which can be discovered by the position of the stars at their nativities." (pg. 39, Plutarch's Lives, Volume 1, Chapter XII)
Etruscan civilisation, Lord Rama, Rama, Rama birth day, Rama Navami, Rama Rome, Roman history, Rome


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Virginia Tech students design backpacks for homeless populations
Virginia Tech industrial design students partnered with a Rockbridge County manufacturer to create 50 backpacks for people struggling with addiction and homelessness. The backpacks will be given to people in Roanoke and surrounding communities.
by Lily Mott December 3, 2022 January 3, 2023
Virginia Tech student Dayani Harapanahalli stacking the waterproof material used to create the backpacks. Photo by Lily Mott.
Virginia Tech industrial design students joined UTS Systems employees in Fairfield on Friday to create 50 backpacks for people struggling with addiction and homelessness.
"The idea of this backpack is it would be stocked with things that meet some immediate need, particularly of those who are housing insecure," said Mary Beth Dunkenberger, associate director of the Virginia Tech Institute for Policy and Governance.
The backpacks are a part of Virginia Tech's Connection 2 Care program, which started before the coronavirus pandemic but ramped back up this fall.
Dunkenberger and her team at Virginia Tech met with the university's industrial design faculty, who got their students involved in researching and designing proposals for the backpacks.
Students met with first responders, community members and homeless people with drug addictions to design the backpacks. The industrial students also toured the UTS Systems headquarters in Fairfield. They received feedback on their proposals from UTS manufacturers and created a final design of the backpack for UTS to produce.
Six Virginia Tech students volunteered alongside 10 UTS employees to sew and weld the waterproof backpacks. UTS Systems in Fairfield usually makes tents and other shelters for military bases but used the day to create backpacks instead.
Virginia Tech student Cade Young using the welding machine to create a backpack. Photo by Lily Mott.
UTS employees would usually be sewing and welding tents for military use in the company's Fairfield headquarters. Photo by Lily Mott.
Laura York was a graduate student at Virginia Tech before becoming a research associate in the university's Institute for Policy and Governance and working on the Connection 2 Care project.
"I now get to see other students get involved in things at a younger age than even I did," York said. "The experience they're going to have and be able to take into their careers is amazing. I'm excited for them, probably more than they are."
The backpacks are made from waterproof material and were designed to have extra storage space. Photo by Lily Mott.
Now that the backpacks are finished, Connection 2 Care will give them to 50 people in Roanoke and the surrounding Southwest Virginia communities.
But the project isn't finished yet for the Virginia Tech students, who plan to design and make more backpacks. "These are going to go out," said Dayani Harapanahalli, a junior industrial design student at Virginia Tech. "People are going to use them and then we're going to conduct user research and interviews after that to see what's working and what's not working."
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Lily Mott
Lily Mott is a multimedia journalist studying politics and journalism at Washington and Lee University. She serves as a reporter and anchor for the university's broadcast, The Rockbridge Report, and writes... More by Lily Mott


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A Goldenfeast Nutritional Supplement Formula. Peanut free and made for all medium to large sized exotic parrots. All natural color and crunch with no artificial dyes or flavors and no synthetic vitamins. Contains more than 20 different vegetable chips. Each package is date coded for guaranteed freshness.
Goldenfeast Veggie Crisp Delite offers your bird a great assortment of tasty veggies to keep them going. Your bird will love picking up and biting into the "crunch" of these crispy veggies and will be getting a great treat or supplement that can be used along with another Goldenfeast blend. Each ingredient Veggie Crisp Delite offers serious nutrition from the Sweet Potatoes providing calcium, B6, Vitamin C and Vitamin A to the blueberries and their disease fighting antioxidant power.
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Refrigerate after opening to retain freshness. All vegetables and fruits are dehydrated unless otherwise stated.
My Eclectus parrot loves Vege Crisp. It has an excellent mix of different dehydrated vegetables and fruits that as it says on the jar are nice and crisp. It needs to be kept in the fridge once opened. I've dropped a star because it is quite pricey.


