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Why did I write the book?
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There is one book out currently that was written in 1988 by Elmo Ingenthron and Mary Hartman called Bald Knobbers: Vigilantes on the Ozarks Frontier. This is a classic book that I have read many times, and I am not trying to imitate it. These authors actually inspired me to cull out the articles that the people actually read in their local newspapers reporting the saga, piece by piece. Therefore, over the past five years, I have read and compiled over six hundred old newspaper articles concerning the Bald Knobbers. Many were repeated in similar wording and fashion. During my research, I have distilled the Bald Knobber saga into forty-nine chapters. Many chapters are a compilation of two to five articles.
Wichita Eagle, "Bungling Work," May 11, 1889.
The purpose of this book is to present the original understanding from the newspaper articles that covered the 1880s and '90s perspectives of the Bald Knobbers. Additionally, these stories are for the readers to glean for themselves the facts & fancies as people from that era did.
Some of the sources I used for research are:
- Chronicling America Newspaper Collection
- California Digital Newspaper Collection
- Illinois Digital Newspaper Collection
- Library of Congress
- Missouri Digital Newspaper Collection
- Oklahoma Digital Newspaper Collection
The crimes and punishments are documented in graphic detail.
- Lynchings
- Hangings
- Shootouts
- Charlie Graves
- C. O. Simmons
- Joe Inman Interviewed
- Dave Walker
Contains the anthropology of everyday life in the Ozarks:
- Chapter: An Ozark Bald Knobber's cabin & what it contained inside.
Preserves the local Ozark vernacular & statements:
- "Hold up yer hands," they yelled at Will Edens.
- "Now pop it to him."
- "Shet up yer damn head!"
- "Ef'er's bin murder done, 'twzn't done by God-fearin' people, 'n them Sherriffs 'n people'e jes' token off Bapsises 'n Christianses, 'n even poo' Parson Simmons, 's wuz's powful a preacher's ever wuz heard yereabouts."
o Translation: If there's been murder done, it wasn't done by God fearing people. And them sheriffs and people are just taking off Baptists and Christians and even poor Parson Simmons, who's a powerful a preacher there ever was heard hereabouts.
- "Them 'ere homesteaders comin' down yereabouts just want to run out us old settlers as's lived yere for years, 'n's homes' 'n bin a-grwn' of us up jes' like them 'ere trees."
o Translation: Them there homesteaders coming down hereabouts just want to run out us old settlers as we've lived here for years, and their homes have been growing among us just like them there trees.
Maintains the spelling integrity of original letters by Bald Knobbers:
C. O. Simmons quote-
"I want to say this to the people that the god of heaven noes who done that bloody deed and he noes that I, C. O. Simmons, is more ennocent of that crime than Pilate was of the blood of our savier."
Bald Knobber's wife quote –
Ef'er's bin murder done, 'twzn't done by God-fearin' people, 'n them Sherriffs 'n people'e jes' token off Bapsises 'n Christianses, 'n even poo' Parson Simmons, 's wuz's powful a preacher's ever wuz heard yereabouts.
Retains the 19th Century Period Spelling:
19th Century 20th Century
- Taney county Taney County
- Any one Anyone
- Some one Someone
- To-day Today
- To-morrow Tomorrow
- Can not Cannot
Retains unique newsprint format concurrent with the 1880's – 90's:
Green and Eden immediately went out, and as they passed the gate, a single
Pistol Shot Was Heard
and out into the moonlight, from the bushes rode about 200 Bald Knobbers.
At that time there was
No Jail In Ozark,
and the prisoners were taken to Springfield, Mo., for safekeeping.
Provides graphic details of crimes & punishments:
- Lynching & Murder Scenes & Details
- Confession Statements Unedited
- Execution Scenes & Details
Documents the Perceptions of the "Hillbilly" Ignorance & Prejudice from the North:
Newspaper excerpt- St. Louis Globe-Democrat [St. Louis, MO] 26 Mar. 1887.
- "The men in this country are long, and lean, and lank unusually. As a general thing they are long-haired as they are long-legged. When seen walking on the hills and contrasted with their little cramped houses, the wonder is how these latter can accommodate the former unless, as their shapes would indicate, they double up like jack-knives when they repose. Some of them must certainly sleep with their feet out of doors. The crouching in the little houses has given them a stoop which adds the impression of their height. Their skins vary between about the color of the black coffee they drink and the iron stains on the rocks in the mountain roads. Some there are so hairy that it is impossible to tell where scalp leaves off and beard begins, or vice versa, and their clothing is generally patched to such extent that the patches have completely taken the place of the original material, and a man thinks he's wearing an entirely new pair of very variegated color, pattern and texture. The patches overlap each other like geologic strata, but has not been estimated, the age of these clothes can't be approximated nearly as close as the age of these everlasting hills. The native is so use to crowding up at home that he crowds his ribs in with his arms in the open air as if he was afraid of expansion, and hurries his hands away down in his pockets."
- Most of these men are poor, as shown, and ignorant, … or else the new Democratic Postmaster at Chadwick wouldn't post in his place of notification that "leters unclad for" will be sent to the "ded leter offis."
Furnishes biographical & genealogical information of prominent Bald Knobbers:
- Captain Nathaniel N. Kinney
- William "Billy" Walker
- John Mathews
Though many of these events spanned mostly Taney and Christian County, I found many stories in the surrounding Ozark region and counties showing divided hearts concerning the issues of that time.
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|Galbraith's railway mail service maps, Missouri. 1898.
Lastly, to the defense of the Bald Knobbers, many started out with good intentions. They had the determination for their freedom to practice their religion, christian morals, and the longing to see justice in the law & court system. As we look at these historical characters, not only will we discover the prejudice and terror once endured, but we may also discover the darker side of our natures.
Even in this darker side, may you enjoy your Ozarks' History.
Future Posts:
Even in this darker side, may you enjoy your Ozarks' History.
Future Posts:
- Why My DedicationPage is to Lyle W. Mabe, alias George Aggernite
- The Bald Knobber Song (Click Play to listen to the song.)
- I'd Been Born Again
- Captain Nathaniel N. Kinney
- David Walker aka "Bull Creek Dave"
- Douglas, Howell & Ozark County, Missouri, Connections
- Baxter County: One Bald Knobber Hideaway
Anderson, Vincent S., Bald Knobbers: Chronicles of Vigilante Justice. (Charleston, SC, The History Press, 2013) 9.
Galbraith, Frank H. Galbraith's railway mail service maps, Missouri. 1898, Chicago. www.loc.gov (accessed April 20, 2012).
Wichita Eagle, "Bungling Work," May 11, 1889.
Galbraith, Frank H. Galbraith's railway mail service maps, Missouri. 1898, Chicago. www.loc.gov (accessed April 20, 2012).


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Groupers are fish of any of a number of genera in the subfamily Epinephelinae of the family Serranidae, in the order Perciformes.
|Malabar grouper, Epinephelus malabaricus
|Scientific classification
Not all serranids are called 'groupers'; the family also includes the sea basses. The common name 'grouper' is usually given to fish in one of two large genera: Epinephelus and Mycteroperca. In addition, the species classified in the small genera Anyperidon, Cromileptes, Dermatolepis, Gracila, Saloptia, and Triso are also called 'groupers'. Fish in the genus Plectropomus are referred to as 'coralgroupers'. These genera are all classified in the subfamily Epiphelinae. However, some of the hamlets (genus Alphestes), the hinds (genus Cephalopholis), the lyretails (genus Variola) and some other small genera (Gonioplectrus, Niphon, Paranthias) are also in this subfamily, and occasional species in other serranid genera have common names involving the word "grouper". Nonetheless, the word "grouper" on its own is usually taken as meaning the subfamily Epinephelinae.
Groupers are Teleosts, typically having a stout body and a large mouth. They are not built for long-distance, fast swimming. They can be quite large, and lengths over a meter and weights up to 100 kg are not uncommon, though obviously in such a large group, species vary considerably. They swallow prey rather than biting pieces off it. They do not have many teeth on the edges of their jaws, but they have heavy crushing tooth plates inside the pharynx. They habitually eat fish, octopuses, and crustaceans. Some species prefer to ambush their prey, while other species are active predators. Reports of fatal attacks on humans by the largest species, the giant grouper (Epinephelus lanceolatus) are unconfirmed.[1]
Their mouths and gills form a powerful sucking system that sucks their prey in from a distance. They also use their mouths to dig into sand to form their shelters under big rocks, jetting it out through their gills.
