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Can't remember what you were just about to say?
Japanese researchers at the University of Kyoto pitted young chimps against human adults in tests of short-term memory-and overall, the chimps won. Tetsuro Matsuzawa, a researcher in the study and a pioneer in studying the mental abilities of chimps, was shocked and thinks one factor plays a major role: age.
Memory for images dissipates with age, leaving you having trouble "placing the face" or remembering names of people you have repeatedly met.
To see how your short-term memory stacks up, here's a quick test from Dr. Jay Gottfried, Ph.D., assistant professor of neurology and psychology at Northwestern University in Chicago and a neurologist at Northwestern Memorial Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer's Disease Center in Chicago.
Do you:
- Remember the characters' names in the last book you read or movie you saw?
- Forget to pick up all the things you want at the grocery store?
- Space out phone numbers, birthdays and appointments once or twice a day?
- Lose your car in the parking lot?
- Have trouble placing faces with names? Or call people by the wrong name?
If you answered 'yes' to three or more of these questions, it's time to give your short-term memory a boost.
Eat breakfast
A study from the University of Wales Swansea Department of
Psychology found missing breakfast can lead to a sluggish
mid-to-late-morning memory. But, a breakfast of foods with the
flavanol quercetin protects your memory from age-related wear and
tear, say researchers from the Human Nutrition Research Center on
Aging at Tufts University in Boston. Aim for eating one cup of
foods with quercetin a day. Onions and apples have the highest
amounts, but you'll also find it in blueberries, broccoli and
Play the number game
Pick a phone number you just can't seem to remember and repeat it
to yourself at least 10 times in a row. Gottfried says doing this a
few times a day reinforces the number and exercises your short-term
Play games
Scrabble, chess and even brain teasers all give your short-term
memory a good workout, Gottfried says.
Mix it up
Breaking out of your daily routine exercises your brain and memory.
Brush your teeth with your non-dominant hand, reverse the order you
do things in the shower or take a different route to work. "These
require you to stay alert and challenge your memory to store new
ways to accomplish tasks," Gottfried says.
And don't panic if your short-term memory seems to fail you. You're not going crazy. "It just means your memory needs a tune-up," Gottfried says.


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This time the New York Rangers' last-minute comeback fell just short.
Down 2-0 with 55 seconds left in regulation, the Blue Shirts' Marian Gaborik scored on a slap shot to pull New York within one, but the Washington Capitals held the fort for the final minute to win Game 6 of the Eastern Conference Semifinals, 2-1.
The winner-take-all Game 7 will be Saturday at Madison Square Garden.
Two days after the Rangers engineered a comeback for the ages by tying Game 5 with seven seconds remaining before winning the game less than two minutes into overtime, New York once again found themselves down by a goal in the final seconds Wednesday night in Washington. But Capitals goalie Braden Holtby shut the door on the Blue Shirts to extend the series to seven games.
Alex Ovechkin and Jason Chimera scored for the Capitals while Rangers goalie Henrik Lundqvist had 21 saves.
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"That's what you play for all year is home ice advantage and I think home ice advantage really helps when it's Game 7 and we have to go in there, be ready to go, feed off the crowd and get a win," said Rangers captain Ryan Callahan.
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Sheets will likely have the burden of expectations when filling out his brackets next year, but the downside is his favorite team has to stumble for him to have a chance to succeed.
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Irwin, 26, made his debut Sunday against the Cincinnati Reds. He allowed five runs (four earned) and six hits in 42/3 innings. He struck out four and walked four in the no-decision.
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A Bioequivalence Study Comparing HIP0901 Capsule With Lipidilsupra Tablet
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The purpose of this study is to evaluate pharmacokinetics and safety after oral administration of HIP0901 capsules and Lipidilsupra tablets.
Condition | Intervention | Phase |
Healthy |
Drug: HIP0901 / Lipidilsupra |
Phase 1 |
Study Type: | Interventional |
Study Design: | Allocation: Randomized Endpoint Classification: Pharmacokinetics Study Intervention Model: Crossover Assignment Masking: Open Label Primary Purpose: Treatment |
Official Title: | Open-label, Randomized Comparative Study to Evaluate the Pharmacokinetic Characteristics of Fenofibric Acid Between Lipidilsupra Tablet and HIP0901 Capsule in Healthy Male Subjects |
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- AUC of Fenofibric acid [ Time Frame: 0-96 hrs ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
- Cmax of Fenofibric acid [ Time Frame: 0-96 hrs ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
Enrollment: | 28 |
Study Start Date: | November 2011 |
Study Completion Date: | February 2012 |
Primary Completion Date: | December 2011 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure) |
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Experimental: HIP0901
Fenofibric acid
Drug: HIP0901 / Lipidilsupra
HIP0901 capsule(Fenofibric acid, 135mg) / Lipidilsupra tablet(Fenofibrate, 160mg)
Active Comparator: Lipidilsupra
Drug: HIP0901 / Lipidilsupra
HIP0901 capsule(Fenofibric acid, 135mg) / Lipidilsupra tablet(Fenofibrate, 160mg)
Ages Eligible for Study: | 20 Years to 45 Years |
Genders Eligible for Study: | Male |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | Yes |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Healthy male volunteers, age between 20 and 45
- Informed of the investigational nature of this study and voluntarily agree to participate in this study
- Weight>50kg, BMI of >18kg/m2 and <27kg/m2 subject
Exclusion Criteria:
- Acute disease within 28 days prior to start of study drug administration
- Use of any prescription medication within 14 days prior to Day 1
- Use of any medication within 7 days prior to Day 1
- Has a severe medical history of hypersensitivity to fibric acid derivative
- Participation in another clinical study within 30 days prior to start of study drug administration
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Other Study ID Numbers: | HM-FEN-101 |
Study First Received: | January 10, 2012 |
Last Updated: | March 28, 2012 |
Health Authority: | Korea: Food and Drug Administration |
Keywords provided by Hanmi Pharmaceutical Company Limited:
Fenofibric acid HIP0901 Lipidilsupra |
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Fenofibric acid Fenofibrate Anticholesteremic Agents Hypolipidemic Agents Antimetabolites |
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- If Buckhannon-Upshur's Emily Godwin is going to make this season's encore even better than last year's performance, she's going to need some help from her friends.
