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Kurama (九喇嘛, Kurama), more commonly known as the Nine-Tails (九尾, Kyūbi), is a tailed beast currently sealed within Naruto Uzumaki of Konohagakure. The fox was first sealed into Mito Uzumaki after the battle at the Valley of the End, then into Kushina Uzumaki after Mito's death.
Kurama first came into being in the waning days of the Sage of the Six Paths, who used his Creation of All Things ability to separate the Ten-Tails' chakra from its body and divide it into nine separate constructs in order to ensure that it would never resurface after his death.[6][7] Some time after being created, the Sage sat down with all the young tailed beasts and told them that they would always be together even when separated, and that one day they would become one entity again with different names as well as forms than they did then when the time came for them to understand what true power is.[8] Over the centuries, Kurama has gained a reputation as an age-old natural disaster, appearing suddenly out of nowhere to attack areas that have breeding grounds for the darkest aspects of human nature.[9][10]
At one point during the time of the formation of the shinobi villages, the Gold and Silver Brothers of Kumogakure were assigned to capture Kurama, but they were both swallowed whole by the fox. However, the two brothers managed to survive and gain some of its power by eating the flesh of its stomach for two weeks, which caused Kurama to regurgitate them.[11][12][13]
After that event, when Madara Uchiha defected from Konoha, he used his Sharingan to control and use Kurama to help him fight against Hashirama Senju, the First Hokage, to exact his revenge. The battle was so great, it created a vast crater that later became known as the Valley of the End. Despite being in control of Kurama, Madara was defeated and was believed to have died.[14] After the fight, Hashirama's wife, Mito Uzumaki, sealed Kurama within herself, becoming its first jinchūriki.[15]
For over the period of the first two Shinobi World Wars, Mito kept Kurama at bay except on one event when the seal had begun to weaken as she was going through childbirth.[16] Towards the end of her life, Mito passed on this status and responsibility to another member of her clan, Kushina Uzumaki, who later became the wife of Minato Namikaze, the Fourth Hokage. Though Kushina was terrified with the responsibility of containing Kurama, Mito assured her successor that the fox's malice was powerless against her love.[17]
Twelve years before the start of the series, after the end of the Third Shinobi World War, the Third Hokage and his wife made preparations to ensure that Kurama would remain sealed within Kushina as she gave birth to Naruto. However, despite keeping her childbirth a secret, Tobi discovered Kushina's location, killed her escorts and managed to break the seal, seizing control of Kurama.[18] Since Kushina survived the extraction, Tobi tried to have Kurama kill her before Minato got her and their son to safety. Soon afterwards, Tobi summoned Kurama into Konoha and ordered it to destroy the village.[19]
While Kurama was rampaging in the village and decimating the shinobi forces that tried to repel it, Minato managed to place a Contract Seal on Tobi during their fight to free the fox from the masked man's control. Before Kurama could annihilate Konoha out of sheer revenge, Minato summoned Gamabunta on top of the fox, and later teleported it to Kushina and Naruto's location, while letting its Tailed Beast Ball detonate away from the village. Soon afterwards, Kushina used her chakra chains to subdue Kurama, planning to seal it back inside her before she dies. However, Minato, knowing that Kurama would revive without a host and a threat Tobi still was to the village, came up with a different plan to give Konoha the means to combat Tobi if he should ever attack the village again.[20]
Since Minato himself couldn't fully seal Kurama as it was, he used the Dead Demon Consuming Seal to seal its Yin chakra within the death god and then prepared the Eight Trigrams Seal to imprison the fox, along with its Yang chakra, within Naruto.[21] Kurama realised Minato's intention and attempted to stop the process by killing Naruto while Kushina was weakened, but both the parents sacrificed themselves to protect their newborn child and complete the sealing, with Kurama cursing the pair during its last moments of freedom.[22]
In the anime, it was revealed that Kurama had left behind large amounts of its chakra during the attack. Kazuma collected and sealed the chakra within his own son, Sora, hoping to make use of its power for his own agenda.[23]
Kurama is characterised as cynical and shrewd, with a distinct sense of honour and pride. It uses 'washi' (ワシ) when referring to itself, which is generally used by older men. In a flashback, it is revealed that Kurama cares greatly about the Sage of the Six Paths, viewing him with great respect for the way he treated the tailed beasts and even shed tears after the Sage had imparted his final words to them.[8] However, this sentiment was not extended to its brethren, as Gyūki mentioned that they, especially Shukaku, hated Kurama for its belief that their strength is determined by their number of tails.[24] Kurama even told Naruto that he should be ashamed for having Gyūki help him in their battle over its chakra.[25]
Because of its long history of both its forced subjugation to the Sharingan and being sealed within the Uzumaki jinchūriki, Kurama expressed intense hatred and distrust against humans,[26] even showing its animosity toward Naruto whenever they communicated. The two had a very antagonistic relationship throughout most of the series, with Naruto trying to harness the fox's power to perform techniques that would normally be impossible for a ninja of his age, and Kurama seizing any kind of opportunity to gain control over Naruto, provoking his rage and thus allowing its influence within its chakra to consume him. This status quo would remain between the two until the Fourth Shinobi World War, when Naruto, with the help from his mother, defeated Kurama and took control of its chakra.
During their first conversation after taking its chakra, Kurama was shocked to hear Naruto wanting to do something about its hatred.[27] Although the fox reproached him for making such a claim, it nevertheless showed Kurama that Naruto was different from the humans it previously encountered, which made it stop consuming Naruto's chakra while he was using his Nine-Tails Chakra Mode, allowing Naruto to keep on fighting throughout the night of the war. Later, while the reincarnated Madara Uchiha was fighting against one of Naruto's shadow clones and the Fourth Division, Kurama, while claiming to only be helping Naruto because he was a better alternative than the reincarnated Uchiha, gave Naruto enough chakra to repel his attacks. Afterwards, in Naruto's battle against Tobi and his Six Paths of Pain, Kurama — having witnessed the challenges and endeavours Naruto had in his life, and heard his intention of helping the tailed beasts — silently told Naruto that if he truly meant to do that, he would have to prove it through his actions, not his words.[28] When Naruto successfully freed Son Gokū, Kurama offered to meld its chakra with his as a coalition, to which Naruto then removed the seal that restrained it and happily acknowledged the fox as his partner.[29] In that short space of time, the two have built a trusting relationship with one another, even to the point where Naruto would allow the fox to take control of his body without worry,[30] and switch back without hesitation.[31] Kurama would later admit that it had the utmost faith in Naruto being able to defeat Tobi and to carry on the legacy Minato and Jiraiya had left him. Kurama no longer seems to hold a grudge against Minato for sealing it inside of Naruto and even seems to be happy about it now.[32]
Although Kurama is a kitsune with red-orange fur and red eyes, it possesses the upper-body structure of a human, complete with opposable thumbs on its clawed hands. Out of all the tailed beasts, Kurama's form most closely relates to the Ten-Tails'. During the last remaining days of the Sage of the Six Paths, Kurama was a young kit much smaller than its present-day self, but was still much larger than the Sage.[8] As time passed, Kurama's size increased to be around the same height, if not taller, as the Hokage Monument. Later, despite shrinking a lot after having its Yin chakra sealed, it still remained a massive entity as its claw dwarfed Minato and Kushina. When Naruto separated Kurama from its chakra, its entire physique became visibly emaciated,[33] but it later regained its healthy look after consuming a certain amount of Naruto's chakra while he was using its own.[34]
