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How many of you have "hacked" GTD?
I think most people who have been using it for long enough have used the GTD principles and adapted them to their own lives. That's the benefits of principles rather than rules. For example, someone who works from home on their own doesn't need the standard set on contexts, but contexts of some description can still be useful. If you join Connect, even for a trial, you'll see a wide gamut of different systems in use.
Originally posted by bcmyers2112 View PostI'm curious: how many of you feel you are doing GTD "out of the box" like me, and how many of you have combined GTD with other methods or have in some way "hacked" GTD? In either case, what does that look like for you?
So if you change the contexts to suit yourself is that hacked? Or just natural adaptation of GTD principles?
My closest to hacked would be the fact that projects for me can span a much longer timeframe than a single year. Many cases single projects have actions that can only be completed in sequence and at certain times of the year so the entire project may take several years, or decades to complete. But that is the nature of farming. So does that make it hacked or again, using GTD principles in a different field?
Originally posted by bcmyers2112Maybe "hacked" wasn't the right word. Or at least it's too imprecise.
I'm interested in knowing how many people have:
a) Incorporated other methodologies with GTD, like Franklin-Covey, Pomodoro, Don't Break The Chain, etc.
b) Have come up with their own "innovations." Adding priority codes to next actions, dispensing with contexts, things like that.
While I have been consistent with my weekly review for 2-3 months, my day-to-day work has been much more sporadic. I have been recently (i.e., 7-10 days) tweaking my system to ensure more consistency, and your mention of Don't Break the Chain has given me an idea: use that to ensure I don't fail to start the day out right.
My ideal morning routine: upon waking, recite my primary motivations (phrased as suggested by The Sedona Method) and a few quotes that reinforce them; upon logging in, access my GTD system (in Emacs) and mark three bigger items that will move their respective projects closer to completion with a priority of A; begin tackling Next Actions.
When I follow that routine, I do pretty well; I feel like I have made good progress at the end of the day.
I sometimes also mark items in my agenda with a B or C if I want to get them done that day, then I consider my available time and energy to help choose what to do next. Sometimes I choose a priority task and sometimes I don't.
I'm going to start using the Don't Break the Chain method to help me stay on track in the morning. Thank you for suggesting it!
My primary "hack"
While I use GTD-style contexts per the "GTD Outlook Setup Guide" in my home system, I find this is less useful at work since I am essentially always in a single "context," or can be at a moment's notice if needed. As of late I've found it much more useful and intuitive to group my work tasks by urgency as recommended by Michael Linenberger in his 1MTD and MYN systems.
1MTD vs. MYN
Completely compatible with a GTD-style workflow, the MYN system basically makes up my Next Action lists, with urgency zones rather than contexts.
My use of GTD is pretty much by the book, but with contexts that suit my particular job. However, I do find the pomodoro technique very useful when I get stuck and can't get going with something. I have a timer on my desk that I use for those situations to break through the procrastination and just start something, if only for 30mins (or whatever I set for myself). The forums are a brilliant place to pick up tips and tricks for adapting GTD to suit how you work and how you think.
GTD thinking vs GTD process
Originally posted by bcmyers2112I'm interested in knowing how many people have:
a) Incorporated other methodologies with GTD, like Franklin-Covey, Pomodoro, Don't Break The Chain, etc.
b) Have come up with their own "innovations." Adding priority codes to next actions, dispensing with contexts, things like that.
Thanks for the interesting thread.
I believe each great author shows us some shortcuts for our thinking, that get us to see things in a different way. Shortcuts which, once you know them, you can no longer ignore (even if you don't practice any rule about them).
GTD got us for instance to re-think commitments, stress, and their management. Got us to re-think the "atomic structure" of activity based upon projects, desired outcomes and purpose. Got us to re-think action-oriented, decisions vs actions. And much more... New stuff! Great stuff!
In this way, DA is a hell of an author, and made a clear breakthrough in the arena.
But GTD has a particularly weak point: the implementation is a bit shalow, underestimating effort vs results. De-railing with GTD is just so common with so many people... I feel GTD's process is a bit too much towards the "evangelism-side": you have to go to church every sunday, or it won't work. I know everybody keeps saying GTD sticks, but I think that what sticks is the GTD thinking, not the process, not the mechanism. It's just too un-natural.
