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Arizona College Prep Academy applied for a Charter Transfer in 2012. The Arizona State Board for Charter Schools approved that application. At that time, the charter for Arizona College Prep Academy was transferred to a new non-profit corporation, Collaborative Pathways. Collaborative Pathways has a Board that is responsible solely for the operation of Arizona College Prep Academy. With the transfer, ACPA separated entirely from Amerischools and is no longer affiliated in any way with that organization or the schools it operates. In 2013, ACPA relocated to a new and permanent location, 3434 E. Broadway. The Collaborative Pathways Board and the Faculty and Administration of ACPA are looking forward to continuing our tradition of opportunity, achievement and empowerment for our students and alumni while continuing to innovate, motivate and provide a top-notch, theoretically sound curriculum to our students. Please feel free to contact me for more information.
This school was able to give me the freedom of mind and the freedom of heart. While attending ACPA I was able to transform from my angry, frantic, scattered freshman self to the Student Council President my senior year. It took a lot of hard work and my teachers were able to help me out through the whole process. Something amazing about this school is the fact that the teachers are attentive to the needs of the student and meet the needs of the student. Which is helpful and beneficial to our students. I especially love Mr.Brower, who has helped me find the inner artist in me. Mr.Brower made sure that I could freely express myself. He also encouraged me to turn in my work and to become a better student. Through Mr.Brower's tutelage I was able to improve and more fully evolve into reaching my full potential. Mr and Mrs.Mendoza also helped me find my voice. Mr.Mendoza supplied the counter arguments to every argument that I made in order to let me think more thoroughly about my actions and thoughts. While, Mrs.Mendoza helped me in a kind and gentle way to become stronger and let me be myself. All in all, this school is great!
As a grandparent and community member, I appreciate the dedication of the staff and all of the opportunities they provide on a daily basis to help each student progress and succeed. Students are challenged to think critically and search for their own voice. That is very important in this day and age when it is so easy for teenagers to be influenced by pop culture and the media. I support their efforts and feel strongly that their level of achievement, community partnerships and graduation rate speak to their reputation and continuing success.
This school is driven to exceed at all costs. Even at the cost of your child's well-being. If your child is willing to put in 12 hours a day, ignore rest and fun so they can get a 4.25 GPA, they will love this school. Students are told to come in before school and work, to stay after and work and to work during lunch. I am not exaggerating. My son had to have surgery and missed 4 days of school. He was reprimanded for this. He was also marked down on his progress report, I kid you not, for not coming in BEFORE school in the morning to take advantage of study time offered by the school. He was told that he would never go to college because he liked to play basket ball during lunch. My son is an above average kid. He doesn't smoke or do drugs or play hours of video games. But more than one teacher has called him "an idiot" and he has been told numerous times he will never go to college. During History class they lectured a number of days on the evils of Disney movies, how they are racist and against women's rights. This school is ULTRA-LIBERAL! They will tell your kids what to believe and how to think. Faith is not encouraged. Not a good atmosphere. We are leaving.
Arizona College Prep Academy is an excellent school. Their dedication to educating my child is amazing. My son has and IEP and they work so diligently to keep him on track. I REALLY appreciate their efforts on his behalf!
ACPA has offered me a great environment in which to hone my craft as a teacher. Also, a wonderful professional team to push me. I love all of the clubs and activities we offer (music, robotics, knitting, frisbee, literary club, soccer, financial face-off, French club, are just a few). Our students amaze me every day. Our alumni are all over the country and world, and still very much active members of our Griffin community. Our results have been among the best in Tucson for well over a decade. Please check out our school if you are a student, or a parent of a student, serious about working towards college.
I am in 9th grade at Arizona College Prep, and I love it! The teachers are great; very helpful and knowledgable. Its very small, which keeps it as a warm, caring atmosphere, where everybody knows everyone else. The teaching is very individualized, tailored to each students needs, and the staff is willing to do almost anything to help you to understand. But not only do they teach us our necessary academic skills, they make sure we are prepared for life in and out of college, as more than just a scholar, as a person. I participate in Ultimate frisbee with Mr. Mendoza after school, and I really enjoy it. I am strongly looking forward to my remaining semester and 3 more years at this wonderful school!