After having its cage opened by Naruto — who had assumed a new form — this is also reflected on Kurama, when Naruto transforms into it. In this form, the fox's whiskers become much thicker, and circular markings appear on its shoulders, stomach, as well as the front and back of its paws. Lines also run down its spine, arms, legs and tails.[35]
Being the strongest of the nine tailed beasts, it is said that Kurama can create tsunamis and flatten mountains with just a single swipe from one of its tails.[36] With its massive supply of chakra, it can turn its roar into a powerful shockwave that can repel and destroy anything within its radius, increase its physical strength and speed, and fire Tailed Beast Balls. Kurama also has the ability to sense negative emotions,[37] to which Naruto also gained after gaining control of its chakra.[38] In the anime, it was shown to be able to create twisters and breathe fire.[39]
Despite losing its Yin chakra, Kurama was more than powerful enough to overwhelm Gyūki's attempts to restrain it (although Killer B stated that he didn't have full access to his own powers within Naruto's subconscious),[40] effortlessly block Naruto's Sage Art: Ultra-Big Ball Rasengan with its tails,[41] and — with Gyūki's assistance — fight and defeat five tailed beasts.[35] Naruto also noted that it was extremely fast despite its massive size.[42] In addition, it was shown that even when most of its chakra was taken by Naruto during their battle in his subconscious, Kurama still had enough to create a Tailed Beast Ball as big and powerful as that of a combined ball of five tailed beasts.[33][43]
Kurama is also extremely durable, but when caught off guard, it can be slightly weakened by attacks that deals with massive physical impacts, such as Naruto's senjutsu-enhanced Wind Release: Rasenshuriken and Sage Art: Many Ultra-Big Ball Spiralling Serial Spheres.[44][45] Kurama will "die" with its jinchūriki, if it is still sealed within them at the time of its host's death. The fox will, however, be revived later.[46][47][48] The beast can also be controlled by the Mangekyō Sharingan,[49] as well as seemingly it's initial form: the Sharingan (though only Madara Uchiha and Tobi have accomplished this feat).[26][50] Despite being the strongest of the nine tailed beasts, Kurama acknowledges the fact that it alone wouldn't stand a chance against the Ten-Tails and that there is only a slight possibility of winning if the fox fought alongside the other tailed beasts.[51]
Activity inside Naruto
Main article: Naruto Uzumaki's Jinchūriki Forms As Kurama's jinchūriki, Naruto is gifted with its enormous supply of chakra, to which Kakashi Hatake estimated it to be a hundred times greater than his own when its influence is not suppressed.[52] It also gives Naruto accelerated healing (recovering from minor injuries within seconds and major injuries within a day). Also, depending on the amount of Kurama's chakra he's using, Naruto is given an increase in strength, speed, and his healing factor are pushed to such levels that he completely recovered from a Chidori through his chest in mere seconds with no signs of injury left. At times, he is also granted a fox-shaped chakra shroud with massive invulnerability, being able to resist being pierced by Orochimaru's Sword of Kusanagi, a sword known as being able to cut through adamantine, and is completely undamaged by the alkali substance excreted by Saiken, which was able to damage Gyūki and disintegrate its surroundings rapidly.
Part I
Land of Waves Arc
Naruto first made use of the Nine-Tails' chakra during his battle with Haku. Believing Haku to have killed Sasuke, Naruto gave into his anger and entered his initial jinchūriki form in order to defeat Haku.
Chūnin Exam Arc
During the second stage of the Chūnin Exams, the Nine-Tails' chakra emerged again while Naruto battled with a disguised Orochimaru. However, Orochimaru, knowing that it was the Nine-Tails' power, used the Five Elements Seal to block Naruto's access to its chakra, rendering the former unconscious.
Naruto did not realise that it was the Nine-Tails' chakra until he was later taught to take advantage of it by Jiraiya, who later removed Orochimaru's seal on Naruto. To force Naruto to call upon the fox's chakra, thus enabling him to use the Summoning Technique, Jiraiya pushed Naruto off of a cliff. In a desperate act to save himself, Naruto suddenly entered his own subconscious and met with the Nine-Tails for the first time. The fox immediately expressed its desire to kill and devour the boy, but Naruto, even though he discovered what he was facing, bravely demanded he be given some of its chakra as a form of "rent" for being sealed within his body. Realising that Naruto's death would result in its own, the intrigued Nine-Tails complied, giving Naruto enough chakra to summon Gamabunta.
The Nine-Tails then kept quiet till Naruto battled Neji Hyūga in the first match of the final round of the Chūnin Exams. After Neji used his Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palms to block Naruto's chakra points, Naruto called upon the Nine-Tails for assistance. Without hesitation, it gave Naruto enough chakra to force his chakra points to open and defeat Neji.
Invasion of Konoha Arc
During Sunagakure and Otogakure's Invasion of Konoha, Naruto and Gamabunta both did a Combination Transformation technique to take the form of a giant fox (The Nine-Tails itself in the anime), to battle against Gaara in his full Shukaku form. As the battle was near to its conclusion, Naruto once again called upon the Nine-Tails for chakra in order to defeat Gaara, and it complied again without hesitation.
Search for Tsunade Arc
While on his search for Tsunade with Jiraiya, Naruto was confronted by Itachi Uchiha and Kisame Hoshigaki of Akatsuki. Naruto tried to use the Nine-Tails' chakra to help him fight against them, but Kisame quickly used his Samehada sword to absorb it all and attempted to cut off Naruto's arms. Luckily, Jiraiya arrived in time to block Kisame's attack with his toad summon and was able to force both Akatsuki members to retreat.
Later, before Naruto defeated Kabuto Yakushi with a completed Rasengan, Kabuto severed Naruto's heart muscles, and his neighbouring chakra system, to which the Nine-Tails was unable to heal its host. While Tsunade desperately tried to save Naruto, the Nine-Tails noticed that its power was fading as its surroundings grew darker and darker. It, like Naruto, had a near death experience, something it was slow to recognise. Fortunately, Naruto and the Nine-Tails were able to survive this encounter through the help of Tsunade and her medical ninjutsu.
Sasuke Retrieval Arc
During the first stage of Naruto's battle with Sasuke at the Valley of the End, Sasuke, in his first level of the Cursed Seal of Heaven, pierced a fatal wound in Naruto's right shoulder with his Chidori. Fortunately, the Nine-Tails quickly gave Naruto enough chakra to heal his large wound almost instantly and entered his initial jinchūriki form. However, as the fight continued, Sasuke was able to predict and overcome Naruto's attacks with his then fully matured Sharingan. The Nine-Tails condemned the unconscious Naruto for being too weak and gave him more of its usual chakra to attain the one-tailed form, something the fox indicated that he should be grateful for.
Land of the Sea Arc
In the anime, Naruto fought against Amachi in the Land of the Sea after he discovered that the scientist became a monster by utilising the same research he used on Isaribi. Naruto was overwhelmed by Amachi's power at first, but as his desire to keep Isaribi from becoming a monster grew, the Nine-Tails immediately gave Naruto enough chakra to enter his initial jinchūriki form, and he quickly defeated Amachi.
Part II
Kazekage Rescue Arc
During the conclusion of his battle against the Akatsuki member Deidara, which turned out to be a clay clone, Naruto slipped into his two-tailed form out of anger about Gaara's death. Immediately, Kakashi placed Jiraiya's special seal tag on Naruto's forehead, restoring him back to normal.
Sasuke and Sai Arc
When his three-tailed form was proven insufficient in his fight against Orochimaru, Naruto gave into the Nine-Tails and entered his four-tailed form. The Nine-Tails took control of his senses and began to attack everything that was around him, including both Orochimaru and Sakura Haruno. After its influence was suppressed by Yamato, he told Naruto that he was the cause of Sakura's injury, which greatly shocked Naruto and resolved not to rely on the Nine-Tails' power again.