Conceptually strong, no elegance in the implementation. Clearly needs a GTD 2.0 version, more "user friendly", more "mac" .
Finally, to answer, my personal productivity system is a mix with some GTD thinking bases, with some "hackings" and "must-have add-ons" that make the whole system more complete, like:
- more graphical representation of items with rich visual emotional day to day guidance (no "linear GTD lists")
- mental ergonomics practices (focus, productive mental states, etc)
- a lot of decision-making concepts and motivational concepts (including good exploration of procrastination and unblocking tricks, frequently much more important than the organizing of your lists)
- highest horizons perspectives are much more towards "feelings" rather than "goals" or "areas" and include value alignment guidance / mission investigation and updating (which I know is kind of included in GTD and MIAW but in a quite superficial way in my understanding)
Hope to have added some value do the intended discussion. (felt detailing hacks would make too long an answer, glad to share if anyone interested)
Goncalo Gil Mata
GTD is about thinking.
Originally posted by goncalomata View PostBut GTD has a particularly weak point: the implementation is a bit shalow, underestimating effort vs results. De-railing with GTD is just so common with so many people... I feel GTD's process is a bit too much towards the "evangelism-side": you have to go to church every sunday, or it won't work. I know everybody keeps saying GTD sticks, but I think that what sticks is the GTD thinking, not the process, not the mechanism. It's just too un-natural.
Originally posted by goncalomata View PostConceptually strong, no elegance in the implementation. Clearly needs a GTD 2.0 version, more "user friendly", more "mac" .
Originally posted by TesTeq View PostNo elegance in implementation? Because GTD is not about implementation.
Don't get me wrong: GTD changed my life for the last 10 years. Big fan! Of the thinking. The process... hummm... not so much.
Gon�alo Gil Mata
Originally posted by bcmyers2112May I ask what those are?
I'm curious because I've had to change the way I think about contexts to suit my lifestyle. So many of the activities that would have fallen under @Computer can now be accomplished via multiple devices (PC, laptop, iPhone, Kindle Fire). So rather than use contexts that are tied to a particular device, I use ones like @Email and @Web. @PC and @Laptop are reserved for tasks which require software which resides solely on one of those devices.
@NBIROS (in house database)
My office list is by far the longest, and is my catch-all list for the items that don't fit into the other categories. I have found that the other contexts work well due to my needing to have a bit more time for the items that are in them, or to be in the right frame of mind. The minutes context is for writing up the minutes of meetings for which I am the secretary (I am secretary for 9 committees so there's lots of them to do!) I have to have both enough time and energy to be able to work on these so it makes sense to put them on a separate list. Most of my website work is done in Dreamweaver or directly in the html so it's good to go at these in batches when I can get my head into the coding. The database context is data entry, so again batching the tasks makes sense.
Hope this is helpful!
Good questions, thks for that.
1. about discipline:
Originally posted by bcmyers2112I've not found GTD to require an excessive amount of discipline. In fact I've found that *not* doing GTD is actually harder in the long run.
Gon�alo Gil Mata
about good systems
Originally posted by bcmyers2112I'm not sure what you mean by a "really good system."
- focus management: how trustful is your system with enabling you to make the right choice for your focus / how well does the system protect you from non-paced new inputs if you need deeper concentration? / how well does it allow for a more playful and light but yet productive atmosphere if that's what you feel like / how pertinent is your visual representation of tasks (i.e. you don't see tasks that you don't need to see)
- control: how well does it address your need for the safety of knowing how everything is going / how well does it enable easy status reporting with minimal review effort / how well does the system make clear that you are procrastinating when you are doing so, enabling you to detect and unblock valuable tasks
- direction: how well is the system moving you towards what you want to achieve, avoiding energy spending in tasks that are less critical for your desired outcome / how well does your system keep present that your outcome is more about what you want to be feeling all the time than what you want to accomplish (which we do in order to feel something)
A good personal system would achieve this with minimal use of discipline, favouring naturally appealing procedures.
Gon�alo Gil Mata
Originally posted by TesTeq View PostNo elegance in implementation? Because GTD is not about implementation. Did anybody ask Albert Einstein about an elegance of the implementation of his famous E=mc2 equatation?


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Weight of commuting bikesMy current bike weighs 15 kg and is 8-10 years old with a bearing bb I'm worried if I get a new bike/lighter better bottom bracket faster wheels ect I wont get as much of a work out? I don't want to put on weight with a new bike???? Any advice?
