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Big Year for Boxing movies Pt. 1
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The Boxing movie genre has been a good one over the years. Some of the great movies of all times have been ones based on boxing movies. Directors like Martin Scorsese,Ron Howard,Micheal Mann, David O. Russell and Robert Wise have made movies based on boxing legends like Jake LaMotta,Gentleman Jim Braddock, Irish Mickey Ward, Muhammed Ali and Rocky Graziano. Other movie directors who made boxing movies have been Clint Eastwood,John Ford,Karyn Kusama ,John G. Alvidsen and Norman Jewison. There movies include Million Dollar Baby,Quiet Man,Girl Fight,Rocky and The Hurricane. Boxing movies have been based on true stories and fiction. Most are dramas that capture the tough lives and the tough streets where these men and women come from. Later this year we will see three other boxing movies Southpaw,Creed and Bleed for this.
Raging Bull is about the middle-weight champion Jake La Motta. Robert DeNiro plays The Bronx Bull in Martin Scorsese's masterpiece. Jake struggles in and out of the ring with with his wives,brother and Sugar Ray Robinson. Scorsese based this film on La Motta's own book called Raging Bull:My Story. Deniro gains sixty pounds to play the middle-weight champ. The black & white scenes were perfect to show the times the movie takes place. La Motta fought Sugar Ray Robinson six times. He was the one true adversary La Motta had in the middle weight category.Jake La Motta defeats Marcel Cerdan to become the middle weight champ for the first time. "My favorite boxing movie is Martin Scorsese's 1980's classic Raging Bull. The almost dream like opening of that film is one of the most haunting images you will see in cinema. Raging Bull is the ultimate rise and fall boxing film and no other will surpass it. Scorsese and DeNiro have created a timeless,dark,honest masterpiece that transcends the boxing genre."-George McCann I have to agree with filmmaker and writer George McCann Its my favorite boxing film as well.
Rocky is the fictional tale of Rocky Balboa portrayed by Sylvester Stallone. Rocky is the every man who who rises to become a boxing legend. In this first Rocky movie he goes against Carl Weather's Apollo Creed. His manager Micky is portrayed famously by Burgess Meredith and his Adrian wife is played by Talia Shire. This American tale of Rocky is one everyone can relate to. A lot of us have struggled like Rocky so its a story we all fell in love with. Rocky won the Oscar for Best Picture in 1976 and all the main Actors were nominated for Oscars that year. John G. Alvidsen won for Best director as well for Rocky. Rocky would go on to spawn four sequels and later this year a spin-off called Creed.
Cinderella Man is about James J. Braddock played by Oscar winner Russell Crowe (Gladiator) and his wife Mea Braddock played by Oscar winner Renee Zellweger (Cold Mountain). This is a down an out man and his family. He struggles to feed them while also trying to become the boxing contender again. While working on the docks he resorts to borrowing money from the government. This film takes place in the early 1920's and Oscar Winner Ron Howard (A Beautiful Mind) really captures the times and the plight of his characters perfectly. Paul Giamatti plays Braddock's friend and manager Joe Gould and he is very entertaining and inspiring in the this role. Braddock eventually rises to fight famous boxing champ of the time Max Bear.
"I really enjoy Cinderella Man directed by Ron Howard. It tells the story of Jim Braddock, who during the depression gave America someone to root for. Russell Crowe is terrific in this film and fits the character so well. Paul Giamatti's supporting work as his trainer was outstanding and his Oscar nomination was well deserved. This is an underrated film that more people should see, because its not just a boxing film its about hope and overcoming odds."-Cole Boone I couldn't say it better myself Cole.
The Fighter is based on the life of Irish Micky Ward. Micky Ward is played by Mark Wahlberg and he's from Lowell,Mass. His brother Dickie played by Christain Bale and Micky grow up together and are both fighters.Together they try and be a team as manager and fighter after Micky's career ends. Once again a hard luck story off a boxer from the tough streets rising to become the champ. On the way Micky has his ups and down in the ring and with his brother who is a drug addict. He ends up meeting his eventual wife Charlene played by Amy Adams Alice Ward played by Melissa Leo tries to hold the family together. Both Christian Bale and Melissa Leo won Oscars for there respective roles as Alice and Dickie Eklund. David O. Russell really captures the struggle of this family and there journey together in this rousing film.
"I loved the Fighter because it felt authentic and not just the fight scenes. Russell really captured that hard lower class lifestyle showing the ups and downs while not being to condescending. The characters aren't pitiable, they actually have dignity despite the circumstances and the relationships between everyone feel 100% natural."-Rachel J. Cushing http://www.getreelwithrachel.com/
The Hurricane is about Rubin "Hurricane" Carter. Denzel Washington plays the wrongly accused of murder, fighter. Sentenced to life in prison for something he didn't do. He is confronted by some people who read his memoir later in life after spending many years in prison.A teen and three Canadian's who think he is innocent and agree to help him get out of prison. Carter came up with the famous quote "Hate got me into this place, and love got me out." Lesra Martin plays Vicellous Reon Shannon the boy who finds Carter's book and then recruits Liev Schreiber's Sam Chaiton, John Hannah's Terry Swinton and Deborah Kara Hunger's Lisa Peter's to help him prove Carter innocent after twenty years. A famous song was written and sung back when Carter was imprisoned by Bob Dylan.
Ali is the movie based on the life of legendary boxing great Muhammed Ali. Ali is portrayed brilliantly by Will Smith. This movie explores the life of Ali from his religious background to all of his three wives. Ali got involved with political activists Malcolm X played by Mario Van Peebles and Martin Luther King played by Lavar Burton.The main theme of the movie though is how Ali became the greatest heavy weight boxing off all time. Jon Voight portrays legendary ABC sports announcer Howard Cosell. Without Howard there probably wouldn't be a Ali. His is the yin to Ali's yang. They were perfect for each other. Feeding each other banter and popular quotes like "Float like a butterfly and sting like a bee". Ali fought to keep his purse and not let boxing promoters like Angelo Dundee or Don King get the better of him. Ali really shows us the entire life of the boxing great. Michael Mann really capture his life and the people who have surrounded him throughout it. To be continued in Part 2
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He graduated from the University of Brno (1983–1988) with a degree in Czech language and history, after which he worked as a historian in a museum. In the nineteen eighties he was involved in independent civic activities against the communist dictatorship. After November 1989 he founded the field of political science. The positions he has held since then include head of the Department of Political Science (1993–2002) and the Department of International Relations and European Studies (2002–2004), director of the International Institute of Political Science (1996–2004), director of the Institute for Comparative Political Research (2005–2011) and the dean of the Faculty of Social Studies at Masaryk University (2004).
As rector he served two terms as head of Masaryk University (2004–2011), which during that time became the most popular Czech university and one of Central Europe's leading educational and research institutions. For many years he has worked for institutions and bodies focusing on university education and research in the Czech Republic and abroad, and was also the chair of the Czech Rectors' Conference (2009–2011). He has held a number of public and professional offices, including, for example, membership of the Board of the Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes, the Accreditation Commission, the vice-chairmanship of the Research, Development and Innovation Council, and served as the chief scientific adviser to the Prime Minister. In his scientific work he specialises in comparative political science, European politics and conservative political thinking. He is the author of more than 20 books and 300 professional studies published in the Czech Republic and abroad.
In 2012–2013 he was Minister of Education in Petr Nečas's government; he succeeded in bringing stability to the department and his conceptual and convincing work quickly won him the trust of the general public.
In October 2013 he was a non-partisan candidate for the South Moravian ODS and was elected as a member of parliament. He joined ODS on 7 November 2013, and was elected party leader in January 2014. He retained his leadership in January 2016, 2018 and 2020. In October 2017 he was the ODS nationwide and South Moravian leader in the elections, in which ODS became the second strongest political party. In November of the same year he was elected Deputy Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic. In autumn 2020 he became the nationwide leader of the newly formed electoral coalition SPOLU (ODS, KDU-ČSL, TOP 09). In October 2021 the SPOLU coalition won the parliamentary elections with a percentage of 27.8 % (1 493 905 votes).
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K-12 School Districts Work to Improve Inclusion Through Teacher Training
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Diversity and inclusion have long been recognized as critical in higher education, and within the past 10 years, many K-12 schools have also increased their focus on these areas, realizing the significant role they play in students' lives. Many secondary schools are now emphasizing the importance of equity to young students, as well as educating faculty and staff on ways to foster an inclusive educational environment. Here are a few examples:
[Above: A Portland Public Schools teacher helps a group of students in a library.]
Guilford County Schools
Guilford County Schools (GCS) in North Carolina is composed of nearly 72,000 students in 127 PK-12 schools. The district created a diversity office in 2006 after several community and school board members urged it to attend to some of the challenges faced by minorities in the community, says Monica Walker, the diversity officer for GCS.
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"The growing number of students of color necessitated that an office be created to address issues that come with the growth of that population," she says. Enrollment data show that GCS's PK-12 student population has become majority-minority, with 65 percent from minority groups.
To ensure equity in the school system, GCS analyzed student data and found that achievement outcome gaps were most profoundly noted around race and class. It also discovered that implicit biases existed that led to lower expectations for students from underrepresented groups. In an effort to reduce these biases, the district began encouraging conversations about social justice, such as the Black Lives Matter movement, in the classroom.
However, much of the school system's focus, and that of its diversity office, is on providing professional development support to teachers, principals, and administrators.
"So few of our incoming teachers of all races are trained to deal with many of the complex issues that accompany students of color, and coupled with [these students'] racial identity [is] … being economically disadvantaged," Walker says. "With the history of racism in this country, we must help our teachers understand what has framed our thinking."
