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IF THERE WERE SUCH a THING as a "MALE PIN-UP" (and WHO AM I TO SAY THERE ISN'T?) THAT WOULD BE a PERFECT DESCRIPTION of 2-TIME RAZZIE® NOMINEE TAYLOR LAUTNER -- an ALMOST TALENT-FREE YOUNG MAN WHO HAPPENS to LOOK GOOD WITH HIS SHIRT OFF, ESPECIALLY in POSTERS INTENDED for the BEDROOM WALLS of 13-YEAR-OLD GIRLS.
BUT MERELY BEING GOOD-LOOKING IS NOT ENOUGH REASON to BE GIVEN a STARRING ROLE in a MOTION PICTURE -- EVEN SO FORMULAIC and PREDICTABLE a MOVE AS ABDUCTION (WHICH MAY HAVE BEEN CONCOCTED SPECIFICALLY to SHOWCASE LAUTNER's SUPPOSED "TALENTS"). APPARENTLY an HONORS GRADUATE of the "TABULA RASA" SCHOOL of ACTING, LAUTNER FREQUENTLY HAS a LOOK on HIS FACE LIKE HE's THINKING MORE ABOUT REMEMBERING to HIT HIS MARKS THAN TRYING to REMEMBER (LET ALONE CONVINCINGLY DELIVER) HIS DIALOGUE LINES. TO CALL LAUTNER "INADEQUATE" AS an ACTOR IS an ALMOST COMICAL UNDERSTATEMENT.
CONTINUING THIS YEAR's TREND of REPUTABLE ACTORS TAKING MINOR ROLES in LESS-THAN-REPUTABLE FILMS, LAUTNER IS JOINED HERE by SPIDER MAN 2's "DOC OC," ALFRED MOLINA and, OF ALL PEOPLE, 3-TIME OSCAR® NOMINEE SIGNOURNEY WEAVER(!). THE ONE POSSIBLE SAVING GRACE WAS THAT the WHOLE THING WAS HELMED by the CAPABLE (BUT RECENTLY UNDER-EMPLOYED) JOHN SINGLETON -- WHO SADLY FAILS to DELIVER HERE, and MAY BE UP for WORST DIRECTOR.
CLEARLY "ONE of OURS" RATHER THAN SOMETHING of INTEREST to ANY of THOSE "BEST" AWARDz SHOWS, THIS IS ONE SO-CALLED "THRILLER" THAT SHOULD THRILL NO ONE --INCLUDING THOSE SCREAMING 13-YEAR-OLD GIRLS for WHOM IT WAS SO OBVIOUSLY MADE...
IF YOU WANNA JOIN OUR FORUM DISCUSSION of THIS FILM, HERE's the LINK to DO SO...
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Why am I wearing a t-shirt promoting a Johnny Depp
franchise instead of appearing shirtless like my contract
stipulates I do in every movie I make??"
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The Memorial Day Sales, some of the best of the year so far, are over, and unfortunately many people missed them, because we have so much else we would rather do over a holiday weekend.
As a result, many shoppers are looking ahead to June shopping deals, once school is over and families have more time to shop.
But before you beat the heat at the mall, we have a new report on what to buy and what not to buy in June.
The financial website Deal News.com says June is a great month to buy certain things. It's the month with the longest daylight hours of the year, which means many people are shopping till 9:30 at night.
But DealNews says if you can just wait a few more weeks, you'll find much better buys on electronics and outdoor items.
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Tools: DealNews says look for tool markdowns the next two weeks, in time for Father's Day. It's one of the few times a year tools go on sale.
Summer Clothing: June also brings sales on summer clothing, and spring clothing is on final clearance.
Lingerie: June brings Victoria Secret's semi-annual sale.
Grills and patio sets: Late June brings the first big sales on barbecue grills and patio furniture, but the biggest sales come right after the 4th of July.
Stores like Walmart and Target put patio furniture on clearance in late June, as they have to convert that department to back-to-school items by early July. Sales at Lowe's and The Home Depot start later.
What not to buy?
iPhones and MacBooks: DealNews says hold off on Apple purchases: The iPhone 6 and updated laptops are coming very soon.
At that point, you can either buy a new Apple gadget, or get the older one at discount.
Laptops: And hold off on laptops until July if you can: Prices will be slashed for back-to-school.
DealNews says July and August (not June) are the two best months of the year for buying a laptop.
