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The world shortest man is "Khagendra Thapa Magar" of Nepal; he took the Guinness title after "Edward Nino Hernandez" of Colombia. Before Edward Nino Hernandez the shortest man title hold by popular "He Pingping" of China.
Khagendra Thapa Magar born in remote Banglung district (125 mile away from Capital Kathmandu). Currently his height is 51cm and weight 4.5kgs. He was born weighted only 600g.Khagendra is very good dancer and very good for karate.
Khagendra Thapa Magar of Nepal Height is 51cm.
Edward Nino Hernandez of Colombia height 70cm.
He Pingping, he is very famous smallest man and height is 74cm. He died on March 13 2010.
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Exquisitely preserved frescoed rooms in the ruined house of Augustus, the first Emperor of Rome, were opened to the public today for the first time since they were unearthed nearly half a century ago.
Archaeologists say that the future emperor lived in the house on the Palatine Hill above the Forum in about 30BC, before he gained supreme power and built his imperial palace complex higher up the hill. The paintings have been restored at a cost of nearly €2 million (£1.5 million).
The wall and ceiling paintings in the house - discovered in the 1960s by the Italian archeologist, Gianfilippo Carrettoni - are in vivid red, blue and ochre. They include a small study, believed to have been Augustus's private retreat...
Some decorations on the walls and vaulted ceilings were found intact, while others have been pieced together from fragments. In one room, dubbed the Room of the Pines, the walls are painted to represent yellow columns.
In another, known as the Room of the Masks, a wall is painted like a stage, with narrow side doors standing ajar, comic masks peering through small windows and painted garden vistas beyond.
Visitors will enter the rooms in small groups to avoid damage to the delicate frescoes, restored after 20 years of excavation and conservation at the site by a team led by Irene Jacopi, the archaeologist in charge of the Palatine Hill.
Angelo Bottini, superintendent of archeology for Rome, said that a new combined ticket would provide access to the Roman Forum, the Colosseum, and the Palatine Hill, including the house of Augustus.

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Approximately 572,000 Americans die annually from cancer, and about one-third of the deaths are linked to poor diet, lack of physical activity and being overweight.
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Get physically active and control your weight. Physical activity will help you control your weight and keep hormone levels normal by quickly moving cancer-causing toxins out of your body. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends engaging in moderate-intensity physical activity for at least 30 minutes, five or more days per week or vigorous-intensity physical activity for at least 20 minutes, three or more days per week.
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BILLERICA — A Billerica moving company is being accused of allegedly inflating fees, demanding cash and holding goods hostage in order to receive payment.
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According to a complaint filed in court by Coakley's office, the company violated the state's Consumer Protection Act by giving low estimates to consumers and then inflating fees after loading the goods onto a truck, demanding payment in cash without advance notice, and threatening to hold goods hostage and auction them off if consumers did not pay the higher fees.
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Forget the particulars of JPMorgan's $2 billion blunder, if it might have been stopped by a robust Volcker Rule or who would've done what differently. Here's what you need to know about how the incident relates to the presidential campaign: Are tougher financial rules popular? Yes. Are people convinced the Dodd-Frank financial reform law completely fixed the problem? No.
As it has from the outset, Obama's campaign will criticize Romney for wanting to repeal Dodd-Frank without a detailed plan for what should take its place, and seek to fit this critique into a broader narrative about Romney's closeness with Wall Street. (One possible new avenue of attack for Democrats: JPMorgan employees' prolific political donations to Romney and Republicans, although their gifts to Obama run into six-figures as well.) Financial reform is among the more popular pieces of legislation to pass under Obama, and there's no reason to think his campaign won't try to trade on that good will.
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Gov. Dennis Daugaard has requested a Presidential Disaster Declaration to help South Dakotans whose homes and businesses were damaged by a tornado and flooding last month.
A press release from the Governor's office through the Office of Public Safety makes the request for the Individual Assistance program from FEMA. If the President approves the declaration request, FEMA can offer a range of programs designed to help state residents who have been impacted by the flooding.
In a letter to FEMA, Gov. Daugaard noted that the damage occurred because of a pattern of severe storms, flooding and tornadoes during the period from June 13 through June 20. The storms caused flash flooding in many communities along the Big Sioux River in southeastern South Dakota. About 90 percent of the homes within the city of Canton sustained flood damage.
At least six tornadoes impacted Jerauld County on June 18, including one that caused severe damage to the county seat of Wessington Springs.
Federal, state and local teams assessed the extent and severity of damage to homes and businesses in three counties on June 26-27. Based on those assessments, Gov. Daugaard determined that a request for Individual Assistance programs is justified. The Governor's request does not guarantee federal funding will be made available to South Dakota citizens. South Dakota last received an Individual Assistance declaration in 2011 for widespread damage from Missouri River flooding.
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|2006-10-14, 15:26
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Akatsuki Bart is Tobi
Join Date: Oct 2006
I like that blood guy a bit, but desert coffin type moves don't really fit the part.
