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With the election between himself and Republican incumbent Bob Taft 32 days away, Tim Hagan came to Athens loaded for bear. A published report (in the Cleveland Plain Dealer) said Ohio gets an "F" grade for affordability of a college education.

"We need to invest in primary and secondary education and higher education," Hagan told students at a noontime rally, "Or our economy is going to continue to collapse in this state."

Part of the reason for those tuition hikes has to do with the shifting of dollars from higher education, to satisfy a State Supreme Court mandate for elementary and high school funding.

Hagan proposes a program similar to West Virginia's PROMISE scholarships, aimed at encouraging Buckeye State students to attend college at Ohio institutions.

Athens County, and Ohio University students in particular, have traditionally supported Democratic candidates. But Hagan says he isn't taking any chances.

"Every vote counts," said Hagan. "If you get more votes out of Athens, it helps us with the rest of the state."

Hagan recently said that, if he's elected governor, he would order a tuition freeze at all state-supported institutions.

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One local restaurant and retail store was the place to be on this sunny Sunday afternoon for the first ever Oktoberfest Beer Garden.

People came out to the House of Wines in Marietta tasting about 40 different types of beer including a huge selection of pumpkin ales and ciders.

There was also a fall farmers market, pork and cabbage sandwiches and a pumpkin carving contest for the kids.

And what's an Oktoberfest without beer tasting?

"I think as of now, everybody's having a good time, I sure am. I plan on doing this again next year, expanding it a little bit and taking some suggestions from some of the people here today," says House of Wines Owner, Sally Oliver.

Samuel Adams, Woodchuck Hard Cider and Kentucky Pumpkin Barrel ale were among the beverages being served at this year's Oktoberfest Beer Garden.

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By Nora Sweat

In the fall of 1970, I was a beginning home economics teacher at West Hardin High School. It wasn’t until the fall of 1971 that I seriously started thinking about marriage. This shy young man from Lebanon Junction didn’t have an earthly idea I had my eye on him.

His college friend and fellow math teacher wanted to start a wrestling program and convinced this gentleman to assist him in what, at the time, was a non-paying job. He also convinced me to take on the non-paying job of sponsoring the girls who would support the wrestling team.

It was those circumstances and fate that we would make long trips to schools in Union, Trigg and Henderson counties for wrestling competitions and there would only be one seat left on the bus after all the students boarded. You see, the students made sure all the seats were filled with equipment and duffle bags and that one lone bench seat near the front was left.

At the December 1971 wedding of one of the wrestlers, our friend, the wrestling coach, invited us to his family’s home for a New Year’s Eve party. The poor co-worker had no idea I knew where they lived, but when I played dumb, he spoke up and said, “I could take you.” It was our first date. I didn’t know the party included the men playing poker and the women watching TV. That didn’t help us get to know each other any better.

After wrestling season and the school year was complete, the shy and reserved man only was around occasionally. I invited him to my sister’s wedding in July. After working all night on a summer job at a Chevron station, he showed up dead tired and I knew he was there because I wanted him by my side.

The school year began and in the fall wrestling season began once again and we got to travel together on that lone seat on the team bus. Our friendship strengthened and we fell in love. After the Christmas holiday, we actually started talking about getting married in the summer.

On Easter Eve in 1973, and after dinner with his parents in “LJ,” we left for Easter Vigil Mass at St. James Catholic Church. He pulled off the road mid-way up Colesburg Hill. He told me the Easter Bunny had left an early gift for me. You guessed it, a beautiful diamond ring, and he asked me right there to marry him. “Yes” was my answer and we were married July 21, 1973. It was so neat that many of our students were a part of our wedding ceremony.

Now 40 years later, my husband, Michael Sweat, still is a little reserved, but just the best husband and dear, dear friend. We have been through many tough times including a miscarriage, years of waiting for our special baby and the loss of both our parents. And we’ve shared many wonderful events. Those include our son’s graduation from Western Kentucky University, the many wonderful family vacations especially when the CH Belles and Beaux performed at Epcot Center at Disney World under the direction of our dear friend Andrew Zagar.

Michael has taken such good care of me while I faced two back surgeries, a broken back and the everyday struggles of living with degenerative disc disease. Our yard and grounds are stunning despite the road work in front of our house. His gardens always are plentiful with produce and he is a great help in the kitchen while preserving it all and making family meals.

Today, in honor of our 40 years together on Sunday, I want to wish my husband Michael a very happy 40th anniversary and to thank friends Jim and Karen Davis for making sure the assistant wrestling coach and mat maid sponsor stayed together for a very long time. I dedicate this column to a very good cook and my best friend, who just makes his wife look good, while he is her support in the shadow. I love you, Michael.

Enjoy his recipes for Peanut Butter Fudge and Fried Apple Pies.

Michael’s Peanut Butter Fudge

2 cups sugar

¾ cup milk

¾ cup creamy peanut butter (crunchy is also good!)

2 teaspoon vanilla

Boil sugar and milk until it reaches soft ball stage on candy thermometer. Remove from heat. Add peanut butter and vanilla. Beat with wooden spoon until it starts to lose its gloss. Pour into a buttered 9-inch square or comparable pan. Cut into squares when cool.

Michael’s Fried Apple Pies

3 packages dried apples

1 box of refrigerated pie crust

Sugar and cinnamon to taste

Cook apples with water until the consistency of chunky apple sauce. Let cool. Roll pie crust out and cut circles using a small saucer. Place a small amount of apple filling on half of the circle. Fold the other half over the top of the filling. Using a fork dipped in flour, close the rounded edge by pressing the fork along the edges. Remove carefully onto a greased cookie sheet with sides. Fry in skillet with vegetable oil or bake in oven with fat on a cookie sheet with sides. Once they are golden brown, drain on paper towels. Serve while warm with ice cream.

Nora Sweat, author of “Mama and Me,” is a native of HardinCounty and a retired home economics/family and consumer science teacher. She can be reached at norasweat@thenewsenterprise.com or by mail at 408 W. Dixie Ave., Elizabethtown, KY 42701.


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Sane CSS Sizes

..wherein we present a method of text sizing in CSS that actually works consistently across our browsers without offending designers.

This is just a little something I've been meaning to put online for folks starting CSS. It's my generic text styles template. Due to browser shortcomings, what should be pretty simple is an unfortunate hell when you're new to things.

The short history of CSS text sizing involves a number of issues. First is that the browser defaults are huge, like 200% of program toolbar font. Absurd. So designers made text smaller, and they found the only thing that worked consistently across browsers (which in those days meant IE and Netscape) was to set it in pixels. Which could not be resized in IE PC, presenting an accessibility problem. Ems worked, but only down to 1.0 in IE PC, and 1.0 is the big default again. Sub 1.0 ems went microscopic. ALA did a nice article on how to use keywords, which was great but didn't work for Opera 6 PC. (How I can tell you are using the ALA method: It's like being slapped with an eyechart.)

Anyhow, I played about and found you can make a nice ems stylesheet with P text at 1.0 em, and then downsize the whole thing by selecting size in BODY with %, like 76%. It's simple, easy to change, and works for everything. Score 1 for late nights and coffee. Enjoy.

This template uses that method, is already formatted for easy reading of full-width text pages, and it has some useful comments in the code. It's what I use as a typography starting point.

And if you're curious just what does happen with the other text sizing methods, here's 264 happy little screenshots to look at.

Update! I have made yet more happy little screenshots to explore browser inconsistencies when you use something other than 76%.

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H371 - The Reformation Before the Reformation: John Wycliffe

ASSIGNMENT: Read Kurt Aland, The History of Christianity, Vol 1, the last chapter.

As Marco Polo began his famous journey to the far east in 1324, John Wycliffe turned four years old. The radical Franciscans were denouncing the riches of the Papacy, and Pope John XXII was mid way through his reign The world (as it was known to the Europeans) was at peace; and Rome held ultimate authority in the lives of the people of the continent and the British Isles.

From Augustine and Constantine till the birth of Wycliffe, the Church was the center of every person's life. The so-called "Dark Ages" (a purely Protestant description) were simply a period of great calm brought about by the power of the Church.

John Wycliffe was born into this world of calm; but the waters would soon be stirred and Wycliffe would join the fray. England was soon plunged into the 100 Years War with France (from 1339 to 1453). This struggle was waged because some Englishmen were tired of the outrageous taxes they had to pay the Church; and France was the arm of the Church in the region. Between 1/3 and 1/4 of the land in England was Church Land! This desire to retain money and regain land that the English viewed as theirs brought them into direct conflict with the Papacy. The Pope wanted to retain the land and money and so the French were called to service; and they served well.

Wycliffe was born in 1320 and studied Theology in Oxford (he died in 1384).

His training and disposition led him to oppose the ownership of English land by the Papacy, on religious and theological grounds rather than merely economic. From 1376 onward Wycliffe published tracts which decried the secularization of the Church. This secularization, he maintained, was beneficial neither to the Church or the State.

