text: Kaine last edited by abdullah5122 on 07/09/20 03:52AM View full history OriginThe man that would come to be known as Kaine was the clone created by Professor Miles Warren, the Jackal, in his plot for revenge against Peter Parker for his role in the death of Gwen Stacy. Kaine initially appeared to be perfect but a short while later his body began to break down. No longer a use to Warren, the scientist used him as a test body (in the process augmenting Kaine's already formidable powers) until he was finally discarded. A side effect of the treatment caused Kaine to become mentally unstable.CreationKaine was created by Terry Kavanagh and Steven Butler and first appeared in Web of Spider-Man issue 119 (1994).Major Story ArcsThe Clone SagaAfter his first failure the Jackal created another clone and sent it against Spider-Man, but both were beaten and assumed dead. After the Jackal's defeat at the hands of Spider-Man, Norman Osborn (Green Goblin) switched Peter and Ben's files, making it look as if Peter was the clone. Kaine, who broke into the Jackal's lab and look those files, was led to believe the same thing, and followed Ben Reilly, aka the Scarlet Spider. Believing Ben was the real Peter Parker, he was determined to keep Ben away from New York so that his "clone brother" could live the life he was denied by the degeneration factor. While tracking Ben Reilly Kaine fell in love with a Salt Lake City police detective, Louise Kennedy, but Kaine discovered that she was corrupt and had lied to him. This fact, coupled with his genetic deterioration, drove him insane and he killed Louise. Determined to make Reilly suffer he stalked Ben where ever he went. He then made it appear that the girl Ben loved, Janine Godbe, had committed suicide. Ben's Worst NightmareWhen Ben returned to New York upon learning of May Parker's illness and took up super heroics Kaine read about his exploits. He left his "Mark of Kaine" on a mobster, a mark that contained Parker Prints, and made his way to New York, determined to keep Reilly from interfering in Peter's life. Upon his own return to New York Kaine began eliminating many of Peter's rogue's gallery. He killed Doctor Octopus, and the Grim Hunter in short order. He attempted to kill members of the Sinister Seven but failed due to the intervention of Peter Parker (dressed in Ben's Scarlet Spider costume). This was largely due to the fact Kaine was having precognitive flashes of Mary Jane Parker dying at the hands of some unknown assailant. Peter was eventually imprisoned for Kaine's murders (as they shared the same fingerprints) but Ben took his place. Peter attempted to make Kaine take responsibility for his crimes, which led to a fight. In the end, they both took part in a mock trial with Spider-Man on trial, Kaine as his defense attorney, Carnage as the prosecutor, several Ravencroft inmates as a jury, and Judas Traveller as the judge. Kaine attempted to fight off all those against Spider-Man, and Judas returned them to their previous battle.Kaine fought with Stunner, who was avenging Dr. Octopus death, and after being severely weakened, he was knocked out by Spider-Man, who tied him up and brought him to the courthouse. Kaine woke before they arrived, and unveiled who he was and that he had done all this for Peter's sake. Peter threatened to reveal himself as Spider-Man to the courtroom and end everything unless Kaine confessed. Kaine gave in and told everything, including "The Mark of Kaine."Peter, after learning that he was (supposedly) the clone, went to join the Jackal. Kaine refused to let Peter throw his life away and confronted the Jackal, prepared to kill him. The Jackal tricked Kaine into believing that he would be cured of his degeneration, and upon learning the truth, Kaine left, feeling dejected. He went to Mary Jane for answers, and after she taught him about responsibility, he left to help Ben as he fought many Spider-clones. In the ensuing battle, Spidercide impaled Kaine, killing him. Strangely, the Jackal put Kaine into a regeneration pod, and it was later found empty.When many of the strongest fighters were pitted against each other in The Great Games, a man named James Johnsmeyer found Kaine's pod and decided to enter him in the games. Kaine refused, and with the help of a temporary partner, Shannon, he escaped. Johnsmeyer sent Rhino, Joystick, and Polestar to force Kaine into the Games. Ben Reilly in his stint as Spider-Man intervened, and began fighting Polestar and Joystick as Kaine nearly killed the Rhino. Ben stopped him, and Kaine escaped with Shannon. Ben got a tracer on Shannon before they escaped. He found the two just before the police, and Kaine was escaped by threatening one of the officers. This time, Kaine and Shannon went to Johnsmeyer headquarters. Ben found them again, and Kaine destroyed all of Johnsmeyer's security equipment. Johnsmeyer revealed that Shannon had been working for him all along and had manipulated Kaine the entire time. Kaine attempted to kill Shannon, but Ben convinced him to spare Shannon. Kaine left, vowing that he would take down everyone who supported the games.Later, Kaine encountered Ben and Janine Godbe who had recently returned to Ben. Kaine saved Ben after initially leaving him to die in a burning restaurant. Kaine finally acknowledging Ben as a brother, instead of an enemy. Kaine turned himself in to the police, and Janine (who was wanted for the murder of her abusive father) followed suit.Dark ReignKaine ReturnsWe are caught up on Kaine's status. His imperfect clone DNA is killing him and he is being hospitalized. Possibly due to the pain Kaine is "visited" by Ben Reilly, the Jackal and other people from his past, the mirages he talks to help comfort and motivate him. These visions insinuate he is not imperfect and suffering from cellular deterioration but he is actually changing somehow and not dying as he thought. He is eventually awoken from some sort of lab table and is then escorted back to his cell in Hammer prison. While in his cell he thinks about his inevitable escape and he is only waiting for the perfect timing.Kaine later escaped from prison to fight Norman Osborn, who he learned was alive and had been the mastermind behind the Clone Saga. Later, a soldier for Osborn said that Kaine had been "dealt with," without elaboration. Kaine was later listed as an enemy combatant to the Fifty States Initiative.Who Was Ben Reilly?Kaine has returned to his brother/father's life, Peter Parker aka Spider-Man. While Spider-Man followed a Spider tracer he had place on Damon Ryder aka Raptor, Spider-Man swings to a building that is under construction. Spider-Man is disappointed to find no sign of Ryder but he is shocked to see who is waiting for him in the shadows... Kaine.Then we are caught up in the history between Damon Ryder and Ben Reilly we see Kaine lurking in the shadows a few times while Damon and Ben's friendship unravels and Damon begins changing due to the dinosaur DNA inside of him. Could Kaine possibly be to blame for the slaying of the Ryder family and the birth of Raptor?In the present Spider-Man and Kaine begin fighting for no reason. Spider-Man comically questions Kaine's return and intentions which only makes Kaine angrier. Kaine reveals he needs Damon Ryder (and possibly Ben Reilly) to help stop his cellular deterioration. The battle does not quite end but is delayed when Kaine throws a taxi (filled with people) into the air which Spider-Man, of course, catches and saves but while Spider-Man saves the taxi Kaine sneaks away. An interesting thing was said during Kaine's and Spider-Man's in-fight banter; while mentioning Kaine's violent past he believe Peter has the same tendencies because he (Peter) is him (Kaine) but Peter rebuked by saying he has it backwards.The Grim HuntTarantulaLater Kaine was hunted by Ana Kravinoff and Alyosha Kravinoff , they manage to hurt him quite severely, and he runs to Peter Parker's current apartment, with a warning: "the spiders are being hunted". While Peter is fighting the Kravinoff family Kaine recovers and cleans himself up, to resemble Peter a bit more. He then joins Peter's fight with the Kravinoffs, but when the Spiders are losing, Kaine pushes peter into an open grave and buries him, while he takes his outfit and reenters the fight as Spider-Man. He is then killed by Sasha and sacrificed to resurrect Kraven the Hunter. After the events of the Grim Hunt, Kraven and her daughter (after killing the family members) flew to the Savage Land. Because Spider-Man didn't kill Kraven that the rule must not be broken so as one lives than the other "prey" must live and with this Kaine was brought back to life and called him "Tarantula".Spider-IslandSpider FormKaine has since been captured by Jackal and mutated into a humanoid spider. Jackal kept his name of Tarantula. Given that he was in a spider-humanoid form, he was susceptible to manipulation and easily controlled by the Queen. He follows the orders until the Queen ordered Kaine to destroy the cure for Spider-Island. There he tussles with Spider-Man and when Peter regained his spider-sense, Kaine was tossed into the vat containing the cure. Upon Peter pulling him out of the vat, Kaine notices that he is cured of his monstrous spider look, his scars that had plagued him since cloning, and the Queen's hold over him is now also gone. As Max Modell and the rest of the scientists are about to come into