Research indicates roving coralgroupers (Plectropomus pessuliferus) sometimes cooperate with giant morays in hunting.[2]
The word "grouper" is from the Portuguese name, garoupa, which has been speculated to come from an indigenous South American language.[3][4]
In Australia, "groper" is used instead of "grouper" for several species, such as the Queensland grouper (Epinephelus lanceolatus). In the Philippines, it is named lapu-lapu in Luzon, while in the Visayas and Mindanao it goes by the name pugapo. In New Zealand, "groper" refers to a type of wreckfish, Polyprion oxygeneios, which goes by the Māori name hāpuku.[5] In the Middle East, the fish is known as 'hammour', and is widely eaten, especially in the Persian Gulf region.[6][7]
|Common Name
|Number of Living Species
|slender grouper
|Redmouth grouper
|Humpback grouper
|Spanish flag
|Masked Grouper
Groupers are mostly monandric protogynous hermaphrodites, i.e. they mature only as females and have the ability to change sex after sexual maturity.[8][9] Some species of groupers grow about a kilogram per year and are generally adolescent until they reach three kilograms, when they become female. The largest males often control harems containing three to 15 females.[8][10] Groupers often pair spawn, which enables large males to competitively exclude smaller males from reproducing.[8][11][12][13] As such, if a small female grouper were to change sex before it could control a harem as a male, its fitness would decrease.[11][12][13] If no male is available, the largest female that can increase fitness by changing sex will do so.[12]
However, some groupers are gonochoristic.[8] Gonochorism, or a reproductive strategy with two distinct sexes, has evolved independently in groupers at least five times.[8] The evolution of gonochorism is linked to group spawning high amounts of habitat cover.[8][12][14] Both group spawning and habitat cover increase the likelihood of a smaller male to reproduce in the presence of large males. Fitness of male groupers in environments where competitive exclusion of smaller males is not possible is correlated with sperm production and thus testicle size.[10][12][15] Gonochoristic groupers have larger testes than protogynous groupers (10% of body mass compared to 1% of body mass), indicating the evolution of gonochorism increased male grouper fitness in environments where large males were unable to competitively exclude small males from reproducing.[10]
As other fish, groupers harbour parasites, including digeneans,[16] nematodes, cestodes, monogeneans, isopods, and copepods. A study conducted in New Caledonia has shown that coral reef-associated groupers have about 10 species of parasites per fish species.[17] Species of Pseudorhabdosynochus, monogeneans of the family Diplectanidae are typical of and especially numerous on groupers.
Modern use
Many groupers are important food fish, and some of them are now farmed. Unlike most other fish species which are chilled or frozen, groupers are usually sold live in markets.[18] Many species are popular fish for sea-angling. Some species are small enough to be kept in aquaria, though even the small species are inclined to grow rapidly.
Groupers are commonly reported as a source of Ciguatera fish poisoning. DNA barcoding of grouper species might help in controlling Ciguatera fish poisoning since fish are easily identified, even from meal remnants, with molecular tools.[19]
Malaysian newspaper The Star reported a 180 kg (400 lb) grouper being caught off the waters near Pulau Sembilan in the Strait of Malacca in January 2008.[20] Shenzhen News in China reported that a 1.8 m (5.9 ft) grouper swallowed a 1.0 m (3.3 ft) whitetip reef shark at the Fuzhou Sea World aquarium.[21]
In September 2010, a Costa Rican newspaper reported a 2.3 m (7.5 ft) grouper in Cieneguita, Limón. The weight of the fish was 250 kg (550 lb) and it was lured using one kilogram of bait.[22] In November 2013, a 310 kg (680 lb) grouper had been caught and sold to a hotel in Dongyuan, China.[23]
In August 2014, off Bonita Springs in Florida (USA), a big grouper took in one gulp a 4-foot shark which an angler had caught.[24][25]
Cultural references
- The grouper is depicted on the reverse side of the 100-Brazilian reais banknote. In Aruba, the 500-Aruban guilder banknote also features a grouper in one of its faces.
- KRI Kerapu is an Indonesian Navy ship. Kerapu is Indonesian word for grouper.
- The USS Grouper was a United States Navy submarine.
- In the spoken Arabic of the GCC states, the word for the most prized type of grouper, or 'hamour', is also used to signify a merchant of vast wealth and influence.
See also
- Lieske, E.; Myers, R. (1999). Coral Reef Fishes (2 ed.). ISBN 0-691-02659-9.
- "Interspecific Communicative and Coordinated Hunting between Groupers and Giant Moray Eels in the Red Sea". Biology.plosjournals.org. Retrieved 11 September 2010.
- "s.v. (?)". Oxford English Dictionary.
- "Online Etymology Dictionary". Etymonline.com. Retrieved 11 September 2010.
- "Coastal fish - Hāpuku - Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand". Teara.govt.nz. 2 March 2009. Retrieved 11 September 2010.
- "Food and Drink – Local Dishes". UAE Interact. Retrieved 12 August 2011.
- Carrington, Daisy (19 January 2009). "Handling hammour". Time Out Abu Dhabi. Retrieved 12 August 2011.
- Erisman, B. E., M. T. Craig and P. A. Hastings. 2009. A phylogenetic test of the size-advantage model: Evolutionary changes in mating behavior influence the loss of sex change in a fish lineage. American Naturalist 174:83-99.
- DeMartini, E. E., A. R. Everson and R. S. Nichols. 2011. Estimates of body sizes at maturation and at sex change, and the spawning seasonality and sex ratio of the endemic Hawaiian grouper (Hyporthodus quernus, f. Epinephelidae). Fishery Bulletin 109:123-134.
- Sadovy, Y. and P. L. Colin. 1995. Sexual development and sexuality in the nassau grouper. Journal of Fish Biology 46:961-976.
- Allsop, D. J. and S. A. West. 2003. Constant relative age and size at sex change for sequentially hermaphroditic fish. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 16:921-929.
- Munoz, R. C. and R. R. Warner. 2003. A new version of the size-advantage hypothesis for sex change: Incorporating sperm competition and size-fecundity skew. American Naturalist 161:749-761.
- Kuwamura, T. 2004. Sex change in fishes: Its process and evolutionary mechanism. Zoological Science 21:1248-1248.
- Erisman, B. E., J. A. Rosales-Casian and P. A. Hastings. 2008. Evidence of gonochorism in a grouper, Mycteroperca rosacea, from the Gulf of California, Mexico. Environmental Biology of Fishes 82:23-33.
- Molloy, P. P., N. B. Goodwin, I. M. Cote, J. D. Reynolds and M. J. G. Gage. 2007. Sperm competition and sex change: A comparative analysis across fishes. Evolution 61:640-652.
- Cribb, T. H., Bray, R. A., Wright, T. & Pichelin, S. 2002: The trematodes of groupers (Serranidae: Epinephelinae): knowledge, nature and evolution. Parasitology, 124, S23-S42.
- Justine, J.-L., Beveridge, I., Boxshall, G. A., Bray, R. A., Moravec, F., Trilles, J.-P. & Whittington, I. D. 2010: An annotated list of parasites (Isopoda, Copepoda, Monogenea, Digenea, Cestoda and Nematoda) collected in groupers (Serranidae, Epinephelinae) in New Caledonia emphasizes parasite biodiversity in coral reef fish. Folia Parasitologica, 57, 237-262. doi:10.14411/fp.2010.032 PDF
- "Most consumers prefer to purchase live groupers in fish markets". Retrieved 29 April 2011.
- Schoelinck, C., Hinsinger, D. D., Dettaï, A., Cruaud, C. & Justine, J.-L. 2014: A phylogenetic re-analysis of groupers with applications for ciguatera fish poisoning. PLoS ONE, 9, e98198. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0098198
- "Whopper of a grouper bought for RM10,000". Thestar.com.my. 17 January 2008. Archived from the original on 8 May 2008. Retrieved 11 September 2010.
- "海底"血案":巨型石斑鱼一口吞下白鳍鲨". Sznews.com. 30 March 2006. Retrieved 11 September 2010.
- Diario La Extra 2010, Marvin Carvajal. "Cayó el más mero en el Caribe". Archived from the original on 13 September 2010.
- "Photos: Fishermen catch wildly huge 686-pound fish, sell it to hotel".
- Heather Alexander, Houston Chronicle (21 August 2014). "Gulf grouper swallows 4 foot shark in a single bite". Houston Chronicle.
- Grouper eats 4ft shark in one bite. 19 August 2014 – via YouTube.
External links
|Wikisource has the text of the 1905 New International Encyclopedia article Grouper.
- ARKive – images and movies of the humpback grouper (Chromileptes altivelis)
Media related to Epinephelinae at Wikimedia Commons


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Monday, June 08, 2015
Game Day
The news is full of stories about the team. I read every one. I watch every television segment. And every one of them makes me cry.
This tournament, which only comes around once every four years, brings me right back to 1999. The 1999 Women's World Cup was hosted by the United States; my parents brought Meg and I to the games in Chicago. I remember feeling so inspired, so fearless, so certain that I could do anything I wanted, regardless of my gender.
And now the tournament is back in North America -- hosted by Canada -- and I can see another generation of girls being inspired by the current U.S. Women's National Team.
That's what makes me cry.
It's important.
Regardless of how much I love the (men's) World Cup (you'll note that I attended the World Cup in Brazil last summer but I am not going to any games in Canada this summer), the Women's World Cup feels more important. Not in the sports sense -- men's soccer will always be more popular -- but more socially significant. Maybe that's just because I'm close to this; it's personal.
Every girl should be inspired to dream big dreams.
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I could have hooked you up with not only accommodation but also super close parking (the stadium is about a 5 minute walk from my work!).
- A said...
