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And the baby is really alive!!!!! I still can't beleive it! I'm measuring a few days ahead...so about 8 wks and there was a good strong hb. I'm just past the point of the last 2 (6 and 7 wks) but not yet past the first (9 wks). I'm starting to kind get excited but trying to not get my hopes up, yk? I'm going back next week for another u/s just to stay sane until I get past the point of the first one.
I'm so happy for you!
I hope you're all hanging in there :
I'm going for my first u/s on Thursday. :
Hi everyone!
Yesterday was 5w3d for me which is when I miscarried my first pregnancy. I was reading in "Fearless Pregnancy" that after you see a heartbeat at 6w your chances of miscarriage goes down to 1%-2%. I'm really resisting getting an early ultrasound, but I can only guess that the stress of NOT getting one might be more "harmful" than a little ol' ultrasound!
Until then, I've only told my close circle of friends and my sister who's due in two weeks. I can't wait until I can breathe and relax (when, exactly is that?).
So far my only symptoms are tingly nipples w/occassional let down feelings, loss of appetite and being tired all the time. I know I'll regret it later- but I can't wait until my morning sickness kicks in!
I hope for a H&H9 for all of us!:
Welcome, Grace! Congrats!!
Cat, I'm sorry you're feeling stressed. I had a few days like that last wk when I was sure I was feeling "too good." Hope you can get in for a u/s to ease your mind.
Jenmidwife, can't wait for your good news on Thurs!!!
So the dr gave me some u/s pics today and I just can't stop staring at them. I've never had an early u/s with an actual live baby. (I just had the 18wk one w/ dd). The baby seriously looks like this total blob, but a lovely blob, I must say. You can sorta see little arms and then a huge blob head.
Can I just post in here and ask for some honest opinions?
I'm just over 6 weeks, and here are my betas:
10dpo - 23
12dpo - 87.5
14 dpo - 214
18 dpo - 1121
23 dpo - 4027
28 dpo - 5907
They were looking good at the beginning, but the last one's doubling time is 9 days.
Ultrasound at 23 dpo showed a gestational sac with maybe a yolk sac in it.
Ultrasound at 28 dpo (6 weeks exactly) showed an empty sac, that had only grown 1.9 mm in 5 days (measured 6.2 mm at 23 dpo and 8.1 mm at 28 dpo).
It's over for me, right? The tech who did my u/s as much as said so.
I've had a ton of cramping, but I'm on progesterone with this pregnancy (3 previous losses), so I'm guessing that's why I haven't started to bleed yet (?).
TIA for any opinions on this. Both my DH and my Mom are telling me to stop feeling sorry for myself. I haven't even had time yet to process the grief and they're already yelling at me and calling me childish.
I guess it's time to put on a happy face and shove my pain under the rug yet again...
I am always clinging on to the tiniest bit of hope, which just makes it that much more painful when the reality hits. Just want to know if you all think there is no hope left. I want to start dealing earlier rather than later (I have another u/s in one week).
i'm so sorry sweetie... sounds like your mom and dh are trying to cope with their own emotions and are the selfish ones... you go ahead and feel however you need to! it's not easy to hear news like that... i'm going to say that if you are cramping bad, it might be the prog that is keeping the spotting and bleeding from happening...what does your doctor say? hang in there...u/s have been known to be wrong!
i'm going for my u/s at 4 today and am hoping for good news but honestly i'm thinking bad. i can't help it though...i don't know if it's my fear or not. i too am on progesterone, but i haven't had anymore cramping since the other night and still do have some symptoms...so i don't know...i should be just over 7 weeks so we should see something, right? i'm so nervous...
copied from michelle's symptom thread, so sorry if its a repeat for anyone..
i saw my baby!!!! and a slight flicker of a heartbeat but being only 7 weeks and this place only does abdominal u/s, we couldn't get a clear shot of it...but definitely a baby! my dear friend and ND was with me and has actually taken classes on u/s and been to many many with patients and definitley saw it too. we barely could hear something but not enough to get an accurate reading...so i'm going to go back in 3 weeks...but there was definitely a baby. i could see the line where the little spine is and the definite spot of head and body curled...i got a picture but it's not a great one...but i'll try to photograph it...omg...i sw my baby!!! romy (my friend) said the sac looks to be the right size too (they do very limited u/s at this place, so didn't measure anything)....i feel relieved but of course will still worry until the first tri is over...
but omg...the relief! i was totally prepared to not see anything...the nurse who did it is an oncology nurse, so she isn't an expert in babies, but she said this was the first one she saw today, so that made me feel good..: she said they usually only do one per client as they are not a medical facility but really rather an anti-abortion clinic (i'm not a churchie type, but respect others opinions and they were really cool with me about it), but she said if i want to come back in a couple weeks she'll do another..
i feel alot better...and maybe now can start allowing myself to feel pregnant..you know? i know anything can happen, but what a relief!!::::
Hey mamas, must get to bed, so I can't reply to each of you individually, but I just wanted to pop in & tell you that we saw the heartbeat!!!! Yippee!!! & the measurements were pretty much right on w/ my LMP (a little a head actually!). Thank you all for your well wishes!
So I'm about 8 weeks (or a little more) today giving me an EDB of 4/9/09
oh jen..that's wonderful news!!!! ::
so this morning is the first morning that i really don't feel great...i've had the waves of nausea here and there, but never too bad. have gagged a couple times when brushing my teeth, but nothing to write home about. this morning, yeah...if i turn my head too fast i feel carsick..yay for me! i keep trying to gauge how bad it is, but it's definitely worse than it has been..not terrible and i can still function, so far..
the kicker is, i am taking care of a friends little baby today along with my girls and the 2 regular girls i take of...ages of the kids are 16 weeks, 1, 2, 3, and 5...i am so looking forward to my time off this weekend...i want to sleep in..
but i'm so happy to feel sick and so happy so many of us who have lost are experiencing success so far!!! let's keep it up ladies!!!
