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Fourth Shinobi World War: Countdown
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The Confining the Jinchūriki Arc spans from chapters 489 to 514, and in the Naruto: Shippūden anime from episode 243 to 255. The anime DVDs for this arc call it "Nine-Tailed Fox Taming and Karmic Encounters" and it has a special DVD version for the Nine-Tails' Attack on Konoha's part called "The Birth of Naruto". All the Five Great Shinobi Countries have formed a ninja alliance with the Land of Iron and prepare for the Fourth Shinobi World War and the final battle against Akatsuki. While Naruto trains to control the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox's power. It also describes the Nine-Tails' Attack on Konoha and the beginning of the war. This arc is preceded by the Five Kage Summit Arc in the manga and the Adventures at Sea Arc in the anime and is followed by the Shinobi World War Arc.
Preparing for the War
Tsunade, who has regained consciousness, is eating a tremendous amount of food to rebuild her chakra reserves. She is then greeted by Kakashi, who is relieved that she is all right, as it would have meant him becoming Hokage, and he feels he isn't cut out for it. Tsunade orders a meeting to make preparations for the coming war. Elsewhere, at the makeshift headquarters for the Interrogation Unit, Ibiki Morino prepares to interrogate Karin on information about Sasuke and Kabuto.
While on Mount Myōboku, the Great Toad Sage, Gerotora, Shima and Fukasaku are having a meeting about whether or not Jiraiya's request that Gerotora store himself within Naruto be honoured. The Great Sage says he has had a vision of Naruto's future, and requests to see him before he decides whether or not he should receive the key to his seal. Naruto is enjoying some ramen, when Sakura informs him of Tsunade's recovery; this leads to his next meal being declared "on the house". As he is about to eat, he is reverse summoned to Mount Myōboku, to receive the premonition; the Sage sees an animal island paradise, octopus tentacles and tells Naruto that he would meet a young man with powerful eyes. Naruto listens to what he has to say, and ultimately accepts whatever lies ahead for him.
Anko and her team have located a number of bodies, evidently victims of Kabuto. The fact that he just left them there and made no attempt to hide them leads the team to suspect a trap. Meanwhile, Kabuto has located Tobi, briefly shows of his new abilities, reincarnating Itachi, Deidara, Kakuzu, Sasori and Nagato, and offers an alliance with Tobi. Kabuto asks for Sasuke to test out his ninjutsu. Tobi asks if he refuses and Kabuto summons another casket with an unseen body, that shocks Tobi. Tobi then accepts the offer under the condition that Kabuto cannot be anywhere near Sasuke until the end of the war. Nearby, Anko and her team discover Kabuto has joined with Tobi and she wonders what his motives are and reports the news to Konoha.
Back at Mount Myōboku, Naruto signs the contract to the key, believing he is ready to control the Nine-Tails and Gerotora stores himself inside Naruto. Naruto asks the Great Toad Sage about where to find the octopus but only tells him he sees an island paradise. Fukasaku sends Naruto back to Ichiraku where two Konoha ninja ask for his autograph. At Kumogakure, A calls a short meeting with the other Kage.
The Confinement
Three days later, the Kage discuss the enemy's power and confining the jinchūriki. Tsunade is outraged by confining Naruto and B saying they would help greatly in the war though Gaara and Ōnoki calm her down telling her it was decided. A says Naruto and B will be confined on a island in Kumogakure that him and B train at.
As Naruto, Yamato and other Konoha and Kumo ninja arrive at the island, a giant squid (who Naruto thinks is the octopus the Great Toad Sage spoke of) appears and grabs Naruto until he is saved by B in his full eight-tailed transformation. One Kumo ninja, Motoi greets them and guides them through the island. While guiding them through the island, they are confronted by King, a large gorilla that B has tamed. Motoi tells Naruto not only can he control the beasts on the island, but he can also control the Eight-Tails, learning B is also a jinchūriki.
Later, Naruto asks B if he can help him control the Nine-Tails and B refuses. Naruto tries a rap but messes it up by unintentionally insulting B and tries to fix it with the Harem Technique though B slams the door on Naruto. Naruto goes to Motoi to ask him how B trained to control the Eight-Tails and shows him to the "Falls of Truth", the first step of how B learned to control his tailed beast.
Nine-Tails Control Training
At the Falls of Truth, Motoi tells Naruto to sit in front of the waterfall and close his eyes when an evil version of Naruto appears from the waterfall. Dark Naruto begins to insult the real Naruto, stating that he's an impostor and insults him over the choices he's made, which angers Naruto. They fight but Naruto realises that they are both evenly matched so the battle ends in a tie.
When he wakes up and tells Motoi about his encounter with the Dark Naruto, Motoi tells him that he has to defeat Dark Naruto to control the Nine-Tails. Meanwhile, Killer B is fighting with some bears in a competition. Eight-Tails try to persuade him into helping Naruto but fails. Also, Motoi reveals something from his past: he once tried to kill B himself but failed. When Naruto and Yamato asks why, he begins to reveal about the Eight-Tails' bloody history. Long ago, Eight-Tails had several hosts, and each failed to control it. After each host lost control, the Eight-Tails had rampaged through Kumogakure several times. Each time it rampaged, the Third Raikage and other elite shinobi came to stop it, and sealed it inside a sealing jar. Each time the beast was resealed many shinobi would lose their lives, one of these was Motoi's father. Almost immediately after Killer B was chosen to be the new host, Motoi thought it was pointless and the beast would go on a rampage again. Because of his father's death, his hate of the Eight-Tails grew out of control and Motoi attempted to kill Killer B. He was quickly dispatched and Killer B stuck out his hand, for his customary fist bump. After which Motoi ran away not speaking to Killer B again.
After Motoi's story, Naruto goes off to think if all the villagers and his friends trust him. Suddenly Naruto hears Motoi being attacked by the giant squid which he mistakes for B again. Naruto and Yamato begin to assault the squid until B arrives again this time punching a hole through the squid. After being saved by B, Motoi tells B he tried to kill him years ago and B easily forgives him which brings tears to Motoi and they bump fists which causes Naruto to smile.
Later on, B thanks Naruto for helping Motoi and they become friends. B then becomes willing to teach Naruto how to control the Nine-Tails. They return to the Falls of Truth where Dark Naruto surfaces again noticing a change in Naruto. Naruto states he has faith in himself and hugs Dark Naruto which causes him to disappear into Naruto. With the darkness eliminated inside of him, B takes Naruto to a sacred place behind the waterfall where he will fight the Nine-Tails. They approach an entry box where Naruto activates a switch and opens a door to a large empty room.
Naruto approaches the Nine-Tails within his subconscious and removes the seal, thus releasing the beast. Naruto tries to use his chakra with the help of B to pull the Nine-Tails' chakra but it slices the Eight-Tails' tentacles and pulled away. It then realises Naruto is trying to take control of it. Naruto and the Nine-Tails begin their battle where the Nine-Tails fires a Tailed Beast Ball at Naruto. B uses the last of the Eight-Tails' power to block the attack and Naruto in Sage Mode uses the Sage Art: Ultra-Big Ball Rasengan on the Nine-Tails, though it blows it away with a roar. Naruto flips the Nine-Tails over and slams Wind Release: Rasenshuriken on it, giving him a chance to drain its chakra.
While taking its chakra, some of the Nine-Tails' hatred is pulled in, causing Dark Naruto to re-emerge. B notices the Nine-Tails' hatred is larger than he expected and Yamato tries to tame Naruto from the outside. The Nine-Tails tells to Naruto to disappear when suddenly Kushina appears and tells him he belongs "here", with her hand on her chest.
