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Advances in Condensed Matter Physics
Volume 2012, Article ID 313947, 8 pages
Nonlocal Electron-Phonon Interaction as a Source of Dynamic Charge Stripes in the Cuprates
Institut für Festkörpertheorie, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität, Wilhelm-Klemm-Straße 10, 48149 Münster, Germany
Received 14 March 2012; Accepted 20 September 2012
Academic Editor: Jörg Fink
Copyright © 2012 Claus Falter and Thomas Bauer. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
We calculate for La2CuO4 the phonon-induced redistribution of the electronic charge density in the insulating, the underdoped pseudogap, and the more conventional metallic state as obtained for optimal and overdoping, respectively. The investigation is performed for the anomalous high-frequency oxygen bond-stretching modes, which experimentally are known to display a strong softening of the frequencies upon doping in the cuprates. This most likely generic anomalous behaviour of these modes is shown to be due to a strong nonlocal electron-phonon interaction mediated by charge fluctuations on the ions. We demonstrate that the softening of the modes is caused by nonlocally induced dynamic charge inhomogeneities in form of charge stripes along the CuO bonds with different orbital character. The dynamic charge inhomogeneities may in turn be considered as precursors of static charge stripe order as recently observed in in a broad range of doping around . The latter may trigger a reconstruction of the Fermi surface into small pockets with reduced doping. We argue that the incompressibility of the orbital and simultaneously the compressibility of the orbital in the pseudogap state seem to be required to nucleate dynamic stripes.
In recent work [1, 2], we have developed a description of the electronic charge response and phonon dynamics for -doped and -doped cuprate high-temperature superconductors (HTSCs). This approach is based upon a microscopic modeling of the change of the charge response across the insulator-metal transition in terms of the compressibility of the electronic system as a primary tool to characterize the corresponding competing ground states depending on doping. This is achieved starting from the insulating state via a metallic pseudogap state to a more conventional metallic state by consecutive orbital selective incompressibility-compressibility transitions in terms of strict sum rules of the charge response given in [1] and listed below. These sum rules are a proper instrument to describe the competition between the localisation and delocalisation of the electrons, which is at the heart of the physics in the cuprates.
In the conventional metallic state, the electronic partial density of states (PDOS) at the Fermi level is related to the polarizability matrix in the longwavelength limit according to and the total density of single particle states at energy is given by , are the orbital degrees of freedom in the elementary cell of the crystal. In our calculation for LaCuO, , , and orbitals in the CuO plane are taken into account. is a wavevector from the first Brillouin zone (BZ). On the other hand, for the insulating state we obtain the sum rules The sum is equal to with the average density and the compressibility of the electronic system. The latter provides a measure of the charge gap in the electronic spectrum because vanishes as a function of the chemical potential in the gap region. Moreover, provides a measure of the change of the chemical potential with particle number.
Approaching the delocalization-localization transition from the conventional metallic region representative for optimal and overdoping, when -doping is decreased the component of the wave function is admitted to become incompressible, insulator-like in the underdoped state according to our modeling. This means that the correlated 3d electrons are allowed to become more localized as compared with the conventional metallic state and disappear from the Fermi surface (FS). Moreover, this effectively models a decoupling of the 3d electrons from the holes on the orbitals quite in contrast to the conventional metallic state. In terms of the sum rule, we then have Accordingly, the partial density of states is suppressed at the Fermi level for the correlated, localized orbitals (orbital intrinsic incompressibility due to correlation) but not for the more delocalized orbitals at the sublattices in the CuO plane, where the holes are predominantly injected in the -type cuprates. So, we have an orbital selective compressible, metallic charge response only for the states with a renormalized PDOS and a loss in the total density of state at (pseudogap) because of the incompressibility of the states according to (4). The loss in spectral weight also is never recovered on entering the superconducting state. The incompressible regions in the pseudogap state compete with overall metallic behaviour and with superconductivity.
Our modeling of the pseudogap state in terms of compressible, metallic states and states treated as incompressible and disappearing from the FS because of strong correlation is supported by calculations performed within the self-interaction-corrected (SIC) local spin density (LSD) approximation for [3]. Here it is shown that the self-interaction pulls the occupied localized states below the band, only little admixture is found in the band.
Furthermore, our modeling of the pseudogap state corresponds with a smaller Fermi volume as compared with the conventional metallic Fermi-liquid state because the Fermi volume is determined by the density of the compressible metallic charge carriers (holes) of dominantly -type alone while the states are incompressible as in the Mott insulator and cannot contribute to the Fermi volume quite in contrast to the conventional metallic state where both the and the states are compressible metallic leading to a large Fermi volume. The pseudogap state is separated from the conventional overall compressible Fermi-liquid state by an orbital selective compressibility-incompressibility transition of the orbital. In the context of our modeling of the pseudogap state, it is interesting to point to another modeling of this state within the framework of the so-called fractionalized Fermi liquid. For a recent discussion see for example, [4] and references therein. In this approach, an idea is important which is based on the concept of an orbital-selective Mott transition. For the latter, for example, in a two-band model, we have one metallic band with Fermi-liquid-like quasiparticles while the other band, for example, related to localized electrons, undergoes a Mott transition to an insulating state due to strong electronic correlations. Such a transition is analogous to the compressibility-incompressibility transition of the orbital in our approach.
Because particle density fluctuations scale with the compressibility of the system, the sum rules introduce varying and orbital dependent fluctuations of the particle number in the different metallic states of the HTSC according to our modeling. The tuning parameter for these fluctuations of the particle number is doping, and the pseudogap state may be considered as a state with reduced particle density fluctuations as compared with the optimal and overdoped state. Moreover, the partial incompressibility of the orbitals competes with superconductivity because the phase fluctuations of the order parameter grow with decreasing particle fluctuations due to the uncertainty relation .
Qualitatively, the incompressibility of the states also corresponds to a compartmentalisation of configuration space. This means that some parts of direct space cannot be approached or are hardly accessible to the charge carriers. On the other hand, this should be accompanied by a reciprocal compartmentalisation of momentum space, according to the uncertainty relationship . As a consequence, the momentum should have corresponding fluctuations and the FS of the conventional metallic state becomes fuzzy when passing to the underdoped state and possibly reconstructs. ARPES studies and quantum-oscillation measurements seem to reflect this in form of a reconstruction of the large FS in the optimal and overdoped state into small Fermi surface pockets with Fermi-liquid-like charge carriers in the underdoped pseudogap state characterized by a loss of density of states at the Fermi level consistent with our modeling.
In our orbital-based local picture, the pseudogap state of the cuprates looks like a "two-component" electronic structure where a real space organisation of the low lying charge excitations is achieved in form of a metallic charge response by mobile holes on the oxygen network in the CuO plane that is blocked at the incompressible insulator-like Cu sites. Inspection of the sum rule in (4) shows that the incompressible states and the compressible states are entangled by the off-diagonal elements of the polarizability matrix. So our modelling of the pseudogap state is consistent with a strange not overall compressible metallic state coexisting with atom-like, incompressible orbitals same as in the undoped, insulating state favoring short-ranged magnetic spin correlations and corresponding excitations, typically spin fluctuations. The latter should be damped by electron-hole charge excitations of the compressible metallic states.
In -space language such a strange mixed locally compressible-incompressible state should result in a heavily renormalized electronic bandstructure and Fermi surface (FS) as compared with the more conventional overall compressible Fermi liquid state with a large FS at higher doping. The pseudogap state displaying properties characteristic of both insulators and correlated metals evolves from the incompressible insulating state with no low energy charge excitations and seems to promote the tendency to charge and spin ordering that breaks rotational and translational symmetry, for example, in form of stripes. The latter appear to be quite common in underdoped cuprates. In this context it is interesting to point out that the stripe-like modulation observed in [5] is strongest on the oxygen orbitals. So, the latter are very essential to understand the physics of charge order in the cuprates and also the charge response as shown below. Finally, the enhanced phase fluctuations due to the incompressibility of the orbital favour pairing correlations in the normal state, possibly incoherent preformed pairs as discussed in the literature.
Our modeling of the density response is strongly supported by corresponding calculations of phonon dynamics [1, 2], which compare well with the experimental data. This is shown for -doped LaCuO in case of the strongly doping-dependent oxygen bond-stretching mode (OBSM) anomalies, see Figure 1, where the experimental results for the highest and branches of are shown for various doping levels [6] and compared with the calculated results. The high-frequency OBSMs are generally known to display an anomalous softening upon doping in the cuprates [7–18]. Such a behaviour of the experimental phonon dispersion is clearly visible for LaCuO in Figure 1(a) and is very well accounted for by the calculation in our model for the electronic state in terms of incompressibility-compressibility transitions, see Figure 1(b). We also have included in Figure 1(b) the phonon dispersion of a rigid-ion model (RIM) for LaCuO.
It seems appropriate to explain at least the ideas of our modeling of phonon dynamics and charge response of the cuprates. A quantitative treatment of the theory and the modeling would be too extensive and can be found in [1, 2].
The rigid part of the electronic charge response and the electron-phonon interaction (EPI) is approximated by an ab initio rigid-ion model (RIM), taking into account covalent ion softening in terms of (static) effective ionic charges calculated from a tight-binding analysis. In addition, scaling of the short-range part of certain pair potentials between the ions is performed to simulate further covalence effects in the calculation in such a way that the energy-minimized structure is as close as possible to the experimental one. The RIM with the corrections just mentioned then serves as an unbiased reference system for the description of the cuprate superconductors and can be considered as a first approximation for the insulating state of these compounds because of the strong ionic nature of bonding in the cuprates. Starting with such a rigid reference system nonlocal, electronic polarisation processes are introduced in the form of more or less localized electronic charge fluctuations (CF's) at the outer shells of the ions. In the metallic state of the cuprates, especially the latter dominate the nonlocal contribution of the charge response and the EPI and are particularly important in the CuO planes. In addition, anisotropic dipole fluctuations are admitted in our approach. They prove to be specifically of interest for the ions in the ionic layers.
Comparing with Figure 1(b), the results of the phonon dispersion of the RIM, where only local EPI effects are considered, with the full calculation we can extract the crucial influence of the nonlocal EPI effects generated by the charge fluctuations. For example, we find a very strong softening of the bond-stretching mode (half-breathing mode) increasing with doping up to about 5 THz. Comparing the calculated results with the experiments in Figure 1(a), we find a good agreement. In order to achieve such a realistic description of the phonon modes, both, nonlocal EPI effects and multiorbital effects are required. The comparison with the results from the RIM demonstrates that nonlocality is needed and from our detailed calculations we find that the CF's of the more delocalized and orbital contribute significantly to the softening of the modes, besides the more localized orbital. The strong softening of the phonon anomalies is accompanied by corresponding dynamic charge inhomogeneities in form of charge stripes along the CuO bonds. The modes are not really soft but one may consider these dynamic stripes as precursors of static charge stripe order with ordering vectors corresponding to the wavevectors of the phonon anomalies.
Finally, it should be remarked that a constructive interplay of electron-ion interaction with short-ranged antiferromagnetic order is important for the Cu sites in the underdoped and insulating state, because electrons are transferred from the Cu ion where the Cu bond is compressed to the Cu ion where the bond is stretched, see for example, Figure 2. Both ions have opposite spin in the antiferromagnetic case. In contrast if a ferromagnetic order would be present, the Pauli blocking would suppress the transport of electrons with the same spin and consequently also the charge fluctuations and the corresponding softening of the phonon modes.