GCS works to increase teachers' awareness of issues around race, ethnicity, and class through a series of workshops called Equity Wednesdays "Lunch and Learns." These sessions, which are led by state and local change-makers in higher education and business, provide attendees with a framework for understanding the racial and cultural inequities that exist in public systems and emphasize the need for collaboration to address them.
With an increased enrollment of students who identify as transgender, GCS's diversity office also works to understand the challenges unique to LGBTQ individuals and provide them services and safe spaces. In addition, the school district participates in an annual conference that teaches counselors, social workers, support staff, and teachers best practices for understanding and respecting sexual orientation, as well as gender identity and expression.
Furthermore, the Guilford County Board of Education has made its support for transgender students known by publicly opposing North Carolina's House Bill 2, legislation passed earlier this year that prevents transgender individuals from using public restrooms other than those that correspond with the gender listed on their birth certificate.
"We are still observing the national policy that allows students to use the restroom for their identified gender," Walker says. "Many families and students have been vocal in their appreciation and [are relieved] to know they're in a school system that is inclusive. Our priority has always been to be supportive and welcoming and to ensure the safety of all of our students."
Portland Public Schools
Portland Public Schools (PPS) in Oregon has 49,000 students in 78 PK-12 schools. Tasked with analyzing the impact of race on achievement outcomes by the state board of education, PPS created an Office of Equity in 2011. According to Jeanine Fukuda, the senior director of the office, the district found that students from underrepresented groups are often overlooked in the school system, which often leads to lower academic outcomes.
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Through the My Brother's Keeper Success Mentors Initiative — an offshoot of the national My Brother's Keeper program that helps young African American men reach their full potential — PPS works to remedy this issue by providing better academic and social support for underrepresented students. In the program, male students are paired with a mentor with whom they meet three times per week during the school year. Mentors serve as motivators, problem solvers, and advocates for their mentees.
The initiative is aimed at helping these young people form supportive relationships with educators, as well as identify and celebrate their strengths. Other goals include improving attendance rates and connecting students with the necessary support to stay on track.
A Portland Public Schools instructor assists a student working on a tablet during summer school at Roosevelt High School.
In addition to mentoring, Fukuda believes the curriculum should be a mirror for students so that they see themselves in it, as well as a window so they see the opportunities available to them. "As our world becomes more diverse, it's important for students to understand there are multiple perspectives in life, which enriches their learning and prepares them for when they will have to work with people from different backgrounds," she says.
The school system also places great emphasis on having a faculty that reflects the student body. In 2013, to help achieve this objective, the district adopted a policy that encourages participating schools to make a concerted effort to recruit and retain employees from minority populations. As a result, over the past three years, the number of teachers and administrators from these groups has increased by 25.6 and 29.8 percent, respectively, Fukuda says.
Most of the system's diversity and inclusion education efforts focus on teaching faculty and staff how to create an inclusive climate for all students. These efforts, Fukuda says, vary by school based on the demographics of the surrounding community.
"At the district level," she says, "our goal is to engage in courageous conversations about race with each staff member in our organization, understanding their own racial identity and the impact it has on their decision-making."
To increase awareness of how teachers' own identities may affect their students, the district created a racial equity lens tool. A simple bookmark, it contains five questions to help teachers and administrators think about the impact decisions and policies may have on underrepresented groups. Questions ask teachers what racial and ethnic groups are affected by policies, programs, and decisions; whether those actions and initiatives ultimately worsen existing disparities or have unintended consequences; whether teachers have involved other stakeholders and in what ways; what barriers exist to equitable outcomes; and how they will address those barriers and mitigate any negative effects.
"Often, we intentionally don't think about race because, as a society, we've been taught to not think about it — but we should," Fukuda says. "Part of finding missing perspectives is reaching out to the communities that will be most affected by decisions. We often hear from the loudest voices, which typically come from the more privileged, majority communities. However, one group cannot speak for the entire community."
The district is also beginning to focus some of its inclusion efforts on transgender students.
Cedar Rapids Community School District (CRCSD) has nearly 16,000 students in 34 schools in Iowa. Although the district doesn't have an office dedicated specifically to diversity and inclusion, it emphasizes these values via equitable practices and initiatives. In addition, CRCSD requires that each principal develop goals in these areas as part of his or her school's improvement plan.
To analyze the impact of multiculturalism on the teaching and learning process, the district holds a semi-annual Equity Summit that provides an opportunity for the principals to share their goals and best practices around diversity, equity, and inclusion.
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"Simply having diverse students doesn't do anything to shape their learning environment and instruction," says Kenneth Morris Jr., the manager of student equity in the Office of Learning and Leadership at CRCSD. "What's important is the community learning to interact with a multicultural mindset."
While there are similarities between diversity efforts at the K-12 and postsecondary levels, according to Morris, who worked in higher education for 15 years prior to entering K-12, there are also notable differences. He says younger students' diversity education centers around memorization, while higher education focuses more on interpretation.
"We have standards and tests in K-12, but in higher education, professors and students have rich discussions about what they read and learn. Their perspectives go beyond just reciting or sharing what is required from the reading," he says, adding that students who are older have the space and resources to self-explore. "College students are more likely to step outside the box and get involved in activities and programs that challenge them. Outside the comfort zone is a place of growth."
Although the number of K-12 schools that have implemented diversity initiatives is only a drop in the bucket, more and more institutions are recognizing the importance of educating younger students on these important topics to better prepare them both academically and socially for life in and after college.●
Lauren Healey is a senior staff writer for INSIGHT Into Diversity.
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Pearson postures over 'wild rivers'
Noel Pearson has resigned as Director of the Cape York Institute (CYI), with much fanfare from his legion of supporters at The Australian.
Pearson resigned after the Queensland state government, along with the Wilderness Society, announced that three waterways in the Cape York region of North Queensland would be placed under special protective legislation.
The Archer, Stewart and Lockhart waterways will be called "wild rivers".
Pearson has tried to argue that the legislation is an attack "on the rights of traditional owners".
"The rest of the country are saying… 'we're not going to allow you to develop any economic base'".
But contrary to Pearson's claims, the "wild rivers" legislation does not prevent economic development in gazetted areas. Grazing, fishing, eco-tourism and (controversially) mining can all continue.
The legislation will introduce strict environmental guidelines for sustainable economic projects, to be developed by the majority of Aboriginal stakeholders.
It is these conditions that anger Pearson, limiting his ability to negotiate destructive, multi-million dollar projects with major capitalists. Pearson and the CYI have long positioned unfettered commercial expansion in the region as the "solution" to Aboriginal economic disadvantage.
North Queensland Indigenous leader, Murrandoo Yannner, says Pearson is "letting a few Aboriginal people financially benefit at the expense of the rest of us being left in a dust bowl".
Wik Indigenous leader Gina Castelain says, "We want to protect our environment and our rivers. We are working hard to develop and maintain economic activity which does not harm our waterways." Ms Castelain said commercial fishing in the Archer River was undermining efforts to develop ventures such as recreational fishing and ecotourism.
Pearson's criticism of the "wild rivers" legislation must be viewed in the context of his high profile backing of the broad scale winding back of Aboriginal rights.
Despite his posturing about "returning to the barricades to fight for land rights" Pearson's resignation is a disingenuous attempt to protect the interests of a few at the expense of genuine community-led development.
These communities are already reeling from attacks that Pearson and the CYI supported. The CYI signed the deal to introduce the punitive Family Responsibilities Commission bill before holding any "community consultations".
The FRC bill introduces welfare-quarantine measures similar to those in the NT and has suspended the Queensland Anti-Discrimination Act.
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Nathan 28 July 2010 at 9:26 am
Having read hundreds of pages of Pearson I'm mystified by your assertion of him "backing… the broad scale winding back of Aboriginal rights". His thesis is a dialectic between responsibility and rights. The tone of his writing is complementary rather than dismissive of rights.
I suspect too that you use hyperbole again when you say Pearson wants "unfettered" economic expansion. Again the tone of his work is that he is intentionally not prescriptive of what economics are ideal for the Australian people, simply that it will provide work and income for Aboriginals.
I am curious as to why a number of writers on this website use dismissive rhetoric about Pearson rather than just a critical analysis of his actual words.
David Stone 25 August 2010 at 9:39 pm
@Nathan Here's a delightful quotable from Noel Pearson:
"Self-interest is the engine that drives the vehicle of social and economic progress."
Clearly he believes unrestrained individualism [read Capitalism] is the best way to advance society.
What's your analysis of this remark in relation to the tone of Lauren's article?
Do you believe the best way to advance an oppressed people is for everyone to pursue selfish ends or do you agree with Lauren?
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\section{Introduction}

