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No 01 in C major: Vivace
No 02 in A minor: Allegretto
No 03 in G major: Vivo
No 04 in E minor: Lento
No 05 in D major: Andante cantabile
No 06 in B minor: Allegro
No 07 in A major: Allegro assai
No 08 in F sharp minor: Allegro agitato
No 09 in E major: Andantino
No 10 in C sharp minor: Andante
No 11 in B major: Allegro assai
No 12 in G sharp minor: Andante
No 13 in G flat major: Lento
No 14 in E flat minor: Presto
No 15 in D flat major: Lento
No 16 in B flat minor: Misterioso
No 17 in A flat major: Allegretto
No 18 in F minor: Allegro agitato
No 19 in E flat major: Affettuoso
No 20 in C minor: Appassionato
No 21 in B flat major: Andante
No 22 in G minor: Lento
No 23 in F major: Vivo
No 24 in D minor: Presto
Analysis of the preludes of Op 11 by date and place reveals how much juggling (and transposition?) took place to produce the existing order. No 4 was composed first, at the age of sixteen, in Moscow; one year later No 6 followed in Kiev; in 1893/4 Nos 1 and 10 followed, again in Moscow. No 14 was written in Dresden, Nos 3, 19 and 24 in Heidelberg, and 17, 18 and 23 in Witznau (a Swiss resort on the Lake of Lucerne) on the tour of 1895. Later that year a group was written in Moscow: 7, 13, 15, 20, 21; Nos 2, 9 and 16 are dated November of that year, a date which may refer to the composer's approaching split with his first love, Natalya Sekerina.
Prelude No 1 in C (Moscow, November 1893) reflects a Chopinesque influence, but the bar-by-bar waves of Chopin's first prelude here become longer, 'undulating, caressing' lines (Scriabin later suppressed this descriptive marking in favour of a simple 'Vivace'). No 2 in A minor (Moscow, November 1895) is a melancholy, hesitant dance; No 3 in G (written the previous May on tour in Heidelberg) flutters incessantly with the sound of a summer breeze led by the right hand, whereas Chopin's prelude in the same key gives this movement to the left. No 4 in E minor is given the marking 'Moscow, Lefortovo, 1888', but is in fact a reworking of a Ballade in B flat minor from the previous year. Scriabin appended a visionary poem to the Ballade:
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Here there is no place for me …
There, I hear voices,
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The poem is prophetic of the intense inner world which Scriabin was to build for himself, and the 'difference' of that world is evoked by augmented harmonies – significant because of their tendency to suspend the 'normal' laws of tonality.
No 5 in D (Amsterdam, 1896) is an idyll, spun out on an endless thread of steadily moving left-hand quavers. Its variations on a simple recurring four-note ascent demand the most sensitive voicing and an improvisatory freedom of approach. The spell is broken by the closely imitating, rushing octaves of No 6 in B minor (Kiev, 1889 – was Scriabin visiting his uncle who lived here?). The mood is one of headlong, impulsive heroism – there may be a reminiscence here of No XIII in Schumann's Davidsbündlertänze in the same key.
No 7 in A (Moscow, 1895) represents a considerable advance in technical demands, with its three strands – arching melody, restless middle part and impetuous bass figures – all to be balanced in dynamics ranging from pp to ff and propelled along at a never-resting 'Allegro assai' (Scriabin was supplying metronome marks for his music at this period, a practice he abandoned in later life). The speedy metronome mark of No 8 in F sharp minor (Paris, 1896) was flatly ignored by Sergei Rachmaninov in his own performances, which led to a dispute between the two young composer–pianists. ("It's my interpretation"; "But it's my music".) Characteristically, Rachmaninov stressed the nostalgia, Scriabin the airborne impetus of this prelude. More stylistic thumbprints can be observed in No 9 in E (Moscow, November 1895) – the active left hand which the right hand seems to be commenting on and the skipping dotted triplet figure (a Chopin rhythm) which recurs three times with tender melancholy – in December Scriabin's teenage love, Natalya Sekerina, was to refuse decisively his proposal of marriage.
No 10 in C sharp minor (Moscow, 1894) is even more characteristic in sonority, with the horn-like middle part established near the beginning and sustained through four final punctuating chords, and the chiming sevenths which run throughout. With No 11 in B we return to Moscow and to November 1895 (the next ten preludes were written in this year) but the regret has been replaced by a palpitating heart-in-mouth excitement, enhanced by a virtuosic left-hand part. The free-floating right-hand rubato of the middle section is typical of the pianistic style Scriabin developed from his idol Chopin. No 12 in G sharp minor (Witznau, June) was written in a resort on Lake Lucerne. It shares a tonality with Op 16 No 2, written in the same place – and with the Second Sonata Op 19 (1892-7), which was inspired by the Ligurian and Black Seas. A typically slow 'Russian' andante, its brooding quality is created by suspended harmonies of the kind whose importance would steadily increase in Scriabin's musical language.
