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This May students from Nebraska Lutheran Campus Ministry from Campus Lutheran and the Lutheran Center traveled to Taize, France to spend some time in the Taize Community. They traveled to Paris and spent a day enjoying the sights and sounds of the City of Light. For the next week, the students were in the community of Taize spending time in reflection, bible study, prayer, silence, and practical work. New friends were made from all over the world including France, Germany, Switzerland, Canada, New Zealand, Korea, and many other countries. There were several moments of complete openness between all our students and their new friends. Everyone who went came back with something from Taize; routine, new prayers, new songs, and a new sense of self.
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Monday, 26 November 2012
Badab War, Astral Claws Tyrants Legion Centurion.
Here is my completed tyrants legion Centurion. He's a simple kitbash with a regular body. Company champion shoulderpads, apothecary head and veterans powerfist from the plastic command squad sprue. The stormbolter and backpack decoration are from the commander sprue (I have to say i stole the idea for the backpack decoration from john at 'johns toy soldiers' excellent tyrants legion - i seriously recommend his blog. Theres a link to it in the bloglist on this site).
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I'm liking what I'm seeing so far! Even if you are putting together a renegade force ;)ReplyDelete
One question on him, though. Did you drill out the bolter barrels, or paint them in? I can't tell.
Thanks very much....although im sure he wouldnt appriciate being called a renegade! (More of a tithe dodger!) I'm afraid they're only painted on. Thinking about it I probably should of made the extra effort being as he's my commander.ReplyDelete
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Dear Dr. Vinny,
We have a nice cellar and store the wine properly. But a couple bottles recently were nice and clear on opening, vacuum-corked overnight and finished the next evening, but we noticed the wine looked a bit cloudy. What is the cause? Or was it perhaps a bit cloudy at the start and we did not notice? Does this mean it is over the hill or spoiled?
—Pete S., Sparta, Tenn.
Dear Dr. Vinny,
I'm sure your wine is fine, and cloudiness is no indication that a wine has gone bad. As you said, the wine may have been cloudy to begin with—most wines start out cloudy, and some winemakers like to bottle their wine unfiltered and unfined.
Your bottles might have been older wines that had thrown some sediment as a byproduct of their aging. By pulling them out of your cellar and pouring some glasses, you might have disturbed the sediment—the solid bits of the wine that are typically in suspension in a bottle—making the wine cloudy. There's nothing harmful about drinking some sediment, but it can make the wine a bit gritty and unpleasant. That's a good reason to look into decanting, in which you separate the wine from its sediment before serving.
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Hear the Black Keys Cover Buddy Holly's 'Dearest'
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Friday, November 30, 2012
Review & Swatches - Zoya Ornate Collection
As I said yesterday, I have a number of holiday collections to show you, so I'm continuing on that path today with the Zoya Ornate Collection.
One of my local professional suppliers recently started carrying Zoya and I'm so very happy about it! Before now it was difficult to get Zoya here without paying a hefty price in shipping. So now there's no shipping costs and I get a professional discount! I'm stoked. My Zoya drawer is going to start overflowing very soon.
Keep reading for the swatches and review!
Aurora is a red-purple with a scattered holographic effect. The holo particles in this (as well as the other holo shades in this collection) aren't your typical holo glitter pieces - they're more like little shards. It makes for a really beautiful effect! The formula was great and my swatch shows two coats.
Blaze is a gorgeous cool-toned red with a scattered holo effect. I love cooler reds with my skin tone, so this is perfect for me. And the fact that it's holographic makes it that much better. I'm actually wearing this one as a full mani right now! The formula was really nice and my swatch is two coats.
Electra is a clear base with silver and holographic bar glitters. Oh, bar glitter. Do I love it, or do I hate it? The jury's still out for me. This can be worn alone with three to four coats, but you could also just use one coat and layer it over another colour. I've shown it both ways below. The formula was surprisingly easy to work with for this type of glitter.
Logan is a rich green with lots of golden shimmer. I love me a good green polish and this one definitely did not disappoint. The formula is stellar and my swatch is two coats.
Storm is a rich black base with a scattered holographic effect. Who doesn't love a black holo polish? The formula was great with this one as well and I'm showing two coats in my swatch.
Ziv is a gold foil with scattered flakes of gold throughout. I appreciate that Zoya took the standard holiday collection gold foil polish and added something extra to it. The gold flakes blend with the base colour of the polish which give it a bit of a textured look. The formula was once again great and my swatch is two coats.
Overall, I think Zoya did amazingly well with this collection. I really like all six shades and I'm happy to be adding them to my collection. It's hard to pick favourites, but if I had to, I would still only be able to narrow it down to four: Aurora, Blaze, Logan and Storm.
