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R8der was a young soulcaster who was noted for his outstanding qualities, both as a warrior and person. An incredible tactician one the battlefield who'd always keep his calm under any situation. Not to mention, his battle prowess was enourmous and as such R8der quickly developed a reputation of his own.
Born as a girl R8der had a troubled childhood where he'd always felt he was anything but the girl they all held him for and after searching information on the internet he confronted his parents. They were displeased and promptly kicked him out of their house.
Taking up his current name, R8der lived on the streets as a criminal. In an encounter with gangsters, he lost his right arm and it was here that he discovered his powers as a soulcaster.
Rather than beign scared R8der embraced his newfound powers and was soon discovered and taken in by Proctor Scorpio himself where he would train from that moment on for one mission only: Kill the most dangerous being in the world, slay the Jabberwock...
So, this moc was crafted with a different mindset entirely in mind. It's mostly non-custom, with it having uncustom legs, a metru body for a torso base and much more uncustom parts. That didn't make this build any less complicated however and it took a lot.
Thanks to SparkyTron for giving me the idea to use a metru torso in the first place.
I hope you enjoy looking at this moc as much as I put in effort making it. Feel free to leve C&C below. Cheers!
When confronted with such intense beauty...how am I to contain the gratitude and joy? without sharing....
I'm lifted up...
to nowhere...
and drink in...
more then....
I can enclose....
and I "name" this...
extreme love...
a natural high...
passion over flows...
walking in a stupor...
a trance...
walking in a yellow cloud...
am I the zombie...
or those that surround me?
-rc (lunch walk 11/16/20116)
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And in the beginning was love. Love made a sphere:
all things grew within it; the sphere then encompassed
beginnings and endings, beginning and end. Love
had a compass whose whirling dance traced out a
sphere of love in the void: in the center thereof
rose a fountain.
-Robert Lax, Circus of the Sun
Aggressive Negotiations on Mustafar: Baby Anakin has turned to the dark side. Baby Obi-Wan confronts him resulting in an epic battle!
This is my second entry to the #ImperialMARCH and the #ImperialMarchBabyBuilds contest! Such a fun contest!
Confront the Supreme Leader on the Supremacy!
75216 Snoke's Throne Room - $49.99 - 536 pcs
Play out the iconic duel in Snoke's Throne Room from Star Wars: The Last Jedi! This LEGO® Star Wars set includes a throne room build complete with catwalk, rotating elevator lift, burning curtains, oculus viewing device, and guard platform features. Complete with 5 minifigures including the Supreme Leader Snoke himself, this playset will give every LEGO® Star Wars fan the chance to destroy the leader of the First Order.
• Includes 5 minifigures: Rey, Kylo Ren, Supreme Leader Snoke, and two Elite Praetorian Guards
I don't advise you to do this, but on a couple of occasions I have "confronted" people who heretofore have only known me "out-of-uniform", so to speak.
I will also state that I knew them well enough to not expect anything negative
But there are times when I just can't help myself :)
The Generator is also handy for confronting suicide missions. That baby is how we retrieved some Transformers posters from deep within the Twilight section of the hall. Sure, the duplicate died from her wounds, but the posters were SWEET!
American postcard by Classico San Francisco, no. 106-002. Photo: Lucasfilm. Ewan McGregor as Obi-Wan Kenobi in Star Wars - Episode I - The Phantom Menace (George Lucas, 1999).
George Lucas's epic space opera Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (1999) is the fourth film in the Star Wars film series and set 32 years before the original trilogy, during the era of the Galactic Republic. It is the first film of the prequel trilogy and the first chronological chapter of the "Skywalker Saga". The film stars Liam Neeson, Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman and the young Jake Lloyd.
The evil Trade Federation, led by Nute Gunray, creates turmoil in the Galactic Republic by blockading the planet Naboo in protest of recent legislation taxing major galactic trade routes. Jedi Knights Qui-Gon Jinn (Liam Neeson) and his apprentice Obi-Wan Kenobi (Ewan McGregor) are sent to confront the leaders. Darth Sidious (Ian McDiarmid), a Sith Lord and the Trade Federation's secret benefactor, orders the Viceroy to kill the Jedi and begin an invasion with an army of battle droids, but the Jedi escape and flee to Naboo. Along with their new Gungan friend, Jar Jar Binks (Ahmed Best), they head to Naboo to warn Queen Padmé Amidala of Naboo (Natalie Portman), but droids have already started to capture Naboo and the Queen is not safe there. Eventually, they land on Tatooine, where they become friends with a young boy known as Anakin Skywalker (Jake Lloyd). Qui-Gon is curious about the boy and sees a bright future for him. The group must now find a way of getting to Coruscant and finally solve this trade dispute, but there is someone else hiding in the shadows. Are the Sith really extinct? Is the Queen really who she says she is? And what's so special about this young boy? May he bring balance to the Force?
