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\section{Introduction}
\label{sec:intro}

The investigation of continuum and resonant states is an important
subject in quantum physics. In recent years, there has been an
increasing interest in the exploration of nuclear single particle
states in the continuum. The construction of the radioactive ion
beam facilities makes it possible to study exotic nuclei with
unusual N/Z ratios. In these nuclei, the Fermi surface is usually
close to the particle continuum, thus the contribution of the
continuum and/or resonances being essential for exotic nuclear
phenomena~\cite{Bulgac80, Dobaczewski84, Dobaczewski96, Meng96,
Poeschl97, Meng98}. It has been also revealed that the contribution
of the continuum to the giant resonances mainly comes from
single-particle resonant states~\cite{Curutchet89, Cao02}.

For the theoretical determination of resonant parameters (the energy
and the width),
several bound-state-like methods have been developed. The complex
scaling method (CSM) describes the discrete bound and resonant
states on the same footing~\cite{Kato06}. In this method, a complex
coordinate scaling is introduced to rotate the continuum into the
complex energy plane and the wave functions of resonant states, but
not scattering states, are transformed into square-integrable
functions~\cite{Kruppa88}. Although it involves the solution of a
complex eigenvalue problem which causes some difficulties in
practice, the CSM has been widely and successfully used to study
resonances in atomic and molecular systems~\cite{Reinhardt82, Ho83,
Moiseyev98} and atomic nuclei~\cite{Gyarmati86, Kruppa88, Kruppa97,
Arai06, Kato06}. The analytical continuation in the coupling
constant (ACCC) approach is based on an intuitive idea that a
resonant state can be lowered to be bound when the potential becomes
more attractive or equivalently the coupling constant stronger, thus
a resonant state being related to a series of bound states via an
analytical continuation in the coupling constant~\cite{Kukulin77,
Kukulin79, Kukulin89}. Combined with the cluster model, the ACCC
approach has been used to calculate the resonant energies and widths
in some light nuclei~\cite{Tanaka97, Tanaka99}. An attempt to
explore the unbound states by the ACCC approach within relativistic
mean field (RMF) model was first made in Ref.~\cite{Yang01} where
resonant parameters of some low lying resonant states in $^{16}$O
and $^{48}$Ca obtained from the ACCC calculations are comparable
with available data. The wave functions of nuclear resonant states
were also determined by the ACCC method where the bound states are
obtained by solving either the Schr\"odinger equation with a
Woods-Saxon potential~\cite{Cattapan00} or the Dirac equation with
self-consistent RMF potentials~\cite{Zhang04}.

The real stabilization method (RSM) is another bound-state-like
method~\cite{Hazi70}. The equation of motion of the system in
question is solved in a basis~\cite{Hazi70} or a box~\cite{Maier80}
of finite sizes, thus a bound state problem being always imposed.
The RSM uses the fact that the energy of a ``resonant'' state is
stable against changes of the sizes of the basis or the box. It has
been used to calculate the resonance parameters in elastic and
inelastic scattering processes~\cite{Fels71, Fels72}. Some efforts
have also been made in order to calculate more efficiently resonance
parameters with the RSM~\cite{Taylor76, Mandelshtam93,
Mandelshtam94, Kruppa99}. In this work, we investigate single
particle resonances in atomic nuclei by combining the RSM and the
relativistic mean field (RMF) model.

The paper is organized as follows. In Sec.~\ref{sec:theory} we give
briefly the formalism for the RSM and the RMF model. The numerical
details, the results for $^{120}$Sn and discussions are given in
Sec.~\ref{sec:results}. Finally we give a brief summary.

\section{Formalism of the RMF model and the RSM}
\label{sec:theory}

\subsection{The relativistic mean field model}

The basic ansatz of the relativistic mean field (RMF) model is a
Lagrangian density where nucleons are described as Dirac spinors
which interact via the exchange of several mesons ($\sigma$,
$\omega$, and $\rho$) and the photon~\cite{Serot86, Reinhard89,
Ring96, Vretenar05, Meng06},
\begin{eqnarray}
\displaystyle
 {\cal L}
   & = &
     \bar\psi_i \left( i\rlap{/}\partial -M \right) \psi_i
    + \frac{1}{2} \partial_\mu \sigma \partial^\mu \sigma
    - U(\sigma)
    - g_{\sigma} \bar\psi_i \sigma \psi_i
   \nonumber \\
   &   & \mbox{}
    - \frac{1}{4} \Omega_{\mu\nu} \Omega^{\mu\nu}
    + \frac{1}{2} m_\omega^2 \omega_\mu \omega^\mu
    - g_{\omega} \bar\psi_i \rlap{/}{\mbox{\boldmath$\omega$}} \psi_i
   \nonumber \\
   &   & \mbox{}
    - \frac{1}{4} \vec{R}_{\mu\nu} \vec{R}^{\mu\nu}
    + \frac{1}{2} m_{\rho}^{2} \vec{\rho}_\mu \vec{\rho}^\mu
    - g_{\rho} \bar\psi_i \rlap{/} \vec{{\mbox{\boldmath$\rho$}}} \vec{\tau} \psi_i
   \nonumber \\
   &   &\mbox{}
    - \frac{1}{4} F_{\mu\nu} F^{\mu\nu}
    - e \bar\psi_i \frac{1-\tau_3}{2}\rlap{/}{\bf A} \psi_i ,
\label{eq:Lagrangian}
\end{eqnarray}
where the summation convention is used and the summation over $i$
runs over all nucleons, $\rlap{/} x \equiv \gamma^\mu x_\mu =
\gamma_\mu x^\mu$, $M$ the nucleon mass, and $m_\sigma$, $g_\sigma$,
$m_\omega$, $g_\omega$, $m_\rho$, $g_\rho$ masses and coupling
constants of the respective mesons. The nonlinear self-coupling for
the scalar mesons is given by~\cite{Boguta77}
\begin{equation}
   U(\sigma) = \dfrac{1}{2} m^2_\sigma \sigma^2
              +\dfrac{g_2}{3}\sigma^3 + \dfrac{g_3}{4}\sigma^4 ,
\end{equation}
and field tensors for the vector mesons and the photon fields are
defined as
\begin{eqnarray}
 \left\{
  \begin{array}{rcl}
   \Omega_{\mu\nu}  & = & \partial_\mu\omega_\nu
                         -\partial_\nu\omega_\mu, \\
   \vec{R}_{\mu\nu} & = & \partial_\mu\vec{\rho}_\nu
                         -\partial_\nu\vec{\rho}_\mu
                         -g_{\rho} (\vec{\rho}_\mu
                                    \times \vec{\rho}_\nu ), \\
   F_{\mu\nu}       & = & \partial_\mu {A}_\nu
                         - \partial_\nu {A}_\mu.
  \end{array}
 \right.
 \label{eq:tensors}
\end{eqnarray}

The classical variation principle gives equations of motion for the
nucleon, mesons and the photon. As in many applications, we study
the ground state properties of nuclei with time reversal symmetry,
thus the nucleon spinors are the eigenvectors of the stationary
Dirac equation
\begin{equation}
  \left[ \bm{\alpha} \cdot \bm{p} + V(\bm{r}) + \beta (M + S(\bm{r}))
  \right] \psi_i(\bm{r}) = \epsilon_i \psi_i(\bm{r}) ,
\label{eq:Dirac0}
\end{equation}
and equations of motion for mesons and the photon are
\begin{eqnarray}
 \left\{
   \begin{array}{rcl}
    \left( -\Delta + \partial_\sigma U(\sigma) \right )\sigma(\bm{r})
      & = & -g_\sigma \rho_s(\bm{r}) , \\
    \left( -\Delta + m_\omega^2 \right )             \omega^0(\bm{r})
      & = &  g_\omega \rho_v(\bm{r}) , \\
    \left( -\Delta + m_\rho^2 \right)                  \rho^0(\bm{r})
      & = &  g_\rho   \rho_3(\bm{r}) , \\
    -\Delta                                               A^0(\bm{r})
      & = &  e        \rho_p(\bm{r}) ,
   \end{array}
 \right.
 \label{eq:mesonmotion}
\end{eqnarray}
where $\omega^0$ and $A^0$ are time-like components of the vector
$\omega$ and the photon fields and $\rho^0$ the 3-component of the
time-like component of the iso-vector vector $\rho$ meson.
Equations~(\ref{eq:Dirac0}) and (\ref{eq:mesonmotion}) are coupled
to each other by the vector and scalar potentials
\begin{eqnarray}
 \left\{
   \begin{array}{lll}
     V(\bm{r}) & = & g_\omega \omega^0(\bm{r})
                    +g_\rho \tau_3 \rho^0(\bm{r})
                    +e \dfrac{1-\tau_3}{2} A^0(\bm{r}) , \\
     S(\bm{r}) & = & g_\sigma \sigma(\bm{r}), \\
   \end{array}
 \right.
 \label{eq:vaspot}
\end{eqnarray}
and various densities
\begin{eqnarray}
 \left\{
  \begin{array}{rcl}
   \rho_s(\bm{r})
   & = &
    \sum_{i=1}^A \bar\psi_i(\bm{r}) \psi_i(\bm{r}) ,\\
   \rho_v(\bm{r})
   & = &
    \sum_{i=1}^A \psi_i^\dagger(\bm{r}) \psi_i(\bm{r}) ,\\
   \rho_3(\bm{r})
   & = &
    \sum_{i=1}^A \psi_i^\dagger(\bm{r}) \tau_3 \psi_i(\bm{r}) ,\\
   \rho_c(\bm{r})
   & = &
    \sum_{i=1}^A \psi_i^\dagger(\bm{r})
                 \dfrac{1-\tau_3}{2}\psi_i(\bm{r}) .
  \end{array}
 \right.
 \label{eq:mesonsource}
\end{eqnarray}

