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Music, Church (1956)
[This article reflects Mennonite thinking in the mid-20th century; read it in the context of its time.]
Music, vocal and instrumental, was a regular part of Old Testament temple worship. The early Christians used vocal, but not instrumental, music in their worship. Christ and His disciples in the upper room before the betrayal "sang an hymn." The Apostle Paul (Ephesians 5:19; Colossians 3:16) urged his churches to sing "psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs," and James advised a "merry" Christian to "sing psalms" (James 5:13). John the Revelator pictures the victorious Christians singing the song of Moses and the Lamb in the future glory. Paul and Silas sang praises in prison (Acts 16:25), as many persecuted Christians and martyrs have done since.
The early Christian congregational singing, one-part in character, was gradually supplanted by liturgical singing (promoted greatly by Ambrose, Bishop of Milan, 333-97, and still more by Pope Gregory the Great, 598-604), which became the exclusive function of the clergy, assisted by special male choirs, who sang only in Latin in the West. The organ was introduced into church music in the West by Charlemagne (ca. 800). In the Middle Ages only the small groups outside the church such as the Albigenses and Waldenses continued congregational singing, in the vernacular, and also used singing in their evangelistic efforts. Because of the effective use of singing by the "heretical" groups, alert Roman Catholic leaders like Berthold of Regensburg (d. 1272) urged the use of singing in the vernacular by the church because "the heretics were leading people astray" by "composing songs and teaching them to the children in the streets."
But it was the Lutheran Reformation which first restored congregational singing in the vernacular, though with the retention of the organ. Luther's first published order of service (Deutsche Messe, 1526) provided for two or three hymns to be sung by the congregation. Luther himself composed some songs and wrote some hymns. Lutheranism, however, as did Anglicanism, retained the liturgical type of worship service.
It was the Reformed phase of the Reformation which did away with the liturgy altogether and made congregational singing the people's part in the worship service. At first, however, Zwingli, though a lover of music, banished both singing and the organ from the church service, basing his position on Amos 5:23. It was not until 1598 that singing was reintroduced into the worship in Zürich.
Although Conrad Grebel himself, in line with Zwingli, also opposed all music including singing in worship, the early Anabaptists made much use of singing almost from the beginning, and many Anabaptists wrote hymns, over 130 Anabaptist hymn writers being known. One section of the Ausbund consists of hymns which were "composed and sung at Passau in the castle (prison) by the Swiss Brethren," as the title states. Without doubt hymns were a factor in Anabaptist evangelism, both sung and read. Christian Neff said (Mennonitisches Lexikon II, 86), "A flood of religious songs poured over the young brotherhood like a vivifying and refreshing stream. The songs became the strongest attractive force for the brotherhood. They sang themselves into the hearts of many, clothed in popular tunes. They were mostly martyr songs, which breathed an atmosphere of readiness to die and a touching depth of faith. And those that did not report on martyr steadfastness admonished the listener to a devout faith, which was to prove itself in love. Sanctification and its demonstration in life and death is their glorious content." By the middle of the 16th century five printed Anabaptist hymnals had appeared, in addition to numerous song leaflets and handwritten materials (the Hutterite hymnal was not published until 1914, although hymn codices have been preserved from as early as 1570). In 1594 the Anabaptists of the Gladbach area were meeting in Alitgen Cüper's house where their singing could be heard daily, especially in the evening (see Rheydt).
Congregational singing has thus been a regular part of Anabaptist-Mennonite worship from the beginning. In Europe it largely remained one-part singing in Holland, but by the second half of the 19th century was developing into four-part singing, especially by congregational choral groups, in South Germany, France, Switzerland, and somewhat later in Russia and North America.
The use of the reed organ and pipe organ in worship was introduced into the Dutch Mennonite churches in the fourth quarter of the 18th century (first case in Utrecht in 1765), but not until considerably later elsewhere. It was little used in Russia at any time, and was still not permitted in the more conservative groups in North America in the 1950s including, for instance, the Mennonite Church (MC). It came into general use in the other American groups about the turn of the 20th century. About one third of North American Mennonites in the 1950s used the organ or piano in worship.
Choirs were not used at all in regular worship in the 1950s anywhere in Europe, and in North America only in those groups which used an instrument in worship, and even then not uniformly. Choirs were, however, often used for special occasions in South Germany, France, Switzerland, and now again Russia, as well as in South America and most North American groups including the Mennonite Church, but not in the strictly conservative groups. Before the use of an instrument, and in the mid-20th century in groups not using instruments, the congregational singing was and is led by a song leader called a chorister or Vorsanger.
The church music of the Mennonites was completely non-liturgical in the 1950s. Since Mennonites had produced almost no composers of church music of their own, although in Anabaptist times they produced many of their own hymns, they have used the tunes of other Protestant churches. They have thus also been influenced by their environment and affinities in the type of church music used. Pietism, Methodism, and revivalism have all had their influence. This influence has been particularly noticeable in the past two generations in South Germany, France, Switzerland, Russia, and America; Holland and North Germany have remained largely untouched. This has resulted in the displacement of much of the older, slower music of the chorale type by a faster and lighter type commonly known as the "gospel song." In the mid-20th century a wholesome return toward the solider type of music was noticeable, while retaining the best of the gospel songs.
Conscious effort has been made in certain North American groups to maintain and improve the quality of congregational singing as well as the quality of music used. "Singing classes" or "singing schools" were widely used in the Mennonite Church (MC) for this purpose, both to teach the rudiments of music and improve hymn interpretation. Chorister training conferences and church music institutes have also been held in this group. A standing committee of the Mennonite General Conference, the Music Committee created in 1909, has sponsored these and other measures, as well as having responsibility for editing hymnals for the church. Among the outstanding leaders of church music in the Mennonite (MC) Church have been C. H. Brunk (1845-1921), J. D. Brunk (1872-1926), S. F. Coffman (1872-1954), J. W. Yoder (1872-1956), and Walter E. Yoder (1889- ). All of these men also composed some music for hymns which were included in the hymnals of the church.
The church music of the Old Order Amish is unique among Mennonite groups by virtue of their four century-long traditional and continued use of both hymns and tunes. The sole hymnal used in the regular public worship was still the ancient Swiss Brethren hymnal, the Ausbund (first ed. 1564), probably the oldest Christian hymnal in continuous use. This hymnal, though indicating the tunes to be used with the hymns, never printed any notes, and no tune-book had been published by the 1950s. The tunes were handed down from the beginning by memory; many of them have been identified as coming directly from 16th-century religious and folk-tunes. J. W. Yoder transcribed some of the Amish tunes and published them with the words in Amische Lieder (1942). Recordings have also been made of a number of the tunes, which have been deposited in the Library of Congress and Mennonite Historical Library (Goshen, Indiana, USA). Rote perpetuation of the 16th-century tunes has naturally resulted in considerable "distortion."
The Old Colony Mennonites in Manitoba, Mexico, and Paraguay had a similar experience in their church music as the Amish, except that their tunes go back only about half the length of time. They were still using as their hymnal essentially the Geistreiches Gesangbuch of their Russian-Prussian ancestors, first published as a noteless hymnal in 1767 at Königsberg. The tunes indicated in the hymnal have been handed down by rote, and hence have also been subject to distortion, although for a short time the Franz Choralbuch of 1860 was used in Russia by a part of the later "Old Colony" immigrants to Canada. Both Old Order Amish and Old Colony Mennonites, as well as the Hutterites, still sing in what is called the "old" or "slow" style. -- Harold S. Bender
Church Music in the Netherlands
During the persecution hymn singing in Anabaptist-Mennonite meetings was practiced as circumstances permitted it. After persecution ended hymn singing was regularly practiced. The singing was led by a "voorzanger" (precentor); musical instruments including organs were not tolerated as being too worldly. Not until 1765 was a pipe organ placed in a Dutch Mennonite meetinghouse. This first organ was built in the church of Utrecht. Other congregations soon followed: Haarlem (Klein Heiligland) in 1771, Leiden 1774, Rotterdam 1775, Amsterdam (Lamist church) 1777, Zaandam (Nieuwe Huys) 1784, Amsterdam (Zonist church) 1786. Though there was here and there some resistance against organs, yet the introduction nowhere led to discord.
During the 19th century nearly all congregations acquired organs, mostly pipe organs, sometimes a simple harmonium. By 1905 only seven congregations in the Netherlands had no organ; this was not because they were opposed to organs but because the money was lacking. By 1955 all Mennonite churches were provided with organs.
Musical instruments, other than organs, were not used in Dutch Mennonite churches by the 1950s. Congregational singing was always in unison. Sometimes, particularly on special days like on Christmas or the installation of a new pastor, there was choir singing. Choir singing as a regular part of the order of service, as practiced among some American Mennonite branches, was unknown in the Netherlands.
In the 16th and early 17th centuries it was the common practice to sing two hymns at the meeting, one at the beginning and one at the close. During the 17th century the custom gradually developed to sing three times during a meeting. This practice was obviously borrowed from the Calvinist liturgy. Now singing three times and occasionally once or twice more is usual in Dutch Mennonite services.
