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'Naruto' Profile: Hagoromo Ōtsutsuki
This is the article on the Sage. For the clan with the same name, head to Hagoromo clan.
editHagoromo Ōtsutsuki [1]
大筒木ハゴロモ Ōtsutsuki Hagoromo
Sage of Six Paths (六道仙人, Rikudō Sennin, English TV: The Sage of the Six Paths)
Ancestor of Shinobi (忍の始祖, Shinobi no Shiso)[2]
Saviour of this World (この世の救世主, Kono Yo no Kyūseishu)[3]
God Sage of Six Paths (六道の神仙, Rikudō no Shinsen)[1]
Volume #60, Naruto Chapter #572
Naruto Shippūden Episode #329
Naruto Shippūden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 4
Anime, Manga, Game, Movie
Mitsutaka Tachikawa
Masayuki Katō (Young Adult)
Tōru Nakane (Shippūden episode 329)
Michael McConnohie
Doug Stone (Shippūden episode 463+)
Keith Silverstein (Young Adult)
Fred Tatasciore (Naruto Shippūden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 4)
Celestial Being-Human hybrid
Part II: 186 cm1.86 m
6.102 ft
73.228 in

Sharingan (Anime only)
Mangekyō Sharingan (Anime only)
Kekkei Mōra
Rinnegan
Jinchūriki
Tailed Beast
Ten-Tails (Forms)
Land of Ancestors (Anime only)
Mount Myōboku (Anime only)
Ōtsutsuki Clan
Kaguya Ōtsutsuki (Mother)
Tenji (Father) (Anime only)
Hamura Ōtsutsuki (Brother)
Asura Ōtsutsuki (Son)
Indra Ōtsutsuki (Son)
Tailed Beasts (Creations)
Nature Type
Fire Release
Wind Release
Lightning Release
Earth Release
Water Release
Yin Release
Yang Release
Yin–Yang Release
Animal Path
Asura Path
Chakra Transfer Technique
Chibaku Tensei
Creation of All Things Technique
Deva Path
Drilling Hand of Sage Lightning (Anime only)
Human Path
Mystical Palm Technique (Anime only)
Naraka Path
Outer Path
Preta Path
Sensing Technique
Six Paths Senjutsu
Six Paths Technique
Six Paths Yang Power
Six Paths Yin Power
Six Paths — Chibaku Tensei
Summoning Technique
Susanoo (Anime only)
Truth-Seeking Ball
Bashōsen
Benihisago
Kohaku no Jōhei
Kōkinjō
Secret Treasure of the Toads (Anime only)
Shakujō
Shichiseiken
Shuigu (Novel only)
Sword of Nunoboko
Hagoromo Ōtsutsuki (大筒木ハゴロモ, Ōtsutsuki Hagoromo), known to Earth's population at large as the Sage of Six Paths (六道仙人, Rikudō Sennin, English TV: The Sage of the Six Paths), was a legendary godlike figure who is regarded as the ancestor of shinobi,[4] for his act of founding ninshū which led to the creation of the ninja world. He was the son of Princess Kaguya and alongside his fraternal twin brother, Hamura, were the first to be born with the same powerful chakra as their mother. Together, he and his brother defeated their mother, who had become the terrifying Ten-Tails, in battle and sealed the powerful beast within himself, thus making Hagoromo the first jinchūriki.
4.1 Chakra and Physical Prowess
4.2 Ninshū
4.2.1 Nature Transformation
4.2.2 Fūinjutsu
4.3 Dōjutsu
4.3.1 Sharingan
4.3.2 Mangekyō Sharingan
4.3.3 Rinnegan
4.4 Senjutsu
4.4.1 Truth-Seeking Ball
4.5 Bukijutsu
4.5.1 Treasured Tools
5 Part II
5.1 Birth of the Ten-Tails' Jinchūriki
5.2 Kaguya Ōtsutsuki Strikes
7 In Other Media
7.1 Video Games
Hagoromo and Hamura as infants.
Alongside Hamura, Hagoromo, the elder twin brother,[5] was born as one of the two children to Kaguya, a princess who ate the forbidden Chakra Fruit of the God Tree that appeared once a millennium in an effort to gain divine abilities, which she used to put an end to the constant wars during that era. As a result, Hagoromo was born with the ability to manipulate the same type of powerful chakra as his mother. Angered by the fact that her chakra had been spread to others, Kaguya merged with the God Tree into the Ten-Tails, which attempted to reclaim her chakra.
Hagoromo and Hamura battle the Ten-Tails.
The Ten-Tails rampaged throughout the lands until Hagoromo and his younger twin brother managed to defeat the beast, with Hagoromo becoming its jinchūriki, causing him to be revered as a god for the virtue of his victory. Researching his mother's technique, Hagoromo was able to free the world from her Infinite Tsukuyomi. Going by the Sage of Six Paths after entering priesthood,[4] he travelled across the land giving chakra to every one in the world, spreading his ideals and religion of ninshū in the process. His great deeds and ultimate desire to bring peace to the war-torn world made him widely known as the Saviour of this World (この世の救世主, Kono Yo no Kyūseishu).[2][6]
Hagoromo's ultimate wish was to establish peace across the world, but it was a goal that would never be achieved in a single lifetime. Knowing this, he chose to entrust his dream and legacy to his two sons, and began to teach them ninshū. The older son, Indra, was acknowledged by Hagoromo as a true prodigy, who quickly began to revel in his natural prowess and became very solitary. The younger son, Asura, proved to be the exact opposite, having shown no special abilities or natural talent, but he pushed on through his limitations, growing stronger and more mature because of his struggles and making friends with others along the way. Hagoromo acknowledged Asura's chosen path, agreeing that love and cooperation were the true keys to peace.[7]
Hagoromo with the young tailed beasts.
Inspired by his younger son, Hagoromo separated the Ten-Tails' chakra within his body and used his Creation of All Things Technique to divide it into nine separated bodies, creating the tailed beasts and giving each a name.[8] As a result of extracting them all at once, Hagoromo was left weakened and incapacitated for several months, though the powerful life force of the Ten-Tails' husk kept him alive.[9] Some time after their creation, the young tailed beasts were told that they were all still linked to one another despite being separate entities. Hagoromo also told them that they would eventually become one again, yet not as they originally were, and that one shall appear at that time to show them what true power is.[10] In the anime, it was shown that before his death, the Sage and his followers built temples in nine different regions of the world where the tailed beasts could live and be protected.[11] Hagoromo eventually sealed the husk of the Ten-Tails within the moon.[12] On his deathbed, he chose Asura to be his successor and entrusted him with his power, but Indra, overcome by bitterness and envy as well as being encouraged and manipulated by Black Zetsu, a manifestation of Kaguya's will, fought against his brother, beginning a war between them that would continue through their descendants.[13][14][15]
Hagoromo leaves the tablet for Indra's descendants.
Suspecting that Indra or one of his reincarnations would eventually attempt to take Asura's power for themselves, Hagoromo left behind a tablet detailing his history in an attempt to make them reconsider.[16] Only those who possess the Rinnegan can fully decipher the contents of the tablet, while a reader with other dōjutsu such as the Sharingan can still partially interpret the information.[17] However, unknown to him, Black Zetsu, a manifestation of his mother's will, had altered the contents of his tablet so he could manipulate Indra's descendants, the Uchiha clan, through the ages into resurrecting Kaguya and initiating the Infinite Tsukuyomi anew.[18] Even though Hagoromo died and his body was destroyed, his chakra and consciousness remained and traversed the world throughout the centuries.
In the anime's telling of events, well into their adolescence, Hagoromo and his brother lived in ignorance of their mother's true amoral nature. While their homeland continued to prosper, people would periodically disappear for a sacred Ritual of the God Tree. One day, the brothers were approached by Gamamaru, who revealed to them that beyond the peak of the nearby mountains lied the truth of the ritual. While initially ignoring the toad's words, Hagoromo grew distressed when a local girl he cared for named Haori became part of the ritual. When the brothers confronted their mother about ending the rituals, Kaguya dismissed their concern, simply saying it was necessary for "the others' arrival". Finally deciding to investigate, the two brothers were horrified to learn that the missing citizens were sacrificed to the God Tree. This especially hurt Hagoromo, and he awakened the Sharingan in his grief. Wishing to learn more, the brothers sought out Gamamaru. He revealed to them their mother's history of coming to Earth and using the God Tree's fruit to gain great power and enslave much of the land using Infinite Tsukuyomi, including their father. Deciding that they needed more power to confront Kaguya should she turn hostile, Hagoromo began training under Gamamaru in senjutsu. While Hagoromo quickly improved in this art, Kaguya soon caught on to her sons' scheme.[19]
After Hagoromo completed his training under the Toad Sage, he returned to confront Kaguya, but not before being presented by Gamamaru with a special seal tag instilled with great sage power refined over the centuries. Once approaching Kaguya, the mother and son made their respective views known. As Hagoromo tried to reason with Kaguya, his words fell on deaf ears, as Kaguya deemed Hagoromo as ungrateful. She then had Hamura, whom she brainwashed, attack Hagoromo. Unable to reason with Hamura, Hagoromo was left with no choice but to strike down his beloved brother, which awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan and Rinnegan. Deciding to use Gamamaru's one-use gift, Hagoromo placed the seal tag on Hamura and healed him.[20]
Angered by the fact that her chakra had been used against her, Kaguya wills the God Tree to transform into the Ten-Tails, which attempted to reclaim her chakra for her. Hagoromo and Hamura fought both their mother and the Ten-Tails in a battle that lasts for months, decimating the land in the process, until they were able to defeat them both by sealing Kaguya, and Hagoromo split the Ten-Tails' chakra into the nine tailed beasts. Later, Hagoromo was able to free the world from Kaguya's Infinite Tsukuyomi. While Hamura decided to stay on the moon to keep watch of their mother,[20] Hagoromo chose to travel the earth to find proper dwellings for the tailed beasts and repent for the damage he caused the world from his fight against Kaguya. Before leaving, Gamamaru told Hagoromo a prophecy he had about a mischievous blue-eyed child who would one day connect with the tailed beasts and bring about a miracle.[21]
Afterwards, Hagoromo eventually returned to his home village to act as the centre for the teachings of ninshū. He also fell in love and married a woman with whom had two children, Indra and Asura. During the second pregnancy, there were complications as Hagoromo's wife passed not long after giving birth to her second child.[21] Hagoromo later began instructing his sons in Ninshū. The older son, Indra, was acknowledged by Hagoromo as a true prodigy, quickly began to revel in his natural prowess and became very solitary, unaware that much of this came from the subtle manipulations of Black Zetsu.[22] The younger son, Asura, proved to be the exact opposite, having shown no special abilities or natural talent, but he pushed on through his limitations, growing stronger and more mature because of his struggles and making friends with others along the way. Finally deciding the time had come to chose a successor to Ninshū, Hagoromo sent each on his sons on a different mission of restoration for a struggling land that was ravaged by the battle against Kaguya to test their capacities.[23] Indra quickly returning after completing his while Asura took much longer. Deciding to wait for his younger son's return before making his decision, he was told the nature of how Indra completed his mission by Gamamaru. After a year went by since the missions were given, Asura completed his mission, but also returned with many people from the village, who were inspired by Asura and even learned Ninshū from him, having helped him complete his mission.[24]
With Asura and Indra present, Hagoromo decided to choose his successor in Ninshū. Much to everyone's surprise, Hagoromo chose Asura. This greatly angered and confused Indra, who thought he was worthy of becoming the successor, and he stormed out into the wilderness. Later on, Hagoromo explained to Asura why he chose him as his successor and asked Asura to take care of the world with Indra, and Hagoromo gave Asura his power. Subsequently, Indra in a fit of rage attacked Hagoromo, Asura and the rest of the villagers with his Susanoo and newly acquired Mangekyō Sharingan, with his explanation as to how he obtained the dōjutsu drawing Hagoromo's disgust. Hagoromo and the rest of the villagers transferred their chakra to Asura to help him take on Indra, forcing the elder brother to flee.[24]
As Hagoromo was nearing death and laying on his deathbed, Indra appeared to his father after years of disappearance and explained his ambition to take down ninshū. Hagoromo later relays this information to Asura and his family, entrusting his younger son with his final wish before dying.[24]
