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hmm if pein is so strong....then what about Tobi...>.> hmm everyone seems so strong, wayy to strong for naruto atleast. Kakashi now looks like an even more small fry
hmm if pein is so strong....then what about Tobi...>.> hmm everyone seems so strong, wayy to strong for naruto atleast. Kakashi now looks like an even more small fry
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The 2 ninjas refuse to talk to jiraya until he uses the feather (its actually a jutsu).
Kakashi's team reach sasuke's place but find no one.
back to jiraya.....
Pein is actually considered a hero in the rain village, he was the commander of the rain village army when he was only 16 years old.
Seems like Pein lost his job for disobeying the orders of the feudal lord and refusing to execute some civilians for not paying their taxes, he lead a rebellion 11 years ago. (guess that makes Pein 27 years old) and he is currently in control over 80% of the rain village.
Konan locates the intruder.
Pein uses the rain to telaport into the frog's location.
Next chapter: Jiraya Vs Pein.
By boyakist4649
Just to summarize... (sorry, a little busy today...)
------------------------------------------------------------------369: Details about Pein
It seems as though the interrogation is not going as smoothly because the actual Hidden-rain shinobi do not know much about Pein either. Pein's presence itself seems to be unconfirmed by many shinobi because not many people have even seen his face.
One shinobi talks about how victorious they were, and that Pein single-handedly brought the hidden rain village down. No information about what his abilities are either. Apparently a tactic to avoid exactly this situation (interrogation by enemy).
Scene to Pein
He opens a wall by passing his hand over it
there are six pot-like objects in the hole, each seems to have a face on it, however we cannot see them in the frame.
Pein briefly takes a nap and wakes up.
That's the end for the week.
Spoiler for week ahead: "There rests the six bodies of Akatsuki"
気になる人が多いみたいなので追加 欲しがり屋さんですn(ry
祭礼行事や演説 命令などはすべて代理者を使われている
『だからペイン様は伝説になってる 雨隠れを潰した…たった一人でな』
穴の中には6個、ポッドのようなものがあり、それぞれ人が眠っている(顔が覆われていて誰が誰 だかわからな い)
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Credits: Iwanin for Translation and Finding notes.
Here's a more detailed translation of the previous spoiler, which is the one currently the one being touted as "real" at 2ch.
On a related note, they're also saying at 2ch that there will be no spoiler pictures this week, as the usual picture provider was "ratted on" and has to "lay low" for the time being "or be crushed."
That's what they're saying.
Now to the spoiler.
気になる人が多いみたいなので追加 欲しがり屋さんですn(ry
The spoiler provider insists there's *really* no particularly relevant development in this chapter.
The guy without the beard is made into a frog. (eh?)
No one knows what Pain looks like, and some go so far as to claim he doesn't exist.
祭礼行事や演説 命令などはすべて代理者を使われている
Ceremonies, speeches and orders are all done by proxy (that is, he has representatives do it for him).
Jiraiya asks why the need to hide from his own comrades.
The guy answers "for this kind of situation" (interrogation).
『だからペイン様は伝説になってる 雨隠れを潰した…たった一人でな』
Guy (beard): "This civil war is over, and we're the victors! Thus, Pain-Sama is now a living legend: the man who brought down Amegakure...all by himself!"
Never mind this line, it's just the guy giving the spoiler saying he doesn't remember who "they" (the victors) are supposed to be ( - Iwa).
Beard guy doesn't know what Pain's powers are.
Pain passes his hand over the wall and a hole opens up.
穴の中には6個、ポッドのようなものがあり、それぞれ人が眠っている(顔が覆われていて誰が誰 だかわからな い)
Inside the hole are six pod-like things, a person sleeping inside each (their faces are covered, so we don't know who they are).
Pain takes a nap and wakes up right away, and there it ends.
"A room where six "Akatsuki" rest...just who on earth is Pain!? The fear of Pain, who attacks Jiraiya! Next issue: To find (him/it/her/whatever)...!"
i wonder who's stronger pain-sama or badd ass tobi ^^
Made By Hagane, the Ice NomadNAruto's next Rasengan powerup(where he uses his new Fuuton RS while in Fox Xage mode) will accidentally make a tear in dimensions and suck Aizen and everyone else into Narutoverse, which will result in Madara and Aizen fusing, and Naruto will borrow Ichigo's enormous Zanpakuto and charge it with Wind Chakra and cut Madaraizen(if you steal this term I will hunt you down and disembowel you) in half, and then the world explodes from the awesomeness of the scene.
we've got some Pictures! ^^
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source: NarutoFan forums
Last edited by Jinoh; 09-05-2007 at 05:25 PM. Reason: Automerged Doublepost
wow wtf pein seems like super badass now........man i wonder how tobi compares to him----wow sounds so crazy wicked
so pein is in control of 6 body's----he did have that wierd body copy jutsu when they stalled kakashi/gai when extracting the ichibi from gaara.......and i see a flash back with the 3 sannins in it?-you know what that means.......jiraiya is gunna die soon
nooooo :'( but i bet he will put up one hell of a fight
Last edited by anarchris; 09-05-2007 at 06:10 PM.
Hmmm it would be so sick if he put the tail-beast in those bodies and then use them as he see fit, what better way to control them. by any case Pein is going to be one super sick nin, and its really nice to see the 3 Sanins together at a younger age while in battle... Oro is still my favorite character yyyyyeeeeeeaaaaabbboooyyyy!
it's nice to see that orochimaru was a good guy before he whent crazy and lust for being the ultimate being
Made By Hagane, the Ice NomadNAruto's next Rasengan powerup(where he uses his new Fuuton RS while in Fox Xage mode) will accidentally make a tear in dimensions and suck Aizen and everyone else into Narutoverse, which will result in Madara and Aizen fusing, and Naruto will borrow Ichigo's enormous Zanpakuto and charge it with Wind Chakra and cut Madaraizen(if you steal this term I will hunt you down and disembowel you) in half, and then the world explodes from the awesomeness of the scene.
By Nihongaeri @ Mangahelpers
Pics are barely readable, but here's what I can make out...