For spherical nuclei, meson fields and densities depend only on the
radial coordinate $r$, the Dirac spinor reads
\begin{equation}
 \psi_{\alpha\kappa m}(\bm{r},s,t) =
   \left(
     \begin{array}{c}
       i \dfrac{G_\alpha^{\kappa}(r)}{r} Y^l _{jm} (\theta,\phi,s)
       \\
       - \dfrac{F_\alpha^{\kappa}(r)}{r} Y^{\tilde l}_{jm}(\theta,\phi,s)
     \end{array}
   \right) \chi_{t_\alpha}(t),
   \ \ j = l\pm\frac{1}{2},
 \label{eq:SRHspinor}
\end{equation}
with $Y^l _{jm}(\theta,\phi)$ the spin spherical harmonics. The
radial equation of the Dirac spinor, Eq. (\ref{eq:Dirac0}), is
reduced as
\begin{equation}
 \left\{
   \begin{array}{lll}
    \epsilon_\alpha G_\alpha^{\kappa} & = &
     \left( -\dfrac{\partial}{\partial r} + \dfrac{\kappa}{r}
     \right) F_\alpha^{\kappa}
     + \left( M + S(r) + V(r) \right) G_\alpha^{\kappa} ,
    \\
    \epsilon_\alpha F_\alpha^{\kappa} & = &
     \left( +\dfrac{\partial}{\partial r} + \dfrac{\kappa}{r}
     \right) G_\alpha^{\kappa}
     - \left( M + S(r) - V(r) \right) F_\alpha^{\kappa} .
   \end{array}
 \right.
 \label{eq:SRHDirac}
\end{equation}
The meson field equations become simply radial Laplace equations of
the form
\begin{equation}
 \left( - \frac{\partial^2}{\partial r^2}
        - \frac{2}{r}\frac{\partial}{\partial r} + m_{\phi}^2
 \right) \phi(r)
 = s_{\phi}(r).
 \label{eq:SRHmesonmotion}
\end{equation}
$m_{\phi}$ are the meson masses for $\phi = \sigma, \omega,\rho$ and
zero for the photon. The source terms are
\begin{eqnarray}
 s_{\phi}(r) =
  \left\{
    \begin{array}{ll}
      - g_\sigma\rho_s(r) - g_2 \sigma^2(r)  - g_3 \sigma^3(r),
     & \text{for}\ \sigma, \\
        g_\omega \rho_v(r),
     & \text{for}\ \omega, \\
        g_{\rho} \rho_3(r),
     & \text{for}\ \rho, \\
        e \rho_c(r),
     & \text{for}\ A, \\
    \end{array}
  \right.
 \label{eq:sources}
\end{eqnarray}
with
\begin{eqnarray}
 \left\{
  \begin{array}{lll}
   4\pi r^2 \rho_s(r) & = & \sum_{i=1}^A (|G_i(r)|^2 - |F_i(r)|^2), \\
   4\pi r^2 \rho_v(r) & = & \sum_{i=1}^A (|G_i(r)|^2 + |F_i(r)|^2), \\
   4\pi r^2 \rho_3(r) & = & \sum_{i=1}^A 2t_i
                                         (|G_i(r)|^2 + |F_i(r)|^2), \\
   4\pi r^2 \rho_c(r) & = & \sum_{i=1}^A \left(\frac{1}{2}-t_i\right)
                                         (|G_i(r)|^2 + |F_i(r)|^2). \\
  \end{array}
 \right.
 \label{eq:mesonsourceS}
\end{eqnarray}
The above coupled equations can be solved iteratively in $r$
space~\cite{Horowitz81} or in the harmonic oscillator
basis~\cite{Gambhir90} using the no sea and the mean field
approximations.

\subsection{The real stabilization method in coordinate space}

With the self consistent vector and scalar potentials $V(r)$ and
$S(r)$, the Dirac equation (\ref{eq:SRHDirac}) is solved in a
spherical box of the size $R_\mathrm{max}$ under the box boundary
condition, and thus the continuum is discretized. When
$R_\mathrm{max}$ is large enough, the energy of a bound state does
not change with $R_\mathrm{max}$. In the continuum region, there are
some states stable against the size of the box, i.e., the energy of
each of such states is almost constant with changing
$R_\mathrm{max}$; such stable states correspond to resonances.

The resonant parameters, $E_\gamma$ and $\Gamma$, may be obtained by
fitting the energy $E$ and the phase shift $\eta(E)$ in an energy
range around a resonance to the following formula~\cite{Hazi70},
\begin{equation}
 \label{eq:E-eta}
 \eta_l(E) = \eta_{l,\mathrm{pot}}(E)
         + \tan^{-1}\left( \frac{\Gamma/2}{E-E_\gamma} \right)
 .
\end{equation}
The phase shift $\eta_l(E)$ can be calculated as~\cite{Zhang07}
\begin{equation}
 \tan\left( \eta_l-\frac{l\pi}{2} \right)
 = - \frac{ \int^{R_\mathrm{max}}_0 \chi_l(r) \left[E-H(r)\right]f(r) \sin kr dr }
          { \int^{R_\mathrm{max}}_0 \chi_l(r) \left[E-H(r)\right]f(r) \cos kr dr }
 ,
 \label{eq:eta1}
\end{equation}
with $f(r)$ satisfying $f(r) \rightarrow 1$ when $r \rightarrow
\infty$ and $f(0)=f'(0)=0$. However, Eq.~(\ref{eq:eta1}) converges
very slowly with the box size due to the influence of the non zero
centrifugal potential at large ${R_\mathrm{max}}$~\cite{Zhang07}.

In the present work, we use a simpler method proposed by Maier et
al.~\cite{Maier80} in which it's not necessary to calculate the
phase shift. The resonance energy is determined by the condition
$\partial^2 E /
\partial R^2_\mathrm{max}$ = 0 and the corresponding box size is
labeled as $\bar R_\mathrm{max}$, i.e., $E_\gamma=E(\bar
R_\mathrm{max})$. The width is evaluated from the stability behavior
of the positive energy state against the box size around $\bar
R_\mathrm{max}$.

