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For decades, efforts to end world poverty have focused on redistributing wealth, rather than creating it. This approach, however, has done little to foster long-term economic progress in Africa.
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The Midcoast Forum on Foreign Relations recently hosted a talk by Joshua Landis, Director of the Center for Middle East Studies and Associate Professor of Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Oklahoma. His topic is the current situation in Syria.
Dr. Landis writes Syria Comment, a daily newsletter on Syrian politics, consults with the State Department and other government agencies, and appears on the PBS News Hour, Charlie Rose, CNN, Fox News, and is heard on NPR and the BBC.
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- "Hey holmes, Mike is in trouble. Let's Bounce. They taking the yay shipment and the van, and Mike's still in the back!"
- ― T-Bone Mendez
You may be looking for the character of the same name.
Mike Toreno is a mission given to protagonist Carl Johnson from Jizzy's Pleasure Domes at Battery Point, San Fierro, San Andreas.
T-Bone is convinced that somebody is onto the Loco Syndicate. Mike Toreno calls T-Bone, and apparently he is in trouble. T-Bone tells Carl Johnson and Jizzy what's happening -- some thieves have taken the drug shipment and the van, with Mike still inside. Mike is giving details to T-Bone through phone, telling him his cellphone battery is almost dead. CJ drives T-Bone to the locations indicated by Mike, and finnaly finds that the real location is the Easter Bay Airport, where Mike's transponder starts working, showing the relative distance betwen Mike and T-Bone. Guided by the transponder, CJ finds the van and rescues Mike from the Da Nang thieves. Mike leaves the van after the thieves are killed, and, not knowing CJ, hold him on gunpoint, only to be stopped by T-Bone, claiming CJ is one of Jizzy's "clowns". Mike realises that the Police will arrive soon and they must torch the van with the drugs inside, despite T-Bone's unwillingness to do so. CJ destroys the van, then drives Toreno and Mendez away from danger and back to Jizzy's club.
Mission objectives
In order to complete the mission the player must:
- Get inside the car
- Drive to the building site
- Drive to the airport
- Use the signal to find the van
- Kill those goons
- Destroy the Van
- Take Toreno away from the burning van before the police arrive
- Lose the heat! Get to the Pay 'n' Spray
- Get back to The Pleasure Domes
- If the player is using the "Never Wanted" cheat, then once you get up to the red marker at the airport, the marker will not change, and will remain stuck. To fix the glitch, simply run away, until you receive the message, "you left Mike behind go get him", then after that the marker will change to the Pleasure Domes.
- Sometimes when crashing too much, the bar will not fill up. To fix this glitch, load a saved game and attempt the mission again.
- The song featured in the Pre-mission cutscene is called "Loopzilla" by George Clinton, which can also be heard on Bounce FM.
- When Jizzy is referring to having eyes everywhere, the line is a rendition of the line said by Teddy Duchamp from the film Stand By Me where his friend Chris says "You four eyed pile of shit!" and Teddy replies, "A pile of shit has a thousand eyes." Much similar to the line said by Jizzy.
- This mission provides a good opportunity to take the 2 Snapshots located at the airport.
- During the cutscene where Toreno exits the van after he was saved by CJ and T-Bone, a small error can be noticed: a second yellow van appears in the background next to the vehicle CJ drove to the airport and a white limo which Carl can use as an escaping vehicle.
- If the all cars are black Cheat Codes is activated ( 'iowdlac' for PC), the van in which Toreno is kept prisoner will still be yellow, probably because of coding. Acquiring the van (through failing the mission) and saving it in a garage with the cheat code still on will revert it's color to black. It is the only vehicle that behaves this way with that cheat code activated (tested for PC version of the game).
- Although only T-Bone is in the car when CJ tries to find Toreno, Jizzy's voice can also be heard commenting T-Bone's instructions, implying that he may have been present in the beta version of the mission.
- A first clue about Toreno's real identity as a governmental agent appears in this mission, where he asks for CJ's wallet while they are driving back to Jizzy's club. This is a possible explanation for why Toreno avoids meeting Carl afterwards and takes extra care in following missions, coming in a helicopter in Pier 69 , faking his death, calling CJ with a voice interference so he cannot be recognised etc. As a governmental agent, he always has to know who is he meeting.
- It not necessary to drive the Premier to rescue the Toreno, through the game instruct you to enter the car, you can then exit the car and drive the car that you want. If you want acquire the yellow Burrito you can drive the Tow Truck to the airport and kill T-Bone or Toreno after the cutscene, tow the Burrito to the garage and save it.
- In one of the dialogues after Mike order Mendez to torch the van, there's a mistake in the script of the dialogue, T-bone says "Hey chale, güero, we ain't torching nada!" while the written script says Charlie instead of Chale. Chale is a Mexican Spanish expression that can be roughly translated as Damn! in English.


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Welcome to Carl Berman's online exhibit at UMUC
Carl Berman: Cultural Explorer
January 31 - March 12, 2007
UMUC Inn and Conference Center
As we recognize Bold Global Leadership with the inauguration of UMUC's fifth president, Susan C. Aldridge, it is becoming to include the art exhibit "Carl Berman: Cultural Explorer" as part of the inaugural celebration.
Wherever Carl Berman's wanderlust took him, whether he was observing stag dancers in Bhutan, or the antics of masked parade goers in Spain, heremained a lifelong learner with a deep respect for his subjects and what he could learn from them. His colorfully stroked paintings reflect his insatiable curiosity and strong desire to understand and then share his global experiences.
We invite you to explore the life and work of Carl Berman at the Inn and Conference Center from January 31-March 12, 2007, as well as through this online exhibit.
As a special treat, attendees of the Inaugural Gala will be able to browse the exhibit while enjoying ethnic cuisine to the sounds of a live Peruvian band.
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Strep Throat Complications
Topic Overview
Complications of strep throat are rare but can occur, especially if strep throat is not properly treated with antibiotics. Complications can be related either to the strep infection or to the body's immune response to the infection.
Complications related to the strep infection
Although rare, complications can result from the strep infection spreading to other areas of the body. Infection can spread to the:
- Middle ear (otitis media).
- Sinuses (sinusitis).
Other, more rare, complications include:
- Infection behind the pharynx (retropharyngeal abscess).
- Infection of the lymph nodes of the neck.
- A peritonsillar abscess.
- Toxic shock syndrome .
Complications related to the body's immune response to strep bacteria
Sometimes in response to a strep infection, the body's immune system will attack healthy tissues, causing complications such as rheumatic fever, inflammation of the kidneys (glomerulonephritis), or pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders associated with streptococcal infections (PANDAS).
- In rare cases, untreated strep may progress to rheumatic fever. Antibiotic therapy begun as late as 9 days after the start of a strep infection will prevent rheumatic fever.1
- Glomerulonephritis may occur after infection with certain strains of strep bacteria. These infections may include a strep infection of the skin (such as impetigo), usually during the summer months, or the throat (such as strep throat), usually during the winter months. The condition is relatively rare and goes away without treatment. But some complications may require treatment. Treatment of strep infection may not prevent inflammation of the kidneys.
- PANDAS is a term used to describe what happens with some children who have symptoms of certain disorders that get worse following infections such as strep throat or scarlet fever. The disorders whose symptoms get worse include obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) and tic disorders such as Tourette's syndrome.
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Strait of Malacca
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The Strait of Malacca, located between Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore, links the Indian Ocean to the South China Sea and Persian Gulf. The length of the strait is about 800 kilometres. At its narrowest point in the Phillips Channel of the Singapore Strait, Malacca is only approximately 1.7 miles wide, creating a natural bottleneck, as well as potential for collisions, piracy, grounding, or water pollution, particularly for oil spills.
The International Hydrographic Organization defines the limits of the Strait of Malacca as shown by the dashed lines on the map below. However, for practical purposes, many include the Singapore Strait as part of Malacca.
Base map source: Demis
Importance for Oil Transportation
Malacca is the shortest sea route between Persian Gulf suppliers and the Asian markets—notably China, Japan, South Korea, and the Pacific Rim. Oil shipments through the Strait of Malacca supply China and Indonesia, two of the world's fastest growing economies. It is the key oil transit chokepoint in Asia with an estimated 15.2 million barrels per day passing though the Strait in 2011, compared to 13.8 million bbl/d in 2007. Crude oil makes up about 90 percent of flows, with the remainder being petroleum products.
Over 60,000 vessels transit the Strait of Malacca per year. If the strait were blocked, nearly half of the world's fleet would be required to reroute around the Indonesian archipelago through Lombok Strait, located between the islands of Bali and Lombok, or the Sunda Strait, located between Java and Sumatra.