the lab, Pete gives Kaine his Spider-Man costume to put on. After not being found out, Pete leads Kaine back to his private lab where Kaine ultimately calls dibs on the Stealth suit. Using Peter's stealth suit, Kaine joins the various other heroes in their final assault against the Queen. Knowing that Peter Parker would never deliver the needed blow, Kaine uses his spider stingers to kill the Queen. Shortly after the defeat of the Queen, Madame Web tells Kaine that his future was his own and that he needed to start finding his own path again. Kaine watches from afar as Aunt May finally left New York. He has a brother moment with Pete and then says goodbye. Taking the stealth suit with him, Kaine departs in hopes to spend the rest of his life in Mexico's many beachesPoint OneEnjoying LifeIts been four days since Kaine left New York. He arrives in Charlotte, North Carolina in order to switch buses to Houston. He spends the last of his cash on the bus ride. Kaine dreams of a new life as he blends into the crowd while walking to the bus. As he thinks about the last time he laughed, an explosion goes off in the distance. There is a bank robbery in progress by men wearing masks of the many different Avengers. He notices a squad car tearing down the street. He wonders if they will be able to handle the situation or if people will get hurt instead. He decides to let them deal with it and gets on the bus. He tells himself that people die every minute of every day. He finds a seat on the bus and sets down his duffel bag. It is slightly open and a new spider costume rests inside it. He tells himself that he is a failed experiment, an imperfect clone, and that ever since his "birth" he has been dying. But now for the first time in his life, he isn't dying. He realizes that he has a second chance at life.Kaine can feel a voice gnawing at him. Peter Parker judging him. He decides all that he wants is life and to experience it. With that thought he swings out of the emergency exit of the bus toward the action. The cops have the bank's perimeter secured and are negotiating with the robbers inside who have hostages. Kaine sneaks in and takes out one of the men. The others spin around to shoot at him with their Uzis. As he fights them, he thinks of himself as the monster. Its all he's ever known. Pain, fear, violence that was his life. He begins to think that this time things can be different. He takes out everyone except for the leader. Kaine approaches him slowly. He knows that killing him would be the most natural thing to do, but what if things could be different? Cops burst into the room only to find the robbers webbed to the ceiling.Kaine walks down the highway knowing that he was a monster and that he did bad things. He wonders, now that he's not dying if he could truly live. He stops to feel the rain on his face. Then, he continues on knowing that he isn't Peter Parker, but he just might have his luck.Life After DeathKaine has been in Houston for a few weeks when he overhears a man talking about some kind of deal involving a lot of money going down at the docks. Kaine follows the man to where the deal is going down and proceeds to beat all the men there. He picks up the bag of money and turns to leave. Before he can he catches a strange scent. Ripping open one of the containers he finds a lot of dead bodies and realizes that the men must have been dealing in human trafficking. Spying one girl still alive he rushes her to the Hospital where he is mistaken for the bad guy and quickly leaves before he hurts someone. Kaine then hitches a ride to downtown Houston where he used the money he stole to pay for the room and reminisces about his past. Deciding he needs a fresh start he shaves his beard and hair before going out web-swinging (without his costume). Back at the docks the police are investigating the crime scene when they are attacked by a man called Salamander. Meanwhile Kaine is still swinging round Houston and saves an old woman from getting crushed by a car. He soon leaves when he realizes he has unintentionally hurt the driver of the car. The girl whose name is revealed to be Aracely is attacked at the hospital by Salamander and Kaine is seen leaving Houston.As a taxi is driving him away from Houston an explosion comes from the hospital where Aracely is being treated. At first he debates whether he should get involved but the incident reminds him of how he got a second chance at life and how someone was trying to take that away from her. Kaine to steals the cab and goes back to help. After beating Salamander unconscious he decides to let him live.Kaine letting Salamander liveThat evening he returns to check on Aracely and asks if she is alright. She replies in Spanish which Kaine doesn't understand. At that moment The doctor he'd seen earlier enters with a police officer. At first Kaine thinks they might try and arrest him, quickly saying that he doesn't want any trouble but the doctor and the police officer both agree that Houston needs a hero and Kaine might be it. Kaine replies saying he is leaving and that he just wanted to make sure that the girl was ok. To which the doctor responds that medically she is fine but that she is in the country illegally and will most likely be deported and that over in Mexico they wouldn't be able to protect her from the people who sent Salamander. The police officer states that Kaine as a vigilante could do something about it. Kaine leaves, jumping out the window telling them to forget it. The doctor returns to check on the girl later that evening to find she is gone. It is revealed that Kaine has had a change of heart, taking her from the hospital and hiding her in his hotel room.Having saved Aracely from the fire Kaine allows Doctor Meland to come to his hotel room to treat her. The Doctor then heads back to the hospital for supplies where a sniper attempts to kill him but is saved by the Scarlet Spider. After a brief fight with the assassin, who reveals he is working for an organization known as the Assassins Guild and that a hit was placed on the doctor's head. During their fight Kaine is forced to unmask and the assassin recognizes him before escaping. Upon returning to the Doctor, Kaine explains that now the Assassins would be coming for both of them as he has a past with the Guild. Kaine is able to stave off the assassins in a brutal fight. Having killed or disarmed the assassins he contacts the guild's leader Bella Donna and in exchange for his life and the doctor's, Kaine would do one job on any target for the guild.After a bomb scare in Houston the Scarlet Spider is forced to track down the device and successfully disarms it before it explodes.During a concert Kaine is attacked by Ana Kravinoff. Kaine beats her before being forced to flee as the concert hall collapses. Meanwhile someone frees Salamander telling him to return to Mexico and that the Wolves will deal with the Spider. Ana is then seen with her father Kraven explaining that Kaine has now grown soft as he didn't kill her. When she asks her father if he is going to kill her he simply replies not yet as they have more hunting to do. Julia Carpenter is also seen having a vision that "she" is coming for Kaine.The Second MasterThe Rangers confronting KaineAfter witnessing an attack on Roxxon, Kaine ends up having a one-night stand with a woman he saves from the explosion. He leaves very quickly the next morning when he realizes that the woman was actually the one responsible for the attack. After some deliberation, Kaine decides to look into the attack. With the help of Officer Layton, Kaine breaks into Roxxon and makes his way to the C.E.O of Roxxon David Walsh and confronts him on why he covered up the attack and the explosion of one of his oil rigs in Glaveston. Walsh informs Kaine that he covered up the attack as the woman who attacked the building was in fact his daughter and tells the Scarlet Spider to leave just as the Rangers show up.Kaine fights off the Rangers and escapes taking Zoe with him. Although skeptical to believe anything she tells him, Kaine agrees to break into Roxxon so Zoe can show him the "evil" that is going on there. Tearing through Roxxon attracts the attention of the Rangers yet again. As they fight, the floor is destroyed to reveal an underground lab where Roxxon has been keep a creature called Mammon.Kaine and the Rangers attempt to beat Mammon to no avail until the Scarlet Spider realizes what was keeping Mammon trapped in the first place was the oil. So he lures the creature into an oil tank and traps it there. After the events the Scarlet Spider blatantly refuses to join the Rangers and Zoe is seen in the hospital with her father who was injured during the fight, vowing to find Kaine and make him pay for hurting him.Minimum CarnageScarlet Spider and Agent Venom Vs CarnageDuring one of his patrols through the city, Kaine stops to help people out of a burning building. Upon entering he finds many dead bodies all of which were killed by someone "who enjoyed it". The Scarlet Spider finds one man still alive who for some reason is visibly terrified of Kaine. At the hospital, Dr. Meland finds out that the man's name is Ryan Ketola and that he was attacked by a monster that looked like the Scarlet Spider, the same monster who killed the people in that building. He tells them that the creature was after his wife not him so Kaine sets out to find her before the