When $r$ is large enough, the nuclear potentials $S(r)$ and $V(r)$
vanish, $G(r)/r$ satisfy
\begin{equation}
   \displaystyle
    \frac{d^2G}{dr^2}+\left(\alpha^2-\frac{\kappa(\kappa+1)}{r^2}\right)G=0,

\end{equation}
with $\alpha^2=E^2-M^2$. The general solution reads
\begin{equation}
  G(r) \propto \alpha r\left[\cos\eta_l\ j_l(\alpha r)- \sin\eta_l\ n_l(\alpha r)\right],
 \label{eq:scattering}
\end{equation}
When $r\rightarrow \infty$, $G(r) \propto \sin(\alpha r -
\frac{l\pi}{2} + \eta_l)$. Therefore when $R_\mathrm{max}$ is large
enough,
\begin{equation}
 \alpha R_\mathrm{max} - \frac{l\pi}{2} + \eta_l = n\pi .
 \label{eq:node}
\end{equation}
Under the assumption that the phase shift from the potential
scattering $\eta_{l,\mathrm{pot}}(E)$ varies slowly with respect to
the box size, i.e, $\partial\eta_{l,\mathrm{pot}}/\partial
R_\mathrm{max} \sim 0$, one derives from Eqs.~(\ref{eq:E-eta}) and
(\ref{eq:node}) the formula,
\begin{equation}
 \Gamma =
 \frac{2\sqrt{E_\gamma^2+2E_\gamma M}}
      {-(E_\gamma+M)\bar R_\mathrm{max}-(E_\gamma^2+2E_\gamma M)\left[\partial E/\partial R_\mathrm{max}|_{\bar R_\mathrm{max}}\right]^{-1}}
 \label{eq:Gamma}
 .
\end{equation}
In the non-relativistic limit, $E_\gamma\ll M$, Eq.~(\ref{eq:Gamma})
is reduced to
\begin{equation}
 \Gamma =
 \frac{2\sqrt{2E_\gamma/M}}
      {-\bar R_\mathrm{max}-2E_\gamma\left[dE/dR_\mathrm{max}|_{\bar R_\mathrm{max}}\right]^{-1}}
 \label{eq:Gamma2}
 ,
\end{equation}
which is essentially the same as Eq.~(8) in Ref.~\cite{Maier80}
except for that here natural units with $\hbar=c=1$ is used.

\section{Results and Disscusion}
\label{sec:results}

\begin{figure}
\includegraphics[width=8cm]{4sn120.eps}
\caption{\label{fig:i13/2}Positive energy $\nu$i$_{13/2}$ states in
$^{120}$Sn under different box boundary conditions.}
\end{figure}

\begin{figure}
\includegraphics[width=8cm]{4sn120nwfr.eps}
\caption{\label{fig:i13/2-wf}The radial wave function for the
neutron $\nu$i$_{13/2}$ resonant state in $^{120}$Sn.}
\end{figure}

In this section we present the results of the RSM in the framework
of the RMF model. In our calculation, we use for the Lagrangian
density the effective interactions PK1~\cite{Long04} and
NL3~\cite{Lalazissis97}. We change the size of the box in a large
range (7 fm $< R_\mathrm{max} <$ 60 fm if not specified) in order to
find not only narrow resonances but also wide ones. We take
$^{120}$Sn as an example and compare the results for neutron
resonances from the RSM with those from the ACCC
approach~\cite{Zhang04} and the scattering phase shift
method~\cite{Sandulescu03}.

By examining the stability of low lying positive energy states
against the size of the box $R_\mathrm{max}$, we find that except
for s state, there are neutron resonances in $^{120}$Sn with the
orbital angular momentum $l$ up to 6.

The narrowest resonance is an i$_{13/2}$ state which lies at about
3.45 MeV above the threshold. The positive energy $\nu$i$_{13/2}$
states in a box of different sizes are shown in
Fig.~\ref{fig:i13/2}. With the box size $R_\mathrm{max}$ increasing,
the lowest $\nu$i$_{13/2}$ state first falls down quickly then its
energy becomes constant in a large region of $R_\mathrm{max}$. After
it crosses with the second lowest $\nu$i$_{13/2}$ state at around
$R_\mathrm{max} = 25$ fm, the lowest one falls down again. Similar
level-crossings occur regularly at larger $R_\mathrm{max}$. This
stability behavior implies that there is a narrow $\nu$i$_{13/2}$
resonant state with approximate energy 3.45 MeV. The resonant energy
3.469 MeV and $\bar R_\mathrm{max} = 20.1$ fm are obtained under the
condition $\partial^2 E /
\partial R^2_\mathrm{max}$ = 0 from the first $E\sim R_\mathrm{max}$
curve (labeled as ``1i$_{13/2}$'') in Fig.~\ref{fig:i13/2}. The
width 0.003 MeV are obtained from Eq.~(\ref{eq:Gamma}). One of the
approximations made in deriving Eq.~(\ref{eq:Gamma}) is
$R_\mathrm{max}$ should be large. We next examine the dependence of
the resonant parameters on the box size by calculating $E_\gamma$
and $\Gamma$ from other $E\sim R_\mathrm{max}$ curves with larger
$R_\mathrm{max}$. For this purpose the calculations with
$R_\mathrm{max}$ up to 65 fm are carried out. The results are given
in Table~\ref{tab:conv}. The energy is almost a constant with
increasing $\bar R_\mathrm{max}$. The variation between the widths
obtained from adjacent $E\sim R_\mathrm{max}$ curves decreases with
$\bar R_\mathrm{max}$ and is about 1\% at $\bar R_\mathrm{max}\sim
63$ fm. For other resonant states presented in this work, we also
make similar investigations. Once it converges to within 1\%, the
value of the width is assigned to a resonant state. The wave
function of the resonant state $\nu$i$_{13/2}$ is given in
Fig.~\ref{fig:i13/2-wf}. From this figure one can find that this
state is almost localized inside the nucleus which is consistent
with the small width $\Gamma$.

\begin{table}
\caption{\label{tab:conv}Energies and widths of the single neutron
resonant state i$_{13/2}$ in $^{120}$Sn from different $E\sim
R_\mathrm{max}$ curves (cf. Fig.~\protect\ref{fig:i13/2}). $\bar
R_\mathrm{max}$ is in fm and $E_\gamma$ and $\Gamma$ are in MeV.}
\begin{tabular}{c|c|c||c|c|c}
\hline\hline
 $\bar R_\mathrm{max}$ & $E_\gamma$ & 100$\times\Gamma$ &
 $\bar R_\mathrm{max}$ & $E_\gamma$ & 100$\times\Gamma$ \\
\hline
 20.1 & 3.4688 & 0.327 &
 47.2 & 3.4686 & 0.470 \\
 30.3 & 3.4686 & 0.426 &
 55.3 & 3.4685 & 0.478 \\
 38.9 & 3.4686 & 0.456 &
 63.2 & 3.4686 & 0.483 \\
\hline\hline
\end{tabular}
\end{table}

\begin{figure}
\includegraphics[width=8cm]{3sn120.eps}
\caption{\label{fig:f5/2}Positive energy $\nu$f$_{5/2}$ states in
$^{120}$Sn under different box boundary conditions.}
\end{figure}

\begin{figure}
\includegraphics[width=8cm]{3sn120nwfr.eps}\\
\caption{\label{fig:f5/2-wf}The radial wave function for the neutron
$\nu$f$_{5/2}$ resonant state in $^{120}$Sn.}
\end{figure}

Although it lies below the state $\nu$i$_{13/2}$, the resonant state
$\nu$f$_{5/2}$ is about an order of magnitude wider than
$\nu$i$_{13/2}$. The reason is that the centrifugal barrier for
$\nu$f$_{5/2}$ ($l=3$) is much lower than that for $\nu$i$_{13/2}$
($l=6$). The stability behavior of the state $\nu$f$_{5/2}$ is
presented in Fig.~\ref{fig:f5/2}. The resonant energy and width are
0.870 MeV and 0.064 MeV, respectively. The wave function of this
state is also well localized as shown in Fig.~\ref{fig:f5/2-wf}.

\begin{figure}
\includegraphics[width=8cm]{sn120.eps}\\
\caption{\label{fig:i11/2}Positive energy $\nu$i$_{11/2}$ states in
$^{120}$Sn under different box boundary conditions.}
\end{figure}

\begin{figure}
\includegraphics[width=8cm]{sn120nwfr.eps}
\caption{\label{fig:i11/2-wf}The radial wave function for the
neutron $\nu$i$_{11/2}$ resonant state in $^{120}$Sn.}
\end{figure}

Except the state $\nu$i$_{13/2}$, there is another neutron resonant
state with $l=6$, i.e., the $\nu$i$_{11/2}$ state. As shown in
Fig.~\ref{fig:i11/2}, there is a less stable state lying at about 10
MeV. Although it shares the same centrifugal barrier with
$\nu$i$_{13/2}$, $\nu$i$_{11/2}$ is much wider because its energy is
much larger than that of $\nu$i$_{13/2}$. In
Fig.~\ref{fig:i11/2-wf}, one finds also that the wave function of
$\nu$i$_{13/2}$ oscillates very much even at $r=50$ fm. The
resonance parameters for this state are $E_\gamma=9.811$ MeV and
$\Gamma=1.275$ MeV respectively.