My guy
Name: name him yourself
village: some random village. doesn't really matter
background: related to hidan's jashin group. This guy's clan has hemophilia as their blood line limit. However its not fatal. Instead, while they can lose huge amounts of blood their ability is they can just as quickly replace it, depending on the skill of the user. This clan would most likely serve at the top of the jashin group and are highly respected, being willing and renewable sacrifices to their blood god who constantly lusts for blood. However their unnatural flow of blood leaves them blind, as it tends to collect in the eyes. Thus they almost always cover their eyes with a headband or something. They always let a little blood dissipate into the air around them and can flow chakra into it. This lets them walk around without bumping their heads or something
skills: chakra infused blood flow leaves room for lots of cool moves. Battle starts with gashing an arm with a sacrificial dagger and huge amounts of blood flows out. Then he can use the blood to coat the area to give him a distinct advantage. It soaks into everything, even the air. Some of it in even breathed in by the opponent. SInce he can literally feel things out with his chakra in the blood, he doesn't really need eyes and can use the blood soaked environment to see you. Moreover he can feel your blood flow as it gushes in your body and use that in addition to guide his movements. They are primarily taijutsu users, using blood to trap and hinder your motions and then beating you up.
ninjustus: basics, body flicker, clones etc. body liquification hiding justu-- turns parts of his body into all blood to hide in the blood soaked field
genjutsu-- blood fear inspire! Removes headband and reveals bloody eyes. The genjutsu causes 5 senses in opponent to be heightened incredibly, giving better vision than a hawk, better smell than a dog, etc. They become so incredibly aware of the blood around them, the smell, the feel, the taste, the sound of it flowing in their brains, that they develop a paralyzing fear and paranoia of it. They freeze and are killed with the sacrifical dagger!
trump card move: summon the blood god to the field to fight at his side, at the cost of 1) its a slow summon, uses lots of hand seals, and costs a lot of chakra 2) the opponent/s will probably be killed regardless of the nature of the mission (HOW TROUBLESOME INDEED), 3) the summoner must give his body to be food for the blood god. Its a painful process and the user will lose 7 drops of blood a day for every drop of blood shed by each opponent killed by the blood god for the rest of his life. The blood god kills too many and you'll die too. However on the plus side, the blood god gives him a permanent bloody dripping hand that in battle has a mind of its own. If you see the bloody hand, run!!!
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|2006-10-14, 15:49
|Link #62
Akatsuki Bart is Tobi
Join Date: Oct 2006
oh the blood god is slow to summon in this way. Even for a skilled user, its takes 10 minutes of continuous hand seals to summon him fully. He appears in parts. The chain can be broken and resumed but only until it is completed does he appear. Unlike the death god who is greedy and always looking for souls and who freely walks the earth, the world is unnatural to the blood god and he only lasts for 10 minutes (an eternity in terms of a battle). ok thats it for me.
|2006-10-15, 14:42
|Link #66
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Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Were your fears hide.
Age: 26
Meet Zaruke's brother, Dergan!!
Name: Dergan Soshimaru
Status: Unkown
Age: 13
Weight: 93lbs.
Height: 5'3"
Rank: S-class missing-nin
Weapons: Kunai knives, shuriken, and Sais. (little knife-sword things.)
Quotes: " I have finally found the meaning of my existence.", " Why must I kill everyone!?"
Village: Born in Village Hidden in the Sky, currently living unkown.
Clan: Rhenji clan (rejected)
Bloodline Limit: Gyunkenkai
Hair and Eye Color: Hair is Black and Eyes ar Hazel.
D rank: 15 sucseses
C rank: 23 sucseses
B rank: 11 sucseses
A rank: 28 sucseses
S rank: 3 sucseses
Personality: Very headsrtong and doesn't give up.
Tailed Beast, Six Tailed Thunder Creature, Raiju:
Descriptoin: Dergan is struck by lightning and then is engulfed by it and takes the shape of a large cat. If you get to close you get shocked and paralized temoporarily. The Raiju is very strong and has alot of chakra and stamina. The Raiju ultimatly is not as strong as the Shichibi, but is still very powerful.
Major Jutsus:
1. Birth of the Impure Spirit Army
Read on Zaruke's Bio.
2. Lightning Strike
Rank: A rank
Users: Dergan Soshimaru
Description: Dergans custom made jutsu. Dergan molds a big ball of chakra shoots it into the sky, and then the chakra expoldes and sends a barrage of lightning at his enemies. Very powerful, but doesn't hold a candle to Typhooran.
3. Secret Forbidden Art, Master Death Technique
Rank: S rank
Users: Dergan Soshimaru, Roha Soshimaru (disceased)
Description: A very brutal and graphic technique. Dergan targets an opponent with chakra and then the chakra absorbs into your skin and starts to slowly destroy you from the inside out. This technique is very painful and cannot be stopped.