Interacting quantum spin systems are a vibrant research field as fascinating
kinds of order are realized with rather complex order parameters or of
topological nature.  Even the spin-1/2 $XXZ$ chain, despite its long history
and being one of the best studied paradigmatic models in quantum statistical
mechanics \cite{GaudinBook}, remains a source of inspiration and fascinating
new progress. This model is integrable and in principle allows for the
calculation of objects that in generic systems are usually not accessible in
the thermodynamic limit. Among the relatively
recent results the discovery of a set of quasi-local conserved quantities
\cite{2013ProsenQuasilocal} with strong implications on the theory of
finite-temperature quantum transport \cite{2020BertiniReview} and successes in
the calculation of finite temperature correlation functions
\cite{GoehmannKluemperSeel,BoosGoehmann} are exciting achievements.

In this letter we are interested in phenomena of anisotropic quantum spin
chains requiring the understanding of energetical degeneracies in uncharted
territory. A first example is the physics of so-called spin helix states (SHS)
(\ref{eq:SHS}) which show sharp local polarization with respect to site
dependent axes. These states are routinely created, and widely used in
coherent experimental protocols \cite{2020NatureSpinHelix,2021Ketterle,
  2014HildSHS}.  SHS can also be generated as non-equilibrium steady states
via a dissipative quantum protocol
\cite{2016PopkovPresilla,2017PopkovSchutzHelix,2020ZenoPRL} or via controlled
local boundary dissipation.  Remarkably, the needed boundary dissipation is of
the type which allows the system to retain, partly, its integrability
\cite{ProsenReview2015}.

The eigenvalue degeneracies of isotropic quantum spin chains are well
understood on the basis of the $su(2)$ symmetry algebra.
Simple eigenstates, that are fully polarized  with respect to any axis form a multiplet of
degeneracy $N+1$ for the spin-1/2 chain of length $N$.

The high degeneracy of this ferromagnetic multiplet can alternatively be
explained by magnon excitations with soft Goldstone mode at wavenumber
$\mom=0$. Contrary to the usual situation when all magnons carry different
momenta, this precise $\mom=0$ mode can be occupied up to $N$ times.

A $z$-anisotropy of the spin exchange interaction lifts the high degeneracy,
leaving just two degenerate eigenstates with spins fully polarized in $+z$ or
$- z$ direction.  The $su(2)$-type degeneracies can be restored by the
so-called ``quantum deformation'' $U_q(su(2))$ of the symmetry algebra
\cite{Drinfeld,Jimbo,Jimbo1986q}, involving special possibly non-hermitian
boundary terms.

 Remarkably, an analogue of a Goldstone mode scenario can happen in periodic
 spin systems with $z$-exchange anisotropy, namely a multiple occupation of a
 single mode can occur, but now with a nonzero wave vector $\mom_0$ fine-tuned
 to the system's anisotropy $J_z/J_x= \Delta$ via $\cos \mom_0 = \Delta$.  The
 corresponding excitation can be created at zero energetic cost.  Like in the
 isotropic case, the possibility of multiple occupations of the same
 zero-energy phantom mode leads to the high degeneracy. Unlike in the
 isotropic case, the eigenstates form a multiplet of degenerate chiral states
 carrying finite current.

Excitations with momentum mode $\pm k_0$ were discussed in
  \cite{Ref1,Ref2,Ref3,Ref4,Ref5,Ref6} for accounting for the energetical
  degeneracies of the spin-1/2 XXZ chain and related systems. For certain
  systems with commensurable values of $k_0$ extended symmetry algebras are
  realized and the completeness of the Bethe ansatz has been investigated
  \cite{Ref2,Ref3,Ref4,Ref5,Ref6}.

 In our letter we show why a macroscopic occupation of precisely $\pm \mom_0$
 becomes possible, despite magnons of the wave number $\mom_0$ have
 non-trivial scattering. These states are realized by non-standard string-type
 solutions of the Bethe ansatz equations with infinite rapidities. The Bethe
 Ansatz equations for singular roots are satisfied with a universal choice for
 their arrangement (\ref{Res:PhantomBetheRoots}), which makes them effectively
 ``disappear'' from the set of Bethe Ansatz equations.
For this reason we call the roots with infinite rapidities phantom Bethe roots
and the respective excitations phantom excitations.

We find
phantom Bethe roots in
other integrable systems including open quantum systems and also
for higher spins.

Finally, we find that the     role of the fully polarized  eigenstates in the isotropic case is taken,
in anisotropic systems,  by  simple but rather nontrivial chiral states, the spin helix states.
The SHS have ballistic current and  a harmonic modulation
 (with period $2\pi/\mom_0$) of  transversal magnetization.
Remarkably,  the SHS  are created with  exclusively
phantom excitations, both in open and in periodic spin chains.

