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The 5 Worst Lyric Changes in Covers of Famous Songs
Perhaps more than any other art form, songwriting is open to interpretation. Even when playing someone else's music faithfully, an artist will typically bring something new in the delivery. But sometimes artists set out to make deliberate changes. Typically, those changes are reserved for the music, while the lyrics are left alone, but every once in a while, an artist -- either deliberately or through sheer carelessness -- will alter the lyrics. On certain occasions, it's great, and I'm doing that article next week, but today, let's explore the five times artists changed lyrics in a way that deserves derision, scorn, and abuse!
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#5. Bon Jovi Covers the Beatles After Suffering Apparent Brain Trauma
Hey, do you hate Bon Jovi? I do. Why? Well, only because they suck, but as much as I hate them, I also recognize that it's a little too easy to make fun of them, blaming them for every awful '80s junior high school memory when Slippery When Wet ruled the radios.
People used to do this to their hair on purpose.
Sure, their music was uninventive, their lyrics were unimportant, and they brought not one new or lasting idea to music with the entirety of their catalog, but they were a solid bar band. Just rock 'n' roll. "Don't hate us for playing to stadiums full of tone-deaf New Jerseyites, we're just a bar band that made good!" I will accept that defense, but it's also what makes this entry so unforgivable. Many years ago, I was apparently taking a break from my usual New Year's activity of having lots of hot sex with everyone, and I watched Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve like all cool people with too many dates.
And what a treat. Bon Jovi was covering "Helter Skelter" by the Beatles. A solid bar band covering one of the loudest songs by one of the greatest rock 'n' roll bands of all time. An institution. And they botched arguably the most famous lyric:
"You may be a lover, but you ain't no dancer" BECAME "You ain't no lover, but you ain't no dancer"
Wow. So whereas the Beatles were cheekily saying, "Honey, you may know how to f*ck, but you don't know how to dance," Bon Jovi is moronically saying "Baby, you're not a lover, oh, and also, you are deficient in dancing. So there are two things wrong with you, really. Both f*cking and dancing. On both counts I'd have to say you are sorely lacking. Also, I'm going to go ahead and use the "but" conjunction to combine these two similar things even though that makes no grammatical sense."
If you're going to play a famous song by the most famous band of all time and you claim to be a bar band steeped in classics, maybe learn the words before going on live TV before millions.
Also, it's all well and good to make fun of Bon Jovi, but in their defense while they totally screwed up covering the Beatles, the totally nailed covering U2 screwing up covering the Bealtes.
#4. The Ataris Lamely Attempt to Alter Don Henley to Seem More Hardcore
Hey, remember the Ataris? I don't. I had to have someone remind me. By the way, if you're trying to remind someone of the Ataris, a good clue is "Hey, remember that band from 10 years ago that sucked who covered Don Henley's "The Boys of Summer"?
Anyway, there's a lot of '80s music that still holds up without holding the taint of the decade. And there are songs that are clearly born of that decade and yet still wonderful pieces of music. Henley's "The Boys of Summer" is in the latter category. All the programming and studio whiz-bangs don't take away from the solid song construction, evocative lyrics, and sensational (and demanding) vocal performance.
What did the Ataris do? Well, they stripped it down, rocked it up, and didn't sing it as well. That's inoffensive enough. It's a solid hard pop rock arrangement, and as mentioned, it's a demanding vocal. But then they did something truly offensive -- not because it was so awful, but so pointless:
"Out on the road today, I saw a Deadhead sticker on a Cadillac" BECAME "Out on the road today, I saw a Black Flag sticker on a Cadillac"
It seems like referencing the Grateful Dead just wasn't badass enough for this boy band with a distortion pedal. It's like they held a band meeting and said, "Hey, let's cite Henry Rollins' old band instead and I'll make a little troublemaker face when we get to that part at two minutes and 59 seconds in!" Quick tip: If you want to be badass, maybe don't cover solo material from the Eagles' drummer/singer in the first place. And if you do, leave the words the hell alone.
#3. Nirvana Proves That Heroin Impairs Reading/Memorization
I know I'm going to upset a lot of people, so let me apologize right up front: I'm sorry I banged all your moms.
Despite what even some of my friends think, I never hated Nirvana. I just take exception when someone ascribes them a greatness beyond being a talented band that wrote some catchy pop rock songs. And this brings us to their MTV Unplugged cover of David Bowie's 1971 song "The Man Who Sold the World." Kurt says it's one of his favorite Bowie songs before he plays, which is weird, because he clearly has the lyrics and sheet music in front of him for the performance. If you go to any coffee shop in your town, you can hear some insufferable twat play his favorite pop songs for two hours without resorting to sheet music. Why? Because it's his job and he's getting paid to perform, so that's what he's supposed to do.
And if your performance is going to be televised and you're playing one of your favorite songs by a music legend, maybe that's even more of a reason to be prepared. But what do I know? I mean, I also think if all your songs are four chords and under, you shouldn't really need to hire a backup guitarist to copy everything for you.
Hey, I have bills to pay!"
The point is, countless people, including Cracked's own Robert Brockway, have unforgivably extolled the virtue of Nirvana's cover over the original. I still say that anyone who believes the Nirvana version is superior simply heard it first, especially because it's a pretty straight cover. Nirvana performs it with the same chord progression, melody line, bass part, and lead guitar line. There's only two differences: they remove the guiro percussion instrument (which is really weird in an unplugged performance -- like losing the cow bell on an acoustic "Don't Fear the Reaper"), and they play the backing vocals on lead guitar for the fade out.
Oh wait. There are three differences, because despite it being one of his favorite songs and having the lyrics on a stand right in front of him, Kurt screws up:
"... at all the millions here" BECAME "... we must a mwrillion years."