Arizona College Prep is an amazing school. I have considered how to say how this school changes its students, and how many opportunities that the staff provides for these kids, but there is no other way to say it except what I think is true. An ACPA education does model college life, and at times, can be more challenging than college work. The teachers hold students to a higher standard than any other instructors I've met. Actually, they not only strongly encourage it, but they support students and help them find themselves. For kids who are open to everything available at this school, and driven enough to stick with studying, class work and extra activities, there are exceptional rewards. I am a graduate attending Smith College, with EXCELLENT scholarships because of my teachers at ACPA. To be honest, if I had gone to a different school I would still end up in a college. However, I would have never been awarded the aid I received, and I would not be attending Smith. That is only one success story that ACPA has helped create though. If you have the opportunity, ask the faculty about some of the awesome alumni. Ask about student life, what the teachers do and you'll see what I mean.
I am confused as to why there are reviews here from 2009 when the ACPA listed as "arizona college Pret Academy" just recently received their charter. They seem to be working the system renaming their school from Amerischool College Prep Academy with the same ACPA. to my knowledge they Amerischool....lost their charter and did public records show they did a poor job with their funding and even have many civial court cases to show this. Now with the same branding and the same people just switch funding and try again at the expense of the students. DO YOUR HOMEWORK PEOPLE
Lead by passionate educators who really "get" their student population, ACPA is changing the lives of high school students who need the intimate setting of a smaller setting to thrive. Each student is known by the teachers and accountable for their performace. Enrichment opportunities via community volunteer activities, internships and field trips allow the students to take their learning outside the classroom and put it into action. centrally-located, this school is along major bus routes and easy to get to with nearby amentities. Strong enthusiasm, positive feedback and graduates who prove the school is leaving a legacy in the lives of many.
my daughter has attended ACPA since the 2nd semester of her freshman year and she is now a senior. i gave her an opportunity to go to the school of her choice her freshman year and she chose sahuaro. i gave her one semester to prove to me that she would get good grades and she came home with 2 f's. i then enrolled her into a school of my choice and stumbled upon ACPA. im very happy i did. she has made such a huge improvement and now is about to graduate highschool but better yet, wants to attend college. she is now thinking about a future where education is important and i know that ACPA is a big part of that reason. The teachers, principal and even the front office lady are very open and easy to talk to. i have needed to talk to them on several occasions to voice any concerns i had and they were always open and willing to hear anthing i said. as a single mother, i appreciate that because i am glad that i have people on my side that care about my daughter and what she does with her life. i love the dress codes that they inforce, the classroom environments and even the lunch options that they have for my daughter. if you are considering to bring your child to ACPA, YOU SHOULD!
I've followed ACPA closely since its inception in 1998/1999. The teachers and staff have always adhered to the principle of offering the best education possible to every student in attendance. Their higher than average (95%) graduation rate for their seniors speaks to the efficacy of their teaching methods. The incredible, and personal synergy created by the caring teacher, and the student, prepares the young person far beyond a diploma. The student is helped to appreciate the life around them and how their part will help everyone around them. This grandfather has seen the effect of ACPA's educational leadership in their graduates years after their time in high school. The kids eyes have been opened to look at the world around them far differently than the usual public curriculum. Thank you ACPA!
I am currently a Student at ACPA and have attended it for three years. ACPA is truly a college Prep school preparing me not only for the academic challenges of going to college but for the social ways as well. With the small school environment each student gets a chance to achieve their personal best. Anyone looking for a College Prep experience should strongly consider ACPA. (Anyone not looking to go to college probably shouldn't)
Arizona College Prep Academy is an excellent school because it has the best staff and administration, the very best of the students, who want to show the world that everybody matters and everybody can make a difference in their communities and in their countries, with proper education and love and respect for each other.
I'm so pleased with the quality of the curriculum, and teachers at ACPA. The teacher involvement with the kids is simply outstanding. I would highly encourage any family desiring something a little bit extra for their children to consider this outstanding school. Thank you, ACPA!
From my experience at this school I have found that they, the staff, move slowly but thoroughly. They get you about 95-98% prepared for the AIMS and all the teachers work as a community. Their methodology for dividing the classes could use some work. The principal, who doesn't have to much time her hands, teaches the higher level English classes and the only problem I have with that is that MOST ALL of the assignments are highly subjective which is not conducive to a school environment, one of which was a study of the book called "The N word" where weeks were spent giving each other opinions about a document that quite honestly nobody in the class truly cared about. Personally, based on my observations, the school needs to teach the students to keep their opinions to themselves because by sharing an opinion you create conflict which does not make it easy to actually learn.
The school is basically a cult. If you dont conform to their way of thinking, youre an outcast. I left the school and succeeded much more than i did when i was there. The teachers want to brainwash you and not to think for yourself. Creativity and individuality are not welcome.
