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SCHOBER, Madrean M., GERRISH, Kate and MCDONNELL, Ann (2016). Development of a conceptual policy framework for advanced practice nursing : an ethnographic study. Journal of advanced nursing, 72 (6), 1313-1324.
ISMAIL, Mubarak, GERRISH, Kate, NAISBY, Andrew, SALWAY, Sarah and CHOWBEY, Punita (2014). Engaging minorities in researching sensitive health topics by using a participatory approach. Nurse researcher, 22 (2), 44-48.
MCDONNELL, Ann, GERRISH, Kate, KIRSHBAUM, Marilynne N., NOLAN, Mike, TOD, Anagela and GUILLAUME, Louise (2013). The perceived impact of advanced practice nurses (APNs) on promoting evidence-based practice amongst frontline nurses: findings from a collective case study. Journal of Research in Nursing, 18 (4), 368-383.
GERRISH, Kate, MCDONNELL, Ann and KENNEDY, Fiona (2013). The development of a framework for evaluating the impact of nurse consultant roles in the United Kingdom. Journal of Advanced Nursing.
MCDONNELL, Ann, GERRISH, Kate and KENNEDY, Fiona (2013). Because you're worth it. Nursing standard, 27 (38), p. 61.
HIGGINBOTTOM, Gina, REIME, Birgit, BHARJ, Kuldip, CHOWBEY, Punita, ERTAN, Kubilay, FOSTER-BOUCHER, Caroline, FRIEDRICH, Jule, GERRISH, Kate, KENTENICH, Heribert, MUMTAZ, Zubia, O'BRIEN, Beverley and SALWAY, Sarah (2013). Migration and maternity: insights of context, health policy, and research evidence on experiences and outcomes from a three country preliminary study across Germany, Canada, and the United Kingdom. Health Care for Women International, 34 (11), 936-965.
KENNEDY, Fiona, MCDONNELL, Ann, GERRISH, Kate, HOWARTH, Amanda, POLLARD, Carol and REDMAN, Judy (2012). Evaluation of the impact of nurse consultant roles in the United Kingdom: a mixed method systematic literature review. Journal Of Advanced Nursing, 68 (4), 721-742.
SALWAY, Sarah, BARLEY, Ruth, ALLMARK, Peter, GERRISH, Kate, HIGGINBOTTOM, Gina and ELLISON, George (2012). Can the quality of social research on ethnicity be improved through the introduction of guidance? Findings from a research commissioning pilot exercise. International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 15 (5), 385-401.
SALWAY, Sarah, HIGGINBOTTOM, Gina, REIME, Birgit, BHARJ, Kuldip, CHOWBEY, Punita, FOSTER, Caroline, FRIEDRICH, Jule, GERRISH, Kate, MUMTAZ, Zubia and O'BRIEN, Beverley (2011). Contributions and challenges of cross-national comparative research in migration, ethnicity and health: insights from a preliminary study of maternal health in Germany, Canada and the UK. BMC Public Health, 11 (514).
GERRISH, Kate, GUILLAUME, Louise, KIRSHBAUM, Marilyn, MCDONNELL, Ann, TOD, Angela and NOLAN, Mike (2011). Factors influencing the contribution of advanced practice nurses to promoting evidence-based practice among front-line nurses: findings from a cross-sectional survey. Journal of Advanced Nursing.
SALWAY, Sarah, BARLEY, Ruth, ALLMARK, Peter, GERRISH, Kate, HIGGINBOTTOM, Gina, JOHNSON, Mark and ELLISON, George (2011). Enhancing the quality of published research on ethnicity and health: is journal guidance feasible and useful? Diversity in Health and Care, 8 (3), 155-165.
GERRISH, Kate, NOLAN, Mike, MCDONNELL, Ann, TOD, Angela, KIRSHBAUM, Marilyn and GUILLAUME, Louise (2011). Factors influencing advanced practice nurses' ability to promote evidence-based practice among frontline nurses. Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing, 9 (1), 30-39.
GERRISH, Kate, MCDONNELL, Ann, NOLAN, Mike, GUILLAUME, Louise, KIRSHBAUM, Marilyn and TOD, Angela (2011). The role of advanced practice nurses in knowledge brokering as a means of promoting evidence-based practice among clinical nurses. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 67 (9), 2000-2014.
JIRWE, Maria, GERRISH, Kate and EMAMI, Azita (2010). Student nurses' experiences of communication in cross-cultural care encounters. Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences, 24 (3), 436-444.
GERRISH, Kate (2010). Tapping the potential of the National Institute for Health Research Collaborations for Leadership in Applied Health research and Care (CLAHRC) to develop research capacity and capability in nursing. Journal of Research in Nursing, 15 (3), 215-226.
JIRWE, Maria, GERRISH, Kate, KEENEY, Sinead and EMAMI, Azita (2009). Identifying the core components of cultural competence: findings from a Delphi study. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 18 (18), 2622-2634.
SALWAY, S., ALLMARK, P. J., BARLEY, R., HIGGINBOTTOM, G., GERRISH, K. and ELLISON, G. (2009). Social research for a multiethnic population: do the research ethics and standards guidelines of UK Learned Societies address this challenge? Twenty-first century society, 4 (1), 53-81.
SALWAY, Sarah, ALLMARK, Peter, BARLEY, Ruth, HIGGINBOTTOM, Gina, GERRISH, Kate and ELLISON, George (2009). Researching ethnic inequalities. Social Sciences Research Update, 58, 1-4.
GERRISH, Kate, HILL, Catherin, MAWSON, Sue and GERRISH, Paul (2009). A pragmatic approach to resolving tensions between the educational validity of masters projects in health care settings and ethical and governance requirements. Learning in Health and Social Care, 8 (2), 123-134.
GERRISH, Kate (2008). Caring for the carers: the characteristics of district nursing support for family carers. Primary health care research and development, 9 (1), 14-24.
GERRISH, Kate, ASHWORTH, Peter, LACEY, Ann and BAILEY, Jeff (2008). Developing evidence-based practice: experiences of senior and junior clinical nurses. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 62 (1), 62-73.
GERRISH, K., ASHWORTH, P. D., LACEY, A., BAILEY, J., COOKE, J., KENDALL, S. and MCNEILLY, E. (2007). Factors influencing the development of evidence-based practice: a research tool. Journal of advanced nursing, 57 (3), 328-338.
GERRISH, K., CHAU, R., SOBOWALE, A. and BIRKS, E. (2004). Bridging the language barrier: the use of interpreters in primary care nursing. Health and social care in the community., 12 (5), 407-413.
GERRISH, K. and GRIFFITH, V. (2003). Integration of overseas Registered Nurses; evaluation of an adaptation programme. Journal of advanced nursing, 45 (6), 579-587.
GERRISH, K., MCMANUS, M. and ASHWORTH, P. D. (2003). Creating what sort of professional? Master's level nurse education as a professionalising strategy. Nursing inquiry, 10 (2), 103-112.
TOD, A., WADSWORTH, E., ASIF, S. and GERRISH, K. (2001). Cardiac rehabilitation: the needs of South Asian cardiac patients. British journal of nursing, 10 (16), 1028-1033.
Book Section
GERRISH, Kate (2010). Evidence-based practice. In: GERRISH, Kate and LACEY, Anne, (eds.) The research process in nursing, 6th ed. Wiley Blackwell, 488-500.
SALWAY, Sarah and ELLISON, George (2010). Nursing research for a multi-ethnic society. In: GERRISH, Kate and LACEY, Anne, (eds.) The research process in nursing. Wiley-Blackwell, 50-61.
GRANT, Gordon and RAMCHARAN, P (2010). User involvement in research. In: GERRISH, Kate and LACEY, Anne, (eds.) The research process in nursing. Oxford, Wiley-Blackwell, 36-49.
TOD, A. (2006). Interviewing. In: GERRISH, K. and LACEY, A., (eds.) Research process in nursing. Wiley-Blackwell, 337-352.
GERRISH, Kate, MCDONNELL, A and KENNEDY, Fiona (2011). Approaches to measuring the impact of nurse consultants on patient, professional and organisational outcomes. Project Report. Sheffield, Sheffield Hallam University.
GERRISH, Kate, ISMAIL, Mubarak and NAISBY, A (2010). Tackling TB together : a community participatory study of the socio-cultural factors influencing an understanding of TB within the Somali community in Sheffield. Other. Sheffield Hallam University. (Unpublished)
WHITFIELD, Malcolm and GERRISH, Kate (2001). A review of Community Nursing in Doncaster West PCT (The modernisation agenda, current position, resource allocation and community involvement). Project Report. University of Sheffield.