Part III starts with another slow prelude, No 13 in G flat (Moscow), exploiting the velvety quality of six flats and ending with a typical 'horn call' sonority. Its companion piece, No 14 in E flat minor (Dresden), depicts a mountain stream at Bastei dashing itself against the rocks. The time signature, then unusual, is 5/8 (Tchaikovsky, of course, had written a 5/4 movement in the Symphonie pathétique in 1893): Prokofiev might have marked it 'precipitato'. Back to Moscow for No 15 in D flat: a cloistral hush and an airborne, suspended quality created by two-part writing in the middle register (very like that at the beginning of The Dream of Gerontius, part 2) introduce a song of deep peace. Its negative counterpart was written in November (No 16 in B flat minor). Here, endlessly repeated sequences are unbalanced by asymmetric rhythm (very rare in Scriabin): 5/8 and 4/8 alternate in a nightmarish march into the abyss.
The next two preludes were written in Witznau in June 1895. No 17 in A flat is brief and blissful, like Chopin's A major Prelude. The key of F minor, relatively rare during the classical period, was associated with anger or outbursts of passion: Mozart used it for Count Almaviva's rage in Figaro. Chopin's F minor Prelude is extraordinarily violent, and was characterised by Alfred Cortot as a 'malediction'; Scriabin's Prelude No 18 in the same key is a tempestuous study in left-hand octaves, taken over later by the right hand.
The first prelude of the final section, No 19 in E flat (Heidelberg, 1895) is mature early Scriabin: the phrase shapes are characterised by a 'swooping' short descent followed by upward flight, with skipping dotted rhythms contributing to the sensation of weightlessness. The demanding left-hand accompaniment is rhythmically ahead of itself, each figure starting on the final semiquaver of the beat – a device perhaps derived from Schumann. No 20 in C minor (Moscow, 1895) has a meteoric career not unlike Scriabin's own, blazing with the most elevated of ideals and abruptly snuffed out after brief protest. Interestingly, the composer's son-in-law Sofronitsky preferred to play the manuscript version, where this tragedy is softened by a major-mode ending. The arrangement of the cycle seems to go against this: the tranquillity of No 21 in B flat (Moscow, 1895) is repeatedly interrupted by silences and No 22 in G minor (Paris, 1896) has an insistently falling, regretful cadence. The mood lightens with No 23 in F, written the previous year in the idyllic surroundings of Witznau. lts rustling broken-chord figurations are a clear homage to Chopin's own F major Prelude – a backward glance before the heaven-storming No 24 in D minor (Heidelberg, 1895) which wisely avoids meeting Chopin on his own ground, concentrating instead on the pulsating chordal writing which had concluded the Etudes of Op 8.
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Over the summer, I was gifted a can of local, organic pears. Since I rarely buy food in cans unless it's tomatoes or coconut milk, that little can of pears sat in my pantry, forgotten. When I realized today's post was going to involve yeast, I thought "Well why not use that can of pears and make some fancy-pants rolls?" So I did!
Baking with yeast is such a pleasure. The aroma of fresh breads, bagels, and rolls is mighty enticing. When I worked at a bakery, my co-workers and I would "accidentally" drop a loaf of just-out-of-the-oven bread on the floor so we could eat it instead of sell it to customers. Oooooh, we were bad kids. But nothing compares to pulling chunks of warm, crusty bread from a loaf, spreading them with jam, and devouring them on the spot.
This recipe for Pear Ginger Rolls is adapted from my Coconut Mango Rolls recipe. It is essential to use a can of pears because the fruit juice in the can is used in the recipe (twice!).
Yeasted Pear Ginger Rolls with Pear Vanilla Bean Icing
For the dough:
1/2 cup pear juice (from a 15-ounce can of pears), preferably organic
2 1/2 teaspoons active dry yeast
1 teaspoon agave nectar
1/2 cup unsweetened soy milk (room temperature)
1/4 cup melted coconut oil
1/3 cup sucanat (or light brown sugar)
1 1/2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
1 1/2 cups whole wheat pastry flour
3/4 teaspoon salt
For the filling:
2 Tablespoons non-dairy butter, melted
1/2 cup sucanat (or light brown sugar)
1 cup chopped pear (from the 15-ounce can used above)
1 Tablespoon minced fresh ginger
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
zest from one small lemon, about 1 teaspoon
For the icing:
3/4 – 1 cup powdered sugar, sifted
2 Tablespoons pear juice (from the can)
1 vanilla bean
1. Line the bottom of a 9×13″ cake pan with parchment paper. Set aside.
2. In a glass measuring cup, whisk together pear juice, yeast, and agave nectar. Set aside until frothy, about 5-10 minutes.