Following the release of Return of the Jedi (1980), talks of a follow-up were proposed, but George Lucas was unmotivated to return to the franchise. During the hiatus, the backstories he created for the characters, particularly Anakin's own backstory, sparked interest in him to develop a prequel trilogy during the 1990s. After he determined that computer-generated imagery (CGI) had advanced to the level he wanted for the prequel trilogy's visual effects, Lucas began writing The Phantom Menace in 1993, and production began in 1994. Filming started in 1997—at locations including Leavesden Film Studios and the Tunisian desert. The film marked Lucas' first directorial effort after a 22-year hiatus following the original Star Wars (1977). The film's premiere in 1999 was extensively covered by the media and was widely anticipated because of the large cultural following the Star Wars saga had cultivated. Upon its release, the film received mixed reviews. Star Wars: Episode 1- The Phantom Menace (1999) is worth a watch, but it is one of the weaker episodes of the Star Wars saga. On a visual and technical level, it looks terrific, with splendid special effects, stunning cinematography and fine scenery and costumes. The script is fairly decent, perhaps lacking the sophistication of Star Wars - A New Hope (1977) or Return of the Jedi (1980), but does have some memorable lines. The action is constantly exhilarating, and Darth Maul, well-played by Ray Park is a very good villain. Most of the performances are very good, especially Natalie Portman as Queen Padma who looked stunning and Jake Lloyd as Anakin Skywalker who shone with his confident charm. And the music score by John Williams was outstanding, definitely one of his best works.
Bethany Cox at IMDb: "However, there were things about this film that did disappoint. One is despite the awesome visuals, strong music score and good characters, the story never quite distinguished itself. It did take a while to get going, and when it did try to get going and you could tell it wanted to, it was further disadvantaged by the uneven pacing." Roger Ebert: "If it were the first "Star Wars" movie, "The Phantom Menace" would be hailed as a visionary breakthrough. But this is the fourth movie of the famous series, and we think we know the territory; many of the early reviews have been blase, paying lip service to the visuals and wondering why the characters aren't better developed. How quickly do we grow accustomed to wonders. (...) the stories of the "Star Wars" movies have always been space operas, and that the importance of the movies comes from their energy, their sense of fun, their colorful inventions and their state-of-the-art special effects. I do not attend with the hope of gaining insights into human behavior. Unlike many movies, these are made to be looked at more than listened to, and George Lucas and his collaborators have filled "The Phantom Menace" with wonderful visuals." Despite the mixed reception, The Phantom Menace was a box-office success and broke numerous box-office records during its debut. It grossed more than $924.3 million worldwide during its initial theatrical run, becoming the highest-grossing film of 1999, the second-highest-grossing film worldwide and in North America (behind Titanic), and the highest-grossing Star Wars film at the time (inflation notwithstanding). A 3D reissue, which earned an additional $102.7 million and brought the film's overall worldwide takings to over $1 billion, was released in 2012.
Sources: Bethany Cox (IMDb), Roger Ebert (Roger Ebert.com), Wikipedia and IMDb.
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This really is a wow moment! You walk across from the National Trust car park to be confronted with beautiful views across Derwentwater to Keswick. I could have stayed there all day!
The Grade I Listed Pembroke Castle, the original family seat of the Earldom of Pembroke. It is a medieval Linear castle as it is a castle designed to confront its attackers with a series of barriers/impediments in a line. In Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, South Wales.
In 1093 Arnulf of Montgomery built the first castle at the site when he fortified the promontory beside the Pembroke River during the Norman invasion of Wales. A century later, the castle was given by Richard I to William Marshal, who became one of the most powerful men in 12th-century Britain. He rebuilt Pembroke in stone creating most of the structure that remains today.