The Bucs girls track team had its two-year streak of state meet championships snapped unexpectedly by Morgantown last season, although it would be impossible for Godwin to contribute anything more.
Godwin rang up four individual state titles, claiming first in the 100-meter hurdles and 300 hurdles, the long jump and the high jump en route to winning high-point honors at the meet and earning the Gatorade West Virginia girls track and field athlete of the year honor for the second time in June.
She committed on Feb. 12 to run at North Carolina next year, and on Thursday she made her first appearance of the season in the Kanawha Valley as B-U competed in the Sam LeRose/Stan Smith/Walt Dryden Memorial meet at Laidley Field. Godwin won all four of her events - the 100 hurdles, 400, 200 and long jump - and was the high-point award winner in leading Buckhannon-Upshur to the team title.
"It was a little bit overwhelming during the end of the summer and the fall figuring out where I wanted to go," Godwin said. "I took a couple of official visits and unofficial visits but when I went to Chapel Hill I just knew that's where I was supposed to go. It was a relief to finally know where I was going to go to college. I'm really excited, a little nervous, but excited to start that chapter of my life."
Before that chapter begins, quite a few people hope she can help close her final prep season with a third team championship in four years. Put longtime Bucs coach Jackie Zuliani solidly in that group.
"It slipped away from us," Zuliani said of last spring's missed opportunity. "It was ours to win and we didn't get a few things done, which happens, but it hurts worse when you know it was yours to lose. We're going to do what we can. Morgantown has a lot of people, huge team this year, so they have more to mess around with. We'll take it one meet at a time, one day at a time."
No matter how many people Morgantown or any other team has, there is only one of Godwin, and her presence should be enough to make B-U a contender all year long.


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Montrose resident Twilla Watkins died April 7, 2013, at Spring Creek Chalet in Montrose. She was 79.
Twilla Pope was born on Ash Mesa in Olathe Dec. 21, 1933, to Woodrow and Iva (Catt) Pope. She attended Columbine Country School and graduated from Olathe High School in 1952. She moved to Minnesota and attended Bible college. She moved to San Francisco, Calif., where she worked for Tidewater Oil and was selected "Miss Tidewater."
She married Charles Watkins in the Bay area.
Mrs. Watkins moved back to Log Hill in Colorado in 2006.
She enjoyed the views and the colors of the Rocky Mountains, especially the San Juans, watching deer, feeding birds, watering wildflowers, and genealogy. She was involved with Red Hats, the Log Hill Book Club and the Birthday Luncheon family and friends group and volunteered at the Ute Indian Museum.
Mrs. Watkins is survived by her children, Scott Watkins, Sheryl Haggblade and husband Ted, and Spencer Watkins; her grandchildren, Alex, Meghan and Ben of Plano, Texas; her brothers, Sid Pope and wife Margot of Ridgway, Larry Pope and wife Jan and Gary Pope and wife Nettie, all of Montrose; a sister-in-law, Louise Pope of Walsenburg; and several nieces and nephews and extended family.
She was preceded in death by a brother, Durane Pope.
A memorial service will be held June 2 from 2-5 p.m. at the home of Scott Watkins, 630 Snowy Peaks Drive in Montrose.
Memorial contributions may be made to Harden Hospice or the Ute Indian Museum.
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CHICAGO, Jan. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Ramco today announced the Chicago date for its upcoming Ramco Value Net event, part of a worldwide series of events aimed at the emerging collaborative commerce (c-commerce) market. The free event, scheduled for February 12 at the Westin on Michigan Avenue in Chicago, is designed for management consultants, IT service firms, ASPs, start-up companies and IT executives from a spectrum of industries including financial services, telecommunications, healthcare, aviation, chemical, food/beverage and transportation. The Chicago event, the sixth in an international series, is sponsored by Ramco Systems of Chennai, India and Lawrenceville, NJ, a leading provider of enterprise application solutions and services for the collaborative commerce market worldwide. According to Ramco president Lakshmi Narasimhan, attendees will develop a greater understanding of the rapidly changing e-economy market. "The event will offer a unique opportunity for companies to network and to hear real end users describe their experiences," he said. According to the Gartner Group, which will make a key note presentation, enterprises that design application architectures using a c-commerce relationship framework for improved versatility and agility will enjoy a 40 percent gain in profitability by 2003. By the following year, c-commerce applications are expected to replace static, Web-enabled supply chain/value chain applications as the dominant application model. To register for Ramco Value Net, log on to http://www.ramco.com or send an email to firstname.lastname@example.com. Ramco is a leading provider of enterprise application solutions and services for the c-commerce market worldwide. Originally a division of Ramco Industries Ltd, Ramco Systems emerged as an independent company in 1999 and today employs over 1,300 software professionals and business analysts operating out its Chennai, India headquarters. With subsidiary companies in USA, Europe and Asia, Ramco Systems shares are listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange, Madras Stock Exchange, and National Stock Exchange in India. For more information visit the company's website: http://www.ramco.com.
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A little more than a week ago the Congressional Budget Office scored the House version of a health overhaul bill at $1.5 trillion, that is, if you believe those rather optimistic estimates.