Kushina has Naruto guess who she is with Naruto claiming her to be the Nine-Tails' true form which causes Kushina to clobber him on the head. Kushina apologises to Naruto and he realises she is his mother and hugs her, causing Dark Naruto to disappear again. Outside Naruto, the transformation stops which surprises B and Yamato. Before Naruto begins asking his mother about her, Kushina chains up the Nine-Tails where it notices it's Kushina's chakra. Naruto asks Kushina how she and Minato fell in love which embarrasses her though she tells him any way.
When she first met Minato, she thought he looked like a wimp and wanted to be the first female Hokage. Other kids laughed at her because of this and also her face and hair features with the kids calling her tomato. She eventually got back at the kids, giving her the nickname, the "Red Hot-Blooded Habanero". Kushina had a special chakra and was once kidnapped by Kumogakure because of this. Kushina left a trail of her hair that only Minato noticed. Naruto complements Kushina's hair which she states is the second time someone complemented her hair, the first time being Minato. Being the son of "Konoha's Yellow Flash" and the "Red Hot-Blooded Habanero", Naruto gives himself the nickname, "Konoha's Orange Hokage".
Hearing his mother saying she loves him, Naruto releases himself from the Nine-Tails' hatred and resumes his battle, with Kushina holding the Nine-Tails with her chakra chains. Naruto attacks the Nine-Tails with his Ultra-Many Spiralling Serial Spheres and Sage Art: Many Ultra-Big Ball Spiralling Serial Spheres and slams it with one more Rasenshuriken where successfully pulls out the Nine-Tails' chakra. Once its chakra was pulled away by Naruto, the Nine-Tails gathers chakra for one last attack, but is stopped by Naruto, who's seal, the Nine-Tails noted, reminded it of the Sage of the Six Paths. As Naruto resealed the Nine-Tails into a new seal, the Nine-Tails warned Naruto that it would not forget this.
The Truth about the Nine-Tails Incident
After the Nine-Tails defeat, Kushina says to Naruto she can see Minato again. Before going, she decides to tell Naruto the truth about the Nine-Tails incident 16 years ago and she reveals she was the Nine-Tails' former jinchūriki.
Kushina explains that after Hashirama Senju defeated Madara, his wife, Mito Uzumaki, volunteered to become the first Nine-Tails jinchūriki. As she was about to die of old age, Kushina was brought to Konoha to be the new Nine-Tails' jinchūriki due to her special chakra. Mito comforted her and told her that love could save her from loneliness and the responsibility of housing the Nine-Tails, which in Kushina's case was her love for Minato. She tells Naruto that Tobi came after the Nine-Tails as soon as Naruto was born because he somehow knew that when a female jinchūriki gives birth, the seal weakens.
Kushina was giving birth to Naruto outside the village with Biwako Sarutobi and Taji serving as the midwives along with Minato holding the seal in place so the Nine-Tails wouldn't break free. As Kushina had given birth to Naruto, Tobi (explained by Minato as the member of the Akatsuki with a mask) appears and swipes Naruto and threatens to kill him if Minato didn't back away from Kushina.
When Minato hesitates Tobi throws the newborn Naruto in the air threatening to kill him with a kunai causing Minato to come to Naruto's aid, catching him before Tobi could kill him. Just as soon as Minato had caught Naruto he realises there were explosive tags on Naruto's back. Minato manages to escape the explosion using his Flying Thunder God Technique. He then transports himself and Naruto to his house, leaving Naruto there for the time being so he would be safe.
Meanwhile, Tobi has captured Kushina and extracted the Nine-Tails from her. With the power of the Sharingan, Tobi is able to control the Nine-Tails and uses it to kill Kushina, who is still alive after having the Nine-Tails ripped out of her. Before the fox could kill her, Minato quickly teleports to Kushina, and saves her from the attack. Kushina then warns Minato of Tobi and the Nine-Tails heading for Konoha. Minato teleports Kushina to the house and sets her down next to Naruto. Thankful their child is alright, she hugs Naruto and cries in relief. Seeing this, Minato is angered and prepares to go after Tobi and the Nine-Tailed Fox, with Kushina wishing him luck.
Elsewhere in the village, Itachi who is trying to calm an infant Sasuke and Kakashi and Guy get a strange feeling in the air. Hiruzen Sarutobi feels the slight presence of the Nine-Tails' chakra. Tobi, after sneaking into the village, summons the Nine-Tails directly into the village, causing destruction and death instantly. Hiruzen prepares for battle, even as he is notified of the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox's attack, and orders nearby shinobi to protect the village. Minato teleports back to the village, and when the Nine-Tails spots him and attacks him, uses a space–time barrier to counter the Nine-Tails' attack.
Tobi confronts Minato himself, and tries to send Minato to another dimension but Minato teleports himself to a nearby forest, but Tobi follows. There, Minato deduces that the masked attacker is Madara Uchiha, though Tobi gives no definite answers when asked. They both begin to fight until Minato gains the upper hand and uses a Rasengan to knock Tobi into the ground. Then while Tobi is standing up, Minato uses a seal that broke Tobi's control over the Nine-Tails. Then Nine-Tails was driven outside the gates of Konoha. Meanwhile Kurenai Yūhi's father is forbidding Kurenai and the rest of the ninja of lower rank away from the battle, while in the battlefield itself a young Iruka Umino is protected by his mother while his father orders him to get away.
Returning to Konoha, Minato is horrified at the destruction and summons Gamabunta on top of the Nine-Tails while it was creating another blast of chakra. Minato then teleports him and the beast away from Konoha, letting the Nine-Tails' attack detonate away from anyone. Minato meets up with Kushina, who is nearly out of chakra but uses her chakra chains to hold down the Nine-Tails. She tells Minato her plan to reseal the Nine-Tails into herself and die with it, giving them all time until the Nine-Tails returns. As Minato cries at this thought, she tells Minato that her only regret was not being able to see Naruto grow-up. Minato then tells her that he of his plan to use Dead Demon Consuming Seal and seal the Nine-Tails into Naruto. She disagrees with him, not wanting to burden Naruto with the Nine-Tails while having no parents to love him. However, Minato, having already made the hand seals and the death god having already appeared behind him, tells her that this is the sake for all shinobi, all the villages, and for Naruto's sake.
Hiruzen and a few other shinobi catch up to Minato, and finds Minato, Kushina, and the Nine-Tails in a barrier. Hiruzen then realises Minato's plan as Minato seals away half of the Nine-Tails' chakra, causing it to decrease in size. Minato then summons the throne needed for the Eight Trigrams Sealing Style, and places Naruto on it. The Nine-Tails, now aware of what was going to happen to it, attacks Naruto, not wanting to be sealed again. Minato and Kushina both step in front of the attack, causing the Nine-Tails' claw to stop inches away from Naruto, with it stuck in Kushina's and Minato's bodies. While Minato gives Gerotora the key to the seal, Kushina tells Naruto how she wants him to live, and how she loves him. Minato tells Naruto to listen to his talkative mother, then seals the Nine-Tails into Naruto.
After the story, Kushina apologises to Naruto for forcing him to be the host of the Nine-Tails, and not being there to love him. Naruto expresses no bitterness, accepting the apology and says that he never blamed either of them, now finally understanding the love of a parent's towards their child, and is glad that he is their son. Kushina starts fading away, but before that hugs Naruto and thanks him for allowing her to be his mother, and for allowing Minato to be his father. With that, Naruto promises to eat, sleep and bathe well and that he will be cooler and stronger than his parents.