Strait of Malacca from space. Source: NASA Mission ISS022 There have been several proposals to build bypass options and reduce tanker traffic through the Strait of Malacca, but most have not been followed through. China is on schedule to complete the Myanmar-China Oil and Gas Pipeline in 2013, two parallel oil and gas pipelines that stretch from Myanmar's ports in the Bay of Bengal to the Yunnan province of China. The oil pipeline will be an alternative transport route for crude oil imports from the Middle East to potentially bypass the Strait of Malacca. The oil pipeline capacity is expected to reach about 440,000 bbl/day.
Impediments to shipping
At its narrowest point in the Phillips Channel of the Singapore Strait, Malacca is only 1.7 miles wide creating a natural bottleneck, as well as potential for collisions, grounding, or oil spills. According to the International Maritime Bureau's Piracy Reporting Centre, piracy, including attempted theft and hijackings, is a constant threat to tankers in the Strait of Malacca, although the number of attacks has dropped due to the increased patrols by the littoral states' authorities since July 2005.
Beyond the intrinsic narrowness of the Strait of Malacca, there are two chief significant shipping hazards: historical piracy that continues into the 21st century, and severe air pollution haze. Pirates operate from the shores of the Strait of Malacca preying on ship traffic in the narrow parts of the strait; in modern times, most of these raiders have been based in Indonesia. Slash-and-burn practises on Sumatra generate continuing severe particulate haze, that makes the narrow shipping lane even more hazardous, due to impeded visibility.
Ancient history
The thallasocratic empire of Srivijaya on Sumatra acquired control of two key marine choke points: the Strait of Malacca and Sunda Strait. The Srivijaya Empire exerted dominance in this region from about 750 to 1200 AD.
- World Oil Transit Chokepoints, Energy Information Administration, 2013
- Limits of Oceans and Seas, 3rd edition. International Hydrographic Organization. 1953.
- U.S. Central Intelligence Agency World Factbook
- Clarksons
- Eastern Bloc Research
- International Energy Agency (IEA)
- International Maritime Bureau
- Lloyd's List Intelligence
- Paul Michel Munoz. 2006. Early Kingdoms of the Indonesian Archipelago and the Malay Peninsula. Didier Millet. Singapore ISBN 981-4155-67-5.
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A Dar es Salaam-based women's group, World Islamic Propagation and Humanitarian Services, has donated assorted items to patients at Ocean Road Cancer Institute as part of commemoration of Mothers' Day and Women's Week to celebrate the birth of Fatima Zahra.
Items which were donated over the weekend included 300 blankets, 60 toothbrushs, 96 dozen bottles of juice and 60 ripe banana all worth 2m/-
Speaking during the handover ceremony to the patients in ward 3, WIPAHS coordinator Miriam Tejani said that as women they have decided to support the patients after observing that there are so many of them who need support because they come from up-country and they don't have enough funds to purchase all their basic needs.
She said the funds for purchasing the products were obtained from different donors and other worshipers.
"As women we express thanks to ORCI management for giving us this opportunity so that we can support patients at this hospital," she said, noting that more than 400 patients would benefit from the support.
"Our focus was just to improve the living conditions of the patients at ORCI, who have been suffering severely from cancer diseases and each patient will receive one blanket and other basic needs, while the remaining blankets will be given to ORCI management," she added.
Elaborating, she said WIPAHS is an independent non-governmental organization (NGO) registered as a religious and charitable humanitarian trust.
Receiving the blankets and other items from Miriam Tejani on behalf of other women, Tausi Iddi Abdallah from Kihonda village in Morogoro region, thanked the organisation for the donation.
"Although we have received this support we still need more support from different people and other firms because some of the patients come from up-country, they don't have funds to buy drugs for their cancer disease and the majority of them don't have any relatives here in Dar es Salaam who can support them," she said.


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Gyūki (牛鬼, Gyūki), more commonly known as the Eight-Tails (八尾, Hachibi), is a tailed beast sealed within Killer B of Kumogakure after A's cousin, his cousin's uncle and cousin's father failed before him.[2]
Gyūki 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.[3][4] 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.[5] Gyūki eventually fell into the possession of Kumogakure.
However, its ferocity was so great that none of its former jinchūriki could control it. They would lose control, and Gyūki would go on a rampage and destroy the village, requiring the Third Raikage to form a special coalition to subdue it. During one of its rampages, the Third fought Gyūki alone allowing his comrades to escape. During this encounter the Third managed to cut all of the beast's tails off, but both him and Gyūki collapsed with their techniques before they could finish the battle. During another encounter the Third extracted it from its previous jinchūriki, and sealed it within the Kohaku no Jōhei. Many villagers lost their lives during these episodes and Gyūki lost one of its four horns to A after the said horn pierced Motoi's father. It was ultimately sealed within Killer B, who was five at the time,[6] through the Iron Armour Seal.[7] B would go on to tame and control Gyūki through rigorous training within the Falls of Truth.[8]
At some point in the past, one Kumo-nin attempted to mimic the Gold and Silver Brothers by eating one of Gyūki's chakra meat tentacles in the hopes of gaining the power like a jinchūriki, but died in the process.[9]
Gyūki is characterised as a tough and serious individual. It uses 'ore' (オレ) when referring to itself and often speaks in a somewhat rude dialect. In addition, Gyūki was also shown to have a good analytical ability, as it told Killer B that if he left Ponta and Sabu and ran away from them, Kisame and his water dome would follow him and they (Sabu and Ponta) would be freed. With regards to its relationship with the other tailed beasts, Gyūki mentioned that it and its brethren disliked Kurama for its habit of ranking their strength based on their number of tails.[10] However, it insisted that was no reason for not helping Naruto to control Kurama's power, hinting a benevolent side. Since then, both Gyūki and B have taken a liking to Naruto.
In the past, Gyūki was infamous in Kumo for being wild and violent, as it went on countless rampages whenever its former jinchūriki would lose control of it. This was mostly likely due to its hatred against humans for oppressing and sealing it away many times. Gyūki kept on being that way until it was sealed within B, who would later change it after he bested it in one-on-one combat. Since then, Gyūki's relationship with B became more relaxed, with B even sitting on top of its muzzle while talking to Gyūki leisurely. However, B tends to annoy Gyūki to comical effect, as its no-nonsense demeanour often contrasts with B's tendency to goof off whenever he likes, adding fuel to Gyūki's irritation to its vessel. Gyūki is not above bad-mouthing B as a result. Gyūki is also known to reprimand him in serious occasions as shown when it criticised B for rapping in his fight with Kisame when he should have been completely focused on their opponent, and later when it comically bumped B in the head when the latter started to mention in a perverted manner how Yugito's chakra receivers were embedded in her left breast. Because of this, Gyūki appears to be much more noteworthy than B as far as responsibility is concerned.
Gyūki is an ushi-oni with four long horns on its head, similar to that of a Jacob sheep. The lower left part of its horns was permanently sliced off in a battle with A. It has a muscular upper-body structure, with a hunched back similar to an American bison, arms with spiked protrusions on the elbows, and hands with opposable thumbs like that of a human. It has no hind-legs, instead its lower half is made up of its tails which consist of eight tentacles that resemble the cephalopod arms of an octopus. These tails will grow back in the event that they are sliced off. It is also extremely massive, matching the Giant Squid in size. During the last remaining days of the Sage of the Six Paths, Gyūki was smaller and its horns were much shorter.[5]
Gyūki was said by both Kisame and Kurama to be the second strongest of the tailed beasts. With its great supply of chakra, it can fire massive chakra blasts. Despite their massive size, its horns are incredibly sharp, coupled with Gyūki's massive physical strength, it is able to easily impale a human being. During Naruto's battle with Kurama within his subconscious, it was shown that Gyūki had enough strength to temporarily restrain and contain a direct Tailed Beast Ball from Kurama, but was knocked out of the battle afterwards because of it. Its strength is so great that it could stop Isobu in full motion using only its extended tentacles, along with swiping Kokuō aside at the same time.[11][12] It was able to endure being burned by Amaterasu for a considerable amount of time, and continued battling after being gored by Kokuō and slammed by Son Gokū. Its tentacles offer it several additional appendages with which to interact with its surroundings and strike targets, but they are also easily severed. Even with its immense size, it has shown a high level of speed when it attacks,[13] and even fast enough to block Amaterasu with its fist.[14] A single Tailed Beast Ball from it could penetrate nine of the thirty-six barriers without even exploding.[15] Going with its octopus theme, it can also produce ink to blind opponents as well as form ink clones to bind the enemies. It can also generate enormous tornadoes which can destroy an entire forest with ease.[16]
Gyūki has been shown to be very intelligent, explaining the mechanics of the Tailed Beast Ball to Naruto, the weaknesses of his Nine-Tails Chakra Mode, as well as pointing out that until he and Kurama reach a formal agreement, Naruto will not be able to fully transform or perform the Tailed Beast Ball. Gyūki even coached B in tactics on how to counter Kisame's water-based techniques. He is also very perceptive as he later worked out that the Gold and Silver Brothers were revived, after witnessing Naruto sense Kurama's chakra coming from outside of the training place that he and B were confined, correctly deducing that Orochimaru's Impure World Reincarnation was being used by someone participating in the war.