The first Dutch Mennonite hymnbooks used in the 17th century, such as Vedderhande Liedekens of 1560 and following reprints, Een Nieu Liedenboeck of 1562, Lietboecxken van den Offer des Heeren (at the same time the hymns found in the Offer itself) of 1563 and following editions, Het Tweede Liedeboeck of 1583, Vedderhande Schrijtuerlycke Nieuive Liedeikens by Leenaert Clock, of 1597, and Sommige andachtige ende leerachtige Gheestelicke Ledekens of 1597, are without notes, as are most 17th-century hymnals, such as the Kleyn and the Groot Hoorns Liedtboeck, the Rijper Lietboecxken, Stapel's Lusthoj der Zielen, and many others, and also some 18th-century hymnals like Alle Derks' Lusthoj des Gemoeds. As late as 1814 a reprint of the Kleyn Hoorns Lietboeck appeared without notes. In all these hymnals a melody (or often two) is suggested at the top of each hymn to which the hymn can be sung. These tunes, obviously all familiar to the congregations, were derived from both spiritual and secular songs. Often it was the tune of a psalm. A large number of the old secular songs with their melodies are found in Florimont van Duyse, Het Oude Nederlandsche Lied, 3 vols. (1907). The first Dutch hymnbook to break with the tradition of having no notes was the Lietboeck by Hans de Ries of 1582, in which the entire section containing psalms has notes, while in the following sections only a few hymns have notes, the others having only the indication of a tune. The 18th- and 19th-century hymnals, being usually collections of hymns borrowed from other hymnals, mostly non-Mennonite, took over the melodies from these hymnbooks together with the texts.
Later hymnals used by the Mennonites, such as Protestantenbond-bundel, Leidsche Bundel, and the Doopsgezinde Bundel (1944), contain a list which shows the source of each hymn and melody as well as the composer. Only the Doopsgezinde Bundel indicates Mennonite composers, including in its supplement seven melodies composed by Jacob Bijster (b. 1902), the organist of the Haarlem Mennonite congregation.
There are no Dutch Mennonite composers, either of secular or of church music. Pastor W. H. toe Water composed the music of the Elspeet Broederschapshuis song, while Pastor L. Bonga wrote both the words and the music of the hymn of the Friese. -- Nanne van der Zijpp
Church Music in Prussia, Poland, Russia, and Descendant Communities in North America
The articles Hymnology of the Mennonites of West and East Prussia, Danzig, and Russia, Choirs in Prussia and Russia, Chorister, and Choral-books have treated extensively various aspects of Mennonite church music in this area. The Mennonites of Dutch-Prussian background did not differ greatly in their attitude toward music from the Swiss Brethren, or from the Reformed Church, which used music in worship only to a limited degree. Mennonites, being non-liturgical in their worship, placed more emphasis on the preaching of the Word of God. In fact, there are some claims that the early Prussian Mennonites did not sing during their worship services (Hymnology, 875). If this was the case, it was likely because they were compelled to worship God quietly in order not to attract attention. The singing was as a rule in unison and restricted to congregational singing without instrumental accompaniment. The early hymnbooks had no notes, but indicated for each hymn a melody, which was transmitted by rote from generation to generation. The hymn tunes were either brought from Holland or borrowed from the Lutherans. The singing was slow, very much as it is found today among the Old Colony Mennonites of Mexico or the Old Order Amish and Hutterites. Only after Mennonite spiritual life had been influenced by the pietistic revival movement in Prussia and Russia through German Pietism and the English Baptists, was the traditional singing transformed by faster singing and new melodies. A significant development along these lines was the introduction of written and (later) printed choral-books through which four-part singing and modified faster melodies were introduced. These were first used in the schools, later by village and community choirs, but only gradually and with opposition in congregational singing. The great promoter of improved singing in Russia in school, home, and congregation was Heinrich Franz, who published the Choralbuch in 1860. After this came the lighter gospel songs of T. Kobner (Glaubensstimme) and E. Gebhardt (Heimatklänge, etc.), which were introduced by the Mennonite Brethren, who had adopted them through their Baptist contacts. The Mennonites of Russia used ciphers instead of notes in their melody books.
Even though the congregations gradually accepted a more modern form of music, four-part singing was introduced only with difficulty in some places. Some groups consistently refused the faster and modified melodies, clinging to the old-fashioned slow tunes. This form of singing was transplanted by the Mennonites of the Old Colony in Russia to Canada in the 1870s and from there by the Old Colony Mennonites to Mexico in the 1920s.
Already in Russia congregational singing and the renditions by choirs reached high levels. After the Revolution song festivals and choir schools were among the few church activities left to them. Unser Blatt reported about them regularly in 1925-1927, when this publication ceased and the choirs had to discontinue their work. (By 1956 the choirs were reported singing again.) The Mennonites of this tradition in North and South America, regardless of conference affiliation, continued these practices on even a larger scale. As a rule congregations have no regular orchestras, but congregational as well as choir singing is almost always accompanied by an organ or piano. All these activities can also be found in General Conference Mennonite or related congregations and communities of Pennsylvania-German or Swiss background.
High schools of Mennonite communities usually rank high in their performances. The musical organizations of communities like Berne, Indiana, Kansas, South Dakota, and Manitoba are strong; their programs and the annual rendition of The Messiah, The Seven Last Words, and The Creation by Bethel College, Bluffton College, Tabor College, and Freeman College are attended by thousands of people. Some congregational choirs have become noted for the quality of their performances; this can also be said of the college choirs and other musical organizations which travel regularly to give programs in the constituency. The Mennonite Singers of Bethel College made two trips to Europe where they sang in Mennonite and non-Mennonite communities.
The music festivals of Manitoba under the direction of K. H. Neufeld and Neil Unruh, the Mennonite Symphony Orchestra of Winnipeg under the direction of Ben Horch, and the Bornoff School of Music in Winnipeg under the direction of John Konrad, have done much to maintain traditions brought from Russia and to improve the standard of musical performance. F. C. Thiessen and K. H. Neufeld did much to improve church music in the Mennonite Brethren Church in Canada, and H. C. Richert likewise in the same group in the United States.
Similar activities in vocal and instrumental music can be found in the solid Mennonite communities of the other provinces of Canada and the United States. The colleges have done much to improve and foster good quality of music through their educational programs. At the time when the Mennonites changed from the German to the English language there was a general decline in quality of music, since the traditional German hymn was replaced by the lighter gospel song. In this process the Mennonite colleges have made a very significant contribution in keeping alive the tradition of singing hymns and singing them well. The effects of this are noticeable in the congregational singing of the constituency and in the newer hymnbooks which have been published during the last years (see Hymnology). Walter H. Hohmann, Lester Hostetler, and also other leaders have done much to improve the standards of music. Graduates of Mennonite schools are also teaching or directing choirs in non-Mennonite communities. (See also Minister of Music)
The contributions of the Mennonites as composers of hymn tunes are not as significant as their accomplishments in musical performances. Few, if any, of their works have found a general acceptance beyond their owe circle. Of the 558 hymn tunes of the Christian Hymnal of the Church of God in Christ, Mennonite, twenty-two are of Mennonite origin, an unusually large number of hymns of Mennonite origin in a Mennonite hymnal. Among the composers of tunes of the Great Plains, Walter H. Hohmann and Herbert C. Richert have probably been most productive. The latter published Young People's Sacred Songs, for which he wrote all the hymn tunes. In addition to this the Mennonite Brethren Church Hymnal contained eight of his hymn tunes. Among Hohmann's compositions and arrangements were Immortality (North Newton, 1945), Bless Thou the Lord (Chicago, 1948), Jesus Put Forth His Hand (Chicago, 1949), and Hymns and Chorales for Men's Voices (Newton, 1955). No doubt other Mennonite musicians have composed music for hymns, published or unpublished. -- Cornelius Krahn
See also Hymnology (1989); Hymnology of the Anabaptists; Hymnology of the Mennonites in the Netherlands; Hymnology of the Mennonites of West and East Prussia, Danzig, and Russia; Hymnology of the North American Mennonites; Hymnology of the Swiss, French, and South German Mennonites
Burkhart, Charles "Church Music of the Old Order Amish and Old Colony Mennonites." Mennonite Quarterly Review 27 (1953): 34-54.
Duerksen, Rosella. "Anabaptist Hymnody of the Sixteenth Century. A Study of Its Marked Individuality Coupled with a Dependence upon Secular and Sacred Music Style and Form." PhD dissertation, Union Theological Seminary, N.Y., 1956.
Hege, Christian and Christian Neff. Mennonitisches Lexikon, 4 vols. Frankfurt & Weierhof: Hege; Karlsruhe: Schneider, 1913-1967: v. II, 85 f.
Doopsgezinde Bijdragen (1863): 19 f.; (1904): 244.
