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• PLEASE NOTE: I know that there is a lot to read, but I would very much appreciate if you do so :)
Although a lot of it takes place in my Bionicle “story” (Never fully written) some of it is personal and metaphorically explains myself as a person / how I’ve changed over the years from childhood, adolescence (during high school), and into who I am now that I’m a “young adult” (I'm 26 Years old now, in 2023)
Obviously a lot of it is exaggerated for fiction, but understanding Luja might be an interesting way to know me, I guess. He is my Self-Moc for a reason, and there’s also a reason as to why he has been on a “hiatus”, same as I have IRL (Multiple times, actually !)
He needed to reflect on who he is, and figure out who/what he wants to become. If you do read everything, let me know! :) It honestly means quite a lot <3
BIOGRAPHY:
GENDER: Male
SPECIES / RACE: Le-Matoran
(As Geminias: Possessed Le-Matoran / DEMON)
ALIGNMENT: Chaotic Good
(As Geminias: Chaotic Evil - unless Luja takes control)
WEAPONS: Tornado Staff, Laser Crossbow, Retractable wrist-blades (Inspired by Assassin's Creed) , Lightning Scythe, Twin wind daggers (Matau hordika's weapons. Rarely uses them)
AS GEMINIAS: Natural Claws on hands and feet, Razor-Sharp wings and tail
IN JUNGLE FRENZY MODE (Non Cannon) : Jungle Daggers (orange) & Jungle whip
MASK: Miru, Mask of Levitation.
When transformed in his Gemini Demon form, it becomes "cursed" or "corrupted", granting him the user powers of mild telekinesis to whatever is in close proximity.
POWERS: Air & Shadow
PERSONALITY:
-BEFORE (On the planet Zarl):
Sarcastic, Humours, A Pessimist, Generally Care-free and a little reckless / stubborn.
Takes a while for him to warm up to people and open-up / get along with.
-(During the Infinity Tablet’s Shadow Realm Dimension): Depressed, angry, leadership / responsible, guilt.
-NOW:
Nothing like before. (Read backstory for more info.
His personality has since changed drastically)
BACKSTORY:
*ON THE PLANET ZARL:
Jon Luja’s origins are unclear and generally unknown. He was born as a Le-Matoran on the planet Zarl and somehow had the powers of a “Demon” Nihak (Native “Alien” species from Zarl) within him (Think of Naruto, with the Kyuubi Fox Demon spirit within him )
Luja doesn’t recall his matoran life, but when he was turned into a Toa he felt as if he were “reborn” as a new being with a fresh start. He remembers this happening in an abandoned Nihak lab facility… however he has no idea why or how.
As a Toa, before the war / genocide by the evil organization known as D.A.T. (Destroy All Toa… I made this stuff up when I was a young teenager LOL) Luja stole a Toa “Power Suit” from his technologically-reliant village’s armoury and fled. He was only loyal to himself and his survival, living and wandering alone, aimlessly. With no friends at the time, he had hoped that a purpose would find him through a life of adventure. Once the war began and he witnessed innocent Matoran being caught in the cross-fire, he quickly realized that he needed to find some Toa to side with and help.
Luja eventually met Toa Rockal, Haku, Wulf, Phyra, and a few others. He had trouble getting along with his fellow toa, generally butting heads and clashing with the Werewolf Toa Wulf. However, Luja had an interest and respect for Toa Phyra, who is also Wulf’s girlfriend. Some claim his attitude and sarcasm was for attention, to mask his insecurities, or maybe he was simply an idiot.
When the team noticed he would get out of control with murderous intent on impulse in battle (thanks to the Demon within him, named Geminias), it was Toa Wulf that was quick to empathize and helped him learn to suppress and control the darkness within.
They eventually became great comrades and friends.
Eventually, the Toa defeated D.A.T. but their planet was mostly destroyed, becoming a post-apocalyptic wasteland. However, many Matoran villagers were generally ungrateful after being liberated; blaming the Toa for the chaos, destruction and peril that they faced during the war. The remaining Toa were outcast and abandoned the planet, travelling to Boto Magna (After The Great Spirit of Mata Nui was reawakened and the Evil Makuta Teridax was defeated)
*ON BOTO MAGNA & THE SHADOW REALM DIMENSION:
When Luja and his friends arrived in Boto Magna after fleeing the planet Zarl, he feared he wouldn’t fit in. Luja became obsessed with the idea of self-redemption in attempts of being accepted. Unknowingly to his friends, he had volunteered to go into the Infinity Tablet’s Shadow Realm Dimension alone on a “suicide mission” to defeat Makuta Teridax (who was using the dimension’s energy to regain his strength and power) and become a hero in the eyes of Boto Magna’s people.
