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12.0.1 Photoemission
Beamline 12.0.1 Overview
Beamline 12.0.1 is a home of highly productive general-purpose
photoemission experiment (ARPES) which is well-liked by the users;
Its experimental apparatus has been set up for the efficient
studies of the electronic structure of almost any solid sample
The instrument is equipped with the VG-Scienta R3000 electron
spectrometer and a 6-axis sample goniometer on an open-cycle
liquid helium cryostat;
Instrument for the spin-resolved ARPES (VG-Scienta R4000) is
being set up at Beamline 10.0.1
Beamline 12.0.1 Staff
Beamline 12.0.1 Publications
Beamline 220.127.116.11 (Angle Resolved Photoemission) publications:
Articles in refereed journals:
PhD theses:
Beamline 12.0.1 Science Highlights
NEW WRINKLE IN THE MISTERY OF HIGH Tc-SUPERCONDUCTORS
Tales from Beamline 12.0.1
Feb. 2004Beamline 12.0.1: 10,000 resolving power for the ARPES branch.Development of the Angle-Resolved Photoemission (ARPES) end-station equipped with the highly efficient electron spectrometer SES-100 brought a new challenge for the beamline staff and the community of scientists interested in performing ARPES experiments. The large gap between the resolving power delivered by the existing variable line space (VLS) plane-grating monochromator (~1200, or deltaE = 50 meV at 60 eV photon energy) and the energy resolution of the SES-100 (~ 5 meV) called for a sharp boost of the resolving power of the monochromator. Although a ten-fold increase of the resolving power on a beamline designed for high-throughput and low-resolution seemed a huge stretch, the yearlong effort shared by the SSG and CXRO staff was a success, and a resolving power of 10,000 has been obtained. This was achieved with a new VLS grating which, unlike the original 200 lines per millimeter grating, was blazed to operate in a negative diffraction order. The new grating, designed by Eric Gullikson of the CXRO, has both 300 lines and 600 lines per millimeter rulings on a single substrate. The grating was ruled by T. Tanaka at Hitachi High-Technologies on a gold-coated substrate supplied by the Center. The coating process developed at the CXRO proved to be the ticket to creating a high efficiency grating (see Fig. 1). Figure 1. Diffraction efficiency of the new BL12.0.1 VLS gratings measured at a constant deviation angle of 14 degrees at BL6.3.2. Note the excellent agreement between measured and ideal diffraction efficiency.Figure 2 displays spectrum of double-excitation Rydberg series in He measured using 600 lines/mm grating. The total width of the 2p3d resonance is ~6 meV. This number translates into the resolving power of 10,000. Figure 2. Rydberg series of doubly excited Helium measured at BL12.0.1 using the newly installed 600 lines/mm VLS grating. Experimental width of the 2p3d resonance is ~6 meV. This measurement demonstrates the resolving power of 10,000. May 2005The scientific program at the ARPES branch is mainly focusing on the studies of strongly correlated materials, including high-temperature superconductors, colossal magneto-resistance compounds (CMR), and exotic superconductors (e.g. doped cobalt oxides). A UC Berkeley group led by A. Lanzara studied the electronic structure of carbon nano-tubes and diluted magnetic semiconductors. Tuning to the wishes of many users, we have designed and built a new sample manipulator capable of three rotational degrees of freedom. It is coupled to the liquid helium cryostat which can cool the sample down to 13 K. Another important upgrade is a sample load lock chamber allowing simultaneous loading and storage of up to six samples. Besides the sample garage, this load lock chamber is equipped with a compact e-beam heater and thermocouple. Hence, samples can be annealed at temperatures up to 3000° C. Since many of the compounds studied at the ARPES end-station have a limited lifetime in the vacuum chamber and are generally not available in big quantities, great time was spent improving the vacuum conditions. For example, CMR material LaSrMnO (which is probably the most sensitive sample) does not show signs of aging during the typical eight hour period required for its complete measurement. A useful feature of the new manipulator is the "sample garage" with two extra parking spaces that may be used to keep multiple samples inside the main chamber at once and allow for one sample to be studied without bringing another out of UHV conditions. June 2006Our initial plan to install the high order light supressing filters during the two-bunch mode in August has been abruptly altered when the vacuum leak in the bellow of the rotary feed-through mounted on the sample manipulator has opened about three weeks ago. Since venting of the main chamber was unavoidable, we have decided to vent a mirror tank too and to install the filters. Four different filters (Mg, Al, Si, and B) have been installed. Al and B filters have been supplied by the LeBow Corporation and CXRO has made a Si filter. Obtaining a good Mg filter was particularly challenging due to the reactive nature of this material. This filter was manufactured by Luxel Inc. which had to go through a several attempts to sandwich thin Mg foil between the protective layers of aluminum. The final product was a Mg film (0.2 micron) sandwiched between 150-Angstrom thick aluminum layers. All filters have been attached to the rectangular frames with 1-inch wide circular apertures.Figure 1 displays transmission of Mg filter. Transmission was measured at beamline 6.3.2 (CXRO`s EUV testing and calibration beamline) by Eric Gullikson Figure 2 shows angle-resolved photoemission spectra of Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8 (well-known high critical temperature superconductor) excited by 28 eV photons without (A) and with (B) Mg filter. Dramatic reduction of the parasitic background is obvious: Aug. 2006Recently the photoemission community became excited about experiments performed at low photon energies as they offer considerable enhancement of the sensitivity to the bulk of the sample: The low photon energy translates into the photoelectrons with the very low kinetic energies and, consequently, an increased mean free path. Currently BL12.0.1 cannot support such photoemission experiments: Although it is possible to get photons at as low as ~27 eV, the photon flux drops dramatically making many experiments impractical. About a year ago, we have decided to extend the useful range to ~20 eV and to purchase additional diffraction grating with efficiency optimized for low energies. Eric Gullikson (CXRO) has designed the grating, while funds for purchasing it from the HITACHI High Technologies were provided by Daniel Dessau (U. Colorado, Boulder). The grating was delivered a few weeks ago. The figure below compares its calculated and measured efficiencies (efficiency was measured by Eric Gullikson at BL6.3.2). The agreement is excellent. We are very satisfied with the quality of the grating and we look forward to installing it at the beamline sometime during the fall shutdown. May 2007Some years ago, the "National Electrostatic Corporation" (Middleton, Wisconsin) has manufactured the photon beam position monitorts for the Atomic and Molecular Science branches of BL10.0.1 The devise consists of the helically shaped wire constantly spinning inside the photon beam pipe. When photon beam hits the spinning wire it generates photoelectrons producing the electron current between the wire and the surrounding collector. If photocurrent is displayed versus the angle of rotation, it usually shows two peaks representing beam profiles along two orthogonal directions X and Y. The devise proved to be a very valuable tool for aligning photon beams. However, the model installed at BL10 utilized lubricated ball bearings. Lubrication ensured a good lifetime of a constantly spinning device. On the other hand, it prohibited use of the Beam Position Monitors (BPM`s) at other beamlines where UHV compatibility outlaws any lubricants. In attempt to get an UHV compatible BPM, the ALS has ordered custom units equipped with the dichronite ball bearings using no lubricants. These BPM`s delivered about a year ago had a very short lifetime due to the failure of non-lubricated (UHV-friendly) ball bearings. On overage, they run for less than a week. To fix the problem at BL12 we have decided to use commercial magnetically coupled rotary feed-through (we bought mini-CF rotary manufactured by the "UHV-Design", Lewes, England) driven by the stepper motor with angular encoder. Hence, we threw away magnetically coupled feed-through (and original ball bearings) which was an integral part of the BPM as well as an asynchronous motor driving it. The stepper motor with encoder gave as a flexibility of running BPM at desired speeds, e.g. high speed for the fast feedback or low speed for the higher sensitivity. The latter option should be beneficial for the bending magnet beamlines with low photon flux. It also increases the lifetime of the BPM. Encoder has eliminated the original BPM controller with rather complicated electric circuitry providing the reference signal for calculating angular position of the spinning helical wire. Use of the commercial rotary feed-through ensures easy and quick treatment of the future failures of the bearings. Signals from the BPM (photocurrent) and encoder (angular position) are feed into the beamline software which displays beam positions (and profiles) along two orthogonal directions. Apr. 2009Recently we have conducted photoemission experiment with the sample which gave us a chance to learn about the lateral stability of sample and beam position at the photoemission branch of BL12.0.1. The sample was a single-crystalline flake of graphite measuring about 20 or 40 microns. While registering photon beam on this sample was a relatively easy task since angle-resolved photoemission from graphite gives a unique linear dispersion (see Figure 1), keeping this position over a long period of time proved to be difficult. During the first hour we had to move sample along the vertical direction by ~10 microns every five minutes as sample or beam position were slowly drifting. Figure 2 shows "optimal" sample position versus time.The plot suggests that it took about 3.5 hours to settle all the drifts. The drift was only noticeable for the vertical position. Neither X or Y positions had to be adjusted. This brings up two possible origins of the drift:Drift of the sample position: Sample was cooled down to the liquid helium temperature. The cool down of the sample to the base temperature took only 30 minutes. However, it is possible that it took a way longer for the vertical support structure of the sample holder to reach equilibrium temperature. Naturally, the slow cool down of the support structure shall result in the drift of the vertical position of the sample.Drift