No, don't!!
*ribbit ribbit*
Jiraiya, last frame:次はお前だ!
You're next!
Guy on top of toad (?):お前たち○○○○○…そしてここ○○○○○○…この○○…これよりお前達を○○○の○○○○○ ○○
... umm... can't say that much here other than the guy is addressing Jiraiya, Tsunade, and Orochimaru and, probably, telling them what will happen to them...
Text, first frame:
There within lie the bodies of six Akatsuki
Who exactly is Pain!?
Sorry I can't make out more... maybe if I had some inspiration...
By Ichiki @ Mangahelpers
Type: Spoiler Pic
Source: http://ex21.2ch.net/test/read.cgi/wcomic/1188799990/960
Credits: I found them on 2ch, I don't know who posted them
More pic
Last edited by Jinoh; 09-05-2007 at 07:37 PM.
ooo pictures! is that jiraiya tsunade and orochimaru in that one picture?


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Posted on 12/18/2010 12:48:49 PM PST by Jess KittingEdited on 12/18/2010 1:10:23 PM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]
WASHINGTON -- In a landmark vote, the Senate on Saturday ended the Clinton-era ban on gays serving openly in the military, marking a major triumph for President Obama, liberals and the gay community.
The final vote to end the Pentagon's 1993 "don't ask, don't tell" policy was 65-31, drawing support from eight Republicans.
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I will have both the Rosary AND the the steel blade of a broad sword. The time is upon us to deal with our corrupt leaders in the most definite of terms.
I would have no remorse at cleaving such scoundrels straight through to the marrow. Such end is fitting to their kind, and one which they fully deserve.
The unflinching stroke of the Knight's broad sword is the only true justice for these reprobate creatures.
Pray for their souls if you choose... I rather them dead, and the sooner the better.
And you would be happy when the generals neice takes a liking to your home and your military dictator sents troops to evict you?
I hope all the non-leftist Obama-Congressional RAT voters out there who said "What harm could he do, Clinton didn't do much damage in 2-4 years" are happy with themselves.
The destructive actions of these vermin in 2 years has been massive.
Yes, we have "stopped" them with last November's vote, but
The RATS are burning down the house like Saddam Hussein did the oil fields on their way out.
Give it 2-3 years - they will have PINK TANKS!!! Believe it! Wait till the Army has Gay Pride day!
The obama/gates legacy. DISGRACEFUL.
"...progressives will have destroyed America."
Then we need to get serious, and destroy the progressives... and I DO mean literally.
Life or Death struggle: Us or them. Do you wish to see your country die? No? Then FORGET cooperation, FORGET reformation, FORGET civility. It is time to take up the sword and lop off heads. If you have not the stomach for that, then suffer the loss of all you hold sacred... including the future of your children.
That would be a small thing. How 'bout when the Department of Defense proclaims Gay Heritage Month!
Famous Quote from Samuel Adams
"If ye love wealth better than liberty,
the tranquility of servitude
better than the animating contest of freedom,
go home from us in peace.
We ask not your counsels or your arms.
Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you.
May your chains set lightly upon you,
and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen."
Quote by: Samuel Adams
(1722-1803), was known as the "Father of the American Revolution."
The way to go is to get trained: http://www.leadershipinstitute.org/training/
Then apply what you've learned to winning elections on the local, state and federal level. Repeat this over and over again across generations.
Think about it. The Left had the Congress and the Presidency for two straight years. What have they accomplished?
They hold our kid's minds hostage in government schools and still our country remains center right.
The hold the MSM and still our voices are heard.
We're winning. They're losing and they've given it their best shot. Obama's the most radical Dem President since Carter. He's a failure and America, not just America, but the worlds, sees it.
We're winning. We need to do it better and faster, yes.
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Who is most responsible? Is it GWB or the American people? I say GWB because he failed repeatedly to "lead" the sheeple, who aren't smart enough to take action on their own. The American people lack the know-how for self-government; that's why they will have a tyrant, maybe even one of their choice.
The Church kept them out for a long time, and it was really only in the 1970s (after the Vatican II debacle and the destruction of orthodoxy and authority in the 60s) that gays got into the seminary in large numbers - and those closeted gays who were in already in the Church suddenly felt that they could - er - express themselves.
It has taken the Church more than 40 years to even begin to get a grip on this, and now most of that crop is aging out, already dead of AIDS, or in jail.
Catholic teaching says that homosexual inclinations are not the sin, but homosexual behavior (not to mention self-identifying as "gay," which means a person thinks that the most important thing about them is that they want to have sexual relations with persons of the same sex) is sinful.
One of the reasons the Church was so strict on this is that in same sex environments (monasteries and convents), a group of gay persons would inevitably form a little group to protect and promote each other, and even aside from their personal sin, this would be disastrous for the discipline and life of the entire community.
And this is the same in the military, which while it is no longer only male, is a closed environment where people depend on a neutral and not personally involved command structure and environment to be effective. There is absolutely nothing good that can come of the repeal of DADT.
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"If ye love wealth better than liberty,
the tranquility of servitude
better than the animating contest of freedom,
go home from us in peace.
We ask not your counsels or your arms.
Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you.
May your chains set lightly upon you,
and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen."
Quote by: Samuel Adams
(1722-1803), was known as the "Father of the American Revolution."
Of course we will not hear of the problems. Hear anything about the move of females to combat? Or the number of pregnancies on Carriers? How many female fliers are simply not qualified? How many female soldiers are unable to pass a simple PT course unless the rules are bent?
Dr. Carle Zimmerman in 1947 wrote a book called Family and Civilization. He studies the decline of several civilizations and empires. He discovered eight patterns of domestic behavior that signaled the decline of a civilization:
1. The breakdown of marriage and rise of divorce.
2. The loss of the traditional meaning of the marriage ceremony.
3. The rise of Feminism.
4. Increased public disrespect for parents and authority in general.
5. Acceleration of juvenile delinquency, promiscuity and rebellion.
6. Refusal of people with traditional marriages to accept their family responsibilities.
7. A growing desire for and acceptance of adultery.
8. Increasing interest in and spread of sexual perversions (homosexuality) and sex-related crimes.
So the government can become completely perverted, the Constitution flushed down the crapper, and the people turned into servile slaves of a corrupt state... BUT, as long as "the government" still wears the moniker "United States" ... well then, hot damn, it's just peach with you!
