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Ring pics?
I made some ring pics with their respective colors and symbols, wud it be possible if I cud put them here? AMTNinja (talk) 17:49, September 26, 2009 (UTC)
- How exactly did you make it? If it's a bunch of screen captures/manga scans pasted together, then no. If it's something you made in an art program then it would probably be fine. ~SnapperTo 18:18, September 26, 2009 (UTC)
Pain and Konan's Nail Color
As shown in the preview for Episode 129 of shippuden, Pain and Konan's nail color is red not black shown at 0:18 and 0:31.
640px EvilPuppy123 (talk) 02:20, September 27, 2009 (UTC)
If you pay more attention to Konan´s nail color in the video that you show us, you will see that they are orange and not red like Pain.--Kaze Kaze No Mi (talk) 15:31, December 8, 2009 (UTC)
- But if you look at Konan's eyes, they are Amber in the anime but they are supposed to be Silver-ish. So the incorrect nail polish color could just be an animation error just like the Rinnegan's color prior to Shippuden episode 80 and Yahiko's eyes when he was still alive.Kracel (talk) 21:38, December 27, 2009 (UTC)
In that flashback of how Yahiko really died, in this pic here http://media.comicvine.com/uploads/0/378/801185-_446__rain_village_ninjas_by_shadsonic2_super.png coud this porve that the inspiration for the akatsuki robes came from this? I realize it's a fan colored pic, but it's just re-clored from the original, so what do you guys think? AMTNinja (talk) 05:40, October 8, 2009 (UTC)
It seems to be just a cloak. A lot of ninja wear cloaks. But that's just my opinion. Dartblaze (talk) 06:06, October 8, 2009 (UTC)
Madara's Goal
Shouldn't Madara's goal be updated as the current manga chapter explains his "Eye of the moon plan?
What is this?
Senior: Sunao
Target(S):Nine-Tailed Human Lava(Sunao,Failed),Seven-Tailed Human Water(Sunao,Sealed) Even sunao tried to killed tsiyo he/she fails on her work they can't defeated a nine-tailed beast but anytime those nine-tailed can't die there distructuble defense can control they will accomplish there chakra force.
I'll delete this! —This unsigned comment was made by KiumaruHamachi (talk • contribs) .
- Some IP was adding fake/fanon info. Omnibender - Talk - Contributions 20:27, November 22, 2009 (UTC)
So Akatsuki is now 2 people... (hawk excluded)... its going to be weird basically having a war with like 2 people and some giant animals... seems more like just one battle, and not a war... dont even know if Akatsuki can still be classified as a current group, since theres only like 2 of them--SkyFlicker (talk) 05:45, November 27, 2009 (UTC)
- I'm sure Madara knows what he's doing. After his talk with Zetsu in chapter 404, I got the feeling that those two were playing everyone else for fools. Still, I don't know why Madara sent Kisame after Killer Bee, then alerted the Raikage that his brother was still on the loose. Whether he meant to or not, he essentially set Kisame up to be killed, which seems like a waste of someone who is very powerful and clearly loyal to him. I'm just curious how he's planning on getting the Hachibi and the Kyuubi, since Akatsuki has tried and failed to capture them numerous times. He must have a lot of faith in the bijuu he already has.--Denji (talk) 17:52, November 28, 2009 (UTC)
Heh now its just Madara vs EVERYONE!!! Although Taka and Zetsu might be in this to..
- Its pretty much Madara and Zetsu versus the world, lol. I woulda rathered it stayed an actual organization, instead of just 1 versus everyone, literally.--SkyFlicker (talk) 00:52, November 29, 2009 (UTC)
Then again, Zetsu isn't exactly warrrior material... BlazeUchiha 09:14, April 13, 2010 (UTC)
- is a master tactician and certainly plays everyone like pawns. Madara revealed Bee's survival so that Kisame could fake death and infiltrate the alliance war plans. Madara is always several steps ahead. The only one that seemed to be near his level was Itachi, and now possibly Kabuto.
Speaking of Kabuto, shouldn't Kabuto be placed back into team Akatsuki? Kabuto has negotiated a plan to add his amazing Shinobi corpse army to the war effort. Team Akatsuki is no longer a three member team. Chapter 507 is due out this week, maybe we will see the death of Kisame or Gai, surely we should expect team Akatsuki to keep evolving. Ronmamita (talk) 09:16, August 22, 2010 (UTC)
Kisame Hoshigaki (Deceased; Not replaced)
How did he die? And on his page it doesn't say Age: Part II: 32 (Deceased) KiumaruHamachi(http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/User_talk:KiumaruHamachi)
- He was killed by Killer Bee and the Current Raikage when they decapitate Kisame with the Double Lariat. Silver Ninja (Talk) 22:19, November 27, 2009 (UTC)
it was not Kisame. It was a copy of Su- the white side of Zetsu.
Can someone protect the article? There are way too many people removing Kisame's death, and adding Taka as members of the organization. Omnibender - Talk - Contributions 19:13, November 28, 2009 (UTC)
Taka isnt affiliated with akatsuki no more
Why does it still say sasuke, karin, juugo and suigetsu are part of akatsuki they ended their affiliation when they failed to capture killer bee.
So why does it say that theyre still affiliated?
- A) Because this is a wiki and people with that information would need to edit the page. B) Because this wiki is NOT a current new site, it's an aggregation of information relevant to anyone from any point in the story, so whether in the current part of the story they are affiliated or not is irrelevant since they were once affiliated and that information needs to be included. ~NOTASTAFF Daniel Friesen (DanTMan, Nadir Seen Fire) (talk) Nov 29, 2009 @ 00:36 (UTC)
Yeah but it still shows that sasuke is "Curently" affiliated with akatsuki and the same for the rest of taka it should be edited--TheBlueBlur (talk) 17:47, December 8, 2009 (UTC)
I partially agree with that, but actually Taka never affiliated itself with Akatsuki, they rather formed an Alliance (original alliance treaty was somewhat like Taka captures Hachibi for Akatsuki and Akatsuki destroys Konoha for Taka), in his battle with Killer Bee Sasuke even claims that it is he and Taka who is using Akatsuki not the opposite. Taka can only be considered as associated with Akatsuki group because Akatsuki is way more known and people in the ninja world tend to consider everyone who cooperate with Akatsuki to be part of it; but actually Taka and Akatsuki is different organizations with different goals who just working together at the moment.
- To form an association is to be affiliated with, at least by a few.--Enoki911 (talk) 06:39, March 2, 2010 (UTC)
If Taka is now disbanded, can Sasuke now be added to should i say real Akatsuki member list. Just wondering... Ttogafer (talk) 20:40, March 22, 2010 (UTC)
- Taka was still affiliated, and Sasuke is not a real member. No cloak, no ring, no member.--TheUltimate3 (talk) 20:51, March 22, 2010 (UTC)
This article is getting messy! Time for a clean-up? I'm allergic to the soap. ~Hakinu (talk | contribs) 02:00, November 29, 2009 (UTC)
Hey,is it true that Hidan was not accepted into Akatsuki,because Pain did not want to recruit him, of his Jashin religion.Could that be true?
Hey, When it shows Yahiko, Konan, and Nagato with the original Akatsuki (black cloaks) standing two spots right from Nagato is a guy who looks a lot like Hidan, was that intentional or am I just obsessed with Hidan lol.--18.104.22.168 (talk) 21:30, November 5, 2010 (UTC)
akatsuki name
aka -> red
tsuki -> moon
akatsuki -> red moon??? Makes sense beacause of the uchiha madara´s plan to "catch" the moon. --Kaze Kaze No Mi (talk) 15:20, December 8, 2009 (UTC)
No, the kanji means daybreak--188.8.131.52 (talk) 17:15, December 8, 2009 (UTC)
暁 -> Akatsuki, you're thinking of aka•tsuki (赤月). IIRC that's not actually the normal way to say "red moon" anyways, here red is used as an adjective and normally to say "red moon" you'd use akai (赤い) not just aka, so Red Moon would normally be 赤い月 akaitsuki. ~NOTASTAFF Daniel Friesen (DanTMan, Nadir Seen Fire) (talk) Dec 8, 2009 @ 17:48 (UTC)
Madara's mask
Since most of the ninja world knows that Tobi is Madara, why is he still keeping the mask covering his left eye. We know his right eye posseses the sharingan, maybe his left eye posseses a different eye, like a riiengan or byakugan.