Activity inside Killer B
Main article: Killer B's Jinchūriki Forms As he has full control over Gyūki, it's jinchūriki, Killer B, can transform himself into Gyūki and access its high-level chakra without losing control. Killer B is one of three jinchūriki who is known to be able to fully control his tailed beast's powers. Gyūki even acts as his partner in battle, disturbing his chakra in order to break illusions cast from even the Mangekyō Sharingan, as well as give B advice as to how to fight his opponents.
Part II
Invasion of Pain Arc
When Taka arrived at Kumogakure in an attempt to capture Killer B, he battled them to the point of annoyance. With his great control over his demon, Killer B transformed himself into Gyūki, and proceeded to terrorise Taka. As Gyūki attacked, Suigetsu commanded a wave of water, attempting to defeat it. Gyūki understood that Suigetsu had the advantage given that they were surrounded by water, so it then charged a Tailed Beast Ball and fired it at Suigetsu, defeating him.
After Sasuke activated his Mangekyō Sharingan and released Amaterasu on Gyūki, it fell into pain by its flames. As one of its tails was about to fall on Karin, Sasuke cut it with Chidori Sharp Spear. Killer B disguised himself as the cut part of the tail and escaped. Killer B was then seemingly captured by Taka and was given to Tobi. Killer B's brother, the Fourth Raikage, swore that Akatsuki would pay for what they had done.
It was later revealed that Killer B faked his capture. After Taka left, he and Gyūki left the lake and Killer B took this opportunity to take a "vacation" from being a guardian. As Gyūki commented that a new era was coming, Killer B thought it was going to be his singing career.
Five Kage Summit Arc
As Kisame attacked Killer B, Gyūki demanded B to let him out. However, B reminded him that he would just kill Sabu and Ponta in the process of protecting itself. With this, Gyūki begrudgingly let B use the version 2 form, as well as giving B advice during the battle. However, as Kisame knocked B out, Gyūki yelled at him to wake up, as both B and it were nearly out of chakra. Kisame then prepared to finish the battle as the Raikage arrived and helped B kill "Kisame".
Confining the Jinchūriki Arc
As Naruto Uzumaki and Yamato entered the Land of Lightning, in the Allied Shinobi Forces' efforts to keep the jinchūriki away from Akatsuki, they were attacked by a giant squid. Killer B, in his full Eight-Tails form, forced the squid back and saved the ship. Upon seeing it, Naruto realised that Gyūki and B were the "octopus" he had been looking for to guide him to control Kurama's power. He asked B to train him, but B refused. After B was done training with some bears in the forest, Gyūki tried to convince B to train Naruto, stating that even though it wasn't fond of Kurama, it still thought B should train him since they are both jinchūriki.
Shinobi World War Arc
When Naruto failed to fully transform into Kurama, Gyūki requested that B let it speak with Naruto. It explained the risks of using a tailed beast's chakra, and how using it meant that Kurama could deplete Naruto's chakra, because when Naruto uses Kurama's chakra, it can take his. It explains that Naruto won't be able to transform fully until he can reach an agreement with Kurama, which it recognises as unlikely, noting that it and B used to be like that. It also says that because of that, he won't be able to learn the Tailed Beast Ball. When it is done, B changes back to his normal self.
It was later surprised at how Naruto was able to discern the chakra coming from Kinkaku and Ginkaku despite being secured in the training zone and then told B to stop Naruto from leaving the temple, but failed as Naruto was able to trick B into letting him out. Later, after B and Naruto encounter Nagato and Itachi Uchiha on the battlefield, a battle starts and Itachi traps Killer B in a genjutsu. Gyūki breaks the genjutsu for B, telling him to "snap out of it".
He later reprimands B for taking too many breaks to urinate and for letting Naruto go ahead of them. When Naruto contacts them through Inoichi, Gyūki talks to him about the time he fought the Third Raikage. When asked about the Third's scar, he initially thought that he had caused it with his Tailed Beast Ball, but then remembers that they both ended up collapsing from exhaustion during the battle. Both were still holding their techniques in their hands when they collapsed. Later, when Naruto and Killer B encounter Tobi and his Six Paths of Pain, Gyūki recognises Yugito Nii among them and figures out the others are the other deceased jinchūriki. After the initial assault from the dead jinchūriki, it tells him to be careful or he will end up just like them.
After the revived jinchūriki enter their tailed forms, Gyūki tells a bewildered Killer B, that Tobi must have turned them back into jinchūriki after reviving them. As B heads out to attack them, he tells him to be careful as he sensed a change in the other tailed beasts. After escaping Yugito's onslaught, Gyūki surmises that with the aid of the Sharingan and the Rinnegan, the jinchūriki's abilities had been greatly enhanced. Asking to speak to Naruto as well then begin formulating a counter strategy. After B reveals the location of the chakra receivers and Naruto's failed attempt to destroy Rōshi's, Gyūki tells B that the forest was a hindrance for their side and as such, B knew what he had to do. With that B assumes the form of Gyūki, prepared to destroy the entire forest. In this form, he attacks the revived jinchūriki with Tailed Beast Eight Twists, incapitating them, and attempts to seal them. Their opponents, however, enter their "Version 2"-like states, freeing themselves, and start attacking Naruto and B. The latter catches transformed Utakata, who however frees himself oozing alkaline. Next, B is attacked with lava from below by Rōshi and then knocked out by Han who had fully transformed into Kokuō.
As B and Gyūki try to find out if each other were all right, he later asks Naruto if he heard Kokuō's voice. He then declares that the tailed beasts had their own emotions and watching one of their own being treated like that irritated them. Kurama, however, retorts that ninja have always treated them like pets and that it and B were the only exceptions to this causing Gyūki to contemplate on his statement. After being cut off from revealing what was going on with Kurama, Gyūki then chastises the beast for always ranking them based on their number of tails, something that Shukaku resented it for. As Naruto decides to reactivate the Nine-Tails Chakra Mode and B advises against the use of shadow clones, Gyūki tells B that Naruto should have been in critical condition after using so much of the beast's chakra, leading Gyūki to believe that it had stopped taking Naruto's chakra at some point. As Gyūki asks Kurama what happened between the two of them, the fox remembers Naruto's words to remove its hatred as well as his statement that having the fox sealed within him wasn't always bad.
Rebounding from being flipped over, Gyūki attempts to stop Son Gokū from swallowing Naruto, wrapping its tentacles around the beast. Gyūki beseeches Kurama to lend Naruto its power as it did with one of his clones. Kurama, however, states that he would not wag his tails at a jinchūriki in the same way that Gyūki did with B, causing Gyūki to question whether Kurama cared at all about what happened to Naruto. Gyūki later watches in horror as Naruto is swallowed by the great monkey. After Naruto successfully removes the chakra receiver, Gyūki watches on with shock as the beast is resealed into the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path in the blink of an eye. As Naruto rallies, telling the beast and B to get ready, it tells him that he and B would be taking to front-line while Naruto acted as support because he was still unable to transform into Kurama. After Naruto tells them it'd be fine because they were a pair of duos Gyūki wonders if Kurama had finally come around.
When Naruto started transforming into Kurama, Gyūki got shocked that it decided to collaborate with Naruto. Leaping into action to aid Naruto, who was already battling the opposing five beasts, the B uses Gyūki's tails to stops Isobu who attempted to attack Naruto's blind spot. Simultaneously B buffets Kokuō, telling it that the same attack would not work twice. As Isobu frees itself from the beast's tentacles, it watches on in shock as the five beasts prepare a collaborative Tailed Beast Ball and wonders if Naruto was planning to negate the attack with a Tailed Beast Ball of his own even though he had never used it before.
As the two Tailed Beast Balls collide, B grabs Rōshi's body and shields itself from the after-effects of the attacks. After Naruto successfully frees all the remaining tailed beasts, Gyūki congratulates him. Later, as Naruto mocks Tobi with the information he had just learned, B and, by extension, Gyūki looks on smirking. As the battle continues, B and Naruto lauch a combination attack on the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path with a double uppercut knocking the statue to the ground following Kakashi Hatake and Might Guy's respective attacks. Gyūki later looks on as Tobi seemingly prepares to revive the Ten-Tails. After hearing Naruto's speech about how his dreams B revealed his sexual desires, an act that Gyūki showed embarrassment for.
