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EGYPT: Reactions to burning of Shafiq campaign headquarters after election result triggers violence
Title: EGYPT: Reactions to burning of Shafiq campaign headquarters after election result triggers violence
Summary: PEOPLE BUYING NEWSPAPERS (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) EGYPTIAN PROTESTER, HASSAN MOHAMED, SAYING: "Everything that's happened is wrong, who set the fire to the building (Ahmed Shafiq's campaign headquarters)? And for what reason? Everyone can freely elect the person he needs, we need a free government, we need all of these people to be free, but we don't need fire (violence)." PROTESTERS AT TAHRIR SQUARE (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) EGYPTIAN PROTESTER, AHMED ESSAM, SAYING: "Well, I agree that people stream into Tahrir Square, but only to complete the demands of the revolution. Everyone in the square now, I am one of them, is not affiliated with any political party, but we need to see our country in a good image. I do not need the remnants of the previous regime to appear again on the political landscape." PEOPLE WALKING DOWN TAHRIR SQUARE CARS DRIVING PAST TAHRIR SQUARE
Location: Egypt
Topics: Politics
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Story Text: Demonstrators furious that Hosni Mubarak's last prime minister made it into the run-off for Egypt's presidential election set fire to his campaign headquarters on Monday (May 28), underscoring the divisive outcome of the country's historic vote.
Former air force commander Ahmed Shafiq, who has described Mubarak as a role model, will face the Muslim Brotherhood's Mohamed Mursi in the run-off in June.
It is a contest between the two most polarising and controversial figures in the race.
A group of protesters broke into and vandalised Shafiq's office in the residential district of Dokki before setting it ablaze, state news agency reported.
An official in the fire service confirmed the blaze had been extinguished without causing any casualties.
"Everything that's happened is wrong, who set the fire to the building? And for what reason? Everyone can freely elect the person he needs, we need a free government, we need all of these people to be free, but we don't need violence," said protester Hassan Mohamed.
Several thousand protesters took to the streets across Egypt to demonstrate against the result of the election's first round, which was officially announced on Monday.
"Well, I agree that people stream into Tahrir Square, but only to complete the demands of the revolution. Everyone in the square now, I am one of them, is not affiliated with any political party, but we need to see our country in a good image. I do not need the remnants of the previous regime to appear again on the political landscape," said another protester, Ahmed Essam.
Many analysts had predicted that a Shafiq-Mursi run-off could trigger trouble.
The vote marks a ballot box struggle between a symbol of the military-based autocracy of the last six decades and one of the Islamist movements it had oppressed.
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Retail investors see gold prices pushing through $2,300 an ounce in 2021
Kitco News Thursday December 31, 2020 12:53
Kitco News has launched its 2021 Outlook, which offers the most comprehensive coverage of precious metals markets in the new year. Trillions of dollars were pumped into financial markets in 2020 and that won't come without consequences. Economists expect that investors will be Bracing For Inflation in 2021.
(Kitco News) - Although the gold market is struggling to break above $1,900 an ounce on the last trading day of 2020, the rally in the precious metal is not over yet as sentiment among retail investors remains extremely bullish ahead of the new year.
This past week, nearly 2,000 people participated in the Kitco News special outlook survey, asking them where they see gold prices by the end of 2021. Out of 1944 votes cast, 1,646 participates, or 84%, said they saw gold prices over $2,000 an ounce by the end of next year.
The average price of all the votes cast calls for gold prices to push above $2,300 an ounce. The biggest bloc of voters, 266, or 14%, called for gold prices to trade between $2,500 and $2,600 an ounce.
Looking at the extreme bullish case for gold, 152 participants, or 8%, of the vote called for gold prices to be above $3,000 an ounce.
There does not appear to be many investors neutral on gold as 212, or 11%, said they see gold price between $1,900 and $2,100 an ounce.
Although gold prices down 8% from their August highs, there is not a lot of negative sentiment in the precious metals market. Only 298 voters, or 15%, saw gold prices end 2021 below $2,000 an ounce.
Looking at the extreme bears, only 68 participants, or 3%, saw gold prices falling below $1,500 an ounce next year.
The outlook among retail investors is relatively in line with the analysts' 2021 forecast. Most major banks are expecting gold prices to average the year above $2,009 an ounce, with some seeing gold peaking around $2,300 an ounce.
Some of the banks calling for $2,300 gold in 2021 include Goldman Sachs, Commerzbank and CIBC.
Not only are analysts bullish on gold as central banks maintain ultra-loose monetary policy through 2021, but rising inflation pressures due to economic recovery in the second half of the year are expected to keep real interest rates in low to negative territory.
Bank of American was the biggest gold bull among financial institutions. In April, as central banks and governments around the world let loose unprecedented amounts of liquidity into financial markets, Bank of American said they saw gold prices going to $3,000 by the end of 2021.
Since then, the bank has walked back its April forecast; however, the commodity analysts remain fairly bullish on the precious metal, seeing gold prices average next year around $2,063 an ounce.
"As the global economy opens up, gold faces more challenges, making it tricky to hit $3,000/oz; that said, the ongoing fiscal and monetary stimulus should push the yellow metal above $2,000/oz again," the bank's analysts said in its 2021 outlook report.
Leigh Goehring, managing partner at Goehring & Rozencwajg Associates, said in an interview with Kitco News that he is expecting gold prices to push to $3,000 an ounce.
"2021 will be the year that investors believe that there is going to be a return of inflation. We haven't experienced anything like that for 40 years. At some point in 2021, it will happen. This is when the next leg of the bull market will take off," Goehring said. "With all this money printing we've gone through in 2020, next year will be the year we are all disabused of the notion that we can print money without consequences. Gold can go through $2,100, and we could possibly challenge $3,000."
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NY Times sees new bipartisan consensus on criminal justice, ignores old one
A story by Adam Liptak published on the front page of the New York Times Tuesday has been getting a lot of attention: "Right and Left Join Forces on Criminal Justice." It described growing "signs of an emerging consensus on the right that the criminal justice system is an aspect of big government that must be contained."
I'm glad to see the story, and have witnessed many signs of this seemingly unlikely coalition here in Texas over the past several legislative sessions, and even on national issues.
But I'd disagree somewhat with the premise of the article, which is that the left and right are only just now coming to agree on criminal justice. The reality is, for my entire adult lifetime there has been a standing, bipartisan consensus on criminal justice: In favor of expanding its scope and boosting police power. The traditional framing of supposed left-right divisions simply doesn't fit well with the realities of criminal justice politics.
This becomes clear working in the political process: In general, liberals who like big government are more willing to use criminal laws to solve social problems. Even among Democrats who dislike mass incarceration, very few spend an ounce of political capital to oppose creating new crimes or increasing criminal punishments. That's how Texas ended up adding 40 new crimes and increasing penalties for 36 more during the most recent legislative session, even though the House committee in charge of most of the bills (Criminal Jurisprudence) was controlled 8-3 by Democrats.
The majority of bills at the Texas Legislature increasing or creating criminal penalties are carried by Democrats, and it was Ann Richards who successfully won nearly 100K new prison beds back in the '90s. At the national level, the biggest drug warriors in the Senate for 20 years have been Joe Biden, John Kerry and Tom Harkin. So this recurring characterization of conservatives as tuff-on-crime and liberals as "soft" ignores how such issues play out in the real world, where tuff-on-crime is a bipartisan consensus, not a culture-war style tug of war.
The "liberal-conservative" stereotypes on criminal justice mask significant diversity of views in both parties over support for mass incarceration. For the past generation, a plurality from both camps have joined together to beat down "fringe" elements of their respective parties by labeling them soft on crime and thus supposedly unfit to face a general electorate. That's why neither party will reliably support reform measures; a large number in both still hew to the "tuff-on-crime" consensus. Nearly all successful reform efforts on criminal justice piece together coalitions from discrete sub-factions in both parties that don't share that "tuff" consensus view.
On the Republican side of the aisle, too, there is much more diversity of opinion about criminal justice reform topics than the "tuff on crime" stereotype gives them credit for. There are three wings of the conservative movement with either ideological inclinations or near-term self interest in supporting certain aspects of criminal justice reform.
Libertarians are the easiest to identify, but they're also the smallest group and the least powerful. They're inherently suspicious of concentrated government power and critical of policies devaluing individual rights.
Less appreciated is the extent to which religious conservatives are frequently more willing, even, than many secular liberals to embrace notions of redemption and salvation for sinners. They're also more likely to listen to folks from prison ministries, chaplains and other religious voices who have direct contact with the system. Plus, they frequently come to the table with a notable and under-appreciated cynicism about government power. I can recall, after he was named Chairman of the House Corrections Committee by then-Speaker Tom Craddick, former state Rep. Ray Allen (a former campaign client, for the sake of full disclosure) once told me that his past included organizing anti-abortion protests at clinics where, when the cops showed up, they were usually there to protect the "abortionists" on the other side of the picket line. Given that somewhat confrontational history with law enforcement, it felt "a little weird," he once confided to me, being placed in charge of the state prison system. Allen went on to propose and pass legislation to divert first-time, less-than-a-gram drug offenders away from prison onto probation.
Probably the element that finally drew the New York Times' attention, though, has come in the arena of corporate conservatism, which has recently embraced narrow aspects of criminal justice reform in response to corporate prosecutions, prosecutorial misconduct, and the expansion of criminal law to rein in business excesses in lieu of traditional regulation (overcriminalization). Businesspeople don't like to be regulated, but it turns out they like being prosecuted even less.
This trend has been percolating in the states for a while and in places like Texas and Kansas, where seemingly unlikely reforms have come to pass, it was political coalitions built on these insights that allowed them to happen. I don't know whether that's replicable in D.C., where politics is more strictly pay-to-play. But there's a lot more potential for legitimate bipartisan consensus on criminal justice reform than on many other issues the nation faces.
Posted by Gritsforbreakfast at 10:55 AM
Labels: ideology, overcriminalization
R. Shackleford said...
They have too much power already.
Chris Halkides said...
A few months ago The Economist ran a cover story on reforming our sex laws. They noted the existence of the ratchet effect, in which each generation of politicians lengthens the sentences that the previous generation set. There is no political pressure to move in the other direction, even when it might make sense.
I think there is a lot to Scott's point about the corporate wing driving this because they have recently gotten a taste of what they were immune to for so long. Suddenly they know the despair of dealing with prosecutors and discovering what the rest of us discovered a couple of decades ago: (1) the prosecutor is in charge, and (2) if the prosecutor is wrong, see rule 1. There is no quicker way to get a spread about "emerging cultural change" in the NY Times than when the financial power barons have a social "insight". I also agree that there isn't a Dem out there, up to and including all that we worked so hard to elect for this change we can all believe in, who gives a solitary damn about the injustices of the criminal justice system. Our Dems are not and never have been about criminal justice reform.
There is an important development, though, I think, that is more meta to the traditional caricatured roles. I think the reason we are going to see changing attitudes as a natural consequence of the growth of the criminal justice machine. As Scott points out, attitudes really never were as simple as "soft Dems" and "tuff Repubs". But it is about to get more complex than any simple stereotype of that nature can possibly handle. The reason is that law enforcement has gotten into so many different areas. There is no one "for or against" attitude that will suffice. They have realized that diversification is the key to their survival and prosperity. Rather than being for or against law enforcement in general, we are going to move into an era when there are many groups who are for or against different types of enforcement activity. This was a smart move by the cops, because they have increased their lands while making themselves less accountable for any given activity. It also splinters the opposition, which is a tried and true method conservatives use to keep liberal power at bay. They splintered the left three decades ago and we have never reunited, and we apparently never will. They used economics, gay rights, and foreign policy to do it. The new face of law enforcement is going to have the same effect. There will be too much activity to be discussed or characterized under one label, and the overall effect will be splintering of dissent, which will weaken the general alliance against growth in police power. That's the way they want it. The proponents of police power in the country learned a hard lesson in the sixties, and they will never allow that to happen again. They are six steps ahead of politics at all times, and they are never going to relinquish the gains they have made. They now know how to manage public opinion, and we are going to see some rather sophisticated tricks emerging in the next few years. Sadly, I don't think any of these engineered changes in public attitudes will lead to any reversal in the trend toward constantly increasing police power, constantly increasing criminalization of behavior, and constantly increasing proportion of people entangled in corrections. Although traditional prison head counts may decrease, the technology of control is about to make huge leaps in sophistication, allowing increasingly large segments of the population to be tethered electronically in very restrictive and miserable ways. And since the traditional concept of a win in criminal justice is staying out of jail, people will welcome it with open arms. We are about to enter the era which books like 1984 and This Perfect Day were written about. Control will be applied from the bottom up, and within a few decades a majority of the population will be under some type of sentence of electronic surveillance and restriction of activity.
There exists an "us v them" mode of thinking. I agree that it is not really set in a political ideology but has traditionally been made up of a socio-economic one. It is only when those of a different status begin to be treated the same by the State that things begin to change. This is not a new advent but one that has precedent in every modern societal order someone, somewhere has tried to impose.