Congress, after all, has a history of underestimating the costs of the programs they fund. In fact, the independent HSI Network scored the House's initial draft at a heart-stopping $3.5 trillion.
But, let's give Congress the benefit of the doubt, for just a moment, as we try to comprehend just how much of our money it wants to spend on government-run health care.
Start by imagining a professional football stadium, with a fence around the field itself from sideline to sideline, goal line to goal line. If you poured out $1.5 trillion worth of $100 bills, it would cover the entire field and create a pile more than 12 feet high — taller than the crossbar on the goal posts. That is how much taxpayer money Congress must confiscate to pay for a government-run health care plan that few, if any, really need.
That's a massive pile of cash. And here's a sampling of other government programs or projects and what they have or would cost:
• The entire Space Shuttle program, from the 1970s development and testing all the way up until now — including nearly 120 launched missions — cost $150 billion.
• The inflation-adjusted cost of the entire Apollo Lunar Program that put 12 astronauts on the moon was cheaper — $140 billion.
• The cost to build 20 brand-new Nimitz-class aircraft carriers, and the cost of operating all of them for 10 years each, would only set us back $150 billion.
• One tank of gas, per week, for every car in America, for an entire year, would cost $510 billion.
That much spending, altogether, totals $950 billion. But we would still have another $550 billion left inside the football stadium. If we were standing on the field, the pile of confiscated tax dollars would still be up to our necks.
That's pretty much where America will be, too, if Congress takes over the health-care system — up to our necks in debt. Everyone will be stuck with a much higher tax bill, whether it's in the form of paying taxes on our existing employer-paid health benefits, or all of us paying higher prices for "sugary drinks" and other things as Congress has proposed.
And, what will we have to show for this embarrassing orgy of spending by our government? We'll be stuck with a government-run health plan that rations care, forces us onto unacceptable waiting lists and denies us lifesaving drugs we desperately need. In short, Congress wants to spend all that cash on a plan nobody wants.
Even more frightening is that Congress is proposing this health-care boondoggle after already borrowing $787 billion for a stimulus package that, we are just now learning, "wasn't enough." At this very moment, the leading proposal on Capitol Hill is the "public option," which is a nice way of saying "government-run health care."
The plan would create a government-managed health-insurance coverage option that would compete with existing insurance coverage and likely force insurance providers out of business. That, in turn, would force more Americans to turn to the government for coverage, costing taxpayers even more and ultimately driving the country further and further into an ever-growing cascade of debt from which we'll never recover.
At some point, we must ask ourselves, do we really need this? Do we really want to gamble not only our health-care system but our financial future on a scheme that almost certainly will cost more and accomplish far less than Congress predicts?
The White House and Congress both know Americans are terrified of that possibility — so they have given their assurances that a government-run plan won't compete and won't exploit any competitive advantages over private insurance companies. Few believe it.
After all, what would be the point of adding one more insurance option to the 1,500 or so that are already available in America, if it's not going to make a difference? And why raise taxes by hundreds of billions and spend a trillion-and-a-half dollars just to start what amounts to a government-run insurance company?
There are several ways Congress could reform health care right now, without spending a dime. Unlike President Obama's suggestion that we just "take a painkiller" instead of getting the treatment we need, there are many ideas that would make a real difference for patients.
We easily could lower the cost of individual insurance by giving the same tax breaks that employers get to those who buy their own insurance. Or, Congress could require insurance providers to accept a standard insurance-claim form, which would lower administrative costs for doctors and reduce paperwork problems for patients. And why not require health-care providers to post their prices and outcomes so patients can best decide how and where to spend their health-care dollars?
The time for double-talk and accounting gimmicks is long gone. The White House and Congress have talked out of both sides of their collective mouths, saying they will not only cover the uninsured, but they will also lower health-care costs for all Americans in the process.
If that's true, perhaps we can drop all the rhetoric and just answer this one question:
"How will spending what amounts to a football field filled with our tax dollars actually lower our health-care costs?"
Rick Scott, a resident of Naples, is chairman of Conservatives for Patients' Rights, a group dedicated to free market health-care reforms that put patients first. This article appeared July 10 on RealClearPolitics.com.
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FAIRFAX, Iowa - City leaders are navigating through a high-tech computerized map of the city's infrastructure.
The city, which lies just west of Cedar Rapids, is using new technology to stay ahead of the booming population. The number of people living in Fairfax more than doubled from the 2000 to the 2010 census. "In the 2010 census, we were at 2,123, and we've continued to build houses since then," said Fairfax Mayor Jason Rabe. City leaders know with that growth, the good ole days are over. "The old system you had ten drawers of maps and flipping to find the right map for the right thing you want, it's a nightmare," said City of Fairfax Maintenance Department's Lynn Miller. Now those maps, some of which date to the early 1900's, just aren't enough. "The faster growth you have, the harder it is to keep up on those records and your infrastructure needs," said Fairfax City Clerk Cynthia Stimson. The city is logging into the 21st century with a new computerized database system for the infrastructure. It's a satellite image of the city with "layers" of different city systems. The technology maps out water, storm sewer and sanitary sewer utilities for the entire city. City worker can see everything from fire hydrants to valves within the map. "You can click on those different items, whether it's a manhole or fire hydrant or water line and to see what it's made of, what issues it has had [and] we can add video to that," Mayor Rabe said. The mayor said the new technology is one way the city is adapting to its increase in population, especially as new housing developments pop up and as the city considers future annexations. "That great balloon in growth probably wasn't expected, so we've had to somewhat be reactionary but now we can start planning for that growth," Mayor Rabe said. City leaders made the move to spend about $40,000 of local option sales tax money on the upgrade, and they said it was just the beginning. "Eventually we will have people out there with tablets and they can get to the sites and just pull up the site map right then on the tablet, and they''ll be like, 'okay there's this here and that there'," Mayor Rabe said. In the future, the new system will map out city streets, information for zoning and even trees. Conversation GuidelinesBe KindDon't use abusive, offensive, threatening, racist, vulgar or sexually-oriented language. Share KnowledgeBe truthful. Share what you know and what you are passionate about. Stay focusedPromote lively and healthy debate. Stay on topic. Ask questions and give feedback on the story's topic. Report TroubleHelp us maintain a quality comment section by reporting comments that are offensive. If you see a comment that is offensive, or you feel violates our guidelines, simply click on the "x" to the far right of the comment to report it. read the full guidelines here » Commenting will be disabled on stories dealing with the following subject matter: Crime, sexual abuse, property fires, automobile accidents, Amber Alerts, Operation Quickfinds and suicides. |
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I totally agree with all of the prior comments. I have a Music Man Stingray, but prefer the Sterling 34. Need I say more?