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The absence of required machine safeguarding remains a perennial member of OSHAs Top 10 Most Cited Violations, and 2017 was no exception. It was named number eight on the list with a total of 1,933 violations.
Lack of Machine Guarding Again Named to OSHA'S Top 10 Most Cited Violations List
Contributed by | Rockford Systems
02/26/18, 07:19 PM | Industrial Robotics, Factory Automation | regulations, safety
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Every year around this time, the awards season kicks off with the Emmys, Golden Globes and the grand daddy of them all, the Oscars, eagerly announcing their lists of nominations. At the same time — and on a far more somber note — another roll call is issued, this one from the Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA). Unlike Hollywood's awards celebrations, however, no one wants to be nominated for OSHA's Top Ten Most Cited Violations list, let alone take home the top prize.
OSHA revealed its 2017 Top 10 list at the National Safety Congress & Expo in the Indiana Convention Center. The top ten are:
1. Fall Protection – (1926.501): 6,072 violations
2. Hazard Communication (1910.1200): 4,176 violations
3. Scaffolding (1926.451): 3,288 violations
4. Respiratory Protection (1910.134): 3,097 violations
5. Lockout/Tagout (1910.147): 2,877 violations
6. Ladders (1926.1053): 2,241 violations
7. Powered Industrial Trucks (1910.178): 2,162 violations
8. Machine Guarding (1910.212): 1,933 violations
9. Fall Protection – Training Requirements: 1,523 violations
10. Electrical – Wiring Methods (1910.305): 1,405 violations
While reviewing the list, it is important to remain aware that the Federal Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) is a small agency. When tallied up to include its state partners, OSHA only has 2,100 inspectors who responsible for the health and safety of 130 million American workers, employed at more than 8 million work sites. This translates to about one compliance officer for every 59,000 workers. As a result, some serious injuries are not reported and thousands of potential violations go without citation or fines. In fact, numerous studies have shown that government counts of occupational injury are underestimated by as much as 50 percent. Employers are required to record all injuries meeting the OSHA's 'recordable injury' criteria (except minor first-aid cases) on the OSHA 300 Log, and those meeting the 'reportable' criteria (e.g., hospitalizations or deaths), are to be reported to OSHA immediately, or within 24 hours of occurrence, as per the criteria defined in 29 CFR 1904. But it doesn't mean all of them do.
MACHINE (UN)SAFEGUARDING IN TOP 10 MOST CITED VIOLATIONS
The absence of required machine safeguarding remains a perennial member of OSHA's Top 10 Most Cited Violations, and 2017 was no exception. It was named number eight on the list with a total of 1,933 violations. These violations refer to OSHA 1910.212 for failing to have machines and equipment adequately guarded. Any machine part, function, or process that might cause injury should be safeguarded. When the operation of a machine may result in a contact injury to the operator or others in the area, the hazard should be removed or controlled.
A lack of machine safeguarding also held the dubious distinction of making the list of OSHA's ten largest monetary penalties for the year — not once but four times. In fact, the largest proposed monetary penalty, a staggering $2.6 million (USD), arose from an incident where a worker was crushed to death while clearing a sensor fault in a robotic conveyor belt. OSHA alleges that the company failed to use energy control procedures to prevent robotic machinery from starting during maintenance. The manufacturer also was cited for exposing employees to crushing and amputation hazards as a result of improper machine guarding, plus failing to provide safety locks to isolate hazardous energy.
Despite these headline fines, the repercussions for employers putting workers in harm's way remain small under the 1970 Occupational Safety and Health Act. The average federal fine for a serious workplace safety violation was $2,402 in fiscal year 2016, according to the most recent report by the AFL-CIO. And the median penalty for killing a worker was $6,500.
According to the most recent Bureau of Labor Statistics data, manufacturing plants reported approximately 2,000 accidents that led to workers suffering crushed fingers or hands, or had a limb amputated in machine-related accidents. The rate of amputations in manufacturing was more than twice as much (1.7 per 10,000 full-time employees) as that of all private industry (0.7). The bulk of these accidents occurred while removing jammed objects from a machine, cleaning or repairing the machine, or performing basic maintenance. These injuries were all largely preventable by following basic machine safeguarding precautions. Rockford Systems is committed to helping organizations reduce injuries and fatalities due to a lack of or non-compliant machine safeguarding. By creating a culture of safety in the workplace, Rockford Systems can help plant managers significantly reduce the number of on-the-job injuries and fatalities that occur annually, plus guard against hefty fines, lost production and increased insurance premiums.