3. Add soy milk, coconut oil, and sucanat. Stir to dissolve sucanat.
4. In the bowl of a stand mixer (or in a large mixing bowl), add the flours and salt. Pour in yeast mixture and knead with the dough hook (or your hands if you don't have a stand mixer) until smooth and elastic, about 6-8 minutes. Shape the dough into a ball.
5. Lightly oil a large bowl (or use the same mixing bowl the dough is in) and place the dough in the bowl, turning to coat with the oil. Cover the bowl, put in a warm, draft-free place, and allow the dough to rise until doubled in volume, about 1-1.5 hours.
6. Once risen, punch down the dough and let it rest for a few minutes.
7. On a lightly floured surface, roll dough into a 12×18″ rectangle. With a pastry brush, spread the melted butter over the entire surface of the dough. Sprinkle sucanat over the butter. In a small bowl, combine chopped pears, ginger, cinnamon, and lemon zest. Sprinkle on top of the sucanat. Roll the dough (tightly) into a log (I rolled from the short end, but either way will work just fine) and pinch the seams with your fingers to seal.
8. Slice dough into 10-12 rolls (depending on how fat you want your rolls to be). I found that using a long, sharp bread knife is easiest for this task. Repeat until you have desired number of rolls (10-12). Place rolls into your prepared pan.
9. Cover pan with a dish towel and allow the rolls to rise for about 1 hour. Preheat your oven to 350 degrees during the last 20 minutes of rise time.
10. Place pan, uncovered, into the oven and bake for about 16 minutes. The rolls will be golden on top.
11. Once the rolls are out of the oven, whisk the powdered sugar (use 3/4 cup if you prefer a thinner, less sweet icing) and pear juice in a small bowl. Slice the vanilla bean in half, lengthwise. Scrape out the seeds with a small spoon or flat edge of a butter knife. Add the seeds to the icing and whisk to incorporate.
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I think that maybe you've forgotten burning crusade ended about 3 weeks ago with massive nerfs to all content, and wrath is coming out in a few days time. Dont sweat it.
Hey all,
just grabbed the t6 token from Mother's cold, dead hands last night, and realised that...ya...they are lacking. All day, I've been thinking about what to do with them to make them actually useful, and I hit on this idea: Gem them with 2 +10 dodge gems, and have them as avoidance shoulders. They can't really win as threat shoulders (t5 crushes them there) and the ones from Grull's lack defense to keep me over 490. It's unlikely that I will see the shoulders from supremous with 4 days till wrath, and I thought this might work in their place. Loss of the stamina sucks, but it's not huge, really. What do you yall think?
Playing a warrior tank well is its own reward.
I think that maybe you've forgotten burning crusade ended about 3 weeks ago with massive nerfs to all content, and wrath is coming out in a few days time. Dont sweat it.
I was really hoping for a better comment than that.
Playing a warrior tank well is its own reward.
I garnered a set of these recently too, along with some other T6 stuff. It struck me that most pieces weren't particularly big upgrades, all in all I ended up with an extra 1k health and armour, the set bonus, a lot of block rating, and took a bit of an avoidance hit when I swapped out my badge pants. I went with 15stams for the most part - I don't feel like I'm hurting for avoidance post-patch (I took Deflection/Anticipation as I was raiding a fair bit), and I'm not in Sunwell in the next 4 days, so I'll just enjoy the EH while questing for the next few weeks.
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Playing a warrior tank well is its own reward.
4 piece T6 with the right pieces destroys alot of things. 10% more shield slam damage is win. best option is chest, pants(lots of BV here), shoulders and the belt from brutalus. if you get the bracers and the belt you can drop the shoulders but the armor/stats you lose is hefty
hell, I wanna see what's a big upgrade for you!
@topic: take two 15stam-gems.
in fact, T5 is better in terms of aggro at some pieces. but you gain a lot of aggro during nonset-items from BT/MH and by the 4p-T6-bonus.
even without better stats overall, I would prefer T6 just because of the look :>
IMO T6 shoulders are best on slot, even with SPW-gear (because of 4p-bonus). on every other slot you can get bigger upgrades.
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The advatage of T6 shoulders is the armour value and the 4pc bonus. I personally wouldn't and don't choose the Supremus shoulders over these. Also I went with the 2x15 stam option on mine. Also who needs dodge these days? I specced out of aticipation for the purpose of gaining more threat, particularly now that sunwell radiance is gone. Personally I think you will gain more EH from gemming double stam and using these as they are. They really aren't that bad, IMO there is only one item for this slot better and chances are you won't be getting them this close to expansion. Anyway at the end of the day its up to you but my $0.02 is to gem stam.


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Originally Posted by arty
... remember... kakashi said in the past that rasengan is more powerful than chidori so ..naruto rocks )
and i think karin will do something :-? to 'stop' or to convince him(sasuke) to stop i think...
also ... will be great if itachi will appear again
Don't think Karin will be able to convince Sasuke. The only one able to convince Sasuke will be Naruto(may be using Itachi's power).