I felt tons of wetness between my legs while I was at work today & I was so scared that I was bleeding I ran straight to the bathroom (I was also wearing white scrubs!). Turns out, it was lots of juicy cervical mucus Mmmm... yummy... but anything's better than blood!
How much does nausea vary in a "typical" pregnancy? Anyone have an opinion? Like do you feel okay some days and horrible others? Or do you feel pretty much a constant level of blech. I'm such a freaking basketcase right now. Yesterday and today I have been much less nauseous and I've basically been in tears all day today thinking that this one is over too. I've had a few points in the day where I definitely don't feel great, but not overly horrible like I did last wk. Ugh, this sucks. My u/s is Wed morning so only one more day of wondering, I guess.
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|17th April 2006, 09:10 PM
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Do mosfet output devices age?
Hi Folks,
I have a version of the Hitachi-datasheet Mosfet power-amp (the Mike Creek/ETI/R&EW version) which has been solid as a rock for the past 25 years. Unfortunately one channel has just started to become a little unstable, so I'm going to treat it to a (probably well deserved!) service and replace things like caps and maybe resistors.
Do I need to worry about replacing the output devices? I'm kinda hoping not as this would be quite expensive - each channel uses three pairs of devices (2sk134's/2sj49's).
Could I leave alone the other transistors, too - none of them seem to be readily available anymore? (though I'm sure substitutes exist).
|18th April 2006, 12:26 AM
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I am sure someone here could recommend a replacement for your MOSFETS Matching might be an issue, but not as hard as you think... and not as important as some would want you to believe... all depends on the circuit.
Semiconductors, in general, die because of heat. Every 11 degrees C in operating temp cuts their life by one half. Except for some minor effects in the silicon itself; these wearout mechanism are all about heat induced stress. The die wants to rip itself from the metal base. the whisker (connecting wires) want to jump off the die etc...
Replace your caps... if you have carbon comp resistors... replace them all. See if that clears your problem before you mess with the SEMI's.
EDIT: you should replace your caps and res's on principle. But, don't forget to reflow ALL your solder joints as you go. They get weak as well from the same kinds of thermal induced stress. They are often the culprit when you encounter intermittant problems.
|18th April 2006, 09:38 AM
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When the K134/J49 start going, they get low resistance from gate to source. A new pair measure infinity.
When the cap in the negative feedback loop goes, the amp will sound weak and after a while have no gain.
|18th April 2006, 09:45 AM
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I would suggest that you go over all solder joints on the pcb's. Secondly, consider change of critical caps, not everyone.
How do you mean "unstable"?
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|18th April 2006, 12:59 PM
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Medium and high power semis (especially TO3 ones) die of heat induced stress, but usually last a VERY long time unless there is some fatal flaw. For TO3, this is normally mechanical - overstressed case when mounting, bad thermal interface (silicon grease that has turned intopowder and crumbled away').
Plastic cases in general, and older small signal TO92s and similar, have a problem with corrosion - the pins corrode cracking the plastic to metal interface, eventually, the interface to silicon gets contaminated. Heat makes it all VASTLY worse. If you see coroded pins o the small signal transistors, replace them.
Finally, there is one more thing that can end up in small signal semi death in amplifiers. Very often, the input LTP transistors do not have sufficient Vcbmax to span the supply rails that this stage is using. This is because most high gain transiostors are not high enough voltage. Under normal circumstances, this is not a problem, but in transient conditions (power up, power down, in some designs clipping or current limit) or if the amp ever had a fatal failure, such as a shorted power transistor on the output, thses can develop very odd problems - crackling noise, leakage, low gain.
One other problem that I remember that fits the description, is contamination of the flux used in the solder. In two cases I had, the cure was do thoroughly clean the PCB (in one case I figured it out only after I had completely rebuilt the whole PCB with brand new coponents )
|18th April 2006, 01:32 PM
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Sorry Geesixty,
These guys are right... don't replace all your caps. Just replace all the electrolytics... your other caps should be fine.
|19th April 2006, 12:44 AM
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Thanks guys for all your responses,
It sounds like it would be a good idea to replace the critical caps, though given that it won't cost much more and I'll have to dismantle the amp anyway, to also replace the other caps, too.
The resistors are all carbon film, so I'll replace these, too. In the process I'll make sure I go over the solder joints for components that don't get replaced.
A visual inspection of the trannys, output devices and the TO92's, seems to show them in ok condition with no obvious looking corrsion and the thermal grease seems ok, too, so I'll leave all of these for the moment.
However, Ilimzn, I dont really understand the bit about voltage ratings of the input LTP. The input pair are 2SA872s where Vcbo is -90v. The supply rails are + - 56v. Do you think this would cause a problem?
The amp actually sounds as fine as it ever did. The reason I think it maybe becoming unstable was when I connected it to a new pre-amp I've been building there was a buzzing from the speakers (sounds like 100hz but could have been 50) which I initially put down to an earthing mismatch between the two. The buzzing was quiet and would come and go. I did end up using this combo for a week or so whilst playing around with the pre-amp. Then later, the buzzing got louder and some wierd things started to happen whenever I connected the pre to the power (spkrs disconnected) like the CD player (and also the DVD) seeming to lose the ability to read discs. Perhaps more tellingly I have a touch-controlled light dimmer fitting in the room and it would go from full bright to full dim as soon as the two were connected! Possibly the new pre-amp is unstable, too, but see below.
However, on reconnecting the original pre-amp (or the other pre-amp I have, a Naim 62), the buzzing still comes and goes, which seemed odd because theyve both always been fine before. This was the case even before leaving the new pre-amp connected for a week or so.
I borrowed an oscilloscope and, although I don't yet know how to use it properly, have made some comparative tests against the other channel (theyre monoblock amps) and also another power amp (inputs shorted on all the amps). With the probe measuring the voltage rails on the good channel (and the other pa) I see a clean triangle-type wave with the scope on 10ms/div, which I guess is the ripple voltage? On the poorly channel the wave form is about 30% lower in amplitude but very fuzzy and 'thick' like it's been drawn with a thick marker pen. On altering the scope setting to 2us/div I see an irregular wave form. The other channel doesnt have this - unless I also power-up the poor channel in which case the irregular waveform reappears on this channel, too.
