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"A Portrait of Cosenza" Cosenza by Tolik
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Cosenza is a provincial capital in the Calabria region, Southern Italy (the Calabria Region forms the toe of Italy's boot).
There are many reasons to visit Calabria. Visitors are attracted by Calabria's beautiful beaches, historic buildings and mountain landscapes. Called "the little Switzerland," the local Sila Mountains offer some of southern Italy's best hiking, fishing, and camping.
Cosenza, the most northerly and extensive of the Calabrian provinces, dominated to the north by the Pollino mountains and to the south by the Sila mountains. Set in a landscape of typically alpine climate, adorned by three beautiful lakes, the province of Cosenza offers true Mediterranean spirit.
Cosenza is a unique place not only in Italy but the whole Europe. Here in one week you can easily explore mountains and two coasts: the Tyrrehenian, with wide sandy beaches and high cliffs; and the Ionian, where mountains and hills descend slowly towards the sea (where deserted golden or white sandy beaches await for you).
Cosenza is the largest city in Calabria. Home to the Swabian - Normann Castle, a cathedral on Pancrazio Hill, and several interesting buildings in the centro storico, it has the somewhat sleepy air of a quiet provincial capital. Try to spend a few moments in the quaint cloisters of San Domenico, and at the 13th century San Francesco d'Assisi church. Cosenza also makes a fine starting point for a trip to La Sila, one of Europe's great forest wonderlands.
You should also visit some interesting places in the Cosenza area, full of massive manors raised by the Normans and Swabians.
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Hi from oz, Ahh, this brings back warm memories of my trip to cosenza. My family originate from that region. They still reside in Rose, arende and the surrounds
Hi Tolik! Your page about Cosenza is really nice!! Guess what? Cosenza is our hometown! Hope you'll visit it again! CIAO!! Ely & Ale
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The USAC executive team brings experience from the regulatory and business sectors involved in universal service program activities.
|Chris Henderson, CEO
Richard Belden, COO
Mel Blackwell, VP Schools and Libraries Program
David Case, VP and CFO
Craig Davis, VP Rural Health Care Program
Michelle Garber, VP Lifeline Program
Kate Hays, VP Stakeholder Engagement
Chera Poulin, VP People, Culture, and Change
Vickie Robinson, VP and General Counsel
Hemang Shah, VP Strategy and Change Management
Wayne Scott, VP Internal Audit
Mark Sweeney, VP High Cost Program
Peter Taylor, VP and CIO
Jessica Zufolo, Senior Advisor to the CEO
Chris Henderson was appointed by the USAC Board of Directors, with approval from Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler, as USAC's Chief Executive Officer on September 3, 2014. Mr. Henderson was previously the Chief Operating Officer of ASI Government, a leading provider of acquisition and program management-related consulting and information services to the federal government.
Mr. Henderson also served as Senior Advisor to Secretary of the Interior, Ken Salazar, where he led the department's successful execution of its $3 billion Recovery Act program. Mr. Henderson also played a leading role in the reorganization of the former Minerals Management Service following the Gulf Oil Spill, improving oversight of offshore energy development and collection of over $10 billion in energy royalties annually.
Prior to joining the Department of the Interior, Mr. Henderson served as the Chief Operating Officer for Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper, where he worked to improve the city's strategic planning and performance management efforts, as well as carried out a number of successful organizational initiatives to improve efficiency and service levels.
Mr. Henderson joined the Hickenlooper Administration following a 15-year career in investment banking and private equity investing. The last 13 years of that career were spent with Vestar Capital Partners, a leading private equity firm. At Vestar, he served as a managing director and member of the firm's investment committee. Prior to joining Vestar, he spent two years with the investment bank Credit Suisse First Boston in the Mergers and Acquisitions Group.
Mr. Henderson received a Masters of Business Administration from Columbia University and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from the University of Colorado.
Richard A. Belden joined USAC in May 2005 as Chief Operating Officer. He was general manager of Micron Technology in Manassas, VA. Before that, he was president and chief operating officer at Dominion Semiconductor also in Manassas.
Prior to moving to Northern Virginia, he worked for IBM as Manager of investment analysis, in New York and as Controller of the Software Solutions Division in North Carolina. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology. He is a member of the Advisory Boards for the Engineering Departments of University of Virginia and Virginia Tech.
Mel Blackwell is the Vice President of the Schools and Libraries Program for USAC. Prior to joining USAC, he was Vice President of Federal Government Affairs for Lucent Technologies where he directed all of the federal legislative activities for the company. He has a wealth of experience in the telecommunications industry as he formerly held senior operations management positions with AT&T and the Bell system.
David Case is Vice President and Chief Financial Officer . Prior to joining USAC, he served as Senior Vice President and Corporate Controller of Simplexity, a leading on line retailer of wireless devices and plans. Prior to Simplexity, he served as Corporate Controller for MCI, as well as Senior Vice President of Business Operations, leading up to MCI's merger with Verizon. After that merger, he was responsible for developing the approach to consolidate the MCI and Verizon business unit functions, resulting in one streamlined organization. During this time, he also chaired the Finance Diversity Council, leading a group of volunteer professionals who partnered with Human Resources to establish targeted recruiting of diversity candidates, implemented a mentoring program, and sponsored diversity focus activities at all major field locations. He earned his Bachelor of Science degree, summa cum laude in Finance, with an accounting concentration, from Monmouth College.
Craig Davis is the Vice President of the Rural Health Care Program for USAC. Most recently, he served as the Senior Director responsible for the High Cost Program. Prior to joining USAC in 2002, he worked for a variety of telecommunications companies including a dark fiber provider, a wireless competitive local exchange carrier, and an operator services provider. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from George Washington University and a Juris Doctorate from Syracuse University College of Law.