Dergan Biography: Dergan is the younger brother of Zaruke and the son of the head of the Rhenji clan, Huro. The Rhenjis are the most powerful clan in the Village Hidden in the Sky, and arguably the most powerful in the 5 ninja nations. Everyone fears their power. Anyway, Dergan was always jealous of Zaruke's power. (And Zaruke being adhored by all the ladies .) So when the Sun Village Kage gave Dergan a chance to get his revenge, Dergan couldn't refuse. Dergan went to his palace with 100 Sun Village Jonin and killed off the Village Hidden in the Sky's most powerful assets, the entire Rhenji clan. What Dergan did not expect was Zaruke to return from fighting so soon. Zaruke quickly killed all of the jonin, and the only one left was his brother. They bothed unleashed their tailed beasts and fought for two days. When finally Zaruke used his forbidden technique and thought to have killed him and then threw him into a volcano. Dergan was saved by the Sun Village Kage and he was healed and put into recovery. To this day Dergan still wants his revenge on his brother.
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|2006-10-15, 15:44
|Link #68
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: USA, NewJersey
This is my character i created for naruto..
First name: Chuck
LAst name : Norris
Jutsu type : Ninjutsu, GEnjutsu, Taijutsu and edo tensai Jutsu.
Jutsu effect: Fire roundhouse kick- this move creates a huge massive ball of fire made out
of lava.
WAter roundhouse kick- this move brings about a tsunami to wash out the enemies
Lightning roundhouse kick- brings a lightning storm to zap any enemies in the
earth roundhouse kick- this move creates a powerful earthquake.
wind roundhouse kick- this move creates a huge tornado that cuts enemies into pieces
that gets trapped in it.
Status: Inactive but will be active soon..
Age: unknown
Height: Unknown
Weight: unknown
Rank: Ninja God
Backgorund: At birth, Chuck Norris came out feet first so he could roundhouse kick thedoctor in the face. Nobody delivers Chuck Norris but Chuck Norris. CHuck Norris at the age of 6 months had some Ramen, he had a bowel movement and he was so agitated that some unusual power came out of him and destroyed the surroundings. He later named this power as chakra. Hence CHuck norris is the first person to discover chakra and later he manipulated chakra to use it into various types known as ninjutsu, taijutsu and genjutsu and edo tensai jutsus. HE was the first ninja to be ever known to mankind.
His presence created numerous rumours. Some of the populer ones that everyone belived were- There is no theory of evolution. Just a list of creatures Chuck Norris has allowed to live.Chuck Norris manufactures barbed wire from his beard shavings.When Chuck Norris goes to donate blood, he declines the syringe, and instead requests a hand gun and a bucket.Chuck Norris once walked down the street with a massive erection. There were no survivors.Chuck Norris sleeps with a night light. Not because Chuck Norris is afraid of the dark, but the dark is afraid of Chuck Norris.Chuck Norris frequently signs up for beginner karate classes, just so he can "accidentally" beat the ---- out of little kids.Chuck Norris kills 14 white people at the end of every week just to prove he isn't racist.On the 7th day, God rested…. Chuck Norris took over.
Some ninja believes these rumours in the naruto world some dont. It is said that one day chuck norris was so bored of the world that he used up all his chakra to create the 9 demons and went to sleep. Currently, the akatsuki is trying to collect the 9 demon's so they can awaken the legend once again. They have no idea what they are in for...
We can only hope that things turn out for better...
|2006-10-15, 20:08
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Junior Member
Join Date: Oct 2006
Name: Kinta Marshamiro
Gender: Female
Age: 13
Height: 5"2
Weight: 85 lbs.
Allegiance: Leaf
Ninja Rank: Genin (Jounin level)
Strengths: Taught by Itachi; can use many secret ninja arts
Weaknesses: Shy; avoids killing at almost all costs
Weapons: Scrolls *Note, the scrolls can be divided into smaller scrolls, since the scrolls on her body and on her back can be detached into thousands of long, thin, scrolls.* (The scrolls are not just paper, since they have been infused with the 3-tailed demon's chakra and Kinta's chakra. And since Kinta's chakra is very strong (probably about as strong as Naruto in his 5th state of Kyuubi), the additional demon's chakra makes it almost virtually indestructable. Not even Kyuubi can penetrate it. Although Uchiha Madre can...*
Missions Performed
S:1 (currently working on)
*Note* Besides the D-rank missions, the rest were given out by Itachi-sensei. The ranks aren't official, just probably.
Specialty: Used to have the Three Tailed Demon, has many of its powers
Team: She has no team, besides akatsuki.
Physical appearance:
Hair: Dark Brown
Eyes: Dark Brown
Clothes: She wears a robish-type clothing and usually has a big scroll on her back and some scrolls on her arms and legs wrapped around.