Modelling of the electronic polarizability for the insulating and pseudogap state is needed because a quantitative calculation of is not available due to the missing of a rigorous knowledge of this state. On the other hand, for the more conventional metallic state can be calculated within the local density approximation (LDA), however, with some important corrections concerning the electronic -axis response which is overestimated in typical LDA-based calculations [19]. Concerning this case it should be remarked that a comparison of the calculated OBSM anomalies from the model in Figure 1(b) with corresponding results obtained within the framework of the corrected LDA [19], taking into account the full dependence of the polarizability matrix, leads to a good agreement. This also speaks in favour of our modeling of the charge response in terms of the compressibility sum rules, in which only the longwavelength limit of the polarizability matrix is considered.
In Figure 2 we display the calculated phonon-induced charge redistribution of the bond-stretching mode at for the optimal doped state. Figure 2(a) illustrates the effect of the local EPI within the RIM on the charge redistribution connected with the displacement of the ions in the CuO plane, that is, a stretching or compression of the CuO bond, respectively, (half-breathing mode (HBM)). The local EPI reveals a charge redistribution of dipole character localized only at the ions as can be expected from the rigid shift of the ionic densities in the RIM during the phonon mode.
From Figure 2(a) we also obtain the message that no dynamical charge stripes are excited by local EPI. On the other hand, Figure 2(b) that displays the nonlocal part of the charge response due to nonlocal EPI effects of charge fluctuation type demonstrates how the strong nonlocal EPI generates dynamic charge stripes in the half-breathing mode. Thus, the moving ions in the HBM, which are linked up with strong CF's on the silent Cu and ions, induce dynamical stripes in the direction with a recurrence periond of two lattice constants along the orthogonal -direction. Note, that there are no changes of the transfer integral between and orbitals for the silent Cu and ions, nevertheless there is a charge transfer.
In case of the full-breathing mode , at the the point of the BZ where the and ions vibrate in phase along the bonds against the silent Cu ion [1] nonlocal EPI generates CF's at the Cu and we obtain an electronic charge transfer from that Cu ion where the bonds are compressed to the Cu where the bonds are stretched [20]. While in case of the HBM the charge stripes point along the - or -direction, respectively, for the stripes point along the diagonals in the CuO plane.
The self-consistent changes of the potential felt by an electron due to nonlocal EPI also have been calculated for the OBSMs and yield a strong coupling of the order 100 meV [19]. It should be remarked that such a strong nonlocal EPI associated with the OBSMs, which can reliably be calculated in the adiabatic approximation, is further enhanced by an order of magnitude because of the poorly screened long range Coulomb interaction and the slow charge dynamics for the polar modes from the nonadiabatic sector of phase space around the -axis where phonon-plasmon mixing is relevant [19].
In Figures 3(a) and 3(b), we present the calculated results for the nonlocally induced charge redistribution of the HBM for the insulating and the pseudogap state, which should be compared to the corresponding results for the optimal doped state in Figure 2(b). First of all we find for all electronic states dynamical stripes along the bond direction excited by the nonlocal EPI being simultaneously responsible for the corresponding phonon softening in Figure 1. This is quite interesting because dynamic charge inhomogeneities of this type may be considered as precursors of static charge stripe order as recently observed in , in a broad range of doping around with [21] or in , respectively, [22].
To the best of our knowledge in overdoped samples static stripe order has not been observed so far. This would mean that the pseudogap in the underdoped state may be required to nucleate dynamic stripes. In our approach this implies that for the emergence of static stripe order the incompressibility of the orbitals seems to be essential. The latter brings about a separation of mobile holes populating the compressible states and regions with local Mott- and spin correlations related to the insulator-like states. Such stripes producing the onset of a new periodicity that breaks translational and rotational symmetry also may help to trigger a reconstruction of the large hole Fermi surface (FS) into small pockets as detected by quantum oscillation measurements in underdoped , see for example, [23] and references therein. Also from an energetic point of view, our modeling of the pseudogap state is susceptible for the tendency to establish broken symmetry states with hole-rich compressible and hole-poor incompressible regions. In general terms, lowering of the kinetic energy occurs in the compressible metallic regions and lowering of the interaction energy is possible by antiferromagnetic spin correlations and the Coulomb repulsion between the electrons in the region of the incompressible insulator-like states. Altogether, in the pseudogap state the doped holes and the superexchange-coupled spins arrange themselves in a cooperative way to promote both charge mobility and locally antiferromagnetic correlations.
Comparing the stripe patterns of the insulating and underdoped state with that of the more conventional metallic optimal and overdoped state (not shown) with a large FS as the locus of the crucial low energy excitations, we find a relatively small contribution of the orbitals degrees of freedom to the density redistribution in the latter case. The weight of the contribution is significantly enhanced in the insulating and pseudogap state, see Figures 3(a) and 3(b) reflecting in particular the importance of the orbital in the pseudogap state. Holes in the pseudogap state primarily populate the orbitals, while the holes in the more conventional metallic state gain more and more character by an increased hybridization as can be seen from a large PDOS for leading to a dominating contribution of the charge redistribution at the Cu ion where the charge response is now metallic, too. See also [24] where it is investigated how the nature of the hole state evolves with doping. Overall, the stripe pattern is more delocalized in the metallic state and localization increases towards the insulating state via the pseudogap state.
In the overdoped state, a growing importance of the orbital and accordingly an increase of the element of the polarizability matrix leads to an enhanced softening of the anomalous OBSMs, see Figure 1. The corresponding calculated dynamical stripe pattern is very similar to that of the optimally doped state in Figure 2(b) but somewhat more delocalized because of the increased influence of the more delocalized contribution due to the orbital.
From our calculations it becomes obvious that a multiorbital approach is needed that includes besides Cu at least orbitals and for the optimally doped and overdoped state in addition orbitals in order to give a reliable representation of phonon dynamics and charge response in the cuprates. Single-band models for the CuO plane believed by many people to describe the cuprates are not sufficient, in particular in context with the discussion of stripes. Altogether, in the optimal and overdoped state increasing of doping enhances the hybridization between , , and orbitals, respectively, with a dominant weight for . This state becomes compressible metallic with a large PDOS at . So, the particle number fluctuations that characterize the different competing ground states in our model are enhanced as compared to the ground state in the pseudogap regime. Here the hybridization is weaker due to the incompressible insulator-like orbital with a vanishing PDOS at .
Translational symmetry-breaking models of the electronic structure of the CuO plane generated by charge density wave order of a certain wavevector are discussed in the literature and used to characterize Fermi surface reconstructions of a large FS into small pockets, for recent work see [25, 26]. From scanning tunneling microscopy (STM), neutron diffraction experiments, and nuclear magnetic resonance measurements, the ordering in many cases occurs with a period of about 4 lattice constants [26]. This corresponds to the wavevector of the mode. Therefore, it is meaningful to calculate the nonlocally induced charge redistribution also for this mode. The result for the optimal doped state is shown in Figure 4.
We again obtain a stripe-like charge pattern with translational symmetry in the direction but a four-unit cell repeat distance along the orthogonal direction . Contrasting this result with the charge stripe pattern as found for the HBM in Figure 2(b), the stripes for are expanded over the whole unit cell, because the CFs do not vanish at the sites of the moving oxygens, unlike . However, the amplitudes of the CFs are considerably smaller. According to our calculation of the eigenvectors, this is caused by the strongly reduced bond-stretching amplitude of the oxygen ions in the plane for , while the displacement of the apex oxygen ions is strongly enhanced in the mode as compared with the HBM.
In summary, we have applied our modeling of the doping-dependent electronic states of the cuprates to the calculation of the phonon-induced charge inhomogeneities nonlocally induced by the and mode in LaCuO. The calculations have been performed for the insulating-, pseudogap, and the more conventional metallic state. The compressibility is used as a primary term to characterize the competing ground states controlled by doping. The strong nonlocal EPI of CF type excites in all cases investigated dynamical charge stripes along the CuO bonds. Differences in orbital character of the charge response in the various states are discussed at hand of the stripe patterns. Experimentally, charge stripe order has been observed in a broad range of doping in and other cuprates, which supports the point of view that dynamical charge stripes generated by certain strongly coupling OBSM may be considered as precursors of static stripe order at least outside the overdoped regime. Such a charge order breaks translational symmetry and may enforce a reconstruction of a larger hole FS into small pockets.
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While I am waiting for Moog Etherwave to arrive from the US, and I have time to relax after a recent concert at the Crocus Expo, I want to write a little bit about the history of the theremin. I came across a promotional brochure by RCA Victor — this American company manufactured theremins in the 1920s.
An absolutely new unique musical instrument anyone can play.
This is what the title page says.
The RCA advertisement seems to be too optimistic. Or those people were rather dreamers. And I do not know whether Leon Theremin really thought that anyone could play his instrument. But as for him, he was definitely a dreamer — in a good way.
In fact, the booklet states that a housewife can play this instrument — for example, to entertain guests by pleasant music… Radio and especially television had not yet made their way into every house at the time, but the theremin, as RCA believed, could do it and replace the phonograph as a means of entertainment and piano for domestic music-making.
In fact, the first theremins (actually all models manufactured up to 1960s) were of little use for an unprepared learner. The method of playing is contactless, which makes tuning to notes by ear a difficult task. And you have to be guided only by ear, as theremin notes are to be found in the air.
In addition, the tuning of the theremin itself was prone to constant shifting. After all, those models were based on tubes: as the tube warmed up, the tuning changed. For this reason, a theremin player had to switch on the instrument at least half an hour before the concert, so it could warm up and detune in a more predictable way (if you can call this "predictable" at all). But it is only part of the story. The voltage drop could cause detuning, too. Someone walked by the instrument and this again could shift the tuning.
More than this, the air "neck" of the theremin was not uniform: each octave had a different length. So you can imagine trying to play it when the power supply voltage drops, the tube warms up, and someone walks by.
So housewives, despite RCA's predictions, never mastered the theremin. But the instrument always attracted people's attention.
It is clear that the statement that anyone can learn to play this thing, was just a clever PR move. Although, maybe the time was that optimistic? There is something common with the utopian ideas of Ivan Efremov… In his "Andromeda", he described a solar piano with a triple keyboard manual (as well as some analogue of contemporary music on demand service), and at some point Dar Veter (the main protagonist, not to be confused with Darth Vader), wishing to listen to the solar piano adaptation of the piece titled "13th Blue Cosmic Symphony in F Minor", asks an electrosmelting operator (sic!) — she was the "shy and silent woman" — to play it for him.
Yeah, maybe it was just such a time…
Update 2009: The topic was continued in my article, "Theremin: Past, Present and Future", published in the "Radio» magazine (№ 1, 2009).
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Then , we place happiness in a distant goal , a love, a career, a position , an achievement, and we say : Just be happy if ....
But perhaps it makes sense, what if that love never comes, if that race never ended , or if we do not get the position you want both ? Do we love each other like if that happens ? , Will we be happy by other means, or never achieve happiness because we put on those goals ? .
Life is a constant change, and change each of us , our dreams change , change our direction, and our goals change , and perhaps what we wanted to achieve so much , and in which we put our happiness no longer this or not really right for you, and perhaps insist pursue happiness in that something that does not come , let it go the things that really make us happy , or worse, we fail to see the happiness that you seek further, is there , with you , in you.
Here's how I think , for me, to be happy is to love who you are with all your flaws , all your mistakes and imperfections, and to be happy with who you are , shopped always grow , and never, under any circumstances will you allow something or someone damaged.
Being happy is to appreciate what you have achieved and celebrate, perhaps there is much yet to achieve, but it can not make you less happy, because your efforts have already borne fruit , albeit one, born of you and everything you did .
Being happy is grateful every day just being alive is a deep breath and be thankful for every breath that invades your body, sing out loud , just for the hell of it , you feel like your hands are able to create , support , to hold


