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Would you like to take up a brand new hobby? Or maybe you have a hobby you've been enjoying for many, many years. Either way, advice can always help you out. Continue reading to learn how you can be successful and make the most of the hobby of your choice.
Reading is an interesting hobby that many enjoy. You can travel to new worlds as you read. You can read just about anywhere, as long as you are in a quiet spot. The endless types of books available make it certain that you will always have something you love close at hand.
Fishing is a great, relaxing hobby. You just have to find some supplies and a good location. If you require a license or permit, get it. Once you begin fishing, you will surely start to realize its ability to relax you.
If football is your passion, then build a real hobby around your fascination with the game. You don't have to play real football. You could play fantasy football. Gather a group of friends, pick your teams and monitor their performances throughout the season.
If you are considering using a hobby to earn some spending money with, but aren't sure where to start, focus on what is unique to your talents. Do you have a skill that others lack? Consider an activity that you like doing that is essential for everyone to do, yet others may not enjoy it. This will give you a good beginning.
If you want to lose weight and try a new hobby, find one that meets both of your needs. Try exercising, like running or swimming. You will benefit both mentally and physically when you make fitness your new hobby.
Traveling to various garage and estate sales is a fun hobby. There are lots of unique things that you can discover. You can find art, kitchen stuff, and general household stuff that still has some worth. You never really know what you'll find and that's part of the excitement.
Consider sharing your hobby with friends. Little sharing gestures are great ways to form bonds with people. For example, your hobbies. Allow others to experience your hobby. Let the world see what you've been doing. This will make it easy to make friends and gain opportunities.
Different types of collecting can be fun and engaging hobbies. Nowadays you can find many good resources online that tell you what things are worth, and items that are collectible and money-makers. You can sell items from your collection on eBay and other auction sites.
Hobbies are great fun and enhance your life greatly. Your hobby joy will expand if you utilize this article's tips. By being organized, you can make the most of the time you have to spend on your hobby.


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Hitchhiking Hone
Good to read that Te Tao Tokerau MP Hone Harawira has found a new way to keep in touch with his constituents - hitchhiking his way home.
While Hone is eligible for free airtravel and taxis as an MP, he continues to stand by the side of the road asking for a lift, not to save money, but to meet people.
"I meet a lot of people who don't go to meetings, so I get to know what's happening in their world. Ordinary people with ordinary issues," he said.
"People think I'm mad. I've always hitched and now that I'm an MP, I don't see why I should stop. I want them to know I'm still the same guy. I just want to keep it real."
Hone did not think it was a good idea for National leader Don Brash to follow his hitchhiking example.
"If Don Brash was hitchhiking in Kaitaia, one of my cousins would probably run him over."
Personally I have never hitchhiked. My Mum did once when she was young, but ended up completely in the wrong place. While it doesn't seem that much of a horror story now, sometimes the stories you hear as a child can cause you to hesitate before doing things as an adult. It must be said that sometimes this can be a good thing!
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Rupert Murdoch's control over media conglomerate 21st Century Fox faces a renewed challenge from a shareholder who cites scandals at the mogul's companies.
Fox recommends shareholders oppose the proposal by the Nathan Cummings Foundation, which held 947 voting shares, to eliminate the dual-class stock structure that gives Mr Murdoch control, according to a regulatory filing on Thursday.
Investors will decide on the non-binding measure at the annual meeting scheduled for November 15 in Los Angeles.
Despite owning 17 per cent of the outstanding shares, executive chairman Mr Murdoch controls almost 40 per cent of the voting power, according to the filing and a statement by the foundation.
The group has unsuccessfully pursued a similar change at another Murdoch company, News Corp, for several years and proposed such a change at Fox in 2013.
"There are a number of reasons, including all of the various high-profile scandals that the company has faced," said Laura Campos, director of corporate and political accountability at the New York-based foundation.
"We have long argued that scandals like these are in large part a result of a capital structure that fosters a lack of accountability."
Dual-class arrangements, which give one group of stockholders sway over another, "can cause entrenchment because they prevent removal of a controller", the foundation said.
One concern the group raised was the elevation of James Murdoch to chief executive, following his resignation a few years ago from News Corp in the wake of the phone hacking scandal.
The foundation said the Fox board "may limit its consideration of non-Murdoch candidates for top executive positions".
Allegations of sexual harassment at Fox News Channel also "drew our attention back to the company", Ms Campos said. The group came close to winning a non-binding vote at News Corp in 2015, she added.
In response, Fox's board said the structure was "appropriate and is in the best interest of the company and its stockholders".
The company added that an independent board overseeing the management and the appointment of a lead director reinforced accountability.
The dual-class structure also gave the company financing flexibility by being able to issue non-voting Class A shares, Fox said in the proxy statement. Moreover the structure was common among other media companies such as Comcast and Viacom, Fox said.


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By Jeremy McDonald
SALEM, Ore.– Cade Nau made his return to the court Thursday after battling the flu leading up to the Capital City Classic tournament at Willamette University this week, and the Stayton Eagles used his leadership to lead most of Thursday's game versus Estacada.
Nau knew his absence yesterday left a huge hole on the floor as Stayton found a way to fill his shoes in the victory over Seton Catholtic to start the tournament.
"Yesterday we lacked my spot on the floor, so coming in today, leading my team was important," said Nau.
Behind Nau, the Stayton team built a four-point lead on a Ranger team that defeated them to start the season; and for most of the third quarter and into the fourth, the Eagles held a one-,two-,three-possession lead on Estacada as the young Eagles looked to continue their winning ways.
"Oh you got to love the heart that this team has, the team chemistry is unlike any team I've ever been apart of," said Nau. " But, at the end of the fourth quarter, emotionless and it came to bite us in the butt. So we got to work on that. Play four quarters all the way through it."
What happen during the fourth quarter would frustrate and upset anyone involved.
Slowly, the Rangers got into a groove and took advantage of miscues by Stayton as the Eagles saw the lead they've been holding on to, shrink and disappear as Estacada built a five-point lead en route to victory, snapping Stayton's four-game winning streak.
But you can tell that they won't dwell on this loss for too long as they look to go back to their winning ways and continue to bring Stayton Boys Basketball back to greatness.
"This is my third year and we've been .500 for a couple of years and I'm freaking tired of it," said Head Coach Joe Kiser. "I'm tired of being .500, I'm ready to get Stayton back to where I think we're very close to where we want to be.
"And that's winning league titles, competiting for playoffs, we just got to get a little bit tougher."
Nau adds to it that it's about learning from these experiences to get better for the next game, in this case Friday at noon versus Lakeview of Washington.
"Just learn from it, we only lost by four points to the number one team in the State," he said. "We cut our turnovers in half and pick up the defense a little bit. Learn from this loss and go into tomorrow hungry and we'll just be great."
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Kenyatta University has signed a deal with 50 companies to offer paid internships for its students beginning next month.
Some of the companies that have signed up to the programme include Safaricom, Nation Media Group, Britam, KCB, Family Bank, PwC, Ecobank, Co-op Bank, ABC Bank, SevenSeas and the Chandaria Group.
The placement programme is expected to offer learners opportunities to gain experience and network with employers.
The university launched the initiative Wednesday, targeting continuing students in their second year of study onwards. It will see learners work for up to five months per academic year each time they are off-session.
Olive Mugenda, KU's vice-chancellor, said 100 students will be absorbed by the firms in the first edition starting July 1.
"Unlike typical internships where students are not paid, the proposed programme will require that students be paid like other employees at a rate to be agreed upon by the employers," said Prof Mugenda during the launch.
"About 50 companies have registered with us already while others have shown interest."
The vice-chancellor said the number of students admitted in the initiative is set to grow as the varsity creates more linkages.
Gender rule
The KU deal is a boon to both students and companies as it gives employers an avenue to select the most talented and innovative learners to work for them.
Firms will be provided with academic and discipline background of top learners, easing the selection process. The companies will then have the option of recruiting the learners after completing their studies.
Students will apply at the university before being picked based on academic performance and discipline, with the one-third gender rule observed.
The launch now offers students a structured platform to alternate study and work.
"It will give the students a total of one and a half to two years of work experience," said Prof Mugenda.
The idea is modelled around a Canadian concept dubbed Co-op Education where universities have established solid linkages with industry where learners are put in a study-work programme that contributes to their overall college performance.
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Description of Problem:
In /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/network-functions, the is_available function
assumes that if modprobe succeeded, then the device must be available. When this
assumption is wrong, ifup keeps trying to bring up non-existing device which
takes time and prints lots of irrelevant error messages.
Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
How Reproducible:
Steps to Reproduce:
1. For my laptop, I have two eth interfaces that both use the same driver
(3c59x) - one built-in and on in a docking station.
2. I have in the modules.conf:
alias eth0 3c59x
alias eth1 3c59x
3. When I am *not* plugged into docking station (and eth0 in present, but eth1
is not), I run "ifup eth1"
Actual Results:
It takes several seconds to complete and prints a lot of ugly error messages.
Expected Results:
Quickly figures device is just not there.
Additional Information:
The problem is that the is_available function in network-functions assumes that
if an alias in present in modules.conf and the modprobe succeeded, the device
must be present. As this example shows, in case of several devices using the
same module this is an incorrect assumption. Instead is_available should check
"ip -o link" again after the modprobe.
See attached patch to bug #77267 for a solution to this.
Check after loading the module done in 7.03-1.
Indeed, seems to work correctly with 7.03-1.
Minor issue, though - if I have two devices (eth0 and eth1) aliased to the same
module (3c59x), then on "ifup eth1" I get a message telling "3c59x device does
not seem to be present, delaying eth1 initialization". The messages is
inaccuratre - there is a 3c59x device present (eth0), it's just that there is
only one of them...
message reworded in CVS.


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Brown rice is so good for you, but often people tend to stick with the white rice. In fact… we have been guilty of it too. Forget the boxed rices (unless you get them for cheap $.50 a box) – buy the brown rice in the bags and cook it from scratch. It is CHEAPER and it is actually healthier for you. And learn how to season brown rice.