In 1377 the Pope issued a Bull (an official document which prohibits the publication of certain writings) condemning in 18 theses the writings of Wycliffe.

Wycliffe's reaction was violent. He began to denounce the Pope (though, contrary to Luther, not the Papacy) in vehement and incredibly harsh writings.

From 1378 to 1379 Wycliffe published his theological system in a series of tracts.

The main thesis of these works was that the Scriptures are the foundation of all doctrine.

This was the turning point of doctrinal history. To this point Tradition was placed alongside Scripture as a source of doctrine; but Wycliffe disputed this notion and John Hus of Prague and Martin Luther as well as Huldrych Zwingli and John Calvin would adopt the view of Wycliffe.

Wycliffe's doctrine of the Church was likewise revolutionary. He saw the Church as a spiritual institution and not a political one. Thus the pre-reformation work of Wycliffe lay in his doctrines of Scripture and the Church. It would be these precise doctrinal controversies which would later fuel the "Reformation" of Luther and Zwingli.

The significance of Wycliffe cannot be overlooked. His movement towards Scripture and Church as spiritual society were the foundation stones on which the later Reformation would be founded. He, nevertheless, did propose ideas that were very controversial. He suggested that human freedom was non-existent; to the point that everything that a person did was predetermined. His great animosity towards the Pope led him to make some outrageous personal statements; and his distrust of human nature very nearly led him to completely dehumanize humanity.

Yet without Wycliffe, there could not have been a Reformation. Or, for that matter, an English translation of the Bible. Wycliffe's translation is well known. He did his work from the Latin Vulgate; thus giving the English people the first translation of the Scriptures in their own language. His translation was consulted by Tyndale, Coverdale, the Bishops, and of course the Authorized translators. He was a translator before Luther; a theologian before Calvin; and a reformer before the Reformation.

After the death of Wycliffe there would not appear another Reformer before the Reformation until John Hus (1369 - 1415) In 1414 the Papacy attempted to put an end to the approaching schism by calling the council of Constance where Hus was condemned (and executed on July 6 1415) and Wycliffe again (though long dead) was reviled. But the tide would not be stemmed. The floodgates opened by Wycliffe would reach fruition in Zwingli and Luther. But the nagging question remains to this day: was the result worth the price? Was the fragmentation of the Church worth the result? A result which day by day grows more profoundly disturbing; for Church life is on the decline, and a sense of personal responsibility as a member of the Church is losing ground each day. One can say, at any rate, that when Rome was the only game in town everyone knew their duties.

When freedom was granted without responsibility the only result could be and was the laying aside of responsibility. (As a parenthesis, the reader should read Dostoevsky's "The Grand Inquisitor" in The Brothers Karamazov for a literary discussion of this fact).

One other event which took place before the Reformation; and which was absolutely essential for it, was the inventing of the printing press by Gutenberg in 1450.

Without the press, the Reformation would not have been able to spread its message with any success.

In the next section, we shall turn our attention to Luther, who is rightly hailed as "the little boy with his finger in the dam; who then pulled it out and let the floods come".


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Animals and Medical Science: Vision of a New Era

By David O. Wiebers, M.D.
[David O. Wiebers, M.D., is professor of neurology and consultant in neurology and clinical epidemiology at one of the world's leading medical centers in Rochester, Minnesota. Author of over 140 scientific publications, he is an internationally recognized authority on cerebrovascular disease. As chairman of the Scientific Advisory Council of the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS), Dr. Wiebers delivered the keynote address at the HSUS symposium held in Washington, D.C., on October 11, 1991. We have pleasure in sharing with our readers excerpts from this address as published in HSUS News, Winter 1992.]

The use of animals in biomedical research is perhaps the most volatile and controversial of all the issues facing the animal protection and medical communities.

As a physician, I have a great interest in the advancement of medical science to improve the health of humans and other living beings, but I also have a great interest in the protection of animals, and I can tell you that it has not always been easy or pleasant to reconcile the priorities of these two communities when it comes to this issue.

A number of animal-research advocates have called upon physicians everywhere to "defend medical science" and have been highly critical of physicians who seriously question practices within the field of medicine in regard to animal research, testing, and education. In the course of discussing so-called "extremists" and "radicals" in the animal movement, many animal-research advocates have begun to apply these terms not only to the few individuals engaged in violent, unlawful tactics but also to anyone who would advocate any change from the status quo, no matter how small.

With many of the voices currently emanating from the medical community so adamantly opposed to animal protectionists, and with the public and lawmakers historically having looked to the medical community as the primary source for defining public policy in this area, all of us who are seeking any type of change may feel a bit overwhelmed at times. Indeed, although it is very encouraging to see immense progress in many areas of animal protection over the past decade or two, in the area of biomedical research and testing, relatively little progress has occurred over the past century. All of this may logically lead you to ask: in the face of such overwhelming opposition to change, is it really possible to accomplish anything substantive in this area?

My answer to this is a resounding "yes." I am convinced that substantive progress can and will occur in this and many other areas because of the power in the underlying motivation of those involved in animal protection. The power of love and compassion for all life, combined with the ability to recognize the deeper identity of other sentient beings, instills within the human spirit an enduring and unfailing energy to protect and care for nonhuman as well as human life. Simple as this may seem, none of us should underestimate the power of this motivation.

There are other reasons for optimism on a more tangible level, not the least of which is that there are a growing number of physicians and scientists, including individuals at academic institutions, who simply do not buy the status quo in this area.

In addition, I would contend that physicians and scientists, including those presently opposed to animal protectionists, are for the most part otherwise caring, loving individuals and that this characteristic provides them with a strong potential to awaken to the importance of recognizing a higher priority for animals, given the proper circumstances.

In the meantime, however, the situation has become so sufficiently charged that many animal-research advocates are resorting to rather extreme statements in order to sway opinions within the medical community and general public.

There are a number of fallacies being perpetuated that need to be challenged by those who truly give a high priority to the well-being of animals and want to see some kind of balance in the presentation of this information.

The first of these is that human health and animal welfare are incompatible. A number of organizations and individuals within the medical community have been telling the public and their legislators that any modifications in the current animal research and testing process would be too threatening to human health to justify the risk. This simply is not the case. There are substantial opportunities to incorporate the mainstays of HSUS policy in biomedical research, testing, and education, including the three Rs of refinement of techniques, reduction of the numbers of animals used, and replacement of animal methods with other techniques. Indeed, I would submit that the current volume of animal use in biomedical research, testing, and education could be substantially reduced without any ill effect on human health whatsoever.

A second fallacy is that animal-protection groups threaten the future of medical science. Challenging the status quo is seldom easy. Usually those who profit from or strongly identify with a given institution will react defensively and with incredulity when someone questions the established order. This has led to a perceived dichotomy and adversarial relationship between the scientific and animal-protection communities. Yet, I would contend that animal-protection organizations can and should have a positive impact upon the scientific community (and upon society) by serving as a stimulus for changes that would otherwise be unlikely to occur.

Among these are advances in legislation such as the Animal Welfare Act, which, despite its many shortcomings, represented a step in the right direction, as is now acknowledged by both the animal protection and medical communities. Prior to the original act and its subsequent revisions passing into law, most organizations and individuals in the medical community advocating animal research were strongly opposed to these changes -- now many of these same scientists and organizations cite the legislation as beneficial but oppose any further changes. Yet, 75 to 90 percent of the animals used for research in this country are not even covered by the Animal Welfare Act, and provisions applicable to performing the research procedures themselves are minimal.

The animal-protection community can and should also serve as a positive stimulus for the development of alternatives to the use of animals in research and testing, and I think the Russell and Burch Award is a good example of this. (Annual award bestowed by HSUS on a member of the scientific community who has made a significant contribution towards the study of research methods not requiring animal testing.)

In challenging the status quo, I would challenge my colleagues in the medical community -- if we have a genuine priority for the well-being of animals, the medical community should be embracing the animal protectionists' concerns rather than rebuffing them. We should delight in finding and implementing solutions which accommodate these concerns and welcome the opportunity to do so.

A third fallacy involves the recurring theme put forth by animal research advocates that all -- or virtually all -- major medical advances have relied upon and occurred because of animal experimentation. This is an important consideration because, if one accepts the premise, one is led to the conclusion that animal research may be the only means at our disposal to advance medical science. It is understandable that animal researchers and academic scientists would tend to value the significance of animal research, and there is certainly substantial basis in fact for recognizing the contributions of scientists and science based upon the use of animals in research. However, to generalize from the facts and claim that all or even most biomedical knowledge of significance is derived from research using animals is a sizable distortion of the truth and reflects poorly upon those propagating it. It also sells short the myriad of clinicians and clinical researchers who, over the years, have made incredible contributions to medical knowledge without the use of animals.