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Published: 3 March 2014 at 12:38
Families enjoy a fascinating day out at institution's Chelmsford campus
Children and their parents flocked to Anglia Ruskin University to experience a range of fun-filled and interesting activities.
The UniFest event was created to inspire young people aged 6 to 16 by giving them the chance to take part in activities ranging from decorating cupcakes to building a roof and even surviving a zombie uprising. Through visiting the campus with its facilities, the aim was to inspire participants to consider their future with enthusiasm.
The free event took place on Saturday and more than 620 people attended with great enthusiasm and energy at Anglia Ruskin's Rivermead campus.
Particularly popular were the junk modelling, an opportunity to "assist the surgeon" and basketball skills, where the Essex Leopards and their mascot Lenny the Leopard joined in.
Becca Jackson, Outreach and Recruitment Officer for Anglia Ruskin University, said:


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Wednesday, April 13, 2011
The LOVE Boat...where's Gopher?
6 comments:
- Shewearscrazywell said...
You do know you won my giveaway right :)! I'll be whipping up what you wanted on the post very soon. :) Hearts, Janna lynn
- April 13, 2011 at 2:05 PM
- LuLu Kellogg said...
ROFL at the Speedo....I call them either Grape Smugglers or Bananna Hammocks! *snort*
- April 13, 2011 at 4:35 PM
- Funny in My Mind said...
"rocket fuel in my pants", that's what SHE said!
There are tons of boats out there, dangerous!
Balcony room? check
I thought deep fried rat for sure.
Why's the pepper got a tail? hmmmm
Was it a man-made beach like Waikiki? That is why there were no shells on Waikiki, cause they haul the sand in.
Beautiful, amazing photos.
I don't know how you got that pic of me and my husband sleeping in the airport, that is just cruel, we were tired as hell.
- April 13, 2011 at 6:54 PM
- BundlesofBlossoms said...
Those last two people were just plain ol' tuckered out! Did you go dancing with them on the lido deck the night before or something? LOL!
Glad you're trip was so fun!!!!!
- April 13, 2011 at 10:03 PM
- chinamommy said...
grape smugglers....LOL!!!!!
I don't know if it was a man made beach...maybe! and i think the pepper's tail is called a stem! ha!
- April 14, 2011 at 12:48 PM
- Melanie said...
Now, if you could combine that last pic with the one of the Speedo you would have to win some type of award! That is some sexy airport footage. I'm sorry that you had to feel so small and futile in comparison.
- April 20, 2011 at 11:43 AM