While the shinobi regroup and discuss the gash in Tobi's mask. Gyūki uses the opportunity to attack the statue. Moving in with a punch, it declared that the statue was wide open. However, his attack was deflected by Tobi's Uchiha Flame Battle Encampment barrier which burned its hand. Telling Naruto that its hand was okay, Gyūki prepared to launch the strategy that Kakashi had developed. Holding all the shinobi in his hands, Gyūki threw the trio towards Tobi. When they regroup after Tobi's arm is hit by a seemingly unseen attack, B listened to Kakashi's explanation of Tobi's technique and then enquired if all Space–Time Ninjutsu shared the same dimension. When told no, B told Naruto that it still would not be easy to land an attack on an intangible person. When Kakashi stated that their belief that Tobi was becoming intangible was incorrect, B enquired once again how it was possible for their two Sharingan to share the same dimension. With Gyūki bound by Tobi's giant chakra receivers, the beast is shocked to see Madara when he arrived on their battlefield. When Naruto questioned Madara as to what had happened to the Kage, Gyūki surmised that if he was here, then the Kage must be in a bad situation. The beast later thanked Naruto as the young man freed him from the stakes. As the battle with Madara ensued, Gyūki was seemingly knocked to the ground, leading it to comment on Madara's power. When an injured Guy told it that was why Madara was worth fighting, the beast told him that he shouldn't be pushing himself so hard.
As the battle waged on, the beast and Guy were restrained by Madara, before the Uchiha can land the finishing blow, he is intercepted by Naruto. After Might Guy's Daytime Tiger sends the legendary ninja flying away from them, Gyūki noted that Guy wasn't just acting tough. After breaking free of its constraints, Gyūki warned Naruto that the wood could suppress a tailed beast's power before turning its attention to the statue. Forming a collaborative tailed beast ball with Naruto, Gyūki fires it at the statue and believed it to be destroyed. Their celebration, however, was cut short when the smoke cleared and the Ten-Tails appeared on the battlefield.
Video Games
Although Gyūki itself is not playable, B takes on its form as his awakening in Naruto Shippūden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 2 and Naruto Shippūden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Generations.
- 'Gyūki' is an alternate pronunciation for the name of the ushi-oni (牛鬼).
- In Japanese folklore, an ushi-oni (牛鬼, ox ogre) is a massive, brutal sea-monster with the horned head of a bull and the body of a sea animal, like an octopus or a crab. It lives off the coasts of Japan and attacks fishermen.
- Gyūki is the tailed beast with the most known jinchūriki, all of whom are also from the same family.
- (To Kurama) "Don't measure our strength or weakness by the number of our tails, hey!" (「尾の数で強い弱いを決めんじゃねーよ!」, "O no kazu de tsuyoi yowai o kimen janē yo!")[10]
- ↑ Fourth Databook, pages 148-151
- ↑ Naruto chapter 542, page 3
- ↑ Naruto chapter 467, pages 15-16
- ↑ Naruto chapter 510, pages 11-12
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Naruto chapter 572, pages 10-11
- ↑ Naruto chapter 494, pages 1-6
- ↑ Naruto chapter 496, page 7
- ↑ Naruto chapter 492, pages 15-16
- ↑ Naruto chapter 529, page 4
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Naruto chapter 567, page 11
- ↑ Naruto chapter 496, pages 15-16
- ↑ Naruto chapter 497, pages 2-4
- ↑ Naruto: Shippūden episode 143
- ↑ Naruto chapter 415, page 2
- ↑ Naruto chapter 536, pages 9-10
- ↑ Naruto chapter 566, pages 1-4


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Foxborough, Mass. — All right, if there has to be a bottom line placed on such outcomes, Tom Brady beat Peyton Manning again.
What would be difficult to accept, though, is the suggestion that Manning lost to Brady.
The great quarterback rivalry of this NFL generation reads Brady 9, Manning 4. Some may argue this means Brady is the better of the two quarterbacks.
The game played here Sunday at Gillette Stadium, though, says Brady is not the better quarterback — he just quarterbacks the better team.
"I don't know if (Manning) is way up on my list of worries, to be honest with you," said Broncos coach John Fox.
Manning was superb against the Patriots. Entering the late Sunday night game, his 116.2 passer rating was second to Alex Smith among NFL quarterbacks for the week, his 345 yards passing was second to Andrew Luck, and Manning's 3-to-0 touchdown-to-interception ratio was second to no one.
Yet, Manning's Broncos lost to Brady's Patriots, 31-21.
"Well, I mean it's Patriots-Broncos," Brady said.
Haven't the Patriots almost always had the better team in the Brady-Manning rivalry? They were mostly better than Manning's Indianapolis Colts in the first 12 matchups and they were clearly better than the Broncos while building a 31-7 lead late in the third quarter Sunday.
"They're both great," said Patriots coach Bill Belichick. "There's nobody I'd rather have than Tom Brady, but Manning is a great player."
Tim Tebow led Broncos quarterbacks last season with 12 touchdown passes and 1,729 yards passing.
Take away that first quarter against the Atlanta Falcons in week 2 this year and Manning has thrown 11 touchdown passes and zero interceptions. He has thrown for 1,507 yards in five games, putting him on pace for a career most 4,822.
"He's not bad, not bad at all," said Broncos safety Mike Adams. "At the end of the day all we ask for is a chance and we had that. He gave us a chance."
In the Broncos' three defeats, they fell behind by 20, 20 and 24 points in the second half. Manning answered each those deficits with two scoring drives and the Broncos wound up losing by six, six and 10 points.
Manning missed one pass to a wide-open Jacob Tamme, but Brady missed Rob Gronkowski open down the seam.
The Broncos' problems in their 2-3 start hasn't been their quarterback.
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The file is honestly not that complicated, but I figured that I'd start with something easier that I know. Any comments or corrections/suggestions are very welcomed. Requested, in fact.
The traditional warrior sphere has always been Gowen, with the largest number of units (Surprisingly, Falkow is second with 16 and Refess and Lawtia are tied with 15). With Amazon and Steel as its only support and the underwhelming in the face of OP units, the warrior sub-type generally sees a bunch of buddies on the underdog lists. However, with set 10, the inclusion of the Refess-Gowen warrior support character Sword of the East/Toromea, the Refess warriors tribe has stepped up as a high tier contender in Folrart. With access to free multi-hitting skills and high single-target damage at 5 AGI, the Refess warriors file is one that wins through overwhelming brute force on the battle field.
-Initial update 6/15/2012 for Set 11.
-Updated 3/16/2013 for Chromatic Forces EX
-Updated 7/20/2013 for Set 13 and EX 12
Sword of the East / Toromea
Far East/Warrior
Rarity: ***
Rank up
Sphere of Influence [Refess] Lvl.4: [HP+10] [AT+20]
Soul Skill
Phoenix Arc (0 SP): Revive one closed friendly unit. Return one random card from your Cemetery to your File.
Start Skill
Strict Captain (0 SP): One friendly [Subtype: Warrior] except this unit gets AT+10 for this turn, and if it's a Refess unit, AGI+2 for this turn. Then you get SP+2 and this unit is Focused for this turn.
Auto Skill
Perfect Concentration (0 SP): [Conditional use/Focused] You get SP-2.
Okay. First thing of note: Toromea has above average stats. After rank up, her stats are on the same level as some lvl 4-5 units. As a level 2 unit, she is cheap to play and can even be rushed out as early as turn 2. With AGI 4 and 50 ATT, she can easily hold the field, even against undeads. The only other unit with comparable destructive power that comes out turn 2 is LeBeau.
Now onto her skills:
Soul Skill: She has a pretty good soul skill actually, but that's not really what we'd be using her for, is it?
Start Skill: Her start skill is interesting. The +10 attack is about as helpful as it sounds. It's a bit of extra power that is quite nice. The real draw to Toromea's skills are the other two parts of her start skill:
+2 AGI for Refess warriors: This bonus boosts up the generally slower Refess units up to very high speeds. 2 AGI units become 4 AGI, 3 AGI becomes 5 AGI, and 4 AGI shoots up to 6! This turns one of the slower tribes into lightning bruisers! Now then, let's examine part two of her start skill:
+2 SP: +2 SP? Great! SP is always nice! But wait, what's up with her auto skill?
Perfect Concentration: [Conditional use/Focused] You get SP-2.