Hagoromo was a man who sought peace by spreading his wisdom across the world. He was exceptionally wise, as he was able to bring about a great change to the world by simply disseminating the principles of chakra and his religion. He also seemed to care a great deal for the tailed beasts when they were still with him; he gave them each a name as a sign of their individuality, and told them that no matter how far apart they grew, they would always be together, and would someday be led down the right path.[10] In return, the tailed beasts showed respect and admiration for the Sage. Kurama even shed a tear at the thought of his imminent passing, suggesting that the beasts might even have viewed him as a sort of father-figure. His compassion and desire for peace was so great that even after learning of Kaguya's amoral actions, which included the death of Hagoromo's crush Haori, Hagoromo never succumbed to his grief and rage, despite it also awakening his Sharingan. Instead, he hoped to settle the matters with words rather than violence.[19] Even more, despite rebelling against Kaguya, he still loved and respected her, constantly referring to her as "Mother" even when acknowledging how evil she became.
In the anime, Hagoromo's personality remained mostly the same in his youth, apart from the periodic immaturity that comes with adolescence. One example was when he gloated Kaguya's attempt to turn Hamura against him not only backfired, but also allowed him to awaken his Mangekyō Sharingan and Rinnegan.
Upon meeting Naruto, Hagoromo showed himself to be a very patient and composed individual, being unaffected by Naruto's outbursts. He was a very intelligent man, as even from a young age, he was able to clearly see through the demeanour and intentions of others.[19] Very methodically, he could learn new forms of study including language and culture, able to seamlessly change his speech patterns and dialect to be better understood by people from a different era.[25] He was also very stern about his teachings being recognised as "ninshū", noting that "ninjutsu" was created for combat unlike ninshū's pursuit of peace, and gripped his staff rather tightly when Naruto failed to distinguish the difference between the two.[26] At the same time, Hagoromo was a very modest man, openly admitting that change is inevitable and one can only hope to prepare themselves for it.[22] Likewise, he was open and truthful about his personal mistakes and shames as a father and leader. Despite his deified status, he also believed that no one should have more power than any other because there is a strong chance that the person will become arrogant and desire even greater power. After defeating his mother, Hagoromo made a personal choice to avoid using his inhuman powers whenever possible, both as a means to atone for the damage he caused the land and to better connect with normal people, feeling a certain pride and joy at accomplishing his tasks with normal effort.[21]
After trying to undo the rift he unintentionally created between his sons, and their respective present incarnations, he ultimately lamented that he was unable to repair the damage he caused; as such he put his trust in Naruto only.[27] Hagoromo was also rather open minded, but also a curious individual. When Sasuke told Hagoromo about his drastic plans to revolutionise the world, Hagoromo still shared half his power with Sasuke to see how events would unfold differently.
Hagoromo as a child.
Hagoromo as a young adult.
Hagoromo as an adult.
Hagoromo was a tall and pale-skinned man, who had deep wrinkles and a strong jawline in his elderly age. He had spiky, shoulder-length, pale brown hair, with a chin-length, braided lock hanging in front of his left ear. He also sported a goatee, which was short in his younger years and later tapered down to his waist in his old age. Hagoromo had a pair of horn-like protrusions extending from either side of his forehead and — in the anime — pupilless white eyes.[19] He also had a red Rinnegan-like marking in the centre of his forehead referred to as his Third Eye (第三の眼, Daisan no Me)[28]; in the anime, this marking appeared when he first awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan and Rinnegan.[20] Hagoromo wore a white, full-length kimono with a pattern of six black magatama around a high collar, beneath which, he wore a necklace which was also made up of six black magatama. On the back of his kimono was a larger, black Rinnegan marking with a pattern of nine magatama arranged in three rows of three beneath it.
Hagoromo and Hamura sealing their mother.
Hagoromo is widely accepted as the most powerful figure in history, second only to his mother, having defeated the Ten-Tails and seal away his mother alongside his brother, with Hamura acknowledging his older brother as the stronger of the twins.[19] Hagoromo's might and exploits ultimately made him revered as a god. He obtained a great group of followers, as many across the world strove to learn from his teachings. His power even transcended time itself, becoming able to continue observing the world and interact with people long after his death.
Chakra and Physical Prowess
Born as a son of Kaguya, Hagoromo was blessed with remarkably powerful and equally large reserves of chakra, evident from how far his dōjutsu naturally advanced on its own containing the Yin–Yang Release.[29] The first person born with chakra, he also became the first man on Earth to understand the very nature of chakra itself. With no prior training, he had an innate and immensely precise control over its power, not needing hand seals for his various feats[22] and proved to be very versatile in its usage, such as transferring chakra to others. His reserves grew exponentially higher after becoming the first jinchūriki in history with the Ten-Tails' great power contained within him. His power was so great that centuries after his death, with his genes greatly diluted, his distant descendants,[30] Kinkaku and Ginkaku, were able to obtain jinchūriki-like powers by consuming the meat of Kurama instead of dying, as another Kumogakure shinobi did when attempting the same.
Hagoromo was also shown to have impressive raw might. While peaceful, he demonstrated considerable hand-to-hand combat prowess, able to easily fend off his younger brother's brainwashed assault. He also possessed equally remarkable strength, able to effortlessly rip out full-grown trees from the ground.[21]
Ninshū
Hagoromo connecting with others through ninshū.
Hagoromo's wisdom, combined with his kekkei mōra, allowed him to create the original form of ninjutsu, Ninshū. He invented Ninshū as a way to bring peace to a war-torn world, sharing chakra with others and then teaching them to connect together with everyone using their spiritual energies as a mean to understand feelings of one another. He could also use it as a means to heal seemingly any ailment in an individual. He intended for this creation to connect all humans and bring forth harmony, however, following his death, humans began using the newfound power they wielded to fight against each other, and widen the rift between them all instead, turning it into what became ninjutsu.
Nature Transformation
Hagoromo using the Creation of All Things Technique.
Hagoromo became the first person to master all five elemental nature transformations. In the anime, he was shown to use Lightning Release to demolish a gigantic rock and create a blade of lightning to impale his foes. He could also use Wind Release to produce air currents to cut through the God Tree's bindings.[19] With his mastery of the Yin–Yang Release to such an extent, he was able to combine his Yang chakra, the essence of physical energy, with his Yin chakra, the essence of spiritual energy, to create form from nothingness with a mere thought to bring it to life, an ability that he used to create the Tailed Beasts from the Ten-Tails' chakra.[8]
Fūinjutsu
In preparation for his battle with Kaguya, alongside Hamura, Hagoromo developed immense prowess in fūinjutsu. With his mastery of sealing techniques, he was able to first seal the Ten-Tails into his own body, and was later able to seal it away when his life came to an end. Even on his deathbed, Hagoromo was able to employ his Chibaku Tensei technique on a massive scale and use that chakra to create the moon to imprison the body of the Ten-Tails within it, a clear testament to his incredible power. His mastery of this skill also allowed him to brand others with a portion of his powers.
Dōjutsu
Hagoromo's Sharingan.
In the anime, Hagoromo awakened the Sharingan after finding the corpse of his love interest Haori. Similar to his descendants — the Uchiha — he gained much greater powers of perception, able to clearly see through enemies' tactics to better counter them.[20] Unique to him, his Sharingan first emerged fully mature with three tomoe in both eyes and could maintain usage of this power seemingly indefinitely and unhindered.[19]
Mangekyō Sharingan
Hagoromo's Complete Body — Susanoo.
In the anime, when finding himself unable to stop his younger brother from attacking in his brainwashed state, Hagoromo was forced to fatally injure him, manifesting the Mangekyō Sharingan. Quickly mastering this new power while in battle, Hagoromo became able to use Susanoo in its Complete Body form to fight on par with Kaguya's Ten-Tails form, even able to deflect one of the Ten-Tails' Tailed Beast Ball. With the simultaneous awakening of the Rinnegan, Hagoromo appears able to access his Sharingan abilities even while the Rinnegan is activated and suffers no adverse effect from using this power such as physical strain or deteriorating sight.[20]
Hagoromo's Rinnegan.
Hagoromo possessed a derived form of his mother's dōjutsu; the Rinnegan. In the anime, he manifested it simultaneously with his Mangekyō Sharingan.[19] He was believed to have been the only person to have fully mastered the Rinnegan, and also learned to control all five types of chakra natures. As a wielder of the Rinnegan,[31] Nagato openly admitted his power with the Rinnegan was nothing compared to Hagoromo's.[32] The Rinnegan grants him the ability to use all of the abilities of the Six Paths Technique.[33] With the Outer Path, he could summon souls from the Pure Land and also undo another person's use of the Impure World Reincarnation, releasing the souls from their vessels and sending them back to the Pure Land.
With his immense reserves of chakra inherited from his mother, Hagoromo was very well-adjusted to learning senjutsu to enhance his abilities. In the anime, this was taught to him by Gamamaru in Mount Myōboku, and Hagoromo showed an innate talent for it, shocking Gamamaru with his ability to clearly sense the presence of Natural Energy before gaining any training as a Sage and mastering the art in an inconceivably short amount of time.[19] Along with his powerful chakra and Rinnegan, he was able to develop the Six Paths Senjutsu.[34] With this, he could perform feats such as flying and levitating freely.
With his Six Paths Senjutsu, Hagoromo also had the ability to manifest up to ten Truth-Seeking Balls at a time,[35][36][37] which are composed of the five basic nature transformations, Yin–Yang Release[38] and the Six Paths Sage Chakra.[39] He typically shaped one of the orbs into a dual-headed shakujō. One end has a ringed hoop, while the other end possesses a crescent shaped curve, representing the sun and moon respectively.[40] With this malleable chakra, he can also form the holy sword known as the Sword of Nunoboko, which he reportedly used to shape the world.[41]
Bukijutsu
Hagoromo was shown carrying two objects. One was what appeared to be a katana, implying that he was skilled in kenjutsu, whilst the other was a shakujō — a Buddhist ringed staff which is meant to be used in prayer, another weapon that he was likely proficient with.[42][43]
Treasured Tools
Hagoromo wielded unique tools which became known as the Treasured Tools of the Sage of Six Paths, each of which possess a unique and powerful ability. The five treasures are: the Bashōsen, Benihisago, Kōkinjō, Shichiseiken, and the Kohaku no Jōhei. By combining the Benihisago, Kōkinjō, and Shichiseiken, Hagoromo could capture the word soul of his victims, and then draw them into the gourd to seal them away. With the Bashōsen, he could generate any of the five basic elements. The Kohaku no Jōhei allowed him to seal anyone without the elaborate procedures used for the Benihisago. All five of the tools requires enormous amounts of chakra to use, which can easily kill an average person by exhaustion, though due to Hagoromo's massive reserves, he shows no trouble with this issue.
Birth of the Ten-Tails' Jinchūriki
Hagoromo introduces himself to Naruto.
After Yang-Kurama was extracted from Naruto Uzumaki, the legendary sage met within Naruto's mind to speak with him, noting that he felt drawn to Naruto. After the young shinobi grew angry from Hagoromo's philosophical speech, Hagoromo gets to the matter at hand. He begins to explain his family history from his mother to his two sons, to Naruto, which lead him to reveal to the latter, that he is in fact the transmigrant of his younger son Asura. Realising that Naruto had already realised this on some level, Hagoromo also went on to explain that similarly, Indra has repeatedly transmigrated his chakra into others, most recently, as Naruto correctly guessed, Indra's chakra is in possession of Sasuke Uchiha. Hagoromo explained that Indra's previous transmigrant, Madara, sought not only the Sage's power, but that of his mother's, having broken from the normal cycle of life.
Hagoromo transfers his power to Naruto and Sasuke.