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These are SO pretty! Aurora and Blaze HAVE to be part of my collection! Logan & Storm likely will be as well. Gonna probably pass on Ziv & Electra. Not a fan of Gold polish or bar glitter... But the others? GORGEOUS! Thanks for the post, beautiful swatches as always!ReplyDelete
I NEED Aurora! Beautiful swatches!ReplyDelete
aurora is so beautiful!!ReplyDelete
All so pretty!ReplyDelete
all of these swatches make me want to go and buy these polishesReplyDelete
I thought you were in Canada? Nail Polish Canada carries Zoya and ships anywhere in Canada for free over $25. I'm just curious why you would have to pay hefty shipping for Zoya products.ReplyDeleteReplies
Oh you're right! I guess I forgot about NPC! I always used to get Zoya from eBay, and it would usually be $10-$11 per bottle once shipping was added. Either way, the price is a lot better now that one of my professional suppliers sells Zoya. :)Delete
Electra looks so pretty on it's own! But I don't know how I'd feel about removing 4 coats of glitter.ReplyDelete
Storm, Aurora and Blaze. Cannot stop staring at them. <3ReplyDelete


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A Quick Start Guide to Emergency Preparedness for Apartment Dwellers
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If you live in an apartment and want to prepare for a disaster, you may initially feel overwhelmed by everything that needs to be done, and the feeling worsens when you realize a disaster can happen at any time and you don't have any supplies at all.
Don't let all this worry get you down; the most important thing to do is to get started. Whether you live in a small apartment, or a small home, there is always a way to prepare regardless of your lack of space. Just focus on a few things at a time.
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- Focus on the basics. You need water and food to survive, so focus on those first. Each time you go to the grocery, pick up extra gallons of water, and extra cans of food that your family likes. You need one gallon of water per person per day. Pick up foods that do not need heat to be edible: canned pasta, tuna, canned fruit and vegetables, cereal or granola bars etc. If you have babies, make sure you pick up extra formula. Keep going until you have at least two weeks worth of water and food.
- Buy enough toilet paper and other sanitation items (diapers, trash bags, sanitary napkins etc) to last for two weeks. Toilet paper is a necessity, so don't put this off. Pick up disposable plates, cups and utensils, so you don't have to use dishes in an emergency.
- Assemble a First Aid kit or buy a prepackaged First Aid kit. There are several available-I picked up a fairly large one at Sam's for under $20. Add medications or prescriptions your family normally uses.
- Stash emergency cash in case ATMs or debit cards don't work. The amount is whatever you think the family would need for a few days. Start with just $20, and keep adding to it.
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TheServerSide.Com has a post up that references what Don Box and I wrote, and there are some comments that you might find interesting. And not just because of the nice things that Rolf said about me.
I agree with Cameron when he says:
The difference in the Java market is that the community is made up of peers. It is _not_ simply a vendor / customer relationship of convenience.
This was what I was trying to get across in my summary post around JavaOne. Though we've made some good progress in the community space, we're still not very open from the design side of things, and that's a challenge we should take on.


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Palau de la Musica Catalana and Hospital de Sant Pau
The Palau de la Música Catalana and the Hospital de Sant Pau, Barcelona were designed by the Catalan architect Lluís Domènech i Montaner, and are considered masterpieces of the Art Nouveau.
Domènech also played an important role in the Catalan movement.
The Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau was constructed between 1901-1912, and the Palau de la Música Catalana dates from 1905-1908.
Map of Palau de la Musica Catalana and Hospital de Sant Pau
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Visit August 2006
A working hospital could easily be the most impressive architectural sight in Barcelona. We stayed in a hotel just around the corner (Medium Medicis, well recommended), and that way observed the coming and going at the hospital every morning. Ambulances with their sirenes turned on speeding past, or nurses and doctors dropping in on one of the cafés to buy some delicious fresh bread.
Despite all this bustle, you are free to walk in the grounds. The hospital covers a large area and consists of several pavillions (27), all with their own characteristics. It was designed in such a way that the patients could stay in pleasant surroundings so they would feel better.
The Palau de la Música Catalana, located in Barcelona's city center and hidden behind a glass front, is also very worth while to visit. You can only get in via one of the guided tours, which are conducted frequently. First a video is shown about the origins of the Palau, founded by the Orfeo Catalan (choir society). Then you are taken via the grand stairs to the main theatre. Sculptures represent the popular and classical music that is played here. A large stained glass object in the ceiling symbolizes the sun.
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Jay T USA - 09-Apr-17 -
Sometimes when you travel with family or friends, you are limited in the amount of time you can spend visiting World Heritage Sites; accordingly, my visits to the Palau de la Música Catalana and the Hospital de Sant Pau in May of 2013 were quite literally superficial. In some ways, I didn't mind, since I rather prefer Art Deco-style architecture to Art Nouveau, but I would have liked to have seen the insides of both buildings, which were designed by local architect Lluís Domènech i Montaner in the early 20th century. When I visited the hospital, a large crane was in front of the building, so we didn't spend much time there beyond taking photos. I was able to visit the Palau twice during my time in Barcelona, but was unable to take a tour because we arrived at the wrong time of day (which didn't particularly bother my friend who was by this time very tired of visiting museums or buildings). I appreciated the outside of the Palau, with its distinctive columns, mosaics, and tilework; however, it is very hard to photograph because of all the surrounding buildings. One day I'll have to return to see the inside, which looks fascinating in photos.
Logistics: Both sites are accessible by Barcelona's Metro system. The Palau de la Música Catalana can be reached via the Urquinaona stop on Lines 1 and 4; the Hospital de Sant Pau can be reached via the Sant Pau/Dos de Maig stop on Line 5 or the Guinardó/Hospital de Sant Pau stop on Line 4.