Luja became depressed, angry, and was alone at first. This allowed Geminias (The Demon spirit within him) to easily gain control of Luja, turning him into an uncontrollable monster with a killer’s bloodlust for the Makuta. Eventually Luja found other Toa in the dimension, as well as his friends who were sent in to help him on his mission.
Here, Luja met a toa of water named Cara who gave him the nickname “Gemini Demon” and helped calm and repress his dark impulses. The harsh experience of the mission and time spent surviving together made them fall in love.
Luja learned to acquire Leadership-responsibilities, control, and maturity. He and his friends (New & Old) managed to finally (seemingly) bring an end to Makuta Teridax once and for all. Mata Nui himself found a way to create a portal to bring all the remaining survivors back to Boto Magna, and with Luja’s convincing - a granted “free pass” and chance of immunity of their crimes to the Makuta in the dimension who weren’t truly evil. They were given pardon and temporary forgiveness, and a shot at a fresh start and new life path…
BOTO MAGNA - PRESENT TIME:
Luja became a law enforcer & jailer for the Council of Toa, stopping and imprisoning criminals. He works closely with his coworker, Brutol. Luja is still with his girlfriend Cara (living with her, but often away) and occasionally in contact with his old friends (Wulf, Phyra, Airthos, Haku)
Luja’s whereabouts are currently unknown, but what is certain is that he is finally happy to be serving a purpose and helping the community of Matoran, Toa, Rahi, and other residents of Boto Magna.
BONUS FACTS:
If I ever am to make an update, it’s going to be a redesign to the waist.
A few people here on Flickr gave me that advice years ago and I forgot to apply and change it. His proportions look awkward when you focus there. 😅 IT’S SO tiny. 😂 Oh well… ♂️
THEME SONGS:
(As Toa Luja) Disturbed – The Light
www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1UUAhZ3JzM
(If you listen to the lyrics and connect them with his back-story, it’ll make sense to you. I love Disturbed and this “different”, happier song really hit me at a time when it became relevant to my own life. <3 )
(As Geminias) Disturbed – Two Worlds
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OyB_4Z_G-NI
(As A Makuta Kraza / Fully transformed) Slipknot – Duality
Understanding Seasons Conference. with Apostle Dr. Paul M Gitwaza at Gospel Restoration Church Abilene Texas United States
12 January 2023, Kathmandu, Nepal - FAO Director-General QU Dongyu attends the signing ceremony of the Memorandum of Understanding between FAO Nepal-Bhutan and ICIMOD Nepal-Bhutan.
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Ceremonia Inaugural
Participa Secretario General, Presidente de Costa Rica y la Representante del BM para CA.
Del 12 al 14 de febrero Costa Rica es anfitrión del Understanding Risk Centroamérica, una conferencia donde cerca de 500 expertos internacionales se reúnen para conversar sobre prácticas e innovaciones para la compresión del riesgo de desastres y el riesgo climático en Centroamérica.
En la actividad que se desarrolla en el Centro de Convenciones de Costa Rica participan expertos, organizaciones, e instituciones académicas, quienes buscarán construir alianzas estratégicas para pasar de la comprensión del riesgo a la acción en resiliencia ante desastres.
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En la inauguración este miércoles participaron Carlos Alvarado, presidente de la República; Vinicio Cerezo, secretario general del Sistema de la Integración Centroamericana (SICA); Seynabou Sakho, directora del Banco Mundial para Centroamérica; investigadores de la NASA como Sandra Cauffman y Daniel E. Irwin, y el gerente país de Waze para Colombia, Perú y Centroamérica, entre otros invitados.
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(McAllen, Texas, December 18, 2025) Mexico Agrees to Meet Water Treaty Obligations for Farmers in the American Southwest. On December 12, 2025, the United States and Mexico reached an understanding to meet the current water obligations of American farmers and ranchers and for Mexico to repay the water deficit in Texas as part of the 1944 Water Treaty. This agreement extends to the current cycle and the previous cycle’s water deficit. For more information, see www.usda.gov/about-usda/news/press-releases/2025/12/12/me...