After about 10-15 mins of idle the heatsink on the good channel remains more or less cold whereas the poor channel is warm. Lastly, on the poor channel the resistor in the zobel network has started to burn out, though at the moment it still measures its original value of 10R.
|19th April 2006, 02:15 AM
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A cooking Zobel network resistor means that there is ultrasonic oscillation. The buzz is motorboating.
You are risking blowing your tweeter on that channel.
The oscillation is probably either caused by a dry joint or a drying electrolytic.
|19th April 2006, 02:26 AM
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Take a look at This thread. I had a similar amp, and the zobel resistors burnt out. Read towards the end of the thread to discover why, and what I did about it. It is very likely that you have the same problem that I had.
|19th April 2006, 11:48 AM
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Davidsrsb, I'll definitely look at these two points - blowing tweeters would be very bad indeed
Johnnyx, thanks for this, a very interesting thread with much to digest, though I don't pretend to be able to follow the discussion on actual design details
The gate resistors, which you found to be significant in your amps, are 220R. I'm coming to the conclusion that the amp has become flaky due to simple ageing of components and solder joints rather than component values or physical layout, given that it has worked very well indeed for the past 25 years. So I guess it's not surprising that it's getting a little tired
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Since Chairman and CEO Neville Isdell took the reigns nearly four years ago, the company has been on a fast track for growth with bigger, riskier projects, heavy marketing efforts and an eye on acquisitions. The most recent quarterly results reported fourth quarter earnings per share of $.52 – which translates to an increase of 79 percent compared to the prior year on a reported basis – and earnings per share for the year were $2.57, translating to an increase of 19 percent versus the prior year. Worldwide sparkling beverage volume increased four percent and still beverages increased 12 percent.
The impressive growth and earnings speak to the level of continued innovation that has carried the company above and beyond their standard platforms through new product offerings across a range of beverage categories – energy drinks, juices/juice drinks, soft drinks, sports drinks, tea and coffee and water – while injecting an array of health benefits into their portfolio.
Decisions around such innovation largely fall on the shoulders of Danny Strickland, who wears the innovation hat at Coca-Cola and is responsible for orchestrating innovation initiatives across R&D, technical stewardship (including items such as regulatory, water, environment, etc.) and flavor manufacturing. "Great innovation is the convergence of three things," Strickland says. "It's understanding the fundamental consumer need that you're trying to satisfy, having the capability to satisfy that need through a robust and sustainable solution, and making sure it fits from a business standpoint in terms of the right strategy and economics. So, it's consumer, technology and business fit."
While many different streams of innovation come across Strickland's radar, he narrows his innovation focus down to three main components. At the top are 'big bets' – the most significant projects that are carried out on a larger scale across many diverse markets. "The big bets are the convergence between consumer needs, technology and business fit, but on a much larger scale," he elaborates. "We call them big bets because they have a potentially significant impact, they take more resources and they're more challenging, but the payoff is bigger when you succeed."
Typically the 'big bets' lead to a platform – and as such the perfect example is Diet Coke, which has branched off into Diet Coke Cherry, Diet Coke with Lemon, Diet Coke Caffeine Free, etc. In addition to big bets, another focus of the innovation process entails locally-driven initiatives that possess more of a degree of granularity related to a particular customer or market, and are driven by a local understanding of needs based on a certain demographic.
The third stream of innovation Strickland cites that is critical for success is reapplication – identifying what works well and then applying those successes elsewhere, whether in another product or a different market, such as with Coca-Cola's On-the-Go bottle. "The On-the-Go bottle was a package that started in China and is significant because it was a great example of us managing innovation differently around the world, finding potential success stories and then moving them around very quickly," he adds.
Most importantly, underlying every innovation decision is a deep understanding of consumer needs. Coca-Cola has applied extensive consumer research around the globe through a number of techniques and customer interactions, and then applied their findings to identify the different 'need states' of a consumer when in need or want of a beverage. Of the 20-25 different consumer need states, Strickland's team identified approximately 17 or 18 related to health and wellness, a realization which prompted their work to capitalize on the vast potential of health-related needs and led to the current focus today.
A big focus on health
Understanding the array of health needs has pushed Coca-Cola heavily into the health and wellness arena to produce products that deliver a tangible added benefit. "One of the directions that we have been going for the past several years that's bearing more and more fruit as we go is a focus on health," Strickland elaborates. "We know that consumers are looking for more. They still want it to taste great but they're looking for additional value-added benefits, and health and wellness is something that many people are looking for."
In turn Coca-Cola has taken a broad approach to health and wellness – looking at elements such as disease prevention and the various consumer states of need such as energy, recovery, alertness or refreshment. The more significant aspects of wellness have required the application of clinicals to demonstrate the added benefit.
Minute Maid Heart Wise is an early example of one such product that incorporated more weighty health benefits – namely in the form of plant sterols. "Minute Maid Heart Wise is a Minute Maid Juice that contains something called plant sterols, which actually reduce your cholesterol," Strickland says. "We added to that a vitamin version, a joint health version, which has glucosamine and chondroitin in it."
Even more recently, the latest version of the Minute Maid Juice has included DHA – the proprietary source of preferred Omega-3 acid, an ingredient that can be found in fish oils and often is associated with claims of enhancing brain function. Also commonly found in baby formulas to aid in early development, Coca-Cola is now applying its heralded benefits to adults.
While the idea of Coca-Cola experimenting with plant sterols and conducting clinical trials to understand true health benefits may sound like a significant departure from its early days, Strickland is sure to emphasize that Coca-Cola products have always been based on great science – and will continue to be.
One of the foundational items created to ensure this continued focus on health benefits is
The Beverage Institute For Health and Wellness, an entity composed of individuals specifically with health and wellness backgrounds to further pronounce Coca-Cola's commitment in this arena and to bring together an external advisory panel. Together with a team of nutrition scientists and registered dieticians, the Institute is responsible for the company's clinical research programs and serves as a resource for anyone interested in the science of beverages and their role in health and well-being.