Personality: Kinta is a shy girl who fell into lonliness after her parents passed away (typical, isn't it)
History: Kinta at very young age (unknown) was given to Itachi to take care of after her parents had passed away. At this time, Itachi was still on ANBU missions, so this must have been one of them. Her father died with an unknown disease (although probably simiailar to the one Kimmaimaro died from) and her mother died by trying to kill her. The three tailed demon was sucked into her once when she was swimming and started drowning. Once her mom found out, she tried to wrap her around in protective scrolls so the demon couldn't get out, despite the fact that she would be killing her daughter. But to no avail, the demon angrily killed the mother but at the same time was captured in the scrolls (the scrolls currently wrapped around her arms and legs.) After time, her talent and ability and skills increased with Itachi sensei's help, and she felt loved that she had a teacher would actually care for her. But this didn't last long. When she overheard Itachi being joined with the akatsuki, she thought that she would be left behind, so she ran away from Itachi. Soon, Itachi found her and released the Three Tailed Demon with an unknown jutsu (probably the same one orochimaru used, since Itachi had probably copied it with Sharigan, without most of its power. He said that she would be killed by akatsuki (or more specifically, him) if she kept the demon inside of her. This may be another reason why Itachi killed Shisui Uchiha, besides the obvious factor that Shisui was the only one that could stop Itachi, so he killed him first. After saving her life, she has stayed with Itachi and sort of akatsuki with very advanced skills. Currently, she is working on a S-rank mission on continiously tracking Naruto (9 tailed demon) and keeping an eye on him in his training, skills levels, etc.
Ninjutsu: Like Gaara, the power of the demon gave her an automatic shield, although 3 times faster than Gaara's and instead is made up of scrolls.
Great Scroll Summoning: This is when she summons a big scroll that she has made from all the scrolls she has collected and some scrolls written from her from things she has learned. This is only if she dosen't already have this scroll on her back.
Mummy Impersonation: This is when the scrolls actually wrap around her whole entire body, and if anyone tries to get close to her, the scrolls will usually take them out and wrap them up until they can't move.
Scroll Obliviation: This is where the scrolls summon more scrolls which summon animals, projectile weapons, and jutsus. All of which will be hurled at the oppenenent one way or another. This requires lots of chakra, though, so it is used only on a limited basis.
Taijutsu: Lotus Garouga: Pretty much the same as Garouga although if someone tries to jump out of the way, the scrolls will catch them and wrap them so they can't move and the Garouga will be an easy success.
Primary/Secondary Lotus: Gai's and Lee's moves, although easier for Kinta to do.
Gate openings: Same, Gai and Lee's way of pushing to the limits.
Lotus Barrage: This is where the scrolls from the arms and legs wrap around trees nearby. Then you jump in the air and the trees will be taken off of the ground and you then knock all the trees together so they become a big pile of leaves and bark and whatnot. Then you do a tornado-like movement in the air and have the tree parts being thrown down everywhere.
Genjutsu: Itachi even says that Kinta has most talent in her Genjutsu, but Kinta doesn't like the idea of winning by illusions and uses it only for distraction or getaway.
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|2006-10-16, 08:59
|Link #70
Join Date: Feb 2006
Oh my god... not Chuck...
Well my contribution is a Bloodline i thought of.
Hikarikagegan - Light-Shadow Eyes
Appearance: Milky-white irises with currents of black and grey flowing(literally) around. No pupil is visible.
Background: Hikarikagegan is the hallmark of the once-great Okana clan of the Hidden Mist Village. Now long non-existant, only one Okana clan member and master of the hikarikagegan is rumored to be alive. The hikarikagegan is also rumored to be the progenetor of the famous Hyuuga clan byakugan.
Abilities: Hikarikagegan has three uses. First) Upon eye contant the user can "hear" the subjects surface thoughts and "feel" their surface emotions. This was a precursor to the sharingan's prediction of movements and lends itself well to both combat and personal interaction(diplomacy), having an effective range of a couple miles. Second) Manipulated chakra is visible to the user showing both its general nature and strength/amount. This is considered to be a baser form of how the byakugan now functions. Third) The user can instantly use a very powerful genjutsu on the subject which erases the users true prescense from the subjects mind, instead showing only an illusion controlled by the user. This is typically only used in brief bursts to keep the opponent off guard as it consumers large amounts of chakra to maintain.
hope u like.
|2006-10-23, 17:16
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Triple Scythe
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Maryland
A character that is sooo stupid he defies laws of life and physics.
Example: Can appear out of nowhere next to you while you were 10,000 miles away or he died and just came back because he's so stupid.
Anyways any REAL character coming from this mind would take more time than I have to describe.
|2006-10-23, 19:51
|Link #75
Junior Member
Age: 17
Sex: Female
Height: 5"9
Weight: 115 lbs.