\textit{Factorized eigenstates at
  commensurate values of anisotropy.}  We consider the $XXZ$ spin-1/2
Hamiltonian for periodic and open boundary conditions.  For the periodically
closed chain we have
\begin{align}
 & H_{XXZ} =\sum_{n=1}^{N}  h_{n,n+1}(\Delta)\,,\label{eq:XXZ}\\
& h_{n,n+1}(\Delta)=J \left[\sigma^x_n \sigma_{n+1}^x
  +  \sigma^y_n \sigma_{n+1}^y+\Delta\left(\sigma^z_n \sigma_{n+1}^z -
  I\right)\right],\nonumber
\end{align}
with boundary conditions $\vec\sigma_{N+1}\equiv \vec\sigma_1$.  For
  convenience we put $J=1$ throughout this letter.
For the open chain
we have
\begin{align}
H_{XXZ}&= \sum_{n=1}^{N-1}  h_{n,n+1}(\Delta) + \vec{h}_l \vec{\sigma}_{1} +  \vec{h}_r \vec{\sigma}_{N}\,,
\label{eq:XXZopen}
\end{align}
with boundary fields $\vec{h}_l$ and $\vec{h}_r$ on the first and on the last
sites. In both cases a shift $- J \Delta$ in the nearest-neighbour interaction
(\ref{eq:XXZ}) is added for convenience. Both models (\ref{eq:XXZ}),
(\ref{eq:XXZopen}) are integrable and solvable via Bethe Ansatz methods
\cite{Baxter,FaddeevTakhtajan,SklyaninFaddeevTakhtajan}.  We parametrize the
anisotropy $\Delta$ of the exchange interaction as $\Delta= \cos \gamma$ or $\Delta=
\cosh \eta$ with $\eta=\ir\gamma$.

We want to construct factorized eigenstates of the Hamiltonians and
introduce for each site the qubit state
\begin{align}
&\ket{y}=\binom {1}{ \eE^y}\,. \label{DefQubit}
\end{align}
The qubit state (\ref{DefQubit})  with $y=f + \ir F$ corresponds to a fully polarized spin $1/2$
pointing into the direction $\vec{n}=(\sin \theta\cos F, \sin \theta\sin F,\cos \theta)$
with $\tan \frac{\theta}{2}= \eE^f$.
A site-factorized state, the so-called spin-helix state (SHS)
\cite{2016PopkovPresilla,2017PopkovSchutzHelix}
\begin{align}
\ket{{SHS}(y_0,\varphi)} &=  \ket{y_0}_1  \ket{y_0+ \ir \varphi}_2 \ldots  \ket{y_0+ \ir(N-1) \varphi}_{N},
  \label{eq:SHS}
\end{align}
subscripts indicating the site number, with uniformly increasing angles
  on some offset $y_0$ becomes an eigenstate of the $XXZ$ Hamiltonian if: (i)
  the increase $\varphi$ of the angle is identical to $\pm \gamma$, the
  parameter of the anisotropy $\Delta=\cos \gamma$, and (ii) the boundary
  conditions can be accounted for. The parameter $\varphi$ is real (imaginary)
  for easy plane (easy axis) anisotropy corresponding to a state with
  uniformly increasing azimuthal (polar) angle.

The bulk interaction of the $XXZ$ Hamiltonian applied to any SHS state
(\ref{eq:SHS}) results in 0 due to the
``divergence'' relation
\begin{align}
  &h(\Delta) \ket{y}\otimes \ket{y+\ir \gamma} =\nonumber\\
&\ = \ket{y}\otimes (\kappa\sigma^z \ket{y+\ir
  \gamma})- (\kappa\sigma^z \ket{y}) \otimes \ket{y+\ir \gamma}\,,
\label{eq:Divergence}
\end{align}
where $\kappa=  \ir \sin \gamma$.  For the periodic model (\ref{eq:XXZ}), the SHS
  will be an eigenstate if the periodic closure condition $\gamma N=
2\pi m$ with integer $m$ is satisfied.

This can only happen for anisotropy $|\Delta|\le1$.

For the open chain condition (ii) on the boundary
can be satisfied not only in the case $|\Delta|\le1$, but also for $|\Delta|>1$. For
$|\Delta|>1$ we may use expression (\ref{eq:SHS}) with the replacement
$\varphi=\ir\eta$ which results in a spin-helix state with fixed azimuthal
angle and uniformly increasing polar angles.  The
eigenstate condition is fulfilled, if the boundary interactions
$h_{l}=\vec{h}_{l} \vec{\sigma}_{1}$ and $h_{r}=\vec{h}_{r} \vec{\sigma}_{N}$
satisfy
\begin{align}
h_l \ket{y_0}&= \kappa \,\sigma^z \ket{y_0} + \lambda_{-}
\ket{y_0}\,, \label{eq:hlAction}\\
h_r \ket{y_{N-1}}&= -\kappa\,
  \sigma^z\ket{y_{N-1}}
  + \lambda_{+}\,
  \ket{y_{N-1}}\,, \label{eq:hrAction}
\end{align}
where $y_{N-1}=y_0+\ir (N-1)\gamma$, and $\lambda_\pm$ are some
  boundary-dependent constants.  The energy eigenvalue
is $E=\lambda_{-}+\lambda_{+}$.  Note that in the open chain case a condition on
the anisotropy $\Delta$ like in the periodic case is absent and $\varphi$ in
(\ref{eq:SHS}) can be real or imaginary.

Although having the same algebraic form, the SHS for the easy plane and
  easy axis cases have rather different physical properties as
  visualized in Fig.~\ref{Fig-SHSCosCosh}.

The factorized SHS state is after the ferromagnetic state the simplest
eigenstate of $XXZ$ spin chains.  Yet the SHS (\ref{eq:SHS}) is quite nontrivial,
and describes a ``frozen'' spin precession around the $z$-axis with period
$2\pi/\varphi$, see Fig.~\ref{Fig-SHSCosCosh}.
Due to the chiral nature, the SHS carries a
remarkably high magnetization current, finite
in the thermodynamic limit:
\begin{align*}
 \langle j^z\rangle_{SHS} &=\langle 4 \ir ( \sigma_n^{+}\sigma_{n+1}^{-} - h.c. )\rangle_{SHS
=  \pm 2 \frac{\sin \gamma}{ \,\cosh^2 ({\rm Re}[y_0])},
\end{align*}
where the sign $\pm$ corresponds to the choice $\varphi = \pm \gamma$ in
(\ref{eq:SHS}). Remarkably, the SHS (\ref{eq:SHS}) with adjustable
  wavelength can be realized in cold atom experiments
  \cite{2020NatureSpinHelix,2021Ketterle}.

The very existence of an eigenstate (\ref{eq:SHS}) for the periodic spin chain,
characterized by periodic modulations in the magnetization profile seems to
contradict the $U(1)$ symmetry: $XXZ$ eigenvectors
split in blocks with well defined values of the global magnetization $S^z= \sum_n
\sigma_n^z$ and expectation values $ \langle \sigma_n^{+} \rangle =\langle \sigma_n^{-} \rangle
=0$ vanish, and so do $ \langle \sigma_n^{x} \rangle=\langle
\sigma_n^{y} \rangle=0$.

This paradox is resolved by the energetical degeneracy of eigenstates with
different values of the total magnetization $S^z$. We will show that  a superposition of states from
different blocks yields the state (\ref{eq:SHS}) which is not an eigenstate of
the operator $ {S}^z$.