Missed opportunity! I wanted to go but with my mom's surgery, among other things, it didn't seem like the time to be away from home. The friend who went with us to Brazil went to the games in Winnipeg. She's having a great time!
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STAY - Allie Larkin's First Novel
This is a press release about a novel "STAY", written by Allie Larkin, one of my dog lover friends who lives in Rochester, New York, with her husband, Jeremy. The novel features two German Shepherds, ARGO and STELLA, and a three-legged cat. You can find the pic of majestic ARGO in the cover of STAY itself. This book is a must-have collection in the library of all GSD lovers. The novel delineates the life of a young woman whose friendship with lovely black German Shepherd helps her recover from a broken heart. Using her own camera, Allie snapped a few shots of her beautiful dog, ARGO, and as soon as we saw his trusting eyes, we realized that ARGO was our star.
I wish all the very best to my friend Allie for her first novel STAY that has been published June, 2010.
"Smart and with emotional depth, this is a cut above the romantic comedies that flood the market every summer." —Kirkus Reviews
"Larkin debuts with a funny and touching story about love, loss, and dog ownership." —Publishers Weekly
STAY - a novel
By Allie Larkin
Your browser may not support display of this image. There are many ways to get over heartbreak—Ben & Jerry's and marathon episodes of reality TV are common survival tools—but buying a hundred-pound dog over the Internet surely isn't one of them. In her debut novel STAY (On sale: June 10, 2010), Allie Larkin proves that sometimes life needs to get more complicated before it can get better.
Savannah "Van" Leone has been in love with Peter Clarke ever since she literally fell head over heels in front of him on the first day of class. Now, six years later, instead of standing across from him at the altar, she's standing behind her best friend Janie, as Maid of Honor, trying to mask her heartache and guilt as Janie marries the man of Van's dreams. Before her mother passed away from cancer, she told Van never to let Peter go, but as Van watches the couple exchange vows, she knows that her fairy tale ending was never meant to be. After the wedding, Van drowns her sorrows in Kool-Aid–vodka cocktails and reruns of Rin Tin Tin and does what to many seems absurd: She buys a German Shepherd over the Internet.
Together, Van and her new companion, Joe—a clumsy, slobbering hundred-pound beast that only responds to commands in Slovak—begin to mend the pieces of her shattered heart and get her life back on track. And it doesn't hurt that Joe's vet is a rugged sweetheart with floppy blond hair and a winning smile, who brings soup when she's sick and always holds the door open for her. But, when Peter gets back from his honeymoon, Van is forced to come to terms with her new and old feelings in a decision that affects all the people she's ever loved.
Warm and witty, poignant and laugh-out-loud funny, STAY is a big-hearted, unforgettable debut about friendship, love, and a German Shepherd named Joe.
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The Life and Times of Hypatia of Alexandria
A movie recently released in Spain, other parts of Europe, and in art houses of the East and West Coasts deals with two signal events in the history of Alexandria: the destruction of the Serapeum and the murder of the philosopher Hypatia. Although praised by the Usual Suspects, it is clearly inspired by the tendentious account given by Carl Sagan in his series Cosmos. By this account, Hypatia, the last librarian of the great Library of Alexandria, and a fabulous mathematician, was murdered by a science-hating mob of science-hating misogynist Christian science-haters. I did not think this likely to be any more accurate than Nuclear Winter – for one thing, the ancients did not do science, as we understand it – and a commentary based on the director's interviews before release and later on the actual movie by Tim O'Neil dissuaded me utterly from any thought of seeing the movie.
It's not just that the movie shows 4th century Romans in 1st century costumes – would a WW2 movie feature musketeers storming Normandy with muzzle-loaders? – and not just that it portrays enough of the recorded incidents to indicate that the director actually read the sources – there are not very many. But that the parts he made up were for the most part tendentious and geared to advance a false view of history, namely Sagan's – and Gibbon's.
That led me to read the book Hypatia of Alexandria, by Maria Dzielska, which is the most modern and dispassionate analysis. She contends that this admittedly minor player in world history has been portrayed as a symbol of whatever was the modern concern of the authors. To Gibbon and the Age of Reason folks, she was Classical Civilization brought low by vulgar religion. To others, she symbolized Science Nipped in the Bud. To still others, she was Woman (hear her roar!) or a leading Atheist. Some have suggested that her death (and that of the Library) ushered in the Dark Ages and had she not been killed, we would be on Mars today! These suggestions are so ludicrous as to lead one to think that the self-proclaimed champions of empiricism and reason have never given any rational thought or read any of the evidence. It would seem they know nothing of the 4th century or of the actual passions that motivated its players, or of the context of urban life in Alexandria or imperial politics at the end of an age.
Two comments receive in reply by Mr. O'Neill illustrate this point:
a) The primary source, Socrates Scholasticus, is "a Christian chronologer" eager to whitewash the Patriarch Cyril.
...........But Cyril suppressed the Novatians and Socrates was at least sympathetic to the Novatians and did not regard Cyril favorably.
b) Why would the mob have killed Hypatia in such a savage manner if it were not for a special hatred of her as a woman (scientist, pagan)?
...........But why would anyone think Hypatia was the only victim of mob action in Olde Alexandria? Others were also killed – and killed with a similar savage ferocity.
The problem is that simply looking at a single event, pulled out of context, distorts the image of it. And so I was moved to prepare something of a chronology and background of things, attempting to place it in context. What follows is largely abstracted from Dzielska's book, from translations of original sources, and from reliable histories found like nuggets of gold here and there around the Net.
The Mean Streets of Old Alexandria
If there was anything on which ancient writers agreed, it was that Alexandria was a hard town.
The Alexandrian is more delighted with tumult than any other people: and if at any time it should find a pretext, breaks forth into the most intolerable excesses; for it never ceases from its turbulence without bloodshed. (Socrates Scholasticus, Ecclesiastical History, Book VII, ch. 13)
Alexandria, a city which on its own impulse, and without ground, is frequently roused to rebellion and rioting, as the oracles themselves show. (Ammianus Marcellinus, Roman Antiquities, Book XXII ch. 11)
The populace in general are an inflammable material, and allow very trivial pretexts to foment the flame of commotion, and not in the least degree that of Alexandria, which presumes on its numbers, chiefly an obscure and promiscuous rabble, and vaunts forth its impulses with excessive audacity. Accordingly, it is said that everyone who is so disposed may, by employing any casual circumstance as a means of excitement, inspire the city with a frenzy of sedition, and hurry the populace in whatever direction and against whomsoever he chooses. (Evagrius Scholasticus, Ecclesiastical History, Book 2 ch. VIII)
Yeah, Alexandria is a fickle dame. One moment she loves you and you're the toast of the town; the next day, you're toast. Some howling mob tears you limb from limb, drags your body through the streets, and burns it to ashes. Just another day in Old Alexandria. St. Mark was not the first to be tied by the feet and dragged around town to his death. Nor bt a long shot was he the last. There are a million stories in the Naked City. This is one of them. My name is Friday; I'm a… Wait, no.
Part I: Background
Alexandria at the turn of the 5th Century was the go-to place for serious philosophy and astrology. Ptolemy, Euclid, Galen, Diophantus, and others had lived there. It was a happening town. The Royal Library was long gone, the last remnants destroyed most likely when Aurelian destroyed the Palace District in which the Museum had been located in his war against Zenobia. But it had never been the only library, and the scholars continued their work. The Romans rebuilt the old abandoned Serapeum and furnished it with many goods, including a library in its colonnade. We also know that bishops maintained libraries in the basilicas. Poor Athens would be described by one of Hypatia's students as famous now only for its beekeepers.
It was also about this time that the majority of Alexandrians were becoming Christian. Most of them were Jewish Christians. (It was the opinion of St. Jerome and Eusebius that these were the Therapeutes described by Philo and were the founders of the ascetic tradition in Egypt.) There was naturally hard feeling between the two parts of the Jewish community: Christian Jews were "renegades," Jewish Jews were "stiff-necked." However, many Greeks and Egyptians were also converted and by the time of our story, the Christians were a mixed bag.
Most folk in the Upper City seem to have abandoned the Old Time Religion in favor of either Christianity or Neoplatonism. Some Greeks even went over to Judaism. In the Lower City, however, there were still people who worshiped penises and figures with the heads of baboons. And sometimes even the upper classes would eviscerate women or babies in order to read their entrails.
The Great Persecution. After a period of relative toleration, the Emperors Galerius and Diocletian decreed a persecution of the Christians. In the first edict, the Christians were stripped of all civil rights, barred from offices, and so on. In the second edict, everyone was commanded to worship the Dead Emperors as a sign of political loyalty. The penalty for not doing so was death. Many Christians caved in, and were called the lapsi. Others held true and became the martyrs. Curiously, the steadfastness of the martyrs led to the conversion of many pagans. What a marketing gimmick: Join our religion and die horribly!