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Cannot open more than 20 bookmarks at the same time.
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Vivaldi doesn't seems to want to open more than 20 websites at once, contained within in a bookmark folder, even if that folder has more than 20 bookmarks in it. It will open the first 20 while completely ignoring the rest. Any reason as to why that is? I like being able to just open all the websites I'll need at once with just the middle click of my mouse. (It can open multiple instance of 20 websites though, just no more than 20 at the same time. This isn't an issue in both chrome and firefox so it's puzzling to me as to why Vivaldi would put this arbitrary limit) I don't remember this being an issue last time I tried Vivaldi (beta2, but possible that it already was a thing back then and just didn't notice as the speed dial just turned me off so much(and still does). I mean, scrolling in a speed dial? really? just have it resize to the size on my window, if I wanted to scroll, I'd just open the bookmark panel)
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this is still an issue in the latest snapshot, why?
this is still an issue in the latest snapshot, why?
Per the developers, it is not an "issue." It is on purpose. They cap the number at a level they find reasonable, to limit freezes and hangs of the browser, as well as unreasonable resource hunger.
They have not said whether they might lift the cap once they are happy that Vivaldi's resource usage has been optimized to their satisfaction.


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The beauty of a woman lies in her hair. The length, the style and the texture of a woman's hair affect her facial features. Women have always been possessive about their hair and the hairstyle. Women's hairstyles and hairdos keep on changing with time with a vast range of hairstyles from short to medium and long hairstyles.
Short haircut denotes business and career for women. Thereafter most of the women into some kind of business or service started keeping short hairs because women's short hairstyles are easier to manage and convenient to style up. The most popular short hairstyles women prefer are bangs, choppy cut, bob cut and pixie cut.
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The fall hairstyles are out now and women are already flocking to salons to get the trendy new women's hair styles for Fall. Some of the trendiest hair styles for this fall are:
The bob - A classic bob is very in this season. If your hair is fine a layered bob, also known as a shattered bob, can give your bob the fullness it needs without having to use a lot of product everyday. Shiny and sleek bobs are going to be one of the hottest fall looks. Retro looking bobs with soft waves or pin curls are also very hot.
Long, soft waves are one of the most popular women's hair styles for women with long hair. Soft waves are easy to get using a set of large rollers and a little hair spray. Ponytails- Simple, sleek ponytails are showing up in the fall photo shoots of Vogue and other popular fashion magazines.


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April 2017- Garden City, NY
According to publicly available records Jeffrey L. Offen , (CRD# 2893980) , a stockbroker who is currently registered with Craft Capital Management discloses:
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The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) is the agency that licenses and regulates stockbrokers and brokerage firms. FINRA requires brokers and brokerage firms to report customer complaints and disputes as well as regulatory sanctions. In addition brokers are required to disclose certain financial matters such as personal bankruptcies, judgments and liens.
In December 2016 Offen was fined $5,000 and suspended for 60 days by FINRA for failing to timely disclose reportable information. FINRA Case 2016048415301.
In FINRA Case 9-5377 a customer of New Castle Financial Services alleged damages of $98,000 for breach of fiduciary duty, fraud and negligence. That case was settled for $60,000 in 1/2011.
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Content Marketing Executive - Adventure Tour Operator
- Recruiter
- C&M Travel Recruitment Ltd
- Location
- Farnborough, Hampshire, England
- Salary
- £24000.00 - £26000.00 per annum
- Posted
- 03 Jan 2018
- Closes
- 02 Feb 2018
- Ref
- 48394
- Contact
- Sarah Smith
- Sector
- Tour Operator
- Job function
- Marketing & PR
- Hours
- Full Time
- Contract Type
- Permanent
Role Summary and Job Purpose:
You will be an excellent creative travel writer who has the ability to bring the unique Explore travel experience to life in a compelling and inspiring way for our target audience.
As well as producing high quality written content for use across all marketing channels, you will work closely with team members to ensure a consistent approach is taken when communicating the brand and the product, in line with our brand and tone-of-voice guidelines.
Key Responsibilities:
- To produce inspiring, creative and commercially driven content for use across all marketing channels, including emails, brochures, direct mail and website
- To own and be responsible for maintaining the Explore tone of voice across all platforms
- To be responsible for creating high quality email communications, including tactical initiatives.
- To deliver email marketing campaigns including writing copy, choosing images, fulfilment and some creative development to a deadline.
- Produce copy and content for promotions and marketing campaigns, working closely with the Product team to highlight our USPs and the Explore 'Twists'.
- Work with the Product team to produce taglines and short, medium & long copy for each Product type and theme.
- Work closely with the Customer Insight & CRM Manager to perform A/B Testing of various email campaigns to establish effectiveness, and optimise for future use
- To write content for blogs & website landing pages, and assist with building landing pages in the CMS where required.
- Work closely with the wider Marketing and Product teams to ensure all content is consistent, engaging, on brand and optimised for SEO where used online.
- Provide support and training internally and externally on tone of voice.
- Update and maintain the tone of voice guidelines.
- Proof read and edit customer facing copy created by marketing, product or other teams around the business as required.
Person Specification
Skills and Experience:
Confident and competent in establishing & developing relationships with external suppliers and key stakeholders
Experience of email marketing tools with the ability to write and build comprehensive campaigns and processes
Excellent copy-writing skills with the ability to produce engaging & channel relevant copy that is SEO friendly and commercially driven
Excellent attention to detail with a strong desire for accuracy and quality. Proven skills in proof-reading and copy editing
Good understanding of email marketing practices
Proven ability to manage multiple tasks/projects simultaneously and meet deadlines
Experience in working with website content management systems (CMS)
Working knowledge of HTML
Experience of the Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop particularly)
Experience in building landing pages in Kentico or similar CMS platforms
Worked with IBM/Silverpop Email Marketing
Experience of working with external agencies
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Weird! I ran a couple of magazines of the Fiocchi 90 grain XTP HP Bullets and had no problems at all. I also shot a couple of magazines of Speer Gold Dot 90 Gr. GDHP bullets and several magazines of Winchester 95 gr FMJ with no problems at all.I then tried to run a couple magazines of the Fiocchi 90 grain JHP thru the gun and they jam up in the magazine and will not feed
Maybe you should contact Ruger?
I just ordered a second magazine (being sent to Idaho since I can't use the LCP in Kalifornia). I'll check it out when I'm in Idaho at Thanksgiving. It could be magazine specific. Have you tried it in a second magazine?