Re: Weight of commuting bikesRide further or aim to reduce your times for the same distance. Find some hills. Eat less.
Something there should do it for you. ...whatever the road rules, self-preservation is the absolute priority for a cyclist when mixing it with motorised traffic.
London Boy 29/12/2011
Re: Weight of commuting bikesCan have a heavy bike and still put the weight on and not have a hard workout. Regardless of bike, it is up to you to decide the intensity of your ride. I found going from a heavier bike to a lighter bike, I actually enjoyed my riding much more, tended to push myself a bit more too as it was more enjoyable. As a result I started losing the k's.
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+1 I went from a Trek hybrid (~15-16kg) to an alu Oppy (~10kg), and I find I enjoy it more and push myself harder
Well, I haven't got there yet. Something to do with eating too much crap The calorie expenditure difference between a lighter bike and a heavier one would be stuff all. You're still carting your mass and whatever you're carrying. For me it's 85kg or me and about 5kg of backpack. Plus the 10kg of bike makes roughly 100kg, or ~105kg for the hybrid. That's only 5%-odd difference. Not going to gain a whole lotta weight based on that. Cheers, Dave
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Oh eat less its that easy ...thx
Re: Weight of commuting bikes"It doesn't get easier; you just get faster†- Greg Lemond
You'll have more fun on the lighter bike, and you'll ride more. Win-win! John
Re: Weight of commuting bikesget the new bike and ride the long way. it will take the same amount of time!
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Can't disagree with this at all. Your efficiency is greater on a lower weight bike, but the nature of gears is that you control the effort in the ride. You can start aiming for more big ring riding on hills, faster times or faster speeds. I personally feel that more efficient bikes are much more enjoyable to ride at the END of the ride, rather than the middle. The more efficient the bike, the easier it is to ride when you're absolutely knackered (bad nutrition, bad sleep, or hard day at work can do it). That keeps you in the saddle and wanting to continue riding, which is way more important.
Re: Weight of commuting bikesi ride a 15kg MTB on my commutes. the "you'll ride more" thing doesn't work on a fixed commute - actually, i already lengthen mine to get more riding in.
as i use a lot of shared paths, i consider a slower bike to be a safety feature.
Re: Weight of commuting bikesMy commute bike is 15kg dry. By the time I add a water bottle and panniers it is usually somewhere between 20 and 27kg.
Once you can climb hills on a bike it's all downhill.
Hopefully I'll know what that's like..... one day.
Re: Weight of commuting bikesFor what it's worth, the Trek 7.3 Hybrid I bought 6 months ago and already relegated to "ride down the shops" duty due to upgradeitis, weighs in at 11.73kg with pedals, bike computer, metal bottle cage and a "comfort" saddle that is at least 100-150g heavier than the one that came with the bike. I'm guessing it weighed in at ~ 11.5kg when it left the factory. BTW, it didn't take me long to realise that comfort saddles are anything but after a couple of hours... I broke in a Specialized Toupe on this bike and moved it to my roadie when I upgraded. 198g of comfort!!
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I just broke a Toupe (the carbon reinforced (yeah right) plastic chassis) luckily there was a large choice of saddles in the marketplace and I now have the comfort of riding on an SMP. 2008 Specialized SWorks Roubaix SL - Zipps - Campag - Nuff Said
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Re: Weight of commuting bikesLynskey Dry weight 7.9kg.
Rack and panniers today 21.4kgs. And without exagerating 2kg of that are the locks and cables.
Re: Weight of commuting bikesRunning light panniers today... 7kg so all up 22kg today.
Once you can climb hills on a bike it's all downhill.
Hopefully I'll know what that's like..... one day.
Re: Weight of commuting bikesRunning light panniers today... 7kg so all up 22kg today.
Once you can climb hills on a bike it's all downhill.
Hopefully I'll know what that's like..... one day.
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I would agree but the temptation is for a new bike... Do you use disc brakes? Never had them before... Wondering how important they are... I commute in all weather including thunder storms.
Re: Weight of commuting bikesI went from commuting on a slickshod hardtail MTB with discs to a roadie. My first decently wet ride had me checking out disc equipped dropbar bikes as soon as I got to work.