Kisame Discovered
As Naruto returns to the outside, B and Yamato learn of his success and Naruto demonstrates his new power to them. Naruto's new form gives him the ability to sense an evil presence around him which blows Kisame's cover. B is shocked to see Kisame alive and he explains how he survived. With Kisame outnumbered, he attempts to flee but is suddenly hit by a high-speed punch from Naruto who gets himself stuck in the wall in the process. While Yamato helps Naruto, B chases after Kisame.
At B's house, Guy, having heard of Naruto's training decided to go cheer him on, along with Motoi and Aoba Yamashiro. They arrive at the Falls of Truth and Guy confronts his darkness, due to a bet by Aoba, saying Guy is scared of his true self, which mocks him. Suddenly Kisame bursts from the waterfall and Guy mistakes him for being an insect and his true self. Guy then elbows Kisame into the side of the waterfall. Guy and Aoba mistaken Kisame for a blowfish but B tells them he is from Akatsuki. Samehada separates from Kisame who is in weak condition and runs to B. It bites on to B which restores Kisame's strength. Kisame continues to escape and Guy uses the Eight Gates and opens the Sixth Gate to pursue Kisame. B does a partial transformation with his arm to launch Guy towards Kisame's direction though becomes tired afterwards.
Guy summons Ningame in mid-air while losing momentum after being thrown by B, and uses his shell as a platform to jump towards Kisame. After Kisame summons a shark and he puts a scroll containing the information he gathered in its mouth. Kisame hides the summoned shark by creating a wave of sharks that confuses Guy. Guy uses Morning Peacock on the wave sharks but gets wiped out. Guy then opens the Seventh Gate and uses his Daytime Tiger against Kisame's Water Release: Great Shark Bullet Technique. Instead of the tiger being absorbed by the shark, it bursts through it and creates a huge explosion. Guy approaches the beaten Kisame with his scroll and explains to him why his technique wasn't absorbed. Daytime Tiger is a taijutsu technique made of the air pressure concentrated on a single point instead of chakra. Guy tells Kisame not to move. However, Kisame moves a single finger, prompting Guy to knock him unconscious with a punch to the stomach.
Guy returns to the others with Kisame where Aoba decides to extract intel from him. In a flashback of Kisame's, Kisame is sent on a mission where he must protect the Intelligence Squad but must importantly protect Kirigakure's secret code from Konoha ninja. Kisame and his group are attacked by a group of Konoha ninja led by Ibiki. Kisame kills his comrades, knowing they would reveal the code to the enemy. Kisame returns to his village and kills his master who was communicating with the enemy and claims Samehada. Yagura, the Fourth Mizukage as well as the jinchūriki of the Three-Tails approaches Kisame, noticing his loyalty to the village. For killing fellow Kiri ninja, Kisame thinks his life is nothing but lies. From the shadows appears Tobi who is shown controlling Yagura. Tobi introduces himself and explains his Eye of the Moon Plan to Kisame where he wants to make a world of truth.
Not wanting Aoba to get any information from him, Kisame wakes himself up biting his tongue and breaks free of his restraints. Kisame puts himself inside the Water Prison Technique and summons three sharks. Remembering the time he first partnered with Itachi and what he said to him, Kisame makes his sharks eat him and he knows what he is at the time of his death. The others are shocked to see Kisame's surprising suicide. Despite being the enemy, Guy says he lived and died as a ninja and promises to never forget Kisame. Guy opens Kisame's scroll which activates a booby trap, trapping everyone in a dome of water with sharks while a shark with the scroll swims to the ocean.
Retrieving the Rinnegan
Elsewhere in Amegakure, Tobi confronts Konan, looking for Nagato's body to obtain his Rinnegan. Konan states she has been waiting for a chance to kill him and Tobi says he won't go easy on a former Akatsuki member. Tobi asks why she decided to betray Akatsuki, despite still wearing the uniform. Konan states that Akatsuki was created by Yahiko, and that its justice is not his, nor is Nagato's Rinnegan. Tobi simply mocks Konan, stating she is wrong as he inspired Yahiko to create Akatsuki and he gave Nagato the Rinnegan. Konan turns into paper and rushes at Tobi. Tobi then attempts to absorb her, when he realises that in her paper, many explosive tags are mixed in, creating a large explosion. Tobi survives, but loses his right arm and part of his mask. Konan, realising her suicide plan did not work, quickly calls on the massive amount of paper around the battlefield for another attack. Konan uses her ultimate technique, the Paper Person of God Technique to create an abyss and attempts to kill Tobi by placing six hundred billion explosive tags in it, which will continue to detonate for ten minutes. Since Tobi can only remain immaterial for five minutes, she believes this would be enough time to affect him.
Using Izanagi, however, Tobi is able to survive the blasts and impales Konan from behind with a pipe. He explains how he survived and Konan frees herself from the pipe. Amegakure's endless rain stops and produces a rainbow which shocks Tobi to see the endless rains of the village stop and spurs Konan on who believes it to be a sign of Nagato and Yahiko's will. Though Konan tries to attack again with her paper, Tobi, having become fed up with the delay in retrieving the Rinnegan, grabs her by the throat. He then places her under a genjutsu in an attempt to learn the whereabouts of the Rinnegan, stating that when the illusion ended, so would her life.
Afterwards, Tobi arrives at the grave site of Yahiko and Nagato, the latter of whom is teleported into Tobi's separate dimension. Meanwhile, Konan's body lays in the water. The flashback follows demonstrates a system Jiraiya used to verify the presence of intruders in the house where he lived with Nagato, Yahiko, and Konan. By flipping a card on the wall, a person could indicate whether or not they were at home. The red side indicates that the person is home and the white side with a frog head states that the person is away. Even after Jiraiya left, the three kept up with the "hop-in" card system. Eventually, their group becomes too large and they prepare to leave the house for good. Yahiko and Nagato flip their cards to the red side, but before Konan gets the opportunity to do so, they are ambushed by a group of enemy ninja and forced to flee through a secret escape route. Presently, the house is overgrown with vines and flowers on the inside. With the exception of Konan, all of the other frog cards, including Jiraiya's, are still flipped to the red side, stating they are at home. As a bloodied sheet of paper flies off Konan's corpse, it lands on her "hop-in" card and covers it red.
The Final Preparations
Tobi appears before Kabuto, his arm restored, wearing a new mask resembling the eye of the Ten-Tails, his old Uchiha robes (replacing his Akatsuki uniform), and wielding a warfan. Kabuto mentions that Tobi went through a lot of trouble to obtain his new eye, to which Tobi replies that they were his to begin with. Zetsu informs him that Kisame succeeded delivering the information he had obtained. After hearing this, Tobi slams his war fan on the ground and states that it is time to go after the Nine-Tails. Kabuto decides to get Naruto and B instead in order to gain Tobi's trust and that Yamato is the interest of his experiments. Kabuto says he also knows Zetsu's secrets and says he could make him stronger. Tobi tells him he'll give him one Zetsu if he captures the Nine-Tails. He then takes Kabuto to the chamber that holds the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path and shows him a mindless copy of Hashirama that Tobi created from his cells. He also shows him his army that is made of roughly 100,000 White Zetsu though at the cost of using the collected tailed beasts' chakra.
Back on the island, B was unable to chase after Kisame's shark and returns to the others. Motoi summons an owl to notify the Raikage that Akatsuki knows of their location. All the Kage receive the info and decide to send backup to the island that is actually a giant tortoise, which Ōnoki volunteers to be the backup. Kabuto leaves along with the undead Deidara on his clay owl to get the remaining jinchūriki. Ōnoki, Akatsuchi and Kurotsuchi fly off to be the island's reinforcements while Kabuto sets off to the island as well. Kabuto inserts a tag in Deidara's head which gives him most of his will back. Kabuto is suddenly punched by Ōnoki which turns out to be a clay clone made by Deidara. The real Kabuto and Deidara are hiding in the clouds and Deidara sets off an explosion.