Conference or Workshop Item
MCDONNELL, Ann, GERRISH, Kate and KENNEDY, Fiona (2012). Capturing the impact of nurse consultant roles: possibilities, practicalities and pitfalls. In: 2012 RCN International Nursing Research Conference, London, 23-25 April 2012.
BENNETT, Beverley, ILLOT, Irene, GERRISH, Kate, POWNALL, Sue and JONES, Amanda (2011). Enhancing dysphagia management: Facilitated e-learning works and offers value for money. In: UK Stroke Forum conference, Glasgow, 29th November 2011 - 1st December 2011.
Authored Book
SALWAY, Sarah, BARLEY, Ruth, ALLMARK, Peter, GERRISH, Kate, HIGGINBOTTOM, Gina and ELLISON, George (2011). Ethnic diversity and inequality:ethical and scientific rigour in social research. York, Joseph Rowntree Foundation.
Edited Book
GERRISH, Kate and LACEY, Anne (2010). The research process in nursing. Wiley-Blackwell.
SCHOBER, Madrean Margaret (2013). Factors influencing the development of advanced practice nursing in Singapore. Doctoral, Sheffield Hallam University.


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Increase in Strength
Cooltamerboy, we have no idea if that chakra cloak increases anything other than strength. Either provide proof, or stop adding it.
Also, that picture shows the Raikage preforming an attack that seems similar to Killer Bee's Lightning Plough Hot Sword. As it might be a different technique than the one described here, that picture doesn't fit in this article. --ShounenSuki (talk | contribs) 11:59, September 8, 2009 (UTC)
- Well i'll get another image, but it does increase strength because raikage was able to damage the wall greatly by an elbow smash on jugo? Cooltamerboy (talk) 12:01, September 8, 2009 (UTC).
- So? That might have been natural strength or another technique entirely. There's no proof he's also activating his muscles with that chakra cloak. --ShounenSuki (talk | contribs) 12:14, September 8, 2009 (UTC)
- CTB, could u sort it out here, and then decide weather to add it or not....Very annoying when u keep getting mails during a revert war...--AlienGamer--Talk (contribs)-- 12:16, September 8, 2009 (UTC)
- But compare the punch in the wall he did and the one he did by using elbow smash on jugo? You can see the damage was bigger and it was an elbow smash not a punch? Cooltamerboy (talk) 13:46, September 8, 2009 (UTC).
- Oh Titans.../sigh /painedsigh /morepainedsigh We've got a thread about the Raikage using some sort of Lightning Cloak or something (Man I wished I named the article that earlier), everything he does while IN the cloak stems from that. No more no less. I hope this ends the confusion, but...somehow I doubt it...--TheUltimate3 (talk) 14:48, September 8, 2009 (UTC)
Well somehow I think your's answer's correct. But i still think we should add the words and strength? Cooltamerboy (talk) 15:25, September 8, 2009 (UTC).
- As far as we know, the chakra cloak only does one thing: increase speed. Until there is evidence, we cannot say it does anything else. We have no idea how strong the Raikage is without that cloak or what other powers he may have. --ShounenSuki (talk | contribs) 22:51, September 8, 2009 (UTC)
Ok. Then we'll just have to wait. Cooltamerboy (talk) 08:26, September 9, 2009 (UTC).
How do we know if it's as fast at FTG?
- One of the Raikage's escorts mentioned that with the raiton armor, Raikage would be as fast as the Konoha Yellow Flash. Omnibender - Talk - Contributions 23:55, September 11, 2009 (UTC)
- Actually, that statement doesn't necessarily mean the Raikage is as fast as the Flying Thunder God Technique. Shī might simply have been referring to the Fourth Hokage's normal speed. Then again, this article doesn't claim the Raikage is as fast as the Flying Thunder God Technique with this technique. --ShounenSuki (talk | contribs) 01:13, September 12, 2009 (UTC)
Can we have the comparison sourced? I can't seem to find it anywhere. User:Master Shannara Actually it isn actual speed i think its more like how fast his neurotransmitters are buzzing, therefore lessening reaction time and making the muscles respond faster
His speed increase is so great, he could dodge Amaterasu, which is considered instant. Shall we take a look at how Amaterasu works? *NOTE* This is my explanation for the technique and the one that makes the most sense to me *UNNOTE* Amaterasu activates at the focal point of the users vision. The sense of sight works when light from the outside world is beamed into our eyes. IT is focused by the lens onto the retina, where it is carried by the optic nerve to the brain for interpretation. Amaterasu, in a way, "rests" on the retina, where it waits for an image to hit it. Once it does, the light is reflected back to the initial target with Amaterasu traveling as well. This would make Amaterasu a speed-of-light attack. If A could dodge that from about 20 feet, then that would place him somewhere between relativistic and Chuck Norris. Gaara blocked it not out of speed, but how long it took for Sasuke's eyes to adjust focus between two targets. That gave Gaara enough time to bring up his shield. Please respond to this and tell me what u think! ~Akatsuki Rulz~ —This unsigned comment was made by Akatsuki rulz (talk • contribs) .
- This isn't a forum. Omnibender - Talk - Contributions 23:40, September 3, 2011 (UTC)
Does Lariat belong under the directly derived jutsu? Or does it not go there, because it can be done with Killer Bee's jinchuriki transformation?--Enoki911 (talk) 02:24, January 7, 2010 (UTC)
[Concern] over surprise
I have generally let this slide, but I cannot help but feel there is there is a difference in perspective to how Darui reacted to seeing C use this technique. To me it looks like shock and worry over simply surprise. The exclamation mark, that diamond shaped thing which shows that attention has been grabbed (does that have a name?), and the eye and mouth seem open in surpise. On their own it is reasonable to say just surprise, but having all three seems like overkill or a different message. Finally, there is the drop of sweat (did he sweat at any other different time). Moreover, each technique is supposed to have a flaw/downside (Rasenshuriken with the chewing up the user's cells to the enormous chakra drain), where is this ones shown (especially since this plays with the brain)? Darui should have a reason to be concerned and to me he is showing it, yet when I put that in, it gets removed. Please explain. Thomas Finlayson (talk) 06:30, September 6, 2010 (UTC)
- It looks more like reacting to the news of Sasuke killing so many samurai, "I can sense a lot of chakras disappering! It must be Sasuke!" then he has the strong reaction. Arrancar79 (talk) 06:48, September 6, 2010 (UTC)
- This technique has shown no signs of having a downside. At all.
- Even if Darui is concerned there, it most likely is because of how the Raikage is taking Sasuke's presence, rather than him using this technique. After all, the Raikage was taking this extremely serious. Enough so to even give up his limbs. —ShounenSuki (talk | contribs | translations) 06:55, September 6, 2010 (UTC)
- Reasonable, but he never showed the same reaction again, the closest would be A and his leg almost meeting that blaze jutsu, and when Sussan'o blocked that attack he and Co. unleased. Even with Madara giving his evil plan he was calmer (except for the whole 'Everything will become one with me' part, and even that was fairly calm). Plus, the timing of the response seems to indicate the jutsu not Sasuke (not to mention the things said in C and Darui's minds. Plus, when we first saw Rasenshuriken we saw no downside, or Susann'o, for a little bit (collapsing, arm busted up, coughing up blood,etc), yet we do [know] that each jutsu is to have a weakness in proportion to its power. Thomas Finlayson (talk) 07:19, September 6, 2010 (UTC)
- The Raikage hadn't even used the jutsu when Darui reacts. As far as a down side to every jutsu, 90% of the time it is a tactical down side like Chidori without the Sharingan. Rasenshuriken was forbidden because of the potentially permanent physical damage it could cause Naruto. Arrancar79 (talk) 07:46, September 6, 2010 (UTC)
- Him never showing that reaction again isn't that odd. That's the moment he realised how serious the Raikage was taking this. Afterwards, he wouldn't be surprised about it any more and would just do his job. The RAikage activating this technique was most likely the indication of how serious he was.