First make sure you check out how to freeze rice so you can have it ready in minutes.
Ok… back to my original point of writing. Brown rice can be a bit boring especially if you eat it as often as my family. However, with just an extra ingredient… or two your rice can really come to life!
How to Season Brown Rice:
- Add in Garlic salt (This is our all time favorite!) – So easy and really bumps up the flavor.
- Add in a bouillon cube or granules when you cook the rice for extra flavor.
- Mix in some salsa and some cumin for a tex-mex taste.
- Add an egg and fry it for a healthier fried rice.
- Add butter and lots of pepper – our neighbors make this pepper rice and it is GOOD!
- Mix some black beans with it (another family favorite)
- Mix in some pico or just plain chopped tomatoes and cilantro.
- A Dash of Soy sauce (don't use too much)
- a Dash of Tabasco sauce or Taco sauce mixed in is good.
- Sprinkle with salt and Parmesan cheese. This is an odd combination but very good.
- Mix in some cheddar cheese for cheesy rice (not healthy but still good)
- After it is cooked sprinkle with apple cider vinegar or balsamic vinegar for a slightly sweet taste.
- Add ground beef and make it a one pot meal.
- Mix in Sliced Sausage for another easy one pot meal.
- Mix in some cilantro and a splash of lime juice for a very fresh tasting rice.
Save money and save your health by sticking with brown rice.
As you can see you can season rice with almost anything.After you start eating it regularly you will actually find yourself preferring brown rice over white.
Healthy food doesn't have to cost you a fortune, and it definitely doesn't have to taste bland either.
Brown Rice Cooking – How to easily cook brown rice:
There are several easy ways to cook brown rice from in the microwave, to on the stove top, and in the rice cooker. To be honest… my favorite way to cook brown rice is in the crock pot. Crock pot rice is so easy to make and I love how I can just set it and forget it. 🙂
Brown Rice Recipes:
I thought now that you have this tasty and frugal side dish I thought I would show you what to cook with rice. Here are a few of my favorite recipes:
Grilled chicken – taco chicken marinade


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With the goal of reaching a new generation of youth facing unplanned pregnancy, the life-affirming ministry formerly called Badlands Choice Clinic is in a season of transformation. The faith-based non-profit has moved to a new location, rebranded under a new name, and expanded their medical services into the area of sexual health.
The motivation behind all these changes? "It's all about relationships," said Katie Vidmar, Connect Medical Clinic Executive Director. Vidmar explained that today's youth tend to be more skeptical, more likely to turn to their peers or their smart phones when in crisis, and slower to trust. "The new location, name, and services all work toward positioning our ministry within our community to better win the trust of those we most want to serve, a new generation facing unplanned pregnancy." The new name – Connect Medical Clinic – reflects this focus on relationship and connection.
The experience of those facing unplanned pregnancy is at the heart of the mission of Connect Medical Clinic. "But, what if we could meet this issue upstream? Is there something we can do to build relationships with youth before an unplanned pregnancy?" asked Marlo Nelson, Board Chair of Connect Medical Clinic. "We saw expanded sexual health services as an avenue to make this happen.
"It's a strategy," stated Katie Vidmar. "Adding STD services allows us to build relationships with our target demographic: sexually active teens and young adults. If they already know and trust the care we've provided them through STD services, we'll be their first call if they think they might be pregnant."
Pregnancy medical clinics around the country who have employed this strategy have seen their overall client numbers go up, as well as the number of at-risk women seeking pregnancy testing and decision-making services.
"Instead of having a relationship with a state-funded family planning clinic or Planned Parenthood, sexually active youth connect with ministries like ours," stated Nelson.
"We're really excited about what the addition of STD services could mean for our mission and our community" said Deb Bolin, RN, Connect Medical Clinic Nurse Manager. "We are not only meeting the very real health care needs of young people, but we also create an opportunity for a one-on-one conversation about sexual integrity," explained Bolin. "Those individual encounters can be very impactful! When young people learn the real, sometimes life-altering health effects of STDs, it's very eye-opening. They can see that the healthiest choice is to save sexual intimacy for committed, life-long relationships."
In addition, adding STD services creates a platform for Connect Medical Clinic nursing staff to provide sexual health education in the community. Partnering with the international women's health organization known as FEMM (Fertility Education & Medical Management) the clinic staff are equipped to teach young people, both in the clinic and out in the community, about all facets of their reproductive and sexual health. "If a student has a positive encounter with one of our RNs in a classroom setting or at a welcome fair on campus, they are much more likely to say, 'You know, I can trust this person. I'm going to walk over to Connect.' Again, it's all about the relationships."
Expanded sexual health services required increased clinic space. To grow their services, the ministry moved from their initial location located at St. Patrick's Catholic Church to a new space within an office park located at 683 State Ave., Suite E. They began serving patients there on July 24. Limited STD testing and treatment will be available starting in September.
Connect Medical Clinic is a non-profit clinic with services for both women and men. The staff is dedicated to serving those facing a sexual health crisis, including possible exposure to a sexually transmitted disease or an unplanned pregnancy, in a trusted, respectful environment. The clinic operates under the direction of a medical doctor, and patients are served by registered nurses. All services are offered free of charge, and the ministry depends on a community of support to fund their mission.
To make an appointment at Connect Medical Clinic, call 701-483-9353 or reach out through their Facebook page at www.Facebook.com/ConnectMedicalClinic. Hours of operation are Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays from 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Mountain Time.


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For Dry Bones Fans
The "death of print newspapers" has drastically affected our income, but the growth of social media has greatly improved our ability to fight antisemitism, defend Israel, and promote Zionism. We, the LSW (Long Suffering Wife) and I are having a greater impact than ever before but our meager income is dwindling. Embarrassing as it is, we are asking Dry Bones fans for your support.
You can donate a fixed amount or you can arrange for a monthly contribution.Here is a "Help Dry Bones" link. If you like Dry Bones please click on it.
Help Dry Bones Much love,
Yaakov Kirschen - Dry Bones
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My wife Hang Jing and I have been proudly raising our three daughters in Panorama Hills since 2010.
Family is very important to me, and I also greatly enjoy volunteering within the community.
After immigrating to Canada in 2002, I moved Montreal where I achieved my MBA in Finance from Concordia University. Shortly after graduation I moved to Calgary to work for the Alberta Petroleum Marketing Commission. In my role there, I am dedicated to improving market access for Alberta's Petroleum Products and assisting with development of value added activity in Alberta's petroleum sector.
My family and I greatly enjoy living in Calgary, and plan to stay here for many years to come. For this reason, I want to do whatever I can to improve our communities and ensure we have a strong voice at City Hall.
Election Platform
I will work for you not the other way around. At a time when so many of our friends and neighbours are suffering from job loss, city hall needs to bring back fiscal discipline and ensure its priority is making Calgary the best place in Canada to do business. Instead they focus on vanity projects and forcing densification plans into our communities. Do you find this as frustrating as I do?
It is not acceptable to be bribed with our own money. I greatly value city services but we must live within our means. City council can no longer balance their books on massive year over year tax hikes that exceed inflation. I will hold city hall accountable on taxation and spending, while ensuring Ward 3 gets its fair share of city services.
Our current infrastructure is already stretched and strained to service our booming population. Adding to this pressure, new neighbourhoods are being built north of Stoney Trail without additional services like recreation and schools. I will fight to protect our existing recreational facilities, and to ensure that our current green spaces are protected. Further I strongly believe that our ward must get priority for the new Green Line LRT. I will fight to ensure we get no half measures on transit.
City Council's decision to terminate the first phase of the Green Line LRT at 16th Avenue is slap in the face to the residents of Ward 3. The Harvest Hills/Centre Street corridor is the busiest bus corridor in the city. In other words, the ridership numbers support building the green line North before anywhere else. Ward 3 deserves access to the kind of high quality, high efficiency transit that LRT provides…and NOW, not 20 years from now. As your councilor, I will fight to get the transit we deserve.


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Says he is a director for G-Eazy. Asked for a shoot & said he wouldn't be paying because "it would be helping you out." Contacted worker online. Black man, 23, curly hair. Name: Aj L. Sent pictures. El Cerrito 12/17
Time Waster/Flake "Elios"
Worker drove long distance to client's home & did not answer when they arrived. Gave Central Ave., Fremont address. Used name "Elios," phone # 510-491-730*. Found via backpage. 11/17
Time Waster/Racist White Man "Jay Johns*n"
After going back & forth with worker, canceled when he realized worker did not exclusively see white clients. Used name Jay Johnso*, phone # 805-637-780*, age 58, 6'1″, grey hair. Found via backpage. Emeryville. 11/2017
Time Waster/Flake/Other "Kim & Anthony"
Worker received emails from couple "Kim Bat*s & Anthony" who used "Aneta Ultr* in NY" as a reference. Appeared to be false identities & couple canceled session after failing to pass security process. Worker reports others have received similar emails. Used emails firstname.lastname@example.com and email@example.com. 9/26/17
SF Time waster/Flake "Jack"
Described himself as "45 y/o MWM, 6'1″, 180, long brown hair, light blue eyes, athletic, swim everyday." Asked worker to dress up in a "beautiful dress" & meet at hotel bar. After she arrived he emailed saying he was coming down, but never showed & went incommunicado. Found via Eros. Signed email as "Jack." Used firstname.lastname@example.com*m email and associated name "Dale McKu*sic." 10/8/17
White rapist client "Scott H."
Worker raped in Oakland hotel/motel by Scott Huls*. Found via Nightshift. Used # 415-260-24**.
Shorting workers, "Jerome"
Shorted worker in payment. Black cis man, bald, 40ish, around 6′, "Jerome Stanle*." Found via backpage.com. Using phone number 310-892-001* and email firstname.lastname@example.com* Walnut Creek. 8/17
Time waster/verbal assault, "Sean"
Stole worker's cell phone charger. Flaked on date and refused to pay worker's transit costs. Verbally harassed worker. White man, early-mid 40s, 6′, short brown wavy hair, pock marks on face, "Sean." Found via seekingarrangement.com. San Francisco. 5/17.