monster does. The monster is later revealed to be Carnage. Kaine arrives just as Carnage is about to attack Dr. Ketola and the two have a brief fight in which Carnage escapes by teleporting himself and his accomplices away taking the doctor and a reporter with him leaving Kaine seething in anger just as Agent Venom, who has also been tracking Carnage, arrives on the scene.After a brief confrontation with Venom due to Flash temporarily losing control over the symbiote (which was most likely due to Kaine's connection to Peter) it is revealed that Carnage has been teleported to the Micro-verse. Venom attempts to convince Kaine to help track Carnage down but he declines as Carnage should no longer be a problem now that he is in the Micro-verse. After reconsidering Flash's words however the Scarlet Spider returns and he and Venom both use the same teleporter Carnage took to enter the Micro-verse. When Kaine regains consciousness he finds that he has been separated from Venom during the journey and a mysterious man dressed in green is standing over him not mention a very angry giant scorpion-like creature about to attack. The Scarlet Spider defeats the creature and the stranger reveals his name to be the Redeemer he the proceeds to heal Kaine of his injuries. As they explore the Micro-verse the Redeemer reveals a bit more about who he is. That he opened himself to the Enigma force and that he plans to heal Marquis Radu to prevent more war in the Micro-verse. They are both taken by surprise by Carnage. Who proceeds to attack the Scarlet Spider.Kaine and Carnage engage in another brutal fight which ends abruptly as Kaine is forced to save Redeemer from falling. He succeeds in saving Redeemer who then reveals that he is the embodiment of the Enigma force and that symbiotes are a "cancer" that is going to kill him. He also tells Kaine that if he dies the Enigma force dies with him taking both the Micro-verse and the Scarlet Spider's Universe with it. Kaine catches up with Venom and helps him fight off Carnage and an army of symbiotes created by Radu. They succeed and Carnage disappears. The Redeemer says that he can no longer sense him and it is revealed that Carnage is now back in the normal universe however due to being shrunk down when entering the Micro-verse he has come back tiny and has split into multiple copies of himself. The tiny army of Carnages start massacring people around Houston before reforming into a normal sized Carnage. The Redeemer manages to send Venom, Scarlet Spider and the reporter back to their own universe. However like Carnage they arrive back tiny and Kaine and Venom are force to fight a now giant looking Carnage until eventually the effect wares off and Venom and Scarlet Spider are able to fight Carnage in their normal bodies. After a long fight Venom manages to take out Carnage with a sonic grenade. Seeing Cletus for the monster he is Kaine uses his stinger to lobotomize Carnage much to Venom's horror. The Scarlet Spider then leaves, leaving Venom to get Carnage under lock and key.The Man In The Presidential SuiteScarlet Spider vs Santa RobbersAfter the events of Minimum Carnage, Kaine takes the deaths of the people there quite personally, gets drunk, gets into an argument with Aracely, Meland and Layton before attempting to leave Houston but passes out from the alcohol. Meanwhile the Hotel he is staying at is being robbed by multiple gunmen. Aracely and Layton attempt to subdue some of them and Aracely demonstrates some form of telepathy in the process while Meland frantically attempts to revive Kaine with coffee. As he wakes up Kaine opens up to Meland about his past just as Annabelle with one of the robbers holding her at gunpoint enters the room. Now fully awake Kaine proceeds to beat down the gunmen. A little later a letter addressed to K. Parker from Julia Carpenter is seen arriving at the Hotel.The MarkAfter a young girl is found dead with a hand print burned into her face in much the same way Kaine used to mark his victims the Scarlet Spider sets his sights on local gangs to try and discover who killed her and who is trafficking people. His search leads him to the Hand and after a brief fight with the man copying his mark and Bruiser a man who says that he is a messenger from the Kingpin explains that Fisk plans to see to things in Houston personally and that he has no quarrel with Scarlet Spider as long as he stays out of his way. Bruiser then kills the man who marked the girl and leaves. Leaving a very confused Scarlet Spider trying to understand the situation. The Scarlet Spider is next seen at the girl's funeral vowing to use his powers to hunt down monsters like his old self. Meanwhile at the Texas/Mexico border a pair of wolves approach a car but seem to transform into humans before reaching it. One of them asks the guards there to take them to Houston.In the Midst of WolvesKaine fighting against the werewolvesKaine continues his effort to eliminate human trafficking in Houston.Suddenly Aracely remembers something about her past in a dream.When Kaine and Aracely go out for a walk.She explains her past to Kaine and then suddenly they are confronted by the Werewolves Carlos Lobo and Esmerelda Lobo.Kaine and Aracely quickly flee from them.Suddenly Aracely starts howl just like the Bruiser.Kaine takes on the werewolves but was no match for them and they start devouring his flesh.Kaine having been killed by the two werewolves reawakens in a church and encounters a priest who tells him to confess his sins. After the priest begins to shapeshift (becoming Ben Reilly, Louise Kennedy and the Jackal) Kaine realizes that something is wrong. After threatening him the priest reveals himself to be the "Other". The same entity that gave Peter Parker his extra powers in "Spider-Man: The Other" and the one who resurrected Kaine after his death in "Grim Hunt". The Scarlet Spider initially reacts violently to the creature saying that he if he's dead he wishes to stay dead. Just as he is about to kill the other he remembers Aracely is still being hunted by the wolves so agrees to let the "Other" bring him back with new abilities.After his resurrection a now transformed Kaine hunts down Carlos and Esmeralda and brutally beats them before they can hurt Aracely ripping out Carlos's eye and tearing his arm off in the process. After Esmeralda takes her brother and flees Aracely attempts to approach Kaine to which he acts violently before regaining control of himself and changes back to normal. After the incident Kaine makes peace with the fact that he is a monster. A man is then seen approaching a bed ridden Carlos and tells his sister that as they failed he will send in his own team to kill the girl and the Spider.A Good Ol' Fashioned RodeoRide'um cowboyDuring a rodeo, that Kaine begrudgingly attends, Armadillo attacks the arena forcing Kaine to act. During the fight he realized that the creature is just trying to reach its loved one. The Scarlet Spider attempts to reason with it by saying that if the creature loves her he'll let her go as monsters will only get people hurt,no doubt mirroring his own dilemma with Annabelle. However, when the creature's girlfriend doesn't care that her boyfriend is now a monster, Kaine realizes that he may have been a bit to narrow minded and quickly goes off to find Annabelle and knocks out her ex-boyfriend before kissing her. After this the letter sent by Madame Webb warning him that "she" is coming back and that he should run is seen in Annabelle's hands. She then proceeds to burn the letter before Kaine can see it.WrathScarlet Spider Vs WolverineThe Assassins Guild calls in its favor and sends Kaine to kill Wolverine. With the help of Aracely he launches an attack on the "Jean Grey School" during the fight Aracely successfully incapacitates most of the telepaths and Kitty Pryde allowing Kaine to go after Wolverine. The Scarlet Spider and Wolverine engage in a brutal fight that ends with him slicing Wolverine's heart in two pieces. Before turning to the remaining X-Men, demanding "Who's next?"Wolverine recovers with the aid of Beast as it was all a ploy to fool the Guild. Aracely telepathically told Jean to tell Logan to play along. After recovering Wolverine gets his shots on Kaine who felt he deserved it. Kaine teams up with Logan and they invade the Assassin's Guild. Soon, Harvester, Smithy, Flower and eventually Bella Donna herself appears to try and kill the duo. Bella Donna states they must die to prevent Candra from being summoned. They resist, however, and the Red Death is summoned. Kaine manages to turn most of the Assassins' Guild against Candra to prevent her from taking over the guild; Bella Donna is the only one to refuse. Even so Wolverine and Kaine manage to defeat and kill Candra. And before Bella Donna attacks again, the Arranger enters and reveals that guild is now owned by Fisk. With this revelation, Wolverine and Kaine are free to go and they head back to the mansion to get Aracely.Sibling RivalryScarlet Vs SuperiorKaine returns to new York to check on Spider-man (Currently Superior Spider-man) to make sure everything is ok having seen Peter's new found fondness for violence in the media. When he confronts him about it Superior attacks him in a fit of rage due to the fact Kaine killed Otto back in the Clone Saga. The two fight until they are interrupted by the Jackal and a group of his newly created clones. The two Spider-men