- If this technique was the reason of their reactions and did have some sort of downside, they would have probably shown more concern throughout the fight. Downsides usually become more pronounced with extended use. —ShounenSuki (talk | contribs | translations) 08:12, September 6, 2010 (UTC)
- The Raikage hadn't even used the jutsu when Darui reacts. As far as a down side to every jutsu, 90% of the time it is a tactical down side like Chidori without the Sharingan. Rasenshuriken was forbidden because of the potentially permanent physical damage it could cause Naruto. Arrancar79 (talk) 07:46, September 6, 2010 (UTC)
- Reasonable, but he never showed the same reaction again, the closest would be A and his leg almost meeting that blaze jutsu, and when Sussan'o blocked that attack he and Co. unleased. Even with Madara giving his evil plan he was calmer (except for the whole 'Everything will become one with me' part, and even that was fairly calm). Plus, the timing of the response seems to indicate the jutsu not Sasuke (not to mention the things said in C and Darui's minds. Plus, when we first saw Rasenshuriken we saw no downside, or Susann'o, for a little bit (collapsing, arm busted up, coughing up blood,etc), yet we do [know] that each jutsu is to have a weakness in proportion to its power. Thomas Finlayson (talk) 07:19, September 6, 2010 (UTC)
Very well, I will let the matter go. Thomas Finlayson (talk) 08:15, September 6, 2010 (UTC)
Jugo's Blast
Did Jugo really hit the Raikage with his blast during their fight? I know it was a point-blank attack, but the raikage was easily fast enough to dodge it, as he could dodge Amaterasu with ease. This could probably be left out.Pacifista15 (talk) 04:50, December 7, 2010 (UTC)
No jugo's blast didn't hit the raikage he dodged it just like he did with amaterasu--Charmanking2198 (talk) 12:59, December 19, 2011 (UTC)
Is it just me, or is this technique remarkably similar to the Dragon Ball Z technique Lightning Aura? http://dragonball.wikia.com/wiki/Lightning_Aura Just wondering if it should be mentioned?ZPRN (talk) 17:15, March 13, 2011 (UTC)
- I don't know about the anime, but in the manga Nappa's aura only has a lightning-appearance for about a page. If Lightning Armor is to be based on anything from Dragon Ball, I think Super Saiyan 2 has a much stronger likeness. ~SnapperTo 18:24, March 13, 2011 (UTC)
- Yeah, you're right, I just figured since they're both kind of the same principle (and they're both capable of hacking off human limbs), Lightning Armour might have come about partially thanks to Dragon Ball. (Kishimoto's admitted having been influenced by Toriyama's work, right?) Maybe not though, it's not particularly important. ZPRN (talk) 18:57, March 13, 2011 (UTC)
I would like to know all properties from the lightning release armor. So the Raikage has enhanced speed, agility, reflexes and strenght, and he can cut things with his hands and arms. But what else?—This unsigned comment was made by ShenLong Kazama (talk • contribs) .
- Everything we know about A's armour is in his article.--Cerez365™ 19:53, June 6, 2011 (UTC)
- But what would happen if someone who's not as bulky as the Raikage uses the Raiton no Yoroi? Would he be as strong and fast as the Raikage? --ShenLong Kazama (talk) 17:04, June 7, 2011 (UTC)
- D-W-L!--Cerez365™ 18:27, June 7, 2011 (UTC)
What the hell? Please explain. --ShenLong Kazama (talk) 19:10, June 7, 2011 (UTC)
- What all of that means is that there's no way we'd know the answer to the question you just posted because we're not Masashi Kishimoto. Also, this isn't a forum.--Cerez365™ 19:46, June 7, 2011 (UTC)
Hey guyz, tell you something, as wind, earth and lightning are relaed by the strong weak bond, the lightning release armour can protect the user against these,but what about water and fire? Water may cause the user to electrocute themselves and fire may just pass through the armour and burn them, won't they?184.108.40.206 (talk) 11:35, April 3, 2012 (UTC) sk
- Why would he get electrocuted by adding water when hes totally fine with lightning completely surrounding him?
we cant say about the others but it has been said to offer defence as raikage was impressed sasuke got through it. --Kotoamatsukami (talk) 12:53, April 3, 2012 (UTC)
vs Rasenshuriken
Its already mentioned that this armour can defend the user from a chidori. According to last manga chapter (554), the lightning armour defended the 3rd raikage from a rasenshuriken (a wind release technique that maybe has kyubi's chakra) . I think this should be mentioned in the article to show the fact that this lightning armour is also an effective protection against a S-rank wind release ninjutsu which is expected to be stronger than a lightning technique.--18.104.22.168 (talk) 13:43, September 8, 2011 (UTC)
- Sandaime was protected by his body not the lightning armour. Wind is stronger than lightning.--Cerez365™ 13:48, September 8, 2011 (UTC)
- And Edo Tensei regeneration. I highly doubt that the Raikage would be able to do anything if his chakra network were to be suffer the effects of the Rasenshuriken. Omnibender - Talk - Contributions 22:08, September 8, 2011 (UTC)
- Looking closely at chapter 554, the lightning release armour not only surrounds the user but the clothing that they are also wearing, including the rope belt around the Third's waist. On page 5, the blade of the Rasenshuriken easily cuts through this belt in spite of the armour. So, to answer the original question, the lightning release armour definitely doesn't protect the Third from Naruto's Rasenshuriken. Blackstar1 (talk) 22:50, September 8, 2011 (UTC)
Four finger nukite
Hum since the Nukite is a Lightning Release jutsu, and since it was never seen done separately should it be added to the listed of derived Jutsu's like most of A's arsenal...since it's apparently clear that this is a move that takes advantage of the Lightning chakra on the Armor...any opinions? —This unsigned comment was made by [[User:|]] ([[User talk:|talk]] • contribs) on Darksusanoo.
- I don't see how it should be a derivative technique per se. If it's anything like Raikiri and Chidori, it can probably also be used without the armour. —ShounenSuki (talk | contribs | translations) 19:57, September 21, 2011 (UTC)
- But the fact is it was seen being done by the Raikage without the Lightning Armor...plus the only similar thing to the Chidori/Raikiri is the use of Lightning as a piercing effect...Darksusanoo (talk) 20:00, September 21, 2011 (UTC)
Shouldnt this jutsu be classified as a nintaijutsu?--Charmanking2198 (talk) 12:15, December 19, 2011 (UTC)
- Since we don't have a clear definition of what it is, no. Omnibender - Talk - Contributions 12:40, December 19, 2011 (UTC)
Speed comparisons
We know it was mentioned he could be as fast as the Flying Thunder God technique, but where did "Naruto in 9-tails form" come from? If we're including that, then shouldn't we also include Guy and Rock Lee's highest power taijutsu with many open gates? If you recall, Rock Lee was already ridiculously fast by just taking off his leg weights ("Upon removing the weights, Lee's speed vastly increases, making it almost impossible to see his movements with the unaided eye. When he removed his ankle weights during his fight with Gaara, they enabled him to be the first person to ever bypass his defences and strike him. Lee's speed was so great in Part II he could intercept a charge from Haku, who is known for his speed both in and out of his Demonic Mirroring Ice Crystals."[1]), let alone when he opened gates. And you saw how fast he was after just a few gates, imagine that on Guy. To me, Tobi's space-time, Minato's FTG, Naruto's nine-tails, AND the Inner Gates taijutsu of Guy and Rock are all more or less equal as the fastest techniques. 188.8.131.52 (talk) 07:07, February 4, 2012 (UTC)
We don't just add arbitrary comparisons that haven't been mentioned or shown. And Lee was fast, but speed boosts always sem faster when first introduced and are slower by comparison to things later in the series. Think Dragon Ball Z to picture this properly. We added that Chakra Mode bit because he kept up with Naruto while he was in that mode, though he was eventually outdone. Basically, you're interpreting the speed of characters who haven't even been compared; This is not a forum. Also, no matter what C says, speed can never compete with FTG, no matter how fast it is since FTG is instantaneous. Skitts (talk) 07:15, February 4, 2012 (UTC)
- You said you don't make arbitrary comparisons without it being mentioned to start, then toss in that "you can't compare to FTG regardless of what C said" defending FTG. That's confusing and hypocritical. Yes, you CAN make comparisons -- it's already been done on this wiki and it makes perfect sense to do so. If you want to go by explicit word-for-word mentions, then this wiki page should be edited to contain only the reference to FTG and nothing else. 22.214.171.124 (talk) 07:21, February 4, 2012 (UTC)
I'm "defending FTG" because what you're saying that C said is by definition incorrect. You cannot be "as fast" as something that is instantaneous because just by definition that means it ignores the time aspect of speed and acceleration. Anyway, C compared A in the Armour to FTG, he didn't say he could "be as fast". And no, you can't make random comparisons as you did with Lee and guy. Naruto and FTG were actually compared to A, Lee and Guy were not, thus it is a pointless venture to even speculate about it. Skitts (talk) 07:41, February 4, 2012 (UTC)
Anyone notice that when Onoki was on A's back, the Lightning Release Armor covered him also? I think we should include it in the trivia. Here. Skarrj (talk) 05:08, April 21, 2012 (UTC)