Michelle Garber is the Vice President of the Lifeline Program. She most recently was the Senior Director of Financial Operations at USAC, which included managing all aspects of USF contributor activities. Prior to USAC, Michelle was a consultant in IBM's federal practice, formerly PwC Consulting.
Michelle earned her Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance from James Madison University.
Kate Hays is the Vice President of Stakeholder Engagement. She is responsible for managing the ways USAC interacts with its many stakeholders, including financial contributors, program beneficiaries, service providers, external partners, government regulators, and the American public. Prior to joining USAC, she was COO and Senior Digital Strategist at Ogilvy Washington, where she led operations on major digital and social media accounts of corporate, governmental, and non-profit entities. Kate received her Bachelor of Arts in Writing Seminars from Johns Hopkins University.
Chera Poulin serves as the Vice President of People, Culture, and Change. This role is new to the organization as of 2016 and was created to ensure that USAC continues to evolve intentionally and has the capability, capacity, and culture to support the FCC in its Universal Service mission. Her experience in change management and integrated talent management spans nearly 20 years and provides a strong foundation for her role at USAC. Chera is responsible for leading all talent, performance, process, and organizational change management activities necessary for USAC to achieve its strategic goals.
Prior to joining USAC, Chera worked as an Organizational Effectiveness consultant to organizations in both the public and private sectors. Most recently, she was the Director of Learning and Organizational Effectiveness at a rapidly growing and changing health care data analytics company. Chera holds a B.A. in Psychology from James Madison University. She holds an M.A. and a Ph.D. in Industrial/Organizational Psychology from University of Akron.
Vickie Robinson is Vice President and General Counsel. Vickie joins USAC from the FCC having most recently served as Special Counsel in the Competition Policy Division, providing leadership on matters relating to the availability and reporting of broadband progress in the United States. A respected expert on universal service policy and enforcement matters, she has held leadership roles dealing with all of the USF programs, as well as in the Enforcement Bureau. Vickie earned her Bachelor of Arts and J.D. from Howard University.
Hemang Shah is Vice President of Strategy and Change Management. Hemang began his career at Deloitte Consulting working with Fortune 500 clients and was most recently a Senior Director for Eagle Hill Consulting where he led numerous risk management, operational improvement and organizational transformation engagements with public and not-for-profit sector clients, including Freddie Mac, TSA and the U.S. Holocaust Museum. Hemang received a Bachelor of Science in Commerce from the University of Virginia and a Masters of Business Administration from the University of Maryland.
Wayne Scott is the Vice President of Internal Audit. He oversees the audit services for USAC including the High Cost, Lifeline, Schools and Libraries, and Rural Health Care programs as well as the internal operations of the administration of the universal service fund. He has over a decade of audit experience. Prior to joining USAC in 2001, he served as an audit manager for US Airways.
Mark Sweeney is the Vice President of the High Cost Program. Mark has a 30 year track record of successful operational leadership and business transformation in the telecom industry. He joins us from Windstream Communications where he served as Senior Vice President for Service Delivery leading a 1,200 person team focused on improving both operational efficiency and customer satisfaction results. Prior to that, he was the Chief Process Officer at XO Communications bringing standardization and efficiency to business processes across the enterprise. Mark is a graduate of the University of Sussex in the UK.
Peter Taylor is Vice President and Chief Information Officer. He brings a track record of achievement in both the public and private sectors. He joins us from Henrico County Public Schools where he served as Director of Technology and CIO. While in that role, he led the world's first K-12 education 1:1 computer program, putting computer access in the hands of all students. Prior to that, Pete held senior technology positions at the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond and Capitol One, where he developed expertise in e-commerce tools, business intelligence, and enterprise architecture.
Pete received a BS of Liberal Arts & Sciences in Geography from the University of Florida and an MS in Management of Information Technology from the University of Virginia, McIntire School of Commerce.
Jessica Zufolo is the Senior Advisor to the CEO. She is responsible for establishing key partnerships between USAC and stakeholders at the federal, state, and local levels.
Prior to joining USAC, she served as Deputy Administrator of the Rural Utilities Service (RUS), and prior to that, as Director of Infrastructure strategy and Grant coordination for the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet), an independent authority within the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA). Ms. Zufolo has also served as the Legislative Director for the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) and began her career on Capitol Hill handling telecommunications, technology, and energy policy in the House and Senate.


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Food trucks are becoming increasingly popular into today's food service marketplace. Major cities such as New York, Washington D.C. and San Francisco are experiencing a tidal wave of public following for gourmet food trucks. Entrepreneurs considering the mobile restaurant approach should build strong foundations in place before shifting the business into drive.
Create A Concept
Consider the kind of food are you going to sell. If what you are selling is a new or avant-garde approach to a familiar dish, then host several taste tests with a variety of judges to develop a menu that is marketable, tastes good and is affordable for you to carry and for the consumer to buy.
Visit Food Trucks
Find food trucks in or near your area. Focus on visiting food trucks that have food concepts that are similar to your menu. Visit these food trucks at different times of the day and on different days of the week to get a good idea of the business ebbs and flows.
Assess Finances
Your start-up capital and daily operations will require a few key financial investments; most noticeably will be purchasing a food truck or a cart. Starting small is often a key word of advice from seasoned food truck professionals. Beginning with a small cart is an economically easier start-up option as it costs far less than purchasing a truck.
Additional Expenses
- Purchasing and retrofitting a truck can be a major expense. Some operators choose to buy a used step van as its initial cost is lower. If you choose this route, be sure to consider the additional costs of bringing the van's interior up to health code specifications as well as organizing the cooking space and tools needed.
- Carts are easier to store, but they also keep operations minimal as work space is limited. Consider how your equipment will receive power. You may need access to an electrical outlet to keep refrigeration or other electrical components running smoothly after hours.
