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ON THIS PAGE: You will learn about the different ways doctors use to treat children and teens with Ewing sarcoma. To see other pages, use the menu on the side of your screen.
In general, cancer in children and teenagers is uncommon, so it can be hard for doctors to plan treatments unless they know what has been most effective in other children. That's why more than 60% of children with cancer are treated as part of a clinical trial. Clinical trials are research studies that compare standard treatments (the best known treatments available) with newer approaches to treatments that may be more effective. Clinical trials may test approaches such as a new drug, a new combination of standard treatments, or new doses of current therapies. Studying new treatments involves careful monitoring using scientific methods, and all participants are followed closely to track their health and progress.
To take advantage of these newer treatments, children and teens with Ewing sarcoma should be treated at a specialized cancer center. Doctors at these centers have extensive experience in treating this age group and have access to the latest research. A doctor who specializes in treating children and teens with cancer is called a pediatric oncologist. If a pediatric cancer center is not nearby, general cancer centers sometimes have pediatric specialists who are able to be part of your child's care.
In many cases, a team of doctors works with a child and the family to provide care; this is called a multidisciplinary team. Pediatric cancer centers often have extra support services for children and their families, such as child life specialists, dietitians, physical and occupational therapists, social workers, and counselors. Special activities and programs to help your child and family cope may also be available.
Children and teenagers with Ewing sarcoma should be treated in clinical trials specifically designed for their disease. A typical treatment plan for Ewing sarcoma includes systemic therapy that treats the entire body, such as chemotherapy or stem cell transplantation, combined with localized therapy. Localized therapy focuses on treating the tumor itself using surgery and/or radiation therapy. When more than one treatment is used, it is called combination therapy.
Doctors make treatment decisions based on the stage of the disease and the age of the child, while trying to avoid or reduce long-term side effects of treatment. Descriptions of the most common treatment options for Ewing sarcoma are listed below. Your child's care plan may also include treatment for symptoms and side effects, an important part of cancer care. Take time to learn about all of your child's treatment options and be sure to ask questions about things that are unclear. Also, talk about the goals of each treatment with your child's doctor and what your child can expect while receiving the treatment. Learn more about making treatment decisions.
Chemotherapy is the use of drugs to destroy cancer cells, usually by stopping the cancer cells' ability to grow and divide. Chemotherapy is given by a pediatric or medical oncologist, a doctor who specializes in treating cancer with medication. Some children and teens may receive chemotherapy in their doctor's office, while others may go to a hospital or outpatient clinic.
Systemic chemotherapy gets into the bloodstream to reach cancer cells throughout the body. Common ways to give chemotherapy include an intravenous (IV) tube placed into a vein using a needle or in a pill or capsule that is swallowed (orally). However, chemotherapy for Ewing sarcoma is usually injected into a vein or muscle; it is rarely given by mouth.
When possible, treatment for Ewing sarcoma begins with chemotherapy. After this neoadjuvant chemotherapy, the doctor may use localized surgery or radiation therapy (see below) followed by additional chemotherapy to eliminate any remaining cancer cells. Sometimes, the doctor may use surgery or radiation therapy first and then give chemotherapy.
A chemotherapy regimen (schedule) usually consists of a specific number of cycles given over a set period of time. A patient may receive one drug at a time or combinations of different drugs at the same time. Children and teens with Ewing sarcoma should receive cyclophosphamide (Cytoxan, Neosar), doxorubicin (Adriamycin), etoposide (Toposar, VePesid), ifosfamide (Ifex), and/or vincristine (Oncovin, Vincasar PFS). For children and teens with Ewing sarcoma that has not spread to other parts of the body, the standard schedule is to receive chemotherapy every two weeks. Patients with metastatic Ewing sarcoma may also be treated with the above medications and dactinomycin (Cosmegen).
The side effects of chemotherapy depend on the individual and the dose used, but they can include fatigue, risk of infection, nausea and vomiting, hair loss, loss of appetite, and diarrhea. These side effects usually go away once treatment is finished.
Children and teens receiving chemotherapy for Ewing sarcoma may be at risk for developing neutropenia, which is an abnormally low level of a type of white blood cell called neutrophils. All white blood cells help the body fight infection. Your child's doctor may give your child medications to increase his or her white blood cell levels. These medications are called white blood cell growth factors, also known as colony-stimulating factors (CSFs). Treating neutropenia is an important part of the overall treatment plan.
Learn more about the basics of chemotherapy and preparing for treatment. The medications used to treat Ewing sarcoma are continually being evaluated. Talking with your child's doctor is often the best way to learn about the medications prescribed for your child, their purpose, and their potential side effects or interactions with other medications. Learn more about your prescriptions by using searchable drug databases.
Surgery is the removal of the tumor and some surrounding healthy tissue during an operation. When possible, surgical removal of the tumor should happen after chemotherapy. Surgery may also be needed to remove any remaining cancer cells after chemotherapy or radiation therapy. An orthopedic oncologist is usually the doctor who will perform the surgery. Learn more about the basics of cancer surgery.
Often a tumor can be removed without causing disability. However, if the tumor occurs in an arm or leg, surgery to remove much of the bone may affect the limb's ability to function. Bone grafts from other parts of the body may help reconstruct the limb, and a prosthesis made of metal or plastic bones or joints can replace lost tissue. Physical therapy after surgery can help children and teens learn to use the limb again. Support services are available to help children and teens cope with the emotional effects of the loss of a limb. Learn more about rehabilitation.
Radiation therapy
Radiation therapy is the use of high-energy x-rays or other high-energy particles to destroy tumor cells. A doctor who specializes in giving radiation therapy to treat cancer is called a radiation oncologist. For Ewing sarcoma, radiation therapy is used when surgery is not possible or did not remove all of the tumor cells, as well as when chemotherapy was not effective.
The most common type of radiation treatment is called external-beam radiation therapy, which is radiation given from a machine outside the body. When radiation therapy is given using implants, it is called internal radiation therapy or brachytherapy. A radiation therapy regimen (schedule) usually consists of a specific number of treatments given over a set period of time. Intraoperative radiation therapy, which is given inside the body during surgery, is being studied in clinical trials.
Side effects from radiation therapy may include fatigue, mild skin reactions, upset stomach, and loose bowel movements. Most side effects go away soon after treatment is finished. In the long term, radiation therapy can also interfere with normal bone growth and increase the risk of developing a secondary cancer. Learn more about the basics of radiation therapy.
Stem cell transplantation/bone marrow transplantation
For Ewing sarcoma, stem cell transplantation is an experimental approach that is still being researched to find out how effective it is as a treatment option. It should only be done as part of a clinical trial.