Flake/time waster, "Richard M"
Persistent communications, wanted very early morning session. Client showed up, showered, and left without paying. Asian/Pacific Islander man, 5'6″, short black hair, 50ish, wears glasses. "Richard M*" using 925-639-534*. Emeryville. 7/17
Pinned down worker and forced anal. Worker needed to go to the hospital after. Worker had seen client without incident several times prior to assault. Asian man, about 5'5″, early 50s, slender build, short black hair. Name is "Ben R*d" on seekingarrangement.com. Union City. 4/17


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Some candidates running for seats on the Kingman Unified School District governing board have raised new concerns as the election draws near.
The eight candidates running for the five open seats are: C.
David Cooley, Pat Carlin Jr., Charles Lucero, Mike Cobb, Missy Grasser, Doris Goodale, Andra Goldberg, and Jerri Short.
"I've talked to a few teachers who feel they are not completely backed by administrators," Cooley said.
"I know there have been some problems when disciplining a child in class.
Parents of that child go to the principal and, in some cases, the punishment is lessened."
"I'd like to see more respect back in the classroom for teachers, so more coordination is needed on discipline matters."
Cooley previously told the Miner his concerns were teacher salaries, possible implementation of a student dress code, and a reduction in class sizes.
Many candidates are focusing on budget matters but other things must be examined to improve education, including teachers regaining respect, Cooley said.
Carlin, the current president of the KUSD board, has stated issues of concern to him are curriculum alignment, student achievement, and accountability under the federal No Child Left Behind legislation.
"Another big issue will be how we align our buildings," Carlin said.
"The issue is on the table and I expect the current board to make recommendations and leave it to the new board to make final decisions with professionals in the district."
Questions about buildings include what grade levels to put in which schools to relieve overcrowding.
Lucero also cited building configurations as a major issue for the new board in addition to teacher compensation and compliance with No Child Left Behind.
Cobb said he, too, is concerned with building configurations.
But he also hopes a new school can be built in Kingman and he wants to further a program to help potential drop-outs finish high school.
Grasser previously told the Miner her issues of concern included the addition of tutoring programs and a dress code for students.
"One other concern for me is insurance for dependents of district employees," Grasser said.
"We need to shop around for a less expensive plan for them."
The state budget, complete implementation of the unification plan, student achievement and teacher salaries were issues of concern earlier in the campaign for Goodale.
"What I'm concerned with as the election approaches is who will be our governor, legislators and the new superintendent of public instruction," Goodale said.
"Who knows with all of the changes coming what our district will face, but I'm confident we'll be ready to stand up and face them positively."
Goldberg has said she would like to find ways to augment alternative programs to create diverse pathways toward success.
Teacher compensation and professional development are other areas of concern for her.
"I hope everyone gets out and votes," Goldberg said.
"I certainly would like to be one of the representatives on the new board."
Short, a current governing board member, could not be contacted this week.
Compliance with Arizona LEARNS (Leading Education through the Accountability and Results Notification System) and No Child Left Behind to avoid any loss of state or federal funds was a top priority when the Miner previously spoke with Short.
The top three vote getters Tuesday will earn seats for four years on the governing board.
Candidates garnering the fourth- and fifth-highest number of votes get two-year terms.


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Have been thinking a lot today about disciplinary boundaries...and about boundaries in general. The most intimately "life changing" technologies I've encountered (e-mail, laptops, wireless networking, digital video recorders, cell phones) have had as their defining quality the explicit breaking down of time/space boundaries.
Similarly, the theorists who have been most influential in my thinking are those that broke down boundaries between "disciplines." Bourdieu, Habermas, Foucault...all hard to place in one traditional box.
One of the things that drew me into librarianship was that it was an ∏ber-field--a big picture vantage point where one got to see information come together into a coherent whole. Need to revisit the whole issue of how I ended up here, in such a tech-focused environment. Too often drowning in the details of implementation, not enough time spent on the big picture vision. On the other hand, vision without implementation is hollow. Where's the balancing point?
Not enough thoughtful librarian blogs out there, I think. The Shifted Librarian is widely linked to. Fellow UMich alum Lou Rosenfeld has a good IA-focused blog. Jessamyn West's librarian.net looks interesting. Need to poke around more.


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The HIGH SPORTS WINTER LECTURE SERIES starts annually in November and ends in March. It takes place usually on the first Tuesday of every month at the Gateway Centre in Shrewsbury, Shropshire and includes four or more lectures from speakers in various fields related to outdoor activities finishing with a lecture from local speakers. The full line up of speakers will be announced nearer the time but as with previous years we aim to present a unique array of the finest lectures available.
This is the awesome line up for the inspirational High Sports Winter Lectures Series 2012/13
Tue 6th Nov 2012 Johnny Dawes
Tue 4th Dec 2012 Mark Hines
- Tue 8th Jan 2013 Nick Bullock
- Tue 5th Feb 2013 Gary Gibson
- Tue 5th Mar 2013 LOCAL SPOT
Tickets for this event are now available both in the shop and online.
If you're on our mailing list you're likely to find out about it first – please get tickets as soon as possible as our lectures always sell out quickly and we do have to turn people away on the door due to capacity restrictions at the venue.
It's not a race but an individual challenge. Not for the faint hearted.
50 Miles & 5,000ft of ascent & descent !
Riders will be expected to have a fully roadworthy bike, helmet, necessary repair kit, food and clothing. Individual starts. Each rider will be given the route description only minutes before departure and expected to pass through checkpoints on-route (also drink stops). A completion time of 4.5 hours will be the target to qualify for a free exclusive Killer Loop T shirt, which can also be bought after the event if you take longer. Highway Code rules apply at all times and all riders are responsible for their own actions to the bitter end!
Minimum age 16
The High Sports KILLER LOOP usually takes place on a Sunday in July – a 50mile/5,000ft of ascent bike challenge through the stunningly beautiful Shropshire hills following tarmac lanes and roads starting from a different place each year and riders not knowing the route until minutes before departure. Final proceeds from the event allowed us to make a double charity donation; half to the Youngsters in the Mountains fund and the other half to the Shropshire Hospice.
To read more about it and to check out the results and lot of pictures from previous years for The Killer Loop 2010 click here.
Pictures for The Killer Loop 09 click here.
The first Killer Loop took place on the last weekend of July 2008 and was very popular among the entrants despite a blisteringly hot day. As a result we're running another one this year! Same start, Minsterley Village hall, but another new, gruelling and yet outstandingly scenic route through the Shropshire hills via back lanes and roads. For more information, the 2008 event results and a mountain of images go here.


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My week sucked. When I told people it was good, I lied. Sorry, I know better. In all honesty, I was ready to blow up like Yellowstone's Old Faithful. Niagara Falls was about to spill all over my face. I considered building a catapult, so I could launch myself into the Earth's orbit and never return-and that's when things were starting to look up. I would say that I was a mixture of both Eeyore from Winnie the Pooh, and Shreeky from Care Bears. Talented, I know. On the outside, I attempted to mimic a Julia Roberts-like grin. But in my head, I was still designing my catapult.
Despite the Shakespearian drama, known as my life, this week eventually turned around. My "October Crisis" couldn't have happened at a better time. I often take everything for granted. However there are many things to be thankful for, especially this week.
- Toothpaste: Mood swings are reversible-cavities are not.
- Roommates: They justify dessert before dinner, and pack your lunches.
- One Direction: Those guys make you want to have a dance party in any condition.
- Moms: They bake you blueberry muffins when you're in a bad mood.
- Dads: They buy you Cosmos when you're in a bad mood.
- A helping hand: Let's face it, some people are just better at-everything.
- Friends: They drop everything they're doing, and listen to you for hours.
- New friendships: Another person to add to your list of friends on Facebook-kidding. It's cool to see how different people are plopped into your life.
- Coffee: It gives you something to do other than just study.
10. The word "venti": It sounds so much classier than "a large".
11. Mittens: It apparently snows in Manitoba during October.
12. Straighteners: They fix your hair when the weather gets at it.
13. Camping: It reminds you of how privileged you are to have shower facilities.
14. Lulu Lemon pants: They do wonders for your rear.
15. Speakerphones: They allow you to talk on your cell phone while driving.
16. Peter Mansbridge: His ties are immaculate.
17. Crummy moods: They remind you of how good you have it.
18. Oceans: They don't have any of those over here.
19. Bussing: It makes for an interesting adventure to school everyday.
20. Islands: Nice people always come from islands.
Sometimes life throws you curve balls, but things aren't always as bad as they seem. And if they are- I'm sure it's not that hard to build a catapult. Happy Thanksgiving, there is so much to be thankful for.


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The mayoral race in the city of Binghamton is well underway, and Binghamton University students must take full advantage of the opportunities to learn more about local politics and their effect on the community. The race between Democratic candidate Tarik Abdelazim and the incumbent, Republican Rich David, will be the center of a series of events to be held in the coming weeks.
It's important to understand that Binghamton is not just the name of our university, but a real city with real people, politics and problems. If you live within city limits, as many upperclassmen do, participating in this election is a way to ensure that you are using your voice to impact the future of the city and the institution that bears its name.
Pipe Dream reiterates this sentiment frequently; however, it's important to consider the tangible impacts the mayor's office has on our everyday lives. The mayor of Binghamton not only serves the residents of the city of Binghamton, but also the University — so the office ultimately affects you whether you live on-campus or off. The mayor has a say in the routes of Off Campus College Transport's blue buses in Downtown Binghamton — the switch from the DCL route to the DCR was a highly debated topic after complaints from local residents last fall, necessitating constant communication between the University and the city.
The mayor of Binghamton is also responsible for deploying police on State Street on Friday and Saturday nights, and the mayor's office was also on board to install blue lights on the West Side, citing the safety of students as motivation for the proposal.
If you have ever supported or been unhappy with any of these propositions, or have taken part in protests and marches against these city policies, you have seen the effects of local government on the University.