As the Sage asked Naruto to stop Madara, Naruto thanked him for his trust, though Hagoromo insisted that he deserved no praise after his failings as a father and leader as well as having let the world continue to follow the belief of power for peace. Naruto disagreed with Hagoromo being a failure. Gyūki, Shukaku, and Yin-Kurama agreed as they appeared inside Naruto's mind, having just been transferred inside Naruto's body from Obito. As the tailed beasts voiced their agreement to Naruto being the child of the prophecy, Hagoromo summoned the other tailed beasts. Admitting to his mistake of solely trusting one son and ignoring the other, Hagoromo entrusted Naruto to help reshape the world for the better. He then asked Naruto what his goal was after the war ended. Simultaneously elsewhere, Hagoromo met with Sasuke, telling him the same story and asking him the same question. Accepting the respective answers of his reincarnated children, Hagoromo gives divides his power and chakra and bestows it evenly between the two rivals/friends, ensuring he did not repeat the mistake of only entrusting the task to just one. This also blessed the Naruto and Sasuke with awakening the Six Paths Sage Mode and the Rinnegan respectively.
Kaguya Ōtsutsuki Strikes
Hagoromo manifests himself before the Hokage.
Later on, after Hashirama placed his hand on half of Madara's body, Hagoromo emerges from it in front of the reanimated Hokage, recognising Hashirama as Asura's previous transmigrant. Hagoromo then explains the current situation to the Hokage, and in the anime revealed the full history of his life.[21] Telling them of a powerful summoning technique that he is unable to perform now as he gave nearly all his power to Sasuke and Naruto, he instead gives instructions to the Hokage.
The deceased Kage and Hagoromo summon Team 7 and the tailed beasts.
After sensing his mother had finally been sealed by Naruto and Sasuke, the Yin and Yang marks he gave them reappearing on his own hands, he called the spirits of the deceased Kage to aid him in performing a Summoning Technique to bring Team 7, the tailed beasts, and Madara back from Kaguya's Dimension. Afterwards, he thanks Naruto and Sasuke for saving the world. Hagoromo then thanks Kakashi for effectively leading his students against Kaguya, who humbly says they did most of the work. Sasuke, noticing Madara was still alive, goes to finish him, only for Hagoromo to stop him, saying that having the tailed beasts removed from him without the assistance of the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path means he will soon die on his own. After everyone says their final words, Hagoromo then sends all the past Kage back to the afterlife.
As plans for the future were expressed, Hagoromo insisted to Yang-Kurama that it return to Naruto's side. Turning his attention to the present, Hagoromo began instructing Naruto and Sasuke on how to dispel Infinite Tsukuyomi. Before any such action even started, Sasuke made his own plans known. Planning to kill the current Kage and take control of the tailed beasts, he then swiftly placed the latter under his genjutsu and sealed them away in his own Chibaku Tensei. Sasuke then explained he wished to reshape the world as it should have been, doing so with revolution. Knowing already of Sasuke's intentions from their last talk, Hagoromo was saddened to see despite his efforts to make things right with his children in a new life, they still ended up fighting each other. Naruto however firmly said he would put an end to this sibling feud. Knowing his time left in this world was nearly up, Hagoromo chose to trust Naruto. Watching as Team Kakashi dissolved once more, he approached Kakashi as he tended to an unconscious Sakura. Citing that the past is there as a reminder, he expresses his confidence that Naruto would be able to transform Sasuke's hate into love. Hagoromo begins to disappear and he tells Kakashi to believe in them, because there was nothing more they could do.
It is almost impossible to overestimate Hagoromo's effect on the course of the ninja world's development. As the first true ninja, he created the ninja world, revolutionised it, and left it forever changed. As his disciples grew continuously greater in number, it led to the creation of ninja clans. However, despite his efforts of using ninshū to promote peace through the world, over time following his passing, people began to use chakra as means to get stronger and weaponised this power, deviating away from the true teachings of ninshū and ultimately formed what became ninjutsu.
As time passed, Hagoromo ultimately faded into legend. His bloodline was divided into the descendants of his two children, which would eventually form the Senju clan — and through distant relations, the Uzumaki clan — and the Uchiha clan. As a result of Madara Uchiha acquiring and integrating the DNA of Hashirama Senju into his body, thereby fusing the chakras of Indra and Asura and creating Hagoromo's chakra, the Rinnegan would later resurface. Though he noted nothing happened initially after the DNA integration, when Madara neared the end of his natural lifespan, the dōjutsu finally awakened.[44] With that, Madara managed to undo Hagoromo's seal on the vessel of the Ten-Tails by summoning it from the moon and formulated the Eye of the Moon Plan to become the Ten-Tails' new jinchūriki.[44]
Because Nagato, a pupil of Jiraiya's, possessed the Rinnegan, the latter suspected Nagato to have been the reincarnation of the Sage himself.[45] However, in reality, Madara had secretly transplanted his own Rinnegan into the boy without his knowledge.[44] Nagato, as a descendant of the Senju-related Uzumaki clan, was the perfect host for the dōjutsu; however, Nagato himself noted that his own power would have paled in comparison to the Sage's.[46] Others, including Kakashi Hatake and Ōnoki, noted that the Sage was a myth and the Rinnegan was viewed merely as a mutation.[47][48] The tailed beasts' recognition of Hagoromo (and their apparent status as the only survivors from his lifetime), lended credibility to his existence.[49][50]
Centuries after Hagoromo died, Hagoromo's prophecy from Gamamaru about the world-changing boy who would unite the tailed beasts finally came true, as the tailed beasts themselves would all later come to agree that this person is Naruto Uzumaki, giving him their trust and a portion of their respective powers.[51][52]
Hagoromo Ōtsutsuki is a playable character in the following video games:
Japanese release
English release
Naruto Shippūden: Ultimate Ninja Blazing 14 July 2016 24 August 2016
Naruto: Shinobi Collection Shippū Ranbu 27 July 2015
Hagoromo Ōtsutsuki makes his first video game appearance in the main story of Naruto Shippūden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 4 where he plays the role as the game's narrator. At the beginning of the game's story mode, the unseen Hagoromo presents the player with a scroll without a name which records the game's story. Upon completing the main story, Hagoromo decides that all there is left to do is to give the scroll a name and names it The Tale of Naruto Uzumaki. He plays his role as the narrator again in the Road to Boruto expansion for the game, presenting another scroll without a name to the player, but this time, he doesn't give the scroll a name at the end of the story. The reason for this is because, according to him, Boruto's path in life will keep going on for a very long time. Eventually, Boruto will look back on his path in life, and when he does, the story will get a name. Hagoromo concludes by telling the player that until then, this story will not have a name.
If the player is KO'd in story mode, Hagoromo will appear and will allow them to continue the battle, giving them the option of increasing either their attack or defence power for the remainder of the battle. However, if the player gets KO'd during the Kabuto vs Itachi battle, Itachi will appear instead of him.
Hagoromo (羽衣) literally means feather mantle and is a reference to The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter, in which Princess Kaguya is given a hagoromo to wear upon her return to the moon. The surname 'Ōtsutsuki' (大筒木) roughly means 'big bamboo tree' and is derived from an obscure passage in the second volume of the Kojiki about the genealogies of Emperor Suinin, eleventh emperor of Japan, which states that he had a consort named Kaguyahime no Mikoto (迦具夜比売命), the daughter of a king named Ōtsutsukitarine no Miko (大筒木垂根王); tradition holds that these individuals served as the basis for Princess Kaguya and the old bamboo cutter in the aforementioned tale.
His horn-like appendages may in fact symbolise rabbit ears, representing his connection to the moon by evoking the moon rabbit; pop culture depictions of Princess Kaguya and the moon-folk often incorporate features like rabbit ears for this reason.
In the fourth databook, Hagoromo is called "Rikudō no Shinsen" (六道の神仙) on one occasion. Although both "sennin" and "shinsen" can be translated as "sage", the latter is an archaic way to refer to supernatural beings and even gods.[1]
The necklace that Hagoromo wore might be a reference to the Yasakani Jewel; a legendary magatama necklace that is part of the Japanese Imperial Regalia, together with the Kusanagi Sword and the Yata Mirror.
Hagoromo shares the same nickname with both the First and Third Hokage, who were all known as the "God of Shinobi" (忍の神, Shinobi no Kami).
Prior to his full appearance in the manga, the anime depicted Hagoromo with a different colour scheme: he had light-coloured skin and dull-brown hair, both the magatama around his neck and the markings on his back were red, and the top part of his shakujō was golden.[53] This colour scheme was also used in Naruto: Colour Edition.
Despite using Truth-Seeking Balls in the manga, he is not listed as a user of this technique in the fourth databook.[54]
(As quoted by Jiraiya) "I am the one who will establish peace and order." (「我安寧秩序を成す者」, "Ware annei chitsujo o nasu mono.")[45]
(To the tailed beasts) "I don't have long any more. Shukaku, Matatabi, Isobu, Son Gokū, Kokuō, Saiken, Chōmei, Gyūki, Kurama. Even though you have been separated, you shall always be together. Until eventually that time shall come when you will become one… You each carry a name… And with a different shape than you had up to now, you will be shown a righteous path, different from the time you spent inside of me. What is true power… …Until that time…" (「私はもう長くない 守鶴・又旅・磯撫・孫悟空・穆王・犀犬・重明・牛鬼・九喇嘛 離れていてもお前達はいつも一緒だ いずれ一つとなる時が来よう…それぞれの名を持ち…今までとは違う形でな そして私の中に居た時と違い正しく導かれる 本当の力とは何か… …その時まで…」, "Watashi wa mō nagakunai. Shukaku, Matatabi, Isobu, Son Gokū, Kokuō, Saiken, Chōmei, Gyūki, Kurama. Hanarete ite mo omaetachi wa itsumo issho da. Izure hitotsu to naru toki ga koyō… Sorezore no na o mochi… Ima made to wa chigau katachi de na. Soshite watashi no naka ni ita toki to chigai tadashiku michibikareru. Hontō no chikara to wa nani ka… …Sono toki made…")[10]
(To Naruto) "Not ninjutsu, Ninshū! My Ninshū was created to inspire hope. Do not confuse it with ninjutsu, which was made to create war!"[26]
↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Fourth Databook, page 70
↑ 2.0 2.1 Naruto chapter 373, page 3
↑ Naruto chapter 446, page 10
↑ 4.0 4.1 The Last: Naruto the Movie novel
↑ Fourth Databook
↑ Naruto chapter 446, pages 9-10
↑ Naruto chapter 670, pages 14-19
↑ 8.0 8.1 Naruto chapter 510, pages 11-12
↑ Naruto chapter 656, pages 8-9
↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 Naruto chapter 572, pages 12-13
↑ Naruto: Shippūden episode 464
↑ Naruto chapter 671, page 7
↑ 19.0 19.1 19.2 19.3 19.4 19.5 19.6 19.7 19.8 Naruto: Shippūden episode 461
↑ 20.0 20.1 20.2 20.3 20.4 Naruto: Shippūden episode 462
↑ 22.0 22.1 22.2 Naruto: Shippūden episode 465
↑ 26.0 26.1 Naruto chapter 670, page 7
↑ Naruto: Shinobi Collection Shippū Ranbu
↑ Fourth Databook, page 226
↑ Fourth Databook, page 93
↑ Fourth Databook, pages 268-269
↑ 44.0 44.1 44.2 Naruto chapter 606, page 13
↑ 45.0 45.1 Naruto chapter 446, page 10
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D.C. Exes Celebrate Students, Tour the National Archives
By Rose Cahalan in Chapters, TXEX on April 19, 2012 at 2:53 pm | No Comments
Texas Exes chapter events aren't all gamewatches and happy hours. How about behind-the-scenes access to our national archives?
That's what the Texas Exes D.C. Chapter got on April 15, when they enjoyed a private tour of the National Archives. The chapter held a reception to celebrate D.C.-area students admitted to UT.
About 100 people mingled at the event, feasting on Texas-style barbecue. Several well-known alumni were in attendance, including Royce Lamberth, chief judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, and Paul Begala, political strategist, author, and CNN contributor.
Dean Paul Woodruff of the School of Undergraduate Studies was the event's featured speaker and answered questions about UT and its many opportunities for undergraduates.
Speaking on behalf of the chapter's board, alum Jeff Tsai says, "The University of Texas is a world-class institution because of the quality of its students, and out-of-state students are a big part of ensuring this continued high quality."
Photo courtesy Robert Weismantel
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Women with a twin brother are less likely to graduate from college and they earn less money and are less fertile than twins who are both female, research has shown.
A study that examined data on all twins born in Norway over 11 years also found that women with a male twin were less likely to get married.
The researchers suggested that their study offered support for the "twin testosterone-transfer hypothesis", which holds that women with a male twin are exposed to levels of testosterone in the womb that result in "masculinised" development.