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I have played many basses throughout my 18yrs of playing and this by far is the best I have played for the price it is. The craftmanship is there in the details, like the high gloss headstock finish stops at the nut. There was thought in the design of this instrument not just made to make them cheaper. I applaud Ernie Ball and MusicMan for making this affordable line of "Quality" instruments.
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A great bass for it's price. Although heavier than my other bass guitar, the sound is worth it.
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9 only because I own the real Sting Ray and this is what I am comparing it to.
Overall very well done, clean finish, good job on the frets, setup good with near perfect intonation, tuners are a bit long on headstock but ok,all parts well done, for the price a job well done and a close match to the real Stingray.
I'm comparing thr Ray to the real deal Sting Ray and there are differances the nut is standard plastic and not compensating, the tuners are good standard as found on most imports but well done, the finish is very good, the neck finish is no to heavy, close to the Ernie Ball but not as slick, the battery cover is easy open but still uses the wire and clip connection dot the drop in style, electronics sound clean, hardware feels solid, all in all a thumbs up.
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Very nice neck the onbord EQ makes about any tone you whant this is a keeper buy one you will not be sorry
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this thing gets the job done and gets it done in style
I bought this sterling Ray 34 bass in honeyburst to take over for my Fender MIM jazz bass,which has went through much abuse. i am very pleased. This baby plays very smooth and through my GK 700rb2 and GK410rbh i have any tone i want.the eq on this thing makes it to where i dont havde to fiddle with the amp betweens songs. it slaps just like you would expect an american stingray to,works well with picking and sounds good(even though i never use a pick) and the fingerstyle play is smooth and comfortable i would have to say this bass is 85-90 percent as good as any musicman ive played. which is totally groovy conidering it being half the price, it even outperforms its american counterpart in alot of cases. i play meshuggah level heavy metal, smooth jazz, blues, super funky stuff, country or whatever else a crappy band around here is needing from their stand in bass player(me).i love this bass, i am playing more than i have in years and loving how i sound and play more than ever. this is my new standard for a moderatly priced quality bass.
beautiful looking, well built solid piece of funkwood
great deal. it would be hard to find anything this good for a comparable price.
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Definitely worth the money - Bought one of these recently for double the price it is here and it's perfect for anyone trying to achieve a modern sound. It gives you great bottom end and top end and sounds great in any tuning / for any style.
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As I've stated a few glitches above, this is an overall good affordable bass. This bass (along with the MusicMan basses) show a great deal of versatility. If you're looking for a bass with a big whallop for a great price, get this one!
This bass practically includes the same woods that are used on Ernie Ball/MusicMan basses. The active preamp is second to none. The pickup is percussive and has a pretty close vintage sound.
As for the setup, (I'm only speaking for my bass not everyone's) the fretwork could have been done a little bit neater, and they could have used the same string nuts as Ernie Ball uses.
With the exceptions noted above, for the price you can't really argue with the price attached.
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I purchased this product a couple of weekends ago from a local guitar store and I am extremely (and I mean EXTREMELY..) satisfied. The value for the money is excellent.First, the heavily-padded gig bag is very nice. Good quality considering it is only a gig bag.The bass sounds excellent - and, like another reviewer - I believe it sounds better than the 'authentic' (MIA) MusicMan. The finish (honey burst) is absolutely stunning. The bass is built like a tank and plays very nice. It has a lot of 'snap' and 'zing' to the sound and also has a good bottom end.It goes to show you that you do not need to spend a small fortune to buy a quality instrument these days. Very (very...) happy.
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I've been playing guitar for over 15 years. I've been a semi-professional musician for 8 of those. Last year I started playing in a power trio and needed a bass. I had played bass sparsely through the years but this was the first time I'd be playing it as my main instrument.I set about buying a bass that I liked and felt right in my hands. I set a budget of about $1500 and went into the city to fact find. From about 11am to about 7pm I played basses at various music stores. I played every Fender, Warwick, Yamaha, everything I could that wasn't obviously a metal bass. At the end of the day it was between this one and the Music Man version the Stingray. The difference in price was a grand. In all honesty there were some benefits to the Stingray over this model, the neck felt a little faster, and as the guy below said it was lighter. But the differences really didn't add up to $1000. In fact if the difference had been $300 I probably still would have went with this Sterling.There is attention to detail on this bass that one just doesn't expect in the under $1000 range of instruments. The setup is flawless, the fret work is solid, clean, and smooth as can be. The finish looks great and after gigging heavy with it for almost a year it holds up amazingly well without losing any of it luster. The amount of sound combinations you can get out of the single hum-bucker and three knob EQ is amazing. The tone is right on par with the more expensive musicman. I play a very wide variety of music and there is not one that I've felt this bass lack flavor in. From R&B, Jazz, Pop, Funk, Hip-hop, Blues, Rock, Grunge, and New Wave it has consistently outperformed any other bass I've played.If I needed a second bass or a backup for this bass I would simply buy the same bass in a different color.