"What's the big deal?" you ask. "Accidents happen, and also he was probably really high on heroin." By the way, that's what you might say, but not Cracked's own Robert Brockway, who, as we speak, is soaking his punching fist in brine to give me the beating of a lifetime rather than saying anything.


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Songwriter Aimee Mayo posted a photo to Twitter on Wednesday, sent to her by country star Kellie Pickler, showing the flooded main hall of the Opry, which sits five miles northeast of the entertainment district. Many instruments, costumes, audio tapes and other historic paraphernalia are feared lost or damaged at the site. However, Opry performances have been moved to other Nashville venues.
Other facilities are also swamped, including Soundcheck, a rehearsal space on the Cumberland River where Keith Urban and many other artists keep their gear. "I've probably lost all of my road equipment, and all my guitars, and amp and everything," Urban tells CNN.
Other musicians posted updates on the flooding of their community to Twitter:
Chuck Wicks posted a photo and wrote: "2 of my bandmates cars are in this parking lot..or river..whichever. U can see the tops of their trucks. Sucks."
Michelle Branch: "Just realized what was left of my indie album Broken Bracelet (6k) is all submerged under water along with my vintage pink sparkle Wurlitzer."
Brad Paisley: "I think all my road guitar gear, amps, effects, are under 3 ft of river."
While the Grand Ole Opry has moved this week's shows to other venues, the Country Music Hall of Fame is closed due to basement flooding – though its collections reportedly have not been damaged.
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The fact that diagnostics manufacturers are eyeing the BRIC nations of Brazil, Russia, India, and China is not surprising. For at least 15 years, IVD manufacturers have been looking to non-OECD country markets as a source of new growth. As the governments in developing countries increase their healthcare infrastructure to rural communities, there is expected to be a significant enlargement of the market for diagnostics.
These diagnostics would cover many of the primary-care segments related to diabetes, anemia, hypertension, infectious diseases, sexually transmissible diseases, and cancer screens. The major targets are India and China, mainly because these countries have the largest population base and also have the fastest growing economies.
Most economists agree that by 2030 to 2060 China will become the biggest economy in the world. The same consensus does not apply to the other three members of BRIC. The BRIC countries are all very different. Even looking at economic strength, there are few similarities. Russia has a huge oil base, Brazil is known for its agricultural commodities, China has a big manufacturing base, and India relies on its evolving service sector.
In the area of clinical diagnostics, BRIC nations have even less in common. It stands to reason that governments that have a history of paying for healthcare will continue to do so. In this respect the two BRIC engines, China and India, are sorely lacking. They are significantly outmatched by Brazil and a number of other emerging markets that may prove to be very lucrative from this standpoint.
Over the past few years Brazil has invested heavily in infrastructure, including healthcare service; India and China still have a considerable amount of work to do to catch up.
In 2009, the China Ministry of Health estimated that there were approximately 1.5 doctors per 1,000 people and that this has not changed since 2002. Similarly, there were approximately 2.2 hospital beds per 1,000 people in 2002 and some 2.8 beds in 2009. This means that the ability to build the IVD industry is somewhat precarious. True, most primary healthcare in developing countries is provided by nurse practitioners, however even they are in short supply.
Growth economics aside, from the perspective of the medical and healthcare industries, economic growth does not always translate to increased healthcare spending. At this time, BRIC countries have little in common, except that none of them spends very much on diagnostics. It will take quite a bit of spending to come close to even the lowest OECD spender, which is Mexico at $1.6 per person.
The BRIC IVD market is expected to grow from $2.9 billion in 2009 to $5 billion in 2014 at a CAGR of 12%. That's impressive, but even though this annual growth rate is considerably more than that of the whole IVD market (6%), BRIC countries will still account for not more than 9% of the market in 2014.
Currently, the BRIC IVD market is dominated by established players such as Roche, Abbott, Siemens, Beckman Coulter, and Becton Dickinson. However, domestic players such as Transasia, JMitra, Horiba, Kehua, Mindray, and others have taken the distribution of IVD products from urban areas to the rural areas in their respective markets.
In addition several smaller IVD companies such as Cepheid, Axis-Shield, Biomagnetics, ChemBio Diagnostics, BionimeUSA, EuroIMMUN, DiaSorin, Abaxis, Alere, BioHit, Acon Laboratories, DiaSys, and others have made a significant mark in the BRIC countries and other developing areas.
In all cases, BRIC nations are seizing the opportunity provided by increasing economic strength to invest in the health of their populations. The end game is a healthy population that can work and contribute to the economic success of the country. This will provide opportunities to those IVD companies that have realistic market strategies that take into account the challenges of marketing in new territories.
Shara Rosen ([email protected]) is the lead diagnostic analyst for Kalorama Information and is author of Emerging Markets for In Vitro Diagnostics in Brazil, Russia, India, China, and other nations.
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2012 was another banner year for Jerseys
2012 was another banner year for Jerseys
It is becoming an old story, but one that never gets old for the Jersey breed: it is on a roll.
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According to data just released by the American Jersey Cattle Association (AJCA), the number of Jerseys on Dairy Herd Improvement (DHI) test in 2012 rose for the ninth straight year and their actual average milk production set a new all-time record for the second year in a row. In addition, the number of new animals registered was 103,345, the first time ever over 100,000 and the fourth new record in five years.
The number of Jerseys on DHI test, which had been rising gradually since 2004, exploded in 2012. The increase last year (39,672) was nearly as many as during the previous four years combined (40,050).
Where is this growth coming from? The West. In 2012 it was also almost entirely from one state: Texas. Lone Star dairies added an astounding 35,209 new Jerseys, a 338 percent increase, and Arizona added 6,869, a 241 percent gain. Idaho was left in the dust with "just" a 32 percent increase of 3,276 head. The six largest states for Jersey DHI enrollment are California, Texas, Oregon, Idaho, Wisconsin and Arizona.