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Male Escort Sentenced to Life for Murdering Wealthy Boyfriend
December 11, 2017 December 12, 2017 BIANCA BRUNO
California, murder, prostitution, Regional2, San Diego, sentencing
SAN DIEGO (CN) — In a three-hour-long hearing Monday morning, a federal judge proclaimed that "this was no run-of-the-mill murder" before sentencing a male escort to life in prison for stabbing his wealthy boyfriend to death in Mexico.
A pre-sentence report by David Meza's public defender Reuben Cahn outlining how Meza had been physically and sexually abused and neglected by family members as a child did not sway U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Miller's decision to sentence Meza to life in prison for one count of foreign domestic violence resulting in death. He also slapped him with 20 years for one count of conspiracy to obstruct justice for lying to investigators. The sentences will run concurrently.
Cahn had asked for 27-year-old Meza to be sentenced to 25 years in prison.
But Miller found that Meza "had a choice" and could have left the sex work profession and ended his relationship with wealthy Texas transplant Jake Merendino rather than stabbing him 24 times and nearly decapitating him before dumping his body along the side of a Mexican highway between Rosarito and Tijuana on May 2, 2015.
"Mr. Meza chose to end this relationship not by walking away but by murdering Mr. Merendino," Judge Miller said.
"This was no run-of-the-mill murder case, it had its own mosaic of deadly sins … this was an exercise in extreme brutality, annihilation of another human being," he added.
Meza's sentencing follows his conviction by a jury early this summer, which found Meza had murdered Merendino just after he had closed escrow on a luxury beachfront condo in Mexico.
At Monday's sentencing, Cahn pointed out members of Meza's family who attended the hearing to support him. He suggested Merendino always had the "upper hand" in the relationship since he "held the purse strings" and wanted to show Meza off as "arm candy" to his friends.
"This was not a normal love affair, as if they met on Match.com or in a bar," Cahn said. "It began as a commercial transaction and continued as a commercial transaction throughout its entirety."
In 2013, Merendino met Meza by responding to Meza's Craigslist ad offering male escort services.
Cahn disputed that Meza planned Merendino's murder, suggesting it was a "spontaneous response to a threat by Merendino" to expose Meza as a male escort and gay porn actor.
Cahn also cast doubt on Meza's relationship with his girlfriend Taylor Langston, which he engaged in at the same time he was dating Merendino.
Domestic abuse claims by Meza's then-girlfriend Langston were false, Cahn said, especially in light of "hundreds and hundreds" of text messages between the two – including after Meza was convicted of domestic abuse and sentenced to probation – "which showed a close and loving relationship."
Meza was given multiple opportunities to address the court during the sentencing hearing, but chose not to speak.
U.S. Attorney Robert Ciaffa rebuffed any attempts to dilute Meza's crime with his experience of abuse as a child, saying, "It's almost as if we've forgotten why we're here. Jake Merendino was murdered and this is the man who did it."
"The fact that he was a sex worker has nothing to do with the fact he killed Merendino," Ciaffa argued. "Abused children do not necessarily become murderers, prostitutes do not necessarily become murderers."
Ciaffa said Meza "groomed" Merendino over the course of their two-year relationship before "slaughtering" him. While Merendino showered Meza with over $100,000 in vehicles, gifts and cash, Meza's "big goal was to get the condo" and he needed to "keep Merendino on the hook" until the condo closed escrow, Ciaffa said.
Merendino was killed the day after he closed escrow on the condo.
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Ciaffa pointed to greed as the main motivator in Merendino's murder, as he was named as a primary beneficiary of the wealthy man's estate.
Four of Merendino's family members and friends read victim impact statements about how the murder had upended their lives. Merendino's friend Barbara Armani of Houston called Meza "a ruthless organism not worthy of being called a human."
Merendino's cousin Alfred Faggard, an attorney from east Texas, said Merendino's murder affected many people in their community, and that while families might prepare for loved ones to die from old age or Alzheimer's disease, "no family prepares for their cousin getting stabbed 24 times and their throat slit, all for the money."
"He played my cousin's affection like a fiddle," Faggard said of Meza.
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How UPMC Used Big Data and Integrated Care to Reduce Readmissions
Payers, providers must overcome historical mutual distrust
Health care providers are always on the lookout for strategies to reduce preventable readmissions, and leaders at one of the nation's foremost integrated health systems say the answer lies in integrating provider and payer operations.
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC), the nation's second-largest integrated payer-provider network, cut readmissions from 16.5% in 2008 to 13% in 2015 using its access to both payer and hospital big data, UPMC Chief Data Analytics Officer Pamela Peele said at the HIMSS Big Data and Healthcare Analytics Forum last week, according to a MobiHealthNews article quoted by FierceHealthcare.
UPMC conducted an initial round of modeling using only claims data in an attempt to build a profile of the patients most associated with readmissions, and significantly cut the likelihood of readmission by requiring all of its doctor to follow up with patients within five days. Soon after, the hospital side conducted similar modeling based on electronic health record data on indicators such as hemoglobin.
"We're predicting readmission before they're ever admitted and this is predicting the readmission risk based on drastically different inputs while they're in the hospital, yet the two models perform almost identically," Peele said.
Once system leaders had data from both ends side by side, they were able to look at patients for whom the claims and hospital data disagreed on risk level and reconcile the disparities by making a decision about whether it was more cost-effective to prioritize avoiding false negatives or false positives, eventually deciding on the latter.
Providers that decide to combine payer and care delivery operations have the choice between partnering with existing payers or creating their own plans, according to the New Yorker. Kaiser Permanente, the nation's largest integrated-care system, has found great success with the latter, consistently achieving high-quality scores thanks to its alignment of incentives. However, the historical distrust between providers and insurers remains a consistent obstacle to successful integration. But collaboration is key to the model's success, according to the CEO of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Rhode Island.
Source: Fiercehealthcare, November 11, 2015.
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Weighted sociodemographics and receipt of direct mail/email coupons in the past 6 months by wave 1 smoking status, PATH Study (wave 1 and 2 interviews) 2013–2015
Overall Never smokers Experimenters Non-daily smokers Current smokers Former smokers
(n=26 447) (n=5775) (n=7266) (n=1904) (n=9282) (n=4100)
Weighted % (weighted 95% CI)
Age (year), %
18–24 13.0 (13.0 to 13.1) 18.6 (18.0 to 19.2) 13.0 (12.4 to 13.6) 21.1 (19.1 to 23.3) 14.1 (13.1 to 14.9) 3.1 (2.8 to 3.5)
25–34 17.7 (17.2 to 18.2) 19.5 (18.2 to 20.8) 15.9 (14.8 to 17.0) 27.5 (25.3 to 29.8) 24.4 (23.4 to 25.4) 11.4 (10.3 to 12.5)
55–64 16.7 (16.3 to 17.2) 13.3 (12.1 to 14.7) 17.5 (16.3 to 18.8) 10.9 (9.3 to 16.8) 15.2 (14.2 to 16.2) 22.6 (20.9 to 24.4)
65 or above 18.0 (17.9 to 18.1) 15.9 (14.9 to 17.2) 17.0 (16.0 to 18.2) 5.1 (4.1 to 6.5) 7.3 (6.7 to 8.0) 32.2 (30.3 to 34.1)
Gender, %
Male 47.9 (47.8 to 48.0) 40.0 (38.8 to 41.2) 48.7 (47.4 to 50.0) 57.3 (54.7 to 59.9) 55.0 (53.8 to 56.1) 53.4 (51.8 to 55.0)
Female 52.1 (52.0 to 52.2) 60.0 (58.8 to 61.2) 51.3 (50.0 to 52.6) 42.7 (40.2 to 45.3) 45.0 (43.9 to 46.2) 46.6 (45.0 to 48.2)
Race/ethnicity, %
NH White 65.7 (65.7 to 65.8) 55.8 (54.5 to 57.2) 64.6 (63.4 to 65.8) 58.5 (56.1 to 61.0) 69.7 (68.5 to 71.0) 80.0 (78.5 to 81.4)
NH Black 11.6 (11.5 to 11.6) 13.9 (13.2 to 14.8) 11.6 (10.9 to 12.3) 13.1 (11.3 to 15.3) 13.2 (12.4 to 14.0) 6.1 (5.3 to 7.0)
Hispanic 15.0 (14.9 to 15.0) 19.0 (18.3 to 19.8) 17.2 (16.3 to 18.1) 20.2 (18.3 to 22.1) 11.1 (10.4 to 11.7) 8.7 (7.8 to 9.7)
NH Other 7.7 (7.7 to 7.8) 11.2 (10.5 to 12.0) 6.6 (5.9 to 7.4) 8.2 (6.6 to 10.1) 6.0 (5.5 to 6.6) 5.2 (4.3 to 6.2)
Education, %
<High school/GED 11.5 (11.2 to 11.8) 11.7 (10.9 to 12.5) 10.6 (9.7 to 11.6) 12.5 (11.0 to 14.3) 15.8 (15.0 to 16.6) 8.4 (7.4 to 9.7)
High school 29.2 (28.9 to 29.5) 28.2 (26.9 to 29.5) 24.5 (23.2 to 25.9) 27.3 (25.4 to 29.5) 38.5 (37.3 to 39.8) 29.2 (27.5 to 31.0)
Some college with no degree 31.0 (30.8 to 31.1) 29.0 (28.0 to 30.1) 30.2 (29.1 to 31.4) 36.8 (34.6 to 38.9) 33.8 (32.6 to 35.0) 32.6 (31.1 to 34.1)
Bachelor's degree or above 27.8 (27.7 to 28.0) 30.3 (29.2 to 31.4) 34.3 (33.0 to 35.6) 22.7 (20.4 to 25.2) 11.3 (10.7 to 12.0) 29.4 (27.8 to 31.0)
Undetermined 0.5 (0.4 to 0.8) 0.8 (0.5 to 1.3) 0.4 (0.2 to 0.6) 0.7 (0.3 to 1.6) 0.6 (0.4 to 0.9) 0.4 (0.2 to 0.7)
Poverty status, %
<100% poverty line 22.5 (21.8 to 23.2) 24.2 (22.8 to 25.6) 20.0 (19.0 to 21.1) 31.3 (29.1 to 33.6) 34.3 (33.0 to 35.8) 12.7 (11.6 to 13.9)
100%–199% poverty line 19.7 (18.9 to 20.5) 17.8 (16.6 to 19.1) 18.0 (16.8 to 19.3) 22.7 (20.3 to 25.1) 24.9 (23.9 to 26.0) 20.3 (18.7 to 22.1)
≥200% poverty line 46.8 (45.8 to 47.8) 44.8 (43.0 to 46.6) 52.0 (50.4 to 53.5) 39.0 (36.1 to 41.9) 32.1 (30.7 to 33.6) 56.0 (54.0 to 58.0)
Undetermined 11.0 (10.3 to 11.7) 13.2 (11.9 to 14.6) 10.0 (9.0 to 11.0) 7.1 (5.9 to 8.5) 8.7 (7.8 to 9.5) 11.0 (9.7 to 12.3)
Census region, %
Northeast 18.1 (18.1 to 18.2) 18.6 (17.6 to 19.7) 17.6 (16.5 to 18.9) 16.6 (14.6 to 18.8) 17.3 (15.9 to 18.7) 18.8 (17.2 to 20.5)
Midwest 21.4 (21.4 to 21.5) 19.0 (17.7 to 20.4) 21.3 (20.0 to 22.7) 21.2 (19.0 to 23.6) 24.5 (22.9 to 41.7) 22.8 (20.8 to 25.1)
South 37.2 (37.1 to 37.2) 38.1 (36.4 to 39.8) 36.3 (35.0 to 37.7) 37.6 (35.0 to 40.2) 39.7 (37.9 to 41.7) 34.5 (32.5 to 36.5)
West 23.3 (23.2 to 23.4) 24.3 (22.2 to 26.6) 24.8 (23.6 to 26.0) 24.6 (22.5 to 26.9) 18.5 (16.9 to 20.1) 23.9 (21.6 to 26.2)
Received direct mail/email coupons in the past 6 months, %
Yes 17.5 (16.9 to 18.2) 10.7 (9.6 to 11.9) 13.9 (13.0 to 14.9) 26.6 (24.4 to 28.9) 37.1 (36.0 to 38.2) 16.5 (15.2 to 17.8)
No 82.0 (81.3 to 82.6) 88.8 (87.6 to 90.0) 85.8 (84.7 to 86.7) 72.6 (70.4 to 74.5) 62.3 (61.2 to 63.4) 83.1 (81.8 to 84.3)
NH, non-Hispanic; PATH Study, Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health Study.