I spent all four years of my high school career at ACPA. As a student going into my junior year at the University of Arizona, and having designed my own interdisciplinary degree program, I can confidently say that ACPA was exactly what I needed to get my academic career on track. Thanks to the dedicated and academically diverse faculty at ACPA, I'm living a future I only once dreamed of. Parents, please strongly consider sending your kid to this school. You'd be doing a disservice to your child and to yourself by putting them in the failing TUSD system.
As a teacher recently retired from ACPA, I am thankful that my final years of classroom teaching were among teachers, staff, and administrators of such excellence. The opportunity to watch student's lives change through the efforts of a totally committed group of teachers was a real privilege. Wonders happen when the well-being of students is always first in the minds of teachers.
This was my first year at ACPA and I enjoyed it. When I first arrived I didn't want to be there at all. If your child is like me the teachers will do their best to get you to enjoy your time. If you don't like it they won't force you to like it. You face a rigorous yet manageable schedule. You face a feeling of community the moment you step into the building. The students help you figure out what to do. Scholarship time of the year was when I really started opening my eyes and seeing that TUSD was nothing compared to ACPA.
My son just graduated from High School. His performance went from a D - C Student to an A - B student. His attitude and behavior also changed for better and now he is ready for College. Thanks to the school and teachers efforts my son was able to accomplished this goal and now his future is brighter and better. Thanks Amerischools!!
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The Craft
Talking shop with handmade bike builder Chris Bishop
The piece of metal looks like something you'd find in any hardware store. It's a modest L-shape, like a plumbing pipe connection, only not as thick and clunky, its curves more sensuous. But it's still just a piece of metal--a steel lug, used to join two tubes together when building a bicycle frame.
Right next to it, though, rests something that used to look just like it, but now has come to life as an intricately cut object. Its curves are more dramatic and end in sharper points. Lines have been cut into it, creating an eye-grabbing detail. It still serves its purpose, only now it has a visual personality. It's structural material that's been transformed into a piece of functional art through the skilled hands and eye of a craftsman.
"I've been really into lugs lately," says Chris Bishop, the Baltimore-based handmade bicycle builder who hand-lathed the custom part. "Cutting them all out and what not."
It's one of many moments of understating competence from the cyclist and artisan who started Bishop Bikes in 2007. Standing in the basement workshop of his Charles Village home, the 35-year-old Baltimore native shows a reporter and a photographer the many, many, many steps involved in making a bike by hand. Soft-spoken, direct, and instantly affable, Bishop appears to guide himself through his shop by muscle memory. Over there is the fully adjustable sizing cycle, where a rider gets measured for determining the details of a frame and its components that get fed into a bike CAD program. Over there is the welding fixture where, after tubes get hand mitered, the frame angles are dialed in and the actual joints get welded with silver. Over there is the large lathe used for fabricating metal pieces used for fork crowns, custom lugs, etc. Bishop, clad in black jeans, a long-sleeved shirt, dark plastic glasses, and a Natty Boh hat, runs through how and what everything is used for with informal expertise.
Bishop estimates he's made about 50 bikes since he started, with the average build time around 60 hours. (He's a bike courier and legal researcher by day.) "A custom frame is basically a bicycle that's completely wrapped around an individual," Bishop says. Each bike is built to the physical dimensions of the rider, the type of riding the cyclist plans, and certain details, such as drop handlebars or a flat bar. The fit is designed to offer the optimal posture for interacting with the human-powered machine. When riding, "your knees should be bent between 25 and 35 degrees," he continues. "Your elbows should be bent between 15 and 25 [degrees], and when you plumb-bob off [the rider's] tibia in the front, it should cross within a centimeter of the spindle. It's really specialized, like a custom-tailored suit."
Bishop--who grew up working on bikes and racing BMX bikes, and in the 1990s was part of Marathon Express couriers, which had a bike shop attached to it--says he started considering frame-building after a former co-worker built a bike. "He and his girlfriend had a bike that he built, and he had his name on it," Bishop says. "And I was, like, I need to do that."
Bishop started by taking classes--first the week-long frame-building class at BREW Bikes in North Carolina in 2006, where Bishop learned about "metal fabrication and metal education and molecular structures and strengths and weaknesses of steel" before attending the Yamaguchi Bikes frame-building school in Rifle, Colo., an intensive two-week education in fabrication and fillet brazing where students build a bike in two weeks. He later attended the Serotta SICI personal fit course to learn how to size riders.