The Rio Grande is the lifeline of South Texas agriculture, and its flow is shaped by an international agreement—the 1944 Mexico Water Treaty. This treaty ensures that water from six Mexican tributaries is shared between Mexico and the United States. The U.S. receives one-third of the natural flows, while Mexico retains two-thirds. Mexico must order the release of their share in specified amounts. In this case Mexico has agreed to release 202,000-acre feet of water to the United States with deliveries expected to begin the week of December 15, 2025. The US/Mexico water is stored in two major international reservoirs: Amistad Dam near Del Rio and Falcon Dam near Zapata. Amistad holds most of the water because its depth reduces evaporation. When irrigation districts downstream need water, the Rio Grande Watermaster orders releases from Falcon Dam. For Edcouch, Texas, water takes about a few days to travel from Falcon. As the water flows down the Rio Grande, some is diverted by the Hidalgo County Irrigation District No. 2 pumping station, which serves McAllen and surrounding areas. The pump station uses up to ten 400 horsepower pumps to take up water in submerged 42-inch uptake pipes, lifts it 32 feet, when the flow is measured as it is discharged at a capacity of up to 680 cubic feet per second into a main canal. This process ensures that every drop is accounted for—meeting agricultural needs while minimizing freshwater loss to the gulf.
Today, two pumps provide the flow needed by the system. Water will flow in the primary delivery canal (SEEN) for a short distance into a nearby settling pond to help clarify the water before continuing into a main conveyance channel that leads north, through McAllen, Texas. Smaller channels or pipelines will branch off to municipal and irrigation water districts such as the Delta Lake Irrigation District and it’s Delta Lake Reservoir, with the capacity of 10,669 acre-feet of water and a surface area of 2,371 acres. Delta Lake Irrigation District currently serves 69,500 acres and diverts municipal water to the City of Raymondville, La Sara, Monte Alto and the City of Lyford. Their irrigation canals flow to the farms where growers such as the Edinburg Citrus Association then use their pump houses to draw the water and distribute it to their fields using pressurized pipelines for drip irrigation systems that deliver life-giving water to the grapefruit orchards. Their micro-irrigation tubes/tapes deliver a slow flow to the base of each tree to increase absorption into the soil, reduce evaporation, runoff and unwanted growth between the rows and other benefits.
The organization that diverts water from the Rio Grande for irrigation and municipal use in Texas is managed under the Rio Grande Watermaster Program, which operates under the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ). The Rio Grande Watermaster Program is a system managed by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) that oversees and regulates the use of water from the Rio Grande in Texas. Its main job is to make sure water is distributed fairly and according to legal water rights. The Watermaster calculates how much water is needed by farmers, cities, and industries, then orders releases from reservoirs like Falcon Dam and Amistad Dam. It also tracks water as it flows down the river to ensure that every drop goes to the correct user and that as little as possible is wasted or flows into the gulf.
In 1932, a group of South Texas citrus growers came together to form the Edinburg Citrus Association (ECA), a non-profit co-op. The goal of the group is to maintain the highest quality pack and provide customers a highly marketable product at a competitive price.
USDA Media by Lance Cheung.
15 May 2014, The UN Resident Coordinator's Office (RCO) organized a policy dialogue themed “Understanding resilience: Global implications for local responses”.
Students find a wealth of inspiration for their Plan of Concentration in the local landscape, such as this field study of the impact of ice storms on forest ecology.
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Cape Town, South Africa. July 2012.
South Africa hosted the second global Understanding Risk (UR) Forum in Cape Town from July 2-6, 2012. The Forum convened more than 500 thought leaders and decision-makers from 86 countries to exchange knowledge and share best practice in disaster risk assessment.
Photo: World Bank
Executive Board member of the ECB Isabel Schnabel and EBA Chairperson José Manuel Campa sign the Memorandum of Understanding on 18 March, 2024 in Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
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HG 9396 .R68 2011.
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It’s worth recalling that in December 2016, the Commissioner for Human Resources Science and Technology, H.E. Dr Martial De Paul Ikounga signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Secretary-General of the Association of African Universities (AAU), Professor Etienne Ehouan Ehile.
AAU is the voice of higher education in Africa and has been a lead agency in implementing the continental vision since its founding under the OAU. The African Union Agenda 2063 calls for an education and skills revolution to meet the human resource needs for actualising Africa’s social-economic development. As such, the African university occupies a strategic role in ensuring that our education systems are oriented towards promoting innovation, critical thinking, pan Africanism and entrepreneurial orientations while addressing Africa’s challenges and optimising on its opportunities.
The partnership between the AUC and the AAU over the last decade has witnessed the strengthening of the African higher education space through the promotion of intra-African academic mobility, harmonisation of qualifications for mutual recognition across the Member States; and promotion of a culture of continuous quality improvement through the AU’s African Quality Rating Mechanism.