of the beam position: The vertical refocusing mirror of the photoemission beamline does not see the photon beam until it is directed into this branch. Hence, it must take some time to stabilize the temperature of this mirror. In essence, in the independent measurement performed some time ago we have noticed the slight drift of the beam position caused by the vertical mirror. This drift went away after ~30 minutes.At the moment we believe that the major source of the drift observed in the present experiment is the slow cool down of the sample manipulator. This shall be investigated in the future after we attach temperature sensors to the various spots on the sample manipulator.The good news is that for the experiments which require great stability of the sample position we could guarantee stability of ~ 10 microns (or better) provided the sample has been cooled down for at least three hours. Another positive outcome of the present study is an estimation of the size of the beam spot in the vertical direction. We think it shall be close to 40 microns. Horizontal size must be greater simply because sample is never normal to the beam Sept. 2010It looks as at BL12 a black hole has developed which traps everyone interested in topological insulators. Several research groups have plunged in and managed to send out important messages. Through recent publication in "Nature Physics" (advanced online publication, September 19, 2010; http://www.nature.com/nphys/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/nphys1762.html) group of Prof. Zahid Hasan (Princeton University) has communicated studies of Bi2Se3 doped with Cu. This sample is the first known example of three-dimensional topological insulator which is also a superconductor in the bulk. It has a transition temperature of ~3.8 Kelvin. Superconductivity develops in the bulk of the sample while its top layer is characterized by the presence of the topological surface state. Now we dream of future measurements on these and similar samples when improved sample manipulator would be capable of reaching such low temperatures.Another flurry of activity on topological insulators took place during the two-bunch run when fully commissioned and configured to work with cleavable samples TOF spectrometer was brought to the beamline by the group of Prof. Alessandra Lanzara at UC Berkeley. For two weeks it has occupied place originally claimed by the new end-station for angle resolved photoemission. The run has produced much awaited data on spin structure of topological surface states. Experiments were conducted in collaboration with the ALS staff and members of the group lead by Prof. Z.-X. Shen in Stanford University.BL12 is bound to see more activity on topological insulators since it is receiving ever increasing number of new proposals wishing to study these materials.Studies of more conventional samples also resulted in publications. Prof. Kevin Smith and his group (Boston University) reported their work on surfaces of ZnO (Phys. Rev. B 81, 233305).Lastly, a sole fact of "being around for a long time" has helped Alexei to score a publication when he was invited by the editors of Phys. Rev. B to write a viewpoint for "Physics" (Physics 3, 46) Oct. 2010The addition of spin resolution to photoemission was an important step in experimental studies of band structure in magnetic materials. The popularity of the technique reached its apogee a couple of decades ago. However, it's wide spread use was somewhat prohibited by the pains caused by low count rates and moderate resolutions. Not surprisingly, most activities these days are confined to synchrotron light sources offering high photon fluxes. Until now, the Advanced Light Source (ALS) at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory has not hosted a dedicated facility for spin resolved photoemission for many years while regular angle resolved photoemission (ARPES) is present at four beamlines. The situation is about to change soon as the Scientific Support Group at the ALS has decided to supplement its ARPES facility operating at BL 12.0.1 since ca. 2002 with a station dedicated for spin resolved ARPES. To a great degree this development was motivated by the recent experiments on the surface electronic structure in topological insulators /M.Z. Hasan and C.L. Kane, Topological Insulators, arXiv:1002.3895v1, to be published in Rev. Mod. Physics (2010)/, the majority of which was conducted at this beamline. Electrons on the surfaces of topological insulators are confined into surface states that maintain specific orientation of their spins. The instrument planned for the ALS will be based on the R4000 spectrometer supplied by VG-Scienta, and spin detection will be achieved by the use of a Mott detector and a low energy detector based on exchange scattering. If work proceeds according to schedule, the spin resolved photoemission facility will be commissioned by the end of 2011. Dec. 2010Eligibility of the "publish-or-perish" approach to measuring productivity in science is a popular discussion topic in many scientific journals, with many voting for its abolishment, for it creates unhealthy pressures. The truth, however, is that everyone is usually impressed by the gleaming publication records of celebrity scientists. Scientific facilities are not different in this respect and the Advanced Light Source can proudly report that during the period covered by the upcoming review by the Department of Energy, which is from 2008 to 2011, it has done exceptionally well supporting research relying on the technique of photoelectron spectroscopy. Its major photoemission beamlines (three ARPES beamlines: 7.0.1, 10.0.1 and 12.01, and two high-pressure XPS beamlines: 9.3.2 and 11.0.2) have contributed to 45 papers published in: "Nature", "Science" and "Physical Review Letters" which are recognized as "premier journals". Of these 45 papers, 24 were published in PRL, 17 were printed in Nature journals ("Nature", "Nature Physics" and "Nature Materials") and 4 have appeared in "Science". To help to appreciate this achievement we should mention that "paper count" of other synchrotrons renowned for their research in photoemission is considerably lower. BESSY is next to the ALS with 29 papers, while SSRL, SRC, Swiss Light Source and Hiroshima Radiation Center can each claim about 20 papers. Interestingly, 45 high profile publications of the ALS are split almost equally between its three ARPES beamlines (7, 10 and 12). Statistics is a captive field. Someone might go farther and calculate amount of beam-time shifts, manpower, dollars, sleepless nights, etc. which have been spent for every publication. Feb. 2011We are steadily moving towards establishing a permanent photoemission facility capable of resolving spin polarization of the photo-emitted electrons. It will support spectroscopic technique, which is commonly known as spin-resolved photoemission. Development of the new instrument will be conducted in phases: "Phase one" will result in the instrument based on the popular "Mott spin detector" (device which measures spin of the electrons) coupled to the hemispherical electron energy analyzer, while "Phase two" will bring spin detector based on the novel and yet unexplored techniques. Given our accumulated experience in the development of the new instrumentation and the record of excellence in supporting photoemission research at the ALS, we are looking forward to setting up an instrument, which will outperform all existing facilities for spin resolved photoemission. First essential parts of the new facility (electron analyzer and Mott detector) have been recently delivered to the ALS and work on shaping the new end-station has already began. Mar. 2011This year at least one invited and nine regular talks that were given by the users of BL12 at the annual March meeting of the American Physical Society (Dallas, March 21-25) contained photoemission data taken at the ALS. The talks were mainly devoted to the studies of topological insulators and graphene, which remain the hottest subjects of the condensed matter physics. Graphene has already yielded the Nobel Prize. Luckily, topological insulators will share same degree of recognition as they might constitute devices transmitting signals without losses (they are not yet "room-temperature superconductors" though, but we shall see). Hence, photoemission at beamline 12 is still at the forefront of the photoemission research. Planned addition of the spectrometer for spin-resolved photoemission will further strengthen its leadership. Apr. 2011Users of photoemission instrument at BL12.0.1 have a new paper which just has appeared in Science (http://www.sciencemag.org/content/332/6029/560.abstract) and Science Express. Predictably, it reports latest discoveries made in topological insulators by the Princeton group of Prof. Z. Hasan and their collaborators.The paper on superconductivity in LiC6 and KC8 has been accepted for publication in Phys. Rev. Lett. This study is the product of collaboration including Brookhaven National Lab., ALS, Argonne National Lab and University College London.New users came from UCLA with samples of topological insulators grown by molecular beam epitaxy. Their research aims at producing working electrical device based on the unique physics of these materials. This work is promoted by the serious interest from big manufactures (Intel, etc.). May 2011A few good and not so good things happened at BL12 during this month. We start with the good news:Crew of the photoemission branch of BL12 has doubled after Peng Zhang, a graduate student from the Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Science, has joined on May 2. Peng comes from the group of Prof. Hong Din. He will be stationed at BL12.0.1 for one year.More good news: Paper on the superconductivity in KC6 has appeared in Phys. Rev. Lett. (http://prl.aps.org/abstract/PRL/v106/i18/e187002). Paper on the epitaxial grows of high quality films of topological insulator Bi2Se3 has been published in Journal of Applied Physics (http://m.jap.aip.org/resource/1/japiau/v109/i10/p103702_s1). Several interesting papers have been accepted for publication. We will write about them after they come out from the print.Bad news: We noticed that electron lens in our new VG-Scienta spectrometer had a slight tilt. Close inspection of the lens concluded that it became loose. We had to remove spectrometer from the vacuum chamber and investigate the problem. We found that two out of six ceramic rings holding the lens elements together were broken. We believe they broke during the routine bake of the chamber and that the cause of the problem is the faulty design of the lens assembly which did not properly consider different thermal expansions of the materials used in the lens. Our findings will be communicated to the manufacturer. In a mean time the good solution has been found