- It is crucial to secure insurance for the truck or cart. All of your invested time and money can disappear in one unexpected moment. Keep your assets aligned with the right coverage for your mobile business.
- Applying for vendor licenses and health permits often have fees. Another added cost could include applying for license and permits in multiple cities.
- Gas and parking are two unique business expenses to food trucks and carts. Figure in the cost of fueling a large and predictably low gas-mileage vehicle into your monthly budget. Many parking areas require payment as well this includes parking meters and private lots.
Finding Your Customers
Learn about the demographics that will mainly consume your product. Find out where they are and go to them. Partner up with other local businesses that also attract your targeted audience such as, bars, theaters or office parks. Go to potential parking spots and scope out the following logistics:
- Amount of foot traffic
- Parking spaces and parking needs such as meters
Market Your Business
Use social media to inform customers of your presence in the area. Create a buzz around your menu's concept and advertise times and locations for where your truck will be. Invite customers to follow you on Facebook, Twitter or any other form of Social Media that performs well for your demographic.
Know Your Permit Requirements
Educate yourself with the local vending, zoning and permit requirements.
- Be aware of regulations
- Know the parking laws
Operating a mobile food service business may look liberating, but the concept of bringing the restaurant to the customer requires a strategic approach. Create and stick with a business plan to keep finances in check. Develop a clear theme for your menu concept and streamline your inventory needs. Keep customers keen to your whereabouts and utilize the low to no-cost method of social network marketing. Work with solid market research tactics and get your food truck ready to roll into business.


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"Balik Pulau Durian House" Balik Pulau by thomas_ws
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Chuan Durian House
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Grady-White Freedom 375
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Hull Shape
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Fuel Capacity
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Water Capacity
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2 automatic bilge pumps (total 3000 GPH) (11,356 LPH)
Basic flotation
Bow rail - low profile 316 grade stainless steel
Cockpit toe rails
Console grab rails
Nonskid fiberglass liner
Self-bailing cockpit w/cockpit drains (6)
Stainless steel through-hull fittings
Cockpit / Deck
100% hand laid hull & deck
Accessory outlet - 12V (4)
Anchor windlass w/remote switches at helm and windlass
Batteries (4)
Battery charger system
Battery select switches
Bow thruster (not necessary w/Yamaha Helm Master™ control option)
Cleats - flush mount (pop up)
Cockpit bolsters
Cockpit freshwater shower (recessed)
Cockpit lights - LED lighting
Companion grab rail
Cooler - 120-quart (114 l) aft cooler
Cutting board
Deck hardware - 316 grade stainless steel through-bolted
Dockside power w/galvanic isolator
Drink holders (17)
Factory engine pre-rigging
Fish/ice box - 208-qt. (197 l) aft insulated box w/ob drain
Flush mount electronics area
Footrest - helm
Forward bolsters
Fuel capacity - 320-gallon (1181 l) tank
Generator - 8 kW diesel, 20-gallon (76 l) fuel capacity
Hardtop - AV2™ hardtop enclosure w/aluminum painted frame, electronically sliding sunroof w/screen & shade, storage net, spreader lights, down lights, storage and first aid kit compartments (2), outrigger plates, horizontal hanging rod holders (4), Clear2Sea™ side curtains (ivory) & Sureshade® retractable shade with Sunbrella® canvas (tan)
Hydraulic trim tabs w/indicator & retractor
Integrated outboard mounting system w/swim platform & ladder
International lighting
Rod holders (6 gunwale)
Rod storage racks - horizontal (6)
Rubrail - high density PVC w/ stainless steel insert
Seating - electronically adjustable helm seat with dual flip-up bolsters
Seating - electronically extendable sliding cockpit bench seat w/storage & pull-out Corian®-topped wood-grain countertops w/drawers
Seating - fold away aft bench seat w/cushion
Seating - port & starboard bow deluxe cushioned surround seating
Seating - wraparound companion bench seat
Steering - hydraulic tilt w/power assist (n/a with Yamaha Helm Master control)
Steering wheel - 316 grade stainless steel
Stereo system w/iPod/iPhone audio connection/amplifier & fold down storage; Sirius satellite service; speakers - aft (2), bow (2), cabin console (2) & AV2™ hardtop enclosure (2) (not iPhone 5 compatible)
Stern eyes - heavy-duty 316 stainless steel
Storage - 54-qt. port bow insulated box w/ob drain
Storage - 54-qt. starboard bow insulated box w/ob drain
Storage - forward anchor locker w/rode storage
Storage - port bow drawer
Storage - port box under wraparound companion bench seat
Tables (3) - Corian®-topped wood-grain height adjustable half-moon tables w/covers at bow (2); fold away table at port helm area
Transom door - fiberglass
Washdown - freshwater
Washdown - pressurized raw water
Water heater - 6-gallon (22.7 l) (includes hot water cockpit shower)
Water tank - 54-gallon freshwater
Wet bar w/1300W grill, refrigerator, sink, storage drawers, trash bin, drink holders (2) & fire extinguisher holder (integrated with electronically adjustable helm seat)
Windshield - walk-through tempered glass windshield
Windshield wipers (port & starboard)
Console Interior
Air conditioning - 8,000 BTU in portside cabin console w/additional outlet in starboard console
Cherry and holly-style soles
Portside cabin console w/electronically operated sliding berth, aft berth, bench seat, cedar lined closet, drawers, flatscreen 19" LCD TV w/ DVD player & audio/video inputs, mirror, lighting, tinted screened window & bulk storage
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That's amore! Jennifer Aniston and fiancé Justin Theroux clearly love their Italian meals.
The couple enjoyed dinner with friends at Robert De Niro's Tribeca eatery Locanda Verde on Tuesday night. They arrived at around 8:30 p.m. and two pals joined them.