Market-based milk pricing and commercial competitiveness is what is fueling this growth. The Jersey breed's actual production is just 16,736 pounds, but on a 3.5 percent fat-corrected milk equivalent basis the average is 20,177 pounds.
"For 2012, Jersey milk was worth from $1.59 to $3.52 more per hundredweight than the statistical blend price of Federal Order and California markets tracked by National All-Jersey Inc.," says AJCA Executive Secretary and CEO Neal Smith. "So, because Jerseys produce milk's most valuable components with less feed, water and energy, breed back earlier and stay productive longer, there is more profit from dairying with Jerseys."
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The Ladies long program provided a satisfactory conclusion to the long Olympic season as a number of skaters in the two final war-up groups managed to put forward very strong performances.
The Ladies long program provided a satisfactory conclusion to the long Olympic season as a number of skaters in the two final war-up groups managed to put forward very strong performances.
Thanks for the great recap. I hope Mirai takes it as a learning experience. I am sure Frand will do a good job on it. Boy, is it tough to a kid!
The recap articles are MUCH BETTER than the preview ones. Thanks GSK!!
I think it's kind of ironic that the title is "Asada recaptures World title", yet the photo is of Yuna.
We try to put in photos of the skaters that place first in the segment (not nessarily who win). For example, we used the photo of D/W for the FD as they won that particular segment
I went ahead and changed both photos in both articles to reflect who won the overall event so it doesn't clash with the Pairs and Men's.
Yuna's really pretty, I don't think anyone minds. Not that Mao isn't pretty, she is, Yuna is just a lot prettier.
Nice article. Thanks!
I felt sad when Tara kept saying Mao was the shadow of Yuna and the underdog from her entire senior season. But im glad she won this one.
Because of the figure skating rule, I think both Mao and Yu Na do their own make up. But I would love to see both go shopping at Sephora and have fun together off the ice.
I don't have either Ice Network or Universal on my satellite system, so I can't really judge Mirai's or Rachael's performances , but I'm a little ticked off with both of them. I understand the general statements made about fatigue, etc., in the event. But we (The U.S.) had a good chance to get back that 3rd spot for future events. I can accept Mirai faltering enough to lose gold, but to blow it badly enough to drop to 7th is inexusable for a skater of her already proven capability. If she had skated decently enough to finish 5th, and Rachael had finished even just 8th, we'd have that 3rd spot back. Same with Rachael - 9th place is unacceptable! I love them both, but the hard cold truth is that they both blew it here.
I think Yuna's make up is heavier. She uses a lot of eye liner and Mao's pake up is more natural side. Both of them are in such a beautiful shape, too. I think their fit figure helps their skating more attractive and pleasing to watch.As they mature more, I am sure more of their beauty will come out. I think Shizuka looks much prretier now than when she won OLG,I saw many skaters from many different countries and they all are beautiful!!


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Engineers Without Borders - Iran was founded by Soheil Salimi in 2012. They are located in Shiraz, in the Fars Province, Iran, which is well-suited for solar cooking, receiving many days of abundant sunshine.
Engineers Without Borders-Iran is a non-profit, non-governmental organization which believes that one of the easiest way to help others is to simply share your knowledge . You don't have to be in front of a classroom to teach .Everywhere and everyday there is an opportunity to educate someone about your area of expertise. Our professional members are try to use their knowledge to seek solutions. Today's we inherited a world characterized by pressing global challenges . We must be prepared to focus our intellectual skill on problems of world health , food security , unequal access to resources , environmental degradation .what's more EWB Iran works in other subjects such as sustainability, astronomy and peace.
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- April 30, 2014 Soheil Salimi, founder of Engineers Without Borders - Iran, conducted a solar cooking workshop at Hafez high school for girls. Other members of the Energy team included Razieh Amini nezhad, Fatemeh Rahimi, Niloufar Nekueian and Maryam Alipour.
- December 2013: Engineers Without Borders - Iran (EIB-Iran) participated in "Research Week" (Dec. 14 - 20, 2013) at Fasa University, highlighting the importance of solar cookers. In this seminar they informed students and professors about the different types of solar cookers and their efficiency. The team included Soheil Salimi (Founder and Lecturer), Razieh Amini nezhad (Food Science and Technology student), Niloufar Nekueian (Mathematics student), and Fatemeh Rahimi (Mechanical engineering student). They tested two types of solar cookers. The Suntastic Panel Cooker, which raised the internal temperature of an empty 4-liter black pot with a clear glass lid to 150° C (302° F) in about 30 minutes, and 3 liters of water heated from 26° C (79°F) to pasteurization point, 70°C (158°F), in about 50 minutes. They also teseted the Dual-Setting Panel Cooker (DSPL), which has two different settings to better concentrate sunlight according to the sun altitude. More information can be seen at User blog:Soheil Salimi
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Alderson-Broaddus College is proud to honor the Rev. Richard McDonald, pastor of Beulah Baptist Church, with the 2012 Ward W. Hibbs Ministerial Award.
A-B President Richard Creehan presented the award at the West Virginia Baptist Convention on Oct. 18 in Huntington.
This award is given annually by Alderson-Broaddus College in memory of the ministry of the Rev. Dr. Ward W. Hibbs. This award is presented to an American Baptist minister who has made outstanding contribution to the ministry of town and country churches.
McDonald is a graduate of Moody Bible College and Fairmont State College, and has pastored many American Baptist Churches since 1966.
He has been pastor of Beulah Baptist Church in Pruntytown since 1984. During those 28 years, church attendance has risen from 45 to nearly 240. The church has seen more than 160 baptized into the church, and many coming by transfer of letter. To accommodate this growth, the church has built a new annex and baptismal, and remodeled the sanctuary.
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McDonald is a bi-vocational minister and is vice president of Stuart-McMunn Company of Clarksburg, where he has worked for 46 years.