Let me make a few comments about alternatives to animal research. Most physicians and scientists would agree that the development of alternatives to using live animals in research is desirable. Indeed, some encouraging progress is being made in this area with regard to the use of tissue cultures and other in vitro testing, as well as mathematical and computer models. However, we should not be under any false illusions that all of the findings of animal research can be reproduced in a computer model or tissue culture given our current level of technology and understanding. It is disappointing that a number of animal-research advocates have taken this a step further and all but dismissed alternatives as severely limited while criticizing animal protectionists for exaggerating their potential. Some have expressed alarm at the idea that animal protection groups would hope for the day when the use of animals in research could be completely abolished, stating that this reveals the underlying "radical" nature of these groups.

Yet it is many of these same scientists who, despite their scientific knowledge, fail to think more broadly about the concept of alternatives.

Even though there are many instances where we cannot produce a specific piece of information without using live animals, we need to be open to the possibility that that piece of information may not be needed to solve the clinical problem we are addressing. In this circumstance the "alternatives" concept becomes somewhat broader and focuses upon the end result rather than specific types of information.

Seeing this issue through the eyes of both a medical researcher and animal protectionist has taught me that the priority and motivation for finding alternatives to the use of animals differ considerably among individuals involved in these disciplines, and this undoubtedly accounts for at least some of the lack of progress in developing alternative methods. In addition, there has been very little incentive to physicians and researchers to develop these methods from the standpoints of available funding and academic career development. One of the things that we who are involved in animal protection need to do more of is to think of ways to motivate and inspire physicians and animal researchers to utilize their scientific knowledge and innovativeness to develop other means to address health problems.

Perhaps the time has come for all of us to recognize that humankind's greatest goal, which outweighs lengthening life through medical advancements, is to evolve spiritually and that in order to do this there is a need for us as a species to learn to think of other beings as ends rather than means. I would hate to think that being a physician or scientist meant that one could not care deeply about the well-being of sentient beings other than human beings. For those involved in animal protection, a deep caring implies more than lip service. It implies placing a high priority on securing humane conditions for animals as well as humans, even in the face of incurring substantial extra cost. It involves a careful and critical look at projects and areas in which animal research is highly unlikely to benefit human or animal health, and/or is grossly inhumane, and a cessation of those projects. It implies a high priority for the development of alternatives to the use of animals in research testing, and education. We should be devoting considerably more time and resources to the development of such alternatives. The main reasons we are not doing so involve convenience, extra cost, the ease of using previously learned methods as opposed to developing new ones, and the lack of enough true concern about other sentient beings besides human beings.

The title of this talk included the phrase, "vision of a new era." I have already indicated to you today that I am convinced that we are on the verge of an era where things will change more substantively in this area. This will come about either with cooperation between the medical and animal-protection communities or without such cooperation, through increasing pressure from public and governmental sources. The latter circumstance would take longer, and the ultimate result would be far less congenial to the medical profession. Fortunately, I think there are enough intelligent and compassionate members of both the animal-protection and medical communities to warrant optimism that a cooperative effort will constitute the road we travel.

The primary mission of the medical profession is to alleviate human suffering, the achievement of which is often enhanced by various advancements in medical knowledge including the development of new technologies and treatments. The animal-protection community simply wishes to extend this alleviation of suffering to other beings besides human beings.

I am convinced we can have both.

I am convinced we must have both in order for us to evolve as a species.

This then constitutes the beginning of a new era when both the animal-protection and scientific communities realize that many of their goals are the same and that society and medical science can work toward improving human health while also working to eliminate the need for the use of animals in biomedical research, testing, and education.

In the image of this era, I see a day where the initiatives of the animal-protection community are welcomed by the scientific community and where all of us begin to come to the conscious realization that it is compassion for all life rather than scientific achievement that represents the pinnacle of human existence.

I see a day when all medical schools and veterinary schools require ethics courses with substantive discussions about animals, not merely as objects for humans to utilize in any way that may presumably benefit our species, but rather as independent sentient beings.

I see a day when medical schools and research facilities clearly recognize that it is their obligation to humanity as well as animals to develop nonanimal research methods to advance human health and that, yes, it can be done because they have the will and the desire to do it.

I see a day when human vanity and convenience are no longer sufficient to justify the suffering and killing of other species and the use of animal testing for the cosmetics and household-products industries can be eliminated.

I see a day when scientific investigators are so moved by compassion that their brilliance and ingenuity are directed toward thinking about and developing innovative alternatives to animal research and testing rather than innovative ways to avoid changing the status quo.

Some may call all of this wishful thinking -- and certainly I don't claim to have a crystal ball or to be able to put some precise time frame on any of this. However, there are a number of factors which make the coming of this era inevitable.

I have already alluded to the power of the underlying motivation of "compassion for all life" which drives the animal-protection movement.

It is also important to recognize that all humans have within them the potential to awaken to this motivation and that we as a species have an underlying need to do so in order to evolve spiritually.

Thirdly, and perhaps most revealing, is the observation that this is indeed a one-way street. For those individuals who have awakened to the virtue and necessity of a "compassion for all life" ethic, there is no turning back. Rather, these individuals continue to evolve toward perfecting this ethic in their own lives and in the world around them.

The evolution of our species will mirror that of its individual members. As with other significant changes in social attitudes throughout history, the opposition will be formidable; the process will be cumbersome, costly, and frustrating; the means to achieving change will be varied; and the road will be trying and sometimes discouraging. But, the result will be glorious -- think about it: a world that will foster not only harmony between humans and other animals, but also between humans and other humans.

(From Sunrise magazine, February/March 1994. Copyright © 1994 by Theosophical University Press)

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So, today is the 23rd anniversary of the great Final Fantasy series!! Yes, it's been 23 whole years since Square Enix unleashed chocobos and moogles to rampage the Earth. Feels good doesn't it? Well, show your appreciation for it!

The rules are simple: do a wallpaper of FF, say what you will about it, and... yeah.

  • You can sumbit as many as you want.
  • You don't have to dedicate it to me, if you don't want to.
  • Go crazy! (or maybe not... >X3)

...just one more thing. I reallllllly hate Aerith. I just do. So please... if you're going to do more than one... please don't do multiple ones with her! PLEASE!!

Ahem, so anyways, show some appreciation for this great game!! *o*

Oh yeah, this will be a two part contest! The second part is a fan art contest to celebrate FF and it's "child" franchise, Kingdom Hearts. KH had its 8th anniversary Sep. 17th, but I missed it (only the tenth's important rite?). But FF characters appear in there too, so why not?

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Written by SuperginraiX on Wednesday, October 22 2008 and posted in Features
skrulled22.jpgSuper associates with Skrulls for another week of fun and excitement!

Today, it's all about The New Avengers #45, Avengers: The Initiative #17, Thunderbolts #124, Secret Invasion: The Amazing Spider-Man #2, Black Panther #41, Nova #17, She-Hulk #33, Deadpool #2, and then blast from the past looks at the second Kree-Skrull War in Silver Surfer #'s 7-12.  Ready set go!

Spoilers Ahead!

Once again, the Secret Invasion keeps on keeping on.

Are you behind on your SI reading or want to check up a title that you haven't bought?  You'll see a link off to your left titled "Super Reads SI" where you can check out what happened in every issue dealing with Secret Invasion.  Not really down with looking to the left?  You can also check here to catch up on all 21 previous articles.  Roll on and read up!

Speaking of rolling, we've got a lot of ground to cover so let's drive.

na45.jpgThe New Avengers #45
Writer: Brian Michael Bendis
Penciler: Jim Cheung

A House of M tie-in issue!

Which ought to explain the glowing vagina of doom page.  Also: one less page to pencil!  It's a good day to be Jim Cheung.

Once we're stuck in the House of M world again, we're also going to follow around the Skrulls for a while.  First up is your favorite and mine: Queen Veranke/ Spider-Woman.  In HoM, she was working with SHIELD.  She looks pretty confused.

We cut to a beautiful view of the SHIELD Helicarrier, two HoM-style Sentinels and a LOT of jets soaring above a city (I believe it's New York City but it could be Hammer Bay-- my memory is fuzzy on the location of the Helicarrier at the beginning of House of M).

Back inside the Helicarrier, Veranke's little panic attack continues.  She excuses herself from her fellow commandos and runs to the nearest restroom for a little sick action.

So, just like Wolverine, Veranke knows that this is a false world.  It freaks the hell out of her, though.  She's not alone in that freakage.

In Chicago, Hank Pym (a Skrull named Criti Noll) is having an argument with Hank McCoy.  They are discussing isolating the mutant gene and how much of a bad idea that is.  While they talk, Criti Noll begins realizing how much this ISN'T his world.  Quick flashbacks of the meeting between the New Avengers, the Astonishing X-Men, a bunch of old Avengers, and Professor Xavier, a meeting with Veranke/Spider-Woman, defeating the real Hank Pym, and taking Hank's form, and finally approaching the Scarlet Witch in Genosha.  McCoy keeps talking but Pym/Criti Noll doesn't really seem to pay attention any more.  He takes off in a panic and is picked up by Veranke.