On the island, Naruto lines up all the animals in a cave for his "ecology survey" mission, still unaware of the war. The Ōnoki that Deidara blew up was actually a rock clone made by Akatsuchi. They are surprised that Deidara is still alive with Ōnoki being ashamed that Deidara is causing trouble even in death and that he lost to Sasuke. Deidara responds to this saying he killed Sasuke, unaware that he survived his suicide explosion. In the ocean, a giant snake of Kabuto's (his clone of Manda he calls Manda II) bites the island turtle's tail, which reveals its location with its screams of pain. Kabuto and Deidara head to the island with Ōnoki on their tail.
Manda II flips over the island turtle which Naruto thinks is an earthquake and Kabuto and Deidara land on the turtle. Kabuto leaves Deidara to handle Ōnoki while he finds Naruto and B. Ōnoki arrives, enraged and preparing a Dust Release: Detachment of the Primitive World Technique. He is however stopped by Akatsuchi who states the power of the technique can blow up the island turtle. Deidara suddenly sends a clay bird towards them and sets it off but Akatsuchi protects him and Ōnoki with his rock golem. Kabuto learns from Manda II of Naruto's location and asks where inside the turtle.
Naruto decides to check what is causing the "earthquakes" but Yamato tells him only he can complete his mission which Naruto believes. Kurotsuchi notices Kabuto controlling Manda II and tries to stop him with Lava Release: Quicklime Congealing Technique which Kabuto dodges. Yamato, Motoi and Aoba arrive to see to situation outside and both Yamato and Aoba are shocked to see Kabuto and how much he changed. They all work with Kurotsuchi to capture Kabuto and gather intel from him but Kabuto sheds into a snake-like form (similar to Orochimaru's true form) and swallows Yamato and makes a getaway into Manda II's nostril. Manda II is de-summoned along with Deidara saying it was starting to get fun just as he vanishes. Kabuto returns to Tobi's lair with Yamato, planning to use Yamato's Wood Release to strengthen the Zetsu army. Tobi tells him to hurry as his new left Rinnegan eye craves for battle.
|English title
|Kanji title
|Romaji title
|"Everyone of Team 7!!"
|Sorezore no Dainanahan!!
|"Near… Far…"
|Chikaku… Tōku…
|"The Beginning of the Battle…!! "
|Tatakai no Hajimari…!!
|"Each to Their Respective Villages"
|Sorezore no Sato e
|"Facing the Shinobi World War…!!"
|Ninkai Taisen e Mukete…!!
|"The Truth about the Nine-Tails!!"
|Kyūbi no Shinjitsu!!
|"Jinchūriki Confinement!!"
|Jinchūriki Kankin!!
|"Dark Naruto!!"
|Yami Naruto!!
|"Killer B and Motoi"
|Kirābī to Motoi
|"Crushing Dark Naruto!!"
|Yami Naruto Gekiha!!
|"Meeting the Nine-Tails Again!!"
|Saikai Kyūbi!!
|"Nine-Tails vs. Naruto!!"
|Kyūbi Bāsasu Naruto!!
|"Mum's Red Hair"
|Kaa-Chan no Akai Kami
|"A New Seal!!"
|Aratanaru Fūin!!
|"Naruto's Birth"
|Naruto no Shusshō
|"The Nine-Tails Attack!!"
|Kyūbi Shūrai!!
|"The Fourth's Battle to the Death!!"
|Yondaime no Shitō!!
|"Minato's Dead Demon Consuming Seal!!"
|Minato no Shiki Fūjin!!
|"Thank You"
|"The Nine-Tails' Chakra, Freed!!"
|Kyūbi Chakura, Kaihō!!
|"Guy vs. Kisame!! "
|Gai Bāsasu Kisame!!
|"An Existence of Falsehoods…!!"
|Itsuwari no Sonzai…!!
|"The Way a Shinobi Dies"
|Shinobi no Shinizama
|"A Suspension Bridge to Peace"
|Heiwa e no Kakehashi
|"An Unexpected Kinjutsu!!"
|Masaka no Kinjutsu!!
|"We'll All Go Home"
|Kaette Koyō
|"The Truth about Zetsu!!"
|Zetsu no Shinjitsu!!
|"Kabuto vs. the Tsuchikage!!"
|Kabuto Bāsasu Tsuchikage!!
|"Kabuto's Scheme!!"
|Kabuto no Mokuromi!!
|"The Great War Breaks Out!"
|Taisen, Kaisen!
|Episode Title
|Japanese Airdate
|English Airdate
|"Two Fates"
|9 June 2011
|9 November 2013
|"High-Level Shinobi"
|16 June 2011
|16 November 2013
|"The Infiltrator"
|23 June 2011
|23 November 2013
|"The Five Great Nations Mobilise"
|30 June 2011
|30 November 2013
|"Kakashi Hatake, the Hokage"
|7 July 2011
|7 December 2013
|"Prophecy of the Great Lord Elder"
|21 July 2011
|14 December 2013
|28 July 2011
|21 December 2013
|"The Five Kage's Decision"
|28 July 2011
|28 December 2013
|"Land Ahoy! Is this the Island of Paradise?"
|5 January 2012
|24 May 2014
|"Killer B and Motoi "
|12 January 2012
|31 May 2014
|"The Next Challenge! Naruto vs. The Nine-Tails!!"
|19 January 2012
|7 June 2014
|"The Orange Spark"
|26 January 2012
|14 June 2014
|"Target: Nine-Tails"
|2 February 2012
|21 June 2014
|"The Fourth Hokage's Death Match"
|9 February 2012
|28 June 2014
|"Thank You "
|9 February 2012
|5 July 2014
|"Battle in Paradise! Odd Beast vs. The Monster!"
|16 February 2012
|12 July 2014
|"The Man Named Kisame"
|23 February 2012
|19 July 2014
|"The Angelic Herald of Death"
|1 March 2012
|26 July 2014
|"The Bridge to Peace"
|8 March 2012
|2 August 2014
|"The Super Secret S-Rank Mission"
|15 March 2012
|9 August 2014
|"The Artist Returns"
|22 March 2012
|16 August 2014
|"Assemble! Allied Shinobi Forces!"
|29 March 2012
|23 August 2014


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At a Pentagon news conference, Hagel said the administration is considering a range of options. He said he personally has not decided whether it would be wise to provide weapons to the rebels.
"Arming the rebels—that's an option," he said. "We must continue to look at options." He said the U.S. is considering a range of options in consultation with allies.
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It's broken. Oh great. Now what? I want to get it fixed, but who fixes things anymore? It's often hard to find a resource to repair our broken things in our all too quick to throw away society. How nice would it be to take your broken stuff to a creative group of problem solvers in your neighborhood? Not only would they fix it. They would teach you to fix things as well. The Fixers Collective in Brooklyn is made up of just such a group of problem solvers. Although they come together from varied vocations and experience, they are designers by definition; creating solutions to everyday problems. Not only are they keeping a lot of broken stuff out of landfills, they are inspiring people to learn the lost art of fixing things. More often than not, a simple set of tools and materials will do the job. Once a week on Thursday nights, the Fixers gather at Proteus Gowanus, a local Brooklyn Interdisciplinary Gallery and Reading Room, to work, socialize and collaborate. I love the spirit of their design approach conveyed in their mission statement below: "The Fixers' Collective is a social experiment in improvisational fixing and mending. Our goal is to increase material literacy in our community by fostering an ethic of creative caring toward the objects in our lives. The Fixers' Collective seeks to displace cultural patterns that alienate us from our things, by collectively learning the skills and patience necessary to care for them. Intentionally aligning itself with forces generated in reaction to the current economic crisis, the Fixers' Collective promotes a counter-ethos that values functionality, simplicity, and ingenuity and that respects age, persistence and adequacy. The Collective also encourages participants to take liberties with designated forms and purposes, resulting in mended objects that may exist both as art and within a more limited, utilitarian context.