That seems to be the implication as of the latest chapter. If it turns out to be true...well, that would just be utterly retarded. Which, considering that Kishimoto has no regard for rational and realistic plot twists, is incredibly likely.
Or maybe he just likes wearing it.220.127.116.11 (talk) 00:05, March 13, 2010 (UTC)
Masquerade mask
- Kishimoto has a motive, the resurrection of Madara is mysterious. Kishimoto goes to great lengths to convince the reader that Tobi is Madara, yet keeps the mask hiding the true features of Tobi. It is possible that Kishimoto will throw a curve and reveal that Madara died and a mysterious Uchiha is masqurading as him to reclaim the Uchiha glory. The right eye is always a sharigan, why not an evolved Mangeko or EMS of Madara? Kabuto knows a secret about an important death that unnerved Madara, could the corpse that kabuto controls be Madara? Also the masks keep changing...
But this is only my guess, it may simply be that Kishimoto was undecided; lol Ronmamita (talk) 08:57, August 22, 2010 (UTC)
Wow, I'm glad I came through this talk section and found this. That really just got my mind running. Woah, finally someone who sumarised my thoughts for me. I quite enjoy that small theory. SusanooUnleashed (talk) 08:21, November 25, 2010 (UTC)
Is it interesting to note that Kisame, Kakuzu, Orochimaru, (and Hidan, if you wish to count him, though he is still alive, so I guess not) were the only Akatsuki to be truly defeated and killed; all others allowed themselves to die, (Except for Itachi, who didn't have much of a choice) Deidara and Nagato used their own techniques, which led to their death; Sasori allowed himself to die; Itachi died of a disease, and Konan, Zetsu, and Madara have nothing to do with this conversation. 184.108.40.206 (talk) 20:44, December 20, 2009 (UTC)
Well with Sasori and Itachi it is not clear. Chiyo said that Sasori missed it on purpose, but he might got too careless in the end and missed that last strike. Itachi might simply overused Susano because it puts very high pressure on body and he used for long period of time in its final form and before that he used a lot of high level jitsus and despite running out of chackra he cannot cancel Susano because without Susano Sasuke will defeat him with simple kunais. And even for Deidra it's not clear because he ran out of ideas how to beat Sasuke so he used this suicide blow, what he would do otherwise offer Sasuke friendship of simply retreat. So only Pain clearly choosed his death.
- 1. Please spell correctly, it really irritates me when simple words are misspelled. 2.I think he means that Kisame, Kakuzu, Orochimaru and possibly Hidan were killed(with the slight exception of Orochimaru because he is actually trapped in a genjutsu universe for eternity but that's just my opinion) because they were outmatched by their opponents; Kisame was beat by Killer Bee and the Raikage because of their lightning like speed, Kakuzu was beat by Naruto and Kakashi because Naruto's Wind Release: Rasenshuriken paralyzed him while Kakashi's Lightning Cutter had the final blow, Orochimaru was trapped in genjutsu universe by Itachi because of Susanoo, and Hidan was decapitated by Shikamaru because Shikamaru managed to trap him in the forest full of deer which helped him with the trap. But Itachi, Deidara, Nagato and Sasori just let themselves die that doesn't involve their opponent as much; Itachi was dying of an unknown disease and the prolonged use of the Mangekyo Sharingan so he just gave in and left Sasuke a little gift before he died, Deidara used his C0 as a last attempt to kill Sasuke but failed because he summoned Manda thus resulting in his death (both Manda's and Deidara's), Nagato was running low on chakra because of the large scale version of Shinra Tensei and Chibaku Tensei so he used whatever chakra he had left to bring back the lives of those he had killed when he came into Konoha thus resulting in his death, and Sasori purposely let himself be stabbed by Sakura an Chiyo because he knew he could not do anything else to fight.Kracel (talk) 04:03, December 28, 2009 (UTC)
Then again, Kisame's alive. BlazeUchiha 09:17, April 13, 2010 (UTC)
hang on why does it say orochimaru is defected and konan konan is back in the manga and orochimaru is now dead konan madara zetsu are still alive and kisame is dead can someone please explain this to me
why is everyone still saying orochimaru is dead? he was merely sealed away by Susano'o, but still alive --RexGodwin (talk) 02:31, December 22, 2009 (UTC)
well he can't be returned to life from this sword of Tatsuka sealing jitsu, while Hidan is only beheaded, his body thorn in pieces and he is buried underground somewhere in Nara's forest where nobody can find him but he still theoretically can be returned to his full power. Actually sealing away is even worse than death because Orochimaru have jitsu that can resurrect dead but it theoretically wouldn't work on those who sealed away.—This unsigned comment was made by 184.108.40.206 (talk • contribs) .
- Rex, behave yourself. Don't swear and that kind of stuff, it won't help you at all. ~Hakinu (talk | contribs) 15:34, December 22, 2009 (UTC)
Actuallly, there's probably a good chance Orochimaru is still alive, as Kabuto took in some of his DNA (or essence or whatever it was) and he showed that Orochimaru seemed to be having a relatively easy time taking him over. Now who here actually thinks that Kabuto can fend off Orochimaru? He'll probably return to life. DemonFoxsCloak (talk) 18:12, December 29, 2009 (UTC)
- The real question is, does Kishimoto care enough about Orochimaru to bring him back to life? =)--Enoki911 (talk) 07:30, March 2, 2010 (UTC)
yeah but even if he was alive he is inside kabuto well his DNA but other than that i think he's dead because in the battle with sauske and itachi there was a tiny snake left and it tried to get away but got burned by sauskes susanoo
Which piccy
Let's make it short: Which group piccy? Tiny File:Akatsukispread.jpg or File:Akatsuki.jpg, which shows only the backs of half the "crew" (and has Oro's back as an addition to the ones in Akatsukispread.jpg? ~Hakinu (talk | contribs) 23:33, December 22, 2009 (UTC)
I like the pic from the Artbook with ALL the members, rather than the one with only a few members, and Pain and Konan unrevealed. i say we keep it, yes it may have text, a background of naruto, and some of the members are facing away, but its not like we don't know who they are, its obvious to tell that the snakes are wrapped around orchimaru, the plant extension of Zetsu, Hidans Scythe, and kauzus weird headband.--RexGodwin (talk) 23:35, December 22, 2009 (UTC)
- Aaaaaand as you might realize, I'd rather have Akatsukispread, since it actually shows the members' faces. The addition of Oro's back doesn't give much more to the article, since it's just his back, and since he was no longer in Akatsuki as the plot passed by him. ~Hakinu (talk | contribs) 23:39, December 22, 2009 (UTC)
aaand, it doesn't show Deva+Konans faces, who LOl are more relevant to Akatsuki then orochimaru, and like you said its not really relevant to see his face if we recognize who he is, and it shows ALL members wearing their outfits wheras the other pic shows
- Itachi Uchiha
- Kisame Hoshigaki
- Zetsu
- Deidara
- Madara Uchiha/Tobi
- Kakuzu
- Hidan
and, at the time *two unknown members* who are all randomly scattered in a large area with random advetising around, wheras the newer pic shows them standing together, with uzumaki in the background; which can be easily overlooked, as well as some text. maybe if the manga hadn't revealed the two members yet at this point, it would be relevant ot the current manga, but honestly, it should be obvious which pic to use. Oh, and the quality suchs on the other one. :P--RexGodwin (talk) 23:48, December 22, 2009 (UTC)
- Can anyone else voice in, parhaps? :3 ~Hakinu (talk | contribs) 19:17, December 23, 2009 (UTC)
just some random thing
does anyone knew this,i think there is a member a akatsuki who is a big guy and his body is a stone .i dont know wether this is just a fan art or what but i think it is drawn by the creator of the manga himself.if i not mistaken in a picture showing the silhoutte of the akatsuki members large and clear,there is one member who had a large body standing up like a hunchback person.maybe its the former tag partner of kakuzu.i wonder why pain just dont revive his nagato friend ,i mea he control the aspect of life and death right?there is no way madara another eye beside the sharingan is a rennigan ,i mean he wont able to use it with the mask blocking the view.maybe madara really used the body of obito gaining the eye,i mean just look at sasuke he gain itachi ability because itachi planted his eye inside him,madara power is related to space manipulation same as kakashi space manipulation.
First, the stone guy was probably nagato's summoning statue. Next, pain can't revive yahiko because he states the he could only revive people who died recently. Last, the madara=obito thing is speculation, not any kind of proven (or even remotely close to proven) fact. DemonFoxsCloak (talk) 04:02, January 17, 2010 (UTC)
- No, the tall guy in question wasn't the Outer Path. I know who he's talking about. People generally believe that it's a rough draft of Kakuzu, or else his former partner.--Enoki911 (talk) 07:29, March 2, 2010 (UTC)
How Tobi joined Akatsuki??????