At first, Bishop says he was making a number of forks, perfecting his technique. "I've been working with my hands my whole life," he says. "I did carpentry work for years and my dad builds model toy trains at the highest level. Like, if you look at Model Toy Train Whatever, they have articles about him and stuff. So I grew up just building models for his trains. It's kind of all the same to me. It's hand-eye coordination, different materials, different scales, and just having a good eye. Then, there's just doing it and doing it and doing it and getting it exactly where you want it."
You don't have to be a bike nerd or snob to appreciate Bishop's creative labor as design porn. Bishop's track bikes possess an incredibly tight geometry--the clearance of, say, the rear wheel or the crank along the curved chainstays is centimeters close--and the subtle details are impressive. Fillet brazes on a recent build are invisibly smooth, and during this interview, he showed a frame in which the seat-post bolt stay had been incorporated into the seat tube, making it almost invisible.
Such touches are the markings of maturing as a builder. Over time "I think you also start getting more into the nuances of frame building," Bishop says. "And I get obsessive compulsive about things and start looking at what other builders have done in the past and just immerse yourself and be, like, this a cool technique, I want to try it out. And you just put your spin on it."
A custom bike can be expensive--frames typically start around $2,000--but remember what you're investing in. You're commissioning a piece of functional art that's made for you and you only. "That's the thing--when it's custom, it's like making a prototype every time," Bishop says. "That's one of the major expenses of the whole thing. You can build, probably, two or three bikes almost in the time you can build one custom frame--because it's all the same for every one. Every angle and every tube length is different for every person, so that takes time. So it's a lot of work, but you go in and every single tube and part is handpicked for the application of the rider."
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An Afternoon with Jean Renoir
To celebrate Jean Renoir's birthday (September 15), join us for a talk about his ceramics, which Dr. Barnes collected, and a screening of his cinematic masterpiece La Grande Illusion (1937). In this film, Renoir creates a tragic chamber drama of prison camp life and death in World War I, in which he uses the POW encampment as a microcosm of Europe, studying the interplay of a motley group of French officers forced to live together under the eyes of their German captors. A Q&A session follows the screening. In partnership with Bryn Mawr Film Institute.
2–2:15 pm introduction to Jean Renoir's ceramic work by Barnes docent
2:15–2:45 pm talk by Maurizio Giammarco, PhD, Intellectual Heritage Program, Temple University, exploring Renoir's cinematic technique, artistic tradition, cultural context, and historical perspective to inform and intensify the audience's engagement with these exceptional motion pictures.
2:45–4:40 pm La Grande Illusion screening
4:40–5 pm film discussion led by Maurizio Giammarco
Collection admission not included.
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This instructable will be an "addition" onto my previous one on how to make the LED cube itself. It can be found HERE.
For those of you that building my cube consider this the last few steps.
This instructable assumes you either know how a LED cube works or have built one yourself.
Also I assume that you have built a 4x4x4 cube (because that is what I have to take pictures of). however this will work with any cube if wired properly.
Note that the code and cube run on Arduino.
Things Needed:
- An LED Cube
- An arduino mega or uno, according to cube size
- Arduino IDE
- Computer
- A fair amount of patience and time
Video of code i wrote(Show 2):
Step 1: Setting Up Cube
However, we are going to change some things with the setup.
First off the transistors i used are not needed for these types of codes. Don't cut them, but just tuck the wires to the side and ignore them. They are still needed for some other codes.
In this setup run wires directly from the ground layers directly into Arduino. Notice in Photo one i just tapped into the ground solder lines that go to the transistor board. (Red trails are solder on other side)
Then the wire go directly into the arduino where the transistor board used to connect. (Photo 2)
I color coded them for easy connections.
The 16 Columns are all wired the same as they were before.
Find the part in the code that looks like this:
int LEDPin[] = {13, 12, 11, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 0, 14, 15};
int PlanePin[] = {16, 17, 18, 19};
The order the pins are listed changes the order they are in the code, so change this to fit your needs.
Once you have your cube set up properly move on to the next step.
tnx I love it
Did you ever figure out who wrote the original code? I made a web application for editing these animations, and I would like to know who to credit :)
I bought the parts to build this on ebay as a kit. The seller was from over seas. This is my first time doing one. Sounds like I built the cube backwards.
I have wires going directly to the Arduino Duemilanove. I don't have transistors. I believe I had (4) 2N3904 NPNs hooked up originally. Looking at that, do I need to use PNP Transistors instead; since it is wired backwards. Or is there a change that can be made in the code.
I appreciate the time, I have been pulling my hair out. Great instructable by the way.