The best way to kickstart your involvement as a constituent is to attend a debate. You'll be able to hear both candidates speak about their ideas for the city and its involvement with the University. You'll also be able to hear them answer questions from residents and voters, and you can use these answers in order to make your own informed decision on who to cast your ballot for.
There will be three main events in which the candidates will speak about their platforms and ideas. The city of Binghamton mayoral debate will be held on Sept. 26 at the New York State Office Building on Hawley Street. Due to limited seating, priority will be given to Binghamton Chamber of Commerce members, but if you can't secure a spot, don't be discouraged. There are two more events that are open to the public.
The SUNY Broome College Democrats will hold a town hall for Abdelazim on Sept. 26. This will also be an opportunity to hear about his vision for the city and ask questions about it relates to the University and higher education in the area.
Finally, the Center for Civic Engagement and Vote Everywhere will host "An Evening with the Binghamton Mayoral Candidates" on Oct. 4 at the University Downtown Center, where the questions for the candidates come from students. There is an online form for question submission, so you can even participate in the action from your phone by asking about your own concerns.
No matter which event you choose to attend, make sure that you have a place in the room where it all happens. To raise up the Binghamton community, you must raise your voice. These policies matter, and they affect Binghamton students both on and off campus. You have the opportunity, the power and the obligation to impact the future of a community in which you will spend four years of your life.


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New 2018 Audi A6 Release Date
The new look of 2018 Audi A6 has been shown on Auto Bild, the German car magazine. From that magazine, this car will have gorgeous and different style with sharply cut headlights, a low roof, and also coupe doors. This model will be available in the market on 2017. This car is based on Prologue concept which expected as a basis for the next generation of premium car.
2018 Audi A6 Changes
This car will be the model of 2018 year. However, the detail of this car isn't announced yet. But, according to the some rumors, almost all of the components of this car will be totally new. They are the platform, design, cabin, technologies, and also the engine used. This car could be based on the VW's MLB platform of the updated version. In addition, new Audi A6 2018 will also have some touch screens with digital instrument cluster to advance the experience of driving this car through the interior design.
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The engine used in by 2018 Audi A6 will be the 4.0 liter TFSI with V8 engine which can produce 605 hp and 553 lb-ft of torque. Turbocharged with three-cylinder engine using electric motors will perfect the engine used. Moreover, the 8-speed tiptronic transmission will be available in this car which the function is to send power to all-wheel drive system. Those combination of the engine used will make the engine used by this car become perfect.
This car will be the important seller for the company abroad and in India. Further, Audi India will keep in contact with the latest update 2018 Audi A6 to its country as quickly as they can. It is because this car may be used as a testing in Indian conditions as the proof of the launching of this car in India. This car will be assembled in the Audi's Aurangabad and will be provided with the two diesel engines and one petrol engine. This car is predicted will be the lineup in this year.
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This is what Rachelle said about planning and designing the party- "From the moment we began working with our diva, it was clear she wanted her birthday celebration to be nothing short of glamorous. The goal was to design a space and dessert table that represented the diva herself. The venue set the stage for what was to be a beautiful celebration. The venue was a breathtakingly beautiful french country estate that sits among beautiful vineyards with lush trees offering luxurious guest rooms, a spa, restaurants, and winery complete with a wine tasting room.
The celebration took place in the wine tasting room which was a warm and inviting space to enjoy a delicious full course meal and the extensive wine menu. The pink and gold color palette was all about the diva. The 40th birthday backdrop banner set the stage for the dessert table to honor the birthday girl in style. Shimmering gold was used from the tablecloth to the serve ware to ensure the desserts sparkled too. Guests enjoyed some of the honorees favorite treats such as macaroons, strawberry cheesecake parfaits, white chocolate dipped strawberries, red velvet rose cake pops, and double chocolate shots. The vanilla cream rosette cake was adorned with soft flowers in shades of pink and used for the fun moment in the evening when guests surrounded the dessert table to sing an upbeat version of happy birthday."
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Greer Nelson (maiden name Grant) first appeared
as The Cat in the comic of the same name. She later became Tigra
through a mystic ritual that bound the soul of one of the Cat People
to her own.
Greer Grant started out as a human who went through treatments
that took her to peak human level, then she took up the mantle of
The Cat. When she was dying, her mentor Dr.
Tumolo offered to save her life by bonding her soul with one of Cat People.
Greer accepted and was transformed into a furry woman.
Back in the '70s Marvel decided to let female creators write and
draw comics about women. The Cat
(November, 1972) was one of those comics, written by Linda Fite
and illustrated by Marie
Severin, alongside co-creator Roy Thomas.
The Cat series only lasted for four issues, before it was
canceled due to bad sales. Then two years later, a man named Tony
Isabella took up The Cat character and molded her into a new
hero Tigra.
Gil Kane designed Tigra's look: a humanoid tigress, first
appearing in
Giant-Size Creatures (July, 1974). During the 1970s, Tigra
continued to hold down short runs in various Marvel horror-/monster-related
titles (e.g. Marvel
Chillers), before moving on to guest appearances in the Avengers
titles. Kicking off the 21st century, Tigra returned in a four-part
mini series, and guest appeared in several titles. She took on a
more major role during the Dark Reign
story arc in
Avengers: The Initiative, and subsequently went on to play a
lead role in
Avengers Academy.
Greer Grant was a University of Chicago sophomore when she met
rookie policeman Bill Nelson,
with whom she fell in love and subsequently married. Greer dropped
out of college at Bill's insistence. When Bill was killed in an
off-duty shooting, Greer was left on her own. When she tried to find
a job, the only positions she was offered were as a typist or clerk.
One day, she ran into her old physics professor, Dr.
Joanne Tumolo. She remembered her old pupil and hired Greer as
her lab assistant. Greer also returned to college. After several
months, Dr. Tumolo revealed she'd been working on a private project
to allow women to achieve their full mental and physical potential,
despite the handicaps that society placed on them. She wanted Greer
to be the first subject.
Due to lack of funds, Dr. Tumolo had made an arrangement with an
eccentric named Malcolm
Donalbain. Donalbain was a fanatic about physical conditioning.
He had agreed to sponsor the research. However, he overrode Dr.
Tumolo's choice and insisted his protege, Shirlee
Bryant, be their "first lovely guinea pig." The doctor wanted to
cancel the experiment, but Greer persuaded her to secretly test on
her as well as Shirlee. Both women emerged from the treatments with
superhuman physical and mental abilities. Donalbain planned to use
those powers for his own purposes. He told Shirlee she was to be the
first of hundreds of enhanced women who would work in his clubs.
Using the clubs as a front, Donalbain's force would seize control of
the country. He gave her a uniform to wear, a yellow catsuit with
blue claws, gloves, and sash. Shirlee balked at donning a cat-eared
cowl, but Donalbain told her that it mechanically enhanced her
hearing and night vision. Reassured, she finished off the outfit
with a studded blue collar. The will-nullifier forced her to obey
Donalbain, much to his satisfaction. He ordered Shirlee to
demonstrate her new athletic abilities, but she fell to her death.
Donalbain had his henchmen dynamite Dr. Tumolo's lab to eliminate
any incriminating evidence. The doctor was critically injured in the
explosion. Greer donned one of The Cat uniforms to put an end to
Donalbain's plans.
Greer continued her adventures, defeating the Owl,
Commander Kraken,
And the
Man-Killer, who she took down with the help of Spider-Man.
One day she came home to interrupt a kidnapping attempt on the
convalescing Dr. Tumolo by Hydra agents.
Greer was shot with an "alpha radiation" pistol while driving off
the agents. Dr. Tumolo offered her to save her life, but that meant
turning Greer into one of the Cat People.
She replied "Life is precious to me, in any form". They used a
mystic ritual that bound the soul of one of the Cat People to her.
The reborn Tigra abandoned both her previous identities as Greer and
The Cat. The costume used by Greer as The Cat was later found and
used by
After the ritual that turned Greer into the Tigra, Hydra found
their location and attacked them, though she was able to escape. She
met the
Werewolf By Night on the beach and together they fought Hydra's
soldiers, but to no avail. She soon was captured, and the Werewolf
was left unconscious on the beach. But the wolf didn't want to be
separated from Tigra, for he felt something for her when he first
saw her. As soon as he came to, he followed some Hydra men to their
base and rescued Tigra from a cage. Again they fought together
against the soldiers. The battle was won when Dr. Tumolo released a
powerful strain of the Black Plague, which the Cat People made
certain to seal off in the cave with the doomed Hydra soldiers. The
Werewolf ran away in confusion when Tigra turned back into human
form. At first she could change her form with a cat's-head amulet,
but she lost that ability, and the amulet only cast an illusion of
her being human.
She fought Kraven
The Hunter for the first time when she rescued a doctor from his
lair. Soon after that she managed to track down the Rat Pack;
she found herself against
Super-Skrull, who was disguised as the Rat Pack's leader.
Teaming up with
Red Wolf she followed them. In the final battle, Super-Skrull
tried to use the Soul Catcher to capture Tigra's soul, but the
artifact chose Super-Skrull himself as a target, and he was trapped
in there. The outcome made Tigra question, whether she still has a
Next she met with the Thing, when
she broke into the Baxter
Building, to get help to defeat the Cougar who
had Null-Bands and planned to take over the world with them. Later,
Tigra brought the Soul Catcher to the
Four for safe keeping. When she found out that the Fantastic
Four had been captured by the
Frightful Four, she went to their rescue, but got herself
captured, too. Various circumstances allowed them to escape and the
Frightful Four were defeated. Tigra stayed there awhile, competing
with Thundra
for the Thing's affection, but he loved
Masters and rejected them both. Once while having a steak with
the Thing they happened on a
who was carrying a bank vault and they went and stopped it together.
When the
Brute, who was the counter-earth
Fantastic, threw unconscious
Invisible Woman out of the window: Tigra, Thundra and the
Impossible Man saved her.