Allegiance: Orochimaru/Leaf
Ninja Rank: Jounin
Strengths: Taught by Orochimaru
Weaknesses: Love, Revenge And Other Emotions
Weapon Of Choice: Crystal Red Sharingan
Jutsu: Gyubiji (Mind Warp)
History: Kimone Hishimo Was Abandoned At Two Monthes Of Age, when A Stranger (Kage Of The Star Village)Found Her Crying In A Blanket. He Took Her In As His Own And Named Her Kimone. When She Was Three She Started Her Training To Become Kage. When She Was 4 1/2 The Kage Of The Star Villa Died And She Ran Away. She Ran, And Got Rides From People To A Village, A Village Hidden In The Leaves (Her Destination) And Met The Harunos (The Wife Pregnant). They Took Her In And three Monthes Later They Had A Child Themselves And They Called Her Sakura, Cherry Blossom, 2 Monthes Later She Continued Her Training (Age: 5). Little Did She Know She Was Being Watched By An Evil Man,Orochimaru Was His Name. Seeing Her Power Gave Him Ideas And He Had Evil Plans For Her. At The Age Of 10 She Was Going To The Market And Was Pulled Aside By A Mysterious Man That Told Her That He Could Help Her Get Revenge On The Person Whom Had Killed Her Father But She Had To Sware Loyalty To Him to Do So. She Agreed And Ran Away From Home. So Far She's Been Working For Orochimaru But Stayed In Konoha Undercover. She Has Completed: 51 D Ranked Missions 74 C Ranked 36 B Ranked And 71 A Ranked Missions, Planning An S Ranked Mission And Became A Jounin At The age Of 16. She Has Been Undercover Since.
Ok Theres My Info Really Short And Horrible Info, I'm Not Evil. I Just Don't Relize Orochimaru Is Evil. My Jutsu Is Pronounced: Guy-You-Bee-Gee
_Kimone Hishimo
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|2006-10-29, 19:45
|Link #76
Likes cheese
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Heaven
Age: 27
I decided to make a picture to go with it ^^
Made with MS Paint entirely
(slopycate i'm using the same things to discribe her as you did (you know, like, weapon of choice and whatnot, because they are good ideas. i hope you don't mind)
Name: Nadeshiko. (witch means Pink - the flower, not the color, witch is why she has a pink outfit. that, and my favorite color is pink ^^)
Age: Nine
Sex: Female
Height: 3'8
Weight: 66 lbs.
Allegiance: Leaf
Ninja Rank: Acadamy Student (witch is why she has no headband. she will probably wear it around her waist in place of her belt if she gets one.)
Strengths: Genjutsu
Weaknesses: Taijutsu (She's very small, in size and weight, making taijutsu difficult for her. And, she's clumsy)
Weapon Of Choice: Bombs
Jutsu of Choice: Bunshin no Jutsu (Clone Skill)
She's kinda based off me, in personality and skill, anyway, so she's really clumsy. She'll probably end up with the same fate as Usa in "Tail of the Moon" and be married off to a rich ninja family because she was that horrid a ninja herself.
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|2006-10-30, 16:41
|Link #77
Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2004
Advanced blood line: This character can see and speak with the souls of the dead.
Advantages: How can this be an advantage?
By speaking with the people who your enemy killed you can know about all your enemies strengths and weakness without having even to see it happen. Also it is a way to get information, by asking the dead, he can know if someone is lying, the situation in a country, learn forgotten jutsus of the past, etc…
For example: "So you are Shikamaru, I see you are the type who attacks with shadows, yet your techniques are useless, by liberating chakra I can escape your kage bind, by watching your shadow I can predict your attacks, without time to make a plan with your allies you have half the potential. No matter what strategy you do, without powerful allies to give orders to, you can do nothing. Now die!"
Disadvantages: Killing a person creates a heavy karma, since this character is easily affected by the thoughts of the dead, if he kills a person, this persons soul becomes attached to his soul and constantly haunts him, so he cannot kill anyone or he will suffer the consequences.
In the first full moon day of the month, the people killed by him will always materialize and they will try to kill him, if he don't make amends with those who he killed, he will be cursed forever.
Jutsus: He have surpassed his limits by combining the different types of jutsu.
_ - Ninjutsu + Genjutsu = Katon grand illusion fire = fire a powerful fire ball, but if the target avoids it, the felling of heat causes a genjutsu, making the target believe it is on fire.
_ - Ninjutsu + Taijustu = Fire knucles no jutsu = Fist which can cause explosion if connect with the target.
_ - Ninjutsu + Taijustu = Flame fever touch = by using this jutsu, he can cause the target to fell sick with a great fever. He can use with any part of his body(like Neji), so even if you hit him in the face, he can cause you to fell sick.
1~3 strikes = makes the target fell sick with his/hers body with boiling fever. It becomes hard to move.
4~6 strikes = makes the target lose all coherent thinking and leads to hallucinations
more than 6 = the target die with his blood boiling.
|2006-10-31, 02:58
|Link #78
Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2005
only asian fans know these manuals, base of jin yong universe
9 Yang Manual = gives me stacks of chakra at young age, takes years to master, allows me to learn acupuncture/medical nin, and learn other jutsus quick, the more i practice the more chakra increases.
Beimong Shengong Manual = Allows me to move at a quick pace aka alternative flashstep, and absorbtion powers (Bak ming sun gung) sucking all jutsus or chakra .
QQDNY = allows better chakra movement superior to sharigan in copying jutsus and finding out weaknesses, 3 manuals combined will give me auto-body defense deflection whether its palm/fists with chakra.
Disadvantages - 3 manuals have nothin on genjutsu...