Your first wet ride on disc brakes will convince you that they are the best commuter item you can get. No waiting for the pads to scrape the rims dry enough to provide retardation in a Jesus moment while your eyes and rectum expand to dinner plate size... Check out the Kona Honky Inc or Meridas CX bike and search the forum for owners. I'm 100% sure they will back me up. Disc brakes rawk! ...whatever the road rules, self-preservation is the absolute priority for a cyclist when mixing it with motorised traffic.
London Boy 29/12/2011
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Tell me about it. Since I got my Lynskey Cooper CX, it has rained about 50% of the time I have used it! No more brown trouser moments in the wet, but I have had a couple of close calls with "purple ice". That stuff is slippery, even with a rolling speed of 2km/h! Yesterday was a fun ride into work. Went under the M2 at Beecroft into what I thought was only shallow surface water. Instead, I found the bike in water that was up to the bottom bracket, and i had 50m of it to ride through! My feet go a bit soggy, being underwater for half the pedal stroke! '11 Lynskey Cooper CX, '00 Hillbrick Steel Racing (Total Rebuild '10), '09 Electra Townie Original 21D
Re: Weight of commuting bikesI have a mountain bike that i set up with panniers for commuting. I now hate it because it is so heavy. And i have a road bike that i also put the panniers on hate : it too. Now i have reverted to a backpack, and i am also deciding to buy a new road bike now.
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What's purple ice? You gotta go faster through the puddle and just lift your feet up as you coast through Xtracycle, Surly Long Haul Trucker, Bike Friday New World Tourist, Giant TCR, 9:zero:7
Re: Weight of commuting bikesThorn Raven Nomad base weight 19kg, add clothes, shoes and rain gear ontop. No panniers mind you, I've got carradice saddlebag. But I think it's pulled my nose of my saddle up
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Yeah you see i'm looking at the merida T3 at the moment... But I say to myself disc brakes could save my life... What is the price of that??? I've test rode disc brakes in the dry and was amazed. I use a backpack and have a heavy lock. I've gone from wanting a a road bike (to dangerous with skinny tyres/braking power/sliding in the wet) to a fast communter and now I want disc brakes with the 52/11 gear ratio... I can understand the need for panniers sometimes but avoid them if possible...
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Well, tis a bit hard when the puddle is lke this: Purple Ice....otherwise known as Jacaranda Flowers dropped all over the ground. When it gets wet it turns to sludge that has zero friction. It is like trying to ride a bicycle on an ice rink. '11 Lynskey Cooper CX, '00 Hillbrick Steel Racing (Total Rebuild '10), '09 Electra Townie Original 21D
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It's ok, we in Brisbane understand. MOST of my commute path was under water in January for a few days...
Re: Weight of commuting bikesgood photo!! and I'm glad I don't come across much purple ice then!
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UPDATED 8:52 PM EDT Aug 30, 2013A two-toned lobster caught in the area of Owls Head has a new home at the Gulf of Maine Research Institute.
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(十尾, Jūbi)
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Manga | Chapter #467 | ||
Anime | Naruto Shippūden Episode #205 | ||
Movie | The Last: Naruto the Movie | ||
Game | Naruto Shippūden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Revolution | ||
Appears in | Anime, Manga, Game, Movie | ||
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Status | Incapacitated | ||
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The Ten-Tails (十尾, Jūbi) is a primordial demon tied to the legend of the Sage of the Six Paths, divided by the Sage during his final moments into the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path and the nine tailed beasts. The Ten-Tails is considered to be both creator of the world and the herald to its end if ever be revived.[3] Obito Uchiha's ultimate ambition, which was created and designed by Madara Uchiha,[4] the Eye of the Moon Plan, is to capture and merge all nine of the tailed beasts back into the Ten-Tails, and become its jinchūriki and then cast the reflection of his Sharingan on the moon, casting a genjutsu known as the Infinite Tsukuyomi which will put the entire world under his control.