and implemented. Naturally, we were not left alone to face all the problems. Hence, we are thankful to the following staff members who gave us a helpful hand: Monroe Thomas, Derrick Crofoot, John Pepper, Kyle McCombs, and Andrew Mei. June 2011This month three interesting papers have been added to the publication list of the photoemission branch of BL12:Study of spin polarization of the surface states in the topological insulator is published in Phys. Rev. Lett.:http://prl.aps.org/abstract/PRL/v106/i25/e257004. This paper is the outcome of the collaboration between Brookhaven National Lab, MIT and ALS/LBNL.Paper on the many-body interactions in the free-standing graphene is appearing in June 27th issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS): http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2011/06/20/1100242108.abstract. It summarizes systematic photoemission work conducted at BL12 over a few years by the UC Berkeley group of A. Lanzara.Paper on the electronic structure of manganites is scheduled to appear in the same issue of PNAS. The paper is the result of the long lasting collaboration between University of Colorado Boulder, Argonne National Lab and ALS/LBNL. July 2011Two papers based on the angle-resolved photoemission (ARPES) data taken at the beamline 12.0.1 and 10.0.1 appear on the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).The paper lead by Colorado group, in collaboration with LBNL and ANL, investigates colossal magneto-resistance material (La, Sr)2Mn2O7. They find a strong variation in electronic structure at the metal-insulator transition boundary accompanies the melting of bi-stripes. The presence of localized electrons even below the critical temperature suggests that the melting bi-stripes exist in a disordered or fluctuating state.An UC-LBNL collaboration produced a paper regarding the electronic structure of quasi-freestanding graphene at the charge neutrality point, i.e., when the chemical potential coincides with the Dirac energy. They find many body interactions in monolayer, graphene changes strongly as the doping level reaches the charge neutrality point. The electron-electron interaction results in unique renormalization, much different from ordinary metals, while the electron-phonon interaction diminishes.Both articles are also featured in LBNL News Center: http://newscenter.lbl.gov/feature-stories/2011/07/14/manganite-stripes/ & http://newscenter.lbl.gov/feature-stories/2011/07/14/graphene-secrets/. Oct. 2011Regular multi-bunch beamtime during the months of September and October were divided between users from UCLA, U. Colorado Boulder, Princeton University, Brookhaven National Lab, and UC Berkeley. Beamtime during two weeks of the two-bunch mode was solely taken by C. Jozwiak (UC Berkeley and ALS) for experiments on spin-resolved photoemission. A paper reporting observation of quantum phases in graphene was published by the users from UC Berkeley (Choongyu Hwang et al, http://prb.aps.org/abstract/PRB/v84/i12/e125422). Alexei has expanded his community services to Europe by joining the proposals study panel at Elettra synchrotron in Italy. Nov. 2011A disaster occurred at the photoemission branch of BL12 when a user wished to study a single crystal of antimony (Sb) by ARPES and wanted to clean the surface of the sample "in situ" using tools of the sample preparation/loading chamber attached to the main photoemission facility. Alexei--overwhelmed with a dense sequence of experiments that demanded various methods of preparation of very different samples--had no time to thoroughly investigate the accumulated knowledge on how to deal with antimony and had advised the user to check the literature. The user had found a reference(s) reporting preparation of atomically clean antimony via cycles of sputtering and annealing. Before starting the first cycle of sample preparation, Alexei decided to degas the sample and its holder by heating them to about 200C which, according to the user, was just a fraction of annealing temperature reported in the reference he had found. Disaster occurred after approximately 20 minutes of degassing when the antimony sample started to sublimate, covering inside of the preparation chamber. Since antimony is a toxic material, the entire chamber and its guts had to be disassembled and cleaned in Bldg. 77 leaving Alexei with only few days to put everything back together for the next experiment scheduled for a user coming from China. Luckily, after a great deal of hard work, he was able to meet the deadline, hence enabling the next scheduled experiment (which yielded a very impressive set of data!). As to the ARPES study of antimony, it actually has ended up with some success since the user had another sample which Alexei was able to clean after developing his own recipe of sample preparation. The moral: regardless of your workload and circumstances, always check what users want to do in the chamber and perform the literature search yourself even if the users come from a credible group/university. Since this user also conducts experiments at beamlines 4 (Merlin) and 10 (HERS), Alexei has promptly shared his experience and advised colleagues on how to deal with antimony samples (and the user). Doug Taube helped with the clean-up, and John Pepper (and his team) helped with the mechanical repairs. Mar. 2012Beamtime during two weeks of the two-bunch run in March has been reserved for the photoemission experiments conducted by UC Berkeley group of A. Lanzara. Their instrument (spin-resolved photoemission based on Time-of-Flight spectrometer) was brought to the beamline and connected downstream of two permanent photoemission end-stations. Recently we have installed and commissioned a new horizontal focusing mirror, which now lets us deliver focused beam to this roll-up chamber rather easily. The old mirror did not focus beam that far away from the main photoemission chamber and we had no option but to swap our second permanent end-station with the roll-up chamber. This was a big and very time consuming job. Installation of the roll-up, its alignment and beam delivery went very smoothly.Collaboration between scientists from Shanghai Jiao Tong University (China), Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Pennsylvania State University, Stanford University, and Tsinghua University in Beijing has used photoemission beamline 12 to get one step closer to experimental discovery of Majorana fermions. Collaboration has reported results in Science Express (on-line publication of selected Science papers in advance of print): http://www.sciencemag.org/content/early/2012/03/14/science.1216466 Apr. 2012The ALS experimental floor is densely covered with shiny stainless chambers. Curiously, most of them are empty. Seriously, the majority of the ALS experiments shall be conducted under vacuum since even a small contamination of the sample by the residual atoms and molecules can surely spoil it and ruin the experiment. Recently in the photoemission chamber of BL12.0.1, we have witnessed vacuum, which is only rarely achieved on Earth: 1.7x10E-11 Torr. Getting such vacuum was not easy. We had to scrupulously inspect every inch of the chamber searching for tiny leaks. According to NASA, similar vacuum conditions exist at the surface of the Moon (Mars has only 5 Torr), while vacuum around the International Space Station is about 1E-9 Torr. Vacuum of the outer space has inspired proposals to grow clean materials in the space. In essence, a few MBE samples have been grown during several Space Shuttle missions. It would be interesting to compare the cost of growing samples in space to the cost of making them on Earth inside our chamber or any other chamber with similar vacuum. All joking aside, the users have appreciated our effort, after recognizing that their samples last longer and survive numerous cycles of cool-downs and warm-ups. May 2012In May the photoemission branch of BL12 has hosted users from Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences and from Shanghai Jiao Tong University. Photoemission apparatus at BL12 became an important experimental facility used by the international synergies of universities and government laboratories for studying electronic structure of novel materials. On May 3rd Physical Review Letters published a paper reporting study of the electron-phonon coupling in topological insulators (http://prl.aps.org/abstract/PRL/v108/i18/e187001). The study was conducted at the beamline by the beamline staff and collaborators from BNL and MIT. Story is featured by the LBNL Communications and Media Relations at http://newscenter.lbl.gov/feature-stories/2012/05/14/topological-insulators/ Oct. 2012Over the summer we have made a few significant steps towards establishing facility for spin-resolved photoemission at the ALS. Alexei has designed a couple of new chambers which will house electron spectrometer and tools for sample preparation. By the time this note was done been written the chambers were already on board of the UPS truck heading from NorCal production facility in Yreka to LBNL. Amuneal Manufacturing Company of Philadelphia has been charged with the design and production of the magnetic shields for the analysis chamber. As usual, John Pepper was around to help with the cool design ideas. It is important to remember than the only operational beamline for spin-resolved photoemission in the country is stationed at the NSLS (Brookhaven) which will be turned off soon. Hence, here at the ALS we ought to maintain a steady progress and commission our facility soon. Nov. 2012This was a good and calm month with only one emergency involving the cracked bellow. Chamber was vented and the bellow was removed. Users were not affected; end-station was back on-line almost instantly. Below is the summary of recent publications (topological insulators still dominate):Fang Yang, et al., Spatial and Energy Distribution of Topological Edge States in Single Bi(111) Bilayer, Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 016801M. Neupane et al., Topological surface states and Dirac point tuning in ternary topological insulators, Phys. Rev. B 85, 2325406Paolo Vilmercati, et al., Itinerant electrons, local moments, and magnetic correlations in the pnictide superconductors CeFeAsO1−xFx and Sr(Fe1−xCox)2As2, Phys. Rev B 85, 220503 (Rapid Commun.)Lihong Bao, et al., Weak Anti-localization and Quantum Oscillations of Surface States in Topological Insulator Bi2Se2Te, Scientific Reports 2, 726X. F. Kou et al., Magnetically doped semiconducting topological insulators, J. Appl. Phys. 112, 063912D.A. Siegel, et al., Electron-phonon coupling and intrinsic bandgap in highly-screened graphene, New Journal of Physics 14, 095006Faxian Xiu et al., Quantum Capacitance in Topological Insulators, Scientific Reports 2, 669 Mar. 2013Although it might seem to the uninitiated observer that the daily