- If someone was on fire and you put your arm into the fire, would you not also catch fire? Skitts (talk) 08:18, April 21, 2012 (UTC)
- It's okay, you can add it. —IndxcvNovelist (Talk to Me|My Wiki) 08:25, April 21, 2012 (UTC)
- Wow I never saw that it covered him too. Good eye. At first I thought bad angle, but look at Ōnoki's hair. I think it'd be a good addition to the article as trivia since it supports the whole thing that the lightning isn't offensive-typed.--Cerez365™(talk) 10:02, April 21, 2012 (UTC)
- It's okay, you can add it. —IndxcvNovelist (Talk to Me|My Wiki) 08:25, April 21, 2012 (UTC)
Damage to other objects
This lightning armour doesn't harm humans, but the Third Raikage burned away the Sealing Tag using this technique. How?Undominanthybrid (talk) 16:06, May 30, 2012 (UTC)
He can likely control the Lighting's power or something --Elveonora (talk) 16:15, May 30, 2012 (UTC)
And when he did it, he didn't burn it, he but through it, kinda like using Hell Stab. Omnibender - Talk - Contributions 23:30, May 30, 2012 (UTC)
Its effect
Why does it say that the lightning armor augments his strength? It augments his speed. If it DOES augument his strength, then how come Madara Uchiha was able to block his physical attack? Furthermore, if he is this fast, then how did Madara know when to block him?--Aeonophic (talk) 01:19, December 9, 2012 (UTC)Aeonophic
- It doesn't. Only speed was ever mentioned to be augmented. Omnibender - Talk - Contributions 01:23, December 9, 2012 (UTC)
- You are still not answering why Madara knew when to dodge the assault.--Aeonophic (talk) 01:27, December 9, 2012 (UTC)Aeonophic
- It would help if you mentioned which assault he dodged. Also, unless you mean to direct someone somewhere, there's no point in linking to articles in talk pages. Omnibender - Talk - Contributions 01:37, December 9, 2012 (UTC)
- You are still not answering why Madara knew when to dodge the assault.--Aeonophic (talk) 01:27, December 9, 2012 (UTC)Aeonophic
Sharingan, it can track fast-moving things and even predict a movement a moment before it happens--Elveonora (talk) 01:59, December 9, 2012 (UTC)
Remember chapter 575? When Madara was assaulted by the combined efforts of Mei and A? One of these attacks was a lightning armor clad punch. You can explain now. This doesn't mean that the user can dodge the attack itself, as when Sasuke used the sharingan against A, he didn't dodge A's attacks.--Aeonophic (talk) 02:05, December 9, 2012 (UTC)Aeonophic
This isn't a threaded conversation, don't put replies in the middle of the text. This way, chronology is maintained. Just went through that entire chapter 575, not once there was him dodging an attack by A. Omnibender - Talk - Contributions 02:09, December 9, 2012 (UTC)
- Also, just checked the chapter reference in Madara's article, chapter 563, and that says nothing about him dodging A, just resisting the attack. Your entire point seems moot. Omnibender - Talk - Contributions 02:12, December 9, 2012 (UTC)
Heh, I meant to say BLOCK his attack. Please explain how he knew when he should have blocked it.If you had paid attention to my earlier inquiry above, then you would have known I meant blocking it. Anyways, I'm asking you a very simple question. How did he know when to block it? I get the feeling you are holding back something you aren't sure of.--Aeonophic (talk) 02:17, December 9, 2012 (UTC)Aeonophic
Blocking is very different from dodging. You said dodging first, I tried to remembering dodging. Like mentioned before, even though the attack was fast, he could see it when A got close enough. Was he supposed not to know when to block it? Something comes your way fast, and you can't dodge it you try defending yourself, pretty simple. Trying to defend block something is faster than actually moving your entire self out of harm's way. For general question asking, you should use the Naruto Answers Wiki. Omnibender - Talk - Contributions 02:24, December 9, 2012 (UTC)
Does it really matter? I mean we know that the Lightning Release: Armor augments the users physical capabilities (specifically speed, possibly strength). We know that Madara is an extremley freaking powerful shinobi (obviously since he was able to deafeat all 5 current Kage all together). And lastly we know that the Sharingan gives the user enhanced perceptual abilities. Why wouldn't Madara who is already very powerful not be able to use the Sharingan's semi-hypnotic abilities (as shown in Kakashi's first fight with Zabuza)? I didn't think that there was any reason to continue this discussion.18.104.22.168 (talk) 02:27, December 9, 2012 (UTC) Yhwach
Your sentence formulation is very poor, hard to get what you want to tell. I still don't understand what is this topic supposed to be about. If you are asking how does Madara know which attack to dodge and which to withstand, then eye techniques see chakra.--Elveonora (talk) 02:30, December 9, 2012 (UTC)
Actually, OmniBender,if you look at the top of the topic, you would know I said blocking first. As I said in the previous paragraph, if you had paid attention to the top inquiry, you would have known I said BLOCKING. You keep referencing that, a sign of weakness in your point. 2. He is extremely fast in that state, and just because trying to defend yourself is faster than moving yourself of the way entirely is faster, doesn't mean he is able to actually block it. Also, Yhwach, look at the writing that is 7 paragraphs from this one. P.S: Fix your spelling.That is my answer to you. Elvenora, my sentence format is very clear, and easy to understand. It may be too hard for you to comprehend. --Aeonophic (talk) 02:44, December 9, 2012 (UTC)Aeonophic
You know what, maybe I'm done with this subject, since I can't get a reliable answer from either of you. Good day. You may keep on commenting if you want.--Aeonophic (talk) 02:47, December 9, 2012 (UTC)Aeonophic
It starts to sound like a forum topic to me. Yes, maybe I'm too dumb to comprehend your "issue" but since this is related more to Madara than A's speed, I think it's kinda wrong talkpage. Also this isn't the first time you are making up topic to argue about solving something that there never was an issue with. But since you say that neither of us is giving you a proper answer, then please kind sir, explain it again it detail for me, the slower-to-think-one. Does this even have anything to do in relation to the article's contents?--Elveonora (talk) 02:57, December 9, 2012 (UTC)
Your first question was about the strength being augmented, asking why does the article say it augments strength, when in fact the article does not say that. I answered that. Then, when you asked again, you came with dodging. New question, new answer. I wholeheartedly agree with Elveonora regarding you making a topic to resolve an issue that wasn't there to begin with. Like I said before, go ask this kind of question at the Naruto Answers Wiki. Omnibender - Talk - Contributions 03:03, December 9, 2012 (UTC)
Since my comments are obviously too complicated for you to properly respond to, i give my final 3 comments, then i'm finished with this discussion.
*1: Please what spelling mistakes have i made? It's extremely funny coming from a guy who talks in circles and makes ridiculously put together comments. And if your little insult was about my tag/name thing (i don't know what to call it), Yhwach is a pun on the Tetragrammaton, and i chose it because of another user whom i respect. It is not a mispelling. *2: You are right, just because a Sharingan user is able to see through an attack and understand it using their ocular powers, it does not mean that they can physicaly keep up with said attack. But you are obviously forgetting that this is Madara Uchiha, who was single handely able to fight on par with Hashirama Senjū and easily fight against all current 5 Kage (Edo Tensei body or not), why on earth would he not be able properly react to the attack? *3: Why start a Forum-esque discussion and then talk in circles, and now you just say screw it and walk out? What a waste of time.
Note: All my comments are towards Aeonophic-han, not towards the rest of you. 220.127.116.11 (talk) 03:18, December 9, 2012 (UTC) Yhwach
Hey! Aeonophic, u are a Naruto fan too? Well, hi! Anyways, they are right. You cannot post something without looking at the facts. Also, even though you said blocking at the beginning, you said dodging most of the time, so they misunderstood. It IS kinda hard to understand what you are REALLY sometimes. Also, try not to start subjects that are trivial, and the answer is fairly obvious. See you in other edits! By the way: Nice Guide on Quickscoping.--Perdiot (talk) 11:58, December 9, 2012 (UTC)Perdiot
does sasuke use lightning release chakra mode against kinshiki his body is covered in lightning as he moves around at high speed. Tyman1102 (talk) 03:22, December 28, 2016 (UTC)Tyman1102
This mode also increases the user's defences, drastically reducing, if not completely negating, damage from incoming attacks as seen when... This needs to be corrected. Negating an attack can maybe said for TSB ans Susanoo but not for this. That wasn't proven anywhere and if it could do it it would be the best jutsu in the universe (enhancing speed, reaction time, defense (impervious) and strength). Maybe impervious to lightning nature attacks. Rizgubi (talk) 13:13, November 13, 2017 (UTC)
- Correct as is. Nothing suggests it protects only for lightning nature attacks. Omnibender - Talk - Contributions 14:27, November 13, 2017 (UTC)


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West Brom have confirmed Pepe Mel as their new head coach on an 18-month contract.