are subdued and captured by the Jackal and taken to his lair.Upon awakening the Scarlet Spider is able to break free due to the fact the constraints were designed to hold Spider-man and due to the Other Kaine is physically stronger. He frees Superior and the two attack the Jackal and his clones. Spider-man then blows up the lair preventing the Jackal from keeping his newly harvested DNA and to Kaine's horror kills the other clones in the process. Kaine berates Spider-man for his actions and tells him to act like a hero to which Superior responds that he isn't done with Kaine yet.Whilst Kaine is disappointed and saddened by Spider-Man's behavior, he is unable to tell that Otto has taken over Peter's body, and returns to Houston. In the airport, he is stung by what he believes to be a mosquito, and awakens the next day to find the cellular degeneration that was killing him has returned.Into The GraveScarlet Spider Vs Scarlet SpiderKaine begins to panic, wearing his Scarlet Spider costume and telling Aracely to stay away from him, whilst she insists he tell her what's wrong. Throughout their conversation, Kaine covers his face with his arms, and when Aracely tries to use her powers to enter his mind she is immediately chased out by 'the Other'.Kaine eventually throws a couch through the window and leaps out, web-slinging away. Whilst swinging, he falls to the street below where he's confronted by the original Scarlet Spider, Ben Reilly. As Ben and Kaine fight, Ben states that he had faked his death and was living a quiet life until news of Kaine using his persona reached him and he was spurred to confront him. Ben tells Kaine that he can never be a hero or have a decent life due to the horrible things he's done, including capturing and torturing Ben in the past. The two battle on a rooftop with Kaine unmasking Ben, believing him to be an imposter. However this theory is disproved when Kaine finds Ben's face under the mask. Suddenly, The Jackal and Superior Spider-Man appear on the rooftop where the two Scarlet Spiders are fighting and urge Kaine to kill Ben. It's at this point Kaine realizes that he is hallucinating, having been poisoned earlier. Ben then states that Peter would have realized the deception sooner, stating that Kaine was struck by a blow-dart in the airport and not bitten by a mosquito as he had thought. The drugs caused his erratic behavior and led to him hallucinating the scars on his face."I have toyed with you enough little spider"As the effects of the drug wear off, 'Ben' is revealed to be Kraven the Hunter, who tells Kaine that the two have "unfinished business". Kaine awakens after having be drugged in a pit to discover Kraven has taken him to the local Zoo killing the guards and setting loose the animals to attack him. He fights his way through the Zoo until he encounters Ana who engages him. During the fight she tells Kaine that they have killed Dr. Meland, Officer Wally, Aracely and Anabelle driving the Scarlet Spider into a blood-lusted state and viciously beats down Ana. Before he can kill her he realizes that she was lying in order to provoke him. Using Ana to guide him to Kraven the two prepare to engage while Dr. Meland, Wally, Aracely and Anabelle watch helplessly. Refusing to fight at first, Kraven relentlessly bashes on Kaine, begging for him to kill him for a warrior's end. Still holding back, Kraven orders Ana to kill all of his friends. Unable to stop her, Dr.Meland is slashed in the stomach. This provokes Kaine to finally end the battle, and drops Kraven with one hit. He helps his friends before reviving Kraven once again, assuring he doesn't go down a a violent path. However, Meland's husband is enraged that he is injured, and after rushing him to the hospital, finds out Kaine's true identity.Hands Covered In BloodLeaving HoustonWracked with guilt about Donald's injuries Kaine attempts to burn his suit and give up being the Scarlet Spider. Upon returning to his suit he is met by Annabelle and the two sleep together. Later officer Layton having discovered the truth about who Kaine was and grief stricken about his dying husband breaks into the apartment and attempts to arrest Kaine. Zoe returning for revenge for her father's coma gets in the same lift as Annabelle who is returning to speak with Kaine despite the fact someone who looks exactly like her is already there. It is revealed that the Annabelle who slept with Kaine was in fact Shathra in disguise but before anyone can react Zoe fires an RPG into the suites. After a savage battle with Shathra, Kaine is able to defeat her but has to resort to transforming into the Other in order to do so. Causing his friends including Annabelle to recoil from him. Kaine realizes he has to stop pretending to be a hero, and leaves Houston with Aracely. Living off of money stolen from criminals, they head to Mexico to discover Aracely's origin.New WarriorsWhilist in Mexico, Kaine continues to be the Scarlet Spider when the situation calls for it such as stopping muggings. During some down time on the beach Kaine and Aracely notice blood in the water, upon exploring further they find the bodies of butchered Atlanteans. They are then confronted by Water Snake. After a brief fight between her and Kaine the situation is diffused by Aracely using her abilities allowing the Atlantean woman to tell her side of the story.Spider-VerseScarlet SpidersKaine is among the many Spider-Totems targeted by the Inheritors as a result Daemos comes to the 616-verse to hunt Kaine down. The New Warriors are defeated by him but Kaine is saved by a group of the Spider-Resistance fighting the Inheritors. He later joins forces with Ben Reilly and Ultimate Jessica Drew to find a way to stop the Inheritors being able to clone themselves. It has been noted that Kaine is one of the three main totems the Inheritors are searching for.After Reilly's death Kaine becomes enraged and travels to the Loomworld where he shifts with the "Other" and confronts Morlun, Daemos and Solus. After a brief fight Kaine kills Solus but is seemingly killed by Morlun and Daemos in revenge for their father's death. In the aftermath of the battle everyone mourns the lose of Kaine saying he deserved better to go out the way he did. As Karn sends the the rest of the Spider back to there home worlds, Spider-UK, and Anya stay behind with him unaware that Kaine is still alive breaking free of the Others corpse. Powers & AbilitiesClassic Kaine:Overpowering StrengthClassic Kaine possesses enhanced versions of Spider-Man's abilities. His Strength far exceeds Spider-Man's own. Kaine could fight the Scarlet Spider, Spidercide and Spider-Man to a standstill, even with the three each being capable of lifting an excess of 10 tons. He was seen effortlessly One-Shotting and killing multiple Spider Clones, each with physical abilites comparable to Spider-Man, as well as effortlessly beating down Rhino. Kaine's Durability is also superior to Spider-Man's, as he was able to tank a massive explosion without any form of discomfort. He also tanked a full power blow from Spider-Man, without so much as flinching, as well as a bullet to the shoulder which barely slowed him down. Kaine's version of "spider-sense" is so acute and powerful enough that it gives him a slight glimpses into the future, it is a sort of precognitive ability. An ability only Kaine posses is "the mark of Kaine" this is his corrosive touch that he uses to scar and even kill people with. He also has short retractable claws, which he call the "Sting of Kaine". Along with the powers of Peter Parker aka Spider-Man he has many of his memories and his genius intellect like his vast knowledge of the sciences. Kane's excessive strength and Durability, along with Mark of Kaine made him fight in a completely different way then his spider peers, despite his enhanced speed and agility (he was fast enough to speed-blitz Spider-Man) . The true reaches of his regeneration, have not yet been explored since after Sasha pierced his heart he was still later able to rise from the grave with a new look, it as not yet been explained if it was something mystical or if it was his actual healing factor.Scarlet Spider:Scarlet SpiderAfter being cured of his Tarantula form his powers changed and now resemble Spider-man's power-set after the events of The Other, but before Brand New Day.Superhuman Strength- Thanks to the Other Kaine is physically stronger than Spider-man and is able to lift 20tons without exertion. He has been able to break chains that were designed to be completely unbreakable by someone Spider-Man's level.Superhuman Speed- Thanks to the Other Kaine is physically faster than Spider-man to what degree has yet to be ascertained but he was able to react to 3 bullets within only a few meters of himself.Stingers- Kaine has a pair of retractable stingers that come from his wrists these can be used to impale.Spider Communication- Kaine can mentally communicate with spiders, and have some degree of controlling them. He was able to search an entire city for a nuclear bomb with this ability.Mark of Kaine- He still posses his corrosive brand mark.Biological webbing- He develops the ability to shoot organic webbing from his wrists.Night vision- He can see in the dark to a limited degree.Healing Factor- Kaine has some degree of healing factor.The Other Possession- The Other has shown to be able to aid and even slip into control from time to time