Centuries before the founding of the hidden villages, the Sage of the Six Paths saved the world from the Ten-Tails. He managed to subdue the beast and seal it within his own body, becoming the first jinchūriki. However, this offered merely a temporary solution to the menace: in the event of his death, the seal would dissolve and the Ten-Tails would once again be unleashed upon the world. Knowing this, the Sage searched for a more permanent solution. Ultimately, the Sage succeeded by using his Creation of All Things ability to separate the Ten-Tails' chakra from its body and divide it into nine separate constructs that would later become known as "tailed beasts", scattering them throughout the world. As a final precaution, using Chibaku Tensei, the Sage entombed the physical remains of the Ten-Tails within a colossal stone prison and hurled it into the heavens, creating the moon.[5][6] The astonishing feat of not only successfully sealing the Ten-Tails, but also suppressing it, made the Sage a deified hero throughout the shinobi world.
Centuries later, the Rinnegan would once again manifest itself in one of the sage's descendants: Madara Uchiha. With his new power, Madara summoned the empty vessel of the Ten-Tails back into the world and named it the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.[7] Joined by Obito Uchiha, who continued his work after his natural death, Madara devised a means to reunite the Demonic Statue and the tailed beasts back into their one original form so he can use the Ten-Tails to enact his life-long objective: the Eye of the Moon Plan.
As noted by Kurama, the Ten-Tails lacks a consciousness to possesses feelings or ideals, thus making it impossible for those to sense it through such means as those that involve detecting negative feelings or malevolence, or even chakra. People in Sage Mode are best able to gain some sense of the beast's power, and even then it appears unmeasurable and overwhelming; Kurama likens the Ten-Tails to be an innate force of nature.[8]
Silhouetted prior to its introduction in the story line, the Ten-Tails is a cyclops-like humanoid in appearance with a conch shell-like upper body with long, spiked-like protrusions on its back. Its unique eye, taking up most of its head, has four concentric circles with nine tomoe in the three circles closest to the pupil. When seen in a flashback, the Ten-Tails' appearance was a bit more "crass". The spiky protrusions on its back were much higher, resembling a conch shell, and its tails were bushier.[2]
Due to being incomplete in its revival, with six tomoe in its eye instead of nine, the Ten-Tails appeared in what Madara and Obito revealed to be its larval stage. In its immature form, the Ten-Tails possessed a grotesque bulb-like body much larger than Gyūki and Kurama, with spiky protrusions growing out of its back, and a wide, cavernous mouth with multiple rows of sharp, pointed teeth, as well as a spiked chin. It had long arms and clawed hands, but no visible hind-legs. It also had dark veins similar to those of a plant all over its body, and the endings of its tails resembled leaf buds, which had been shown to unfurl as the beast matured.[9][10]
After further maturing, the Ten-Tails more closely resembles its humanoid silhouette from the flashback. Its bodily proportions are very elongated and emaciated with a twisting neck, yet it retains the spiked bulb from its previous form on its back. Its left arm is also missing at the elbow. Its facial appearance also changes greatly, growing a single ear on the right side of its head while the mouth moves to the left side as the teeth become straight. There are also horns on its head. The monster's tails now end with hands similar to the chakra arms formed by other tailed beasts.[11]
As the original form of all nine tailed beasts, the Ten-Tails was said to possess massive and overwhelmingly foul chakra that is potent enough to bring total despair and destruction to the world.[12] According to Kurama, not only is the Ten-Tails the source of all chakra, but is also the progenitor of everything that exists in this world. Kurama stated that it was a god that created countries and had the power to swallow oceans, split the land, and carry mountains. In addition, Kurama admitted that it alone wouldn't even stand a chance against the Ten-Tails, and stated that the Sage told them that its revival would result in the end of the world.[13] When Naruto Uzumaki attempted to use Sage Mode to gauge the power of the beast, he was overwhelmed by the vastness of the beast's power, which Kurama noted as immeasurable.[14] This was again reaffirmed when the beast's chakra completely warped the shape of the Sensing Water Ball in the Allied Forces HQ in both its initial and second forms.