\begin{figure}
\includegraphics[width=8cm]{ewcompare.eps}
\caption{\label{fig:ewcompare}Energies and widths of single neutron
resonant states in $^{120}$Sn from different methods. RMF-ACCC,
RMF-RSM, and RMF-S represents results from the analytical
continuation in the coupling constant approach, the real
stabilization method, and the scattering phase shift method in the
framework of the RMF model with NL3 parameter set. }
\end{figure}

\begin{table}
\caption{\label{tab:ewcompare}Energies and widths of single neutron
resonant states in $^{120}$Sn from different methods. RMF-ACCC,
RMF-RSM, and RMF-S represents results from the analytical
continuation in the coupling constant approach, the real
stabilization method, and the scattering phase shift method in the
framework of the RMF model. In the RMF-RSM calculations, both PK1
and NL3 parameter sets are used. All quantities are in MeV.}
\begin{tabular}{l|cc|cc|cc|cc}
\hline\hline
         & \multicolumn{2}{c}{RMF-RSM (PK1)}  & \multicolumn{2}{c}{RMF-RSM (NL3)}
         & \multicolumn{2}{c}{RMF-ACCC (NL3)} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{RMF-S (NL3)}   \\
 $\nu l_j$       & $E_\gamma$& $\Gamma$ & $E_\gamma$& $\Gamma$  & $E_\gamma$& $\Gamma$ & $E_\gamma$  & $\Gamma$  \\
\hline
 $\nu$f$_{5/2}$  & 0.870 & 0.064 &  0.674 & 0.030 &  0.685 & 0.023 &  0.688 & 0.032 \\
 $\nu$i$_{13/2}$ & 3.469 & 0.005 &  3.266 & 0.004 &  3.262 & 0.004 &  3.416 & 0.005 \\
 $\nu$i$_{11/2}$ & 9.811 & 1.275 &  9.559 & 1.205 &  9.60  & 1.11  & 10.01  & 1.42  \\
 $\nu$j$_{15/2}$ &12.865 & 1.027 & 12.564 & 0.973 & 12.60  & 0.90  & 12.97  & 1.10  \\
\hline\hline
\end{tabular}
\end{table}

The energies and widths of single particle neutron resonant states
obtained from the RSM calculations are summarized in
Table~\ref{tab:ewcompare}. We also calculate these resonances using
the parameter set NL3 for the Lagrangian density in the RMF model
and compare the present results with those from the ACCC approach
and the scattering phase shift method~\cite{Zhang04b} in
Table~\ref{tab:ewcompare}. In Fig.~\ref{fig:ewcompare}, the
comparison is also made in a planar $E_\gamma$-$\Gamma$ plot. For
the two low lying resonant states, $\nu$f$_{5/2}$ and
$\nu$i$_{13/2}$, the three methods give consistent results both for
the energy and the width. Although similar energies are obtained
from these three models for higher resonances, $\nu$i$_{11/2}$ and
$\nu$j$_{15/2}$, clear differences occur among the widths from the
ACCC approach and the scattering method and the results from the RSM
lies in between.

\section{Summary}
\label{sec:summary}

In summary, the real stabilization method (RSM) has been developed
within the framework of the relativistic mean field (RMF) model.
With the self-consistent nuclear potentials provided by the RMF
calculations with the parameter sets PK1 and NL3 for the Lagrangian
density, the Dirac equation for the neutron is solved in the
coordinate space under the box boundary condition. By investigating
the stable behavior of the positive energy states against changes of
the box size, the resonant states are singled out. The RMF-RSM is
used to study single neutron resonant states in spherical nuclei. As
examples, the energies, widths and wave functions of low-lying
neutron resonant states in $^{120}$Sn are obtained. Since a very
large box size is used, even wider resonances can also be found.
These results are compared with those from the scattering phase
shift method and the analytic continuation in the coupling constant
method and satisfactory agreements are found.

\begin{acknowledgments}
Helpful discussions with Lisheng Geng, Zhipan Li, and Hongfeng
L\"{u} are acknowledged. This work was partly supported by the
National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant Nos.
10435010, 10475003, and 10575036, the Major State Basic Research
Development Program of China under contract No. 2007CB815000 and the
Knowledge Innovation Project of Chinese Academy of Sciences under
contract Nos. KJCX-SYW-N2 and KJCX2-SW-N17. Part of the computation
of this work was performed on the HP-SC45 Sigma-X parallel computer
of ITP and ICTS and supported by Supercomputing Center, CNIC, CAS.
\end{acknowledgments}

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This data article presents a description of a benchmark dataset for the multiple depot vehicle scheduling problem (MDVSP). The MDVSP is to assign vehicles from different depots to timetabled trips to minimize the total cost of empty travel and waiting. The dataset has been developed to evaluate the heuristics of the MDVSP that are presented in "A new formulation and a column generation-based heuristic for the multiple depot vehicle scheduling problem" (Kulkarni et al., 2018). The dataset contains 60 problem instances of varying size. Researchers can use the dataset to evaluate the future algorithms for the MDVSP and compare the performance with the existing algorithms. The dataset includes a program that can be used to generate new problem instances of the MDVSP.
Kulkarni, Sarang ; Krishnamoorthy, Mohan ; Ranade, Abhiram ; Ernst, Andreas T. ; Patil, Rahul. / A benchmark dataset for the multiple depot vehicle scheduling problem. In: Data in Brief. 2019 ; Vol. 22. pp. 484-487.
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Q: XML marshalling not working if different nodes appear in between I have below ejb-jar.xml which I am trying to map to POJO. It just maps only one MDB and one Session bean though xml has many.
ejb-jar.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<ejb-jar version="2.1"
    xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee"
    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee/ejb-jar_2_1.xsd">
    <display-name>TradeEJBs</display-name>
    <enterprise-beans>
        <session>
            <description>Trade Session EJB manages all Trading services</description>
            <display-name>TradeEJB</display-name>
            <ejb-name>TradeEJB</ejb-name>
            <home>org.apache.geronimo.samples.daytrader.ejb.TradeHome</home>
            <remote>org.apache.geronimo.samples.daytrader.ejb.Trade</remote>
            <ejb-class>org.apache.geronimo.samples.daytrader.ejb.TradeBean</ejb-class>
            <session-type>Stateless</session-type>
        </session>
        <session>
            <description>Trade JDBC Session EJB manages all Trading services</description>
            <display-name>TradeJDBC</display-name>
            <ejb-name>TradeJDBC</ejb-name>
            <home>org.apache.geronimo.samples.daytrader.session.TradeJDBCHome</home>
            <remote>org.apache.geronimo.samples.daytrader.session.TradeJDBC</remote>
            <ejb-class>org.apache.geronimo.samples.daytrader.session.TradeJDBCBean</ejb-class>
            <session-type>Stateless</session-type>
        </session>
        <message-driven>
            <ejb-name>TradeStreamerMDB</ejb-name>
            <ejb-class>org.apache.geronimo.samples.daytrader.ejb.TradeStreamerMDB</ejb-class>
            <messaging-type>javax.jms.MessageListener</messaging-type>
            <transaction-type>Container</transaction-type>
            <message-destination-type>javax.jms.Topic</message-destination-type>
            <message-destination-link>TradeStreamerTopic</message-destination-link>
            </message-driven>
        <session>
            <display-name>KeySequenceEJB</display-name>
            <ejb-name>KeySequenceEJB</ejb-name>
            <local-home>org.apache.geronimo.samples.daytrader.ejb.LocalKeySequenceHome</local-home>
            <local>org.apache.geronimo.samples.daytrader.ejb.LocalKeySequence</local>
            <ejb-class>org.apache.geronimo.samples.daytrader.ejb.KeySequenceBean</ejb-class>
            <session-type>Stateless</session-type>
        </session>
        <message-driven>
            <display-name>TradeBrokerMDB</display-name>
            <ejb-name>TradeBrokerMDB</ejb-name>
            <ejb-class>org.apache.geronimo.samples.daytrader.ejb.TradeBrokerMDB</ejb-class>
            <messaging-type>javax.jms.MessageListener</messaging-type>
            <transaction-type>Container</transaction-type>
            <message-destination-type>javax.jms.Queue</message-destination-type>
            <message-destination-link>TradeBrokerQueue</message-destination-link>
        </message-driven>
    </enterprise-beans>
</ejb-jar>