In the show every person who has been in akatsuki joined because they hav some wikid skill an can bring sum contribution to it.Even though tobi was madera an he joined after Sasoris death there wasnt a reason stated, as usual by pain, why tobi joined and the skill or skills he had that made him an akatsuki member.Why is that????Harashima (talk) 21:07, January 3, 2010 (UTC)Harashima
- First off: Madara didn't join. He created Akatsuki.He didn't want anybody to know this, so he hid in the shadows as Tobi. The only people to know this was: Nagato and Konan. --KiumaruHamachi (talk) 01:03, January 4, 2010 (UTC)KiumaruHamachi
Orochimaru and Nagato
This sentence:"Despite suggesting to kill him and his friends when he first met them, Nagato allowed Orochimaru to join Akatsuki." - I think it is not Nagato that makes the decision who will enter the organisation, He is just the Public leader and Madara decides who will join. So i think this Trivia should be deleted. Ttogafer (talk) 10:09, January 5, 2010 (UTC)
I agree, plus I would say Orochimaru was very right about his comment back then. It was much better to kill them right there than them suffering all the things yet to come which Nagato learned soon enough.--TekkenStorm (talk) 10:57, January 5, 2010 (UTC)
Bijū Captured
I have recently watched Shippūden Episode 142. Kisame stated that they have captured 6 bijū and only had 3 to capture. If I can remember correctly, he said that they have 7 bijū and only the Hachibi and Kyūbi were left. Can someone possibly add this to the trivia of either Akatsuki's page or the Tailed Beasts page? --Kracel (talk) 22:21, January 12, 2010 (UTC)
bijju captured
i was wondering the same thing bt it seems that they are making a filler arc with capturing Utaka. Naruto is going to get boring for a while, i hate filler arc
- I think all anime fans hate filler, but its either that or the anime goes on hiatus. Which would you prefer?--Nintendo-Fan (talk) 07:40, January 17, 2010 (UTC)Nintendo-Fan
Orochimarus replacement
We all know that Sasori and Orochimaru were partners. When they show Deidara joining Akatsuki we dont see Orochimaru maybe meaning that he left. Sasori said that he had to take Deidara as his partner. They should put Orochimaru,deflected,sealed,replaced by Deidara.
- Deidara didn't use the same ring as Orochimaru because Orochimaru took his ring with him. No one can substitute Orochimaru because no one has his ring. Omnibender - Talk - Contributions 22:16, January 18, 2010 (UTC)
Holagraphic technique
What was that technique the members used to project themselves like holagrams on that statue called? Nadara (talk) 01:07, February 11, 2010 (UTC)
- Magic Lantern Body Technique. And it was Deva Path's only. Omnibender - Talk - Contributions 01:11, February 11, 2010 (UTC)
kisame and pain
isnt kisame and pain immortal or cant be killed because kisame can heal himself with the samehada, and cant pain be immortal because nagato can make new pains or can reborn them with the naraka path.—This unsigned comment was made by 18.104.22.168 (talk • contribs) .
- Both where mortals, and both died. Nagato was still alive, and could die, thus be the end of Pain. And Kisame could only heal as long as Samehada was with him. Jacce | Talk 06:31, February 13, 2010 (UTC)
Kisame is alive. BlazeUchiha 09:22, April 13, 2010 (UTC)
Can someone please change the Trivia section to the following please:
- All members of Akatsuki who have died have either lost or removed their Akatsuki coat before dying. The only exception to this is Hidan, whose cloak was only damaged.
- Itachi and Kisame were the first two members of Akatsuki that have been introduced in the series, unless Orochimaru, a former member, counts.
- Hidan and Kakuzu were the only Akatsuki two-man team to have both members eliminated simultaneously.
- Konan and Orochimaru are the only members of Akatsuki to have defected.
- Sasori and Orochimaru were the only members of Akatsuki not to have their reasons for joining known, coincidentally both were once part of the same team.
- In the manga, they seal the Three-Tailed Giant Turtle just before the Two-Tailed Monster Cat, while in the anime, due to the more detailed capture of the Three-Tails, they seal it just before the Four-Tailed Monkey.
- Kumogakure is the only one of the five great nations that doesn't have any missing ninja in Akatsuki.
- Konohagakure has the most missing-nin that are or were affiliated with the Akatsuki: Orochimaru, Kabuto, Itachi Uchiha, Madara Uchiha and Sasuke Uchiha.
- The three remaining Uchiha after the Uchiha Clan Massacre eventually joined Akatsuki: Itachi, Madara and Sasuke Uchiha.
- According to the Fourth Raikage, Akatsuki was rumored to originate from Kirigakure, where founder Madara Uchiha was once Mizukage.
- Despite suggesting to kill him and his friends when he first met them, Nagato allowed Orochimaru to join Akatsuki.
- Zetsu is currently the only Akatsuki member not to be playable in any of the games.
- In the anime, after the sealing of the Two-Tailed Monster Cat, Pain stated there are four tailed beasts remaining. Later in the anime after the Three-Tailed Giant Turtle and Four-Tailed Monkey were sealed (making it two tailed beasts remaining) and Taka joins forces with Akatsuki, Kisame states there are three tailed beasts remaining. This retcon was put in place to allow a filler arc, featuring the Six-Tailed Slug.
¥ Super Novice ↔ Talk 2 Me ¥ 00:41, February 17, 2010 (UTC)
Team Status
Considering that Twelve Guardian Ninja has twelve members, and Akatsuki has 10 (primary members at a time (max)). Shouldn't we consider this a team instead of an affiliation? Simant (talk) 20:49, February 19, 2010 (UTC)
- Akatsuki is an Organization IIRC. The Twelve Guardians is a team made to protect the daimyo.
¥Super Novice ↔ Talk 2 Me ¥20:52, February 19, 2010 (UTC)
- Resurrection Jutsu: for semantics lists, Akatsuki would need to be a team and an affiliation, the former for Kisame and Itachi and etc., the latter for Kabuto and Taka and your in-laws. ~SnapperTo 00:25, March 18, 2010 (UTC)
- Then let's list it as a team for those who were effectively members (ring users, Yahiko) and leave the way it is for others. Currently, everyone has it as an affiliation. Omnibender - Talk - Contributions 02:08, September 11, 2010 (UTC)
Hidan 2
"All members of Akatsuki who have died have either lost or removed their Akatsuki coat before dying. The only exception to this is Hidan, whose cloak was only damaged." Hidan isn't technically dead. Should I reword it, or is this too minor to be nitpicked at?--Enoki911 (talk) 06:37, March 2, 2010 (UTC)
- It's stated in a Databook that Hidan's immortality is only lasts if he kills people and since he's currently stuck underground and dismembered he won't be able to do that. Therefore He's eventually going to die if he hasn't already.
¥Super Novice ↔ Talk 2 Me ¥06:40, March 2, 2010 (UTC)
- Actually, that was proven a rumor. Masashi Kishimoto stated in an interview that Hidan is still alive, but is slowly dying from a lack of nutrition. Read Hidan's talk page.
- Also, I'd argue that Hidan "lost" his cloak, as it was ripped to shreds. Also, his head, containing his consciousness, does not have a robe on.--Enoki911 (talk) 07:21, March 2, 2010 (UTC)
Itachi is actually wearing his coat when he dies. (talk)
Reasons for joining
In the section showing previous affiliations, reasons for joining Akatsuki are listed. When Pain mentioned them, didn't he describe it as reasons to start war? Deidara didn't join Akatsuki on a whim, he was forced to join by Itachi. Omnibender - Talk - Contributions 00:59, March 12, 2010 (UTC)
WTF Sosuke Aizen ????
why is Sosuke Aizen in the akatsuki team ?!?!?!?! --Petar93 (talk) 10:33, March 15, 2010 (UTC)
- Because someone wanted to be a jerk and add Aizen, and Pein to it.--TheUltimate3 (talk) 11:08, March 15, 2010 (UTC)
Team pictures
If most of the teams have to have pictures of their debut, sometimes hiding most of their faces with those hats for no apparent reason other than it's the first chronological shot showing them together, why is it that Hidan and Kakuzu get a picture of them during their "last stand" instead of their debut, like the others? :\ Teamrocketspy621 (talk) 17:21, March 20, 2010 (UTC)
- It doesn't need to be their debuts, it's just that team debut images had already been uploaded. ~SnapperTo 18:12, March 20, 2010 (UTC)
hidan and kakazu
how can it say that hidan and kakazu tryed to capture the 9 tails. if i recall, kakazu doesnt even know naruto is a jinjuriki. and hidan captures the 2 tails not both. it was hidans jutsu that finished it since he was stabbed on the floor with the jashin symbol. i think it should be changed—This unsigned comment was made by 220.127.116.11 (talk • contribs) .