Tom Livesey United Kingdom - 03-Jan-17
My trip to Barcelona in March 2015 was initially sparked by a desire to attend an artichoke festival. That turned out to be disappointment, but the trip was made worthwhile by the gem that is this Art Nouveau WHS.
Whilst the tour was great, clearly the best time to visit the wonderful music hall for a performance must be a matinee, when you can benefit from the vast amount of natural light that floods into the hall through the side and rear windows and of course the magnificent skylight, nicknamed 'the Glowworm'.
A short metro ride away is the Hospital. We accidentally went into a modern working hospital before being directed round the corner to the Modernist original. It has the feel of a small city, consisting of something like 27 separate buildings, connected by underground service tunnels.
Hubert Austria - 19-Jun-14 -
These two monuments of the Catalan Modernisme by Lluís Domènech i Montaner are at least as impressive and spectacular as the works of his more famous contemporary Antoni Gaudi. The magnificence of the sites are adequately described by the previous reviews. So just a few recent information that might be of interest for future visitors.
The historic buildings of the Hospital de Sant Pau are no longer in use as a hospital (since 2009). On our visit in May 2014, the renovation was almost complete. The central area of the complex can be visited either with a guided tour (14 Euro) or self-guided (8 Euro). This zone comprises the most fascinating buildings: the administration building, eight large and two small pavilions, and the central pavilion (the former surgery building). Three pavilions are open to visitors: the administration building with the amazing main hall, a small pavilion (Sant Jordi) with an exhibition about the restoration, and the Sant Rafael pavilion whose interior has been restored in the original design, so that you get an impression how it would have been as a patient here. All other pavilions are or will in the future be used as offices for academic institutions. The buildings outside the museum area houses facilities of the new hospital and the university and are not accessible. These buildings were completed after Montaner's death by his son Pere Domènech i Roura. Unfortunately the church was closed for renovations and there were still some building site fences in the outer areas. So perhaps the visitor area will be extended in the future.
The Palau de la Musica Catalana is a masterpiece of the Catalan Modernisme. You should not be deterred by the steep fee for the guided tour (18 Euro), a visit is worthwhile. The tour starts with a video, then you'll see the beautiful vestibule and the staircase, and finally the main concert hall. All is sumptuously decorated with ceramic mosaics, stained glass, and sculptures. The highlight is undoubtedly the stained-glass skylight (photo) in the shape of an inverted dome. And in contrast to previous reviews: we were allowed to take photos everywhere inside the building.
Daniel Chazad Germany - 18-Feb-14 -
The guided visit to the Palau de la Música Catalana is well worth the entry fee (in my opinion better value for money compared to some of the Gaudí buildings). A very interesting film covers the history of the building and of the Eixample district. You will then have enough time to enjoy the amazing interior of the concert hall with its stained-glass skylight. The Hospital de Sant Pau is also a great place to discover.
Clyde Malta - 07-Sep-12 -
I visited this WHS in November 2007. These Art Nouveau buildings in Barcelona blend in pretty well with the other buildings of the city. The highlight of my visit was the Pau Hospital steel-framed structure with the 'clock tower'.
Ivan ManDy Philippines - 28-Aug-06
One of my biggest disappointments in Spain was not being able to see the inside of the Palau Musica but the Hospital was really something to remember Barcelona by. I think its a great tribute to the city's other artistic genius Mr. Montanner that UNESCO declared his masterpiece a WHS...really a nice change after all the Gaudi disneyland theme. ;o)
Klaus Freisinger Austria - 05-Nov-05 -
I can only second the glowing reviews posted here. In what is a great city to begin with, these two buildings by the Catalan Art Nouveau architect Lluís Domènech i Montaner stand out even by Barcelona´s very high architectural standards. The hospital is probably like no other in the world (and the only one I´ve ever come across that is mentioned in a guidebook), and even though a new hospital is currently being built, it´s still a working place with real patients inside; it´s within easy walking distance of the Sagrada Familia. The Palau de la Música Catalana, located close to the Cathedral in the Barrio Gótico, is not terribly impressive from the outside, but the inside, especially the auditourium, is just fantastic. Even if you´re not really into classical music, it´s well worth the long wait in line to get tickets for a guided tour (if English is sold out, you could still try Spanish or Catalan, even if you don´t understand it, since the important thing is to SEE the inside!). Two of the finest buildings I have ever seen, and a must when coming to Barcelona.
Rob Wilson UK - 01-Nov-05
The Palau certainly has a nice facade, and is apparently a great place to see a concert (unfortunately I didn't get to see one). The Hospital though is excellent. Clearly an architects folly, that paradoxically has a genuine use. The buildings are beautiful and in great condition. What's more, it's free to walk around the grounds. It is well worth a visit if you're in the area.
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The two buildings on here are quite a way apart from each other in Barcelona but can both be seen easily if you want to spend a couple of hours touring this fantastic cities main sites.
The Hospital San Pau is very impressive and just up the road from Gaudi's famous Sagrada Familia so makes a great reason to travel up to see it. The decoration is fantastic and it seems hard to believe that this is still a functioning hospital as the level of design that has gone into it is immense.