A stem cell transplant is a medical procedure in which bone marrow that contains cancer is replaced by highly specialized cells, called hematopoietic stem cells, that develop into healthy bone marrow. Hematopoietic stem cells are blood-forming cells found both in the bloodstream and in the bone marrow. Today, this procedure is more commonly called a stem cell transplant, rather than bone marrow transplant, because it is the stem cells in the blood that are typically being transplanted, not the actual bone marrow tissue.
Before recommending transplantation, doctors will talk with the patient and family about the risks of this treatment and consider several other factors, such as the type of tumor, results of any previous treatment, and the child's age and general health.
There are two types of stem cell transplantation depending on the source of the replacement blood stem cell: allogeneic (ALLO) and autologous (AUTO). ALLO uses donated stem cells, while AUTO uses the patient's own stem cells. AUTO transplants are the type used to treat Ewing sarcoma.
The goal of stem cell transplantation is to destroy all of the cancer cells in the marrow, blood, and other parts of the body using high doses of chemotherapy and/or radiation therapy and then allow replacement blood stem cells to create healthy bone marrow. Learn more about the basics of stem cell and bone marrow transplantation.
Getting care for symptoms and side effects
Cancer and its treatment often cause side effects. In addition to treatment to slow, stop, or eliminate the cancer, an important part of cancer care is relieving a child's symptoms and side effects. This approach is called palliative or supportive care, and it includes supporting the patient with his or her physical, emotional, and social needs.
Palliative care is any treatment that focuses on reducing symptoms, improving quality of life, and supporting patients and their families. Any person, regardless of age or type and stage of cancer, may receive palliative care. It works best when palliative care is started as early as needed in the cancer treatment process.
Children and teens often receive treatment for the cancer and treatment to ease side effects at the same time. In fact, patients who receive both often have less severe symptoms, better quality of life, and report they are more satisfied with treatment.
Palliative treatments vary widely and often include medication, nutritional changes, relaxation techniques, emotional support, and other therapies. Your child may also receive palliative treatments similar to those meant to eliminate the cancer, such as chemotherapy, surgery, or radiation therapy. Talk with your child's doctor about the goals of each treatment in the treatment plan.
Before treatment begins, talk with your child's health care team about the possible side effects of the recommended treatment plan and palliative care options. And during and after treatment, be sure to tell your child's doctor or another health care team member if your child experiences a problem so it can be addressed as quickly as possible. Learn more about palliative care.
Remission and the chance of recurrence
A remission is when cancer cannot be detected in the body and there are no symptoms. This may also be called having "no evidence of disease" or NED.
A remission may be temporary or permanent. This uncertainty causes many people to worry that the cancer will come back. While many remissions are permanent, it is important to talk with your child's doctor about the possibility of the cancer returning. Understanding your child's risk of recurrence and the treatment options may help everyone feel more prepared if the cancer does return. Learn more about coping with the fear of recurrence.
If the cancer does return after the original treatment, it is called recurrent disease. It may come back in the same place (called a local recurrence), nearby (regional recurrence), or in another place (distant recurrence). Recurrence is most common within the first two years after treatment has finished. However, late recurrences that develop up to five years after treatment are more common with Ewing sarcoma than with other types of childhood cancers.
If there is a recurrence, a cycle of testing will begin again to learn as much as possible about the recurrence. After testing is done, you, your child, and your child's doctor will talk about the treatment options. The next round of treatment will depend on where and when the cancer recurred and how it was first treated. The doctor may recommend chemotherapy, including cyclophosphamide and irinotecan (Camptosar), temozolomide (Temodar, Methazolastone), and topotecan (Hycamtin); radiation therapy; and/or surgery to remove new tumors. Stem cell transplantation may also be recommended. Your child's doctor may also suggest clinical trials that are studying new ways to treat this type of recurrent cancer. Whichever treatment plan you choose, palliative care will be important for relieving symptoms and side effects.
Patients with recurrent Ewing sarcoma and their parents often experience emotions such as disbelief or fear. Patients and families are encouraged to talk with their health care team about these feelings and ask about support services to help them cope. Learn more about dealing with a recurrence.
If treatment fails
Although treatment is successful for the majority of children and teens with cancer, sometimes it is not. If a child's cancer cannot be cured or controlled, this is called advanced or terminal disease. This diagnosis is stressful, and advanced cancer may be difficult to discuss. However, it is important to have open and honest conversations with your child's doctor and health care team to express your family's feelings, preferences, and concerns. The health care team is there to help, and many team members have special skills, experience, and knowledge to support patients and their families.
Parents or guardians are encouraged to think about where the child would be most comfortable: at home, in a home-like setting elsewhere, in the hospital, or in a hospice environment. Hospice care is a type of palliative care for people who are expected to live less than six months. It is designed to provide the best possible quality of life for people who are near the end of life. Nursing care and special equipment can make staying at home a workable alternative for many families. Some children may be happier if they can arrange to attend school part-time or keep up other activities and social connections. The child's health care team can help parents or guardians decide on an appropriate level of activity. Making sure a child is physically comfortable and free from pain is extremely important as part of end-of-life care. Learn more about caring for a terminally ill child and advanced cancer care planning.
The death of a child is an enormous tragedy, and families may need support to help them cope with the loss. Pediatric cancer centers often have professional staff and support groups to help with the process of grieving. Learn more on grieving the loss of a child.
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Michael Gold wrote a new post, In Health, Sickness & In Profit 2 years, 7 months ago
In the old simplistic days of the NHS your doctor referred you to your local hospital. You were given a letter; you phoned the appropriate hospital department and made an appointment. Not now, as you can only be seen by a hospital if your GP has a contract with them or with, what is now known as, any qualified provider.
I am registered with my GP as wanting to be treated by the NHS only, not by private for profit providers. So needing an MRI scan on my back I was amazed to be told my GP did not have a contract with the local hospital, Whipps Cross in East London. It only had a contract with a private supplier, called In Health, and it was take it or leave it. Reluctantly, I agreed to have the scan by In Health.
Eventually, a large sheaf of paper arrived through the post, including a form for me to sign consenting to share my medical information with third parties. I had already signed that my GP and/or the NHS cannot share (sell) my medical information so I was certainly not going agree to In Health sharing my medical information.
When I arrived for the scan, I was astounded to find it was to take place in a trailer, in a public car park!! It was claustrophobic as soon as I entered.
I explained to the young man who saw me that I would not be able to sign the form and he conferred with the technicians and I was told no signature, no scan!! So I left and returned to my GP's surgery.