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Although the actress hasn't made an official announcement, the Blue Heron restaurant in Sunderland, Mass., reports that Lynch, 49, married psychologist Lara Embry in a small ceremony on Memorial Day.
"There were no celebrities or recognizable faces there," restaurant co-owner Deborah Snow tells PEOPLE. "Lara's daughter was there, along with close, close friends of the couple. It was small, warm, intimate and very sweet. You could feel the love and friendship amongst the group."
After Monday's ceremony, in which a friend of Lynch's thanked the State of Massachusetts for being welcoming to gay and lesbian couples, the newlyweds and their 19 guests enjoyed a reception featuring a four-piece jazz combo.
Hors d'oeuvres included oysters, lobster triangles, Japanese crab salad, seared scallop with apple reduction and artichoke fritters with lemon aioli. For the main course: beet salad, striped bass with lemon buerre blanc, truffle mushroom salad, pan-seared breast of duck with duck confit, and herb salad.
The reception concluded around 10 p.m. with cheese plates and a house-made cake filled with chocolate mousse, vanilla butter cream and fresh strawberries.
Lynch and Embry have been engaged since November. Showing a soft spot not often exhibited by her character Sue Sylvester, Lynch gushed to PEOPLE earlier this year: "It's just the greatest thrill in the world to find somebody that you want to be with every day."
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Drug compendia DRUGDEX and DrugPoints, used by the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS) as legally approved guidance documents regarding reimbursement for off-label uses of drugs (that is, for uses other than that defined by the FDA in their approval of the drug), have listed Revlimid in combination with dexamethasone as an off-label frontline therapy for myeloma. Currently, Revlimid has been FDA approved only for myeloma patients who have had at least one prior therapy. Drug compendia can list an off-label use for a drug if at least two clinical studies that demonstrate the efficacy of the drug in the as yet unapproved setting have been published. Such a listing not only sets the groundwork for Medicare reimbursement of frontline Revlimid, but may ease the process of reimbursement from other insurers as well.
Following is the listing in the DRUGDEX and Drug Point compendia for Revlimid in the frontline setting:
Multiple myeloma, In combination with dexamethasone, first-line therapyFDA Approval: Adult, no; Pediatric, no Efficacy: Adult, Evidence favors efficacy Recommendation: Adult, Class IIa Strength of Evidence: Adult, Category BSummary: Lenalidomide, in combination with dexamethasone, demonstrated a favorable overall response rate in a single-arm, phase II trial (n=34) when used as first-line therapy in patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma (Rajkumar et al, 2005). In an unpublished, randomized, phase III trial (n=445), all patients receiving lenalidomide and dexamethasone as first-line therapy for multiple myeloma had high 1-year and overall survival rates; however, patients treated with lenalidomide plus low-dose dexamethasone had significantly higher 1-year and overall survival rates and a lower incidence of nonhematologic toxicity than patients treated with lenalidomide plus high-dose dexamethasone (Rajkumar, 2007; Rajkumar et al, 2007).


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An elegant cookbook devoted entirely to American beef is one of the fruits of a Japanese media team the U.S. Meat Export Federation, contractor to the beef checkoff, brought to the U.S. in July. The writer for ELLE a table, a high-end international food magazine that introduces upscale restaurants and global cuisine trends, was part of the journalist team visit made possible by the Beef Checkoff Program and the USDA Market Access Program (MAP).
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For the actress, the scariest moment on the film "was watching Matt Damon cry like a baby and rock back and forth when the snakes were spread all over the set."
Johansson grew up with reptiles, cats and horses, and had a degree of comfort around the working animals, but Damon wore his fear on his sleeve – and his face.
"He was pretty terrified," Johansson told PEOPLE at the movie's New York premiere Monday night.
"He was definitely sweating a bit, and maybe the sweat formed in the corner of his eye. I said, 'Matt, these kids are practically juggling the snakes. Hold it together.'"
"I'm afraid of snakes," Damon admitted. "And I got bullied into interacting with them by Scarlett and the kids."
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|Regarding Confinement Resonances
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When an atom is encapsulated inside a hollow spherical carbon buckyball, the complex is called an "endofullerene." Theoretically, if the atom is an unreactive noble gas like xenon, it should be centered within the cage. If one or more of the atom's electrons are boosted out of the cage by an x-ray photon, the electron waves may be transmitted through or reflected off the carbon cage, giving rise to an interference effect similar to waves in a water tank. These so-called "confinement resonances" were predicted theoretically a decade ago but have never been observed. In the first experimental test of this theory, members of an international team led by Ronald Phaneuf, University of Nevada, and working at ALS Beamline 10.0.1 produced and isolated xenon endofullerenes and observed confinement resonances.
Previous photoionization measurements taken at beamline 10.0.1 of the endohedral fullerene molecular ion Ce@C82+ (a Ce atom inside an 82-carbon atom cage) revealed distinct signatures of photoexcitation of the Ce 4d inner subshell, but no evidence of oscillatory structure in the cross sections attributable to confinement resonances. Their absence is likely explained by the fact that the Ce atom is triply ionized and located significantly off-center inside the C82 cage, masking any signatures of multipath interference.
A measurement of photoionization of Xe@C60 in the energy range of Xe 4d ionization is therefore optimal for revealing evidence of confinement resonances and for exploring other multielectron phenomena associated with an atom in a cage. Such an experiment has not previously been performed because yields of synthesized noble-gas endohedral fullerenes have been too small, precluding their purification and isolation in quantities sufficient for experiments with free endohedral molecules.