The Palau de la Musica Catalana has an impressive façade that is hard to take in due to the tight nature of the Barri Gothic area, if you can get inside though it is massively impressive. The tour costs €8 and includes a video introduction but nothing can compete with the main auditorium which is absolutely stunning. The place seems to just ooze music knowledge and again the craftsmanship is apparelled, and the stained glass roof was perhaps the highlight of the whole city for me it is just a staggering piece of work and the only time I have seen 3-D stained glass worth the admission price in itself. There is only one problem and that is you are not allowed to take any photos inside!
Vincent Dwyer Based in Spain (from New Zealand) -
The Palau de la Musica is an amazing building. Guided tours are offered on a daily basis, but the best option is to try and get tickets to a concert during your stay in Barcelona. The Palau is easy to find, just off Via Laietana, (nearest Metro: Urquiniona) and a short walk from the Cathedral.
Hospital Sant Pau is an excellent example of modernist architecture. It is free to enter the gardens, where you can observe the different buildings which are still in use. The nearest metro is on the blue line (Sant Pau), but I would recommend you combine this visit with one to the Gaudi cathedral (La Sagrada Familia). The two sites are close. You can walk from one to the other along Avenida Gaudi in less than 10 minutes.
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Unesco ID: 804
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Familiarize yourself with public transportation.
Granted, you can always bring your own ride in Metro Manila. But if you want to save on gas, or you can't drive your car due to "color-coding," public utility vehicles (PUVs) like buses, jeepneys, and trains are your best bet.
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OTTAWA-GATINEAU, June 3, 2013 - Today, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) issued a wireless code that will make it easier for Canadians to understand their contracts and sets out their basic rights. The code will apply to new contracts for cellphones and other personal mobile devices starting on December 2, 2013.
"Every day, Canadians rely on wireless devices while in their homes, at their jobs, at school or travelling abroad," said Jean-Pierre Blais, Chairman of the CRTC. "The wireless code will contribute to a more dynamic marketplace by making it possible for Canadians to discuss their needs with service providers at least every two years."
The wireless code addresses the main frustrations that Canadians shared with the CRTC, which included the length of wireless contracts, cancellation fees, roaming charges and other industry practices. Among other things, individual and small business consumers will be able to:
- terminate their wireless contracts after two years without cancellation fees, even if they have signed on for a longer term
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|Talia al Ghul
|Talia al Ghul
|Other Aliases
|Miranda Tate
|Bad (seemingly good for most of film)
|Depicted By
|Marion Cotillard
|Appeared In
|The Dark Knight Rises
- "Innocent is a strong word to throw around Gotham, Bruce. I honor my father by finishing his work. Vengeance against the man who killed him is simply a reward for my patience. You see, it's the slow knife...the knife that takes its time. The knife...that waits years without forgetting...then slips quietly between the bones. That's the knife...that cuts deepest."
- ―Talia al Ghul[src]
Talia al Ghul is the secondary antagonist of The Dark Knight Rises. Talia Al Ghul was the daughter of Ra's al Ghul and the heir of the League of Shadows. Following the death of her father, Talia, along with her friend and partner Bane, took up his mantle and patiently plotted Gotham's destruction while gaining Bruce Wayne interest by masquerading as wealthy businesswoman Miranda Tate. But after her protector was subdued by batman she revealed her self and her desire to finish Ra's' work but despite her efforts to secure the bomb she was defeated by Batman and died in a crush.
Early LifeEdit
- "...No ordinary child. A child born in hell. Forged from suffering. Hardened by pain."
- ―Prisoner[src]
Talia was born in 1978 and raised in the pit. Her mother, Nyssa Al Ghul beats Talia was imprisoned there by the Warlord to take the place of Talia's exiled mercenary father. When Talia was 4, the prison doctor forgot to lock their cell and her mother was attacked and killed by a group of prisoners. Talia retaliated and stabbed one prisoner in the back with a knife, but then she was protected from reprisals by another prisoner known as Bane.
- "...The child had a friend, a protector, who showed the others that this innocence was their redemption."
- ―Prisoner[src]
5 years later, she was protected by her friend Bane and climbed out of the Pit, the adrenaline caused by her fear gave her the strength to make the jump required to escape. She then found her father, who had joined the League of Shadows and became known as Ra's al Ghul, and brought him to the Pit with the League of Shadows to enact vengeance for the death of his wife. There, he found Bane after the prisoners and doctor had irreparably damaged him after he helped Talia escape. Both Talia and her protector were then trained in the ways of the League.
Ra's began to see Bane as a reminder of the hell he left Talia's mother to die in. Bane was then excommunicated from the League of Shadows, due to as Talia put it, because he loved her. While she gradually realized that she did more good for Bane than bad, she could not completely forgive her father until she learned that Batman was responsible for his death in their confrontation during his assault on the Gotham Narrows. She knew the identity of the perpetrator: Bruce Wayne. She then committed to ensuring that the League of Shadows fulfilled its mission to restore balance to the world by destroying Gotham City. Talia unexcommunicated Bane and took on the identity of Miranda Tate to blended into Gotham society.