"They seemed normal and happy," says an observer.
On Monday, they had lunch with Jason Batemen at Italian-American restaurant Fred's at Barneys, where an onlooker described them as very loving.
"They were very affectionate," said the onlooker. "They just looked really happy together."
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Three masked burglars, one of them brandishing a handgun, invaded a home in the 1800 block of Lans-downe Boulevard, a 17-year-old girl told police.
The girl said she saw a car slow down and make a U-turn in front of her home as she was taking out the trash at 7:50 p.m. Thursday. Twenty minutes later, she said, she was changing her infant in the crib in a front bedroom when she heard a loud crash as the invaders kicked in the rear door. One of the intruders held a handgun to her head while the others took her flat-screen TV and digital camera and her mother's gold jewelry, the girl reported.
The EastSide is justa rockin trying to keep pace with the SouthSide .
Another 17 year old with a baby. Geez shes still a baby.
Of course the animals once again need to take someone elses property. They are just so tough. Useless wanna be gangstas.
The girl wont be charged as the visitors weren't injured during their solicitation . .. These fellows are stalwart pillars of the subculture and are defining civilization citywide .
Real heroes, these guys. It took a lot of courage to hold a gun to the head of a young girl with a baby, huh? Punks.
Sounds like you have to take the garbage out with an AK-47 strapped to your shoulder in that neighborhood.
Possibly, we should be passing a law that would outlaw 3 or more men riding around in a car after 7 p.m.
The city would have fined the girl if she took a gun along with her on the garbage detail .
dude stan lol give it a rest man. you need to find some hobbies. everything you say is so antagonizing. get a life bro
Yo right . I'm goin to da Dees and check out the beef . . ..
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I am an Indian citizen on a one year multiple entry visitor's visa to Singapore. I am visiting relatives in Singapore. I plan to go to Surabaya for a week and re-enter Singapore for 3 weeks more with relatives before returning to India. My Air tickets are all confirmed. How do I get my re-entry visa when I come in from Surabaya?
A multiple-entry visa is just that, you can enter and exit multiple times, without needing additional re-entry permits. Singapore does not care where you go between visits.


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Industrial blenders have a wide variety of uses in everything from warehouses to processing plants. But what if you've never bought one before? Or what if you're unsure about the selection process? The good news is that making a smart purchase decision is easier than you think, especially when you follow these six tips.
1. Know Your Price Range
Give yourself two numbers when you set out to buy industrial blending equipment. The first should be the number you hope not to exceed, and the second should be the number you cannot exceed. Knowing these figures in advance will help prevent overspending.
2. Research the Manufacturers
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IDG World Expo announced the launch of OpenSource World Conference & Expo, an event that will include features of LinuxWorld with an emphasis on open source technology.
Scheduled for August 10-13, 2009, at San Francisco's Moscone Center, OpenSource World will include a full conference program and an exhibit floor featuring Linux and open source companies. The event will be co-located with IDG's Next Generation Data Center (NGDC) event, which will offer separate conference tracks but share the expo floor. Whereas LinuxWorld included a three-day expo hall, the new OpenSource World expo will be reduced to two days.
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Every day in April we will reveal the greatest stories ever told starring a particular character or written/drawn by a particular creator (and throughout the month, you'll get daily chances to vote for NEXT week's lists). These lists are voted on by YOU, the reader!
Here is the list of characters/creators featured so far (along with the rules on how to vote).
Today's list is the Greatest Storm Stories Ever Told!
10. "Cry, Vengeance!" Marvel Team-Up #100
This back-up story in Marvel Team-Up #100 by Chris Claremont, John Byrne and Bob McLeod introduced the idea that Black Panther and Storm knew each other when they were younger and that they had a bit of an unrequited romance. This later proved important when Storm and the Black Panther were married for a few years.
9. "Rogue Storm" Uncanny X-Men #145-147
In this storyline by Chris Claremont, Dave Cockrum and Joe Rubinstein, Doctor Doom has captured Arcade and Arcade's assistant has kidnapped the X-Men's loved ones to force them to rescue Arcade. While a team of reserve X-Men try to free the kidnapped people, the rest of the team tries to deal with Doctor Doom. This storyline featured a fascinating flirtation between Doctor Doom and Storm. It also features Storm freaking the heck out after Doom captures her by encasing her in metal. Her severe claustrophobia leads to her going nuts when she is released. Luckily, her friends calm her down. Doom is just more turned on by it all.
8. "Worlds Apart" X-Men: Worlds Apart #1-4
In this mini-series, written by Christopher Yost and drawn by Diogenes Neves and Edgar Tadeo, Storm is confronted with the difficulty of the dual role she leads as a key member of the X-Men but also the Queen of Wakanda when her old enemy the Shadow King uses that uncertainty to turn the people of Wakanda against her, first subtly and then with a possessed Black Panther, directly.
7. "Blood Feud!" Uncanny X-Men #159/X-Men Annual #6
Storm just attracts all the bad boys. First Doom and now Dracula (there was also Akron)! In this beautifully drawn two-parter by Bill Sienkiewicz and Bob Wiacek, Storm is bitten by Count Dracula. The X-Men must then fight to save their friend. Chris Claremont did a fine job following in the gigantic footsteps of Marv Wolfman on the Dracula character.
6. "Crucible" Uncanny X-Men #215-216
The powerless Storm is put to a great test when she takes on three superpowered vigilantes who are hunting her and another woman. Chris Claremont wrote it and Alan Davis and Jackson Guice drew it (one part each).
The top five is on the next page!
I love that there's only one story in the list that's not by Claremont. I also love that the Dracula one's here, because that was a seriously fun story.
Good list. I'm struck by how many of the stories relate to the "relatively" short period when she lost her powers. The character has been around for 40 years and that period lasted four years (?).