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FOR the second time in four years, Dundee's schools have the worst record of pupil attendance in the country, with an average of 7.6 per cent of state school pupils absent from school during the 2014-15 academic year.
The figures, published by the Scottish Government, contain statistics for all state schools across Scotland.
Dundee's yearly attendance level of 92.4 per cent is more than three per cent lower than that of table-topper East Renfrewshire who enjoyed 95.6 per cent attendance.
Schools across the Angus region enjoyed a marked increase of 1.9 per cent during the same timeframe.
In the Central Belt, Edinburgh recorded 94.1 per cent attendance, while Glasgow lagged further behind on 92.8 per cent.
These particular Government figures measure solely when a child is in school and do not discount legitimate reasons for being off such as illness or sports trips.
Earlier in November, Dundee City Council unveiled the Every Day Counts scheme designed to increase awareness of the importance of school attendance.
In a statement during the launch of the scheme, Education Convener Councillor Stewart Hunter said: "We are opening a dialogue with parents about attendance because it is one of the most crucial issues that we face in the city. We are absolutely determined to close the attainment gap across Dundee and we want to encourage our pupils to make the most of their time at school as possible."
Despite this added detail, the Scottish Government report warns that comparisons between local authorities over time are "not reliable" due to discrepancies in the recording process and changes in the frequency of result-recording.
Councillor Hunter added: "Apart from the impact on a pupil's education, there is also the danger that children not attending school are putting themselves at risk in our communities. This is something that we want to stop.
"Our aim is to work together with families, to support and encourage them.
Across Scotland's secondary schools as a whole, those identifying as from "Mixed or multiple" or "African/Black/Caribbean" ethnic groups had the highest attendance figures in the study.
In addition, the least deprived secondary school students from the top 20 per cent of the Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation had a 94.5 per cent attendance rate, compared to 88.7 per cent for the most deprived 20 per cent.


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Pearl's Widow: Spirit Not Defeated
The widow of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl said Friday that his killers could not defeat his spirit and that she would tell their still unborn son that his father had worked to end terrorism.
Mariane Pearl, who is pregnant with the couple's first child, said she was proud of her husband, calling him a "great journalist who has traveled the world to reveal facts and seek the truth _ a value for him as sacred as freedom itself."
"The terrorists who say they killed my husband may have taken his life, but they did not take his spirit. Danny is my life. They may have taken my life, but they did not take my spirit," she said in a statement released by Steve Goldstein, a vice president of Dow Jones & Co., the owner of the Journal.
Thanking "all of the people throughout the world who have given Danny and me support and encouragement," Mariane Pearl, a French citizen, said it is everyone's responsibility to work against terrorism.
"Revenge would be easy," she said, "but it is far more valuable in my opinion to address this problem of terrorism with enough honesty to question our own responsibility as nations and as individuals for the rise of terrorism."
"My … hope now _ in my seventh month of pregnancy _ is that I will be able to tell our son that his father carried the flag to end terrorism, raising an unprecedented demand among people from all countries not for revenge but for the values we all share: love, compassion, friendship and citizenship far transcending the so-called clash of civilizations," she said.
Daniel Pearl, who disappeared in Karachi, Pakistan, on Jan. 23, was confirmed dead by the State Department after a videotape was received showing his killing by his abductors. Pakistan has arrested several Islamic militants suspected in his kidnapping.


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Wednesday, 12 June 2013
Double meaning...
|Dragon Thoughts
7 comments:
- Deb said...
After you.
Oh no, after you.
Oh no. I insist. After you.
Still one of the best routines ever. I'm wondering what kind of look you got from the clerk.
- 13 June 2013 at 00:50
- Jennifer Shelby said...
oh no! I remember being a little girl and hearing people talk about the Chippendales in hushed tones...so I asked my dad, who explained to me that they were men who took their clothes off to music. For YEARS I tried to wrap my childish mind around why on earth people wanted to see squirrels take their clothes off!
- 13 June 2013 at 03:54
- Mii Stitch said...
Funny, this made me smile!!! Amazing how people are just assuming... :D
- 13 June 2013 at 05:59
- wilma b said...
LOL...pretty funny!
- 13 June 2013 at 10:18
- Linda said...
I love Chip 'N Dale and the other one ain't bad either.
- 13 June 2013 at 17:21
- DJ said...
You must have that "I like to see wild men dancing" look about you! LOL I wish I had been with you on your little excursion! LOL
- 13 June 2013 at 21:03
- Lija Broka said...
Loved the kid version as a kid. The question always got me too.
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It's safe to say I have felt like a complete beached whale since, and today has been a detox day. I'm chugging water by the liters, and focusing on plain greek yogurt with berries for breakfast, a light salad for lunch, and veggies and protein for dinner.
Thank goodness for my CSA box. Its no secret I love kale... cooked, sauteed, roasted, or in chips- bring it. Raw? Blahhhh. Can't do it. I want so bad to like this kale salad from Eat, Live, Run, but I feel like I am eating a garnish when I bite into kale raw.
This kale "salad" was a mistake. I tried to make the above, but literally had to spit out the raw kale. I quickly sauteed it like spinach and as soon as it started browning, I knew I had hit the jackpot. I hope you try it. I loved it, and will be making it again tomorrow!
Kale "Salad"
Note: measurements are approximate, because like I said, this salad came about randomly and completely unplanned. I suggest just using your gut on the porportionality of ingredients if you decide to recreate this.
kale leaves from 4 stalks, torn from stems and into bite size pieces
1/4 c cooked shelled edamame
1/4 c snow peas, ends pulled off and blanched for 1 min in boiling water
1/2 T sweet chili sauce (such as one from the Ginger People- which is the bomb by the way)
splash of soy sauce
drizzle of sriacha
toasted sliced almonds
Heat a large saute pan over med- high heat and spray generously with cooking spray. Add kale and let it brown and wilt like spinach, stirring often, about 5 mins.
Heat a second pan with cooking spray over med heat, and toss edamame and snow peas. Add sweet chili sauce, splash of soy, and a drizzle of sriacha.
Combine kale and veggies on serving plant, top with toasted almonds.


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Apocalyptic dust storms
Let no one be in any doubt, the end of the world is approaching. The only question is whether it will occur as soon as 21st December this year, or much, much, much later. Whenever it happens, all reasonable soothsayers would agree that, besides fire tornadoes, it will probably involve some apocalyptic dust storms similar to the one above. These amazing photographs of an entire sand storm were captured at a Chinese military outpost in the Gobi desert, in May 2010.
Dust storms like this can be cross-continental events, eating up everything in their path for hundreds of miles. If they make it into the upper atmosphere, they have been known to travel to the other side of the world, carrying with them all manner of viruses and respiratory ailments.
One place you really don't want to get caught in one is the Sahara desert. Around 524 BC, a sand storm there buried the entire 50,000-strong army of Persian ruler Cambryses II. Here is a satellite view of one such massive sand storm over the Sahara in 2010:
It isn't only in the desert that dust storms occur though. The infamous 'Dust Bowl' disasters of the American prairies in the 1930s, caused by intensive farming and drought, saw giant 'black blizzards' of top soil blown off 100 million acres of land, deposited as far away as New York and Washington. It left 500,000 Americans homeless, a tragedy immortalised in John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath.
These days dust storms still roll through that land, but we in the rest of the world can now experience it from the comfort of YouTube. Here are two timelapse clips of a massive storm that consumed Phoenix, Arizona, in 2011 (they are sometimes known as 'haboobs'):
So we're starting to get a picture of what the apocalypse might look like as it approaches. But what will it be like when you're actually in there? The couple in this video know — they drove straight into a monumental dust storm at Broken Hill, Australia:
Basically, dust storms are scary as hell. Nonetheless, when these clouds of red dust occasionally reach Sydney, they can also create some pretty nice post-apocalyptic images:
Pics via Daily Mail, Kansas State University and the Guardian
Thanks to Sean Tomes for the suggestion!