After calming Pym down, the two Skrulls talk about what the hell just happened.  The are amazed that the people don't see through the illusion as they have.  Still, there are cracks in this reality.  Wolverine knows what's going on.  More will find out.  It will all unravel.  Veranke makes her way to Genosha to kill the Scarlet Witch.

When she gets there , just as she suspected, everyone else is there too.  She makes her way to the Scarlet Witch and her two kids in time to witness Hawkeye's confrontation with her and his disassemblement.  One of the kids notices her and she gets the same treatment.

Finally, we get the "no more mutants" line and reality is put back together with a few changes.  Mostly, there are a lot less mutants.

The Skrulls hold a meeting to discuss this messed up event.  They are happy that the mutant problem has been solved for them but very freaked out about the reality altering abilities that some of the residents of this planet have.  Veranke seems to have more information, though.

She has heard about the Annihilation Wave and how it tore through the remnants of the Skrull Empire.  Billions of Skrulls have lost their lives.  It was all foretold but the enormity of it actually happening hits the group and they openly weep for their lost brethren.  Still, it's a sign that they have chosen the right path and ultimately strengthens their resolve.

He totally loves them.

ati17.jpgAvengers: The Initiative #17
Writer: Dan Slott & Christos N. Gage
Penciler: Harvey Tolibao

So Camp Hammond has become the central base for the Skrull Invasion Forces.  Most of the Initiative got beat down during the Battle of Manhattan.  War Machine is off being a Transformer in Iron Man's SHIELD book.  3-D Man is cruising the country with the Skrull Kill Krew taking out infiltrated Skrull agents placed in as many Initiative teams as possible.

Looks like stuff is happening on my favorite Avengers book!

This issue focuses on the Shadow Initiative team with some looks at 3-D Man's mission and Crusader hanging out with Nick Fury.  Let's watch!

Ant-Man is the most cowardly super hero you'll find.  He ducked out before the Initiative left for the Battle of Manhattan and has found that staying behind hasn't made himself any safer.  Looks like there are more Skrulls here than anywhere else.  He's been doing his best to hide which is a lot easier when you can shrink down to ant size.

He's not the only human left on base, though.  The day care center seems fully stocked and there's even one of the Shadow Initiative on hand visiting his kid and his wife.  He gets the call to action, kisses his wife good-bye, and suits up.

In the Infirmary, Trauma gets a similar call.  He leaves Doctor Physique and Baron von Blitzkrieg to join his fellow Shadow Initiative members.

Constrictor was trying to sleep.  Looks like he'll need to put on his robot hands and get to business.

And then there's Mutant 0.  Like most of the Marvel Universe's female population, she's a red head that likes to meditate naked in what looks like a padded cell.  It's a surprising amount of women... maybe not in a padded cell but don't tell fandom that.  It's all part of the allure, I'm sure.  Anyway, she suits up for action.

Ant-Man is still working his way off base.  He's going over how much he learned from Dum Dum Dugan when, suddenly, Dugan joins the camp.  Looks like he survived his bombing of the SWORD Orbital Station and either got a ride back to earth or flew down.  From the energy effect, I'm going with flight.  It's not long after that when Veranke herself shows up.  This goes down a little differently than it was depicted in the main series, but we'll just say these are some extended scenes.

Before Ant-Man can get a grip on who's a Skrull and all, Bengal snatches him up from behind and he's now stuck with the Shadow Initiative.  They are preparing to kill Veranke and Ant-Man is gonna help them whether he wants to or not.

In Nevada, 3-D Man and the Skrull Kill Krew are meeting the Heavy Hitters and killing the Skrull that had infiltrated their team.  Komodo has saved her boyfriend, Hardball, even though the long term story makes him sort of a traitor... maybe.  The rest of the team includes Telemetry, Nonstop, and GRAVITY!  Yes!  Gravity's stuck in Nevada!  Hahaha!  Take that Nevada!

Just kidding, Gravity's great.

We now make a stop at the home of former 3-D Man, Chuck Chandler and his brother, Hal.  They are coordinating the current 3-D Man's efforts and are about to get a major boost with the arrival of Jocasta.  She's one of the many androids running around the Marvel Universe.  She was created by Ultron and has the mind template of Janet Van Dyne.  She's a member of New Mexico's Mavericks and since the Skrull, She-Thing, was already outed on that team, she's probably not a Skrull infiltrator.

Back at Camp Hammond, the Shadow Initative is discussing strategy.  They suss out that Skrulls like Dugan are New Super Skrulls with a wide array of powers.  They have to assume that Yellowjacket and Spider-Woman are similar until proven otherwise.  They also have the ability to change shape which causes a lot of mistrust on our Shadow team.

Could one of them be a Skrull?  Well, that's the question, isn't it?  Ant-Man proves himself by not turning into Brad Pitt to have sex with his wife or something.  Constrictor proves himself by pointing out that when he lost his original arms they didn't get all Skrully on him.  Trauma uses his powers on Bengal and Mutant 0 to bring out their worst fears and thus prove they're who they say they are.

Yeah, odds that Mutant 0 is Jean Grey?  Really?  Not good.  Sorry, just sayin'.

She smacks Trauma upside the head for having her live through her worst fear and we're off.

At Nick Fury's Secret Commando Safe House of Safety, Fury is just getting a kick out of watching the Skrull's Invasion Video (now on DVD and Blu-ray).  He's trying to get something out of it that may be there and may not.  Meanwhile, Crusader is beating himself up because he knew Yellowjacket was a Skrull and didn't do anything about it.  When Fury's asks him why he's all emo, Crusader muddles out some response or another.  Fury tells him that Cap personally talked about him and since Crusader is basically a hero fanboy at heart, this makes him excited and strengthens his resolve.

Back at the base, the Shadow Initiative does their thing.  Ant-Man blows the door for them and it's on.  After a short battle, Mutant 0 shoots Veranke in the head only to find that this Spider-Woman was a body double for the real Skrull Queen.  This gets Constrictor to go off on a rant about how much the Star Wars Prequels sucked (just let it go, Constrictor) and then they all turn on Trauma.  What?  Oh, they're all afraid he's a Skrull and there go his powers again.

C'mon, team, focus!  You're supposed to be killing the Queen!  Not a teammate!

This distraction gives the Skrulls time to rally and the battle ends with the Shadow Initiative's defeat.  Yellowjacket mentions that there were only two Skrulls who had infiltrated the base.  Him and the blonde girl.  I'm racking my brain trying to figure out if said blonde has revealed herself yet and I'm gonna say "no."

So place your bets now.

One guy didn't go down with his team.  That's right!  It's the coward!  Ant-Man blew the door and then got out of the way.  He's discovered that the Skrulls are planning something big.  REAL big.  Something that even Iron Man would think was daunting.  Something that involves EVERY INITIATIVE BASE!  So he escapes to tell someone who has a chance of stopping it.

Jocasta has done her thing and re-established contact with each Initiative base.  She's then gone ahead and contacted a teleporter she can trust, Devil Slayer from 3-D Man's own team.  This is going to greatly improve the effectiveness of the Skrull Kill Krew and 3-D Man's Initiative hanger-ons.

We're on our way to resolution!  We just need to have a few more scenes of Crusader's wavering loyalties and we'll be ready to stick a fork in this storyline!

tb124.jpgThunderbolts #124
Writer: Christos N. Gage
Penciler: Fernando Blanco

When last we saw the T-Bolts, everything had gone to hell.  Let's see where they go from there.

Looks like a bunch of Skrulls mimicking the looks of Spider-Man in front of Norman Osborn is... a stupid idea.  It just makes them more appealing targets.  So, yeah.  Dead Skrulls.

Penance was left dealing with a whole group of Skrulls reminding him that he feels responsible for the Stamford Tragedy.  Osborn gets on the com and asks him if any of these corpses looks like the faces of those killed at Stamford.  Nope, they're just generic dead people faces.  And then Penance makes them real dead people... or more accurately, Skrulls.

So Osborn, Penance, and Radioactive Man are all ok for the moment but what about Venom killing people in the crowd?  That seems kinda bad.  Osborn gets back on the com and talks directly to the Venom symbiote.  He tells the symbiote that if there's killing to do, it will be Osborn who directs that killing.  If the symbiote doesn't like that, well, Osborn kills Mac Gargan and, by extention, it.

Game changer.  The New Super Skrull reveals himself and it turns out that Venom just covered these people in his goop.  He did no killing.  Well, not yet at least.  That New Super Skrull doesn't have long, though.

Penance and Norman head for the Zeus leaving Radioactive Man behind.  Osborn's next call is to Bullseye's handlers.  They got killed last issue so they aren't very talkative.

Finally, we've got Moonstone.  She betrayed the human race last time, trying to make a deal with the Skrulls.  The Skrulls are totally ready to name her a regional governor but this is about the moment that Moonstone's tactical error rears it's ugly head.  Turns out that Andrea Strucker was an actual clone and NOT a Skrull.  Moonstone just struck down her brother so Strucker is pissed.