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- Publisher: Halfbrick Studios
- Release Date: Sep 1, 2011
- Also On: PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita
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Dec 22, 2013Jetpack Joyride is one of the most addictive games I've ever played. Expect to play multiplied games in one sitting. It also has a unique upgrade system which makes each run more fun.
Dec 12, 2013"Jetpack Joyride" is kind of similar to "Temple Run". Personally, I enjoy this game more. It just seems more exciting and intense. It has some nice graphics, great sound effects and intelligent ideas. Perhaps one of my favorite iOS games.
Oct 23, 2013
Aug 28, 2013So far its good but Joyride has to improve there graphics. Games like 'Burt Destruction' and 'Temple run' has similar game play but just look at the graphics Burt Destruction has. Its simply amazing!!
Mar 4, 2013Great iOS game. It's easy to play, great and different features, and great and fun. The best parts gotta be easy touch and start the game easy use.
Feb 17, 2013
Dec 28, 2012Amazing animations, great gameplay, and very touchable. It features a man trying to get a jetpack from a factory and try to escape and avoid the things with the jetpack. It was the best Halfbrick Studios game ever!
Aug 14, 2012Jetpack Joyride may be one of the best app available. It's just a perfect game for your iPhone or iPad. And now It's free! You will be addicted from this game, because of It's addictive gameplay and level up. 90 out of 100
Jun 20, 2012Jetpack Joyride is another great IOS game, that is really addictive and fun. I can clearly say, Halfbrick made It again. With great mechanics, great gameplay and cool objectives, this game is one of the best apps available in IOS.
May 27, 2012This game is incredibly addictive, intuitive, and enjoyable! Another game starring Barry Steakfries, everyone's favorite bad-ass/monster slayer takes on a new role, stealin' jetpacks and high-fiving nerds. Best free game available on the app store. This game is for just about everyone, and Halfbrick studios delivers in another great iOS games.
May 21, 2012Not bad, for an ios game.
I think this game is enough to rival AAA ios games like Angry Birds and Infinity Blade.
The cool thing are those gadgets!
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Mar 13, 2012Jetpack Joyride was the first IoS game I put on my iPhone, and because of this completely free gem it was also the only game on my iPhone for many months. It is just that addictive. The controls work well and the character customization is well rounded. I loved this game and can not recommend it enough.
Feb 24, 2012I played this game for hours and hours. It is amazing! Well worth the money :-)
Jan 26, 2012Just like Angry birds the game finds a very acceptable niche in being addictive , all the challenges are great and progressive . Its an endless trip worth your time.
Jan 22, 2012
Dec 30, 2011One of the most addicting iOS "endless" games ever.
It really is steal at 99c.
Tons of replay value abound.
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Nov 15, 2011You run and run and run. Sound familiar? Yes, but dont worry. Jetpack joyride packs in many features to not make it "Just another runner"
Things like missions ranging from run ___ meters without collecting coins to highfiving ____ scientists.
Another thing is that you can buy powerups like coin magnets, however everything else is purely cosmetic.
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Nov 13, 2011One of my favorites game with Crazy Escape and Pix'n Love Rush. A lots of action, rythm and upgrade. Simple to play, one touch button and with innovative gameplay. The replay value is impressive.
Nov 8, 2011An interesting kids game. Also recently i came across a new action game, Fly Smasher(for kids). Its an interesting free game for your iPad, available in app store. So the game lovers go ahead and download this game right away.
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Sep 17, 2011Addictive, fun, & easy to play, Jetpack Joyride has got to be one of the best iOS apps of the year. It has rich graphics, a cool sound and a nice RPG element that blends in nicely with the game. Overall, the game is a great expirence for gamers and iPhone users.
Sep 16, 2011One of the best Apps this summer! Addictive, easy to pick up and play on the go. Has great sprite based graphics, an awesome soundtrack, and the light RPG elements give a great sense of progression. And it's only $0.99!!!
Sep 7, 2011
May 1, 2012Simple and fun, Jetpack Joyride is a must have in every iOS Device.
Jan 19, 2012Another masterpiece from the makers of Fruit Ninja. It's free, it's funny, it's hypnotic... it's a must have!
Jan 12, 2012With the hugely popular Angry Birds, and the unique Sword and Sworcery, Jetpack Joyride forms up the tryptic of the smartphone/tablet typical must-have games. It's pure action, through a single move : touching the screen to control the Jetpack, and survive the randomly generated traps as long as possible. It's highly addictive, filled with nice bonuses to unlock and blessed with a very nice artistic touch, typically referencing the video game world... just grab it!


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First of all, I'd like to say that I love these guys as much as everyone so please don't shoot me. That said, I can't really remember the following users doing stuff for these badges. Please remind me what they did. THIS LIST IS NOT A BADGE REMOVAL LIST, IT'S JUST AN ATTEMPT FOR ME TO GET AN IDEA OF WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE FORUMS AND THE SITE BECAUSE I HAVE ONLY BEEN HERE FOR A YEAR. Artists: * Toy Contributors: * Bugsy23 * Fig * zfs Programmers: * jshadias * MasamuneXGP (nb I know) Researchers: * Amazing Ampharos * Arcturus * Atlas * Hazerider * Kholdstaire * Pidgeot500
Double posting heh... Now talking about badge removals, Justin had the idea of just removing most badge lists from the forum leaders list. Seems like a fine compromise to me, no one should have to lose their badges.
alright we were talking over IRC and here was something most of us agreed on: We should just remove the badge listings from "View Forum Leaders" and only leave like Mods and Ops there. It is just an ugly clusterfuck. Also here are badges that I consider loseable: Team Rater, Site Staff, Tutor, Tournament Director (Jshadias and MasamuneXGP have no reason to have the programmer badge so that is also "loseable".) And in all honesty, I think the Site Staff badges should just be purged at this point and then given out based on who deserves to have it. Yep. That is what I think!