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WASHINGTON (WUSA) -- Second-year Redskins wide receiver Aldrick Robinson spent nearly the entirety of his 2011 rookie season on the practice squad. Robinson was activated for the final game in Philadelphia, but accumulated zero statistics.
Because of the additions of Pierre Garcon, Josh Morgan, and a presumably healthy Leonard Hankerson, Robinson's shot at the roster seems limited at the beginning of training camp. The 5-foot-10, 185 pounder begs to differ.
"There's so much competition out here. But that's what you want. You want depth at every position. That makes our team better," said Robinson following Thursday's sweltering practice. "I'm way more comfortable than last year. I'm going to do way better because I'm more confident in my abilities."
On Thursday, there was an added boost to Robinson's prospects of making the 53-man roster. The Southern Methodist alum was one of four Redskins fielding punts during the special teams session of practice -- including Brandon Banks, Terrence Austin and Brian Hernandez. The incumbent return man, Banks, has been under fire from the media and fan base this offseason as a player deemed replaceable.
Being a special teams player is something the receiver fully expects to take a part in, even though he returned just three kickoffs during his four years at SMU. But when asked if he thinks he has to be the punt returner to make the squad, Robinson replied, "I don't think so. I'm a pretty good receiver, I'm comfortable with that. I believe in myself."
Robinson professed his work with quarterback Robert Griffin III in Waco has helped him tremendously at the start of camp. The overall team bonding aspect of the trip seems to have the unit in sync with the new face of the franchise.
"We went out together, we went bowling, we went out to eat. Of course we threw the football around a lot. We're just building that chemistry," said Robinson, who added that Pierre Garcon was the best bowler.
As far as this chatter of RGIII looking rusty on Thursday? It doesn't matter to Robinson.
"No, no, no. He was fine. It's hot out here, man. It's so hot, we're just battling. He's going to get it right."
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FORT WAYNE, Ind. (21Alive) – It's the time of year to celebrate Fort Wayne. Visit Fort Wayne began celebrating it's 65th anniversary.
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Clayton, MO (KSDK) - One of two men charged in a "pigeon drop" scam in Florissant last year has pleaded guilty and will serve one year in the county jail, followed by probation for the next five years.
53 year old Eugene O'Neal pleaded guilty to a pair of felony stealing charges related to his arrest last December after police say he and his accomplice, 62 year old Lawrence Van scammed an elderly Florissant resident outside a supermarket of $5000.00 and a similar incident occurring in July 2011 in unincorporated St. Louis County.
Police say O'Neal and Van duped the 89 year old victim into believing a story of their family being held hostage in South Africa and their need to collect $100,000.00 to gain their freedom.
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Expanded Access Protocol (EAP) Using the CliniMACS® Device for Pediatric Haplocompatible Donor Stem Cell Transplant
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This protocol provides expanded access to bone marrow transplants for children who lack a histocompatible (tissue matched) stem cell or bone marrow donor when an alternative donor (unrelated donor or half-matched related donor) is available to donate. In this procedure, some of the blood forming cells (the stem cells) are collected from the blood of a partially human leukocyte antigen (HLA) matched (haploidentical) donor and are transplanted into the patient (the recipient) after administration of a "conditioning regimen". A conditioning regimen consists of chemotherapy and sometimes radiation to the entire body (total body irradiation, or TBI), which is meant to destroy the cancer cells and suppress the recipient's immune system to allow the transplanted cells to take (grow). A major problem after a transplant from an alternative donor is increased risk of Graft-versus-Host Disease (GVHD), which occurs when donor T cells (white blood cells that are involved with the body's immune response) attack other tissues or organs like the skin, liver and intestines of the transplant recipient. In this study, stem cells that are obtained from a partially-matched donor will be highly purified using the investigational CliniMACS® stem cell selection device in an effort to achieve specific T cell target values. The primary aim of the study is to help improve overall survival with haploidentical stem cell transplant in a high risk patient population by limiting the complication of GVHD.
Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
Acute Myeloid Leukemia
Chronic Myeloid Leukemia
Myelodysplastic Syndrome
Bone Marrow Failure
Immune Deficiency
White Blood Cell Abnormalities
Red Blood Cell Abnormalities
Biological: CD34+ enriched, T Cell Depleted donor stem cell product
|Study Type:
|Expanded Access What is Expanded Access?
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|An Expanded Access Study of the Feasibility of Using the CliniMACS® Device for CD34+ Cell Selection and T Cell Depletion for Graft-versus-Host Disease Prophylaxis in Alternative Donor Stem Cell Transplant Recipients
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Genetics Home Reference related topics: core binding factor acute myeloid leukemia cytogenetically normal acute myeloid leukemia familial acute myeloid leukemia with mutated CEBPA geleophysic dysplasia mucopolysaccharidosis type IV osteopetrosis
MedlinePlus related topics: Acute Myeloid Leukemia Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Chronic Myeloid Leukemia Leukemia Myelodysplastic Syndromes
Genetic and Rare Diseases Information Center resources: Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Acute Myeloid Leukemia Acute Non Lymphoblastic Leukemia Chronic Myeloid Leukemia Chronic Myeloproliferative Disorders Homologous Wasting Disease Lymphosarcoma Mucopolysaccharidosis Type IV Myelodysplastic Syndromes Myeloid Leukemia OsteopetrosisU.S. FDA Resources
Further study details as provided by University of California, San Francisco:
|Study Start Date:
|September 2010
|Estimated Study Completion Date:
|September 2020
|Estimated Primary Completion Date:
|September 2015 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
Intervention Details:
Biological: CD34+ enriched, T Cell Depleted donor stem cell product
stem cell transplant
Other Name: bone marrow transplant
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|up to 30 Years
|Genders Eligible for Study:
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Inclusion Criteria:
- Age 0 (newborn) - 30 years
- Patient must have a malignant or non-malignant disease that can benefit from alternative stem cell transplantation according to standard practice guidelines.
- Patients with lymphoma or acute leukemia (except acute myeloid leukemia, AML) must be in remission at the time of transplant.
- Patients must lack a healthy human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-identical related donor.
- Recipient or authorized guardian must sign informed consent for this study.
- If recipient is female and of child-bearing age, negative pregnancy test.
Patient must have a healthy, willing mismatched related or an unrelated donor who is:
- Able to receive granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) and undergo apheresis either through placement of catheters in antecubital veins or a temporary central venous catheter,
- For Related donor: sibling, half-sibling, parent, cousin, aunt, uncle or grandparent will all be considered eligible.
- For Related donor: HLA antigen genotypic match ≥ 4/8 and ≤ 7/8 (haplocompatible).
- For unrelated donor: 6/8 or 7/8 HLA antigen match (if two mismatches, they must be at different loci).
- Complete medical history, physical and screening for infectious diseases that are acceptable for donation.
- If donor is female and of child-bearing age, negative pregnancy test.