More than almost any other character, Claremont leaving the X-Men hurt her the most. She hasn't really developed in all of that time since he left and too often, she's been largely ignored.
Of all superhero comic characters, Storm is the one most different from a hypothetical typical reader (or writer). She is female, black, African, a leader, a spiritual person. No wonder no one can write her well, except the guy that pratically create her (yeah, I know Len Wein created her, but Claremont is the real dad).
Yes! 7 out of 10 of my picks made it. My best showing on any list so far and this is the one I was most looking forward to. Love 80's X-Men and Storm. This was my favorite period for the character.
Ugh. That flirting thing with Doom in #9 was painful to read. Hated that story!
Remember when Storm was interesting?
Yeah, neither do I.
Come on now, she was interesting during the Claremont era (though which X-Men weren't really?).
I wonder if not enough people have read the back-up story in Classic X-Men #39, "Briggs' Revenge," which is not only a great non-Claremont Storm story (Ann Nocenti wrote it), but also a great Jim Lee story!
It did receive votes! A few different Classic X-Men stories got votes.
Claremont is the person who single-handedly wrote Storm the best. But I have so say Lobdell did keep Storm very much on-character during his run, but he was sort of forced to focus on not just Scott and Jean stuff, but Bishop and Gambit and Iceman, seen at the time as "the X-Men's bad boys" outside of Wolverine (it only recently occurred to me that during that era, Lobdell got very limited Wolverine access, Nicieza's title usually had sole access).
Brian, It's worth noting that several of these Storm stories made up the excellent arc entitled "From the Ashes," collecting original series issues 168-176. It was first published in trade form in the '80s around the time the "Dark Phoenix Saga" was first reprinted as well. It's also worth noting that "Phoenix" has gone back to print nearly ten times in the last two decades , while "From the Ashes" is shamefully out-of-print, an oddity about an X-Men storyarc in this day and age. Hopefully someone wise in Marvel's Collected Editions Dept. sees this post and can change that
Interesting that this list is dominated by a 60-issue span of Uncanny X-M! Claremont was really bigging-up Ororo during this period!
Eff yeah women of colour! I love Storm: strong, passionate, compassionate, beautiful, skillfull and as awesome as they come.
I can't be the only one who voted for Warren Ellis' Ghost Box story, or any Black Panther stuff for that matter
Stoked that UXM #215-216 made the list… bummed that UXM #180 did not.
And I can't agree more with buttler on the Dracula story. UXM #159 was the first Claremont written X-Men issue I ever read (it happened to be the X-Men Classic reprint with the awesome Mignola cover) and it changed my comic reading life forever. I will always love that issue.
My list, FWIW:
1. Uncanny X-Men #180 "Whose Life Is It Anyway?"
2. Uncanny X-Men #201 "Duel"
3. Uncanny X-Men #215-216 "Old Soldiers / Crucible"
4. X-Men Adventures [Season I] #7-8 "…Yearning To Be Free"
5. Uncanny X-Men #169-170 "vs. Morlocks"
6. Uncanny X-Men #145-147 "vs. Doctor Doom / Arcade"
7. Uncanny X-Men #151-152 "vs. White Queen"
8. Giant-Size X-Men #1 "Second Genesis!"
9. Uncanny X-Men #159 "Night Screams"
10. Uncanny X-Men #265-267 "Storm! / Gambit! / Nanny!"
I think the fact that most of these stories are from the 80's says a lot. Starting with "To Have and Have Not" and ending with "The Fall of the Mutants" (which should have been here in my opinion,) Chris Claremont completely fleshed out the character to the point that there was nowhere else to go with her. I think even Claremont realized it at the time by resetting her in a "prequel that's not a prequel" by turning her back into a pre-teen thief.
Since then she's spent the better part of two and a half decades just "being there," carried by her presense and barely at all by narrative. Now she just takes moral stances, which are only as interesting as the morals themselves. Fortunately they set the table for her with "Second Coming" and the Utopia side of "Regenesis."
I gotta credit Brian Wood for writing the first storyline in years centered around Storm where she was actually interesting ("Blank Generation"). I expect good things from his all-female X-Men series.
surprised to not see the duels storm had with both cyclops even though she had been stripped of her powers by forge in x-men 201 or the one where she fights for leadership of the morlocks. on this list other wise good picks. for both my pick for the one with doom and dracula made the cut
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The list is split on two pages…
Akron? Storm was in love with an Ohio city?
Oh, ARKON! That's something else entirely. It's even a correct answer.
I agree with 8 of the 10 of these. I haven't read the one non-Claremont story, but if a non-Claremont story was going to make the list, I figured it would have been Uncanny 289-290, where Forge proposes. Some really wonderful Portacio art on those issues, and the cover of 289 was one of my favorites from the era.
And I'm a little sad that the Storm: Goddess of Thunder story from New Mutants Special Edition 1 and Uncanny X-Men annual 9 didn't make it. One of the greatest ever pure adventure stories from the Claremont era, and the Art Adams pencils were stunning. I would have put it here instead of the Dr. Doom story, but I wonder if people just didn't really see it as a Storm story that much.
Were either of these omissions close to making it?
Either way, this is a very good list, and it's nice that people remember the post-Byrne Claremont era as fondly as I do.
When I saw the subject, my immediate thought was Life-Death, followed by the Dracula story (I've only read the first one, not the annual). I don't know why I didn't think of any of the others on the list, because there are some great ones on here.
But Life-Death II was simply awful. Killing an elder anytime a baby is born makes no sense at all. It wouldn't bring 'balance'. Even in a rich, developed country like the US, it would cause a continuous decline in population. In a destitute African village it would cause a fairly rapid decline. And labeling the story as a sequel to a much greater story just makes it seem worse.