heightening his already formidable physicals and preventing him being attacked mentally.The rest of his physical power level is equal to Spider-man's apart from the fact that he lacks a spider-senseEquipment:Stealth Suit- Kaine has the stealth suit designed by Peter Parker during the Big Time arc. This suit can render him invisible, immune to sonic attacks and cancels out any noise he makes when moving. Even an Assassin's guild member with a special visor could not see Kaine when he was invisible. This suit is made of some kind of unstable particles that has the ability to auto fix itself, is noncumbustible and can change it from scarlet spider style to Big Time's Tron style.Ascended Scarlet Spider:who's a pretty boy?When Kaine fought and Carlos and Esmeralda Lobo, he was overpowered and killed. After his death, he was confronted by the Other who gave him enhanced powers. He returned as a feral human Spider-Hybrid, barely able to tell friend from foe.Kaine later used the Ascended Spider form to fight and beat Shantra.He has the following powers, in addition to the ones he had previously.Further Enhanced Strength and Durability- Kaine in this form was able to easily overpower both Carlos and Esmeralda, while previously he was overpowered by the two. He even ripped off the arm of Carlos without issue, despite the latter having high levels of Superhuman durability.In his fight with Shantra, his ascended form easily beat her, despite being overpowered by her in his normal form.Organic Webbing- Like his "regular form", Ascended Kaine had the ability to produce Organic webbing, but he seemed able to produce is much larger volumes, and quickly incapacitated Esmeralda Lobo with it.Claws- As well as his stingers, Ascended Kaine has sharp claws on each finger, which he used to rip out one of Carlos' eyes.Fangs- Ascended Kaine has sharp Fangs, which were easily able to penetrate Carlos' flesh.Spider-Limbs- Along with his usual limbs, Ascended Kaine, has four Spider-Like limbs sprouting from his back. Similar to Iron Spider's Limbs, these retractable appendages were strong enough to impale the Werewolves without much issue.Shape-shifting- Kaine was first able to transform back into his original form, after help from Aracely. He later Shape-Shifted back to his normal form by himself after beating Shantra.Healing- When Kaine was transformed out of his Feral form, all his injuries sustained by the Werewolves were gone, as well as his tattoo. This form of extensive healing is beyond Kaine's normal limits and probably likely to be a one time thing, similar to Spider-Man undergoing extensive healing after reverting to a Human-Spider Hybrid form to kill Morlun. In that case, Peter not only healed a missing eye, but the tonsils he had removed when he was a child.Alternate VersionsMC2Older KaineKaine is perhaps the only reason that the MC2 universe is any different than the normal Marvel Universe. In this continuity, Kaine rescued a baby May Parker ( Spider-Girl in this universe) from Norman Osborn and returned her to her parents.Kaine became a partner of the Kingpin of Crime, but was betrayed. Daredevil sacrificed his life to save Kaine, and Kaine took him to the regeneration chambers, where he was also trying to help Reilly Tyne. He summoned the demon, Zarathos, to help them, but Zarathos attempted to take Reilly's body. Daredevil fought the demon, and in the end, Reilly became Darkdevil, with the powers of a demon and the heart of a hero.Kaine later was sent to jail after Spider-Girl stopped him from killing the Kingpin. He was offered a position on a new government team for reformed super-villains. He accepted, and had under him Big Man (son of Hank Pym and Wasp), Quickwire (a former Spider-Girl villain), And formerly Raptor and Normie Osborn (Raptor being fully pardoned and Normie losing his powers).Ultimate KaineUltimate UniverseAlthough he was not named, a disfigured clone created by Dr. Octopus wearing a Spider-Man costume kidnapped Mary Jane. Reasoning that Mary Jane could protect herself when he administers the OZ formula to her. He was confronted by Tarantula, who wanted to stop him from changing Mary Jane. After a while, Kaine knocks Tarantula out and proceeds with his plan. When Mary Jane lashed out she became the ultimate version of the Demogoblin. Then the real Spider-Man and Spider-Woman (the female clone of Peter Parker) arrived. Spider-Man calmed Mary Jane down. But Spider-Man and Spider-Woman were tracked by Nick Fury, who brought Dr. Octopus with him. When Nick Fury wanted to take Mary Jane away, Kaine jumped for her and was shot by Spider-Slayers.Other MediaTelevisionUltimate Spider-ManScarlet Spider in the cartoonKaine appears as Scarlet Spider in Season 4, acting as a major character. In the series, he first joins the cast when he helps Spider-Man fight Doctor Octopus and HYDRA, though he initially wishes to not get involved. After this, he joins Spider-Man's team of Web Warriors. 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Unlike the Fisker Karma, some cars need outside help in order to catch on fire. Overnight, Romanian arsonists torched a Cadillac Escalade as a nearby camera watched.
The car actually belongs to the business owner who had the security cameras installed on his property to see just something like this.
Details are scarce, but the perps seem to have had a vendetta against the owner and the vehicle. They douse the car in gasoline and light it on fire in a pretty spectacular way. It doesn't sound like the owner was injured, but the unfortunate Caddy died a very fiery death.
The arsonists start their routine around 0:30 in the video.
Hat Tip to Marius!

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text: I'm thinking about a transfer this fall as well. I'm at SMU right now, and was fortunate enough to end the fall semester with a 3.9 GPA. I guess I have a couple of questions for anyone knowledgeable:1) Would I be better off staying at a low 1st / high 2nd tier school and joining the law review, or transfering to a top school?2) Do I have a realistic chance of getting into, say, Penn, Columbia or -- dare I say -- Yale, if I am able to repeat my 1st semester performance?My LSAT was reasonable (164)Thanks in advance


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One-pan duck with Savoy cabbage
Duck breast is perfect for entertaining - it's easy to cook, readily available, yet not something you eat every day
Nutrition and extra info
Nutrition: per serving
- kcal504
- fat31g
- saturates8g
- carbs33g
- sugars7g
- fibre6g
- protein25g
- salt1.16g
- 2 duck breasts
- 1 tsp black peppercorns, crushed
- 600g cooked new potato, thickly sliced
New potatoesn-ew po-tate-oes
New potatoes have thin, wispy skins and a crisp, waxy texture. They are young potatoes and…
- bunch flat-leaf parsley, roughly chopped
- 1 garlic clove, finely chopped
- 6 rashers smoked streaky bacon, chopped
- 1 Savoy cabbage, trimmed, quartered, cored and finely sliced
- 1 tbsp balsamic vinegar
Balsamic vinegarbal-sam-ick vin-ee-gah
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- 2 tbsp olive oil
Olive oilol-iv oyl
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Lightly score the skin of the duck breasts, then generously season with the peppercorns and a sprinkling of salt. Lay the duck breasts, skin-side down, in a non-stick sauté pan, then place over a low heat. Leave the duck for 15 mins to brown and release its fat, then flip over onto the flesh side for 5 mins.
Remove the duck from the pan, then turn up the heat. Add the potatoes to the pan, fry until brown and crisp, then scatter over the parsley and garlic. Scoop out with a slotted spoon onto a plate, then season with salt.
Keep the pan on the heat. Fry the bacon until crisp, then add the cabbage. Cook for 1 min, add a splash of water, then fry for 2 mins, just until the cabbage is wilted. While the cabbage is cooking, whisk any juices from the duck with the vinegar and olive oil. To serve, carve the duck breast into slices. Fan out on large dinner plates, spoon a neat bundle of cabbage on one side, then pile a serving of potatoes on the other. Drizzle over the dressing and serve.


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Simba love love LOVES his witch toy! Hehe. He is almost always playing with it or using it as a pillow.
Here is the beloved toy. It makes an evil Witch laugh which you will see later in the post.
Num num! I eat the witch!
See! MY BABY!
Let us pose!
Ummm, yeah mom, noooo. xD
A video! YAY! A little bit into it you can hear the witch noise. The toys broken or something, so it doesn't go off when you squeeze it like before, it goes off when it wants to. Haha.
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Mocking ISIS
"This Week in Death to America" Magazine(8)
Al Qaeda has published a new terrorist magazine in English. What's its name? This Week in Death to America? The Popular Jihadist? Kaboom? No, it's called Palestine, as if it's the ultimate insiders' guide to Palestinian culture, recipes, travel and events, like California Living. Claiming it "focuses on the raw emotions of the victim hood in the Muslim world," the… Read More ›


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Doors: 8pm Show 8.30pm
Tickets: £2 charity donation on the door n/a
enture downstairs at the legendary King's Head in Crouch End for a night of fun, singing and silliness: Kirsty's Poptastic Piano Singalong!