It 1648 during the Second English Civil War it was the centre of the Siege of Pembroke. Colonel Horton marched his 3,000 troops west to Tenby and laid siege to Tenby Castle which was held by about 500 Royalists under command of Colonel Rice Powell. Oliver Cromwell later arrived with further troops, leaving Horton with enough men to deal with Powel, Cromwell marched the rest of the army to lay siege to Pembroke.
When Tenby Castle was stormed Powel was taken prisoner, but Pembroke Castle, under command of General Rowland Laugharne and John Poyer, was a strong medieval fortress which could not be taken as quickly. It stood on a rocky promontory surrounded on three sides by the sea, and on the landward side its defences consisted of a deep ditch and walls up to 20 feet (6.1 m) thick.
Ships carrying siege artillery to Cromwell were forced back up the Bristol Channel to Gloucester by storms, so Cromwell tried a frontal assault. It failed because the ladders used to escalade the walls were too short. The defenders managed to surprise the besiegers in a sudden sortie, killing thirty of the besiegers and damaging the circumvallation. The siege guns arrived in mid-June but over the next month they made little impact on the thick curtain walls.
Eventually, the siege ended when Cromwell's forces discovered the conduit pipe which delivered water to the castle and cut off the defenders' water supply. Poyer and Laugharne were forced to surrender on 11 July.
Cromwell then ordered the castle slighted so that it could never again be used as a military fortress. Laugharne, Poyer and Powell were taken to London, tried and sentenced to death, but Poyer alone was executed on 25 April 1649, being the victim selected by lot.
Major restoration took place during the early 20th century, the castle it is open to the public and is the largest privately-owned castle in Wales.
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La E403-003, in testa all'ICN 1911 Torino-Salerno, si affianca all'ETR 400-02 "Frecciarossa 1000" in attesa di iniziare le prove in AV; frontali a confronto tra i più moderni mezzi del parco Trenitalia.
- carrozza pilota "Casaralta" 50 83 26-39 871-8 npB + carrozza pilota "Vivalto" 50 83 86-78 075-5 npBH dell'IMC Alessandria
Just thinking about taking this picture gives me the willies because i hate these little f*ckers so much, but i somehow did it. So there, Mr. Spider!
#373 explore 10/10/07
Confronted with especially grand landscapes or other natural phenomena, people in the Alps, like most everywhere else in the world, feel a urge to worship their respective gods. This cross has been built at an altitude of 3900 meter near the top of the 'Klein Matterhorn'.
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Dodie confronts the Professor ( Spider ) who is too fearful to tell her about his feelings for her and instead tells her that he is giving her an A on her exam.
Confronting the ocean on her own (with mom and dad just behind her on the beach), her skirt tied up to keep it dry...
Tre geerazioni unite nella pesca....mi ha ricordato una canzone di Claudio Lolli "Albana per Togliatti" qualcuno se la ricorda?
Chess is a fantastic game on so many levels. I always likened it to life. We have free will and, thus, we can draw on it and use our knowledge, talents, strengths, and abilities to make choices about our life and the direction we want it to go. In making choices, we meet others who impact our choices, influence us, hinder us or help us. But, for every choice we make, there is a reaction or consequence.
Once again The Curious Man was lost in thought. His thoughts were still not of a deep nature, but rather superficial and self centered. But, they were his thoughts, nonetheless. When in thought, The Curious Man tended to wander, paying absolutely no attention to where he was going, where he would end up or the sites or people around him or who he passed. But, he really doesn’t care.
Fate, sadly, kept trying to stimulate some sort of interest and emotion in The Curious Man by guiding him to unusual places and things. But, alas, fate always failed. Instead of feeling wonderment, surprise, fear, excitement, joy or any other emotion at all, The Curious Man felt…well… I guess his usual comment rather sums it up. He would always say, “Hmmm.”
The Curious Man is not truly a curious person, but one that finds himself in curious, unusual or spectacular places and situations. But, when in them, he does not appreciate what is before him. He finds it all dull and boring.
Also, as part of his self absorbed nature, The Curious Man does not make life choices. He just hums along; self-absorbed, letting things come as they may. When confronted with a situation that requires a decision, instead of making one, he puts his hand to his chin, tries to look curious and interested, but, in reality, is not, and simply says, “Hmm!”, and walks away.
