At this point, it was presumed that the company was dead, but it is revealed in Advent Children that Rufus survived, and is now set on a new policy concerning Shinra's direction-rather than controlling Gaia, they must now help to heal it.

The Department of Weapons Development was led by Scarlet and was tasked with the development and manufacture of new technological advancements to aid Shinra's forces.

President Shinra believed the Promised Land would become a " Neo-Midgar ", a land abundant in Mako to such an extent that it would flow out of the ground, without the need for Mako reactors to siphon it, which would, in turn, increase Shinra's profits exponentially .< ref name =" neo-midgar "> President Shinra: " It's been said the Promised Land is very fertile.

During Final Fantasy VII Junon was Shinra's major military base, and the only port on the eastern continent.

While Zack's and Cloud's flashback escape is optional in the North American and European releases of Final Fantasy VII and the Japanese International version, it was originally planned to be shown once Cloud discovered the results of Shinra's experiments.

In Final Fantasy VII, Cid is encountered in Rocket Town, where it is revealed he had been part of Shinra's space program and was set to be the first man in outer space.

In the film, Reno acts under Rufus ' orders, aiding Cloud and acknowledging Shinra's part in the near-destruction of the world, although he also expresses his desire to see Shinra rebuilt.

At the time of the game, the company was headed by President Shinra, who followed a rigid doctrine which involved using Shinra's vast reserves of money to maintain control over the world's populace, a " Bread and Circuses " theory of control ; by providing the people with food and entertainment, they remain reasonably happy.

was the head of Shinra's " Department of Science and Research ", until he resigned after being attacked by Red XIII in the Shinra HQ building.

Zack ultimately died in the weeks leading up to the opening of the game protecting Cloud from Shinra's army after they had escaped from imprisonment and being the subjects of genetic experimentation.

One was located at Fort Condor, but was no longer operational as it had been colonized by nesting condors and the mercenary fighters who protected them from Shinra's attempts to destroy them.

He later leads Shinra's efforts to find the Promised Land, as well as Shinra's military in battling the WEAPONs.

He dedicated a large amount of Shinra's resources and money into researching the Cetra, with the hope of finding " The Promised Land " and building a powerful Mako reactor, thus creating what he termed " Neo-Midgar ".

The Department of Urban Development was in charge of maintaining the cities under Shinra's control, and controlling the Mako reactor network.

Mako serves as Shinra's main source of profit, as well as the basis for many of their weapons and inventions, including Mako powered vehicles for the public.

As in the finished game, Cloud would later realize he is the real Cloud, and the reason Sephiroth could control his mind and body was because of Shinra's experiments and a weakening of his own will.

Her ship, Ginkei, is modified by the people of Ikaruga to give it identical capabilities to Shinra's ship.

As revealed over the course of the game, Sephiroth was once the most powerful member of SOLDIER, Shinra's elite military division, who was celebrated as a heroic veteran of the Shinra-Wutai war.

Additionally, he was also privy to more information regarding Shinra's involvement with the creation of Sephiroth, and it is he who explains to Cloud the story of Sephiroth's origins.

Also on the Western continent are Costa Del Sol ( a seaside resort ), Rocket Town ( the location of Shinra's failed space rocket launch ), Mt.

The Department of Public Relations and Public Safety Maintenance was Shinra's largest department, and was headed by Heidegger.

This department controlled Shinra's military and policing service as well as the elite SOLDIER unit.

SOLDIER was an elite branch of Shinra's military forces and was composed of specially trained, highly skilled fighters divided into Third, Second, and First Class branches.

This division formed Shinra's special security force, under the leadership of Tseng, who reported directly to Heidegger.

This department was behind the creation of Shinra's robot guards, the Sister Ray cannon, and it originated the plan to use Huge Materia to destroy Meteor.

The Department of Space Exploration was created as part of Shinra's aspirations to explore outer space.

Sapphire WEAPON was destroyed by Shinra's Sister Ray cannon at Junon after it emerged from the ocean and attacked the town.

Cloud eventually left to join Shinra's SOLDIER program in order to become stronger, but it is later revealed that he did it primarily to attract her attention.

* Nachi Nozawa voices Professor Hojo, the head of Shinra's science department.

* The final temple vision, in which Ezekiel is transported to Jerusalem and sees a new commonwealth centered around a new Temple to which God's glory has returned ( Ezekiel 40-48 )

In his vision of the new Temple, Ezekiel sees the glory of God entering the Temple and filling the Temple ( Eze.

As the Kingdom of God described in the New Testament and particularly the Book of Revelation, Heaven is a new or restored earth, a World to Come, free of sin and death, with a New Jerusalem led by God, Jesus, and the most righteous of believers starting with 144, 000 Israelites from every tribe, and all others who received salvation living peacefully and making pilgrimages to give glory to the city.