The Dark Knight RisesEdit
The PhilanthropistEdit
- "You have to invest if you want to restore balance to the world."
- ―Talia al Ghul to Bruce Wayne[src]
Once she came to Gotham as Miranda Tate, she realized that Batman did manage to abolish all crime in Gotham. So she instead became a Wayne Enterprises board member to personally heavily invest in a clean energy fusion reactor project that, when mass produced, would give the world a sustainable future by providing "clean free energy for an entire city." But after Bruce learned that the reactor could be weaponized, he mothballed the project. This angered her as shutting down the project put Gotham into a recession. She constantly tried talk to a reclusive Bruce to salvage the project, otherwise she would have Bane kidnap Dr. Lenoid Pavel to turn the reactor into a bomb to destroy the suffering Gotham and to punish Bruce for his arrogance. After Bane found Gordon's letter in the sewer, the league then realized that Gotham was even more corrupt than it was years ago. So wether the bomb would be used for its original porpoise no longered matter. She was described to Bruce as "quite lovely" by Alfred and Lucius Fox. Lucius also described her as "smart" to Bruce and reminded him that, "She has supported the project all the way."
When Bruce lost all of his money due to identity theft and bad stock trades, he feared a takeover of Wayne Enterprises and the reactor by Daggett and so he showed Miranda the reactor in its bunker under the Gotham River. He told her to take control of the company and the reactor, to keep the reactor safe or destroy it if need be. At their next board meeting, she became the new CEO of Wayne Enterprises. Daggett was then killed by Bane after the meeting.
- "I could try explaining that a save-the-world project, vain or not, is worth investing in, Mr. Daggett. But you understand only money, and the power you think it buys."
- ―Talia al Ghul to John Daggett[src]
Intimate EncounterEdit
- "Suffering builds character."
- ―Talia al Ghul to Bruce Wayne[src]
Later that day, Miranda met Bruce on the doorstep to Wayne Manor in the pouring rain. He led her to another door which he forced open. She told him, "I'll take care of your parents' legacy, Bruce," and began asking about Rachel Dawes and the absence of Alfred at the manor. Miranda kissed Bruce and the power went out. The pair soon enough undressed each other and laid together naked in front of a fire, while Miranda admitted she was not always wealthy. She made an excuse for the scar on her back as Bruce traced her body with his fingers. Miranda then straddles him and licked his man hood with her tongue after doing so Miranda suggested that they leave Gotham together on her plane and travel the world, to which he replied, "Someday perhaps. Not tonight," as they began to have sex. He then planned to meet with Selina Kyle to take him to Bane they them kissed and had sex after she fell asleep he leaf. He was defeated by Bane and sent to the Pit, and there he learned about the child of Ra's al Ghul and mistakenly assumed it to be Bane. The legend of the child's escape from the Pit inspired Bruce to believe that escape was possible.
- "An heir to ensure the League of Shadows fulfills its duty to restore balance to civilization."
- ―Bruce Wayne's hallucination of Ra's al Ghul[src]
Guiding EventsEdit
Soon, a meeting was called by Miranda with a skeptical Lucius to discuss the fusion reactor at Wayne Enterprises, but there Bane was waiting for them in the board room. He and his men took the two of them and Fredericks to the bunker where the Wanye Enterprises fusion reactor was held to authorize the reactor with their hand prints. Dr. Leonid Pavel, a nuclear physicist kidnapped by Bane, turned the reactor into a nuclear bomb and Bane had the core removed. Miranda and Lucius were then released. The bomb was taken to the Gotham City Stadium and there the world was told by Bane that an anonymous citizen controlled the trigger to its detonation. The bomb was later taken to a truck to patrol the streets of Gotham.
After Bane took over Gotham, Miranda and the other Wayne Enterprise board members hid with the help of a rag tag group of cops that hoped to free the city. Special forces men led by Captain Jones from the U.S. government infiltrated the city and were brought by John Blake to a meeting with Lucius and Miranda to discuss the bomb. However, Bane and the mercenaries arrived there and killed the special forces men. "Someone sold us out!" Blake said as he escaped with Miranda, while the mercenaries took Lucius hostage as the rest of the board members were sent to exile by Jonathan Crane in a kangaroo court. Miranda assisted Jim Gordon in tracking the bomb truck until both were taken captive by a mercenary band led by Barsad. Gordon later discovered that he had been misled into tracking a decoy.
The RevealEdit
- "Do what's necessary."
- ―Talia al Ghul to Bruce Wayne[src]
After five months, Bruce finally escaped the Pit and returned to free Gotham. He met up with Lucius and Miranda as captives, and told Miranda he would not forget about her. Selina helped to rescue Lucius and Batman rescued Gordon, from whom he was told that Bane had Miranda. Batman presented Selina with the Batpod, and she muttered, "You're gonna wage a war to save your stuck-up girlfriend." Rallying an army of officers, Batman and the cops attacked Bane and his men as Miranda watched from the lobby of Gotham City Hall. Batman damaged Bane's mask in their confrontation at city hall and caused him immense pain and Batman gained the advantage over him in the fight.