Preparation of samples containing Xe@C60 was done by David Kilcoyne (ALS) over several months prior to taking measurements. A 50–200 eV beam of Xe+ from an ion sputter gun was directed onto the surface of a rotating metal cylinder onto which 99.95% pure C60 was continually being deposited in vacuum by evaporation from a small oven. The accumulated powder (few tens of mg) was scraped from the surface and placed into a small oven for evaporation into a low-power discharge in an electron cyclotron resonance (ECR) ion source.
Only one in 5,000 C60 molecules in the accumulated samples contained a Xe atom. This was sufficient to produce a mass-analyzed Xe@C60+ ion beam current of less than a picoampere. The team at ALS Beamline 10.0.1 pushed the sensitivity of the merged-beams technique using synchrotron undulator radiation to its practical limits. On average, only a few tens of Xe@C60+ ions were present in the interaction region, corresponding to a target ion density of the order of one ion per cubic centimeter.
The resulting experimental data indicate a strong, statistically significant enhancement of the photoionization cross section due to the presence of Xe inside the C60+ cage. They also suggest the oscillatory structure of amplitude and period comparable to the predictions, although shifted in photon energy by several eV. It should be noted that in the calculations the cage is initially uncharged, whereas it was singly ionized in the measurement. The energy shift of the oscillatory structure relative to the model-potential calculations likely results from differences in their characterizations of the fullerene shell.
Research conducted by A. Müller and S. Schippers (IAMP, Justus-Liebig University, Giessen); C. Cisneros (Instituto de Ciencias Físicas); G. Alna'Washi (The Hashemite Univ.); N.B. Aryal, K.K. Baral, D.A. Esteves, C.M. Thomas, and R.A. Phaneuf (Univ. of Nevada); and A.L.D. Kilcoyne and A. Aguilar (ALS).
Research funding: U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Office of Basic Energy Sciences (BES); the German Research Foundation; and the National Council on Science and Technology (Mexico). Operation of the ALS is supported by DOE BES.
Publication about this research: A.L.D. Kilcoyne, A. Aguilar, A. Müller, S. Schippers, C. Cisneros, G. Alna'Washi, N.B. Aryal, K.K. Baral, D.A. Esteves, C.M. Thomas, and R.A. Phaneuf, "Confinement resonances in photoionization of Xe@C+60," Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 213001 (2010).
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on January 10, 2013 - 1:00 AM
Unions soon forget about loyal retirees
I read a letter in the opinion section of The News that said unions fight for the workers. It's true, and I agree with the writer 100 percent – to a point. As the years went by, unions became like some politicians – only after their own pockets.
I know because they gave us retirees the business, 11 years after we retired. We worked at a local plant in Niagara Falls and retired in 2000, with the company paying 100 percent of our medical costs. In 2011, our union negotiated a new contract – going back 11 years, and behind our backs – requiring us to start to contribute to our medical coverage.
So you see, once you retire and have no more say in a contract, unions forget about you.
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Wed, 01/13/2016
In light of the Malheur standoff, the New York Times asked six contributors "should the government still own so much land in the West, and should its control over that land be reduced?"
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Multiple organizational forms shape range management today, and through a comparison of state, private, and federal lands in the US, this essay helps explain why trust land agencies are not more market-oriented stewards of the land and resources.
Shawn Regan
Fri, 01/08/2016
Federal control of grazing lands means that land-use debates are political. This essay explores ways to resolve competing demands through negotiation rather than conflict.
Hannah Downey
Thu, 12/17/2015
The mainstream environmental movement often questions the value of property rights and environmental protection, but they actually go hand in hand.
Terry Anderson
Tue, 12/15/2015
Analyzing nature and economies as static systems distracts our attention from the dynamic forces in both.
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Fleeing an East Coast life marred by tragedy, Ada Santorini takes up residence on houseboat number seven on Boat Street. She discovers a trunk left behind by Penny Wentworth, a young newlywed who lived on the boat half a century earlier. Ada longs to know her predecessor's fate, but little suspects that Penny's mysterious past and her own clouded future are destined to converge.
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Yes, I was extremely fortunate to be able to rent a lovely little houseboat on Seattle's Lake Union while writing this book. At first I worried it would be a frivolous splurge, but the experience ended up being integral to the writing of this story. For instance, I could have never known the intricacies of floating home life without that experience-from the way a houseboat sways gently on a windy day on the lake, to how mallard ducks waddle up to your door on a lazy Sunday morning. It all went into the book!
As a mother yourself, what was it like to write about a woman who loses her only daughter and husband in a terrible accident? Was it painful to imagine her experience in such detail? How does harnessing your own fears in your writing allow you to tell a richer story?
Writing about such loss as a mother is definitely hard (and I did it before in Blackberry Winter), but I find that as difficult as it is to do, what comes out on the page is very real and honest, because as a mother of three young boys myself, I can put myself into the shoes of my character and feel her pain. Recently, for the New York Times, I wrote about this concept of harnessing my own fears as a person to use in my writing. I think that when you can do it, it makes for gripping, authentic pages.
Several characters in Morning Glory have difficulty expressing their feelings to others, even to their loved ones. What made you want to grapple with these issues of honesty, openness, and intimacy?
What a great observation, and so true of my characters. And isn't it also true of life and families-to varying degrees? I think to some degree, we all keep some secrets from the ones we love most (small or large), and I think while the reasons vary, we do it most often from fear of judgment or losing love or approval. In a perfect world, there would just be openness without that kind of fear. But the world is not perfect. So we, and my characters, do have to keep some things close to our hearts.
What are you working on now?
I'm working on my seventh novel with Penguin, one I'm tremendously excited about. It's a bit different than any other story I've told-stay tuned for more!


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(Verb: To Rainbow Style) The act of being so consumed by music you dance in a state of pure euphoria. Named after the song by The Similou
"I was Rainbow Stylin till around 4 o'clock in World Headquarters last night!"