The ten years of ferociousness had been mediated by many officials high and low who saw its injustice. In the West, Constantius I would not enforce the second edict and there was no persecution in Britain and Gaul. His son Constantine would eventually recognize Christianity as a legal religion.AD 307. St. Catherine of Alexandria was martyred. She was said to be very beautiful and also wise and learned in literature, language, and philosophy. She is accounted by the Church as the "patron saint of philosophers." The oldest surviving version of the story is found in the 9th century Menologium Basilianum, compiled for Emperor Basil II. The report runs as follows:
"The martyr Aikaterina was the daughter of a rich and noble prince of Alexandria. She was very beautiful, and being at the same time highly talented, she devoted herself to Greek literature as well as to the study of the languages of all nations, and so she became wise and learned. And it happened that the Greeks held a festival in honor of their idols; and seeing the slaughter of animals, she was so greatly moved that she went to the King Maximinus and expostulated with him in these words: 'Why hast thou left the living God to worship lifeless idols?' But the Emperor caused her to be thrown into prison, and to be punished severely. He then ordered fifty orators to be brought, and bade them to reason with Aikaterina, and confute her, threatening to burn them all if they should fail to overpower her. The orators, however, when they saw themselves vanquished, received baptism, and were burnt forthwith, while she was beheaded." (Menologium Basilianum)
This story was later elaborated with fanciful miracles – the breaking of the wheel – and she eventually became one of the best-loved saints of Medieval Europe. (In Eifelheim, the church in Oberhochwald is the Church of St. Catherine of Alexandria.) Thus, did the Church regard learned learned women who disputed philosophy. She made saints of them.
The Great Persecution of the Christians ended In AD 313, and the religion was officially tolerated. Disagreements then arose among the Christians over the treatment of the lapsi. The general sense of the Church was that, unless they had turned informer, they should be forgiven and readmitted after penance. But the Donatists in North Africa and the Novatians in Rome took the hard line that they should not be forgiven at all. Technically, the Novatians were not at this point heretics but schismatics. They barred the lapsi from the churches they controlled, and eventually wound up with their own network of bishops across the Empire. But as the lapsi died off, the Novatian raison d'être faded. Rather than ride into the sunset, however, they expanded their list of unforgivable sins to include all mortal sins. Now the orthodox Christians grew annoyed. What was the new religion about if it was not about forgiveness? This was crossing into outright heresy. The bishops of Rome and Alexandria began closing Novatian churches, although Constantinople continued to tolerate them. The Novatians there were said to be okay dudes, except for the puritanical streak of No Second Chances.
About the time Hypatia's father, Theon, was born, Constantine, Emperor of the Romans, became a Christian.


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Shizune (シズネ, Shizune) is a jōnin of Konohagakure. An apprentice of the legendary Tsunade, Shizune became a talented medical-nin under her tutelage, becoming her companion during her sabbatical from active shinobi duty. After Tsunade is persuaded to return to Konoha to become its Fifth Hokage, Shizune assumes the role of her assistant, a role she would continue to assume well after Tsunade's reign ends.
Shizune is the niece of Dan Katō, a renowned shinobi of Konoha. Some time after her uncle's death, Tsunade, his lover, left Konoha and Shizune went with Tsunade as her attendant and apprentice. The bond between Tsunade and Shizune is strong and, above all, the latter sees her purpose in life as caring for Tsunade.
During their time away from the village, Shizune often worried about Tsunade's constant gambling, losing money and then borrowing more. In the anime, on one such occasion when they were at a gambling den, they were approached by the Fourth Raikage and Amai who beseeched Tsunade to help their injured comrade. After Tsunade complied, Shizune was actually the one to conduct the surgery, and when she told the Raikage of her master's two great losses, upon hearing his response that her master was unhinged, she chided the Raikage, throwing the Exploding Insect. Recomposing herself, she told Amai who had been aiding in the surgery to finish up.[4]
Shizune is always level-headed, practical and a rational thinker. As a result, she is the one who tends to stress over details, such as Tsunade's tendency to gamble and to think with her heart. She often gets comically worked up over any irrational decision Tsunade makes. Shizune also looks after Tonton, Tsunade's pet pig. She is a very kind and calm person but will immediately rush to Tsunade's aid and in contrast, will become fierce and somewhat ruthless; a testament of her loyalty to Tsunade. At the same time however, she is not timid and is not afraid of objecting to Tsunade's decisions or voicing her opinion as seen when she even alerted the Konoha Council to Tsunade's intention to send Naruto on a mission that Shizune thought would put him in great peril. She has a great sense of morale and ethics, as she tried to persuade Tsunade from accepting Orochimaru's offer to heal his arms in exchange of reviving Dan and Nawaki, believing the said two would not be happy to return at the cost of innocent lives.
She is not the type to tire easily and is very energetic and efficient while acting in her capacity of Hokage's Assistant, often urging Tsunade to finish the paperwork in order to avoid mountains of unsigned documents later on. She is often seen asking Tsunade questions about what to do with the village and the shinobi on missions. In an omake, she has shown she is a bit jealous of kunoichi like Tsunade and Kurenai Yūhi, complaining about their assets compared to her own.
Shizune is a fair-skinned woman of average height and slender build with black eyes and hair. Her hair is straight and shoulder-length with bangs that cover her ears and frame her face. Normally, Shizune is seen in a long bluish-black kimono with white trimmings, held closed by a white obi, and open-toed sandals with low heels. Shizune has also been seen wearing the standard Konoha shinobi outfit complete with flak jacket, when deployed on missions which has distinct, extra-long sleeves. She, however, doesn't wear a forehead protector. Shizune also has the tendency to pin her hair up when working; a trait also shared by Sakura.[5]
During the Fourth Shinobi World War, she donned the standard attire of the village, but this time with shorter sleeves. Also wearing the forehead protector of the Allied Shinobi Forces and a band around her right arm signifying her position.
Years after the war, Shizune had aged so gracefully she didn't look any older than she was in Part I or II. She wears an all black kimono with a strap around her waist. The right side of her kimono is long sleeve and the other is sleeveless, showing the left sleeve of the mesh armour she is wearing under her kimono.
As Tsunade's first apprentice, Shizune is a very capable kunoichi and a highly talented medical-nin. Her abilities were acknowledged by the Sannin, Jiraiya, who first went to her to counteract the drug that Tsunade had dosed him with, and later left Kabuto Yakushi up to her.[6] A further testament to her prowess was her being put in charge of the Logistical Support and Medical Division of the Allied Shinobi Forces during the Fourth Shinobi World War.[7]
Medical Ninjutsu
Shizune is noted to be a very talented medical ninja, surpassed only by Tsunade herself. Her prowess set a high standard for Tsunade's other disciples, as the Sannin noted that she had not seen someone with so much skill since Shizune while training Sakura Haruno.[8] Shizune's chakra control is great enough to perform even the most complex medical ninjutsu, leading Tsunade to have the utmost confidence in her. It was due to her control that she was assigned to lead the sealing of the Three-Tails.
Shizune demonstrated her great medical knowledge when she lead a group of medical ninja in a complicated procedure that took over three hours while the slightest mistake could be fatal.[9]
Poison Techniques and Weaponry
Shizune has rarely been seen in battle, but from what has been seen of her skills so far is that she incorporates the use of poison-related techniques during combat. During her battle with Kabuto, Shizune showed the ability to use the Poison Mist technique, creating a thick cloud of toxic gas, capable of being fatal even if only a mere whiff is breathed in, as noted by Kabuto in the anime.[10]
Shizune is also skilled to use her poison in conjunction with her weaponry. She uses poisoned senbon in a variety of ways, like firing them from a concealed wrist-mounted device or spitting them out of her mouth in quick succession.[11][12] Kakashi Hatake mentioned that Shizune is also able to imbue a kunai with poison.[13]
Shizune is quite observant and has a keen intellect. This was seen when she was put in charge of the Konoha autopsy performed on the first Animal Path that Jiraiya had captured, where she and her team were able to find out the secret behind the black receivers embedded in the corpse after just a short amount of time.[14] Likewise, during the Fourth Shinobi World War, she could find out the DNA-similarities between the White Zetsu Army and the first Hokage, Hashirama Senju, something that she already presumed before.[15]
Other Skills
In battle, Shizune is quite fast, and equally fierce and precise in her attacks.[16] She is also very adaptable to the situation, and is able to perform immediate counters that are too fast for her opponents to react properly.[17] Shizune is also a gifted teacher, as she instructed Sakura on how to imbue her weapons with poison.[13]
In the anime, she has made use of the Shadow Clone Technique,[18] and has been shown to be able to create at least 36 clones at once. She also demonstrated capable skills in fūinjutsu, able to lead her team in the process of sealing a tailed beast. It was also shown that she was adept at using taijutsu, able to fight and defeat many of Naruto's shadow clones.[18]
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Part I
Search for Tsunade
When Orochimaru came to Tsunade years later in an attempt to get her to heal his arms, Tsunade turned him down and when Orochimaru refused to leave in Tsunade's count, Shizune clashed with Kabuto Yakushi for a brief moment. Orochimaru bribed Tsunade that if she helped, he would bring her brother and lover back to life and was given a week to think about it, but Shizune attempted to persuade Tsunade against it, even trying to convince Tsunade to kill him with her assistance. When all attempts to persuade Tsunade failed, Shizune tried to use force to stop her from helping Orochimaru, although Tsunade easily defeated her. Later, she fought Kabuto again in an effort to protect an incapacitated Tsunade and Naruto Uzumaki. Despite Shizune's efforts, Kabuto proved too much for her, as he managed to dodge her attacks and incapacitate her as well. Shizune was able to heal her legs, and left the field of battle with the unconscious Naruto as the three Sannin prepared to conclude their battle. She then returned to Konoha with Tsunade after she accepted the office of the Fifth Hokage.
