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Xoïl Tattoos. Xoïl is a tattooer at Needles Side Tattoo in Thonon-les-Bains, France.

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> facebook. 10 Things You Didn’t Know About Bane. With the Dark Knight Rises Blu Ray release date approaching quickly it seems like a good idea to catch up on some interesting facts on the lead villain, Bane.

10 Things You Didn’t Know About Bane

Director Christopher Nolan himself confessed to knowing very little about the character before starting on the project. But who is Bane, where is he from and what exactly is his comic book history? Humble Beginnings: Bane’s father, Edmund, also known by the names Black Lantern and King Snake, a revolutionary within Santa Prisca, managed to escape imprisonment and have the corrupt government charge his crimes onto his unborn child. The child was raised in Pena Duro “Hard Rock” prison. Plagued by dreams of a demonic bat and hearing stories from a fellow inmate about a monster within Gotham City, Bane sets out to end the reign of Batman as protector of the city.

After complications during the experiment he is believed to be dead and tossed in the sea. Knightfall: _m06wfxYspj1qhvwk3o1_1280.jpg (JPEG Image, 1280 × 1656 pixels) We Choose the Moon: Pre-launch. 3D tattoo. Simple Ideas That Are Borderline Bad Ass! (60 Pics) Funny-National-Geographic-fun-facts.jpg (JPEG Image, 479 × 712 pixels)

NASA makes famous sound bites available for use as ringtones. Mathematics. Compfight / A Flickr Search Tool. 20 Foods to Boost Your Metabolism. Delicious, nutrient-dense foods like chocolate and avocado can help you lose weight.

20 Foods to Boost Your Metabolism

When trying to lose weight, we tend to fixate on the foods we aren’t supposed to eat. We salivate over cheesecake at the coffee shop, eyeball our partners’ pizza and dream about cheese, glorious cheese. Instead, shift the focus to the delicious and healthy foods that actually speed up metabolism, aiding in weight loss and preventing the storage of more fat. You might just get so hooked on green tea, yogurt, avocado and hot peppers that you find yourself cheating on your former favorites, not on your diet.Green tea If you want to get your metabolism revving, choose green tea over black tea or coffee. Apples That oft-repeated adage about apples and doctors is backed by solid science.

Low-fat yogurt Probiotics in products that contain live bacteria, like yogurt, help beneficial bacteria in the gut process food more efficiently. Celery Cinnamon Did you know that cinnamon is a natural blood sugar stabilizer? Oats. Vocal Processing Tricks In Ableton Live. April 29, 2010 by Ryan Ableton Live has plenty of great tools included with it.

Vocal Processing Tricks In Ableton Live

Some might even say it’s the Swiss Army Knife of DAWs. Vocal processing within Live is yet another great by-product of all the creative freedoms this program has afforded the user. Let’s run through a couple. The Stretch Effect Ableton’s Warp feature does wonders for keeping songs in time, but with “Texture” mode turned on, it can make your vocals sound heavily stretched, synthetic and drawn out. Lights. Why You’re Beautiful. You’re beautiful because you’re stronger than anyone thought.

Why You’re Beautiful

I didn’t think you were at first. I expected the pain of your wrecked relationship to eat you alive. I expected you to burst into tears spontaneously every day for the next decade, stop washing your hair and only smile faintly when someone asked how you were doing. I thought you would still be wearing the ring alone in your apartment, self-medicating to the point where it was no longer a #whitegirlproblem but an actual problem. But you pushed through it. You’re beautiful because you take risks. You’re beautiful because you just don’t give a damn. You’re beautiful because you taught me something invaluable that I would never have come to know on my own. You’re beautiful because you take pride in ironically showcasing that you’re not.