As much as I loathe Toy and I hate his art, other people seem to like it. Therefore he has the artist badge. :I: think he's a complete fuckwhad and should be banned when he makes one more terrible post. zfs wrote a bunch of old Advance and maybe a couple of GSC analyses that were rewritten later because they had tons of shit in it. I'm talking Special attacking Flygon, Sunnybeam Porygon2, Recycling Porygon2 etc as seperate sets. Fig probably is a Contributor because he hosted the server (or the RPG server, not sure which) at one point. If Programmer is reserved for working on the Smogon site itself or on Competitor, Masamune and jshadias have no reason to have it. jshadias used to do a ton of scripting on NetBattle...but by that logic Shiv should have a Programmer badge as well. Atlas did quite a bit of testing for Obi's Advance in-game verification thread iirc. Hazerider spent quite some hours gathering Pokedex data for the Advance dex for chaos. Amazing Ampharos was one of the first to find out which old Pokemon got new moves in D/P and posted a list first. I think that's about it and I don't remember the rest.
All gens, actually. If anything (and I agree with what Surgo said no personal vendettas against him or anything) I'd like to know why Dan Dan has the artist badge. He only posted two or three drawings.
Toy shouldn't have the Artist badge. His artwork is great, but I was under the impression that Artist badges were given to people whose art we might/were going to use somewhere on the website. Toy was given the Artist badge very hastily, and I think it should be removed promptly. If we're going to give Artist badges for non-pokemon art, than Zracknel is WAYYY more deserving of it anyways.
i'm thinking about removing the artist badge anyway. the badges usually correspond to how they help smogon and aragornbird is the only person who draws for the site.
As an alternative to that, just remove the badge from everyone but ab and when you need stuff drawn try and make it be a bit more competitive... you could post requests in the art forum and then people could make attempts at it, and those people who make something that is actually used on the site could get the badge, rather than just people who happen to make a decent 'look at me I draw with colors' topic.
I went ahead and updated the "Forum Leaders" page. You can see it here. It now only shows Mods, Super Mods, Admins, NB Mods, NB Admins, #smogon AOps, and #smogon SOps.
I removed NB Mods and NB Admins from the Forum Leaders list - thanks to a combination of ET's shit and us divorcing NB, I don't feel it's relevant except as a reference for when we set up Competitor's power structure.
Badges part 3: Aeolus and I decided to strip all the NB Mod and NB Admin badges, since, as chaos so eloquently put it, "nb is dead, no questions asked". The groups are still around and will be converted to their Competitor equivalents later. Aeolus kept a list of all the mods and admins so we can refer to it later if we need a place to start with distributing Competitor access. Also, anyone left without a badge will be given a Ladybug badge in exchange.
Yeah, we were talking about it... and the display of the nb badges seemed to maintain the idea that we were affiliated with ET's NB server... which I recently learned that we aren't! So, yeah, they are gone... each individual badge has been taken off. The Usergroups were maintained however for easy implementation with the release of Competitor. For Reference: Admins: Aeolus Articuno64 chaos cloud CrazyStarwolf Hazerider Jumpman16 Justin8649 skarm Vineon Mods: Acura Carl Eagle Fish Groudon80 Havoc Hipno Holyknight Jackal Kongler Lesm46 Lexay Loki Mekkah omni Roy Shiv Steelicks Warthog


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After huge performances by two of the Broncos most potent weapons, it's only appropriate that they be nominated for any and all awards possible.
Jay Cutler has been nominated for Fed Ex Air NFL Player of the Week honors for his performance on Thursday Night Football in Denver's 34-30 win over Cleveland. Cutler completed 24-of-42 passes for 447 yards and three touchdowns in the Broncos' come-from-behind victory.
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Eddie Royal has also been nominated for an award for his Week 10 performance against the Browns. He is in the running for NFL Diet Pepsi Rookie of the Week honors. Royal hauled in six receptions for 164 yards, including a 93-yard touchdown, against the Browns.
Royal won this award for his Week 1 performance in the Broncos' 41-14 win over the Raiders on Monday Night Football. On that night, he caught nine passes 146 yards and a touchdown.
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With robberies up 11 percent this year in the town and the holiday sales season going full force Friday, the Town Council agreed last week to implement Mayor Paul Vrooman's new program called Stoplifting.
The idea is that retailers will commit to pressing charges and showing up in court to prosecute thieves.
—Howard Cohen, "Cutler Bay implements a 'Stoplifting' policy," The Miami Herald, November 26, 2009
Sharon [last name withheld], retail theft: three years of probation, credit for April 26 to May 8, $200 fine, no contact with Value City of Chambersburg, complete "stoplifting" program.
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A counselling program that helped reform many Winnipeg shoplifters will fold Dec. 31 unless the province provides funding, the program organizer has warned. STOPlifting, a two-year-old Elizabeth Fry Society program, runs out of money this month and seven months of funding requests to the Justice Department have gone unheeded, society executive director Brenda Elliot said.
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In good financial times, few of us think about the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. It just sits there in Washington, D.C., quietly insuring our bank accounts and assuring Americans that our banks are sound.
Then there are the bad financial times. During the 2008 crisis, the FDIC and its then chair, Sheila Bair, took an uncharacteristic turn in the spotlight, taking over failed banks and sitting at the table as the government tried to craft a new regulatory approach to the nation's financial industry.