The 50-year-old Spaniard moves to the Hawthorns as a permanent replacement for Steve Clarke, who was sacked last month.
Mel's most recent job was with Real Betis, who dispensed of his services on 2 December.
Pepe was a strong contender from the outset due to his impressive achievements and has emerged as our number one candidate – Richard Garlick
Mel's greatest crime in Andalusia was to fail to live up to the success of last season, with a seventh-placed finish earning them a Europa League spot.
A heavy 4-0 loss to rivals Sevilla essentially saw him off but he has been out of work for less than six weeks, with Albion identifying him as the man they wanted.
Sporting and technical director Richard Garlick said on the club's official website: "I'm delighted to welcome Pepe to the club.
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Keith Downing and former Republic of Ireland goalkeeper Dean Kiely, who have led the Baggies with some credit for the five games since Clarke's departure, are to assist Mel, whose coaching CV also lists the likes of Alaves and Getafe.
The pair will be on the touchline against Southampton this weekend, with Mel in the stands.
Garlick added: "The Board is extremely grateful to Keith, the coaching staff and players for their efforts over the past month, which has yielded six points from four unbeaten league games.
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During his fascinating talk and demonstration Ivan covered the history of jelly and ice cream, at the same time making ice cream using only an ice pail, freezing pot and spaddle (a spatula/paddle cross). Notice that the table has a slope on one side for the melting ice to run off:
In this photo you can actually see the melted ice dripping off the slope:
The ice cream was ginger and lemon; as a lemon hater I have to admit it was beautiful. The texture was so light and smooth ...probably helped by the ice cream being made with cream rather than a custard base!
We were all invited to approach the spaddle with a teaspoon and help ourselves to a taster. I would happily have walked off with the spaddle! Mr CC, as is his way, merely turned to me and said of the ice cream, "make it happen." I have since obtained the recipe from Ivan and will be making [it happen!] soon.
Ivan brought a beautiful collection of antique ice cream moulds for us to look at:
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It was probably the jellies that proved to be the crowd pleasers! Ivan certainly deserves some sort of bravery award for turning out four complicated jellies in front of an audience of 50 people...of course, they all turned out perfectly! Sadly, because the tin lining of the moulds was no longer intact, the jellies could only be admired visually.
I'd never seen such complicated moulds before. This one has fitted spirals moulds within the mould so that a stunning two-tone jelly can be created:
The jelly produced by this mould actually drew gasps from the crowd:
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A slightly simpler insert mould produced an equally bold result. The white cross (as for the spirals in the previous jelly) is made from flummery which is an early forerunner of blancmange.
While it may not have had the technical dazzle of the previous two moulds, I loved the look of this star mould:
This ceramic mould relies on simplicity and clean lines for its appeal. Ivan explained that in Edwardian/Victorian times this dessert would have garnered giggles and blushes from the ladies present at the table...I wonder why?!
I'm really getting into my jelly making and am frustrated that no one is making modern food-safe jelly moulds like this anymore. Of course, I dream of owning vintage moulds but when Ivan told me that the more complicated moulds can sell for around the £1,000 mark I realised (much to Mr CC's relief) that it would probably remain just a dream...unless my lottery ticket comes up trumps!
In case you're wondering, the "pies and puddings" part of the course name related to the lunch we were given. Any menu card that lists the puddings (steamed chocolate sponge with chocolate custard, jam roly poly and apple crumble with custard) stating "please come back for as much pudding as you want" is a winner with me!
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In an e-mail statement Thursday, campus officials detailed the breach that occurred at dining facilities between May 21 and June 21.
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ATLANTA, Ga. – The Tennessee State men's golf team finished third at the National Black College Hall of Fame Foundation, Inc., tournament. The Tigers shot a 6-over, 294 on the final day on the Par-72, 6,539 yard Browns Mill Golf Course.
TSU (292-294=586) shot a 6-over as a team on Sunday to finish 10-strokes behind Florida A&M (291-285=576) who claimed the title shooting Even-par over the two day event. Alabama State (291-287=578) finished second two shots behind FAMU for a second place finish.
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Under the CHIMP Act, passed by Congress in 2000, every chimpanzee used in government research is guaranteed that care. Chimp Haven, which runs on funding from the National Institutes of Health and private citizens, provides it — and more may soon be needed. A controversy over retired chimpanzees nearly returned to laboratory life pushed research into the national spotlight. The Great Ape Protection and Cost Savings Act, which would ban medical research on chimpanzees, has bipartisan support in Congress. Many scientists have joined activists in calling for an end to medical experiments on chimpanzees, and the Institutes of Medicine — scientific advisers to the United States — may soon declare that using chimps isn't necessary to fight disease. Should that research end, more than 1,000 chimpanzees now in U.S. laboratories will need new homes. Wired Science visited Chimp Haven to see how that might be done. Images: 1) A chimpanzee named Agnes. 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Pictured below is Juan, who two years ago needed surgery for a broken leg; his male companion, Gay, refused to leave him when the caregivers came. Images: 1) Ginger and Magnum. (Amy Fultz/Chimp Haven) 2) Juan. (Brandon Keim/Wired.com)Getting Older In the wild, chimpanzees have an average lifespan of about 30 years. In captivity they can live twice as long. Chimp Haven's residents often arrive after finishing long research careers, and are prone to the same age-related diseases and conditions as humans. Caring for them is similar in many ways to caring for our own elderly. The oldest chimp at Chimp Haven is Grandma, who was born in 1953 to two of the first 100 chimpanzees used in U.S. research. Sarah, pictured below eating a Flavor Ice treat, is 49 years old; she was a star of cognitive research at Ohio State University and the University of Pennsylvania, where she demonstrated the ability to learn grammar. Images: 1) A can of Ensure, a nutritional supplement given to the chimpanzees. (Brandon Keim/Wired.com) 2) Sarah. (Brandon Keim/Wired.com)Having Fun It's difficult to duplicate in captivity the cognitive challenges of life in the wild, where chimps live in larger, more complex groups and forage for food. But Chimp Haven's staff does its best, filling the chimps' days with enrichment activities designed to keep them intellectually invigorated. Some activities, like recovering fruits from plastic puzzle-toys, mimic natural challenges. Others are more improvised. "There's bubble-blowing. And movies and chalk and painting. People will wear masks for the chimps. We'll play the piano," said Fultz. "Would they watch TV in the wild? No. Some of them like it, some of them could care less, and some get mad. One day there was some type of shark show on and some of the chimps were spitting at the TV because they didn't like the sharks. Which is strange, because chimps wouldn't typically know what sharks are. But they didn't like the sharks. One of the new chimps is nicknamed Doc, and apparently he likes to watch shows with a medical theme." Fultz said entertainment has also included singers, marching bands and a single appearance by a belly-dancer. "She got a rise out of the audience," said Fultz. Images: 1) Hamlet with a plastic barrel. (Brandon Keim/Wired.com) 2) Some of the chimps' toys. (Brandon Keim/Wired.com)Chimpanzee Art? Among the entertainments provided to the chimps are painting supplies, making them part of an ongoing artistic tradition and debate: Are works produced by chimpanzees truly art? Some critics say chimps don't truly paint with purpose; others have been swayed. "You have to show intent. You have to choose a tool. You have to choose your colors. If you stick your dog's paws in paint and let them run around the floor, that's not art. It's happenstance," said Chimp Haven communications director Karen Allen. "But we give these chimpanzees a canvas, and they do what they're going to do. They pick their colors, they pick their tools. There's usually some sort of symmetry. There's always white space. It's really interesting to see how they do all this." Images: 1) Brandon Keim/Wired.com 2) Amy Fultz/Chimp HavenBob Barker to the Rescue Chimp Haven's newest residents were part of a group kept at the Wild Animal Orphanage, a Texas sanctuary that closed in 2010 and housed 17 former research chimpanzees. New homes were found for 12, but five had been infected with HIV and hepatitis C and needed specialized care that only Chimp Haven could provide. Secure housing, trained staff, food and medication are expensive, however, and Chimp Haven didn't have the funds. A year passed before Bob Barker, the former host of The Price is Right and an animal rights activist, called and offered to pay for one year's care and half the costs of building a new home for the infected chimps. They arrived in September. "They had been together a long time ago. Then, at this sanctuary, because of how it was set up, it made more sense to have them in two groups. So they were kept in a group of three and a group of two," said Linda Brent, Chimp Haven's director. "They had been across the aisle from each, looking at each other for 10 years. They started playing right away." Image: Doc and Murphy, two of the new chimpanzees. (Amy Fultz/Chimp Haven)Henry Chimp Haven's staff has an extra-soft spot for Henry, a 25-year-old chimp who arrived after being rescued from a filthy cage in a Houston garage where, after growing up in a drive-through safari park, he'd been kept for 15 years. Henry was emaciated and malnourished, having subsisted largely on soda and junk food pushed through the bars of his cage. After so much isolation, the staff wondered if he'd ever recover, much less socialize normally. He did. Henry became his group's dominant male, a peacemaker and negotiator — "It's not all brawn; they have to be politically savvy, break up fights and please the ladies," said Taylor — and only a slight hunch betrays his past. Images: 1) Henry at home. (Brandon Keim/Wired.com) 2) Henry's cage in Houston. (Houston Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals/Chimp Haven)Where There's a Stick ... Fultz often finds tools discarded in the forest. These include a stick used to spear a snake (above) and a collection of sticks (below) specialized for digging holes or fishing for ants. For the latter task, the chimps use a particular shrub with square-shaped stems, possibly because the larger surface area holds more insects. Images: 1) The snake-spearing stick. (Brandon Keim/Wired.com) 2) Ant-fishing tools. (Brandon Keim/Wired.com) 3) Hole-digging tools. (Brandon Keim/Wired.com)Help From Friends Many of Chimp Haven's toys — such as the stuffed apes that Grandma, their oldest chimpanzee, likes to carry — are donated by citizens, who provide essential support at a cash-strapped time. "Especially right now, in our economy, it can be hard for people to understand the importance of doing this," said Allen. "But you'd be amazed at the number of people who send money every month who are elderly, who are on fixed incomes. They make sacrifices to help." Requests for help can be found on Chimp Haven's Amazon wish list and Facebook page. Image: Plush toys waiting to be washed. (Brandon Keim/Wired.com)See Also:A Second Life for Retired Lab ChimpsHepatitis C: The Last Chimpanzee Research BattlegroundLeading U.S. Primate Lab Accused of Illegal Chimp BreedingThe Real Chimp Sounds Behind Rise of the Planet of the ApesChimps: Not Human, But Are They People?