Well, this time, Fate decided to take a firmer stand with this man and placed him in a situation, a game of sorts, in which he is forced to make a choice.
His absorption in his empty thoughts, this time, has led him to wander into an unsavory alley. He has no idea where he is.
Plus, he is facing huge chess pieces. Naturally, he is at his usual loss of what to do. He has no idea what Fate has in mind for him. He tries to move past each of the chess pieces, but cannot pass them. He tries to retreat and cannot. Fate has boxed him in.
The Curious Man must decide which of the chess pieces to move to find his way home. If he chooses correctly, he will take the path that eventually will return him home. If not, he will remain in this back alley until he chooses again. But, the second round of choices have a stipulation… he must understand why he chose that particular chess piece.
Now, The Curious Man considers himself curious and feels this makes him highly knowledgeable and superior to others, when, in truth, it does not. Lack of investigation and appreciation makes him less. And, the fact that he makes no decisions whatsoever coupled with his lack of control over his own life, makes him even lesser.
So, Fate stepped in again and this time, he will be exactly where he is until he chooses correctly and understands his choice.
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Au-dessus des étangs, au-dessus des vallées,
Des montagnes, des bois, des nuages, des mers,
Par delà le soleil, par delà les éthers,
Par delà les confins des sphères étoilées,
Mon esprit, tu te meus avec agilité,
Et, comme un bon nageur qui se pâme dans l'onde,
Tu sillonnes gaiement l'immensité profonde
Avec une indicible et mâle volupté.
Envole-toi bien loin de ces miasmes morbides ;
Va te purifier dans l'air supérieur,
Et bois, comme une pure et divine liqueur,
Le feu clair qui remplit les espaces limpides.
Derrière les ennuis et les vastes chagrins
Qui chargent de leur poids l'existence brumeuse,
Heureux celui qui peut d'une aile vigoureuse
S'élancer vers les champs lumineux et sereins ;
Celui dont les pensers, comme des alouettes,
Vers les cieux le matin prennent un libre essor,
- Qui plane sur la vie, et comprend sans effort
Le langage des fleurs et des choses muettes !
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Les Fleurs du mal : Elévation
C.Baudelaire
As I return to confront Standler I find him trying to chew his way out of the handcuffs I placed on him. What an idiot. It's a first though. Never seen someone try to bite their way out a pair of handcuffs. You truly are a remarkable specimen Standler. But that doesn't get you out of this.
It doesn't take long for him to spot me and as you'd imagine, he panics. Desperately trying to scramble to his feet and run he ends up tripping over himself planting his face into the concrete. You really couldn't make this stuff up if you tried. He briefly manages to lift his face up off the ground to look straight at me only to beg that I leave him alone.
"Please! Not again!"
"That all depends on what you say next Standler."
With that I grab hold of his outfit and lift him up above my head. Displays of physical strength often scare people, especially when people know they stand no chance of matching that strength. Probably explains why Clark lets Diana do the questioning. Then again he does love his boy scout image and nothing is quite as scary as angry Amazon.
"What were you doing here?!"
"I needed a way to get your attention!"
"My attention?"
"That sword swinging psycho of yours strapped a flaming bomb on me! I didn't have any idea how to defuse it so I needed someone who could!"
"Why not simply hand yourself into the GCPD? They have a bomb disposal unit for goodness sake."
"The bomb has a tracker! If I went inside the GCPD he said he'd trigger it!"
"Where's the Crimson Knight?"
"The Crimson what?"
Before he has a chance to process what he just said he receives a punch straight to his right side of his face.
"Wrong answer. Now I'm going to ask again. Where's the Crimson Knight!?"
"He's.....collecting something....."
"Collecting what?"
He pauses. I can't be certain if it's an attempt to avoid answering my question or he's trying to remember whatever he was told by the Knight. Either way he's giving me the answers one way or another.
"WHERE!"
"He....he said something.....about the docks!"
"Which docks?
"I.....I don't know....."
"What was he collecting?"
"I don't know he said something about....reinforcements or something."
Reinforcements? If that's what I fear it is then I need to find where he is immediately. I throw Standler aside and activate the remote link to the bat computer signalling it to reposition Wayne Enterprise's satellites to so I can inspect every dock in Gotham.