Since the end of her five-year term in 2011, Bair, a former professor at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, has emerged as a leading voice for reform and stronger regulation in the American financial system. She's now an adviser for the Pew Charitable Trusts and leads the Systemic Risk Council, a private volunteer group. In September, she published a book about her time in Washington, "Bull by the Horns: Fighting to Save Main Street from Wall Street and Wall Street from Itself."
Though Bair describes herself as a Republican and was appointed by George W. Bush, her call to increase public counterweights to the power of finance seems to exist outside partisan politics. In October, she endorsed Massachusetts Democratic Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren. Bair spoke to Ideas in Camden, Maine, where she was preparing to speak at the recent PopTech conference.
IDEAS: We've been watching the two presidential candidates make assertions about how they're going to change the economy. To what extent can a president truly affect the economy?
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IDEAS: So part of it is just a sense of leadership and someone being in charge.
BAIR: It is. And then getting the support they need in Congress, too. I've fought both sides on that. I've worked in the Senate, I've worked in Washington since 1981, when I went to work for [Bob] Dole, and I've never seen it this partisan.
IDEAS: What are the most effective levers for both the candidates and Congress in terms of actually changing things?
BAIR: Cleaning out the tax code—this idea has traction on both sides of the aisle. Maybe trying to put some cap, especially in the personal code, on how much of these special breaks you can use. I absolutely believe we should get rid of preferential treatment of capital gains. You could pick up about $90 billion a year in revenue doing that. There are no responsible economic studies that show that having a lower capital gains rate creates jobs. It just isn't there. So it creates unfairness in the tax code that overwhelmingly benefits wealthy people....It sends all the wrong signals to young people. Go run a hedge fund, and you'll pay a 15 percent tax rate, and if you go find a cure for cancer, you're going to pay a 35 percent tax rate.
IDEAS: You've been in academia as well as government. How much do you think academia is able to influence what's going on in Washington?
BAIR: Well, I think it can help. But what we saw in the lead-up to the crisis was that a lot of the academics were being influenced by the money. So instead of being a source of truth-telling and good analysis, they can be a source of confusion. Like I could probably give you any number of studies that said banks don't need high capital levels, prior to the crisis. We had a lot of academics who were saying that...and other people who should know better....I think this is a larger problem of financial services getting too big. Too big as part of our economy, too big in their political influence, too big in their influence in the media, in the academic community.Continued...


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A cladogram exercise involving hardware instead of organisms. Many students are familiar with carabiners and find them more interesting than nails and screws (the example I based this on). Using these characters, you can also make a phenogram, which is different than the cladogram.
Undergraduate required course in invertebrate paleontology
Skills and concepts that students must have mastered
Cladogram construction
How to use the outgroup to recognize primitive features
Definition and significance of "synapomorphy" and "autapomorphy"
How to use the outgroup to recognize primitive features
Definition and significance of "synapomorphy" and "autapomorphy"
How the activity is situated in the course
This is the first of several homework assignments that require the students to construct a cladogram. Later cladograms involve organisms discussed in class.
Content/concepts goals for this activity
outgroups and primitive characters
synapomorphies vs. symplesiomorphies
synapomorphies vs. symplesiomorphies
Higher order thinking skills goals for this activity
using synapomorphies to determine which taxa are most closely related
designing a cladogram to display the relationships among taxa
Optional: Comparison of a cladogram and phenogram based on the same data
designing a cladogram to display the relationships among taxa
Optional: Comparison of a cladogram and phenogram based on the same data
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Description of the activity/assignment
This is the first of several cladogram exercises which require students to determine the relationships among several taxa given a list of characters and an outgroup. Students must then display the results of their analysis on a cladogram. This exercises follows lectures and class discussions on evolutionary taxonomy, phenetics, and cladistics. It is followed by two or three similar assignments that use organisms familiar to the students from laboratory exercises. The exercise allows students to focus on features of a common tool before applying similar techniques to invertebrate organisms. Students have the opportunity to construct their own cladograms and receive feedback from their peers.
Determining whether students have met the goals
The students are required to construct the cladogram, place the taxa at the tips of the appropriate branches, and list the characters at the nodes. We discuss the exercise in class, and students have an opportunity to present competing cladograms and discuss whether or not different diagrams display the information correctly. I collect and review their cladograms and provide additional feedback.
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Harold Koh, like most lawyers, will probably never be a household name. But his influence could reach into countless households, as he espouses a philosophy that could affect everyone who talks, writes, tweets, or updates his Facebook status once in a while. That's because Koh is the top lawyer for the State Department, a potential Supreme Court nominee, the former dean of Yale Law School — and a skeptic of the American concept of free speech. And with a filmmaker having been taken from his home at midnight for questioning by federal probation officers, the wind is blowing Koh's way.
A little background: Koh first came to prominence during his confirmation hearings. "Koh thinks we should bow to foreign rules and court decisions, and to United Nations treaties whether or not we have ratified them," wrote Phyllis Schlafly in the lead-up to his confirmation. John Fonte wrote for National Review Online that the judicial philosophy Koh espoused, transnationalism, was "generally . . . not democratic."
In some ways, opponents of his confirmation should be pleasantly surprised, or can at least indulge in some schadenfreude. Koh, who called George W. Bush the "torturer-in-chief," has staunchly defended President Obama's drone strikes, which he once described as "extrajudicial killings."
But it's a different aspect of Koh's pre-confirmation advocacy that is relevant to events over the last week. In the wake of the embassy riots, federal probation officers questioned Nakoula Basseley Nakoula, a California man purportedly involved in the production of the anti-Islamic film that has been blamed for causing the violence. The infamous press release from our embassy in Egypt and subsequent administration statements seemed to suggest that free speech is in conflict with a Muslim right not to be offended.