Sing along with the crowd to all your favourite cheesy and non-cheesy feel-good tunes from the 60s to the present day!
"Human jukebox" Kirsty is a veteran performer on the musical comedy scene, having toured with award-winning comedians Rich Hall, Mitch Benn, Phil Nichol and many other top performers, but she is also able to play thousands of songs by ear. Now, she's at your mercy - YOU choose the songs and everyone sings along.
How does it work?
Simply choose the song you would like Kirsty to play. There will be a very big list provided, so see if your favourite song is there and write it on the slip of paper provided. OR, you can try to order off menu and if she knows it, she'll have a go.
If you would like Kirsty to sing the song whilst you and the rest of the room sing along from the safety of your seats, that's all you need to do. Lyrics will be displayed on a big screen!
If, however, you'd like to take the guest microphone and enjoy your very own unique bespoke accompaniment to the song of your choice whilst you show off your vocal skills and wow the crowd, then simply write your name down as well as the title of the song. Don't worry, lyrics are provided - it's like live piano karaoke! We even have props for you to be st able to channel your inner rock god/goddess or pop princess/prince!
There will be surprises, prizes and goodies galore. Basically, it's just a big old boozy singalong party in a basement of fun.
Also with star turns on the violin, faithfully recreating classic guitar solos and the like, from the wonderful Heather Newton.
Tell everybody and put it in the diary. It's the most fun you can have on a Friday night!
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hard candy Christmas...
Good morning!
Nothing about this card is sad but I couldn't help to start singing this Dolly Parton Christmas song as I was loading it into this post. It's another one that I tend to sing along to quite animatedly when it hits the rotation on my cd player... what can I say, it allows me to emote passionately for a couple minutes like only a good country song can, LOL! ;)
Anywho, I used sweet Noelle from Kraftin Kimmie Stamps on my card and I have a confession to make... after finishing this up last night I was in such a mood for some pepperminty goodness that I whipped up a batch of peppermint bark. Yummmmmmy! In fact, I'm having a hard time resisting eating peppermint bark for breakfast this morning. :)
Ok, ok, back to the card... I used some more old papers that I came across in my organizing the other day, this time some Heidi Grace from 2007. How could I not when it had all those cute candy canes on it? All that pink and mint green may not be a traditional Christmas color combo but I think it works here.
Well, I had better get going... take it easy and why not eat something sweet today? ;)


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you will be viewing a ton of pictures of me, please do not read on if you don't like these types of posts.
I've just posted the review + hand swatch of the NYX round lipstick (you can check it out
I will go in order of Favourite to Least Favourite These pictures were taken all on the same day. It was a little crazy...
Also, if you are curious as to what is on my face, all i did was a basic smokey eye with the Pure Cosmetics Eyeshadow quad in Deluxe Grey On my cheeks, i have on Nars Deep Throat You may not be able to see it, because i applied very little and my camera's flash washed it out.
First - NYX NarcissusThis is definitely a fun colour. My absolute FAVOURITE shade from what i got!
If you have MAC Gaga, i would say they belong in the same family of pink. Gaga has a more purple under tone with lustre finish, and Narcissus is a hot bubblegummie pink and much more vibrant/bright with a Mac amplified lipstick finish. I found Gaga made me look a bit washed out, because it was a tad too pale and sheer, whereas Narcissus really shows up. If u love Gaga and don't mind getting a little bit more attention, give Narcissus a try.
Second - NYX FIGIf you can't pull off red lipstick, give this a try
This is just a very pretty colour that will go with any eye look. I'm not even sure how to exactly describe it. It's like a muted red on my lips with more of a deep pink under tone, but when swatched on my arm, it appears as a warm peachy coral colour. It's a bit more redish compared to Tea Rose. Definitely a very pretty colour.
Third - Tea Roseyour everyday colour
This colour is very subtle. It's almost like my natural lip colour, only more peachy and slightly pink. I think this is what makes this colour different from all the lipsticks i own. It's not really exactly pink, but it looks gorgeous. It's a very chic and cute colour. It'd make any look, look innocent. Overall, a great everyday colour for people who are a bit more conservative. I think it's appropriate for office wear.
Fourth - Louisianafor all you girls that love RED!
right photo is after i blotted my lips. I found it a bit more wearable then.
okay, so this colour isn't exactly red, but it's such a HOT pink, that it comes off as a bright red colour with pink undertone. I would say this colour reminds me of berries. This colour is definitely something new for me. I don't have a colour this "red" and it's very bold. Personally, i think that people with prretty lip shapes pull off red well. This colour is so so for me, because i thinkt it looks a bit funny on my lips. I think others would have a better experience.
To compromise i blotted my lips a little, to tone down the shade. I found it a bit more wearable for me then.
Fifth- Circea nude colour for bold eyes
i've been into nudes lately, so thats what i've been picking up lately. I thought this colour matched my skin tone a little too well. With this one, i realized i have to use lip pencil, because the colour bleed a little around my lips. It also emphasized the darker skintone around the area of my lips. With this, i would need to apply a bit more foundation around that area prior to applying this lipstick. Also, i found this lipstick made my lips look even fatter. Strange....So overall this lipstick is..so-so for me at the moment. I dont love it, but i don't hate it.
Sixth- Thaliaa brownish, purply plumish undertone
this colour, i kind of regret purchasing. I got this colour, because i read some of the rave on it, however, it didn't work out too well for me. I thought it was rather dark for my liking. The slightly dark purple undertone made me look awkward. I'm still thinking of how i can make this work. In the meantime, this isn't my colour.
Last Words: All of these were applied with a light hand and one layer is ALL YOU NEED. Seriously! I hope this helped you guys in picking out the colours. I love these lipsticks, and will surely purchase more!
What is your favourite NYX colours? I love to hear recommendations for my next purchase! Thanks for reading and take care!


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O'Neal named 'College Teacher of the Year' during Texas conference
By Kristina Kenney
University News Service
February 2, 2012
Sharon O'Neal
Texas State University-San Marcos Associate Professor of Curriculum and Instruction Sharon O'Neal was named the 2012 "College Teacher of the Year" at the 47th annual Texas Council of Teachers of English Language Arts Conference and Exhibition on Jan. 20.
The Conference titled "Nurturing Lifelong Learning" was held at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in San Antonio Jan. 20-22.
O'Neal teaches undergraduate and graduate courses at Texas State's Round Rock campus and leads the Central Texas Writing Project Summer Institute. She received a bachelor's degree in education from the University of Texas in 1972, a master's degree in reading education from the University of Alabama in 1977 and in 1982 gained a doctorate in curriculum and instruction from the University of Texas. She has served as a leader of teacher-educators in Texas through her work with TCTELA, the Texas Education Agency (TEA), the Texas State Reading Association and the Texas Association for the Improvement of Reading. Through these positions she has helped make it possible to bring teachers to the policy table and enable them to share their expertise in the development of statewide curricular decisions. O'Neal has also helped organize and present innovative and inspiring ways to engage children in literature and in considering challenging ideas.
TCTELA seeks to advance the literacy growth of all Texas students by developing a network of professionals, providing research-based professional development and transforming public understanding of the connection between teacher knowledge and student learning.
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Carriage Restorer Dave Evans cleans the 1902 State Landau carriage at the Royal Mews in central London, UK on March 21. The coach will be used to carry Prince William and Kate Middleton on their wedding day, 29 April, as long as the weather is good.
After their wedding ceremony on April 29, Kate Middleton and Prince William will ride in an open-topped 1902 State Landau horse-drawn carriage for the procession back to Buckingham Palace, unless inclement weather leads them to use the famed "Glass Coach," which has a fixed roof to keep rain at bay.
The 1902 State Landau, housed at the Royal Mews near Buckingham Palace, was built for King Edward VII for use at his coronation. It is typically used by the queen to meet foreign heads of state on official visits to Britain. Prince Charles used it to travel to St. Paul's Cathedral for his 1981 wedding, leaving the cathedral with Princess Diana.