The idea was supposed to be that there weren't enough resources in the village to support more than a finite number of people. The problem, of course, is that Storm has no problem getting in and out of the village when she's wounded and her powers aren't working, so why can't the villagers leave or bring in supplies?
shock – a Storm story written by someone other than Claremont in the top 10…
of my votes…the ones that didn't make it were the Emma Frost bodyswap, Storm the arena and 3 of the classic Xmen stories (First friends, hope and solace)
Ugh, I remember all of these issues.
If these are her best stories, then it's no wonder that she's generally sidelined and mistreated. Not to mention why she has spent 90% of her superhero career (even today) being horribly jobbed out to characters who want to make a point of how powerful they are. Because all her bread-crumbs seeking fans just bob their heads and accept nonsense like this, so long as she's wearing that "Nostalgia Inducing Mohawk" or engaging in "Classic Goddess Posturing".
I'm with Jeff. The "From the Ashes" collection is an incredible group of stories. Definitely deserves a reprint!
Dracula. Doom.Arkon. Storm really needs relationship counseling. Or maybe Claremont does.
I love the era chosen for these, but I hated the Life/Death and Dracula stories. Maybe they'd read better as an adult, but they were boring (for the former) and nonsensical (for the latter).
All the other stories (except for Marvel Team Up, which I never read) I loved, and read over and over again. Surprised to see 215-216 on the list. It was a good story, with villains who never lasted, so I figure it would have been forgotten. I really loved all those X-Men issues between the Mutant Massacre and Fall of the Mutants, lots of Alan Davis, and good characterisation, with three of the main X-Men off the team giving space to new members.
The Doom flirting continued outside of that story. There was a Marvel Comics Presents tale that has a lot of it too. Can't find the whole thing, but part of the 8 pager here-
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Nicole Miller's business is a rare success in the fashion industry — her boutiques are turning a profit instead of just promoting a brand. NPR's Elizabeth Blair reports on the designer as part of Morning Edition's Fashion Week series.
The first Nicole Miller boutique opened on New York's Madison Avenue in 1986. The store did well, but Miller's first big break came by accident.
Miller had made a series of silk dresses with a print made out of a design of theater tickets. Bud Konheim, her business partner of 22 years, remembers the dresses were "awful." Konheim and Miller discussed using the silk to make women's scarves but settled on men's ties instead. A security guard at the Madison Avenue boutique also happened to work nights at the Metropolitan Opera. He borrowed one of the ties and showed it to a buyer of the Met's gift shop.
"The next day, the buyer came to the store and bought all 35 ties, doubled the price and sold them all at the gift shop," Konheim says. Within two years, the line of ties grew into a $12-million business for Nicole Miller.
By letting Konheim focus on the business side, Miller has been free to concentrate on design, a combination that's been a key to the firm's continued success. She's been exhibiting her designs at New York's prestigious Fashion Week shows for more than 10 years.
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"Zombies, Run" Now Free to Good Post-Apocalyptic Home
Four years ago, a little over three thousand people raised $72K on Kickstarter to make Six to Start's Zombies, Run a post-apocalyptic reality. The smartphone app allowed runners to step into the role of Abel Township's Runner 5, the largely silent protagonist collecting supplies for the town in a world infested with zombies. Three seasons and over 200 missions later, over a million people purchased the game, following its often heart-wrenching story as Runner 5 gradually gets to know the inhabitants of Abel Township, neighboring settlements, and the truth behind the zombie infestation. And now, with season 4, Zombies, Run has gone free-to-play.
One of the challenges that Zombies, Run faces is that while it's an exceptionally intuitive game to pick up, it's deceptively hard to describe to people who haven't plugged in a pair of headphones and entered a new audio landscape. It's easy to assume the game's appeal is the thrill of the chase: the spike in adrenaline as the moans and groans of an undead horde interrupts an evening jog, and the dread realization that with every step, they're getting closer. And while the zombie chases are a rush, it's an optional feature in a game that focuses on a compelling narrative to convince its players to keep coming back out for more. It's temptation bundling at work – a compelling narrative with fascinating characters you can only encounter while on the move. The ragtag band of survivors in Abel Township has inspired a vibrant fan community.
Zombies, Run's shift to the free-to-play model was intended to help make it easier for people to experience the game. As Zombies, Run co-creator and Six to Start CEO Adrian Hon explains,
[the game] has a great hook but a lot of people still think it's just zombie groans and chases…unlike Monument Valley or 80 Days or Candy Crush, where you can understand the game from just a screenshot or video, Zombies, Run really requires people to try it out…going free-to-play helps people over that hurdle.
So now, players experiencing Zombies, Run for the first time receive access to the first four missions of season 1 right off the bat. Once a week, they have the ability to unlock a new mission to add to their growing repertoire. As a thank you to returning players, anyone who previously purchased a copy of Zombies, Run receives the first three seasons for free, and can use their weekly mission downloads to gradually claim the newest season as it's released.
Take a Walk on the Wild Side with Six to Start's "The Walk"
When Six to Start created Zombies, Run!, players were given the chance to plug in a pair of headphones and lose themselves in a rich narrative, where you're asked to run to survive. And while Zombies, Run! doesn't require its players to run, the story and many of its game mechanics are built around promoting running. After receiving feedback from fans of the game who aren't avid runners, Six to Start and Naomi Alderman partnered with the UK Department of Health and National Health Service to release The Walk for iOS and Android devices earlier today.
Like Zombies, Run!, the primary feature of The Walk is its narrative, designed to provide audio accompaniment to your walking routine. Mere minutes before an apparent terrorist attack on a train station in Inverness, the player is given a package and told that it is of vital importance the package make it to Edinburgh. The attack is initiated by a group called The Burn and contains an EMP (Electromagnetic Pulse) which takes out all electronics, including all transportation and communication. After escaping from the train station, the package is opened and revealed to be a communication device capable of functioning after the pulse. The person on the other end becomes your guide through the chaos as you make your way on foot to deliver the package to Edinburgh.