- Absence of anti-HLA antibodies in recipient directed against donor antigens.
- Donor must be willing to sign informed consent for this study. If donor is < 18 years of age, donor must be willing to give assent and parents willing to sign informed consent. For unrelated donors: The National Marrow Donor Program (NMDP) will obtain informed consent for donor's apheresis product to be used in this study.
- Age ≥ 5 years
Exclusion Criteria:
- Patient with an anticipated life expectancy of < 1 month
- Active infectious hepatitis or cytomegalovirus (CMV) disease (organ involvement)
- Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) or Human T-lymphotropic virus (HTLV-I/II) infection
- Cardiac ejection fraction < 45%; can be lower if patient is not in clinical cardiac failure and a reduced intensity conditioning regimen is used.
- Creatinine clearance <60 ml/min/1.72 m2; can be lower if a reduced intensity conditioning regimen is used.
- Pulmonary diffusion capacity (corrected for hemoglobin), forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV1), or forced vital capacity (FVC) <60% of predicted or oxygen saturation (O2 sat) > 94% on room air if unable to perform pulmonary function tests (PFTs); can be lower if a reduced intensity conditioning regimen is used.
- Serum alanine aminotransferase (ALT) > 5 x upper limit of normal (can be up to 10x upper limit of normal if a reduced intensity conditioning regimen is used) or bilirubin > 2.
- Performance score (Lansky/Karnofsky) < 50
- Any condition that compromises compliance with the procedures of this protocol, as judged by the principal investigator.
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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01200017
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01200017
|Contact: Morton J. Cowan, MD
|Contact: Christopher Dvorak, MD
|United States, California
|University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) Children's Hospital
|San Francisco, California, United States, 94143
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University of California, San Francisco
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|Morton J. Cowan, MD
|UCSF Children's Hospital
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|University of California, San Francisco
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|NCT01200017 History of Changes
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|Study First Received:
|September 9, 2010
|Last Updated:
|October 18, 2014
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|United States: Food and Drug Administration
Keywords provided by University of California, San Francisco:
Genetic Diseases, Inborn
T cell depleted
Matched unrelated donors
Haplocompatible donors
Graft vs Host Disease
Leukemia, Lymphoid
Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma
Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute
Leukemia, Myeloid
Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive
Myelodysplastic Syndromes
Immune System Diseases
Hematologic Diseases
Neoplasms by Histologic Type
Lymphoproliferative Disorders
Lymphatic Diseases
Immunoproliferative Disorders
Myeloproliferative Disorders
Bone Marrow Diseases
Precancerous Conditions
Bone Diseases, Developmental
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Genetic Diseases, Inborn
Congenital Abnormalities
Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes
Leukemia, Lymphoid
Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive
Leukemia, Myeloid
Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute
Myelodysplastic Syndromes
Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma
Bone Diseases
Bone Diseases, Developmental
Bone Marrow Diseases
Hematologic Diseases
Immune System Diseases
Immunoproliferative Disorders
Lymphatic Diseases
Lymphoproliferative Disorders
Musculoskeletal Diseases
Myeloproliferative Disorders
Neoplasms by Histologic Type
Precancerous Conditions
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text: Home World Nigeria and Democracy Inaction How long can Africa's most populous country go on without a clear leader? By: Lola Adesioye Posted: March 4 2010 7:24 AM 0 Getty Images Imagine that one day President Barack Obama disappears. It is rumored that he has gone to Saudi Arabia for medical treatment of a condition that nobody is quite certain about. After three months, the public starts to speculate as to whether or not he is still alive. As a result of failing to follow the correct constitutional steps to ensure that the country would be run in his absence, Vice President Joe Biden has been unable to take power. The country is leaderless, in political turmoil, and Americans are left wondering what is going on. Nearly four months later, the protests of a despondent and resigned public prompt some action and Biden steps in to run the country. Shortly after that, Obama reappears--still not telling anyone exactly where he has been, nor the truth about the current status of his health. Access to him is limited and first lady Michelle Obama starts taking interviews on his behalf. It sounds bizarre. Unthinkable, even. Yet this is exactly what has been happening in Nigeria since late November when the president, Umaru Yar'Adua, left in secret to go to Saudi Arabia for medical treatment, leaving the country teetering on the brink of a political crisis, calling into question the very nature of Nigeria's democratic process and sparking a new sense of urgency for change and reform within the country. He has not addressed the public since November 2009, when he left the country to have inflammation of the lining around his heart treated. No one heard from him in February, when Vice President Goodluck Jonathan became acting president, or since Yar'Adua's return to Nigeria last week. How did we get here? In 1999, after years of military rule which followed Nigeria's independence from Britain and failed experiments in democracy, the country finally embraced civilian rule and the democratic process. However, the self-serving attitude and actions of a supposedly democratic leadership, which often seems to be no different from that of the former military rulers, continues to prohibit Nigerians from fully reaping the fruits of democracy and from having the country run at full capacity. Let's be clear what "not running at full capacity" means. It means that Nigerians are now used to power outages that can last months. They have become used to sitting for hours in traffic on roads with gigantic pot holes and no road signs in which innumerable vehicles, people and perhaps even a random animal jostle for space. They have become used to the corruption that has become a part of the fabric of everyday life, and the incredible gap between the poor--who can live on top of each other in shacks--and the rich--who live close to them in compounds and mansions. They have become used to substandard education and universities that spend half of the year on strike. They've become used to their leaders enriching themselves out of the pockets of the people who they are supposed to serve. These problems didn't always exist. My parents often talk of a time--in the 1970s--when Nigeria functioned well. However, the negative effects of military rule, particularly that of General Sani Abacha between 1993 and 1998, took hold and have not fundamentally been altered by democracy. Abacha was responsible for many human-rights abuses, as well as a slow but steady increase in corruption and a lack of investment in Nigeria's infrastructure. Despite some efforts from the president who came before Yar'Adua, the corruption has continued. It is a tragedy that Nigeria--nearly 50 years after its independence from colonial rule--is still falling so far behind its potential. Just a few months ago, Princeton Lyman, the former U.S. ambassador to South Africa and Nigeria, said that Nigeria risked becoming irrelevant as other, better-managed countries, such as Ghana (where oil has recently been discovered) rise to prominence on the international stage. Yar'Adua's 2007 election was controversial. Many Nigerians believe that he is essentially a puppet who was handpicked to lead by former President Olusegun Obasanjo and that election rigging ensured that his party--ironically called the People's Democratic Party--won. Since his election, a number of undemocratic incidents have damaged Yar'Adua's public image. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, an anti-corruption body which seemed to show that Yar'Adua was doing something positive for Nigeria, was undermined by the ouster of its chairman, Nuhu Ribadu. After having successfully prosecuted hundreds of Nigerian corruption cases, Ribadu was sacked by the Nigerian Police Force two weeks after close friend of Yar'Adua, River State governor James Ibori, was charged on 170 counts of corruption by the EFCC. One of those counts alleged a $15 million bribe that Ibori had offered to--and was refused by--Ribadu. Ribadu now resides outside of Nigeria, essentially in exile. If there is indeed anything to be gained from what has been going on, it is that Yar'Adua's absence has sparked an outrage in Nigerians. For the first time in years, people have not just been talking about what's going on, but taking action. Protests and newspaper articles are part of that. Many organizations dedicated to change have sprung up, including the nonprofit Nigeria Leadership Initiative (NLI), of which I am a member. NLI is made up of Nigerians, both inside and outside of Nigeria, who are dedicated to transforming leadership and values for the benefit of the Nigerian society. Political action also has an important role: Just this week, Nuhu Ribadu announced that he would be setting up a shadow government. That's the kind of action that Nigeria needs. There is much that's going on in Nigeria that is great. Recent years have seen a real boom in business and cultural activities in the nation, and many Nigerians who were born or educated in the West have been returning in droves, bringing with them new ideas and attitudes. It is now in the hands of Nigerians to be cause in the matter of helping the country become a fully functioning and fair democracy that works for the greater good. We all have a vision that we wish to see come to life, so that Nigeria can be a shining beacon of African success. If the leaders won't do it, we, the people, can and must. Lola Adesioye is a black British sociopolitical writer of Nigerian descent. Become a fan of The Root on Facebook. Follow us on Twitter. Get what we're watching delivered to your inbox everyday! Sign up for our daily video newsletter below. Page 1 of 2 NEXT PAGE > Powered by Livefyre 0