"I was Rainbow Stylin for hours to Savage Garden"
"I was Rainbow Stylin for hours to Savage Garden"
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Rainbow stylin is a form of giving head where only your tongue and teeth are involved. The tongue spirals around the penis swirling upwards and then with your teeth gently bite the penis.
all this love, rainbow stylin
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The act of writing your full name with firm chunks of excrement on the body of a spouse, lover, or stranger.
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Man charged in BB gun shooting
HUGHESVILLE - A Northumberland County man has been charged with allegedly shooting another male, believed to be a minor, in the buttocks with a BB gun, according to state police.
Cory Glen Dodson, 28, of 1251 Whitehall Road, Turbotville, has been charged with recklessly endangering, simple assault and disorderly conduct as a result of the incident in the 1300 block of Horn Hill Road in Wolf Township about 4:20 p.m. on March 10, police said.
Dodson and the other male were involved "in shooting one another in a mutual fight," police said. Dodson has been sent a summons to appear before District Judge Jon E. Kemp.
Woman allegedly driving with stolen plate
MONTGOMERY - A Hughesville area woman has been charged with receiving stolen property for allegedly having a stolen license plate on her car, according to state police.
When a state trooper stopped her vehicle on Route 147 in Northumberland County on the afternoon of Jan. 13, Rachael Louise Gregory, 30, of 152 Boak Ave., Wolf Township, was found to have on a her car a plate stolen from A1 Wheels and Deals, Route 15, Clinton Township, in late December, police said.
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Star Jones returned to The View Wednesday – her first visit to the ABC talk show since her much talked-about departure in June 2006.
"It was ugly. Everything. It was a bad emotional time. Nasty things were being said in the media," Jones said after her former boss, Barbara Walters, insisted on discussing her exit, when the host abruptly announced she was leaving on the air, then revealed she had been fired by the show.
"I wanted to go out on my own terms so that if I walked back here I'd feel good about it," Jones continued. "I had eight fantastic years here. One was 'eh.' I came back to congratulate you on all you accomplished. I hope you congratulate me on what I accomplished."
Walters and co-host Joy Behar also asked Jones, who was on Wednesday's episode to raise awareness about women's heart health, about her 2003 gastric bypass surgery – and subsequent 160 lb.-weight loss – which she had long kept secret.
"We tried to protect you. We were told, 'Don't say it was gastric [bypass]. Say it was pilates and portion control,' " Behar said, before adding, "You are now a skinny bitch. Congratulations."
"We did lie for you!" Walters added, to which Jones responded, "Who cares? I look good."
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Noun: A person who is always in a bad mood
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quote the original post.Star Spirit? F: Misstar/LF: Kalmar
Chapter? F: Trials in the toybox/LF: Storming the Koopa Bros. Fortress
Party Member? F: Lady Bow/LF: Parakarry
Bad Guy? F: Shy Guy/LF: Koopa Troopa
Boss? F: General Guy/LF: Crystal King
Item? F: Jelly Ultra/LF: Dried Shroom
Lil-Oink Breed? F: Gold/LF: Black
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Interested in graphic design, fonts and typography? Unique Michigan histories? We've just added a new collection, WPA Music Manuscripts, a digitization and access project that digitized and cataloged detailed and ornate hand-copied music manuscripts produced by Michigan men and women under the WPA during the Great Depression. The collection and accompanying resources highlight the people and work that were a part of the Music Copying Project, supported by the Federal Music Project and WPA. The Federal Music Project employed men and women to copy music for WPA orchestras, bands, and choruses to perform. The collection is currently housed at the Detroit Symphony Orchestra's archives.
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The act of taking a dump so wide in diameter that a single tear slowly falls down onto your thigh.
Person 1: yo man, last night I took a soap opera poop!
Person 2: yo man, that's whack!
Person 2: yo man, that's whack!
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Milky Way Predicted To Have Many Earth-Sized Planets. The Washington Post (10/29, A3, Kaufman, 605K) reports, "Nobody has seen them yet, but scientists now believe there are tens of billions of planets the general size and bulk of Earth in the Milky Way galaxy alone - a startling conclusion based on four years of viewing a small section of the nighttime sky." Andrew Howard and Geoffrey Marcy of UC Berkeley estimate that a quarter of the galaxy's stars have similar sized planets. "Their observations and extrapolations say nothing about whether all these Earth-size planets will actually have the characteristics of Earth: its density, its just-right distance from the sun, the fact that it is a rocky structure rather than gaseous ball." The article notes "additional support" for this estimate is expected from Kepler telescope results due in February. Howard said, "What this means is that, as NASA develops new techniques over the next decade to find truly Earth-size planets, it won't have to look too far."
BBC News" (10/29, Ghosh) notes, "This estimate is based on observations from nearby stars taken by the…twin 10-metre Keck telescopes in Hawaii. These show that 22 of the stars had detectable planets." However, "according to Dr Robert Massey of the Royal Astronomical Society, "most of the worlds they predict exist would be too close" to the parent star "to be habitable."
The Wired (10/29, Grossman, 743K) "Wired Science" blog reports Josh Winn of MIT, who was not part of the study, calls it a "landmark paper." According to the article, "Unlike previous surveys, Howard and colleagues were just as interested in stars that lack planets as stars that host them. To avoid biasing the study toward planet-bearing stars, the team selected the nearest and brightest stars in the 120,000-star Hipparcos Catalog." Furthermore, "the observations also showed a lot of planets between 5 and 30 times Earth's mass, a range that theoretical models of planet formation predicted should be so empty it earned the name, 'the planet desert.'" The article describes the results as a "windfall" for exoplanet searches.
However, Space.com (10/29, Choi) reports, "The new findings conflict with current models of planet formation and migration." The team wants "to learn much more about extrasolar planets by combining the results of their study with forthcoming data from NASA's planet-hunting Kepler spacecraft. While their study can detect planetary masses, Kepler can measure planet size with exquisite sensitivity."