Now, at first glance, this seems odd. Why generate 2 SP if she'll just take it back? This is where a nice little trick comes in. Say you have 0 SP at turn's start after playing a card. Now, Toromea uses her start skill to buff up something, say... an Elite Folrart Dual Wielder.
Elite Folrart Dual Wielder
Action Skill
Charge (2 SP): Do [Damage: AT x 2] to a random enemy unit within range. Do [Damage: 50% of MAX HP] to this unit.
Counter Skill
Draw the Second Sword (0 SP): This unit gets DF+5 and the Trait: When this unit executes an Attack action, do [Damage: AT] to two random enemy units in range. Remains after Revive.
Okay. After receiving the buff, the Elite Dual Wielder is sitting at 50 ATT and 5 AGI. And you now have 2 SP. What can you do with 2 SP? Oh look! That charge skill looks mighty nice! So you use that 2 SP Toromea gave you, and the Elite Dual Wielder charges at some poor sap, dealing 100 damage (and also triggering his counter, giving himself +5 Def and a trait). Then comes Toromea's turn. Her auto skill activates, and you lose 2 SP. Which you don't have. No loss there!
So I bet you can see where this is going. Toromea gives you 2 SP and buffs up a Refess warrior to high enough AGI so that they take a turn before her. When her turn comes around, her auto skill drains no SP. This allows for free spamming of normally expensive action skills. Combined with the high speed of everything, Toromea files can crush opponent resistance before their units can move with sheer brute force. Almost nothing is fast enough to match the sheer speed and damage of a Toromea file.
Necessary Cards:
Sword of the East / Toromea
Kinda self explanatory.
Almost Completely Necessary/ Extremely Useful:
Folrart Flame Swordsman
A level one, 2* rarity unit introduced in Set 10, the flame swordsman raises your Refess and Gowen sphere levels by one once upon open. As you may have noticed, Toromea is a dual sphere Refess/Gowen character with a 4 Refess rank up. He is probably the most common open for this file: Raise Refess to lvl 3, Gowen to lvl 1, and drop the Folrart Flame Swordsman. This open increases Refess to 4 and Gowen to 2, allowing for Toromea to be dropped the next turn with rank up. This open is only weak against Folrart Flame Swordsman backlash and Stronghold of Chaos opens. As a unit, the Flame Swordsman is probably one of the better lvl 1 units. It is also notable that he is one of only a few units that can kill Witch Queen / Catherine on the first turn, and does not require psychic abilities to predict, like Salamander.
The general Gowen great spirit. As well as Salamanders serve as connection units for lvl 3's in Gowen rush files, Salamanders are just as good for getting out lvl 3 units in a Toromea file. Their open can be used to kill pesky SP generation units like Owl Sages and Kaseran Paseran. On the field, they sport a formidable 30 ATT and 2 RNG for a lvl 1 unit. If they survive, they can be used as mid-line nukers. If not, they are a good way to get soul skills to trigger. Depending on whether you run Catira-Justice or Elite Dual Wielder, it may be one of the only way to access souls, as Catira-Justice dying off for good is almost game over.
Free access to Salamanders is probably the greatest edge Refess warriors has over vanilla Refess files. While 10 damage may not look like a lot, it is free open skill damage that Refess sorely lacks to snipe down near death or low HP units.
Folrart Dual-Wielding Soldier
She is your bread and butter basic anti-rush unit. She is probably the non-sac unit after Toromea that will see field time the most (Maybe even more, as she can be dropped first v. WK until Elite Fencer is gone). Not Catira, not Justice, it will be your Folrart Dual-Wielding Soldier that will help you decapitate your way to victory. Her action skill ignores range, so from anywhere on the field, she can try to snipe down the squishies in the enemy back line.
Good Units for the file:
Blitz Soldier
With 60 HP at lvl 2, he is a nifty unit to use. He drops your Gowen level by 1 upon open, but that still leaves you with one level to use Salamanders. He is a nice lvl 2 tank, and has range to boot. He only has three main downsides:
1. Low level: As a level 2 unit, he is open to Sweeping Tidal. However, since he drops your Gowen by 1 upon open, he is difficult to re-play. For this reason, he will see close to no use against Falkow files.
2. Low AGI: Compared to the 4-5 AGI Refess warriors with Toromea's buff, Blitz Soldier is pretty slow.
3. Cannot Iczer: This is less of an issue than it seems, but this drawback can be a bit annoying at times.
Despite this, he is a solid unit that can be quite useful against some match ups, notably the lvl 2 rushes (EN and Pixies).
Elite Folrart Dual Wielder
This guy comes with two very nice things:
1. Action skill charge: When his slash skill was errata'd to charge, many sarcastic remarks were made. However, a unit with 5 AGI capable of bashing a unit with 100 damage is not a joke. Do not underestimate his charge.
2. Double Attack Trait: Yep. His normal attack hits up to two enemies in range. True, it only comes after taking damage once, but that's what charge is for, eh?
Downside? 40 MaxHP. Sergis and Lady Paladin souls can be annoying.
Unknown Warrior / Justice
Who is that mysterious character? What? Aano? Naw. COuldn't be. Justice is an interesting unit. Her stats are not anything particularly special. However, her skills are another deal. First, her auto skill: It gives any friendly unit +10 attack. If that unit is a warrior, Justice is focused for the turn. A thing to note about Justice's attack buff? It's permanent. Very nice! Now onto her action skill.
True Secret of Justice (1 SP)
[Conditional use/Focused] Do damage [Number of friendly units X20] to two random enemy units in range.
This is a very nice nuke. For one SP, she can hit two enemies in range. With only two friendly units, that's 40 damage. With 6 friendly units, that's 120 damage to two enemies! A very nice skill to use. Now her close skill is a bit odd. She heals herself for 10 HP upon close? At first glance, it just looks like she technically has 50 HP instead of 40. However, it also means that she is immune to any effect that sets her HP to 0! That means she's effectively immune to Sakura's open skill, Torte's Soul Skill, and Catira's close skill! Speaking of Catira...
Legendary Heroine / Catira
Catira is probably my favorite character. She brings a few very nice things to the table.
1. A nice tank. With 70 HP, she's pretty beefy. However, her close skill is when she gets really interesting. When her HP hits zero or below, you must chose another friendly unit to set HP to zero and she fully heals herself. However, this is where the Justice-Catira combination comes in. When Catira's HP drops to zero, she can then set Justice's HP to zero. Catira fully heals, and Justice heals herself for 10 HP. This effectively makes Catira immortal as long as Justice is on the field.
2. Almost always kills in one hit. Her start skill gives Catira ATT+HP of Target Enemy Unit. That means that her attack will always at least be capable of matching your opponent's unit with the highest HP. This lets Catira basically one-shot just about anything without high defense.
3. Unleash the Heroine's Sword! Catira's mega action skill. With a conditional of Catira having at least 100 ATT and a 2 SP cost, this skill almost gives people a case to call Catira OP. By resetting her attack to zero, Catira can instantly send a target enemy in range to the cemetery. As Toromea can generate the free 2SP for this skill, you can effectively remove from the game any enemy in range as long as your opponent is packing something with 90+ HP. That can create a massive SP and field advantage.
Folrart Swordswoman
Set 12 came with a couple fun toys for Toto and friends. Folrart Swordwoman is one of them. She comes with AT buffs at start, which helps give Folrart Dual-Wielding Soldier and even 40 AT, and +10 AT and +1 AGI to the unit behind her. She also comes with a nice action skill. For 1 SP, deal AT+20 damage to two enemy units, ignoring both range and defense! However, she is only capable of hitting units with defense with her action skill. Still, she is an excellent unit that both supports and fights in the front lines.
Holy Chain Soldier/Aisha
Another special EX card. Her main draw points are her decent stats and RNG 2. As most warriors are RNG 1, your front line will often be full. Aisha is capable of dealing some damage from the back. If placed in slot 5 behind Folrart Swordswoman, Aisha will have 50 AT and 4 AGI. Not bad at all. She has a couple of nice action skills:
1. For 1 SP and -10 HP to your units in slots [1] and [3], Aisha will hit enemies in slots [1-5-3]. With +20 AT from Toromea and Folrart Swordswoman, that's 60 damage to three enemies. This can force your opponent to play hopscotch or get slapped.
2. For 1 SP, Aisha can deal 30MaxHP damage to a target column. That's really nice. This skill lets her snipe down Lich, or kill off a line of squishies. The self heal is an added bonus.
EX: Light Magic Archer
A nice new unit from the Chromatic Forces expansion. 30 start skill damage to a target column every other turn. Not bad. Can really mess with Shrine Knights and other fragile rushes.