In the anime, the group stopped in a hot springs town. When Senta and Bunzō had stolen the First Hokage's necklace which was currently worn by Naruto, the two plot to blackmail Tsunade to give them the money she owes their boss. When Shizune found the note, she couldn't find Tsunade anywhere which left her the choice to use the Transformation Technique to pose as Tsunade. When Naruto and the Akagi brothers stole the bag, Shizune in Tsunade's form goes after them. After Shizune took down Naruto, the Akagi brothers discovered that there's no money in it. Just then, the real Tsunade arrived and recognised Shizune in disguise. With help from Jirōchō Wasabi (whom Tsunade encountered in the casino), Tsunade explained that she already paid her debt to the Akagi the year before.
Sasuke Recovery Mission
When Tsunade took on the title of Hokage, Shizune led a team consisting of Genma Shiranui, Raidō Namiashi, and Iwashi Tatami to compensate for the lack of manpower caused by the Konoha Crush. While in a forest recuperating from the seemingly tiring mission, they detected a presence close by. As Raidō and Genma leave to check out what is was, Shizune and Iwashi waited for their return. When the duo took too long to return, Shizune and Iwashi went to see what was taking so long. Upon their arrival, she is shocked to see Genma and Raidō injured on the forest floor. Acting immediately, Shizune gave them medical attention but noted that they needed to be hospitalised. Later, when the Sasuke Recovery Team returned to the village, Shizune led a team of medical-nin including Kitō and Mogusa. As the operation went on, Shizune noted that even though they were using Neji's hair as a medium to heal the wounds, that every strand of hair had to be affected by chakra control. Later, though visibly tired, she happily reported the success of the operation to Tsunade.
Mizuki Tracking Mission
In the anime, Shizune was defeated by Mizuki, who used her guise to lead Naruto and Iruka into a trap.
Peddlers Escort Mission
In the anime, she was with Tsunade during the Land of Vegetables crisis. After the uprising in the Land of Vegetables and the caravan that Naruto Uzumaki, Chōji Akimichi, and Hinata Hyūga were guarding was connected, Tsunade sent Shizune to gather every available ninja and head over to the Land of Vegetables immediately. While Naruto was fighting Renga, Shizune, Shikamaru Nara and the other shinobi sent with her rescued Chōji, Hinata, and Yurinojō from the ninja on Renga's side.
In Naruto's Footsteps: The Friends' Paths
About two years after Naruto and Jiraiya left the village for training, Tsunade decided to host an early Chūnin Exams to restore Konoha's reputation amongst the other villages. During a meeting between Konoha and the Suna in hopes of getting their support, Shizune presented the files from the previous exams. As Tsunade made her true intention revealed of luring out the Akatsuki, Gaara, now the Kazekage, insisted that the exams be held within his village. After it was decided to host the first exam in Konoha and the second in Suna, Shizune later voiced in privacy her concerns of using Naruto as a jinchūriki as bait for the Akatsuki, to which Tsunade said Gaara has by luck offered to do that himself.[19]
Ultimately, the Chūnin Exams were ended early before starting the finals due to controversy happening in the second exam. Instead, it was decided by Gaara that a report on each participant would be sent to their respective village leader for them to decide if they would be promoted. Shizune then aided Tsunade in deciding which of the Konoha-nin would be promoted.[20]
Part II
Shizune appears frequently in Part II, often being nearby Tsunade when she is issuing orders.
Tenchi Bridge Reconnaissance Mission
Upon hearing the information that Sakura had gained from Sasori, she objects to sending Naruto on the mission to the Tenchi Bridge. However, Tsunade tells her than she and Sakura are two of the few shinobi she can trust in completely so she had to send Team Kakashi. Shizune then insists if that's the case then her team could be sent instead, but Tsunade tells her that it wouldn't be the same as Sakura and Naruto had a personal stake in the mission. Still worried about Naruto's safety she tries once again to plea with her not to send him unbeknownst to her that he was eavesdropping on the conversation until Tsunade acknowledges his presence. Later when the Konoha Council asks to speak with Tsunade, it is revealed that Shizune had shared her uneasiness with Naruto constantly going up against members of Akatsuki that wanted to capture him. Shizune is present, carrying Tonton, when Team Kakashi return from their mission.
Akatsuki Suppression Mission
In the anime, Shizune was present at Asuma Sarutobi's funeral, mourning his loss.
Three-Tails' Appearance
Main article: Three-Tails' Appearance
In the anime, Shizune was assigned to help seal the Three-Tails, being in charge of the sealing team, her assistants were Ino, Sakura and Hinata. She instructed the other members in order to speed along the process. The sealing however, was repeatedly interrupted by Guren and her men, and the sealing was instead left to Anbu members.
Itachi Pursuit Mission
When Jiraiya comes in, he states that he has found the location of the Akatsuki's 'leader'. After hearing this, Shizune suggested that they formulated an immediate surprise attack, should Jiraiya's information pan out. While Jiraiya is fighting the Six Paths of Pain, Tsunade is in her office waiting for him to come back, Shizune assures her that Jiraiya will return alive. Tsunade tells her he won't as it was a part of her bet, Shizune agrees and leaves the room.
Six-Tails Unleashed
Main article: Six-Tails Unleashed In the anime, Team Kakashi, while under Yamato's command, were sent to aid the near-extinct Tsuchigumo clan in guarding its dangerous forbidden technique from enemies, and later, while Shizune is doing her usual duties as Tsunade's assistant, Team Kakashi sends word to Tsunade about plans to destroy the forbidden technique with the clan's consent. Shizune wonders what Tsunade will do.
Pain's Assault
After Jiraiya was killed by the Akatsuki leader, Pain, Shizune was left in charge of examining the body he had captured. When Shizune discovered that the piercings on the body were black receivers, she was given Anbu escorts to ensure she could share the information with as many people as possible. She meets up with Inoichi, but before they could begin to collaborate, Shizune was captured by the Human Path. It read her mind to find out that Naruto was at Mount Myōboku, and then removed her soul, killing her. In the ensuing destruction, her body was kept safe, and was later revived through Pain's resurrection technique.
Past Arc: The Locus of Konoha
Main article: Past Arc: The Locus of Konoha
Five Kage Summit
Shizune was later seen with Naruto, Sakura, and Kakashi, looking down on Tsunade, who was now in a coma. She was later seen explaining to Samui that Tsunade was unable to take the letter meant for the Hokage, and was shocked when Danzō arrived and stated that he was the new Hokage. While later attending to Tsunade alongside Sakura, Shizune listens on as and is also present when Sai tells Sakura how Naruto feels for her.
Fourth Shinobi World War: Countdown
Days later, Shizune senses a change in Tsunade. She sends one of the shinobi standing guard over them to announce Tsunade's awakening to the Konoha Council and the Fire Daimyō, who were about to appoint Kakashi Hatake as the Sixth Hokage. Shizune is then seen throwing herself on top of her recuperating master, crying in joy and "squeezing too hard". Shizune later watches on happily with Tonton as Tsunade consumes a large amount of food in order to regain her stamina and chakra reserves. As Tsunade demands more food, Shizune tells her that all the food in the Hokage barracks was finished and that more was on its way, Shizune after seeing Tsunade's gaze seemingly linger on Tonton. With relief she realises that Kakashi was behind her.
Main article: Power (Arc) In the anime, Shizune was alongside Tonton when Tsunade tasked Team Kakashi with the mission to investigate the massacre of the Tonika Village.
Paradise Life on a Boat
Main article: Paradise Life on a Boat
Fourth Shinobi World War: Confrontation
Shizune was appointed captain of the Logistical Support and Medical Division of the Allied Shinobi Forces during the Fourth Shinobi World War. As she introduced herself and Tonton to the division, she explicitly told them that Tonton wasn't to be eaten. She later splits up her division in order to effectively aid all the wounded shinobi on the battlefield. When night fell, Shizune along with all the other medical-nin relocated to the medical compound where she later requested the aid of two jōnin-level medics in resuscitating one of the patients, before later healing Tonton's right front leg that had been sprained due to the piglet carrying too many heavy crates in her zeal to help.
After the transformed intruder that had infiltrated the compound and was killing medics had been uncovered by Sakura, the whole compound was locked down and strict orders given that no-one should go near Shizune nor enter without their identities being confirmed by HQ. Meanwhile in a tent Shizune and Sakura, guarded by an Akimichi conducted an autopsy on the White Zetsu Army clone that had been captured and realised the similarity in its DNA to those of Yamato and by extension, Hashirama's had gotten even closer since the events at the Kage Summit. They then began to piece together the truth behind the clones and later sent information to Tsunade at the headquarters.