Knuttel, J. A. N. Het geestelijk lied in der Nederlanden voor de kerkhervorming. Rotterdam, 1906. Reprinted: Groningen : Bouma; Amsterdam : Hagen, 1974.
Scheurleer, Daniel François. De Souterliedekens: bijdrage tot de geschiedenis der oudste Nederlandsche psalmberijming. Leiden: Brill, 1894; Reprinted: Utrecht : Hes Publishers, 1977.
Wieder, F. C. (Frederik Caspar). De Schriftuurlijke liedekens : de liederen der Nederlandsche Hervormden tot op het jaar 1566, inhoudsbeschrijving en bibliographie : academisch proefschrift ... 's-Gravenhage : Martinus Nijhoff, 1900.
Wolkan, Rudolf. Die Lieder der Wiedertäufer. Berlin, 1903. Reprinted Nieuwkoop : B. De Graaf, 1965.
Zijpp, N. van der. Geschiedenis der Doopsgezinden in Nederland. Arnhem, 1952: 108, 110 f., 112-114, 242 note 14.
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Bender, Harold S., Nanne van der Zijpp and Cornelius Krahn. "Music, Church (1956)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1957. Web. 18 Jan 2019. http://gameo.org/index.php?title=Music,_Church_(1956)&oldid=145762.
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Bender, Harold S., Nanne van der Zijpp and Cornelius Krahn. (1957). Music, Church (1956). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 18 January 2019, from http://gameo.org/index.php?title=Music,_Church_(1956)&oldid=145762.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 3, pp. 791-794; vol. 4, p. 1146. All rights reserved.
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I've redone my Luchardsko Army, it is more blue and less rainbow than the last version I made, but still has some of the same vehicles and a bit of rainbowness. I am also working on stats and will add those later.
This is the whole force together.
The troopers are the backbone of the army. A squad consists of 8 troopers, two sergeants and 2 troopers w/ flame throwers or machine guns
Their guns are equipped with grenade launchers and can also be equipped with alternative add-ons.
Some troopers carry heavy weapons such as flame-throwers or machine guns (I didn't make the MG yet)
The androids are similar to the Assyrian ones, but don't have the revival roll.
Demolitions men are used when grenades aren't enough to take down armored targets.
The Special Weapons soldiers carry heavy-duty grenade launchers, heavy rocket launchers and sniper rifles.
Support troopers are armed with bolters and are used in pairs to support squads when in combat.
The Spec-Ops troopers have jetpacks (WIP), laser carabines and heavy-duty explosives for taking out enemy instalations or vehicles.
Some soldiers are given hardsuits, the left one is a jetpack equipped light hardsuit with two MKII rockets and a MG. The right one is th eheavier version with a cannon, flame thrower and a MKIII rocket.
The machaniks fix vehicles and minifigs.
These troopers are capable of piloting speeders and small shuttles to accompany troops into battle.
Ground Vehicles
The dreadnut is a formidable foe to infantry and vehicles alike with it's MKIV rockets, gatling cannon and dual cannon.
The Lightfoot mecha, while being a very bulked-up hardsuit, is a dangerous creation to all enemies. It's arnament consists of a cannon, a shield and two MKIV rockets. (yes I copied it from Natalya and the dred from Rev. but the weapons from the Assyrian dred)
Armored Vehicles
It's a Jaguar. Nothing special, it's weapons are: two machine guns (credit for the turret design goes to aoffan), a flame thrower (yet again aoffan's design) and two MKI grenade launchers.
A Prowler tank variant. I call it a Prowler MKII because it has more weapons than the CMEF one. It has missile launchers (w/ MKII missiles), sponson bolters and a cannon.
An APC for urban battlefields. It's armed with a machine gun. I based it off of this.
The Prometheus SHDT. More pics and stuff here.
Air Forces
A small fighter, I made it originally for my Mandos but then I converted the Mandos into my troopers and the fighter too. It has two MKIV rockets and a cannon.
A heavier fighter, armed with two MKV rockets, two MKIV rockets and two cannons.
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Hello all! I'm using my new MacBook laptop from our hotel in Spoleto, one of the three hotspots in town!
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We have 34 people arriving on Sunday for our choral/cultural program and I have been busy doing out final touches in this unpredictable yet wonderful country.
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2005 Orvieto Classico Barberani: delicious, fresh melon fruit; clean, refreshing, thirst quenching; clean, some roundness, but quite balanced. Maybe it was jetlag, or not, I was immediately transported to heaven. After that I had a glass of Tommasso Corricelli's 04 Montefalco rosso; quite elegant and a definite cabernet twist to this mostly sangiovese and sagrantino wine - amazing how huge the difference, even with the small amount of cabernet. Elegant, dark red/cherry fruit; slight cedar note on the nose.
I enjoyed the freshest truffled scrambled eggs and tomato/basil carpaccio, drizzled with delicious olive oil. YUM.
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It's not impossible to find noodles in and around DC. If you're looking for punny Thai food, you're covered. (Beau Thai or Thai Tanic, anyone?) The area's Vietnamese scene has standouts in Pho 14 and Arlington's Pho 75. Ramen-seekers can head to the Montgomery County hinterlands for Ren's, or choose any number of joints in D.C. proper – Toki Underground, Daikaya, Taan and Sakuramen to name a few. And Teaism and Sakana offer passable udon.
But whither the noodle bowl? There's a dearth of menus dedicated solely to big, basic, slurp-able dishes – with the exception of DC Noodles, which emerged from a yearlong hiatus at the tail end of November 2013. Rejoice that the construction of the nearby Louis apartment complex couldn't completely shut down DC Noodles' spicy, saucy operations, and we are oh-so-glad.
DC Noodles 2.0 is a bit sleeker and minimalist: gone is the splashy mural. The menu? It capitalizes heavily on the concept of white space. And plenty of space is what they have. The restaurant has also expanded next-door, into what was formerly apparel shop Stem.
Though DC Noodles is ostensibly Thai, its offerings lean pan-Asian and contemporary. The sweet, flaky pumpkin empanadas, a bit of a signature dish, remain on the menu, along with squid-ink spaghetti (pair it with the lingeringly spicy green curry and shrimp). New dishes include innovative "house specialty" noodles, like five-spice duck noodle soup and tempura ramen salad. Really, we would go on and on about all the reasons we're glad our go-to noodle joint has resurfaced – if we weren't so preoccupied slurping up out of our dishes to do so politely.
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Ryan Chastain was the top finisher for the Bisons in the 8-K run at the E.P. Tom Sawyer State Park in Louisville, Ky. He finished the course in a time of 25:08.89.
The next Bisons runner to cross the finish line was Nathan Brame who covered the course in a time of 26:07.10, good enough for 147th place. David Wolfe posted a time of 26:25.56, a 171st place finish.
Rounding out the placings for the Bisons were Tyler Youngs (180th, 26:31.08); Ben Fennell (191st, 26:41.80); Jeff Hoover (216th, 27:04.42); Andrew Shankles (221st, 27:09.92); Trace Carlson (225th, 27:14.59); Hunter Hethcoat (232nd , 27:21.00) and Jonathan Williams (277th, 28:09.02).
There were 294 men competing in the 8-K race.
Several Bisons runners also competed in the "Blue" division of the race.
Aaron Todd finished in 68th place with a time of 27:36.59.
Cormac Carolan was 84th with a time of 27:53.19. Paul Wright was 98th in a time of 28:20.76. Clint Carter completed the course in a time of 28:57.98, a 136th place finish.
The "Blue" division featured 272 runners.


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Hindus, Sikhs could get Afghan parliamentary seat
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghan President Hamid Karzai issued a legislative decree Wednesday giving minority Hindus and Sikhs a reserved seat in the country's lower house of parliament for the next parliamentary elections in 2015.
Karzai used his power to issue the decree while lawmakers were on vacation, and after they voted against a proposal giving Hindus and Sikhs parliamentary representation.
Lawmakers have the final say on whether the decree will become law and are expected to vote on Karzai's decree after they return to work on Saturday.
More than 80,000 Hindus and Sikhs lived in Afghanistan in the late 1970s, but most fled during decades of war and unrest, said Anarkali Honaryar, a Hindu senator who supports the decree. There are now between 2,500 and 3,000 Hindus and Sikhs living in the country of about 30 million, she said.
Nazer Ahmad Hanefi, a lawmaker from the western Herat province, said he would urge colleagues to vote against the decree, contending that that the number of Hindus and Sikhs still in Afghanistan is closer to 500. Under Karzai's decree, the creation of the special seat would raise the number of lower house parliamentary members from 249 to 250.
"If we give one seat for 500 people, we should have thousands of parliamentary seats," Hanefi said.


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|2009-06-30, 15:45
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Senior Member
Well I got my copy of Tales of Vesperia today. It is damn good indeed. Hm, the only '' minus '' I could think off, that also I hated about the demo is how attacking works. ( Atleast with Yuri ).