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Finally, DealNews says June is a great time to book a Caribbean or Disney vacation for later in the year (but not for July or August).
Prices at both destinations drop starting around August 20th for back-to-school and hurricane season. If you don't mind the risk of hurricanes, September through November is the best time of the year to snag a Caribbean deal or cruise.
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text: The worst press release of 2012, so far: the interstellar dating service Duncan Geere's Blog 12 January 12 Flickr / CC-licensed: cesarastudillo Duncan Geere News Editor, Wired.co.uk Follow @DuncanGeere 2012 has only just begun, and already we have a contender for the stupidest press release of the year. A dating site has declared that it's planning on launching the "world's first intergalactic dating app".Before we get into the meat of the release, I'm a bit hesitant as to whether I should mention the name of the company or not. On the one hand, I know that this is a publicity attempt, and I don't want to give them the satisfaction. On the other hand, it seems only right to name and shame. As a compromise, I'll let you decide. This link goes to their site, and this is the PR agency that sent us the release. It's up to you as to whether you want to hover over, or even click, those links.It begins with a pun. I have no complaints about that."Singletons should be over the moon. A British company yesterday announced plans to launch the world's first intergalactic dating app."The world's first what?"The smart phone application will be accessible to 'alien life forms' on planets up to one light year (six trillion miles) from Earth."Leaving aside the question of why alien life forms is in quotation marks, I'm trying to work out how the company has managed to limit the app's use to planets within a light year's radius of Earth. Has a ring of signal jammers been installed at that distance? Is this some form of intergalactic DRM?"Extra-terrestrials will be able to download the app, for free, and make contact with humans by a form of 'space-age' email or futuristic type of text message."The Space Age is widely considered to have begun with the launch of Sputnik in 1957. Given that arguably the first email system was MIT's CTSS MAIL, developed in 1965, it's hard to argue that email isn't "space-age" already. In which case, why bother mentioning it in the first place? What a "futuristic type" of text message is, is anyone's guess. Maybe it's in neon."A two-way GPS satellite -- armed with "Nasa-inspired" technology -- will transfer the communications between Earth and the far-flung corners of our galaxy, the Milky Way, almost instantly via radio waves."This is my favourite paragraph of all -- there are so many moments of utter WTF. Let's pick through every single one. They've mysteriously picked out a GPS satellite, which is likely to be rather too busy with the GPS system to be sending love notes to aliens. I also love that the technology is "inspired" by Nasa. Just like the rockets I built from Lego when I was eight.Then there's the "far flung corners of the galaxy" bit -- which clashes with the aforementioned galactic DRM clause. The Milky Way is about 100,000 light years across, and we're not in the centre, making the farthest flung corner around 75,000 light years away, give or take a few thousand light years. Again, though, there's nothing stopping the radio waves travelling any further, so it's not clear why they pick out the far-flung corners of the Milky Way as a limit here.Finally, there's the claim that radio waves mean "almost instant" transmission. While it's true that the speed of light is pretty damn quick, it doesn't really seem fair to say it's nearly instant over distances like 75,000 light years. After all, it would take a radio wave 75,000 years to travel that distance. 75,000 years ago, humanity was only just starting to make its way out of Africa and into Asia. By the time your messages get to that cute alien on the Scutum Centaurus arm, humanity could well be extinct."Sending messages, and even romantic declarations, into space is nothing new. Professional alien hunters have been sending text messages into space in the hope of receiving a reply from extra-terrestrials for years."Every message that you have ever sent over a wireless electromagnetic medium (mobile phone, SMS, email, or plain ol' radio or television) has gone into space. Most of them won't have made it much further than a few tens of light years away, because wireless communications haven't been with the mass market for that long, but that still reaches more than 50 other solar systems."But according to dating website [redacted], its new app will open up the possibility of communicating with alien life forms to 'normal, broadminded people' - rather than just the scientific community." I particularly love the implication here that the scientific community aren't "normal, broadminded people". More over the page. Read page 2 12 Read on one page Latest on wired.co.uk


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Readers offer expert insights on storage applications, costs
We have illuminated numerous angles on the subject of energy storage over the past two weeks. Our astute readers added several thought-provoking angles to the discussion that in themselves are worthy of attention. Expert reader input ranged from the big-picture economics of storage alternatives to life-cycle environmental impacts to project-specific evaluations of cost effectiveness.