It was then arranged that I would go to the Whipps Cross spinal clinic and they would order the scan at Whipps Cross Hospital. Does one department in a hospital have to have a contract with every other department?
The cost of this scan to the NHS, the taxpayer, will be much greater than if I had just been sent to Whipps Cross in the first place. Part of this extra cost will be borne by Whipps Cross, a hospital that is part of the Barts Foundation Trust, which includes the London Hospital and a massive PFI (Private Finance Initiative) debt that is already threatening Whipps Cross's survival; but that is another story!
This is another example that privatisation, contracting-out, is not more efficient and does not save money because the administrative costs of tendering and chasing paper more than negate any savings. My frustration at the cheap and nasty service offered by In Health made me want to find out more about In Health.
A simple search showed that In Health is owned by the Damask Trust and a little more searching showed that the Damask Trust is owned by Ivan Bradbury (a sailor & businessman) and the Embleton Trust Corporation Ltd. In turn the Embleton Trust is owned by MacFarlanes Llp; a firm of international lawyers that offers, amongst other services, tax advice tax, that is avoiding paying tax.
In Health has a subsidiary, Preventicum, that carries out preventive diagnostics and questions of concern have been raised by Which magazine. They argue that tests "are likely to cause more harm than good, some give widely inconsistent results and little useful information and some detect disease when it's not really there." They add that "false results cause worry, more investigations and even unnecessary treatment – at a cost to the individual or National Health Service."1
This scenario sounds suspiciously similar to the wasteful medical system in the USA, where health costs are 17.6% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP).2 In the UK health costs were 7.9% of GDP for 2011/2012 but this figure should be seen in the context that at its inception the NHS costs were just 3.5% of GDP.3
The more companies like In Health are allowed to infiltrate the NHS, the more the costs will spiral to the taxpayer and the less that will be spent on actually treating patients.
If we have to have private qualified providers that qualified should include transparency on ownership, profits and, most importantly, tax paid. My belief is that the Damask Trust is set up for tax avoidance and that will remain my belief until In HeaIth, the Damask Trust, the Embleton Trust and MacFarlanes show otherwise.
Michael Gold has been involved in Occupy since November 2011 and blogs @ http://www.radicalsoapbox.com
1 http//news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4790473.stm
2 http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/2012/10/health-costs-how-the-us-compares-with-other-countries.html
3 http://www.nuffieldtrust.org.uk/publications/anatomy-health-spending-201112-review-nhs-expenditure-and-labour-productivity?gclid=CPu227bymLgCFSfLtAoddg0AOQ
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How long do I need to follow the 3 day wait rule?
How long do I need to follow the 3 day wait rule?
I have allergy concerns in my family and plan on following the wait rule until DB is at least a year. After a year I will probably still follow it with high-allergy items like peanuts, strawberries, seafood, etc.
3 day wait rule?
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3 to 5 day wait between trying new foods to be able to identify which food, if any, caused allergic reaction.
I would just try it with all new foods until a year especially high allergy foods as mentioned. If you didn't try the wait rule and an allergic reaction occured you could not rule out which one caused the problem and you would have to end up trying each over again and waiting to see which one was the offender.


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Yeah, that's ridiculous advice. My son was almost 20 pounds at his six month appointment, and is now 10 months old and just a little over 21 lbs. Their weight does slow down when they get mobile. And he takes maybe 3 oz of water ALL DAY out of a sippy cup with solids.
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"It should not be necessary to tell reasonably intelligent mammals to suckle and not dismember their neonates." ~Susan Blustein
Yay! Thank you all so much. I decided to call a lactation consultant at our local hospital - I told her how much Tess weighed and how tall she was and that she was EBF and the first thing out of her mouth was, "Congratulations! Good job, mama!" How refreshing! She basically said the same thing you all are saying - that it's crazy to give a water bottle to a nursing baby - maybe some in a sippy for practice, but it's not summer and she's clearly hydrated plenty - she also said when I do start to offer solids, I should go for whole grains, vegetables and meats! That's definitely different - my doc was all for rice cereal and bananas. Hmmm... I am sure that's a whole other topic. The salient point is that my girl will inevitably slim down. The LC also said she would forward some "recent and accurate" info on breastfed babies and weight gain to my doctor (who is at the same hospital). That made me really happy - the more we can educate doctors about breastfeeding (um, does NOT lead to obesity, #1!) the better! Thank you all, again. I am greatly relieved and validated. And my LO is happily nursing to sleep (and to ease her teething discomfort) as I type this!
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I'm glad you got some good validation, here and with the LC. I just want to chime in as another mom with a chubster who thinned out. My son at 6 months weighed than your daughter, but he was 98% in weight and 50% in height, a real butterball! By the time he was 1, he was proportional, and by the time he was 2, he had taken on the characteristics of my family, long and skinny. Keep doing what you're doing, and remain skeptical of advice that goes against your instincts.
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Cool! I'm very interested in BLW, so I think I'll try it. Yes, she's tall - I should have mentioned that she's nearly 29 inches and her head circumference is 17.5 inches, so she's pretty large all over! With my older daughter, I remember her being in the 100th percentile for weight, the 70th for height and the 25th for head size. LOL! This baby is more proportional! Oh, doctors. We're interviewing another pedi next month, so it'll be interesting to hear what he says. I hope it's just: "Good work, mom. What an abundant baby!"
Joe was about 23 lbs at 6 months, 28 lbs at a year and at 2.5 years, is only about 31 lbs. The weight gain REALLY slowed down. (Though he is still a big boy, he has fallen like 40 percentile points, from 98% down to 60%.) Like your baby, he was also really tall (that slowed down too, btw).
So if you do absolutely NOTHING different, chances are that your doctor will shut up about this in less than six months. Because breastfed babies often (though not always) tend to chunk up, then skinny out as they get mobile. It's textbook.
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Yes! "Joesmom" - that's so reassuring. I guess he is worried that if her weight continues to "spike" it could mean a hormonal imbalance? Seems like we'd be seeing other signs if that were the case - she's literally the happiest, healthiest most normal 6 month old ever! And really cute to boot. See for yourselves! CIMG7452.jpg
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The setting is quite simple, the imperium of man in a war against the galactic empire from star wars, both have no enemies anymoe and are free to concentrate fully 100% of their efforts towards eachother, in the ensuing battle, who wins?
well infe i'llguess i'll have to double post and get the ball rolling, I think it'd be the imperium of man personally, they have the space marines (astartes) and psykers and the like
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unwashed heathen
May 29, 08 at 7:18pm ^re: warhammer 40K vs star wars
"who wins?"midterm360
The GOD Emperor of course.