\textit{Phantom Bethe roots at  commensurate anisotropies in periodic $XXZ$ chains.}
The eigenstates and eigenvalues are given in terms of rapidities $\mu_j$
($j=1,2,\ldots n$) whose total number $n$ may take any value out of $0,1,\ldots N$.
For any solution of the Bethe Ansatz equations (BAE)
\begin{align}
&\frac{\sinh^N (\mu_j-\ir \gamma/2)}{\sinh^N (\mu_j+\ir \gamma/2)} =\prod_{\kind\neq j}^n
\frac{\sinh (\mu_j-\mu_\kind-\ir \gamma)}{\sinh (\mu_j-\mu_\kind+\ir \gamma)},\label{eq:BAE
\end{align}
there is an eigenstate with energy and total momentum
\begin{align}
  &E=-\sum_{j=1}^n e(\mu_j),
  \quad K=\sum_{j=1}^n \mom(\mu_j)\,,
\label{eq:BetheEigenvalue}
\end{align}
with  single particle energy and momentum defined by
\begin{align}
 e(\mu_j)=\frac{4 \sin^2 \gamma }{ \cosh(2\mu_j)-\cos\gamma}\,,  \ \   \eE^{\ir \mom(\mu) } =\frac{\sinh
   (\mu+ \ir\frac{\gamma}{2})}{\sinh (\mu-\ir \frac{\gamma}{2})}.
 \label{singlspartmoment}
\end{align}
The Bethe eigenvector $\Psi_{\mu_1,\ldots \mu_n}=B(\mu_1)\ldots B( \mu_n) \ket{0}$
is obtained by the application of magnon creation operators $B(\mu_j)$ to the
reference state $\ket{0}=\ket{\uparrow \uparrow \ldots \uparrow }$
of fully polarized spins \cite{FaddeevTakhtajan,SM}.

\textit{Definition.} We shall call a Bethe root $\mu_p$ satisfying
(\ref{eq:BAE}), a \textit{phantom} Bethe root, if it does not give a
contribution to the respective energy eigenvalue (\ref{eq:BetheEigenvalue})
i.e.~if
${\rm Re}[\mu_p]=  \pm \infty$.
The next Lemma affirms that such phantom Bethe roots do exist: \textbf{ Lemma
  1:} For anisotropy $\gamma=2\pi m/N$ with integer $m$ there exist the
following ``phantom" solutions of the BAE (\ref{eq:BAE}) for any given
$n=1,2,\ldots N$
\begin{align}
&\mu_p=\pm \infty + \ir \pi \frac{p}{n}, \quad p=1,2\ldots n. \label{Res:PhantomBetheRoots}
\end{align}
These distributions remind of the string solutions to the Bethe ansatz
equations. Note however that (\ref{Res:PhantomBetheRoots}) holds for any
finite system size $N$ with a total number $n$ of roots
equidistantly distributed with separation $\pi/n$.
Note that our lemma describes the precise
arrangement of the infinite roots appearing in [1-6].  Upon
  introducing a finite magnetic flux resp.~twisted boundary conditions, the
  roots become finite while the imaginary parts stay
  close to the values of Lemma 1. This is relevant for the dependence of the
  energy as function of the twist and has important consequences for the transport
  properties, see \cite{SM}.