"Energy Storage Research Just Published," discussed a new EPRI report that suggested that "energy storage" is a meaningless term because it's all about the application and location-specific needs first. Then a utility can assess the business value of applying a storage medium or process, compare competing technologies (traditional and nascent) and determine the most cost-effective alternative. This approach makes generalizations difficult.
One reader provided a bracing (to borrow a phrase) "it's the economics, stupid."
"There's no question storage will work and many of the options outlined in the EPRI report will work just fine," one reader, focused on the California market, wrote. "The issues are cost and value.
"For vertically integrated utilities operating in a stand-alone mode, value is likely determined by the long-run cost of alternatives that are avoided if storage is installed," this reader suggested. "Those estimates are uncertain, they rely on a number of critical assumptions and they typically assume storage will displace some other peaking plant.
"However for utilities and others who operate in regional wholesale markets, the important but missing factor is that value is determined largely based on the price of capacity, energy, frequency regulation and contingency reserves that can be sold from a storage project. When regulators step in to guarantee reliability or minimize the cost of capacity by mandating new build, their actions have the effect of artificially depressing prices for these grid level services, which makes storage look less cost effective."
Another correspondent illuminated the cradle-to-grave environmental impacts of storage options.
"You have not touched on the potential lifecycle environmental impact of storage," this reader wrote. "All energy solutions, including storage solutions, have an environmental footprint and some are more significant than others. Pumped hydro requires that land be set aside for holding the water that is used in that technology. Batteries have significant environmental impacts both in their manufacturing and their eventual disposal. That is not to say that these technologies do not have a net positive environmental impact, but it is important that the entire lifecycle impacts of each technology be evaluated and compared."
In one specific case in Iowa, discussed in "The Business Case for Compressed Air," one reader dialed in on the CAES (compressed air energy storage) project's goal of providing energy for the "intermediate use cycle"—that is, to meet load between baseline and peak from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m.
"I'm glad to see that [the Iowa Stored Energy Plant Agency is] planning an intermediate use cycle, because (mysteriously) some CAES analyses put it in the peaking column, which would seem to be a waste of generating capacity and high efficiency," our correspondent wrote. "Being recognized for its intermediate generation capabilities means that [CAES] is competing against a combined cycle rather than simple-cycle combustion turbines, which is more fair, given the much higher cost of combined cycle than simple-cycle CTs."
Finally, in "Four Ways to Think About Energy Storage," we listened in on the testimony of four leading California utilities before the California Energy Commission that agreed on two major themes: it's all about the application and mandates or set-asides for storage technologies lead to ill-considered investments and higher end-user costs. Our readers applauded.
"PG&E has it right!" one reader exulted. "First a utility should 'identify the need' in the form of a written problem statement. Potential solutions can then be evaluated based upon how well they solve the problem. A benefit-to-cost ratio for each solution that solves the problem can then be calculated."
Because the practical approach to "energy storage" (and discussions of the options) is highly application- and site-specific, we'll be bringing you details on more actual projects in the near future.
Here are two more articles you might enjoy:
"Energy Storage: Drivers and Goals"
"Chasing Batteries for Energy Storage"
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Storage 101 including T&D benefits
The summary in the Energy Storage Economics 101 omits the economics of Storage providing a T&D alternative. There is only a mention of this in the earlier May 5 column. T&D costs are not set in liquid markets, and do vary by location, so they are opaque. The 101 article does say location is important to the value of Storage, and that is a direct reflection of T&D issues. Is the value of Storage for T&D overlooked because there is no price signal? That doesn't mean Storage won't be cost-effective, it only means that we have no measuring stick for a whole class of applications. Building Transmission is not easy or cheap. We need more discussion of alternatives that can go into ratebase, but faster and without uncertainty of permitting battles. Let's look at highest cost-per-MW Transmission and Distribution proposals for comparison of Storage economics. Then we can have a summary of the economics.


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A heated debate erupted in the National Assembly in Dodoma on Wednesday over the absence of Minister for Finance Mustapha Mkullo from the august House at a time when serious issues relating to his personal conduct in the ministry were being discussed.
While some members of Parliament accused the minister, who is reportedly out of the country on official duty, of running away from his responsibility, the government chief whip, who is also Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office (Policy, Coordination and Parliamentary Affairs) William Lukuvi jumped to his defence, saying "Mkullo is in the US for the country's very important interests."