"they have the space marines (astartes) and psykers and the like"midterm360
Personally I think the IOM assassins would play a much larger factor in the Empire defeat.
"For those that DEFY the imperium,only the emperor can JUDGE your CRIMES. Only in DEATH can you receive the emperor's JUDGEMENT."
Sorry for any spelling errors I may have made
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unwashed heathen
Nov 27, 08 at 4:21pm ^re: warhammer 40K vs star wars
firstly the empire has legions of highly trianed stormtroopers, in much higher numbers than the imperium's space marines. secondly emporer palpatine is the most powerful and evil sith the galaxy has ever seen, with a lackey of almost equal power. the infamous darth vader. lastly the empire has at its command the most fearsom weapon ever seen, the death star, capable of destroying the planet the imperium's emporer is on crushing them.
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unwashed heathen
Dec 19, 08 at 10:52am ^re: warhammer 40K vs star wars
[div align=right][/div]In traditional stormtrooper Fashion they will always miss their target.
Space marines are Superhuman warriors with guns that shoot 80mm Caliber rounds that are diamantine tipped and explode on impact. That is the space marine standard issue gun.
The Space marines Have titans[look them up on wiki] yeah.
The average space marine can lift 70+tonnes.
The sith are nothing compared to the alpha level psykers that the imperium use to decimate their opposition.
One wave of thier HAND, Could split the death-star in half.
The star is extreamly slow.
The emporer anyway could also use his warp powers to destroy the death star in a single thought.
Think before you SUBMIT!!!
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|ojox the blob
Dec 23, 08 at 9:27am ^re: warhammer 40K vs star wars
The empire would own! maybe not against all the races of warhammer 40k but against one race it could own come on the empire has far, far superior numbers. [besides they couldnt fight - warhammer is futuristic hence 40,000 and star wars is past hence a LONG TIME ago in a galaxy far far away...] warhammer wouldnt even be able to take the mandalorians. and anyway if darth [enter sports teachers name here] got training the storm troopers they wouldnt miss
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unwashed heathen
Mar 26, 09 at 9:02pm ^re: warhammer 40K vs star wars
the GOD emporer would use his warp powers and blast apart armys of stormtroopers plus death star plus any crusers that the empire has. also he could easily kill darth vader and sidius with a twitch of his little finger.
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|Gorgutz EadUnter
Mar 27, 09 at 10:09am ^re: warhammer 40K vs star wars
The Empire of Star Wars could destroy The Imperial Guard it would seriously take about 3 Jedi to decimate the entire Guard I mean the IG hav standard lasguns lightsabers reflect lasers bak 2 the shooter and jedi move at the speed of light with the force and with there friends dying from there own shots lots of IG would run commisars would kill there own men and the titan could be beat by force lightning with would make them overload result BIG MASSIVE BOOM!!!!!!! killing millions of IG and once all the guardsmen psykers are dead as there sacrifice is what keeps the immortal emporeor alive he would die and then without the emporeor mankind would be demoralized and when the emporeor cant destroy the Death Star what do you think is going to happen to all SM battle Barges and planets BIG MASSIVE HUMUNGOUS BOOM!!! bye bye IG and SM and then Palpatine would rule the universe.
also without the God Emporeor who united mankind all old religions would come back and muslims would go bak to killing christians and jews christians would kill muslims and jews and jews would go back to killing christians and muslims it would be just like the crap we see today on the news and with mankind in civil unrest whats to stop Palpatine and Darth Vader just massacring everyone
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unwashed heathen
Apr 3, 09 at 9:02pm ^re: warhammer 40K vs star wars
The star wars empire does not have superior numbers to the imperium. They might have more storm troopers than space marines but what would they do against the several billion imperial guardsmen?
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|Relmutsie AN
Apr 5, 09 at 6:56pm ^re: warhammer 40K vs star wars
There's the Marines, Imperials and the Sisters. Against the Sith? Imperium would win. Against the Jedi? Imperium would win. Against both combined? Imperium would win. They just have far superior numbers, armour and firepower. You can't forget that they all have incredible vehicles aswell as manual fire power. So they have the force. The Imperium has psychic powers too. Not to mention, we have Orbital Bombardment. And other special abilities. There's just no possible way.
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unwashed heathen
May 13, 09 at 8:10am ^re: warhammer 40K vs star wars
Space marines are Superhuman warriors with guns that shoot 80mm Caliber rounds that are diamantine tipped and explode on impact. That is the space marine standard issue gun.
those bolters are 19.55mm (read the codex) and are weaker than the 25.4mm (1inch) heavy bolters which in turn are weaker then heavy stubbers which are similar in size and design (though they are slightly smaller) to ww2 Russian 14.5mm machine guns (which are the heaviest infantry machine guns ever produced and are still used today).
also remember 12 gauge solid shotgun rounds are 18.95mm but they don't have the killing power of a 7.65mm ak-47 military grade steel hollow bullet pound for pound
12 gauge 3" 1 ounce slug
Muzzle Velocity: 1673 fps
Muzzle Energy: 2686 ft. lbs
7.65mm ak-47 8 gram steel hollow bullet
Muzzle Velocity: 2,300 fps
Muzzle energy: 1480 ft.lbs
Almost 2.5 times larger in diameter, 4.5 times heavier yet only 85% more muzzle energy. To make matters worse the tumbling effect an ak-47s bullet has when it impacts the human body as well as range beyond 20-30 meters closes the gap even further. This is solid evidence that bolters can be of higher caliber and still be inferior in killing power to the small heavy stubber rounds. Because like modern day shotguns bolters are designed to use a variety of rounds for specific purposes, in fact the only major differences in bolters and modern day automatic shotguns is the rounds [though it should be noted that the American military has developed a shotgun grenade shell with stabilizer fins (like the bolter rounds) that can penetrate soft wall and with a delayed detonator explode on the opposite side killing solders hiding behind] as well as range)
This gives us a upper limit to the firepower of bolters. (reference Imperial Armor Volume 5 - The Siege of Vraks pg 97 so please if you are going to respond to this get info that is 1st level canon like this, not 3rd level like the overrated novels) and also space marines armor not strong enough to stop penetration by bolter rounds (Imperial Armor Volume 5 - The Siege of Vraks pg 57-58)
The Space marines Have titans[look them up on wiki] yeah.
The average space marine can lift 70+tonnes.