The problem, in my opinion, is not a fundamentally political one but a human one. There are those that wish to impose order and in doing so will justify every means to reach a desired end. It is acceptable in their minds and those in power fully weld their justifications on to others who blindly follow their lead. And when that person is stopped, another will take up arms and continue in another seemingly innocuous "for the good of all mankind" pursuit.
But it never really is for the good of "all." It is really for the good of some. And the other some are the ones persecuted, imprisoned, and end up with broken lives. Technology will make this dynamic easier than ever to implement, unfortunately.
I don't see a change on the horizon. I can only hope that from time to time some in power will remember that we are them and to perpetuate an injustice on one is to perpetuate injustice on us all.
I like Saul Bellow's insight, "There came a time (Early Modern) when, apparently, life lost the ability to arrange itself. It had to be arranged. Intellectuals took this as their job. From, say, Machiavelli's time to our own this arranging has been the one great gorgeous tantalizing misleading disastrous project."
I'm afraid the social experiment is not yet over. God help you if you are on the "wrong" side of it.
Tom K said...
As I noted over on my blog regarding this story, I thought the new coalition would have much more credibility if people such as Meese would admit that they were previously part of the problem.
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SECTION 2. The number of Council members shall be at least sixteen (16). An equal number of such Councilors shall be elected each year and hold office for a two year term or a three year term and until the next annual meeting of members thereafter and until his or her successors shall have been elected and qualified.
SECTION 3. A regular annual meeting of the Council shall be held at the call of the President without other notice than this By Law. The Council may provide by resolution the time and place, either within or outside the State of Texas for the holding of additional regular meetings of the Council without other notice than such resolution. At the annual meeting the Council shall consider changes in dues, amendments to the Constitution and By Laws, and proposals for affiliation and set the agenda for the business meeting of the Society. Newly elected Council members who have not yet taken office, shall attend this meeting but may not vote.
SECTION 4. Special meetings of the Council may be called by or at the request of the President or any two members of the Council. The person or person authorized to call special meeting of the Council may fix any place, either within or outside the State of Texas as the place for holding any special meeting of the Council called by them.
SECTION 5. Notice of any special meeting of the Council shall be given at least ten days prior to such meeting by written notice delivered personally or sent by mail or email to each Council member at his or her address as shown by the records of the Society. If mailed, such notice shall be deemed to be delivered when deposited in the United States mail in a sealed envelope so addressed with postage prepaid. If notice given by email, notice shall be deemed to be delivered once it is sent and verified via an electronic delivery receipt. Any Council member may waive notice of any meeting. The attendance of a Council member at any meeting shall constitute waiver of notice of such meeting, except where a Council member attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting to the transaction of any business on the grounds that the meeting is not lawfully called or convened. The business to be transacted at the meeting shall not be specified in the notice or waive of notice of such meeting, unless specifically required by the law or by these laws.
SECTION 6. Five voting members of the Council shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business of any meeting of the Council; but if less than five of the Council members are present at the meeting, a majority of the Council members present may adjourn the meeting from time to time without further notice.
SECTION 7. The act of a majority of the Council members present at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the Council, unless the act of a greater number is required by law or these by laws.
Section 8. Any vacancy occurring in the Council shall be filled by the affirmative vote of a majority of the remaining Council members but not less than a quorum of the Council. A Council member elected to fill a vacancy shall be elected for the unexpired term of his or her predecessor in office.
Any Council membership to be filled by reason of any increase in the number of Council members shall be filled by election at any annual meeting or at a special meeting of the members called for that purpose.
SECTION 9. Council members as such shall not receive any stated salaries for their services but by resolution of the Council any Council member may be indemnified for expenses and costs, including attorney's fees, actually and necessarily incurred in connection with any claim asserted against that Council member, by action in court or otherwise, by reason of his or her being or having been such Councilor, except in relation to matter as to which he or she shall have been guilty of negligence or misconduct in respect of the matter in which indemnity is sought.
SECTION 10. The current officers, the immediate past President, the Editor-in-Chief of the official Society journal, Journal of Neurotrauma, and eight additional council members shall constitute the Council. Councilors shall be elected to provide representation from the membership. Councilors shall be nominated by a nominating committee.
SECTION 11. The Council may, at its discretion, appoint an Executive Director with appropriate compensation to assist in handling the affairs of the Society. The Council may, if it deems necessary, appoint an executive committee from its members and may delegate to this committee such powers as it sees fit. The Council may apply for grants or secure donations for specific projects that are consistent with the purposes of the Society as stated in the Constitution. The Council or appropriate committees of the Council may meet to consider business at times other than the Annual Meeting, with expenses defrayed by said grants or donations.
The officers of the Society shall be a President, a President-elect, a Vice President, a Vice President-elect, a Secretary-Treasurer, and a Secretary-Treasurer elect. The Officers-elect shall serve one year as such prior to taking office as their elected position for one year. All officers shall be elected to two year terms, one as an officer-elect and one as an officer.
SECTION 1. President. It shall be the duty of the President to preside over the annual meeting of the Society, to serve as Chair of the Council, to appoint and charge, with the approval of the Council, the Chair and members of all committees of the Council and to carry out other activities usually pertaining to this office.
SECTION 2. President-elect. The President-elect shall automatically succeed to the presidency when the position of the President becomes vacant or upon the end of the President's term of office and may be assigned other duties as necessary.
SECTION 3. Vice President. It shall be the duty of the Vice President to carry out the duties of the President when absent or disabled. The Vice President shall oversee the review of abstracts for the annual meeting as well as forming the committee to judge the student awards. The Vice President will also determine who receives a travel award to the annual meeting based on applications submitted in request of travel awards.
SECTION 4. Vice President-elect. The Vice President-elect shall automatically succeed to the vice presidency when the position of the Vice President becomes vacant or upon the end of the Vice President's term of office and may be assigned other duties as necessary.
SECTION 5. Secretary-Treasurer. The Secretary-Treasurer shall be assisted by the Executive Director to keep accurate records, maintain an up-to-date membership list, give notice of all meetings of members and of the Council, and send out dues notices and collect all dues. He/she and the Executive Director shall be responsible for all funds and securities of the Society and shall make all disbursements in accordance with the budget approved by the Council. He/she shall submit an annual report of the financial condition of the Society and shall be responsible for any financial reports required by the Internal Revenue Service, the State of Texas or any other governmental entity. The Secretary-Treasurer will serve as Chair of the Investment Strategy Committee.
SECTION 6. Secretary-Treasurer-elect. The Secretary-Treasurer-elect shall automatically succeed to the position of Secretary-Treasurer when that office becomes vacant or upon the end of the Secretary-Treasurer's term of office and may be assigned other duties as necessary.
The following shall be the standing committees of the Council, whose members shall be appointed in accordance with these Bylaws:
Membership Committee.This Committee shall be comprised of the current Secretary-Treasurer who will be chair of the committee and three Society members, each serving a term of three years. The primary purpose of the committee is to increase individual memberships in the Society and to review applications for membership. Applicants may be granted membership by the committee. Applications must obtain the approval vote of at least two-thirds of the members of the committee.
Nominating Committee.This committee shall be comprised of the immediate past-president who will be chair of the committee and at least three other members of Council. Committee members may not currently be from the same institution. The nominating committee shall submit nominations for the office of President-elect, vice president-elect and secretary-treasurer-elect. They shall also submit the names of candidates for each position on the Council. It will be the responsibility of the nominating committee to prepare lists of nominees from the membership as described herein to ascertain the willingness of each nominee, if elected, to serve. Other names may be added to the ballot upon petition in accordance with the procedures established in these By Laws. At least two months before the Annual Meeting, a ballot containing the list of all nominees will be sent to the membership. For a member to be eligible for nomination for elective office he/she must be an active member in good standing.
Scientific Program Committee.This committee shall be composed of at least four Society members chosen by the President who is the chair of this committee. This committee is responsible for the scientific affairs of the Society. It shall develop the program for the Annual Meeting, including topics and contributors for major sessions and selections of proffered papers. Further, the committee is responsible for scientific programs held in cooperation with other American organizations.
Publication Committee.This committee shall be comprised of three Society members including the chair appointed by the President, each serving three years. The committee serves as liaison between the membership and the publisher of the Journal, offering advice and comment on general publication policies and fees.
Investment Committee. This committee shall be comprised of two Society members as advisors, the President, Secretary-Treasurer, Secretary-Treasurer-elect, previous Secretary-Treasurer. The current Secretary-Treasurer will serve as chair. The committee is responsible for monitoring and advising the membership on the Society's investments. Any changes that are recommended by this committee are approved by the Officers and Councilors at the Annual Meeting or via email.
SECTION 1. Any action required by the Texas Non-Profit Corporation Act to be taken at a meeting of the members or Councilors of the Society or any action that may be taken at a meeting of the members or councilors of any committee of the Society, may be taken without a meeting if a consent in writing or electronic communication, setting forth the action to be taken, is signed by a sufficient number of members, councilors, or committee members as would be necessary to take that action at a meeting at which all of the members, councilors, or members of the committee were present and voted.
SECTION 2. Subject to the provisions of the Texas Non-Profit Corporation Act, unless otherwise restricted by the By-Laws, members of the Society, members of the Council or members of any committee designated by such Council may participate in and hold a meeting of such members, Council, or committee by means of conference telephone or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other, and participation in a meeting pursuant to this Article shall constitute presence in person at such meeting, except where a person participates in the meeting for the express purpose of objecting to the transaction of any business on the ground that the meeting is not lawfully called or convened.
CONTRACTS. CHECKS. DEPOSITS AND FUNDS
SECTION 1. The Council may authorize any member of the Council, Executive Director or agents of the Society, in addition to the officers so authorized by these By Laws, to enter into any contract or execute and deliver any instrument in the name of and on behalf of the Society and such authority may be general or confined to specific instances.
SECTION 2. All checks, drafts or orders for the payment of money, notes or other evidences of indebtedness issued in the name of the Society shall be approved by the Secretary-Treasurer and processed by the Executive Director and in such manner as shall from time to time be determined by resolution of the Council. In the absence of such determination by the Council, such instruments shall be signed by the Secretary-Treasurer or Treasurer-elect or President.
SECTION 3. All funds of the Society shall be deposited on a timely basis to the credit of the corporation in such banks, trust companies, investment funds or other depositaries as the Council may select. The President, Secretary-Treasurer and Executive Director will be listed as signors on all accounts.
SECTION 4. The Council may accept on behalf of the Society any contribution, gift, bequest or devise for the general purposes or any special purpose of the Society.
DUES AND ASSESSMENTS
SECTION 1. All fiscal affairs of the Society shall be conducted on the basis of the calendar year. The Council may determine from time to time the amount of initiation fee, if any, annual dues, and special assessments for designated purposes payable to the Society by members, subject to approval at the next annual business meeting. No special assessment shall be effective until a proposal for such special assessment has been submitted to the membership and approved by a majority of the votes cast, by written or electronic ballot, in a referendum of the membership held in accordance with this Article.
SECTION 2. Dues shall be payable in advance of the 1st day of December preceding the beginning of each fiscal year. Annual dues shall not be pro-rated and will include a 1-year subscription to the Journal of Neurotrauma.
SECTION 3. When any member of any class shall be in default in the payment of the annual dues he/she shall be notified in writing or via electronic communication. Prior to the following April 1st, if such dues are in default, his/her membership may be terminated.
SECTION 4. The Council shall set the date for any referendum at least thirty (30) days prior thereto. The Secretary-Treasurer shall send by United States mail or via email to each member of the Society at his/her mailing address or email address as shown on the records of the Society a true copy of the subject of the referendum, with spaces indicated thereon for a vote of "for" or "against" and a notation as to the date and time of the closing of the referendum together with an identifying return envelope or return email. The Secretary-Treasurer shall count and tally the votes cast and received prior to the closing of the referendum. Such counting of the votes shall take place within ten (10) days from the closing of the referendum or as soon thereafter as practicable. Any member of the Society may be present at the counting and tallying of the votes. The results of such referendum shall have no force and effect unless the votes of more than ten percent (10%) of the membership in good standing shall have been cast.
Nominations for offices that shall become vacant shall be made by the nominating committee. Nominations can also be received by petition via email. Each petition must be signed by 10% of voting Society members and must contain a written statement by the nominee of willingness to serve. In order that the names of persons so nominated may appear on the ballot, petitions must be received by the Secretary-Treasurer via email 60 days before the Annual Meeting. The final list of nominees arranged as a ballot shall be mailed or emailed to the members. The candidate for each office receiving the highest number of votes will be elected.