Soon afterwards, when Naruto encountered Sasuke again for the first time in almost three years, the Nine-Tails began to offer Naruto its chakra, but he firmly rejected its assistance. The fox became contemptuous at Naruto, mocking him that if it wasn't for its power, he would be nothing. It then tempted Naruto to break the seal so it can "grant" him all of its power, but he still refused. However, before their quarrel could escalate any further, Sasuke, with his active Sharingan, suddenly appeared within Naruto's subconscious, which surprised both Naruto and the Nine-Tails. The Nine-Tails became impressed with Sasuke's growth and ability, but as it stated that Sasuke's chakra was similar to Madara Uchiha, Sasuke effortlessly suppressed the fox's residual chakra with his Sharingan. Although angrily shocked by the display of his power, the Nine-Tails concluded that this might be its last meeting with Sasuke, so it warned him not to kill Naruto, because he would only end up regretting it.
Twelve Guardian Ninja Arc
Main article: Twelve Guardian Ninja Arc In the anime, the Nine-Tails reacted to its leftover chakra that was stored within Sora. When Naruto in his three-tailed form battled Sora in his four-tailed form, the Nine-Tails started to force Naruto to accept its power, but he was able to keep it from taking control of his body as he threatened the fox to back off. The Nine-Tails begrudgingly pulled back, but it soon managed to absorb back all of its chakra from Sora.
Hidan and Kakuzu Arc
During Naruto's nature transformation training, the Nine-Tails' chakra was surfacing within some of his shadow clones that had grown very frustrated with combining the Rasengan with his wind element. Fortunately, Yamato was able to suppress the chakra before it could cause serious damage.
Invasion of Pain Arc
During Naruto's training at Mount Myōboku, the Nine-Tails prevented Fukasaku from fusing with Naruto, making it impossible for him to mould senjutsu chakra for Naruto.
Later, during Naruto's battle with Pain, he slipped into his six-tailed form right after Pain appeared to have killed Hinata Hyūga. Despite the necklace's attempts to suppress it, the Nine-Tails quickly seized the necklace and crushed it. When Naruto was soon contained by Pain's Chibaku Tensei technique, the Nine-Tails tempted Naruto to entrust his heart to it so that it could destroy everything that was causing Naruto pain, thus distorting the seal to the point where the eight-tailed form was released. Before it could convince him to completely remove the seal, the spirit of Minato appeared in Naruto's subconscious and stopped him. Enraged, the Nine-Tails tried to dare Minato to come closer so it could rip him to shreds, but Minato simply ignored it and restored the seal to its original strength.
Confining the Jinchūriki Arc
When Naruto was summoned back to Mount Myōboku, the Great Toad Sage gave Naruto Gerotora, along with the key to the seal. From this, Naruto was on a task to find a way to control the Nine-Tails' power, in order to fight a fated battle with Sasuke.
Later, at a remote island in the Land of Lightning, after Naruto completed the first step at the Falls of Truth, Killer B then lead Naruto to a special room within the secret temple behind the waterfall, where Naruto would fight the Nine-Tails. When Naruto entered his subconscious, the Nine-Tails expressed surprise as it could no longer sense any hatred within him, and questioned Naruto about where the "real him" was, to which Naruto replied that the real him was right in front of it. After Naruto used the key to completely unlock the seal, the Nine-Tails pushed the cage's doors and fired a Tailed Beast Ball at him, but Killer B used the remaining bit of the Eight-Tails power to contain the attack. While in Sage Mode, Naruto was able to weaken the Nine-Tails with the Wind Release: Rasenshuriken and started to drain out its chakra. However, the Nine-Tails planted its hatred within its drained chakra, and it suddenly began to consume Naruto, making him lose the control and forcing him out of Sage Mode. Just before Naruto was completely succumbed, his mother Kushina Uzumaki appeared, halted his transformation, and used her chakra chains to subdue the Nine-Tails, to which the fox reacted in anger and shock when it recognised her chakra.
After being comforted by Kushina, Naruto's positive emotions depleted the Nine-Tails' hatred within its drained chakra, and he made a large number of shadow clones, forming multiple Rasengan as they charged at the Nine-Tails. After the Nine-Tails broke most of the chakra chains, Kushina immediately used the last chain that was attached on the fox's leg to make it trip, giving Naruto's shadow clones enough time to enter Sage Mode and bombard it with the Sage Art: Many Ultra-Big Ball Spiralling Serial Spheres. As the Nine-Tails was pushed back from the impact, one of Naruto's shadow clones immediately used the Rasenshuriken to weaken the Nine-Tails further and completely separate it from its chakra. When the chakra merged with Naruto, the enraged the Nine-Tails attempted to fire a much larger Tailed Beast Ball, but its attack was ultimately dissipated as Naruto used a new, stronger seal to imprison the fox once again. As the Nine-Tails disappeared into the darkness, it told Naruto that it would never forget this defeat.
Shinobi World War Arc
While Naruto and Killer B continued their way to the battlefield, the Nine-Tails pulled its jinchūriki into his subconscious, berating him for squandering its chakra. Calling Naruto naive for thinking he could stop the war and bear the hatred by himself, the Nine-Tails tried once again to tempt him with power, but to no avail, earning Naruto some recognition. After the Nine-Tails reminded Naruto about the day he met Sasuke and how he was consumed by hate even then, it claimed that the boy's attempt to put an end to hatred is futile. In retaliation, Naruto pinned the fox down with a torii while exclaiming with great confidence that he already planned on how to stop both Sasuke and the war. As the Nine-Tails recalled Naruto's growth, it then condescendingly complimented him for finally learning how to stand up for himself before being unnerved by the boy's promise to someday resolve the fox's own malice.
Later, after the reincarnated Madara Uchiha was fighting against one of Naruto's shadow clones and the Fourth Division, he attempted to summon the Nine-Tails. Even though the summoning failed, the fox angrily recognised Madara's chakra calling for it and resolved to lend Naruto its chakra. Naruto at first thought that it was going to attempt to take over his body like it used to, but the Nine-Tails explained that it would rather help Naruto than be manipulated by Madara again. The Nine-Tails then spurred Naruto on as he countered the Uchiha's attack.
As Killer B and the real Naruto were fighting against Tobi and the reincarnated jinchūriki, the Nine-Tails proceeded to feign sleep while it purposely stopped consuming Naruto's chakra, deciding to let the young man fight on his own against the Four-Tails. The Eight-Tails tried to convince the Nine-Tails to continue its much needed support, but the fox replied that it would not cooperate with its jinchūriki as easily as the Eight-Tails does. As the Nine-Tails remembered the words that Madara, Hashirama, Mito, and Kushina had said to it in the past, the Nine-Tails concluded that no matter how the humans said it, it would always come down to the same thing, with the exception of Naruto, a thought which silenced it. The Nine-Tails quietly watched on as Naruto was speaking with Son Gokū, only expressing annoyance when its name was revealed to Naruto.
While thinking back on the events in Naruto's life and watching the proceeds, Kurama silently noted that Naruto of all people should know that no matter what he said to the tailed beasts, his true intentions would only reach them through his own actions. After Naruto successfully removed Tobi's control over Son Gokū, Kurama silently celebrated the small victory and offered to lend him more of its chakra. Before accepting however, Naruto thanked Kurama for its help during his encounter with Madara, to which the fox rebuffed him before offering to meld their chakra together. Accepting this proposal, Naruto opened the seal's gate that held Kurama back and acknowledged it as his team-mate from Konoha. As a result, Kurama enabled Naruto to enter a new form, in order to stop the other tailed beasts that were bearing down on Might Guy and Kakashi.