If I pull of full combo, or half combo + Arte, there's time delay till I can move again while Yuri has to look cool and flip his sword around -_-. So basically, whenever I attack, there's 99% chance I WILL get hit after I'm done attacking. It's seriously annoying..
|2009-06-30, 17:01
|Link #1223
The Awesome One
Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: In a box. An awesome box.
Card Fighters DS - its good game, but its someone repetitive....
Rhapsody: A Musical Adventure - Its fun, but I can't get past this one part!! @_@
Sonic Rush - Not very many levels, does anyone know whats after the spacey-type course, if there is one?
Doki Doki Majo Shinpan - Enjoying this perverted game very much!!
|2009-06-30, 22:10
|Link #1226
Gentleman Troller
Graphic Designer
Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: New York
Age: 30
Currently playing TWEWY on DS and Cave Story on PC. Cave story is great and I'm really sorry I hadn't come across it sooner!
Also a neat little game; Minecraft. You dig and build with blocks... a lot more engaging than you might think!
|2009-07-01, 14:46
|Link #1231
Salt Levels Critical
Join Date: Oct 2007
Still playing Mass Effect. Kind of surprised how game-breakingly easy the main story becomes after doing the sidequests, despite those basically being the selling point of the game. Stuff like being able to kill Geth Juggernauts in 2 seconds literally, having my party members kill the weaker enemies before I even see them, and quests that offer 500 credits as a reward when I have over 4 million just from selling guns I picked up in crates.
Very happy that my main wish regarding the game came true though, which was allowing me to
|2009-07-01, 19:48
|Link #1237
Rollin' Like A Boss
Join Date: Apr 2006
Battlefield Heroes(Free PC Gaming <3)
Blazblue, Picked up my free copy today. Already made back the money I had to spend on games for it. And selling off the remainer to make the last 40 back(Plus extra ^_^)
Trigger Heart, Still putting in a round or two into
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Realistically detailed plastic animal play sets encourage learning about the natural world. 5"L. Set of 10.
5" Pets Animal Playset, Set of 10
Realistically detailed plastic animal playsets encourage learning about the natural world. 10 pc. pets set includes favorite dogs and cats. Approx 5" measured diagonally.
Realistically detailed plastic animal playsets encourage learning about the natural world. 8 pc. set includes t-rex, deinonychos, diplodocus, parasaurolophus, stegosaurus, triceratops, styracosaurus and dimetrodon.Dinos are approx. 6"-7" measured diagonally.
Perfect for creative play, counting, sorting, and storytelling activities. Set of 60 realistically detailed animals includes 6 each of 10 farm animals in a convenient storage bucket. Horse measures 2" x 2".
Realistically detailed plastic animal playsets encourage learning about the natural world. 12 pc. farm animal set includes 4 horses, 3 cows, 2 goats, 2 sheep and donkey. Largest horse is approx 7" measured diagonally.
Packed with fun, these portable folding, wooden structures are ready for hours of imaginative play. 13 1/2" x 10 1/2" x 7". Ages 3 and up. Includes 7 animal pals, folding corral and ladder. 10 pieces.
Set of 5 includes tyrannosaurus rex, brachiosaurus, stegosaurus, triceratops and raptor. Largest dinosaur measures 10"L x 9 1⁄2"H.
Set of 7 includes horse, pig, cow, goat, sheep, rooster and goose. Horse measures 10"L x 7 1/2"H. Ages 2 and up.
Jumbo Farm Animals: Mommas & Babies
Set of 8 includes cow and calf, sheep and lamb, pig and piglet, and goose and 3 goslings. Cow measures 7 1⁄2"L x 4 1⁄2"H. Ages 2+
Set of 5 includes lion, tiger, gorilla, elephant and giraffe. Giraffe measures 8"L x 15"H. Ages 2 and up.
Set of 6 includes octopus, whale, shark, sea turtle, seal and dolphin. Whale measures 12"L x 31⁄2"H. Ages 3 and up.
Kids take their imagination and vocabulary skills into the wild with durable, easy-to-clean plastic figures of a gecko, snake, tree frog, tortoise, and iguana. Includes guide with engaging facts about each reptile and amphibian. Snake measures 3 feet long!


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Sticky and Flat
These embarrassing loaves are Hamelman's Country Bread recipe. 68% hydration and 50% pre-fermented dough. I measured carefully by weight, but even at the mixing stage the dough was very sticky. I added a quarter cup of flour, which helped the dough pull away from the bowl a bit. It still seemed incredibly sticky to me, but I forged on.
I've baked with some moderate success before, but even lifting carefully with the scraper and flouring the board a bit, the dough stuck like an octopus. The bulk fermentation seemed OK. I used Bertinet's slap and fold to try and get some gluten strength, but even with three folding sessions I wasn't able to get the dough to completely let go of the board (or my hands).
When I dumped the dough out to shape it, it flattened out right away. I unstuck it from the board, scraped it together, tried to tighten the skin (hah!) and plopped it into bannetons. It rose moderately in the banneton, but when I emptied the banneton on a peel, the loaf took the shape seen in the photo. No oven spring that I could detect.
So, help please, fellow bakers. What might have contributed to this fiasco? I'd like to manage high hydration breads as my skills increase, but if they work out like this I'm already discouraged.
Thank you very much.


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The Technology Diversity Committee (TDC) is a committee of the Purdue Polytechnic Institute that promotes a culture of equity, inclusion and advocacy in all the college's activities and endeavors. The Technology Diversity Committee focuses on strategic planning and college-wide diversity activities related to climate, personnel, students and curriculum. Members of the committee may also serve as liaisons to university level committees as directed by the Dean.
Mission Statement
The mission of the Technology Diversity Committee is to provide the leadership necessary to ensure that all people are valued and respected within the Purdue Polytechnic as evidenced by attitude, policies and procedures.
Vision Statement
The vision for the TDC is to ensure a welcoming climate and curriculum for all students, faculty and staff in the college. Recruiting and retaining a diverse student, faculty and staff population is a key priority.
The goal of the TDC is to assist the Purdue Polytechnic in meeting its objectives in the area of diversity:
- Increase awareness of diversity issues among students, faculty and staff in the Purdue Polytechnic.
- Change behaviors related to diversity issues among students, faculty and staff in the Purdue Polytechnic.
- Recruit and retain diverse populations of students.
- Recruit and retain diverse populations of faculty and staff.
- Provide administrative structures that continue to support the diversity activities within the Purdue Polytechnic.
Members of the TDC are appointed by the dean. Term of service is three years and members may serve multiple terms. The committee is chaired a faculty senator and co-chaired by the Purdue Polytechnic Director for Diversity. Selection of the faculty chair is by appointment of the dean and must be a member of the college senate. Composition of the committee includes:
- Purdue Polytechnic Director of Diversity (co-chair)
- 9 faculty (with all academic units represented by at least one faculty)
- 4 staff members (with representation from clerical, technical, A/P, and M/P)
- 2 student organization representatives
- 1 graduate student representative
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For the list of current Diversity Coordinator Committee members, see the Faculty and Staff Committees list.


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Rockets into Roses
Rockets into Roses is based in southern Israel near the Israeli-Egypt border and creates unique item made from authentic Kassam rocket parts. The artist, Yaron Bob, creates jewelry pieces and sculptures such as roses as well as Judaica items. The Judaica items include candlesticks and Hanukkah Menorahs. If you would like a unique way to support Israel, consider an item by Rockets into Roses.
Rockets into Roses was started as a way to counter the rockets shot into Israel, by turning weapons into stunningly beautiful works of art. The initiative donates a portion of its profits to the building of bomb shelters in the city of Ashkelon.
Would you like to show your support for Israel during Hanukkah? Consider a Hanukkah Menorah fashioned from Kassam rocket parts that has a large frame with candleholders shaped like miniature rockets. This would be a great Bar Mitzvah gift as well. For a more elegant gift for a loved one, consider a highly detailed rose. The flowers feature the map of Israel as the base. These roses can also have small crystals set in the center.
Rockets into Roses also offers unique jewelry items such as earrings, necklaces and necklaces. These necklaces are made from Kassam parts as well as from sterling silver. For a unique gift for your loved one, consider a set of earrings featuring garnet and amethyst gemstones echoing springtime in northern Israel. Or consider a traditional style Star of David made from a Kassam rocket that is polished, yet displays the metal used in the rocket.
Are you looking for an interesting way to decorate your home? Rockets into Roses also offers coin medallions decorated with images of Jerusalem that may be accompanied by a stone block for a stand. The coins can be purchase in metals such as 24k gold, pure .999 sterling silver and nickel. These items are a great gift idea for almost any occasion and a great decoration for the home.
We at World of Judaica invite you to browse our collection of Rockets into Roses products. If you have any questions, please contact our customer service representatives who will be able to address your questions and concerns.


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Eggplant! wrote:I'm not sure if the board software allows this, but I'd prefer an HTML table over an embedded image if possible. That way you can add things like links to the forum topics or web sites, be able to copy/paste information, etc.
unfortunately html-tables are not possible in this forum. If they were, I would have done it that way. I added the URLs beneath the table for easy clicking.