The election of members of the Council shall follow the same schedule as for the election of Officers. The slate of the nominating committee shall contain names for each of the vacancies for both full and expired terms. Additional nominations for Council may be made by email petition. Each petition must be signed by 10% of voting Society members and must contain an email statement by the nominee of willingness to serve.
All officers and councilors shall take office at the end of the Annual business meeting of the Society.
INDEMNITY AND INSURANCE
SECTION 1. Each person who at any time shall serve, or shall have served, as a councilor, officer or employee of the Society, or any person who is or was serving at the request of the Society as a director, officer, trustee, employee or similar functionary of another Society, corporation, or other enterprise shall be entitled to indemnification as and to the fullest extent permitted by Article 1396-2. 22A of the Texas Non-Profit Corporation Act or any successor statutory provision, as from time to time amended. The foregoing right to indemnification shall not be deemed exclusive of any rights to which the Indemnitee may be entitled as a matter of law or under any agreement, vote of members or directors, or other arrangement.
SECTION 2. The Society is authorized to purchase insurance against the liabilities and expenses described herein or Section 9 of Article V above.
The Society is empowered to publish or to enter into agreements with others to publish such journals and other publications (Abstracts, reviews, newsletters, etc.) as may be authorized by two-thirds majority vote of the Council. Changes in the agreements which implement the publishing of a duly established journal or other organ may be authorized by a majority vote of the Council.
The Journal of Neurotrauma is the official journal of the Society which is owned by Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. The Society will have first right of refusal from the publisher for the name of the Journal should the publisher sell or dissolve the Journal as stated in the contract between the Society and Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.
SECTION 1. The Society shall keep correct and complete books and records of accounts and shall also keep minutes of the proceedings of its members, council and committees having any of the authority of the Council and shall keep at the registered or principal office a record giving the names and addresses of the members entitled to vote. All books and records of the Society may be inspected by any member or his or her agent or attorney for any proper purpose at any reasonable time.
SECTION 2. The fiscal year of the Society shall be on the basis of a calendar year.
SECTION 3. Whenever any notice is required to be given under the provisions of the Texas Non Profit Corporation Act or under the provisions of the Articles of Incorporation or the By Laws of the Society, a waiver thereof in writing signed by the person or persons entitled to such notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent to the giving of such notice.
SECTION 4. The By Laws of this Society may be amended, repealed, or added to, or new By Laws may be adopted, by the vote or written assent or electronic vote of a majority of the members entitled to vote who are present at a meeting called for the purpose according to the Article or Bylaws.
SECTION 5. Subject to the limitations of the Articles of Incorporation, these By Laws and the Texas Non Profit Corporation Act concerning corporate action that must be authorized or approved by the members of the Society, upon proper delegation, the By Laws of this Society may be amended, repealed or added to, or new By Laws may be adopted, by a resolution of the Council.
SECTION 6. The Society is empowered to affiliate with other organizations to any extent not prohibited by the Texas Non Profit Corporation Act. Proposals for Society affiliations may be initiated by individual members of the Council or by petition to the Council signed by 10% of members of the Society and to become effective must be approved by a two-thirds majority of the Council and a majority of the membership either by in person or electronic balloting.
Amendments adopted on August 31, 2015 by the NNS Membership by majority votes and accepted by NNS Council.
Helen Bramlett, PhD
President 2014-2015
Anthony Kline, PhD
Secretary-Treasurer 2014-2015
ARTICLE I - NAME
The name of the Society shall be the National Neurotrauma Society.
ARTICLE II - PURPOSE
The purpose of the Society shall be:
To promote original research in the fields of traumatic brain injury, spinal cord and peripheral nerve injury;
To provide a forum of the multi-disciplinary integration of current basic and clinical knowledge and concepts in the study of neurotrauma;
To promote the dissemination and applications of knowledge of these fields; and
To promote an awareness of the national and international health importance of nervous system trauma.
ARTICLE III - MEMBERSHIP
Membership in the Society shall be open to persons who share the stated purpose of the Society. Those having educational, research, or clinical experience in the field of neurotrauma are eligible for membership in accordance with the current By Laws of the Society.
ARTICLE IV - OFFICERS
The officers of the Society shall be a President, a President-elect, a Vice President, a Vice President-elect, a Secretary-Treasurer and a Secretary-Treasurer-elect. The officers-elect shall serve one year as such followed by one year in their respective office. All officers shall be elected as set forth in the By Laws of the Society.
ARTICLE V - COUNCIL
There shall be a Council responsible for the fulfillment of the scientific and business obligations of the Society.
The current officers, the immediate past President, the editor(s) of the official Society Journal of Neurotrauma and eight additional councilors shall constitute this Council. Councilors shall be nominated by the nominating committee and approved by the membership of the Society for two or three year terms with equal numbers of each (i.e. five two-year members and five three-year members).
ARTICLE VI - AFFILIATIONS
The Society is empowered to affiliate with other organizations.
Proposals for affiliation may be initiated by individual members of the Council or by a petition to the Council signed by 10% of members of the Society and to become effective must be approved by a two-thirds majority of the Council and a majority of those members of the Society voting.
ARTICLE VII – BYLAWS
The provisions of the Constitution of the Society shall be carried out in accordance with the Bylaws of the Society.
ARTICLE VIII - AMENDMENTS
Amendments may be initiated by individual members of the council or by a Petition to the Council signed by 10% of the members of the Society. Amendments must be approved by a two-thirds majority of the Council, must then be discussed at a subsequent business meeting of the Society, and must be finally ratified in a mail or electronic ballot by a majority of those members of the Society voting.
ARTICLE IX - DISSOLUTION
Dissolution of the Society for any cause shall be initiated by the individual members of the Council or by a petition to the council signed by 10% of members of the Society. Such motion or petition must be approved by a two-thirds majority of the Council, must then be discussed at a subsequent business meeting of the Society and must be finally ratified in a mail or electronic ballot by two-thirds of the members of the Society voting.
Dissolution must be in accordance with applicable regulations of the 1965 Internal Revenue Code, Section 506, or any amendments or additions thereto, as well as the Texas Non-Profit Corporation Act.
All funds and other assets of the Society, including any rights to funds, present or future, contingent or actual, shall be irrevocably assigned and transferred to any successor organization which has among its principal purposes the encouragement, development and dissemination of knowledge in the biological or physical sciences and has qualified as an exempt organization under Section 510 of the 1954 Internal Revenue Code, or any amendments or additions thereto. Such activities need not be the only purpose of the successor organization.
The selection of the successor organization must be approved by a two-thirds vote of the Council and named in the Council's minutes and its Articles of Dissolution, but need not be named in the motion or petition for dissolution.
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Team USA basketball: Every shocking loss since the Dream Team era
July 27, 2021 12:35 pm ET
With the Olympic Summer Games underway in Tokyo, the United States men's national basketball team is once again a massive favorite to capture a gold medal.
Since basketball was included as an Olympic sport in 1936 in Berlin, Team USA has brought home the gold 15 times in 18 appearances – but in 2021, Team USA is far from invincible, with three losses in the month of July alone.
Dominant squads such as the original Dream Team or 2008's Redeem Team have set an expectation that collections of American NBA superstars should never lose, but since 1992, Team USA has suffered 14 shocking losses in tournament and exhibition play.
For the purposes of this list, we're overlooking losses Team USA suffered when the roster wasn't full of NBA talent, in tournaments such as the 1998 FIBA World Championship, or the 2005 FIBA Americas Championship, where Team USA relied on college stars or unheralded Americans playing internationally.
Here's a list of every Team USA upset since NBA stars took over international basketball:
2002 FIBA World Championship group stage: Argentina 87, USA 80
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It took a decade before a Team USA squad laden with NBA superstars dropped a game, but the 2002 FIBA World Championships were the start of a down period for USA Basketball.
2002 FIBA World Championship quarterfinals: FR Yugoslavia 81, USA 78
AP Photo/Paul Sancya
The 2002 FIBA World Cup was George Karl's lone tournament in charge of Team USA. His squad lacked star power compared to previous iterations of Team USA, and was led by the likes of Paul Pierce, Jermaine O'Neal, Shawn Marion, Reggie Miller, Baron Davis and Ben Wallace. The FR Yugoslavia team that knocked Team USA out of medal contention featured Peja Stojakovic and Vlade Divac.
2002 FIBA World Championship 5th place playoff: Spain 81, USA 75
A young Pau Gasol was the only NBA player on the Spanish team that handed Team USA a tournament-ending loss, though several young Spanish players would later make their way to the league, such as Jose Calderon and Juan Carlos Navarro.
2004 Pre-Olympics tour: Italy 95, USA 78
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The 2004 Olympics cycle was so disastrous for Team USA that the dominant Olympic squad that captured gold four years later was known as the "Redeem Team." A blowout loss in an exhibition to Italy was a sign of things to come in Athens.
2004 Olympics group stage: Puerto Rico 92, USA 73
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Stephon Marbury's face says it all. This is Team USA's biggest Olympic loss on record, and was only the third loss Team USA had ever suffered in the Olympics to this point.
2004 Olympics group stage: Lithuania 94, USA 90
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Allen Iverson and Tim Duncan served as co-captains for Larry Brown's team in Athens – and they were the only players on the team to be named NBA All-Stars the previous season.
2004 Olympics semifinals: Argentina 89, USA 81
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Team USA left Athens with a bronze medal after Manu Ginobili and Argentina upset the Americans in the semifinals.
2006 FIBA World Championship semifinals: Greece 101, USA 95
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Mike Krzyzewski was appointed head coach of Team USA in 2005, and though he would go on to lead the team to three consecutive gold medals in the Olympics, his first tournament yielded a bronze after a shock loss to Greece in the semifinals. Following this loss, Coach K never lost again with Team USA, and posted a career record of 75-1 as a head coach.
2019 pre-FIBA World Cup tour: Australia 98, USA 94
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Current Team USA head coach Gregg Popovich, however, hasn't been quite as successful at the helm – though his rosters haven't quite been as strong as they could potentially be.
2019 FIBA World Cup quarterfinals: France 89, USA 79
Rudy Gobert's French team inflicted the first of what would be multiple painful losses on Team USA in the 2019 World Cup quarterfinals, ensuring the Americans would not compete for a medal.
2019 FIBA World Cup 5th-8th classification game: Serbia 94, USA 89
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The Americans then followed up that loss by dropping a game to Nikola Jokic and Serbia.
2021 Pre-Olympics tour: Nigeria 90, USA 87
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A rash of injuries across the NBA and an unusually late end to the NBA season hurt Popovich's roster for the 2021 Olympics, but he still boasts a squad featuring Kevin Durant, Damian Lillard, Jayson Tatum and Devin Booker, all of whom have an argument as top-15 (or in Durant's case, top-3) players in the NBA. Team USA's road to gold got off to a rocky start in an exhibition against Nigeria, as Gabe Vincent – a Miami Heat reserve who average 4.8 points per game last season – led all scorers with 21 points in an upset.
2021 Pre-Olympics tour: Australia 91, USA 83
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Team USA followed up its loss by dropping a second consecutive game, this time to Jazz sharpshooter Joe Ingles and Australia.
2021 Olympics group stage: France 83, USA 76
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In USA Basketball's Olympic opener, Team USA suffered its https://netswire.usatoday.com/2021/07/25/team-usa-falls-to-france-suffers-first-olympic-loss-since-2004/, falling to Gobert and France once again.
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'I honestly didn't know what jury duty was': 10-year-old confused after being summoned for jury duty
Updated: 9:21 PM EDT Oct 31, 2019
A family from Connecticut got quite the surprise when their 10-year-old son was called for jury duty.Fifth-grade student Nick Dondero received the letter in the mail summoning him to show up.While the family found it a bit comical, they're wondering how it even happened in the first place.Nick's mom laughed about it and tucked it away."Two, three weeks later, I'm going through to pay bills and I'm like, 'Oh my gosh, I never sent this back,'" she said.Each year, more than 550,000 people in Connecticut are selected for jury duty.The Connecticut Judicial Branch gets a list of names from four places: The Department of Motor Vehicles, the Department of Labor, Registrar of Voters, and the Department of Revenue Services.The list of names the Judicial Branch gets from Revenue Services does not include the date of birth. That is where Nick's name came from and why he was summoned."I was wondering, what if I don't go, I wanted to know if that was going to be a problem," Nick said.It wasn't a problem.The Judicial Branch said the Dondero family did the right thing. They checked a box on the summons letter saying he was underage and sent it back.Now, 10-year-old Nick is in the clear and does not have to report for jury duty.
A family from Connecticut got quite the surprise when their 10-year-old son was called for jury duty.
Fifth-grade student Nick Dondero received the letter in the mail summoning him to show up.
While the family found it a bit comical, they're wondering how it even happened in the first place.
Nick's mom laughed about it and tucked it away.
"Two, three weeks later, I'm going through to pay bills and I'm like, 'Oh my gosh, I never sent this back,'" she said.
Each year, more than 550,000 people in Connecticut are selected for jury duty.
The Connecticut Judicial Branch gets a list of names from four places: The Department of Motor Vehicles, the Department of Labor, Registrar of Voters, and the Department of Revenue Services.
The list of names the Judicial Branch gets from Revenue Services does not include the date of birth. That is where Nick's name came from and why he was summoned.
"I was wondering, what if I don't go, I wanted to know if that was going to be a problem," Nick said.
It wasn't a problem.
The Judicial Branch said the Dondero family did the right thing. They checked a box on the summons letter saying he was underage and sent it back.
Now, 10-year-old Nick is in the clear and does not have to report for jury duty.