routines of the beamline scientists include working on bolts and nuts or hunting for liquid helium and other scarce commodities while hoping to experience probably their most rewarding acquaintance, that is watching happy and satisfied users leaving their instruments loaded with tons of good data, the job of beamline scientist offers a lot more. From time to time we are called to share our expertise by serving on various study panels and committees. A few months ago, I was invited by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft to work with a group of experts helping to distribute millions of Euros between proposals submitted in a response to the new priority program. The job which included reviewing proposals and attending the meeting in Berlin was exhausting but very rewarding. Apr. 2013We had a smooth start after the shutdown. Beam got right back to the same spot where it used to be in January. We do not yet have numbers for the flux and the resolution but it looks like the photon flux has increased a bit and it seems that the energy resolution might have improved a bit as well.The user program has resumed with the first user groups coming from UC Berkeley (A. Lanzara) and UC Boulder (D. Dessau). The former group has contributed a paper into the ALS data-base by publishing results of their recent study of graphene in Physical Review Letters (Phys. Rev. Lett 110, 146802). July 2013The Advanced Light Source has always been recognized for its successful programs on photoemission. Our photoemission facilities are employed by a diverse scientific community representing nearly every branch of condensed matter physics. This well-established technique is posed to capitalize on the capabilities offered by the new light source facilities. Recently I have helped to organize a one day workshop "Photoemission Spectroscopy - the upcoming decades" (http://pml.nist.gov/Meetings/SRI2013/program/workshop-5.html) which was held during the SRI-2013 conference at NIST (June19-21, NIST, Gaithersburg, MD). The workshop, which included 13 invited presentations by speakers from the United States, France, Germany and Italy, was well attended by the conferees. The talks encompassed recent studies of magnetic and strongly correlated materials with time resolved photoemission spectroscopy; instrumentation developments enabling such studies using HHG`s and FEL`s, and theoretical aspects of pump/probe photoemission experiments. The latter topic was highlighted by James Freericks from Georgetown University. Oliver Gessner (Lawrence Berkeley National Lab.), who has lead the first time resolved photoemission work conducted at the LCLS in Stanford, talked about studies of charge transfer in dye-sensitized nano-crystals.Research opportunities provided by the new photoemission instruments, synchrotron beamlines and FEL facilities were outlined by Alexei Barinov (ELTTRA), Fausto Sirotti (SOLEIL), Serguei Molodtsov (European XFEL) and Stephen Benson (Jefferson Lab.). Christopher Smallwood (UC Berkeley), Stephan Mathias (University of Kaiserslautern), Marino Marci (University of Paris Sud) and Tomasz Durakiewic (Los Alamos National Lab.) talked about studies of strongly correlated materials using laboratory based HHG sources. They also gave an overview of the latest developments in the high harmonic generation laser sources. Much attention has been paid to the photoemission studies of electron spins in "classic" magnetic materials as well as topological insulators whose peculiar spin structure holds many promises. Martin Teichmann (Max-Born Institute Berlin and Free University Berlin) has talked about ultrafast demagnetization dynamics in gadolinium, while Dan Dessau (University of Colorado Boulder) and Nuh Gedick (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) presented photoemission studies of the helical spin structure in topological insulators.It was clear that this community practicing all aspects of time resolved photoemission spectroscopy is producing very interesting data, which is often leading to dramatic advances in various areas of fundamental and applied research. The participants emphasized the need for the development of a FEL facility targeted specifically towards ultrafast time-resolved photoemission. Decades of photoemission research at the synchrotron beamlines have proved that ~10 to~150 eV is the most useful range of photon energies. Successful photoemission experiments at an FEL will likely rely on such energies as well. Aug. 2013Things were going along as usual. Work done at the beamline contributed to the paper published at Phys Rev. B Rapid Communications: http://prb.aps.org/abstract/PRB/v88/i4/e041101. A few other interesting papers have been accepted. They will be highlighted later. Sept. 2013Two groups have consumed the bulk of the beamtime in September: Dong Qian (Shanghai Jiao Tong University) studied thin films of bismuth and Shuyun Zhou (Tsinghua University) looked at various topological insulators. Collaboration with the latter group has produced a paper in Nature Physics. Collaboration with the Princeton University and Brookhaven Lab has resulted in the paper published in the Phys. Rev. B: Oct. 2013Every cloud has a silver lining: An unexpected delay regarding the spin-ARPES instrument has freed up manpower to apply finishing touches to the photoemission spectrometer equipped with a high-photon-flux Gammadata helium lamp. Such an instrument has always been regarded as a highly desirable addition to the regular ARPES experiment stationed at the beamline since it permits many preparatory studies to be carried out in the "off-line" mode, hence saving precious beam-time and providing fresh users with a nice opportunity to get "hands-on" experience with the ARPES instrumentation. In the middle of October, this instrument saw its first real action and entertained a group from the University of Colorado, Boulder, which used the instrument for several days and tried out new samples and ideas without consuming any of their shifts allocated for the present cycle. The instrument performed well.
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Trees mark Queen's Diamond Jubilee as part of Leicestershire County Council's Stepping Stones project
Posted: April 25, 2014|
Native trees have been planted in parks to mark the Queen's Diamond Jubilee.
The copper beech, royal ruby maple and cockspur thorn were paid for with a £600 grant from Leicestershire County Council's Stepping Stones project.
Nick Hague, a countryside ranger based at Brocks Hill Country Park, in Oadby, said: "Blaby Road Park, in South Wigston, and Uplands Park and Coombe Park, in Oadby, have all had a tree planted following the grant to mark the Queen's Jubilee.
"The grant was allocated after applications to the Stepping Stones project by our volunteer tree wardens, Dave and Patricia Tebbit, Peter Lakin and Susan Wilkins."
He said the wardens advised the council on planning applications involving trees.
Other broad leaf trees are to be planted in Oadby and Wigston as part of the project.

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i just saw some one pass a baby through the drive-thru window at dairy queen.
who knew that a girl that let me piss on her within 20 minutes of meeting her would get upset i couldn't remember her name.
I saw your arrest video on youtube. you look so thin!
When I got to his place, he served wine and cheese and made me sit on the balcony while he read his poetry to me. He cockblocked himself.
Instead of just putting in it he asked "will you do the honors?" it was the cutest thing I had ever heard before sex.
Our professor just said "No class today, go get stoned." A guy seriously walked over and hugged him.
I am so getting Plan B when we get home. Not getting knocked up by a dude with a hair piece.
only 75% of american men are circumcised...i guess this was bound to happen to me someday.
she told me her two favorite things were grocery stores and dick.
Almost accidentally stole a baby... explain later
like in an apt above a crackhead. A LEGIT CRACKHEAD. he woke me up every morning this week asking me if I wanted to buy a mini fridge and some CDs. at 5 am. EVERY DAY.
the extent of background information i have on her is minimal, but it will get me in her pants
my history teacher totally just suggested that we record his lectures and play drinking games with them later so that we pay attention to the material.
I puked for half an hour, but I went and danced afterwards, and that made me feel better.
He' s half Black and half Italian, I finally asked...this penis maybe one for the records.
I just woke up vomited poured myself a chocolate milk and turned on the peoples court. you?
He passed out drunk on top of me. Fully erect. Still inside me. Woke up like 1 minute later, and continued.
I don't believe these are real court rooms. They look absolutely nothing like law and order.
Remember when we were mad at her for brining her mom on spring break? She just won the wet t-shirt contest. I think we owe her an apology.
oh no you fucking didn't eat my mac and cheese you cunt
You were pretty fucked up... decided playing hopscotch down the stairs was an excellent idea.. it was extremely entertaining
The last thing I remember is you asking me how to grow french fries.
the worst part of it wasnt him peeing on the xbox. it was when he showed me his penis and made a kissy face at me. THAT was painful.
don't worry about the poodle she's always like that. she's like 14 years old and ate a bag of weed when she was a puppy.
I woke up laying in alphagetti with the message "I'd go get checked asap" written out in the letters.
Some girl next to me in class is making a list of whta to pack for spring break & it was a normal list until she put birth control in all caps w/ stars around it
He yelled "HERE COMES THE WARMTH" before he pissed his pants. In front of the whole party.
I just encountered the most annoying guy on the planet. I wanted to slap his milkshake out of his fat-boy hands while he was talking to me at the same time as slurping his liquid fat.
I sat down with you and helped you write your will last night. I was THAT convinced that you weren't waking up.
i woke up with my hand stuck in a jam jar with my keys in the bottom and a dog licking peanut butter off my boobs. you tell me.
My roommate has every episode of Full House. I'm going to fail my midterm tomorrow.
As we walked into his room, he said welcome to the hurt locker. I should have left, but I love that movie.
just wokeup with my ethics textbook on my chest, animal crakers in my mouth and my dick in my hand. even aristotle doesn't have a theory for this one
I literally sat down and peed with my underwear still on. How does that happen?
He invited me to see "alison wonderland" WHAT THE FUCK THATS NOT A FIRST NAME/LAST NAME TYPE DEAL
The neighbors are smoking hash and doing Julia Child impressions...again.