I dont think in the long run the fact they are backwards will make much of a diffrence. Because the whole concept it to complete the circuit which is done either way.
Good, my code does not use any transistors.
Since it was a kit, did it come with any type of instructions? or its own code?
And thanks!
Ok, I built the cube, wired it all, started doing code. I can make a code for it to light top layer then 2nd, 3rd, 4th in order. I, however, cannot figure out what to write to do the columns, nor can I figure out how to write code to do each corner, also, is it possible to light one led at a time.
my layers are using anode (+) hooked to pins 13,1211,10, cathodes (-) are columns using pins 0-9 and 14-19. Arduino Duemilanove.
Here is first lines of code:
Please help.
Ok, from the info you have given, it sounds like a hardware problem to me. Because technically to light an entire layer the code would be
Which turns on all of level one.
The lines of code you have posted above, given the hardware is correct, would light single columns.
Think about it logically, every 1 stands for an on light, every 0 stands for an off on. Therefore to light up an entire layer, there must be at least 16 on, or 16 1's in the line of code.
What you have written above is the correct code to light up single columns. The fact they are lighting up entire layers says something is wrong with your cube wiring.
Things to try:
Make sure you are bypassing the transistors.
One thing that struck me was that "my layers are using anode (+) hooked to pins 13,1211,10, cathodes (-) are columns using pins 0-9 and 14-19." Because that sounds backwards... the layers should share a common ground(cathode) and the columns should share common anodes. However, this might not be influencing it as theoretically this might not matter...I honestly don't remember.
Make sure you set the code to go with your cube. Refer to step One.
Hope this helps!!!
I really want to have a working code before I build it as they're more expensive and time consuming.
What I want (plan) to do is as they're common anodes, the 16 columns will remain as normal, but I will make 12 layers instead of 4,
I.E TopRed, TopGreen, and TopBlue,
2ndRed, 2ndGreen, and 2ndBlue,
3rdRed, 3rdGreen, and 3rdBlue,
BottomRed, BottomGreen, and BottomBlue,
With this, I would be able to not only control a single LED, but also decide if it's red, green or blue or all 3.
Problem is I'm not very experienced in Arduino and don't know how to do this.
If you or anybody you know would be able to help me or point in the right direction, that would be fantastic, I'd *LIKE* to keep the code in the B000, B000, B000.. etc format but if it's impossible so be it. I'd also not rather use any other IC's besides the arduino. Basically I want to know how to write a code for a 4x12 LED cube.. If you could help that would be appreciated.
Well ten you will be happy as I am making one right now! I am following chrs instructable, but I hope to make one for complete beginners guide and explain everything further In depth. Hopefully with some better schematics too.
I am sure there are many other methods of accomplishing the same thing.
In my 5x5x5 cube I put all of the LED cycling code into an interrupt routine which is called based on a timer. This way I can be sure all of the LEDs will appear the same brightness since the 'on' LEDs will have the exact same duty cycle without using any busy-loops (i.e. delay(x) routines).
I also abstracted the code so the software has simple set and check routines ( like: setOn(x,y,z), setOff(x,y,z), isOn(x,y,z), isOff(x,y,z) where the x, y, and z are which LED in the three dimensions you wish to access).
Then I can show a ball bouncing in the cube, or filling up with rain, or a snake roaming around inside it, etc. always changing directions based on the pseudo-random number calculator. I can have letters scrolling through the cube received from the serial port (which requires more LEDs than your 4x4x4). It allows a more traditional programming than sets of pre-defined canned images.
As I said before, lots of ways to do it, each has its advantages and disadvantages.
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haha not at all
its just funny you make a thread about me, when i clearly said one thing about the amanda todd thing apprently if someone dissagrees with you, you must make a rant and try to prove why your right and were wrong, haha and im sorry pornstars are still human beings just like this girl is, alot of people have done shit wrong in their life doesn't make it right to call someones a slut when their dead and shit haha, and actually i brought it up because i find it funny your making a rant about me, when pretty much not even couple months ago you were the ones making the jokes about little girls and the scrilla dick thing, but now its diff since im talking about pornstars how they show tits and make mistakes just like amanda did even tho i never said it was right for her to do it but she shouldn't be rediclued after shes dead. but good job buddy get dat green rep bro.
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i guess you're still butt hurt about the post about jail bait not so long ago, and thats when you messaged me about my grandma, damn but you must really not like this amanda todd girl.