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Gunlom
Kakadu National Park, NT, Australia
Rooftop pools atop five-star hotels ain't got nothing on this breathtaking natural infinity pool. Located in the southern region of Kakadu National Park, Gunlom is a popular swimming spot of unrivalled beauty. A huge emerald plunge pool sits at the base of a seasonal waterfall, while the calm pool at the top of the cliff features crystal clear waters and a panoramic view over the Kakadu woodland that stretches for miles. As the sun sets, colours come alive, lighting up the escarpment in a magical display.
How To Get There: Gunlom can be accessed from the Bowali Visitor Centre in Kakadu, a three hours' drive from Darwin and 3km west of Jabiru. Gunlom is now 2WD accessible, as the road has been recently upgraded. It is an unsealed road, however, so ensure you check access and conditions from the Kakadu website or information centres. (It's also worth noting that hire car companies won't allow you to drive 2WD cars on unsealed roads.) After wet season rains, the road can become 4WD-only if wash outs occur. The road to Gunlom also crosses over the South Alligator River, which usually closes for the wet season in late November/early December and re-opens in May.
Difficulty of Access: 5/10 It's only a short distance from the visitor centre but it is a steep climb up the escarpment, so a basic level of fitness is helpful to reach the top pool. The plunge pool, however, is wheelchair accessible.
Opening Times/Seasons: The waterfalls dry up in the middle of the year, but the pools usually remain open for swimming between May and October. The pool on top of the cliffs remains open for most of the dry season, but the bottom pools can occasionally close due to crocodile sightings. The road to Gunlom will usually close in the wet season.
Entrance Fee: A 14-day pass to Kakadu National Park costs $25 per person and can be bought here. Northern Territory Residents gain free entry when they show their NT driving licence. Children under 16 can also enter for free.
Facilities Nearby: The camping ground has some basic facilities, including flushing toilets, an ECD (emergency call device) and even solar-powered hot showers to warm you naturally.
Other Activities: Gunlom offers ranger talks, picnics areas and bushwalks. The 1km round-trip Gunlom look-out walk is very steep and challenging, but unparallelled views across Kakadu make it more than worth the effort.
Other Places of Interest Nearby: You're on the doorstep of billabongs, beautiful lookouts and peaceful walks. Yurmikmik is a network of tracks which will lead you to the waterfalls and plunge pools of the Marrawal Plateau. Bukbukluk can be reached by a short 2WD-accessible drive and offers views across the escarpment – it's a great place for a picnic.
Wildlife: Depending on the time of year, you'll see reptiles as small as the poywek (northern knob-tailed gecko) and as large as freshwater crocodiles. Rangers check for saltwater crocodiles before opening the area at the beginning of each season, but be aware that they can move into the area undetected, so proceed with caution.
Places to Eat: To fully embrace the Kakadu experience, there's nothing quite like a camp tucker meal, and luckily, the camping ground has barbecue facilities. For a (relatively) more formal dining experience, take an excursion to the town Pine Creek, a two-and-a-half hours' drive away. Here you'll find homemade pizzas and hearty Territory steaks at the Lazy Lizard Tavern, or head a bit further up the Sturt Highway for some reef 'n' beef in a tranquil setting at the Emerald Springs Roadhouse.
Where to Camp: There are numerous camping grounds within Kakadu. Large groups can comfortably camp at Merl, Muirella Park, Margudal and of course Gunlom. A small camping fee of $10 a night is for all sites and camping areas are split between 'generator' and 'non-generator' areas.
Other Places to Stay: For a non-camping option, both the Wirnwirnmila Mary River Roadhouse (open during the dry season, tel: (08) 8975 4564) and Cooinda Lodge (open year-round) have motel-style rooms. You'll find a wider range of accommodation options at Pine Creek.
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No.3 Boase Street is located in the heart of Newlyn, a vibrant fishing town in the west of Cornwall. The house, originally a pair of garages, later extended vertically to form two flats, was converted to make the most of the spectacular views across Newlyn Harbour, Mounts Bay and the Lizard.
Boase Street is at the heart of the Newlyn Town Conservation Area. The medieval streets are extremely narrow, and the experience of being in the town is intense and enclosing, but as soon as you gain elevation the experience changes to one of expansion and horizon. Our architectural strategy was to keep the existing building, to adapt the facade composition and update the house environmentally.
The existing house consisted of a number of small rooms, with low ceilings and no particular regard for the views. To reflect the experience of being in the town, the key idea was to completely strip out the top floor, and open it to the roof-space, creating a single lofty living space. The reorganisation of the openings captures the views and sun as it moves across the sky.
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Retaining all of the existing fabric and the carbon locked up in it was the starting point for our sustainability strategy. At ground floor level the structure was tanked internally, lined with insulated plasterboard and the floor insulated. The upper levels walls of rendered cavity blockwork were retained and the newly opened up roof space was insulated to beyond current regulations. A number of the existing windows were filled in to reduce heat losses and to change the appearance of the house, and the new windows are high performance low U value.
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\section{Topological phases in correlated chiral symmetric systems}
\subsection{Entanglement spectrum and topological phases}
In this section, we show that eight topological phases exist in chiral symmetric systems and discuss how the normal phases are subdivided by the symmetry under the Shiba transformation.