I started the year with 2,800 dollars and am now down to 83 dollars-one of which i use to snort my focalin. I have given up on food and am perplexed as to how I can make 82 dollars last more than two weekends for booze
Just getting around to doing laundry. Jesus there's a lot of blood on my birthday dress.
its a saturday night. im home alone watching legally blonde, eating week old birthday cake and drinking milk out of the carton. so yeah im doing real well
did that guy on the oscars really just tell me to text a dolphin?
Also I got A jello shot for $2!!! It's like the forever 21 of bars
I love online classes. Spent the last part of my lecture taking apart a teabag and filling it with weed.
If we have to be apart I understand. Being separated is probably best for our relationship now. I look forward to our booty calls.
you were sitting on my toliet with a double cheesburger in your hand asking me how the cheeseburger even got there.
yeah my mom told me she knows when i come home high because i use my turn signal while turning into the driveway...
Found a left over fake Olympic medal from our party last weekend. Awarded it to a random girl in the bar last night. Its the only thing she was wearing this morning when she woke up at my place.
I can't believe I'm wasting this thong on a guy in a sweater vest.
I used a physics textbook to prop her up so she wouldn't choke on her vomit...see I have learned something from statics class.
You pointed at his crotch then made a thrusting motion. I think it's safe to say every guy at my college loves you.
i walked in the apt and she was vacuuming. i asked why and she said so we could have sex on the floor. i love clean freaks.
You hooked up with a kindergarten teacher?
Yea. It's kind of weird knowing that there are kindergarten teachers out there with their nipples pierced.
True friendship; bangin a girl to get ur friends hat back
Maybe we should try and tone it down a notch. The neighbors changed the name of their wifi network to "i can hear you having sex".
The world would have a new energy source if someone would just take a blacklight to the backseat of that slut's car
She showed me her prom dress from 2001, which still had her date's cum stain on it.
I want to make a porn site called "girls with daddy issues"
He choked me out. i woke up to poo. I dont think i like S&M
can you explain why there is a dead rabbit in my front seat?
Cop gave me a ticket for public drunkedness, and then I convinced him to drive me back to the party
is it customary for a bride to wear white even if she's a whore? i feel tie-dye would have been more accurate
why did u have a candy cane hung on your dick in the first place?
So I heard you only slept with me because you were drunk...is that true?
I seriously just caught my 15 year old little sister with a positive pregnancy test coming out of the bathroom. Honest to God.
You seriously don't know?He was trying to arrest you and you were shouting that you were being punk'd. Punk'd? that show got cancelled like 5 years ago.
I think the waitress doesn't beleive I have friends coming. I've had 4 drinks and a large salad just waiting for you guys.
I wasted my skinny years on you. The least you can do is high five me at the bar
I just stepped on my own foot and apologized to my shoe... THAT high.
Im sure that doesnt mean its ruined... It was your bithday you get a free "im drunk at 7 am" card
Before I left in the morning I deleted her purity ring app off her iPod, I figured it would save her the shame
we just ordered 30 dollars worth of french fries...whats wrong with us?
This chick just checked into her walk of shame on Foursquare... I think I'm in love.
dude, she was giving me a lapdance and her thong had a skid mark. no I did not hit it.
What the fuck. The girl next to me just looked at her phone, put her stuff away, and popped a birth control and ran out of class. Lucky fucking guy.
a girl is trying to cook hot pockets in a saute pan on the stove.
When you're on the hood of a car, 10 mph feels pretty fucking fast.
I swear that when I have my own bathroom, I'm gonna lock myself in there and masterbate for at least 3 days in sheer appreciation of it.
I sat in the mc D drive thru and refused to move till the chick gave me her number
It was literally the size of a half eaten tic tac.
do you have any idea how expensive it is to have the munchies at Disneyland?
Holy shit bill nye is being consulted as an expert on cnn and hes credited as the science guy. What the fuck is the world coming to?
If I had a nickel for every time my parents threatened to stop paying tuition I would be a very rich man. Rich enough to pay my own tuition.
God gave me these boobs for a reason other than for people to throw things down them.
I told you I was good to drive
dumbass I drove... you sat in the passengers seat and steered with a paper plate
I mean. If you don't have time I understand, but my dick doesn't.
and i think we compared dick sizes, then high fived...
He said I came instead of I'm coming. I wonder if he noticed my state of confusion when I stopped blowing him.
that's like riding a pigeon when you could fuck a bald eagle
i wish i could, but i promised myself i wouldn't sleep with anyone who couldn't grow a beard for a while. it's not you, it's crosby.
is there a reason why there is cup of piss in the fridge?
My hand is eating my burrito and not saving any for my mouth. TRIPPPPPPPPPPPPPPINN!
Just found a shot glass and plan b in my backpack...
jacking off on stolen wireless... gotta enjoy the small things in life
It didn't go so well. He got drunk and asked my dad if 'front or back' virginity mattered more.
I was to drunk to drive all the way up there, so we just had rough phone sex instead
NoDDING MY HEAD LIKE uyuEAH MOViUNG MY HiPS LioKe YEAhhhhhhhhhhh
Can you get arrested or in trouble for punching a dead relative in a casket?
I'm driving to work with an ice pack on my vagina. how was your weekend?
he said he didn't have a condom.
that that's fine cause i was ready to be a mom. yeah - he magically had a condom he forgot about after that.
So I went home with some chick last night... I'm not sue what's worse: not getting a nut at 5am, the condom breaking and not being replaced, feeling poo when I put my finger in her but, sleeping on a heroin mattress in her living room, her swine flu coughing fit at 7am or realizing she peed the matt at 10am. Actually it was probably the fact that she continuously told me she was the classiest girl in boulder.
My girlfriend went down on me and as she did she hummed the theme from star wars and pretended my dick was a lightsaber...I'm buying the engagement ring tomorrow
and then she said I drew a line on her forehead with my cum and whispered "Simba"
I asked a girl to buy her a drink, she had I have a boyfriend, so I said, well i have a goldfish, she said what? I replied, oh I'm sorry I thought we were talking about shit that doesnt matter.
I was just told by a cop that my party was the most epic party they ever crashed
my math teacher staples burger king applications to failed tests
i hope kanye doesn't show up to patrick swayze's funeral. " i'll let you get back to your funeral in a minute...but michael jackson had the best death of the year. just sayinnn ".
Thank God they found balloon boy, I was afraid that Michael Jackson was ordering take out from heaven.
Now that the fun of having an iPhone has worn off I find that using screen as a coke tray is by far my favorite app
she thought Martin Luther king was a president at one time. I love knowing I broke up with my ex and this is what he ends up dating.
i just walked into a room at this party and someone yelled "dibs!"...
Sex on bubble wrap = best decision ever.
Should I ask him to prom mid fuck? That way he has to say yes.
Tiger Woods should have just walked in, gave everyone a high five, and left.
please don't let me die tonight
Ah that type of Dick. I think my phones trying to make me less of a whore by capitalizing Dick. That way it looks like I'm talking about a dude not penis
Just whacked off in the middle of writing a paper, gave me great ideas. Note, should do this more often.
About to find out how well alcohol and lazer tag mix.
so today in my theology class we brought up the proper way to have sex. so rough sex was said by the teacher...I said I know a girl that likes to be choked. sorry but everyone knew it was you
Someone will be leaving this trip either pregnant or devastated.
Interestingly im still mad at you for the time we got high and you tried to hump me.
no seriously he was fingering me like he was really really frantically looking for a song on his iPod.
My mom walked down and caught me drinking by myself, watching the nanny at 3:30AM. I had no idea what to say
im so horny i just used my electric toothbrush to masturbate. god help me
I just beat off to a cartoon porn video. what has my life come to
she went to type in rate my professors and rate my pussy came up in my recent searches. needless to say, i will likely be masturbating to the aforementioned site tonight.
watching elf naked is so much better than watching it with clothes on .
you ever feel like there is a sober person insided you pointing and laughing....?
I just told my boyfriend I think I might be pregnant using Emoji icons....
I wish my period boobs were my regular boobs.
something about eating while taking a crap just doesn't seem safe to me.
he was humming party in the usa while we were having sex.
i think she is mad at you for trying to take a shit in the back seat of her car
you'd be alarmed at how much plan b i just found in mom's bathroom...
So I decided to start saving money for my abortion in a tomato sauce jar because it says 'Prego.' I know I thought it was fucking genius!
The worst mistakes make the best memories. Write that down.
idk how it happened. she made a very smooth transition from crying to blowing me
i saw her thong sticking out from across the bar...that was my cue
words cant express how excited I am to make January 1st our own personal version of The Hangover
you threw up in the bushes next to the ABC store and kept saying "you're home, blueberry vodka, you're home!"
I got vodka in my stocking. Having an alcoholic mom has paid off.
Not only did I hold your hair back as you puked, i french braided it. I am such a great friend.
Someone should've told Pope jumper lady and terrorist pants guy that the Worst of 2009 lists already went out....
felt a little awkward waiting for my McNuggets after vomiting all over the counter
your youtube search consisted of "food slideshow" and "the angry beavers"
my 12 year old sister just told me how admirable it was that i felt comfortable going out with my friends dressed "like that"
Just found my car keys in your throw-up.
just as he was about to cum he started shouting "I THINK I CAN! I THINK I CAN!" over and over again.