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A series in USA Today this week questions whether there is wide-scale cheating on standardized tests used to rank and evaluate schools. In several cases, schools made wildly improbable gains on tests in one year -- only to lose the gains in the next.
California schools are among those who showed this troubling pattern (USA Today found 112 incidents that were investigated), and a charter school company was shut down after cheating was confirmed. But most schools dispute that they cheated.
Consider USA Today's account of how one school in the Southern California city of Pico Rivera responded to questions about its scores:
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"...students at Montebello Gardens Elementary School jumped from the 17th percentile statewide in second-grade math in 2005 to the 85th percentile in third grade a year later. Similarly, second-graders scored in the 40th percentile in math in 2007, then jumped as third-graders to the 93rd percentile in 2008. In both cases, the gains were lost in fourth grade.
"I can look at my faculty and I know unequivocally they are following the directions in a moral, ethical manner," says Norma Perez, the school principal. "We will never, ever have anyone from the state question, 'How is it that you did well?' We did it because we earned it." She attributes the school's success to "optimism and hard work" and a team of "incredibly dedicated teachers." She adds, "It's never worth even attempting to do something that's not fair because it's not fair to the children."
"Montebello Unified School District Superintendent Art Revueltas chuckles at the suggestion that the school's gains could be too good to be true. "Technically, I've been told, that's impossible, but they did it," he says. "They got everybody to learn." He adds that Perez's students, like others in the district, take many practice tests."
Authorities need to take a hard look at the results in this school -- and others. Given the high stakes involved in such tests, Californians need to know what results are real, and which are phony.
(Full disclosure: my mother, an editor at USA Today, was involved in this series).


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By Most Reverend Harry J. Flynn
Archbishop Emeritus
Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
I write to you today with concern and hope. My concern is for the many women in our community who do not find the support they need for their health, safety and well-being during pregnancy or after their children are born. My hope is for you and me to respond as the people of Jesus Christ.
I want our local church to say loudly and clearly: "No woman should feel so alone that abortion seems her only alternative. No man need feel so trapped or fearful that he believes there is no other answer." I want us to be able to say to any woman: "Come to any Catholic parish in this archdiocese and you will find help." I am asking you, the Catholic people of this archdiocese, to make this promise a reality. I make this request in the belief that to keep this promise to a pregnant woman is a way to demonstrate in action the reality of God's love.
In a recent pastoral letter, the United States bishops called on the Catholic community to confront the culture of violence that permeates our nation. This call was vigorously supported by Pope John Paul II in his encyclical letter, The Gospel of Life (Evangelium Vitae). The Holy Father described abortion as one form of violence and appealed to each of US to "respect, protect, love, and serve life, every human life" (Section #5). We are members of a Church which has always believed that the life of every child is God's gift, which society must nurture and must protect with its laws and statutes.
Our archdiocese has developed programs to assist women and their families during pregnancy. Catholic Charities' Seton Services offers medical, social, and adoption services throughout pregnancy, birth, and afterward. The Respect Life Office provides emergency financial assistance through the LIFE FUND, helps with housing through the Share-A-Life Program, and in the Marian Project reaches out to women and men hurting after an abortion.
But programs of assistance only begin to address the needs of those for whom pregnancy becomes a time of crisis. We recognize the many pressures that may lead a woman to consider abortion, or may prompt those close to her to encourage one. She may face physical stress and financial hardship. Both she and the baby's father may feel overwhelmed by the prospect of being parents. They may have trouble continuing their education, finding a job, health insurance, or housing. A woman may fear how her loved ones will respond when they learn she is pregnant. She may be afraid she will be abandoned by the child's father or even by her own family. Alone, faced with such obstacles and unaware of the support and help available, she may believe abortion is her only choice.
As a church we can do more to be there for her. St. Paul says in his second letter to the Corinthians, our God "encourages us in our every affliction, so that we may be able to encourage those who are in any affliction" (2 Corinthians 1:4).
If we ask a pregnant woman to "respect, protect and love" the life of her child, let us demand of ourselves at least a small share of the heroism we ask of her. Then we will recognize that pregnancy is not just a "women's issue" but should be the joy and responsibility of the mother, the father, and the entire community. To our formal programs of assistance, we will add a welcoming spirit of hospitality and acceptance. We will proclaim the Gospel through our actions, by giving of ourselves, just as Joseph stood by Mary throughout her pregnancy.
Let us start as close to home as possible-in our families and our parishes. I ask you today to commit yourselves, your parish and your archdiocese to join with me in offering care and support to women and men who need our community to stand with them. I am asking that you gather in your parishes to listen to women in your community describe their experiences and needs during pregnancy and the raising of their children. I ask your parish to reach out and respond to those needs with tenderness. The formal pro-life programs are already in place. Now let us join together in becoming the kind of community that makes clear by our own lives that no one need be alone in a difficult pregnancy. Let us become ever more deeply a people of compassion and justice, a community caring for life!


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Waspmote Plug & Sense! integrates more than 120 different sensors, adapting to any scenario such as smart parking, air and noise pollution, irrigation control, vineyard monitoring, etc.
With its waterproof enclosure Waspmote Plug & Sense! is suitable for outdoor deployment and, thanks to solar panels and its extreme low power consumption, can work autonomously for years.


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Music Notes: John Fogerty; Flaming Lips
John Fogerty wrapping up a new album which is basically a celebration of Fogerty's iconic songbook. The twist is some of today's biggest musicstars in many different genres, will play along.  Foo Fighters (who will do "Fortunate Sonâ€), Bob Seger ("Who'll Stop The Rainâ€), Keith Urban, Brad Paisley, My Morning Jacket, Alan Jackson, Dawes and more to be announced.
(via NewsOK)
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also releasing album with special guests of differing backgrounds:  Bon Iver, Coldplay, Erykah Badu, Yoko Ono and Ke$ha Apparently Coyne can't stop talking about Ke$ha, the latest story he told Pitchfork.com goes something like this: Coyne received a text from Ke$ha, expressing interest in working together. The eccentric pair decided to record a track about doing acid while the world ends, which Coyne says led to an interesting turn of events. The California native admitted that she had never done the drug, suggesting they get some right away so she could sing about it. Despite the enthusiasm, Coyne insists the session was clean, explaining, "We didn't, because I was like 'Listen lady…we have to record.' Plus, I didn't really want her to. The way she is, it's as though she's on acid already.â€
According to Coyne, a few special edition vinyl versions of the record will include blood samples of the special guest artists.