Before discussion about topological phases and entanglement spectrum, we mention entanglement spectrum \cite{ES_Li08,Pollmann10,Turner11}. This is obtained by diagonalizing the entanglement Hamiltonian $\mathcal{H}_s$, which is defined as
$e^{-\mathcal{H}_s}= \mathrm{tr}_{E} [|\psi\rangle \langle \psi |]$.
Here, in real space, we have divided the ground state into two parts; "environment" and "segment", and $\mathrm{tr}_E$ denotes the trace for degrees of freedom in "environment".
If the ground state is gapped, operators acting on Schmidt states belonging to "segment" $\{|\alpha\beta\rangle_S\}$ are effectively represented with a product of operators for states near the two virtual edges, and statistics of these factorized operators induce degeneracy of the entanglement spectrum which signals gapless modes at real edges\cite{ES_Li08}.
Note that the statistics of operators and the resulting degeneracy are not changed as long as the system is gapped.

In the following, we discuss topological phases in chiral symmetric systems.

(I) Let us start with the case of $\mu=0$, where the relations $Q=Q^AQ^B$ and $[Q^A,Q^B]=0$ hold. In this case, we can see
\begin{eqnarray}
Q^A\Sigma &=& e^{i\phi}\Sigma Q^A, \nonumber \\
Q^B\Sigma &=& e^{i\phi}\Sigma Q^B. \label{eq: fermi_2}
\end{eqnarray}
To satisfy the relation $\Sigma^2Q^{A(B)}=Q^{A(B)}$, $\phi$ takes $0$ or $\pi$.
In the following, let us discuss each case.