Well the members dont have to be assigned a mission to capture a jinchuriki, if they stumble across one unless there badly injured or somthing there probably expected to catch it.
So now, with all of the currently deceased Akatsuki members ressurected, should we change something? Because, obviously, they are going to be used.—This unsigned comment was made by 188.8.131.52 (talk • contribs) .
Well I think they will be used but they are still dead either way. --TheBlueBlur (talk) 20:02, April 5, 2010 (UTC)
- We didn't consider the First and Second Hokage alive when Orochimaru resurrected them did we? Omnibender - Talk - Contributions 22:34, April 5, 2010 (UTC)
perhaps their status could be changed to Ressurected instead of dead to help give a distinction for people who are not very familiar with the current events.
- Maybe if they start operating as members of Akatsuki again. At the moment it seems as though they'll only be battlefield muscle. ~SnapperTo 22:27, April 15, 2010 (UTC)
Isn't Kisame dead? If so, why does it say on the chart that he is active?—This unsigned comment was made by 220.127.116.11 (talk • contribs) .
Sealing Order
Why not put this under trivia? It has been assumed that the tailed beasts that were not shown captured (including the six tails, which was shown in the anime along with five and seven)were sealed by Akatsuki in numerical order following the sealing of tailed beasts one through four in order, even though Akatsuki had captured them before, they had not been sealed until later. --Aquabender (talk) 19:57, April 11, 2010 (UTC)
- Only two were sealed before Gaara's the anime says it's the 5 and 7. We're aren't 100% sure when the third was sealed, only that it was before the Invasion of Pain. ¥ Super Novice ↔ Talk 2 Me ¥ 20:01, April 11, 2010 (UTC)
- No, they said captured, and it was also 6 in the manga, but in the anime 5 and 7, so we CAN put this under trivia. --Aquabender (talk) 20:07, April 11, 2010 (UTC)
- They had two tailed beasts before sealing Shukaku, and four tailed beasts before sealing cat and turtle (see 331). It was obviously not numerical order, and we do not know in what order five, six, and seven were sealed. ~SnapperTo 02:57, April 12, 2010 (UTC)
- Additionally, three was sealed before two (since it was bigger) in the manga. So, to review: manga= ?, ?, 1, ?, 3, 2, 4. anime = ?, ?, 1,
?, 2, 3, 4, 6. ~SnapperTo 03:01, April 12, 2010 (UTC)
- No, they said captured, and it was also 6 in the manga, but in the anime 5 and 7, so we CAN put this under trivia. --Aquabender (talk) 20:07, April 11, 2010 (UTC)
Oh, okay I was absing it off the anime, but it's not true overall really, yeah. --Aquabender (talk) 01:45, April 18, 2010 (UTC)
The anime tells us that between the the closest order is 7 or 5 then 1 2 3 4 6.KazeShini
I know, I was just thinking that they may have captured, but not sealed the others until 1, 2, 3, 4 were sealed, adn then the rest were sealed in order. --Aquabender (talk) 15:56, April 18, 2010 (UTC)
The statue already had opened eyes, the only thing regarding sealing order ever said was that the Nine-Tails has to be sealed last. Omnibender - Talk - Contributions 16:28, April 18, 2010 (UTC)
Alright. --Aquabender (talk) 16:34, April 18, 2010 (UTC)
Reason for joining
When Nagato, through the Deva Path, mentions reasons for joining, did he actually say it was the other members' reasoning for joining? I remember either reading a translation or watching a sub in which he said that those were reasons to start war, which each word being said as focus changed through the members. I mention this now because it came to me that Deidara was forced to join, Nagato ordered the others to recruit him, it wasn't on a whim. Omnibender - Talk - Contributions 01:02, April 13, 2010 (UTC)
- The manga just lists a bunch of reasons. The anime takes it a step further by showing a different member when each reason is given. ~SnapperTo 02:28, April 13, 2010 (UTC)
- Where was all this stated? Like which chapters and episodes in the manga and anime respectively. Ever since I first saw them I've been wondering when and where it was first brought up. I'm not doubting it's validity just want to know where. ¥ Super Novice ↔ Talk 2 Me ¥ 02:34, April 13, 2010 (UTC)
- Chapter 329 and Shippuden episode 81. ~SnapperTo 02:40, April 13, 2010 (UTC)
- Thank you. ¥ Super Novice ↔ Talk 2 Me ¥ 02:57, April 13, 2010 (UTC)
- I don't think those reasons should be taken as actually being those individual members' motives, nor do I think we should take them as the reason for joining Akatsuki, unless it is clearly stated as such. --ShounenSuki (talk | contribs) 08:04, April 13, 2010 (UTC)
- Is it ok for the table with the "reasons for joining" to be removed then? Omnibender - Talk - Contributions 20:30, May 3, 2010 (UTC)
- Bumping. If no input is given in a couple days, I'll go ahead and remove the table. Omnibender - Talk - Contributions 22:50, May 25, 2010 (UTC)
- Totally forgot about this, people had more than enough time to reply, section of the table removed. Omnibender - Talk - Contributions 23:16, July 24, 2010 (UTC)
- Bumping. If no input is given in a couple days, I'll go ahead and remove the table. Omnibender - Talk - Contributions 22:50, May 25, 2010 (UTC)
- Is it ok for the table with the "reasons for joining" to be removed then? Omnibender - Talk - Contributions 20:30, May 3, 2010 (UTC)
- I don't think those reasons should be taken as actually being those individual members' motives, nor do I think we should take them as the reason for joining Akatsuki, unless it is clearly stated as such. --ShounenSuki (talk | contribs) 08:04, April 13, 2010 (UTC)
- Thank you. ¥ Super Novice ↔ Talk 2 Me ¥ 02:57, April 13, 2010 (UTC)
- Chapter 329 and Shippuden episode 81. ~SnapperTo 02:40, April 13, 2010 (UTC)
- These reasons are also present in the individual members' articles. ~SnapperTo 04:52, July 25, 2010 (UTC)
- Where was all this stated? Like which chapters and episodes in the manga and anime respectively. Ever since I first saw them I've been wondering when and where it was first brought up. I'm not doubting it's validity just want to know where. ¥ Super Novice ↔ Talk 2 Me ¥ 02:34, April 13, 2010 (UTC)
Okay everyone lets settle something here. Who officially created Akatsuki? It is very unlikely that Madara created the organization because he joined last. And even if he did create the organization, why would he suddenly leave right afterwards? Pain created the organization i think. Kagutsuchi100 (talk) 20:46, April 28, 2010 (UTC)Kagutsuchi100
not likely. it is very much possible that madara created, without being involved. pain did what he was told to by madara behind the scene. you can see the relationship between them just before pain is instructed by madara to attack konoha and obtain the kyubi. there is an obvious chin of command there. besides, pain needs no one but konan. it's seems that way anyhow. besides the only one smart enough for that kind of organisation ain akatsuki is itachi, and he;s long gone, the poor guy.Shauli (talk) 22:13, April 28, 2010 (UTC)
The guy clearly said madara ,,made yahiko to create akatsuki.Maybe madara folowed jiraya and saw tree orphans, but than madara said that he gave nagato rinegan, so he must have founded nagato before his parents death.Probably the creation of akatsuki has something to do with that stone on wich is writen about sage of six paths and madar can't read it.So madara gave rinegan to nagato, followed nagato, convinced yahiko to create akatsuki, knowing that something will go wrong(as usually in naruto)and he just waited to have opportunity to manipulate nagato and make akatsuki his shogi pawns.So madara is oportunist as his clansmen said.He just use the opportunity for everything.And he is a good actor and has patient,I mean if I had powers like madara,I would not let guy like deidara ho is much younger and and only can use explosive to bully me.So as I said akatsuki is like ,,frozen invesment of madara.He created it ,left anothers to do his dirty work, and watched from shadow.And when they all dead,then it is time to pull up the curtains.And all is in madara's hands,the beasts,the sasuke and the organization.Akatsuki was just jump plank for madara's plans.He just wanted to use everybody,because when you make a real ninja antagonist he must be smart and evil.(I like writing long)
Madara's Cloak
It says Madara at one point wore one with a hood, but that was actually the hood hat belonged to his outfit he wears under his akatsuki robe.