Tester Class:
(EjbJarType, MDBModule,SessionModule POJOs are in place with proper Xml annotations)
public class XmlMarshallingTester {

public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {

    String configFilePath = "C:\\SampleProject\\ejb\\src\\main\\resources\\META-INF\\ejb-jar.xml";
    EjbJarType ejbJarBean = (EjbJarType) marshal(configFilePath.toString(), EjbJarType.class);
    Map<String, MDBModule> mdbModeulMap = EJBXMLBeanUtil.getMdbDetails(ejbJarBean);
    Map<String, SessionModule> sessionMap = EJBXMLBeanUtil.getSessionBeanData(ejbJarBean);
}

public static Object marshal(String filePath, Class<?> targetClass) throws JsonParseException, JsonMappingException,
IOException, InstantiationException, IllegalAccessException {
    FileInputStream fi = new FileInputStream(filePath);

    JacksonXmlModule module = new JacksonXmlModule();
    module.setDefaultUseWrapper(false);
    XmlMapper xmlMapper = new XmlMapper(module);

    Object obj = targetClass.newInstance();
    Object beans = xmlMapper.readValue(fi, obj.getClass());
    return beans;

}

}
However, if the xml file contains all the same type of nodes grouped sequentially (as below), it maps all the MDBs and Session beans as expected.
<enterprise-beans>
    <session>
       <!-- some data -->
    </session>
    <session>
       <!-- some data -->
    </session>
    <session>
        <!-- some data -->
    </session>
    <message-driven>
        <!-- some data -->
    </message-driven>
    <message-driven>
        <!-- some data -->
    </message-driven>
</enterprise-beans>

So, is there any mechanism/way we can follow for reading all the XML nodes in the order as is and mapping to POJO? Pointers appreciated!

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Five more women came forward Wednesday with allegations that they, too, were sexually abused by Dr. George Tyndall, the former USC campus gynecologist who has been accused of sexual harassment and abuse by scores of women during his three-decade tenure.
The complaint, filed against the physician and USC in Los Angeles County Superior Court, alleges female students were forced to seek medical treatment from Tyndall as the only full-time gynecologist at the Engemann Student Health Center, despite the university's knowledge of numerous complaints of Tyndall's sexually abusive behavior towards female patients on campus.
More than 200 women have filed reports with police alleging sexual misconduct by Tyndall during medical exams at the campus health center. Hundreds of women have also sued the doctor and USC, contending the university was aware of complaints about Tyndall's behavior but failed to take any action.
Tyndall, 71, left the university two years ago amid an investigation into his activities.
USC officials have denied any coverup, and Tyndall has denied any wrongdoing.
The newest complaint further alleges USC protected its own reputation and financial interests by not only granting Tyndall unfettered sexual access to female students and actively concealing complaints of his sexual abuse, but by paying Tyndall a financial settlement so that he would resign.
USC's 2016 investigation revealed that Tyndall routinely made sexually and racially inappropriate remarks to patients, kept a secret box full of photographs of his patients' genitals and had documented complaints against him dating back to at least 1988, the suit alleges.
"For most of the women, this was their first time going to the gynecologist," said their attorney, Michelle Simpson Tuegel. "At what is such a vulnerable time in a young woman's life, and in an exposed physical state, they were put in the hands of a predator by their school."
In 2015, plaintiff Kendall Fujioka was sexually abused by Tyndall during a gynecological exam at the Student Health Center where he inappropriately touched her, told her she was beautiful and made racially suggestive comments, the suit states.
"I will never forget the helplessness and humiliation I felt as I laid there, exposed and vulnerable, wondering if the treatment I was experiencing was typical of a male gynecologist as I'd never had one before," Fujioka said.
Plaintiff Kenia Gomez also sought treatment at USC's Student Health Center in 2014, where she underwent a vaginal exam performed by Tyndall, who asked her if she had a boyfriend and how frequently she had sex, the suit states.
"What happened in that examination room under the guise of medical treatment is inexcusable and unforgivable," Gomez said. "It's time for USC to adhere to its own code of ethics and take responsibility for its role in facilitating what happened to me, and to hundreds of women. There must be an end to its culture of dismissing complaints from sexual abuse victims."
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1 November 2008 Structure and Distribution of a Strain-Biased Tandem Repeat Element in Fall Armyworm (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) Populations in Florida, Texas, and Brazil
Rodney N. Nagoshi, John S. Armstrong, Pierre Silvie, Robert L. Meagher
Rodney N. Nagoshi,*,** John S. Armstrong,*** Pierre Silvie,**** Robert L. Meagher*
*Center for Medical, Agricultural and Veterinary Entomology, USDA–ARS, Gainesville, FL 32608.
**Corresponding author, e-mail: rodney.nagoshi@ars.usda.gov.
***Beneficial Insects Research Unit, USDA–ARS, KSARC, Weslaco, TX 78596.
****Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement, UPR système cotonniers en petit paysannat, CIRAD-Montpellier, F 34398, France, Brasilia-DF, Brazil.
Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 101(6):1112-1120 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1603/0013-8746-101.6.1112
Fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda (J.E. Smith) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), is a major economic pest throughout the Western Hemisphere. There exist two morphologically identical but genetically distinct strains (corn-strain and rice-strain) that differ in their host plant preferences. These strains can be distinguished by polymorphisms in the mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase I gene. There is also a tandem-repeat genetic element called FR that is found in large sex-linked clusters primarily in the rice strain, as characterized by sampling of fall armyworm populations in the southeastern United States. It was recently shown that the FR element is also present in Brazil, where it exhibits a similar strain-biased distribution. In this article, the analysis of FR was extended to populations in southern Texas, one of the principle overwintering locations for fall armyworm that infests the continental United States. DNA sequence analysis and an optimized polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-based method demonstrated that FR sequences are present in Texas and show the same distribution pattern as observed in Florida. The distribution of FR in Florida has remained relatively unchanged over a 4-yr period, suggestive of polymorphic equilibrium and the existence of at least partial barriers to the generation of interstrain hybrids. The implications of these findings on our understanding of interstrain mating behavior and the utility of the modified detection method to study fall armyworm populations are discussed.
Rodney N. Nagoshi, John S. Armstrong, Pierre Silvie, and Robert L. Meagher "Structure and Distribution of a Strain-Biased Tandem Repeat Element in Fall Armyworm (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) Populations in Florida, Texas, and Brazil," Annals of the Entomological Society of America 101(6), 1112-1120, (1 November 2008). https://doi.org/10.1603/0013-8746-101.6.1112
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Posted on January 12, 2021 January 11, 2021 by Margot Kinberg
We all take risks from time to time. If you've ever speeded up at a yellow light, betting that you'll get through the intersection before the light changes to red, you know what I mean. At that moment, the advantages of getting through the intersection quickly will outweigh the risk that you'll be in an accident. People take small (and sometimes very big) risks because they believe the payoff will be worth those risks. It's done all the time in real life, and of course, in crime fiction, too.
For example, in Agatha Christie's The Mysterious Affair at Styles, Hercule Poirot investigates the poisoning murder of his benefactor, Emily Inglethorp. There are several suspects, as every member of her household could have had a motive to kill her. And it's not easy to eliminate the various 'people of interest.' It turns out to be a complex case, and even after Poirot has worked out who the killer is, he needs to find a way to bring the killer to justice. To do that he takes a very calculated risk. His idea could very well fall apart. Or it could mean that the murderer will be arrested. It's a very clever plan, but it is also, in a way, a gamble.
Jane Casey's The Burning introduces her series protagonist Maeve Kerrigan. In the novel, Kerrigan has recently joined the Met, and wants to make good. So she wants to be a part of the team investigating a killer the police and press have dubbed the Burning Man. He's given that name because he tries to incinerate the bodies of his victims. The media and the public are impatient for the Burning Man to be caught, and are putting a lot of pressure on the police. In one plot thread of this story, Kerrigan joins a stakeout at a park where the police believe the killer might be found. It's decided that an undercover operative named Katy Mayford will act as 'bait' to draw the killer out. The plan is risky; after all, something could happen to Mayford. Or, the killer might not show up. Or the killer might guess that Mayford is a police officer and leave without committing a crime. But it's decided that the advantages outweigh the risks, and the police teams go ahead with their plan. It's an interesting look at the risks police officers face when they go after killers.
Many fictional attorneys take calculated risks for their clients. In Gianrico Carofiglio's Involuntary Witness, for instance, Bari attorney Guido Guerrieri gets a new and difficult case. A Senegalese immigrant named Abdou Thiam has been arrested and imprisoned for the abduction and murder of nine-year-old Francesco Rubino. Thiam claims that he is innocent, but that he doesn't expect justice, since he is an immigrant. Guerrieri takes the case and commits to doing everything he can for Thiam. He's up against considerable odds, too. There is evidence against the defendant, and he admits to knowing the victim. Then, Guerrieri comes up with a legal strategy. It's risky, and if it doesn't work, he'll most likely lose his case. But it's the best chance he and Thiam have, so he tries it. It's an interesting look at how lawyers decide which strategies they'll choose. We also see that sort of calculated risk-taking in other legal novels, such as Michael Connelly's Mickey Haller novels, and Paul Levine's Solomon and Lord novels.
Belinda Bauer's Blacklands introduces twelve-year-old Steven Lamb. He lives with his mother Lettie, his Nan, Gloria, and his younger brother, Davie, in a small town in Exmoor. In many ways, it's a 'normal' working-class family. But this family has a tragic past. Nineteen years earlier, Gloria's son (and Lettie's brother) Billy Peters went missing and was never found. Not even a body was recovered. Steven knows that his uncle's disappearance devastated his family, and he wants to do what he can to help them. So, he devises a plan. He's found out that a man named Arnold Avery is likely responsible for what happened. Avery's in prison on another set of charges, so Steven decides to write to him and try to find out what happened to his uncle. It's a big risk, but Steven takes it, hoping that the payoff will be a family that can heal. To his surprise, Avery writes back, and there soon begins a dangerous game of 'cat and mouse' between them.
And then there's Paul Cleave's A Killer Harvest. When Christchurch Detective Inspector (DI) Mitchell Logan is killed in the line of duty, his wife Michelle, and sixteen-year-old son Joshua, are devastated. But something good may come out of this tragedy. Joshua's been blind since birth and has become accustomed to not seeing. But Dr. Toni Coleman has developed a surgical procedure for transplanting eyes. And Mitchell Logan's eyes will very likely be a good match for his son. It's a very risky procedure, and it could very likely not be successful. And there are other surgical risks (e.g., infection). But it's decided that the benefits of surgery far outweigh the risks, so Michelle and Joshua go ahead with the transplant. At first, all seems well. There are no complications from the surgery, and Joshua slowly begins to be able to see again. But then, he begins to see things that don't make sense. And some of them are very dark things.
And that's the thing about calculated risks. We take them, we hope for the best, and sometimes things go well. But they could just as easily fall apart, and there are times when they do. Little wonder they can add so much rich suspense to a story.
*NOTE: The title of this post is a line from Billy Joel's Christie Lee.
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Aargh, the idea of transplanted eyes makes me feel quite faint! Somehow eyes are too personal – no-one gazes lovingly into anyone's kidney! At least, not outside of a psychopathic serial killer novel anyway… 😉
Haha! No, kidneys don't have a lot of romantic appeal, do they, FictionFan? It's interesting you mention just how personal eyes are. Somehow they really do reflect our uniqueness in ways that, say, hip joints don't. And, without giving away spoilers, I can say that comes up in A Killer Harvest. It's a bit creepy to consider, actually!
Sue Coletta says:
Hahaha. This is my kind of conversation! Now, I've forgotten what I was going to write in the first place. Thanks for the laughs, ladies!
Now, why am I not surprised that you find a conversation about body parts like kidneys interesting, Sue? 😉 And it involves serial killers, too! What more could you want? 😉
Bill Selnes says:
Now I love Steve Solomon as a person and a lawyer but I take issue with a description that he takes calculated risks. Absolutely he takes risks but calculation is rarely part of the equation. One of his personal laws in Solomon v. Lord sums up his approach.
No. 2 – In law and in life, sometimes you have to wing it.
It is fun to consider such an approach to law but should be chilling to a real life client.
You have a point, Bill. He doesn't usually plan and think and take time to decide that a given payoff is worth the risk. And as a client, I'm not sure I'd like that approach. As you say, it's fun, and it works well in novels.
tracybham says:
I have some of Gianrico Carofiglio's books on my TBR and maybe a book by Belinda Bauer also. But in the case of Blacklands, I don't like to read about 12-year-old kids taking risks.
If you do get the chance to try them, I hope you'll like the Carofigios you read, Tracy. I think he writes a solid legal novel, and I do like the setting. As for Blacklands, I think twelve is really young to take that sort of risk, too. That aside, though, I did find myself really engaged in the story. If you read it, I hope you'll be glad that you did.
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Q: an example of a Morse-Bott function Hi,
I want to find an example of a Morse-Bott function such that for at least one of the critical submanifolds, the orientation sheaf O is nontrivial.