Space marines can't lift 70tones they can't even handle the recoil of auto cannons (which are 20mm-25mm) even the mighty terminators need recoil compensators to handle their auto cannons. And these same auto cannons can be kept stable on a simple tripod in 40k (please note that all these claims are verified if you simply read the 40k publications which are highest canon). Space marines would not even have to be strong enough to lift one ton (or weigh one ton) in order to handle the recoil of an auto cannon. As for titans even the largest ones are only 25-40 meters (40K - Codex - Emperor Titans pg 1) tall that is about the same size as AT-ATs which are 30m tall and long (just watch the scene when Luke is roping up to the belly of the walker in Ep. 5, same movie also shows the AT-AT near-vaporize an armored military power generator over a kilometer in length, this would put it max firepower in the high megaton to low gigaton range) titans firepower cannot be more then the low kiloton range because defense lasers blackout power grids for miles (defence_laser.pdf from www.games –workshop.com), the amount of energy needed to power several square miles of a hive city would barely reach the kiloton range. And even the largest titan cannot hope to match a defense laser in terms of raw firepower so they would be no match for AT-ATs.
The sith are nothing compared to the alpha level psykers that the imperium use to decimate their opposition.
One wave of thier HAND, Could split the death-star in half.
The star is extreamly slow.
No they can't, even the elder warlocks of the Ulthwe Seer Council (which are alpha psykers) can crush an enemy's mind or fling a battle tank in the air with a pulse of a thought and avoid incoming bullets (ulthwe_seer_council.pdf from www.games –workshop.com) that is the extent of their power. Not even the emperor could stop a Ork warlord from strangling him (40K - Index Astartes IV: The Black Legion), he was saved just in time by Horus, who cut the creature's arm off. Jedi and Sith can crush hearts, strangle with the force from long distances, pick up and throw multiple objects the size of large cars with just their mind, communicate telepathically over long distances and sense events across the galaxy, rip apart meter and a half thick metal support beams, block weapons fire from dozens of foes, blast lighting from their finger tips that can burn a non-jedi to a crisp, reflect energy, take a dozen hits from blaster bolts that kill even large beasts instantaneously before dying, fall hundreds of meters and land on a speeding vehicle without injury, force people to tell them information and control them, see into the future, run at lighting speeds, destroy armored droids with a wave of their hand, wield a weapon capable of cutting through almost anything and block the farseeing power of other force users on a galaxy wide scale. And this is just the power we see in the movies in other sources their power is even greater.
The emporer anyway could also use his warp powers to destroy the death star in a single thought.
See above he could not even destroy the ships in low orbit around Terra from Horus's fleet. Ships that were tens of millions of times smaller than the Death Star
The star wars empire does not have superior numbers to the imperium. They might have more storm troopers than space marines but what would they do against the several billion imperial guardsmen?
Actually star wars has quadrillions to quintillions of storm troopers, they would need those numbers to deal with the quintillions of battle droids the separatists had (Star Wars: complete cross –sections pg 85 which is 1st level or otherwise known as G-level canon) that is also why they were called the GRAND army of the republic before changing hands to the Galactic Empire. And also from just the movies (Ep.2) we can see that the civilization of Star Wars spans not one but 3 galaxies (1 main one and 2 dwarf satellite galaxies) this is also confirmed in the Star Wars: complete cross –sections pg 87. The amount of inhabited systems in this civilization would run easily in the tens of millions and many would no doubt be heavily developed like Coruscant, even if they were not, Coruscant alone has every square inch of the planet is covered in six kilometer high sky scrapers, if we were to assume it had the population density of Melbourne, Australia (which is sparsely populated compared to most other modern day cities) its population would be over 35 quadrillion people. Evan if we were to say that over 2 thirds of the living space would be taken up by power grids, sewage systems, internal green house farms with artificial sunlight to grow food (technology for this even exist today), military and civilian factories and water recycling plants, the pop would still be over 11 quadrillion. The amount of troops to keep the pop in check would be staggering, in the tens of trillions at lest and that is just for Coruscant that not including the millions of other systems under the empire control, to say nothing of the fortress worlds, military outposts and fleets which number in the millions of ships (Star Wars: complete cross –sections pg 86 clearly states that the separatists have millions of warships engaged in battles in the outer rim, the republic would have a similar amount of ships in the outer rim just to keep up with them, not to mention the vast amount of ships they had defending their own territories. These warships and their support ships would have thousands or tens of thousands of storm troopers on each one.) This would easily require troops in the quintillions. This even out numbers the Tyranids which in the codex publications are quoted to be in the billions or trillions, so good luck 40K your going to need it.
Sorry its two 40cm wideI shaped metal support beams and 6-12 blaster shots ot kill jedi
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Jul 5, 09 at 4:18pm ^re: warhammer 40K vs star wars
I'd have to say that 40k takes the cake. First of all, would stormtroopers stand a chance against Space Marines? Can Jedi block bullets? Jedi versus Psyker...Pysker. And that's only the Imperial forces! Would the Empire or Republic (depends on which timeframe) have even a prayer against the Necrons? Would they?
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unwashed heathen
Jul 15, 09 at 6:16am ^re: warhammer 40K vs star wars
Emperor's Holy Navy (Warhammer 40,000)
Imperial Fleet (Star Wars)
This is a good site to go to for size reference. If you go to the tab -10, you can see the Imperial Retribution Class Battleship, and below it, the Cobra Class Destroyer. These two are the general largest and smallest ships in the Emperor's Navy (the ships 5th and 6th down). In Internet Explorer, you can move the ships around for a side-by-side comparison.
Now, as for being in space, Star Wars really has no chance at all, were the full force of a sector fleet be called upon to defend against almost everything the Empire has to offer.
1. The ships of Warhammer 40,000 are built with, give or take the size of the ship, 30-100 meters of adamantium armor.
2. http://the-first-magelord.deviantart.com/art/Lance-Turret-82219094
— That is a standard lance cannon that comes in numbers, almost every warship has one. This is as powerful as a single blast from the Death Star in the Battle of Endor (when shooting at the Rebel cruisers). Oh yeah, the range of these weapons is several hundreds of kilometers. A man who helps operate one of these things may spend his entire life on it, him and his next three or four generations.
The reason I can say these lance batteries have the strength of the Endor Death Star single-shooting at the Rebel vessels is that lance batteries are designed to cut a warship clean in half and then force it into a cataclysmic explosion. Now imagine a few hundred of those...
3. Oh yeah, you have to get past the shields. There is a layer of shields that are designed to take 2-3 blasts of lance batteries (and remember, those are as powerful as shots from the Endor Death Star shooting at the Rebel ships). These can recharge in a matter of minutes.
4. The sides of the warships have 60-meter wide cannons. A full broadside is capable of ripping into hulls of 40k warships.
5. Boarding pods/gunboats. The pods used to board enemy vessels are designed to cut through adamantium armor once the shield is down. If the Imperium sent Space Marines aboard a Star Destroyer, the boarding pod would almost slice it in half.