Left/Right Technique = allows of-hand and on-hand to use different sword skills simultaneously instead of having 2 ppl...multi-skilled technique
Short range - 18 dragon subdue palms (each hit is a killer blow)
- 1 yeung finger technique, seals chakra point and paraylzes oponent
- tai chi sword
- Dugu 9 Jian swordsmanship - highest lvl of swordmanship where a leaf or grass can become a sword (highest lvl in jin yong universe)
long range - Dali 6 Mak Divine swords, shoots chakra out of fingers (just like kimimaru shooting out bones with his fingers)
Weapons of choice - heavenly sword + dragon sabre
i will win in every fight, only downside is face against a genjutsu fighter......but i be too quick to be lockup in genjutsu.........
|2006-11-01, 10:56
|Link #79
Crewmate doctor
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: europe
name: Nikamaru otama
gender: male
Raging tiger no jutsu
allows user to use nearby fire source or any source of heat and turn it into a shape of a tiger comin for its prey and then dives through the oppenant causing great damage but uses up almost all Chakra if the user is not good with his chakra usage
fireblood fang no jutsu
a technique made only by nikamaru himself it allows a great dragon to come out of the user and then bites the oppenants neck and head inside his body causin blood pressure and heart speed to run 2x faster if they have weak organs they would surely die
wouldnt be of much effect to Uzumaki naruto because of his Stamina but if used multiple times say 10 or 25 it would cause great heart damage to naruto and probably kill him the same way as any other oppenant and technique uses up ALOT of chakra
Great fire-tiger fireball
a technique that is forbidden to the user if used by nikamaru he could surely die
a technique that shoots out of the sky and hits the oppenant with massive force a sure-kill technique but if ever used by nikamaru more than once it would mean total chakra use and he WILL die
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Casey will be going to state in 3 of his 5 events. He struggled in his first event and his last event on day #1. So, he made it to state in the 200m., the 4x1 relay, and the 4x4 relay. He did not make it to state in the long jump, and the 400m. He is really bummed about the 400m because that is normally his best event, but such is life. I am really so proud of how well his track season turned around. How many kids do you know that have major surgery at the very beginning of a sports season, and end up advancing this far? He couldn't do anything track related for the first 4 weeks of the season, and the next 4 weeks of the season he was limited when it came to practice and could not weight train at all. Casey amazes me every season...he is such a dedicated athlete.
We spent all of Friday, and Saturday afternoon at the track meet. This was our first warm (HOT!) weekend...and I loved it. It was hard on the track teams though because Montana has been pretty cold up until this weekend. I felt for all the kids...it was HOT in the stands, so I can't imagine how hot it was on that black track.
This is the card that I made to go with a present for my mom. We are a give in person kind-of family...so she got her birthday and mother's day gifts on Friday night when we got home from the track meet. I made the card to match the wrapping paper on the gifts...anal retentive, I know.
The rest of our weekend was pretty quiet. We went to church on Saturday night. Then Sunday Josh had to work, and I was just lazy. I needed that lazy day- I was exhausted from two full days in the hot sun, and just being really busy those two days as well.
And look what I came home to on my lunch break!!!!!
This is our new Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8 sports lens that I have been saving up for!!! EEEEK! Can you tell I am SO excited about it! We knew we had to get a sports lens for this coming football season...but having it for track state is going to ROCK! It is a heavy sucker...but SO worth it. We have been researching and reading review on this lens for about 8 months, and I am so ready to shoot with it. We will likely see the most difference in our shots once football starts, and we have lower light situations. But, we read that the clarity in full-light shots is just amazing.
Well, that is all for now. I hope that everyone had a wonderful weekend, full of fun!
Have a sunshiney day,
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Oh!!!! I love that card those papers are just BEAUTIFUL!!!ReplyDelete
OH GOOD NIGHT ALMIGHTY....that is a nice lens you have there!!!! I have the 18-200 3.5 and like it but often wish it were just a bit faster!!!ReplyDelete
Totally cute card too...soooo bright...you make bright look so easy..I struggle with bright...but wait till you see this upcoming CPS card...I went bright all the way baby! LOL
- AnonymousMay 19, 2008 at 4:38 PM
Oh I sooo love this card is fast and funky......ReplyDelete
I love your CPS ard too:)x
Holy schmoly girl---that lens it gorgeous---what a beauty! You deserve it! LOVE your sweet little card---warms my heart and makes me smile!ReplyDelete
congratulations to Casey! going to state in 3 events as a sophomore is AWESOME!ReplyDelete
and girlie, can't wait to see what you do with that mamma jamma lens - look out Sports Illustrated!!!
Best of luck to Casey for the weekend!ReplyDelete
Your card is adorable, love the papers and colours together..and can't resist birdies on cards...
..and WOW what a lens, can't wait see what you do with it! :O) Gx
Your card is fabulous, Lea, and that lens looks like fun!ReplyDelete
many congrats to your little bro, Lea!!!!ReplyDelete
soooo drooling about your surprise lens.
and the card?
priceless . . .
LUCKY!!!!!!!! LOOK at your new lens! Awesome!! Have fun with your new toy Lea! Just wanted to stop by and say HI!!! I LOVE your card!!!ReplyDelete
CONGRATS to your little brother!!! :)
holy wow! that is one awesome lens!!!!!!!!!! woot!ReplyDelete
congrats to casey!!! so awesome!
and lastly...lol..love your card!