However, as this was their first time transforming into this mode, Kurama warned Naruto that they only had five minutes. They first started by grabbing Chōmei in mid-flight to pile-drive it into Isobu, but it rolled out of the way to counterattack after Saiken quickly swallowed Kurama's hand prior to Gyūki joining the fray. When Matatabi attempted to pounce on Naruto and Kurama from behind, they fiercely swung Saiken right into the monster cat, throwing the two away from a distance. As the other tailed beasts gathered and preformed a collaborative Tailed Beast Ball, Naruto and Kurama preformed one of their own and cancelled the attack. Right after that, Naruto entered a deeper level of Kurama's subconscious, where he meets the other five tailed beasts and their jinchūriki, to which Kurama explained that this was somewhere not even Tobi could enter. As it remembered the Sage of the Six Paths, Kurama asked its brethren if they too believed that Naruto was the one the Sage had spoken of so long ago, to which they agreed before being resealed into the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.
While they were fighting against the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, Tobi summoned both the Benihisago and the Kohaku no Jōhei which contained the reincarnated Gold and Silver Brothers, who possessed a portion of Kurama's chakra. Right after the masked man made the giant statue devour them, Kurama, who had sensed its own chakra signature within those two items, requested Naruto to switch with it so it could explain the situation to the others, as well as about the Ten-Tails and what its revival would mean. Kurama also echoed Kakashi's words that something needed to be done before the Ten-Tails' revival was completed, afterwhich, on Naruto's request, Kurama switched back with him. Kurama was later seen smiling when Naruto opposed Tobi's ideals and told him that he was who he was today because he had heroes to look up to and to show him the way. After a brief fight, Tobi tried to instil doubt into Naruto by telling him what would Jiraiya and Minato say if he ended up neglecting the legacy they left him. Kurama, recalling what Minato said to Naruto during his battle with Nagato, requested Naruto to switch again and directly told Tobi that Naruto would never follow his ideals and that Minato sealed it into Naruto so that he could defeat Tobi. After melding their chakra together once more, Naruto entered his Tailed Beast Mode and Naruto began his assault on Tobi after being assured by Kurama that he would not fail. Later when Tobi tried to hit Naruto with a barrage of shuriken Naruto materialised Kurama's head which in turn caught the shuriken.
Naruto the Movie: Ninja Clash in the Land of Snow
Main article: Naruto the Movie: Ninja Clash in the Land of Snow During the fight between Naruto and Dotō Kazahana, he managed to knock Naruto, who was at the disadvantage due to having the Chakra Negator on him, though the ice of the lake they were standing on, causing him to sink beneath the waters. However, as Naruto called upon Kurama for its chakra, which helped break the Chakra Negator, it allowed him to recover quickly and summon his shadow clones to overwhelm Dotō.
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Naruto the Movie 3: Guardians of the Crescent Moon Kingdom
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Naruto 6: Road to Ninja
Main article: Naruto 6: Road to Ninja In the alternate world that Naruto and Sakura ended up in, Kurama has a counterpart called "Dark Kurama", who is sealed within the body of Naruto's alternate self, Menma. Other than giving its jinchūriki similar benefits like its counterpart does for Naruto, Menma can use the dark fox's chakra to create constructs that wear masks like his own.
- "Kurama" (九喇嘛) literally means 'nine lama'. Kishimoto was mainly inspired to create Kurama based on the character with the same name from the manga series Yū Yū Hakusho.[53]. The name may also reference Mount Kurama (鞍馬山), the sacred mountain said to be the home of the Tengu Sōjōbō who taught people ninjutsu and other Japanese martial arts.
- A kitsune (狐, fox) is a popular figure in Japanese folklore, and is the influence to many other reincarnations in modern Japanese culture. Kitsune are very well-known to be cunning and mischievous creatures with shape-shifting abilities, to which on occasions, use to transform themselves into beautiful women in order to seduce men (possibly the inspiration for the Sexy Technique). They are also said be rivals to the tanuki, which created an old Japanese proverb: "A fox and a tanuki matching their cleverness" (狐と狸の化かし合い, kitsune to tanuki no bakashi ai), meaning as much as two sly characters trying to outsmart one another. However, kitsune are known to keep their promises, a trait Naruto has; his ninja way is to "never go back on [his] word". It is also noted that every time Naruto becomes overwhelmed by Kurama's power, he gains another 'tail' of chakra, which stems from the belief that the more tails a kitsune has, the more powerful it is, with nine being the limit.
- Based on its reaction, Naruto almost dying at the hands of Kabuto was the only time Kurama was close to death, or to that matter, suffered any injury it could not simply heal through.[54]
- All of Kurama's jinchūriki have come from the Uzumaki clan.
- (To Naruto) "I suppose I can't kill you, can I? After all, you die, I die. Your courage is impressive, little boy… Very well, as a reward for making it this far, I will loan you my chakra!"[55]
- (To Naruto) "You runt, you really are weak! You better be grateful to me… and to your beloved Fourth Hokage, who sealed me inside a twerp like you!"[56]
- (To Sasuke) "With that vision of yours and chakra more ominous than my own… You're the spitting image of Madara Uchiha from the elder days…"[57]
- (To Naruto) "Destroy everything… Erase everything that hurts you… Entrust your heart to me… I will save you from your suffering…"[58]
- (To Naruto) "You don't have what it takes to control my power! You're nothing more than a mere fragment of my hatred!"[59]
- (To Naruto) "Are you stupid!? I am the Nine-Tails! I haven't fallen so far that a little child can influence me! I'm a living mass of malevolence!"[60]
- (To Naruto) "No… I will give you my chakra and it alone! I dislike Madara… if the alternative is being controlled by him… I choose you!"[61]
- (About humans) "No matter how they say it… humans always say one thing."[26]
- (About Naruto) "Naruto… If you really want to do something for us… then do what you've always done… Prove it to us with your actions! That's who you are!"[62]
- (To Tobi) "Sorry but… this guy doesn't suit your words. The Fourth Hokage entrusted me to Naruto… We became friends and now he's able to use my chakra!! The Fourth sealed me into Naruto… to take you down!!"[32]
- ↑ First Databook, page 61
- ↑ Second Databook, pages 82-83
- ↑ Third Databook, pages 70-71
- ↑ Fourth Databook, pages 148-151
- ↑ Chapter 1, page 12
- ↑ Naruto chapter 467, pages 15-16
- ↑ Naruto chapter 510, pages 11-12
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Naruto chapter 572, pages 10-11
- ↑ Naruto chapter 149, page 9
- ↑ Naruto chapter 370, page 14
- ↑ Naruto chapter 527, page 5
- ↑ Naruto chapter 529, pages 3-4
- ↑ Naruto chapter 594, page 6
- ↑ Naruto chapter 399, pages 8-12
- ↑ Naruto chapter 500, page 5
- ↑ Naruto chapter 500, page 9
- ↑ Naruto chapter 500, pages 4-6
- ↑ Naruto chapter 501, pages 7-11
- ↑ Naruto chapter 502, pages 3-5
- ↑ Naruto chapter 503, pages 13-19
- ↑ Naruto chapter 370, pages 11-12
- ↑ Naruto chapter 504, pages 5-9
- ↑ Naruto: Shippūden episode 68
- ↑ Naruto chapter 567, page 10
- ↑ Naruto chapter 497, page 1
- ↑ 26.0 26.1 26.2 Naruto chapter 568, page 8
- ↑ Naruto chapter 539, pages 1-4
- ↑ Naruto chapter 569, pages 12-17
- ↑ Naruto chapter 570, page 15
- ↑ Naruto chapter 594, pages 4-5
- ↑ Naruto chapter 594, page 12
- ↑ 32.0 32.1 Naruto chapter 597, pages 17-19
- ↑ 33.0 33.1 Naruto chapter 499, pages 11-14
- ↑ Naruto chapter 538, page 2
- ↑ 35.0 35.1 Naruto chapter 571
- ↑ Naruto chapter 1, page 1
- ↑ Naruto chapter 496, page 10
- ↑ Naruto chapter 505, pages 9-10
- ↑ Naruto: Shippūden episode 167
- ↑ Naruto chapter 496, pages 15-16
- ↑ Naruto chapter 497, page 6
- ↑ Naruto chapter 497, page 7
- ↑ Naruto chapter 571, page 12
- ↑ Naruto chapter 497, pages 10-12
- ↑ Naruto chapter 499, pages 8-10
- ↑ Naruto chapter 503, pages 14, 17
- ↑ Naruto chapter 541, page 10
- ↑ Naruto chapter 543, page 9
- ↑ Naruto chapter 385, page 16
- ↑ Naruto chapter 501, page 9
- ↑ Naruto chapter 594, page 10
- ↑ Naruto chapter 315, page 11
- ↑ Second Artbook, pages 74-81
- ↑ Naruto chapter 168, pages 10-12
- ↑ Naruto chapter 95, pages 16-17
- ↑ Naruto chapter 230, page 16
- ↑ Naruto chapter 309, page 3
- ↑ Naruto chapter 439, page 11
- ↑ Naruto chapter 497, page 16
- ↑ Naruto chapter 539, page 2
- ↑ Naruto chapter 561, page 14
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The Ten-Tails (十尾, Jūbi) is the original, primordial demon of the series. All nine of the tailed beasts are but portions of chakra divided from the Ten-Tails by the Sage of the Six Paths. The beast is considered to be the progenitor of the world as well as a signal of the beginning of the end of the world, should it 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, after the Rinnegan would once again manifest itself in one of the sage's descendants: Madara Uchiha, a method to summon the empty vessel of the Ten-Tails called the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path was realised.[7] This ability would later be passed on to Nagato of Amegakure, and later Obito as well.