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text: Free: An excerpt from Chris Anderson's book Free 20 July 09 by Chris Anderson I'm in a huge banquet hall in Guangzhou, China, sitting in the front row of a spectacular show. We've already had the acrobatics, the kung fu exhibition, the dancing girls and the comedy act. Now it's time for the real star, Taiwanese pop sensation Jolin Tsai. The audience cheers as she sings some of her best-known numbers, her gown shimmering in the lights against a backdrop of her face blown up to room size on a huge video screen. This is not a concert, however. It's a sales meeting of China Mobile employees and partners. We've had a day of speeches on the telecom business and it is just customary to finish off with a fancy show. For her performance, Tsai was probably paid more than she earned from CD sales all year. China is a country where piracy has won. Years of half-hearted crackdowns under diplomatic pressure from the West have had no apparent effect on the street vendors or countless sites that host MP3s for downloads. Every year there are some ceremonial piracy busts, and some of the bigger sites occasionally have to pay fines, but none of this has stopped average Chinese music consumers from finding pretty much everything they want for free. So rather than fighting piracy, a new breed of Chinese musicians is actually embracing it. They know that piracy is a form of zero-cost marketing, which brings their work to the largest possible audience. That in turn maximises their celebrity (at least for the brief duration of any Chinese pop star's fame), and it is up to them to find ways to convert that celebrity into cash during that valuable time. Xiang Xiang is a 21-year-old Chinese pop star, most famous for her cheeky hit "Song of Pig". Her last album sold nearly four million copies. The problem is that almost all of them were pirated versions. Or rather, that's her label's problem. She's fine with it. As far as she's concerned, that's four million fans she wouldn't have had if they'd had to pay full price for the album, and she likes the feedback and adulation. She also likes the money she gets for personal appearances and product endorsements, all made possible by her piracy-enabled fame. And then there's the concert tour, which should take her to 14 cities this summer. The pirates are her best marketers. Piracy accounts for an estimated 95 per cent of music consumption in China, which has forced record companies to rethink completely what business they're in. Since they can't make money from selling music on plastic discs, they package it in other ways. They ask artists to record singles for radio play instead of albums for consumers. They serve as a personal talent agency for the singers, getting a cut of their fees for doing commercials and radio spots. Even the concerts are paid for by advertisers in deals brokered by the labels, which pack as many of their artists on stage as they can to maximise the revenues from sponsors. The main problem is that the singers complain that the endless touring, which provides their only income, is tough on their vocal cords. "China will become a model for the world music industry," predicts Shen Lihui, who runs Modern Sky, one of the more innovative Chinese music labels. The company's CDs rarely make money because the popular ones are quickly pirated. But the label has other ways of making money, producing videos and now, increasingly, websites. It also runs a three-day music festival that attracts fans from around the country. Ticket sales form part of its revenues, but sponsors are where the real money is: Motorola, Levi's and others. That's not to say that you can't sell music in China: you can, as long as the songs are less than 20 seconds long. The ringtone business is huge: China Mobile, the largest carrier, reported more than a billion dollars in music revenues in 2007. Most of that was kept by China Mobile, of course, but that's still real money. Ed Peto, a Briton living in Beijing, is trying to find another way to turn music into a business. His company, MicroMu, signs emerging indie artists and gets brands to sponsor the entire operation with a monthly fee. The way it works may sound strange to a Western record label, but it makes perfect sense to a product marketer in China, who is actually the paying customer in the equation. MicroMu records artists as cheaply as possible, either live in front of an audience at a sponsored show or in an inexpensive studio space or a rehearsal room. They film everything surrounding these sessions and make a range of branded video content from this. Each recording is released through a blog post on the MicroMu site, complete with links to free downloads of individual MP3s, full album downloads, credits, artwork etc. Then the company also hosts regular live events, including university tours. Brands such as drinks and jeans companies sponsor MicroMu, but not the individual artists (to avoid tarnishing their indie credibility). A percentage of the sponsorship money is divided up among the artists according to how many downloads they get through the site. "The moment you put a fee on accessing music in China is the moment you cut off 99 per cent of your audience," says Peto. "Music is a luxury for the middle class in China, a flippant expenditure. This model works against that. We simply use free music and media as a way of saying that 'everyone is welcome', building a dialogue, building a community, becoming the trusted brand of the grassroots music movement in China. To do this, though, we have to become all things to all men: record label, online community, live events producers, merchandise sellers, TV production company." As goes China, so may go the rest of the world. Record sales in the United States fell by nearly another 10 per cent in 2008, and the bottom is nowhere near in sight. The day may come when many labels simply capitulate and follow the Chinese model, letting music go free to become marketing for the artists, whom they monetise in non-traditional ways, such as endorsements and sponsorships. There are already some glimpses of this: the deal Robbie Williams has with EMI is based on a share of all his revenues, including touring and merchandise. And talent agencies such as the giants CAA and ICM are considering becoming music labels, to cut out the middleman. In a world where the definition of the music industry is changing every day, the one constant is that music creates celebrity. And there are worse problems than the challenge of turning fame into money. >The Gucci knock-off economy Piracy doesn't stop at film, software and music in China. Just get off the train in Shenzhen and you are immediately bombarded with knock-off Rolex watches, Chanel perfume, Gucci bags and countless ersatz toys and gadgets. Like the pirated CDs on the street corners, these aren't actually free, of course, they're just very cheap, and the original creators aren't seeing a penny of the sales. The intellectual property rights are free; you just pay for the commodity atoms. But as with music, the roots and consequences of this piracy are more subtle than they appear. Piracy extends to virtually every industry in China, a combination of the state of development of the country, its legal systems and a Confucian attitude toward intellectual property that makes copying the work of others both a gesture of respect and an essential part of education. (It's often hard to explain to Chinese students in the United States what's wrong with plagiarism, since reproducing the masters is so central to Chinese teaching.) Today, an entire industry exists in China to clone designer goods overnight: software allows factories to take photographs of Fashion Week models from the web and produce simulations of designer clothing within a couple of months - often beating the originals to the stores. Read page 2 123 Read on one page Latest on wired.co.uk


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Cradling is an important Lacrosse move. However, many players don't understand the purpose of cradling or why they're doing it and many simply are not doing it right to begin with. Cradling allows you to control the ball while allowing different stick positions. When properly cradling the ball in the pocket, you can hold the stick vertically to run through your checks. The actual purpose of cradling is to get the ball in the "sweet" spot of the pocket before you throw it.
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One of the most basic skills that all beginners must learn is how to scoop the ball effectively. When scooping, you want to get low to the ground and use the top part of the lacrosse head to scoop the ball up. To do this, bend your knees and lower the stick to the ground to pick the ball up in one fluid motion while continuing to run forward. Get comfortable with a low crouch while running and work on literally scooping the ball into the pocket. Be sure that your stick is parallel to the the ground. Any other More >


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Masaki residents have expressed dismay over open spaces that have been turned into hideouts for suspected bandits.