We could have Adolph Hitler, reincarnated and running the show... and you'd probably be happy with it. We pretty much have that now... BUT hey, don't sweat it pal... cause FR will forbid that we should notice and call for someone's head, according to your myopic view!
Get's your head out of that dark wet place, and realize that you have LOST your "government" ... it was sacked, "overthrown." and made burnt toast long ago—and that outcome was made certain specifically because of individuals like yourself, who hide behind civil niceties... even while the enemy is kicking the living crap out of you.
So do not quote civilities to me! This "government" is so far gone to imply an offense is made by any who suggest it be "overthrown." The "government" no longer exists in any form that its framers would recognize! The irony is that they would be the first screaming for military intervention at this point... BY WE THE PEOPLE... and just who makes up our military forces, if not WE THE PEOPLE?
THE EXACT REASON WHY THE FOUNDERS GAVE US THE SECOND AMENDMENT IS BEING PLAYED OUT IN FRONT OF YOUR VERY EYES... But YOU cannot see it—because YOU do not WANT to see it.
The founders knew this day would come, when we the people would desperately require the principle purpose of the Second Amendment be put into practice. So get a clue.
It's a problem. One of the things that gays always claimed is that being "normalized" would mean that they wouldn't be engaging in all the other things that go alongside (promiscuity, drugs, etc.).
My own experience has been that most gay people, either male or female, have some sort of family or childhood problem that has made it very difficult for them to really grow up and relate to members of the other sex (or even their own). Some of them probably do grow up eventually, and some of them probably are already involved in the "gay lifestyle" and suddenly realize they want more out of life and try to make the best of the place where they find themselves at that time.
But one of the worst things society can do, IMHO, is create a sort of special protected category for them. It only promotes the dysfunctionality, justifies people who really are predators (who may not be the majority, but undeniably are a presence in the gay crowd), does nothing to protect or help people who have sort of wandered into it or are just misfits in one way or another and have picked that particular way of expressing it...and creates a powerful amount of pressure within the gay crowd itself.
Also, I hate the fact that homosexual behavior is now portrayed not only as normal but even as preferable among young people. Kids and teenagers are confused anyway, but when you have folks (including parents) encouraging homosexual behavior and in fact even announcing the fact that they think their prepubescent child is gay or sending young teenagers to special schools for "gay children," you have a society that is doing everything possible to destroy its own children.
Orrin G. Hatch must be afraid of 2012, or he would have voted yes on this too.
Well then The straight servicemen need to claim sexual harassment at every sideways glance or unseemly overt act that these deviants that are going to be so proudly displaying of their sexuality that type of response will send them all running right back in the closet. Nobody takes the Straight peoples views into consideration regarding this issue what if you had to rack across from an openly gay person in the berthing compartments onboard a ship? You know the people that advocate for this don't really have any idea what they are asking for...
So these eight are guilty of loving an abomination. Has Palin spoken out on this yet?....especially since both Alaskan Senators voted for sodomy."
The core of the RINO hit list. For the next time they are up for election, of course.
Exactly that is why we need to see the law... Before DADT you were not allowed to serve in the military if you were gay and you were admin discharged if you came out because you were asked. The DADT was to conform to allow closeted members the ability to never fear being asked if you were gay... i.e., I on a security clearance form it used to ask if you were homosexual or every practiced that type of sex if you said yes you could not get the clearance after DADT they took the question off same with the entry questions that the recruiter asked. they just stopped asking...
Nobody ever said you could volunteer the information that may be the issue here... The sodomy is still against the UCMJ. Gay sex is sodomy.
I wonder if Obama will be dedicating this signing ceremony to his friend Larry Saintclair
I acknowledge your point; however, if we do not return discipline to this nation, then we are beyond help. Unfortunately, out of the three institutions capable of providing that discipline—the Church, the Family, and the Military... up to now, only the Military was not compromised.
The present civilian "government" CAN AND DOES do that now.
But the people,MHO, do not support this and do not want it...but they voted these monsters in who are doing so anyway. God help us turn this round. So long as He knows there is a majority of people in this country who reverence Hi...He will guide us back. I pray that it is so.
There will literally be hell to pay in the military as this ruling goes into effect.
Geeze... Do you have any good news?
WRONG. WE are a Democratic Republic. "Democracy" is simply Greek for "people rule". It just makes We The People the ultimate source of authority in a government. It says nothing about requiring a majority or even how power is distributed from the people. In our case, we are a representative democracy where the people elect people to make laws on our behalf.
If we were "NOT a Democracy, but a Republic", we'd live in a country like Cuba.
"I guess Congress is too stupid to learn from the Catholic Church debacle with gay pedophile priests."
Wrong term.
Pederast is the correct term for homosexual attraction to male prepubescent children. Pedophile is a broad term that describes a sexual attraction for children in general.
Really not something that a retired Marine and dad of 2 Marines who just re-enlisted wanted to hear on his 58th birthday.
Thanks LIBERALS, for ruining the last bastion of integrity and morality left in the country.
Mind if I quote you on all of this? I know some individuals who desperately need to read something like what you have stated here.
"Aren't you glad you're not a Birthday?
Cause....Birthdays only COME once a year!"...hee hee.
Not to worry about the Marines..I have this feeling they will take care of this in their usual inimitable style.
Great, so now the immoral have been granted a special exclusive because they want to practice an ungodly and immoral lifestyle. This isn't about race or sex, it's about immorality and the senators and congressman who voted for this have placed this country under even stronger judgment. I hope you'll realize your mistake when God puts the USA in the dustbin of history.........
You better go read the history of this nation's founding, and specifically, you had best read the arguments put forth in the Federalist Papers. You are 100 percent wrong.