However, Deputy Speaker Job Ndugai intervened by reminding the House about the ministers' duty to inform the Speaker's office whenever they travel abroad for whatever reason when there is a sitting of the National Assembly.
He said that as far the House was concerned, Mkullo had not communicated with the Speaker's office that he would not be in the country during the ongoing parliamentary session. Ndugai's intervention was a clear signal to Lukuvi that, much as Mkullo's trip to the US might be very important to Tanzania, courtesy demanded that the minister communicated with the Speaker's office about his absence.
Although Lukuvi would not go into details about what business was so significant to the country's interest that the Finance minister had to be away, it is very likely that it was linked to the country's forthcoming budget. It is important to bear in mind that this is April, and in less than two months from now the parliamentary budget session will be starting in Dodoma to deliberate on the 2012/13 financial year.
The government is by now supposed to have already come up with a draft budget, and it is this draft budget that the Finance minister is likely to have flown out with to Washington for consultation with the World Bank (WB) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
Interestingly, members of parliament who complained about the minister's absence did not complain about the business that had taken Mkullo to the US. Their concern was the minister's absence from the House at a time when he was supposed to respond to numerous questions, most of them very critical and relating to his personal conduct as minister for Finance.
Since Tanzania elected to become a donor-dependent nation, with almost 30 per cent of its budget being funded by the Britton Woods institutions and other donor countries, the country lost its sovereignty on budget preparations. Therefore, every year before tabling its official budget in parliament, the minister for Finance is forced to submit the budget draft to the WB and IMF, on behalf of Tanzania's donors (conveniently referred to as development partners) for approval.
And that is the price Tanzanian leaders are forced to pay for their lack of seriousness in charting out the country's path towards self-reliance, which is quite possible given the country's abundant natural resources. The question which Tanzanians ought to be asking themselves is: if Kenya, which is not as endowed as Tanzania in natural resources, is capable of financing 95 per cent of its budget, what makes it so difficult for Tanzania?
Unfortunately for Tanzania, its problem is caused by the nature of leadership it is saddled with, leadership that has been fighting to be at the helm not for bringing national, but rather personal development. It seeks the path to the State House through all the tricks in the book, not with the aim of turning around the country's economy but to enrich itself and its cronies.
In short, they have been fighting for the Union presidency without being armed with any kind of agenda as to what kind of nation they want to build. A few years before his death on October 14 (as we are told) 1999, the Father of the Nation, Mwalimu Julius Nyerere, had the following to ask the Tanzanian leadership:
"I can understand your decision to do away with the policy of Ujamaa…but what about the policy of self-reliance? Are you also not interested in it?"
Although all the three successive CCM governments of presidents Ali Hassan Mwinyi, Benjamin Mkapa and Jakaya Kikwete elected to remain mum about Mwalimu's question on self-reliance, they have continued to maintain, theoretically in the constitution, that they follow the same policy that had been espoused by Mwalimu's first phase government!
Practically, all their actions have further driven Tanzania into a fully-fledged dependent nation. But because the country has since the inception of the second phase government lacked focused and a committed leadership ready to take what former premier, Edward Lowassa, calls 'tough decisions' and what Benjamin Mkapa referred to last week as 'consequences that usual go with such decisions,' Tanzania is presently in an economic lurch Tanzanian leaders have continued to trek to Washington, year in year out, despite having been told times and again during their days at the University of Dar es Salaam that there was not a single nation that developed through its closeness with the western countries they repeatedly visit. And the end result of such trips is that Tanzanians are told to protect themselves with mosquito nets, but not to destroy the very environment that breeds mosquitoes!
On Thursday parliamentarians in Dodoma complained bitterly about the priority government officials give to donors when it comes to consultations. They said it was important that such officials consulted more with the National Assembly which represents the people rather than foreigners.
Much as they were very right in their stance, unfortunately for them they did not appear to realize that their government had trapped itself through its continued dependence on donor funding, which currently stands at 40 percent of its national budget. Therefore, instead of asking what in the eyes of the present government sees it as impossible, they ought to help it extricate itself from such a problem.
And one of the ways of doing that is to ensure that they get rid of individuals in the government (in the form of ministers) whose actions continue to compromise the government to continue depending on donor funding. Thus, the move to force the prime minister to resign if erring ministers didn't by Monday, next week, is a move in the right direction - although it is just part of the process towards bringing about an accountable leadership.