We may see Itachi, who knows? Hopefully, lets wait
Better than I expected, I was expecting 16 pages of dialogue rather than the given 6
486 Naruto will poke his forehead just like Itachi, and Sasuke will come back to the leaf
Originally Posted by twistedlink
486 Naruto will poke his forehead just like Itachi, and Sasuke will come back to the leaf
and Naruto will teach him more ninjutsu and how to become one who is a blessing for others :D
naruto's answer is to handicap sasuke and take his eyes also so that he cannot harm anyone :P
Originally Posted by arty
... remember... kakashi said in the past that rasengan is more powerful than chidori so ..naruto rocks )
Actually, he said that Chidori is more powerful than Rasengan, since Rasengan is just chacra, and chidori has lightning element.
But Fuuton: Rasen Shuriken is more powerful than Chidori/Raikiri, because wind beats lightning.
Otherwise, Kakashi would just have used Rasengan instead of Raikiri every time he uses that tech(Kakashi can do Rasengan if he want to, remember?).
So he probably said that FRS would beat Chidori, but i do agree that Naruto rocks
One side note: Is it just me or does it looks like Naruto did a very weak Rasengan, kinda like the one Konohamaru did during the Pain arc?
It seems that way, but Sasuke`s Chidori looks a little weak too, so maybe he noticed and did a weak one so that he wouldn`t overpower Sasuke`s Chidori?
My prediction for Naruto`s answer:
Naruto: I... will save you and protect Konoha!... Just like i promised Itachi.
Sasuke: ?!...
About Itachi`s gift. He said that he hoped Naruto would never have to use it. Maybe instead of: "I hope you`ll never have to use it to kill Sasuke and protect Konoha", he meant: "I hope you`ll never have to use it to stop Sasuke", Like: "I hope Madara never turns Sasuke on the wrong path and make him go against Konoha so that you`ll have to use this power to stop him".
Maybe Itachi was hoping that Sasuke would stop his seek for revenge after he killed Itachi(him) and go back to Konoha. But if Madara got his hands around him he would help Naruto with his "power(s)" to stop Sasuke without killing him.
In other words, maybe he hoped that Sasuke wouldn`t make the wrong choice and go against Konoha, that`s why he hoped Naruto would never have to use this "power(s)", because he hoped Sasuke would come back to Konoha by himself after he defeated Itachi.
So i believe that the "power(s)" Itachi gave Naruto only can be one of two things:
1: Naruto gets some kind of power(s) to counter some or all of Sasuke`s MS techniques (with his (Sasuke`s) own eyes or when he takes Itachi`s eyes) or something simular to the 1st Hokage`s wood-techniques or some unknown techniques(cause he clearly had some powers to counter Madara`s MS and EMS techniques).
2: Itachi himself comes out of the crow he put inside Naruto as something like Minato in Naruto to lectur Sasuke and help Naruto or he comes out of the crow he put in Naruto like he uses some kind of recarnation techniques and comes back to life without his sickness(which died in his original body which died in the fight with Sasuke). That would have been awsome, and i think that it`s not impossible to happend
Any thoughts?
Rasengan is stronger than any other chakra tech, its ultimate shape manipulation, the 4th didnt make it for its looks as a perfect sphere, it gives maximum possible power for the chakra put into it.
However when you start adding elements things change, as rasengan has no element.
Either way rasengan is more powerful than chidori, hospital roof, sasuke made a medium sized hole, naruto made tiny, sasuke smirked, and ran off, and saw the back of the water tower naruto hit and its entire back was blasted.
Rasengans like a bullet, it spins real fast and its impact is super sharp at front and drags through to the back, bullet wounds do the same, tiny at impact, massive at exit.
Is this the final battle we're talking about?
Hopefully not, coz it's kind of on the lame side, not the epic one.
Anyhoos, seems like my predictions partly correct. There were conversations bet the two (though Naruto hasn't mentioned his experience with the pervy sage's loss Xd).
Of course, Sasuke will be stubborn and left unconvinced. So, Naruto said he's gonna make a third choice.
Anyway, regarding the kunai that grazed Naruto's face, I think Naruto won't succumb to that. Kyuubi's chakra is poison enough that he's enduring. But, if he's gonna be affected with such poison, then I'm gonna murder for otherwise turning out the situation and doing a good job on letting Sasuke have his chances to flee. PFF!
Regarding the third choice, I hate to say but I'm guessing it's gonna be saving Sasuke. Naruto could prolly[?] knock him out. Seems like stoned Sasuke will be pwned due to major exhaustion and near-blindness (well, he's blind IMO).
Another thing: Itachi's gift to Naruto may prolly show up. But again, it's too soon and I don't think this would be the final battle between the two (keeping my fingers crossed).