Just had to have the guy at Sprint clear the dried cum out of the trackball on my Blackberry. Wonder if that happens to him often.
Is it weird I want to fuck the cartoon chick from e-surance??
getting caught by my parents in bed with another guy was way easier coming out than telling them over dinner like I had planned.
You text me last night that you invented a new food. Cheese-less grilled cheese. Congrats, you made toast.
you started crying because you didn't get to wear your rainboots this week so i turned on the shower and let you jump around in it
omg kevin jonas gave his bride a glass slipper..could he be any gayer then he is now
he is so gay. he makes clay aiken look straight. what is wrong with the lady that married him? kevin must be envious of her balls
He keeps asking where i got my clothes and accessories. i'm not sure if he wants to fuck me, or go shopping.
During sex he wiggled his hips and said "I'm turning the ice cream" Deal breaker?
I'm surprised you like me... I didn't think I was your type.
Stop staring at my boobs, I can't concentrate
getting your period on valentines day is like an extra little fuck you, now you REALLY have no chance of sex tonight.
These old people don't even realize they're giving me weed money for shoveling snow.
i had to take my roommates dildo out of her suitcase so I could use it
We'll see haha. The cum didn't work...I just chewed the whole thing in a day.
i called him pencil dick in front of over half of his fraternity brothers...
Yes. Being a lesbian's wingman is a fun as it sounds
my ass has officially been on the floor of every fraternity on this campus
How the fuck did I get small bruises all over my body?
Well you were laying on the couch naked after the girls left, staring into space, and I went over to the pool table and threw every ball as hard as I could at you from point blank range . You didn't flinch, blink, or scream for any of them. next time maybe you won't fuck my girl while I'm taking a shit
Puking in one of the stalls, a guy ran in and started puking in the other stall... In between heaves we told each other our names; i found out that it was my old best friend that moved away in the 8th grade
we were wasted and he didn't have a condom so he called the front desk and asked for one. They didn't "officially" have them but the night manager happened to have one in his wallet. He brought it to the room with two mints.
If you win this game of words with friends, ill suck you off for 30 minutes. No lie.
Where does it all go? I've busted inside of you like 10 times in the last week.
She got mad when I told her I'd bone her mom. She got MORE mad when her mom heard, and was flattered by it. Proud to say I attract MILFS.
omigod im sitting here with ben and he and i both got that...chick you totally just mass texted that...
47 days without vaginal penetration. Im pretty sure it's grown over.
Do you realize that if your cunt was a missing person it would be assumed dead?
I understand Curling. That high.
dont get me wrong, i like when a guy is into my boobs but when he started saying mama i want milk let me suck, i gathered my shit together and bounced.
Even My mom was ashamed of me bringing her home, she pulled me aside, and told me i can do better than, "butter faces"
even iPhones love lady gaga. everytime I type haha it trys to correct it to gaga. this is bullshit...
He could list all of the presidents! Every one, and in order!! I was so impressed the least I could do was give him a blow job.
good luck with ur interview. Just show them your confidence and don't make that sucking snot noise. Really don't. Praying for you, love mom
i just jacked off to lindsey vonn, i feel so patriotic
It just sucks seeing everyone get flowers but me...
yeah, but they die. it takes a while, but they die. just like all of these kids relationships will. tequila doesnt die. its a live in the moment thing... like a valentines day one night stand. so long run, tequila is the better gift.
So for Valentine's Day...I finally swallowed. I feel like I earned that steak.
Good. I hungoveredly cleaned your room. This is what being married is going to be like. I pick the condoms up off the floor and you bring home the hot dogs.
So the girl I hooked up with last night pretended to be from Comcast when my girlfriend stopped by this morning. She even made a fake appointment to check her internet. Best hookup ever.
last time i saw her she was begging the broken jukebox to play lady gaga.
The hardest part of getting a new computer is deliberating whether to start the cycle of porn and viruses all over again.
Eating meat and looking at porn while roommate is at church for Ash Wednesday. Win.
Have you ever looked at the 750mL bottle of wine on the seat next to you knowing that it's just not going to be enough?
the last 2 times weve had drunk sex ive had to get the morning after pill.. he's turning into a real expensive fuck buddy.
I think I'd do Clint Eastwood.
We shared that special kind of eye contact that can only be experienced when you know one party is saying "Oh god, I fucked him in the back seat when you were in the front, didn't I."
U sang "shots, shots, shots" then walked 2 ur top drawer and threw socks everywhere singin "SOCKS, SOCKS, SOCKS!"
I cant watch the real world now after jersey shore. its like trying to go back to vagina once uve had anal
you kept making us tell you how cute you looked in your new outfit, even after you threw up all over it
I walked into the bathroom and the toilet was on fire... I stood there for like a minute trying to decide whether I should put it out or get my camera.
The guy at the liquor store just checked my id and said "oh it's you"
I've only been here for an hour and I've already made 6 babies cry.
Going to eat lunch. Bunch of people in church clothes, and we are hungover, wearing pajamas, and in real danger of puking on the floor. We're about to destroy the ambience of this joint.
Girls only wine night turned into a sloppy drunk lesbian orgy again
Party in the USA is so catchy!
A cab driver remembered me by name, address, and ex fuck buddys nick name from a year ago. I mustve been one memorable shit show.
I just tried to light a cigarette with a tube of lipstick. If I had stayed in girl scouts maybe I could've made that happen.
She was so happy she found her sunglasses, that she blew me. Im now randomly hiding things of hers in hopes she'll find them and I'll get a repeat performance.
after I pulled back my foreskin she said, "cool like a transformer". I really like her now.
We tried to play doctor all sexually then he was taking down my 'symptoms' I said I needed to puke he thought it was part of the game
did u really fuck my little sister???
im not saying yes or no but just know that my answer rhymes with "mess"
so how do you plan on seducing my econ TA?
by telling him that he has a large supply and that i demand it...in my mouth. it shows him that i'm slutty and that i pay attention in econ
I just ordered a 3 square foot pizza. This is how to beat an eating disorder.
We discussed our relationship status. We're dating exclusively. And the conversation was followed by him saying "C'mon baby, let's make you orgasm!" .....I'm gonna marry him.
can you imagine how much money lesbians save on birth control?!?
haha I love it when I find out that girls who were mean to me in middle school are now some random dude's baby mama. thanks, facebook.
on my arm i have a score card from when we apparently had a competition to see who could harden his nipples fastest..
Dude I was fucking my girl on the couch and her dog came up and licked my balls. Does that mean we just had a threesome?
we hooked up on one of my student's desks last night...i can't decide if i'm ashamed or massively proud of myself
Pants on the Ground is the theme song of my life
Just saw a girl leaving CVS on her bike with a case of beer. She tried to ride one handed with the case under her other arm and fell over off the sidewalk. I'm glad to see someone else's life is a bigger joke than mine.
I spent all day at the mall with her, then she made me actually watch a walk to remember then decided to tell me she was on her period. This one is either really crafty or I am really desperate.
he held my hand while i was giving him head. freud's gotta be turning over in his grave
We just stood on the porch wondering how you managed to puke up a whole piece of bologna
she told me that she was curious about how cum tasted. of course i left you.
Either I get my picture taken sitting on a fuckin pony, or I'm not coming.
Just made a pepperoni sandwich with cheese, mayo, and pickles. Poverty is like pot, without the happy feeling.
once my pubes got caught on her snaggletooth it was all downhill from there
a bus full of elementary school kids may or may not have seen me pissing off my front porch this morning
So, when he came he screamed MORTAL KOMBAT!!!! at the top of his lungs and all of his roomates yelled back FINISH HER!!!!.....yeah kinda akward
It's gotten to the point where NOT peeing in the sink feels strange and uncomfortable.
just threw up in the bushes outside my lecture hall. sometimes i hate the freedom college gives you.
Last night drunk me texted a sure to be hungover me my class schedule and locations for today. I'm like a mom preparing her child for the first day of school
let me put it this way. im never saying "join in or get out" again unless i know whos in the room.
Just don't lie down.. Throwing up upwards is NOT cute the second time.
after you threw up, you tried to prove you were sober by reading the ingredients off the shampoo bottles
He literally had no idea who I was, so he made me turn around 360 degrees and when he saw my ass, he blurted out my first AND last name.
He used his penis as a puppet and sang Rihanna's Hard..... so no, we will never see each other again.
The wedding was scheduled to start 5 min. ago. 20 people here so far, groomsmen in tees and jeans, catering by Costo. NO ONE OUR AGE IS READY FOR MARRIAGE!
I wonder what gingers are like in bed...as awkward as their hair or just as unique as it...?
I lost my virginity in that bed. You just layed in history.
Tonight I think I'm going to go out with a french braid so I don't wake up with puke hair. Thoughts?
And your mom thought you weren't even thinking about your future... she would be proud
It's official. I'm a squirter. Wasn't a one time thing.
He came all over my face... then said "YOU HAVE BEEN ROBBED!"