Which leads to the question… "Where do we begin?"
Ignorantia juris non excusat ("ignorance of the law excuses not"). Recognizing that education is key to safety, Rockford Systems has offered its Machine Safeguarding Seminars for more than two decades. Thousands of safety professionals have attended the seminars from industries as diverse as aerospace and metal fabrication, to government and insurance.
Held ten times a year at our Rockford, Illinois headquarters, the 2.5 day seminars address key topics in safeguarding with a focus on OSHA 29 CFR and ANSI B-11 standards as they relate to specific machine applications and production requirements. Safeguarding equipment, both old and new, is not only explained in depth in the classroom, but demonstrated under power on the shop floor. Most of these machines are equipped with more than one type of safeguarding product so that attendees can see how different guards and devices can be applied.
Roger Harrison, Director of Training for Rockford Systems and an industrial safeguarding expert with over 25,000 hours of training experience, conducts the Machine Safeguarding Seminar.
If your organization is interested in safeguarding solutions, consider a Machine Risk Assessment or Machine Safeguarding Assessment as the critical first step in any machine guarding process as outlined in ANSI B11. Most assessments, but not all, follow the basic steps outlined below.
Step 1 – Provide Machine List
To get started, please provide Rockford Systems a list of all machines (manufacturer, model number, and machine description of each machine) to be assessed. This machine list is needed to determine the estimated resource requirement for the onsite audit. Upon receipt of your machine list, an Assessment Proposal will be provided, generally within 24 hours of receipt. Please email your machine list and any machine photos (optional) to sheryl.broers@rockfordsystems.com.
Step 2 – Schedule Onsite Visit
During the assessment, a machine safeguarding specialist will visit your site and conduct a complete audit of all machines identified on the list and evaluate their compliance in five guarding areas (Safeguards, Controls, Disconnects, Starters, and Covers). The assessment is based on OSHA 1910.212 General Requirements (a)(1), ANSI B11 Safety Standards for Metalworking, ANSI/RIA R15.06-2012 Safety Standards for Industrial Robots, and NFPA 79. If Rockford Systems, LLC has additional specific safeguarding requirements above and beyond OSHA 1910.212 and ANSI B11, please provide them before the site visit and we will incorporate them into the assessment.
Also, during the assessment, we may request copies of electrical, pneumatic and/or hydraulic schematics and operator manuals for specific machines. This information is needed for our Engineering Department to review the control circuit for electrical compatibility of equipment being offered, to verify control reliability of the control circuit, to determine interfacing requirements of suggested equipment. If requested, this information would be needed before advancing to Step 3 below.
Step 3 – Receive Compliance Report and Safeguarding Project Proposal
Upon completion of the assessment, a Compliance Report and Safeguarding Project Proposal will be provided to that identifies where each machine is in, or not in, compliance with the above stated regulations and standards. Where not in compliance, we will suggest guarding solutions to bring the machines into compliance, along with associated costs and timeframes.
We look forward to assisting your organization with its safeguarding needs. A team member will call you within 24 hours to further discuss your needs and applications. We are here to help businesses large and small address machine safety challenges and to remove the burden of managing the growing legal complexity of OSHA, ANSI and NFPA requirements from simple turnkey solutions to build-to-spec customized solutions.
Please contact sheryl.broers@rockfordsystems.com or call 1-815-874-3648 (direct) to get started on an assessment today.
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El Retaule per a la Immaculada Concepció, de la Capilla Oballe, antigament a la Iglesia de San Vicente, a Toledo, és un dels darrers retaules realitzats íntegrament per El Greco. Actualment es troba exposat al Museu de Santa Cruz, a Toledo.