A: You can get a large class of examples if you look at the real projective space $\mathbb{RP}^n$.  Each point $L\in \mathbb{RP}^n$ is a one dimensional subspace in $\mathbb{R}^{n+1}$ and we denote by $P_L$  the orthogonal projection onto $L$.  Fix a unit vector $v\in \mathbb{R}^{n+1}$ and denote by $U$ the orthogonal complement in $\mathbb{R}^{n+1}$ of  the line $L_v$ spanned by $v$.  Consider  the  function
$$f_v: \mathbb{RP}^n\to\mathbb{R}, \;\; f_v(L)=(P_Lv,v). $$
Note that
$$ 0 \leq f_v(L)\leq 1,\;\;\forall L.$$
This is a Morse-Bott function with precisely two critical submanifolds: the locus of minima  where $f=0$  and  consisting of the real projective space $\mathbb{P}(U)\subset \mathbb{RP}^n $ of lines in $U$,  and a unique  maximum  point, $L_v\in\mathbb{RP}^n$ where $f_v(L_v)=1$.
The normal bundle of $\mathbb{P}(U)\subset \mathbb{RP}^n $ is the tautological real line bundle over $\mathbb{P}(U)$  which is nonorientable.

A: You can find such a function on the Klein bottle.  If you think of the Klein bottle as $S^1\times [0,1]$ with the two boundary components glued together via a reflection $\phi$, and if $f:S^1\to {\mathbb R}$ is a Morse function with two critical points which is invariant under $\phi$, then $f$ extends to a Morse-Bott function on the Klein bottle such that the circle of maxima has a nontrivial orientation sheaf.