The following day, Shizune and Sakura were approached by two Iwa-nin — one badly injured and the other begging them to save her husband. The Akimichi stationed at the gate however, told them to stay back because they were unable to tell who was who at the moment, and as such, he was wary of everyone. As she pleaded with them not to let her husband die in her arms, Sakura told them to come. The two are revealed to be White Zetsu Army imposters as they prepare to attack the two medics having slipped past the guard. As Shizune moved to aid Sakura who was being targeted first, the imposters are taken out by Naruto's shadow clone who had just arrived.
Fourth Shinobi World War: Climax
Later, Shizune and her division made their way to the jinchūriki's battlefield and lined up in position alongside the rest of the Shinobi Alliance. She then after announced that her division had arrived, and began healing Guy while the other members of her division tended to the other wounded shinobi in their ranks. She later stood alongside the other members of the Allied Shinobi Forces and prepared to face their opposition as Naruto vowed that the world would not end, with Obito Uchiha vowing otherwise.
When Team 7 reunited following the arrival of Sasuke and the previous Hokage, Shizune watched in amazement as Sakura revealed the Strength of a Hundred Seal, stating that such a technique requires tremendous chakra control and that even she was not able to achieve the Strength of a Hundred Seal. She later watched on, beaming with pride alongside Hashirama who commented that Sakura's strength might be greater than Tsunade's. As Sakura summoned Katsuyu and the pair began healing the wounded, noting to herself how skilled Sakura was to be able to use this technique after just forming the seal. When a shinobi within range to her reacted warily to Katsuyu's presence, Shizune simply informed them that the slug was there to help them.
Birth of the Ten-Tails' Jinchūriki
Shizune was then seen as one of the few ninja from the Alliance that helped Naruto and the Konoha 11 in pulling the tailed beasts out of Obito successfully.
Though they are able to defeat Obito, the war was far from over as they are assaulted by a revived Madara Uchiha and his minion Tobi. Shizune soon runs out of chakra along with Tsunade and Sakura from attending to the casualties of the war, so much so that when Naruto was brought before them on the brink of death, Sakura was the only one left with enough chakra to perform medical ninjutsu any longer.
Shizune later fell prey to Infinite Tsukuyomi like the rest of the world.
Kaguya Ōtsutsuki Strikes
Ultimately, Shizune and the rest of the world were freed from the genjutsu by Naruto and Sasuke after ending the war.
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Kakashi Hiden: Lightning in the Icy Sky
Main article: Kakashi Hiden: Lightning in the Icy Sky Shizune makes an appearance in this novel.
The Last: Naruto the Movie
Two years after the war, Shizune, alongside Tsunade, evacuated villagers to a safer area during Toneri Ōtsutsuki's attack. She later hears the worldwide announcement about the moon crisis being averted amongst many other villagers. She is last seen attending Naruto and Hinata's wedding with Tsunade to congratulate them.
Years later, she continued to work as the Hokage's assistant, serving under Naruto when he took the position as the Seventh Hokage.
Naruto Gaiden: The Seventh Hokage and the Scarlet Spring
Main article: Naruto Gaiden: The Seventh Hokage and the Scarlet Spring Shizune takes care of her fellow disciple, Sakura Haruno, after Sakura fainted and sent to Shizune by Sakura's daughter, Sarada. Shizune told Sarada that her mother has fainted many times before. When she later talked to Sarada, who doubted her lineage, Shizune insisted her doubts were false. When Sarada called her on it, noting that she knew there were no records of her birth, Shizune merely kept quiet with a sad look on her face. She questions Sarada to why she brought this on, to which Sarada showed her the picture of Taka and particularly Karin and how she wore the same glasses as her.
Later, while discussing with Naruto and Shikamaru preparations for the upcoming Academy graduations, a letter was received from Sasuke, learning of a young boy with the Sharingan attacking the Uchiha. While Naruto decided to go handle things personally while leaving a shadow clone behind, Shizune was concerned on how this would conflict with the graduation exams. Later, as Sakura finally recovered, Shizune explained to her of Sarada's recent actions of going after her father.
In Other Media
Naruto Shippūden the Movie
When Team 7 is called up and Tsunade explained the mission, she tells Tsunade that she was concerned about Naruto going on a dangerous mission, then Tsunade told her not to worry, saying that Naruto is the kind of a person who never gives up which is something very rare to find in someone. When the Ghost Army is turning away from Konoha, she suggested that they were now safe, but Tsunade said it was the exact opposite.
Naruto Shippūden the Movie: The Will of Fire
Main article: Naruto Shippūden the Movie: The Will of Fire
Naruto Shippūden the Movie: The Lost Tower
A young Shizune, along with Guy, Asuma, and Kakashi, is seen waiting in a long line at the grand opening of Ramen Ichiraku.
Naruto the Movie: Blood Prison
Main article: Naruto the Movie: Blood Prison
Road To Ninja: Naruto the MovieIn the alternate world, Shizune appears more like Tsunade of the real world, sporting a much larger bust. While her attire is essentially the same, her kimino is more loosely open, showing her cleavage, and has a long slit on the right-side of her kimino, reaching her hip. She also wears a red lipstick.
Video Games
Shizune is a playable character in the following video games:
|Game name
|Japanese release
|English release
|Naruto Shippūden: Ultimate Ninja 4
|5 April 2007
|24 March 2009
|Naruto Shippūden: Ultimate Ninja 5
|20 December 2007
|27 November 2009
|Naruto Shippūden: Ultimate Ninja Blazing
|14 July 2016
|24 August 2016
|Naruto Shippūden: Ultimate Ninja Heroes 3
|10 December 2009
|11 May 2010
|Naruto x Boruto: Ninja Voltage
|22 November 2017
|22 November 2017
|Naruto: Shinobi Collection
|Naruto: Shinobi Collection Shippū Ranbu
|27 July 2015
|Naruto: Ultimate Ninja 2
|30 September 2004
|12 June 2007
|Naruto: Ultimate Ninja 3
|22 December 2005
|25 March 2008
|Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Heroes 2: The Phantom Fortress
|30 March 2006
|24 June 2008
|Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Online
|14 April 2013
|20 July 2015
In Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Storm, Naruto Shippūden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Generations, and Naruto Shippūden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Revolution, Shizune is a support-only character.
Shizune is seen to be able to create swords out of chakra in a move called "Chakra Sword: Great Intersecting Wound", which causes both physical and internal damage to her opponent, and creates a huge explosion. In many games she is assisted by Tonton in battle; in Naruto: Ultimate Ninja 4, Tonton is used as a partner to Shizune, helping her out in her "Tonton Combo" technique by transforming into an image of Shizune and attacking the enemy to distract them from Shizune's main attack.
- According to the databook(s):
- Shizune's favourite food is cooked brown rice while her least favourite is pork.
- Her favourite phrase is "The flowers, the birds, the wind, and the Moon" (花鳥風月, Kachō Fūgetsu), an idiom of "the beauty of nature".
- Her hobby is visiting cultural heritage sites.
- It was shown in a post-credits omake of the Naruto: Shippūden episode 77 that she is also wary and insecure about her figure and being single way past the perceived marriageable age, even expressing jealousy of Kurenai's ample bust and relationship with Asuma.
- Shizune shares the same voice actress in both English and Japanese versions of the anime as Tonton.
- Studio Pierrot's Settei of Shizune shows that the high-heeled sandals she currently wears add 5 cm on to her height.
- (To Tsunade) "Lady Tsunade! You can't!! Don't listen to the offers of these liars. Your brother and my uncle wouldn't want you to do this either!!"[21]
- (To Tsunade) "Are the wishes of two people more… Tsunade!! Your dreams… your wishes… Have you forgotten them?"[21]
- (To Naruto) "You may think you're all healed, you may even look all healed, but you're NOT all healed!"[22]
- (To Naruto) "All in good time, just as soon as you're completely healed."[22]
- ↑ Second Databook, page 90
- ↑ Third Databook, page 87
- ↑ Fourth Databook, page 102
- ↑ Naruto: Shippūden episode 287
- ↑ Chapter 406, page 4
- ↑ Chapter 165, page 15
- ↑ Chapter 515, page 14
- ↑ Chapter 238, page 6
- ↑ Chapter 235, pages 9-10
- ↑ Naruto episode 94
- ↑ Chapter 165, page 11
- ↑ Chapter 166, page 8
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 Chapter 485, page 8
- ↑ Chapter 420, pages 12-13
- ↑ Chapter 545, page 3
- ↑ Chapter 156, pages 3-4
- ↑ Chapter 165, pages 11-12
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 Naruto episode 97
- ↑ Naruto: Shippūden episode 394
- ↑ Naruto: Shippūden episode 413
- ↑ 21.0 21.1 Chapter 157, page 5
- ↑ 22.0 22.1 Naruto episode 136


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What God Does When Men Lead
- Bill Peel Author
- 2008 22 May
EDITOR'S NOTE: The following is an excerpt from What God Does When Men Lead by Bill Peel (Tyndale).
Introduction: Where Have All the Leaders Gone?