Wow stunning Lea!!! You are my hero:)ReplyDelete
Congrats to Casey!!!ReplyDelete
What a fabulous lens!!! Woohoo!!
Another fab creation by Lea! Bet your mom was happy with that lovely card. Congrats to your little bro!ReplyDelete
And girl, I have very serious lens envy. I sooooooo want that lens too. It's on the top of my list. Enjoy!
And with a heavy sucker like that you won't need to go to the gym for a work out. LOL
Oh my, that lens is amazing. I'm so jealous. ;0) Love your card and wtg Casey he is one talented guy!ReplyDelete
Love that cute, little card! Congrats on the new lens!ReplyDelete


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A Michigan teacher's aide who posted a photo from a friend on her Facebook page says she was told to give the school district her Facebook password or be suspended.
Kimberly Hester, 27, a teacher's aide at Frank Squires Elementary school in Cassopolis, Mich. posted a photo from a friend on her Facebook wall with the friend's permission.
A year ago, in April 2011, a coworker texted a photo showing herself with her pants around her ankles, with the message "thinking of you" as a joke. . . . "She's actually quite funny. It was spur of the moment," adding that there was nothing pornographic about the picture, which only showed the pants, part of her legs, and the tips of her shoes.
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Bill Young, Hester's attorney, said she will go before a private arbiter under her union's collective bargaining agreement in late May.
Employees getting into trouble over Facebook is nothing new, we write about it all the time. But it seems that educators have the toughest battle. Anything on their Facebook walls or pages that have questionable content or can offend anyone seems fair game and reported to the principal or school district.
While some in Congress are starting legislation preventing employers from asking for Facebook passwords or information, so far it's been blocked. So the only way to stop others from reporting your activities is to only friend real friends, not people with plenty of time or on their hands and a possible grudge.


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U.S. Beach Teams Win Two Silvers, One Bronze
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (March 24, 2013) – U.S. beach volleyball teams took the men's and women's silver medals and the women's bronze on Sunday at the NORCECA Beach Circuit tournament in Grand Cayman on the Cayman Islands.
| Todd Rogers attacks during a match on March 23 in
the Cayman Islands.
On the men's side, the USA-A team of Todd Rogers (Santa Barbara, Calif.) and Ryan Doherty (Toms River, N.J.) took the silver while Jenny Kropp (Grand Island, Neb.) and Whitney Pavlik (Laguna Beach, Calif.) took the women's silver and Jennifer Fopma (Bellflower, Calif.) and Brooke Sweat (Fort Myers, Fla.) secured the bronze.
Rogers and Doherty won their semifinal match over Christian Redman and Maciej Zbyszewski of Canada-B, 21-19, 21-18 to advance to the final. There, the U.S. pair fell to Puerto Rico's Roberto Rodriguez and Eric Haddock, the event's defending champions, 21-16, 21-18.
"I am happy with the way we played in general," Rogers said in a NORCECA press release. "It is our first tournament together and making it to the finals is pretty good. The competition was solid with teams like Canada, Mexico and, of course, Puerto Rico.
"I'd rather have liked to win and we were close to make it, one point here and there, but I am pleased."
In the women's tournament, the USA-A team of Jenny Kropp (Grand Island, Neb.) and Whitney Pavlik (Laguna Beach, Calif.) won their semifinal against Mexico's Bibi Candelas and Martha Revuelta, 21-16, 21-14.
However, Kropp and Pavlik fell in the final to Canada's Jamie Broder and Kristina Valjas, 21-15, 21-13.
Fopma and Sweat lost a hard-fought semifinal match against Broder and Valjas, 16-21, 27-25, 15-11. They came back to defeat Candelas and Revuelta, 21-13, 21-15.
Fopma and Sweat are scheduled to compete in the next NORCECA event on March 29-31 in the Dominican Republic along with the U.S. men's team of Brad Keenan (Westminster, Calif.) and John Mayer (Thousand Oaks, Calif.).
For more information about the NORCECA Beach Circuit, visit NORCECA.net.


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Guns, assault-style weapons raffled off for cash
Gun bashes raise concern over sending wrong message
Gun bashes have been a fixture in western Pennsylvania for decades as a way to raise money for many different types of groups, but now some are raising concerns about whether the events are sending the wrong message, especially when held by public safety agencies.
One gun bash was organized by the Allegheny County Deputy Sheriff's Association in April. The organizers served up beer, food, and raffled off dozens of weapons including handguns and shotguns.
Allegheny County Sheriff William Mullen told WTAE he had concerns about the gun bash, but allowed it to go forward because his department needs the money. Mullen said anyone who won a weapon went through the proper background checks, and they were careful about what type of weapons would be raffled off.
"We discussed we should not be giving AR-15s or assault weapons away, because of what happened in Newtown. And they agreed with that," Mullen said.