\textbf{Proof.} Assume $\mu_j= \pm \mu_\infty + \ir \pi {j}/{n}$, where
$\mu_\infty$ has a large real part which we let to $\infty$ when evaluating the
LHS of the Bethe ansatz equations.
As $\gamma=2\pi m/N$ the LHS of (\ref{eq:BAE}) becomes ${\rm LHS}\rightarrow
\eE^{\mp \ir \gamma N}=1$. On the RHS the term $\mu_\infty$ drops out leaving finite
 differences $\mu_j-\mu_\kind= \ir \pi (j-\kind)/n$. Denoting $\omega=\eE^{\ir \pi/n}$, we have
\begin{align}
&{\rm RHS}_j=\prod_{\substack{\kind=1 \\\kind\neq j}}^{n} \frac{  \omega^{j-\kind}\eE^{-\ir \gamma} - \omega^{-(j-\kind)}\eE^{\ir \gamma} }
  {  \omega^{j-\kind}\eE^{\ir \gamma} - \omega^{-(j-\kind)}\eE^{-\ir \gamma} }\nonumber\\
  &=\prod_{\kind=1}^{n-1} \frac{  \omega^{\kind}\eE^{-\ir \gamma} - \omega^{-\kind}\eE^{\ir \gamma} }
{  \omega^{\kind}\eE^{\ir \gamma} - \omega^{-\kind}\eE^{-\ir \gamma} }=
\prod_{\kind=1}^{n-1} \frac{  \omega^{\kind}\eE^{-\ir \gamma} - \omega^{-\kind}\eE^{\ir \gamma} }
{-  \omega^{-\kind}\eE^{\ir \gamma} + \omega^{\kind}\eE^{-\ir \gamma} }=1. \nonumber
\end{align}
Here  we  used that the set of $\omega^{j-\kind}$ with $\kind=1,...,n$ (and $\not=j$)
is identical to the set of $\omega^{\kind}$ with $\kind=1,...,n-1$ as we have $\omega^n=-1$.
~~~

\textit{Phantom Bethe vectors for periodic chains.} The Bethe vectors corresponding to the phantom Bethe roots (PBR)
solution (\ref{Res:PhantomBetheRoots}), under the conditions of Lemma 1,
can be constructed as described below
(\ref{singlspartmoment}).
The two signs $\pm$ in (\ref{Res:PhantomBetheRoots}) correspond to different
Bethe vectors which upon normalization read
\begin{align}
&\ket{\pm,n}\!=\!\frac{1}{n! \sqrt{\binom{N}{n}} } \sum_{\kind_1,\ldots ,\kind_n=0}^{N-1}
\eE^{\pm \ir \gamma(\kind_1+\ldots +\kind_n)}
\sigma_{\kind_1}^{-}\ldots  \sigma_{\kind_n}^{-} \ket{0}\,, \nonumber\\
&n=0,1,\ldots,N. \label{eq:PBRstates}
\end{align}
Each multiplication by a $B(\mu_j)$-operator adds a
quasiparticle with momentum $\mom(\mu_j)$ and zero energy.  Within the
standard picture \cite{FaddeevTakhtajan,SklyaninFaddeevTakhtajan}
quasi-particles obey a ``Fermi rule'': all $\mom(\mu_j)$ are usually
different. This property is violated for phantom Bethe roots $\mu_p$ for which
all $\mom(\mu_p)$ are exactly the same: either $\mom(\mu_p)=+\gamma\equiv \mom_0$ or
$\mom(\mu_p)=-\gamma\equiv-\mom_0$ depending on the sign of the singular part in (\ref{Res:PhantomBetheRoots}).
Repeated action of $B$
generates ``phantom" Bethe states (\ref{eq:PBRstates})
with ``quantized" momenta $\pm n \gamma$ and zero energy for all magnetization
sectors $n$, yielding the degeneracy of the eigenvalue $E=0$ between different
sectors.  Note that the $E=0$ state is not a groundstate of  (\ref{eq:XXZ}),
which is obtained by filling the Fermi sea with  quasiparticles giving negative energy contributions to (\ref{eq:BetheEigenvalue}).
The dimension of the degenerate subspace is $\deg=2(N-1)+2=2N$
since the states $\ket{+,n},\ket{-,n}$ for $n=1,2,\ldots N-1$ are linearly
independent and for $n=0,N$ the states $\ket{+,n},\ket{-,n}$ coincide.  The
degeneracy between sectors with different magnetization leads to eigenstates
with periodic modulations in the density profile. Indeed, the SHS
(\ref{eq:SHS}) with positive chirality and $\varphi=+\gamma= {2 \pi m}/{N}\neq
\pi $ is a linear combination of phantom Bethe states $\ket{+,n}$, and SHS
(\ref{eq:SHS}) with opposite chirality $\varphi=-\gamma$ is a linear combination
of $\ket{-,n}$
\begin{align}
\ket{SHS(y_0,\pm {2 \pi m}/{N})}={\binom{N}{n}}^{1/2}\sum_{n=0}^N \eE^{y_0 n}
  \ket{\pm,n},\label{eq:SHSexpansionInBetheVectors}
\end{align}
see Supplemental \cite{SM} for the proof.
Finally, note that the states (\ref{eq:PBRstates}) are chiral, which is evidenced
by nonzero expectation values of the magnetization current,  see Supplemental material \cite{SM}.
\begin{align}
\bra{\pm,n} j^z \ket{\pm,n}&= \pm
\frac{8 n (N-n)}{N(N-1)}
 \sin
\gamma\,,
\label{eq:PhantomBetheRoots-SpinCurrent}
\end{align}
 reaching its maximum of order
$|j^z|\rightarrow 2 \sin \gamma$ for $n=N/2$.

\textit{Mixtures of regular and phantom excitations for the periodic $XXZ$
  model.}
Here we  show that phantom Bethe roots can appear  alongside with
usual finite Bethe roots,  for other special values of the anisotropy.

Let us assume that within a sector of $n_0$ flipped spins, there exists a BAE
solution with $n$ phantom Bethe roots $\mu_1, ..., \mu_n$ and the remaining
$r=n_0-n$ Bethe roots are regular. We denote the regular roots as $x_1, \ldots
,x_r$ where $x_{j}= \mu_{n+j}$.  Let us consider separately the BAE
(\ref{eq:BAE}) subsets for phantom $\mu_p$ and for regular $x_j$. Substituting
(\ref{Res:PhantomBetheRoots}) in (\ref{eq:BAE}) we obtain
\begin{align}
&\eE^{ \ir \gamma (N-2 r)}= 1,\label{speclrootsII}
\end{align}
since each factor of the RHS containing a mixed pair $\mu_p$, $x_j$
contributes a term $\exp(2\ir\gamma )$. The product over factors
of the RHS involving two phantom roots results in $+1$ precisely
as in \textbf{ Lemma 1}.  The criterion
(\ref{speclrootsII}) fixes the anisotropy parameter
while the BAE subset for regular roots simplifies to
\begin{align}
&\frac{\sinh^N (x_j\!-\!\ir \gamma/2)}{\sinh^N (x_j\!+\!\ir \gamma/2)} \!=\!
\eE^{\pm 2 \ir \gamma n} \prod_{ \substack{l=1\\\l\neq j}}^{r}
\frac{\sinh (x_j\!-\!x_l\!-\!\ir \gamma)}{\sinh (x_j\!-\!x_l\!+\!\ir \gamma)},\nonumber
\end{align}
for all $j=1,\ldots ,r$,
see also \cite{Ref4,Ref5}. This has the structure of the BAE of a twisted $XXZ$ chain, because of the
presence of a constant phase factor.  The signs $\pm$ match those in
(\ref{Res:PhantomBetheRoots}).

\textit{Phantom excitations in  the open $XXZ$ chain.}
The energy of
 Hamiltonian (\ref{eq:XXZopen}) is given by  (\ref{eq:BetheEigenvalue}) with an additional offset,
$E=\sum_{j=1}^N e(\mu_j)+E_0$, where
\begin{align}
&E_0=-\sinh \eta
\left(\coth \alpha_{-}+\coth \alpha_{+}+\tanh \beta_{-}+\tanh \beta_{+}\right),\label{E-XXZopen}
\end{align}
where the  boundary fields $h_{l,r}$ are parametrized as
\begin{align}
\vec{h}= \frac{\sinh \eta}{\sinh \alpha_{\pm}\cosh \beta_{\pm}}
(\cosh \theta_{\pm}, \ir \sinh \theta_{\pm},\mp \cosh \alpha_{\pm}\sinh \beta_{\pm}),\nonumber
\end{align}
and $+ (-)$ corresponds to the right (left) field. The Bethe roots
$\mu_j$ satisfy BAE of a somewhat bulky form
\cite{OffDiagonal,Zhang2015,PhantomLong,SM}.  After some algebra
\cite{PhantomLong} we find that if
\begin{align}
\pm (\theta_{+} - \theta_{-}) &= (2M -N+1)\eta +\alpha_{-}+ \beta_{-}+ \alpha_{+}+ \beta_{+}\nonumber\\
&  \ \mod 2\pi \ir,
\label{ConditionPhantom}
\end{align}
is satisfied with some integer $M=0,1, \ldots , N-1$, each set of $N$ Bethe
roots contains $n$ phantom Bethe roots of type (\ref{Res:PhantomBetheRoots}),
where $n$ takes one of two values $n_{+}=N-M$ and $n_{-}=M+1$
\cite{PhantomLong,ChiralBA}.  The remaining $N-n$ Bethe roots $x_j$ $(=\mu_{n+j})$ are
regular and satisfy reduced BAE
\begin{align}
&\frac{G_\pm(x_j- \frac{\eta}{2})\sinh^{2N} (x_j+\frac{\eta}{2})}{ G_\pm(-x_j-\frac{\eta}{2})\sinh^{2N} (x_j-\frac{\eta}{2})} =
\prod_{\substack{l=1\\l\neq j}}^{N-n_\pm} \frac{\sinh (x_j-x_l+\eta) }
{\sinh (x_j-x_l-\eta) }\times\nonumber\\[2pt]
&\times\frac{\sinh (x_j+x_l+ \eta)}{\sinh (x_j+x_l-\eta)},\quad j=1,\ldots,N-n_\pm,
\label{BAE1}\\
&G_\pm(u)=\prod_{\sigma=\pm}\sinh (u\mp\alpha_\sigma)\cosh (u\mp\beta_{\sigma})\,,\nonumber
\end{align}
while the total eigenvalue  has
contributions from the regular Bethe roots only.  We like to note that
(\ref{E-XXZopen})
holds literally for case $n=n_+$. For $n=n_-$ the
$+E_0$ contribution in (\ref{E-XXZopen}) is to be replaced by $-E_0$, see
\cite{PhantomLong}. We find that the BAE (\ref{BAE1}) for $n=N-M$ describes $\dim
G_M^{+} = \sum_{m=0}^M \binom{N}{m}$ Bethe states, while the remaining $2^N -
\dim G_M^{+}$ eigenstates are contained in the other, complementary BAE set
for $n=M+1$ \cite{PhantomLong, ChiralBA}.  Unlike in the periodic setup, where some
  Bethe eigenstates contain PBR modes, and other eigenstates are fully
  regular, in open systems, satisfying criterion (\ref{ConditionPhantom}),
  \textit{all} $2^N$ eigenstates include phantom Bethe roots.
Remarkably,  the  condition (\ref{ConditionPhantom}) appears in \cite{OffDiagonal03,Nepomechie2003,Rafael2003,Cao2013off} as a
condition for the
application of the Algebraic Bethe Ansatz. The
BAE set (\ref{BAE1}) coincides with that found by an alternative method
\cite{OffDiagonal03,Nepomechie2003,Cao2013off}.

Now we focus on the simplest Bethe states, corresponding to all Bethe roots
being phantom, $n_{+}=N$, the respective energy given by $E_0$
(\ref{E-XXZopen}).  We demonstrate that such ``phantom'' Bethe states are
spin-helix states (\ref{eq:SHS}) with appropriately chosen parameters. The
phantom Bethe states for mixtures of phantom and regular Bethe roots can be
also obtained explicitly and show chiral features \cite{PhantomLong,ChiralBA}.

\textit{Phantom Bethe states: open $XXZ$ chain. Easy plane regime $|\Delta|<1$.}
It is straightforward to verify that the SHS (\ref{eq:SHS}), with
$\varphi=\gamma$, ${\rm Re}[y_0]=\beta_{-}$ and phase ${\rm Im}[y_0]=\pi + \ir
\alpha_{-}+ \ir \theta_{-}$ (note that $\alpha_{-},\theta_{-}$ are imaginary and
$\beta_{-}=-\beta_{+}$ are real to ensure hermiticity of $H$), is an eigenstate of
$H$.  Indeed, one can check that (\ref{eq:hlAction}), (\ref{eq:hrAction})
are satisfied with $\lambda_{\pm}=-\sinh\eta( \coth \alpha_{\pm} - \tanh \beta_{\pm})$,
so that this SHS is an eigenvector of (\ref{eq:XXZopen}) with eigenvalue
$\lambda_{-} +\lambda_{+} $, which coincides with the phantom Bethe vector eigenvalue
$E_0$  (\ref{E-XXZopen}). For the magnetization profile of this SHS
see Fig.~\ref{Fig-SHSCosCosh}, top panel.  Unlike for the periodic chain,
here the eigenvalue $E_0$ is generically non-degenerate.

\textbf{Simplest experimental setup.}  Using our results, long-lived SHS can
be obtained in experiments where effectively one-dimensional spin $1/2$ $XXZ$
chains with tunable anisotropy are realized
\cite{2020NatureSpinHelix,2021Ketterle}. A spin helix of the form
  (\ref{eq:SHS}) with an adjustable wavelength is created within cold atoms
  setups by applying a magnetic field gradient in $z$ direction on an array of
  initially noninteracting qubits polarized along the $x$ axis, see Methods of
  \cite{2020NatureSpinHelix} for details.  To make the SHS an eigenstate of
  the $XXZ$ Hamiltonian, the wavelength $Q$ of the spin-helix and the
$z$-anisotropy $\Delta$ must be related as $\Delta=\cos Q a$ where $a$ is the
lattice constant.  Indeed under this choice an SHS of type (\ref{eq:SHS})
$\ket{SHS_{\pm}} := \ket{SHS(\ir F_0, \pm Q a)}$ will remain invariant in the
bulk and change initially only at the boundaries, since
\begin{align}
&\sum_{n=1}^{N-1}  h_{n,n+1}(\Delta)  \ket{SHS_{\pm}}  =
\mp \ir \sin Q a \left(\sigma_1^z - \sigma_N^z \right) \ket{SHS_{\pm}},\nonumber
\end{align}
as follows from (\ref{eq:Divergence}). The ends of the spin chain will thus
play the role of defects, and the state in the bulk will be altered only by
propagation of the information from the boundaries.  Thus the state can be
 destroyed only after times of order $t = N a/v_{char}$, where $v_{char}$
is the sound velocity, $N$ is the  number of spins and $a$
is the lattice constant.  For example, in
\cite{2020NatureSpinHelix,2021Ketterle}, the process of the expansion of the defect in the
bulk can be monitored. On the other hand, if the SHS period does not match the
anisotropy $\Delta\neq\cos Q a$, then the initial SHS will be
destroyed after times of order $t = a/v_{char}$.  On one hand, the effect
is robust (w.r.t.~the phase of the helix  and chain length $N$), and on
the other hand, it is sensitive w.r.t.~the matching condition for the
anisotropy $\Delta$.  This sensitivity can be used as a benchmark for calibrating
the anisotropy, or the wave-length of the produced SHS, or both.