"The main purpose of doing all that (creating the Institute) was two things," Strickland says. "One was to make sure we had a real understanding of the health issues that our consumers faced and second, to provide guidance to our fundamental development work around that and how we should approach understanding those and developing products."
Whether it's health related or not, one thing's for sure: under Strickland, innovation is a rigorous, championed process deeply integrated into the company's backbone and involves welcoming ideas of every sort from individuals across the board. He points out how innovation merely begins with a simple idea or project concept and then working to refine it. For example, heart health and weight management were easy targets to identify as obvious health concerns, and so the company turned to sterols to aid with promoting heart health.
Though the innovation process itself at Coca-Cola is not exactly linear or simple, it's obviously something the company is an ace at. One prime example of recent innovation success is Diet Coke Plus – something Strickland calls out as a 'real signal to people' that Coca-Cola had broken the mold.
"When we began to put nutrients in Diet Coke, we crossed an important line," Strickland elaborates. "You are now beginning to have a positive impact on health, and that's changed how people have felt about Coke, the same way that the Minute Maid Health Line has changed the way that people think about Minute Maid because now people understand that they have choices." Choices is a light way of putting it – today the entire Minute Maid portfolio consists of more than 100 different flavors and varieties of beverages.
While Coca-Cola has definitely proven its underpinnings of great science through its expanded portfolio, it's also evident that it continues to do what it knows best: great taste. No more has this been evident than in the success of Coke Zero – one of the most successful launches in company history, which accounted for nearly one third of Trademark Coca-Cola growth in 2006, and today the brand is available in 50+ countries.
"Underpinning Coke Zero is a level of formulation skill around flavor and sweeteners, and those are two fundamental strengths of the company," Strickland notes. "If you think about what Coca-Cola is able to do better than anybody in the world and always has been is offering beverages that taste great. With Coke Zero, we've refined those skills yet further, in this case to taste more like coke and to get the sweetness profile just right for a very broad number of people."
Because a good chunk of focus in placed on sustaining the pipeline, Strickland is already talking about how the innovation know-how acquired from the experience with Coke Zero will be applied to other beverages in the portfolio.
With solid fundamentals in place around taste and science, a deep understanding of consumer needs and one of the most robust innovation approaches, it's safe to say Coca-Cola is set for long-term sustainability. "When you think about a pipeline, you really have to think about this as a dynamic process and the bar continuously gets higher," Strickland points out. "There's a lot of talk about sustainability from an environmental standpoint, but we have to think about sustainability from an innovation standpoint as well because consumer's expectations continue to evolve. We have to be able to sustain an expanding pipeline, and you can really only do that by doing the fundamentals right."
The Beverage Institute For Health & Wellness
The Beverage Institute For Health & Wellness supports nutrition research, education and outreach, with a primary focus on beverages. The Beverage Institute is responsible for evaluating emerging wellness trends and ingredients on behalf of The Coca-Cola Company, conducting clinical research in support of Company brands and establishing research programs that lay the foundation for the development of new beverages to meet the nutritional and wellness needs of consumers.
The latest Coca-Cola products
Coca-Cola, the world's largest beverage company noted for possessing the most recognized brand, markets four of the world's top five soft drink brands including Diet Coke, Fanta and Sprite, and a wide range of other beverages, including diet and light beverages, waters, juices and juice drinks, teas, coffees, energy and sports drinks. Through the world's largest beverage distribution system, consumers in more than 200 countries enjoy the company's beverages at a rate exceeding 1.4 billion servings each day. Below are the most recent additions to Coca-Cola's refreshment portfolio:
March 2008 Ilko Coffee International Premium ready-to-drink expresso-based coffee beverages: The Coca-Cola Company and illycaffè SpA have finalized their global joint venture and will be introducing three premium ready-to-drink coffee products in several European countries in April 2008.
August 2007 Simply Orange Juice Company expands offerings to include Simply Apple and Simply Grapefruit: Simply Apple and Simply Grapefruit offer consumers a "closest to fresh-squeezed taste experience."
August 2007 Coca-Cola North America and Caribou Coffee launch new premium ready-to-drink iced coffee in US: Caribou Iced Coffee will be available in three delicious flavors: Regular, Espresso, and Vanilla, and will be packaged in a unique 12 oz. reclosable Alumi-Tek aluminum bottle from Ball Corporation…
May 2007 DASANI launches new DASANI Plus enhanced water beverages: The line, with zero calories per serving, comes in three varieties: Refresh + Revive, Cleanse + Restore, and Defend + Protect.
May 2007 The Coca-Cola Company acquires glacéau, maker of vitaminwater, for $4.1 billion: glacéau, the creator and leader of the enhanced water category, is the maker of vitaminwater, fruitwater, smartwater and vitaminenergy.
May 2007 Simply Orange Juice Company keeps it simple for on-the-go consumers with new single-serve carafes: Simply Orange Juice Company is expanding its flourishing portfolio of refreshing, not-from-concentrate chilled juices and juice drinks with the introduction of new 13.5 fl. oz. single serve carafes.
April 2007 Minute Maid introduces enhanced orange juices for health-conscious consumers: New varieties include Minute Maid Multi-Vitamin and Minute Maid Active.
About Danny L. Strickland
Danny L. Strickland is SVP and Chief Innovation and Technology Officer for The Coca-Cola Company. Danny leads the company's worldwide innovation and research and development efforts and helps develop new products, packages and technologies to meet the demanding needs of consumers.
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This comprehensive textbook considers all of the key business, management and technical issues of e-Business, examining and explaining how technologies can help organizations in both the public and private sectors conduct business in new ways.
After addressing the changing nature of the e-Economy and the impact of the dot.com 'bubble' of the late 1990s, Eckersley, Harris and Jackson go on to analyse key software developments and the impact these have had on organizational practices. They then outline the legal and ethical frameworks of e-Business, and consider how companies use various e-commerce tools to enter new markets. Finally, they trace the progress public sector organizations have made in adopting e-Business practice.