That concern was not shared by organizers of the Bruin Volunteer Fire Department Gun Bash held May 11. Several AR-15s were on display at the event, and organizers said they had no concerns about the controversy surrounding the weapon.
"This is a huge moneymaker for all fire departments," said President David Blair. "It's protecting our rights. That's part of what it is. It's a Second Amendment thing. We're not looking at harming anyone else. It's just a matter of having these guns and stuff that people want."
Blair estimates the gun bash raised around $20,000 on entry ticket sales alone, plus thousands more on side raffles. He says they need the cash because the fire department doesn't get taxpayer money, and other events don't make nearly as much money as gun bashes.
"Honestly, we've done bingos for years. Once a week we're doing bingos, and we have to dedicate people. We don't have enough people to do that and our training," Blair said. "We had to close it down, we're not making any money on them."
Mullen said the money from the deputy's association bash is used to fund the department's K9 unit, which also doesn't get money from the county's budget.
"They're purchasing things that make the dog's life a little safer. Bullet-proof vests or some training techniques or some of the things that our budget doesn't provide for," Mullen said. "It's unfortunate they have to do that, but in a way it saved taxpayers money."
The gun bash comes at the same time that Allegheny County is working on starting a gun buyback program. It was announced by Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald in March, but still isn't operating yet.
The Rev. Glenn Grayson, who lost his son in a shooting and now works to find ways to end gun violence, believes the priorities need to change.
"I think that's tragic. I think they should be finding ways to get guns off the street, instead of putting more guns on the street," said Grayson.
State Rep. Dan Frankel, D-Squirrel Hill, has been working for years to get a ban on AR-15s in Pennsylvania. He believes it's inappropriate for public safety agencies to be raffling off guns to raise money.
"I find it alarming," Frankel said. "Given the recent history of what we saw at Sandy Hook and in other places where assault weapons were used for mass murder, we ought to think twice about having assault weapons, and using assault weapons as a lure for a fundraiser event."
Winners at gun bashes typically don't leave with a gun. Instead, they have to pick the weapons up at a store after the appropriate background checks.


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Cosak is Orbiting Course as Planned
Feel the great ship steady beneath your feet. Out there across the cold reaches of space the moon hangs motionless. You are on course. Forget the computations. Concentrate on Cosak. Cosak is new. A cloth of incomparable elegance. 55% Terylene, 45% Mohair; blended by a novel twist to make a space-age yarn; woven into a modern fable. Unique. Superb. Steel and silk. Cool and crisp. A lightweight faultlessly superior.
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- Using language with power: This post on taking charge of your conversations and speaking focused on a new book that includes language as one tool women can use to be more powerful. It grabbed the top spot as the most-read post this month.
- "I'm not nervous when I speak, but..." pulled apart the mental and physical reactions in fear of public speaking and why some women say they're not nervous but have all the physical symptoms, anyway.
- Speaking with credibility: When speakers say things your audience won't believe covered some high-profile and everyday ways that public speakers give away their intentions. Audiences aren't fooled for a moment, typically. This is a what-not-to-do list.
- Speaking with credibility, for politicians: A tiny twist of grammar might affect how audiences regard politicians' actions. This post was the latest in our "speaking science" series on research about public speaking.
- Presentations: Go big, go small, go collaborative served up 4 new resources, from pocket projectors to slides that let you collaborate. Another popular tools post.
- Do you get talked over in meetings? So does Yahoo! CEO Carol Bartz, who brought the topic up at last month's Women's Conference hosted by California First Lady Maria Shriver. Read the details in this popular post.
- "A bad hair day is a virtual mute button" for women speakers, said former White House press secretary Dee Dee Myers when I heard her speak last month--so I used the opportunity to write about women and their appearance, and how it affects speaking.
- Can you do a better job moderating panels? I think so, and offered you three concrete tactics panel moderators can use to improve their experience--and that of the audience.
- Great gifts for speakers: We launched a new page for great speeches on audio, places you can download free and inexpensive audio recordings of famous speeches, plus some discounts for subscribing to Audible.com just for readers of The Eloquent Woman. It's a great gift idea, along with the new option to buy and email a Kindle book on public speaking to your favorite presenter. (She doesn't need a Kindle to read it, either.)
- If I were speaking at TED Women, I'd ask the audience to improve the future of women and girls by helping me stop 4 persistent myths about women and public speaking. Many of you called this an inspiring read and shared it with your colleagues--thanks!
Inspiration, ideas and information to help women build public speaking content, confidence and credibility. Denise Graveline is a Washington, DC-based speaker coach who has coached nearly 200 TEDMED and TEDx speakers--including one of 2016's most popular TED talks. She also has prepared speakers for presentations, testimony, and keynotes. She offers 1:1 coaching and group workshops in public speaking, presentation and media interview skills to both men and women.
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
November's top 10 public speaking tips and issues
Eleven months into the year, readership of The Eloquent Woman is at an all-time-high and The Eloquent Woman on Facebook is the most popular public-speaking page on that site--two things I'm very grateful for in this month of Thanksgiving in the U.S. These are the posts that caught your eye most often this month:
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