Originally Posted by iamjmph01
I truely hope this isnt going to end with naruto saving sasuke, them beating madara together, returning to Konoha, and they all live happily ever after, Naruto as Hokage, with his "best friend" as his most trusted advisor with peace reigning in the elemental nations.....
Dang, I think this is partly gonna happen. I don't think Naruto will kill Sasuke. He's definitely gonna do anything just to save Sasuke. Indeed, homo, I mean, brotherly[duh] love is in the air. lololol
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FINALLYYYYY! Someone just woke up from her manly lust! This is epic. Sakura should tune into her! Xd Xd Xd
Omg naruto is gonna make sasuke a frog!!! This is the third answer!!!!!!
I like this chapter. Well, as always though.
About the Kunai issue, I thinks it's a fair fight, since Sasuke too is a bit exhausted with his past battle between Danzo and any other opponents he fought with. Naruto too, in his side, will be a much tougher fight, because he has to face with a lot of decision. Also, Naruto is not wearing his konoha's head gear, ( I think left that one in scape from Captain Yamato ). I'm sure this would be great fight, since both fighters now are not representing their sides in Konoha.
I just can't wait for the next episode again. @_@
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how is naruto gay ish and its not gonna be the last battle, they are gonna train themselves! and naruto and sasuke is not gonna be work together!!
why does some gay people saying naruto is gay? cause he want **** naruto?
Originally Posted by lorul2
I understand the plot point of Naruto having a chat with Sauske, but how did he stop time like that? Was he really talking to sauske? Was he talking to himself? Ninjas are so strange.
They didnt stop time. they were talking subconciously.
I'm extremely sure he was mentioning the poinsoned kunai just to let them know how boosted sasuke's immune system is. like, giving them more insight than they already have.
But overall pretty nice chapter.
If sasuke doesnt die, ill be pissed. not now, but in the long run. cuz no one who decides "oh, i think im gonna go kill a hokage today" or "hey! lets go get rid of the leaf village" should be allowed to live in it. I think sasuke will get itachis eyes, try to kill madara, and fail then try to re-recruit his old team. or he'll fight till he dies, which at this rate, wont take very long. but my question is, if kishi just pronounced him blind pretty much, how did he get that accurate? wouldnt he have missed????? im just confused
Originally Posted by iamjmph01
I said it in another post but ill say it here to. Naruto is being a selfish idiot. Sasuke is an enemy of Konoha. He has killed a Hokage (even if he tricked his way in Danzo WAS named 6th Hokage) and has stated the he will kill everyone in Konoha to "purify" and restore the Uchiha clan. He attacked the raikage's brother in Kumo. He is working with Uchiha Madara. Naruto claims to want to be Hokage. He needs to starting working for Konoha's best interests, not what he desires.
He should learn the lesson taught by his fathers example, for the good of Konoha, he gave his soul to the shinigami and burdened his son with the Kyuubi. Did he WANT to die? Did he want his son to be hated? Since Gaara wasnt the first ichibi jinchuriki he had to of known how they were treated.... Did he WANT his son to grow up without his father? Im going to take a leap of faith and say no. But for the good of the village he put aside HIS desires and did what was needed. Naruto needs to do the same. If he cant figure it out himself then someone else needs to point that out.
I truely hope this isnt going to end with naruto saving sasuke, them beating madara together, returning to Konoha, and they all live happily ever after, Naruto as Hokage, with his "best friend" as his most trusted advisor with peace reigning in the elemental nations.....
naruto = the gutsiest ninja = never give up... that includes on people. naruto will NOT kill sasuke. someone else might or sasuke will sacrifice himself for naruto or the village. talk-no-jutsu has never failed to turn someone around.
I understand that this chapter was the build up for the next but still I am a bit disappointed only talking. Naruto and Sasuke chat at the end was confusing though was it real or it was Naruto thinking about it. The third choice . He is not gonna kill Sasuke nor get killed by him. So its looking quite obvious that he will say the same thing he told Itachi "I will save Konoha without killing Sasuke" but that's kinda selfish. I remember Naruto pleading for Sasuke bowing down in front of the Raikage and the Raikage said "you are bowing your head for a criminal who was your friend" something like that. That makes sense actually every criminal has friends so if each of their friends just say forgive my friend for killing your family member it won't work. Naruto has his own way I like it, his never give up attitude is the thing I like the most but there are somethings in life where you have to take a extremely difficult choice. Like Minato sealing the Kyuubi inside his own son, Itachi killing his own clan his own parents so that it won't trigger another ninja war and just like Jiraiya where he knew he could escape but didn't so that he could figure out some of Pain's tech and help Konoha ninjas mainly Naruto to fight against Pain. I hope Kishi won't let us down
Originally Posted by zagubus
naruto = the gutsiest ninja = never give up... that includes on people. naruto will NOT kill sasuke. someone else might or sasuke will sacrifice himself for naruto or the village. talk-no-jutsu has never failed to turn someone around.