-$(\mu,\phi)=(0,0)$-
In this case, the relation $\Sigma^2=\1$ implies
\begin{eqnarray}
 U^A(U^A)^* &=& \1 e^{i\kappa} \\
 U^B(U^B)^*&=& \1 e^{i(\kappa)}\label{eq: fermi_6},
\end{eqnarray}
where $\kappa=0$ or $\pi$.
For $\kappa=0$, no degeneracy is required in the spectrum, while fourfold degeneracy is found for $\kappa=\pi$ since states $|q_A,q_B\rangle_S$, $U^A |q_A,q_B\rangle_S$, $U^B |q_A,q_B\rangle_S$, and $U^A U^B|q_A,q_B\rangle_S$ are orthogonal to each other.
Therefore, phases labeled with ($\mu,\phi$)=$(0,0)$ are subdivided by $\kappa$, and for $\kappa=0 \, (\pi)$, we can find a trivial phase (nontrivial phase which shows fourfold degeneracy in the spectrum), respectively.

-$(\mu,\phi)=(0,\pi)$-
In this case $U^{A(B)}$ is fermionic, i.e., they change fermion parity at each end, since the relations $\{U^A,Q^A\}=0$ and $\{U^B,Q^B\}=0$ hold. Thus, $\Sigma^2=\1$ results in
\begin{eqnarray}
 U^A(U^A)^* &=& \1 e^{i\kappa} \\
 U^B(U^B)^*&=& \1 e^{i(\kappa+\pi)}\label{eq: fermi_6},
\end{eqnarray}
where $\kappa=0$ or $\pi$. Thus, the phase labeled with $(\mu,\phi)=(0,\pi)$ is subdivided into two phases by $\kappa$. However, this does not bring about degeneracy in the spectrum. Instead, note that following relations:
\begin{eqnarray}
\{Q^{A(B)},U^{A(B)}\}&=&0, \nonumber \\
{}[\mathcal{H}_s,Q^{A(B)} ] &=&0, \nonumber \\
{}[\mathcal{H}_s,U^{A(B)}] &=&0 \label{eq: fermi_7}.
\end{eqnarray}
$[Q_A,Q_B]=0$ and $[\mathcal{H}_s, Q]=0$ result in the second equation, and the third line is from the relation $[\mathcal{H}_s,\Sigma]=0$.
Since $[\mathcal{H}_s,U^AQ^A]=0$, the state $|q_A,q_B \rangle_S $, $U^AQ^A |q_A,q_B \rangle_S $, $U^BQ^B |q_A,q_B \rangle_S$ and $U^AQ^AU^BQ^B |q_A,q_B \rangle_S$ are orthogonal; the relation, $\{U^A,Q^A\}=0$, results in $ Q^A U^A| q_A,q_B\rangle_S =-U^AQ^A | q_A,q_B\rangle_S =-q_AU^A | q_A,q_B\rangle_S $.
Therefore we can see fourfold degeneracy for $(0,\pi,0\, \mathrm{or}\, \pi)$.

(II) For $\mu=\pi$, we can see
\begin{eqnarray}
\Sigma Q^A &=& e^{i\phi}Q^A\Sigma \nonumber \\
\Sigma Q^B &=& e^{i(\phi+\pi)}Q^B\Sigma  \label{eq: fermi_8}.
\end{eqnarray}
For $\phi=\pi$, we can use the results for $\phi=0$ by redefining the operator for the chiral symmetry.
Let us see the case where $\phi=\pi$. In this case, one can find $\{\Sigma, Q^A\}=0$ and $[\Sigma, Q^B]=0$. Redefining the operator for chiral symmetry as $\Sigma'=Q\Sigma$,
we can see
\begin{eqnarray}
\Sigma'Q^A &=& e^{i0}Q^A\Sigma' \nonumber \\
\Sigma'Q^B &=& e^{i(\pi)}Q^B\Sigma'  \label{eq: fermi_9}.
\end{eqnarray}
Thus, we can discuss both cases in the same manner. Furthermore we can see that $U^A$ and $U^B$ are bosonic.
Suppose that $U^A$ and $U^B$ are fermionic, then, $ \{ U^A,Q^B \}= 0$.
This implies
\begin{eqnarray}
 \{ U^A,Q^A \} U^B&=& 0, \nonumber  \\
{} [ U^B,Q^B ] U^B&=& 0. \nonumber
\end{eqnarray}
This contradicts to the fact that $U^B$ is fermionic. Thus, $U^A$ and $U^B$ cannot be fermionic.
The phase factor is introduced for $\Sigma^2 =\1$, as done for $(\mu,\phi)=(0,0)$;
\begin{eqnarray}
U^A(U^A)^* &=& e^{i\kappa} \1. \label{eq: fermi_12}
\end{eqnarray}
For $\kappa=\pi$, we can see the fourfold degeneracy for each sector labeled by the quantum number for $Q$.
Therefore, for $(\mu,\phi,\kappa)=(\pi,0 \, \mathrm{or} \, \pi, 0)$ ($(\mu,\phi,\kappa)=(\pi,0 \, \mathrm{or} \, \pi, \pi)$) the system shows two- (eight-) fold degeneracy.
The results are summarized in Table \ref{table: summ_ent_spec}.