This is an accessible, jargon-free and focused textbook that offers readers both a technical and managerial overview of the issues surrounding e-Business. It uses illustrative cases and discussion questions to help students and managers in organizations not only to familiarize themselves with e-Business but also to equip themselves with the skills to challenge and analyze the changing business environment.
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Pulled back from the brink of death, Michael Talbot is determined to protect his loved ones against not only the zombie plague, which has taken over the planet but the threat that Eliza, the vampire holds. Even a reinforced military base may not be enough to keep her at bay. The government may have Humvees, heavy artillery and helicopters loaded with missiles, but Eliza has an ace up her sleeve. Talbot depends on Tommy to give him the right information at the right time, but their pop tart loving guide, who hears Ryan Seacrest in his head, might not be as innocent as he seems.
I cannot believe I made it through all three hundred and fifty-five pages of this novel. I am telling you right now Fangs readers, you owe me one. Michael Talbot continues to be an epic Gary Stu. Everyone around Talbot exists to constantly prop him up, and follow his lead. Even Alex and Paul, who have decided to travel in a different direction than Talbot, in order to find their families and avoid Eliza's clutches, spend their time chastising themselves for leaving Talbot, while talking about how amazing the trained marine is and alternately angsting about their disloyalty for abandoning Talbot in his hour of need. Brendan even pays for his abandonment of Talbot and the questioning of Talbot's leadership with his life. No one even bothers to try and think up any kind of plan on how to survive because they are all sure that somehow, Talbot will pull their asses out of the fire. Of course, Talbot has to get up to some practically superhuman shenanigans (that is when he isn't being saved by the family dog) but he somehow constantly manages to save everyone because that's what a man does - save his family. I spent much of the book hoping that a zombie would eat Talbot.
There were quite a few female characters in this book but luckily, there really is no real need for them to be strong characters, when they can depend on Talbot. Tracy, Talbot's wife, is still alive and kicking but she never really gets into the action. Why would Michael bother to teach Tracy a practical skill like shooting a gun, when he can take his teenage sons out on missions against the zombies. Surely, a teenage boy has to be competent than an adult woman and besides, it teaches the young men that their job is to protect the womenfolk, just like dear old dad. Mike constantly acts like he is afraid of his shrewish wife but at no point does he bother to consult her for advice. Tracy exists to give Talbot something to save and is only humanized when dealing with her mother Carol, who has suddenly become frail and in need of Michael's protection, despite surviving by herself on a farm at the beginning of the apocalypse and her son Justin, who struggles to fight back against his link with Liza. Carol however does end up earning her keep, by pushing Mike's sister Lyndsey out of the kitchen. Everyone complains loudly about Lyndsey's cooking and none louder than Mike but since his job is saving the world, actually entering the kitchen and cooking for himself is inconceivable. Besides, it gives the women something to do while they are waiting to be saved.
Then we have Nicole, who from the sounds of it is about six weeks pregnant. Nicole at this point is practically an invalid, who spends most of her time puking and expressing some kind of weakness. Nicole is in a sense nothing more than a walking womb but she's precious because she carries the future of the Talbot line. Nope, I couldn't make this shite up if I tried. This is par for the course because daughters are trouble - something Mike knows all to well.
Rachael is 10 and she is my only daughter."
"Be thankful for that."
The doc wouldn't understand the backhanded compliment at least not for another two and a half years when his daughter turned from a sweet daddy's little princess into a multi-headed demon from hell, as all teenage girls must.
"She is without a shadow of a doubt, the strongest personality in our house. She is the most wonderfully devious of children. If there is trouble to find, she's not only in it but in it to win it."
I had learned the hard way after punishing my own boys way too much, that my daughter not only sought out trouble but was usually the root cause of it.
"Rachael's very smart but loves to tell you that she's not (the better to get away with things). She is a mini version of her mom, entirely too cute to be as cunning as she is. She scares the hell out of me because she is going to need to be locked in a closet VERY soon."
Maybe that secret desire of all fathers to be able to lock their daughters away from testosterone infused boys could now be realized. So maybe a zombie invasion wasn't all bad.
Women in this series exist to be shrews like Tracy and Mrs. Devereaux, wild precocious teenage girls in need of taming and weak victims in need of propping up like Carol, that is when they aren't in the kitchen doing their biologically mandated job. Yes, join me in a good eye roll.
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There is less rectal humor in this one, so that is a big plus. And a bit less complaining about women, so that is another plus. The story, however, went on too long. It felt like the story should have ended after the battle at Camp Custer since that was the climax of the story, but then it goes on and on and on with dozens more scenes that had no real purpose (i.e. no goal is reached).
And to top it off, the epilogue goes back into the past where we have to hear about Talbot using drugs (I thought he was a marine?? drug use doesn't really fit that, does it?). The only purpose I can see for this epilogue is so the author can use a short story he wrote about the same characters - because it certainly has nothing to do with these zombie books. Or with character development: we've already seen tons of pages about Mike, so why do we need this unrelated flashback?
I also don't know why we're subjected to an unrelated thread where we start following Paul's journey... it is tacked on at the end, has no point or resolution and seems to be there to add some pages to this story, and, perhaps, because the author needs these characters 'in place' for book 4? No idea. But really, the last 1/5 of the book was just a let-down with more of the same old, same old and no forward moving points.
I already have the next book in the series, but that is the last one of these I'll be reading, regardless of how the author drops the ball at the end of the book as his ploy to get you to keep buying (i.e. you will buy the next book to find out why on earth he tacked on 60 pages of junk at the end of this one).
I continued to have fun with this book as I worked through Mark Tufo Zombie Fallout series. I didn't find this middle book to lag in any way. I continue to highly recommend Tufo's series.
ALL HAIL TUFO!! I love this guy. each book is better than the last and so I freaked a little when I saw the title of this one was called "The End". Ok, so there are more after this, thankfully since I am fully addicted to reading about the Talbot family and their adventures in a post-apocalyptic world full of zombies. The host of supporting characters is also outstanding. I havent often found myself so intrigued by the lesser characters in a book, yet Tufo has the ability to make you fall in love with everyone of them and want to know more and more. One particular character, BT, is such a dynamic character that I can almost see him having his own book! Ok...ready for more...keep em comin!