Read more about the wedding plans or watch Michelle Kosinski's special report for NBC's TODAY:
Though Kate Middleton is breaking tradition by arriving in a car to her nuptials, she and her royal husband will be shown off like jewels in a post-wedding carriage ride to the reception. NBC's Michelle Kosinski reports.


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*Note this is a tutorial I made years ago that I'm transferring from the old IMVU forum
*If it is or becomes inaccurate feel free to delete it.
Tutorial: (How to) Make Transparent/No Background Avi Pics
Since this is such a common question I decided to make one new tutorial
to explain how to take transparent pics within the client and then the 2nd
tutorial is just an old tutorial I wrote to train models.
Both methods are quick and easy to do and will save you time.
Method 1) How to take transparent pics within client.
Alot of people are still unaware that you can actually take transparent pics
without any editing at all. This is how....
Once your in the Imvu client and got your avi loaded click the camera icon
like your going to take a reg pic. Now you see that chair with the line across on it?
-click it
-example pic: http://userimages-akm.imvu.com/userdata ... 724361.png
When you click that icon you will notice your room will turn green.
-example pic: http://userimages-akm.imvu.com/userdata ... 675590.png
This means your in transparent mode.....
(meaning only your avi and any other avi in the pic section will show)
Now click the camera and the pic will be saved as a new transparent pic
in your default Imvu pic folder. (No background to edit out as it's gone).
-Room and furniture will not appear in the pic at all.
-save the pic to use for a graphic or shrink to turn into a sticker
Model Credit:
Thank you to my hubby AzianSwag for providing the pics above for this tutorial.
http://www.imvu.com/shop/web_search.php ... d=89748470
Now on to the next/best method.....
I recommend you use this technique over the first. If for some reason the next
one doesn't work for you then use the first method. Otherwise use this one at
all times from now on.
Mind you as said.....
Although I wrote this long ago to train models, anyone can and should use this
technique for any and all Imvu avatar shots for the best quality pics.
Also you will need your own image host as at the time of this post these pics
are so big you can literally use them for desktop wallpaper. In most cases they
are twice the size of the pics in method one. Therefore due to the size of these
pics Imvu will not allow you to upload them here.
-use an image host for uploading large pics
-or shrink them down first to upload to Imvu
Method 2) How to take transparent pics with trigger words.
I'm gonna explain how to take really good pics that can make
or break you if you don't know how to take these hires shots.
There are two types of shots that every model needs to know how
to take no matter what kind of modeling you're doing on here.
Not only will your pics come out way better than regular print
screenshots, but they can save you from excessive, time consuming
edit hell if you need to do graphics for them.
*hiresnobg = pic without background
This shot is a designer and editing dream cuz it completely
removes the background out the pic meaning the only thing
you'll see is a large ass, high resolution, transparent pic
that only shows your avi.
Simply put....
giant avi with no background
I still prefer to use a green room when taking shots like
this reason being cuz sometimes depending on the room
if you got furniture/pose shadow spots in the room those
will show in the shot, but you can easily edit it out.
If you want to avoid shadows spots completely then just
use a green room or any one solid color room with nothing
in it at all, but your avi.
Now that you know how this shot works,
here's how you take the shot.....
-go to whateva room you choose
-position your avi how you want it
-zoom in or out as much as you want
-type *hiresnobg
-hit enter
Once you do that, you'll notice your screen may pause
for a sec and your avi will blow up large as hell.
Chat screen will go back to normal after that and the pic
will automatically be saved on your desktop as a hires shot.
Try it now and go look at the pic ^^
You were probably thinking something along the lines
of dayum thats a big ass pic when you saw it.
Yeah I had the same reaction that requires censored
text the first time I tried and saw it too >.>
*hiResSnap = pic with background
If you need to model a room, furniture or an item when you
need more than just your avi, this is the kind of shot you
wanna take. Unlike the the first shot this one takes a
large ass pic of what's in the room including your avi.
The more you zoom out....
the more of the room you'll get in the pic.
Now that you know how this shot works,
here's how you take the shot.....
-go to whateva room you choose
-position your avi how you want it
-zoom in or out as much as you want
-type *hiResSnap
-hit enter
Once you do that, you'll notice your screen may pause
for a sec and the room will blow up large as hell.
Chat screen will go back to normal after that and the pic
will automatically be saved on your desktop as a hires shot.
Now that you got your hires shots, all that's left
to do is to go back to re-size the pic down to the
size you want and edit.
-remember to use these shots from this point on
-practice for a while to get use to zooming and positioning
That is all!
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Beth over at scanlime is no stranger to building electronics. But this time she wanted to, well…in her own words, "create something new and exciting that I can immediately use in my everyday life. It also happens to be a sex toy." Specifically, one of those little remote-controlled vibrating egg things.
She ended up producing a hack that is remarkably polished. She even designed and 3D printed a custom enclosure for the whole thing. If she had used neon pink plastic it would have been hard to tell that it wasn't part of the original product.
She's got an incredibly detailed description of the project on her blog. Personally, I think the most interesting part of the hack was her solution to the power problem.
This was getting complicated fast. Lithium polymer battery, a boost converter to raise the voltage to 5V for the sonar module, charging circuit, "fuel gauge" indicator. All of this work goes into every commercial product that runs on batteries, and we often take it for granted. As far as I'm aware, though, there isn't a great equivalent for quick DIY prototyping. The Arduino Fio board is close to what I want: an Arduino with a built-in LiPo battery charger. But it doesn't have the 5V boost converter or any way of monitoring the battery's charge. Without designing my own PCB, I'd need several separate components: battery, fuel gauge, charge/boost. All total, over $45 and a lot more bulk and complexity than I wanted. I was really hoping there was a better option.
It so happens that this sort of amalgamation of parts is already pretty commonplace in the form of portable cell-phone chargers. These devices are very little more than a boost converter, charger, lithium battery, and a very basic fuel gauge. Best of all, thanks to economy of scale, they're really inexpensive. The 3200 mAH battery I used in this project was only $22, and it's something I can reuse for multiple projects… or even to charge my phone.
This is an elegant solution that can apply to an array of different projects. Once something becomes commoditized it can drop below the price point at which it makes sense to reproduce the functionality yourself. All wireless projects need power, and with cell phone chargers becoming cheap and easy to find it makes sense to just plug one into the project's USB slot and call it a day. Not only is it cheaper and easier, but it's modular because you can still use it for its original purpose.


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As the Chicago teachers strike entered its second week, disappointment is starting to grow. NBC's Rehema Ellis reports.
Updated at 7:09 p.m. ET: Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel's effort to use the courts to end a strike by thousands of public school teachers stalled on Monday as the contentious walkout moved into a second week.
During a short meeting, Judge Peter Flynn of Cook County Circuit Court postponed until Wednesday a request to hold an immediate hearing on an injunction to stop the strike, city law department spokesman Roderick Drew said.
Striking teachers are due to meet on Tuesday to decide whether to end the strike after delaying a decision on Sunday. Picketing at dozens of schools by teachers continued on Monday but was thinned by the Rosh Hashanah holiday.
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Striking Chicago public school teachers picket outside of the Jose De Diego Community Academy on Sept. 17, 2012.
The Chicago Public Schools filed a complaint in circuit court against the Chicago Teachers Union seeking a preliminary injunction "to end the strike immediately." It cited two reasons: danger to "public health and safety" of the students and alleged violation of Illinois state law that prohibits strikes except for wages and benefits.
"State law expressly prohibits the CTU from striking over non-economic issues, such as layoff and recall policies, teacher evaluations, class sizes and the length of the school day and year," the school district said in a statement. "The CTU's repeated statements and recent advertising campaign have made clear that these are exactly the subjects over which the CTU is striking."
Deepening rift
Emanuel's move took the dispute into uncharted territory as no injunction request has been filed in an Illinois education labor dispute since 1984, when the state gave Chicago teachers the right to strike. It also deepens the rift between the Democratic mayor, a top fundraiser for President Barack Obama's campaign, and organized labor, which generally backs Democratic candidates.
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Chicago Teachers Union members leave a House of Delegates meeting on the seventh day of their strike in Chicago, September 16, 2012.