In the non-interacting case, chiral symmetric systems have additional symmetry under the Shiba transformation.
Here, we discuss how this symmetry affects degeneracy of the entanglement spectrum and focus on the case of $\mu=0$ since in this case, the system shows normal phases.
This operator is unitary and hermitian; $ P^\dagger = P$ and $ P^\dagger P = \1 $.
Besides the operator $P$ commutes with the fermion parity operator $Q$ and the operator for chiral symmetry; $[Q,P]=0$ and $[\Sigma,P]=0$.
In the case of $\mu=0$, where $Q^{A(B)}$ is bosonic, the above relations are reduced to:
\begin{eqnarray}
{} P^AQ^A &=& e^{i\phi'} Q^A P^A, \nonumber \\
{} P^BQ^B &=& e^{i\phi'} Q^B P^B, \label{eq: 16fold_shiba_16}
\end{eqnarray}
where the operators are decomposed as $P=e^{i\phi'/2}P^AP^B$, where the phase factor is necessary for $P^\dagger=P$.
Since $Q^{A(B)}$ is a parity operator, each factorized operator is bosonic for $\phi \; (\phi')=0$ and fermionic $\phi \; (\phi')=\pi$.
Concerning the commutation relation between $\Sigma$ and $P^{A(B)}$, we can see for $\phi'=0$,
\begin{eqnarray}
 U^AU^BK_e P^A&=& e^{i\sigma} P^A U^AU^BK_e \nonumber \\
 U^AU^BK_e P^B&=& e^{i\sigma} P^B U^AU^BK_e, \label{eq: 16fold_shiba_17}
\end{eqnarray}
for $\phi'=\pi$,
\begin{eqnarray}
 U^AU^BK_e P^A&=& e^{i\sigma} P^A U^AU^BK_e \nonumber \\
 U^AU^BK_e P^B&=& e^{i(\sigma+\pi)} P^B U^AU^BK_e, \label{eq: 16fold_shiba_18}
\end{eqnarray}
where $\Sigma=U^AU^BK_e$. The factorized operators satisfy the relation
\begin{eqnarray}
U^A(U^A)^* = e^{i\kappa}\1, && U^B(U^B)^* = e^{i(\kappa+\phi)}\1, \label{eq: 16fold_shiba_19}\\
P^A(P^A) = \1, && P^B(P^B) = \1. \label{eq: 16fold_shiba_20}
\end{eqnarray}
Let us discuss the structure of the entanglement spectrum for each case.

-$(\mu,\phi,\phi')=(0,0,0)$-
In this case, each Schmidt state, $\{|\alpha \beta \rangle_S\}$, can be labeled with $|q_Ap_A,q_Bp_B\rangle_S$.

(a) for $\sigma=0$, we can see $[\Sigma^{A},P^A]=[\Sigma^{B},P^B]=0$.
These commutation relations do not produce any degeneracy, and for $\kappa=0$, the system is in the trivial phase.
For $\kappa=\pi$, each entangled energy state is fourfold degenerate; the states $|q_Ap_A,q_Bp_B \rangle_S$, $U^A|q_Ap_A,q_Bp_B \rangle_S$, $U^B|q_Ap_A,q_Bp_B \rangle_S$, and $U^AU^B|q_Ap_A,q_Bp_B \rangle_S$ are orthogonal and degenerate, since $[\mathcal{H}_s,U^A]=0$, and $U^A=-{U^A}^*$.\\

(b) for $\sigma=\pi$, we can see $\{\Sigma^{A},P^A\}=\{\Sigma^{B},P^B\}=0$.
For $\kappa=0$, the spectrum is fourfold degenerate; since $[U^A,\mathcal{H}_s]=[P^A,\mathcal{H}_s]=0$, we can see
\begin{eqnarray}
P^AU^A |q_Ap_A,q_Bp_B \rangle_S &=& -U^AP^A|q_Ap_A,q_Bp_B \rangle_S, \nonumber \\
 &=&-p_A U^A|q_Ap_A,q_Bp_B \rangle_S. \label{eq: 16fold_shiba_22}
\end{eqnarray}
Thus, the states $|q_A\pm p_A,q_B\pm p_B \rangle_S$ provide the same eigenvalue. For $\kappa=\pi$, as shown above, the relation ${}_S\langle q_Ap_A,q_Bp_B |U^A |q_Ap_A,q_Bp_B \rangle_S=0$ holds. However, this is already satisfied due to the relations $\{\Sigma^{A},P^A\}=\{\Sigma^{B},P^B\}=0$. Thus, the spectrum is fourfold degenerate for $\kappa=$0 or $\pi$.

-$(\mu,\phi,\phi')=(0,0,\pi)$-
In this case, each entangled energy state can be labeled as $|q_A,q_B\rangle_S$, and the spectrum shows (at least) fourfold degeneracy; the anticommutation relation $\{Q^A,P^A\}=0$ implies $P^A|q_A,q_B\rangle_S \propto |-q_A,q_B\rangle_S$ and hence,  $|q_A, q_B \rangle_S$, $P^A |q_A, q_B \rangle_S$, $P^B |q_A, q_B \rangle_S$, and  $P^AP^B |q_A, q_B \rangle_S$ are orthogonal.
The condition $\kappa=0$ does not induce additional degeneracy, while the condition $\kappa=\pi$ requires it. Namely, this matrix is an anti-symmetric matrix; ${}_S\langle q_{\alpha}q_{\beta} |U^A | q_{\alpha}q_{\beta}\rangle_S=0$. Thus, we can find fourfold (16-fold) degeneracy for $\kappa=0\,(\pi)$, respectively.

-$(\mu,\phi,\phi')=(0,\pi,0)$-
In this case, each entangled energy state can be labeled as $|q_A p_A,q_B p_B\rangle_S$ and the spectrum is fourfold degenerate, since $U^A |q_A p_A,q_B p_B\rangle_S \propto |-q_A p_A,q_B p_B\rangle_S$.
For $\kappa=\pi$, the relation ${}_S\langle q_A p_A,q_B p_B |U^A|q_A p_A,q_B p_B\rangle_S=0$ holds, but, this is already satisfied. Thus, for $(\sigma,\kappa)=(0,0\,\mathrm{or}\, \pi)$, the spectrum is fourfold degenerate.
For $\sigma=\pi$, the relations $\{P^A,U^A\}=\{P^B,U^B\}=0$ are satisfied, and   $U^A$ changes not only $q_A$ but also $p_A$; $U^A|q_A p_A,q_B p_B\rangle_S \propto |-q_A -p_A,q_B p_B\rangle_S $. Hence for $(\sigma,\kappa)=(\pi,0\,\mathrm{or}\,\pi)$, the spectrum is fourfold degenerate.