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History Repeats Itself: How The RIAA Is Like 17th Century French Button-Makers
from the no,-seriously... dept
Reading through an early chapter, though, it struck me how eerily a specific story Heilbroner told about France in 1666 matches up with what's happening today with the way the recording industry has reacted to innovations that have challenged their business models. Just two paragraphs highlight a couple of situations with striking similarities to the world today:
"The question has come up whether a guild master of the weaving industry should be allowed to try an innovation in his product. The verdict: 'If a cloth weaver intends to process a piece according to his own invention, he must not set it on the loom, but should obtain permission from the judges of the town to employ the number and length of threads that he desires, after the question has been considered by four of the oldest merchants and four of the oldest weavers of the guild.' One can imagine how many suggestions for change were tolerated.Requiring permission to innovate? Feeling entitled to search others' property? Getting the power to act like law enforcement in order to fine or arrest those who are taking part in activities that challenge your business model? Don't these all sound quite familiar? Centuries from now (hopefully much, much sooner), the actions of the RIAA, MPAA and others that match those of the weavers and button-makers of 17th century France will seem just as ridiculous.
Shortly after the matter of cloth weaving has been disposed of, the button makers guild raises a cry of outrage; the tailors are beginning to make buttons out of cloth, an unheard-of thing. The government, indignant that an innovation should threaten a settled industry, imposes a fine on the cloth-button makers. But the wardens of the button guild are not yet satisfied. They demand the right to search people's homes and wardrobes and fine and even arrest them on the streets if they are seen wearing these subversive goods."
If you're looking to catch up on the posts in the series, I've listed them out below:
Economics Of Abundance Getting Some Well Deserved Attention
The Importance Of Zero In Destroying The Scarcity Myth Of Economics
The Economics Of Abundance Is Not A Moral Issue
A Lack Of Scarcity Has (Almost) Nothing To Do With Piracy
A Lack Of Scarcity Feeds The Long Tail By Increasing The Pie
Why The Lack Of Scarcity In Economics Is Getting More Important Now


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Patents, Trademarks And Copyrights Have No Place In Trade Agreements
from the it's-not-a-matter-of-trade dept
First, we insist that the European Union and United States release, in timely and ongoing fashion, any and all negotiating or pre-negotiation texts. We believe that secretive "trade" negotiations are absolutely unacceptable forums for devising binding rules that change national non-trade laws.Frankly, they could go much further in their statement. As we've pointed out for years, things like patents and copyrights are the exact opposite of "free trade." They are, by definition, restrictions on free trade -- and a form of protectionism. If the goal of a free trade agreement is to remove those kinds of restrictions and ease the flow of trade between nations, it seems incredibly strange to bundle it with blatant mercantilist concepts of protectionism and monopolies.
Second, we insist that the proposed TAFTA exclude any provisions related to patents, copyright, trademarks, data protection, geographical indications, or other forms of so-called "intellectual property". Such provisions could impede our rights to health, culture, and free expression and otherwise affect our daily lives.
Past trade agreements negotiated by the US and EU have significantly increased the privileges of multinational corporations at the expense of society in general. Provisions in these agreements can, among many other concerns, limit free speech, constrain access to educational materials such as textbooks and academic journals, and, in the case of medicines, raise healthcare costs and contribute to preventable suffering and death.
Unless "intellectual property" is excluded from these talks, we fear that the outcome will be an agreement that inflicts the worst of both regimes' rules on the other party. From a democratic perspective, we believe that important rules governing technology, health, and culture should be debated in the US Congress, the European Parliament, national parliaments, and other transparent forums where all stakeholders can be heard—not in closed negotiations that give privileged access to corporate insiders.
The TAFTA negotiations must not lead to a rewriting of patent and copyright rules in a way that tilts the balance even further away from the interests of citizens.


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Landon Donovan gives Galaxy draw
BRIDGEVIEW, Ill. -- Landon Donovan scored in the 74th minute to give the Los Angeles Galaxy a 1-1 tie with the Chicago Fire on Sunday.
Donovan has three goals in two games since he was left off the U.S. World Cup team roster. After going scoreless in his first six matches, he scored twice in Los Angeles' 4-1 victory over Philadelphia last Sunday.
Robbie Keane set up the goal, forced a turnover by Fire midfielder Chris Ritter. The Galaxy's Robbie Rogers tracked down the ball to the right of the goal and fed the wide-open Donovan on the left.
Los Angeles (4-3-4) extended its unbeaten streak to three matches at 1-0-2. Chicago (2-3-7) is 2-1-1 in its last four games.
Fire captain Jeff Larentowicz converted a penalty kick in the 68th minute.
The kick was awarded when forward Quincy Amarikwa was cut down by Galaxy midfielder Juninho. The foul was committed a step outside the penalty area, but referee Hilario Grajeda awarded the penalty kick anyway, and Larentowicz converted for his third goal of the season.
Keane missed a great chance in the 61st minute, firing wide on goalkeeper Sean Johnson after a perfect feed from Stefan Ishizaki.
Donovan's goal was Los Angeles' only on-target shot. Johnson made no saves, while Galaxy goalkeeper Jamie Penedo made two.
Chicago forward Mike Magee, last year's league MVP, missed the game because of a calf injury.
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WARRENVILLE – Warrenville firefighters responded to a fire alarm on the fifth floor of a hotel Saturday morning, according to the fire department.
At 9:54 a.m., fire units from Warrenville, Lisle, Naperville and Fermilab arrived at SpringHill Suites. The first was contained to the room it originated in, according to a fire department news release, and the sprinkler system put out the majority of the fire before fire crews put out the rest. No injuries were reported, and damage was limited to the room and those adjacent to it due to water damage.
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|2011-07-25, 04:54
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Yes, the needles used for the modification technique were threaded with Fuhai-sensei's energy, and that energy was used to carry out the ritual in the first place. I have high doubts that they would also provide Tsukune with Youki. I'd have thought one needs something more permanent than that. I also doubt Tsukune acquired Youki of his own because there's no evidence of that and I find it impossible to begin with because he was originally a human being, so he wouldn't have any Youki of his own, unless you say that the blood Moka gave him eventually became his own, but that would still mean he's using Shinso powers.
I also doubt that both Moka and Tsukune are need to awaken Alucard. If that were true, then Moka alone wouldn't have been able to awaken Alucard in the flashbacks. You'd have needed both Moka and Akasha to use their powers simultaneously in order for Alucard to awaken. That being said, Tsukune alone would suffice unless his Shinso blood isn't in synch with Alucard's. Akasha had to re-seal Alucard to save Moka in the flashbacks, so it's possible she changed the spirit wavelength in Alucard when he "devoured" her, which would mean that Moka could use her Shinso powers without risking Alucard's awakening. Because Tsukune has Moka's blood, using his powers wouldn't cause Alucard to awaken either since his blood isn't in synch with him.
|2011-07-25, 05:01
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The Human Restructuring technique enabled Tsukune to use any Youjutsu in the first place. Before that, Tsukune could only use his Youki to strenghten his physical attacks up to Youkai/Vampire power "level" + with the help of his short training with whip Belmont learnt how to channel his youki properly ie. how to not stress the holy lock with every single youki attack.
I guess you could say that Tsukune had the properties ie. the general youkai traits thanks to the infused vampire blood, but not the means to use Youjutsu pre-ritual. Hence his rather awkward usage of "YOUKAI PUNCH!!!" as his only non-human attack (although that could already be considered as a raw youjutsu maybe). Now that Fuhai has modified his body, it basically allows for a more natural and empowered flow of youki, sponsored by Touhou Fuhai.
By a splendid body for Youjutsu is meant that past-ritual, Tsukune's body is able to splendidly use Youjutsu, thus the remark that his body has been "reborn"
|2011-07-25, 05:09
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That's what I'm saying. I'm questioning the source of his Youki because I see some people here saying he's not using Shinso power when that's the only thing he has to use Youjutsu (Youkai TECHNIQUES, which is different from Youki).
|2011-07-25, 05:14
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On the topic of Tsukune's Shinso powers, I think Alucard can be awakened only when the Shinso blood is fully awakened, which occurs when you fell intense emotions and probably when the amount of youkai energy generated in you're body exceeds the limit of youkai energy that a ordinary vampire is capable of producing.
If those two conditions aren't met, I think the Shinso blood acts in the same way as the blood of an ordinary vampire - after all, if we look at Tsukune, before he underwent the human modification ritual, there was nothing suggesting that Tsukune hadn't had the blood of an ordinary vampire in his veins (after all, it was only after the existence of Shinso vampires was revealed that we started to suspect that Tsukune might have obtained the blood of a Shinso vampire )
Similarly Inner Moka, also hasn't revealed her Shinso inheritance yet, since her seal limits her power to the level of an ordinary vampire, which probably isn't enough "power" to cause Alucard to awaken.