The Zombie Fallout Series by Mark Tufo thus far consists of Dr. Hugh Mann (a prequel), Zombie Fallout, A Plague Upon Your Family, and The End.... Although distinct books, I am reviewing them together because that is the way that I read them. Once I finished each book, I was so wrapped up in the story that I immediately purchased the next. Cumulatively, they are an epic apocalyptic tale, which reminded me of Steven King's The Stand and Robert McCammon's Swan Song. If you read the first book, and are anything like me, you'll feel compelled to read the entire series. I recommend that you read the prequel Dr. Hugh Mann after the third book. It makes perfect sense then, but is a different story and style from the rest of the books. Zombie Fallout (book 1) sets the stage and is a better starting point.
Told in diary format primarily from the point of view of Mike Talbot, a tough and crude ex-Marine and self-proclaimed survivalist, the series follows a small group of family and friends (and the amazingly flatulent bulldog Henry) who are doing their best to survive a zombie apocalypse caused by a tainted swine flu vaccine. Led by Mike, they stay one small step ahead of the zombies who turn out to be a bit more complicated than George Romero envisioned. Mike's perspective is hysterically funny, primarily because he is a bundle of contradictions - a big tough man afraid of germs and bossed around by his wife, a survivalist who makes plans that are so half-baked that he calls them "ideas" instead of plans, and a ruthless killer who is tender, fiercely protective of his family, and takes incredible, spontaneous risks for strangers. Mike is a down to earth, farting (but never in front of his wife), and beer-drinking man. As such, the humor is sometimes a bit crude, but this makes the story ring true. Mike is also unfailingly loyal, which is endearing, as he cares for a motley collection of friends and family. His friends, particularly the enigmatic Tommy, make for an interesting supporting cast.
In the third book, The End ... (which is NOT the end!), Mike awakes from his near-death experience to find himself and BT in a military hospital. A doctor there thinks he may be able to help Justin, and Mike has an idea about how he might be able to rescue Tommy.
Elements of horror, paranormal, supernatural, and dark humor elevate this series beyond your typical zombie fare. These elements, along with Mike's quirky personality & fierce, protective love of his companions, make this series poignant and worth reading. Highly recommended.
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The next National Archivist could fix decades of problems in digital management
Federal records management has been in a sorry state for decades. But President Barack Obama has a unique opportunity to put federal government record-keeping back on its rightful track.
Allen Weinstein's resignation from the position of Archivist of the United States means that Obama can appoint a person to break out of the old box and bring real innovation to the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA).
Records management has the problems it does because of the low priority it typically gets. Records officers have low status, and records management programs generally get meager funding. Records management disasters occur regularly, make headlines briefly and then fade from view without serious remedial action. Agency heads and the officials beneath them often ignore the execution of laws and regulations pertaining to records, considering the regulations of little importance.
NARA is central to this governmental catastrophe.
NARA manages only the permanent records that agencies transfer to it. It has no involvement in, and is largely unaware of, how agencies create and use temporary and permanent records in their day-to-day activities.
Everyone hopes Obama will choose a new archivist with distinguished credentials in history and archives; I plead also for one with management expertise.
NARA is a poorly run agency, with feudalistic micromanagement rigidly controlled from the top. The situation cries out for someone with management skills who can jar the agency out of its complacent and traditionalistic way of doing business.
We need an archivist who is concerned about the quality of federal records, whether on paper or in electronic form. What does it matter if NARA efficiently manages archives when the records that agencies provide are shoddy and incomplete? We need an archivist who reaches out to fellow agency heads to stress the importance of keeping good records because sound records management is intrinsic to good government.
The archivist should listen to the agencies that are improving their records management efforts to understand how the field is changing. NARA does not lead in records management innovation. Rather, it follows — slowly — the creative thinking and actions occurring in the pockets of government where some individuals believe records are important.
The government also needs an archivist who can deal with records in a world of enterprise content management with collaboration spaces, blogs, wikis, dynamic Web applications, and a president who uses a BlackBerry. Electronic records pose new challenges that laws written for paper documents don't address well.
I hope the president will name an archivist who will broaden and deepen open access to records and who will aggressively start to declassify the millions of needlessly classified documents from the Bush administration and many preceding it.
As 9/11 Commission member Richard Ben-Veniste said when the report on World War II Nazi and Japanese war crimes was released in 2007, "the right to know should trump the impulse to withhold, except in truly justifiable circumstances."
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I agree with Dr. Sprehe. I hope that the next National Archivist will endorse a minimal set of metadata for tagging Federal information; require a correlation of record categories to the Business Reference Models of the Federal Enterprise Architecture; and provide the example by providing that correlation for each of the topics in the General Records Schedule. The next step would be clear terminology identifying the differences among working papers, reference material, and record. By tagging all of its electronic information and putting the information into business context, an organization can track actual use patterns based upon topic, and make sensible business decisions for the elimination of working papers and reference material that currently clogs information systems. Further, this would facilitate the search process by putting content into context. In most cases, an end user has to open an item to identify its context and business value.
RE: "NARA is unaware of how agencies create and Use Records". Even the Agencies have problems here. They need to go back to the Records Act to begin to re-define what a record is. ISO got it right, but only since the beginning of this millenium. Once we know our records, we can know our business! Most don't.
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I got a baby brother last week. His name is Cash and he's 4 months old. My daddy wanted to name him Sue (something about a song about a boy named Sue), but my mommy said no way! So, my daddy named him Cash after Johnny Cash. He said it was a good name since he is all black with a little white tie on his chest. My mommy and daddy rescued Cash from the pound. He is a lab mix. The best thing about having a little brother is that he likes to play "chase me", which is my absolute favorite game in the whole wide world. I love to run. Cash hardly ever catches me....if he does catch me, it's only because I let him. I'll ask my daddy to post some photos of Cash so you can see what he looks like.
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Find Edinburgh venues by type (e.g. Cinemas).