Well talk no justu has worked till now but it won't work on Sasuke and even I know that Naruto won't even think of killing Sasuke but its just getting a bit annoying I am a huge Naruto fan and I believe his way of thinking is cool but there are times when Naruto needs to think logically if it wasn't for him Sakura would have been dead(I would have been extremely happy) so he knows that Sasuke's intentions are really bad. But hey we don't know may be Kishi will do the same with Sasuke as he did with Nagato. May be when Naruto talks about Itachi meeting with him and also Naruto's father the 4th Hokage saying to him that Madara was behind the Kyuubi attack may be just may be there may be a change of heart. Sasuke may just understand what's he doing is wrong and heads to Konoha with team 7. I know its highly impossible but look Naruto not killing Sasuke nor getting killed by him is just too annoying. Common either kill that Uchiha hate guy or get killed by him and let your village destroy by him. I have a funny feeling that Kishi will surprise us in the upcoming chapters. Can't wait for the next chapter.
Much like Pein, Sasuke thinks he's too powerful to have to change his ideals. Naruto will have to beat him down and defeat him before he will actually listen.
Can't wait to see the battle/discussion unfold!!
did naruto do that rasengan by himself on page 10 ?
about the naruto-sasuke talk, i think it just happens inside naruto's head. most of the time naruto is talking and the only thing sasuke says is that naruto has to kill him or to be killed. that's not something sasuke would say. he wouldn't admit the possibilty to be killed by naruto...
Originally Posted by painspath59
did naruto do that rasengan by himself on page 10 ?
don't think so. you can see 2 clones standing behind kakashi. he most likely did the rasengan while kakashi was talking. i think there's no other reason for him to make exactly 2 clones than to do the rasengan.
[QUOTE=uzumaknaruto;1823429]wait a minute if sakura put poison in the kunai..... SASUKE CUT THE RIGHT CHIK OF NARUTO [/QUOTE
think that something bad to naruto is gonna happen
because at sasukes condition even a chunin could be able to kill him
MY PREDICTION::: naruto is gonna get paralized ....kakashi is gonna fight sasuke(kakashis year,you know) sakuras gonna cry ,some talk ,and then narutos gonna do somethin unexpected...chapter end
HAHAHAHAH yeah well the chapter was quite good
i hope next episode would be more active i just don't want to see naruto or sasuke or neither of them faint
by the way what the hell happened to raikage and mizukage and more importantly did kisame die ???
because if kisame can heal with chakra then zetsu can give him(instead of samaheda?!?)
When i was at school today in my English class, i was reading in my English book, when i suddenly came across something that kinda shooked me.
It was a quote which sounded like this:
"Let us extinguish the flames of hatred with a flood of dialogue", - Buddhist word of wisdom.
Hey, wait! That`s exactly what Naruto does, and what he`s trying to do to Sasuke! End his chain of hatred with a lot of talk! OMG, Kishi must have read that quote cause it mirror`s the ongoing event perfectly
I was thinking that Naruto must in some way be able to change Sasuke a little, or he, Kakashi or Sakura will probably going to regreat not killing him/wasteing their chance to kill him later on.
I was thinking that if Naruto tells about Itachi and Minato, Sasuke may remember that Itachi said that Madara was behind the attack, and when Naruto says that Minato also said that, he will become confused on what to to.
So i`m guessing. What if Naruto will be able to change him, and instead of Sasuke going back to the village with Naruto and co. he will go back to Madara as a double agent and try to either learn his secrets, secretly kill him, or start a cooperative attack on Madara`s base. Naruto and co. from the outside. Sasuke from the inside.
Consider the possibility on that happening? That would have been totally unexpected from Kishi`s side, kinda like he always do, and the chances may favour that outcome.
What do you guys think?
LOL Most of you guys are pathetic beasts. I remember that you guys were desperately wanted to see Naruto in action. however, you guys are disappointed for seeing him because of his talk-jutsus or selfishness.
Yes i personally like to see Sasuke than Naruto; at least Sasuke gives me some actions. You can say sasuke is stubborn and ignorance but he does not do LOVE-TALK or GAY-TALK like naruto.... or "I WILL SAVE HIM WITHOUT KILLING HIM" that's annooying and boring. I dont wanna see the scene where Naruto and Pain had before will happen to Sasuke......
Originally Posted by Ruler Michael
So i`m guessing. What if Naruto will be able to change him, and instead of Sasuke going back to the village with Naruto and co. he will go back to Madara as a double agent and try to either learn his secrets, secretly kill him, or start a cooperative attack on Madara`s base. Naruto and co. from the outside. Sasuke from the inside.
Consider the possibility on that happening? That would have been totally unexpected from Kishi`s side, kinda like he always do, and the chances may favour that outcome.
What do you guys think?
Though I'm not really leaning into such possibility, I don't think a sneak attack would be the end-all and be-all of the series. It's probable, but I don't think it's gonna cost a major villain's life. That wouldn't be epic.