Stepping into Runner 5's Shoes with "Zombies, Run!"
A few weeks ago, I was given the opportunity to try a new iOS app by Six to Start called Zombies, Run!, a "running game and audio adventure" that transplants its participants into a zombie apocalypse. The story begins: you are Runner #5, a refugee of a supply helicopter crash, with no identification to prove you're not from one of the other rival camps, trying to earn your keep in Abel Township by running on supply or rescue missions. Along the way, you collect items that will help the camp, and sometimes obtain information that might help explain who you are, how the world got in this state, and maybe even how to save it.
At its heart Zombies, Run! is designed as a narrative complement to players' running music playlist. After starting the mission by loading up the app and swiping the "slide to run" control, the first segment of the story will start, interweaving music from the phone's iTunes library with additional story segments until the mission is over. While running, a computerized voice informs you of items you pick up along the way: USB Keys, bottles of water, batteries, clothes . . . and often CDC records, information about other factions, or even other apps. In one document, a newspaper article describing a suspicious fire at a university contained a live Twitter account.
Zombies, Run! received its initial funding through a Kickstarter initiative, and one of the benefits offered to early backers was the ability to be inserted into the story, either as an individual or a brand. One of the companies to jump at this opportunity was the app development company ChipotleLabs. Various items recovered over the course of the story including the "Kensaido sword" and "Kensaido Manifesto" hint at a secret ninja society that predated the zombie apocalypse, and whose members work to combat the growing incursion. In addition to providing more information about the world beyond Abel Township, the items promote ChipotleLabs' upcoming app, Kensaido.
Six to Start and BBC Bring Codebreaking Back to Bletchley Park
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On September 10, 2011, Pete Ryland cracked The Code and took home the coveted prize, a unique bronze and silver mathematical sculpture by Bathsheba Grossman. The lead-up to the tense finale was a collaborative transmedia treasure hunt centred around the three-part BBC2 show The Code, presented by Marcus du Sautoy. The game was designed by Six to Start, working with the BBC from the beginning to integrate clues and puzzles seamlessly within the broadcasts.
Before the first airing of The Code on July 27, about 700 postcards were sent out with an image and a code. Collaborating on Facebook, participants in this first stage soon discovered that each postcard image was a thin horizontal slice of a three-dimensional Platonic solid. Several of these "perfect" shapes then had to be combined and arranged into three concentric spherical shells – revealing the complicated nested sculpture that would be the grand prize.
Now the hunt could begin in earnest. The main stage of the game was intricately connected with the three episodes of the show: Numbers, Shapes, and Prediction. For each episode, participants discovered three clues: one by watching the program, one clue by playing related Flash games on the website, and one clue by solving a puzzle described on the blog. They also had to complete the Prime Number Challenge as a group, which involved uploading photos of all 305 prime numbers from 2 to 2011 to collectively receive the sixth clue for each episode. The six clues were then entered into a codebreaker to reveal three passwords, which granted access to the next stage of the game: The Ultimate Challenge.
Six to Start Gets You in Shape for Zombie Apocalypse with "Zombies, Run!"
Six to Start have recently introduced their latest independent game, Zombies, Run!, and it has taken only days to reach the desired amount of pledges on Kickstarter to develop it by the first quarter of 2012. It is easy to see what has gotten gamers, runners and zombie aficionados so excited.
Zombies, Run! is a running game and interactive audio adventure which takes place during a zombie apocalypse. The game mechanics are fairly simple. The player assumes the role of the zombie survivalist known as "Runner 5" by going for a run with their smartphone and a pair of headphones. As players run, they collect items that are vital for the survival of their community. Their base grows thanks to the player allocating resources where they are needed most. And as it grows, more content will be unlocked. The running missions are an integral part of a transmedia storyline which unfolds through the orders and voice recordings heard while running, and also through puzzles, websites and documents that players can uncover online once they have safely returned home. As an exercise aid, the game also keeps track of more traditional running metrics such as distance covered and calories burned.
Six to Start and BBC Team Up for "The Code Challenge"
Six to Start and the BBC have teamed up to create a transmedia experience tied in with BBC Two documentary The Code, expected to air at the end of July. The Code is presented by Professor of Mathematics Marcus du Sautoy (Horizon on BBC2, The Beauty of Diagrams on BBC4) and explores how the world around us conforms to and can be explained by mathematical codes. Six to Start are next-generation storytellers with plenty of experience creating storytelling projects for different clients, often in the form of alternate reality games or treasure hunts. They've worked with the BBC before on projects like Spooks: Code 9 and Seven Ages Quest. As a first for the BBC and possibly a world first, an interactive experience called The Code Challenge has been seamlessly integrated in the writing and filming of The Code since inception. Viewers can participate in an engaging treasure hunt which will take place before, during, and after the series that will extend their understanding of basic mathematical principles.
The Code Challenge begins well before the airing of the actual show. Soon, 1000 people in the UK will receive a secret message with one of the first puzzles of the challenge. For a chance to be one of those 1000, keep an eye on Twitter @bbccode and apply via Twitter or e-mail. A few weeks before the show airs, several Flash games containing clues, puzzles, and more information about the Code will also appear online. The series itself is expected to air at the end of July and will be split into three 60-minute episodes: Magic Numbers, Nature's Building Blocks and Predicting the Future. Six clues are connected to each episode. Three will be hidden in the programme itself, which can be watched live on BBC Two or on BBC iPlayer. One community clue can only be solved by working together with a group of players. Two further clues will be revealed on the blog and through a Flash game. Players can then enter the six answers they found for each episode into the 'codebreaker' to receive three passwords with which they can unlock the ultimate challenge.