- He hangs up his cloak during that scene, and the hood is clearly attached to the cloak. ~SnapperTo 04:37, May 23, 2010 (UTC)
Five Tails and Seven Tails
Where was it ever stated that they were the first two captured? It says the anime says this, but I never saw this stated anywhere. Sounds like speculation to me.--Chipmonk328
- If Akatsuki captured two of their seven tailed beasts before Part II, and the 1, 2, 3, 4, and 6 tails are seen captured during Part II, then that leaves 5 and 7 for the first two. ~SnapperTo 19:01, June 11, 2010 (UTC)
Tall Akatsuki member
Some time ago, I find here that in Part I in the shot of all Akatsuki members there was one individual who was really huge compared to others. Even Kisame with his 1,92m he looked like a average-high man. Was it someone from the Part II members or maybe Kakuzu's previous partner before Hidan? VolteMetalic (talk) 16:08, June 15, 2010 (UTC)
- The tall member occupies Kakuzu's position during Gaara's sealing. It is likely an early Kakuzu design. ~SnapperTo 16:45, June 15, 2010 (UTC)
- So Kakuzu during the time of Part II changed his heigh? VolteMetalic (talk) 19:17, June 15, 2010 (UTC)
- But this is a error, isnt it? VolteMetalic (talk) 11:25, June 16, 2010 (UTC)
- I see. But I think that tall Kakuzu would be a better :P VolteMetalic (talk) 19:11, June 17, 2010 (UTC)
Their cloaks are very similar to the ones Yahiko's group had, black and high-collared, the red outline. Should it be mentioned? Omnibender - Talk - Contributions 23:05, August 12, 2010 (UTC)
I had the Same Thought As well, The Cloaks from Yahiko's Gang, May have been used for the Akatsuki, except that the One Yahiko's Gang wear, Have a Leather Plate Thingie, On the Front, How about we just put like the Cloaks in the Appearance Section, and say they might have been based off on the Robes, Yahiko's Gang wore? UchihaSakudo (talk) 23:08, August 12, 2010 (UTC)
Actually I reviewed the Episode, When Nagato takes over Yahiko's Gang, That's might have been when he Changed the Name into Akatsuki UchihaSakudo (talk) 23:21, August 12, 2010 (UTC)
I knew the cloaks were similar for a reason. Omnibender - Talk - Contributions 00:02, September 10, 2010 (UTC)
when madara talked to sasuke he said that he created the akatsuki, but when nagato was talking to naruto, he said he created the akatsuki. unless they both joined and created it together one of them is lying. nagato most likely came up with the wardrobe from the scarred headbands and simmiler cloaks
In the manga, Nagato was shown to be scratching his and Yahiko's Amegakure headbands. That proves that Nagato made up the scarred headbands. Amaterasu789 (talk) 06:36, December 28, 2010 (UTC)
ten members
were there ever really ten of the akatsuki because unless you count madara (who never participated in the sealing jutsu before joining as tobi) akatsuki consisted of:
pain and konan, sasori/tobi and deidara/orochimaru, kisame and itachi, hidan and kakuzu plus zetsu which makes nine at any time until hidans and kakuzus defeat (maybe that should be mentioned in the trivia section because it makes the hold each member for one finger theme kinda incomplete)126.96.36.199 (talk) 19:34, September 4, 2010 (UTC)
- Obviously there were members that have never been seen. Deidara and Orochimaru have different rings, so they can't occupy the same position in a tally. ~SnapperTo 19:37, September 4, 2010 (UTC)
The Akatsuki page explains this.The Only 2 who shared a ring were Sasori and Tobi. Everyone else had their own ring. ---TwinDragons TwinRisingDragons (talk) 23:23, September 4, 2010 (UTC)
- Actually they didnt shared it, Tobi got it after Sasori was killed. He sorta inherited it.--TakeruDavis (talk) 08:55, October 14, 2010 (UTC)
Clarification of the goals
I think that it is reasonable to assume that the main goal of the Akatsuki was only a facade goal for Pain and Madara to lure new members in the organization, as the plans of the two leaders are in marked contrast with the world domination (at least not according to the three-step process illustrated by Pain).
I also believe that we can also say that neither Pain nor Madara would allow each other to achieve their goal, beacuse the peace with the Nagato's jutsu exclude the peace achieved through the domination of humanity by Madara. --JK88 (talk) 19:36, September 7, 2010 (UTC)
Yahiko leader?
I am not sure, but if he was the creator of organisation, wasn`t he its first leader? --Gaara95 (talk) 19:17, September 9, 2010 (UTC)
- Yes, it was explained in the last chapter that he was the original founder of Akatuski, though Madara claims that he instigated Yahiko to form Akatsuki. Peruzka (talk) 21:11, September 9, 2010 (UTC) Peruzka
Akatsuki wardrobe
In the latest chapter of Naruto it was explained the meaning of the red clouds of Akatsuki...shouldn't that be added in the description? Peruzka (talk) 21:13, September 9, 2010 (UTC) Peruzka
- About the picutre we have now of the Origional Akatsuki (should we make two sections?), I would propose a blow up of [this] in the top left corner (my pictures suck, or I would do it). I know it is not colour, and the image could be clearer, but it actually has the clouds on it which indicates that it was the Akatsuki. Or put another way, it is an obvious ancestor to the present Akatsuki outfit, while when the present image was first shown it could have just been a bunch of cloaks that bore a resemblance. Just a thought. Thomas Finlayson (talk) 02:35, September 10, 2010 (UTC)
Did anybody noticed that when is about the clothes under the cloak one akatsuki wears some blue clothes with net shirt(itachi,deidara,kakuzu) and another partner of his is wearing nothing except pants (kisame,sasori,hidan,pain).I don't know what konan wares and zetsu is also with out clothes,and tobi(madara) is wearing some kind of black wardrobe.So as kishimoto intended to make one ware blue clothes(I mean match daidara,itachi and kakuzu clothes they almost the same,and kisame,sasori and hidan doesn't ware anything except pants)I'm expecting a call from someone I don't know Omnibender maybe to tell me how I am stupid and have a bad memeory.
Any particular reason why this isn't used as a value for teams? It certainly uses the team form. Is it because it has acted both as a group and as an affiliation? If that's the case, we can simply add people who actually were members of Akatsuki (like Yahiko and ring users) and leave it as an affiliation for those who weren't (like Mukade, Taka and Kakuzu's banker). Omnibender - Talk - Contributions 23:16, September 10, 2010 (UTC)
- Loosely related. ~SnapperTo 01:56, September 11, 2010 (UTC)
- Personally, I don't think Akatsuki really should be a team. Its members don't work closely enough together for that. There are teams within Akatsuki as well, complicating things more. —ShounenSuki (talk | contribs | translations) 11:59, September 11, 2010 (UTC)
- Eight Man Squad is made of two teams, even if they have worked with each other separately. The Ninju Shotai appears to be similar, there are teams within teams. We list people who are members of those teams, even if they don't work together very often, as far as we know. The only difference is that for some reason, that team article doesn't use the team form, I think because there is no distinction of smaller cells in the infobox, but members are still listed as being part of the larger squad in their infoboxes. Omnibender - Talk - Contributions 17:41, September 11, 2010 (UTC)
- I would first like to point out that I don't consider pages like Eight Man Squad to be needed. That said, at least all members of those teams worked together like one team. Akatsuki does not. They work together like an organisation, with two-man teams doing the work.
- The Nijū Shōtai work similar to Akatsuki in that respect. I believe they aren't a team, either. They are an organisation within a larger organisation, composed of smaller teams.