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"That's a nasty little quote there," says Steven Groves of the Heritage Foundation, who helped lead the attempt to block Koh's confirmation, pointing out its implication: that if we just agreed that "free speech" means what Europeans say it means, we wouldn't have to deal with rioting Islamists. Unfortunately, that would involve a less-than-robust commitment to the First Amendment, as Stuart Taylor Jr. argued in a piece for National Journal.
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Every rapper, even the lyrical ones use "1st grade rhymes" as well.
Chamillionaire: bread-head-lead-dead-week-treat (Oh, No)
Jay-Z: news-view-roaster-over-knocked-around-down-'round-ways-day (Renegade)
Lloyd Bank$: head-bed-dead-lead-laugh-grasp (SouthSide Story)
NaS - Tecs-stepped-blocks-cops-trigger-bigger-testin'-undressin' (NY State Of Mind)
EMINEM: I'd see-like me-aimed-sprays-plays-days-hair-wear (White America)
Yeah, that's what I'm talkin' about. Just take a look at NaS' rhymes from "NY State Of Mind": 'blocks-cops', and 'trigger-bigger'. If these aren't 1st grade rhymes, then I don't know what it is. And, without any sarcasm intended, he's still one of the GOAT's.
It seems like hatin' 50 is more likely a lifestyle nowadays.
Hating on 50 is a Lifestyle for these SUb Humans
If its not the Beat its the Lyrics
Meanwhile u Got 2 Chainz and Wocka walking around lol
Trev and ZV you both can say as much s*** as you want. Thats all it is S h it. I know I own more 50 material than both of you combined. Yes I said own, not download you creeps. ZV you started listening in like 2010. I criticize fifs music because this is how he writes lyrics in everyyy song now. When he gets on a good track and actually spits we all will know it. Yes, Fif has used simple rhyme schemes with amazing flow very often......
"Now don't think I won't hit ya 'cause I'm popular I got a P90 Ruger, gonna pop at ya
Catch ya slippin', I'mma give ya what I got for ya
My clip loaded with 16 shots for ya
You never had a hot gun on your waste and blood on your shoe
'Cause a n**** went and said the wrong s*** to you"
See those were simple lyrics from 50 but a sick f****** verse. He can still do this, just waiting for it.
Honestly, I don't read what ya'll write because you think everyone hates
Most of the times he uses simple rhymes, you just don't want to pay attention to them. Btw, tell me how complex these rhymes are.
"Lose Yourself" loud-out-now-bloah-won't-knows-dope-know's etc.
"8 Mile"
might-write-life-mics-like-life-lights-like etc.
"Rabbit Run"
quits-bricks-pits-s***-spit etc.
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heart-smart-word-deserve-reserved-first-worse-verse etc.
"White America"
the whole 2nd verse
You are a f***** idiot dude. Saying eminem doesn't usecomplex rhyme schemes is like saying 50 didnt have good hooks from 03-05. It is just universally accepted as false. Even when eminem is on his most basic s*** (like you posted) MOST of the time it is at least two syllables. Clearly you didnt actually listen to the lyrics you posted, you just felt like posting them...since you are an idiot. I wrote in caps all the rhymes so your simplistic mind can grasp it (I hope its not too complicated). I hope you see where you claim in till i collapse it is one syllable rhymes that whole passage is actually FOUR syllable rhymes (E-VER LEAVE EARTH / NE-VER DE-SERVE)...damn you are stupid son.
"8 Mile" might-write-life-mics-like-life-lights-like etc.
Sometimes I just FEEL LIKE, quittin I STILL MIGHT
Why do I put up this fight, why do I STILL WRITE
Sometimes it's hard enough just dealin with REAL LIFE
Sometimes I wanna jump on stage and just KILL MICS
And show these people what my level of SKILL'S LIKE
"Rabbit Run" quits-bricks-pits-s***-spit etc
Some days I just wanna up and CALL it QUITS
I feel like I'm surrounded by a WALL of BRICKS
Every time I go to get up I just FALL in PITS
My life's like one great big BALL of S***!
If I could, just put it all into ALL I SPIT
Instead of always trying SWALLow IT
Instead of starin' at this WALL and S***
While I sit writer's block , sick of ALL this S***
"Till I Collapse" heart-smart-word-deserve-reserved-first-worse-verse etc
And it's absurd how people hang on EVER-EE WORD.
I'll probably never get the props I feel I EVER DE-SERVE
But I'll NEVER BE SERVED my spot is forEVER RE-SERVED
If I EVER LEAVE EARTH that would be the death of ME FIRST
'Cause in my heart of hearts I know nothing could EVER BE WORSE
That's why I'm clever when I put together EVER-EE VERSE
Lose Yourself" loud-out-now-bloah-won't-knows-dope-know's etc.
but he keeps on forgetting what he WROTE DOWN,
the WHOLE CROWD goes SO LOUD
He O-pens his MOUTH, but the words WON'T come OUT
He's CHOKing HOW, everybody's JOKing NOW
The clock's run out, time's up )O-ver, BLOAH!
I pray to God you can see the difference between the lyrics up there and these lyrics (one syllable rhymes of day/me, smile/down, special/special)...there is NO comparison here champ:
They can play it on the radio, a hundred times a DAY
I figure when you hear it, you would stop and think of ME
I wanna get to know ya and be the reason you SMILE
Girl, you know where I'm from, you know how I get DO
When times are tough, tell me that I'm SPECIAL
Not rap, I mean me, that I'm SPECIAL
Okay, you got me with this. But callin' someone "idiot" and "stupid" over somethin' like this? Okay. If that makes you feel happy, then cheers. I could've called you "Numberfucker" alota time, but I didn't. And you know why? Cause I don't take things to my heart like you.
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April 26, 2014 at 10pm to April 27, 2014 at 4am – The Loft Ballroom
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