Your mom can still drink beer standing on her head! Talk to you tomorrow :)
I just watched Jersey Shore so I would know what rock bottom was when I reach it.
we just fucked in the mcds parking lot
she would only give me a road handjob because she didnt want to unbuckle
she met some random, took his vcard, peed in his bed, left, and then requested him as her boyfriend on facebook
i just woke up to 15 people singing a whole new world
I just saw on the news, this guy tried to smuggle coke in a bouquet of roses... and to think I used to hate valentines day.
just woke up in my neighbors garage.
Omg i either met the gayest dude ever or my next boyfriend
An alarm set every 45 minutes saying "FATTY" and one every afternoon saying "CASPER" every day until spring break is a foolproof plan to being bikini ready
My plan for valentine's day: take a shot for every guy I've slept with. To keep me from going to the hospital I'm only doing half a shot for small dicks
you came in and threw goldfish on our blue carpet and screamed SWIM BITCHES and then made me drink a best friends potion with you
she told me i should dip my dick in chocolate and then let her blow me since it was her 2 favorite things. weird or my new valentine for this year?
STOP fucking him and come play in the snow with us!
Dude, the women on the view have some valid arguments
He snuck into some random hotel's continental breakfast at 3 AM and then passed out on a bench in the lobby. When the cops found him they made him empty out his pockets. No phone, no ID just muffins.
Dude just fell down the stars trying to leave class early, the prof just looks down at him and says"thats what you get"
went to the gyno and found out that i have a birthmark on my clit. its like god gave guys a little help when it comes to getting me off.
Dude, she looked like the Canadian Slam Poet, neck hair and all.
you're single. I'm single. let's spend vday with the 3 most important men in our lives: ben, jerry, and josé
Just try to lay there and not be pregnant.
whenever I think of his sister, I just picture a chick with a huge beard
Are you pooping in the stall next to me?
I have new birth control, three bottles of jack, and some coupons for micky d's. You wanna have that sleepover?
I'm gonna get drunk and through up on the first happy couple I see.
Just heard the new 'We are the world' ... Can I get my 10 bucks for Haiti back?
she was stuffing dove chocolates in my mouth while giving me a blow job. GOD I LOVE VALENTINES DAY
do you remember wearing her cheetah rainboots and making bacon shirtless?
How the hell can the Olympic committee frown so much on weed and yet put on a show you would have to be high to actually enjoy?
Well i just learned hong kong is a country...thank you olympics
you said "tonight pinky, we take over the world" and then came in my face
If I die tonight, I want you to know that your sister is awesome in bed
When I unzipped my pants I said "Release the Cracken"... she dug it so we're getting married soon.
watching hot guy on train scrolling with his blackberry's track ball... o to be that track ball...
It is 3am. I'm at a pizzeria with my 4 friends. The one to my right is throwing up on herself, the one to my left is crying hysterically by herself, the one in front of me is passed out on the table, and the other is trying to find a taxi and I'm pretty sure a guy is sticking his hand up her skirt. Tourists are taking pictures. Help me.
remember earlier when I said I was over sex with random boys? take it back take it back take it back
Nicole wore just a belt and her pedometer and hopped on top of me last night. She "walked" 822 steps before we finished.
you rubbed the head of my dick and said "I shall call you Squishy and you shall be mine and you shall be my Squishy."
theres gunna be a new season of 16 and pregnant on mtv...WHERE DO THEY KEEP FINDING THESE IGNORANT PREGNANT GIRLS
I wish Facebook had filters like: Ivy League school, frat boy, straight, extremely wealthy, great in bed.. I would check all of them
Give me one situation where peeing in your garage could be a bad idea
Nothing says "This dudes gotta go" better than a boner on your back waking you @ 5 in the morning
I just got fire extinguished by his roommate while we were having sex. That's just taking cock blocking to a whole new level.
I didn't mind getting the stomach flu from him. we had great sex AND I'm seven pounds lighter
I'm walking down the halls of our hotel and listening for sex noises and knocking when I do.
This morning I saw a frozen puddle in front of my RA's door and I laughed, assuming someone poured water in hopes that she would slip and fall. That's when my roommate told me I had peed there last night. Thank you Captain Morgan!
What kind of flower means "I want to have unprotected sex with you, preferably from behind?" because thats the message I'd really like to send on Valentines Day
The liquor store is having an inventory reduction sale. It would be a sin not to stop and help them out.
she broke up with me using backstreet boy lyrics
you busted in the room, ripped the covers off of us, ... and fist pumped
my boss said she was surprised to see me this morning. i told her there's a time in a girls life she has to give up day drinking in order to make money for next weekend's alcohol. she looked so proud, i think i might get a raise.
I love reading their "i love you more" , "no i love you more" war on facebook today knowing that he hooked up with me last night. I bet i know who wins that one.
I guess I fist pumped too hard. I hit my mom in the face and now we're sitting in the ER.
When we told the nurse what happened, she replied with "OH, Well you don't look Italian to me!"
tip of the day : never have sex with a full bladder. it WILL lead to complications and a very unhappy partner.
Captain Phil from deadliest catch died... im trying to think of a memorial fb status but "ill miss your crabs" doesnt sound right
i just stepped in cum. i hate you.
she gave me a disgusted look and asked how i could live with myself. because i havent seen the rocky horror picture show. and then dumped me.
today he pulled me aside to show me a lawn mower that he drew above his pubes. I saw his pubes in all their glory. Right there. In spanish class. Hola.
I just had to google "How do I get semen stains off of drywall." I'm relatively proud of this
You tried to tell me you weren't high while you were eating French onion dip out of the jar with a spoon
it looked like a condom graveyard when i woke up. they were everywhere
A freshman just referred to Home Improvement as 'tim the tool man show'. People born after 1990 are not people.
I came out of bedroom with my jeans on backwards, zipped AND buttoned. I have inconceivable talents whilst intoxicated.
they got in a fight during sex...she came out yelling and covered in chocolate
never thought i'd see a ''climb of shame'' until she came down from the attic in front of the whole party..
They're all gay and their wifi network is named HOMOS. I want to live with these people.
he started fingering my stomach rolls instead of my vag... am i really that fat?


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MERCER COUNTY, Ky. (WKYT) - While on a field trip, a 5-year-old girl gets a special surprise.
5-year-old Brooklyn Corson headed to Devine's Pumpkin Patch in Mercer County with her classmates Friday morning. This was her first field trip with her class from the Jessamine Early Learning Village. When she got there, there was a special surprise waiting for her.
Catherine Corson, a soldier in the Army, wasn't supposed to be home from Afghanistan until Christmas. But Corson came home two months early. She hid just feet away from her daughter, waiting for the perfect moment to tell her youngest of three, that mommy is home.
"I'm really excited and it's an overwhelming feeling. I can't believe that it's actually here and I've been home you know like a day and a half to get everything ready. And yeah it's surreal I think," Corson told WKYT.
Corson says it was hard to keep the secret, but worth it to have this special moment with Brooklyn.
Corson now has two other children that don't know she is here yet.
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Dublin - Many newspapers over the New Year period spent time predicting the trends of 2013. A theme that raised its head in virtually every one I read was that 2013 is going to be the year of the celebrity baby. From Kate Middleton to Kim Kardashian, lots of high-profile women are with child.
Despite all the talk of babies though, humans are estimated to be one of the least fertile species on earth with, on average, a 20 percent chance of conception with each fertile cycle.
For one in six couples, achieving that much-wanted pregnancy can be a stressful and heart-rending journey. Predicting and assisting fertility becomes a crusade for many would-be parents.
A report released in 2010 looked at the difference between index and ring-finger length in men, stating that those who have a lower index/ ring-finger ratio were more likely to be infertile. I wonder, did a lot of women check out the fingers of their partner after reading that one?
We know that when infertility occurs, about one-third of the causes are female, another third male and yet another third due to no apparent cause.
So how can the average person improve their fertility?
It may seem like stating the obvious, but having regular unprotected intercourse is essential to maximise chances of conception.
Having sex every day, however, is not recommended. Sperm can live for up to 72 hours in the female genital tract but take up to 24 hours to regenerate, so intercourse every two to three days all month provides the greatest chance of conception.
Ovulation kits are not recommended, especially as they can add a lot of stress to the whole process which in itself can throw off fertility.
The biological clock is unfortunately a real phenomenon. A woman's fertility peaks in her 20s, starts to wane in her 30s and declines rapidly over the age of 40.
Women are born with all the eggs they will ever have, but only about 12 percent remain by the age of 30. However, only 20-25 percent sperm actually swim in the right direction!
Up to 80 percent of couples conceive within a year of unprotected intercourse.
Nearly everyone knows someone who either conceived in the first month of trying or has had fertility problems, so many prospective parents panic if they haven't conceived within a few months.
Investigations are not actually advised until you have been trying for a year under the age of 35 or for six months over this age. At that point a simple visit to the GP can help identify potential problems or do a lot to reassure a couple the odds are in their favour. Further investigations often involve referral to a fertility clinic.
The pregnancy rate with assisted fertility is about 28 percent per cycle, but varies according to clinic, maternal age and other factors.