As Batman interrogated him on where the trigger to the nuclear bomb resided, Miranda stabbed Batman and revealed her true identity as Talia, the child of Ra's al Ghul, and the anonymous citizen who had the trigger to the bomb. She told him she was finishing her father's work by destroying the city and told the tale of her past as she repaired Bane's mask. She then hit the trigger, only to discover that her signal was blocked by Gordon. "Maybe your knife...was too slow," Batman commented on her plan. She ordered for a convoy to protect the bomb as it counted down to detonation and told Bane to guard Batman before she said her final goodbye to Bane. She left the lobby of city hall to be escorted from a Tumbler to the bomb truck. Barsad was killed during the escort by Peter Foley and Foley was then killed by Talia's Tumbler.
The Convoy BattleEditBane was killed by canon fire from the Batpod as Selina arrived to help Batman and she on the Batpod and Batman in the Bat gave chase and dismantled the convoy of Tumblers as they attempted to lead the truck back to the reactor room where Lucius was waiting to stabilise the bomb. Batman fired upon Talia's truck and she swerved off the roadway where the truck fell and she was fatally wounded. Whilst slowly dying, she revealed to Batman that she had anticipated that he was attempting to lure her back to the reactor bunker, and she remotely activated the emergency flood to ensure that they failed in stabilizing the bomb in the reactor. Lucius narrowly escaped the flood in the bunker. She then died believing that her plan to destroy the city that killed her father would come true.
- "There's...no way...this bomb...will be stopped. Prepare yourselves. My father's...work...is done."
- ―Talia al Ghul to Batman, Catwoman, and Gordon[src]
However, the plan failed as Batman flew the bomb over the Gotham bay and let it go where it exploded harmlessly, thus, saving the citizens of Gotham and leaving Talia's death in vain.
- Ra's al Ghul - Father.
- Warlord's Daughter - Mother.
- Bruce Wayne - Employer, love interest, and enemy.
- Bane - Friend, guardian, partner.
- Catwoman - Enemy
Talia became the only known person until Bruce Wayne to climb out and escape the Pit prison, and she did it as a child. Trained by the League of Shadows as a youth, she became a master in the art of deception as well as in persistence and patience. Her lovely demeanor, beauty, smarts, charity, and eco-friendly facade were tools in her deception. She uses her wealth and father's inheritance to restore the world to balance through destruction. Her patience could be a weakness, as she waited too much time to detonate the nuclear bomb or to have Bruce Wayne/Batman killed off, choosing to indulge her desire to have him witness Gotham's demise.
External linksEdit
- Talia al Ghul on the DC Comics Wiki


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Have you seen the moving "Animal Kingdom" presentation by Larisa Cadiz?
Pet Abandonment Hurts
"How Could You" is written through the eyes of the abandoned pet.
"Whatever Happened to Hope" is a true story about how the kids are affected.
See Gems of Wisdom and Pearls of Knowledge: Humane Messages at Compassion Central


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Taylor Lautner to Be Paid Tons of Money
to Make Tom Cruise Look Old?
Lautner will star as "a gifted young aerobatics pilot who faces off with his controlling, billionaire father," presumably played by Cruise.
Nikki Finke reports that shirt-resistant Twilight werewolf Taylor Lautner will become Hollywood's highest-paid teenager when he gets $7.5 million — that's nearly $1 million per ab — to star in Northern Lights,
a "Tom Cruise vehicle" to be directed by John Moore (Max Payne, 2006's The Omen), which will begin shooting on April 1. In the movie, according to Finke, Lautner will play "a gifted young aerobatics pilot who faces off with his controlling, billionaire father and falls in love with a gifted, female pilot." So it would basically be Top Gun , except Maverick will have a rich, grouchy dad, presumably played by Tom Cruise. When did Cruise start taking grouchy-dad roles? And why is he working with the guy who did Max Payne? Anyway, in your FACE, other Taylor.
Update: See update here. A spokesperson for Lights' production company says Tom Cruise will not star as Taylor Lautner's curmudgeonly dad, and Nikki Finke has corrected her post to reflect that. Our earlier point about Taylor Swift being crazy for dumping Lautner, though, is still valid, obviously.
EXCLUSIVE: Taylor Lautner Is Now Hollywood's Highest Paid Teenage Actor [DHD]


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WASHINGTON has unveiled sanctions against four Iranians and five Iranian bodies, including the communications minister and the culture ministry, for censoring the media and the internet.
The move against Communications Minister Reza Taghipour came after he was blamed for ordering the jamming of international satellite TV broadcasts and restricting internet access, a State Department official said.
The United States was determined to stop the "Iranian government from creating an 'electronic curtain' to cut Iranian citizens off from the rest of the world", said State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland.
All those placed under sanctions were "engaged in censorship or other activities that prohibit, limit or penalise freedom of expression or assembly by citizens of Iran", she said in a statement.
They were also accused of limiting "access to print or broadcast media, including by jamming international satellite broadcasts into Iran", she said, denouncing the "regime's insidious actions".
Nuland said the new designations were part of the administration's pledge to "hold Iranian government officials and entities responsible for the abuses carried out against their own citizens".
Iran's ministry of culture and Islamic guidance was also sanctioned for closing down newspapers and detaining journalists, along with other entities "responsible for assisting the regime in its crackdown on and censorship of the Iranian people".