ScienceNOW (10/29, Kerr) notes, "Although the new survey strictly applies only to close-in and therefore lethally hot exoplanets, Earth-sized bodies probably also abound at orbital distances where life would be comfortable, says" Alan Boss of the Carnegie Institution for Science. The Los Angeles Times (10/29, Maugh, 681K), AFP (10/29), Discovery News (10/29, Klotz), Physicsworld.com (10/29, Stuart), UK's Daily Telegraph (10/29), UK's The Guardian (10/29, Sample), Irish Independent (10/29, von Radowitz, 152K), China's Xinhua (10/29) news agency, Universe Today (10/28, Atkinson), and Centauri Dreams (10/29, Gilster), Discover Magazine also cover the story.
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The art of performing the two famous primary functions of chimps ie masturbating (always furiously bashing away) and drinking tea (pg tips adverts)
"what did you do with your day off steve?"
"Oh not much, watched trisha and did a bit of chimping"
"Oh not much, watched trisha and did a bit of chimping"
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What one does after taking a picture with a digital camera and looking at the result. Derived from the words they speak when chimping: "Ooo-oo-oo!"
Locals: Stupid tourists and their stupid chimping.
Tourists: Ooo-oo-oo! Look at Jane in front of car! She so pretty!
Tourists: Ooo-oo-oo! Look at Jane in front of car! She so pretty!
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The act of gaining sexual pleasure by throwing ones excrement at ones sexual partner, like chimps in the zoo
did a spot of chimping last night and spent all this morning with rubber gloves and domestos cleaning up , it was worth it though
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Making an attempt to jump over a chair while eating a Chipotle burrito in a shopping mall.
Holy fuck that guy is chimping.
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In an online discussion or debate it is the act of putting unrelated data or questions into a response to deflect from the original point.
User 1: The sky is very blue today
User 2: But have you seen how bad the economic figures are this month?
User 1: Please stick to the subject and stop chimping.
User 2: But have you seen how bad the economic figures are this month?
User 1: Please stick to the subject and stop chimping.
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When someone excessively emails people. Borderline spam.
Man, Chris keeps chimping me night and day!
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The act of texting, playing games etc on a mobile phone in a way that looks similar to a chimp
Look at everyone at this party chimping on their phones.
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A sexual act beloved of Germans involving ,defecating into your hand and throwing it at each other. Soft furnishings should , I would imagine , have to be kept to a minimum and a window left open!!
Helga curled one off into her hand. " Oh Willi " she called. "Lets do Chimping " . Willi turned and saw what was coming his way , ducked , and the Belgian Ambassador copped it. This caused him to drop his tray of tasty chocolates. He bent down to pick them up , put them back on the tray and after regaining his feet he got hit , in the eye , by Willis' turd . The Ambassador retaliated by throwing chocolates at people. One chocolate hit Helgas' dress. Oh you are Disgusting!! said Helga.
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MIFFLINTOWN - Keith Eugene Johnson, 47, of Mifflintown, died Thursday, Nov. 7, 2013.
Born Dec. 14, 1965, in Lewistown, he was the son of Carl S. and Betty Jane (Chambers) Johnson.
Keith is survived by: his children, Monica Lynn Nipple, of Mexico, Pa., and Tabitha Johnson, of Lewistown; and his siblings, Mary Warner, of Mifflintown, Carl Henry Johnson, of Lewistown, and Kenneth Leon Johnson, of McClure.
A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 16, 2013, at Cedar Grove Brethren In Christ Church, Port Royal, with Pastor Ken Hepner officiating.
Funeral arrangements are under the care of Hoenstine Funeral Home, 75 Logan St., Lewistown.
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And then it was over, Oregon pulling away in what was seemingly the blink of an eye for a 59-17 win.
Center Brian Schwenke had an apt description.
"They're a weird team. No one, I don't think, has really figured out the perfect way to stop them yet," Schwenke said.
"It gets away from you in a hurry," Cal head coach Jeff Tedford said, reflecting Sunday afternoon. "They're so explosive. They make such big explosive plays."
Cal limited Oregon to a season-low 180 yards rushing on 48 carries, largely stunting running back Kenjon Barner's resurgent Heisman Trophy campaign. After totaling a school-record 322 yards at USC, the senior managed just 65 on 20 attempts.
But quarterback Marcus Mariota more than made up for it, completing 27-of-34 passes for 377 yards and six touchdowns, tying the Oregon single-game record. He was especially effective working between the hashes, attacking the seams of the defense with post patterns to tight end Colt Lyerla and slot receivers.
"You got to pick your poison with what you're trying to shut down," Tedford said. "They took advantage of some of the holes in the secondary because of people in run support, but you have to give them credit because they executed. Those balls are on the money.
"And it's like anything else in that offense: if they get you one-on-one, they can make you miss."
That precision put Cal in a 38-17 hole at the end of the third quarter, by which point Isi Sofele, C.J. Anderson, and Brendan Bigelow had combined for 197 yards rushing. Facing a three-score deficit, the offense had to abandon the run in a futile attempt to stage a comeback.
Players admitted it was difficult, knowing they could run on the injury-depleted Oregon front seven. At one point, Cal ran the same play on three consecutive snaps, and Sofele gained 45 yards and scored a touchdown, quarterback Allan Bridgford said late Saturday night.
"It's frustrating, but you got to understand we were down by four touchdowns. That was our only option," said Sofele, who rushed for a season-high 134 yards in his final game at Memorial Stadium.
"We did our best to try and stick with the run knowing they were up, but it's hard when you only have so much time. It's rough," Schwenke said.
Ironically, Schwenke thought it was one of the best games the offensive line had played all year. They allowed only one sack, and paved the way for a solid 5.9 yards per carry.
"We really had to play better than that," Schwenke said. "There's really not much else you can do. You have to play almost perfect."