Other Units of Note:
Honored Spirit / Ashbars
Ashbars can kinda serve two purposes.
1. Endgame undead troll. Lawtia has Zugatezora. Refess has Ashbars.
2. Catira food. Ashbars can be used with Catira in the same way as Justice. The only problem is that he costs 2SP to revive. On the other hand, if Justice and Catira both die at the same time, they would both die. If Ashbars and Catira die at the same time, Ashbars can fully heal himself first if placed before Catira, allowing Catira to survive as well. However, this combo eats 4 SP.
Folrart Scout
Low attack, low HP, and raises lawtia levels as a close skill (that you probably won't use). Not particularly useful, but he can grimbane while retrieving your own grimbaned grimoires. Unfortunately, there isn't much use for the Lawtia levels.
Refugee Citizens
Some people like these guys, I personally don't like them too much. However, they can grim bane your opponent up to three times with a full set, can act as Catira food, and are free to revive. However, they can clog up your file. If you really have nothing else to put in, you may consider them. I personally dislike them because they troll my Cait Sith soul skill.
Ex Mercenary Girl
I don't like her. She may fit into a mid red file, or a BKR file, but she's basically a placebo unit. Most of your warriors have 1 RNG, so the front line will probably be clogged, so she may just end up sitting around as a lump. May direct away random damage from important units or act as Catira food though.
Folrart Flying Cavalry
A 1 SP sink, though can do some fun things. Can be Catira food, and is one of the few ranged warriors. Don't pack too many though. He does dodge Shade though.
King of Mankind / Verlaat
A file making use of Elite Dual Wielder instead of Catira would find much more use for Verlaat. Still, his +10 Def open and MaxHP hate healing action can be excellent in some matches. He requires a decent SP sink though, so he limits your ability to spam action skills if you ever actually want to play him.
Pixy Messenger
Has a nice open effect. Maybe one or two may be nice to prevent Rasam souls from doing too much. Also negates the annoying Frog.
Rusted Colossus
A tanky lvl 2 that only takes up one copy. If he rolls long enough before breaking free, he can be a credible threat.
Raises the ATT and AGI of all friendly warriors by +10 and +1 respectively. Sounds good, but she requires an extra investment in the Gowen sphere. If you are going to use her, you may need to adjust some of your soul skills to generate some SP to keep your unit flow going.
Moon Child / Miffyre
I personally don't think there is space for her, but she does block out enemy great spirits and owl sages, as well as provide free SP and gives a field heal and buff. You can't use your own Salamanders though. If you are running mostly Solar kingdom warriors, she may see some use alongside Verlaat.
Lion Adjunct/ Ermitage
One of three lvl 2 Refess support units that work well in the file. She double buffs Toromea's AT by 20, increases maxHP and AGI, or can generate Gowen spheres/SP. Main downside? Her skill is an action skill with 1 Gowen sphere cost.
White Sage/ Kaldrao
Another lvl 2 Refess support. He can generate SP at the cost of a grimbane (though you can combo this with Folrart Scout) and increase maxHP with his auto skill. His main advantage is that his buff is free, and at 1 AGI, it's not likely that his engage will actually have a significant impact.
Ex: Beneficent Priestess
Refess support lvl 2 number 3. She increases DEF of one friendly unit depending on the size of your field and can buff AT as an action skill. Her main advantage is that her defense buff is a start skill. She is also a non-character, and can be double played to great effect. Both Beneficent Priestesses will increase a unit's DEF (even the same one), but only one of them needs to use their action skill for the AT increase. Can give for potentially massive AT boosts quickly.
Holy Commander/Lapierre
A second unit with the same close skill as Justice. Moreover, she's ranged and comes with level and AT buffs! A nice addition if you can find the space. If you find yourself using mostly Folrart Dual-Wielding Soldier, Folrart Swordswoman, and Elite Folrart Dual Wielder, she is definitely worth taking a look at.
lvl 2 Support Comparison
Who to chose?
All three of them have their good points. Kaldrao's maxHP raising will snowball as long as he gets his turn, and can generate SP for more units. Ermitage grants lots of bonuses that can be helpful for offense. Ex Beneficent Priestess gives a free defense boost that can be very helpful, as well as potentially the fastest AT gains for Catira to remove annoying units like Dilate or Sakura that won't give 100 AT with just a magic weapon. All three of them have the same weakness to Falkow's Sweeping Tidal and Faytis, though Ex Beneficent Priestess may be double played (Do watch out for Cyclone though). The choice mostly depends on the units used in the file. A file that makes use of Amazon and Brave strike may see better use with Ermitage, while people who drop Toromea then Blitz Soldier and stick with lvl 1 Gowen will probably want to stick with Kaldrao or Ex Beneficent Priestess.
Toromea files generally don't carry much in terms of grimoires. I would say maybe 3-5. They generally don't come into play until your field has been built and you no longer have any important units to play.
The Fate of Esria
Okay. As you might note, as a lvl 2 unit, Toromea is kinda susceptible to sweeping Tidal and Cyclone. This is where this nifty little grimoire comes in. There are three nice things about it:
1. Temporary Attack Boost with a friendly closed lvl 3 and below unit on the field.
While this effect may not see a huge amount of use, it is notable for being useful for a quick attack boost for Catira to murder an enemy or to crush a high defense unit.
2. Lvl +2
This is the main reason you would probably use it. With +2 level, you can effectively make Toromea immune to both Sweeping Tidal and Return. But wait. Miracle fruit can do the same thing, but with two units! Well, this brings us to point 3.
Yep. This awesome grimoire refunds your SP. This means that the +2 levels are effectively free if you lose the roll against return or whatnot. Also, when preparing to drop a lvl 4 unit, you can use this grimoire for a free level up, instead of just passing a turn.
Like the Hand of God
A super nuke. Expensive, but sometimes a real life saver.
Instant Revival
Sometimes, I go up against a player that just utterly freaks out when I drop Catira onto the field. Then, poor Catira gets pummeled by multiple Hands of God. She can heal herself, but not against MaxHP hate like that. Instant revival gives those guys a nasty surprise. Don't go overboard with those though.
I dislike having free SP floating around, as that negates Toromea's start skill SP. However, sometimes you just need some 'Inspiration' to drop a lvl 4 unit next turn or something. Bad joke, I know.
Magic Weapon
Odd choice, but that 20 attack can sometimes allow Catira to hit 100 to murder Dandan or something with lower HP. Or give your dual wielders more attack for their double-hits.
Cure Light
It refunds your 1SP cost, so it's basically a free heal. If for some reason you have extra space, it may be worth having to heal Toromea or Justice or someone after getting hit by a 40 damage soul skill.
Brave Strike
For those who invested in three Gowen levels. It's a nice double hitter for 3 SP, and can combo with units like Catira, whose AT comes from a start skill or Ex Mercenary Girl, the disposable warrior.
Miracle Fruit
The infamous return counter that seems to work whenever it snows in hell. As the file already has Gowen levels, it's only a 1SP sink instead of 2. Still, I personally prefer Fate of Esria over Miracle Fruit for return counter, as it is a bit more versatile. The grimoire is worth considering for those running with a Rapidly Flying Apprentice soul.
Flames of Judgment
A super nuke. It's a large SP investment though, but may see some use for endgame.
Soul Skills:
Toromea files generally go with a rush file lineup. Namely, 1-1-1-1-3 for LP.
1 LP Souls:
Cait Sith
Cait Sith can bring back 4 Refess units from the cemetary. He's a nice choice for a third soul skill, as he can give you back copies of Toromea, Justice, and all your other units.
Frost Sorceress / Rasam
Rasam is a decent soul for second, third or fourth slots. She allows for you to engage high-risk enemies and to build up your field a bit. I personally don't like using her in an aggressive file like Toromea, but some people swear by her.
Holy Realm Knight / Sergis
The classic anti-rush soul. Can't really go wrong with him in any rush file really. He can go just about anywhere except fifth.
Reborn Magic Doll / Astaforse
50 Damage to 2 enemies for 1 SP. A decent soul that has a bit more power than Sergis, but at the cost of 1 SP. Still a great soul for those slightly beefier rushes though.
Talisman Mystic
Usually, a sphere-specific hate soul doesn't work so well. However, Toromea files can power through just about anything. Except Falkow returns and Agi manipulation. Therefore, the Talisman Mystic soul covers up the biggest weakness of Toromea files.
Crest Saboteur Knight
60 damage to a random enemy, with Gafc effect if the enemy's HP is -20 or below. Useful, as sometimes that 60 damage can really help. The -1 SP at next turn for your opponent is a bonus. It is random enemy though.