The Iranian government was engaged in a campaign to "curtail" freedoms and "prevent the free flow of information both into and out of Iran", Nuland said.
"Countless activists, journalists, lawyers, students, and artists have been detained, censured, tortured, or forcibly prevented from exercising their human rights," she said.
Thursday's new designations, under a 2012 act, mean Americans are banned from doing any business with the targeted Iranians, who are also barred from travelling to the United States.
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Another unanticipated break from blogging. My ongoing intention has been to post more regular and briefer posts, and in a more timely fashion than I have traditionally been accustomed to. So tonight, I am actually going to start that project and have two posts for your reading pleasure.
Last week, President Obama relieved Gen. Stanley McChrystal of his command over American forces in Afghanistan, following revelations from this Rolling Stone article. McChrystal's various disparaging remarks regarding members of the Administration, including the President himself, are well known and do not need to be repeated here.
In the days and hours leading up to the announcement of Gen. McChrystal's "firing" and replacement with Gen. David Petraeus, I felt ambivalent about letting him go. On the one hand, he had clearly committed a misdeed worthy of the punishment he received. The Constitution clearly establishes the principle of civilian control of the military. If one of the privates or captains in Afghanistan had made similar disparaging remarks to a newspaper regarding Gen. McChrystal, he would have been discharged immediately. One simply does not criticize or complain about superior officers to the press or the public. And in this case, the President, as commander-in-chief, is everyone's superior officer. Some may worry that this deprives those who serve in the military of some measure of their First Amendment freedom of speech. Technically that is true, and such deprivation has been accepted as one of the costs of enlisting in the military. However, no one is insisting that Gen. McChrystal must like President Obama and the members of his foreign policy team, or that he cannot criticize them vociferously in private. However, once he stepped over the line by repeating those criticisms to a journalist, he has made himself the focus of and an obstacle to the mission, the ultimate no-no for any soldier, no matter what rank.
On the other hand, I am personally tired of the seeing this pattern: member of political (or military) leadership commits very public and very embarrassing gaffe, he or she is fired or "resigns", we all pretend that the problem is solved. The McChrystal incident is not a perfect illustration of this problem, because the norm which he violated is so well-understood and so dangerous if transgressed. Nevertheless, his criticisms go to the heart of the problems with the ongoing wars in Iraq and Afghanistan– military leaders (I believe) understand what our political leaders sometimes fail to, that victory, in any form that would be immediately recognizable to Americans is simply not going to happen in these conflicts. On the negative effects that the prolonged state of war is having on our military personnel, I highly recommend this great op-ed by Andrew Bacevich in the Washington Post. The problem in general is that when one of these embarrassing statements or mistakes is made, no serious conversation regarding the merits is generated. The resignation or firing is a purely face-saving move, but one that leaves the government temporarily disrupted and crippled until a suitable replacement can be found. We need to have that conversation about Afghanistan, not to mention 10 or 20 other issues. We ought to be able to rely on journalists to generate this kind of discussion, but they are increasingly unable or unwilling to challenge or diverge from the self-serving narratives that emerge from Washington. And so the disgraced shuffles off into the shadows, only to reemerge shortly thereafter with a new lobbyist position or a generous pension (as in McChrystal's case). Its pointless, if not counterproductive, and we need to find a better way to deal with these types of situations as a government, but more importantly as a public.


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It really seemed like the new version of Stephen King's The Stand, which was already quite well adapted into a George Romero-directed mini-series but suffered from the usual budget limitations of TV – was going to get under way. However….it's stalled yet again. It seems that director Josh Boone has opted to push back his version of the novel and instead work on a different adaptation of a King book. Why this is so hasn't yet been confirmed though it seems that Warner Bros' option on the film has run out and reverted back to CBS films, so now some new negotiations have to take place to determine if the film will stay with Warner Bros or got to another studio, so that is probably a major contributing factor.
In the meantime, Boone is working in conjunction with King and producer Michael De Lui on a script for King's 2014 novel The Revival. Here's how Deadline describes the novel:
"The Revival" is about a charismatic preacher who loses his faith when his wife and child are killed in a tragic accident. Unhinged from the religion that grounded and gave him a conscience, the preacher becomes ruthless in his experimentation into the healing but dangerous power of electrical current, positioning him to act as God-like faith healer and opening a terrifying Pandora's Box. Intertwined with the preacher is a young man with demons of his own, who has benefited from the preacher's talents and becomes a reluctant accomplice to his deadly obsession.
Sounds good, if fairly typical King stuff, though its 50 year time span may not be too easy to pull off. Boone hopes to have this film made within the year, so it'll serve as a good warm-up act for his return to The Stand once that production gets back on track.


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"Controlling codependent bitch" is the term that would have someone visiting my "Quit Punishing Me" article this evening. Reading the article again, ever mindful of the search term used to reach it, I was reminded how insidious and damaging controlling behavior is.
Quit Punishing Me was an article I'd written in the middle of a confusing, sad, lonely time in my life; Trying to adjust to a new relationship and establish new boundaries while attempting to grieve a loss of a past relationship and family. What I did not need were emotionally controlling people or their controlling nature's exploiting me or my grief. I've been through too much recovery and have written and journaled and discovered too much about myself to let myself landslide back into that abyss of self-hate when I allow another person autonomy over me or my feelings.