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The Conservative Party received tens of thousands of pounds from non-existent companies
Henry Dyer May. 27, 2021, 5:28 PM
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson Getty
EXCLUSIVE: The Conservative Party accepted tens of thousands of pounds from companies that had been struck off, an investigation by Insider has found.
Tory politicians, including one currently serving government ministers, received the donations.
Political parties are obliged to carry out checks on any company offering them a donation.
Labour is calling for the Electoral Commission to launch an urgent investigation.
"This just doesn't pass the smell test," Labour Party chair Anneliese Dodds told Insider.
The Conservative Party pocketed nearly £30,000 from companies that were no longer trading at the time the donations were made, an analysis of Electoral Commission records and Companies House data by Insider has found.
Under the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000, UK political parties can only receive donations from actively trading companies and they are obliged to carry out permissibility checks on all donations from companies.
However, Insider's investigation has found four donations from three companies that official records show were either dissolved or in the process of dissolution, with two of the donations received by currently serving government ministers.
Following Insider's findings, the opposition Labour party called for an official investigation into the donations.
Anneliese Dodds MP, Chair of the Labour Party, told Insider: "This just doesn't pass the smell test. The Conservatives need to explain why it seems they pocketed tens of thousands of pounds from companies that only existed on paper.
"The rules are clear: political parties must check that companies making donations are carrying on business in the UK. The Electoral Commission must launch an urgent investigation to find out what's happened here – and any breaches of the law should be punished fully."
Two donations received by a government minister
The first donation identified by Insider was to Wendy Morton, the Conservative Member of Parliament for Aldridge-Brownhills, and a junior minister in the Foreign Office, from a company called Unionist Buildings.
Companies House records show that Unionist Buildings was struck off the register on 17 January 2017, following an application, filed on 21 October 2016, by its directors.
However, Electoral Commission records show Morton's local association received £6,000 from Unionist Buildings on 2 June 2017, less than a week before the 2017 general election. The donation was accepted on 5 June 2017.
Nearly three years after Unionist Buildings was struck off the register, Morton declared a further £4,000 received by her local Conservative association from Unionist Buildings and registered on 9 January 2020. Her entry also contains the £6,000 donation from 2017.
At the time Morton received the £4,000 donation in January 2020, she was a junior minister in the Ministry of Justice.
There is no suggestion of wrongdoing by Unionist Buildings, who did not respond to a request for comment by the time of publication. Morton did not respond to a request for comment by the time of publication either.
Donations were received from dissolved companies
Former Prime Minister Theresa May Getty
Another donation was received from a company whose sole director was Conservative minister Charlotte Vere.
Vere is a Conservative life peer and a junior minister in the Department for Transport.
Companies House records for the firm Conservatives In, established to support the Remain vote in the 2016 Brexit Referendum, show it was struck off the register on 2 May 2017 following an application, filed on 3 February 2017, by Vere, the company's sole director from June 2016 onwards.
On the application which Vere signed on 10 January 2017, she declared that "none of the circumstances described in section 1004 or 1005 of the Companies Act 2006 […] exists in relation to the company".
Section 1004 of the Companies Act 2006 states that a company may not apply to be struck off if it has, "at any time in the previous three months […] traded or otherwise carried on business".
But Electoral Commission records show that less than three months prior to this, Conservatives In gave £9,754.98 to the Conservative Party's central office. The donation was made on 22 December 2016, the day after Vere was appointed a government whip in the House of Lords.
Vere's entry on the register of ministers' interests in November 2019 disclosed that her husband, Mike Chattey, is the head of fundraising at the Conservative Party. He has held the position since 2009.
Baroness Vere did not respond to a request for comment.
A company listed as a donor denies knowledge of donation
Companies House records for the firm Stridewell Estates show it was also struck off the register in November 2016, following an application made in August 2016.
Over three years later, the Conservatives accepted a donation of £10,000 from Stridewell Estates.
A spokesperson for Stridewell Estates told Insider that the entry on the Electoral Commission's website "must be a mistake." She said "no payments were made from this company after it was dissolved. It is very possible that the company that donated has been recorded incorrectly."
The spokesperson was unable to provide further details by the time of publication.
There is no suggestion of wrongdoing by Stridewell Estates.
"This just doesn't pass the smell test"
Insider referred all of these donations to the Conservative Party. A spokesperson for the party said: "Donations to the Conservative Party are properly and transparently declared to the Electoral Commission and are published by them."The party did not seek to claim that any of the donations did not occur.
A spokesperson for the Electoral Commission said: "Political parties can only accept donations over £500 from permissible sources. This includes companies who are registered and incorporated in the UK, and who carry on business at the time they make donations.
"We carry out our own permissibility checks on donors, though the legal responsibility lies with the parties to ensure that they only accept money from legal sources. Should there be evidence that the rules have been broken, we would consider it in line with our Enforcement Policy."
Campaigners say there needs to be a stronger set of regulatory requirements for parties to ensure that they are receiving donations from permissible sources.
Susan Hawley, executive director at Spotlight on Corruption, told Insider: "It is high time that political parties be placed under a proper legal obligation to do thorough background checks on the origins of donations and the Electoral Commission be given robust powers to penalise them when they fail to do so.
"The public need to have confidence that electoral finance is squeaky clean and there aren't any loopholes that would allow illegal or foreign donations which might skew our electoral process."
Henry Dyer


Annisa \a-nni-sa\ as a girl's name is a variant of Agnes (Greek) and Annis (Greek), and the meaning of Annisa is "pure, holy; satisfaction".
The baby name Annisa sounds like Annise, Annisah, Anisa and Annissa. Other similar baby names are Annika, Annina, Annita, Annida and Annica.


Shattered Pieces are an experimental video combining animated and documentary material. Motivation for the video was the book Fragments by Željka Čorak.
Main motivation for the creation of this video was family history shared by Željka Čorak and Jelena Bračun. Željka appears in the video as narrator, transferring the history to her cousin Jelena. As the title of both the book and video suggests, they deal with fragments of history, persons and objects. First few sentences reveal the intention of the video: "This toying with memories of people you have never seen, remembering things that you have never knew, it's rather neat. Like a sculptor, you get a skeleton and you fill it up. Blind memories, conversations with those you have never talked to, it was all very attractive. Like some kind of mental sculpting."
In the video, parallel to the interview with her aunt, Jelena Bračun interprets the memories with the medium to which imagination is superposed: animation. The effect obtained is one of foggy memory intertwining with narrative reality.
The film was funded with the support of the City of Zagreb – City Office for Culture.


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Q: Get user location in background I have an app that updating user location is the main feature of it.
So far I have a class that get users location through both GPS and NETWORK providers . It works just fine :
 public class UserLocation {
private String TAG = "UserLocation";
Timer timer;
LocationManager locationManager;
OnLocationResultListener listener;
boolean gps_enabled = false;
boolean network_enabled = false;

public UserLocation setListener(OnLocationResultListener listener) {
    this.listener = listener;
    return this;
}

public boolean getLocation() {

    if (locationManager == null) {
        locationManager = (LocationManager) G.context.getSystemService(Context.LOCATION_SERVICE);
    }

    //exceptions will be thrown if provider is not permitted.
    try {
        gps_enabled = locationManager.isProviderEnabled(LocationManager.GPS_PROVIDER);
    } catch (Exception ex) {
        Log.e(TAG, "Location GPS_PROVIDER is off");
        ex.printStackTrace();
    }
    try {
        network_enabled = locationManager.isProviderEnabled(LocationManager.NETWORK_PROVIDER);
    } catch (Exception ex) {
        Log.e(TAG, "Location NETWORK_PROVIDER is off");
        ex.printStackTrace();
    }

    timer = new Timer();
    timer.schedule(new GetLastLocation(), 0, GlobalConsts.LOCATION_RECHECK_TIME);
    return true;
}

LocationListener gpslocationListener = new LocationListener() {
    public void onLocationChanged(Location location) {
        Log.e(TAG, "Calling gpslocationListener==> onLocationChanged");
        timer.cancel();

        listener.onGotLocation(location);
        locationManager.removeUpdates(gpslocationListener);
        locationManager.removeUpdates(networklocationListener);
    }

    public void onProviderDisabled(String provider) {
    }

    public void onProviderEnabled(String provider) {
    }

    public void onStatusChanged(String provider, int status, Bundle extras) {
    }
};

LocationListener networklocationListener = new LocationListener() {
    public void onLocationChanged(Location location) {
        Log.e(TAG, "Calling networklocationListener==> onLocationChanged");
        timer.cancel();
        listener.onGotLocation(location);
        locationManager.removeUpdates(networklocationListener);
        locationManager.removeUpdates(gpslocationListener);
    }

    public void onProviderDisabled(String provider) {
    }

    public void onProviderEnabled(String provider) {
    }

    public void onStatusChanged(String provider, int status, Bundle extras) {
    }
};

class GetLastLocation extends TimerTask {
    @Override
    public void run() {
        Log.e(TAG, "Getting last location in TimeTask ");
        locationManager.removeUpdates(gpslocationListener);
        locationManager.removeUpdates(networklocationListener);

        Location net_loc = null, gps_loc = null;
        if (gps_enabled)
            gps_loc = locationManager.getLastKnownLocation(LocationManager.GPS_PROVIDER);
        if (network_enabled)
            net_loc = locationManager.getLastKnownLocation(LocationManager.NETWORK_PROVIDER);

        //if there are both values use the latest one
        if (gps_loc != null && net_loc != null) {
            if (gps_loc.getTime() > net_loc.getTime())
                listener.onGotLocation(gps_loc);
            else
                listener.onGotLocation(net_loc);
            return;
        }

        if (gps_loc != null) {
            listener.onGotLocation(gps_loc);
            return;
        }
        if (net_loc != null) {
            listener.onGotLocation(net_loc);
            return;
        }
        if (gps_loc == null && net_loc == null) {
            Log.e(TAG, "tried to get location in Timetask but both location was null");
        } else if (gps_loc == null) {
            Log.e(TAG, "gps_loc is null in time task");
        } else {
            Log.e(TAG, "net_loc is null in time task");

        }
        listener.onGotLocation(null);
    }
}

public interface OnLocationResultListener {
    void onGotLocation(Location location);

    void onNoLocationProvider();
}
 }

The thing that I want is to get user location even if he is not using the app ( I mean getting his location when it changes , even if the app is not up and running)
What is the best approach to achieve this ?