Everyone, however, understood the quality of the opposition. Asked if he thought Oregon would win the BCS title, Tedford said, "I think they have a very good chance.
"I just would hope a Pac-10 team is in the national championship to represent our conference," he later added. "If it happens to be Oregon, that's great."
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Tedford said Cal came out of the game without suffering any additional major injuries, a bright spot as the team has seen its depth decimated all season, especially in recent weeks.
However, Tedford did not know if several offensive starters, including quarterback Zach Maynard, wide receivers Keenan Allen and Bryce Treggs, and offensive tackle Matt Summers-Gavin would be available to play in the season finale Saturday at Oregon State.
Treggs, who hurt his ankle at Utah, seems the most likely from that group to play.
"He can run straight ahead, but the key for him is change of direction," Tedford said. "He improved last week."
Dan Greenspan is the publisher of Cal Sports Digest and writes about the Pac-12 for Fox Sports Next. Follow him on Twitter @DanGreenspan.


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The Ohio Department of Taxation issued its casino tax revenue reports for school districts last week, and districts are using the money for their general funds.
This month, Tiffin City Schools received $72,965.71. TCS received $70,847.03 in August. The funds received are to go into the district's general fund, Superintendent Vicki Wheatley said.
"It is helpful whenever you receive money to try to improve what you are doing already," Wheatley said. "It is good to have a flow like that from the revenue."
Greg Edinger, superintendent for Vanguard-Sentinel Career and Technology Center, said the money is earmarked in the five-year forecast.
Vanguard-Sentinel is to receive $52,405.59; in August, V-S received $58,777.76.
"It is helpful to have an additional source of revenue," Edinger said.
According to the Ohio Department of Taxation website, 34 percent of the gross casino revenue goes into the county student fund that is distributed to all school districts in Ohio based upon student populations. School districts receive distributions on or before Jan. 31 and Aug. 31 each year, collected from the four Ohio casinos in Toledo, Cleveland, Columbus and Cincinnati.
Bettsville Local Schools $3,993.07
Bridges Community Academy $3,254.31.
Buckeye Central Local Schools - $19,335.44.
Carey Exempted Village Schools - $21,916.32.
Clyde-Green Springs Exempted Village Schools $59,010.32.
Fostoria City Schools - $47,091.29.
Hopewell-Loudon Local Schools - $23,650.39.
Lakota Local Schools $27,824.24.
Mohawk Local School $24,995.23.
New Riegel Local Schools - $9,497.71.
North Central Academy - $1,441.07.
Old Fort Local Schools -$12,555.97.
Seneca East Local Schools - $25,104.18.
Upper Sandusky Exempted Village Schools - $43,327.49.


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Internal Veterans Affairs Department documents show that at least two veterans died last year waiting to see a doctor while others couldn't get primary care appointments for up to eight months, members of a House oversight and investigations panel said Thursday.
Addressing the ongoing problem of vets who suffer through long waits for appointments at VA hospitals and clinics, House lawmakers joined federal investigators and veterans service organizations in castigating VA on an issue that has endured for more than a decade.
"Evidence shows that many VA facilities, when faced with a backlog of thousands of outstanding or unresolved consultations, decided to administratively close out these requests. Some reasons given included that the request was years old, too much time had elapsed, or the veteran had died," said Rep. Mike Coffman, R-Colo., chairman of the House Veterans Oversight and Investigations panel.
"This is unacceptable," said Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick, D-Ariz., the panel's ranking Democrat. "Veterans deserve timely, accessible health care."
According to VA, about 49 percent of new patients and 90 percent of established patients are able to see a primary care doctor or specialist within VA's goal of 14 days, a metric established in 2011.
But the first-time patients who weren't seen within 14 days waited an average 50 days to schedule initial appointments.
Bad data, fudged numbers
VA actually has no idea how long most patients wait, said Debra Draper, health care director at the government's watchdog agency, the Government Accountability Office, which looked into the matter in December.
"The bottom line is it is unclear how long veterans are waiting to receive care in VA's medical facilities because the reported data are unreliable," Draper told the panel.
She said GAO analysts found that more than half of VA's 50,000 schedulers did not know how to accurately report the information needed to determine wait times, which includes logging the date a veteran wants to be seen as well as the actual date of the appointment.
Others admitted to changing the desired date so the time aligned with VA's established goal of 14 days.
"We weren't specifically told that they were directed by management, however, the current situation provides ample opportunity to change dates to further reflect the results they want to achieve," Draper said.
She said other issues contribute to the problem, including a scheduling system that is "antiquated, cumbersome and error-prone."
VA intends to replace the 25-year-old VistA system with a product that would make the process more efficient and allow veterans to use it to schedule medical tests and visits. But that acquisition appears to be years away.
The department also is rolling out new policies for measuring and maintaining wait time information, according to William Schoenhard, deputy undersecretary for health for operations and management. He said new procedures will require schedulers to record the date decided between patients and physician — the "agreed-upon date" — and gauge it against the projected appointment date.
"There will be a recorded time stamp," Schoenhard told the panel.
A pilot project is underway that should result in reduced wait times in certain areas, he added. Project ARCH (Access Received Closer to Home) allows eligible veterans in five rural areas to see a civilian provider, paid for by the government.
Draper explained that wait time length is important because it measures efficiency and can convey where staffing fails to serve veterans who need it.
Long wait times also are a major roadblock to adequate care, panelists said. Coffman disclosed little about the circumstances surrounding the veterans' deaths but said "gaming the numbers" is unacceptable.
Roscoe Butler, a field service representative with the American Legion, said the organization's members are fed up.
"The most frustrating part of the process is when veterans can access the VA system, they really have good things to say about the care they receive. The American Legion believes VA needs to do a better job getting these veterans to that care," Butler said.