He recognized in the genius of the poets of that time, not only the truest ornament of the court, but a power of reconciling men's minds to the new order of things, and of investing the actual state of affairs with an ideal glory and majesty.

But humanists did not go so far as to promote the extra glory of deliberately aiming to establish a new state, in defiance of traditions and laws.

Moreover, the glory and comparative unity of the Arab World under Saladin was seen as the perfect symbol for the new unity sought by Arab nationalists, such as Gamal Abdel Nasser.

With discovery of new lands to the west ( which they thought at the time to be East Asia ), the poor young men were attracted to whispers of glory and wealth.

He arranged his orchestral suite L ' ascension (" The Ascension ") for organ, replacing the orchestral version's third movement with an entirely new movement, Transports de joie d ' une âme devant la gloire du Christ qui est la sienne (" Ecstasies of a soul before the glory of Christ, which is its own glory ").

" In his time the City was made more fair than it had ever been, even in the days of its first glory ; and it was filled with trees and with fountains, and its gates were wrought of mithril and steel, and its streets were paved with white marble ; and the Folk of the Mountain laboured in it, and the Folk of the Wood rejoiced to come there ; and all was healed and made good, and the houses were filled with men and women and the laughter of children, and no window was blind nor any courtyard empty ; and after the ending of the Third Age of the world into the new age it preserved the memory and the glory of the years that were gone ".

The Tokugawa helped the imperial family recapture its old glory by rebuilding its palaces and granting it new lands.

* Rogaland Fish Museum ( Rogaland Fiskerimuseum ), located in an old herring salting factory in Åkrehamn, is fully restored to its former glory and housing new exhibitions about the history of this vibrant coastal community.

This new script is dedicated to washed-up actors and actresses who are obsessed by their former glory, by what they used to look like, what kind of an impression they ’ d make, demanding, bribing, ambitious for power, to stay on top, those who can ’ t look down and can't accept that their moment of glory is over and that the world has passed them by ; this script changes Margaret ’ s life.

Coin returns the University to its former glory ( his offer to make everything as good as new is rejected by the Librarian, who asks him to restore everything so that it is as good as old ).

Knowing that Lily offers him one last chance at professional success he tells her of his wish for her to play Mary Magdalene in his new play ; " sensual, heartless, but beautiful – running the gamut from the gutter, to glory – can you see it Lily?

Louis XIV had already won his personal glory by conquering new territory, but he was no longer willing to pursue an open-ended militarist policy of the kind he had undertaken in 1672, and instead relied upon France's clear military superiority to achieve specific strategic objectives along his borders.

The development of this “ star system ” made “ fame … something that could be fabricated purposely, by the masters of the new ‘ machinery of glory ’.” However, regardless of how “… strenuously the star and their media handlers and press agents may … try to ‘ monitor ’ and ‘ shape ’ it, the media and the public always play a substantial part in the image-making process .” According to Madow, “ fame is a ‘ relational ’ phenomenon, something that is conferred by others.

From this early astrological use, the form of " glory " or " nimbus " has been adapted or inherited under new beliefs.

With the rapid expansion of the Ottoman Empire, Suleyman wanted its growing power and glory to be reflected in his residence, and new buildings were constructed or enlarged.

A new theory by Brazilian physicist Herch Moysés Nussenzveig, however, suggests that the light energy beamed back by a glory originates mostly from classical wave tunneling, which is when light rays that missed a droplet can still transfer energy into it.

: I shall relate how the new settlement was, during many troubled years, successfully defended against foreign and domestic enemies ; how, under that settlement, the authority of law and the security of property were found to be compatible with a liberty of discussion and of individual action never before known ; how, from the auspicious union of order and freedom, sprang a prosperity of which the annals of human affairs had furnished no example ; how our country, from a state of ignominious vassalage, rapidly rose to the place of umpire among European powers ; how her opulence and her martial glory grew together ; how, by wise and resolute good faith, was gradually established a public credit fruitful of marvels which to the statesmen of any former age would have seemed incredible ; how a gigantic commerce gave birth to a maritime power, compared with which every other maritime power, ancient or modern, sinks into insignificance ; how Scotland, after ages of enmity, was at length united to England, not merely by legal bonds, but by indissoluble ties of interest and affection ; how, in America, the British colonies rapidly became far mightier and wealthier than the realms which Cortes and Pizarro had added to the dominions of Charles the Fifth ; how in Asia, British adventurers founded an empire not less splendid and more durable than that of Alexander.

The show reopened in March 2005, after a seven-month refurbishment, commissioned by new Disneyland management in a bid to restore the park to its former glory for its 50th birthday.