As the source of the tailed beasts, the Ten-Tails can create a Tailed Beast Ball In its initial form, the ball was fired as an continuous beam, and it is powerful enough to overwhelm multiple Tailed Beast Balls from Gyūki and Kurama without losing momentum; all while still destroying six of Kurama's tails and causing a trail of destruction across the landscape.[15][16] In its second form, its Tailed Beast Ball took a unique, cone-like shape and gained an immense increase in range, firing speed and destructive power, capable of destroy mountains and cities with a single shot.[17]
Despite being in an incomplete state, the Ten-Tails possesses immense physical strength and is remarkably fast, despite its tremendous size, as it was able to attack and repel both Kurama and Gyūki before any of them could react.[18] It could even casually flick back a Tailed Beast Ball with one of its fingers.[19] The beast also has an extreme level of durability as it was unfazed from sustaining massive damage. A combined Tailed Beast Ball from Naruto and Killer B didn't even harm it.[20] A single roar from the Ten-Tails was strong enough to tear up the landscape around it.[21] In its second form, its tails become elongated arms, which are strong enough to break free from the various restraints created by the Allied Forces.[22] The beast also managed to easily smash through Kitsuchi's massive Earth Release: Sandwich Technique. It could also wrap its tails around its body to protect itself from extreme impacts. Obito noted that it could even withstand the backlash of his own Tailed Beast Ball fired at point-blank range, though Madara noted that the beast would still be wounded. The beast can also expand its tails in length and thickness to attack foes that are are out of distance, or to create physical barriers to defend itself.
Obito Uchiha was also able to use the beast as a medium for his Wood Release: Cutting Technique.[23]
Part II
Ten-Tails Revival Arc
Though only able to obtain bits of Gyūki and Kurama's chakra, Obito Uchiha begins the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path's regeneration into the Ten-Tails. As Madara Uchiha joins the fray, Naruto and Killer B attempt to wipe out the Demonic Statue with a massive Tailed Beast Ball to stop the Ten-Tails from being fully revived. Though the statue's chakra vanished after the attack, the allied ninja's victory was short lived as the Ten-Tails emerges from the settling smoke. With this, Obito echoed Kakashi's sentiments that it was in fact the end, of this world and not the battle. Elsewhere, though disappointed that he was not able to capture the Eight and Nine-Tails to complete the beast's revival, Madara casted this aside and noted that they needed to get on with the plan.
With the revival complete, Obito and Madara situated themselves atop the beast, from which two tendrils manifested and connected themselves to the two Uchiha. Not wanting to waste any time, Obito noted that he wanted to cast the Infinite Tsukuyomi immediately while Madara wanted to test the beast's power first. As the beast attacked Gyūki and Kurama, it quickly landed a blow on Kurama before the fox had time to retaliate. Landing on either side of the beast, Kurama and Gyūki launched a barrage of simultaneous Tailed Beast Balls at the beast only for the Ten-Tails to counter using one of its own, completely nullifying the oncoming attacks. After the dust cleared, a Naruto shadow clone and Kakashi appeared above the Ten-Tails where Kakashi released Gyūki who was preparing to launch a point-blank range Tailed Beast Ball.
Merely flicking the ball back at Gyūki with a finger, the beast prepares to crush Kakashi and Naruto beneath its tail, but only manages to dispel the shadow clone as Kakashi was pushed to safety. Afterwards, the Uchiha have the Ten-Tails prepare a Tailed Beast Ball to decimate their severely exhausted opponents but much to everyone's shock, it missed. It is revealed that control of the beast had been momentarily wrested from their control. With the battlefield now shrouded in mist and all sensory skills being jammed, the question of whether they thought they were hiding was raised. With a single swipe of its tail, the beast is able to dissolve the mist. Just then the Wind Release: Wind Cutter Technique is used to counter, and when the mist cleared, it is revealed that the rest of the Allied Shinobi Forces had joined the fray.
The Alliance launched a barrage of techniques in order to incapacitate the Ten-Tails, so that they could get to Obito and Madara. As the beast is subsequently immobilised in what was effectively cement, the two Uchiha commented that the effort is futile as the Ten-Tails began its metamorphosis into its mature form. Once fully matured, the Ten-Tails bursts forth from its prison and proceeds to devastate several towns, with the shinobi headquarters and everyone in it targeted as well. After wiping out the headquarters, Madara realises that Ten-Tails is becoming more troublesome to control as he allows Obito to assume command as only he can revive Madara into a living body, allowing him to become the beast's jinchūriki. Once in control, Obito uses the Ten-Tails to channel the Wood Release: Cutting Technique to decimate the Allied Forces with wooden stakes, with Neji Hyūga among the fatally wounded, before it is sandwiched between Kitsuchi's Earth Release: Sandwich Technique. When encouraging words from his friends kept Naruto from breaking, Obito ignoring Madara that he would injure the Ten-Tails wrapped the beast with its tails and prepared to annihilate the Allied Forces with a Tailed Beast Ball at close range. However, before the ball could be fired, Killer B transformed into the Eight-Tails charging his own Tailed Beast Ball, stuffed both into the Ten-Tails' mouth and detonated them, causing the beast to collapse in pain. After Naruto infused Hinata Hyūga with Kurama's chakra, she was able to deflect one of its tails before Naruto sent his shadow clones to repeat the process with other Alliance shinobi. Overwhelmed by the empowered Allied Ninja, the Ten-Tails was restrained by Shikamaru Nara and his Nara clan kinsmen. With Madara's influence, the Ten-Tails was able to resist the Shadow Imitation Technique and attempted to assault the Alliance shinobi with its tails, only to be stopped by their combined efforts. A group of many empowered shinobi then jumped towards the Ten-Tails, with Naruto wielding two Rasenshuriken leading the group, and two of the beast's tails were severed in the process. Naruto was able to force Obito to avoid his Rasenshuriken while Rock Lee attacked Madara, causing the two to lose their means of controlling the beast as they are forced to the ground.