I'm still looking forward to the 4th great ninja war. I'm looking forward to Madara using all the sharingans and tailed beasts he collected (wow, he's an AVID collector, I just noticed lol), as well as all the villages joining forces in battling against him.
I'm actually vouching for Sasuke to stay as a vermin til the end. I'd love to see a healthy and powerful Sasuke battling with Naruto in the final match, or even as one of the not-so-final yet climactic matches.
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After a brief, arresting Introduction, typically Stravinskian in its alternation of loud chords and gentle oscillations, the corps de ballet enters and performs a set of dance Variations, the last and quickest of which (more like Glazunov, perhaps, than Adam) is allocated to the ballerina in her guise, so to speak, of ex-Giselle. There then follows a he-and-she Pantomime, with hints of Tchaikovsky, leading to a Pas de deux with a sultry melody for solo trumpet which Desmond Shawe-Taylor once wrote 'sounds like a tune played outside a celestial pub'. A second Pantomime is followed by solo Variations for the two dancers in turn, the ballerina's exquisitely accompanied by a pair of solo cellos straight out of some no-less celestial Palm Court. Then, after a final corps de ballet, the work ends with a mock-apotheosis suitable to accompany curtain calls for a show whose pretensions are perhaps slightly greater than its substance.
This score, so typical of Stravinsky in its unwavering perfection in the face of grotesque provocation, must have cut a bizarre figure among the Seven so-called 'Lively Arts', which were not necessarily the ones Diaghilev dreamt of combining in the early days of the Ballets Russes. Rose's line-up included stand-up comic turns and sketches, songs by Cole Porter (including Every time we say goodbye and Easy to love), Benny Goodman and his band, and a big set-piece called 'Billy Rose Buys the Metropolitan Opera House'. Rose noticed (with surprise?) that Easy to love was punctuated by bursts of applause, whereas the Stravinsky piece was heard out in silence—a contrast which sums up the problem for American impresarios who wanted to tap Stravinsky's fame but preferably without the disadvantages of his music. After the pre-Broadway run in Philadelphia, Rose tried (unsuccessfully) to get Stravinsky to rescore parts of the work, and he did succeed in persuading him to cut the opening dance, whose five-in-a-bar had proved to be beyond the comprehension of the 'hoofers' who made up the corps de ballet. In return, Stravinsky made Rose bill the performance as 'excerpts'. In this form the show ran for 183 performances at the Ziegfeld, which—though the music is today among Stravinsky's least familiar—must at the time have made it one of his most-performed ballets, apart from the famous three early ones. In fact it was still running in early February 1945 when Stravinsky himself conducted the first concert performance in Carnegie Hall. So on that day, a Saturday (with, therefore, a Billy Rose matinée as well), a true enthusiast might have heard the work, more or less complete, three times.
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Cadbury's have won their 3 year trademark law battle. Cadbury applied in 2008 to trademark the purple colour, Pantone 2865c in a number of categories, registration was challenged by Nestlé who claimed it "lacked distinctive character".
The Swiss group's challenge failed this week after the registrar at the UK Intellectual Property Office ruled in Cadbury's favour. The IPO said that Cadbury had showed enough "distinctive character" for a trademark and that Cadbury had provided significant evidence of its long-term use of the colour, employed since 1914.
One legal expert said that while this is an interim judgment of the trade mark law case, the decision was unlikely to be changed in the final report. Nestlé can appeal the decision.
Cadbury have the right to trademark the colour for packaging its chocolate in bar and tablet form as well as eating and drinking chocolate. However following Nestlé's objections, the trademark use does not include chocolate cakes, confectionery or chocolate assortments. This ruling has meant that Nestlé can continue to use a similar purple colour in its Quality Street assortment.
A spokesman for Cadbury said the group was "pleased" with the ruling, he added that the colour was something those at the company "jealously guard".
In his ruling, Allan James, the registrar, said the colour purple had built a distinctive character associated with Cadbury and he rejected the claims that Cadbury had registered the colour in bad faith as "absurd". The IPO's final ruling on this trade mark law case will come "in due course".
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The death knell for physical cash payments has sounded once again, this time following an agreement between Orange and Barclaycard to co-develop contact-less payment services for mobile phones. Barclays_Orange_NFC Orange and Barclaycard will co-develop NFC tech The duo will launch co-branded contactless payment products and …
Cash will never die for one very good reason:
It is anonymous.
Also, the fact that you can carry cash and nothing else valuable if you are going somewhere where you might lose it. If you lose your phone with this, someone has access to all your money at once.
Wait a minute there are buttons from 1-9, OK, but what does 10, 11 and 12 do?
Insurance on mobiles...
... so are they going to start including any money spent on the lost/stolen mobile?
@ Cash will never die
"It is anonymous."