*

*Should I make a service and run this ?

*How about using Google Play Location Api ? Does this help me ?

Thanks in advance.

A: Create this service which will always running in background even if your application is not running.
public class MyLocationService extends Service implements LocationListener,
    GoogleApiClient.ConnectionCallbacks,
    GoogleApiClient.OnConnectionFailedListener {

private GoogleApiClient mGoogleApiClient;
private LocationRequest mLocationRequest;

public MyLocationService() {

}

@Override
public void onCreate() {
    super.onCreate();

    mGoogleApiClient = new GoogleApiClient.Builder(this)
            .addApi(LocationServices.API).
                    addConnectionCallbacks(this).
                    addOnConnectionFailedListener(this)
            .build();

}

@Override
public int onStartCommand(Intent intent, int flags, int startId) {
    mGoogleApiClient.connect();
    Toast.makeText(this, "Location services started", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
    return super.onStartCommand(intent, flags, startId);
}

@Override
public IBinder onBind(Intent intent) {
    // TODO: Return the communication channel to the service.
    throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Not yet implemented");
}

@Override
public void onLocationChanged(Location location) {
    System.out.println("MyLocationService.onLocationChanged");
    // do your work here with location
}

@Override
public void onConnected(Bundle bundle) {

    mLocationRequest = LocationRequest.create();
    mLocationRequest.setPriority(LocationRequest.PRIORITY_HIGH_ACCURACY);
    mLocationRequest.setInterval(1000); // Update location every second

    LocationServices.FusedLocationApi.requestLocationUpdates(mGoogleApiClient, mLocationRequest, this);
    Location loc = LocationServices.FusedLocationApi.getLastLocation(mGoogleApiClient);
}

@Override
public void onConnectionSuspended(int i) {

}

@Override
public void onConnectionFailed(ConnectionResult connectionResult) {

}

@Override
public void onDestroy() {

    Toast.makeText(this, "Location services stopped", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();

    Location loc = LocationServices.FusedLocationApi.getLastLocation(mGoogleApiClient);

    mGoogleApiClient.disconnect();
    super.onDestroy();
}

}


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Trump: We're not changing the name of Thanksgiving just for the 'radical left'
"Everybody in this room, I know, loves the name Thanksgiving. And we're not changing."
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(KFTK) - President Donald Trump spoke at a rally in Sunrise, Fla. and vowed he won't allow a name change for Thanksgiving despite the left wanting to start something similar to the "war on Christmas."
"As we gather together for Thanksgiving, you know, some people want to change the name Thanksgiving," Trump stated on Tuesday night. "They don't want to use the term Thanksgiving. And that was true also with Christmas. But now everybody's using Christmas again. Remember this?
"But now we're going to have to do a little work on Thanksgiving. People have different ideas. Why it shouldn't be called Thanksgiving. But everybody in this room, I know, loves the name Thanksgiving. And we're not changing."
Trump pardons Thanksgiving turkeys 'Bread' and 'Butter' pic.twitter.com/20Qslk7TFw
— Reuters (@Reuters) November 27, 2019
Trump continued, saying "Americans have so much to be thankful for," this year.
He also bashed "the radical left Democrats" for "trying to rip our nation apart," citing both the "Russia hoax" and these House impeachment hearings.
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Ге́нрих Беренга́р, также Ге́нрих VI (; ок. 1137—1150) — старший законный сын короля Германии Конрада III и его второй жены Гертруды Зульцбахской. В марте 1147 года был коронован в качестве соправителя отца.

Биография
Генрих Беренгар родился приблизительно в 1137 году и был старшим законнорождённым сыном германского короля Конрада III от его брака с Гертрудой Зульцбахской. По отцу мальчик был внуком герцога Швабии Фридриха I и Агнессы фон Вайблинген, которая была дочерью императора Священной Римской империи Генриха IV; по матери — графа Зульцбахского  и . Свои имена Генрих Беренгар получил в честь отца его бабки Агнессы императора Генриха IV и деда по матери графа Зульцбахского. Имя Генрих VI, под которым он иногда упоминается в источниках, использовалось бы Генрихом Беренгаром, если бы он дожил до единоличного правления.

В 1139 году Генрих Беренгар был обручён с Софией Венгерской, старшей дочерью короля Белы II и Илоны Сербской. София, которая была на несколько лет старше своего жениха, прибыла к германскому двору, где должна была изучать язык и придворный этикет. Однако отношения между Германией и Венгрией начали охлаждаться после смерти отца девочки в 1141 году; помолвка была разорвана, но София продолжала жить в германском монастыре в Адмонте, куда была помещена вскоре после приезда несостоявшимся свёкром. Она послала несколько писем своему брату королю Гезе II, после чего получила разрешение насовсем остаться в монастыре. Решение девочки было одобрено и королём Конрадом III.

13 марта 1147 года в Регенсбурге перед отбытием в крестовый поход Конрад III при поддержке знати назвал десятилетнего Генриха Беренгара своим соправителем. 30 марта, в четвёртое воскресенье Великого поста, Генрих Беренгар был помазан и коронован в Ахенском соборе. Во время отсутствия отца, отправившегося в крестовый поход, мальчик был помещён под опеку и регентство могущественного аббата Вибальда из Ставло и нотариуса Генриха фон Визенбаха; последний за свою службу Генриху Беренгару был возведён в ранг магистра (или протонотариуса). Девять писем (восемь в полном объёме), написанные самим Генрихом Беренгаром или ему в период его правления в отсутствие отца, сохранились до наших дней.

8 февраля 1150 года молодой Генрих Беренгар разгромил в  Вельфа VI и его сына Вельфа VII. В начале 1150 года Вельфы, старший из которых некогда участвовал в крестовом походе вместе с отцом Генриха Беренгара, стали совершать набеги на владения династии Гогенштауфенов в герцогстве Швабия. Конрад отправил Генриха Беренгара с несколькими сотнями мужчин перехватить их. Разведчики Генриха Беренгара обнаружили Вельфов в королевском замке Флохберг близ Нёрдлингена, когда те отступали из Швабии, и окружили их. Когда подоспела остальная часть королевской армии, меньшее по численности войско Вельфов было разгромлено. Только наступление ночи позволило некоторым воинам, в том числе и самим Вельфам, бежать. Военная доблесть молодого правителя была подчёркнута в письмах, сообщавших о победе и написанных в Вюрцбурге 16—20 апреля 1150 года к византийской императорской чете Мануилу I Комнину и Ирине, тётке Генриха Беренгара по матери, известной до брака под именем Берты Зульцбахской.

Генриха Беренгара подготавливали к тому, что он станет единоличным правителем после смерти отца, однако он умер в 1150 году в возрасте тринадцати лет и, вероятно, был похоронен в монастыре Лорха — «домашнем» монастыре Гогенштауфенов.

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Родившиеся в 1130-е годы
Гогенштауфены
Римские короли
Правители Европы XII века
Члены монархических домов, умершие в детстве
Наследники, не вступившие на престол (Священная Римская империя)

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I'm not dead! Just crazy busy with class, my manicure exam, quitting my job and sorting out the next exciting steps in my life!
Our swatch today is a polish I have had for literal ages - Sally Hansen Tender Teal from their Diamond Strength line. In the bottle this is a gorgeous deep blue shimmer with a hint of purple duochrome in the bottle, but like a lot of mainstream multichrome polishes that colour shift didn't come through on the nail. :( Lame.
Pictured is three coats plus top coat. It's a lovely blue, but I really do wish that duochrome came through... Oh well!
The verdict? Pretty polish, would be prettier with more of a bold colour shift. Humph!
What do you think - do you like it with the basic blue shimmer, or would you like to see something a bit more interesting?


The third edition of Riemann Industrial Techno Sounds is again for all producers who like it harder and darker.
This pack is focussed on Beat Elements, Drones and Effects, however it contains also 15 Bass Loops and 20 Synth Loops.
For the Drones we used this time our modular synth and built and effect chain consisting of distotion stomp boxes and a combination of different reverbs.
The team behind Riemann Kollektion provides you with more than 15 years of experience in Techno production. All sounds are made for maximum impact on large horn soundsystems like Funktion One or VOID.