ALTER EGO

Batman
Bruce Wayne

Captain America
Steve Rogers

Captain Marvel
Billy Batson

Captain Midnight
Captain Jim “Red” Albright

Captain Nice
Carter Nash

The Crow
Eric Draven

The Flash
Barry Allen

Gemini Man
Sam Casey

Green Hornet
Britt Reid

Incredible Hulk
Dr. David Bruce Banner

Invisible Man
Daniel Westin

Iron Man
Tony Stark

Jetman
Oscar North

Jon Sable
Nicholas Flemming

Lone Ranger
John Reid

Man from Atlantis
Mark Harris

The Mighty Thor
Dr. Don Blake

Mr. Fantastic
Reed Richards

Mr. Terrific
Stanley Beamish

Penguin
Oswald Chesterfield Cobblepot

Phantom
Kit Walker Jr.

Riddler
Edward “E” Nigma

Robin
Boy Wonder
Dick Grayson

Robin Hood
Sir Robin of Loxley

The Saint
Simon Templar

Scarlet Pimpernel
Sir Percy Blakeney

Six Million Dollar Man
Col. Steve Austin

Spiderman
Peter Parker

Submariner
Lord Namor

Superman
Clark Kent

Tarzan
John Clayton III, Lord Greystoke

Ultra Man
Andrew Clements

Zorro
Don Diego de la Vega

Batgirl
Barbara Gordon

Bionic Woman
Jaimie Summers

Black Scorpion
Darcy Walker

Cat Woman
Selina Kyle

The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
April Dancer

Oracle
Barbara Gordon

Queen of Swords
Maria Teresa Alvarado

Supergirl
Linda Danvers

Witchblade
Sara Pezzini

Wonder Girl
Drusilla Prince

Wonder Woman
Yeoman Diana Prince

POMOLOGY 101

FIG

Called "the poor man's food" in the Mediterranean countries.

Chief producers are Italy, Portugal, Spain, Turkey,

Greece, and Algeria. Smaller producers are

the U.S., Mexico, Brazil, Peru,

Argentina and Australia.

In the U.S., the

main production is in the central valleys of California.

They have a laxative effect, provide calcium and

phosporus, and dried they are high in iron.

When fresh, figs should be purchased

unsulfured. Try eating a dried

fig with an almond in

the middle.

"Behold, I Have Given You Every Herb Bearing Seed..."

Genesis 1:29

BIRD-WATCHING 101

IBIS

Ibis is the common name

for various wading birds

having long, curved bills

and belonging to the fa-

mily Threskiornithidae,

which also includes the spoonbill. Ibis are found in most of the warmer areas of

the world and are familiar among the hieroglyphics on ancient Egyptian

monuments. The sacred ibis, Threskiornis aethiopica, of Africa

was worshiped in ancient Egypt for its legendary powers.

Two American species formerly confined to the

extreme south have extended their ranges northward in recent years: the

glossy ibis,

Plegadis falcinellus, approximately 60-cm in length and dark bronze

blue, now reaches Maine in annual flights; and the white ibis,

Eudocimus albus, larger and white with blackwingtips,

now nests in Virginia. The scarlet ibis of tropical

South America is approximately 60-cm

long. It makes its nest in

huge coastal

colonies.

Scarlet ibis

Sacred ibis

White ibis

Red ibis

Glossy ibis

"The bird-watchers's life is an endless succession of surprises."

W.H. Hudson -- The book of a Naturalist

POMOLOGY 101

POMEGRANATE

Fruit of a deciduous shrub or small tree Punica Granatum,

native to SW Asia but cultivated widely in tropical

and subtropical areas. The seeds of the

reddish-yellow fruit are often

fresh or made into

wine.

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BIRD-WATCHING 101

SPINE-TAILED SWIFT

The fastest of all animals is the spine-tailed swift. it can fly at 170km/h (106-mph). Swifts spend most of their lives in the air, only landing to have their chicks. They can fly 900-km (560-miles) in a single day.

The swift has a very streamlined shape and crescent-shaped wings.

"The bird-watcher's life is an endless succession of surprises."

W.H. Hudson -- The Book of a Naturalist

Images via http://www.wildlifting.com/ ; http://www.rosyfinch.com/

SQUARE WATERMELONS

A round watermelon can take up a lot of room in a refrigerator
and the usually round fruit often sits awkwardly on refrigerator shelves. Smart Japanese Farmers have forced their watermelons to grow into a square shape by inserting the melons into square, tempered glass cases while the fruit is still growing on the vine.

WORD CHALLENGE 101

philomath (Fil uh math)

n. A philomath is a lover of learning, an enthusiast for study and knowledge; not especially concerned with math, short for mathematics, though it comes from Greek mathematike (scientific), related to math-, the root of mathanein (to learn), the same

-math as that in philomath. Philomathes is Greek for "fond of learning." Philo- (phil- before a vowel) is a common prefix consisting of the combining form of philos (loving), related to the verb phileein (to love), while -phile is a common suffix from the same source (philanthropy, philology,philosophy; ailurophile, bibliophile). In the philo- department, we also have philately (fih LAT uh lee), stamp-collecting (literally, love of postage stamps), the -ately being from ateleia (literally, freedom from taxation, i.e. cost-free, showing the addressee's freedom from delivery charges by affixing a stamp) and phillumeny (fih LOOH muh nee), the collection of matchbox labels.

ailurophile - lover of cat(s)

ailurophobia - fear of cat(s)

bibliophile - lover of books

bibliophobia - fear of books