As noted by Kurama, the Ten-Tails possesses neither ideals nor feelings and as such cannot be sensed through such means as those that involve detecting negative feelings or malevolence. The fox went on to liken the beast to energy flowing around a planet or what one would feel from the earth or the sea — an innate, natural force.[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]
When revived, due to being imperfect and mentioned to be an immature stage in its development, the Ten-Tails' form was considerably different. Foremost, the Ten-Tails has six tomoe in its eye instead of the full nine.[9] The beast also has a wide, cavernous mouth with multiple rows of sharp, pointed teeth, as well as a spiked chin.[10] It now possesses a grotesquely bloated, round body in place of its previous humanoid silhouette, and seems to crawl on its belly, while the branch-like spiky protrusions grow out of its back at a straight angle. Also, no legs of any sort can be seen. The endings of its tails look like leaf buds and have been shown able to unfurl. Despite being incomplete, the Ten-Tails is still much larger than Gyūki and Kurama, so much that when Gyūki got close to it, it was around the size of the Ten-Tails' hand.
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.[11] 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.[12] 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 unmeasurable.[13]
As a tailed beast, it is able to create a Tailed Beast Ball, firing it in a beam-like fashion, rather than an actual sphere. It is immensely powerful as it was capable of overpowering the 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.[14][15]
Despite being in an incomplete state, the Ten-Tails possess great physical strength and is remarkably fast, despite its immense size as it was able to attack and repel both Kurama and Gyūki before any of them could react.[16] It could even casually flick back a Tailed Beast Ball with one of its fingers.[17] 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.[18] A single roar from the Ten-Tails was strong enough to tear up the landscape around it.[19]
It was shown having a single unique eye, but what it is or if it is a unique dōjutsu is unknown.
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During their battle with Obito and Madara Uchiha, Naruto and Killer B prepared a massive Tailed Beast Ball in order to destroy the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path before the Ten-Tails could be fully revived. Though the statue's chakra vanished after the attack, once the smoke settled, it was revealed that the beast had successfully been revived, cutting short the opposition's declaration of victory. 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 to mature.
- 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.[20]
- ↑ 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 609, pages 16-17
- ↑ Naruto chapter 610, pages 2-3
- ↑ 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 610, pages 10-11
- ↑ Naruto chapter 611, page 2
- ↑ Naruto chapter 609, pages 13-17
- ↑ Naruto chapter 610, pages 8-9
- ↑ Naruto chapter 594, page 5


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Landing on an unusually blue-sky Beijing afternoon, Michelle Obama launched a six-day trip to China on Thursday, aimed at smoothing Sino-U.S. relations with a carefully orchestrated exercise in soft diplomacy.
Obama, joined by her mother, Marian Robinson, and two daughters, Malia and Sasha, was greeted on the tarmac at Beijing Capital International Airport by Chinese officials and newly installed Ambassador to China Max Baucus and his wife, Melodee Hanes. Also on hand were three busloads of mostly Chinese media, some of whom were there to scrutinize the Obamas fashion choices, which have been the subject of media speculation for the past week.
The White House signaled many days ago that this will not be a political trip. No discussion of Chinas tensions with Japan. No lectures on Chinas human rights record. The goal is to elevate Michelle Obamas international education agenda and see some of Chinas great sights, while also developing a relationship with her counterpart, Peng Liyuan, spouse of Chinese President Xi Jinping, who shares Obamas interests in education and public health.
Numerous commentators have criticized Obama for not using her international celebrity status to advance a more ambitious agenda. But some say that, in a time of tension, stronger personal connections between the first families could go a long way toward a more productive dialogue between the United States and China.
It seems like a no-brainer that this kind of one on one could produce some positive diplomatic results, Damien Ma, a fellow at the Paulson Institute in Chicago, said in an email exchange with McClatchy.
Ma noted that a meeting between Michelle Obama and Peng has been talked about for some time, partly because Obama was unable to join her husband at the Sunnylands Summit last June, which Xi and Peng attended.
In the United States, Beijings use of soft power is getting increased scrutiny as China pumps money into U.S. universities, including the establishment of dozens of Confucius institutes. Such institutes feature arts and language programs aimed at projecting a benevolent image of Asias rising superpower.
The United States has its own instruments of soft power, and the Obama family is a big part of that toolbox. Over the next six days, Chinas television audience _ the largest in the world _ will be inundated with images of an attractive multi-generational U.S. family, the feminine influence on the first African-American to be elected president. The optics cant help but advance the U.S. image in China, even if the Obama doesnt make speeches about the virtues of democracy.
Marian Robinsons attendance also surely will resonate in a China, where grandmothers play an essential role in child rearing and other family priorities.
During her first day in Beijing on Friday, Obama and her family will be hosted by Peng, a famous singer in China, a celebrity and a behind-the-scenes political force in her own right. They will visit Beijing Normal School, which prepares Chinese students for study abroad, tour the Forbidden City and attend a ceremonial dinner and evening performance.
In the days to follow, the Obamas will visit part of the Great Wall near Beijing, the Terracotta Warriors in Xian and the Chengdu Panda Base, home to about 50 pandas under study. Mixed in will be education roundtables and school visits with students, which will be blogged and broadcast through a White House collaboration with PBS LearningMedia and Discovery Education.
On her opening blog post, Obama said she hopes to hear about the challenges, hopes and dreams of the Chinese learners she meets. Ill be talking with students about their lives in China and telling them about America and the values and traditions we hold dear, she wrote.
Obamas approach to overseas trips _ shes described it as do no harm _ has been compared to that of Barbara Bush, who avoided overtly political statements, unlike the presidential spouses who succeeded her.
Laura Bush once criticized China for its support of the previous military junta in Myanmar. Hillary Clinton, at a 1995 United Nations conference in Beijing, spoke about mistreatment of women in a set of strong comments that didnt directly name China but were clearly aimed at it.
In a briefing with reporters early this week, White House officials acknowledged the importance and sensitivity of relations with China on human rights and other issues. But they said such concerns were best expressed by President Barack Obama, rather than his spouse. One of those opportunities will come next week, when Obama and Chinas top leaders are scheduled to see each other at the Nuclear Security Summit in The Hague.