And while still on the collecting MPs' signatures for forcing the prime minister's resignation, it is equally important for the lawmakers to extend the net to ministers who refused to step down in relation to problems relating to the Mbagala and Gongo la Mboto bombings the and doctors' strike. However, it should not be lost on the MPs that bringing about a self-reliant nation will not be attained by the foregoing actions per se, it requires more than that.
Tanzanians ought to look critically at the entire system of governance; they have to seriously ask themselves what kind of government they want, and for achieving what objectives. Their friends, the Chinese, whose level of development was more or less similar to that of Tanzania in the 1980s, have shown them the way.
Last week, when taking part in Mwalimu's Chair Memorial lectures, Mkapa said Tanzanians were praising the Chinese without realizing that they got where they are through what he claimed to be American investments.
Unfortunately, our intellectuals at the Hill failed to pin down the man and so allowed him to get away with murder. The point is, the Chinese' massive economic development which has made them the second economy after the US has been realized not through the kind of investments we are currently involved in. They were closely guided by Teng tsio Ping policy of 'the colour of a cat is immaterial as long as it can catch the rat'.
Industrially, in fulfillment of the foregoing policy, they thoroughly prepared the groundwork, not by increasing the number of degree holders in the way Tanzania is busy involved in to the point of fuelling cheats, but by increasing the number of well trained technicians.
The end result of this education policy is that China has all kinds of technicians to meet all kinds of industrial and technological investments and they don't call themselves as the world factory for nothing.
But as the Chinese worked on the massive development of their technicians in readiness for absorption of global industrial needs, they delayed their country's entry into international institutions such as the World Trade Organisation (WTO) in order to give themselves space for preparation.
This brings us to what columnist and political commentator Jenerali Ulimwengu once said in relation to Tanzania's haste to accent to the world copyright instrument. He said there was no need for such a rush because Tanzania needed space to get its own inventions before getting on to the global stage.
But because we have had the kind of leadership that does not have an agenda on what it wants for its people, the country plunged into the instrument, hence tying its hands. As we speak, the Chinese have their own home-grown technologies in every facet of life - from vehicles to medicine and computers to space.
What have we done? We have been doing the reverse! Instead of building more technical colleges, we are busy building white elephants in the form of universities.
The Chinese gave us Mang'ula Machine Tool to help us become self-reliant in spare parts manufacturing, especially for the Tanzania-Zambia Railway, but we have twice failed to run even the institution, let alone the machine tool!
Instead of firing erring managers of our light industries, we sought quick fixes in the form of wholesale privatizations.
And the difference between the Chinese and our government is that while we allowed people who had brought down our public institutions to bask in sunshine with the money they looted from us, the Chinese sent all of them to the firing squad.
Come to think of it: How does one allow some guys to get the country into a fake contract that drains 300bn/- (200m US dollars) which could have given Air Tanzania Company Limited two brand new Airbus 340 planes? And if we didn't know why Tanzania is where it is, the foregoing is the answer. Our continued conduct to treat thieves and corrupt elements in our midst with kid gloves is our undoing.


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The Demonic Statue of the Outer Path (外道魔像, Gedō Mazō) is a personal summon of Nagato and Obito Uchiha. It is also the vessel of the Ten-Tails.[2]
During his old age, Madara Uchiha was able to cling onto life by attaching himself with cords leading to this statue. From there, the statue served as a life support by constantly supplying Madara with chakra, knowing that he would die instantly if he were to stop receiving chakra from the statue.[3] During the Third Shinobi World War when Hanzō enlisted the aid of Danzō Shimura's Root ANBU to eliminate the Akatsuki, Nagato summoned the Demonic Statue, which pierces his back with a number of black rods and emaciated him. Nagato used the statue to launch a powerful attack, which resulted in the death of all but Hanzō.[4]
The statue is a giant, humanoid entity. When first summoned it burst out from the ground, with only its upper torso and arms visible. Its back has a number of spike-like protrusions. When it is first summoned by Nagato, the Statue is blindfolded. During subsequent Akatsuki appearances, nine slots for its (normally closed) eyes are present in the blindfold. In these appearances its arms are also bound in shackles and it has a bit in its mouth. When it was fully seen after being summoned by Tobi, it is seemingly wearing some form of robe, and when seen in Tobi's hideout, its ankles also appeared to be bound in shackles. The long protrusion of chakra amplifying metal from when it connected to Nagato is also present coming from its midsection resembling an umbilical cord. When summoned into battle the statue is not bound by restraints. During its transformation into the Ten-Tails, its appearance starts to change, which is most noticeable around its mouth area, and from the spikes on its body which have begun to extend and in some cases, warp their shape.