6. Boarding an Imperial vessel with Storm Troopers led by Lord Vader? Ha, ha, ha, oh, you're not joking? Several systems within the warship are manually hand-cranked like anchors pushed by a group of as many as 100 men. A capital ship is capable of holding a million crew members. They are trained to fight off daemonic powers that teleport straight inside, monsters 9 feet tall or bigger, and super soldiers that could flick their heads off.
7. Nova Cannons. The ultimate weapon of the Imperium, a cannon the size of a Mon Calamari cruiser. A single blast from a Nova Cannon (a shot that is almost the speed of light) will cause a near inter-dimensional implosion/follow-up explosion... destruction that spans roughly 270 kilometers in diameter. It will crinkle the Death Star like someone would crinkle a wad of paper, and then vaporize it with the power of the center of a nuclear blast. This would result in turning the Death Star into sci-fi's greatest fragmentation grenade. These cannons have an incredible range of 2-3,000+ kilometers. Nova Cannons do not care what kind of shielding you have, how maneuverable you are, nor are they interested in who built your armor or how many years you took building a war fleet. It will be gone.
A fleet is capable of shooting these things at least once every 1-3 minutes. They are area-affect weapons against warships that stay in squadrons that are almost a hundred kilometers apart. While Star Wars may require creating specialized planet killers, Warhammer 40,000 standard-equipped weaponry on warships in a fleet serve as planet killers. Concentrated blasts from Nova Cannons and Lances on a centralized, weak point in a planet's crust will result in cracking holes to the core, creating a cataclysmic implosion/explosion.
As you can see, Star Wars turbolasers are nothing more than light shows compared to the weapon systems of the Imperium.
8. The warships that are the size of Star Destroyers make up some of the smallest vessels in the fleet, and are at least twice as powerful and three times as tough. In the Warhammer 40,000 universe, squadrons of ships the size of Star Destroyers are so weak that their only usefulness is mere cannon fodder!
9. You want to invade the Imperium of Man? Good luck... there's hundreds of sectors in the Imperium, with hundreds of warships in each to protect a tiny, tiny portion of the Imperium as a whole. The fleet that was sucked into a giant warp storm during the Age of Apostasy probably carried at least a third of what the Imperium was capable at the time, mounting up to thousands of ships.
100 Borg Cubes couldn't stand up to the full might of the Emperor's Holy Navy of the Imperium.
Army of the Empire ==vs== Space Marines
This is just a joke. They send 100 Space Marines (plus transports, a few tanks and walkers) to conquer an entire planetary rebellion, and they do it with ruthless efficiency.
A Space Marine is an 8-foot giant with 2 hearts and a number of organ modifications. Let's take the rigorous Space Wolves Chapter as an example from what I remember.
A tribal warrior can climb an icy mountain that would take several days without any equipment or help. If he reaches the top, he can become a Space Wolf. After some training that would make United States Marines cry, they may be given their first implant or two. This is done with no anesthetics. If you survive that, you are given some tough armor and must prove yourself in battle.
Over time you will be given more augments, bionics, and new, bigger implants in surgeries with no anesthetics. Only after 100 years of constant training in a Boot Camp that never seems to end and in countless battles and a few campaigns, you are allowed to be inducted as a true Space Marine.
The Bolter is a .75 magnum caliber sub-machinegun with bullets that explode on impact. The first time you pick one up, the barrel is half the size of your face, the rounds as heavy as .50 caliber Anti-aircraft rounds. Now learn to shoot it!
Part of your training includes merciless close combat drills and battlefield training as a Space Marine scout. You must learn to wield your primary weapon: the Boltgun, or Bolter as affectionally named.
You are to climb down the mountain, and tread over half the frozen continent completely naked with only a knife. You have to track a pack of bear-sized wolves, kill one with only your knife, and drag it back to the fortress.
Congratulations. You are now private first class! Welcome to the Space Wolves chapter. Here is your official bolter, real power armor, and now we need to give you a few more surgeries.
You wage wars against Tyranids that carpet an entire continent, capable of swallowing an entire Bug-held world from Starship Troopers and leaving it as nothing more than an airless rock after consumption. You have fought an 80-hour battle against space Orks who are roughly as strong as you are with no sleep, food, or water. You lost count of how many you have killed. On each world you have been given no gratitude or thanks. You have fought in a dozen campaigns and have faced the most indescribable horrors known to a man. You watched your battle-brothers get ripped in half by an enemy psyker. You have taken a fragmentation grenade to the face, and you have had your leg stepped on and pulverized by an enemy mecha.
Congratulations, you are now a veteran sergeant.
Four hundred years later, you believe you have seen it all. You show no mercy in battle and have slain thousands of foes with your bare hands. You have proven yourself to become a captain over a small army of Marines.
Keep it up and you might one day become a Chapter Master or have your ancient life preserved in a Dreadnought in a few hundred years.
A Space Marine carries armor that is capable of withstanding some anti-tank shells of our time. Lasers that would burn a hole through a human merrily becomes absorbed. His helmet gives him any visuals he may need, fighting in the dark, smoke, blazing heat, you name it. He can even rest for several hours in a "turned off" mode. If he is skilled enough, he can fight sub-consciously while sleeping.
He can crush a human-sized skull with his bare hands. In his power armor, were he to grab two humans, he could smash their heads against a third in-between and turn them all into bloody pulps. He can punch through brick walls and create his own entry or climb atop a tank and rip the hatch off. His wounds heal ultra-fast, and he can fight on moderately effectively were you to rip off one of his arms. He can fight on an hour or two and shoot his weapons if you rip him clean in half at the waist.
By the time he is a captain, he is an expert in boarding parties, and specialized in anti-tank super heavy guns, anti-infantry tactics in holding the line, advanced combat, grenade placement, stalking, jump pack assault, setting traps of all kinds, planetary invasion, probably learned how to drive 6 different vehicles and was a gunner in a warship, in several different tanks, and those mounted on forts, what to do when alien corrosive acid burns through the chest of your comrade while you are fighting off three others by yourself in an evacuation process, and has probably used all these skills to the fullest in a single battle that lasted a week long.
I don't remember who it was that said a Phase III Storm Trooper could take on a Space Marine, but you be the judge of that.
That's just the Space Marines. Their tanks seem to be laughable when pitted against more advanced technology, but when your weapons bounce off their armor and their weapons rip your soldiers in half as they advance we will see who is laughing.