We have differences with China, on human rights, on trade, on cyber, said Ben Rhodes, the administrations deputy national security adviser for strategic communications. I am sure President Obama will be raising a number of those issues directly with President Xi Jinping.
Several human rights activists and China watchers have expressed disappointment that this weeks visit by a modern first lady is being so cautiously scripted.
The simple truth is that it would not take much for Mrs. Obama to link her powerful public diplomacy moment with real political issues, Elizabeth C. Economy, director of Asia Studies for the Council on Foreign Relations, wrote in a recent blog post.
In discussions with Peng about culture and education, said Economy, Obama could raise the issues of visa denial for American journalists, greater access within China for American films, and the political challenges faced by American universities establishing partnerships with Chinese institutions in China.
Such partnerships appear to be at least a partial focus of Michelle Obamas trip. According to Tina Tchen, Obamas chief of staff, there are 200,000 Chinese students studying in the United States, and 20,000 U.S. students studying in China. President Obama, she said, seeks to increase that number through an initiative she calls 100,000 Strong.
On China state media this week, the focus has been largely style over substance, however. Several news sites ran photo galleries comparing the fashion statements made by the first ladies of the United States and China.
To prepare for the trip and generate a little buzz beforehand, Michelle Obama stopped in at the Yu Ying public charter school in Washington, where students who had visited or grew up in China offered her some advice. One warned her about Chinas toilet facilities. Another said she should be prepared for people to stare at her.
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I was looking over my collections of Mermaids and Deep Ones and it got me thinking. If there are mermaids, then there must be mermen as well. How else would they get more mermaids? As far as I know, the only male in related to the mermaids is Vonderam. So is he the father of all the mermaids? If so, how did he make them? How does he make others? There are only three explanations I could come up with.
1) Merfolk are the hillbillies of the sea. Vonderam is daddy and husband to all mermaids and we just don't get to see the horrible creatures that merincest creates.
2) Mermen are very very lazy. We never see them doing anything, they don't even seem to care that there's a war going on. All they want to do is sit around in whatever houses they live in(sand houses?) and make little merchildren which they will not help raise. In short, there the dead beat dads of the sea.
3) All mermen are giant sea horses like Vonderam. Like normal sea horses, the males give birth. So we never see them because there either pregnant or busy dealing with a bunch of little children.


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The project scope includes completion of the existing FEED package by finalizing value-improving concepts for the proposed Kitimat LNG facility in Western Canada. The scope of work for the contractors also includes detailed engineering and procurement services for the initial phases of the project.
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Ross Iguin
Currently working as Civil Structural/Marine QC Inspector at JKC - Ichthys LNG Onshore Project, Bladin Pt, Darwin, NT Australia. I am looking an opportunity to work at LNG Project in Canada.
Civil worker in Kitimat looking to see where I can appy
I am currently working on the Gorgon LNG and the timing should be right to head to Canada for more work. I am an American citizen emplyed as a Civil Construction Manager and have built LNG facilities throughout Australia Looking for a change in the weather(and closer to home)!
I think it's time that Canadians woke up and realized that we must overthrow the Canadian government if they want to support non-unionized trades they have to get the people from Canada working first before they bring in temporary foreign workers
MUHAMMAD JAMAL MAZHAR – The answer is No. Canada is a union friendly country. Canadian unions wrould prefer if mass craft labors from Indian, Philippines, and Pakistan not infiltrate the country and perform the work for 2 dollar/hour (common in Nigeria, & middle east), which a Canadian union worker can get 50 dollars / hour.
Lindsay – Please review the market trend of Chevron. Since Angola LNG, Chevron has gone forward with other LNG projects most notably Gorgon (EPC – KBR) and Wheatstone (EPC – Bechtel). It appears Chevron is keeping all of the EPC contractors afloat in the hopes of maintaining a competitive market and costs down.Who wants a $50,000,000,000 LNG facility?
For a such big project are you (KBR & JGC JV) planning to employ value added work personnel (Project Mangement Team, Discipline Engineers, Construction Management Team etc) from personnel present in Gulf countirs and also for Asia (India, Pakistan, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore etc) ?
Lindsay Leveen
Very interesting and great news for Fluor and their partner. Chevron has pretty much used Bechtel until now. But given the debacle in Angola, Chevron must have decided it is time for a new EPC. David O'Reilly the former CEO of Chevron is on Bechtel's board. This is a major switch for Chevron. This also means Air Products will have a crack at selling the baseload LNG heat exchangers to the project. APCI possibly has the best systems for this project. The Angola LNG debacle needs more coverage in HP News
Ron, saw this in today's Hydrocarbon Processing news. I guess this is one of the projects ahead of the XOM LNG project.
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Cheers to the economic development of the Kitimat region. Hopefully these projects bring more business to British Columbia!
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ST. CHARLES COUNTY, Mo. (KSDK) - An employee at the Nike factory in St. Charles County was stabbed Friday by a colleague.
Lt. Craig McGuire with the St. Charles County Sheriff's Department says two employees got into a fight around 5 p.m. at Nike IHM, Inc., located at 8 Research Park Circle.
One employee grabbed a pair of scissors and stabbed the other employee in the abdomen.
Authorities say the injuries were very minor.
The suspect was waiting in the manager's office when deputies arrived. He was taken into custody without incident.
The name of the suspect has not been released.
Nike IHM, Inc. is manufactures plastics for Nike Inc., and non-Nike customers.


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Wagon 48 of the Los Angeles City Fire Department was out on a rubbish fire on Friday evening, December 17th, the third run of the day. They were about nine blocks from "home," Fire Station 48 at 16th and Grand, in San Pedro.
A low rumble, not unlike an earthquake, was quickly followed by a bright orange flash, and an explosion that sent a smoke cloud mushrooming into the sky, and splintered windows all around them.
Acting Captain James W. Frances picked up the mike and radioed to OCD--the City's dispatch center at Fire Department headquarters in downtown Los Angeles.
"We had a hell of an explosion in the harbor."
Already the boards at OCD were alive with calls, Dispatchers doubled the normal first alarm assignment. At 48's quarters, Captain Leo F. Christensen was serving as acting battalion commander, in the absence of Battalion Commander John Moore, who with other chiefs, was "at Division," 25 miles away in south central Los Angeles.
Christensen and Moore's aide, Fireman Wayne Tanner, also felt the rumble. As they stood up to investigate, the explosion hit, ripping out six windows in the second floor of the fire station.
They rolled out the door, with Truck and Pump 48 following.
"We thought it was a permanent installation in the outer harbor area," said Tanner. "You overlook the possibility that a tanker had gone off." Immediately Christensen called for three additional task forces and three more engines. As the red sedan rounded 22nd street and headed into the harbor, Christensen ordered more help.
Fire Boat 5 is located across West Channel from Berth 46, and slightly up-channel, at Fort MacArthur "lower reservation." Their immediate radio report was the first indication the responding crews received that a ship - and a super-tanker - had exploded
Boat 5 arrived to find two major portions of the tanker Sansinena engulfed in fire. Men were in the water shouting for help. They pulled out those they could see and moved into the stern and got off trapped crew members. In all, they took 18 men to safety.
Task Force 48 arrived at the entrance to Berth 46, and was confronted by flame, running across a huge parking lot into the San Pedro Boat Yard. Debris from the tanker - including pieces of 10-inch steel pipe 12 to 15 feet long, were scattered in their path.
Captain Christensen set up a command post at the gate entrance to Berth 46. The crew from Task Force 48 took a hydrant near the entrance, pulled an inch-and-a-half and a foam eductor, and started working with Light Water up the boat yard fence.