The Statue is able to emit dragon-like forms of energy from its mouth. When these dragons come into contact with ordinary humans, the humans' souls are ripped from their bodies, killing them. When these dragons surround a jinchūriki or a tailed beast, the tailed beast's chakra is gathered to the Statue's mouth and stored inside for future use. Nagato wanted to use these beasts to create a weapon that could destroy a country. Tobi however, wants to reassemble them into the Ten-Tails. In combination with the Outer Path, the stored tailed beast chakra can be directed and stored back into the previous jinchūriki, and can be quickly withdrawn back into the statue should Tobi desire.
As evident from his enormous size, the Statue possesses great strength, enough to clash with the likes of Chōza and Chōji Akimichi in their colossal forms. It was also shown to be durable enough to take one of Chōji's Butterfly Bullet Bombing punches without even being pushed back, and stop Kitsuchi's Earth Release: Sandwich Technique, just by outstretching its arms. In the anime, it also displayed a high level of agility despite its massive size, as it could leap tremendous distances. It was capable of creating shock waves that can devastate an entire battlefield, and from the protrusions on its back, launch energy blasts.
The statue itself was used as a life-support of sort for the elderly Madara Uchiha who was connected to it via three, thick, long chords stretching from Hashirama's living clone.[5] Zetsu and his clones are also able to access the statue's power by connecting themselves to the living clone. Spiral Zetsu did this to augment his strength, enabling him to break the massive boulder that had been used to seal a passageway of the hideout.[6]
Part II
Kazekage Rescue Arc
Years later, Nagato made it the means behind Akatsuki's tailed beast extraction. When Sasori and Deidara arrive in an Akatsuki hideout with Gaara, Nagato summons it to extract the One-Tailed Shukaku over a period of three days, sealing it into the statue. When the sealing begins, the bit falls from the Statue's mouth and nine dragon-like entities burst forth from the statue's mouth. As the sealing nears completion, one of the eyes corresponding to the beast that is being sealed opens. After the sealing finishes, the statue disappears.
Hidan and Kakuzu Arc
The statue is summoned to seal two tailed beasts, the Two-Tails and the Three-Tails, during which process Nagato explains Akatsuki's goals. As a result, Yugito Nii dies.
Itachi Pursuit Arc
After Kisame captures Rōshi, the Four-Tails jinchūriki, he and Itachi discuss the sealing of the tailed-beasts. Itachi says that they don't need to rush to capture the Nine-Tails, since that beast is supposed to be the last one sealed, or else the statue would break apart.
Tsuchigumo Kinjutsu Arc
Main article: Tsuchigumo Kinjutsu Arc After the Six Paths of Pain capture Utakata, the Six-Tails is extracted and sealed into the statue, resulting in his death.
Invasion of Pain Arc
After Sasuke Uchiha captured "Killer B", the Eight-Tails jinchūriki, Akatsuki tried to seal the beast in the statue, only to see that it's actually a fake.
Five Kage Summit Arc
After Nagato's death, Tobi indicates that Nagato was just a pawn that the Demonic Statue had been synchronised with. He states he would like Sasuke Uchiha to be Nagato's replacement, but decided to wait until Sasuke was easier to manipulate.
Shinobi World War Arc
After accepting the terms of Kabuto Yakushi's alliance, Tobi reveals the statue located within the depths of his headquarters, seated atop of a giant lotus flower, whose stem harbours a copy of Hashirama Senju. Directing Kabuto's vision downwards to the flower's roots, housed in a deeper underground cave, Tobi presents the army of enhanced White Zetsu that he had created using the chakra of the tailed beasts imprisoned within the statue.
During the Fourth Shinobi World War, the statue is summoned to the battlefield in order to assist Tobi in obtaining a substitute for the Nine-Tails' chakra, rampaging amongst the First Division as Chōza and Chōji Akimichi use their Super Multi-Size Technique to fight the statue. However, the statue withstood their combined assault and with the shock-wave following a bellowing roar, sent the two of them reeling. In the wake of its destruction and in retaliation to Kitsuchi's Earth Release: Sandwich Technique, it releases another powerful blast of chakra, devastating the battlefield further. The statue later attempted to crush Darui and Shikamaru Nara underfoot, when they tried to prevent Tobi from taking the Benihisago and Kohaku no Jōhei.