They then returned
to the building and
battled the Blastaar that came from the
Negative Zone. When the time came to clean up all the damage,
Tigra along with Thundra left the Baxter Building.
After her adventures with Fantastic Four, she was captured by
Kraven the Hunter, who used a high-tech collar to make her his slave. Kraven
planned on entertaining himself with a death-fight between Tigra and
Spider-Man. Spider-Man saw the collar and released Tigra from its
influence, and together they beat Kraven. Her first meeting with Tabur was
when Dr. Tumolo sacrificed herself to warn others of his actions.
Tabur planned to take over the world and lead the Cat People. He had
a weapon that turned humans back to apes and animals to their
prehistoric forms. The Cat People revealed themselves to the world
that day and thwarted his plans. Tigra battled with Tabur, got hold
of the weapon and used it on him, turning Tabur back into a house
Moondragon got all the possible recruits together for a new
group of
Avengers, Tigra was chosen as one of them. Moondragon pitted
them against one-another, Angel was
chosen as Tigra's opponent. After the whole mess, Tigra even got
chosen for the new team. Her first battle as an Avenger was against Elfqueen,
but it ended quickly when they realized why she was lashing out. Her
next confrontation with Avengers was Ghost Rider,
who too lashed out to the world, much like Elfqueen and their own
team member
Hank Pym. When battling him, Tigra was blasted with hellfire and
was frightened after that. She even froze during the battle. In the
end, Ghost Rider was talked out of fighting by Angel.
One day when she was only Avenger present at the mansion, she
helped X-Men to fight Deathbird
and her Brood
allies. When the Molecule
Man reformed himself, and built a gigantic dome over half of
Western Jersey, the Avengers went to stop him. It took the whole
team and the Silver
Surfer to make a hole in the dome just big enough for flexible
Tigra to fit through. Taking a chance, she went ahead to scout;
however, she was soon caught by the Molecule Man. She then started
to talk to him to gain his trust and stall until the other team
members arrived. When they did, Molecule Man quickly disarmed them
and captured them. He offered to spare Tigra if she would say that
she liked him. Tigra, wanting to live, uttered the lie. With the
other Avengers and the Silver Surfer seemingly killed, the Molecule
Man made Tigra his pet. Tigra tried to kill the Molecule Man while
he slept, but was not able to go through with it. She was reunited
with the other Avengers, who had survived thanks to the cosmic power
of the Silver Surfer, and battle with the Molecule Man ensued.
Molecule Man was beaten, and while the men discussed what to do with
him, Tigra managed to talk the Molecule Man out of being a villain.
After that adventure, Tigra felt that she wasn't much of a hero and
decided to quit the Avengers.
While still in New York, she tried her hand at show-business,
working briefly for an advertising firm. She also met with her old
enemy Zabo,
who blamed her for his brother, Malcolm Donalbain's death. Teaming
up with Spider-Man again, she fought a long battle with Zabo, in the
end Tigra was able to convince him to stop fighting. She then went
to San Francisco. Just after arriving there, she met with frightened Poltergeist,
promising to protect him. She encountered
Spider-Woman for the first time when the latter tried to arrest
Poltergeist. They fought, but soon Spider-Woman realized that it
would be wrong to arrest the lad. Seconds later, Tigra and
Poltergeist disappeared; they had been kidnapped by Locksmith
and Tick-Tock,
who planned to imprison all of the "freaks" in the world. All the
prisoners were rescued by Spider-Woman. Soon after that, Tigra saw
Spider-Woman inexplicably dying, but with the help of Shroud, she
was able to keep her body alive until ambulance arrived. Tigra then
contacted the Avengers to help bring her back to life. After that,
Tigra helped Spider-Woman on her Private Investigator business.
When the West Coast branch of Avengers was created under the
leadership of Hawkeye,
Tigra was asked to join. She hesitated at first, doubting herself.
When The
Blank brought
back and wanted to take over the underworld in the west, Avengers
got caught in the middle. Shroud, Wonder Man
and Tigra wanted to stop Graviton, but were defeated. Shroud and
Tigra were tossed to sea along with The Blank, but he kept Wonder
Man under water in the pool, to watch him die. At the sea, Tigra
activated the emergency beacon and Iron Man (James
Rhodes) came to their rescue. The Avengers then invaded
Graviton's hideout in disguise, Tigra taking the role of Madame
Masque. When they located Wonder Man, they sprung the plan into
action. Iron Man and Tigra lured Graviton to a power station and
using its power, Iron Man weakened him. With all the team members
working together, they beat Graviton. After that, Tigra felt that
she belonged to the Avengers after all.
The next big challenge was Maelstrom,
who by absorbing earth's kinetic energy had grown quite powerful.
They defeated him by feeding him more energy, so his body didn't
have time to convert the energy to mass and he grew too big for this
earth, his body dissipating in the process. On one of the flying
lessons over the pacific, Tigra's quinjet was brought down by a
giant lizard, it happened over the island of Dr.
Demonicus. When Demonicus ordered the lizard to destroy her and
the village, she went to combat the animal, but didn't fare very
well. Fortunately, Hawkeye, Mockingbird
and Iron Man
heard her mayday call, and came to help. Iron Man carried the lizard
to sea and dropped it off. Soon after that, the West Coast Avengers
battled A.I.M
planes and Tigra's quinjet was yet again shot down. Tony Stark, who
now again was
Iron Man, came and finished the battle quickly in his new armor.
When the
Beyonder showed up on earth, Tigra took part in battling him
like any other hero. Next, the West Coast Avengers were called to
battle Ghaur,
who wanted to dig up a celestial body under Diablo Mountain. When
Hank Pym appeared at the west coast base to study new Goliath's (Atlas)
powers, Tigra started to flirt with him. During the investigation of
a ship, Tigra confided to Mockingbird that she was acting more
cat-like: demanding affection, afraid of water and liking to curl up
on windowsills. And she felt as if she had two souls and they were
tearing each other apart. The ship where they found Ultron turned
out to be a trap; they escaped only thanks to Hawkeye's vibranium
arrow. Returning to base, it was attacked immediately by Ultron.
Tigra was ordered to watch over Goliath. There she was attacked by Man-Ape, who
intended to free his captured ally. Tigra held her own against him
and was actually winning, but she was knocked out from behind by
Ultron. Hank Pym and Wonder Man were kidnapped, and the other
Avengers went to look for hints from Wonder Man's past and learned
the location of his brother Grim Reaper.
While flying there, they were attacked by Ultron again, fighting him
for a long time. Iron Man and Tigra went outside to clean the
quinjet of Ultron robots who tried to tear it apart. At the end they
still crash-landed the jet, and were all captured. Grim Reaper tried
to recreate his human brother by comparing Wonder Man and Vision
brainwaves. Mockingbird learned of their location and came to their
rescue. Most of the villains escaped. While fighting Ultron, Tigra
pushed him into one of the machines, not knowing that it would
restore him, and it did allow him to escape too.
Again Tigra started to feel that she was not an adequate member
of the team, and she went off to be alone for a while. Trying to
thwart a robbery, she happened upon Kraven the Hunter again. He
finished the battle with a poisonous claw, and escaped with stolen
goods. Later, Tigra had his scent and hunted him down. On another
confrontation, Kraven tricked Tigra into several traps, but she was
able to get free of them all. Noticing that Hawkeye and Mockingbird
were looking for her, she moved the fight to an unseen location.
Fight between Kraven and Tigra continued, but was suddenly ended
with a nerve pinch that rendered Tigra motionless. When Kraven was
about to strike a death blow, he was stopped by Hawkeye and
Mockingbird. Tigra was angry at their intervention, but let them
talk her to returning to the Avengers compound. Soon after that, Firebird
dropped at their doorstep and Tigra grew territorial and didn't like
her being there. Growing more and more cat-like, Tigra had
relationships with both Hank Pym and Wonder Man at the same time.
Soon they confronted
Master Pandemonium for the first time. Mockingbird, keeping her
word, wanted to help cure Tigra from the cat-curse and they went to
get help from Jack Russell, the werewolf Greer met when she was
turned into Tigra. They learned a spell for contacting Cat People
Balkatar, and he teleported them to Land Within,
a place where Cat People live. Tigra revealed her past to the King Gerark
and asked for her Tigra soul to be removed. The King told her that
he needed time to think on that, and allowed Balkatar to show Tigra
around in the Land Within. While doing so, Tigra again started to
act more cat-like and they copulated. After the act, Balkatar and
Tigra shared stories of Cat People who lived in Land Within and who
lived on Earth. In that time, the King had come to a decision to
remove whichever soul Tigra wanted removed if she completed one task,
which was to kill Master Pandemonium. With hesitation, Tigra
accepted it. They then stayed with the Cat People for awhile, taking
part in a feast. Getting back from Land Within, they met with The Rangers,
Firebird's previous team members. It turned out that one of them was
a demon in disguise, namely Shooting
Star; she was working for Master Pandemonium. Mockingbird then
took the place of Shooting Star and contacted Master Pandemonium.
She signaled her position to the others, and they planned an attack.
They were trapped for a short time, but were able to escape.
Balkatar led Tigra to Master Pandemonium, and she was ready to kill
him, but he slipped through her claws.
While searching for Thing, who went missing, the Avengers were
lured into a trap by Headlok.
There it was revealed that Tigra could communicate with cats, as she
talked the
Griffin out of fighting. Thing returned and stopped Headlok, and
then he departed again. In the time when the Hulk was
separated from Bruce Banner, and was destroying Jericho in New
Mexico, Dr.
Samson wasn't able to defeat him. The Avengers went into action,
Tigra being among them. The Hulk was defeated with the group effort
and because Hulk and Bruce were separated.