Tonight the timing would be perfect that I would happen to check the keyword logs because often I don't. Some of the phrases people use to get here break my heart but most are constant reminders that as long as people co-exist in human form, so too will apparently a need to heal ourselves.
"Harming Me to Teach Me a Lesson"
Speaking of healing myself. Why I wasn't thinking clearly is because tonight, on the internet, in a game, and in a community I am involved in, someone tried to "teach me a lesson." I haven't felt so emotionally sick from controlling behavior for a while now that I could not believe what I was reading; this message. This person explained the reason he harmed me was due to "teaching me a lesson." It was because I had done a thing in a way he did not like. It's not that he harmed me and that's what made me sick. What made me sick was that he harmed me and then, attempting a typical control-freak psychological manipulation, tried to justify it.
Justification: When we have to justify something it is because we're trying to intellectualize something we know in our spirit to be inauthentic. We are living without integrity but because that truth is a bitter pill, we use our brains [Our Voice of Knowledge] to have things make sense; To reconcile our actions with our Spirits; To excuse ourselves from spiritually inexcusable behavior. It's the ego's way of keeping us center of the world and doing no wrong because remember, the ego's job is to protect us at all costs. The larger the ego, the less one is "wrong" and the more "justification" is needed.
Not that inquiring of a person's motives or intentions is the reason to refrain from "teaching lessons" or "attempting manipulation or control of another person's actions", because control, manipulation, or teaching lessons is a lower energy all by itself, but often if we can glean the motives or intentions of a person we may see their truth and their truth will usually not be provoking us into the God-like task of "teaching lessons." [The mentally or emotionally deranged; the severest of controlling and codependent personalities excluded.]
Teaching Lessons, Controlling, or Manipulating: The problem when entering into the God area is that one has then assumed to be greater than the other. One has also assumed that the other is in need of changing. Further than that, one has then designated oneself to be the one who will change the other. S/He will fix, manage, or control you until you change or? s/he goes crazy. What usually happens, if the relationship endures despite issues of controlling behavior is that the one attempting control becomes embittered, insane, psycho, "bitch" and yes, crazy …and addicted to his illusion of control. The illusion continues to elude them, and like a junkie, quick to get their next fix, they delve further and further into the pit of insanity always forever trying to control more and more things around them. But like Dr. Phil would say, because there is a pay-off of some sort, they continue.
The pay off, at least with the controlling people in my life is that A.) I usually stayed engaged in the relationship and B.) I got better at hiding the things the person tried "controlling" out of me. These days, however, I have learned terms like detachment and I employ detachment liberally; emotionally and physically. I also no longer hide the things a person has tried to control out of me. To do this would be disingenuous to my spirit and I am choosing integrity these days – even if in my integrity I make a mistake. Yes; I have given myself liberal permission, too, to make mistakes. [Control freaks REALLY hate that!]
So when it's a stranger you don't know, inflicting harm upon you – intentionally – and adding insult to the already smarting injury, follows up with complete frontal knowledge of his attack, explains amid his justifications that if you do it such and such a way the next time, you will not get into further trouble with him. How would you handle that?
Here's How I Handled that
Fortunately for me, and unknowing to him, the lesson he would be teaching would be of a higher purpose than the plan I imagine he set out to accomplish. The lesson in this for me was: After learning everything I have learned and practiced regarding "Shame, Blame, Manipulation" and the personalities that invoke them in the name of control, can I now take the test and pass? Have I learned the lesson that God wants me to learn?
Although I said earlier that if others were to inquire first, of our motives or intentions, this could often extinguish the human nature so many people possess of "wanting to get even," or "teach a lesson," but when it passes that point and a person has seemingly assumed the worst in your nature or else they are beyond hope and could not care less – those being the extreme versions of self-centeredness and self-will run riot – then what? You thank them. Of course.
I Thanked Him for Teaching me a Lesson & for Being Nice
I've often said that "my truth doesn't need a defense and a lie doesn't deserve one" [Justification] but in this case, a total stranger…I was in unknown territory…and the callousness and self-righteousness sound of it all. So after pausing – because I was agitated, I consulted with the light within and finally responded by thanking him for teaching me a lesson. So yet another note followed soon after with many words of explanation, justification, and the phrase that he was just "trying to be nice" and many others would have "pounded me" worse. That he, in fact, had done me a great service.
Thank you for being nice to me. I have [done this numerous times] and have never been pounded as you say. You're the first who has taught me a lesson and have been nice to me. Thanks again.
Then He Sent Me Points and Bonuses for the Game
I suppose my lesson was then successfully learned. I have met this person time and time again in my life but I have, since, developed a manner of living that doesn't require interacting with people like this so I was a bit shaken. In the world I live in, these days, people are trying to not be controlling; In the least, most of them are aware when the monster begins to rear its head. To see it so effacingly full force was disconcerting. It told me that controlling behaviors are still running rampant, being spread and fed by the people like us who have been trained to have fear from those personalities who use those behaviors.
But not me. Not Today. And probably not tomorrow.


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