Heady Fwends hits stores on April 21st. Flaming Lips hit the beach weekend of May 19 for Hangout Festival.
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JYJ member Kim Jaejoong encourages voter participation.
A day before the 18th presidential election, Kim Jaejoong on his twitter posted, "For an ideal future, if you think there is a worthy candidate, please exercise your rights as citizens even if it's cold or you're too busy."
Kim Jaejoong posted a similar message "Cast your vote. Please post proof shots" on his twitter when he encouraged the fans to vote for the 19th National Assembly elections last April 11( link). Many fans voted and posted proof shots on various SNS (link).
Aside from Kim Jaejoong, several celebrities including broadcaster Kim JeDong, and Singer Yoon DoHyun also encourage people to vote thru SNS.
Source: TV Daily
Translated by: Ruby (@rubypurple_fan) of JYJ3
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A new survey of ABSS students indicates that alcohol is the drug of choice among teens
By Isaac Groves, The Times-News 11/18/13
Reprinted with permission.
MEBANE — It's good news/bad news. Drug use is up since 2009 among students in Alamance-Burlington schools, but they are not taking drugs at school.
They also feel safe in school, according to a student survey.
Students reported taking drugs at a friend's house or at their own more than almost anywhere else.
"The easiest place for kids to get beer is right next to the milk," said Barbara Carlton, prevention specialist with the Alamance-Burlington School System. "They get it at home or at a friend's house."
Carlton presented a survey on student drug use to the Alamance-Burlington Board of Education at its November work session.
The survey included almost 2,000 local middle and high school students. It shows an increase from 2009 to 2013 in the percentage of students who said they had, in the previous 30 days, used alcohol, up from 14 to 18 percent, marijuana, up from 8 to 13 percent, and prescription drugs, up from 2 to 4 percent.
Tobacco use dropped from 12 to 10.5 percent since a peak in 2011. Carlton credited the schools' 100 percent-free policy with that improvement.
THE SCHOOL SYSTEM conducted the survey mostly in health classes, Carlton said.
No adults could read the completed surveys until they arrived at the Ohio company that compiled the results.
The survey also showed ABSS 12th-graders reported higher rates of alcohol, marijuana and tobacco use in the previous 30 days than 12th-graders did in a national survey, but less prescription drug use.
Almost 23 percent of ABSS seniors surveyed admitted to using tobacco, compared to 20 percent nationally.
Twenty-five percent in the local survey admitted to using marijuana, compared to 22 percent nationally.
Alcohol was the most-used drug. Forty percent of ABSS seniors admitted to drinking in the previous 30 days, compared to 35 percent nationally.
"Forty percent of 12th-graders have used alcohol in the last 30 days," Carlton said, "and that's alarming to me." The details in the survey, Carlton said, suggest some ways to keep kids away from drugs.
Unsupervised time is when young people get into trouble, Carlton said, so cut down on it.
"A lot of parents try to back off when their kids get into high school …," Carlton said. "Get into their business."
Parents should tell their children about their own checkered pasts and why they do not want their children to make the same mistakes, Carlton said. They will find out anyway.
Get to know the parents of your children's friends, Carlton said, and eat dinner with your children.
Among the good news in the survey is a growing sense of safety in school.
More students reported feeling safe in schools than they did in 2009, but specific percentages for comparison were not reported to the board.
On the high end, almost 89 percent of students surveyed said they felt safe in class, while on the low end, less than 71 percent said they felt safe on the school bus.
"The less monitoring by an adult, the more bullying," Carlton said.
A small percentage of local students claimed gang affiliations, close to 6 percent according to the survey, compared to 9 percent nationally.
Carlton said parents need to watch for that point in middle school when children start to crave risk, and let them have risk. Some can get it out with sports. Not all kids are athletic, but still need an outlet.
"Encourage kids to do something that puts their lives in danger, kids love that," Carlton said. "Instead of drugs, go rock climbing. Fill in the blank with something like that, that's age appropriate and with supervision."


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Proba-1 payloads
Proba-1 carries onboard several Earth observation and space environment scientific instruments. In view of the project's aim to demonstrate technology, several platform elements and systems have also been included as technology experiments.
The Proba-1 development approach includes several innovative aspects. A design-to-cost approach was adopted according to European Cooperation for Space Standardisation category 3 project classification. This involved using COTS (commercial off-the-shelf) equipment and units; simulation-based development, verification and testing; automated software generation; extensive use of test and operations infrastructure commonalities; and a highly integrated ESA-industry design and development team.
Extensive use is made of automated functions onboard the spacecraft. Full onboard flight dynamics computation, in conjunction with automated ground segment functions such as pass automation and high-level user interfaces, satisfy the spacecraft autonomy requirements.
Automated functions onboard handle nominal spacecraft operations, plan and schedule activities, and manage payload resources. Onboard flight dynamics include orbital navigation as well as computation and control of instruments, camera pointing and scanning in order to meet user-defined targets (latitude, longitude and altitude).
Technology payloads and innovative features
Autonomous star tracker:
This is the first time that an autonomous star tracker has been used as the only source of attitude on an Earth observation, agile spacecraft.
|1.5 kg (electronics), 600 g (each camera head)
|7.5 watt (including 2 heads)
|165x100x100 mm3
|4-6 arcsec up to 1.2°/sec
|Key characteristics
|2 camera heads
|lost-in-space functionality
|reprogrammable software
|RS422 interface
Platform avionics:
- 1st SPARC in orbit on a satellite
- 50% load at 14 MHz for all onboard software functions (ACNS and data handling)
Payload avionics: PPU (Payload Processing Unit)
- DSP based TCS21020
- 1.2 Gbit mass memory based on 3D modules
- interface to all onboard cameras
- interface to SIPS and MRM
- processing unit for PASS star tracker
Software technology and development approach:
- COTS operating system (VxWorks) integrating software from several sources (C, Autocode)
- full auto-coding of all ACNS functions (attitude control and navigation)
- simulation-based development using SVF (Software Validation Facility)
Structure: fully commercial process
Li-Ion battery:
- 1st Li-Ion in LEO orbit
- capacity: 9 Ah
- mass: 1.9 kg
ACNS approach:
- full onboard flight dynamics
- gyroless attitude determination
- automatic large angle slews possibility, allowing several types of imaging (target pointing, BRDF, variable push broom)
- 2 Kalman Filters (10 and 6 states) at 6 Hz
- experimental GPS attitude determination
Ground segment automatic functions:
- spacecraft pass operations
- science data distribution
- spacecraft performance evaluation
- high-level user requests to spacecraft via Internet
Compact High Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (CHRIS):
CHRIS is used to measure directional spectral reflectance of land areas, thus providing new biophysical and biochemical data, and information on land surfaces.
- multiple imaging of same target area under different viewing and illumination geometries
- spectral range: 415-1050 nm
- spectral resolution: 5-12 nm
- spatial resolution: 20 m at nadir
- swath width: 14 km
- up to 19 spectral bands simultaneously at full resolution
High Resolution Camera (HRC):
HRC is a black and white camera with a miniaturised Cassegrain telescope.
- Mass: 2.1 kg
- Aperture: 115 mm
- Focal length: 2296 mm
- Field of view: 0.504 deg
- CCD detector: 1024x1024 pixels
- Geometrical resolution: 5 m
Wide Angle Camera (WAC):
This miniaturised black-and-white camera is used for Earth observation, as well as for public relations and educational purposes.
- CMOS detector: 640x480 pixels
- Field of view: 40x31 degrees
Space Radiation Environment Monitor (SREM):
SREM is used to provide data on space weather and space environment.
- measurement of electron flux (0.3-6 MeV), proton flux (8-300 MeV) and total radiation dose
- three detectors
Debris In-orbit Evaluator (DEBIE):
DEBIE provides information on space debris in low-Earth, Sun-synchronous orbit.
- measurement of sub-mm meteroid and debris mass (>10-14g), speed and penetration power using impact ionisation, momentum and foil penetration detection
- two detectors on the spacecraft ram and deep-space faces
Smart Instrument Points (SIPs)
These are smart sensors used to measure total radiation doses and temperature around the spacecraft.
- Mass: <3g (each SIP)
Miniaturised Radiation Monitor (MRM)
The Miniaturised Radiation Monitor is an instrument that exploits a new method for measuring radiation based on quartz scintigraphy. This measurement method is evaluated on Proba by comparing MRM and SREM measurements.