A lot of guys I know are La-Z-Boy leaders. From our recliner-and-command post, armed with our remote, we can see precisely what the president and the coach of our favorite NFL team are doing wrong. "Where are the Abraham Lincolns .?.?. the John Kennedys .?.?. and the Tom Landrys when we need them?" we rant. "We need some guys with vision and integrity to get things back on track!"
Having said our piece, we switch channels and learn that the stock market—and thus our retirement fund—has taken a hit, which brings out our inner Warren Buffet. "If those sorry CEOs would focus on business instead of lining their pockets, we'd all be in better shape," we blurt out between generous bites of ice cream. "Where'd they find these so-called leaders anyway—under a rock? They're all snakes! Are there any real leaders left in the world?"
Those are fair questions that deserve some thought because the problem is obviously not a shortage of leadership candidates. Universities graduate thousands, groomed for greatness, every year. There's an overabundance of organizational climbers, young and old, ready to do whatever it takes to grasp that next rung on the leadership ladder.
If you are concerned about the quality of leadership in our country, you're not alone. Two-thirds of Americans believe we are experiencing a leadership crisis. Three-quarters of us worry about what will become of our nation if we don't find better leaders soon.1
Eight out of ten Americans believe that corporate executives are less concerned with running their companies than they are with lining their own pockets.2 You don't need an accounting degree to see that the numbers don't add up when you compare the growth of CEO compensation with the growth rate of your investments.
The problem is not a shortage of leaders but of worthy leaders—men who want to serve rather than be served. Men who are not driven by making a name for themselves, but who want to help others succeed. Men who are willing to sacrifice personal interests for the interests of others. Men who ask where they can make the most significant contribution rather than where they can make the most money.
There is a second element to the problem as well. Although most men desire roles of greater leadership at work, many become noticeably passive when it comes to spiritual, cultural, and familial issues—causing serious and far-reaching harm. Yet male passivity is not a new problem. The Bible recounts the stories of many men—Moses, Abraham, Eli, David, Peter, and others—who chose passivity when they needed to take action. Dr. Larry Crabb pinpoints the core problem:
Since Adam, every man has had a natural inclination to remain silent when he should speak. A man is most comfortable in situations in which he knows exactly what to do. When things get confusing and scary, his insides tighten and he backs away. When life frustrates him with its maddening unpredictability, he feels the anger rise within him. And then, filled with terror and rage, he forgets God's truth and looks out for himself. From then on, everything goes wrong. Committed only to himself, he scrambles to make his own life work. The result is what we see every day: sexual passions out of control, uninvolved husbands and fathers, angry men who love to be in the driver's seat. And it all began when Adam refused to speak.3
Note to Male Readers
If you bought this book for yourself, I commend you for taking the initiative. If your wife, girlfriend, or mother gave you this book, or if a church leader decided this would be a good topic for your small group to study, you may be wondering why they selected it for you. No matter how the book came into your possession, by reading it you are taking an important step of self-leadership, which is where we all must begin to become the leaders God wants us to be.
I think you will discover that What God Does When Men Lead is different from the leadership books that occupy significant shelf space in bookstores today. For example, numerous books on leadership focus on one area, such as organizational or community leadership, but this book covers every area of a man's life. Many other books tell you how to be leaderlike—how to dress, run a meeting, and exude an aura of confidence. There are even books that coach you on how to shake hands, answer the phone, and order from a menu like a leader. You won't find those topics in this book—not that these things are necessarily bad. It's just that they don't have much to do with leadership—at least from God's point of view.
According to God, leadership is more about who you are and the choices you make. It's about believing that what He says about you is more important than what press clippings or your résumé says about you. It's about understanding that putting on the armor of God is infinitely more empowering than putting on an expensive suit and power tie. It's about what drives you—not what you drive.
It is our substance, not style, that qualifies us for leadership. And our substance—the stuff at the core of our being—is formed from the choices we make day by day, hour by hour, at the private, intimate levels of life. Who we are up close and personal is the proving ground of true leadership.
At the end of each chapter you will find a section called "Living as a Faithful Steward" with questions for personal reflection and small group discussion. I encourage you to ponder and personalize the principles that hit home with you in each chapter. Take time to write down your thoughts and make them your own. Discussing them in a group will help you even more.
Note to Female Readers
If you are a woman, I realize that this book may cause angst. Understandably, it is painful to recall hard-fought battles that opened new vistas for you. It hurts to remember the abuse many of you have endured under domineering males. And it's frustrating to consider the lost contributions of women kept "under control" by culturally imposed roles and expectations. Even now, if you are shouldering responsibilities that should be shared with men, you may be thinking, I'm sick and tired of doing all the work while they sit around.
Please understand that when I talk about male leadership, I don't mean it in a "men lead, women don't" sense or a zero-sum-game dominance contest. In no way do I question that women are leaders, nor do I want to deprive them of any leadership role God intends for them. To do so would be patently unbiblical and would discount the tremendous contributions of many female leaders, not to mention raise the ire of my thirty-six-year partner in marriage, who has unquestionable leadership abilities. But even more important, to stop women from exercising any God-given gift would anger the One who distributed that gift in the first place.
This book is meant to guide and encourage men to become the leaders God intends us to be, living in such a way that women (and other men, for that matter) want to follow us. I'll be first in line to confess that we men have not been careful to honor the gifts and dignity of the people we lead—especially the women in our lives.
You Are Called to Be a Leader
In various places and seasons of life, every one of us is called to lead—in our families, at the workplace, at church, and in the community—no matter how many people are following (or not following). In different ways and means, God commands us to step up and take responsibility, influence those around us for good, and transform the corner of planet earth where we live and work for His glory.4
The premise of this book is simple: God made men to lead—and we're not. Men are not assuming the responsible leadership roles God wants us to take. As a result, our faith remains underdeveloped, and we fail to impact our sphere of influence as God intended. However, when we do step up to the plate, take our God-given leadership assignment seriously, and lead in God's way, seriously good things can happen—in every area of our lives and the world at large.
What might God do if you embrace your leadership mandate? For starters, He could restore intimacy with your wife and repair relationships with your children. He could use you to transform your workplace. He could make you a seen or unseen force that changes your church for God's glory. He could use you to bring justice, fairness, and morality back to your community. He could cause your influence to discourage environmental abuse. He could use you to change the world.
And what might happen if you don't take the call to leadership seriously? Well, just watch the evening news and you'll get the picture.
You will find that the biblical leadership to which we men are called is not difficult or complicated. We don't need an exceptional education or a Pattonesque personality to be a leader. There are just two basic things God calls us to d First, He calls us to take responsibility for ourselves. Second, He calls us to nurture and develop the resources and people He has entrusted to our care. These are things any man can do, and every man has been called to do. In the chapters that follow you will learn sensible, practical, and biblical ways to do this in every area of your life.
It is our choice either to sit back and passively respond to the happenings of each day or take seriously God's command to be His follower and a leader of those He has entrusted to our care.
May we choose well. A lot is at stake.
What God Does When Men Lead: The Power and Potential of Regular Guys; Copyright © 2008 by William Carr Peel. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188.


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There's a reason the Gaming Showcase at CES doesn't light the gaming world on fire. It's packed to its borders with subwoofer-filled seating designed for games and lame Chinese knock-offs, like the iSports.
Wii imitators, each of which is loaded with minimal effort games, aren't hard to come by at the Consumer Electronics Show. Typically, the method for making a Wii-like is ordering enough white plastic for your casing and designing a little boot for your plug-and-play games console to rest in vertically.
Unfortunately, we didn't get to go hands on with iSports and its suite of games — including Badmintoon, Sword of Warrior01, Beach Vollyball and Soccer 11 — but it looked like a blast. Maybe next year, when Sword of Warrior02 ships.


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Short address on the occasion of the launch of the Europa series €5 banknote
Speech by Mario Draghi, President of the ECB
Bratislava, 2 May 2013
I mentioned this at the end of today's press conference, but let me say again that I'm very pleased to be here today to see the launch of the new 5 euro, the first banknote of the Europa series.
The new banknote will join 15 billion euro notes already in circulation. They are the most visible and tangible symbol of European integration, used from one end of the continent to the other. With the Europa series, we are giving a face to our currency. A portrait of Europa, a figure from Greek mythology, has been incorporated into some of the security features of the new series.
After centuries of division, the European Union was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize last year for its contribution to "the advancement of peace and reconciliation, democracy and human rights in Europe".
We all know that Europe is experiencing some challenging times. Governments and citizens are making extraordinary efforts to put their economies on a sounder footing and to build a more stable future for the European Union. In times like these, it's important to remember what the Union and the euro have achieved and what they mean in the longer term, especially for young people.
The children who are here today are growing up in a continent of peace. They belong to the "euro generation" – they have only known one currency. We invited them to attend a photo event with the Governing Council this morning. We are happy for them to be with us on this occasion to mark the launch of the next generation of euro banknotes.


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Day 343: Fab Foodie Dress
I've had today's piece for quite a while. I really wasn't quite sure what I'd be able to do with it! :/
By the way, don't let that fence behind me fool ya. My neighbors can totally see me when I do my before pics outside. They probably think I'm insane! 🙂
Anywho…back to this insane muumuu! I chose it for its cute foodie print. 🙂
Sadly, this thing is just flippin' huge on me! I decided to take it in from the back…a LOT! On my dress form it went!