The Skrulls are killed in Andrea's power blast while Moonstone's damage is mostly wardrobe related.  Before Strucker can deal a second force blast, Bullseye is on the scene killing at random but with deadly accuracy.  Andrea dies again and then he moves on to Moonstone.  She is able to go intangible as two throwing stars pass through her.

Well, Moonstone's chance to betray the human race is done with so she plays the card she's given.  Her and Bullseye gather up the Swordsman and his dead sister and head back to the Zeus.  They report to Osborn who sees the death of the Swordsman's sister as an opportunity.  Still, he has Radioactive Man to deal with first.

Our good glowing hero is about to explode and it's up to Moonstone to fly him out a safe distance (in a Skrull ship) so that he can explode in the vastness of space instead of the vastness of America.  He does so just as the Skrulls on the ship are rallying.

That's a good point, Moonstone.  Her power has always generated her clothing.  Why is she at the point right before nakedness?  Is it a stylistic choice?  Horny artist?

Probably the last one.

Anyway, Chen blew up and is fine now, thanks for asking.  He's ready to get back to killing the bad guys.

On the ground, the T-Bolts face off against the Atlas looking New Super Skrull as Moonstone flies back down with Radioactive Man in tow.  Osborn sets Radioactive Man with the task of killing the alien and then sets to wake up the Swordsman and tell him the news about his sister's death... with a few details changed around to get Andreas to do his bidding.  The Swordsman takes it... well.  He blames Osborn but believes that the Skrulls are responsible.  So he takes down a Skrull ship and goes to work on the inhabitants.

Chen has found the frequency to take down the Atlas New Super Skrull.  Venom's still working on the other one.  Osborn lets his team kill Skrulls for a while but orders that prisoners be taken.  He then strikes a pose for the cameras and says some dramatic words for the audience watching at home.

Osborn fires up at the Atlas New Super Skrull, attracting his attention.  The New Super Skrull phases through a wall to get to him.  Just then, Radioactive Man hits him with a blast that disrupts his phasing ability.  While he's in the wall.  Dead New Super Skrull.  It's around the same time that Venom takes down the other New Super Skrull.

Osborn sits at the base of the Lincoln Memorial.  Victory's in site and the T-Bolts are looking great.  We'll see if they can maintain that drive for one more issue.

asm2.jpgSecret Invasion: The Amazing Spider-Man #2
Writer: Brian Reed
Penciler: Marco Santucci

Spider-Man, Spider-Man.  Does whatever a spider can.  In this case, that means appearing in his own comic!  A spider can totally do that.

Spidey's just here for the recap page and to remind us how awesome it is fighting in the Savage Land.

After that, we're back in action with Jackpot and a Sinister Six New Super Skrull.  They're fighting it out in the DB with the rest of our Brand New Cast watching on.  Who's that cast?

Dexter Bennet!  Owner and Publisher of the DB!

Officer Vincent Gonzales!  Peter Parker's roommate and policeman!

Robbie Robertson!  Former Editor in Chief of the Daily Bugle!

Betty Brant!  Reporter for the DB!

OK, honestly, the Sinister Six New Super Skrull is more than Jackpot can handle.  Vinny firing bullets at it doesn't help matters.  Our Brand New Cast makes a hasty retreat.  There's a nice stairway scene here that shows the urgency that they have to get out of Dodge.

We've got two other cast members to follow around.  Harry Osborn and his girlfriend, Lily Hollister are on the ground and being surrounded by New Super Skrulls of their very own.  They duck into a parking garage and look for a car with keys.  Amazingly, they find one and it's a NICE CAR.  The gun it through a window just as a New Super Skrull is bearing down on them.

Not knowing what to do, the decide to head to Vin Gonzales' police station.

The rest of our cast has made their way to the DB's parking garage and find a get away vehicle of their own.  Robbie's driving because in his youth he raced street cars.  We'll see if that helps.  They are staying just one step ahead of the New Super Skrull and even then he's catching up.

I mean, seriously, right?  The Skrulls should know that Spidey's in the Savage Land with the Avengers.  The only thing I can think of is that this Skrull was supposed to replace Peter and is horribly, horribly late.  I'm thinking he got dropped off in Seattle instead of New York, missed his bus connection in Chicago, and is just finally getting to New York now.  He's late and is trying to make up for lost time so that his Skrull superiors might not notice.  Or he's just very focused on Spider-Man.

They decide to make their way to the Baxter Building because who better to deal with Skrulls than the FF?  It's just too bad that the Skrulls already took care of the Baxter Building.  Bennet demands that Betty report all this but Betty's a step ahead.  She's been doing her job this entire time.  This is, after all, news.

Everyone gets back in the car and they drive off.  That New Super Skrull is tenacious.  They lose him but it's mostly a temporary reprieve.

Harry and Lily are still on their way to the police station.  The problem is they don't know where it is.  Rich people.  Harry's trying to call Carlie, Lily's roommate, for directions but he's not getting any cell connection in Manhattan.

They end up crashing their ride when an Illuminati New Super Skrull interupts their escape.  The beat feet but get separated  after another power blast by the aforementioned New Super Skrull.  The Skrull chases Harry but Osborn gets away and hided for the moment.

The New Super Skrull searches around but then his head is seared off by... Menace!  Hmmm... Lily disappears and Menace shows up...  clue?

Stark Tower is still locked up tight, so no Avengers help.  It looks like Jackpot will have to face the Sinister Six New Super Skrull on her own.  That confrontation lasts another five seconds with the New Super Skrull throwing her into a building.  She recovers like a champ but before she can catch up with the rest of our cast and renew the fight she'll have to throw down with Menace.

Girl can't catch a break.

Speaking of not catching a break, the rest of our cast is still driving only they have lost their defender.  The New Super Skrull is tearing through the car at an alarming rate and has determined that one of the occupants must be Spider-Man.  He demands that Spidey give himself up or they all die.

My money's on Dexter.  He seems spider-like.

bp41.jpgBlack Panther #41
Writer: Jason Aaron
Artist: Jefte Palo

We're almost done with the most failing invasion attempt in Skrull history.

Granted, it all looks pretty good to start out.  The Skrulls have captured the Black Panther and Storm.  The battle ended in a victory for them.  As the sun rises, things look good for the Skrulls.

That should be your first clue that it's all but over.  Commander K'vvvr surveys the battlefield and hopes this is his last tour of duty.  He's ready to retire and... look, we all know where this is going.  It's so poorly telescoped.  K'vvvr has been the retiring cop with one week left of service that you all KNOW is gonna die this entire storyline.  I'm not going to hide it.  Commander K'vvvr is a dead Skrull walking.

All that remains is to see just how he fails.

OK, so, K'vvvr enters his ship and greets his royal captives.  He demands that they tell their people to stand down but the Black Panther and his wife are defiant.  So, the torture begins.

They both stare right at Commander K'vvvr as they are painfully worked over.  It takes a long time but eventually the Black Panther breaks out into a terrible scream.  Storm joins in.  The Wakandans are ready to retaliate but they await T'Challa's orders.

K'vvvr heads to the bridge and lets his torture teams continue.  He begins composing a letter to his wife.

Later on, the two spies that turned over the King and Queen of Wakanda join him on the bridge.

It should be starting to come into you mind now exactly how this is going to go down but we'll keep going like everything is going to plan.

In the torture chamber, Storm and Black Panther have begun repeating themselves.  Huh, there's something stuck in T'Challa's mouth.  They work on digging it out.

On the bridge, K'vvvr asks the two spies how the Wakandans were able to detect their sleeper agents.  The spies say that it was because of their souls.  K'vvvr is distracted by the com as the torture agents report in.  It turns out that the device in T'Challa's throat was a voice manipulator.  With it out, the Black Panther reveals that he's a Skrull and that the real Black Panther and Storm are still at large.  They faked capture and turned the tables before anyone noticed.

Including the reader.

While Commander K'vvvr tries to catch up, his spies keep on talking.  The sleeper agents couldn't hide their souls.  They could mimic Wakandans on every other level but they could not hide their souls from the Panther God.

Then our spies revert to their true forms, BP and Storm, and slay Commander K'vvvr.  So close to retirement, K'vvvr, so close.

Storm lights up the sky with lightning and the Wakandans move in for the kill.

The ship is launched back into space with it's entire number slain.  On a column is written, "This is what happens when you invade Wakanda."

It's in english, though.  Hopefully someone will translate.

When the ship is discovered by the Skrulls, they decide that Wakanda isn't worth the bother and blast it out of existence from orbit.

Nah, I'm kidding.  That would be the logic answer and we are far from that in this book.

n17.jpgNova #17
Writer: Dan Abnett & Andy Lanning
Penciler: Wellington Alives & Geraldo Burges

Ah, Nova.  The love is deep.  So deep it put that @$$ to sleep.

We left Nova in the hand of Super-Skrull.  The Thing-looking hand.  Super-Skrull uses his flame to burn Nova up and then rushes to join his Skrull brethren.