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In a recent review of 77 studies, researchers found that high vitamin D levers were linked with an increased survival rate in breast cancer patients. Furthermore, one of the studies discovered breast cancer patients with the highest vitamin D status experienced a 44% decreased mortality rate when compared with patients with low vitamin D levels.
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Desperate Housewives: Okay, so I usually don't tell anyone that I watch this show because well, it's Desperate Housewives. The truth is that I have never missed an episode--even during the awkward seasons 4-6 when the writing just got ridiculous. I mean, the writing is still ridiculous, but I decided to come out of my DH closet because I've really started loving/hating some of the characters again. I'm so glad that Bree is finally getting laid, and who better to do it than Brian Austin Green? So glad to see Paul Young back on the scene in all his creepy glory. And the best thing about this season has got to be the addition of Vanessa Williams' character, Renee Perry, for two reasons: 1) it's great to finally see some color on Wisteria Lane (that is not related to murder), and 2) it makes the mourning over the loss of Ugly Betty a little less severe. So that's it. I like Desperate Housewives. There. I said it. No take backs.
Brothers and Sisters: So, I've been bad-mouthing B&S the last couple of weeks because the writers were simply off their game--it was like the writers from Desperate Housewives took the reins this season. Anyway, this week's show is starting to draw me back, mainly because we're getting away from the RIDICULOUS Holly Harper drama and getting the stuff we love--monologues from the best ever Mama Bear, Nora Walker. So, Nora's got a gig at a radio station, and her children end up calling in to boost her ratings. Justin, Kitty, Kevin--they are all going through some pretty tough shit right now--a divorce, a dead husband, and the inability to conceive, and this other more famous woman on the show keeps adding her two cents. This is what Nora has to say to her and all of them:
"...statistics can't hold your hand at night or share a cup of coffee with you in the morning. Do you have any idea how hard it is to lose a husband? Well, I do, and so I know...listen, you're grieving. Not only for the husband you lost but for the life you had envisioned. You're grieving for the future and all the plans and dreams you had in your head. Now that's all gone. There's a wonderful saying. You have to give up the life you've planned to find the life that's waiting for you...all our lives, we grow by giving up things, by loss and moving on, big things, little ones. How we handle those losses really defines who we are. Where are you now?"
"I'm at my mom's house."
"Great, great. That's a really good idea. But listen, you don't really need her to tell you what to do. All you need from her is just to listen. That's all. A place where you can talk out loud, where you can think. What you think, not her. You'll know what to do and what not to do. And you'll know when it's time to move on. And to the gentleman who called in earlier with the 'womb envy?' What the hell is that anyway? You don't want a womb! You want a child. You tried and it didn't work out, and that loss, or disappointment as you put it, is just as real as Katherine's, so is the grief and sadness, and if you don't acknowledge it and feel it, it will never get out of the way. Unacknowledged feelings are like a drunken cousin at a family reunion. They never shut up, so you can hear anyone else, and you have to be able to hear what's next in your life, what path you might want to travel down with or without children. You have to be able to see what's right there, right there, right in front of your eyes."
That's the Mama Bear I was missing! I hope we can get all these disjointed stories pulled together, so the Walkers can have some more family dinners and scream at each other. Oh, and I agree with my friend, Misti--there is never going to come a time when I think Sarah, Plain and Tall, belongs with a French painter/model. Get rid of him...which is apparently never going to happen after this last episode.
Glee: So, we have all been waiting for the Rocky Horror Glee Show, and they certainly delivered. Interestingly enough, the Glee cast has been in the news for taking sexually charged pictures in GQ the same week that they decided to do Rocky Horror. Coincidence? I think not. Now, if you've never seen a live show of RH or even the Rocky Horror Picture Show (the movie) from 1975, you probably felt as lost as Finn:
Finn: I have no idea what's going on in this script, and not in a cool Inception kind of way.
But have no fear, even after seeing the show a million times, I'm not even sure what it's about. All I know is it's lots of sexy transgendered fun with catchy, absurd songs. It did, after all, begin it's claim to fame in the age of Grease and other equally ridiculous musicals that sixth-grade girls across the world can sing from start to finish. A couple of neato things to note:
- We get cameos from Barry Bostwick and Meat Loaf, who played Brad and Eddie, respectively in the movie.
- The role of Frank-n-Furter is played by Mercedes, playing to the best of theatre tricks with the cast playing a joke on the gender-bending musical by bending the gender back in the other direction. Amber Riley's version of "Sweet Tranvestite" was the highlight of the show for me. That, and Finn walking down the hall in his undies.
And here are a couple more ha ha lines:
Sue: Thanks, Rod. You know, Halloween is fast approaching, the day when parents encourage little boys to dress like girls and little girls to dress like whores and go door-to-door brow-beating hard-working Americans into giving them free food. Well, you know what, Western Ohio? We've lost the true meaning of Halloween. Fear. Halloween is that magical day of the year when a child is told their grandmother's a demon who has been feeding them rat casserole with a crunchy garnish of their own scabs. Children must know fear. Without it, they won't know how to behave. They'll try frenching grizzly bears and consider living in Florida. So, moms, skip trick-or-treating this year, and instead, sit your little toddler down and explain that Daddy's a hungry zombie, and before he went out to sharpen his pitchfork, he whispered to Mommy that you look delicious. And that's how Sue Sees it.
Sam (dressed as the creature): Um, also, Ms. Pillsbury, is there a way I could, wear, like, some gold board shorts or something? These are really short. I'm afraid I'm going to show off some nuttage.
Finn: Wait, since I said I'm uncomfortable in the tighty whities, does that mean I'm going to get replaced?
Sam: No, you don't have to worry about that. The Brad part isn't about looking hot. It's about being confident in who you are and how you look, no matter how douchy you are. That guy's totally cool with being uncool.
Finn: Yeah, I'm definitely not there. I actually started showering with my shirt on.
Sam: Look, stop knocking yourself out here. Just be you, and the sexy will flow through.
And props to the writers for figuring out a way to get Rocky Horror onto the show in the first place because clearly, most high schools in America would NEVER even consider it.
Friday Night Lights: Okay, so we switched to Directv about a year ago because Time Warner was being screwy, and although I hate that we lose service in storms sometimes, I am so glad we did it if only for the fact that I get to watch Friday Night Lights. (I don't understand all that cable rights mumbo jumbo, but it's really freaking stupid.) I know a lot of people who are like, "Oh, I've never watched it. I'm not that into football," to which I always respond, "It's not about the football." If you've never seen FNL, get a Netflix membership and get caught up. It's totally worth the $8.99/month. Four things from this episode that rocked my socks off:
- Coach Taylor is still my hero, and Tami Taylor is the hottest mom on TV. I have to pick my husband's jaw up off the floor every time she walks onto the screen, which is actually preferable to his being attracted to Julie, I guess. She's pretty hot, too.
- It seems like Landry gained a little weight since last season, which makes his geekiness just a teeny bit sexier.
- The scenes when Coach Taylor gets all misty-eyed and nostalgic about his family and then when Landry visits Matt Saracen's grandma before leaving for college are the reasons I watch this show--so, so real.
- We've got a new character--Hastings Ruckle, a hippie who thinks "football is stupid" and brings out the worst of American society. Whatever, hippie. You still look hot in those pants, and I'll forgive you for rocking the skull cap like some hipster hondo because you helped the Lions pull down a W.
I do feel a little bit creepy lusting after all these high school football players, but I get over it pretty quickly when I realize they're actually 28 in real life. I also get angry when I think about the fact that this is the last season. I'll just have to watch them over and over on Netflix, I guess.
I ran out of time to write about everything I watched this week AGAIN (why must life get in the way of my TV watching?), but here are a few other shows that were on top of their game: Modern Family (Claire is my Halloween mom hero!), The Office (MacGruber!), Parenthood (the scene between Julia and Joel was HEARTBREAKING), and The Good Wife (power to car-bashing women everywhere--even if it was Jason Street's car [sorry for the FNL reference, but Scott Porter will forever be my favorite wheelchair-bound hottie]). I'd like to think life is going to slow down enough for me to truly enjoy TV blogging, but the holidays are not exactly the time when I get to be lazy. One day I hope to do nothing but wear pajamas and eat chocolate-covered almonds in my favorite chair with only my red blanket and remote to keep me company. A girl can dream, right?