Roaming Predator / Asuet and Mage Paladin / Distrier
I personally don't think Toromea files are lacking in SP, but eh. Your call. Best for those running with 3 Gowen for Amazon or Brave Strike.
Dragon Path King / Gafc
40 damage, disrupt your opponent's SP. Not a bad skill. Use it if you like. Most effective as first or second soul skill.
Pixy Greatswordswoman
A possible choice to take advantage of Toromea's 50 AT. Do note that after her nerf, she will engage Toromea, so you will have one turn without Toromea's buff. However, 50 damage to three enemies is quite powerful. The soul can be dodged though.
Rapidly Flying Apprentice
For people who need some removal to deal with Dilate or Emana or some hyper-buffed undead. Recommended to have Miracle Fruit. Not a common choice at all, but a return soul in an aggro file may be unexpected enough to unbalance your opponent.
Feline Kin Kenshi / Litho
5 Damage more than the 40 damage souls, but also gives one of your units a 10 AT buff for 20 HP. Not bad, and can be used to trigger Elite-Dual Wielder's counter skill.
Ruin Explorer / Russell, Bounty Hunter / Elena, Strike Samurai / Thunderbolt
Generic 40 damage to two enemies. Can sometimes be better than Sergis, can sometimes be worse. Not a bad soul skill to use against rushes though.
Esria & Astaforse
40 damage to two disengaged enemies, buff one friendly unit for 20 AT. Only downside is the disengaged clause, but it comes with a nice 20 AT buff. It's generally quite reliable though.
The Nullifier/Vol Agni
In the era of multisphere, Vol Agni can be very effective.
2 LP Soul Skills:
For people who like having more LP for padding, just about anything that deals damage is good. Do note that there aren't many situations where you'll find yourself holding a well of spare SP though, so Mitzett and Dub Rio actually may not be great choices.
3 LP Anchors:
There really aren't many souls that are bad here. Just not Wounding Sword, Gaia Gem Monk, or Nue and you should be fine. Some common ones may be Zangdylan, Ex Diosaur, or some buffer like Hellsmoke or Alraune.
Some Matchups:
Shrine Knights
Not many files have enough speed to keep up with Refess Warriors. Shrine Knights can match the file in speed, and then some. Rush out a multi-hitter as quickly as possible. Something like Flame Swordsman-Toromea-Blitz Soldier-Dual-Wielder or Flame Swordsman-Toromea-Salamander-Dual-Wielder can work nicely. Folrart Dual-Wielding Soldier is an excellent unit in this matchup due to her ability to multi-hit enemies while ignoring range. That means she can snipe down Elaice and Shrine Knight Zero. Don't let them snowball too much.
Wizard Kingdom
Another potentially fast tribe. This time, Falkow. The match is in favor of Wizard Kingdom. With AGI manipulation units like Elite Fencer and Mage Knight of Regus, Wizard Kingdom can be a pain to deal with. Coupled with the fact that they naturally have returns, they are extremely irritating. An Elite Dual Wielder file would fare better than a Catira Justice file, as it is less reliant on characters. Save Hand of God for Volfied (or endgame), make sure you can keep field presence after taking a return to the face, and keep pressure on Owl Sages. Refraining from playing Toromea turn 2 can also be helpful. Talisman Mystic soul can heavily lilt the field for you though. Do watch out for your hanging SP, as enemy Violet souls can take it away. With Set 12, Wizard Kingdom got some new tech units. Flying Girl isn't quite as bad for Refess Warriors, as the main attackers will ignore range, but you will be forced to either forfeit a turn or keep spamming action skills. With Eagle Soldier and Ariete, now Wizard Kingdom can snowball enough AGI to outspeed Toto and friends. However, it does take time for the AGI to build. Do not let them keep any sort of decent field presence. Murderize them!
Carbuncles are the ultimate anti-aggro file. They are tough as balls, fast as balls, and will kick your balls with AT debuffs. Moreover, they have full heals and AGI manipulation with Violet General. Folrart Swordsmwoman will be your greatest ally here. Rush her out, and try to use Kaldrao's action skill to keep up the unit rush. Avoid leaving Carbuncles in critical health, or else Violet General will backhand you, along with healing any damaged buncles. Keep units flowing, and don't always attack unless you are sure you can finish off a buncle before Violet moves.
Wild Dogs
Another fast file. With heavy damage of 50+ coming from autoskills and start skills that ignore range, those puppies can snipe you while hiding behind Hellsmoke or some other irritating tank. Fierce is also a unit capable of one-shotting Catira permanently. Stick to anti-rush tactics. Use Dual-Wielding Soldier for sniping backline puppies and smash through the front line tanks. Take advantage of the fact that the standard Refess warriors open is quite shade proof for the first few turns. With any luck, the opponent may waste 2 Shades with no effect.
Eternal Night:
Fierte can really disrupt you. However, you can probably brute force through them lycans with some luck and skill. Folrart Dual-Wielding Soldier will be key for taking out multiple units and sniping any back-line Riza and Eskatia. Blitz soldier is very helpful here, as he is beefy enough to take a smack from Fenrir and receives the Cemetery rats buff. Your lvl 4 units won't see much play here, unless it's lvl 3 Lycans.
Once again, Fierte can cause major disruptions. Blitz soldier is very helpful here too. Just keep your unit flow up to keep pace with the pixies. Spam multi-hitting action skills for crowd control. Pixies are a test of how balanced your file composition is for handling many targets and single targets like Torte.
Mid Red
If you have Catira out, your opponent basically can't play his high HP units like Volcano Wyvern and Giant Arthropleurid. Even Bringer and Dan Dan are in danger. Otherwise, Elite Dual Wielder can bum rush the enemy for kills. The main probable threat is Dilate. Take advantage of your 5 AGI v. his 4 AGI and kill him twice before he can move.
The returns are irritating. However, drop Toromea, level her up with Fate of Esria, then drop a lvl 4 unit. Both Elite Dual Wielder and Catira will have sufficient attack and AGI to kill Urgrant before he can move. If you are a gambler, Toromea can also one-shot Urgrant. Watch out for Death Makers and Merciless death though. Not the worst match-up all in all. Belus is annoying though. Make sure to have a large enough field by the time he drops so that you can prevent key units from being engaged. Getting Toromea engaged after her start skill is a fun way for 2 SP. Some people pack Elite Fencer of Regus, which makes this match a lot more difficult. Take care of her with souls and keep the pressure on Urgrant.
Star Dragon
Catira that turd. Otherwise, charge it with Elite Dual Wielder. Catira makes the matchup a joke in favor of Toromea, but Toromea files still can brute force through. Be careful of Burning Sun and Hand of God though.
Grim Count
Same deal as Urgrant, but now no worries about Deathmaker and whatnot. Mirelia suffers from the same 50 HP as Urgrant. Crush her cuteness with power! Watch out for Elite Fencer of Regus, and try not to let Ascarat do much.
BKR/Jack (No Set 10)
Can be difficult, but just brute force though, like always. This match can go either way though, since BKR/Jack isn't lacking in brute force either. However, Rivera's start skill can help your unit rushing by letting you generate 2 SP a turn. Level up Toromea once you need her brute force more than the SP.
Dilate/ Dilate Control
Toromea does better against him than most. With 5 AGI, both Catira and Elite Dual Wielder can charge him, while Toromea finishes him. All before he can move. How the match goes depends on his buddies. Bringer? You can deal with him. Ruuca and Emana? ...Not so much. Anttila is a high priority target. Salamanders can help against both her and Diondora. The enemy may have Salamanders as well though. Keep the pressure on your opponent's SP by preventing generation. The file is very SP intensive.
Emana and Mystere
Toromea does very badly against this. I'd say that you only have two real hopes of winning:
1. A Talisman Mystic Soul Skill
2. A very bad player for an opponent.
Emana negates the huge amounts of speed Toromea files have, while Mystere and Ex Mystere return and kill your units. Not a favorable match up at all. What you can do is use Salamanders to snipe down owl sages to prevent SP generation and drop lvl 3 units that can't be tidaled to melee the enemy before they can set up too much.
Diondora Control
Once again? Badly. A single Talisman Mystic soul can turn this into a joke though. Salamander the Owl Sages, spam lvl 3 units. Similar strategy, except may be a bit easier due to the suicidal frog v. the beefy sea cow (Emana).
Diomana Control
Bleh. Similar strategy to Diondora control, actually. Justice and Dual-Wielding soldier are your main units. Toromea will probably just get returned or killed upon dropping, so keep her in reserve. Salamander pressure on the owl sages. Ashbars is actually a valid unit to use earlier, as he provides a target for Diondora to return before his close starts draining SP. Stick to units that can survive their own attack turned against them. Try to time Salamander deaths for soul skills. They actually get killed.