Except he didn't burn up Nova.  He used his forcefield power to protect him.  Super-Skrull's got another agenda going down and it's at this point that he ends up in She-Hulk's book.

But that's later.  Right now we've got Nova to deal with and Richard has an important destination.

Nova checks on his parents who also give him a rundown on what they know about the invasion.  They're more worried about Richard's brother, though.  Nova's bro, Rob, works at Project PEGASUS and that's a pretty high target for the Skrulls.

Nova's off to check in on his brother.  Project PEGASUS has seen better days.  Upon arrival, Nova is attacked by Darkhawk.  Nova's not the first superhero to make an appearance here.  He may be the first one that wasn't really a Skrull, though.  Rob comes out of hiding to confirm his brother's identity and we're all friends here.

Rob introduces Richard to Project Director Gruenwald (who is names after and bears a likeness to the late, great Mark Gruenwald) and Robotics Head, Doctor Necker.  They let Richard in on their current situation.

Ah, that Mark Gruenwald.  He is totally missed.

All the tech in Project PEGASUS is locked down with the exception of one that was in the research area at the time of Invasion.  That device doesn't have sufficient computer power to make it work, though.  Blast Starktech for failing when needed most!  Nova vows to buy them the time they need to get some non-Starktech systems working.

Richard uses the downtime to catch up with his brother.  Rob works at a great job and is making some nice advances for humankind but he still just wants to play super hero.  He got rejected jobs from SHIELD and Stark Industries so Project PEGASUS isn't his ideal situation.  They talk about how hot Doctor Necker is but then it's back to work and defending the base from Skrulls.

Darkhawk and Nova take on the invaders but Darkhawk is anxious for revenge and gets knocked down.  Nova defends him for a retreating action.  They get the door sealed and Nova gravimetrically backs it up.

Nova asks again about this doomsday device they were researching.  Turns out it's a Quantum Flask they extracted from the Negative Zone.  They just need a computer powerful enough to work it.  Sadly, Nova broke the Worldmind a few issues ago.

I miss the Worldmind.

They examine Richard and find the dormant Worldmind Matrix.  The plan laid forth is to remove the Worldmind, place it in the Minion Mainframe and then reboot it.  They then can get it to open the Quantum Flask and hopefully not destroy the universe.  The Skrulls are everywhere and there's not a lot of time.  Nova gives permission but they've gotta hurry.

Long story short:  They succeed in removing the Worldmind Matrix.  The matrix then reboots a wakes up the Quantum Flask.  What speaks to him?

Looks like it's Wendell Vaughn.  Quasar.  But he's dead!

sh33.jpgShe-Hulk #33
Writer: Peter David
Penciler: Vincent Cucca

So, Super-Skrull is trying to kill his daughter for being a terrible Skrull.  That's his reason for coming to earth.  First he's gotta deal with She-Hulk, though.

Possibly that passenger jet, too.

He actually takes off before the jet can hit him but he leaves She-Hulk directly in it's path.  The only hope that the jet has is for Jen to go human and bounce off the craft a few times.

That probably breaks a LOT of bones but one switch back the She-Hulk and everything is fine.  Now, it's all about landing.  She uses Super-Skrull to help with that as the discuss his reasons for killing Jazinda.

Jaz and Talisman have crashed their ship into a lake.  Before we get to more about them we learn why Jazinda is unkillable.  On a mission to capture a sacred stone, she was confronted by Kree soldiers.  In the chaos, she swallowed the stone in order to keep it safe.  It seemed a good idea at the time.  Turns out the stone bonded with her and brings her back to life when she's killed.

And there she is alive again.  It's water, so she goes fish.

So does Talisman but he chooses a much larger and more shark-like form.

Super-Skrull drops She-Hulk off in a local forest and then gets to looking for his daughter.  It's not that easy, though.  She-Hulk throws a boulder at him and then a tree.  Kl'rt goes invisible.  He strikes her from that advantage.  She strikes at him through words.

He goes nova flame and flash blinds her.

On the beach, Jazinda has returned to Skrull-form and pulled a gun on Talisman.  Unfortunately, Super-Skrull is there to turn the gun on her.  Jennifer tries one last tact to get Super-Skrull to reconsider killing his daughter.  She gets blasted by that gun and turns back to She-Hulk just in time to survive the blast.

Still, her words seem to be sinking... oh, he shot her.

Talisman is preparing to remove the stone that continues to bring Jaz back to life but there's a protective shield placed over her.  By her father.  Turns out he's decided not to permanently kill his daughter.

Super-Skrull grabs a hold of Talisman and throws him as far away as possible.  He then tells She-Hulk to inform his daughter that he failed to kill her and flies off.

dp2.jpgDeadpool #2
Writer: Daniel Way
Penciler: Paco Medina

So Deadpool has decided to work with the Skrulls.

After telling them his history, he dedicates himself to their cause only to find that he wasn't speaking into the universal translator.  So he starts again only to learn that that's no universal translator.

It knocks him out and he's sent to Sci-ops Command for dissection and examination.

They end up making a group of Deadpool New Super Skrulls who are unkillable.  DP somehow convinces them that he should train them so that they have his skills and techniques since that's how he took down the Skrulls in the stadium.

His training is... unique.

He sets his protegés against a whole squadron of New Super Skrulls.  They kill them all.  He gets the whole troop to cut off their hands and then explains why he has so many pouches (they're used to hold severed body parts!).  He then teaches them the joys of the knock knock joke and headshots.

Ah... so many headshots.

The Skrulls have had enough of this and send in a troop to stop the continuous headshots.  But how do you kill the unkillable?

Meanwhile, Deadpool holds a secret meeting with... Nick Fury!  Ha!  He's NOT a traitor!

ss7.jpgSilver Surfer #7
Writer: Steve Englehart
Penciler: Marshall Rogers

So, the Kree have decided to attack Zenn-La with Transformers.  I can get behind that.

Surfer is less a fan.  He destroys on ship/Transformer within moments of arriving on planet.  The second one gets a warning which it chooses to ignore.  Surfer makes short work of it, anyway.

He boards the ship and talks to the occupants.  They are not fanatics like certain Skrulls and surrender.  He delivers the message that Zenn-La is under his protection and any action against it by either side will result in retaliation.  The Kree Commander tells him he'd love to agree with him but only the Supreme Intelligence can stop the invasion.

The Surfer determines to deliver that message personally and to tow the Kree far enough away that they won't be able to attack while he's gone but first he's got to visit his former love, Shalla Bal.  In that meeting he tells her that he's met someone and that he'll return her tea set when he gets the time.

You cut her to the quick, Norrin.

Meanwhile, on earth, Mantis has been reborn in the plants.  She's got to spy on a meeting of Elders.  Hopefully we can stay away through the whole meeting this time.

Apparently, the Elders are collecting Soul Gems.  If they collecting them all and train their levels up in Pokémon tournaments, they should generate enough power to kill Galactus.  They've got all but one and the Contemplator is on his way to gathering up that one.

Oh, and they are aware that Mantis has been listening in.  Unfortunately, her mastery of plants is trumped by the Gardener.

Mantis is captured but is able to send on signal through the plants.  It is picked up by Shalla Bal.

The Kree lead the Silver Surfer to the Supreme Intelligence.  He agrees to leave Zenn-La alone but when Norrin presses his luck by adding Earth to the list of non-attackable planets, Supremor refuses.

Earth is too important a planet, strategically.

Surfer tries a little force on for size but the Supreme Intelligence attacks and absorbs Norrin Radd into his conciousness using... the final Soul Gem!

So, no, the Contemplator will not be getting it from Supremor.

ss8.jpgSilver Surfer #8
Writer: Steve Englehart
Penciler: Marshall Rogers

And now we get to the tripped out dream sequence issue.  A lot of it is nonsense but the underlying theme is that the Supreme Intelligence is trying to absorb the Surfer into his consciousness using the Soul Gem and he's being resisted.

He's aided by a silver animal.

On the outside, Nenora excuses herself so that she can report to her superiors.  She gets Aptak on the monitor (that's the male Skrull stuck as a female... something).  She relays all the info she's gotten so far and then we learn that her and Aptak were lovers.  Huh.

Surfer's tripped out soulscape is still pretty messed up.  He confronts a silver talking dog.  That dog attacks the vision of the Contemplator who's sort of acting like a peeping tom.

Supremor sends an army of Kree against Norrin but he surfs on his silver dog to... good gravy, he surfs on the back of a silver dog.  Who writes this stuff?

Anyway, he beats the odds.

Shalla Bal tries to contact Mantis throught the plants and send a strong beam of thought into the heavens.

In the Soulscape, the Surfer rides the back of a silver bird to fight a dragon with an octopus head.

His surfboard is contacted in the real world and flies through the Soul Gem to join the Surfer.  Reconnected to his board, he's able to escape the Supreme Intelligence's mind, taking the Soul Gem with him.