It all makes sense now. The Crimson Knight didn't have any need for Standler beyond acting as a scapegoat, all to draw my attention away from the docks. The bomb was just insurance to stop Standler from handing himself in to the authorities and stopping him from being a distraction. The fact that Standler ended up at the refinery has nothing to do with the Knight's plans, it was Standler's attempt to grab my attention and he deliberately placed himself next to the main pipeline to ensure I'd disarm the bomb and thus save his life.
Perhaps he's not as foolish as I believed. It only takes a minute for the bat computer to give a hit on the Crimson Knight at one of Gotham's docks. He's at the docks that used to belong to Cobblepot's family before they went bankrupt. Poor Oswald, but that's what happens when the global fish price collapses due to over saturation. From the satellite feed I see the Crimson Knight letting people out of a shipping container and they're armed to the teeth. Worryingly though he starts to move on to other containers clearly signalling he has more to come. Fortunately though this means it's still possible for me to intervene.
I drag Standler out of the refinery and leave him handcuffed to a rail at the entrance to the refinery. As I dispatch the bat mobile to make it's way to the old Cobblepot docks the batwing lands in front of me. The batwing will get me there in under three minutes but if the Knight has more men as I fear I'm going to need the added firepower of the bat mobile. Either way he's not getting away this time.
With that the batwing launches into the air as I race towards the docks. You're gonna pay for what you did to Jim and for targeting my son.....
Confront the two-headed Skolek with the Ardun Dragonslayer!
The soldiers of Ardun have a new secret weapon: a huge, repeating spear launcher called the Dragonslayer. But as the Dragonslayer is drawn through a mountainous pass illuminated by the Legendary Torch, Vorash and his two-headed dragon Skolek ambush its convoy! The Dragonslayer is powerful, but will it be able to pierce Skolek’s special iron armor? Includes Vorash, an Ardun Knight and an Ardun Soldier.
•Includes 3 minifigures with assorted weapons and accessories: Vorash, an Ardun Knight and an Ardun Soldier
•Also comes with two horses
•The Dragonslayer features a cool, semi-automatic rotating reload system
•Disconnect the Dragonslayer from the cart horse, and flick-fire its six harpoons
•Skolek is fully poseable, with 37 points of articulation including folding wings, moving toes, and an opening jaw
•Skolek features flexible cloth membranes on his wings
•Seat Vorash on Skolek’s back
•Skolek includes 11 pieces of removable metallic armor
•Weapons include 2 swords, 2 lances, a pike, an axe, and the Legendary Torch
•Also includes a pedestal for the Legendary Torch and a mountain brazier more than 4” (10cm) tall
•Dragonslayer and cart measure over 4” (10cm) tall, 10” (27cm) long and 2” (7cm) wide
•Skolek measures over 13” (32cm) long, with a wingspan of over 18” (48cm) and a shoulder height of 3” (8cm)
Confront a child, a puppy, and a kitten with sudden danger; the child will turn instinctively for assistance, the puppy will grovel in abject submission, the kitten will brace its tiny body for a frantic resistance.
- Saki
2011 is on it's way... Maybe you are looking for a nice kitty calendar
"Electronic Superhighway: Continental U.S., Alaska, Hawaii" by Nam June Paik, 1995. At the Smithsonian American Art Museum.
From the Smithsonian's website:
When Nam June Paik came to the United States in 1964, the interstate highway system was only nine years old, and superhighways offered everyone the freedom to "see the U.S.A. in your Chevrolet." Walking along the entire length of this installation suggests the enormous scale of the nation that confronted the young Korean artist when he arrived. Neon outlines the monitors, recalling the multicolored maps and glowing enticements of motels and restaurants that beckoned Americans to the open road. The different colors remind us that individual states still have distinct identities and cultures, even in today's information age.
Paik augmented the flashing images "seen as though from a passing car" with audio clips from The Wizard of Oz, Oklahoma, and other screen gems, suggesting that our picture of America has always been influenced by film and television. Today, the Internet and twenty-four-hour broadcasting tend to homogenize the customs and accents of what was once a more diverse nation. Paik was the first to use the phrase "electronic superhighway," and this installation proposes that electronic media provide us with what we used to leave home to discover. But Electronic Superhighway is real. It is an enormous physical object that occupies a middle ground between the virtual reality of the media and the sprawling country beyond our doors.