Back at their place, Tigra sought more attention, now also
hitting on Iron Man. He and Wonder Man rejected her advances though,
due do thinking that Tigra and Hank were going steady. The West
Coast Avengers' old foe Graviton returned, capturing Tigra and
making her his pet. He was now teamed up with Halflife,
Quantum and
Graviton surprise attacked the other Avengers and defeated them
quickly, transporting them to his floating piece of land. Tigra
however didn't want to be his pet and lover, and was put inside a
gravity field prison. She thought of being Graviton's mate for a
second and then realized that her cat side was too strong; that she
must remind herself of being human. Hence, she decided to use her
amulet to look human more often. Beating up a guard, she escaped in
his clothes, and tricked Halflife and Quantum into attacking each
other, thus creating a diversion to free her teammates and ending
the threat of Graviton. When Quicksilver
tried to get avengers arrested, and after escaping the Vault, the
west coast branch took the circus confrontation; Tigra fought with
the Leo of
Zodiac there.
They got their names cleared again when they turned over the Zodiacs.
Hawkeye wanted to test and see if Tigra was in fact in control of
her Tigra soul, but she lost control and was about to kill him. It
took Iron Man and Wonder Man to restrain her. Again gaining control,
she promised not to be Tigra or an Avenger again. Soon after saying
that they were attacked by demons, and Tigra and Hank Pym got
kidnapped. The rest of the group sought help from Hellstorm
and Hellcat.
In hell, Greer tried the amulet to turn back to Tigra to help the
others, but couldn't. Knowing that hell is one's worst fear, Greer
now knew that her fear must be to be human forever again. The
Avengers arrived in hell thanks to Hellstorm's help; during the
battle they were blasted onto a boat on the river of death. Floating
on the river, they end up in Land Within. There the Avengers learned
that Tigra planned on killing Master Pandemonium to rid herself of
her cat soul. Tigra was pitted against helpless Master Pandemonium,
but she refused to kill him. King Gerark, who felt that she was not
worthy of Tigra's soul, removed it. However, during the final battle
when Hellcat gave her cat outfit to Tigra, she broke the soul
container and it bonded with her again. This time the union was
stronger, and she even grew a tail.
Back from hell the West Coasters went to look for Firebird to
invite her to the team, but they met with Dominus
instead, who sent them back in time with a broken time machine.
First stop on their time travel was the Old West, where they helped Two-Gun Kid,
Rawhide Kid
and the
Phantom Rider to defeat some enemies. Then they devised a plan
to travel further back in time to Ancient Egypt to find Rama-Tut,
who could fix their time machine. The Phantom Rider kidnapped
Mockingbird just before the time jump and the Avengers were forced
to leave her. Arriving 100 years past, as a test to see if the
machine worked right in jumping back, they tangled with Hispanic
soldiers. Hawkeye got his arm burnt and the Avengers took their
leave. Making a pit stop to get Hawkeye to a doctor, they traveled
to Egypt both in time and in space. Rama-Tut, unable to help them,
sent them back even further, to when he was still evil. They missed
three chances to return to their own time. Finally, they and
Mockingbird were rescued by Hank Pym and Mr. Fantastic, who after
receiving Hawkeye's message from 200 years ago rebuilt their time
machine. They all traveled to Dominus' hideout to stop him from
taking over human minds with his machine.
On the second annual baseball match, the East Coast Avengers were
all suddenly struck dead. The West Coast Avengers sought the Collector's
help, who let them drink poison to kill them, so they could help
their friends. It was all planned by the Grandmaster
to triumph over Death herself, and he forced Avengers to do battle
in his game. Tigra battled Dr. Druid;
he summoned two beasts to fight for him, but Tigra - not smelling
them - understood that they were just illusions. In the end, Dr.
Druid used deception and mind-control to subdue Tigra, and thus won
the battle. In spite of this, the west coast team won the battle,
but the Grandmaster had other plans; he captured Death and intended
to destroy the universe by triggering the next Big Bang. Next
challenge for the Avengers was to stop 5 bombs and defeat dead
villains and heroes that were summoned to guard them. Tigra was
teamed with Captain Marvel (Photon),
Moon Knight
and She-Hulk.
They were pitted against the original Captain
the Destroyer,
Goblin and
Death Adder.
Their team managed to destroy the bomb with the cost of their lives.
The Avengers completed the mission, but Captain
America and Hawkeye being the only survivors, the Grandmaster
planned another impossible task for them. Hawkeye then proposed a
game of chance to save the entire universe and Avengers' lives. As a
gamer, the Grandmaster couldn't refuse the chance, and played the
game, and lost due do Hawkeye's trickery. Death, now free from the
Grandmaster, restored all the Avengers to life.
The second time that Tigra met with the Zodiac group was when LMD
Model Decoy) Zodiac destroyed the human Zodiac Cartel. Tigra
chose Leo as her opponent again. The LMD's managed to escape the
first encounter.
Scorpio then started to devise a plan to infiltrate the Avengers
with their copies. In the meantime, Tigra and Moon Knight shared an
intimate kiss, and they agreed to see where that relationship would
lead. However, Tigra was grabbed from the woods and replaced with a
new Leo LMD; Tigra was sent to Realm of the Brotherhood, she met
with Hawkeye there who was replaced earlier, and together they
battled endless hordes of enemies. When Scorpio transported all the
Avengers and Zodiac to the same realm, Zodiac ceases to exist. The
Brotherhood had the key now, and seeing that they could destroy
Avengers without fighting, they sent them back to earth, because of
their love for conflict. When Moon Knight went solo to kill Taurus, Tigra
and Mockingbird took his side that Avengers might need to sometimes
overlook the "Do not kill" rule of theirs. While Mockingbird looked
for her tormentor (the Phantom Rider) in the Grand Canyon, she
purposely released Yetrigar
as a diversion. Tigra, along with other team members, fought the
giant beast and were able to stop him. On a search for Hank Pym's
first wife, the Avengers traveled to Hungary. Most of the Avengers
got captured. Tigra, Hawkeye and Wonder Man were able to evade
capture and at the end rescue all their team members, along them
even Vision and Scarlet
Witch. Tigra piloted the escape quinjet, but it got hit and they
went down over Latveria. Captured by Doctor Doom;
Tigra and Moon Knight - being new to him - were tested against
deadly odds to see their powers. Tigra defied death for 2 hours
while Khonshu
talked to Dr. Doom of releasing the Avengers, and so he did.
Returning to Hungary, there they met the Voice, and by
his command they all tried to kill Hank Pym. They were saved by
Hank's first wife, and all of them returned to America.
Soon the team was split up over different views. Some thought
that Avengers should never willfully kill, and some thought that
killing was sometimes necessary. Tigra joined with Mockingbird and
Moon Knight, because of the deal she had made with the Cat People.
Before they left, they got a message that Master Pandemonium had
surfaced in Antarctica. They went to investigate and ended up
getting captured by the High Evolutionary. They were separated and
put into a maze for a test. To everyone's surprise, Goliath came to
their rescue. The trio met briefly with the Phantom Rider again when
they returned from the Savage Land. With Hellstorm's help, they
confronted the Phantom Rider. Khonshu, who had been residing in the
Moon Knight's body, also was released in the battle. Cheops, however,
wanted to capture Khonshu and took the opportunity to attack; Tigra,
Mockingbird and Moon Knight joined the battle, where Tigra again
lost control. Cheops' army defeated, Khonshu took leave and
Hellstorm banished the evil Phantom Rider. After that, the trio
falls apart and Tigra was alone again, she chose to return to the
West Coast Avengers. Super-Nova came to earth; Tigra along with
other Avengers went to stop him. They didn't fare very well against
him though, at the end Mr. Fantastic sent him into a time-stream.
Some time later at the base, Tigra dreamed of being an alien
tiger, hunting prey for fun. She was interrupted by an alarm, Ultron
had attacked them again. Right after that they went to rescue the
Vision from Russia, there Tigra lost control yet again and attacked
lab workers, and when Hawkeye tried to stop her, she turned on him.
Tigra was rapidly becoming more cat-like, even in appearance. She
was seen chasing mice in the kitchen, catching birds for food and
attacking her own team members. She also flirted with U.S.Agent
who was assigned as the team leader by the government. Finally, Hank
Pym had no other choice but to shrink her, when Tigra attacked him
with the intent to kill. Hank put her into a cage until he could
think of a cure for her.
however released her from the cage she was in and she lived wild on
the streets for several months, feeding with stray cats. During this
time the
Atlantis Attacks event took place. After countless months Tigra
resurfaced when she was attacked by a pitbull and was mortally
wounded. She was saved by Agatha
Harkness, who used the Pym particle machine to make her big
again, but it was
Ebony who had found Tigra with other stray cats. Agatha then
summoned cat-people representative, who turned out to be Tabur, he
changed Tigra back to a more human appearance with the cat amulet,
but wanted Tigra to be his mate; she declined. Fight ensued, during
which Agatha Harkness cast a spell and the dominating cat soul went
from Tigra to Tabur, changing him back into a house cat yet again.
Greer, however, got to keep her Tigra appearance and the strength
that came with it, but could again change back to human at will with
the cat amulet.
Back in her humanoid looks, she wanted to see her father, Gregson
Grant. He was under police protection, but deadly ill. Tigra
went on a search for the cure, but was captured. To escape the bonds,
she dislocated the bones in her wrist. She stole the cure from
Frederick Dirkreich and saved her father with it, after that she
returned to West Coast Avengers. Searching for clues of robots
pretending to be humans; Tigra, Hawkeye and Quicksilver found
Ultron's base. Ultron sprayed them with a chemical to "robotize"
them. Now controlling them, he sent trio to attack the Avengers.
Fortunately, Iron Man figured out a correct wavelength to counteract
the transformation and released them from Ultron's influence.
Dr. Doom went into the limbo with the help of Kitty Pryde
to steal the magical metal Promethium, the Lady
of the Lake sought out the West Coast Avengers to ask for their
help. They needed to close five portals to stop Doom's plan. Tigra
and Kitty Pryde teamed up on one of the portals, where they faced
demon copies of Wolverine. They won the battle when Kitty phased the
demons into each other. After a long fight with Doom and demons, Darkoth
became the protector of that realm, he disposed the demons and sent
the heroes home.
Spider-Woman (Julia
Carpenter), came to ask help from the west coasters which led
the Avengers to raiding Dr. Demonicus' lab, where they encountered
the Big One.