Speaking with this reporter recently, the residents said most risky open spaces included Plot No 1832 along Haile Selassie Road, which was stopped from being developed in January 2010 by the Ministry of Lands, Housing and Human Settlements Development on grounds that its development was done contrary to municipal council's guidelines.
Speaking on behalf of fellow residents Masaki Local Government Chairperson Janeth Mbene said they had already written to Kinondoni District Commissioner Jordan Rugimbana on the matter and the authorities promised to deal with the matter accordingly.
According to Rugimbana, the district will mount a special operation to arrest suspected bandits hiding in open spaces. "We will soon mount a special operation throughout the district including areas like Mwenge, Tegeta and Masaki," he said.
He noted that land disputes in Masaki and other areas were aggravated by dishonest officials in Kinondoni Municipal Council and the Ministry of Lands, Housing and Human Settlements, who allocated plots illegally without following appropriate channels.
When contacted for comments, Urban Planning in the Ministry of Lands, Housing and Human Settlements Development Director Albina Burra said her department had nothing to do with the issue since the plots in question were designated open spaces.
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Denver, CO (SportsNetwork.com) - Randy Foye and Evan Fournier poured in 18
points apiece to lead the Denver Nuggets to a 120-94 victory over the Orlando
Magic at the Pepsi Center.
Kenneth Faried had 17 points and nine rebounds and Ty Lawson and Quincy Miller
scored 16 points apiece, while the latter had 11 rebounds in the Nuggets'
fifth straight win. Timofey Mozgov and J.J. Hickson contributed 14 and 13
points, respectively.
"We had a slide of an eight game losing streak but we got focus and now we won
five in a row and I hope we can keep it going," Nuggets guard Nate Robinson
Tobias Harris totaled 22 points and nine rebounds, Glen Davis had 20 points
and Victor Oladipo added 15 for the Magic, who have now lost seven straight.
E'Twaun Moore and Jameer Nelson added 10 points apiece.
"They are a fast-paced team. They have good tempo. They pushed it all night on
us. It's tough for us to get stops versus them," Harris said.
Both teams came out firing early and just over three minutes into the game the
teams combined for 22 points. After trading baskets Denver led 20-17 before
the Nuggets went on a 14-2 tear. Orlando made the last three baskets of the
quarter to bring the score to 34-25.
The teams traded baskets for most of the second quarter. The Magic managed to
get as close as 11, but Denver stretched its advantage to as many as 26 during
the quarter and carried a 22-point lead, 69-47, at the break.
Davis tried to will his team to a comeback when he scored his team's first six
points of the third quarter, but the Nuggets only did not budge and kept a
lead of at least 16 points or more.
The final 12 minutes of the contest was just a formality as Denver had the
game well in hand.
Game Notes
The Magic have lost 11 straight away from home against Western Conference
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After their latest "Fumble" at the hands of Ash and co., Team Rocket had a meeting about what to do next. After the meeting they find a Delibird trapped in a cage and when the cage was broken, they caught it. They were congradulated by a scout for Team Rocket and welcomes them aboard. But when Jessie says that she, James and Meowth were already Team Rocket members, the scout proved them wrong by checking their files and saying they've been removed permanently for not paying off their massive debts. How can they prove themselves to be the best of the baddest again? And does someone from within Team Rocket have a bone to pick with Jessie?
- "Well, they did lose that match. But you know with the personnel shortage we have to make compromises."
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Rocket Scout about Jessie, James and Meowth's sign-in bonuses.
- "Revenge is sweet, my dear Jessie."
- It is revealed that Jessie and James' grey Team Rocket uniforms are not worn by other members as they designed them themselves and are therefore unofficial uniforms. Despite this, no one in Team Rocket besides the scout has commented on this, not even Giovanni.
- In honor of Super Bowl XXXVII, which aired the day after this episode, Team Rocket was wearing Football uniforms during their motto.
- Jessie mentions that as well as Team Rocket, there are also a "Team Jet" and "Team Helicopter". Aside from sharing the same naming theme with Team Rocket (aerial vehicles), no further details of them are known and they could just be a joke.
- After being reinstated as Team Rocket members, Jessie and James continue to wear their homemade, unofficial grey uniforms.
- The Team Rocket scout is never referred to by name, not even by Wendy, who is a fellow Team Rocket member and is in direct contact with her.
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Troopers say Clark was driving. Authorities say neither teen was wearing a seat belt. DPS says both boys were ejected from the vehicle.
The accident happened around 3:40 Saturday morning.
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Strmiska pulls away to win Enduro 200 at Roseville speedway
Ryan Strmiska captured the West Coast Enduro 200 May Madness by 4.436 seconds over Chris Lancaster on Saturday night at All American Speedway.
Strmiska, Lancaster and third-place finisher Loren Chitwood were the only three cars in the 21-car field to finish on the lead lap. Lancaster also was the runner-up in the first enduro of the season, held April 7.
Strmiska started ninth, and Ron Wills led the first 17 laps. Lancaster set the pace from laps 18-76. Strmiska moved in front on lap 77 and led through lap 100.
Chitwood and Wills took turns in front through lap 107 before Strmiska moved in front for good on lap 108 of the 200-lap grind over a wet, soapy track.
Matt Camp (Street Stock) and Erick Ray (Bomber) won 35-lap main events in a rain makeup for the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series.
Camp topped an 18-car field and beat Byron Gonzalez to the checkered flag by .084 of a second in a back-and-forth battle. Gonzalez led the first 18 laps, gave way to Camp on lap 19 and regained the lead on lap 20.
Camp wrested the lead again on lap 25, Gonzalez led from laps 26-30, Camp snagged first place on lap 31, Gonzalez led laps 32-34, and Camp took the lead and the victory on the final lap.
Jarred Beddow again was the No. 1 qualifier at 14.895 seconds. Gonzalez and Tim Tate captured heats, and Kevin Owens took the dash.
The Bomber main didn't pack nearly as much drama, as Ray led wire to wire and scored a .273-of-a-second margin of victory over Beddow and a 16-car field.
Ray also won a heat and the dash. Beddow won the other heat, and David Thompson topped qualifying at 15.811.
BMR's Holmes second in Stockton
Bill McAnally Racing driver Eric Holmes couldn't catch teenager Dylan Kwasniewski in a green-white-checkered finish in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series West Pick-N-Pull 150 on Saturday night at Stockton 99 Speedway.
Kwasniewski won the pole with a qualifying lap at 13.735 seconds around the quarter-mile paved oval and led all 155 laps. He took over the series points lead with his first victory this season and the third of his young career.
Holmes finished second, .49 of a second behind, and is fourth in points, 13 behind Kwasniewski and two behind third-place Greg Pursley, the defending series champ.
Jessica Brunelli, a former racer at All American Speedway, finished ninth, and Del Campo High School senior Dylan Hutchison was 11th. BMR driver Cameron Hayley qualified fourth and finished 15th.
Podium finishes for local AMA riders
Yamaha riders Cameron Beaubier of Roseville and Joey Pascarella of Antelope recorded third-place finishes in the AMA Pro GoPro Daytona Sportbike races last weekend at Infineon Raceway in Sonoma.
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I like it, and I certainly think you should consider entering it into the ICE crypt contest.
I don't read the room on the far riht as being flooded. I like the dappled light you've got, but the russet brown gets in the way of seeing this as water. Perhaps something a little bluer?
Love the ship!