In other words, even if the source of Tsukune's youkai energy is the blood of a Shinso vampire, as long as the total amount of youkai energy generated in Tsukune's body, doesn't exceed the limits of an ordinary vampire, in my opinion, Tsukune shouldn't be capable of awakening Alucard.
|2011-07-25, 09:06
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So does everyone agree that the source of Tsukune's youki is his Shinso powers?, and only him using a certain amount, wouldn't be capable of awakening Alucard?
But the theory of both Moka and Tsukune being required to resurrect Alucard, to me, sounds like the most appropriate theory.
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|2011-07-25, 09:48
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Considering the fact that youjutsu techniques don't use a lot of youkai energy, since Tsukune didn't even need to "change" into his vampire form to be capable of using them, I think it's safe to assume that as long as Tsukune doesn't lose control over his powers, and transform into his "berserk form" , Alucard shouldn't awaken...
After all, so far only Tsukune's "new berserk form" has been shown having attributes that can be associated with the blood of an Shinso vampire - white hair similar to Inner Moka's and a scent similar to Alucard's - meaning that, as long as, Tsukune doesn't change into the form he had during the "human modification ritual incident", Tsukune shouldn't be capable of awakening Alucard - and we already know the condition that causes the "awakening" of Tsulune's "berserk side", since it had been pointed out, near the end of chapter 40 by Tohou Fuhai.
|2011-07-25, 20:29
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Kinda was bored and craved some shounen so I worked myself through this one over the last two days. While S1 had some downsides the increase in plot in S2 is nice and the artwork also steadily improves - I dont get why some people are frettin bout this manga, all in all quite enjoyable read for the genre havin said that, I'll just be entering the fray as a newbie in here XD
There also is still the possibility that there is a difference between Tsukune/Alucard and Moka/Alucard when it comes to awakening the creep. It is quite possible Moka got MUCH more blood from her mother than she ever gave to Tsukune (despite giving it to him more than once) or that it affected her more since she was both in infant stage and born a vampire while tsukune set out as a human.
While Touhou was worried to the point of gettin drastic - he did not say he knows for sure Tsukune can likewise awaken Alucard - in fact I was thinking he was more worried in the other direction - like Tsukunes power having become totally unpredictable which with what powers he was given might be enough to cause serious trouble should he loose it completly - regardless of Alucard awakening or not. I doubt he would have used the modification technique had he grasped beforehand that Tsukune not only recieved vampiric but also shinso powers...
There is also the fact that Tohou knows about the infiltration plan. Why should he on the one hand smuggly seal away Moka's power to thwart the enemy plan while at the same time potentially delivering somebody else to do the job (tsukune) into their hands? He looks more competent than that.
And it would make more sense plot/character development wise. Another character that can awaken Alucard would make things more complicated just now - however the way it is done this can still be kept back for use in later arc. In terms of Tsukune finally getting a powerup its the best possible way, he has enough to go save Moka, but his powerup also comes with an inherent limiter since the beast form is dangerous...to serve that purpose the additional aspect of being able to awaken Alucard is not neccessarily needed ...
|2011-07-25, 23:20
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Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Poland
Age: 32
Furthermore most of the talk about Tsukune being capable of reviving Alucard is still speculation, since there hasn't been anything mentioned, that confirms that Tsukune's Shinso blood is synchronized with Alucard - naturally it was implied that something like that is possible with the fact that Moka inherited, Akasha's blood synchronization with Alucard, but at the same time Tsukune's case is a little different then Moka's, due to the fact that he was a normal human before he was injected with Moka's Shinso blood, and considering Jack Frosts prophecy about Tsukune and Moka, I believe that it might be possible that, at this point both Tsukune and Moka are needed to revive Alucard...
|2011-07-26, 09:12
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The only thing I can agree with here is that there's no evidence Alucard's blood is synched with Tsukune's. As I said earlier, it's likely Moka's Shinso was de-synched by Akasha when she placed the Rosario on her and subsequently sealed Alucard. Tsukune has Moka's de-synched blood (this does not mean Moka's blood is weaker or stronger, just on a different wavelength). The reason Alucard awoke at all when Moka snapped in the flashbacks was because their blood was synched. There's much less risk of that happening now if either Moka or Tsukune snap.
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@Tsukune's Youjutsu source: After looking at the chapter, it's really quite confusing. Touhou's words: "An amplfied channel that can produce Demon Energy (= Youki) and a "Transformation point" that will manipulate the quality of of demon energy". So either I'm just too dense to understand it or Shinso blood =/= Youki. It could still be that vampires aren't good with Youjutsu except of the inherited skills like transformation, youki detection, etc and in exchange way superior in hand to hand combat. Except (again) Akua and Jigentou which certainly is Youjutsu.
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As for human modfication, I read that explanation by Tohou as:[Humans neither have the a) cabability to produce/generate youki, nor the b) means to shape and control it] hence I gave your body a) a youki source and b) a control mechanism that helps you in controling and actually making use of your new "youki power cell"
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but but but.... that "human modification technique" wasn't made specifically for Tsukune who happens to be a human who got a vampiric power boost. That technique was around before. We have seen examples of other humans crossing into the monster world so Touhou might have developed it for somebody else in another time ...
So by its very name it would seem to be a technique to modify a normal human into a human with monster powers, - in that light, yes, he DID give him his own youki source (not knowing at the time that Tsukune had already gotten more than "one-time use" vampire blood/ ghoul abilities)
Anyways, all in all I dunno if the details matter on this. Touhei conveniently came up with an explanation for a needed powerup - I mean you gotta have "somebody" say "something" to explain powerups in some sort of technical, metaphysical or whateva mumbojumbo, rite?
I read the whole thing as making a point that while Tsukune has shinso potential (sooner or later he HAS to turn HAX to actually EARN his harem of hotness ) he currently cannot use it and hence was granted an alternative to be able to go save his girl
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Continuing the blood synchronization discussion, well we have to remember that Ikeda hasn't clearly explained the mechanisms of the Shinso blood synchronization and what kind of effects it brings, so most of my deductions from this point should be taken with a grain of salt.
What, was only provided so far, is the fact that Akasha's Shinso blood and those who inherited it ( Moka ) are capable of awakening Alucard, due to the fact that Akasha used her own power to seal Alucard causing their blood to be synchronized with each other...
Of course, Tsuyoshi you have got a point saying that Akasha didn't cause Alucard to awaken, but the reason for that, was because Akasha was "limiting" her power output, to prevent Alucard from awakening, which was basically the reason why she was "initially" defeated by Akua during the flashback to Moka's flashback.
Now, for the second matter you brought up Tsuyoshi - basically that Moka was the only one needed to awaken Alucard, well I don't have enough evidence to counter this yet, since so far we only had one example of Alucard being revived due to his blood being synchronized with Akasha's, but the reason why I think that Moka's connection with Alucard might have changed after Moka has injected Tsukune with her Shinso blood is the mental connection that Tsukune and Moka share with each other, which has appeared after Moka has injected Tsukune with her Shinso blood.
Since Moka and Akasha haven't been shown of having a similar mental connection with each other, it signifies that the way Tsukune obtained Moka's Shinso blood isn't how the "Shinso blood inheritance" process usually works - meaning that, while usually the Shinso blood between the sire (Akasha) and the child (Moka0 isn't closely "linked" (synchronized) with each other, but due to the fact that Tsukune has inherited his Shinso blood differently, it caused the Shinso blood between the sire (Moka) and the child (Tsukune) to become "linked" (Synchronized) with each other, resulting in Moka and Tsukune acquiring a telepathic connection with each other and causing the things (like Alucard's revival) that previously (before Tsukune "inherited" Moka's Shinso blood) depended only on Moka's Shinso blood, to become "linked" between Moka's and Tsukune's "typically" independent Shinso blood's.
In other words, if Tsukune had been a "ordinary vampire" and inherited the blood of a Shinso vampire in the same way as Moka did, then their Shinso blood would be independent from each other and only one of them would be needed to revive Alucard, but due to the fact that Tsukune had been initially a human, he needed multiple injections of Moka's Shinso blood to actually inherit the blood of a Shinso vampire, it caused Moka's and Tsukune's Shinso blood to become "synchronized" with each other, resulting in the things that typically should be independent (like the awakening of Alucard) to be "synchronized" as well.
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An arrest has been made after an employee was shot during an armed robbery at an Upstate restaurant.
According to the Anderson County Sheriff's Office, the armed robbery happened at the Arby's on Bypass 28 Monday night.
Employees said a man came in at closing time, showed a gun and forced to the back of the store.
During the robbery, one of the employees tried to leave and was shot in the leg, according to police.
The victim then ran to the McDonald's across the street for help.
The employee was taken to the hospital.
Anderson deputies arrested 20-year-old Javon Lakendric Palmer.
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - Rookies Torre Swanson and Creed Mangrum each tossed complete games for MIT on Saturday, although the Engineers were only able to come away with one win at regionally-ranked Williams College. Swanson and MIT held on for a 5-4 victory in game one, while Ephs junior ace Paul Burgdorf out-dueled Mangrum for a 3-2 win in game two.