- I believe a team is a group of people that work very closely together. Akatsuki and the Nijū Shōtai on a whole do not. If you consider them to be teams, you might as well consider the villages themselves to be teams. —ShounenSuki (talk | contribs | translations) 18:42, September 11, 2010 (UTC)
- Then we need to remove the likes of Nijū Shōtai as a parameter for team, and make it more into something like an organisation as well. Or are they too... small, to be considered an organisation? If so we need to decide how big/complex/organised a group needs to be in order to be considered one. Omnibender - Talk - Contributions 19:05, September 11, 2010 (UTC)
composed of no more than ten primary members
Shouldn't that and the fact of it being made up of only S-Class criminals be removed? Seeing as Yahiko's Akatsuki was much bigger and at the time, as far as we know, none of them were S-Class Fangzntalonz (talk) 01:23, September 20, 2010 (UTC)
Rings ~ sealing technique
I believe there is some conection between rings and Sealing Technique: Illusionary Dragon Nine Consuming Seals. I bevieve they are positioned on members fingers to determine where their projection should appear on stone hands and rings probably also helps with projection itself --TakeruDavis (talk) 09:02, October 14, 2010 (UTC)


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Way back in December of 2010, Georgia and Ohio State agreed on a well-into-the-future series between the two football program.
Unfortunately for those of us who really enjoy meaty non-conference games as opposed to the normal selection of pastries, the games between the SEC and Big Ten schools won't go off as scheduled, if ever.
According to documentation obtained by the (outstanding) website FBSchedules.com, OSU athletic director Gene Smith reached out his counterpart at UGA earlier this month, notifying Greg McGarity that the Buckeyes are "unable to assign a date for our proposed football games for the 2020 and 2021 seasons" and asked that the series be canceled per the terms of their agreement. In a letter of response the following day, McGarity wrote that "we understand and agree that the games scheduled in the 2020 and 2021 seasons will be canceled."
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As noted by FBSchedules, the reason for Ohio State's decision to cancel the memorandum of understanding between the two programs likely has its root in the recent scheduling agreement between the Big Ten and Pac-12. That announcement was made this past December, with the stated goal being that, by 2017, each Pac-12/Big Ten school will add a Big Ten/Pac-12 school on its nonconference football schedule.
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Robert Gates is in the House!
This particular monster can read minds, you see. He knows every thought, he can feel every emotion. Oh yes, I did forget something, didn't I? I forgot to introduce you to the monster. This is the monster. His name is Anthony Fremont. He's six years old, with a cute little-boy face and blue, guileless eyes. But when those eyes look at you, you'd better start thinking happy thoughts, because the mind behind them is absolutely in charge.
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No doubt, military-industrial contractors, around the country, will spend the night attempting to summoning Anthony, from the Twilight Zone, pleading with him to wish Secretary of Defense Robert Gates into the cornfield.
Look at all the bad things he's saying, they'll tell Anthony.
Doesn't that make Anthony angry, they ask Anthony, in-between whispers to wish Gates into the cornfield.
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Robert Gates was in the house!
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Speaking at the Eisenhower Library in Abilene, Kan., on the 65th anniversary of the end of World War II in Europe, Gates let those contractors know;
Robert Gates is in the mother-fucking house!
"Eisenhower was wary of seeing his beloved republic turn into a muscle-bound, garrison state—militarily strong, but economically stagnant and strategically insolvent," Gates said.
Gates acknowledged that saving money in the defense budget "will mean overcoming steep institutional and political challenges, many lying outside the five walls of the Pentagon."
Apart from making the case against the alternate engine for the F-35 and more C-17s, Gates raised the alarm over Congress's resistance to increasing the premiums and co-pays on the military's health insurance. The Pentagon has attempted in the last several years to make modest increases to the co-pays and premiums in order to bring the health care costs under control, Gates said.
"Leaving aside the sacred obligation we have to America's wounded warriors, healthcare costs are eating the Defense Department alive, rising from $19 billion a decade ago to $50 billion—roughly the entire foreign affairs and assistance budget of the State Department," Gates said.
In case tightening collars denied oxygen to their brains, and the contractors were gasping for air;
"Another category ripe for scrutiny should be overhead," he said. "According to an estimate by the Defense Business Board, overhead, broadly defined, makes up roughly 40 percent of the Department's budget."
Gates said the Pentagon's approach to coming up with the requirements for specific programs and contract must change. Requirements for weapons systems should be based on a "wider real world context," he said.
And, not to be overlooked, Gates threw down against the Congress;
"For example, should we really be up in arms over a temporary projected shortfall of about 100 Navy and Marine strike fighters relative to the number of carrier wings, when America's military possesses more than 3,200 tactical combat aircraft of all kinds?" Gates asked in a reference to the congressional push to buy more Boeing F/A-18 Super Hornet fighter jets.
"Does the number of warships we have and are building really put America at risk when the U.S. battle fleet is larger than the next 13 navies combined, 11 of which belong to allies and partners? Is it a dire threat that by 2020 the United States will have only 20 times more advanced stealth fighters than China?"
Here that Congress?
Robert Gates is in the mother-fucking house!
Libby Spencer, over on The Impolitic, knows that Robert Gates is in the mother-fucking house.
I've been thinking about this for the last few months. It's good to see DefSec Gates address wasteful military spending. He takes on all the sacred cows inside the Pentagon including medical benefits and so-called overhead, but I think the big money is in unnecessary equipment.
John Nichols, over on The Nation, knows Robert Gates is in the mother-fucking house;
The question, of course, is whether members of House and Senate -- Republicans and Democrats, conservatives and liberals -- are prepared to recognize that real world context and operate within it.
The fact of the matter is that no discussion of cutting spending, balancing budgets and reducing deficits is serious if it does not include a discussion of how to cut Pentagon waste and abuse.
The Secretary of Defense is ready for that discussion.
Hear that military-industrial contractors?
Hear that Congress?
And Anthony, you ain't got a cornfield big enough, cuz....
Robert Gates is in the mother-fucking house!
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When you mark a tb or coin missing and it shows back up , does it just go back in your inventory? I have a coin that is not in the cache it is logged into and people post on there that i should log it missing to get it out of inventory. Should I???
When you mark a tb or coin missing and it shows back up , does it just go back in your inventory? I have a coin that is not in the cache it is logged into and people post on there that i should log it missing to get it out of inventory. Should I???
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"I would rather wake up in the middle of nowhere than in any city on earth." -- Steve McQueen
Would making a habit of only placing TBs in "Member Only" caches help keep them in circulation? Or are members just as likely as non-members to keep TBs as trophies (read: steal) ? I have an idea that most go missing because newbie cachers pick them up and don't have a clue what they are. My friend has 20 something total finds to his name over the last year. A few months ago I was talking about an upcoming trip to FL and taking some TBs with me for mileage. He said, "Oh, I think I have one of those!" He went to his room and brought it back. http://coord.info/TB27FYK It hadn't been logged by anyone in over a year. He was about to take it to Canada, and it's mission was to get to Texas. He had no idea that you could track them on the website, he thought they were just for passing around. I "kindly" took the TB from him and moved it closer to it's goal (NOT CANADA). The TB owner was ecstatic to see that it had resurfaced after a year of going dark!
So moral of the story ... when introducing friends to geocaching, make sure to go over TBs with them so they don't hang on to them like idiots
Regarding whether to place TBs into Premium Members Only caches, that might solve the problem only if ALL premium members of Geocaching.com did the same! Good luck in getting that to work!
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I need some opinions......I just adopted a TB hotel that when it was placed, I told my wife that I bet it'll be missing within two weeks because you can see it from the interstate and a state highway. Anyway, I was wrong about that and it has lasted 2+ years. Now that I have adopted it, I looked to see how many TBs and coins had gone missing from it. Out of 97 that have been logged in, 12 have gone missing from it equalling 12.37%. That doesn't seem too good to me but I haven't compared it to any other TB hotel. Any thoughts? I have it disabled at the moment and in my living room.
Got a message this week that our Traveling Hiker was found in the Sugar Loaf Island cache. Glad it magically appeared there!!! Has been moved to the Russellville area, maybe it can keep going now.
Trackables...I have several stories. The first is a trackable that is stuck in a gingerrose cache by the convention center in Hot Springs. I virtually dropped it ther a few YEARS back and a gave it to a buddy at a convention. He said thanks and put it in a shaving kit of his. He has since missplace the said shaving kit...go figure.
I have a travel bug last dropped in June at a cache called On Cosby GCPB89. I have made contact with several cachers who found the cache later and it is missing. CAKnowles even helped me out! I have marked it as lost. One cacher noted that a hous eis nearby with kids. I bet my Mustang is now a new addition to somebodies collection!
Another one. My travel bug released for the great Arkansas travel bug race is doing well, over 5,000 mile and still moving. I got lucky!
I have several in mh possession currently and will drop them when I fell I can drop them in a safe cache or event. I like moving bugs.
Cardsfan55 was moving a travel bug tiki-taki-tiki or something like that I helped him out. Well later some cacher dropped it in the high desert of Utah and it is now stranded in a far distant cache. The sad thing is it travel only less than my travel bug has that is in a race. The bug could have won had it bee properly logged and the finders read the bugs page.