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|Thistle Street Bar
|Central New Town pub down cobbledy New Town backstreet. Popular office workers' watering hole.
|The White Horse
|Traditional Scottish cafe, bar and bistro on Royal Mile, in Canongate area. Established in 1742, bills itself as the oldest pub on the Royal Mile.
|Three Sisters Pub
|Popular sports bar with large courtyard down in the Cowgate, off the Royal Mile. Pub grub, live sports, free Fringe shows for all ages.
|Guildford Arms
|One of Edinburgh's classic old pubs, the Guildford Arms was designed by Robert Macfarlane Cameron, built in 1898, and still has much of its original character in tact.
|The Jazz Bar
|There's a constant flow of jazz and jazz-orientated music such as acid jazz, funk-rock, and reggae, from local and touring musicians in this purpose-designed jazz venue and basement bar.
|Hanover Tap
|Just around the corner from George Street and the Assembly Rooms, the Hanover Tap replaced what was the Gothic-themed Jekyll and Hyde bar.
|Southside Social
|Formally known as the Meadow or "Moo" Bar, the Southside Social became Edinburgh's first social enterprise pub in Edinburgh when it opened its doors in 2015 with the intention of giving its profits aw
|Counting House
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|Basement bar/club known for cheap drinking promos. The venue where Ray Wilson, of Genesis fame, was discovered in the late 1990s.
|The Third Door
|Formerly Medina, the Third Door is a late night venue hosting club nights and gigs in the basement of Cafe/bar Negociants. The venue has a main dance floor and 3 caves.
|The Mercat Bar
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|The Outhouse
|Just off Broughton Street, Edinburgh's pink triangle, down a lane, this popular bar also has a beer garden open during the summer months.
|The Phoenix
|Popular pub and basement venue in Broughton Street area with healthy mix of clientele from Hibee supporters to posh studes.
|Royal Oak
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|The Pear Tree
|This popular bar near the George Square campus of Edinburgh University has one major attraction - a large beer garden.
|Opal Lounge
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|Lola Lo
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|Wee Red Bar
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|The Jam House
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Quaker Provides More Detail on Expansion Plans
Following up on a visit from Missouri Governor Jay Nixon earlier this week, Quaker Window Products has provided more detail on its previously-announced expansion plans. With an estimated cost of about $11 million, the projects will be spread out over a five-year period.
Phase one of the plan includes replacing Quaker's current paint area with a state-of-the-art paint facility housed in a new 105,000-square-foot building, officials report. This expansion will free approximately 45,000 square feet of manufacturing space where the manufacturer's existing paint line resides today. This space will be utilized to expand production of Quaker's thermally-improved, impact-rated products.
The second phase of the plan, which is scheduled for 2013-2014, is a 200,000-square-foot building expansion that will allow Quaker to expand all its window and door product offerings in vinyl, wood and aluminum. As previously reported, it is expected the two projects will add about 95 new jobs to the company's current workforce of more than 400 employees.
After meeting with Quaker executives and touring the company's Freeburg, Mo., plant, the governor spoke to the manufacturer's employees, thanking them for their hard work and urging them to keep competing in what has become a global economy. "We are committed to fighting every day, to keep our economy moving forward," Nixon said.
"We appreciate Gov. Nixon taking the time to congratulate us," said Mike Knoll, Quaker VP and GM. "Our plans to expand are obviously not the norm right now. But in order for us to grow as a company, expansion is a necessity. This industry is ever-changing. New standards are being implemented yearly and if we don't keep up with these changes, we'll be left behind.
"As of right now, we've completed only a portion of what we plan to do," Knoll added. "Other additions and updates will be coming over the next few years."
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The Lenovo Flex 11 is one tough SOB.
The Lenovo Flex 11 Chromebook is a consumer version of Lenovo's very solid Chromebooks For Education products. It's built tough — rated to take a 2.4-foot drop and has a water resistant keyboard tray to keep spills out, but still comes in at a very reasonable $279.99. Finding a "rugged" Chromebook that's not EDU branded and uber-expensive isn't a common thing, so we were instantly interested.
After a bit of time with it, the strengths outweigh the drawbacks and we like the Flex 11. It's not the most powerful Chromebook we've tried but it wasn't made to be. It's a decent, solid performer designed to take more abuse than most other products in its class.
We think the durability factor and low price make the Flex 11 a great Chromebook for kids or someone who tends not to treat his or her stuff all that respectfully. And while the body is pretty darn durable, the keyboard leaves a lot to be desired. Read on for our full take.
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Honor's flagship phone is landing in India on July 6.
The beastly Honor 8 Pro will be making its debut in India on July 6. The phone will be sold exclusively on Amazon India, and while there's no information on how much it'll cost, it is likely to be north of ₹40,000 if the UK pricing is any indication.
The Honor 8 Pro features a 5.7-inch QHD screen, and is powered by the Huawei Kirin 960 — which has four 2.4GHz Cortex A73 cores and four 1.8GHz Cortex A53 cores. It is available with either 4GB or 6GB of RAM, and has 64GB of storage along with a microSD slot. There are two 12MP cameras at the back, with a monochrome sensor aiding the primary RGB shooter, and a fingerprint sensor sits below the camera array. Other details include an 8MP front shooter, Wi-Fi ac, Bluetooth 4.2, USB-C, and a 4000mAh battery.
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These tips will make sure Alexa isn't purchasing something when you don't want it to.
Alexa can make your life easier in dozens of different ways, including ordering items off of Amazon for you. However, just because you're asking about something doesn't mean you actually want to purchase it. Since voice ordering is turned on by default when you set up your Amazon Echo, you may want to know how to add security when making purchases, or turn off voice purchasing entirely.
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Open the Alexa app on your phone.
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The Amazon Echo is at its lowest price all year.
The Amazon Echo is on sale for $129.99, a discount of $50 from its retail price of $179.99. That's the lowest price we've seen on the full-sized Echo all year, and brings it to parity — at least from a price standpoint — with the Google Home.