He was just a big baby mutated into a giant; after being defeated he
grew restless and started to cry. Others asked Tigra to calm him
down with purring, and so she did. Next, splitting in teams they
searched Demonicus' location. The teams, however, were led into a
trap. While Tigra, Iron Man and the Wasp fought
Tigra was injured in the battle, but she still tried to go to help
the others. On the way there, she blacked out and crashed her
quinjet into a river in Australia, where she was rescued by
Tigra renounced her position from West Coast Avengers and stayed
in Australia for a while, living with the aborigine tribe as thanks
for saving her life. She was happy with herself and her cat side;
the jungle was her home. Her peace was disturbed when a slave
traders kidnapped some of the women from the village to be sold to Sultan, she
went and saved them.
After several
months, Tigra
returned to America,
where she was
quickly pulled back
to Avengers
business. First she
went against Hyena
and later she helped
to stop Ultron from
destroying the world
by exploding giant
volcanoes. Tigra,
along with Living
Lightning, were sent
to Mexico's volcano,
where they
Mockingbird and War
Machine, and
unfortunately they
lost the fight
without disarming
the bomb. Other
teams didn't fare
well either. In the
end, Iron Man - who
controlled his armor
by remote - was able
to release the
Avengers from
Ultron's control and
they disarmed the
When a call came to
assemble all
Avengers, she too
joined them. Morgan
Le Fay was
manipulating the
reality. There Tigra
was known as
Grimalkin in a group
called Queen's
Vengeance. When some
of them realized who
they were, Tigra
still believed what
was put into her
head by Morgan. Only
in the final battle
did she remember her
true self and aided
in Le Fay's defeat.
Back in their own
time, there were too
many Avengers; she
however didn't
consider staying.
She went with
Starfox to outer space to planet Deneb-7. When Quasar
summoned together a team to fight the Infinites,
both Tigra and Starfox went and helped him, and they were joined
with Thor,
Photon, Moondragon and later Jack of
Hearts. Tigra being the only one who wasn't able to fly and
travel in space was left to run a spaceship, Moondragon mentally
force-taught her how to do that. In the end, when Infinites were
about to destroy our galaxy, Quasar was able to summon Eternity.
Then the team talked to Infinites and showed that only one tiny
planet has a variety of life forms, causing them to reconsider.
After that incident they started to move back towards earth. This
was during the time when earth was made a prison colony. After
receiving explanation of what's happening from earth, they
Lilandra about the issue. Soon after that they were captured by Kree. When
they were prepared for transport, Tigra was able to get free by
changing herself into human form. She freed the others and Quasar
teleported them away. Their escape didn't last long, and they were
brought before the Great Council again, there Moondragon showed them
what Kree planned on doing to earth. Soon all Avengers who were in
space were called to earth, Tigra and her group among them. Quasar
again teleported the heroes to earth, for a final battle against Ronan. Quasar
offered himself to contain Ego, and by
doing so it weakened Ronan, he was defeated and freedom for Earth
was won.
Back on Earth, Tigra began investigating her husband's murder.
She went undercover to the police academy, to find out the true
identity of the
Brethren of The Blue Fist. She gained their trust and was
invited to join their group. She gave information to other cops who
would interfere their missions. Finally she took down the main man
behind The Blue Fists. She found out that her late husband was the
one who started the vigilante group, but when he saw that they went
too far he tried to report them, and was killed for it. Her job done,
she completed the police academy, and joined the NYPD. When the
Scarlet Witch went crazy and attacked her fellow Avengers, Tigra
like every other Avenger went to the mansion offering help. She
joined the battle when they got attacked by a Kree armada, only to
later discover that this was conjured by Scarlet Witch.
During the Civil War, Tigra chose Iron Man and the law's side.
When Goliath was killed and lots of heroes switched sides, Tigra was
asked to infiltrate Captain
America's team and leak info back to Iron Man. She was sniffed
out as a traitor by Black
Panther, and was only given information that was no threat to
them. As a registered hero and agent of SHIELD, she
served as an instructor in Camp
Hammond. She resumed her relationship with Hank Pym, unaware
that he was a
Skrull. During that time, she was kidnapped by the Puppet
Master along with Araña,
Stature and
and forced to serve as his personal servants. Released by Ms. Marvel
she returned to her duties.
On one of the patrols she happened on a gang including Jigsaw; while
beating the criminals, the police arrived. The villains seized the
moment and made their escape, bullets blazing. Tigra decided to take
off the rest of the night and headed home, arguing about her
transfer to Arkansas on the phone. She thought Iron Man should be
able to change the state where she was signed on, as he owed her
from the times of the Civil War. At home she was attacked by The Hood,
who had started gathering villains into a team; Tigra was made an
example of their power. She was shot, severely beaten and had her
cat amulet stolen - all while being filmed. The Hood threatened to
kill her mother if she crossed them again or said anything to others.
Later The Hood's gang was beaten by New
Avengers and arrested by Mighty
Avengers. They however did not wait long before they broke out.
They visited Tigra and wanted to know where the New Avengers were
hiding to exact vengeance on them. She complied. During the battle,
when The Hood was about to kill Iron Fist,
but Tigra jumped in and attacked him. She got shot through the
shoulder, but still continued to fight. Battle was stopped abruptly
by Doctor
Strange, then the Mighty Avengers arrived and she was carried
away from the fight. Having recovered from yet another gun wound she
moved to Arkansas as Iron Man was unable to change her transfer.
Tigra had no idea about the Skrull invasion until the Skrull
Kill Crew came to Arkansas and revealed a Skrull there; she
joined them in the last attack against Camp Hammond.
After the Skrull War Tigra was contacted by Valerie
Cooper, who assigned her to track down Stegron with
the help of Initiative graduates and a new recruit Reptil.
Tigra and her team went to Nevada to pick up Reptil, but he mistook
them for villains trying to raise their reputation, and only after
he saw his hero, Cloud 9, he
calmed down. Tigra had a few days to train him, using different
cadets to train every possible aspect of his powers; Tigra herself
taught him in agility. After Reptil used his ability to track
Stegron's location to South Dakota, Tigra ordered the team to move
out. The battle didn't go that well, Reptil wasn't prepared to face
him and Stegron took control of Komodo.
Valerie wanted Reptil to sit the next assault out, but Tigra
convinced her to change her mind and promised to take the fall if he
failed again. To reassure Reptil that he still had a chance to be a
hero, Tigra told him a story of when she first fought Molecule Man.
Next time they faced Stegron, Reptil used his abilities to defeat
Stegron. However they learned that Stegron was looking for a friend
of the
Devil Dinosaur, who was captured by humans. Reptil sensed he was
telling the truth, and wanted to release Moon Boy.
At first Tigra protested against it, but Reptil managed to convince
her that it was the right thing to do. When S.H.I.E.L.D. forces
arrived, Tigra told them that one of the dinosaurs ate Moon Boy and
she sent Reptil home as he was useless. But really Reptil took Moon
Boy with him and sacrificed his chance to use Initiative tech to
find his parents. After that Tigra contacted Ka-Zar and
told him what had transpired. The next day they met at Reptil's
house and Ka-Zar took Moon Boy home and Reptil for a trip to visit
the Savage Land.
Tigra then joined the Lady
Liberators gathered by She-Hulk to battle Red Hulk.
Shortly afterwards she learned that she had become pregnant by the
Skrull who had been posing as Hank Pym. Fearing she would give birth
to a full-blown Skrull she went to see Trauma.
Trauma suggested that because of her cat-like physiology she could
end up birthing a whole litter of half-breeds and not just one.
Tigra's fears grew upon realizing this and that fear caused Trauma
to transform into a heavily pregnant version of Tigra, whose stomach
quickly burst open unleashing a quintet of infant Skrulls with
Tigra's cat-like eyes. Upon seeing her fear personified she confided
that she had decided to terminate the pregnancy without testing if
she was carrying Skrulls, since that would make it easier. Even if
the child were Pym's, she was just not ready to be mother of Pym's
child or to be his wife, having witnessed Pym hitting Wasp in the
When Gauntlet sought someone who would take his place running the
Initiative; Tigra turned him down as she already had plans to return
to Arkansas and go back to teaching cadets. She was keen to train
the now returned
who wanted to be part of the Initiative and also wanted to take care
of a personal matter: namely the abortion. Her plans however were
interrupted by Ragnarok. Initially during Ragnarok's fight with Counter-Force,
Tigra had been assigned the task of getting civilians to safety but
was brought into the conflict against the insane clone at Gauntlet's
command. As she rushed into battle, Ragnarok hurled his
mecha-Mjolnir at her, which she dodged but not without suffering a
small cut on her stomach. Tigra, now clearly worried about the
unborn child growing within her, announced (without revealing her
pregnancy to the others) that she was heading back to Evacuation
Duty. Her actions and sudden concern for her unborn child's
well-being suggested that she might not be going through with the
abortion and would instead end up giving birth to the child. After
Ragnarok left, Tigra helped in damage control, rescuing civilians.
The New
Warriors arrived and revealed the death of
MVP, the
incident ending with the arrival of
Osborn, who closed Camp Hammond. Tigra's help was next sought by
founding members of her former team - the West Coast Avengers - to
take down War Machine. They caught up with him in the air where he
was attacking a passenger plane; Tigra's part was to jump on War
Machine's assistants' ship and disable them. She did her job but War
Machine dismantled the ship leaving Tigra falling to her death; she,
Clint Barton, Mockingbird and War Machine's assistants were saved by
Wonder Man. Tigra was filled in on what War Machine was up to, and
former the West Coasters joined him in his fight against
Ultimo. When
Ultimo was destroyed, the living metal fell to earth and merged with
plants, surrounding Tigra. War Machine managed to defeat Ultimo,
making his mind a clean slate. War Machine then ordered other heroes
to disappear, as he had battle to do with Norman Osborn.