The dispute between Emanuel, a former top White House aide to Obama, and the union had been close to resolution on Sunday when the union bargaining team recommended to a meeting of union activists that the five-day strike be suspended.
But a majority of the 800 or so union delegates, wary of promises made by Emanuel and the Chicago Public Schools, ignored the leadership and extended the strike until at least Tuesday.
The famously short-tempered Emanuel immediately issued a statement saying he would go to court to try to have the strike declared illegal.
"We are done negotiating," Chicago Board of Education President David Vitale said on Monday.
View NBCChicago.com for more coverage on the Chicago strike
Only a fraction of the 350,000 elementary, middle school and high school students affected by the strike have been using 147 schools manned by principals and non-union staff who have provided meals and activities for part of the school day.
About 80 percent of Chicago public school students qualify for free meals due to low family incomes. Churches, community centers and park facilities have also tried to provide help for parents.
For some Chicago parents, patience was wearing thin.
"I'm very frustrated that it's taken this long," said Renee Edwards, a mother whose son attends Ray Elementary School on Chicago's south side. "Parents were not told until 10 p.m. last night what the outcome would be, so it's just frustrating."
City council members also have been getting an earful from constituents.
"They feel that the negotiations have been taken to a personal level instead of negotiating on the best interests of our kids in the school," said Ray Suarez, a Chicago alderman.
"Parents are very concerned," said Walter Burnett Jr., another alderman. "There's a lot of concern about their kids. A lot of parents are leaving their kids at home."
'Not happy'
Delegates from the Chicago Teachers Union told their bargaining team Sunday that they want to meet with the schools they represent before making a decision about whether to end their strike.
"They're not happy with the agreement and would like it to be a lot better for us than it is," Union President Karen Lewis said in a news briefing Sunday evening, adding that they are returning to their schools with the proposal because they do not want to feel rushed to make a decision.
A union bargaining team and city officials had worked out a proposed contract that would move away from merit pay and allow teachers to appeal their evaluations.
A faction of the union sees it as a "backroom deal" that does not have unified support. A source close to the union told NBC Chicago that Lewis' caucus shouted obscenities at her and other leaders late Saturday night, saying, "You sold out" and, "Rahm's getting everything they wanted, what the hell did we get?"
At the heart of those who oppose this new deal are those who feel the negotiating team did not fight for paraprofessionals and special education teachers and students.
Some delegates shouted at Lewis there was "no way to vote on something we haven't seen."
Read full coverage at NBCChicago.com
Teachers revolted last week against sweeping education reforms sought by Emanuel, especially evaluating teachers based on the standardized test scores of their students. They also fear a wave of neighborhood school closings that could result in mass teacher layoffs. They want a guarantee that laid-off teachers will be recalled for other jobs in the district.
The contract includes what Lewis called victories for the 29,000 union members, which she outlined on the union's website:
As the Chicago teachers strike enters its second week, Mayor Rahm Emanuel hopes to get students back into schools by heading to court. City lawyers are seeking an injunction to force teachers back into the classroom as soon as possible.
PAY: The teachers union wants a three-year contract that guarantees a 3-percent increase the first year and 2-percent increases for the second and third years. The contract also includes the possibility of being extended a fourth year with a 3-percent raise. A first-year teacher earns about $49,000, according to the National Council on Teacher Quality; the highest-paid teacher earns $92,227.
Chicago Public Schools would move away from merit pay for individual teachers.
EVALUATION: Teachers would be evaluated 70 percent in terms of how they teach ("teacher practice") and 30 percent in terms of how their students improve ("student growth"). Evaluations will not affect tenured teachers during the first year, and teachers may appeal their evaluation.
HIRES: Responding to parent demands, Chicago Public Schools would hire more than 600 teachers specialized in art, music, physical education and foreign languages, among other teacher specialties. More than half of large school districts rehire laid-off teachers,according to The New York Times; the Chicago school board has pushed to leave control to principals.
Those new hires will allow for the longer class day -- which will be seven hours for elementary school students, up from five hours and 45 minutes. Chicago had been known for one of the shortest school days in the country -- a point that became a sticking point for Mayor Rahm Emanuel.
Of those new hires, half must be union employees who were previously laid off. (Higher-rated teachers would have a better chance at being rehired, the Chicago Tribune reported.)
BULLYING: The contract demands ending bullying by principals and managerial personnel to "curtail some of the abusive practices that have run rampant in many neighborhood schools." Principals, however, will continue to exercise power over hiring teachers, the Tribune reported.
In one instance, according to CBS Chicago, dozens of complaints were made about a principal at Josiah Pickard Elementary School during his five years on the job. A union representative told CBS Chicago that the volume of complaints was not normal for a principal.
Reuters contributed to this report.
More content from NBCNews.com:
- With 50 days to go, challenges for Romney and Obama
- Chicago mayor sues to end teachers strike
- Richer communities get more funds to clean up toxic brownfields
- Occupy protesters blast 'criminality' of Wall Street
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The people at Fox News are apparently serious about being "fair and balanced" as proved on Thursday, when the network hired veteran Democratic activist James Carville to serve as a contributor of political commentary on the channel.
The "Ragin' Cajun," who led Bill Clinton's successful presidential campaign in 1992 and spent most of the past decade as a political commentator for the Cable News Network, joins such outspoken liberals as Juan Williams, Kirsten Powers and Bob Beckel on the channel's roster.
Carville hosted Crossfire on CNN from 2002 until it was canceled in three years. He later served as an adviser to Hillary Clinton's 2008 presidential campaign and last year lent his name to the Ready for Hillary PAC, which has dedicated itself to supporting Clinton's 2016 presidential ambitions.
However, during the past 12 months, Carville has made appearances on such prime-time Fox News programs as The O'Reilly Factor, The Kelly File and Hannity.
"James' successful and storied career in politics over several decades is an enormous asset to Fox News," Bill Shine, the network's executive vice president of programming, said in a statement. "We are privileged to have him lend his breadth of experience, wit and dynamic perspective on the network."
Carville is currently a political science professor at Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana. He has written several books, some with his wife, GOP strategist Mary Matalin.
One of the liberal Democrat's most memorable incidents came in 2005, when he clashed with conservative commentator Robert Novak, who argued with Carville before storming off the set even though the broadcast was being aired live.
"Just let me finish what I'm going to say, James," Novak said. "Please, I know you hate to hear me, but you have..."
Carville interrupted his conservative counterpart by stating that the politician they were discussing needed "to show these right-wingers that he's got backbone. Show them you're tough."
"Well, I think that's bull---t!" Novak replied. "And I hate that. Just let it go." With that, he marched off the set.
Interestingly, the person who moderated that discussion was Ed Henry, who is now the chief White House correspondent for Fox News.
As Newsbusters previously reported, Carville and Matalin were both shown the door -- along with several other long-time commentators -- by CNN's new president, Jeff Zucker, during January of 2013.
Then in May of that year, Carville clashed with Bill O'Reilly over whether the hosts at MSNBC are "far left" or "liberals."
The long-time Democrat asserted that far-left people are criminals who are "breaking the law," while liberals do not fall into that category.
One day later, Carville praised Texas senator Ted Cruz as "the most talented and fearless Republican politician I've seen in the last 30 years."
While a guest on the September 12 edition of MSNBC's Morning Joe, Carville contradicted Andrea Mitchell, who claimed that the world was "coalescing" around the president's position on Syria and said that there was "a lot of optimism" surrounding the Obama team's negotiations with the Russians.
Mitchell's comments were too much for even a long-time liberal like Carville, who said: "I love Andrea, and she's optimistic. God love her, I hope she's right. Count me a little more pessimistic."
Two weeks later, Carville compared GOP primary voters to low-quality jailbirds, and on February 5, the Democratic activist was hammered by Megyn Kelly when he complained that many of Obama's troubles come from the news media.
"Is it embarrassing for the president of the United States to be complaining about a cable channel?" she asked. "I mean, president Bush never did this about MSNBC."
"Bush people would complain about the liberal media all the time," Carville responded before Kelly replied: "Not president Bush."
This much is certain: Having James Carville on the set of Fox News is bound to result in arguments and fireworks, just as those provided by Williams, Beckel and Powers. Critics of the cable news network would do well to remember that the so-called "conservative" channel is far better balanced politically than any of its competitors.


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