Williams (23-10) struck with a single run in the first inning of the opener, but David Nole tied the game at one with a single through the box. The Ephs added another run in the second before MIT (24-13) grabbed the lead for good with a three-spot in the third. Stewart Park ignited the attack with a one-out triple to right center. After Mangrum brought Park home with a sacrifice fly, Dan Hyatt doubled to right. Thomas Phillips was intentionally walked, and both runners advanced on a passed ball. With two runners in scoring position, Steven Nunez picked them up with a single to center.
After coasting through the middle portion of the game, Swanson hit a few bumps in the sixth as Williams climbed back in the game. With the bases loaded, Robin Allemand singled home two runs with a knock to left field. The Ephs still had two runners on, but Swanson escaped the jam with a strike out.
Park sparked MIT's victory with a one-out double in the seventh. He scored after Hyatt reached on an error at short. Swanson (5-1) went the distance while giving up seven hits and three runs en route to the win.
In the nightcap, MIT grabbed a 1-0 lead in the second inning and the kept that until the fifth where it extended the lead by another run. Three singles and a sacrifice fly by A.J. Hansborough keyed Tech's first run of the game while Bryan Macomber added another sac to push MIT in front, 2-0.
Williams got one run back off an infield single in the bottom of the fifth, but rallied ahead with two scores in the sixth. With one out, Zach Stone doubled to right field, stole third, and scored on a ground out to short. Chase. Davenport doubled to center in the ensuing at bat, while Allemand singled to left to drive in the winning run before being thrown out trying to advance to second.
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text: Women's Lacrosse 3/13/2013 12:00:00 AM Hoyas Open Early Lead and Defeat Johns Hopkins 15-8 March 13, 2013Box ScoreBALTIMORE, Md. - Georgetown University's No. 11/8 women's lacrosse team (5-1) built an 8-2 halftime advantage at No. 12/10 Johns Hopkins (4-2) on its way to a 15-8 victory. It marked the third road victory for the Hoyas. Junior Kelyn Freedman (Newtown Square, Pa./Radnor) set a new career high with five goals."We did a great job of controlling the tempo tonight especially in the first half," stated Head Coach Ricky Fried. "In the second half Hopkins made a run but then our centers and players outside the circle starting controlling the draws again. It was a good win."GU outshot its sixth straight opponent, 29 to 26. The Hoyas controlled 15-of-25 draws and were successful on 6-of-7 free position shots. Hopkins only had one free position shot. Junior keeper Barb Black (Baltimore, Md./St. Paul's School for Girls) earned her fifth win in goal and had five saves, many coming at point blank range.After Freedman won the opening draw, the Hoyas took a 1-0 lead with Hannah Franklin (Phoenix, Md./McDonogh School) hitting a free position shot. After another win on the ensuing draw the Hoyas jumped to a two goal lead when Franklin hit her second free position shot.It looked like Georgetown was about to open a three goal margin when Meghan Farrell (Bethesda, Md./Georgetown Visitation) caused a turnover and found Corinne Etchison (Eldersberg, Md./McDonogh School) streaking toward the goal with JHU's goalie out of the cage. Etchison's shot looked good but Jays' keeper Cosette Larash made an amazing diving save.Riding the momentum from the tough stop JHU cut the lead to 2-1 with 23:47 remaining. The Hoyas then ripped off five unanswered starting with a Farrell to Erin Lovett (Wantagh, N.Y./Kellenberg Memorial) score. Freedman then scored three straight, and GU held a 6-1 advantage. Two of Freedman's scores were off assists from Etchison; the other was a free position shot. The fifth score came after Caroline Tarzian (Garden City, N.Y./Garden City) forced a turnover from JHU's goalie which led to Dina Jackson's (Potomac, Md./Bullis) ninth score of the year.GU and JHU traded goals over the final 10 minutes of the half. Rosie Corcoran (Point Lookout, N.Y./Sacred Heart Academy) placed a shot between the goalie's legs to put the Hoyas up 8-2 at the break. The six goal halftime lead was GU's largest of the year.The second half started just like the first as the Hoyas won the draw, earned a free position shot and Freedman scored her fourth of the day into the top right corner. A strong run down the middle by Tarzian and a perfect pass from Jackson extended the Hoya lead to 10-2. Hopkins responded minutes later before Corcoran netted her second score after corralling a ball that ricocheted off the cage.The Hoyas then built a nine goal margin, 12-3, their largest of the year, when Tarzian scored off a pass from Farrell. The Jays scored two straight before Tarzian scored her third of the evening. Hopkins again put in two unanswered to cut the Hoya lead to 13-7 with eight minutes to play. A yellow card on Hopkins gave the Hoyas a man advantage and GU responded with a free position goal from Freedman.A great defensive play by Farrell, drawing a charge on the right sideline, with six minutes remaining allowed the Hoyas to record one more score and close out the game. Farrell was rewarded for her defensive hustle by scoring off a Freedman pass. Hopkins put one more goal in before the game finished.The Hoyas next travel to No. 3/3 North Carolina on Saturday, March 16, for a 1 p.m. showdownPrint Friendly Version Players Mentioned #3 Erin Lovett M 5' 5" Fifth Year #4 Corinne Etchison A 5' 8" Freshman #5 Barb Black G 5' 4" Junior #14 Dina Jackson A 5' 6" Senior #15 Meghan Farrell M 5' 8" Junior #19 Caroline Tarzian A 5' 6" Sophomore #21 Hannah Franklin M 5' 9" Junior #22 Kelyn Freedman M 5' 10" Junior #23 Rosie Corcoran A 5' 7" Senior


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how it affect our respiratory system when doing vigorous exercises?
do it also involved with our production of energy in the body cell?
do it also involved with our production of energy in the body cell?
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you need to remember that in order for the body to produce energy which it does through the process of respiration(which is the breaking down of a substrate to produce energy) the body needs two things food(normally in the form of glucose ,and sometimes fats) and oxygen from the air we breath in. So therefore based on how effective your respiratory cycle is will determine if you'll have enough energy available to the body in vigorous exercise
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The fact that first graders grow crystals for science projects might lead you to think that physicists know how these snazzy shapes form and unform. Alas, there is still a big blank spot in physics textbooks where the theory of crystal melting should be. "The reason a crystalline structure melts is very subtle," says Georg Maret of the University of Konstanz in Germany, who received this year's Gentner-Kastler Prize from the German Physical Society and the French Physics Society for melting away some of that ignorance.
The difficulty is that crystals stabilize themselves. When an atom gets pulled out of place, its neighbors tug it back. Even if the atom jiggles wildly enough to break free, where can it go? Other atoms block its escape routes. For a crystal to turn to liquid, it seems that a type of swarm intelligence causes atoms to move all at once and in sync.
To figure it out, physicists have tried their hand at the special case of two-dimensional crystals. No such thing really exists in nature, although oil films floating on water come close. In the 1970s theorists realized that flat crystals are inherently less stable than 3-D ones. Because each atom has fewer neighbors, the forces holding it in place are weaker. And when one does wriggle free, only a couple of other atoms have to get out of its way rather than a long row of them, as in 3-D. For these and other reasons of geometry, physicists have reasoned that 2-D crystals should melt in two distinct stages, passing through a hexatic phase, in which hexagonal groups of atoms flow freely, as in a fluid, yet remain oriented in the same direction, as in a crystal.
It has taken experimental physicists 30 years to test this theory. Maret's team, borrowing from the experimental techniques of first graders, built a kind of Tinkertoy model of a crystal, representing atoms by micron-size balls made of a mix of plastic and iron oxide and suspended in a fluid. Though larger than atoms, the balls were still small enough to behave much like them. They jiggled randomly and, when placed in a magnetic field, exerted magnetic forces on one another. Dialing up the field was like lowering the temperature: it caused the balls to snap together into a crystalline grid. "Maret's work is the cleanest, simplest system where you can really study how you go from solid to hexatic, hexatic to liquid," says theorist David R. Nelson of Harvard University, who helped to develop the theory Maret has now confirmed.
The same principles of collective behavior should help physicists crack the harder nut of 3-D crystals. Like growing crystals, growing theories of crystals takes patience.


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To provide a forum to discuss the unique challenges and responsibilities of managers in academic libraries.
Training Opportunities for Mid-Level Managers
- Library Management Institute Summer Conference
- Harvard ManageMentor
- Workbook: Be a Great Boss: One Year to Success by Catherine Hakala-Ausperk (ALA Guides for the Busy Librarian)
Best Practices and Tips
- Read materials outside of the profession (i.e. business literature)
- Look for workshops at ALA outside of your usual division/section/type of library
- Look for special issues in journals on the topic of management
Change Management Resources
- Launching a Change Management Team
- Mind Tools: Change Management
- Top Five Reasons Employees Resist Change
- What is the Change Management Model in Organizations?