-$(\mu,\phi,\phi')=(0,\pi,\pi)$-
In this case, each entangled energy state can be labeled as $|q_A,q_B\rangle_S$. The spectrum is fourfold degenerate since $U^A |q_A,q_B\rangle_S$ and $P^A |q_A,q_B\rangle_S$ are proportional to $|-q_A,q_B\rangle_S$.
For $\kappa=\pi$, the relation ${}_S\langle q_A ,q_B |U^A|q_A,q_B \rangle_S=0$ holds, but this is already satisfied.
Therefore, the spectrum of each sector of $p$ is fourfold degenerate for
$(\mu,\phi,\phi',\kappa,\sigma)=(0, \pi, \pi,0\,\mathrm{or}\,\pi,0\,\mathrm{or}\,\pi)$.
\begin{table}[htb]
  \begin{tabular}{|l l|c|cc|ll|c|} \hline
    $(\mu,\phi,\kappa)$ & $(\phi',\sigma)$ & degeneracy  & & &  $(\mu,\phi,\kappa)$ & $(\phi',\sigma)$ & degeneracy \\ \hline \hline
    $(0,0,0)$ & $(0,0)$ & 1 & & & $(0,0,\pi)  $ & $(0,0)$ & 4 \\
     & $(0,\pi)$ & \hspace{1cm}(4) & & & & $(0,\pi)$ &    \\
     & $(\pi,0)$ & \hspace{1cm}(4)  & & & & $(\pi,0)$ & \hspace{1cm}(16)  \\
     & $(\pi,\pi)$ & \hspace{1cm}(4)  & & & & $(\pi,\pi)$ & \hspace{1cm}(16)  \\ \hline
    $(0,\pi,0)$ & $(0,0)$ & 4  & & & $(0,\pi,\pi)$ & $(0,0)$ & 4  \\
     & $(0,\pi)$ &   & & & & $(0,\pi)$ &   \\
     & $(\pi,0)$ &   & & & & $(\pi,0)$ &   \\
     & $(\pi,\pi)$ &   & & & & $(\pi,\pi)$ &   \\ \hline
    $(\pi,0,0)$ & & 2  & & &  $(\pi,0,\pi)$ &  & 8  \\ \hline
    $(\pi,\pi,0)$ &  & 2  & & & $(\pi,\pi,\pi)$ &  & 8  \\ \hline
  \end{tabular}
\caption{
Topological phases protected by the chiral symmetry. If the system is invariant under the additional symmetry, the entanglement spectrum shows the degeneracy shown in the bracket.
}
\label{table: summ_ent_spec}
\end{table}

\subsection{Chain decoupled case}
For $J=0$, in our system, each topological phase is adiabatically connected to the special case where the chain is decoupled into clusters.
Analysis in this special case clarifies which phase can be observed in our systems. Namely, for $V=0$, each operator is factorized as follows: $Q\sim e^{i\pi\sum_{\sigma}n_{0a\sigma}} e^{i\pi\sum_\sigma n_{L-1b\sigma}}$ and $\Sigma\sim (c^\dagger_{0a\uparrow}-c_{0a\uparrow})(c^\dagger_{0a\downarrow}-c_{0a\downarrow}) (c^\dagger_{L-1b\uparrow}+c_{L-1b\uparrow})(c^\dagger_{L-1b\downarrow}+c_{L-1b\downarrow}) K_e$. Thus, this topological phase is characterized as $(\mu,\phi,\kappa)=(0,0,\pi)$.
In this case, factorized operators for Shiba transformation $P$ are also obtained; $P\sim (c^\dagger_{0a\downarrow}-c_{0a\downarrow})(c^\dagger_{L-1b\downarrow}+c_{L-1b\downarrow})$. Therefore, we can conclude that the nontrivial phase which shows 16-fold degeneracy in our model is labeled as $(\mu,\phi,\kappa,\phi',\sigma)=(0,0,\pi,\pi,\pi)$ is realized in our model.

Note that nontrivial phases labeled with $(0,\pi,0\; \mathrm{or} \; \pi)$ are realized in a chain composed of an odd number of fermion species; a nontrivial phase labeled with $(0,\pi,\pi)$ ($(0,\pi,0)$) is realized in a chain which consists of one (three) fermion species, otherwise, the factorized operators, $\Sigma^{A}$ and $\Sigma^{B}$, cannot be fermionic. Furthermore, since our system is composed of an even number of fermion species and does not show superconductivity. Thus in our systems, the phases $\mu$ and $\phi$ are fixed to zero, and phases are labeled with $(0,0,0)$ or $(0,0,\pi)$. Correspondingly the parity of the winding number $N_1$ characterizes the topological properties rather than its value since if we consider two copies of our system and introduce an antiferromagnetic coupling between them, it is adiabatically connected to the trivial phase.

\section{Bulk properties of the correlated Su-Srieffer-Heeger model}
In this section, we discuss bulk properties of the correlated SSH model.

- \textit{Analisis for $J=0$} -
First we discuss on-site Coulomb interaction effects on the topological phase and see that the nontrivial band insulator is adiabatically connected to a nontrivial spin liquid.
In Fig. \ref{fig:SSH+U_docc} (a), double occupancy at the middle site as functions of the interaction is plotted. In this figure, the double occupancy, which is quarter at $U=0$, gradually decreases and does not shows a jump, which is a smoking gun of Mott transitions.
In Fig. \ref{fig:SSH+U_docc} (b), the single-electron excitation gap is plotted, and one can see that the band gap is gradually enhanced and becomes of the order of the interaction strength $U$ in strongly correlated region. Besides, the spin excitation gap remains finite although it decreases as $\Delta_s \sim 4t^2/U$.
From these behaviors we can conclude that the nontrivial band insulator is adiabatically connected to the nontrivial spin liquid phase which is characterized in terms of the entanglement spectrum.
\begin{figure}[!h]
\vspace{5mm}
\begin{center}
\includegraphics[width=7.5cm,clip]{SSHU_gaps_bulk.eps}
\end{center}
\caption{(Color Online).
(a) Interaction dependence of double occupancy $\langle n_{ia\uparrow}n_{ia\downarrow}\rangle$ at the middle site $i=(L-1)/2$ for several values of chain length $L$.
(b), ((c)) Single-electron excitation gap (spin excitation gap) is plotted as functions of interaction strength $U$ under the periodic boundary condition.
}
\label{fig:SSH+U_docc}
\end{figure}

- \textit{Analisis for $J<0$} -
Next we discuss the effects of the ferromagnetic spin exchange interaction.

In the nontrivial phase, a drastic change of the edge states is due to losing symmetry under the Shiba transformation and can be induced not only by the interaction $U$, but also by the exchange interaction.
The entanglement spectrum for $V=-0.4$ is plotted in Fig. \ref{fig:SSH+SS_phase}(a). In this figure, one can see that the spectrum shows 16- (four-) fold degeneracy for $J=0$ $(J<0)$.
This means that the low energy spectrum at each edge is twofold degenerate. Thus, gapless edge modes do not appear in the single-electron excitation.

The degeneracy of the entanglement spectrum can characterize the topological properties of this model. Performing these calculations, we end up with the phase diagram for $V=-1.6$ (Fig. \ref{fig:SSH+SS_phase}(b)), where the topological Mott transition line is plotted.

\begin{figure}[!h]
\begin{minipage}{0.48\hsize}
\begin{center}
\includegraphics[width=4.5cm,height=3.75cm,clip]{entanglement_pbc_L30_V-0.4U0.0_degen.eps}
\end{center}
\end{minipage}
\begin{minipage}{0.45\hsize}
\vspace{4mm}
\begin{center}
\includegraphics[width=5cm,height=4.3cm,clip]{phase_JU.eps}
\end{center}
\end{minipage}
\caption{(Color Online). (a) Entanglement spectrum for $V=-0.4$ and $L=30$, which is denoted with circles (triangles) for $J=0$ ($J=-1.5$), respectively.
(b) $J$-$U$ phase diagram for $V=-1.6$ and $L=30$. The topological structure is characterized in terms of the entanglement spectrum.
}
\label{fig:SSH+SS_phase}
\end{figure}

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Cape Cod Life Magazine announces their "2010 Reader's Choice" awards for the "Best Cape & Islands Resort Hotel" in their June issue entitled "Best". Taking home for their 7th year in a row, for "Best Mid-Hotel" is http://www.baysideresort.com, Bayside Resort in West Yarmouth, for its award winning hospitality.
Net Price Direct, a leading supplier in high quality, low-priced children's toys, party toys and gifts for adults, are pleased to announce their wide range of summer products.
Manuka Honey from New Zealand has been found in randomized controlled clinical trials to significantly reduce the presence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in wounds.
Mailbox Nationwide, leading UK leaflet delivery and flyer distribution specialists, have recently completed their first ever delivery to the Island of Stornaway in the Scottish Outer Hebrides.
In line with their home production - Iconic TV Stands, Inov8 now comes up with the Walnut finish, highly chic and incredibly durable Lindi TX7000 stand for your LCD, Plasma and LED television sets.
MagicalFruit.com a leader in selling high-value natural Miracle Fruit products, and Mberry International Distributor of Miracle Berry products today jointly announced that MagicalFruit.com is now an official reseller of Mberry products.