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U.S. customs inspectors at Los Angeles International Airport intercepted dozens of live snails. In Nigeria, they are considered a delicacy. But in California, they are an invasive species.
Good morning. I'm Renee Montagne. U.S. Custom inspectors at LA's international airport are trained to watch for anything fishy. But slimy? This month inspectors discovered dozens of live giant African snails. Each weighs about 2 pounds and measures nearly six inches. Packed in picnic baskets, the snails arrived from Nigeria where they're considered a delicacy. Here in California, though, they're considered an invasion - able to eat paint and 500 types of plants. It's MORNING EDITION.
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DiRT Showdown Launch Trailer is Smashing
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Codemasters has released a launch trailer for DiRT: Showdown, in anticipation of the game's European release on Friday.
We posted our review of the game this morning. Rich says, "Unapologetically brash, bold and loud, DiRT Showdown is Codemasters' racing id unleashed. And it's freakin' great."
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I made a convert from joomla to wordpress, the photo now is 'featured image' on wordpress every corresponding post that it took from joomla, has the size 600x300. So, at the "settings-media" I choose as max the standard size to be 610x305 of the theme I have so it won't with it's design, min 270x135 and thumb 130x65 that is marked with this "Crop thumbnail to exact dimensions (normally thumbnails are proportional)" with this on, it crops the photos instead of resizing? Because I want the resize.
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But that's probably about as far as any president can shrink domestic discretionary spending. And because Reagan couldn't shrink the belly of the beast, entitlements, he couldn't find enough domestic spending cuts to offset his military spending increases and tax cuts. The federal budget went into persistent, alarming, deficit. In response to these deficits, George Bush the elder went back on his ''read my lips'' pledge and raised taxes. Bill Clinton raised them further. And thereby hangs a tale.
For Clinton did exactly the opposite of what supply-side economics said you should do: he raised the marginal rate on high-income taxpayers. In 1989, the top 1 percent of families paid, on average, only 28.9 percent of their income in federal taxes; by 1995, that share was up to 36.1 percent.
Conservatives confidently awaited a disaster -- but it failed to materialize. In fact, the economy grew at a reasonable pace through Clinton's first term, while the deficit and the unemployment rate went steadily down. And then the news got even better: unemployment fell to its lowest level in decades without causing inflation, while productivity growth accelerated to rates not seen since the 1960's. And the budget deficit turned into an impressive surplus.
Tax-cut advocates had claimed the Reagan years as proof of their doctrine's correctness; as we have seen, those claims wilt under close examination. But the Clinton years posed a much greater challenge: here was a president who sharply raised the marginal tax rate on high-income taxpayers, the very rate that the tax-cut movement cares most about. And instead of presiding over an economic disaster, he presided over an economic miracle.
Let's be clear: very few economists think that Clinton's policies were primarily responsible for that miracle. For the most part, the Clinton-era surge probably reflected the maturing of information technology: businesses finally figured out how to make effective use of computers, and the resulting surge in productivity drove the economy forward. But the fact that America's best growth in a generation took place after the government did exactly the opposite of what tax-cutters advocate was a body blow to their doctrine.
They tried to make the best of the situation. The good economy of the late 1990's, ardent tax-cutters insisted, was caused by the 1981 tax cut. Early in 2000, Lawrence Kudlow and Stephen Moore, prominent supply-siders, published an article titled ''It's the Reagan Economy, Stupid.''
But anyone who thought about the lags involved found this implausible -- indeed, hilarious. If the tax-cut movement attributed the booming economy of 1999 to a tax cut Reagan pushed through 18 years earlier, why didn't they attribute the economic boom of 1983 and 1984 -- Reagan's ''morning in America'' -- to whatever Lyndon Johnson was doing in 1965 and 1966?
By the end of the 1990's, in other words, supply-side economics had become something of a laughingstock, and the whole case for tax cuts as a route to economic growth was looking pretty shaky. But the tax-cut crusade was nonetheless, it turned out, poised for its biggest political victories yet. How did that happen?
5. Second Wind: The Bush Tax Cuts
As the economic success of the United States under Bill Clinton became impossible to deny, there was a gradual shift in the sales strategy for tax cuts. The supposed economic benefits of tax cuts received less emphasis; the populist rationale -- you, personally, pay too much in taxes -- was played up.
I began this article with an example of this campaign's success: the creator of Mallard Fillmore apparently believes that typical families pay twice as much in taxes as they in fact do. But the most striking example of what skillful marketing can accomplish is the campaign for repeal of the estate tax.
As demonstrated, the estate tax is a tax on the very, very well off. Yet advocates of repeal began portraying it as a terrible burden on the little guy. They renamed it the ''death tax'' and put out reports decrying its impact on struggling farmers and businessmen -- reports that never provided real-world examples because actual cases of family farms or small businesses broken up to pay estate taxes are almost impossible to find. This campaign succeeded in creating a public perception that the estate tax falls broadly on the population. Earlier this year, a poll found that 49 percent of Americans believed that most families had to pay the estate tax, while only 33 percent gave the right answer that only a few families had to pay.
Still, while an insistent marketing campaign has convinced many Americans that they are overtaxed, it hasn't succeeded in making the issue a top priority with the public. Polls consistently show that voters regard safeguarding Social Security and Medicare as much more important than tax cuts.
Nonetheless, George W. Bush has pushed through tax cuts in each year of his presidency. Why did he push for these tax cuts, and how did he get them through?


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Posted: 08/07/2013 - In the Venezuelan coastal city of Maracaibo, they're known as piranhas. But these aren't the flesh-eating fish found in some South American rivers. They're fast and ferocious thieves who residents say are increasingly attacking women for their hair.