La capella Oballe
A finals de l'any 1607, l'Ajuntament de Toledo va confiar a El Greco la decoració de la capella fundada per Doña Isabel de Oballe a l'església de San Vicente, a Toledo. Aquest encàrrec havia estat confiat al genovès Alejandro Semino, que sembla que va morir sense haver-lo començat. Aleshores, el regidor de l'Ajuntament Gregorio de Angulo i el jurat Juan Langayo -amics d'El Greco- van tractar les condicions de l'obra. A l'acta celebrada el 12 de desembre es va arribar amb l'artista l'acord de que el retaule s'acreixeria en una cinquena part de l'alçada perquè "así biene a ser la fábrica de perfecta forma oy, no enana que es lo peor que puede tener cualquier genero de forma". A més, l'Ajuntament especificava que el treball de pintura, que Alejandro Semino volia realitzar com a pintura al fresc, (Josep Gudiol parla de tremp d'ou, que és molt més lògic  ) es faria com a pintura a l'oli "para más grave y perpetuo"

El preu concertat va ser de 1200 escuts, però en aquest preu hi anaven inclosos els 400 escuts que s'havia entregat al difunt Alejandro Semino, i que El Greco s'encarregaria de reclamar als fiadors. L'obra tenia que ser acabada als vuit mesos després d'haver estat signat el contracte, i al final de l'acta municipal es declarava"...tener a Dominico Greco por uno de los hombres más sobresalientes que hay en este arte en el Reyno y fuera de él"

A més, al sostre de la capella hi devia anar la Visitació (Capilla Oballe), i hom especificava: "una ystoria de la uisitación de santa Isabel por ser el nombre de la fundadora, para lo que se a de fixar un zírculo adornado con su cornisa a la manera que está en Illescas" perquè el que havia projectat Semino simplement "se reduzía...a pintar algunas menudencias sobre cal que es cosa de muy poca costa y autoridad, principalmente en una capilla tan pequeña que obliga a mayor adorno". Aquest llenç estava inacabat quan va morir El Greco, i tampoc va ésser acabat pel seu fill, Jorge Manuel Theotocópuli. Per aquest motiu, segurament no es va arribar a col·locar al lloc previst de la capella Oballe.

Els llenços de Sant Pere i de Sant Ildefons, ambdós de peu, es troben ambdós actualment al Monestir d'El Escorial i procedeixen de la Iglesia de San Vicente, a Toledo. És possible que inicialment també formessin part de la decoració de la Capella Oballe, tot i que aquesta suposició no està confirmada.

El retaule de la Immaculada Concepció
Aquest retaule té els trets manieristes que caracteritzen l'estil de la darrera etapa d'El Greco. El marc de fusta daurada està flanquejat per dues columnes corinties aparellades a cada costat. La manca d'entaulament, segurament per tal de permetre la llum de l'única finestra de la capella, causa un efecte estrany a la part superior del retaule. Es conserva la decoració original de l'estructura de fusta, i la presència d'una àguila bicéfala amb l'escut d'armes de Toledo recorda que aquesta ciutat era la patrocinadora de la decoració de la capella.

Quan l'any 1961 es va realitzar una reordenació de la Iglesia de San Vicente, el retaule i la pintura foren traslladats al Museu de Santa Cruz. Aleshores es va descobrir que el llenç havia estat doblegat tant a la part superior com a la part inferior. A la part baixa es va revelar una part del paisatge -de 24 cm.- sota el marc, on hi havia amagada la signatura del mestre. A la part superior estava oculta una faixa de pintura amb caps de querubíns.

Harold Wethey suggereig que el muntatge del llenç es va realitzar després de la mort d'El Greco. El bastidor segurament esdevingué curt, la qual cosa va suposar els esmentats doblegaments i, potser, l'eliminació d'un primitiu entaulament, talvolta projectat per El Greco. En la nova instal·lació del Museu de Santa Cruz es va allargar el bastidor amb cubs de fusta daurada, a fi de poder encabir el llenç amb les noves faixes de pintura que s'havia descobert, la qual cosa va augmentar la sensació d'estranyesa de la part superior d'aquest retaule.

Vegeu també
Aquest article es refereix a la part arquitectònica en fusta, al seu context històric i a la seva ubicació primitiva. Als enllacos següents hom trobarà complida informació sobre les obres pictòriques pertinents:

 Immaculada Concepció (Capilla Oballe)
 Visitació (Capilla Oballe)
 Sant Ildefons (Monestir de l'Escorial)
 Sant Pere (Monestir de l'Escorial)

Referències
Immaculada Concepcio

Bibliografia
 Wethey, Harold Edwin; El Greco y su Escuela (Volumen-I) ; Ediciones Guadarrama; Madrid-1967

 Wethey, Harold Edwin; El Greco y su Escuela (Volumen-II) ; Ediciones Guadarrama; Madrid-1967
 Gudiol, José; Doménikos Theotokópoulos, El Greco; Ediciones Polígrafa, S.A.; Barcelona-1982; ISBN 84-343-0031-1
 Álvarez Lopera, José; El Greco, La Obra esencial; Editorial Sílex; Madrid-2014; ISBN 978 84 7737 8600