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A dedicated volunteer who shed seven-and-a-half stones after being diagnosed with diabetes has won an award for her efforts to raise awareness of the condition.
Ramona Mulligan, 48, decided to change her life after discovering she had type two diabetes in 2009.
As well as losing weight and starting to exercise, she became a passionate campaigner, raising awareness of diabetes and specifically the prevention and management of type two diabetes.
She has appeared in a range of media, such as the Chorley Guardian and BBC Breakfast, and has completed running races, including the Greater Manchester Marathon, to raise money and awareness.
Her hard work has now been recognised as she received the Campaigning And Raising Awareness Award at Diabetes UK's regional Inspire Awards.
Ramona, of Kiln Croft, Clayton-le-Woods, said: "I'm really honoured with the award.
"I have been working really closely with the media team at Diabetes UK to raise awareness and inspire people to get more active and live healthier lifestyles so we can beat diabetes and obesity."
Stephen Ryan, regional manager at Diabetes UK, said: "Ramona's work in raising awareness of type two diabetes, not just in the North West but nationally, has a huge impact on raising awareness of the issues faced by people living with condition.
"The passion Ramona demonstrates when campaigning to improve the lives of people living with diabetes is inspiring and it's an honour to be celebrating this."
Ramona credits nurse Jeanette Iman with helping her realise she could still live a long and healthy life after being diagnosed with diabetes.
She said: "My nurse Jeanette at Whittle Surgery took hold of me and said I didn't have to die this way. All I needed to do was change my lifestyle habits, change my eating habits and become more active and I could beat it."
She changed her eating habits, joined a 12-week NHS exercise programme called Activity For Life and attended an educational course named DESMOND to learn about nutrition and managing her condition. She also started running and lost seven-and-a-half stones.
It was when she applied for a place with Diabetes UK in the Great Manchester Run in 2014 that she shared her story and became involved with the charity.
Ramona, who moved from the USA to Chorley in 2004, has now shared her experience in newspapers, magazines, on radio and television.
She attended the Houses of Parliament for the launch of a report and asked the NHS and local government for support to prevent people dying young.
She has also taken up a volunteer role as service champion with Diabetes UK, helping hospitals and community care groups to achieve their targets in preventing deaths and amputations. Ramona plans to take part in her fifth Great Manchester Run in May to raise money for Diabetes UK and continues to raise awareness of diabetes.
She said: "Fortunately I had a wonderful experience with my nurse and I was able to get educational courses like DESMOND about living with diabetes.
"But not everybody has had that or Activity For Life or the opportunity to work with their specialist team like me.
"I want to make that available to everyone.
"I also want to offer hope to people and inspire them because I know how hard it is when you are struggling with a condition that's life-threatening and you think you are never going to be able to lose the weight.
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Future is about to release his second album in two weeks.
Future is known for his tremendous work ethic. So it should come as a pleasant surprise, but no huge shock, that he will follow last Friday's release of FUTURE with the release of a second album this Friday, February 24th, according to HDD.
Last year, Future release Purple Reign in January and EVOL 20 days later in February. Perhaps this new album will contain "My Peak," his collaboration with Chance the Rapper that Chance teased on Instagram last night.


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Poffe Girls bride Stephanie has warmed our hearts with her and new hubby Justin's fiery love story.
The two met in 2012 when Stephanie was working at Gaston County Dispatch. She is now a dispatcher at Charlotte Fire and Justin is a Fire Captain with the Mount Holly Fire Department. They were a couple for almost four years before getting engaged. They both are passionate about their careers and serving others and their three fur kids…- Chief, Halligan, and Arsyn.
Love, romance and tradition was Justin's plan for the engagement July 2015, in Gatlinburg, Tennessee, where they take a yearly photo. Little did Stephanie know, but Justin had something else in store. Nervous, as Justin was getting out of the truck, he dropped the ring box with the ring in it. Thankfully, Stephanie did not see this. Because the ring box had been dropped, the ring had come loose from the slot. When Justin opened the box to propose the ring fell out into the grass. Most of the photos taken of the proposal are of Stephanie laughing as Justin searches the grass for the missing ring. Finally finding it, the two sealed the deal as onlookers honked as they drove by.
On September 10th of 2016, Stephanie and Justin became married on the farm where she grew up. She wore a beautiful two piece designer Justin Alexander wedding gown, she fell in love with at Poffie Girls. , Stephanie is a long time Poffie Girls as she also shopped with us for her prom dress. The wedding was perfection and Stephanie says her favorite aspect from the big day was hearing her husband read his handwritten vows, and their first dance which was to the song "More of you" by Chris Stapleton.
After the wedding, the hot happy couple went on a Carnival cruise to Cozumel and the Cayman Islands.
Stephanie has said that their favorite date night is staying in and snuggling up on the couch. Because of Justin's work at the fire department, they don't have very many date nights so staying home is something special to them to keep the sparks alive!
As for advice for brides to be, Stephanie says to; always be nice to your mother, also it is important to take it all in because it will be over before you know it and to make sure your photographer takes lots of pictures to capture the big day. Her last words of advice are for grooms to be, she advises for them to practice saying "Yes hunny, I love it".