I told McConnell's staffer today, we need protection for those who enlisted prior to repeal. There is or was a category called "Conscientious Objectors" If for religious reasons members can no longer serve, they are honorably discharged. Heterosexual service members not facing any other disciplinary action can apply for CO status and be honorably discharged with full VA benefits. Do this and you could see the flight of service members that will otherwise not occur because they do not want to lose VA benefits. Write your congress critter especially incoming Tea Party members and demand heterosexuals who prefer not to serve with gays can receive protection as 'Conscientious Objectors" until they can be honorably discharged.
The American military and it's 200+ years of success, warriorhood and culture, essentially no longer exists as of today. Within 2 to 5 years, none of us will even recognize it.
December 18, 2010, a day that will live in infamy.
The military is all about singularity and cohesiveness. The unit principle. Homos by nature demand attention, energy and special treatment simply because they bum each other. They will draw all energy and resources away from the general population.
The Progressives destroyed the finest military on earth without a single shot being fired.
Just consider what this leads to:
Scenario 1: A good Bible belt boy has to room with a gay activist flamer type. They sleep in the same room. Share duties and showers and the Bible belter is now forced to listen to the homosexual talk hours on end on the cell phone with his current same sex lover.
In the meantime, the homosexual has been asked by another platoon member, also gay, to tell him about the statistics of the straight Bible belter's private parts. Because he is attracted to him but knows there isn't a chance he'll ever see him naked.
In the meantime, the Bible belter gets wind of the two and their discussions about him. What do you think would happen? This is only ONE possible scenario.
The Senate completely eliminated and destroyed the morale of our armed forces today. They are too perverted and too stupid to realize it yet. Or too mentally sick to care. Or they seek the complete destruction of this great nation. We are now Rome.
All downhill from here.
That would be like existing the head of the executive branch is "the Chief Magistrate, and NOT a President", because people in the 1780s preferred to use the former term in their writings.
The founding fathers frequently said they opposed an ABSOLUTE democracy, but the United States is not an absolute democracy, it is a represetnative democracy (if it were an absolute democracy where "majority rules", then all 310 million of us could vote on whether Obamacare should become a law)
A "Republic" is a nation with an ordinary person as head of state and not a royal person like a Duke or King. It has nothing to do with freedom or rule of law. Many Republics in the world today are dictatorships and one-party regimes. A "Democracy" is a nation where the people are the ultimate source of authority. It has nothing to do with majority rule. In fact, I can't think of a single industrialized democracy in the world today that uses absolute majority rule. Look it up in Webster's dictionary and it will confirm for you what a "Republic" and what a "Democracy" is.
If you disagree with it, your argument is with the dictionary, not me.
I like the analogy. Maybe someone with some photo shop skills could put Pelosi, Reid and Obama in a picture with the oil fields burning.
I didn't say we were a democracy.
Trust me, I am well aware of the fact we are a republic.
BUT, look at the structure of the government defined by the Constitution.
How does a representative get elected? By a majority of people in a district. Ditto a Senator, but by a majority of people in a state. (I know you know this. Just illustrative.)
Again, I know you know this. But for purposes of illustration: majorities of Congress and Senate are required to pass bills.
In short: if 'representatives' really are representing their constituents, and if a majority of 'representatives' representing their constituents vote a certain way on issue X or Y, then that is majority rule. Of course, it goes without saying that our system has inherent advantages over democracies which again I know you know.
Well, I'll acknowledge that a civil war is a possibility. However, it is one we want to avoid at all costs.
Sorry you disagree with me. But I will point out that the libs have gotten this far without firing a shot.
noun \di-Ëmä-krÉ-sÄ\
plural de·moc·ra·cies
a : government by the people;
b : a government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised by them directly or indirectly through a system of representation usually involving periodically held free elections
Origin of DEMOCRACY
Middle French democratie, from Late Latin democratia, from Greek dÄmokratia, from dÄmos (people) + -kratia (rule) -cracy
First Known Use: 1576
noun \ri-ËpÉ-blik\
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1 a (1) : a government having a chief of state who is not a monarch and who in modern times is usually a president
(2) : a political unit (as a nation) having such a form of government
Origin of REPUBLIC
French république, from Middle French republique, from Latin respublica, from res thing, wealth + publica, feminine of publicus public more at real, public
First Known Use: 1604
I see nothing about all Republics having "the rule of law" and all Democracies having "the rule of the majority". I could take you to plenty of Republics and Democracies in the world that don't have either.
This why nations like the United KINGDOM still have free elections and the rule of law when they're NOT Republics, and places like the REPUBLIC of Cuba can rule by military regime and lock up dissidents without a constitution for years.
Any political science class in America would be happy to confirm that for you. You'd flunk if you answered an essay question with "What is a Republic?" with "a nation with checks and balances and the rule of law".
"Anyone have the names of Republicans voting for this BS?
The usual TRAITORS or course."
From the big grin on her face as she walked beside Lieberman who was giving thumbs up, she must have been one of the six and was true to form. There is nothing we can do about the two ME Rinos because they represent all ME Rinos who keep voting them back in. As for Scott Brown who said he would vote for it, he's the best we can do in this most liberal state.
We need to get the incoming freshman especially the conservatives on board with protecting heterosexual service members who enlisted or accepted a commission prior to repeal of DADT. Those who can show that living with openly gay people is against their upbringing, inconsistent with their moral values or membership in an institution that considers homosexuality to be an abomination can be given an honorable discharge with full VA benefits. Gays do not have to be the only protected class in the military.
The military will oppose this because they know their poll was a load of garbage. But if Congress passes a rule like this and describes it as a bill to protect military members who enlisted prior to repeal Mullens will have to accept it.
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BY THE TIME that my mom, Irene V., was 8 years old, she was responsible for much of her family's cooking. The oldest girl in a family of eight children, Mom learned to cook alongside her mother and often took over meal preparation when there was a new baby in the house. She baked bread and made noodles, dumplings, cakes, pies and more.
Mom cooked from scratch like her mother did…never using a recipe, just adding a pinch of this and a teacup of that. I think she started using cookbooks only after she married my dad, Irving. They moved from northern Illinois to Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, where Dad became part owner of a hardware and heating business.