Tigra planned on asking for full time job at the Arkansas team
after the closure of Camp Hammond. Norman Osborn however had other
plans for her; first he wanted to arrange the abortion as he had
learned of Tigra's pregnancy from Trauma's files. Tigra however
announced that she had yet to make the final decision. Norman then
rephrased his sentence to an order: either give the fetus now at
five weeks pregnant or she give the child when it is born. Norman
wanted to study the child and use it to create a biological weapon.
Tigra couldn't believe what she was hearing and threatened to take
this to the public. Norman then said that she would definitely lose
that fight, causing Tigra to lose her temper and attack him. Norman
then revealed that The Hood would be the new leader of the
Initiative and suggested she cooperate with the terms offered her.
Tigra was sent home to think about it and the new Ms. Marvel (Karla
Sofen) was assigned to "accompany" her until she does. Tigra
didn't get far from Avengers
Tower, when
Ares was thrown out of the window by Gauntlet. Tigra took the
chance to attack Ms. Marvel, slicing her costume open and ran as the
paparazzi crowd surrounded Ms. Marvel and took pictures of her
exposed breasts. The Hood sent his new Initiative to apprehend Tigra
and Gauntlet. Tigra and Gauntlet joined forces, but were soon
tracked down by Griffin. The fight didn't last long when the New
Warriors arrived; Tigra and Gauntlet joined them with plans to
reveal Osborn's true colors to the world, and Tigra renamed the
group the
Avengers Resistance.
Somewhere in this time, Tigra secretly gave birth to a baby boy,
because of her cat-like metabolism the pregnancy only took two
months. She named her son William
Nelson, after her late husband and gave him to Cat People to
look after, until she is safe enough to be reunited with him.
Thinking that
U-Foes are going to steal from a bank, Tigra, Gauntlet, Justice and
went to stop them. The police arrived and not wanting to hurt them,
Tigra's team pulled out. They didn't find evidence that U-Foes were
there to steal money, but they managed to plant a program to detect
any later tampering in the bank system. Tigra then came up with a
plan: to treat the new "heroes" of the Initiative like she herself
was treated. First she sent her mother out of the country for her to
be safe. Then she broke into one of Brothers
Grimm's hotel suite and brutally beat him, she broke his arm and
videotaped it, saying it is just the beginning. On seeing Prodigy
defect from The Initiative on live television, Tigra formed a plan
to extract him and two of his team-mates. They arrived a bit late;
Osborn's forces were already there. In the fight Night Thrasher (Donyell)
was shot, and Tigra and the other Avenger Resistance members had no
choice but to retreat and leave him; Prodigy however decided to stay
behind and face the consequences. As Prodigy was brutally beaten,
Tigra filmed it, so it could be uploaded to the net and reveal to
the world that the current heroes are not who they appear to be.
Tigra next broke into Razorfist's
apartment to sought information of Donyell's location. There she met
a de-powered Komodo, who claimed to know where he is, and also
wanted to join the Avengers Resistance. Tigra took the information
back to base and they formulated a plan of attack. They didn't waste
much time and moved in on the same night. Tigra, Scarlet Spider ( Patrick)
and Slapstick
entered the compound while others fought for time outside. Soon
after the battle sounds began Tigra ordered Slapstick to assist
those outside. Tigra and Patrick were able to free and escape with
Donyell. Back outside, Tigra had a chance to get her revenge against
The Hood, but lost the chance when Robbie Baldwin provided
distraction for their escape; using it Tigra escaped Camp HAMMER
without any problem.
Tigra and other Avengers Resistance members, who were present in
the base when Mighty Avengers arrived, joined the group to defeat
The Unspoken. They had only a short briefing on who he was and what
kind of threat he posed to the world, before they charged into
battle. Tigra was among those who were turned into Alpha Primitives
by the gas that The Unspoken released. She was forced to obey his
orders and attacked her teammates. Fortunately Amadeus Cho and Hank
Pym figured out a way to restore all heroes to their former selves,
Tigra amongst them.
Tigra supplied a new hideout for the Avengers Resistance, an old
Cat People safe house. Ultragirl confronted Tigra about her attacks
on villains, concerned about looking bad in the public; Tigra
shrugged her off saying that she was trying to throw them off their
game, and the revenge part of it was just a bonus. Tigra's next
target was the Mandrill. When Tigra and other Avengers Resistance
saw the news on how Norman Osborn attacks Asgard; they decided to
attack Camp HAMMER. There Tigra finally got her showdown with The
Hood. The Hood wanted Donyell to attack Tigra if he wants his
brother returned to life, but he refused his offer and helped Tigra
instead. However, Tigra's chance to avenge her attack was again cut
short when The Hood teleported away. During the fight with Norn
Stone-powered villains, the magic suddenly shifted sides thanks to
Loki, and the heroes quickly overcome their opponents. The Dark
Reign was over.
Tigra was informed by other cops that The Hood was captured, and
goes to see him, not knowing if she should kill him or not. But on
her way there she meets Hood's wife and daughter, and realizes that
the fact that the Hood won't get to hold his child anymore is more
than enough punishment for him. During the hero gathering at Stark's
Tower, Tigra is reunited with her son William.
After hearing that Reptil had been captured by HAMMER, she along
with Hank Pym and Justice went to save him. Tigra, Hank Pym, Justice,
Quicksilver and Speedball took over the former Initiative program,
now named Camp Hammer, and renamed it the Avengers Academy. There
they selected a group of kids who were treated the worst by Norman
Osborn in tests of their powers and formed the first class, with
Tigra teaching Law Enforcement. Tigra was against the first proposed
test of the student for fear of them getting injured. Ultimately her
opinion didn't matter and the test was activated with the students
receiving a surprise attack. Thanks to Finesse, the team perform
well and pass the test. Next the teachers decided to scare the
pupils away from crime by showing them super-powered criminals on
the Raft. Things go wrong when the power goes out and some prisoners
get loose. Worse still, Mettle, Veil and Hazmat go missing. Tigra
and the rest of the teachers help to capture escaped criminals and
while fighting Powderkeg, they find the missing students and save
them from a group of villains.
A video of Tigra's beating by the Hood gets released to the
internet. Tigra goes after the Slug, the one who sold it and manages
to halt the release of video in its whole length. To finally address
the issue, Tigra arranges to go on a talkshow and have the entire
video shown to promote help for victims of trauma. Tigra takes the
opportunity of the show to also reveal the opening of the "Always An
Avenger" center for abuse victims. Back at the academy, the students
show the video they took while beating The Hood to Tigra. Tigra is
furious and expels them for acting no better than villains. The
other teachers convince Tigra to change her mind, and she lets the
students stay. Tigra and Hank Pym have grown quite close again due
to the child they share, eventually they rekindled their romantic
When minions of Sin attack Washington, D.C., Tigra leads the
students of Avengers Academy into the battlefield to help out with
civilian evacuation. Tigra agonizes over putting the students in a
war zone because she fears for their physical and mental well-being.
During the battle, Mettle is forced to kill an enemy combatant, and
he is immediately filled with sorrow. Tigra consoles him and assures
him that he did the right thing and that eventually, he will have to
make that same decision again. Back at the Infinite Mansion, Tigra
left the students alone to check on Hank Pym in Dubai. Tigra and
Hank Pym make it back just in time to save the kids from two hammer
wielders. Avengers Academy has moved to old Avengers West Coast
mansion and open their door to every young here who thinks he needs
Tigra has been seen testing new feral students like the current
White Tiger - Ava Ayala and X-23. Later Reptil (from a future, who
took over his younger self body) approached her and asked to check
on one of the new kids, Jimmy Marks. But it was a trap and the kid
Jimmy was really Hybrid, who then took control of Tigra's body and
planned to keep her for breeding. Eventually Reptil decided to turn
against Hybrid and helped the heroes to defeat him. Tigra was freed
from the mind control just in time to hear that Jocasta wants to
dismantle the Avengers Academy.
As Greer Nelson:
As Tigra:
Being naturally coated with warm fur, Tigra has little need for
clothing and finds it uncomfortable and restrictive. For modesty's
sake she wears only a black (sometimes dark blue) bikini, decorated
with animal claws in the tradition of the Cat People. On the front
clasp of her bikini top is a mystic amulet shaped like a cat's head,
given to her by the Cat People, that allows her to transform her
appearance from feline to human at a touch. However, she now greatly
prefers her Tigra form and only changes to human form when
absolutely necessary.
As the Cat, Greer Nelson wore a high-tech yellow costume that
augmented her natural agility and speed to superhuman levels. It was
equipped with claws that could be fired as grappling hooks and used
as weapons, as well as a cowl that enhanced her hearing and allowed
her to see into the infrared spectrum. After Greer's transformation
into Tigra, her inherent powers and physiology greatly exceeded the
capabilities of the Cat costume so she had no further use for it.
The costume is now in the possession of Patsy Walker (Hellcat).


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Revolutionary Freedom
Revolutionary Freedom
Free your self-imprisonment!
Picture yourself in prison - held captive by satan's deceptions. You have the power to free yourself...will you?
Revolutionary Freedom is a prophetic journey presenting an unseen captivity that holds Christians back from the purposes and calling God has for their lives.
A spiritually thought-provoking voyage into a prison where a prisoner's mind binds his body with chains that only he can break by focusing on Jesus. The prisoner encounters the Lord, the Warden (satan), apostle Paul, Peter, Mary Magdalene, and Abraham.
The prison scenes are vivid and the bondages that keep believers from being completely free are brutally true and will stir your spirit and soul. Presented in a refreshingly unique way, new as well as seasoned Christians will be shocked into realizing that they are imprisoning themselves day after day, year after year - falling as easy prey to satan's deceptions and evil ploys.
You will learn how to:
- See yourself and others through God's eyes.
- Avoid traps and lies of the enemy.
- Live outside of the bondages that grow comfortable.
- Walk forward with the Lord, not turn back to previous cycles.
- Live out the testimony of Jesus to release captives.
You can leave behind the chains of judgment, the bars of unbelief, and the walls of your past to join Jesus and hear God's voice, creating a new closeness with the Lord.