Suggested Reading
- Crucial Confrontations: Tools for Resolving Broken Promises, Violated Expectations, and Bad Behavior by Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, Rob McMillan, and Al Switzler
- Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes are High by Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, Rob McMillan, Al Switzler, and Stephen R. Covey
- Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most by Douglas Stone, Bruce Patton, Sheila Heen, and Roger Fisher
- Emotional Intelligence: Why it Can Matter More Than IQ by Daniel Goleman
- Blog: Guardienne of the Tomes by Colleen Harris
- How to Make Meetings Work by Michael Doyle and David Strauss
- Influence Without Authority by Allan Cohen and David Bradford
- Life Scripts: What to Say to Get What You Want in Life's Toughest Situations by Stephen M. Pollen and Mark Levine
- The No Asshole Rule: Building a Civilized Workplace and Surviving One That Isn't by Robert I. Sutton
- The Power of Pause: How to Be More Effective in a Demanding, 24/7 World by Nance Guilmartin
- Transitioning from Librarian to Middle Manager by Pixey Anne Mosley
- The Wisdom of Teams: Creating the High-Performance Organization by Jon R. Katzenbach and Douglas K. Smith
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Beachcombers Community School has announced the development of a middle school program to be launched in September.
"We have developed a Grade 7 and 8 enhanced curriculum that will expand to include Grade 9 in 2014," said principal Wendy Preston. "This is an enriched academic program with a focus on coastal studies and business. We have put a lot of work and thought into this program and we are very excited with what we can offer!"
The middle school program will include quality academics, supported self-directed learning, peace studies, enriched science, visual arts, and a business course that will progress through high school.
Each year, students will take part in at least two multi-day school trips such as an overnight trip to Bamfield Marine Field Station, Strathcona Outdoor Education, or other similar field trips.
These two annual trips are an integral part of the program. The trips are intended to develop a sense of community, promote personal growth and student self-confidence, and are part of coastal science and social studies/history. Besides the major trips, Beachcombers middle school students will participate in other day-trips. Topics may include coastal sciences, coastal business, history, First Nations, and arts and culture. Students will be expected to make good use of their academic time to allow for these enriched activities; small class sizes makes this possible.
Water sports is also a standard part of Beachcombers spring program for all grades. It includes sailing and kayaking instruction.
Middle and junior high students may participate in additional water sports, every few years. This may include the "bubble program" an introduction to diving that is hosted by experienced divers at the Courtenay pool, progressive diving training, canoeing as part of one of the special field trips, or marine safety.
To be accepted to Beachcombers Middle School Program, students must show that they are capable of supported self-directed learning, can meet behavioural expectations, have appropriate academic standing, and write a one-page essay as to why they would like to attend.
Principal Wendy Preston is enthusiastic, "We are very excited about this new program. We hope you will be, too!"
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After two months, four different versions and more than 18,000 comments, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau released its third round of draft mortgage disclosure form.
Once again, the Bureau is soliciting feedback on these forms, which features disclosure for a loan with a "balloon payment," or a single large payment that occurs at the end of a loan.
The institute is named for longtime Tallahassee industry lobbyist Wade Hopping, who died two years ago from complications from a stroke and esophageal cancer. Hopping, founder of Hopping Green & Sams in Tallahassee and a former Florida Supreme Court justice, served on the board and was a past president of the Pacific Legal Foundation.
One of the goals of the Hopping Institute goals was the establishing of a network of pro bono, experienced Florida land use attorneys that would serve as counsel to property owners requiring legal assistance to defend against property rights abuses at the trial or administrative level. No other existing Florida pro bono program targets assisting ordinary citizens in the defense of their property and economic rights.
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Nah... it is only confusing and relevant when we have to analyze Mion's guilt, and Shion view of the sonozaki.
Outside of this realm (so outside of the issues of Watanagashi/Meakashi-hen), there is no problem to keep calling them with the way how we know them : Mion the tomboyish heir, having a crush on Keiichi; and Shion the girly younger twin, having a crush on Satoshi.
I'm even wondering if the Sonozaki knows about this mistake. Considering how Mion and Oryou are acting in the TIPS and in Watanagashi/Meakashi/Minagoroshi-hen, looks like they don't know they screwed up.
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If i rememeber correctly, it was said (in Meakashi-hen) that some Sonozaki family members knew about the switch after the tattoo ceremony took place. However, since the ceremony is done, there's really nothing much they can do but to just acknowledge the fact that Shion <-> Mion
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I remember seeing in the anime store (I live in Canada so to my luck there is an anime store where i can rent anime although the internet is getting very useful today), an anime that was called The day they cried. But it was the exact same anime as Higurashi no naku koro ni.
Is that the english title that they gave it? I personally don't know why animes have to have different names from the japanese ones... Is the translation for Higurashi no naku koro ni, they day they cried? Seems a lot more shorter than the original name. To tell you the truth i am half japanese but I don't even know this... hehe a long way to go. The story of the anime is complicated. I don't quite understand the concept of the anime but I does involve blood and gore WHICH I LOVE XD ... Just to tell you, there is no nudity because you know how there's usually anime with gore and nudity but this ones different.
I hate that this anime ends with a never ending cliff hanger! At the end, the little girl with a think purple hair, says to the detective "Fine I'll play your game." What does that mean? what game is she playing? I know that she will die because all the other characters died, however, she looks like as if she was waiting for this... suspicious...
There are sooo many questions that are always unsolved for me with that anime.. If you could help this poor stupid head understand the story better, that would be a great help!
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I can't fully explain it here since the story is underdeveloped just by watching the anime w/o playing the game or reading the manga so i'll just give you the link to all the spoilers and suches ^_^
You can pretty much find most of your answers there along with more opinions
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The English US dub name is "When they cry" Don't know if it is different in Canada but it's common for some anime dub titles to change due to difficulty to the literal translation sounding awkward in another language, and other similar translation reasons.
Higurashi is a kind of cicada, and the literal translation would "When Cicadas Cry."
You probably should've posted this in the Higurashi forum, if so you would know there's a season 2 that continues the story^^
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"When They Cry" is official. It's the name of 07th Expansion's "...Naku koro ni" series.
ひぐらしのなく頃に Higurashi no Naku koro ni - When They Cry
ひぐらしのなく頃に・解 Higurashi no Naku koro ni KAI - When They Cry 2
ひぐらしのなく頃に・礼 Higurashi no Naku koro ni REI - When They Cry 2.5
うみねこのなく頃に Umineko no Naku koro ni - When They Cry 3
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Will Matsuribayashi-hen/Festival Accompanying Chapter take up the last 11 episodes of Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai, or is there another chapter before or after it?
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Matsuribayashi-hen will take up the last 11 episodes.
It has been confirmed since the trailer they will only cover 3 chapters with the second season:
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The characters are on an island. There's a hurricane coming thus all the sea gulls left (actually they're already gone before the story starts). Horror ensues (goto the Umineko thread). The familiar cry of the sea gulls is a sign of hope that they can leave the island and the police can come.
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|This is the article on the chapter. For the episode, head to Hole.
"Windhole" (風穴, Kazaana, Viz: Hole) is chapter 629 of the original Naruto manga.
The Tenpenchii technique used by the Ten-Tails culminates disastrously, still causing powerful twisters and lightning strikes, leading a Susanoo-clad Madara to assume that most of the Allied Shinobi Forces had been wiped out by the attack. However, as the battlefield clears, the shinobi are all revealed to be alive and well, having been protected by their respective shrouds. Before the seemingly confused Ten-Tails, Naruto stands bleeding and exhausted, but still smiling confidently. Looking on, the Ten-Tails sees the images of the tailed beasts (sans Gyūki and Shukaku) behind Naruto, and ultimately a silhouette with the Rinnegan staring back at him. Shocked, the beast undergoes another transformation, as the shrouds vanish from around the shinobi, and Naruto falls to one knee, very fatigued. Madara — who notes that the fight had started to bore him, and he had already found something else to preoccupy his time — turns in time to see the Alliance rally around Naruto, providing a defence for him while Sakura begins to heal him. Elsewhere, as Kakashi and Obito enter Kamui's dimension, Kakashi is the first to regain his footing and attack, but stops just short of driving his Lightning Cutter through Obito's heart. Trying to speak sense to his former friend, even though Obito decries his actions and tries to play on his conscience, Kakashi notes that he had long since realised that Obito was trying to overlap his old self with Naruto. Obito, however, notes that he was doing it for the exact opposite reason and then declares that he did not wage a war in the world just for Rin. With this, Obito phases through Kakashi's Lightning Cutter, then recreates the scene where Kakashi had killed Rin in the same manner. He then reveals that he knew the truth of how Kirigakure had made Rin into Isobu's jinchūriki with the sole intention of destroying Konohagakure, and how Rin had impaled herself on Kakashi's Lightning Cutter in order to protect the village. He then states that it was the system of the villages, and the shinobi that he intended to destroy because no good came of it. With this, Obito announces that he is incapable of feeling pain, and shows Kakashi that there was no heart in his chest, just a windhole which was caused by the hell of this world.
- In the original release, Shukaku's chakra was seen within Naruto, alongside the other tailed beasts. The tanuki was, however, removed in the tankōbon release.