This causes Supremor to go quite mad.

On Zenn-La, Shalla Bal's message is answered but not by Mantis.  Looks like the Gardener has trapped another of Norrin Radd's women.

ss9.jpgSilver Surfer #9
Writer: Steve Englehart
Penciler: Marshall Rogers

So, the Elders meet together.  They've captured Mantis and Shalla Bal.  They know that the Silver Surfer has the final Soul Gem.  They talk about this Kree-Skrull War and how with the fall of the Supreme Intelligence, Nenora has been placed in charge.

They laugh at this because they know Nenora is in reality a Skrull.

They summon the Silver Surfer and propose and exchange for the Soul Gem.  Surfer races to the scene and after trying to grab his ladies without paying accedes to their demands.

The Grandmaster never really plays fait, though.  He throws the two captives and demands the Surfer retrieve them.  Upon retrieval, their protective bubble bursts and only Shalla Bal is saved.  The fate of Mantis will be decided at a later date.

For now, we just have Norrin Radd's anger.

The Elders summon Galactus.  He responds.  They attack and using the power of the Soul Gems they are able to nearly kill Galactus.  Nova tries to stop them but her powers are not up to the task.

The Silver Surfer, however, has a great reflective body.  He uses it to turn back the attack.  He tells Nova to take down the star in this system and cause it to go nova.

This effectively ends the attack and refuels Galactus.

The star quickly turns into a black hole and draws the Elders, the Surfer, and Nova into it.  Galactus saves his herald and former herald as well as many of the Elders.

Still, those Elders may not live long.

ss10.jpgSilver Surfer #10
Writer: Steve Englehart
Penciler: Marshall Rogers

Galactus is pissed.  The Elders tried their best to kill him but, with the help of the Silver Surfer, they failed.  He then takes his revenge against the Elders.  They say Death protects them but since Galactus is a force between Death and Eternity he is able to destroy them anyway.

Now, since I've seen a few of these guys show up in recent year I'm gonna have to say that this death is no where near permant but if it can keep the Elders from boring me for a few months I will take it.

Galactus then orders his herald and Silver Surfer to find the last Elder, the Contemplator, and deliver him for his judgement.  The Surfer refuses at first but later agrees.

Before Nova and he take off, they double back to witness one of the more interesting meeting you can see in the Universe.

That being the Universe talking to Galactus.  The Universe in this case being Eternity.  Galactus takes on the form of a sun during the conversation.

Eternity relays that he put his trust in the fact that the Surfer would not allow Galactus to be destroyed.  It all worked out pretty well and they got rid of the friggin' Elders for a while.  That's win/win.

In Kree Space, Aptak is meeting with Nenora in her position as Wazillian Ambassador.  They meet privately and doing some kissing.  It's not as hot as you'd like it to be, though.  Aliens are wierd looking.  Aptak then laughs at the thought that the Kree have put a Skrull in charge of their empire.  Nenora will be able to run the Kree into ambush after ambush and guarantee Skrull victory.

That is... unless she poisons Aptak and decides to actually RULE the Kree... then the Skrulls are in trouble.

ss11.jpgSilver Surfer #11
Writer: Steve Englehart
Penciler: Joe Staton

Nova and the Surfer are on their way to confront the Contemplator and end the boredom of the Elders for a while.

On the way, they are attacked by space pirates.  They're like regular pirates, but in space!

They apparently hide out in the Coalsack: an oddly named area of space filled with chemically alive clouds that provide natural cover for those that know how to traverse the area.

Unfortunately, after the Surfer and Nova met with Nenora, they found that this is the area they needed to head to.  They have a tough time of it until they adjust their vision to see the paths the space pirates take to travel through the clouds.

They come to a small port area and do their best to blend in.  This means getting less naked.  They get clothed and split up to find the Contemplator.

Nova gets a tip that anyone who's anyone is going to a party later that night.  If the Contemplator is around, he'll probably show up.

Meanwhile, the "Surfer" meets up with some Kree and kills them all.

When next we see Norrin, he's changed clothes so that we think that maybe he's actually just gone on a killing spree.  Odds... unlikely.

They decide to check out this party and to totally mooch.  The two dance together and generally enjoy themselves as they wait for the Contemplator to make an appearance.  Unfortunately, space pirates aren't known for their manners and a fight breaks out with the two heralds in the center of it.

In the end, a trap is sprung.  Nova and Surfer and captured by a lizard man and the Contemplator.

ss12.jpgSilver Surfer #12
Writer: Steve Englehart
Penciler: Marshall Rogers

Meet Reptyl--The Non-Human.  Please disregard his humanoid shape.  I mean, look at that!  He's got a tail and a lizard head!  Just because he's humanoid shape doesn't mean he's humanoid!  He's...

Yeah, Reptyl's got issues that have nothing to do with his terrible name.  He hates humanoids which may make his defense of the Contemplator odd but he actually thinks that the Contemplator leaving this system so long ago helped the reptillian race that bore him thrive in his absence.

He's using the two heralds to power his space ships.

The plants send a message to the Cotati telling them of this.  The Cotati agree that a response is necessary and choose as their champion another ridiculously named alien, Clumsy Foul-Up.  Not his birth name, folks.

The Contemplator realizes what going on and tries to warn Reptyl.  Unfortunately, Reptyl is sleeping and has ordered that no one disturb him.

So Clumsy is able to free Nova before any retaliation is able to be taken.  Best space pirates ever.  Reptyl is finally woken up and sets out to take action.  The dog-fight between Nova and Reptyl's remaining ship is a fun battle where Nova surrounds Reptyl's ship with sun flames.

Reptyl decides this isn't worth the risk anymore and jetisons the Surfer.  The distracts Nova for a time as the pirates make their getaway.  They make for the Coalsack and the Contemplator is confident that they'll be safe when they're inside.

And that's when Reptyl takes a bite out of our last Elder.  Now, remember, the Elders are immortal so even after he's eaten he should still live.  Poor poor Elder.  That'll teach you to bore me.

Ah, the Silver Surfer portion of the Kree-Skrull War pretty much has the War as the back story.  With the Elder Story out of the way, maybe we'll see some more front and center action.

Until next time:  Who Do YOU Trust?
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The Florida winter tomato deal — and perhaps the Florida tomato industry, period — could be at risk because of rapidly increasing volumes from Mexico, according to an industry veteran.

A Mexican industry official, meanwhile, says the tomato industry loses if any grower goes out of business, north or south of the border.

Tony DiMare, vice president of the Homestead, Fla.-based DiMare Co., one of Florida’s largest shippers, said the U.S. government is not doing a good enough job cracking down on illegally low-priced Mexican tomatoes and on shipments that are not meant for export but come to the U.S. anyway.

Reggie Brown, executive vice president of the Maitland-based Florida Tomato Exchange, said there has been “some circumvention” in past years of a suspension agreement between the U.S. and Mexico that sets a price minimum, and he fears there could be more this season.

As a result, DiMare said, Florida tomato growers are struggling to weather an ever-increasing flood of Mexican product that is keeping prices below production costs for months at a time.

With rising production costs, the break-even price for Florida growers is $9 or $10 per box, DiMare said. Growers no longer enjoy the strong markets that make up for the weak ones, he said.

“It’s at risk, there’s no question about it,” DiMare said. “We cannot continue to sustain these kinds of losses. It will eventually knock us out of the winter deal, and maybe eventually out of the entire deal.”

That would hurt everyone, not just Florida, said Eric Viramontes, chief executive officer of the Mexican Association for Protected Horticulture, Culiacan.

“I can understand (DiMare’s) worries,” Viramontes said. “We don’t want the industry to disappear in any area. We’re all on the same ship.”

That said, Viramontes asserts that all of the growers under his organization’s umbrella are complying with the suspension agreement, though AMHPAC would welcome a greater role in the enforcement of it. That authority, he said, would have to come from the U.S. government.

“It’s in our best interest that tomatoes not be dumped,” Viramontes said.

AMHPAC does not, however, support changing the agreement to limit volumes, a change which DiMare said could be necessary to buoy markets.

“I see (DiMare’s) point of view, but that would be opening a very dangerous door,” Viramontes said. “You always have to think of the butterfly effect. You may regret it later.”

The growth of the Mexican greenhouse vegetable industry has been good not only for Mexico, but for the U.S., as well, Viramontes said. An AMHPAC study found that in 2009 alone, the industry accounted for 8,000 new jobs in the U.S.

In mid-January, Mexican tomatoes were already selling at the lowest price allowed under the suspension agreement, about 21 cents per pound, DiMare said.

That was before peak volumes from south of the border even started to hit, he said. When they do, product will come into the U.S. that is below the suspension agreement floor price.

In addition, product marked “not for export” also will make it across, DiMare said.

“The U.S. Department of Agriculture is supposed to be monitoring it, but it seems like every year that kind of product finds its way into the market,” he said.