When my sister, June, and I were young, our family of four sat down together every day for breakfast, lunch and dinner. While we ate, we'd discuss events happening in town or what was going on with friends and family.
Super Sunday Dinner
My favorite meal was Sunday Pork Loin, Lemon Parsley Potatoes, Green Beans with Bacon and yummy Raspberry Cherry Pie.
I remember helping Mom prepare this meal for Sunday dinner. She'd have me take off a strip of peel around the center of each little potato to make the Lemon Parsley Potatoes attractive.
Everything had to look pretty on the plate—the reddish barbecue sauce on the tender Sunday Pork Loin, the bright green beans with bits of onion and bacon, and her Raspberry Cherry Pie, with its golden crust and sweet-tart red berries. We even requested that pie for our birthdays instead of birthday cake!
When Mom served this menu, we knew something special was happening. She made this meal the first time I brought my husband, Jim, to dinner.
Mom cooked and baked for school activities and fund-raisers, too…including her roasting a turkey for the Girls Athletic Association Christmas party.
I think my sister and I took homemade cookies to every bake sale that came along. This gave June and me a chance to bake with our mother. Once the baking was done, Mom would wash the dishes and we would dry. We'd sing silly songs, so it was always fun.
My friends seemed to know when Mom was baking because they'd come home with me to see what treat was in store for us.
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I've inherited my mom's love of cooking. In fact, my passion for cooking, baking and trying new recipes has never been greater. I became a Taste of Home field editor in 2002.
Though my husband and I consider ourselves retired, Jim does some bookkeeping for our oldest son's hardware stores, and I volunteer at an area hospital.
I've carried on Mom's tradition of having the family together for dinner. We still gather our three married sons and their families (we have two granddaughters) for a meal at least a couple times a month.
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It is almost the weekend... and CINCO DE MAYO! Do you have the cervesas in the cooler?
I hear you! Between teaching full time, my clients, and preparing for a styled wedding shoot, I crash when I hit the pillow at night! Crossfit is my savior. I always feel better after! Isn't it great?
What is crossfit? I was thinking almost the same thing, yesterday. I was thinking that my kids are growing so fast....and I am not sure why I am so busy everyday? I was really missing the Bay Area!
Its funny how we start a blog to get clients and then get too many clients to keep up on our blogs! (I'm not taking clients yet because I still have to work full time, BUT I hope this "problem" will be somewhere in my future!) Good job!! We understand if the real world takes priority over blogland.
That's what we refer to in this house as a 'great problem'. I hear you! If I could have an extra 5 hours in each day, I might actually be able to accomplish some things :) You vent anytime my dear. And my Dos X is already chilling in my fridge for this weekend.
Can't we all relate?! Thanks for the great quotes :)
You're doing a great job, girl! Keep it up and just keep going. That's all you can do!
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362: "War Begins!" - May 10th
So, can anyone elucidate the point behind this trip down memory lane?
I am not perfect and I defy you to prove otherwise
Growing Old Gracefully is an Oxymoron ... Mostly Moron !
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A bridge towards peace; the will of fire still endures!
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Damn, I can't believe nobody made a discussion thread for this chapter. But for those who care (along with me) discuss away.
Edit: Go Hibari!!!
Damn, I can't believe nobody made a discussion thread for this chapter. But for those who care (along with me) discuss away.
Edit: Go Hibari!!!
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So his big change was purely asthetic? A little disappointed in Hibari's vanity. I was really disappointed in their fight choice. they are 2 violent people. I thought they would just say when I beat you bad enough that you can't move, I'm the winner. Still hope it is a decent fight. Normally Hibari just totally outclasses his opponents. Hoping this time it is a very close match. that moment of extreme kindness from Hibari to his ring hedgehog just got him another 10000 fangirls.
I get that they are saving the real action probably for when they face the 1st Mist guardian but I am starting to wish they just fought instead of being so rule-oriented. Wonder if these characters will die after this arc or will Enma and crew wind up being lifelong friends. It really has the possibility to go either way. Looking towards the future, the girl at least has potential as being the 1st female vongola ally to seem like she can take on people, and be really helpful instead of rely on Mukuro.
I hope after this arc, Maybe mukuro himself can address Chrome's weaknesses and make her stronger without needing so much help( Yeah, really starting to get annyed by Chrome's weakness lately.
Hmm Hibari seemed different somehow in this chapter...Hibird got a nice new look though I really hope it ain't apart of this cambio Forma (Frikkin' Uri Bomb).
Aye I hope this fight is better though. It's set up pretty good at least I think.
Chrome's weakness? You expect Chrome, the girl who has like no internal organs of her own and seems to have always been pretty timid and weak, to be super strong or something? I like Chrome as a character, and I think she fits her character. She isn't supposed to be as strong as Mukoro, or the first Mist guardian. Mukoro is meant to be the strong one of the two. Now I agree She could be better but...That more than likely won't happen for a good while. This manga ain't really got strong females.
Good chapter. Chrome = Sakura, useless.
I hope this is a good fight. I'd be extremly upset if Hibari lost, but Aldehied is 2nd in command of Shimon so she should atleast be strong enough to provide a good fight.
I wonder how the Vongola crew are ranked strength wise. Of course Tsuna is the strongest, Hibari is second, but who comes after that? Gokudara is pretty strong, but adult Lambo is pretty bad ass too.
Does anyone know who Mukuro is affiliated with? Is it Xanxus' crew?
Damn the 9th for not allowing Reborn to intervene, he'd whoop the whole Shimon crew by hisself.
Beware of the Kyubii
Stev3child - The biggest pussy of them all is rokudaime sennin though. If he was a real man, he wouldn't have relied on hax god-given powers to seal the Jyubi. He would have suplexed that bitch and ripped each tail from the beast one by one with his bare hands.
I'm not surprised by their pride. Everything that Hibari does has something to do with protecting the school and since the start of the manga, that's what he's been all about. Likewise with Adelheid...everything that comes out of her mouth is about Shimon, SHimon, Shimon. They're both not the type that would incolve themselves in useless violence, so fighting for the armband is fitting.