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Why you should avoid buying Windows 8
By LeaflameSD, October 25, 2012 in Windows 8
When I see someone ready to jump into the Cloud, usually friends and family but sometimes lazy clients, I asked them this about the company hosting their apps and data: "What's in it for them? How did you get so lucky to find someone willing purchase, setup and run a HDD 24/7/365, and maintains it, secures it, and makes sure it is always available to you at any ungodly hour? Now if you can imagine doing it yourself you realize there is real cost to such an arrangement: hardware purchase, electricity, and much time spent on configuration and housekeeping, not to mention failure replacement and backing up. Knowing these costs exist, I ask you again, What is in it for your cloud host?"
BTW this is not only connected to "free" and not only to "cloud", another "horror story":
http://www.edrants.com/3am-magazine-how-twelve-years-of-literary-content-disappeared-in-an-instant/
JorgeA 607
OS: Vista Home Premium x64
If I ran a magazine website, I'd have redundant copies of multiple backups at the office and in my house and in all my relatives' houses.
But this horror case does still speak to what we're talking about, in terms of entrusting your digital life to the Cloud.
--JorgeA
bpalone 7
OS: Windows 2000 Professional
And Windows 8, the most cloud-centric operating system yet, will hit desktops by the tens of millions in the coming year.
As for cloud storage of personal or business data, I will use my usual not so polite way of expressing it. Only mentally challenged parties would even think of such a thing. It never ceases to amaze me how sheeple are so eager to hand over all or large parts of their personal data/lives to some total stranger.
Nuno Brito 0
.script developer
Microsoft and Google seem to get confusingly similar nowadays. Both competing directly on so many of the same fields, the scroogle page was funny.
The same thing for the symbiosis between Win8 and the Internet services. It just gets much harder to remain anonymous or even hide your preferences from data miners. For a large part of the population, they just won't care or be aware of what happens.
In a post-modern world, only the command line will survive all these things. No fancy Javascript or Metro-like will get things done when systems get broken.
Edited December 8, 2012 by Nuno Brito
CoffeeFiend 0
Coffee Aficionado
I think that once MS finally takes away the DOS prompt, that will be the last straw for many of us. Let's hope that day never happens.
One could argue that they already have. Sure, cmd.exe is still there but that part is so trivial to replace (especially in such a primitive form), and there exists many good replacements for it (better ones) like console2.
The thing though is that they've let it fall aside, much like a lot of other good stuff. Batch files (and to some extent cmd.exe) haven't been meaningfully updated in over a decade. And what mostly replaced it (vbscript primarily -- and what relied on it like classic ASP) has also suffered the same treatment (no meaningful updates since Win2k). Also, they've never put in the effort to give it a good suite of command line tools (something similar to what Linux has). It always felt second rate and very much under-powered.
The current flavor of "command line" is powershell, and many GUI tools on server versions of Windows are merely front ends that create powershell commands (like tools to administer exchange). Sadly, these tools are getting metro-ified now...
If you exclude powershell, Windows is by far the one with the least powerful "command line window".
but none of the available evidence contradicts the theory that Microsoft will soon jettison their entire successful x86 history and completely morph into Apple.
Nah. They're only copying the bad parts, and they're just not managing to produce anything attractive. They're failing real hard at copying Apple and other established markets, much like they were late with the Zune, when Apple was already selling iPhones and iPod Touchs that run apps and do far more than just a mp3 player. Too little, too late, along with a bad execution, a unattractive branding, a history of failures, a price point that fails to attract, a history of poor support, etc.
I am not joking. Microsoft accusing others of malware problems!
Not only Win8 is getting a lot of bad reviews, including the one from the usability guru last week, but this week brings another gem, on a MIT blog from a well known guy with a PhD in comp sci: Christmas gift for someone you hate: Windows 8.
Why develop a Win8-only Metro app, when Win8 has almost no users and that Metro apps are avoided by Win8 users, and when you're unlikely to make money even when there are hundreds of millions of users?
Seemingly some developers learn these lessons the hard way. In the first month alone, iOS made them £70,000, Android £50,000, and Win RT will bring in somewhere between £150 and £200... This will also serve as a lesson to others doing market research to see if its profitable to develop Metro apps.
dencorso 982
{ EoS != EoL }
I think that the reason "Why you [one] should avoid buying Windows 8" is that either 9 will be great (and skipping 8 will have been a wise move), or there'll be no Microsoft left after 8 (and, hence, skipping 8 will have been an even wiser move), and this may very well end-up being the case, at the end of the day...
@Coffefiend,
JFYI the guy has replaced the whatever was cited by Business Insider with this:
http://www.rubicondev.com/blog/windows-rt-born-to-fail/
If anyone already read this post, it has had a very positive effect and Microsoft have graciously decided work with us to iron out the problems and get us past this incident.
With a sense of fair play, I'm putting my grumpiness on hiatus and deleting the juicy bits. Which was all of it, sorry.
Personally - and being notoriously expert on grumpy businesses - I call this "behaving as a brainless mercenary and selfish clown" instead of "fair play", though.
What the heck does he think, that by deleting that text he will make everything as before?
Some excerpts are all over the net, example:
http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/378562/hit-game-makes-52-in-first-week-on-windows-rt
Yes, I believe it's pointless too. I already knew he had "deleted" it as well.
I just found it funny that a game that's sold many millions of copies on Android and iOS (and is making them millions) is basically generating zero revenue as a Metro app. Not even enough to recoup the costs of porting it.
If you want to make money selling apps, the Apple and Google stores is where the money is at and it's not going to change anytime soon with Win8 tablets like Surface failing pretty hard, and desktop users avoiding everything Metro like the plague it is.
As for cloud storage of personal or business data, I will use my usual not so polite way of expressing it. Only mentally challenged parties would even think of such a thing.
It never ceases to amaze me how sheeple are so eager to hand over all or large parts of their personal data/lives to some total stranger.
Yeah, for some (a lot of?) people it's going to take some large, destructive, and well-publicized data breaches to make them stop and think if that's really what they want to do.
Edited December 9, 2012 by JorgeA
Apropos of this, the Wall Street Journal just had an informative article on the subject of online tracking.
For a boost to private browsing, I recommend using Ixquick's option to open a search result link through a proxy. Now it works such that every link you click on while on the website you're visiting, is also processed via a proxy server.
Really sad to see how the crossing of all this information can give a very complete scenario of what we do online across these sites.
Thanks JorgeA, I have now mentioned this option at http://www.google-is-evil.com/thread-3.html
Previously I was using scroogle until it closed doors and later duckduckgo.
I guess you should tell those guys that they won't be admitted to the "2013 time keeping championship", you apparently became a member there when you were -11
Don't worry, I'm quite sure google and many other companies around the web keep a tab on my age and interests..
CharlotteTheHarlot 2
Have to quote myself from Post #130 above for this update to make sense ...
I'm still stunned by this. Does Microsoft really want a ... "Do you have a Windows malware horror story? Reply with #WindowsRage with your best/worst story and we may have a get-well present for you." Have they learned nothing in all these years? Do they not anticipate #BsodRage or #MetroRage? Insert other obvious hashtags here as desired.
Well that was quick ...
Microsoft's #droidrage campaign results in #windowsrage on Twitter ( The Verge 2012-12-06 )
... Microsoft kicked off #droidrage again, seemingly out of the blue, and it has backfired.
#droidrage turns to #windowsrage in marketing blunder
Twitter users have created a #windowsrage hash tag that is full of users upset by Microsoft's latest marketing misstep. The company's fascination with being anti-Google reached its peak recently after the Bing division launched its "scroogled" campaign to directly attack Google's "unfair pay-to-rank shopping practices." It's the latest in a host of anti-Google attacks from Microsoft ranging from the Gmail man to newspaper ads bashing Google's privacy changes. It's clear from the #droidrage effort that end users don't always take to these in your face marketing campaigns. Perhaps the Windows Phone team will now focus on the challenges it has with its own product before trying to take down the most widely used mobile operating system.
That's Karma baby ( again )