Lastly DO contact the finders of your bugs it does help. Most do not read the bugs page. A little nudge does help.
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The fate of chess?? What will happen to chess when humans achieve perfection? The record of the youngest person to receive a master or grandmaster title is being broken every year. The ratings of top players keep soaring higher and higher, and computers are achieving near perfection. There're more draws in Grandmaster games than there're wins or losses, and for some openings there're more draws than ther're wins and losses combined. If humans… More:
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Blitz and chess skill Do you guys think it is possible to improve your chess skill while playing blitz? Personally I find 5 minute blitz (or less) like playing on instict (and games are often decided by time trouble or blunders). But with 10-15 minute games I normally have time to think a bit before I move. I believe these games (10-15 minutes) are a good chance to gain experience while learning new openings. It would be interesting to hear the… More:
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Gibbins-Weidenhagen Gambit THE GIBBINS-WEIDENHAGEN GAMBIT by Clyde Nakamura ------------------------------------------------------ In early 1982 I had discovered an amazing gambit in one of my blitz games with Malcolm Kirkpatrick. I did not know what to name it. Therefore I used a combined name of another familiar opening, the Grob's Attack. It was thus named the Queens Pawn Grob. My first actual game with this opening did not occur til my 2… More:
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Sat, 9 May 2020
Do you really need to study chess to be good? As most of you, I love to play chess. I guess in short my philosophy is that by studying you actually develop pre-concieved ideas about how to play and you can stifle you own creativity. Perhaps I am rebellious in this aspect but I believe that a great player (I am just an average player) would need to a**es the merits of each position objectively and without bias, unless of course they have been… More:
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expanding my repetoire I've gotten solid enough at my openings to play anyone within 200 points of my OTB rating (in the 1500's) in OTB and get an even initial middle game (and often with a little advantage too). I'm really working on my middle game right now, but I want to expand my opening repetoire a bit. I think a new opening would make it more fun for me and make the game more fresh. Right now I play the Reti opening as white with a… More:
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help What is the best way for study the lost games? Thanks I suggest running it through Fritz Or Chessbase. Chessbase is a great tool to see when all of a sudden it goes from 10,000 to 0. That was your mistake. Fritz does a good job (not a great job) analyzing. Here is a tip to all Take it for what it is worth....... There is a reason that there are book moves. Typically they are the best moves. It truly is that simple. A key point in every… More:
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Scrap the stalemate rule! I have never felt that the stalemate rule is fair. my reason for this is that before the word checkmate came into the game of chess people would have to physically capture the king before that. Saying checkmate was just saying to your opponent that there is no possible move that they can make to avoid getting their king captured next move so there is no point of wasting the energy of trying to find a move. I think that play chess online…
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How old did you start playing? Here is an interesting topic but forgive me if this has been done before. I want people to put down how old you was when you first started playing chess? I first started playing chess against my grandad when I was eleven and I got beaten every time. It was then when I decided to learn chess better. It took four years before I was able to beat him and it was a good feeling as he was a good player. From then on I've play chess online…
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deepest game ever what is widely regarded as the deepest correspondence game ever played?. i've searched in vain on the net for this topic.. didn't i told you to ask your friends first? ;p i'm thinking of 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 d6 3.Qf3 Nc3 4.Qxf7++ and all the other variations with it? about serious games, no clue, just wanted to make you smile :) kai no that totally answered my question.. that is probably the most accurate play in chess.. just set up play chess online…
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true or not One of my chess friend say "You cannot checkmate your opponent's king while your king is in check".Just wonder this statement is true or not. well, since checkmate immediately ends the game I guess one could argue that the check doesn't count, because your opponent wouldn't have time to "execute" the check... However, it says that checkmate by any _legal_ move decides the game immediately, and I would assume that there is a rule play chess online…
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CHESS, as a cause of stress and strife !! The noble game of Chess is oft the cause of domestic strife. My wife is forever going on about all my Chess books lying all over the house. I, of course, deny and dispute this rigorously and to prove her wrong I decided to make a short list of my offending Chess books. TOURNAMENTS London Int Chess Congress 1922 G Maroczy Hastings 1922 A Alekhine Niksic 1978 Shaun Talbot Lone Pine 1979 Murray Chandler play chess online…
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More about "Hippo"/"Feustel" or "hedgehog" system? Having played chess for 35 years now (27 of which in chess clubs), there are still openings I have not known until recently ... A fellow in our club even played this successfully in recent tournament games (though against weaker opponents), and I often come across this now in online blitz games. I am talking about what seems to be called the "Hippopotamus" system (in Germany sometimes also play chess online…
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Chess Trivia Which famous novel ends with the main character solving a chess problem and falling in love? Big hint: it might take a year for you to solve this one! Sarah Tran trivia "The Joy Luck Club" No -- you're right in that the book had a Chinese girl who was a great chess player (as a child), and several characters fall in love, but it does not end with the girl solving a chess problem -- and I don't remember anyone falling in love at play chess online…
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Rapid Chess Improvement - 7 Circles Hello out there. I'm curious to know if anyone has read and taken up Michael De la Maza's recommendation in his book 'Rapid Chess Improvement', the seven circles tactical training programme. The argument goes that the best way to improve your chess rapidly (which is backed up by the authors own success) is to study tactical chess puzzles (as opposed to opening books which us class players are guilty of play chess online…
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Tactics improvement plan I have heard quite a bit about improving tactics, and I wish to embark on such a course. But the 1st obstacle I am facing is to find the tactical positions for me to try, and I think I need a few thousand of them. Can anyone recommend me some books, or other sources for such tactical positions ? Thanks a lot. CT-ARt 3.0 CT-Art 3.0, a chess program from Convekta, is a must. The problems are ordered by a lot of criteria, play chess online…
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Weird Opening What opening is this ? I must confess that after 1.) f3 and 2.) Kf2 that the role of f3 in the final attack and the use of the f file gave some satisfaction. See board. 2987850 What is the actual idea behind whites opening ? Cheers board #2987850 May be the idea was to have great fun? I will do that someday :) Weird Opening Opening with 1.f3 is called the Barnes Opening and to quote ChessOps: "White's King's Bishop's Pawn play chess online…
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The Magician from Riga. Mikhail Tal is been one of the greatest chess player ever, of course. What do you want to remember of him? His playing style, his character, his quotes, his sacs or his wonderful games? I know some quotations on chess by him. "There are two kinds of sacrifices: sound ones and mine." "To play for a draw, at any rate with White, is to some degree a crime against chess." "They compare me to Lasker, which is an exaggerated play chess online…
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The Greatest Move of All Time Just thought it would be cool to have 3 'Greatest' threads. Shock of 1972... Bobby Fischer shocked the world of chess... When in 1972 playing against Spassky... He opened up with c4... He never opened up with c4 (The English Opening) in any championship game... And that move caught the Russians completely off guard... Spassky played e6 against the English opening... The rest is history... Bro... Greatest move The play chess online…
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Valvular Heart Disease is now an even better source for all your questions on dysfunctions or abnormalities of the heart's four valves. In the third edition, Catherine Otto is joined by Robert Bonow and a team of expert contributors to bring you the latest developments in imaging and treatment. The full-color images and illustrations reflect the cutting-edge imaging and diagnostic modalities-Doppler echo and MR-that are so important for diagnosing aortic valve defects. Superb diagrams, an increased focus on imaging and case-based presentation, and new chapters-on Cardiac MR and CT imaging for valvular heart disease; Genetic, molecular and cellular mechanisms of valvular disease; Bicuspid aortic valve disease; and Ischemic mitral regurgitation-further enhance this valuable reference. And, the full text is available online at expertconsult.com where you can search the entire contents.Presents comprehensive coverage of valvular heart disease to provide you with a complete reference and one-stop shop for this specialty in cardiac medicine.Provides complete guidance on how and why to surgically treat valve patients for a reliable manual on managing difficult cases.Features chapters on pediatric and pregnant patients so you know what considerations to take into account when treating these special populations.Provides access to the fully searchable text online at expertconsult.com.Introduces Robert Bonow as an editor, who joins Catherine Otto and the team of expert authors to provide you with guidance from leaders in the field. Features new chapters-Genetic, molecular and cellular mechanisms of valvular disease; Bicuspid aortic valve disease; and Ischemic mitral regurgitation-for the latest in cutting-edge research and clinical data.Reflects the latest in imaging modalities in the new section on cardiac MR and CT imaging for valvular heart disease to provide you with a full understand of the tools for the most accurate diagnosis.Presents detailed illustrations and images in full color to better showcase valve anatomy and dysfunction, as well as important techniques and surgical procedures.Includes a summary of the new ACC/AHA valvular heart disease guidelines in each chapter to keep you up to date on the latest best practices throughout the field.