I like Hibari's outfit. It's unexpected, simple and cool.
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I meant more so in not having this no internal organs be such a debilitating weakness. It's like a older car starting in the wintertime with her. Just when you think the igntion is finally warmed up enough to start, it sputters and you go right back to where you started. She finds a solution to her weakness and then she loses that solution and goes right back to the starting point. IMHO it seems like the mangaka just wrote Chrome into the story with that weakness to be taken advantage of whenever. Honestly if I was Tsuna I would just say I'll take the real Mukuro or like a hologram of him from prison, w. e., and use that rather than the girl who will eventually need to be saved by Mukuro's power.
In other words cut out the middlegirl if she will need this much help.
And yeah the setup for this fight has been good, but look @ the Gola mosca fight. Great setup and then just over.
"You woke me up so I'm going to bite you to death." and his fight with both the Gola Mosca and attempted fight with XanXus way back when for no real reason. Not to mention almost every fight he's been in or wants to be in. Why does he want to fight Reborn so bad? B/c of his pride in his school or B/c he knows that Reborn is strong and wants the challenge of just clear cut winning. IMHO Hibari has loads of pride in his school, but more in not losing and conquering anything he wants to and biting it to "stopped/death" B/c he can, and for the challenge. Just pointing out that they both seem to love being in charge and feared and he has a violent temper, determination, and personality, and does things quite violently most of the time. IMHO it would be hard to believe he would be satisfied with just grabbing a wristband as a finale to the fight.
I like the thing with the wristband.
The wristband represents the Disciplinary Comitee and is for him something like the Jolly Roger for a pirate.
And Imo, Hibari cares more for his school than for being the strongest. (He just wants to fight Reborn because he keeps disturbing his school.)
Oh, and as for the power levels in Reborn, I think Tsuna > Hibari > Gokudera > Rest of the gang. (Although it is very difficult to compare them)
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The delay in the bike plan has raised the rabble from the woodwork and apparently really touched a nerve within those active, engaged, occasionally hopeful and sometimes cynical towards Dallas' efforts. Certainly this is partially due to the popularity and interest the bike plan had going into it. There must also be a growing sentiment that all plans, those that the citizenry really want and need, or perhaps only feel deep within their bones of intuition, are the ones that always fizzle. That only sit on shelves as plans for planning's sake.
Meanwhile, the world's ugliest building is finishing out. Soon to eclipse the previous holder of the title. Both local. All of that gets done because it's easy. It sort of strikes me like the South Park episode about Magic Johnson curing AIDS. "Just inject it with $250,000 worth of liquified, concentrated cash." It's not the city's money (for the most part), at least not yet. Until they start getting the maintenance bill or wish they had preserved some land for actual tax generated private property.
The map of downtown Dallas when you black out parking lots or garages, vacant buildings/structures/lots, as well as non-taxable entities (churches and civic facilities) is not pretty. There is a distinct imbalance between tax base, what might be called the vanilla ice cream in the sundae, i.e. the foundation the cherries sit upon and those cherries. All the big wow projects we get and then just sit.
There are a few abstract, generalized formulae I like to point to in order to explain how urban dynamics and morphology work. The first is that any place, area, city, or neighborhood exists within a continuum:
Macro Level:
Viable ---> Livable ---> Memorable or Lovable
Micro Level:
Integration begets Accommodation (usable land uses, entrepreneurial opportunites, ie demand) begets Decoration (detailed design improvements)
Of course, there is a degree below viable which is not viable for concentrated human habitation. There is no opportunity there other than agriculture or nature. The degree which a place sits on that continuum is defined by its level of integration, locally, regionally, and globally. How connected it is to everything else. What we find is that often the infrastructure for global and regional connectivity often disrupts local connectivity, reducing overall integration and thereby dropping the level perhaps from Livable to merely viable. These include airports, shipping ports, rail hubs, highways, large arterials, etc. Likely as some kind of shipping depot, light industrial that wants to be by an airport, or gas stations/strip centers that want to be on regionally connective freeways.
What happened to many of the downtowns in the U.S., particularly in the Sun Belt was the fervor with which they pursued regional connections at the expense of local integration, that which can be safely and enjoyably walked, if one so chooses. There is an extremely high degree of mobility. After spending some time in Barcelona this summer, I'm not sure I can point to a better example. You can get to just about anywhere in the city, to all of your needs, near or far, quickly and expediently. Only on the rarest of occasions do the regional connections disrupt the local:
Notice the development around it has been ripped to pieces. Sure, things will infill, but the character is so poorly defined and integrated that it will never hold up to the rest of Barcelona. The eternal cooperation and competition between and within cities. It should also be noted the other Norman Foster phallic high-rise is right there. It's a common response to failures in the network to overcome them with extravagant buildings. Sometimes you even make it super shiny and glowy to cover up the degraded ground plane. Sound familiar at all?
Often times those destinations are close. You can walk across the street to them. Because I live in one of the few places in all of DFW where it is possible to get to everything I need within a few blocks including transit, my velocity is quite slow. Much slower than suburbanites getting to a their local Appleby's or whatnot. However, I can get there more predictably, more quickly, and while expending much less energy. The average Barcelona resident burns one-twelfth of the gasoline than does the typical Sun Belt resident. Little side note for you.
There are two problems here. One is the way we measure traffic efficiency and rate roadways, which is entirely by speed of movement. This is essentially coded in a way to always, ALWAYS favor car traffic and thereby sprawl as well as dangerous roadways. Why sprawl? Because the formulae used will always say that only more lanes are necessary, widening of all roads in order to improve traffic flow. The reason is because it is a broken system with an impossible end game. The optimal condition is NO cars on the road. Every other car is the enemy and an impediment to your and everybody else's trip. Hence, why you hate them, flick them off, curse them, and get out of your car miserable. Or was that just me?