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Q: Turning off exception logging in HikariPool I have two databases that are connected to my application and therefore I have two connectors like that:
@Configuration
@EnableTransactionManagement
@EnableJpaRepositories(entityManagerFactoryRef = DMP_SAP_ENTITY_MANAGER_FACTORY_BEAN_NAME)
class SapHanaConnectionConfiguration @Autowired constructor(private val environment: Environment) {

    private val driverClassName by lazy { environment.getProperty(DMP_SAP_DRIVER_CLASS_NAME) }
    private val jdbcString by lazy { environment.getProperty(DMP_SAP_JDBC_STRING) }
    private val username by lazy { environment.getProperty(DMP_SAP_USERNAME) }
    private val password by lazy { environment.getProperty(DMP_SAP_PASSWORD) }

    @Bean(name = [DMP_SAP_DATA_SOURCE_BEAN_NAME])
    fun dataSource(): DataSource = DataSourceBuilder.create()
        .driverClassName(driverClassName)
        .url(jdbcString)
        .username(username)
        .password(password)
        .build()

    @Bean(name = [DMP_SAP_ENTITY_MANAGER_FACTORY_BEAN_NAME])
    fun entityManagerFactory(
        builder: EntityManagerFactoryBuilder,
        @Qualifier(DMP_SAP_DATA_SOURCE_BEAN_NAME) dataSource: DataSource
    ): LocalContainerEntityManagerFactoryBean = builder
        .dataSource(dataSource)
        .packages(DMP_SAP_MODEL_PACKAGE)
        .persistenceUnit(DMP_SAP_PERSISTENCE_UNIT_NAME)
        .build()

    @Bean(name = [DMP_SAP_TRANSACTION_MANAGER_BEAN_NAME])
    fun transactionManager(@Qualifier(DMP_SAP_ENTITY_MANAGER_FACTORY_BEAN_NAME) entityManagerFactory: EntityManagerFactory): PlatformTransactionManager =
        JpaTransactionManager(entityManagerFactory)

}

Problem is that this particular connector should be working only in production environment, because it connects to the database with clients data (which is located int the inner local network and it is not accessible outside of client's network). Right now while developing in my local environment both connectors start and therefore this SapHanaConnection throws exception because it can't establish connection to given DB.
2018-10-25 14:04:09.187 ERROR 13680 --- [n(14)-127.0.0.1] com.zaxxer.hikari.pool.HikariPool        : HikariPool-2 - Exception during pool initialization.