~~~
\textit{Phantom Bethe states:  Easy axis  $\Delta=\cosh \eta>1$.}
The SHS of the form (\ref{eq:SHS}) with
$y_0= \ir \pi - \theta_{-}+  \alpha_{-}+ \beta_{-}$
satisfies (\ref{eq:hlAction}), (\ref{eq:hrAction}) with $\kappa \rightarrow
-\sinh \eta$ and $\lambda_\pm=- \sinh\eta ( \coth \alpha_{\pm} + \tanh
\beta_{\pm})$. Consequently, state (\ref{eq:SHS}) is an eigenstate of $H$ with
eigenvalue $\lambda_{+}+ \lambda_{-}= E_0$.  Thus, state (\ref{eq:SHS}) is a
phantom Bethe vector.  It describes spins on the lattice with fixed azimuthal
angle and changing polar angle along the chain, see
Fig.~\ref{Fig-SHSCosCosh}, lower panel.  Unlike the ``azimuthal'' spin helix
state (\ref{eq:SHS}), the ``polar'' SHS  carries no spin
current, $\langle j^z\rangle_{SHS_{polar}}=0$.

\begin{figure}[tbp]
\centerline{
\includegraphics[width=0.46\textwidth]{Fig-SHS.pdf}}\vspace{5mm}
\centerline
{\includegraphics[width=0.46\textwidth]{Fig-SHSpolar.pdf}
}
\caption{Components of local magnetization $\langle \sigma_n^x \rangle,\langle
  \sigma_n^y \rangle, \langle \sigma_n^z \rangle$ for SHS/phantom Bethe states
  versus site number $n$, for the easy plane (upper panel) and the easy axis
  case (lower panel), indicated with black, red and blue points respectively.
  \textbf{Upper panel:} SHS (\ref{eq:SHS}) with increasing azimuthal angle,
  the phantom Bethe eigenstate of (\ref{eq:XXZopen}) or (\ref{eq:XXZ}) for
  $|\Delta|<1$.  Parameters: $\varphi=\gamma=2\pi/19$, $y_0= \ir \gamma +
  1/\sqrt{3}$. Curves connecting points serve as a guide for the eye.
  \textbf{Lower panel:} SHS (\ref{eq:SHS}) with increasing polar angle, the
  phantom Bethe eigenstate of (\ref{eq:XXZopen}) for $\Delta>1$.  Parameters:
  $\ir\varphi=\eta=2 \pi/19, y_0= \ir \pi/6+N\eta/2$.  }
\label{Fig-SHSCosCosh}
\end{figure}

\textit{Discussion.} We have described a novel scenario of excitations in
integrable systems, namely phantom  excitations with
phantom Bethe roots  corresponding to unbounded rapidities.  The existence
criterion for these states is formulated and depends on the boundary
conditions of the system. Under this criterion a certain subset of
Bethe roots is located at infinity with relative positions at equidistant
points. This resembles a perfect TBA string, but is of entirely different
nature.

For models with periodic boundaries the PBR are responsible for degeneracies
between sectors with different total magnetization, and lead to factorized
spin helix eigenstates at anisotropies given by (\ref{speclrootsII}).
Also
for the open $XXZ$ model the PBR related eigenstates are
spin helix states with winding polarization vector, in the easy plane regime,
and the ``polar angle''-version of the latter, in the easy axis regime.  Our
results can be used for the generation of stable spin helix states in
experimental setups realizing $XXZ$ chains
\cite{2020NatureSpinHelix,2021Ketterle}.