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The Pari Center for New Learning was created by F. David Peat and Maureen Doolan with the support and assistance of the Center's advisors, the energy and hospitality of the people of Pari, Pari's village association Sette Colli and the support of the comune di Civitella-Paganico.
The Center is dedicated to education, learning and research. It fosters an interdisciplinary approach linking science, arts, ethics, community and the sacred. Above all the Pari Center for New Learning is dedicated to the principle of "the spirit of place". Housed in a medieval village it becomes the ideal location in which to pause and think about the future and the values, meaning and direction of our contemporary society. The heavily wooded countryside and traditional farming methods of Pari's inhabitants also remind us of the importance of ecological considerations in a world increasingly obsessed with progress and consumerism.
The Center favours a gentle approach to learning that emphasizes human interaction in simple, pleasant surroundings without the intrusion of unnecessary technology.
The Center's activities include residential courses and conferences that reflect its philosophy. The Center offers an opportunity for scholars and researchers to spend extended periods in Pari. The Accademia dei Pari reflects on social values, future trends, education, implications of new technologies, economics and interdisciplinary connections. It operates by means of a combination of ongoing discussions and occasional round table meetings. The Center is also building a number of connections with groups and institutions in the United States and Europe.
The Center also offers activities in Italian including discussion groups, talks and workshops.
In addition to residential activities in Pari the Center also hosts Discussion Forums on its Web site. It is also possible to mentor with David Peat or other members of the Center's faculty.
The Pari Center for New Learning is registered as non-profit in Italy.
The Philosophy of the Center
The Pari Center for New Learning is committed to excellence and creativity. It also respects a "sense of place", for the key to the Center is the medieval village of Pari, a location from which to contemplate society and its future.
The Philosophy and Aims of the Center are as follows:
- To promote the integration of knowledge, arts, science, ethical values, community and spirituality within the ambience of a medieval village.
- To foster the social, economic and cultural development of Pari, the preservation of its traditions and values, and to offer possibilities and encouragement for the future to its youth.
- To provide opportunities for continued learning for adults by organizing courses, workshops and conferences of the highest standards facilitated by a faculty committed to excellence and creativity.
- To set in place a system for lifelong learning and mentoring.
- To provide a creative environment for artists, writers, dancers, musicians, environmentalists, scientists, philosophers, psychologists and other thinkers to work together to explore new ideas and/or to work independently on their own projects within the supportive environment of the Pari Community.
- To foster continuing research into art, science, psychology, education, religion, ethics and society.
- To foster the investigation and development of ideas currently being explored by F. David Peat.
The medieval village of Pari, 25 km south of Siena, is located on a hilltop with magnificent views of the heavily wooded countryside. The surrounding area is given over to olive groves, grape vines and small-scale farming. In winter deer and wild boar are hunted in these woods.
The Pari region has been occupied since prehistoric times. The Etruscans made use of the curative properties of the sulfur hot springs located below the village. In addition to burial areas close to Pari, the remains of a major Etruscan town can be visited at Roselle 40 km away. One thousand years ago Pari was a walled town of several hundred persons grouped around the central castle, the residence of the Counts of Ardengheschi. By the 14th century the region had come under the government of the Sienese.
In 1676 representatives from the Republic of Siena visited Pari. Their report of 16 October of that year reads: "Pari is a community well organized and in good health. It has been well maintained and there are no animals wandering on the streets, which have been paved in stone. Work in the fields, as well as the care of vines and olive trees, would seem to be the true vocation of the community. Pari's statutes give plenty of space to regulations concerning the cultivation and sale of wine and olive oil which is of good quality and constitutes an important part of Pari's economy."
Until the 1950s life in Pari had continued unchanged over the centuries. Moreover, it was totally self-sufficient for its food, heat, furniture, shoes and clothing. Wool, for example, was made from the fleece of the local sheep and a form of very durable linen was made from the ginestra (broom) plant. Mulberry trees surrounding the village attest to the use of silk. Very little money circulated in the village and its economy was based on a system of exchange and barter for goods and services.
Pari Today
Today the village continues in a remarkable state of preservation. With the coming of the industrial and economic revolution to Central Italy in the 1950s and '60s, Pari's population began to drop from 1500 to the present 250 as people left to find better-paid jobs in the cities. By using Pari as a conference and learning center, we hope to provide stimulation and new possibilities, particularly to the young people of the area. It is certainly an opportunity for them to meet people from many different places and backgrounds and to practise a little English. The Center also provides work for local people during its conferences, courses and events.
Pari produces some of the best olive oil in Italy. The surrounding land is generally poor and rocky. There is a saying that, "The poorer the soil, the better the oil" and this certainly holds true for the local oil. The villagers still use traditional methods of cultivation and harvesting of their olives and grapes without using pesticides. A few families produce a little more oil than they can consume and are willing to sell visitors a bottle or two at a very reasonable price. Families today are still remarkably self sufficient in their supply of food. In addition to the production of oil and wine most families keep chickens and have a large kitchen garden and a few fruit and nut trees. Herbs are cultivated (and found wild in the countryside) both for cooking and for traditional medicines. One family produces honey for the village. A few families keep a pig for their annual supply of prosciutto. There are small flocks of sheep on the surrounding hills kept, not only for their wool and meat, but also for pecorino cheese. Porcini mushrooms are gathered in the fall and wild asparagus in the spring. The men also hunt wild boar, deer, pheasant, hare, etc. in the local woods. So, it is still possible to live off the land - and to live well!
North American and other non-EC participants should have health coverage. Those participants from EC countries should bring a stamped Form E111 with them, available at post offices or local health offices throughout the EC. A doctor visits Pari several times a week. The area has an Emergency (ambulance) service that includes paramedics and a doctor on 24hr call. Those taking medication should being an adequate supply with them. The nearest pharmacy is a 20-minute drive away. Pari is a hill top village and is unsuitable for those with limited mobility.
Italy, along with the majority of EC countries, uses only the euro. (100 cents =1 euro.) Either bring euros with you or use your bankcard at the cash machines on your arrival at the airport. There are no banks or bank machines in Pari. For those with bank cards the Delta system can be used in Paganico, 20 mins away. Cirrus machines can be found in Siena and Grosseto. (Note that credit cards are used to a much lesser extent in Italy than in North America or the UK.)
Spring begins in early March and while the days begin to warm up the nights can be cool. This is also the season for rain. From June until the end of September the days can be hot. However because of the elevation (1000 ft) and the evening breeze, it is always cool enough to sleep comfortably. The weather remains pleasant until the end of October, with cooler evenings and the occasional rain.
Contact Telephone Numbers
Telephone cards for use in Italy will be mailed to each participant a few weeks before the workshop begins. This means that you will be able to contact us if your flight is delayed or there is any emergency.
The numbers at the Pari Center are:
Dialing from abroad 39 0564 90 88 20
From within Italy 0564 90 88 20
Mobile 349 4124371
The meals provided by the Center use traditional Tuscan recipes and the best of local meats and produce. (No problem if you are vegetarian, the local vegetables, cheese and eggs are of the highest quality!)
Accommodation varies. There is a small inn in Pari, the Locanda Il Cacciatore, that has three double rooms with private bath. There are a number of small furnished apartments and houses, also rooms with private bath. Since each type of accommodation is limited people will be housed on a first come first served basis. If you wish to bring a partner or friend who will not be participating in the workshop then there will be a reduced fee to cover the cost of shared accommodation and meals.
Pari is located a few kilometers from the main superstrada that connects Siena to Grosseto. Full transportation details (times of buses and trains etc) will be given to conference participants
individually after they have arranged their flights. We include a map and general travel information.
For those taking trains in Italy, tickets must be purchased and validated before boarding. Machines are located at stations and on platforms (bright yellow boxes). These machines stamp your ticket with the date and time - don't forget to use them! Bus tickets must be bought before boarding – validate them by using the machine located on the bus.
Tourism and Entertainment
As well as being an ideal site for small meetings, Pari is also a perfect center for tourism. Not only can day trips be made to Siena, Florence, San Gimignano, Rome and Arezzo but also visits can be made to the many small medieval villages in the area as well as the abbeys of San Galgano and Sant'Antimo. The famous Brunello wines can be tasted at Montalcino, and the sea is only fifty minutes away. For those who enjoy walking, there are many unpaved roads that go deep into the valley or to the top of Mont'Acudo, the highest point in the immediate area. Don't forget your bathing suit - the hot sulfur springs are a walk away and certainly worth a visit, particularly for those suffering from problems with joints or skin conditions such as eczema. The associated medical center provides massages, inhalations and other treatments for a modest fee. While it is possible to get buses into Siena, Florence and Grosseto (two a day from Pari) anyone wishing to stay on and go farther afield should consider renting a car.
In addition to the bar/restaurant (for coffee, pastries, ice cream, an evening drink or meal), Pari houses a grocery store, a general store for newspapers (Italian only), postcards, cigarettes, etc., a hairdresser and a post office that opens in the mornings. Pari has opened a small library of Italian books for the local people. The Center already has its own English library with books on science, philosophy, psychology, religion, indigenous peoples, etc. The local hotel, Il Cacciatore, also has an excellent restaurant serving traditional meals (for those who wish to stay a little longer.) There is a pizzeria within easy walking distance and many good restaurants a short drive away.


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Spinning Friday tunes since 2010...
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I'm blogging at the Romance Writers of Atlantic Canada this Friday about a former day job -- or in my case, mainly an evenings-and-weekends job -- that reflects on romance writing in so many ways.
Of course, as a former usher of a performing arts theater, I was the observer of the ballet world and not a participant. However, there are popular misconceptions about both ballerinas and romance writers, and in my post I explore those as well as how both art forms mirror one another.
So what better set to post this week than a ballet set? Here are five of my favorite variations, or solo dance pieces.
1 - Dulcinea variation from Don Quixote -- Nina Ananiashvili
She dances this deceptively difficult piece with the grace and lightness that can only be achieved by strength and endurance.
2 - Philippe's variation from Flames of Paris -- Ivan Vasiliev
His strength and the height he achieves in his jumps are allowed to be on full display as a male dancer.
3 - Act I Pas de Deux (dance for two) from The Nutcracker -- Vladimir Shklyarov and Ksenia Zhiganshina
Okay -- not a variation, but a duet. This male dancer is one of my favorites -- ballet is essentially a moving sequence of geometric patterns created by bodies, and his body has exquisite line. He's also a consummate partner, anticipating her every move.
4 - The Death of Hilarion from Giselle -- Kazuo Kimura and the corps of the Tokyo Ballet
I'm always about dramatic power over technique, so this scene from Giselle has always been one of my favorite parts. The villager Hilarion must show exhaustion with his upper body while continuing to use strength during his jumps with his lower body. It's not an easy thing to let the audience in on how tiring it is to dance, when a dancer's entire career is focused on hiding the effort.
5 - Black Swan Coda, Act III variation from Swan Lake -- Viktoria Tereshkina and the Mariinsky Ballet
This is one of the most famous female pyrotechnic roles, culminating in 32 fouettees (the pirouettes with a kick.) This is one of the few against-type female roles that showcase the more aggressive side of female dancing. Odile, the Black Swan is an evil-twin character to the elegant, giving Odette, the White Swan. Here Odile tricks Prince Siegfried into declaring true love for her, when he thinks Odile is Odette, thereby cursing Odette to remain a swan forever.
Not only do I get all the tragic drama in this section of the ballet, but who can resist the thrill of those 32 fouettees?


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Submitted by Tom Swiss on Fri, 04/03/2009 - 01:48
He's a doctor. He's a ninja. He's Dr. McNinja..
I'm reading my way through the archives of this fine web comic and enjoying it immensely. The only thing I can compare it to is The Tick -- if you enjoyed that comic (not the cartoon, which was quite good but in a different vein) I think you'll like this.