Retreating to a forested area, Tobi stands atop of the statue's palms alongside his Six Paths of Pain, as dawn breaks on the second day. After Son Gokū is freed from Tobi's control during his confrontation with Naruto Uzumaki and Killer B, he immediately summons the statue to his present location, where it proceeds to draw the bound beast into its awaiting maw and reseals the Four-Tails inside itself. As Tobi continues to observe the ensuing battle from atop the statue, he is ultimately forced to reseal the remaining tailed beasts in the same manner as Son, when they too are freed by Naruto. The statue remained on the battlefield aiding Tobi in his fight against Naruto, B, Kakashi and Guy.
As a combined assault from Naruto, B, Kakashi and Guy knocks the statue down, goading from Naruto forces Tobi to summon the Kohaku no Jōhei and the Benihisago, which Tobi allows the statue to devour. Having sealed the portion of the Eight-Tails they had received during Taka's battle earlier, the Demonic Statue now had all nine tailed beasts' chakra within it and Tobi prepared to revive the Ten-Tails. Clutching its head while roaring, the statue undergoes the process with Tobi safeguarding it from any who would attack it and hinder the ritual. As several of the protrusions on the statue's body began to extend and its eyes start to bleed, Kakashi attempted to warp away the statue's head. This attack was, however, nullified through unknown means, shocking Kakashi greatly.
While still changing, B attempts to attack it and Tobi uses the Uchiha Flame Battle Encampment to cover it in a cylindrical barrier of fire to keep others from attacking it. Madara upon later arriving to the battlefield realised that the Eight and Nine-Tails had not been sealed into the statue and moved to correct this, noting that there was still time.
- As with many of Nagato's techniques, it is influenced by Buddhist terminology. Gedō (外道, Literally meaning: Outer Path), derived from the Sanskrit Tīrthika, refers to any doctrine which "treads the outer path" to enlightenment. This is opposed to the teachings of orthodox Buddhism, the Naidō (内道, Literally meaning: Inner Path), and is thus considered misguided and heretical, which led to a translation of this statue being the Demonic Statue of Heretical Doctrine.
- ↑ Third Databook, page 198
- ↑ Naruto chapter 594, page 9
- ↑ Naruto chapter 602, page 12
- ↑ Naruto chapter 447, pages 7-13
- ↑ Naruto chapter 602, page 12
- ↑ Naruto chapter 604, pages 1, 4


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Carry all your gear and support your National Team with this Nike Soccer Gymsack. A must have for any true National Team fan. Bring it with you everywhere you go. National Team Football logo on bottom. Dimensions: 18.5"H x 14.2"W. Made of Polyester.
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These high-quality polyester straps feature the Rat Fink art of Ed "Big Daddy" Roth. Fully adjustable to 61". 2" width.
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Thursday Jan 28 2010
Max Miller's Clinic of Champions slated for Feb. 26-27
Boise State's Chris Peterson heads list of more than 25 speakers
Former Cordova High head football coach and current member of Folsom High's coaching staff Max Miller will hold his 30th annual football Clinic of Champions on Feb. 26-27 at the Peppermill Resort in Reno. The clinic is open to all high school and youth football coaches and will feature more than two dozen guest speakers, including keynote speaker Chris Peterson, the head coach at Boise State University, as well as several other collegiate coaches. The two-day clinic, which is the largest of its kind on the West Coast, is a great opportunity for coaches to learn from other coaches, according to Miller. Local high school coaches also speaking at the clinic include Rocklin's Greg Benzel, Roseville's Larry Cunha and Casa Roble's Norm Ryan. Benzel will discuss Keys to Successful Play Action and Program Player Development. Cunha will discuss his team's rushing attack at Roseville as well as their passing game and will also have a clinic called "From Full House to Spread." Ryan will have three clinics on "Building a Successful High School Program," "Installing the Spread - Running Game and Pass Pro," and "Stopping The Spread Offense -- Who Has The Chalk Last." There is also a program for cheerleader coaches as well. For more information and for registration details, visit clinicofchampions.com. Max Miller can also be reached at 996-9506.