The yard was filled with sail boats and private motor craft, all in dry dock. The explosion had littered the boat works with pipe and rubble, but none of the small boats had been knocked off their stands. They successfully cut off the flames into the boat yard - with about 20 feet to spare. Oil continued to run into the yard, and filled a small turn-table 200 feet inside.
Light Water Tender 85 from Harbor City was sent on the initial alarm, and Christensen sent them into the main fire. Firefighters walked in front of the rig to clear and pick a pathway through the debris.
It wasn't until minutes after first arrival that fire-fighters learned that they had more than a ship on fire--that the entire center portion of the 810-foot super-tanker had been blown onto the wharf and was ablaze in the parking lot. They had three separate parts, all within a massive fire area.
Boats 2,4,3 and 1 also arrived and started to work to halt the spread of fire into the channel, which hoses thousands of small pleasure boats. Boat 2 used its large turret to blanket the cabin area with spray. They knew this was the area which houses the crew.
Boat 4 worked its way between the hull, which had been shoved 70 feet out into the channel, and the wharf, and took hose lines onto the wharf. They applied foam under the wharf and onto the burning sections in the water and dockside.
Boat 3 moved between the bow and stern portions searching for victims. A fire-fighter used a pike pole to feel the depth as they moved over the wreckage. They pulled one man to safety. The boats laid a foam "belt" in the water to prevent oil and fie from moving into West Channel.
Battalion Commander John Moore, of Battalion 6, with headquarters at 48's, and Battalion Commander Eugene Schmitz, of Battalion 16, in Wilmington, were "up town" with Division Commander W. R. Nelson, at his quarters in 33's. They, with Battalion Commanders Pete Lucaralli and W. A. Collins, responded to the harbor on the first report.
They arrived in the harbor to find that Deputy Chief C. E. Giordano, operations commander for the department, had arrived from his nearby home and taken over as incident commander from Captain Christensen.
Rescue Ambulance 38 had been ordered by Christensen to set up as a medical triage team at nearby Berth 55. The force of the blast led firefighters to believe that they probably would find numerous casualties.
There were only a few at the blast site; others, with cuts and lacerations, were reported throughout the harbor area.
The County's Medical Alert Center swung into action, and Dr. Richard S. Scott, sent three doctor-nurse triage teams, to the scene, and formed a resource pool of 12 ambulances, city and private.
Men pulled out of the water were taken to Berth 55 by the fire boats and Coast Guard units. Major fear at the main fire site was that sections of cherry red steel which had been a portion of the deck would twist and fall onto the main manifold valving system at dockside. Here were the valves and exposed 30 and 36-inch mains which carry crude oil form the ship during off-loading to storage tanks a mile away. A rupture could bring thousands of gallons of high-grade crude pouring onto the fire ground.
What was not immediately known was that the pipes had been ruptured underground by the bridge and deck portions of the ship which landed on the paved wharf parking area. The fire was knocked down once, then flashed over, nearly trapping a number of firefighters. It was this, the discovery that a great quantity of fuel was coming up under the mass of twisted steel, that led commanders to realize they had a constant flow of fuel into the fire.
They already had used AFFF, high-expansion and protein foam in knocking down the main fire, but it flashed back each time they thought they had full extinguishment. The decision was made to let the bridge area burn - and it did until four days later when valves were placed in position in the line near the fire. More than a half million gallons of crude was captured in the large mains when they were severed.
Chief Engineer Kenneth R. Long arrived by helicopter early in the evening and took command. The fire was officially knocked down at 10:20 p.m. The fire never extended beyond its original perimeter upon arrival of the fire department.
The Sansinena had unloaded her cargo of Indonesian crude and was taking on ballast and bunker fuel. She had 16,000 bbls. of bunker oil aboard at the time of the explosion. She was due to sail at 11 p.m.
Some of the 32-member crew had gone ashore. Most others were eating dinner in the stern cabin portion. Some were blown into the water; others jumped or fell after the blast and fire. Five men were known dead. They were on the dock.
The Coast Guard is attempting to determine the cause of the explosion.


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BUFFALO, N.Y.- The band Raven was hotter than a pistol in 1969. They were the top club-act in Buffalo, playing to packed houses every night.
The group consisted of Tony Galla, Gary Mallaber, Tom Calandra, John Weitz and Jimmy Calire. They put the "Buffalo sound" on the map. In search offame and fortune, theyhit the road.
Afterweeks and weeks of knocking on doors, they finally caught a break. Jimi Hendrix heard their tape and talked the owner of the legendary New York nightclub "The Scene" to let them play.
Before they knew it some of the biggest names in music were coming in. George Harrison tried to sign them to Apple Records, but on the urging and recommendation of Jimi Hendrix, they signed with Columbia Records.
They thought they'd made it, but never were able tobreak through to the next level. As Mallaber put it "the forces of life got in the way". Galla said "We didn't do our homework".
Individually they all continued to have successful careers in the music industry, but it was Raven that drew the forces together to create the Buffalo sound and a lot of memories.


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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WKMG) - A bill inspired by 2-year-old Caylee Anthony's death has been passed by the Florida House.
The bill (HB 37) was unanimously approved Wednesday by a 113-0 vote after clearing every committee with no votes against it.
It would increase the maximum to five years in prison from a year in jail if someone knowingly makes a false statement to police about a missing child.
Caylee's mother - Casey Anthony - was acquitted of murdering Caylee last year in Orlando but she was convicted of lying to investigators.
A companion measure also is moving in the Senate.


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St. Louis, MO (KSDK) - A north St. Louis woman who admitted robbing a White Castle restaurant by climbing through a drive-thru window to steal a cash drawer will spend the next fifteen years in prison.
34 year old Michelle Faye White pleaded guilty to first degree robbery in November.
Police say White was armed with a toy gun when she went to the White Castle on Hebert Street in August 2011. That's where investigators say she announced a hold-up, then climbed through the window of the drive-thru counter and took the cash drawer around 3:00 a.m.
White fled the scene, but not before her license plate number was recorded by another restaurant patron.
Police tracked White to a nearby residence where she was hiding. As officers closed in, White jumped from the roof of the building where she was hiding, suffering extensive injuries in the fall.


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The procedure followed by the ruling party in picking special seats candidates for the non-governmental organisations category is being questioned after representatives from NGOs said they were not involved.
"They (CCM) claim that they got these special seats candidates from the NGOs category, but in the actual sense, the NGOs were not involved in the process," Ngunga Tepani, Policy and Advocacy officer of the NGOs umbrella organisation, Tanzania Association of Non-Governmental Organizations (Tango), said in an exclusive interview with The Guardian yesterday.
CCM special seats MPs who were picked through the procedure are Rita Mlaki and Anna Abdallah.
The NGO representatives and activists are questioning the criteria used to nominate the respective candidates through the NGO category.
According to Tepani, Tango, an apex body of NGOs, was not involved in the process of getting the CCM candidates and that he did not understand, which NGOs the two CCM special seats MPs came from.
"We have not been informed of the process of getting special seats candidates from NGOs, which are members of Tango. Maybe they were picked from NGOs owned by the ruling party," said Tepani, adding:
"In short, we don't recognise them (Rita Mlaki and Anna Abdallah) because they were nominated without involving the NGOs."
He said the ruling party was better placed to explain what they meant when they talked of special seats MPs picked from the NGOs category, since the existing NGOs was not aware of such a process.
Tanzania Media Women Association (Tamwa) executive director Annenilia Nkya also said NGOs were not informed of the process of getting the two special seats MPs.
She said CCM should use more transparent and democratic systems of nominating their special seat MPs from the NGOs category.
She said if the system had been known to CCM NGO members, the process of picking the special seats MPs from the NGO category would have been more competitive.
"A transparent system will allow party members from various NGOs across the country to understand the rules of electing their special seat representatives," said Nkya, an outspoken activists.