Because the solution to every question is bigger roads, and the cities happily take the federal money, the cities end up gutting their own tax base. For every percentage increase in lane miles, ie size of roads, there exists a 1 to 1 increase in the VMTs driven by the citizenry. Meaning, the more roads that are built, the further afield everyone lives, the more everyone drives. Bigger roads invariably lead to a further spread out population, with increased infrastructural burden, lower density to pay for that infrastructure, and thus it is all failing. Every part of the system, from the financing and budget to the physical integrity of the actual structures themselves:
Because all cities and metro areas are required by federal law to create thoroughfare plans they must categorize every road. Furthermore, because of the way fed/state money is prioritized towards the bigger roads (highways and arterials) there is an incentive for cities chasing money like crack fiends to upgrade, reclassify, or "improve" roads towards the bigger and badder. These interupt the fine-grained local connective tissue of neighborhoods. It decreases downtowns steadily, with each new road from Memorable down to Livable and eventually down to barely Viable.
Meanwhile, land formerly out in the boonies, in places we now know as McKinney, Plano, Allen, Frisco, etc., went from not viable, to Viable, to Livable in some cases. It remains to be seen how many can remain livable and/or viable on into an increasing unclear energy future. I've written before how cities are always defined by the newly emergent transportation technology and how that technology is now the internet, smart phones, etc. The ability to be connected long distances (regionally and globally) somewhat effectively reduces the demand for regional and global connections. Sure, they're sometimes still necessary, but not to prioritize them while de-emphasizing the local. The local is density. The local is where people collaborate, innovate, interact, and invent. The local is what we must prioritize.
For a brief read on spatial integration, the math and measure of it, and how we decreased the level of downtown Dallas integration and connectivity, thus undermining demand while adding supply of speculative office towers, much of which have emptied out, please see here.


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The Weekly Ignition: October 14 2013
Ryan Pike
October 14 2013 09:28AM
It's a holiday Monday across North America, with Canada celebrating Thanksgiving and their American neighbours observing Columbus Day. The hockey world chugs along, with three games on the NHL schedule and a whole lot of catching-up to do following a really busy week. We're here to catch you up.
The Flames played twice this week after a couple days of practice following their first week of games.
Wednesday: The Flames beat the Montreal Canadiens by a 3-2 score. The game was tight-checking, entertaining and featured some impressive play from Sven Baertschi, Sean Monahan and Lee Stempniak. After staking a 3-0 lead, the club held on during a big third-period push from the Habs. [Read our Post-Game Recap]
Friday: In what could be the last visit to Calgary for Martin Brodeur and Jaromir Jagr, the Flames survived an uneven first two periods and a last-period push by the New Jersey Devils to skate away with a 3-2 win. Sean Monahan and Sven Baertschi connected on the game-winning goal late in the third, causing Flames fandom to squeal with joy and struggle to remember when two Flames first round picks did such impressive things. [Read our Post-Game Recap]
Would like to congratulate my good friend Mark Stephen as he will be honored by the Canadian Football League Hall of Fame!! Well deserved!— Roger Millions (@RogMillions) October 11, 2013
Congrats to Mark Stephen, presently at QR77 and formerly at the University of Calgary's The Gauntlet (and also CJSW), where both myself and Justin Azevedo have worked in the past. And now, the must-see stories from the past seven days.
- First off, if you read one Flames story this week, check out Kristen Odland's in-depth look at Sean Monahan from the Herald.
- Via the Calgary Herald's Scott Cruickshank, Sean Monahan is living with Jiri Hudler.
- Via the Calgary Sun's Randy Sportak, the Flames are blocking a LOT of shots. Many of them were blocked against the Devils.
- ESPN's Pierre Lebrun spoke with Bob Hartley about Calgary's start. To steal a quote: "Whatever Mad Dog or Bodog says, I don't really give a s---."
- USA Today's Kevin Allen (recently announced as the 2013 Lester Patrick Award winner for service to hockey in the United States) takes a look at the Flames recent success, proving that American writers have read the NHL standings and went, "Wait, what?"
- The Vancouver Province's Steve Ewan examines the Abbotsford Heat's youth movement.
- Over at The Hockey Writers, I took at look at the past and future of the Scotiabank Saddledome.
- Around these parts, I suggested that icings could be the next advanced stat. I'll be tracking these throughout the year and we'll see if this amounts to anything.
- Nations Overlord Kent Wilson advised caution when thinking about Sean Monahan's performance with the Flames.
- And finally, Steve Macfarlane is a sooth-sayer, as the day after he put together a great comparison piece holding Lance Bouma up against Brandon Prust, Bouma had a fantastic game against the Devils.
The Flames won twice, out-playing the Habs throughout most of their meeting and riding out an uneven first forty minutes against New Jersey by virtue of a strong power-play. Sean Monahan continues to impress and put up points at key times while Jiri Hudler is quietly one of the NHL's points leaders. They also lost David Jones to an upper-body injury against the Canadiens and recalled Blair Jones in his place. As of now, the Flames are without Jones, Mike Cammalleri and Matt Stajan – arguably their three best forwards not named Curtis Glencross – yet they keep winning anyway.
Elsewhere, the Abbotsford Heat began their home schedule with a couple lengthy games against the Milwaukee Admirals – a 3-2 overtime win and a 2-1 shootout loss. Reto Berra started both games and generally was said to be strong. Corban Knight had two assists in the first game, while Josh Jooris had a helper in each game. Turner Elson, Ben Hanowski and Greg Nemisz (with the OT winner) scored in the first contest, while Roman Horak had the lone goal in the shootout loss.
My arbitrary amateur Three Stars of the week are Gatineau forward Emile Poirier (5 points and 1 game-winning gal in 3 games), Quebec defender Ryan Culkin (4 points in 3 games) and Boston College star Johnny Gaudreau (4 points in 2 games). Lots of honourable mentions this week, as Morgan Klimchuk, Coda Gordon and John Gilmour all had 3 points. As seen above, Johnny Gaudreau has some sick deke moves.
The Flames have another relatively light week ahead, beginning a five-game road trip that will have them criss-cross the western part of the continent over the next ten days. First up is a visit to Anaheim on Wednesday night (an 8pm start on TSN) and then a two-day break before Saturday's game in San Jose (8pm, CBC). After that their sked gets hairy, with three road games in four nights.