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remuneration and travelling or other allowances as it considers appropriate.
clinical commissioning group or otherwise, of one or more pension schemes.
suffer loss or diminution of emoluments.
commissioning group or its governing body.'.
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Gogebic Community College seeks candidates for a full-time Director of Online Learning and Accessibility at our Ironwood, Michigan campus. Director of Online Learning and Accessibility provides long-term and day to-day management of the College's online courses and programs, Learning Management System (LMS) support for all faculty and students, and professional development support to all online Faculty and Adjunct Faculty. Additionally, the Director is responsible for all online, website, and multimedia accessibility. The Director reports to the Dean of Instruction and works collaboratively with the Dean of Student Services, Marketing, and Information Technology services. The Director is responsible for ensuring that the quality of the online courses at Gogebic Community College is strong and is consistent with the rigor and scope of face-to-face offerings. The Director is responsible for ensuring that all accreditation and regulatory requirements for online learning are met with emphasis on certifying that all online instructional material and marketing material are accessible.
Assists faculty and related administrators to implement effective pedagogies, technologies, and methodologies in respective programs to promote student engagement and success.
Provide strategic direction for online learning commensurate with industry best practices.
Maintain LMS, website, and all other electronic communication mediums to be in compliance with Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.
Designs, develops, and delivers on-line training to faculty and staff in the use of instructional technologies and educational best practices, instructional resources, instructional technologies, and multimedia hardware/software to support teaching and learning.
Responsible for ensuring online quality and rigor that is consistent to face-to-face offerings.
Ensures the smooth operation of services for online students.
Master's degree in the field of online learning, instructional design or related field from a U.S. Department of Education regionally accredited college or university.
Experience in instructional design and working with online content.
Applications will be accepted until May 7, 2019.


Friday January 25th, 2019. A new course group '40 layers of the Soul in practice'. It started off with two women crying, laughing at the same time. Two best friends from two totally different places that had forgotten to tell each other that they both were attending the same course. Strange but funny.
Then the next surprise. All participants drank coffee. That had never happened before. I was the only tea lover.
The day went great. We experienced the energy from the 40 layers of the aura, I let them connect with their soul races, and with their soul groups. They felt the energy of Soul connections and agreements in various forms and shapes and of course we talked about the family karma layer and felt the energies there.
We went outside to reconnect and re-align to the shifting earth grid and we talked about how to let your Soul be more active and leading in your work and life. If possible we combined it with systemic work theories and other ways of looking at life and everyone's Soul was touched in numerous ways.
← Best wishes for 2019!


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Cowboys Star Randy Gregory Suspended Indefinitely For Substance Abuse Policy Violation
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David Hookstead Smoke Room Editor-in-Chief
February 27, 2019 8:15 AM ET
Dallas Cowboys star Randy Gregory has been suspended from the league indefinitely.
According to Ian Rapoport Tuesday afternoon, the talented defensive end was suspended for "violating the Policy and Program for Substances of Abuse and the terms of his conditional reinstatement." Gregory has previously had multiple issues with the league's substance abuse policy, which resulted in multiple suspensions. (RELATED: The Story Of How A Dallas Cowboys Star Got Put In Rehab Sounds Straight Out Of A Movie)
#Cowboys pass-rusher Randy Gregory has been suspended indefinitely for violating the Policy and Program for Substances of Abuse and the terms of his conditional reinstatement. Big blow for Dallas.
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) February 26, 2019
This is just jarring. It really looked like Gregory had turned his life around, and was cruising down the right path with the Cowboys.
There was even a huge profile on the NFL star and how he was able to beat his previous issues.
A post shared by Randy Gregory (@randygregory_94) on Jan 8, 2019 at 2:39pm PST
Now, he's been hit with another massive suspension. After missing the entire 2017 season, he could easily end up with the same fate for the 2019 year.
I know that substance abuse is a lot more than just putting down whatever you're consuming, but I'll never understand how athletes with so much on the line just can't seem to get it figured out.
Gregory balled out this past season. It looked like he was finally where he belongs, and now he's been sidelined again for an unknown amount of time.
A post shared by Randy Gregory (@randygregory_94) on Nov 22, 2018 at 9:37am PST
He really needs to get his life figured out before he worries about returning to the Cowboys. If he can't figure out what's going on in his personal day-to-day life, then football isn't going to be a focus of his at all.
I really hope Gregory gets everything on the correct track because he's far too talented to not be playing.
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