The deal is valid on both the black and white color options of the Echo, and is applicable until 11:59 p.m. ET. In addition to giving you access to Alexa's considerable skill-set, the Echo is a pretty good speaker in its own right. If you've been eyeing the internet-connected speaker, now's the time to bite.
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OxygenOS 4.5.2 is now rolling out with bug fixes and stability improvements.
The OnePlus 5 will be going up for sale starting tomorrow, June 27, but if you were able to get your hands on one during the company's "early drop" sales event, there's an update waiting for your handset. The OxygenOS 4.5.2 update comes in at just 36MB, and has fixes for app installation issues, camera tweaks, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, and network stability fixes, along with better third-party app compatibility.
For a majority of users, the update will be available as a day-one update, but if you already have the OnePlus 5, head to the phone's settings to manually initiate the download. Haven't yet figured out if you should pick up the OnePlus 5? Be sure to take a look at our detailed coverage.
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Quickly, Potterheads, to Facebook!
Wanna feel old? The first Harry Potter book was released 20 years ago today. Don't let that bum you out, though. In celebration of this anniversary, Facebook has turned a few of your favorite words into spells you and your friends can activate on both the app and the website.
Here's how it works!
Casting a Harry Potter spell on Facebook
Unlike many other Facebook promotions, there's no page you have to go and like to access these powers. All you need to do is create a post or comment with one of these words:
Harry Potter
When you send the post, a little wand will appear and magic will erupt across your screen. After the post is live, you and any of your friends can click or tap on those words — which are now colored special for the celebration — and that same wand animation will appear again!
What are you waiting for? Go have some fun!
VR porn isn't a thing of the future. It's here now, and easier to find and access then you may have thought.
When it comes to watching videos on VR, one of the first questions many people asked was whether or not you'd be able to watch porn or other adult content. From apps that let you speak with camgirls, to full blown 360 degree adult videos, porn in VR is here and it's making it's mark. Whether you've got a Gear VR, Oculus Rift, or even Playstation VR, there is plenty of adult content just waiting for you out there.
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Amazon is throwing its hat in the ring against other smart assistants: Google Assistant, Apple Siri. But which is best? I took a deeper look at what Amazon Alexa can do.(This is a preview – click here to read the entire entry.)
Should the first-party Samsung fast chargers be a bit too rich for your blood, this deal might serve as an alternative. Today over at Amazon you can pick up a Seneo Fast Wireless charger for just a hair shy of $15, via a coupon. Even better, the charger is quite specifically listed as being compatible with Samsung devices, and it can even perform so-called "fast charging" with them. Now your Galaxy S8 can wirelessly suck down 10 watts of juice for just $15.
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In a blog post yesterday, YouTube made a few announcements to cap off 2017's VidCon US. In the post, they discussed their plans to remake the YouTube Creator Studio — their current channel management system — and simplify the name down to just "YouTube Studio." They also revealed a new system for comments that allows viewers to sort them by selected topics, making it easier to find what you want, and ignore what you don't.
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The 24-year-old Yorkshirewoman won silver in the London 2012 Olympic road race and is a multiple world medallist on the track, where she favours the bunch races which will be included in the Commonwealth programme but are not part of the Olympics.
Armitstead is hoping to secure one of three English spots for the points and scratch races at the Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome next summer, with track specialists Laura Trott, Dani King and Joanna Rowsell also in contention.
Armitstead told Press Association Sport: "I'm aiming for the track as well (as the road) because it's the events I enjoy and have had some success in.
"I've got to prove that I'm in good shape at the time. I've got a couple of Revolutions next year which I'll try to do well in.
"That's the very start of my season, so I'm not going to be in top shape, but hopefully I'll be able to show I've got track craft.
"It's a very competitive team to get into. It's not a given, but I think I've got a good chance."
Armitstead won the British Championships on the road race course last June and will hope to go one better than she did in Delhi in 2010.
She added: "It's a difficult race to race tactically. There's lots of different opportunities.
"I really like the course. If it's a hard race it will suit me better. It would be nice to drop some of the out-and-out sprinters that the Australians have a few of."
Despite her plans to ride on the boards in Glasgow, Armitstead has no plans to challenge for a track place for the Rio de Janeiro Olympics, where the team pursuit is the priority and the omnium a secondary event.
"It's a very competitive environment now and to be in that team you'd have to focus on the track," added Armitstead, a team pursuit world champion in 2010.
"I just love the road too much. There's no way I could give up my road season to be a track rider. It's decision made for me.
"Points and scratch race you can definitely train as a road rider. It's not quite so specific."
Armitstead is now back on the road following three weeks off after the season-ending Road World Championships in Italy.
Her aims for the 2014 road season are familiar ones.
"It's the same targets as I normally have, because I've not quite managed it yet," Armitstead said.
"Flanders - the Commonwealth Games is a new target - and then the World Championships."
First there is a family Christmas to enjoy in Otley, where the festivities will likely include a family bike ride.
Armitstead, who is attending next summer's Dare 2b Yorkshire Festival of Cycling at Harewood House ahead of the Tour de France beginning in Leeds, believes the region is the leading place in the world for cycling.
"When the weather's good, it's the best place," said Armitstead, who is based in Monaco.
"It's had a big influence on me being successful in cycling.
"As a junior I was training on pretty tough terrain. It's relentless.
"You're up and down all day. The roads are really heavy.
"Everything's pretty much covered. Hills and the flat. It teaches you to be tough.
"If the weather was a lot better I'd be there all the time. When you're having to do it every single day of your life, it's a little bit different."
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Losing Player On Spurs Shows Up To Heat's Celebration Party
One member of the San Antonio Spurs is sure to take some "heat" after showing up to the Miami Heat's post championship celebration party at a Miami night club, and not "showing up" in Games 6 and 7.
After being a potential Finals MVP after 5 games, Spurs forward Danny Green was shutdown in games 6 and 7. Green was spotted at the Miami Heat's celebratory party early this morning, congratulating LeBron and company.
It should be noted that Green and James played together in Cleveland years ago, and remain close friends. However, in today's world of 24/7 sports commentary, this will surely draw the ire of Spurs nation.


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