The AAU has been able to mobilise African academia to appropriate the continental vision of Agenda 2063, and it has helped to build accountable leadership and quality in research and scholarship
GOAL: To increase engagements between the AAU and North America and the Diaspora
Objectives
• Mobilize funds for the advancement of Higher Education in Africa.
• Promote and develop relations between the African Academic Diaspora and African Higher Education Institutions (HEI).
• Promote sister university collaborations
• Promote and develop research and education networks among African Higher Education Institutions and their North American counterparts
• Promote corporate and non-profit America to support African Higher Education Institutions
• Sensitize potential development partners to the education needs of African HEIs
• Promote student and staff exchange
• Promote a role for Higher Education in US-Africa relations
• Develop and implement comprehensive international Initiatives for senior leadership at public research universities to facilitate seamless integration of international dimensions into the learning, discovery and engagement missions of our AAU institutions.
• Foster the development of globally competent students, internationally engaged faculty, and institutions capable of addressing global challenges.
• Identify critical issues, gather information, and create opportunities for AAU members to discuss challenges and share knowledge with their NA counterparts.
• Serve as the leading advocate for advancing the broad interests of the AAU in NA
• Support the development of innovative approaches and solutions to African Higher Education
Theme: Understanding, Living, and Sharing Islam
April 22 – 24, 2011
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On January 17, 2018 Teaching for Change D.C. Area Educators for Social Justice hosted a special presentation for teachers from Ibram X. Kendi, author of "Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America." The DCPS Secondary Literacy Team and the Washington Teacher’s Union co-sponsored the event.
Yuanbo Liu from Percolate leads the Masterclass: Beyond 1.3 Billion: Understanding China and Social Media at Social Media Week New York, February 2014. INSIDER IMAGES/Keith Bedford
Secretary Rita Landgraf welcomed about 80 mental health professionals, advocates and consumers to an April 1 conference, "Understanding Loneliness." Secretary Landgraf said loneliness is increasing, but especially for vulnerable populations such as people with serious mental illness, seniors, and people with other disabilities.
"As humans, we need those meaningful social interactions that people who care about us or provide," Secretary Landgraf said.
A 2010 AARP study of adults found that 40% said that they had been lonely, a figure that was double the rate in the 1980s.
The conference, sponsored by DHSS' Division of Substance Abuse and Mental Health, also included a consumer panel, experts on statistics and trends, and recommendations for reaching out to people with serious mental illness.
The McGee group is going to the ends of the earth to understand how precipitation patterns respond to climate change. Recognizing that past changes provide unique opportunities to test our understanding of the climate system, the group is building high-resolution records of past precipitation changes in sensitive regions around the world using natural precipitation archives such as lake deposits and stalagmites. In the past two years this work has taken the group to shorelines preserving records of large ancient lakes in the deserts of the western U.S. and subtropical South America, to caves in the Yucatan peninsula and deep inside islands in Vietnam's Ha Long Bay, and onto a drill rig sampling deeply buried lake sediments in the high tropical Andes.
Images courtesy: Nguyen Hieu & Do Trung Hieu
Jóvenes de Panamá ganan INCUBAR 2020: concurso regional del SICA y Banco Mundial
Propuestas relacionadas con reciclaje, inclusión, infraestructura, turismo y más.🌎🙌 Los 4 finalistas viajaron a Costa Rica del 12 al 14 de febrero, para participar en #URCentroamérica
-IncUbaR, son ideas de jóvenes para construir una Centroamérica más resiliente.
-Se convocó a jóvenes centroamericanos entre 18 y 35 años para presentar sus ideas o proyectos de negocios innovadoras enfocados en fortalecer la resiliencia ante los desastres y los efectos del cambio climático.
-Los 4 proyectos ganadores: Taller de Cine Documental_ Eco-bloque_ ECO SAM _ Guna Carbon Bank, participan en la conferencia Understanding Risk Centroamérica, en Costa Rica.
-El jurado calificador está conformado por: Seynabou Sakho, Directora para Centroamérica del Banco Mundial; Enrique Uribe; Olinda Salguero, Jefa de Gabinete; Rodrigo Cortés, Country Manager Waze Colombia, Perú y Centroamérica.
-Los criterios de evaluación fueron: • Visión e innovación en la propuesta que se plantea • Viabilidad de que la idea pueda ser puesta en práctica. • Presentación y poder de convencimiento del equipo • Potencial para contribuir a que se escuchen las voces de los jóvenes.