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Modern Science and the Avant-Garde: Rethinking Alexander Calder
Vanja Malloy
I've always secretly wished I was really good at science and could do physics. My dad tried particularly hard to get me interested having studied it himself at university, but the truth is I never had teacher at school that could get me engaged unless it was art or drama. Now having found my 'calling' (at least for now!) in art history, I always admire scholarship that finds new ways of fusing the two together.
Bringing astrophysics into the study of Alexander Calder's Constellation series (figs. 1 & 2) proved the ways in which an understanding of science and its role within the contextual climate can open whole new realms of meaning. The prospect can often seem daunting for those less scientifically inclined. I won't lie about the fact that when the speaker began discussing cosmic nuclear gasses, interstellar matter, and the 4th dimension of space time, my heart sunk a little with the feeling my scientific ignorance would cost me a full understanding of the debate. However it is not just that these ideas explain the artwork, but it was argued that the artworks themselves are creative explanatory models for what were new theories about the cosmos, an explanation that certainly helped me!
In terms of art historical context, I was particularly taken with the discussion of the Dimensionist Manifesto (1936), created by Charles Sirato and signed not only by Calder, but Arp, Picabia, Miró, Kandinsky, Delaunay, Duchamp and Nicholson to name but a few. Clearly Calder's astrological endeavours speak to a wider contemporary artistic phenomenon, and focusing on his particularly astute intellectual response in relation to this elevate him from his usually marginalised status. Indeed Calder had trained for four years as an engineer, and so his technical understanding most likely surpassed some of his contemporaries. The manifesto states:
"It is, on the one hand, the modern spirit's completely new conception of space and time (the development of which, in geometry, mathematics and physics – from Bólyai through Einstein – is on going in our days), and on the other, the technical givens of our age, that have called Dimensionism to life."[1]
It was suggested that every element of the Constellations colour, line, and shape are representative of specific scientific language and diagrams. As you may have noticed from my first blog post, I like unusual formal connections. Therefore I was fascinated by the comparison of the 'hourglass' shapes in Constellation with Two Pins (fig. 2), to the diagram of a light cone (fig. 3). It seems that in coming together within the artwork, these complex theories help to explain each other.
As with any Research Forum event, the depth of analysis was such that I could not fathom to cover it here. But I would like to end by reflecting on a phrase I can't get out of my head, about making the connection. Calder's works literally connect stellar forms with spindly stems, making connections between the shapes, which can be seen to represent scientific theories, and at the same time reminding us that the connection between art and science is often a lot closer than we imagine. Unfortunately I think it is the cultural heritage of Enlightenment reason vs. Romantic emotion (i.e. Science vs. Art) that tell us they are not, a barrier still often hard to break down.


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Average of 38°C (day), average of -3.9°C (night)
About 250 mm of rain per year
Cacti, small bushes, short grasses
Between 15° and 35° latitude (North and South of the equator); examples are Mojave, Sonoran, Chihuahua, and Great Basin (North America); Sahara (Africa); Negev (Middle East); and Gobi (Asia)
Perennials survive for several years by becoming dormant and flourishing when water is available. Annuals are referred to as ephemerals because some can complete an entire life cycle in weeks.
Desert biomes are the driest of all the biomes. In fact, the most important characteristic of a desert is that it receives very little rainfall. Most deserts receive less than 300 mm a year compared to rainforests, which receive over 2,000 mm. That means that the desert only gets 10 percent of the rain that a rainforest gets! The temperature in the desert can change drastically from day to night because the air is so dry that heat escapes rapidly at night. The daytime temperature averages 38°C while in some deserts it can get down to -4°C at night. The temperature also varies greatly depending on the location of the desert.
Since desert conditions are so severe, the plants that live there need to have adaptations to compensate for the lack of water. Some plants, such as cacti, store water in their stems and use it very slowly, while others like bushes conserve water by growing few leaves or by having large root systems to gather water or few leaves. Some desert plant species have a short life cycle of a few weeks that lasts only during periods of rain.


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Shortly after returning from his historic flight to space in 1961, Alan Shepard got a surprise gift from General Motors — a dazzling white 1962 Chevrolet Corvette.
The gift would spark a budding relationship between NASA astronauts and the automaker, and experts say the association helped to define the Corvette as the iconic American sports car.
"In the 1960s, astronauts were the American heroes that every child idolized and every adult respected," Corvette historian Jerry Burton told GM in a 2011 interview. "That so many of them drove Corvettes really helped establish the Corvette as America's sports car."
But the astronauts might not have settled on the Corvette had it not been for Florida Chevrolet dealer Jim Rathmann, who also won the Indianapolis 500 in 1960.
According to General Motors, Rathmann saw the astronauts as the perfect pitchmen for the sports car. He worked out an arrangement with Chevrolet that put six of the Mercury astronauts behind the wheel of a Vette for a single dollar.
Danny Reed, who owns one of the astronaut's Vettes, said it made sense that they would be behind the wheel of one of America's most iconic models.
"It just fit their image," Reed said. "What other car would they drive?"
As former pilots, many of the astronauts couldn't pass up the opportunity to use the full power of the Corvette.
"All of the astronauts were test pilots back then," Kennedy Space Center safety engineer John T.R. Dillion told GM in 2011. "They flew performance aircraft, and they moved into performance cars with a well-honed appreciation for handling, acceleration and so forth."
Shepard, who owned at least 10 Corvettes in his lifetime, reportedly loved to race his car and often dueled with fellow astronaut Virgil "Gus" Grissom. Others have said the astronauts used to speed around the Houston area in their sports cars.
By the Apollo 12 mission in 1969, Chevy had the astronauts hooked.
Apollo 12 astronauts Dick Gordon, Charles "Pete" Conrad and Alan Bean ordered custom 1969 427 Stingray Corvette coupes. The black and gold cars also came with special inscriptions, such as LMP for "Lunar Module Pilot."
The association with Corvettes began to worry NASA officials because they believed the public might construe the purchases as official endorsements by the astronauts, which was forbidden at the time, according to GM.
By 1971, the astronaut's sweetheart deal for new Corvettes had all but ended, Reed said.
That's when Reed stumbled upon Bean's car sitting on a GMAC lot in Austin in 1971. Bean's car had famously appeared on the cover of Life Magazine, and the unique paint job and the "LMP" detail caught the eye of Reed.
"I was a space junkie," he said. "I recognized it right away. They couldn't tell me a whole lot about it at the time."
Reed eventually bought the car in an auction after the original high bidder couldn't come up with the cash. Reed had outbid the next highest bidder by a mere $30.
It's one of three Corvettes that Reed now owns.
"I think it was meant to be," he said. "That car has had a better life than I have."
Reed takes the so-called AstroVette around the country to help promote the space program and to get youth excited about space exploration.
He said he hopes that the classic car can serve as a reminder of the glory days in space.
"That car is a symbol of what they did for the world," he said. "In my mind, they aren't properly funding NASA, and that's a big loss to me."
There is also a bit of a twist to the AstroVette.
Bean's car is the only Apollo 12 Corvette to be found. Reed said fans are still searching for the two other Apollo 12 Corvettes. The vehicle identification numbers have been kept secret to ward off anyone hoping to make a clone of the AstroVette.
Plenty of people have called over the years, but no one has found it. Reed said the cars — and likely their stories — are gone forever.
"Unless it is in someone's barn, they are either repainted or wrecked," Reed said.


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Research at the Reading Centre
The Reading Centre is home to several large, innovative research projects, and has regularly been awarded significant funding from nationally competitive research funding schemes.
Our research concerns language and literacy development and assessment in educational contexts, from kindergarten to workplaces.
Theoretically and methodologically the centre displays a broad fan of approaches to different aspects of literacy.
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Project manager: Oddny Judith Solheim
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Two Teachers is a research project funded by the Norwegian Research Council, and is lead by The Norwegian Centre for Reading Education and Reading Research UiS, in cooperation with the Centre for Learning Environment and The University of Stavanger Business School.
Other partners: The University of Bergen, NIFU, Texas A&M University and University of Jyväskylä.