According to Nkya, there are many active and competent activists who are members of CCM, who could serve as suitable candidates for the ruling party's special seats MPs through the NGO category. "But these activists find it difficult to go into politics because the process of selecting them is not transparent and open," she said.
CCM Ideology and Publicity secretary John Chiligati said CCM members, who belonged to various NGOs had their system of electing their representatives. After electing the candidates, he said, they just submitted their names to the ruling party's responsible organs.
"CCM does not own NGOs from which it picks its special seat MPs. Our members, who are affiliated to different NGOs have their own system of electing their representatives…even Mlaki and Anna Abdallah were picked through the same system. We are transparent and open," said Chiligati in a telephone interview, without giving details.


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Could I please read one story about Sarah Palin that does not describe her as either "gun-toting" or a "hockey mom" or both?
Thank you in advance, anonymous writer who eschews inane adjectives.
I mean adjectives.
Palin's been all over TV these past two weeks and I've yet to see the butt of a revolver protruding from her jacket, nor the telltale bulge of a semi-automatic tucked into a shoulder holster.
Anyway it's not as though reporters and pundits need to plunder a thesaurus to uncover descriptions of Palin that are more relevant than which weapons and which sports she prefers.
I don't much care that she hunts, or that her kids play hockey.
Proficiency with firearms is not, after all, a prerequisite for the office she is seeking.
Not after Dick Cheney's tenure, it's not.Besides which I doubt Palin will have any occasion to stalk moose on the grounds of the Naval Observatory should she move in next year.
And if one did wander onto the place she could just tell the Secret Service to bag it for her.
I realize that the media's emphasis on Palin's interest in guns and pucks came about, at least in part, because the candidate has given about as many interviews as J.D. Salinger.
Still, it seems to me that the coverage of Palin epitomizes the media's affinity for affixing easy and trite labels to celebrities, whether they're entertainers or politicians.
I'm not sure, though, that the labels pinned on Palin, aside from their dubious relevance in this campaign, are even accurate.
She has hunted, but does that mean she's a gun-toter? How often, exactly, does a person have to tote a gun to earn that moniker? Pretty often, I think.
I own a few guns but I hardly ever carry them and so would bristle at being described as a gun-toter.
I am, I'll concede, a wallet-toter, except when I leave it on the kitchen counter, and also an eyedrop-toter (my contact lenses are prone to drying).
If the media insist on perpetuating Palin's persona, I'll suggest a compromise: Start paying attention to Joe Biden and figure out what he totes.
Big deal.
Of far greater consequence is a collegiate sporting event which — and keep your fingers crossed on this — should not be affected by the storm.
The National Collegiate Bass Fishing Championship.
But you already knew that was scheduled for Thursday, Friday and Saturday on Lake Lewisville, Texas, right?
You also know, I'm sure, the best thing about the bass-fishing tourney.
No BCS rankings.
Jayson Jacoby is the editor of the Baker City Herald.


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Consider your users
Users of B2B CRM systems are very different from the users of your ERP (enterprise resource planning) or accounting systems. Don't assume they will be happy to fill in forms of data just because a vendors' solution requires them to do so. Select a solution that will provide the users with tools they want to use, tools that deliver a benefit to the user, that work with their client and prospect lists in the way that they are used to working.
Recognise that delivering quick, high-value wins will secure you more user buy-in than all the project documentation in the world, and that buy-in is the real secret of success.
Be aware of the end customer
Good CRM is about how the customer perceives their relationship with you - not how you perceive it. Check that the solution provides tools to facilitate customer interaction. For example, can customers subscribe or unsubscribe from a campaign? Make sure the solution works in all the different ways your customers interact with you - e-mail, post, telephone, face-to-face, and via your web site.
Provide sufficient access
For some users a PC connected to a local database server is a powerful tool that allows them to complete their job. But while web-based access may be a wonderful, cost-effective solution for IT professionals, for a sales person in their car between meetings, it won't be accessible.
The way you deliver the information to the user is key - if they cannot get access when and where they want it, then usage will drop. Remember users will only put data into a system in direct relationship to the benefits they extract from it.
Check your supplier's credentials
Surrounding yourself with expensive consultants and complicated methodologies will not ensure the success of your CRM project. Check that the supplier has experience that is relevant to you and your business.
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For each item of data you plan to store within your CRM system, calculate the costs of acquiring that data and updating it. For each of these cost items, demonstrate the return that using this data will provide to the company in the time period for which the data will be current. Are the benefits relevant to the user and what is their payback?


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How To...sound like the Beatles!
To mark the start of the Beatle Week, here's a quick look at some gear the Beatles used...and what you can find on Dolphin Music.
The Beatles used a wide variety of gear, which more or less changed according to each "Beatles Era". Of course, due to their popularity, The Beatles were responsible for popularizing many brands such as Gretsch, Vox and Rickenbacker.
The Cavern Club/ Early Years
In the early days, the Beatles used almost exclusively Vox Amps, both the AC-15 and AC-30, which are the obvious choices if you want to have the classic beatles sound. You can't go wrong: get an AC30 and either a Gretsch Country Gentleman or a Rickenbacker guitar (such as the 330 Jetglo or 360 Fireglo)
It's interesting to remember that originally, in the pre-Ringo days, John had a Fender Deluxe, like the one below:
If you want a similar sound but spend less, here's some good suggestions: the VOX AD50VT-212 is a good choice for those looking for Vox tone on a budget, and Italia have just released some cool new guitars, of which the Rimini Standard is a fantastic looking Rickenbacker-a-like.
The Paul McCartneys out there might find great enjoyment in a Epiphone Viola Bass, made in the same style of his old Hofner one. Or, if you're on a budget, the Shine WVEB is a satisfying alternative!
Epiphone has also some truly wonderful John Lennon and Paul McCartney signature acoustic guitars: The John Lennon J-160E is a great copy of the J-160E that John used in so many classic beatles recordings (and gigs).
The Paul McCartney Texan is a faithful copy of the acoustic Paul used for "Yesterday".
Let's not forget Ringo, though! The Ludwig "Fab 4" Complete 4 Pc. is a good, affordable kit for the Ringo-loving drummers.
'65-Final Days
Those more interested in the Fab Four later days can also find plenty of interesting gear.
Firsty, we'll have to move away from Vox amps and go for Fender, Try a Twin Reverb '65 or, if you're on a budget, a Blues Junior will do, for classic Fender tones and reverb.
Guitars? Well...there's plenty to choose from: George used a Gibson SG on "Revolver", a Fender Stratocaster, Gibson Les Paul and finally a Fender Telecaster for the Let It Be Sessions. Several models of all those guitars are available.
Both Lennon and George were never too far away from a semi-acoustic guitar though, and the most notable was certainly the Epiphone Casino the classic Hollowbody guitar with hot P-90 pickups. John Lennon signature models are available.
George also played a ES-345 for a while, so you'll probably do fine with any good semi-acoustic such as the Epiphone Dot.
Two important effects to reproduce Beatles sounds from this era should be mentioned: get a good fuzz for solos (since the Vox Tonebender has been discontinued long ago, get a Boss FZ-5) and some sort of Leslie Rotating Speaker cabinet simulator - the best one is the Hughes & Kettner Rotosphere, but a good Chorus pedal should do, such as the Boss CE-20 or the Electro-Harmonix Polychorus.
Bass players will have to, of course, go for the Rickenbacker 4003 bass, widely used during the Beatles psychedelic days.
Well...if you wanted to sound like the Beatles, there's no excuse now - just go for it!


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I see no issue with this. They went out of their way to mention the cost being low so I expect 5 bucks or lower.
Not to mention the cash shop items aren't even finalized yet as they mentioned working on them after feedback.