Lifestyle is one way which we know that people can maximise fertility. Smoking and using narcotics reduces fertility in both sexes, as does excess alcohol consumption. Being over or underweight also affects fertility, so try to keep your BMI between 20 and 25. Eat well, reduce stress and avoid cigarettes and regular alcohol. It's the ultimate detox!
So those of you hoping to conceive in 2013, check out your man's hand – you know you want to!
Then digest the advice above and make it part of your lifestyle for the year ahead. Most of all, have fun trying. – Irish Independent
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PETERSBURG — Summerfield picked up its baseball first win of the season, but Ida came back to win their second game of their doubleheader Wednesday.
Steve Schankin was the winning pitcher in the Bulldogs' 6-2 victory. Cory Zeiler threw a one-hitter for Ida in the nightcap which was won by the Blue Streaks 7-2 in five innings.
Jason Wilder had four hits including a double in the doubleheader for 1-4 Summerfield. Schankin added two hits. Brenden Woelmer, Jake Hathaway and Chad Heil contributed two hits for Ida.
The Blue Streaks swept the JV games 4-2 and 6-2. Andy Woelmer and Josh Bastain pitched complete-game victories. Jacob Bastain, Tyler Weaver and Zack Swanson were the hitting standouts for Ida.
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TEMPERANCE — Bedford has won four straight after an opening-game loss. The Mules swept Whiteford 14-1 and 6-5 Wednesday.
Zach Mills and Kyle Kuhr were the winning pitchers. Zach Kitzmiller had four hits and Joe Bemister doubled and singled. Lucas Mayo and Brad Boss added two hits in the opening game.
Kody Baker hit two doubles for 1-2 Whiteford. Joel Crozier, Justin Hughes and Baker all added three hits.
Jefferson 7-4, Dundee 2-2
DUNDEE — Jefferson ran its record to 6-0 with a pair of solid pitching performances and some timely hitting.
Tyler Castiglione threw a two-hitter with 10 strikeouts in the first game. He also contributed three hits, stole three bases and had two RBI. Zach DeSilvis went 4-for-4 with three runs, and Zak Bijarro and Nick Chinavare added two hits.
Nick Zambeck's two-run single in the sixth inning broke a 2-2 tie in the nightcap. Shawn Voyles was the winning pitcher in relief and Michael Valle had two hits.
Jefferson's JV won 8-7 and 10-0. Matt Piedmonte had three hits and sent the opener into extra innings with a two-out hit after Timmy Sanner gunned down a runner at the plate to keep it tied. Cody Weiss and Nolan Duvall were the winning pitchers, and Addison Brancheau had three hits in the nightcap.
Northville 2, Airport 0
NORTHVILLE — Airport opened its season with a disappointing loss at Northville.
Alex Quirie pitched well and Scott McCormick and Brandon Lewis had two hits each for the Jets.
Taylor Truman 5, Gibraltar Carlson 1
GIBRALTAR — Three unearned runs proved costly as Gibraltar Carlson lost to Taylor Truman 5-1.
Travis Payne pitched six solid innings with seven strikeouts and one walk. He also doubled and singled for the 0-2 Marauders.
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One of two officers assigned to control coyotes and other predators in Sonoma County will be off the job starting Oct. 1 while the county reviews the legality of a contract with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, which provides the extra officer.
Having just a single county-funded officer on duty is "going to limit the amount of time we can spend at any given ranch," said Agricultural Commissioner Tony Linegar. "It's going to take a lot longer to respond to complaints."
Linegar said the agency would focus primarily on major predators that pose a threat to livestock, such as coyotes, and would have to reduce or stop efforts to control nuisance animals such as raccoons.
The county has contracted for predator control services with the USDA's Wildlife Services program for decades. The annual contract, worth about $113,000, was scheduled for routine renewal by the Board of Supervisors this summer but Cotati-based Animal Legal Defense Fund objected, saying the contract might require a full environmental impact report under the state's strict environmental laws.
Linegar defended the program but pulled it from the supervisors' calendar for further study. The review has taken longer than expected, he said this week, and it might be early next year before he and the county counsel's office decide how to proceed.
Linegar did not rule out the possibility that the county might conclude it needs to conduct the environmental review, as ALDF contends.
In the meantime, the most recent contract has expired and funding for the position runs out on Monday, the last day of the federal fiscal year. That means the federal position in the two-man office will end, at least for the moment.
The ALDF seemed surprised by news of Linegar's long timeline for the legal review, but it hailed the end of the contract, even temporarily.
"I think it's a step in the right direction," spokesman Chris Green said. "Ultimately we'd like to see the money that used to go to the contract diverted to non-lethal alternatives."
The group is trying to ramp up pressure on the supervisors to kill the contract. Last month, it enlisted the Humane Society Wildlife Land Trust, which recently took over a wildlife preserve in Sonoma County, to send a letter condemning Wildlife Services.


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This building once served as the headquarters of the city's detachment of the Communist secret police, the dreaded Staatssicherheitsdienst. The exhibition Stasi—Macht und Banalität (Stasi—Power and Banality) presents not only the Stasi's offices and surveillance work, but also hundreds of documents revealing the magnitude of its interests in citizens' private lives. Though the material is in German, the items and atmosphere convey an impression of what life under the regime might have been like. The exhibit about the death penalty in the GDR is particularly chilling.
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Southeastern struggled to find consistency. Zane Trace could do most anything it wanted, and the result was a 14-0 win in five innings in SVC play Tuesday.
Southeastern committed seven errors in the game and was held to three hits by Zane Trace starter Dalton Burger, who picked up the win with four strikeouts and one walk. Offensivly, Zane Trace accounted for 10 hits, getting three hits and a double from Wes Beam. Nate Mettler added a two-run double and finished with three hits. Nat Davis and Barry Allen each finished with two RBI, and Colin Swackhammer added an RBI double.
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Ithaca College pitchers struck out a season-best 10 batters in both games of a doubleheader as the Bombers stretched their softball win streak to six by defeating Keuka College, 8-0 and 5-1, Tuesday at Kostrinsky Field.
The first game went just five innings due to the mercy rule; Sam Bender (12-3) struck out seven in three innings, with reliever Laura Quicker fanning three. Both pitchers allowed only one hit. In the nightcap, Allison Macari (9-8) tossed a complete-game five hitter with 10 strikeouts and no walks.
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Since this is a rather rare set of agencies, was wondering who are the authorised Mac / Apple dealers, distributors in pune
asked 30 Nov '09, 06:35
Dhananjay Ne... ♦
how did you manage to tag this question thrice with
(10 Jan '10, 12:08) nik ♦
I have been an Apple user in India for over 4 years now. In my opinion, I find Picatype to be one of the best folks for all your Apple needs, from repair to buying products. Not sure if they are the cheapest, but they are fairly reliable in Pune.
Here is a google map for Picatype. It's right in the lane opposite Nandu Parathas: http://bit.ly/6OvxCw
Don't ever go to the store right near Pune station, which is serviced by two Bengali brothers [nothing against Bengalis, just don't remember their names]. I think the store is called Rahul Commerce and also has another office behind Nandus.
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Why should one not go to the store right near Pune station ? You have faced difficulties with service or that it is not an apple / mac dealer (and thus is a wrong store to go to)
(01 Dec '09, 06:28) Dhananjay Ne... ♦
They are a apple/mac dealer but are out to rip you off. They supposedly didn't have OS CDs to help me fix my mac, asked me to get mine, which were unfortunately scratched. They then tell me I would need to spend 10K to buy the latest OS, which I didn't need, just so that they could test my machine! I found it utterly ridiculous. All this was told to me with a straight face and no shame whatsoever.
(01 Dec '09, 07:08) Hemanshu
Imagine is the premium reseller (same as mumbai) here is the list of all distributors http://bit.ly/8GdpVD If you are looking for a outlet then I have seen one outside this mall in kalyani nagar (big cinemas, with mc donalds on ground floor and kfc in front of it).
If you are looking to buy one, then try getting it through a college going student as you would get 10% discount.
answered 30 Nov '09, 08:10
There is an Apple showroom at Adlabs in Kalyaninagar
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Imagin store at AdLabs , KalayaniNagar is Authorized dealer for Apple. we have bought around 3-4 Macs from there and it has been good experience. They have also opened new Shop at Kakade Mall. There is newly opened iStore on F.C road as well.
answered 07 Dec '09, 09:33
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reliance digital has opened iStore, exclusive apple stores on FC road and Jewel Square, next to taj blue diamond.
right off apple.com > http://www.apple.com/in/buy/locator/map.html?tySearch=1&viaProduct=2&viaSpecial=-1&strCountry=IND&lat=18.5204303&lng=73.8567437&gCountry=IN
heard from others as well, picatype is the preferred choice. will share details soon on their service. need to get my imac serviced.
answered 12 Dec '09, 13:10
Sahil Khan
Staples in Baner is authorized Apple/ Mac reseller. Their salespeople are quite helpful too.
answered 13 Dec '09, 14:33
Dr. Bhooshan...
I am told by a very authoritative source (my wife) that an Imagine store has either opened or is about to be opened at the Kakade Mall besides E-SQuare.
answered 30 Nov '09, 09:40
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