Mexican field-grown tomato volumes have fallen off in recent years, but greenhouse volumes have skyrocketed, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

In the 2005-06 season, about 343 million pounds of greenhouse tomatoes were shipped from Mexico to the U.S. By 2010-11, the total had risen to 771 million pounds.

Brown compared the suspension agreement to a dike. If the water keeps rising, there’s a point at which the dike can no longer do its job. And that point has been reached in the tomato industry.

“The marketplace is grossly oversupplied with capacity,” Brown said. “One answer is to find a mechanism at the border to avoid overwhelming the marketplace.”

Even if Mexican shippers don’t dip below the floor price established by the suspension agreement, Brown says the floor price isn’t high enough for anyone — definitely in the U.S., and probably in Mexico, too — to make a profit.

Lance Jungmeyer, president of the Nogales, Ariz.-based Fresh Produce Association of the Americas, which conducts workshops educating growers and importers about the suspension agreement, said it has succeeded in bringing order to the marketing of Mexican tomatoes.

“Everyone I talk to says it’s good,” Jungmeyer said.

Any violations of the agreement are an anomaly, he said. Shippers don’t stand to gain from dumping fruit, and under the agreement they face stiff fines if they do.

“Anyone who’s in it for the long haul has no interest in subverting this,” he said.

As for changing the agreement to limit volumes, Jungmeyer doubts if such a change would stand up to North American Free Trade Agreement and World Trade Organization scrutiny.


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Greenhouse-grown fresh produce continues to gain market share on field production, grower-shippers say.

The trend away from field and toward greenhouse has been going on for years now, said Mike Reed, president of Langley, British Columbia-based BC Hot House Foods Inc.

BC is increasing its production by an estimated 13% this year, but it’s hardly alone in capitalizing on the popularity of greenhouse-grown.

“The other large players have seen similar increases,” Reed said.

There’s still a lot of work to be done to differentiate greenhouse-grown from other forms of protected agriculture, Reed said.

There’s a big difference, he said, between growing vegetables in all-glass facilities designed in Holland, as BC does, and growing them under shade or plastic, Reed said.

Industrywide growth

Joe Spano, vice president of sales and marketing for Kingsville, Ontario-based Mucci Farms, also sees industry-wide gains for greenhouse-grown produce.

“I think greenhouse continues to grow — our programs are a little more stable,” he said. “Retailers can count on consistent programs from us. There’s a place for field-grown, but it’s not as consistent.”

Within the protected agriculture category, Aaron Quon, greenhouse and vegetable category director for The Oppenheimer Group, Vancouver, British Columbia, doesn’t notice a major trend one way or the other.

“We’re not seeing one protected environment gain in popularity over others,” he said. “The type of structure used typically depends on geographic location, size, scope, etc.”

One way greenhouse marketers are differentiating their products from field-grown is through technology, Quon said.

“Over the last few years, we have all seen quick-response codes and related microsites that complement in-store efforts to differentiate greenhouse from items grown using other production methods and to tell growers’ stories,” he said.

“Consumer communication continues to evolve, with growers blogging, tweeting and posting on Facebook in varying degrees,” he said.

That kind of interactivity, Quon said, helps educate consumers, gives them reasons to purchase and creates an affinity for the brand.

“It also helps us, as marketers, get a sense of what interests or concerns consumers, so we can provide more of the solutions they’re seeking,” he said.

After a long period of flux, the greenhouse vegetable industry and its place in the wider fresh produce industry are beginning to take more definite shape, said Doug Kling, chief sales and marketing officer for Eatontown, N.J.-based Village Farms LP.

“I think the field/greenhouse balance is stabilizing,” Kling said. “Greenhouses used to be unique. Now they’re over 50% of the industry.”

Efficiency an appeal

Part of that stability has to do with growers gaining mastery over their growing environments.

“They’re grown more efficiently in climates now that were harder in the past,” Kling said.

Another stabilizing factor is a better understanding of greenhouse-grown versus other forms of protected agriculture, such as shade and plastic, Kling said.

“Real hydroponic greenhouses are creating a more stable environment, and better product,” Kling said.

The industry and consumers are more aware that more low-tech versions of protected don’t deliver the consistency and quality of greenhouses, he said.

Growers also are doing a better job of getting the word out that greenhouses use as much as 86% less water than field grown.

Kling emphasizes, however, that when people talk about “field vs. greenhouse,” they shouldn’t see it as a one-winner game.

“Both types of farming meet a need,” he said. “They’re not necessarily stealing from one another.”

Greenhouse, for instance, may be more attractive to many retailers, while field-grown continues to thrive in institutional and other markets, Kling said.


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Wabash Kiwanis Club Pancake Day

The Annual Kiwanis Pancake Day will be held on Saturday, March 16. Each year, the Wabash Kiwanis Club prepares and serves all-you-can-eat pancakes and sausage at the Wabash County 4-H Fairgrounds.

Pancakes and sausage will be served from 6 a.m. through 2 p.m. Carryouts are available. Tickets can be purchased in advance from any Kiwanis member. Children five and under may eat for free.

All proceeds are used to benefit community activities such as the Wabash County Schools Dental Program, Wabash County Schools Reading Program, Northfield and Wabash High School Key Clubs, Builders Clubs, K-Kids, Special Olympics, Spelling Bee, and the Beauchamp & McSpadden Self Reliance Award. Wabash Kiwanis also sponsors Riley Hospital for Children and many other children and youth activities throughout the community.

Please join the Kiwanis Club and enjoy all-you-can-eat pancakes and sausage on March 16.

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By Sarah Deeth, Peterborough Examiner

A man facing an attempted murder charge didn't get out of jail for Christmas after all.

Shawn Ward, 33, was charged Dec. 17 after city police said a woman was pulled out of a vehicle at Dublin and George streets by a man who repeatedly tried to stab her with a weapon.

The couple were at the Chemong Rd. Wal Mart earlier that day when they got into an argument. Police said he hit her and a nearby witness offered her a ride home.

The attack happened just as the woman was being dropped off, police said. The woman was able to get back in the car and the driver took her to the Water St. police station.

Ward was scheduled to have a bail hearing Dec. 24, but his lawyer indicated that the hearing would be put off to a later date.

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Ode To Psyche

O Goddess! hear these tuneless numbers, wrung
By sweet enforcement and remembrance dear,
And pardon that thy secrets should be sung
Even into thine own soft-conched ear:
Surely I dreamt to-day, or did I see
The winged Psyche with awaken'd eyes?
I wander'd in a forest thoughtlessly,
And, on the sudden, fainting with surprise,
Saw two fair creatures, couched side by side
In deepest grass, beneath the whisp'ring roof
Of leaves and trembled blossoms, where there ran
A brooklet, scarce espied:

Mid hush'd, cool-rooted flowers, fragrant-eyed,
Blue, silver-white, and budded Tyrian,
They lay calm-breathing, on the bedded grass;
Their arms embraced, and their pinions too;
Their lips touch'd not, but had not bade adieu,
As if disjoined by soft-handed slumber,
And ready still past kisses to outnumber
At tender eye-dawn of aurorean love:
The winged boy I knew;
But who wast thou, O happy, happy dove?
His Psyche true!

O latest born and loveliest vision far
Of all Olympus' faded hierarchy!
Fairer than Phoebe's sapphire-region'd star,
Or Vesper, amorous glow-worm of the sky;
Fairer than these, though temple thou hast none,
Nor altar heap'd with flowers;
Nor virgin-choir to make delicious moan
Upon the midnight hours;
No voice, no lute, no pipe, no incense sweet
From chain-swung censer teeming;
No shrine, no grove, no oracle, no heat
Of pale-mouth'd prophet dreaming.

O brightest! though too late for antique vows,
Too, too late for the fond believing lyre,
When holy were the haunted forest boughs,
Holy the air, the water, and the fire;
Yet even in these days so far retir'd
From happy pieties, thy lucent fans,
Fluttering among the faint Olympians,
I see, and sing, by my own eyes inspir'd.
So let me be thy choir, and make a moan
Upon the midnight hours;
Thy voice, thy lute, thy pipe, thy incense sweet
From swinged censer teeming;
Thy shrine, thy grove, thy oracle, thy heat
Of pale-mouth'd prophet dreaming.

Yes, I will be thy priest, and build a fane
In some untrodden region of my mind,
Where branched thoughts, new grown with pleasant pain,
Instead of pines shall murmur in the wind:
Far, far around shall those dark-cluster'd trees
Fledge the wild-ridged mountains steep by steep;
And there by zephyrs, streams, and birds, and bees,
The moss-lain Dryads shall be lull'd to sleep;
And in the midst of this wide quietness
A rosy sanctuary will I dress
With the wreath'd trellis of a working brain,
With buds, and bells, and stars without a name,
With all the gardener Fancy e'er could feign,
Who breeding flowers, will never breed the same:
And there shall be for thee all soft delight
That shadowy thought can win,
A bright torch, and a casement ope at night,
To let the warm Love in!

John Keats

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