The Heat hit the road way down south with three games in three nights, all on the road. Friday and Saturday they tangle with the Baby Oilers, the Oklahoma City Barons. On Sunday they head to Cedar Park, Texas to play the Texas Stars. After that, they head back home to prepare for another weekend of games.
Up in Anchorage, Calgary's newest affiliate club, the Alaska Aces, begin play on the weekend. They'll host the San Francisco Bulls on Friday and Saturday, and there's a pretty good chance that Laurent Brossoit will make his pro debut in one of those games. (Update: The Heat and Aces swapped Brossoit and Joni Ortio on Monday afternoon.)
Finally, there's a metric ton of junior and college hockey coming up. Yale begins their defense of their national championship (and Flames fans begin to count down to Kenny Agostino turning pro) on Saturday against Ontario Tech. And in general, college clubs continue to tune things up with non-conference games before things kick off in a serious way in November when league play begins.
The Flames are doing well (so far). The Heat are doing well (so far). Many of the Flames prospects are doing well (so far). It's a long, long season, but things are starting off in a promising manner.
No love for Gillies in the prospect update? He was named hockey east co-defensive player of the week, also sports a 0.5 GAA and a 0.984 Save Percentage through the first two games.
October 14 2013, 01:39PM
Yes, the trashes bottom is terrible....but the props is even worse, a bunch of grown men adoring and embracing each others posts in public is disgusting, if you ask me... WW
That's not what you said when you were in the bathhouse over the weekend.
October 14 2013, 09:32AM
Johnny G already starting to put on a show.
October 14 2013, 10:01AM
Not sure why comments 1 and 2 are being trashed as they said very little. Personally I don't like the trash button as it allows people to trash someone without adding anything to the conversation.
The Flames road trip will indeed be a test for this team. It will also be a chance for the leaders to continue to build team chemistry. We will also get to see how the young players respond in some difficult places to play and when opposing coaches get the last switch. My hope and expectations are that they continue to play exiting hard hockey throughout this trip. Is there any insight on how long till Stajan and Cammi will return. I also wonder if we will see Ramo soon or has Joey the Goalie become Hartley's boy. I would like to see Ramo in at least 3/5 games. Also interested to B Jones get a shot but I wonder who would sit. I regularly check the Heat site but other than one comment from one of us; have not been able to find out about Grandlunds' injury.
I wish the Flames website would have direct links to the prospects team websites included. It would allow people to look at these sites with ease and make some comments on our own. Many of us are excited to see how the prospects are doing.
As for players in the system that have shined this week we should not forget Gilles with two wins including a shut out, Janko had two goals, as well as others who have played well.
October 14 2013, 12:00PM
Can't wait to see Johnny G play live in the Dome. I pray that he can translate that kind of play to the NHL level.
also, flames prospect nhle has been updated: https://skydrive.live.com/redir?resid=63EA7084D8BC478B!341&authkey=!ANfoKNexp__FZ8o
October 14 2013, 10:26AM
Clearly someone is "trashing" the comments without any reference to what they contain today.
October 14 2013, 06:45PM
The first rule about the Thumbs Down button is you do not talk about the Thumbs Down button.
@Walter white
you initial every post??????
October 14 2013, 06:03PM
Klimchuck just a casual four point night wow future look good!!
October 14 2013, 10:53AM
LOL someone complaining about the trash button = automatic trash - don't even read the rest of the paragraph.
I was mostly impressed by the NHLE update. Thanks Justin.
I know it's early but it's nice to see most of our prospects are trending in a positive direction suggesting improvement. Those that aren't trending + are mostly as a result of the season being early and not having enough data to calculate.
Even pet projects Keegan Kanzig and Mark Jankowski are looking stronger and better numbers wise, so far.
October 14 2013, 04:22PM
@Walter white
I was simply reading your Twitter feed. Not that there's anything wrong with that.
Lambert...more like Lame-bert!
Hello? This thing on?...
October 14 2013, 10:32AM
Why is the trash button so much bigger than the thumbs up button? Also I just found out that you can't undo the selection. Sorry Kent.
Just mentioning the trash button is likely to get your comment trashed
Does anyone know where to get the video source for that GIF, Thats a sick play by Johnny G.
October 14 2013, 11:44AM
Yes, the trashes bottom is terrible....but the props is even worse, a bunch of grown men adoring and embracing each others posts in public is disgusting, if you ask me... WW
New article in the Sun talking about how good our fourth line has been. Sure to be popular here at FN:). Actually the last line of the article is pretty good where McGratton says you don't need to fight to be a tough team. Hitting forechecking and having a presence can be more intimidating...
Interesting that he has more points 1 than pins. That is as likely as the Flames great start. I'm worried both are going to change in a hurray on this tough rod trip.
Also Lambert has a pretty controversial piece on Puckdaddy. Lots of Fan reaction to his viewpoints.
October 14 2013, 07:43PM
There absolutely is something wrong with being a Canucks fan, have you seen those hacks play lately??? WW
Clearly they must have a coaching issue :)
This site has had a props button for a long time, but nobody used it until they added the Trash button. There's a bizarre bit of human psychology for you.
This site has had a props button for a long time, but nobody used it until they added the Trash button. There's a bizarre bit of human psychology for you.
That's because the old props button wasn't available to layabouts like me who didn't bother with an actual account.
October 14 2013, 03:12PM
Finally the Flames have an update on their prospects in junior and the NCAA.There seems to be some talent down the road. I can't wait to see them down the road.
October 14 2013, 04:28PM
There absolutely is something wrong with being a Canucks fan, have you seen those hacks play lately??? WW
October 14 2013, 06:12PM
The "WW" initial was key to the plot, try and keep up.... WW
October 14 2013, 07:15PM
The first rule about the Thumbs Down button is you do not talk about the Thumbs Down button.
And the 2nd rule is.......... :)
October 14 2013, 09:21PM
The excuse i keep hearing from canucks fans is ...we are missing one or two peices....sounds familiar to me as a flames fan...long road for canucks....