Melta weapons. Some of my favorite in the Warhammer 40,000 realm. These are specialized anti-tank weapons capable of incinerating the most armored vehicle in today's mankind through sheer heat and melting power. I didn't say "explode", "destroy", or "stop", I said incinerate, IOW, there used to be a mass of molecules there known as a tank, now they're not there anymore. Granted, these weapons have a poor range of a hundred meters or so, but the closer it is, the more powerful a shot. There are hand-held pistols, specialized two-handed assault weapons (meltagun), and the heavier multi-melta or melta cannon. The size of the weapons does not increase the strength (as they are potent enough), only the range.
A single meltagun is capable of crippling an AT-AT walker.
Lascannon. This baby is too large for a normal human being to carry, and must be used by a two-man team. A Space Marine can carry it as a shoulder-mounted weapon. Oh yeah, they're as strong as turbolasers.
Plasma weapons. Anti-personnel and anti-light tank weaponry. Longer-ranged than melta weapons that shoot more rapidly. They are slightly weaker and can get got and explode if used improperly, but these are also common weapons that come in the form of pistols, guns, and cannons. Still, a single shot from a plasma weapon will burn a hole through a human's chest and another hole into the next human's chest, even if he were hiding behind an armored wall. Even a mighty Space Marine can't stand up very well to a plasma weapon.
I'm sorry, you're puny Star Wars heavy blasters do not equal the special weapons of the Imperium.
The Terminators — Space Marine Terminators combine the best of Mankind (Marines) with the best and rarest of armor that can shrug of weapons that would level a building or blow up your house. They can teleport onto a battlefield and have a storm-bolter, a double-barreled, shorter version of the .75 magnum caliber Bolter, and they will use these as a second hand weapon in combat next to their power fist. A thermal detonator would have some issues in getting through the tactical dreadnought armor they wear. In addition, the crux terminatus on their shoulder pads gives the Terminators a sense of special shielding as powerful as deflector shields on Droidekas.
Some Terminators take on the job of Titan-hunting. I will elaborate further.
Space Marines usually come alone as a force, and commanders will gladly pull back their entire companies of battle tanks and thousands of infantry to simply not get in the way of a 100 Marines.
But should the enemy be great, the Space Marines do not come alone.
Battle Titans of the Imperium dwarf even AT-AT walkers, and if they hand hands they could pick them up like toys. Each foot of the heaviest titans are designed to carry an entire platoon of troops. Their missile strikes can level cities, and their arm-cannons can mow down an entire army of battle tanks. Some are mobile battle fortresses.
Small scout titans also exist, and are playable giants in the game.
Space Marine terminators can carry weapons called Thunderhammers. These are designed to shake even the hardiest of tanks apart, turning the survivors's eardrums inside to mush. They use these to break the legs of Titans and shake them off balance.
A single Terminator Titan-hunter can take the shooting from an AT-AT, run up to it, and with a good, single blow, knock the whole thing down. A squad of ten would knock it's legs off, and then step upon and crush the survivors.
Star Wars Empire vs the Imperial Guard
I don't know how many worlds the Empire had, but the Imperium of Man had several million. Each world must tithe their number of men (and sometimes women) to the Imperial Guard. Some are so devoted to the Imperium, they will dedicate every first-born child to the Imperial Guard, and others will whole-heartedly devote their entire populace. On the world of Cadia, children learn how to shoot weapons the moment they have learned how to walk.
The Imperium is so vast, that there are hundreds of thousands of worlds that are nothing more than factories. They produce Titans, warships, weapon systems, and and undying vast amount of technology. I very seriously doubt the Empire could out-produce the Imperium. That excludes what each individual world is capable of creating within their own factories.
You think Coruscant is big and has a mighty population? The Imperium has hundreds of worlds (called hive worlds) with billions in population. Holy Terra (Earth) itself entire inner crust has been removed and replaced by a facility that reaches the full diameter of the entire planet. There are man-made mountains of skyscrapers. It's population numbers tens of trillions, which is at least three or four times the population of Coruscant following the Clone Wars. A productive Hive World can produce enough equipment for 1 million troops in a single day.
Total population of the Imperium is of course impossible to calculate. There's millions of worlds, 1 in 20 being a hive world with an average population of 10-100 billion each. The Imperium totals easily 20 quintillion inhabitants.
In every way, shape, and form, the Empire of Star Wars is out-gunned, out-powered, out-maned, out-numbered in warships, out-done in weapon and shield technologies, in super soldiers, as well as production rate.
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unwashed heathen
Aug 5, 09 at 6:14pm ^re: warhammer 40K vs star wars
Well, an accurate guess on this topic isn't really easy, as we do not have really much concrete numbers for Firepower in 40k, which can be good and bad.
At least in space combat, some estimates might be possible. My knowledge is somewhat limited, so my question would be, are there any known examples of a fleet, that bombed a planet totaly to slack, meaning effectivly redering all resources useless and making the planet uninahbitable, using just normal weapons, NOT Exterminatus weapons?
For reference, a Stardestroyer is capable of doing this within one hour, assuming of course, that the world is effectivly defenseless.
I personally think, that Star Wars is somewhat superrior in direct space combat, hard to tell, if an ISD is really just an Escort or maybe a Battleship in terms of firepower and shields and stuff, just smaller.
In ground combat, 40k is most likely overall superrior, although not as badly as it is partly assumed here. The quality of Stormtrooper Armour is actually pretty high, I'd say somewhere between IG and Spacemarine. Of course a Spacemarine is quite superrior to Stormtroopers, but they aren't the top end of the troops of the Galactic Empire. I'd say, the most powerfull Infantary is the Dark Trooper, which should be pretty much same level as a Spacemarine. And their standard weapon is I'd say much stronger, than a punny Bolter. But 40k has more weapons and Titans, which ARE bigger and most likely stronger, than any Imperial Walker. Air and orbital support is available to both sides, so draw here. Overall still better end on 40k side.
The raw numbers are terribly difficult to estimate, both for IoM and GE. Both have millions of worlds, countless ground troops, prolly Millions of ships and enormous resources.
A clear advantage of the GE over the IoM would be their FTL flight, which is highly reliable, very safe (no Warp dangers) and incredibly fast. Most likely it would also be a quation of if we talk about a war of conquest or of anhialation.