The Proba-1 Attitude Star Sensor is a new development of autonomous star sensor. Proba-1 provides a flight demonstration for this unit and also the opportunity to test its novel star-pattern recognition algorithm.


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American Mothers are household CFOs, in charge of an estimated $2.45 trillion* in direct spending. They are also an important influence on other family members' buying habits. Many organizations have identified moms as an important customer group, but the broad, age-based definitions these companies work with mask an array of different consumer behaviors.
Written by two leading marketers, Tuning Into Mom provides a new approach to understanding the "American Mom" market, examining the effect of age of the eldest child on hot-button areas for moms, including food, exercise and sports, education, safety and health, technology, and fashion and beauty. The authors examine the mom's influence on (or control of) the purchasing habits of moms with children in six different age categories; from infants and toddlers to young adults. The book highlights how mom's concerns and priorities change, both for her child and for herself, and includes an easy to reference Theme Resource Guide tool to enable the reader to easily 'tune in' to the most relevant information.
In doing so, it brings focus to the frequently-overlooked purchase influence of moms on teenagers and young adults (up to age 29). The authors combine large scale quantitative research of more than 4,700 mothers with qualitative case studies from individual participants. The authors also draw on decades of real-world experience to combine their research with implementable examples of best practice.


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Microsoft and Spanish telecommunications company Telefonica have announced a collaboration intended to create application development streams across the PC, TV, and mobile arena powered by Telefonica's new BlueVia developer platform. The BlueVia software development kit (SDK) includes the .NET Framework, Microsoft Silverlight, Windows Azure, and Visual Studio 2010, all of which are specifically enhanced for applications that integrate BlueVia APIs, such as short message service (SMS), advertising, and user contextual information.
"This collaboration project combines telco functionality from Telefonica with Microsoft's experience in web development and the cloud, to help drive innovation in applications and services in a simple and frictionless way," said Vivek Dev, director of global new services, Telefonica. "Our partnership with Microsoft will accelerate BlueVia's reach and extend our presence beyond mobile into PC, TV, and gaming platforms. Combining our assets will create applications that bring entertainment and productivity to 280 million Telefonica customers worldwide."
In essence, BlueVia SDK for .NET is a set of drag-and-drop controls and templates for Visual Studio 2010. It allows developers to host their applications in the cloud and supports multiple developer languages including .NET, Java, PHP, Ruby, and Python. Apps hosted on Windows Azure can also be published to Windows Phone 7, Windows 7-based PCs, slates and netbooks, Internet Explorer 9, Xbox 360, and other device platforms. Controls for Windows Live enable developers to access functionality such as user identity and contacts, to allow for the creation of real-time, programmable voice, and data communications services that connect to social-networking capabilities.
Independent software vendors have tested BlueVia SDK for .NET ahead of launch, and apps already created include:
- Medianet, in partnership with Tweetalondoncab, has developed TAXISTOP, a passenger booking and fleet management app for smartphones using the .NET Framework and Windows Azure, and extending functionality to include feature phones by leveraging BlueVia's SMS API while cutting typical development lead times by up to 30 percent.
- Schakra has developed GoGoStat Connect, an app for managing how different people reach you at different times or in different locations and situations, whether through phone, text, social media, or email. GoGoStat Connect is built for Windows Phone 7, hosted on Windows Azure, and uses SMS from BlueVia to blend social media activity with mobile communications and web services.
- Cooliris has developed LiveShare, a new, live, and hyperpersonal way to communicate within shared groups using media streams on mobile and Web. The LiveShare app is designed to fully leverage the capabilities of Windows Phone 7 and Windows Azure within the BlueVia SDK for .NET, along with SMS from BlueVia, for unique media-sharing experiences at scale to Telefonica network users worldwide.


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By James Hall
May 30, 2012
The one inescapable drag on the economy and every American taxpayer or government dependant is the interest obligation paid on the national debt.
Indebtedness is nothing new to this country, but the inability to service the public debt stretches over the last half century. This trend is so disturbing that politicians spend every waking hour avoiding the consequences of the ultimate outcome, the demise of the currency.
The reserve currency status that has allowed for effortless deficit spending has a day of reckoning. The final collapse of the global empire and superpower will smell more of financial evaporation than of a military defeat.
A brief review of The National Debt: How Did We Get Here?, provides a valuable background.
"Historically, the debt generally increased because of wars and economic depressions. The debt was then reduced after the war or during more prosperous times.
This trend was broken beginning about 1918, and definitely so by the end of WW2. The last time the debt was actually reduced was in 1957 when it declined by 0.82%."
What power on earth can reverse this ominous pattern of refusal to balance the books of federal spending? Do not look to the voodoo economics propagated by the free traders over at Redstates.
"If the government stops accumulating debt today and dedicates oil from shale to paying off that existing debt, and if we produce just 8% of that oil and sell it on the global market, we can completely pay off our national debt with the proceeds." Stop and evaluate such hooey.
Putting the federal government into the oil fracking business and selling domestic resources on the world market is an obscene economic model.
Also, the notion that Congress would go cold turkey and ban any budget that is not in balance is about as probable as closing all foreign military bases because of funding shortfalls. However, the rudimentary reason that the growth in federal debt continues to rise is directed by who owns the obligations.
In Who Owns the U.S. National Debt?, an outline of entities that provide the money that finances the debt is informative.
The largest part (40%) of the Debt Held by the Public is owed to foreign governments and investors. The next largest part (20%) is not really the public, but other government entities, like the Federal Reserve and state and local governments. Another $2.6 trillion (20%) is held by the public through mutual funds, private pension funds, savings bonds or individual Treasury notes. A wee bit is held by businesses, like banks and insurance companies.
Here's the breakout:
Foreign – $4.5 trillion
Federal Reserve – $1.4 trillion
State and Local Government, including their Pension Funds – $708 billion
Mutual Funds – $636 billion
Private Pension Funds – $616 billion
Banks – $316 billion
Insurance Companies – $253 billion
Savings Bonds – $188 billion
Other – $1.2 trillion. (As of December 2010. Source: Treasury Bulletin, Ownership of Federal Securities, Table OFS-2)
Even under near zero interest rate returns, the trillions needed to satisfy the hungry appetite of spending continue to flow, even if the Federal Reserve needs to be a buyer of last resort.
In a prosperous "main street" domestic economy, tax revenues would increase because the velocity on money expands. Yet taxation alone can never retire the national debt as long as the debt created money of central banking exists.
When the Federal Reserve buys T-bill securities with phony money of their own creation, the monetization function of that purchase, swells the liability. Each succeeding presidential administration expounds upon the previous expenditures.
Push back for fiscal responsibility from Tea Party proponents, meets with hostility by the elite political class, and illustrates the resistance for eliminating the freewheeling spending practices.
The growth in the national debt is just the most obvious tally that gets attention. Even the CBO's 2011 Long-Term Budget Outlook promotes the tax more and spend less con game that is a focal point in the current election cycle.
Higher levels of debt imply higher interest payments on that debt, which would eventually require either higher taxes or a reduction in government benefits and services.
Rising debt would increasingly restrict policymakers' ability to use tax and spending policies to respond to unexpected challenges, such as economic downturns or financial crises. As a result, the effects of such developments on the economy and people's well-being could be worse.
Growing debt also would increase the probability of a sudden fiscal crisis, during which investors would lose confidence in the government's ability to manage its budget and the government would thereby lose its ability to borrow at affordable rates. Such a crisis would confront policymakers with extremely difficult choices.
To restore investors' confidence, policymakers would probably need to enact spending cuts or tax increases more drastic and painful than those that would have been necessary had the adjustments come sooner.
In the article, Just who will pay the debt?, provides a stark analysis.
"In an era where governmental debt on all levels rises continually and out strips growth in population, the percentage of each citizen's accrued share to sustain that debt, inevitably must increase.
With the incurable appetite of 'public servants' to invent new programs, entitlements and agencies, the concept of limited government has long passed into memory. The aftereffect of unfair international trade has shackled the economy with permanent balance of payment shortfalls.
The expansion of state and federal bureaucracies of all kinds, coupled with additions to local municipalities, has produced the only growth occupations, virtually immune to layoffs. Contrary to public myth and distortions, inflation in essential necessities has not departed, as the purchasing power of your money buys less."
The only way to resolve the bogus national debt, based upon the central banking counterfeit currency swindle, is to renounce the debt as illegitimate. Nothing else will stop or even slow down the rapid expansion and growth of the national debt clock from collapsing the economy and destroying the currency.