com.sap.db.jdbc.exceptions.JDBCDriverException: SAP DBTech JDBC: Cannot connect to jdbc:sap://CLIENTS_MACHINE/ [Unknown host CLIENTS_MACHINE [CLIENTS_MACHINE], -709].
    at com.sap.db.jdbc.exceptions.SQLExceptionSapDB._newInstance(SQLExceptionSapDB.java:126)
    at com.sap.db.jdbc.exceptions.SQLExceptionSapDB._newInstance(SQLExceptionSapDB.java:203)
    at com.sap.db.jdbc.exceptions.SQLExceptionSapDB.newInstance(SQLExceptionSapDB.java:50)
    at com.sap.db.jdbc.DriverSapDB._connect(DriverSapDB.java:1404)
    at com.sap.db.jdbc.DriverSapDB.connect(DriverSapDB.java:1102)
    at com.zaxxer.hikari.util.DriverDataSource.getConnection(DriverDataSource.java:117)
    at com.zaxxer.hikari.util.DriverDataSource.getConnection(DriverDataSource.java:123)
    at com.zaxxer.hikari.pool.PoolBase.newConnection(PoolBase.java:365)
    at com.zaxxer.hikari.pool.PoolBase.newPoolEntry(PoolBase.java:194)
    at com.zaxxer.hikari.pool.HikariPool.createPoolEntry(HikariPool.java:460)
    at com.zaxxer.hikari.pool.HikariPool.checkFailFast(HikariPool.java:534)
    at com.zaxxer.hikari.pool.HikariPool.<init>(HikariPool.java:115)
    at com.zaxxer.hikari.HikariDataSource.getConnection(HikariDataSource.java:112)
    at org.springframework.jdbc.datasource.DataSourceUtils.fetchConnection(DataSourceUtils.java:151)
    at org.springframework.jdbc.datasource.DataSourceUtils.doGetConnection(DataSourceUtils.java:115)
    at org.springframework.jdbc.datasource.DataSourceUtils.getConnection(DataSourceUtils.java:78)
    at org.springframework.jdbc.core.JdbcTemplate.execute(JdbcTemplate.java:324)
    at org.springframework.boot.actuate.jdbc.DataSourceHealthIndicator.getProduct(DataSourceHealthIndicator.java:122)
    at org.springframework.boot.actuate.jdbc.DataSourceHealthIndicator.doDataSourceHealthCheck(DataSourceHealthIndicator.java:109)
    at org.springframework.boot.actuate.jdbc.DataSourceHealthIndicator.doHealthCheck(DataSourceHealthIndicator.java:104)
    at org.springframework.boot.actuate.health.AbstractHealthIndicator.health(AbstractHealthIndicator.java:84)
    at org.springframework.boot.actuate.health.CompositeHealthIndicator.health(CompositeHealthIndicator.java:68)
    at org.springframework.boot.actuate.health.CompositeHealthIndicator.health(CompositeHealthIndicator.java:68)
    at org.springframework.boot.actuate.health.HealthEndpoint.health(HealthEndpoint.java:47)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
    at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
    at org.springframework.util.ReflectionUtils.invokeMethod(ReflectionUtils.java:223)
    at org.springframework.boot.actuate.endpoint.invoke.reflect.ReflectiveOperationInvoker.invoke(ReflectiveOperationInvoker.java:76)
    at org.springframework.boot.actuate.endpoint.annotation.AbstractDiscoveredOperation.invoke(AbstractDiscoveredOperation.java:61)
    at org.springframework.boot.actuate.endpoint.jmx.EndpointMBean.invoke(EndpointMBean.java:104)
    at org.springframework.boot.actuate.endpoint.jmx.EndpointMBean.invoke(EndpointMBean.java:93)
    at com.sun.jmx.interceptor.DefaultMBeanServerInterceptor.invoke(DefaultMBeanServerInterceptor.java:819)
    at com.sun.jmx.mbeanserver.JmxMBeanServer.invoke(JmxMBeanServer.java:801)
    at javax.management.remote.rmi.RMIConnectionImpl.doOperation(RMIConnectionImpl.java:1468)
    at javax.management.remote.rmi.RMIConnectionImpl.access$300(RMIConnectionImpl.java:76)
    at javax.management.remote.rmi.RMIConnectionImpl$PrivilegedOperation.run(RMIConnectionImpl.java:1309)
    at javax.management.remote.rmi.RMIConnectionImpl.doPrivilegedOperation(RMIConnectionImpl.java:1401)
    at javax.management.remote.rmi.RMIConnectionImpl.invoke(RMIConnectionImpl.java:829)
    at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor193.invoke(Unknown Source)
    at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
    at sun.rmi.server.UnicastServerRef.dispatch(UnicastServerRef.java:357)
    at sun.rmi.transport.Transport$1.run(Transport.java:200)
    at sun.rmi.transport.Transport$1.run(Transport.java:197)
    at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
    at sun.rmi.transport.Transport.serviceCall(Transport.java:196)
    at sun.rmi.transport.tcp.TCPTransport.handleMessages(TCPTransport.java:568)
    at sun.rmi.transport.tcp.TCPTransport$ConnectionHandler.run0(TCPTransport.java:826)
    at sun.rmi.transport.tcp.TCPTransport$ConnectionHandler.lambda$run$0(TCPTransport.java:683)
    at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
    at sun.rmi.transport.tcp.TCPTransport$ConnectionHandler.run(TCPTransport.java:682)
    at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1149)
    at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:624)
    at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:748)

I would like to somehow say that this connector should run only while some profile is active, is it possible?
I'm using Spring Boot with Kotlin.

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Pan's Labyrinth of Gold: Ranking Guillermo del Toro Movies
The Shape of WaterFeature Guillermo del Toro Movie News
By Grant Hermanns
He's brought to life some of the most visually beautiful and thematically-intelligent stories for the big screen, and with his upcoming romantic fantasy The Shape of Water, writer/director Guillermo del Toro looks to have struck gold again with glowing early reviews out of the Venice Film Festival. In honor of its upcoming release, let's take a look back at what he's given us so far and rank the Guillermo del Toro movies from worst to best.
9. Mimic
Stars: Mira Sorvino, Jeremy Northam, Josh Brolin, Norman Reedus
Rotten Tomatoes: 59% from Critics, 37% from Audiences
Del Toro has become well-known for a number of stylistic choices in his films, ranging from darkly-lit areas to slimy creatures, and one film that illustrated every element was his first "studio" film, 1997's Mimic. After introducing a genetically-engineered cure to the roach population in New York that is killing the city's children, scientists discover that the cure roach has transformed into a six-foot-tall creature that is killing people in the subway tunnels of the metropolitan city and must kill it before it's too late. Though Del Toro did not have final cut on the film, resulting in a clear studio-centric movie, there was still signs of an average monster movie, but thanks to his stylish direction, it makes it his worst film that is still a thrill to watch.
8. Pacific Rim
Stars: Charlie Hunnam, Idris Elba, Rinko Kikuchi, Charlie Day
As mentioned before, Del Toro seems to have an affinity for monsters, and as his career has grown and risen to Hollywood's top levels. So has his monsters, and in 2013's Pacific Rim, he pitted these monsters against giant humanoid mechas in a war between the humans and the monsters called Kaiju. Its story didn't offer a whole lot of originality in terms of concept and characters, but thanks to its stylish direction, colorful visual effects and a tone of fun, this Power Rangers vs. Transformers-esque film might not have been his best, but it was good enough to earn a sequel opening this March.
7. Crimson Peak
Stars: Mia Wasikowska, Tom Hiddleston, Jessica Chastain, Charlie Hunnam
One of the most underrated genre tropes in recent film history is the gothic horror tale, with stories from authors such as H.P. Lovecraft not connecting with as many audiences today as they did in the past. However, Guillermo del Toro has worked hard in his films to bring back this tone into the modern style, and 2015's ambitious Crimson Peak sought to tell a tale of romance and terror that, while not connecting with audiences as well as intended, was certainly a hit with critics. After falling head over heels for a seductive stranger, Edith (Wasikowska) marries Thomas (Hiddleston) and moves to his titular estate which is riddled with supernatural secrets that will leave Edith haunted forever by the end of the film. Unfortunately for the film, the marketing portrayed the film as a straight horror film, wherein the film was more of a gothic romance, telling of Edith falling in love with Thomas and discovering the horrible secrets he and his sister (Chastain) are hiding. Thanks to its stylish direction, moody atmosphere and captivating performances, Crimson was certainly an effectively-made film in Del Toro's filmography.
6. Blade II
Stars: Wesley Snipes, Kris Kristofferson, Ron Perlman, Norman Reedus
Rotten Tomatoes: 57% from Critics, 68 % from Audiences
The Blade franchise was one of the key reasons why the Marvel Cinematic Universe and the X-Men series came to be, with the success of the trilogy proving that a comic book property could make money and connect with their fan bases, and the entry that fans frequently regard as the best is the first sequel, Blade II, helmed by none other than Del Toro in his second American and major studio film. As a mutant vampire seeks to wipe the earth of vampire and humankind and replace it with the mutant race he was created to be, the titular half-vampire hero joins forces with a group of special forces vampires to bring the mutant down. While the film has received mixed reviews for a lack of character development, it has received widespread praise for its stylish direction, strong performances and dark atmosphere, showing early on that Del Toro could successfully blend action and horror.
5. Cronos
Stars: Federico Luppi, Ron Perlman, Claudio Brook, Daniel Gimenez Cacho
Rotten Tomatoes: 90% "Certified Fresh" from Critics, 70% from Audiences
Every filmmaker has to start somewhere and in his first outing behind the camera, Del Toro delivered what has been regarded as one of the greatest horror films of all time in the 1993 horror drama Cronos. When an ancient and mysterious device that grants its owner eternal life resurfaces in a then-present day Mexico antique shop, in which the owner mistakenly reactivates the device and finds himself the target of an eccentric millionaire searching for it. Thanks to its gruesome visuals, intelligent concepts and mythology and balance of horror and drama, it's become one of del Toro's most acclaimed works in his career.
4. Hellboy
Stars: Ron Perlman, Selma Blair, Jeffrey Tambor, Karel Roden
When the director with a penchant for mystical creatures and dark atmosphere got his hands on the big-screen adaptation of the Dark Horse Comics character Hellboy, it was a match made in Heaven — or, more appropriately, Hell. Following the titular demonic beast-turned-superhero and his fight to save the world from paranormal threats, Hellboy resonated strongly with both critics and fans for its stylish direction, imaginative imagery and stellar lead performance from Ron Perlman.
3. The Devil's Backbone
Stars: Marisa Paredes, Eduardo Noriega, Federico Luppi, Fernando Tielve
While many filmmakers return to their debut genre with a firm grasp, Del Toro showed he could tweak his formula and deliver an intelligent and moving story alongside terrifying visuals while only on his third film. In the midst of the Spanish Civil War, a boy whose father died fighting in the war arrives at a run-down orphanage and discovers a sinister plot involving hidden gold and a malevolent spirit with dark ties to those running the orphanage. Thanks to a chilling story that delivered a smart political allegory and a captivating ghost tale, this is easily one of Del Toro's most well-made films of his career.
2. Pan's Labyrinth
Stars: Sergi Lopez, Maribel Verdu, Ivana Baquero, Doug Jones
The plot concept of a young girl journeying to a fantasy realm with minor ties to her own world has long been popular in both novels and films, with the Narnia franchise and Alice in Wonderland connecting to fans for decades following their release. Influenced by many classic fairy tales, Del Toro crafted his own fantasy story of a girl traveling to a mystical world, but twisted it to act as a parable delivering the horrors of war on screen while also telling a spellbinding tale of terrifying creatures and sacrifice in Pan's Labyrinth. Thanks to its inventive creature and character design, moving story, beautiful direction and powerful performances, the spiritual successor to The Devil's Backbone received widespread praise from critics and was nominated for six Oscars, winning three of them.
1. Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Stars: Ron Perlman, Selma Blair, Seth MacFarlane, Doug Jones
Wait, wait, wait, not only did he not put Pan's Labyrinth as Del Toro's number one film, but he also chose a SEQUEL over the original as a best film? Yes, readers, I indeed committed both of these seemingly offensive acts, but hear me out before you break out the pitchforks and torches. The first Hellboy outing offered what comic book fans could expect from a debut outing, offering a fast-paced origin story for the red-tailed hero that also had a sense of fun. However, writer/director Guillermo del Toro took what made the original film a hit and doubled down, crafting an even better story that helped ground the characters and prove strong development as well as incorporating the director's love for mythology and underworld creatures into the plot, and thanks to a bigger sense of fun and excitement from Perlman in the titular role, it's easily the most re-watchable and well-crafted films of Del Toro's career.
(Photo Credit: Getty Images)