Then, I sewed a single seam down my pinned line.
This left me loads of extra fabric to snip off!
Okay…so now my new dress is looking much better and size-appropriate! But, I still needed to hike up the length a good bit more.
Check that wonky muumuu out now! 🙂
This comfy cotton dress is just the thing for a hot SC day! 🙂


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Universal City - August 20, 2007 - Award-winning, critically acclaimed actress Kristen Bell ("Veronica Mars") joins NBC's Emmy Award-nominated ensemble drama "Heroes" for a special multiple episode arc as "Elle," a sexy, intriguing, mysterious young lady who has ties to Peter's apparent death, H.R.G.'s past, and Claire's future. When fans first meet Elle in October, she will commit a terrible crime, but as always with "Heroes," it will be unclear whose side she is really on.
The announcement was made by "Heroes" executive producer/creator Tim Kring, who said: "This was not easy to pull off. But since we're an ensemble show, with many arcs playing out through the year, we found a way to jump into a small window in her schedule. I pitched her the idea we have for the character, which she loved, and we're off and running."
"Kristen Bell is a very special actress," said Universal Media Studios President Katherine Pope. "With so many studios chasing her in both film and TV, we're beyond delighted that she chose to star on our show. Viewers are going to love her in this role. The depth and complexity that she brings as an actress is a perfect fit for 'Heroes.'"
Most recently, Bell starred for three seasons in the title role of the Joel Silver-produced series "Veronica Mars," in which she played a smart, fearless apprentice private investigator dedicated to solving her wealthy seaside town's toughest mysteries. For her role, Bell won a Saturn Award for "Best Actress on Television" and was nominated for two Teen Choice Awards: "Choice Breakout Actress" and "Choice Breakout TV Show."
She will be seen next in the title role of Judd Apatow's romantic comedy for Universal, "Forgetting Sarah Marshall"; co-stars in The Weinstein Company's "Fanboys"; and supplies the voice of Marybelle in 20th Century Fox's animated feature, "Sheepish" -- all of which will be released in 2008. In addition, this fall, Bell narrates the new series "Gossip Girl."
Bell also recently starred in the sci-fi thriller, "Pulse" released by The Weinstein Company in August, 2006, and she played the kidnapped daughter of the President in the David Mamet thriller, "Spartan," opposite Val Kilmer.
Bell starred in 2004's camp musical "Reefer Madness" on Showtime, which was based on the hit play, in which she also starred Off-Broadway. Previously, the actress was best-known for her recurring role in the HBO series "Deadwood." Her television credits also include a lead role in the critically acclaimed made-for-television movie, "Gracie's Choice," opposite Anne Heche and Diane Ladd for Lifetime, and guest-starring roles on such series as "American Dreams," "The Shield" and "Everwood."
On stage, Bell appeared in the Los Angeles Opera's all-star production of the Stephen Sondheim musical, "A Little Night Music," just prior to beginning production on "Veronica Mars." Previously, she starred in the Broadway revival of Arthur Miller's "The Crucible" with Liam Neeson and Laura Linney, the Broadway production of "Tom Sawyer," and she played the title role in the World Premiere production of the musical "Sneaux."
Originally from Detroit, Michigan, Bell attended New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. She currently lives in Los Angeles.
From creator/writer Tim Kring ("Crossing Jordan") comes the Emmy and Golden Globe nominated "Heroes," an epic drama that chronicles the lives of ordinary people who discover they possess extraordinary abilities. In its first season, "Heroes" was honored with a People's Choice Award, an AFI Award, a Multicultural Prism Award and this year's TV Land Future Classic Award and the TV Critics Association Awards' Outstanding Program of the Year, as well as nominations at the Golden Globe Awards, NAACP Image Awards, WGA Awards and Satellite Awards. "Heroes" makes its second season debut on Monday, Sept. 24.
Joining Kring as executive producer are Dennis Hammer ("Crossing Jordan"), Allan Arkush ("Crossing Jordan") and Greg Beeman ("Smallville"). The drama is produced by Universal Media Studios in association with Tailwind Productions.
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Microsoft exec Larry "Major Nelson" tweeted out this melding of Kinect and commerce earlier today. Nelson is likely proud of the execution here, since it shows the flexibility of the company's motion-sensing camera in a non-gaming setting.
But me? All I can think of is how utterly disturbing it would be if a mannequin in the men's sportswear section started mimicking me while I was trying on a jacket. And if it were a plastic simulacrum of a man that could do the moonwalk? Brrr.


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Is cremation un-Christian or unbiblical?
I should say first that the Orthodox Presbyterian Church has never taken an official position on the subject of cremation, nor do our confessional documents (the Westminster Confession of Faith and Catechisms) have any statement about cremation. Therefore, what I can give you is what I understand the Bible teaches, since there is no single biblical command about how the bodies of the dead are to be disposed of.
Christians, until the late 19th century, considered cremation unbiblical. There are reasons for the growing acceptance of cremation among Bible-believing Christians, but we have to look to the Bible for our instruction.
First, death is a result of sin (Gen. 2:16–17, 3:19, Rom. 5:12). Our bodies decay and die because sin entered the world and death through sin.
Second, physical death is not the end of that person, but only the separation of the body and the spirit (2 Cor. 5:1–10). The believer in Jesus Christ goes to be with the Lord at death (Phil. 1:23).
Third, God still cares about the human body and will have a day of resurrection for all of humanity (Dan. 12:1–2, 1 Cor. 15) because we are a unity of body and spirit.
Fourth, the practice of believers throughout biblical history was to bury the body, from Abraham's burial of Sarah (Gen. 23:14) to the burial of Stephen (Acts 8:2; cf. Gen. 25:8–10, 35:19–20, 29, 49:33, 50:4–13, 26, Deut. 34:6, Josh. 24:29–30, 1 Sam. 25:1, 1 Kgs. 2:10, Matt. 14:10–12). The greatest example is the burial of Jesus himself in John 19:38–42.
Fifth, the lack of a burial (1 Kgs. 21:23–24) or the burning of human bones (Amos 2:1) was considered a shameful thing.
Sixth, Christians have believed that burial is a testimony to the hope of the resurrection. We know that all bodies decay, so that God will do what only He can do on the day of resurrection (1 Cor. 15:35, 37, 42–44). Whether ashes in an urn or dust in a casket or bodies lost at sea or whatever, once a person dies, bodies begin to decompose. It will be a supernatural act of God to bring about the resurrection of the dead. The Christian believes in the bodily resurrection of both believers and non-believers because death itself will be destroyed at the return of Jesus Christ (1 Cor. 15:26).
Seventh, Christians want to take every opportunity God gives to challenge an unbelieving world with the life to come we all will face either in heaven or hell, and the necessity of faith in Jesus Christ as the only one who can save us from both our sins and the consequences of our sins (like death). A Christian burial is a powerful time to testify of the coming resurrection when we will all be raised with incorruptible bodies.
So, I believe the teaching of the Bible is that cremation is a poor and unbiblical substitute for burial.
Here is a good summary by two Christians: In "Christian Burial: A Case for Burial," Norman Geisler and Douglas Potter had this to say:
From the Christian perspective, burial is the pattern used in Scripture and has been historically followed by the church. Of course, it should be pointed out that cremation is no hindrance to the act, or event, of the resurrection. God, in his omnipotence, is certainly able, if he so chooses, to collect every atom and molecule, no matter where it is found in the universe, and reconstruct our same bodies in a glorified state. It does not follow from this, however, that cremation is an acceptable general practice. Whereas burial is an important practice and symbol in Scripture, cremation is a poor symbol of scriptural truth. While cremation is not an intrinsic evil, it nonetheless symbolically vitiates some important biblical truths. In this sense, cremation is a hindrance to the promotion of resurrection truth and should not be a regular practice of Christians. We thus conclude that all Christians should practice Christian burial unless extraordinary circumstances do not permit it.
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The questions come from individuals like yourself. If you have questions about biblical and theological matters, you are invited to send them by e-mail by using the "Pose a Question" link on the OPC home page or by clicking here.
At least one new question is posted each week, so there should always be something new here for you to read. (For those people who would like to look at previous questions and answers, they will continue to be available as well.)
The purpose of the OPC website's "Questions and Answers" is to respond to biblical and theological questions. Matters of church discipline, disputes, or debates go beyond the scope of our work. We recommend that you present your concerns in these areas to the appropriate judicatory. In most cases this will be to a local pastor, elder, or session. We do not want the website to replace personal involvement in, or commitment to, the local, visible church.
While we will respond to every serious questioner, we are not bound to give a substantive answer to every question, should we deem the question to be beyond the scope of our purpose or our own ability to answer.
You will receive an answer by e-mail. Please be patient as many of our respondents are busy pastors. The response to your question may take up to two (2) weeks. Some of the questions submitted will be chosen to be posted here, along with the corresponding answers.
Note that the "Questions and Answers" posted on the site have been editedall personal references are removed, Scripture references or from some source may be added, and sometimes portions are expandedto make the questions and answers more useful to a larger audience.
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