- In the anime, the Ten-Tails was first shown with a red eye with tomoe, like the Sharingan, during its battle with the Sage of Six Paths. Then, when it was about to be sealed into the moon, its eye was purple like the Rinnegan but was missing the tomoe. Its figure and eye were corrected in episode 253.
- Deidarabotchi, also known as Daidarabotchi (ダイダラボッチ, Literally meaning: Giant), was a yōkai of titanic proportions in Japanese mythology. Kurama's explanation of how powerful the Ten-Tails is reflects Daidarabotchi's role in the formation of Japan's wilderness, such as the two peaks of Mount Tsukuba, according to Japanese myth.
- The name "Datara" may refer to Ippon-datara (一本ダタラ, Literally meaning: One-Legged Blacksmith), a one-eyed, one-legged blacksmith said to live deep in the mountains of Kumano. Myths vary on his nature as a yōkai or the fallen deity Ameno-me-Hitotsu. Either way, the legends say of Ippon-datara's ability to forge living things from metal that makes another reference to the Ten-Tails as the progenitor of the world.
- The Ten-Tails can be revived without fully collecting all nine tailed-beasts, having a fraction of the chakra of which is enough to revive it in an incomplete form.[24] However, even without the other tailed beasts the Ten-Tails will slowly become its former self, though it takes time for it to "mature" into its complete form, making it harder for Madara and Obito to control it as it does.
- The second form of the Ten-Tails head has three primary features: an eye, an ear and a mouth. This is possibly a reference to the maxim: "see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil", alluding to the fact that the beast is not inherently malevolent but is actually being used for nefarious purposes by the Uchiha men.
- In the genjutsu, Madara used to tell Obito the story of the Ten-Tails, the mural depicts the beast with six tomoe in its eye instead of the previously established nine.
- ↑ Fourth Databook, page 107
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Chapter 594, page 9
- ↑ Naruto chapter 594, page 2
- ↑ Naruto chapter 606, page 12
- ↑ Naruto chapter 467, pages 15-16
- ↑ Naruto chapter 510, pages 11-12
- ↑ Naruto chapter 606, pages 13-14
- ↑ Naruto chapter 610, page 5
- ↑ Naruto chapter 610, pages 2-3
- ↑ Naruto chapter 612, pages 18-19
- ↑ Naruto chapter 613, pages 4-5
- ↑ Naruto chapter 467, page 15
- ↑ Naruto chapter 594, pages 8-10
- ↑ Naruto chapter 610, pages 5-6
- ↑ Naruto chapter 610, pages 12-15
- ↑ Naruto chapter 611, page 10
- ↑ Naruto chapter 613, pages 7-15
- ↑ Naruto chapter 610, pages 10-11
- ↑ Naruto chapter 611, page 2
- ↑ Naruto chapter 609, pages 13-17
- ↑ Naruto chapter 610, pages 8-9
- ↑ Naruto chapter 613, pages 2-3
- ↑ Naruto chapter 614, pages 6-7
- ↑ Naruto chapter 594, page 5


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The Red Sox matched a club record with 18 wins in April. They began their May in similarly dominant fashion.
After cruising to a 10-1 win over the Blue Jays on Wednesday night, the Red Sox will look to take their seventh win in nine series this season as the clubs finish their three-game set on Thursday at Rogers Centre.