Sea Serpent
I think you can guess. Like all Falkow, Toromea does poorly fighting this. Talisman Mystic can save the day though. However, as a mid file, they have enough SP to make some recovery. Set up your field quickly. Control of the field is vital. Make sure you can take a Rasam soul to the face and still retain field control. Don't be too obvious with resurrecting units. If a lvl 4 Toromea just died, some players will Tidal under the assumption you will revive her. Spit on that assumption.
Tormea actually can brute force through undeads. No returns, maxHP hate or anything. Just pure brute force. How the match goes depends on the skill of the players. This match up is the meeting of an unstoppable force and an unmovable object. Kinda.
Magic Dolls (Non-Command)
Rush v. Rush, Toromea files are fast enough and deal enough damage to overpower dolls, even when buffed up by Sumer. A favorable match up, but your opponent's skill plays a large role as well.
Command Dolls
These match ups depend on player skill. Command dolls are incredibly hard to kill if they get on the field together. Moreover, they can deal large, pinpointed, and multi-target damage. This is a speed game. Your goal is to kill off at least one of the pivot command dolls (Violet or White Lily) before they snowball too much in power. Good tactics against command dolls include keeping enemy shades alive to prevent them from reaching soul skills and breaking the enemy front line as quickly as possible. Still, Folrart Swordswoman can snipe down non-White Lily Commander dollies with her action skill.
Mid Blue
Depends on the units. Levi? Not much of a problem. Giant Squid? Charge! The problem units are Lightning Wyvern, whose open can one-shot most of your units, Blade Wyvern, who steals AGI and shuffles your field with double attacks, and Mildoreo, who turns your own AGI against you. Giant manta ray may or may not be too bad. Catira has a problem with him, but Elite Dual Wielder just smashes it.
Mage Soldiers
Arg. These guys are a pain to deal with. Depending on the opponent, they usually get out Ryu by turn 3 or 4. With 4 AGI and a double hitting normal attack that debuffs, he is a real pain to deal with. He also has the ability to grimbane with a grimcount of at least 1. In Falkow, that's not that hard to do. Then comes Balmoa, who makes Ryu and other Mage Soldiers attack immune. To top it all off, the most common mage knights are Agi 4, with Balmoa at 5. A really troublesome opponent to deal with, especially with having to deal with returns. The general strategy is to murderize Ryu quickly. Balmoa usually hides in the second line and has 50 HP, meaning Dual-Wielding Soldier can't one-shot snipe him with only Toromea's AT buff. Ryu is a beefy damage dealer that can cause some serious trouble, but he is accessible in the front line. He is easier to deal with using Elite Dual Wielder rather than Catira. If you run with Catira instead of Elite Dual Wielder, Justice will have to take to the front lines and play double nuker. Watch out for Ebreenu, as her level-down open skill can make your lvl 4 units susceptible to Sweeping Tidal.
-If the opponent is trying to use the Antilla-Ryu SP gen loop, rush out a Dual-Wielding Soldier and play sniper.
Rush them. Build a field quickly, being mindful of returns. Since you generally don't have that much SP hanging around, the Reia shouldn't be stealing huge amounts of SP. They are pretty beefy in general, but they have a pretty focused field, so your lvl 4 units should take the stage. Don't let Reia whip her buddies too often, or you may find them outpacing you in agility. As far as Falkow match ups go, Pirates are easier to fight than mid blue or Wizard Kingdom.
They have the ability to really disrupt your field building with Magic Doll -Augment- and Overdose, but for the most part, their units are slow and can be overrun without too much trouble.
Mid Refess Solar Kingdom
You do not want your opponent to build a field. Pump out a unit every turn, and strive for an enemy field wipe every turn. Do make sure to wiggle in your lvl 4 quickly in order to deal with Guardian, but keep the pressure on. If your opponent manages to build a half decent field, Verlaat drops and suddenly your fight a lot harder. It's not game over, as you can try to brute force through with Justice and Elite Dual Wielder, but the defense of the enemy field makes Catira a bit less effective. Verlaat's maxHP hate action skill can also cause trouble for Catira. If your opponent also has Priests of Royal Guard, Judie can easily have 50+ AT, which can decimate your field. They key is to take control early game.
Chaos Annarose
You are playing a high-damage rush. You should not have significant difficulty dealing with Annarose. Just watch out for Deathmaker and Merciless Death.
Be wary of open skills, don't kill that T1 shade if they drop Crest Spy T2. Not too bad, as most of your units should be fast and beefy enough to race those assassins.
Right. Using magic weapon to get enough AT for Folrart Dual-Wielding Soldier to one-shot Grebados is a valid tactic. Orks are beefy, hit hard, and can hit AGI 4 with Ork Commander. Don't let them snowball, and avoid letting Grebados get his action skill off with dead orks, and you should be okay.
True God Church
Messala-Gravan can be downright annoying to deal with. Folrart Swordswoman can help greatly in taking down the Iron Gravan Wall. If the priests snowball to too much HP, you will probably want Catira to hit the field. Watch out for MaxHP hate though. The priests pack a lot of that.
Ellie/Zu Jyuva
Try to get Catira out, try to survive... and good luck.
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A nice match of Toromea v. Undeads. Just pure brute force overwhelming the staying power of undeads.
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Justice v. Diomana Control. Admittedly, the opponent wasn't the best and made some questionable moves, but it illustrates the strategy of Salamander pressure on Owl Sages and generic lvl 3 units. Got lucky with some AGI rolls. Also shows how hard Falkow can be to fight against.
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Justice v. Diondora Control. The opponent was better this time, and the luck was much more balanced. SP pressure is key to Falkow match-ups. to prevent return spam.
End Comments:
Well, I wrote this guide in about 1-1.5 hours. It was originally posted on the Yuni City Duelists forum for preliminary proofreading, then I decided to move it here for more opinions. I know there is a lot of stuff that I forgot to cover, but I'm sleepy now. Just drop some comments and whatnot please.
-Capt'n Kiki~


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Company Overview of Xerox Audio Visual Solutions, Inc.
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Christa Carone
Vice President of Marketing - Xerox, Xerox Audio Visual Solutions, Inc.
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Ms. Christa Carone serves as Vice President of Marketing - Xerox at Xerox Audio Visual Solutions, Inc. Ms. Carone served as Chief Marketing Officer and Vice President of Marketing & Communications at Xerox Corporation since September 2008 and May 2010. She was responsible for global marketing strategy and initiatives that include advertising, experiential marketing, public relations, internal communications, integrated campaigns, interactive and social marketing, and ...
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25 U.S. Code § 640a - Dine College; purpose
Source(Pub. L. 92–189, § 2,Dec. 15, 1971, 85 Stat. 646; Pub. L. 110–315, title IX, § 946(a),Aug. 14, 2008, 122 Stat. 3468.)
Section was not enacted as part of act Apr. 19, 1950, ch. 92, 64 Stat. 44, which comprises this subchapter.
2008—Pub. L. 110–315substituted "Navajo Nation" for "Navajo Tribe of Indians" and "Dine College" for "the Navajo Community College".
Short Title of 2008 Amendment
Pub. L. 110–315, title IX, § 945,Aug. 14, 2008, 122 Stat. 3468, provided that: "This subpart [subpart 2 (§§ 945, 946) of part E of title IX of Pub. L. 110–315, amending this section and sections 640b to 640c–3 of this title] may be cited as the 'Navajo Nation Higher Education Act of 2008'."
Short Title of 1978 Amendment
Pub. L. 95–471, title II, § 201,Oct. 17, 1978, 92 Stat. 1329, provided that: "This title [enacting section 640c–1 of this title, amending section 640c of this title and enacting provisions set out as notes under this section and section 640c–1 of this title] may be cited as the 'Navajo Community College Assistance Act of 1978'."
Short Title
Pub. L. 92–189, § 1,Dec. 15, 1971, 85 Stat. 646, provided: "That this Act [sections 640a to 640c–3 of this title] may be cited as the 'Navajo Community College Act'."
Expansion of Navajo Community College
Pub. L. 95–471, title II, § 202,Oct. 17, 1978, 92 Stat. 1329, provided that: "The Congress after careful study and deliberation, finds that—
"(1) the Navajo Tribe constitutes the largest American Indian tribe in the United States;
"(2) the Navajo Tribe has, through its duly constituted tribal council and representatives, established a community college within the boundaries of the reservation;
"(3) the population of the Navajo Tribe and the best area of the Navajo reservation requires that the Navajo Community College expand to better serve the needs of such population; and
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