While our discussion was restricted to the $XXZ$ model, the presence of
phantom Bethe roots, due to their simple analytic form
(\ref{Res:PhantomBetheRoots}), can be easily established in other integrable
models, e.g. in the periodic spin-1 Fateev-Zamolodchikov model
\cite{ZF80,Kulish83,Ritt90}, and arbitrary spin $s$ generalizations
\cite{,ZF-BAE,Babujian1986,Kirillov1987,FaddeevArXiv}, see Supplemental Material \cite{SM}.  It
would be interesting to search for PBR analogues in intrinsically
non-hermitian integrable models, e.g.  \cite{EsslerZiolkowska,Pozsgay}.

\begin{acknowledgments}
 Financial support from the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft through DFG
 project KL 645/20-1, is gratefully acknowledged.  X.~Z. thanks the Alexander
 von Humboldt Foundation for financial support. V.~P. acknowledges support by
 European Research Council (ERC) through the advanced Grant
 No. 694544—OMNES. V.~P. thanks S.~Essink for indicating the work in
 \cite{2020NatureSpinHelix}. We thank W. Ketterle for drawing our
   attention to his newest experiment \cite{2021Ketterle}, where the time
   evolution of a transversal spin helix state (\ref{eq:SHS}) has been
   studied.
\end{acknowledgments}

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The Obama Economy: Still Not Recovered
By Tom Blumer 2012-10-31T01:48:21
On Friday, the government reported that the nation's gross domestic product (GDP) grew at an annual rate of only 2.0 percent.
The establishment press thinks we're supposed to be happy that it wasn't the 1.8 percent analysts expected. Please. Over one-third of the reported growth came from increasesd federal defense expenditures, which may only have occurred because of the "need" to spend as much as possible before the September end of Uncle Sam's fiscal year and the onset of sequestration. Additionally, nonresidential investment in the private sector, which is most definitely not "doing fine" as President Obama claimed in June, actually dropped.
Annual growth remains on a downward trajectory. So far in 2012, the economy has grown at an annual rate of 1.7 percent. Last year, it grew by 1.8 percent, and in 2010 by 2.4 percent.
Here's a bone for the clowns in the Obama campaign like Stephanie Cutter who go on TV and blatantly lie about how the current economy is generating Reagan-like numbers. The economy under Ronald Reagan also saw declining annual growth, except for one "little" thing: GDP expansion went from an astonishing 7.2 percent in 1984 to a perfectly fine 4.1 percent in 1985 to a still pretty darned good 3.5 percent in 1986.
Several commentators, including the American Enterprise Institute's James Pethokoukis, while accurately noting that the Reagan-era recovery saw growth which almost tripled what we've seen under Obama during the 13 quarters since the recession officially ended, understate this economy's real-world underperformance and its negative impact on everyday people.
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I think we're in a recession until real per capita GDP gets back up to where it was before (the recession began) ... on any common sense definition, the average American is below where he was before, or his family, in terms of real income, GDP. We're still in a recession. And, and we're not gonna be out of it for awhile, but we will get out of it.
Guess what, pal? We're not "out of it" yet:
Perhaps the Obamalover of Omaha thought that the economy would achieve this benchmark by now, and as such that his statement two years ago carried no political risk. Well sir, we're still 1.5 percent below the the pre-recession per capita GDP peak. At the rate of growth seen in the past three quarters, we won't get above it until the second quarter of 2014, five years after the recession officially ended. No post-World War II economy has performed this poorly after a recession.
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Samsung's new wall oven lets you livestream a video feed of what's cooking
The company is refreshing its line of customizable kitchen appliances.
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River Ave. Blues » Examining Michael Pineda's service time
Examining Michael Pineda's service time
August 15, 2013 by Mike 32 Comments
MLB prepared to adopt expanded replay with manager's challenge system
(Scranton Times-Tribune)
It has now been more than 20 months since the Yankees acquired Michael Pineda (and Jose Campos) from the Mariners for Jesus Montero (and Hector Noesi), and they're still waiting to get some actual big league production out of the deal. Campos missed most of last year due to injury and is still in the lower levels of minors while Pineda has been out following major shoulder surgery. So far, the only useful thing to come out of that trade for New York was an open 40-man roster spot. It's been a disaster to date, but luckily there's time to change that.
Because he spent all of 2011 in the big leagues with the Mariners and all of 2012 on the Major League DL with the Yankees, Pineda came into 2013 with exactly two years of service time. The Bombers activated him off his rehab assignment and optioned him to Triple-A Scranton on July 7th, which was the 99th day of the season by my unofficial count. Pineda is sitting on two years and 99 days of service time at the moment, which is written 2.099 in baseball jargon.
Back in April, Ryan Galla of CAA Sports projected the Super Two cutoff at 2.119 of service time. The latest Collective Bargaining Agreement lowered the Super Two cutoff, which is one of the few things the players got out of the owners. More money for a select few players. Pineda has already been in Triple-A long enough to delay his free agency — he won't be eligible until after the 2017 now — but delaying his arbitration clock is a little trickier because the team only has 20 or so days on the big league roster to play with, and that would be cutting it very close.
The regular seasons for the four full season minor league affiliates end no later than September 2nd, and of those four teams, only Double-A Trenton will go to the postseason. They haven't clinched anything yet, but they have a six-game lead and 20 games to play. The Short Season Staten Island Yankees end their season on September 4th, but they aren't going to the playoffs. The two Rookie GCL Yanks teams end their regular seasons on August 29th and it's very likely one or both will go to the postseason. Those playoffs are very short though, a one-game series in round one and best-of-three series in round two. They'll be over before you know it.
Pineda is currently on the Triple-A Scranton DL with tightness in his shoulder, but it's nothing serious and it was reportedly last week he would be shut down for 7-10 days as a precaution. Today is day nine, but I doubt he'll jump back into the RailRiders rotation. The Yankees will probably have Pineda ease back into things, first by playing catch on flat ground before advancing to the bullpen and a simulated game, something like that. His return to game action may still be two weeks away, when the minor league season just about ends.
(AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
The Yankees end their regular season on September 29th, so the earliest they could activate Pineda and prevent him from getting those 20 extra days of service time is September 10th. Remember, that 2.119 figure is just a projection and my 2.099 figure is just an estimate, so that 20-day number should be taken with a grain of salt. If the Yankees want to keep Pineda in the minors as long as possible, they could send him to Double-A Trenton when healthy and hope they have a long playoff run, or they could just keep him on the DL and work him back very slowly. The latter gives them much more flexibility, obviously.
Now, there are some wildcards here beyond the uncertainty of that 20-day number. One, do the Yankees even care about Pineda's arbitration clock? His free agency has been pushed back and that's the most important thing. All this time missed due to injury means his first year arbitration raise would be relatively small, maybe putting him in the $2-2.5M salary range for 2014. Remember, he was an All-Star with Seattle back in the day, and that alone will earn him a nice raise. There is a carry over affect though, avoiding arbitration in 2014 doesn't just save the team money next year, it saves them money from 2015-2017 as well. With the plan to get under the $189M luxury tax threshold looming, every saved dollar counts.
Two, the Yankees do want to try to get into the postseason. Their chances are small right now — 6.3% according to Baseball Prospectus — but they've been able to string together some wins of late and who knows where they'll sit in two or three weeks. If they're close enough to make a run, having Pineda on the team could help their cause. They have already indicated a willingness to use him out of the bullpen down the stretch, but Pineda could also give them another start if Phil Hughes continues to be un-pitchable.
Three, how does the team feel about the trade? Are they desperate to get Pineda to the big leagues so the swap looks like less of a disaster? I'm guessing no. They wouldn't have optioned him to Triple-A in July if that was the case. The Yankees seem to be focused on getting him healthy and ready for Spring Training 2014. All of this stuff will impact the team's decision about whether to try to delay Pineda's arbitration clock next month, which will be easier said than done. This is already a second lost season, but maybe they could salvage it by further manipulating his service time.
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