Boston has done it lately without Shane Victorino, who has missed the last week with lower back inflammation, averaging 7.5 runs.
"The guys have stepped in," said Victorino, who hopes to be back for Friday's game against Texas, though he could be placed on the 15-day disabled list. "[Daniel] Nava, [Mike] Carp -- guys who have got the playing time have done a great job. It's been fun, I've had my pom-poms cheering for 'em."
On the mound for the Red Sox on Thursday will be 35-year-old Ryan Dempster, who has been striking out more batters this season than at any point in his career. Dempster is fanning 12.9 batters per nine innings. His previous high was in 2005, when he struck out 8.7 batters per nine innings with the Cubs.
"Just a coincidence," Dempster said of the strikeouts. "The whole game is built off confidence. If you feel good, feel good about yourself and feel good about your stuff, you're going to go out there ready to get outs."
Dempster has never pitched at Rogers Centre.
The Blue Jays, without injured shortstop Jose Reyes, have struggled to find their groove.
Their offense ranks 28th in the Majors with a .231 batting average, while their pitching staff is 27th in the bigs with a 4.52 ERA.
"It's a tough division," said Toronto infielder Mark DeRosa, who called a team meeting Sunday to try to spark the clubhouse. "It's a tough AL East division, but there's no reason we can't get as hot as cold as we've been."
J.A. Happ will be on the mound for the Blue Jays on Thursday. The lefty has been using much more of his fastball and changeup this season, leaving his curveball and slider as reserve options as he's severely cut his walk rate.
Happ, who walked almost five batters per nine innings in 2010 and '11, has yet to walk more than three batters in a start this season. In 28 innings, Happ has 24 strikeouts to 11 walks with a 3.86 ERA.
Red Sox: Drew knocks first homer
• Jose Iglesias kept the seat warm at shortstop early on this season, hitting .450 before being demoted to Triple-A Pawtucket, where he's hitting .242. When Stephen Drew returned from a concussion, his bat was slow to come around.
Drew launched his first home run of the season Wednesday night, finishing 3-for-5 at the plate with two RBIs. It was the first multi-hit game of the season for Drew, who has seven RBIs in his last six games.
Blue Jays: Dickey and Johnson ailing, but on track
• Good news came back after a pair of MRIs revealed no major damage for starters R.A. Dickey and Josh Johnson.
Dickey, who has dealt with lingering back and neck soreness, has no structural damage and should start Saturday against the Mariners.
"Just a little inflammation, nothing bad. He threw a side out there and feels very good," manager John Gibbons said. "Even yesterday, before he had it, he said he was feeling much better."
Johnson, forced to miss his last outing with tightness in his right triceps, is on track to pitch Friday.
Worth noting
• Boston first baseman Mike Napoli hit a pair of home runs and drove in four runs Wednesday to retake the Major League RBI lead with 31.
• Red Sox designated hitter David Ortiz collected a hit Wednesday to extend his hitting streak to 22 games, dating back to last season.
• No current Blue Jays player has homered off Dempster. Edwin Encarnacion is just 1-for-11 lifetime off the Red Sox starter.
• Andrew Bailey will continue to serve as the Red Sox's closer, even with Joel Hanrahan's activation from the 15-day disabled list Tuesday.
Jason Mastrodonato is a reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter @jmastrodonato. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Depp and Carter... no involvement from Burton this time?
I like this trailer a little better, Depp looks a little more serious in this one. Of course, I don't have sound so he may not have actually BEEN serious but he sure looked it.
I also liked this trailer better than the teaser. The teaser didn't make me interested in seeing this. But this gave me a sense of the story and I liked it.
Agreed with all: Better than the teaser, but still not 100% sold. Horse in a tree?
Much better effort here, I think it might actually have some potential rather than being John Carter "The Western."
Look's Awesome . Just looks like pure fun. Johnny Depp rocks anyway so i'll check it out.
If nothing else, it looks fun. It will hold the attention of my kids, and I won't feel like a sucker ponying up the cash to see it.
Yeah I wasn't feeling this too much but now I'm in. Still don't like Depp as Tonto but he does bring a bit of humor to the role.
And no way this is better than John Carter but of course you all will pay for Depp
right same here the first teaser was no tease at all, now this one tells me it looks worth the time and money maybe..not to bad..