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unwashed heathen
Sep 9, 09 at 9:16am ^re: warhammer 40K vs star wars
quote tkman117An ordinary guardsmen killed two chaos space marines in storm of iron with an assault cannon dispite the fact that he was ambushed and outnumbered and he still survived the encounter, killing space marines is no big deal as long as you have enough firepower and that the storm troopers have. Blasters can vap a hole through a thick metal grate big enough for a 7ft+ wookie to jump through (Ep4), that would have needed 500MJ to accomplish if it was just made out of iron (in a space age ship the metal would obviously be stronger) not to mention that the vast majority of energy was wasted into the vent so the energy blast would easy be 3-4 times greater and this is just their carbines, nothing in wh40k can match this except their heavy weapons. As for psykers most of them are nothing more then conduits for deamons most of them are poor at combat. The ones that are (greyknights, librarians, warlocks, farseers) have never demonstrated reflexes good enough to block weapons fire let alone reflect it back at the attacker (this alone gives jedi a good advantage in melee combat) bullets can be blocked using the force (anything with telekinetic abilities can do this). Necrons are good but not that good or they would have busted the galaxy long ago the IOM have defeated them many times despite their massive tech disadvantaged (both to the necorns and SW) so they are not an impossible obstacle to overcome.
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unwashed heathen
Sep 9, 09 at 12:38pm ^re: warhammer 40K vs star wars
quote Colonel MarksmanWhat SW builds in months wh40k builds in centuries and not as large. As for the rest read my statements above
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Sai vs Neji imo Neji wins mid difficulty assuming
Sai beats Neji easilly
neji own his ink ass
Neji will win.
I would place my money on Sai.
I think this would be a fight to see, but really if Neji gets to close its game over. Its almost impossible to a hyugs close range if your bad at it.
Neji is far superior in intellect, taijutsu, and has a great KKG. Neji mid difficulty.
Nahh i think neji does win, neji can see when hes about to use chakra & can block sai's ink drawings with rotation
BUT IMO sai is a deidara 2# because sai can fly & summon jutsu down below to strike his opponent & eight triagrams air palms is a short-mid range technique so it would knock sai off his bird because sai would be too high up
& dont forget sai's anbu intelligence, remember that danzo sent sai over with team seven believing he could kill sasuke
So i say Sai forsure wins this
neji wold see everything comming and can dbz bksst say like hiashi did to the ninja after hinata
Sai would take this.
Byakugan unlike Sharingan doesn't give the ability to read movements. I can imagine him being blitzed in a way similar to Deidara and Sasori. And he has the advantage of being skilled in taijutsu but his main area of expertise is mid-range
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Neji is far superior in intellect, taijutsu, and has a great KKG. Neji mid difficulty.
Actually they are both quite intelligent. Sai has a 3.5 in intelligence and Neji has a 3 IIRC.
OT: It would be a close fight but if Sai gets on his hawk, I don't see how Neji can beat him. Still at close range Neji won't even let Sai draw out his hawk and he'd take the fight with mid difficulty. At mid range, I see a win from either one but Sai would lose since he can't keep up with Neji in taijutsu or speed. Also it takes time for him to draw his beasts so I think Neji can stop him from doing that.
This battle would be very interesting at long range since Sai can send a large number of beasts to try and overwhelm Neji. Still Neji should be able to defend himself and destroy those beasts easily. I think once Sai goes airborne though, it is over for Neji since he can't get hit. I also wonder what types of other stuff Sai can draw other than animals.
Other things to note is that Sai is good at capturing enemies and stealth but this is useless against Neji because of Byakugan's near 360 vision and Neji's full body blow. Still if Sai has full knowledge on Neji, he may use Neji's blind spot to launch surprise attacks. Kidomaru was intelligent enough to pull it off and Sai is very observant too.
Here is list of animals that Sai can draw if anyone wants to know his abilities to their full extent. http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Super_B...tating_Drawing
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WATERLOO Linda Quirke is like many parents, spending Saturday mornings in a hockey arena watching her six-year-old son learn to stickhandle. But shes also different from many parents because she studies kids leisure time and physical activity as an assistant professor in the Department of Sociology at Wilfrid Laurier University.
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Ive always been interested in the way people parent, and whether that has changed over time, says Quirke. I think it is important to look empirically at what was being discussed in the 1980s, and see if its really different from the messages out there today.
In an initial smaller-scale study, she looked at articles that included the word obese or obesity and that were published in the mid-to-late 1990s, and in the last three years. In the articles published in the 1990s, the message to parents with a child who might be considered obese or overweight was that they had a responsibility to protect their kids self-esteem.
The underlying message to parents seemed to be that your child is going to be teased and suffer these negative outcomes, so you should make them feel better, says Quirke. There were also great quotes that said Every body is a good body, and general references to eating a balanced diet and getting exercise.
Fast-forward a few years, and the message is very different. There is a heightened concern over obesity for all children, even those of a typical body weight. The more recent articles are often written in journal style, with parents submitting diaries of what their children have eaten over the course of a day. A pediatrician or dietician then weighs in.
One big culprit that was mentioned over and over again was chocolate milk. And its framed like, Aha! You thought that was safe. Well, its not, because of the sugar, says Quirke. It almost seems as if the tone of these articles when you take them together is that you need to be very, very concerned because even foods you thought were safe are harmful.
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About 2-3 weeks ago (although it seems like an eternity), now 6-week-old Anja started wheezing and choking and sputtering during feedings. I called 2 lactation consultants at the hospital where I delivered her; one told me to try some different positions which didn't really help because of the carpal tunnel I'm still dealing with from pregnancy. The other suggested I pump 3-5 minutes at the start of each feeding to get rid of the initial spray of milk. A friend of mine did this with success too. So I was doing this and it appeared to be working, also pumping out an extra feeding to use later for bottles. A few days ago I noticed that I would experience let down 2-3 times during feedings; when she got the milk she would be choking and sputtering again. Problem clearly not solved.
I read the FAQ on oversupply, and decreased the pumping time to 1-2 minutes. But now I have green poops. A little yellow, but mostly green. The consistency seems OK. She's been eating on one side and I'll use that side again within 2 hours if she is hungry again. She seems OK, but is hungry more frequently the past day or so (usually eating every 21/2-3 hrs, now only 2), I suspect because she isn't getting enough hind milk; she is filling up on the cheap stuff, so to speak.
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Should I abandon the pumping altogether? My breast is definitely full before a feeding, but not really uncomfortable. I did try expressing by hand, but that takes too long when I'm home by myself with a crying baby.
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Sorry but I have to pull you up on this: in what way did Hetherington "bail out" of Sheffield???
I stand pulled up if the definition of "bailed out" condemns me.
In mitigation I meant that he did not see the project through, but then again I am assuming the project was to make the game successful and sustainable in Sheffield in the way it is in Leeds or Wigan or Hull.
I felt that Hetherington had seen the remoteness of places like London Kent and Cardiff as barriers to true expansion, but a club in Sheffield could build given it's closeness to the traditional areas.
I will say no more in case you pull me again and would ask how you felt it was??