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Q: How can she use the global variable without passing it in the function argument Currently in day 15 of Angela's 100 days of python. What I understood from all the exercises and project is that variables outside the function cannot be used inside a function unless it is passed  as an argument or you input "global" inside the function.
MENU = {
    "espresso": {
        "ingredients": {
            "water": 50,
            "coffee": 18,
        },
        "cost": 1.5,
    },
    "latte": {
        "ingredients": {
            "water": 200,
            "milk": 150,
            "coffee": 24,
        },
        "cost": 2.5,
    },
    "cappuccino": {
        "ingredients": {
            "water": 250,
            "milk": 100,
            "coffee": 24,
        },
        "cost": 3.0,
    }
}

profit = 0
resources = {
    "water": 300,
    "milk": 200,
    "coffee": 100,
}

def is_resource_sufficient(order_ingredients):
    """Returns True when order can be made, False if ingredients are insufficient."""
    for item in order_ingredients:
        if order_ingredients[item] > resources[item]:
            print(f"Sorry there is not enough {item}.")
            return False
    return True

def process_coins():
    """Returns the total calculated from coins inserted."""
    print("Please insert coins.")
    total = int(input("how many quarters?: ")) * 0.25
    total += int(input("how many dimes?: ")) * 0.1
    total += int(input("how many nickles?: ")) * 0.05
    total += int(input("how many pennies?: ")) * 0.01
    return total

def is_transaction_successful(money_received, drink_cost):
    """Return True when the payment is accepted, or False if money is insufficient."""
    if money_received >= drink_cost:
        change = round(money_received - drink_cost, 2)
        print(f"Here is ${change} in change.")
        global profit
        profit += drink_cost
        return True
    else:
        print("Sorry that's not enough money. Money refunded.")
        return False

def make_coffee(drink_name, order_ingredients):
    """Deduct the required ingredients from the resources."""
    for item in order_ingredients:
        resources[item] -= order_ingredients[item]
    print(f"Here is your {drink_name} ☕. Enjoy!")

is_on = True

while is_on:
    choice = input("What would you like? (espresso/latte/cappuccino): ")
    if choice == "off":
        is_on = False
    elif choice == "report":
        print(f"Water: {resources['water']}ml")
        print(f"Milk: {resources['milk']}ml")
        print(f"Coffee: {resources['coffee']}g")
        print(f"Money: ${profit}")
    else:
        drink = MENU[choice]
        if is_resource_sufficient(drink["ingredients"]):
            payment = process_coins()
            if is_transaction_successful(payment, drink["cost"]):
                make_coffee(choice, drink["ingredients"])

I tried to look at her solution and saw that one of her function is using the dictionary resources that is not declared inside the function nor passed as an argument. I am not very good in english that's why I am having a hard time searching in the internet what I specifically want to understand. Can someone enlighten me with this topic please.
NOTE: it is not advised to use global
My code:
(my understanding is that you can never use variables outside the function if it is not either set to global or passed as an argument)
def use_resources(user_order, machine_menu, machine_resources):
    """Deduct the resources needed for the user's order and returns the current resources of the machine after the
    user's order. """
    for menu_ingredients_key in machine_menu[user_order]["ingredients"]:
        # print(menu_ingredients_key)  # REPRESENT KEY water, coffee
        # print(menu[order]["ingredients"][menu_ingredients_key])  # REPRESENT VALUES [50,18]

        for resources_key in machine_resources:
            if resources_key == menu_ingredients_key:
                machine_resources[menu_ingredients_key] -= menu[user_order]["ingredients"][menu_ingredients_key]
    print(f"Here is your {user_order} ☕. Enjoy! Come again :)")

How can the function use the resources that was declared outside the function and not passed as an argument?
def make_coffee(drink_name, order_ingredients):
    """Deduct the required ingredients from the resources."""
    for item in order_ingredients:
        resources[item] -= order_ingredients[item]
    print(f"Here is your {drink_name} ☕. Enjoy!")

A: would like to add an answer here posted by John in the udemy QnA section:
Lists and dictionaries are mutable. That means that you can add and remove elements from the list/dictionary and it still remains the same list/dictionary object. It is not necessary to create a new list/dictionary in this case.
Almost all other Python objects are immutable. That means that once created, they cannot be altered in any way. For example, if a is an integer, then when you do a += 1 an entirely new integer object is created.
Global variables can be read anywhere in the file, including inside functions.
The rule is that functions are not allowed to create new global objects without you giving specific permission using the global keyword.
To illustrate the point, let's see what the memory location of the object is:
my_list = [1, 2, 3]
print(id(my_list), my_list)
my_list += [4]  # my_list is the same list object
print(id(my_list), my_list)

print()

my_int = 123
print(id(my_int), my_int)
my_int += 1  # my_int is a new integer object
print(id(my_int), my_int)

See Mutable vs Immutable Objects in Python

A: Consider a simpler example
resources = {
    "water": 300,
    "milk": 200,
    "coffee": 100,
}

def test(item, val):
    resources[item] -= val

test("water", 5)

This program works. test updates resources even though resources isn't a parameter. Python needs to know which variables used in a function are local and which are not. The rule is simple: variables that are assigned in a function are local to the function. The global keyword breaks that rule and lets you assign variables in the global scope.
In this example
def test2():
    var1 = "foo"
    print(var2)
    global var3
    var3 = "baz"

var1 is assigned in the function, so python makes it local. var2 is referenced in the function but is not assigned, so python looks into the global scope for its value. var3 is assigned, but its also declared global, so the local variable rule is broken and the assignment will go to the global scope.


Below is the warning for the annual town meeting for the Town of Cavendish on Monday March 5 and Tuesday, March 6, 2018 at Cavendish Elementary School, 573 Main St. Proctorsville.
Article 2: To see if the voters will accept the 2017 Town Report.
for all tax principal balances is the 15th day of June after which they shall become delinquent and are subject to an eight (8) percent penalty in addition to the interest. If a payment due date falls upon a day that the treasurer's office is officially closed, payments then due will be accepted without penalty or interest added if received by 4:30 PM the next business day. Amounts allocated to current year taxes under the State of Vermont's Homestead Property Tax Income Sensitivity Program shall be applied to the taxpayers' property tax installments pro rata (total adjustment divided equally between all quarterly installments) in accordance with 32 V.S.A. § 6066a(f)(1).
Article 4: To see if the legal voters of the Town of Cavendish will vote to dissolve the position of Town Constable as proposed by the Board of Selectmen.
Article 5: To see if the legal voters of the Town of Cavendish will approve the amount of $796.00, a Town surplus realized from Fiscal Year 2017-2018, to be used to help offset Town expenses for FY 2018-2019.
Article 6: Will the voters adopt the Fiscal Year 2018-2019 Town Budget as proposed by the selectmen.
Article 7: Will the voters authorize the Board of Selectmen to set a tax rate sufficient to support the Fiscal Year 2018-2019 Budget as well as the veterans' exemptions and the local agreement shortfall.
Article 8: To transact any other business legal and proper when met.
Dated at Cavendish, State of Vermont this 30th day of January, 2018.
Received for the Record January 31 st, 2018 at 9:00 A.M.


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HQ 964020
CLA-2 RR:CR:GC 964020 AM
TARIFF NO.: 3004.90.90
Port Director
2nd and Chestnut Streets
RE: Protest 1101-00-100042; ZD 1839 tablets
Dear Port Director:
This is in regard to protest 1101-00-100042, concerning your classification of ZD 1839 tablets under the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS). Protestant argues that ZD 1839 tablets should be classified under subheading 3004.90.90 HTSUS.
ZD 1839 100 milligram tablets are imported from Great Britain for use in Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clinical trials. ZD 1839 is being investigated for use in the treatment of various cancers, especially non-small cell lung cancer. ZD 1839 has the chemical name 4-quinazolineamine, N-(3-chloro-4-fluorophenyl)-7-methoxy-6-[3-(4-morpholinyl)propoxy] and the CAS registry number of 184475-35-2, which is listed in Table 3 of the Pharmaceutical Appendix to the Tariff Schedule. After completion of clinical trials, and pending approval of a new drug application by the FDA, the manufacturer intends to market ZD 1839, put up in tablet form, under the trade name, IRESSA™.
The merchandise was entered on June 2, 1999 and liquidated on November 19, 1999 under the subheading 2921.42.90 HTSUS, as an "other aromatic mono-amines." A protest was timely filed February 15, 2000.
Whether tablets containing ZD 1839 used in clinical trials for the treatment of non-small cell lung cancer are classified in subheading 3004.90.90.
LAW AND ANALYSIS:
In the May 24, 2000, CUSTOMS BULLETIN, Vol. 35, No 21, Customs published a document entitled "Guidance Concerning the Tariff Classification of Pharmaceutical Products Imported for Clinical Research." There, Customs announced its intention to classify Pharmaceutical Products imported in dosage form for use in clinical trials as "medicaments" of heading 3004, HTSUS. Here, the chemical compound comprising ZD 1839 tablets is listed in table 3 of the Pharmaceutical Appendix. The substance has been approved by the FDA for Investigational New Drug [IND] status and has been issued IND #54576. Presently, the tablets are imported for use in clinical trials where they are administered to patients suffering from a specific disease (lung cancer), so as to cure such condition. Hence, ZD 1839 is used as a medicine and should be classified as a medicament when in tablet form.
The protest is ALLOWED. Tablets containing ZD 1839 as their active ingredient are classified in subheading 3004.90.90, HTSUS, as "other" medicaments and should be entered free of duty.
In accordance with Section 3A(11)(b) of Customs Directive 099 3550 065, dated August 4, 1993, Subject: Revised Protest Directive, you are to mail this decision, together with the Customs Form 19, to the protestant no later than 60 days from the date of this letter. Any reliquidation of the entry or entries in accordance with the decision must be accomplished prior to mailing the decision.
Sixty days from the date of the decision, the Office of Regulations and Rulings will make the decision available to Customs personnel, and to the public on the Customs Home Page on the World Wide Web at www.customs.gov, by means of the Freedom of Information Act, and other methods of public distribution.
John Durant, Director
Tariff No.: 2921.42.90 - Other aniline derivatives and their salts
Tariff No.: 3004.90.90 - Medicaments not elsewhere specified or included


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In a web app I needed to wait for a generated user ID from the server and also for the user to enter a name. Promises came in handy, here's one way of waiting for multiple actions to finish.
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