One could cynically suggest that's why these schemes are being pushed through - to reduce the amount of anonymous transactions (or just to fuel Whacky Jacqui's database obsessions).
To be honest, I'd be OK with this whole contactless payment thing, if I could pick up an anonymous card, top it up at a shop with cash, then use it as normal.
But I'll bet you can't do that. This phone one will be linked to your mobile account and the Barclycard one is (presumably) linked to your bank account.
If I ever get given one, it'll meet a hammer and a microwave, then live in a tinfoil-lined wallet thanks.
@Anonymous Cashtard - I think the idea is that you load as much "cash" as you'll be needing onto your mobile, rather than it having direct access to your bank account. Hence the term "electronic wallet", cos it's kinda like a wallet, see?
The anonymity of cash is a good point though. Sadly I can't see this factoring into many people's reaction to the new tech. The company will just do a Tesco: offer a crapload of rewards for users when the scheme launches, then quietly make them utterly worthless once everyone's adopted the technology.
re: Cash will never die
yes but will it be Pounds Sterling, Euros or something else - at current economic climate I'd guess something else
Is it me...
...or is this the most retarded idea ever?
How often do you go out and accidentally forget your phone / have it go flat / lose it / have it stolen / get it accidentally lodged in an orifice?
Stop. Hammertime.
Please make a note:
That your credit/debit card and the cash in your pocket never run out of power.
I'll stay with cash and off the grid, thanks.
This is NFC = Near Field Communications technology, essentially the same priniciple by which Oyster cards work (i.e. no battery!). In other words, it should work OK even on a flat phone - you would probably need power to be able to upload money to the e-Wallet though.
Niche meats niche
Great. So if I take out a Barclaycard account, and take out an Orange contract, then I'll have an option to get a specific Orange-rebranded handset that will contain an ecash chip, which will be accepted by precisely 2 fast food chains in Central London only. And maybe a free water chute commute home.
Niche x niche x niche = no-one uses it
Hopefully enough Tier 1 co's will put their muscle behind a public standard, that everyone will subscribe to, and everyone will use. Or perhaos someone like Tesco will start accepting Oyster in central London stores, and the momentum will carry. Otherwise, it's yet another dead duck.
Nope, this isn't mobile payments
This is basically the same as carrying a contactless Barclaycard, but stuffed inside your mobile phone. There's no "e-wallet" planned at the moment, and this really isn't actual mobile payment. It's just a Barclaycard. On a SIM. Deep joy.
You'll only be able to make contactless payments for things that cost less than a tenner. Your Oystercard (also in the phone, natch) will have to be charged at an Oyster terminal. You'll have to enter your PIN into the phone every few transactions to verify it's still you that has it.
Basically, this is a really stupid idea. You will have to carry your Barclaycard with you *anyway*, because not that many places have contactless readers and you can't use the phone to buy anything over £10, but now your phone is a much more tempting target for thieves.
@Nicholas Wright: no, they won't need to cover that under the insurance because it's exactly the same from the point of view of the Consumer Credit Act as having your credit card lost or stolen. The consumer isn't liable, unless you count "liable to get stabbed in the face for waving their phone/free cash for thieves around on the Tube".
@Paul: it's not the most stupid idea ever, but it has to make the Top 20.
@Max: It will still work even when the phone is switched off. It won't work with a *completely* flat battery, but "battery insufficient to run the phone" and "battery completely flat" are in no way the same thing in this context.
@Jerome: No, this is not an e-wallet, this is not a new Mondex, there is no "cash" on the phone. It's a Barclaycard - just like any other but effectively superglued to a mobile phone - the contactless facility of which can be used to make micropayments. There is nothing even slightly interesting about it from a consumer perspective and certainly nothing terribly revolutionary from a technology perspective.
This has been tried, several times before, and nobody has ever cared.
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ogling or staring at desirously, imagining sex. usually with a hot or rather spiffy member of the opposite or same sex. (which ever you prefer)
Me and brandon definitely had eye sex last night at the basketball game.
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When you establish eye contact with an opposite sex hotie in a bar or party for a long enough period of time that you know you might not come back home alone at the end of the night.
-Dude! I just hade eye-sex with this hot girl! You've got to come with me and take care of her friend!
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The kind of relationships between two same-sex persons (occasionally happens in TV-shows) that gives to girls all over the world a gulp of desire and this sweet madness every time their beloved characters do this. Sometimes fandom can be born just from the eye-sex.
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- Zippered pockets: right rear drop-in; right thigh drop-in with internal key loop; both with polyester mesh for drainage
- Gusseted crotch for ease of movement
- Available in three inseams: short, 30˝; regular, 32˝; long, 34˝
- 3.4-oz 100% nylon taslan with a DWR (durable water repellent) finish and 50+ UPF sun protection
Gender: Men's
Material: Lightweight nylon-taslan
Fit: 32" inseam
Season: S14
Vendor ProductId: 55029
Review ProductId: 28503