What a embarrassing response by you, first you make things up when you have no arguments like that I am butthurt about something I didn't response to for 3 months (and still would not mention it if you haven't posted about it) what is actually the opposite of being butthurt and after you realized that your post makes no sense at all you come up with "haha not at all". If that's true why do you mentioned it in the first place? And after you realized that was stupid and don't know what else to post you come up with random nonsense "you must really not like this Amanda Todd girl"
Yeah right, everybody who disagrees hates this girl so I guess by your logic everybody who agrees must be in love with Amanda Todd? Do you realize how retarded it sounds?
Then I noticed something you posted today out of the blue in the Amanda Todd thread
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that means you take the pussy route and instead of replying to me in this thread you spam in the other thread waiting for me to reply. Pathetic
And speaking of that thread 3 months ago. If I remember you was the one who posted that you was not so serious about me so we both realized that we took it too far and we both made up and haven't communicated since then on this forum and now all of sudden you come up with nonsense how we have some kind of beef in this forum because you don't have a better response.
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It was a lot like Ron Paul's newsletters, except with 100% fewer predictions of race riots and 50% more fawning over the good doctor's foreign policy views.
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On February 7, an attorney for Paul filed a complaint with the World Intellectual Property Organization, an agency of the United Nations–an organization Ron Paul likes about as much as he likes the Federal Reserve–demanding control of the RonPaul.com domain.
What's happening here? Is Paul becoming a statist who sends his supporters "off to a UN tribunal" as claimed by RonPaul.com? Will he now sell his books exclusively for Ameros?
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Rob Zulan: "Ron Paul, Don't become like Metallica alienate your fan base by trying to sieze RonPaul.com [sic]. Take the offer for the free domain name RonPaul.org and apologize to RonPaul.com. We don't expect you to be fully competent with Internet technology at your age, and maybe it's your lawyer who filed without your knowledge or understanding. God knows that lawyers are the scum of the earth. They don't understand how anything works and are the first to take action (cough… cough… Obama)."
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Chad: You've profited on someone else's name, appearance, and wealth. Now, you're mad that RP is forced to go directly to the managing authority. I wish we could just settle it without government intervention, because you'd get the beat down you deserve. I would wish you luck, but I hope you lose… badly.
Maybe it is ironic that Ron Paul is using the UN to grab a domain name from his supporters, but it's not as hypocritical as it seems. Anyone who registers a domain name agrees to abide by the rules set out by Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), a private non-profit that has designated the UN's WIPO as the arbiter of domain trademark disputes.
In other words, anyone who registers a domain subjects themselves to a "UN tribunal."
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Though with that statement I think that he meant that if Itachi knew about his secret(which I believe was Izanagi) he would've most likely come up with a plan that would have actually overcome Izanagi. Or that if he didn't have Izanagi he could've been dead though I'm more inclined to believe he would've made a plan that wouldn't fail due to Obito's Izanagi.
As for the whole vs thing with knowledge, I do believe Itachi has what it takes to pull off a win. Though he doesn't have technique to continously spam Obito with for 5 mins, the techniques that he does have are practically techniques that might force him to use Izanagi if he's hit by them. The problem in Itachi's case is landing a hit but through the use of those explosive shadow clones, he should be able to pull it off by causing confusion.
As for genjutsu, not sure how this'll work out since they're both highly skilled with it. Itachi's was shown through all the variations he had with it and Obito's through the few that he was shown to have used that were also good enough to even place a perfect jinjuuriki under his control.
It's also important not to forget that if Obito does warp Itachi in the manga, it'll practically just change the battlefield. If he still plans to kill him, then he'll have to go into his dimension himself to fight Itachi the same way he had been fighting with him previously. If he just keeps him in there, then he would have trouble when he engages in combat against other opponents since Itachi might still be waiting for him in the other dimension just incase he chooses to send some of his body parts into the other dimension to become "intangible".
In 1v1 fights we have at the base, we don't include other shinobi so if Obito warps someone, it would count as a win here since the opponent won't be able to come back. Pretty much as if those two were the last two people on earth. In the manga, even if he warps someone, it won't be a win if they'll still cause problems in fights that he could engage with against other people.
In other words, MS Obito didn't have a powerful offence that would get rid of an opponent for good(excluding Mokuton). Mokuton could be more than useful against Itachi's Susanoo if he uses it to attack from below.


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We realized that these are pictures that we'll have for a LIFETIME, so we wanted quality work done. When we checked with friends and their experience with photographers, we found that 6-8 weeks was common in getting photos back from their photographers (so not sure why Jennifer R is all up in arms?).
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